Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: Which of the following options could be correctly depicted by the Venn diagram given below?
Option 1: Book, Copy, Student
Option 2: Mothers, Doctors, Women
Option 3: Letter, Post-office, Paper
Option 4: Musician, Teacher, Engineer
Correct Answer: Mothers, Doctors, Women
Solution : Let's check each option – First option: Book, Copy, Student; Book, copy, and student do not have any relation between them. Therefore, this is incorrect. Second option: Mothers, Doctors, Women; All mothers are women and some mothers and women can be doctors. Therefore,
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 number. In winter, when the snow (1)______ the higher ranges, the Himalayan bears come to (2)______ altitudes in search of food. Sometimes they forage (3)_______ the fields and because they are short-sighted and (4)______ of anything that moves, they can be (5)______. But, like most wild animals, they (6)_______ humans as much as possible. Village folk (7)______ advise me to run downhill if (8)______ by a bear. They say bears find it easier to run uphill (9)______ down. I am glad that I am (10)______ to be chased by a bear and will happily skip the experience. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 8.
Option 1: pushed
Option 2: hunted
Option 3: chased
Option 4: rushed
Correct Answer: chased
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
The context suggests that village folk advise the speaker to run downhill if chased by a bear. The word, chased fits well in this context, indicating that the advice is specific to a situation where a person is
Question : Directions: Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series? 77, 78, 74, 83, 67, ?
Option 1: 188
Option 2: 88
Option 3: 92
Option 4: 192
Correct Answer: 92
Solution : Given: 77, 78, 74, 83, 67, ?
Follow the pattern to obtain the required number –
So, 92 is the required number in the given series. Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : There is an underlined segment in the given sentence. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the segment. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required'.
Children should not be given food that contains additives, preservatives, or nothing with chemicals.
Option 1: No substitution required
Option 2: anything without chemicals
Option 3: nothing chemical
Option 4: anything with chemicals
Correct Answer: anything with chemicals
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The segment "or nothing with chemicals" is unclear and awkward and should be replaced with "or anything with chemicals", as it is more grammatically accurate and conveys the idea that children should avoid food that
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select “No substitution”. I told you not to miss your classes, did I?
Option 1: didn’t I?
Option 2: No substitution
Option 3: do I?
Option 4: didn’t you?
Correct Answer: didn’t I?
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Explanation: The original sentence is in the form of a tag question, where the tag is formed by inverting the auxiliary verb and the subject. Since the main sentence is in the past tense ("I told you"),
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
India (1)_________ a rich cultural heritage. We are inheritors of several grand (2)__________ in the fields of music, fine arts, dance, drama, etc. Our scriptures are the storehouses of (3)_________ wisdom. Our saints aspired to the (4)________ of the infinite. We have (5)_________ great spiritual values, contrasted with which the materialistic progress of the West appears insignificant.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: activity
Option 2: realisation
Option 3: dimension
Option 4: ancient
Correct Answer: realisation
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Realisation is the act of becoming aware of something, and in this context, it helps convey that the saints in India harboured a deep aspiration to attain a profound understanding or realisation of the infinite.
Question : In present-day computing, which code is used and accepted worldwide?
Option 1: ASCII
Option 2: Hollerith Code
Option 3: EBCDIC
Option 4: ISCII
Correct Answer: ASCII
Solution : The answer is ASCII.
ASCII, the American Standard Code for Information Interchange, is the predominant character set encoding in contemporary computing. Computers, telecommunication equipment, and various devices employ ASCII codes to represent text. While modern character-encoding techniques offer expanded character support, ASCII remains a
Question : Which of the following glands secretes the hormone called melatonin?
Option 1: Adrenal gland
Option 2: Pineal gland
Option 3: Thymus gland
Option 4: Thyroid gland
Correct Answer: Pineal gland
Solution : The correct answer is the Pineal gland.
It is a tiny gland with a pinecone-like form that is situated in the epithalamus, a region of the brain that lies between the two hemispheres. The primary function of the pineal gland is to collect
Question : In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains a grammatical error. You should have reports the matter to your teacher instead of taking it in your own hands.
Option 1: taking it
Option 2: instead of
Option 3: should have
Option 4: reports the matter
Correct Answer: reports the matter
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
Question : Which British archaeologist recognised in the 1940s that it was necessary to follow the stratigraphy of the mound rather than mechanically excavate it along a uniform horizontal line?
Option 1: R. E. M. Wheeler
Option 2: Alexander Cunningham
Option 3: John Marshall
Option 4: E. Hultzsch
Correct Answer: R. E. M. Wheeler
Solution : The correct answer is R. E. M. Wheeler.
R. E. M. Wheeler, a British archaeologist, recognized the importance of following the stratigraphy of a mound during excavations rather than using uniform horizontal lines. He developed the Wheeler Method, also known as the
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