Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Comprehension:
An earthquake is what happens when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where they slip is called the fault or fault plane. The location below the earth's surface where the earthquake starts is called the hypocenter and the location directly above it on the surface of the earth is called the epicentre.
Sometimes an earthquake has foreshocks. These are smaller earthquakes that happen in the same place as the larger earthquake that follows. Scientists can’t tell that an earthquake is a foreshock until a larger earthquake happens. The largest main earthquake is called the mainshock. Mainshocks always have aftershocks that follow. These are smaller earthquakes that occur afterwards in the same place as the main shock. Depending on the size of the mainshock, aftershocks can continue for weeks, months, and even years after the mainshock!
The Earth has four major layers: the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. The crust and the top of the mantle make up a thin skin on the surface of our planet.
But this skin is not all in one piece; it is made up of many pieces, like a puzzle covering the surface of the earth. Not only that, but these puzzle pieces keep slowly moving around, sliding past one another, and bumping into each other. We call these puzzle pieces tectonic plates, and the edges of the plates are called plate boundaries. The plate boundaries are made up of many faults, and most of the earthquakes around the world occur on these faults. Since the edges of the plates are rough, they get stuck while the rest of the plate keeps moving. Finally, when the plate has moved far enough, the edges unstick on one of the faults, and there is an earthquake.
Question:
What is the suitable title of the passage?
Option 1: All about earthquakes
Option 2: Fault plates
Option 3: Layers of earth
Option 4: Mainshock and aftershocks
Correct Answer: All about earthquakes
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
"All about earthquakes" can be a suitable passage for this passage, as the passage talks about the fundamental aspects of earthquakes and the structures of the Earth's layers. The other options do not encompass the whole
Question : Directions: If the 29th of November 2010 was Monday, then what was the day of the week on the 29th of November 2017?
Option 1: Saturday
Option 2: Friday
Option 3: Wednesday
Option 4: Thursday
Correct Answer: Wednesday
Solution : Given: The 29th of November 2010 was Monday.
Let's calculate the total number of days from the 29th of November 2010 to the 29th of November 2017 – 7 × 365 = 2555 + 2 = 2557 ( 2 days are being added as 2012
Question : What was the main aim of the First Five Year Plan?
Option 1: Self-dependent
Option 2: Industrial growth
Option 3: Economic growth
Option 4: Agricultural growth
Correct Answer: Agricultural growth
Solution : The correct answer is Agricultural growth.
An advanced and strategic first five-year plan was formulated to improve India’s economy after its independence in 1951. The plan aimed to bring changes, and make India self-sufficient, and economically powerful. The major focus behind the first Five-year
Question : Which one of the following is an extinct animal?
Option 1: Passenger pigeon
Option 2: Mountain quail
Option 3: Pink-headed duck
Option 4: Ibis
Correct Answer: Passenger pigeon
Solution : The answer is Passenger pigeon.
In the early nineteenth century, the passenger pigeon was the most numerous bird in North America, with an estimated population of over 3 billion. The passenger pigeon, however, became extinct in the early twentieth century owing to overhunting
Question : Directions: The ratio of the present ages of A and B is 4 : 5. After 5 years, the age of B will be 35 years. What is the present age (in years) of A?
Option 1: 24
Option 2: 29
Option 3: 26
Option 4: 31
Correct Answer: 24
Solution : Given: The ratio of the present ages of A and B is 4 : 5
Let A's present age = 4Y and B's present age = 5Y B's age after 5 years will be 35 years. According to the question – ⇒ 5Y + 5
Question : Directions: In this question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
When Rahul handed his homework, he forgot to give the teacher the last page.
(1) handed in his homework
(2) handed down his homework
(3) handed over his homework
(4) No improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the first option.
It means to submit or give something to an authority, a teacher, or a person in charge, typically for assessment, inspection, or review.
It is the correct phrasal verb to use when giving something to
Question : Directions: A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two matrices, given below. The columns and rows of Matrix (I) are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix (II) are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g. A can be represented by 24, 95, etc and M can be represented by 11, 66, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word PART.
Option 1: 00, 10, 03, 86
Option 2: 57, 24, 41, 55
Option 3: 00, 40, 89, 78
Option 4: 00, 95, 32, 31
Correct Answer: 57, 24, 41, 55
Solution : Given: PART
Number representations of each letter – P→00, 57 A→10, 24, 40, 95 R→03, 41, 89 T→42, 55, 79
First option: 00,10, 03, 86; T cannot be represented as 86. Second option: 57, 24, 41, 55; All the letters of the
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
The locust is an insect that belongs to the family of grasshoppers. These insects are essentially harmless (1)____________they meet certain circumstances under which they (2) ___________more abundant and change their behaviour. India, Pakistan and Iran (3)_____________currently thinking over the locust plague threat (4)___________over their economies. When these locusts meet (5) __________environmental conditions, they become gregarious and (6) __________breeding abundantly. With their population becoming (7) ____________, they form swarms and keep moving (8) __________areas damaging the crops. These swarms attacking (9) ___________and thereby devastating the entire agricultural economy is (10) ____________is commonly referred to as locust plague.
Question: Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 9.
Option 1: seeds
Option 2: flowers
Option 3: grains
Option 4: crops
Correct Answer: crops
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The word crops is the most suitable option in this context because it broadly encompasses various plants cultivated for food, including grains, vegetables, and fruits. Locust swarms are notorious for causing significant damage to crops by devouring
Question : Tsering Landol, the Padma Bhushan awardee of 2020, belongs to the state/union territory of:
Option 1: Ladakh
Option 2: Nagaland
Option 3: Jammu and Kashmir
Option 4: Manipur
Correct Answer: Ladakh
Solution : The correct answer is Ladakh.
She is an Indian gynaecologist and one of the pioneers of women's health in the Ladakh Union Territory of India. She is the first gynaecologist from Leh, Ladakh. She has been organizing awareness camps in remote villages and received various
Question : Directions: Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship between the following classes. Television sets, Electrical Appliances, Refrigerators
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Television sets and Refrigerators both are examples of Electrical Appliances, indicating that they are devices that operate using electricity.
Therefore, the Venn diagram will be as follows –
Hence, the third option is correct.
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