Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : What does the first "A" stand for in the acronym AFSPA?
Option 1: Act
Option 2: Aviation
Option 3: Armed
Option 4: Autonomy
Correct Answer: Armed
Solution : The correct answer is Armed.
The AFSPA stands for Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Initially, it was known as the Armed Forces (Assam and Manipur) Special Powers Act of 1958. After the formation of states like Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Nagaland, the Act
Question : Famous instrumentalist Lakshminarayana is renowned for playing which of the following instruments?
Option 1: Violin
Option 2: Veena
Option 3: Santoor
Option 4: Sitar
Correct Answer: Violin
Solution : The correct answer is Violin.
Lakshminarayana is renowned for playing the Violin. Dr. Lakshminarayan Subramanyam is also known as Violin Chakravarthy, which means emperor of the Violin. He has received several prestigious awards for his contribution, such as the Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi
Question : Directions: Six friends, A, B, C, D, E, and F, are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. A is to the immediate left of E. B is to the immediate right of F. D is second to the left of F. A and C have equal persons between them from both ends. Who is sitting immediately between A and F?
Option 1: D
Option 2: E
Option 3: B
Option 4: C
Correct Answer: B
Solution : Given: (I) Six friends, A, B, C, D, E, and F, are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. (II) A is to the immediate left of E.
(III) B is to the immediate right of F. D is second to
Question : Directions: Select the option in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Since the rotation is restricted. So, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of the question figure with all the option figures, it is evident that the given question figure is embedded only in the first option figure.
Hence,
Question : Directions: Arrange the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1. Knee 2. Finger 3. Neck 4. Hair 5. Toes
Option 1: 4, 3, 1, 5, 2
Option 2: 5, 3, 1, 2, 4
Option 3: 5, 1, 2, 3, 4
Option 4: 3, 4, 5, 1, 2
Correct Answer: 5, 1, 2, 3, 4
Solution : Given: 1. Knee 2. Finger 3. Neck 4. Hair 5. Toes
Arrange the given body parts as in the body from bottom to top – In the human body the bottommost part is the toes and when we go from up
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. He said to his sister, “I am very proud of you.”
Option 1: He said to his sister that he is very proud of her.
Option 2: He told his sister that how proud he was of her.
Option 3: He told his sister that he was very proud of her.
Option 4: He said his sister was very proud of him.
Correct Answer: He told his sister that he was very proud of her.
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
Narration Conversion:
Question : Directions: Select the letter cluster that will replace the question mark (?) in the following series. DZP, SCG, JFV, YIM, PLB, ?
Option 1: ESP
Option 2: DOS
Option 3: EOS
Option 4: FOR
Correct Answer: EOS
Solution : Given: DZP, SCG, JFV, YIM, PLB, ?
Follow the pattern to obtain the next letter cluster.
So, EOS is the missing term in the series. Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : Who discovered the rubber-making process through the vulcanisation method?
Option 1: John Dunlop
Option 2: Charles Goodyear
Option 3: David Macmillan
Option 4: Issac Newton
Correct Answer: Charles Goodyear
Solution : The correct option is Charles Goodyear.
Charles Goodyear is credited with creating the first industrial vulcanisation process that produced rubber that was malleable, waterproof and moldable. In Springfield, Massachusetts, his method — heating rubber with sulphur — was first applied in 1841.
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.
The coded box placed on the first page of every chapter (1)________ quick response code. The first QR code is to (2)__________ the complete e-textbook. The (3)__________ quick response code will help you access the relevant e-resources linked to each other. This will help you (4)__________ your learning in a (5)__________ manner.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: subsequent
Option 2: irrelevant
Option 3: former
Option 4: shown
Correct Answer: subsequent
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Subsequent means following, or next in order. It helps convey that the next QR will help in accessing the relevant resources.
Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. The cavalcade had scarcely covered a kilometre than there was a loud blast.
Option 1: scarcely covered
Option 2: The cavalcade had
Option 3: there was a loud blast
Option 4: a kilometre than
Correct Answer: a kilometre than
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The sentence is expressing a cause-and-effect relationship between the cavalcade covering a kilometre and the occurrence of a loud blast. The conjunction "than" is not suitable for this context; it should be replaced with "when" to
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