Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
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’.
Grandfather enjoys to share his child stories.
Option 1: no substitution
Option 2: enjoys sharing his childhood
Option 3: is enjoying to share his childhood
Option 4: enjoy sharing his child
Correct Answer: enjoys sharing his childhood
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The verb enjoys is followed by the gerund form of the verb when expressing a liking or pleasure in an activity. In this case, sharing is the gerund form that correctly follows enjoys in the
Question : The autobiography of famous yoga guru Swami Ramdev is:
Option 1: My Life, My Mission
Option 2: Beyond the Lines
Option 3: Born Again on the Mountain
Option 4: In the Afternoon of Time
Correct Answer: My Life, My Mission
Solution : The correct option is My Life, My Mission.
Swami Ramdev's autobiography, titled "My Life, My Mission", co-authored with senior journalist Uday Mahurkar, offers a compelling narrative tracing the extraordinary journey of the renowned yoga guru from his humble beginnings in a village
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Infinite
Option 1: Boundless
Option 2: Unfathomable
Option 3: Absolute
Option 4: Evanescent
Correct Answer: Evanescent
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Infinite means limitless, without bounds, endless, whereas evanescent is something that tends to vanish, like vapour, or pass away quickly. So, Evanescent represents the opposite of Infinite because it suggests something that is temporary, transient, or not lasting indefinitely.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. In digital environments, social media means interaction between individuals in which they generate, communicate, and transfer thoughts and knowledge. Being social has become a fundamental need, demonstrating the effectiveness of humans. People who were unheard of are now able to access information and have a voice because of the magnificent advancements in communication systems. The present generation has the privilege of witnessing some of the most incredible technological advancements in the history of mankind.
Question:
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Privilege
Option 1: Prerogative
Option 2: Disadvantage
Option 3: Loss
Option 4: Disabled
Correct Answer: Disadvantage
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The word privilege refers to a special advantage, right, or immunity granted to a particular person or group. On the other hand, the antonym disadvantage signifies a condition or circumstance that puts someone in an unfavourable or
Question : Directions: How many triangles are there in the given figure?
Option 1: 20
Option 2: 10
Option 3: 18
Option 4: 8
Correct Answer: 8
Solution : The given figure can be labelled as shown below –
Now, in the above figure, there are a total of 8 triangles. They are AOB, BOC, COD, AOD, ABC, BCD, ACD, ADB.
Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Given below are four sentences, three of which, are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order. A. George Robinson was ambitious but not very clever when he was at school, and he left when he was sixteen. B. Soon, without any struggle, he had a shop of his own. C. At first, he did not know what to do, but then he started selling cheap toys in the street, and it soon became clear that he was a clever businessman. D. It was not long before he owned three big shops in which he employed sixty people.
Option 1: ADCB
Option 2: ACBD
Option 3: ADBC
Option 4: ABCD
Correct Answer: ACBD
Solution : The correct order is the second option: ACBD.
Sentence A: Introduces George Robinson's early characteristics and background.
Sentence C: Describes George's initial uncertainty and then his decision to sell toys, showcasing his business acumen.
Sentence B: Follows logically from sentence C, indicating George's quick success
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'.
Drivers don't have to renew their licenses before the end of the year.
Option 1: No substitution
Option 2: doesn't have to renew
Option 3: don't have to renewing
Option 4: don't has to renew
Correct Answer: No substitution
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The original sentence is grammatically correct as it maintains the subject-verb agreement and uses the appropriate verb form. The subject "drivers" is plural, and the verb "don't have" agrees with it appropriately. The verb form "have" is
Question : The given sentence is divided into three segments. Select the option that has the segment with a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'no error' as your answer.
By next year, / we will been living / in Bengaluru for eight years.
Option 1: we will been living
Option 2: By next year
Option 3: in Bengaluru for eight years
Option 4: No error
Correct Answer: we will been living
Solution : The first option is correct.
The future perfect continuous tense is a verb tense that can be used to refer to an action that will be continuing until a certain point of time in the future.
Will been should be replaced with
Question : In the given sentence, identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Draw a lotus plant and label their parts.
Option 1: and label
Option 2: lotus plant
Option 3: Draw a
Option 4: their parts
Correct Answer: their parts
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The error is in the pronoun their. The correct possessive pronoun that should be used in this case is its.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Draw a lotus plant and label its parts.
Question : Directions: Which option represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary? 1. Settlement 2. Settings 3. Settle 4. Settee 5. Senile
Option 1: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Option 2: 1, 2, 4, 3, 5
Option 3: 5, 4, 2, 3, 1
Option 4: 5, 4, 2, 1, 3
Correct Answer: 5, 4, 2, 3, 1
Solution : Given: 1. Settlement 2. Settings 3. Settle 4. Settee 5. Senile
Step 1: Compare the first and second letters of each word. Since all the words start with the same letter S and are followed by e, move on to
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