Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 5 : 150 :: 8 : ?
Option 1: 864
Option 2: 576
Option 3: 262
Option 4: 186
Correct Answer: 576
Solution : Given: 5 : 150 :: 8 : ?
Add the cube and the square of the given number to obtain the resultant number. 5 : 150→53 + 52 = 125 + 25 = 150 Similarly, follow the same pattern for 8 – 8
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said, "These dresses are cheap."
Option 1: He said that those dresses was cheap.
Option 2: He said that these dresses are cheap.
Option 3: He said that these dresses were cheap.
Option 4: He said that those dresses were cheap.
Correct Answer: He said that those dresses were cheap.
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Narration Conversion:
Question : What was the theme of World Tuberculosis Day, 2020?
Option 1: Don't look back
Option 2: Get started
Option 3: Go ahead
Option 4: It's Time
Correct Answer: It's Time
Solution : The correct option is It's Time.
World Tuberculosis Day Celebration
• Celebrated annually on March 24. • 2020 theme: "It's time". • Aim to raise public awareness about TB's health, social and economic impacts. • National ambassador: Deepa Malik.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. The captain said, "What are we doing on the pitch if we are not playing?"
Option 1: The captain wanted to know what were they doing on the pitch if they are not playing.
Option 2: The captain asks what they are doing on the pitch if they are not playing.
Option 3: The captain asked what are we doing on the pitch if we are not playing.
Option 4: The captain asked what they were doing on the pitch if they were not playing.
Correct Answer: The captain asked what they were doing on the pitch if they were not playing.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact
Question : Directions: Select the option that will replace the question mark (?) in the given figure series.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : According to the given question figures – Each box in the figure is rotated by 90° in an anticlockwise direction. So, following the above pattern, the required figure will be as follows –
Therefore, the figure in the third option is the required figure. Hence, the
Question : Directions: Among the four answer figures, which one can be formed from the cut pieces given below in the question figure?
Solution : The various parts of the figure can be numbered as follows –
The parts can be arranged in the following manner –
Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : The history of which Indian state is known by the book "Rajatarangini"?
Option 1: Rajasthan
Option 2: Jammu and Kashmir
Option 3: Uttar Pradesh
Option 4: Karnataka
Correct Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
Solution : The correct answer is Jammu and Kashmir.
The book Rajatarangini describes the history of Jammu and Kashmir. In the 12th century CE, Kashmiri historian Kalhana wrote it in Sanskrit. The composition has 7826 verses, separated into eight books named tarangas (waves). The Rajatarangini
The priest said, "Death is inevitable".
Option 1: The priest said death had been inevitable.
Option 2: The priest said that death is inevitable.
Option 3: The priest said that death was inevitable.
Option 4: The priest told that death had been inevitable.
Correct Answer: The priest said that death is inevitable.
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
Reported speech, or indirect speech, is the form of speech used to convey what was said by someone at some point in time.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Question : Who is the author of the book The Zigzag Way?
Option 1: Anita Desai
Option 2: Simran Sodhi
Option 3: Jahnavi Barua
Option 4: Lisa Genova
Correct Answer: Anita Desai
Solution : The correct answer is Anita Desai.
Anita Desai published the novel The Zigzag Way in 2004. The Zigzag Way tells the tale of 20th-century Mexico through political unrest, personal tragedy and the exploitation of native Mexican people by questionable rescuers.
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. DELEGATE
Option 1: possess
Option 2: create
Option 3: nominate
Option 4: detain
Correct Answer: nominate
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
"Delegate" and "nominate" are related terms when used in the context of assigning or appointing someone to represent or act on behalf of others. In this sense, to "delegate" tasks is to assign them to someone else, and
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