Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives. Fast : Hunger :: Race : ?
Option 1: Smartness
Option 2: Strength
Option 3: Horse
Option 4: Fatigue
Correct Answer: Fatigue
Solution : Given: Fast : Hunger :: Race : ?
Like in, Fast : Hunger, fasting involves abstaining from food, which can lead to hunger. Similarly, by applying the same logic, a race involves physical activity, which can lead to a particular condition called fatigue.
So, race
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).
Either Kiran or Mala sure to be chosen for the school debate team.
(1) Either Kiran or Mala are sure to
(2) Either Kiran nor Mala are sure to
(3) Either Kiran or Mala will
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
The word "will" is a modal verb that is used to express certainty in the future. In the case of "either...or," the verb must agree with the subject closest to it.
Thus, "sure to" and "are" cannot come
Question : A baseball has ______ stitches.
Option 1: 186
Option 2: 226
Option 3: 261
Option 4: 108
Correct Answer: 108
Solution : The correct answer is 108.
The baseball is covered with 108 hand-stitched double stitches in total. A baseball with 108 stitches has an eight-pattern, which gives one side far more velocity than the other. The ball then moves by its trajectory and spins for
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. The manager said, “My secretary has resigned.”
Option 1: The manager said that his secretary had resigned.
Option 2: The manager said that his secretary has resign.
Option 3: The manager said that my secretary had resigned.
Option 4: The manager said that his secretary resigned.
Correct Answer: The manager said that his secretary had resigned.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Rules for narration conversion
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
Several old buildings were dismantled by them to build the new hospital.
Option 1: They have dismantled several old buildings to build the new hospital.
Option 2: They had dismantled several old buildings to build the new hospital.
Option 3: They are dismantling several old buildings to build the new hospital.
Option 4: They dismantled several old buildings to build the new hospital.
Correct Answer: They dismantled several old buildings to build the new hospital.
Solution : The right choice is the fourth option.
Active voice is the voice where the subject performs the action. When changing a sentence from the passive voice to the active voice, the subject and the object
Question : Which former Chief Minister was released from house arrest on 24 March 2020?
Option 1: Lalu Prasad Yadav
Option 2: Farooq Abdullah
Option 3: Rabri Devi
Option 4: Omar Abdullah
Correct Answer: Omar Abdullah
Solution : The correct answer is Omar Abdullah
On March 24, 2020, Omar Abdullah was released from house arrest. He is from the National Conference party of Jammu and Kashmir, and he became the 11th chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2009 he was the
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. FRIDGE : EGDIRF :: GROUND : ?
Option 1: DNOURG
Option 2: DNUOGR
Option 3: DNUORG
Option 4: NEUORG
Correct Answer: DNUORG
Solution : Given: FRIDGE : EGDIRF :: GROUND : ?
Reverse the order of the letters of FRIDGE to get the related letter cluster. FRIDGE→EGDIRF So, FRIDGE is related to EGDIRF. Similarly, follow the same pattern for GROUND – GROUND→DNUORG
So, GROUND is related to DNUORG. Hence,
Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Unskilled workers are being replaced by trained people in this factory.
Option 1: Trained people have replaced unskilled workers in this factory.
Option 2: Trained people were replacing unskilled workers in this factory.
Option 3: Trained people are replacing unskilled workers in this factory.
Option 4: Unskilled workers are replacing trained people in this factory.
Correct Answer: Trained people are replacing unskilled workers in this factory.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: Active voice is a sentence construction where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. When converting it to active voice, the sentence shifts the focus to the
Question : An offspring of a female tiger and a male lion is called:
Option 1: Liger
Option 2: Leopon
Option 3: Jaglion
Option 4: Tigon
Correct Answer: Liger
Solution : The correct answer is liger.
A male lion (Panthera leo) and a female tiger (Panthera tigris) hybridized to produce the liger. Despite their diversity, the liger's progenitor species are all members of the same genus. The liger is the largest known living cat species
Question : Sleeping sickness disease spreads due to which of the following insects?
Option 1: Bedbugs
Option 2: Louse
Option 3: Tsetse fly
Option 4: Sandfly
Correct Answer: Tsetse fly
Solution : The correct option is Tsetse fly.
Sleeping sickness, commonly known as African trypanosomiasis, is a parasitic disease spread by tsetse flies. Tsetse flies are biting flies that are native to Sub-Saharan Africa. They act as vectors (transmitters) for the parasites that cause sleeping
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