Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
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 number.
I arrived in Delhi in 2009 from a very small town. I had (1)______ lived in a big city before. It was a (2)______ experience for me. I walked around, learning (3)______ names of the streets and taking note (4)______ the shops. After months of wandering, I (5)______ that I had slowly become familiar with Delhi and (6)______ at home. On weekends, I packed some chapatis that (7)______ as my mid-day meal. Then I left for a (8)______ park where I spent hours (9)______ the people of my new city (10)______ feeding the birds with bits of chapatis.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.
Option 1: unusual
Option 2: unique
Option 3: uncommon
Option 4: unknown
Correct Answer: unique
Solution : The second option is correct.
Therefore, the correct answer is unique.
Question : Select the option that gives the most appropriate meaning of the following word. Dwindle
Option 1: Expand
Option 2: Reduce
Option 3: Neglect
Option 4: Approve
Correct Answer: Reduce
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Dwindle means to become smaller or less in number, and it is correctly given in the second option, which says, reduce.
Question : Directions: An amount of INR 6,764 is to be distributed among four friends P, Q, R, and S in the ratio of 8: 6: 3: 2. How much amount will P and R get in total?
Option 1: INR 4,120
Option 2: INR 2,848
Option 3: INR 3,916
Option 4: INR 3,766
Correct Answer: INR 3,916
Solution : Given: The ratio of P, Q, R, and S = 8: 6: 3: 2 The amount to be distributed = Rs 6,764 (8x + 6x + 3x + 2x) = Rs 6,764 19x = Rs 6,764 x = 6,764 ÷ 19 x = Rs 356 Thus, the amount each person received – P = 8 × 356; = Rs 2,848 Q = 6 × 356; = Rs 2,136 R = 3 × 356; = Rs 1,068 S = 2 × 356; = Rs 712
So, the total amount of P and R (2,848 + 1,068) = INR 3,916. Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Let the chairs be laid in the lawn.
Option 1: Lay the chairs in the lawn.
Option 2: Lie the chairs in the lawn
Option 3: The chairs are lying in the lawn
Option 4: The chairs were laid in the lawn.
Correct Answer: Lay the chairs in the lawn.
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
Imperative sentences are used to give commands, make requests, or offer invitations. They typically do not have a subject explicitly stated because the subject is understood to be the person or people being addressed.
The structure of the imperative sentence in the active form is, verb + subject + additional information.
Therefore, the sentence in the active form is: Lay the chairs in the lawn.
Question : Comprehension: Read the passage and answer the questions. Ever wondered how efficiently the brain works on waking up in the morning, even before the system has had a chance to ingest the hot cuppa! If I could replace myself with a robot, the latter would need to train through 39 steps across different levels (kitchen platform, refrigerator, and stove), three states (solid, liquid, and gas), and manage several timed intervals between sub-tasks. Yet, once done, it will be a spectacle to watch; steps executed with such precision and dependability, will be a given. What’s more, it will address multiple tasks in an interleaved fashion by harvesting the in-betweens. The time between putting the oil in the wok and dropping the seasoning once the oil is heated, between placing the rolled chapati on the tava and flipping the partially roasted piece—such snippets of time that the human uses up to ponder will be efficiently utilised by a robot. To a robot, thinking is a challenge! But it will turn its thinking disability to its advantage. Time division multiplexing in its finest resolution will be in action. Imagine chopping a pair of beans in between flipping chapatis or shelling boiled eggs as the oil in the wok gets heated Who can give up the joy of watching a phoolka puff into a ball on the fire, each puff bringing added cheer? Yet, to a robot, it will be a sight lost in vain. For, our busybody will be placing a bottle under the water purifier to fill water when a phoolka puffs and switching off the button when the next one repeats the feat. Imagine what will happen when such a robot does come into shape. Mad with joy at gaining one hour of precious morning time, humanity will buy it. Next, the additional hour will be played with. The workaholic will add that hour to work hours. Those committed to physical well-being will hit the gym, and a handful will go jogging. Yet, soon, deeper realisations will set in. Sleeping off the extra hour will seem like a logically stable state and will be welcomed by all. Until even sleeping gets boring,. In due course, the fate of my robot will be no different from that of the many fancies mankind has evolved through. The “going back to roots” movement will find a new entrant. Like the shift from refined to whole, from polished to brown, from cooked to raw, we will retrace our steps. The robot would be discarded in the e-waste bin, and we would make our way back into the kitchen. Many of the once-familiar sights and smells would then drift slowly back into our senses.
Question: According to the writer of this passage, which of these statements is NOT true about robots?
Option 1: We will sooner or later get bored with robots.
Option 2: A robot uses in-between times efficiently.
Option 3: Robots will replace human beings.
Option 4: A robot does the work mechanically without any emotions.
Correct Answer: Robots will replace human beings.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: The statement that is not true about robots, as per the writer's perspective in this passage, is that robots will replace human beings. The passage discusses the efficiency of robots and how they might temporarily change human routines, but it does not definitively claim that robots will replace human beings.
Question : Who among the following cricketers won the 2019 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Player of the Year, announced in January 2020?
Option 1: Rohit Sharma
Option 2: Pat Cummins
Option 3: Ben Stokes
Option 4: . Virat Kohli
Correct Answer: Ben Stokes
Solution : The correct answer is Ben Stokes.
Ben Stokes won the 2019 Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for the ICC Player of the Year, which was announced in January 2020. The Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy is associated with cricket, and it is given annually by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to the chosen world player of the year. Ben Stokes is an all-around player in England’s cricket team.
Question : Directions: Count the number of triangles in the following figure.
Option 1: 27
Option 2: 23
Option 3: 29
Option 4: 31
Correct Answer: 29
Solution : The given figure can be labelled as shown below –
Now, in the above figure, there are a total of 29 triangles. They are ADB, BDC, ADC, CMD, CML, LME, DME, CDE, CEL, DEL, CDL, EFL, FGL, EGL, GLN, KLN, KNH, GHN, GHL, GHK, GKL, KHL, HJK, HIJ, KIH, ACE, CEG, KEG, KGI.
Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : "Devanampriya" and "Piyadasi" were the titles adopted by the King ______.
Option 1: Chandragupta
Option 2: Bimbisara
Option 3: Ashoka
Option 4: Kanishka
Correct Answer: Ashoka
Solution : The correct answer is Ashoka.
"Devanampriya" refers to Beloved of the Gods. Ashoka frequently used it with the title Priyadasi, which translates to "He who regards others with kindness." One of the greatest emperors in history, Ashoka, ordered that inscriptions be carved on rock surfaces and pillars.
Question : Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
One should wear a mask while going out.
Option 1: While going out a, mask will be worn.
Option 2: While going out, a mask can be worn.
Option 3: While going out, a mask should be worn.
Option 4: While going out, a mask would be worn.
Correct Answer: While going out, a mask should be worn.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active voice becomes the subject in the passive voice. The object and the subject get inverted, and the rest of the sentence remains the same.
The structure of the passive voice in this case is, "Additional information + object + modal verb + be + past participle form of the verb".
Therefore, the correct passive sentence is: While going out, a mask should be worn.
Let the music be played softly.
Option 1: You must play the music softly.
Option 2: The music is playing softly.
Option 3: Plav the music softly.
Option 4: Can you play the music softly.
Correct Answer: Plav the music softly.
Active voice is the voice where the subject performs the action. In the case of an imperative sentence, the sentence starts with the main verb, followed by the object.
The structure of the imperative sentence in the active voice is, verb + object + adverb.
Therefore, the sentence in the active voice is: Play the music softly.
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