Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: In the given question, select the related letter cluster from the given alternatives. FLRX : EJOT :: CKTY : ?
Option 1: BIQV
Option 2: DIPQ
Option 3: DHQU
Option 4: BIQU
Correct Answer: BIQU
Solution : Given: FLRX : EJOT :: CKTY : ?
Subtract consecutive natural numbers from the place value of each letter of FLRX to obtain the code – F – 1 = E; L – 2 = J; R – 3 = O; X – 4 =
Question : Which of the following festivals is primarily celebrated by the Buddhist Community?
Option 1: Songkran
Option 2: Nowruz
Option 3: Gyan Panchami
Option 4: Thadri
Correct Answer: Songkran
Solution : The correct answer is Songkran.
The meaning of the word Songkran is passing or approaching. This festival marks the beginning of the traditional Thai New Year. It is a prominent Buddhist festival that is mainly celebrated in Thailand for three days. The other famous Buddhist
Question : Directions: Pointing towards Arti, Sukanya said, "She is my husband's mother-in-law's husband's daughter". How is Arti related to Sukanya?
Option 1: Maternal aunt
Option 2: Mother
Option 3: Sister-in-law
Option 4: Sister
Correct Answer: Sister
Solution : Following the instructions of the question, the family tree will be –
Here, the quadrilateral represents the male and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.
So, Arti is the sister of Sukanya. Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : Directions: Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in it.
Option 1: 895
Option 2: 1123
Option 3: 1456
Option 4: 1377
Correct Answer: 1377
Solution : Add power 4 of the number given in the first row and second row to get the number of the third row –
In the first column: (4)4 + (3)4 = 256 + 81 = 337 In the second column: (3)4 +
Question : ______ is the inflammation of joints due to the accumulation of uric acid crystals.
Option 1: Myasthenia gravis
Option 2: Osteoporosis
Option 3: Gout
Option 4: Tetany
Correct Answer: Gout
Solution : The correct answer is Gout.
Gout is a form of inflammatory arthritis. It occurs when uric acid crystals accumulate in one (or rarely several) of the body’s joints. This painful condition often comes on without warning and most commonly affects the base of the
Question : Directions: In the following question, a series is given with one number missing. Select the missing number from the given alternatives. 3, 7, 16, 35, ?
Option 1: 65
Option 2: 72
Option 3: 74
Option 4: 76
Correct Answer: 74
Solution : Given: 3, 7, 16, 35, ?
Multiply the terms by 2 and add consecutive natural numbers to the results. (3 × 2) + 1 = 6 + 1 = 7; (7 × 2) + 2 = 14 + 2 = 16; (16 × 2) +
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 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:
Which of the following words is the ANTONYM of the word 'boundaries' used in the passage?
Option 1: Cores
Option 2: Verges
Option 3: Rims
Option 4: Brinks
Correct Answer: Cores
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
According to the passage, cores can be the appropriate choice of antonym from the given words, as boundaries refer to the thin skin on the surface, whereas cores refer to the inner dense part of the Earth.
Question : Directions: What was the day of the week on 19 February 2011?
Option 1: Monday
Option 2: Tuesday
Option 3: Saturday
Option 4: Sunday
Correct Answer: Saturday
Solution : Given: Find the day of the week on 19 February 2011.
As 2000 is divisible by 400, the number of odd days is 0. Number of leap year till 2010 = 2 (2004, 2008) Number of ordinary years till 2010 = 8 Number of odd
Question : Directions: In the following question below, some statements are followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and decide which of them logically follows from the given statements. Statements: All ears are hands. No hand is a nose. Conclusions: I. No ear is a nose. II. All noses are ears. III. Some hands are noses.
Option 1: Only I
Option 2: Only II
Option 3: Only III
Option 4: None follows
Correct Answer: Only I
Solution : The Venn diagram is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): No ear is a nose – The circle that represents the ear lies inside the circle that represents hands, and as per the second statement no hand is a nose.
Question : In which district is Chauri Chaura located?
Option 1: Deoria
Option 2: Banaras
Option 3: Gorakhpur
Option 4: Maharajganj
Correct Answer: Gorakhpur
Solution : The correct answer is Gorakhpur.
The Chauri Chaura incident occurred on 4th February 1922 in Chauri Chaura in Gorakhpur district of the United Province. The police fired upon a large group of protestors participating in the Non-Cooperation movement peacefully. In retaliation, the demonstrators attacked
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