Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: Select the letter cluster that will replace the question mark (?) in the given series and make it logically complete. FRP, HTR, JVT, ?, NZX
Option 1: IWV
Option 2: KWU
Option 3: IUS
Option 4: LXV
Correct Answer: LXV
Solution : Given: FRP, HTR, JVT, ?, NZX
In the above-given series, add 2 to the place value of each letter of the previous term to get the next term. FRP→F + 2 = H, R + 2 = T, P + 2 = R HTR→H +
Question : Read the sentence carefully and select the synonym of the underlined word from the given alternatives.
As the effect of anaesthesia dissipated the patient regained consciousness.
Option 1: Enhanced
Option 2: Heightened
Option 3: Returned
Option 4: Disappeared
Correct Answer: Disappeared
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
In the given sentence, the word dissipated means to gradually disappear or fade away. Disappeared is a synonym that closely aligns with the meaning of dissipated. In the context of the sentence, it refers to the gradual
Question : Directions: Arrange the following words according to the dictionary order. a. Extol b. Extinct c. Extra d. Extort
Option 1: a, b, c, d
Option 2: b, a, d, c
Option 3: d, c, a, b
Option 4: a, d, b, c
Correct Answer: b, a, d, c
Solution : Given: a. Extol b. Extinct c. Extra d. Extort
Step 1: Compare the first, second, and third letters of each word. Since all the words start with the same letters E, x, and t, move on to the next
Question : Due to the presence of which of the following, there is a difference between animal cells and plant cells?
Option 1: Ribosomes
Option 2: Cell wall
Option 3: Chloroplast
Option 4: Protoplasm
Correct Answer: Cell wall
Solution : The correct option is the Cell wall.
Plant cells have a cell wall, whereas animal cells do not have a cell wall. The cell membrane is a flexible outer border seen in animal cells that performs comparable activities to the cell wall
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Promising
Option 1: worthless
Option 2: bright
Option 3: compromising
Option 4: hopeless
Correct Answer: bright
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: "Promising" and "bright" both convey a positive and hopeful outlook. When something is described as promising, it suggests the likelihood of success or favourable outcomes, similar to the optimistic connotation of "bright".
The meanings of the other
Question : Comprehension: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. There are still 10,000 or so red telephone boxes on Britain’s streets, including Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s 1924 Kiosk 2 prototype, which you will find outside the Royal Academy on Piccadilly in London. The K2 was voted the greatest British design of all time in 2015. But what is to be done with them in the age of the smartphone? Some have found new life as mini-libraries, many house defibrillators, others are used as coffee stands and most are purely decorative. Meanwhile, if you’re nostalgic for the days when telephone boxes were handsome, useful items of street furniture, you can buy a K6 box for £2,750 (plus VAT and delivery) through BT’s approved reseller X2Connect. John Farmer, who describes himself as an activist shareholder, is a man with a mission – to save Britain’s red phone boxes. These were once a feature of every high street in the country, but now number only 10,000 or so (and half of those are decorative rather than operational).In 2015 the traditional red phone box was voted the greatest British design of all time, ahead of the Routemaster bus, the Spitfire, the Union Jack and Concorde. There are still numerous Scott kiosks in central London, many of which have been listed as historically or architecturally significant – a response to the destruction of many boxes by the newly formed British Telecom in the 1980s.Across the UK, more than 3,000 kiosks have been listed, including all the K2s, so there is no danger of them disappearing from Britain’s streets. Since 2008, rather than remove decommissioned ones that have not been listed, BT has allowed local councils and charities to repurpose them under its adopt-a-kiosk scheme. More than 5,000 have been adopted. Scott’s kiosks are loved in part because they are redolent of a time when the British were willing to build a small house from which anyone could make a call. They represent civic pride and national confidence – both are now in short supply. Question: Which form of reuse of the kiosks is NOT referred to in the passage?
Option 1: They have been converted into mini-libraries.
Option 2: They are being transformed into trash bins.
Option 3: They have been made into coffee stands.
Option 4: They are used as defibrillators.
Correct Answer: They are being transformed into trash bins.
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The passage does not mention the reuse of the red telephone kiosks as trash bins. The mentioned forms of reuse include mini-libraries, housing defibrillators, serving as coffee stands, and being used for
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. You would ______ believe me when I tell you what I saw.
Option 1: seldom
Option 2: often
Option 3: rarely
Option 4: scarcely
Correct Answer: scarcely
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation: The reason "scarcely" is the most appropriate option is that it emphasises the difficulty or near-impossibility of believing the speaker's statement. "Scarcely" adds a sense of incredibility, aligning well with the context where the speaker is expressing
Question : Silver articles become black after their exposure to air because they react with _____________in the air.
Option 1: nitrogen
Option 2: hydrogen
Option 3: sulphur
Option 4: carbon dioxide
Correct Answer: sulphur
Solution : The correct answer is sulphur.
Silver articles become black after their exposure to air because they react with the sulphur present in the air. It forms a layer of silver sulphide on the surface. Because of this formation of the silver sulphide layer, the
Question : Directions: Select the odd cluster of letters from the given alternatives.
Option 1: PNK
Option 2: XUR
Option 3: HEB
Option 4: IFC
Correct Answer: PNK
Solution : Let's check the options – First option: PNK; P – 2 = N; N – 3 = K Second option: XUR; X – 3 = U; U – 3 = R Third option: HEB; H – 3 = E; E – 3 = B Fourth
Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
The visitors will be met at the station by the guide.
Option 1: The guide is meeting the visitors at the station.
Option 2: The guide will meet the visitors at the station.
Option 3: The guide will met the visitors at the station.
Option 4: The guide be meeting the visitors at the station.
Correct Answer: The guide will meet the visitors at the station.
Active voice is the voice in which the subject performs the action expressed by the verb. Hence, "the guide" will be the subject in the active form.
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