Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Don't leave the room __________I am back.
Option 1: when
Option 2: while
Option 3: until
Option 4: since
Correct Answer: until
Solution : The correct option is the third option.
The word "until" is the most appropriate option here. It indicates the period during which the action of leaving the room should be avoided, emphasising that the person should stay in the room until the speaker returns.
Therefore,
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
In 1945, James Leach Miller returned from World War II and shared nothing (1)____ it with his wife. He folded up his Army (2)______, with the medals still pinned to it, and (3)____ put it in the basement, where his older boy would (4)______ take it out to play soldiers. He never complained (5)____ that generation of army men didn't air their problems. His son Michael once offered to take him back to Normandy when World War II veterans (6)____ the journey but his father shook (7)_____ head saying, "I've been there once." Sadly, Mr. Miller, 96 years old, (8)_____ survived the bloodiest battle of World War II, died of (9)_____ from the coronavirus on March 30 (10)_____ an Old Soldiers' Home.
Question:-
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 6.
Option 1: were making
Option 2: are made
Option 3: had made
Option 4: was making
Correct Answer: were making
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
Explanation: In this context, the past continuous tense were making is suitable because it aligns with the past actions of World War II veterans making the journey. The use of past continuous emphasises the ongoing nature of
Question : As a part of the celebration of the Nowruz festival by the Parsi community, a deity named Meher is worshipped. This deity is the presiding deity of the:
Option 1: Universe
Option 2: Earth
Option 3: Sun
Option 4: Moon
Correct Answer: Moon
Solution : The correct answer is the Moon.
Parsis observe Nowruz, their new year, by attending the synagogue three times. During these visits, they worship Khorshed, associated with the sun, and Meher, linked to the moon. Celebrated on the first day of the first month in the
Question : Directions: Unscramble the following letters to frame a meaningful word. Then find out the correct numerical position of the letters.
Option 1: 639185251
Option 2: 637914825
Option 3: 735124389
Option 4: 756432189
Correct Answer: 637914825
Solution : Given:
Let's check each option – First option: 639185251; PRSIETNTI→No meaningful word is formed through this option. Second option: 637914825; PRESIDENT→A meaningful word is formed
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Educational facilities in underdeveloped nations are often limiting.
(1) limited
(2) limitless
(3) delimiting
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Limited is the correct word to use in the sentence. It means that educational facilities in underdeveloped nations often have restrictions and constraints, or are not as abundant or comprehensive as they should be.
The meanings of
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select 'No substitution required'.
The crisis was averted due to timely intervention by the government.
Option 1: was been averted
Option 2: be averted
Option 3: No substitution required
Option 4: is avert
Correct Answer: No substitution required
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
The given sentence is written in the passive form of simple past tense. The structure of the passive sentence in the case of the simple past tense is: "Singular object + was + past participle
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
ALLEVIATE
Option 1: mitigate
Option 2: aggravate
Option 3: irritate
Option 4: agitate
Correct Answer: mitigate
Alleviate means to make something more bearable or lessen the intensity of a situation. Mitigate means to reduce or ease the severity or impact of something. it is the closest in meaning to alleviate, which makes it
Question : Identify the segment in the sentence that contains the grammatical error. You have written this poem yourself, is it?
Option 1: poem yourself
Option 2: you have
Option 3: written this
Option 4: is it
Correct Answer: is it
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
In English, when forming tag questions, the auxiliary verb used in the statement is typically repeated in the tag. The original sentence uses "is it?" which is incorrect in this context. The appropriate tag question for the
The rain was coming down relentlessly. Even (1)______ a fast windscreen wiper, the road was (2)____ visible in the dark. Away from the noisy station we had just left, I (3)_____ the empty roads. Indeed, who would be walking (4)____ at such a late hour in the pouring rain? Shekhar was (5)____ steady driver as a rule, but we (6)____ both worried by now and he was already driving (7)______ fast. The road conditions were (8)____ from good. It was a bad ride, but we barely noticed it as we were so (9)______. The only thing I was worried about was finding my daughter, a young, (10)_______ girl alone on the streets at this hour.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 5.
Option 1: a
Option 2: the
Option 3: some
Option 4: little
Correct Answer: a
The use of the indefinite article a before steady driver is appropriate here. It indicates that Shekhar, in general, is a steady driver under normal circumstances.
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.
Butterflies (1) _____body parts. The head, the thorax and the abdomen. They have four wings and six legs attached to the thorax. The colours and patterns (2) _____a butterfly's wings (3) _____them to blend (4)_____ its surrounding and protects it from its predators. Proboscis helps (5)______ from the flowers.
Question
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: at
Option 2: up
Option 3: on
Option 4: in
Correct Answer: on
Solution : The right option is the third option.
Explanation: The preposition on would be used in this context to indicate the location of the colours and patterns. It suggests that the colours and patterns are physically present on the surface of the butterfly's wings,
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