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Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam

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Question : What does the acronym TULIP, which is an internship programme for fresh graduates and engineers of the country under the "Smart City" projects, stand for?

Option 1: Thematic Urban Landscape Internship Programme

Option 2: The Urban Learning Internship Programme

Option 3: Thematic Urban Learning Internship Programme

Option 4: Town and Urban Landscape Internship Programme

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Correct Answer: The Urban Learning Internship Programme


Solution : The correct answer is The Urban Learning Internship Programme.

The Urban Learning Internship Programme (TULIP) is a programme designed to give recent graduates opportunities for experiential learning in the city. The programme aims to achieve the dual objectives of giving

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Question : Which of the following festivals is celebrated on the fifth and last day of Diwali?

Option 1: Bhai Dooj

Option 2: Govardhan Puja

Option 3: Dhanteras

Option 4: Narak Chaturdashi

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Correct Answer: Bhai Dooj


Solution : The correct answer is Bhai Dooj.

The festival of lights, known as Diwali, lasts for five days. Bhaiya Dooj, sometimes called Bhai Dooj, is the fifth or last day of Diwali. The second day following the new moon is Bhai Dooj.

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Question : A kilowatt-hour is a unit of

Option 1: energy

Option 2: power

Option 3: electric charge

Option 4: electric current

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Correct Answer: energy


Solution : The correct option is energy.

A kilowatt-hour (kWh) is a unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt (1 kW) of power used for one hour. It is commonly used to measure electrical energy consumption. For example, if a device consumes 1 kilowatt of power for

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Question : Directions: Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting anticlockwise in the same sequence around a circular table at equal distances facing the center. Then, C and H interchange their places. If B is sitting in the south direction, in which direction is H facing now?

Option 1: North-east

Option 2: South-east

Option 3: North-west

Option 4: South-west

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Correct Answer: North-west


Solution : Given:
Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H are sitting anticlockwise in the same sequence around a circular table at equal distances facing the center. B is sitting in the south direction.

After interchanging the position of C and H, the

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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”.
For now on, all the salesmen will be paid a commission and not a salary.

Option 1: As of now on

Option 2: No substitution

Option 3: Since now on

Option 4: From now on

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Correct Answer: From now on


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Explanation
The option, from now on, is the appropriate expression to indicate a starting point in time. It is a commonly used phrase to specify that a new practice or condition will begin at the

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Question : Which one of the following is an unpredictable natural disaster?

Option 1: Earthquake

Option 2: Cyclone

Option 3: Tornado

Option 4: Hurricane

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Correct Answer: Earthquake


Solution : The correct answer is an Earthquake.

An earthquake is an unpredictable natural disaster which is caused by the shaking of tectonic plates. The hypocenter is the point beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake begins, while the epicentre is the location directly above it

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Question : Which of the following relieves pain?

Option 1: Antibiotics

Option 2: Analgesic

Option 3: Antipyretic

Option 4: Disinfectant

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Correct Answer: Analgesic


Solution : The correct answer is Analgesics.

Analgesics are medications designed to alleviate pain by interfering with the transmission of pain signals within the nervous system. These drugs encompass well-known options like acetaminophen, NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, and opioids. While they offer relief from various forms

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Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at MN as shown below.

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

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Correct Answer:


Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear close to the mirror in the reflection.
Here, according to the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on Line MN). So, the left side of the reflected image will appear

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Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava, working at the University of California in Berkeley, is among the winners of the Prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize, announced last week by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Adam W. Marcus, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne), and Daniel Alan Spielman, Yale University, are the other two winners.

"Marcus, Spielman, and Srivastava solved longstanding questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and in the process, they uncovered a deep new connection between linear algebra, the geometry of polynomials, and graph theory that has inspired the next generation of theoretical computer scientists," the NAS said in a statement.

An Indian national, Nikhil was born in New Delhi in November 1983 and has attended educational institutions across the world—Syria, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the US—as his father was an Indian Foreign Services officer, who has served as the Indian ambassador to Uganda and Denmark. At present, Nikhil is an associate professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley. The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honour outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the area of combinatorial mathematics.

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The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented:

Option 1: every two years to honour the best researchers in mathematics

Option 2: twice every year to honour young and influential researchers in mathematics

Option 3: every year to honour new thinking and research in a specific area of mathematics

Option 4: every year to honour those who solve longstanding problems in graph theory and linear algebra

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Correct Answer: every year to honour new thinking and research in a specific area of mathematics


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

As stated in the last line of the passage, the Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honour outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential

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