Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
Once the responses were received, / the data collected / was tabulated for analysis.
Option 1: Once the responses were received
Option 2: No error
Option 3: the data collected
Option 4: was tabulated for analysis
Correct Answer: No error
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The given sentence is structured properly, follows the subject-verb agreement correctly, and conveys the intended meaning.
Therefore, the given sentence contains no errors.
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No Error".
The whole block of flats (1) / including two shops (2) / were destroyed in fire. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence.
"Were" should be replaced with "was", as the whole block of flats is considered singular, so it should be followed by a singular verb. Moreover, when two nouns are connected by the term "including" the
Question : In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains a grammatical error. The migrating labourers were served hot meals for every town or village on their way.
Option 1: on their way
Option 2: for every town
Option 3: migrating labourers
Option 4: were served
Correct Answer: for every town
Solution : The error lies in the second option.
In this context, "for" is not the appropriate preposition to convey the intended meaning. The sentence aims to express that the migrating labourers were served hot meals when they arrived in each town or village along
Question : Directions: Seven people A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting in a straight row, facing north. Only two people sit to the right of E. Only two people sit between D and C. G has no neighbours on the left. D is the only neighbour of A. B sits third to the right of G. Who sits third to the right of G?
Option 1: D
Option 2: B
Option 3: E
Option 4: C
Correct Answer: B
Solution : Given: (I) Only two people sit to the right of E. G has no neighbours on the left. B sits third to the right of G.
(II) Only two people sit between D and C. D is the only neighbour of A. Only one place
Question : Who among the following appointed Ibn Battuta as the Qazi of Delhi?
Option 1: Alauddin Khalji
Option 2: Sikandar Lodi
Option 3: Ghiyas ud din Balban
Option 4: Muhammad bin Tughluq
Correct Answer: Muhammad bin Tughluq
Solution : The correct option is Muhammad bin Tughluq.
Muhammad bin Tughluq named the renowned Moroccan adventurer and traveller Ibn Battuta the Qazi of Delhi. In the fourteenth century, Muhammad bin Tughluq ruled over Delhi as its Sultan and was a figure in the Delhi
Question : Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
All foodstuffs change. Green fruits become ripe and eggs go bad or rotten. It is the enzymes naturally present in each food which bring about the complex chemical changes that lead first to ripening and then to rotting.
How does one control the activity of enzymes, bacteria, yeasts and moulds in food? All of them require air, moisture and a certain temperature, usually somewhere near the body temperature, to be active. Depriving them of one or more of these will suppress them. All microorganisms can be killed by heat sterilisation. This simply means heating the food to high enough temperatures by boiling, deep or shallow frying, roasting, baking and, for milk particularly, pasteurisation. After such sterilisation, if the food is sealed in airtight containers, it can be kept for a long time. A certain water content in food is necessary for microorganisms to be active. Drying in the sun is a simple way of bringing down the moisture level so low that the enzymes and microorganisms cannot flourish.
Some chemicals can suppress undesirable activity. The addition of salt, vinegar, spices and oil or sugar syrup are other ways of preventing foods from going bad. If heating kills, freezing inactivates the enzymes and microorganisms. This is what happens in a refrigerator, in which fruits, vegetables and milk can be kept for fairly long periods. For meat and fish, even colder temperatures, below freezing point, are necessary for preservation. All foods which are kept cold in this way, once taken out and returned to room temperature, are again subject to spoilage and change.
Question: Boiling, frying, roasting and baking are methods of:
Option 1: sterilisation
Option 2: spoilage
Option 3: pasteurisation
Option 4: refrigeration
Correct Answer: sterilisation
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The passage in the second paragraph mentions various methods such as boiling, frying, roasting and baking are all methods of sterilisation.
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
My cousin talks non-stop and bugs me when I try to study.
Option 1: hinders my work
Option 2: gives assistance
Option 3: irritates me
Option 4: gives encouragement
Correct Answer: irritates me
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The idiom bugs me is an informal expression that means someone is being annoying or bothersome. In the given sentence, it suggests that the speaker's cousin is talking incessantly, causing irritation and hindering the speaker's ability
Question : Directions: In this question, the statement is followed by two conclusions. Which of the two conclusions is/are true? Statement: S ≤ P = U < T > V ≥ X > W Conclusions: I. T > S II. W < V
Option 1: Only conclusion I is true
Option 2: Both conclusions I and II are true
Option 3: Neither conclusion I nor II is true
Option 4: Only conclusion II is true
Correct Answer: Both conclusions I and II are true
Solution : Given: Statement: S ≤ P = U < T > V ≥ X > W
Let's check the conclusions – Conclusion (I): T > S→True; S ≤ P = U < T ⇒ S < T Conclusion (II): W
Question : In which year did Henri Becquerel discover that uranium salts emit penetrating radiation that can be registered on a photographic plate?
Option 1: 1892
Option 2: 1894
Option 3: 1896
Option 4: 1898
Correct Answer: 1896
Solution : The correct answer is 1896.
In 1896, Henri Becquerel discovered that uranium salts emit penetrating radiation that can be registered on a photographic plate. He investigated the newly discovered X-rays. In 1896, which led to the study of how uranium salts were affected by light,
Question : Directions: Three statements are given followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: 1. All teachers are students. 2. All principals are teachers. 3. Some principals are doctors. Conclusions: I. Some students are teachers. II. No student is a doctor. III. Some students are principals.
Option 1: Only conclusions II and III follow
Option 2: All of the conclusions follow
Option 3: Only conclusions I and II follow
Option 4: Only conclusions I and III follow
Correct Answer: Only conclusions I and III follow
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): Some students are teachers – From the Venn diagram, the circle of the teacher is completely inside the circle of
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