Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: Select the option that will fill in the blank and complete the given series. TMKB, CLNU, VOMD, ____, XQOF
Option 1: ENPW
Option 2: BQEA
Option 3: ETRW
Option 4: BQUR
Correct Answer: ENPW
Solution : Given: TMKB, CLNU, VOMD, ____, XQOF
Follow the pattern to obtain the next term in the series –
So, ENPW is the missing term in the series. Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Directions: Arrange the following words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary. 1. Tear 2. Tease 3. Taste 4. Treat 5. Tackle
Option 1: 3, 5, 2, 1, 4
Option 2: 1, 3, 5, 4, 2
Option 3: 5, 3, 1, 2, 4
Option 4: 1, 4, 2, 3, 5
Correct Answer: 5, 3, 1, 2, 4
Solution : Given: 1. Tear 2. Tease 3. Taste 4. Treat 5. Tackle
Step 1: Compare the first letter of each word. Since all the words start with the same letter T, then move on to the next letter. Step 2: The second letter of each word is either a, e, or r. Based on the alphabetical order of these letters, we can arrange them – Taste, Tackle, Tear, Tease, Treat Step 3: Compare the third letter of (Taste, Tackle) and the fourth letter of (Tear, Tease). Tackle will come before Taste in the sequence as c comes before s in the alphabetical system. Similarly, Tear will come before Tease as r comes before s.
So, the sequence is Tackle, Taste, Tear, Tease, Treat or 5, 3, 1, 2, 4. Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : Directions: Select the number that will correctly replace the question mark (?) in the series. 94, 36, 18, ?
Option 1: 10
Option 2: 3
Option 3: 6
Option 4: 8
Correct Answer: 8
Solution : Given: 94, 36, 18, ?
The product of the digits of the previous number equals the next number of the series. 94; 9 × 4 = 36; 3 × 6 = 18; 1 × 8 = 8
So, 8 is the missing number of the series. Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
On a cold, wintry Christmas day in 1998, the ice and snow were beating down upon the windows of the vehicles as we travelled to an obscure orphanage in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We battled unstable hills blanketed with two feet of snow. The narrow road forced us to drive perilously close to the edge. This would be my first Christmas away from home and family. I could imagine my wife and my two little daughters opening their gifts on Christmas day. Today, I was going to learn for the first time how it would be to spend Christmas day with other children.
Enemy activity had devastated the villages. I had heard stories and seen pictures of this particular village where we were headed. What I did not know was that it would be a camp full of destitute families and children. As we entered the village, the children lined the roads on both sides and cheered. They ran to us in excitement as we climbed out of our vehicles. Within moments, I saw my soldiers passing out sweets and chocolates and talking with the children. The adults, who were not sure if we could be trusted, kept their distance. But soon, they too were won over by my men. The soldiers unloaded 87 boxes of toys, clothes, shoes, school supplies, and candy. We were soon surrounded by the people of the village, who shook our hands and smiled shyly in thanks for our gifts and our presence.
After the two hour visit, as we rose to leave, the camp leader said to us, "Please come again, even if you have nothing to give. We enjoyed having you here." We had loved every moment we had been there. This year, we truly learned the Christmas spirit of loving and giving!
Question:
Initially the adults were not as friendly as the children because:
Option 1: they were not interested in gifts
Option 2: they were missing their families
Option 3: they did not trust the soldiers
Option 4: they did not want to celebrate Christmas
Correct Answer: they did not trust the soldiers
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: Initially, the adults in the village were not as friendly as the children because of uncertainty and perhaps a lack of trust. The text says, "The adults who were not sure if we could be trusted kept their distance". It's common for adults, especially in areas that have experienced conflict or hardship, to approach strangers with caution.
Therefore, the correct answer would be: They did not trust the soldiers.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. No one immediately owned responsibility for the bomb attack.
Option 1: Responsibility for the bomb attack has not been owned by anyone immediately.
Option 2: Responsibility for the bomb attack was not owned by anyone immediately.
Option 3: Responsibility for the bomb attack was not owned by no one immediately.
Option 4: Responsibility for the bomb attack is not owned by anyone immediately.
Correct Answer: Responsibility for the bomb attack was not owned by anyone immediately.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The 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 sentence becomes the subject in the passive voice.
The structure of a passive sentence in case of the simple past tense is: "Object + was + not + past participle of the main verb + by + agent of the action."
Therefore, the passive voice would be: "Responsibility for the bomb attack was not owned by anyone immediately."
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, MAGNETIC is written as DJUFOHBN, and ELECTRIC is written as DJSUDFMF. How will LOCATION be written in that language?
Option 1: OPJUBDPM
Option 2: MPDBUJPO
Option 3: OPJUBFQM
Option 4: OPJUBDQM
Correct Answer: OPJUBDPM
Solution : Given: MAGNETIC is written as DJUFOHBN, and ELECTRIC is written as DJSUDFMF.
Add 1 to the positional value of the letter MAGNETIC as shown, to obtain the required code –
Thus, MAGNETIC is coded as DJUFOHBN. And in, ELECTRIC is written as DJSUDFMF –
Thus, ELECTRIC is coded as DJSUDFMF. Similarly, follow the same pattern for LOCATION –
Thus, LOCATION is coded as OPJUBDPM. Hence, the first option is correct.
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.
India (1)________ a rich cultural heritage. We are inheritors of several grand (2)_________ in the fields of music, fine arts, dance, drama, etc. Our scriptures are the storehouses of (3)________ wisdom. Our saints aspired to the (4)_________ of the infinite. We have (5)_________ great spiritual values, contrasted with which the materialistic progress of the West appears insignificant.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: knowledge
Option 2: ethnic
Option 3: proficiency
Option 4: spiritual
Correct Answer: spiritual
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Spiritual is the appropriate choice, as it helps convey that the religious or sacred texts of India contain a vast amount of profound and spiritual knowledge.
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. As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into family rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling Aunt like mastodons bellowing (1)_______. Primaeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot (2)_____ the family circle ('Please read this carefully and send it on Jane') the clan has a tendency (3)______. ignore me. It's one of the advantages I get from (4)_______. a bachelor and, according to my nearest and dearest, practically a half-witted bachelor (5)________that.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: in
Option 2: for
Option 3: on
Option 4: at
Correct Answer: at
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Explanation:
In this sentence, the preposition at would be used to convey the specific point or aspect being referred to. The word at connects the noun phrase that, to the noun bachelor. The construction suggests that the characterisation of being a half-witted bachelor is emphasised or specified at that particular point or in that context.
Question : Directions: If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in the reflection. Here, according to the information provided, the mirror is placed at the bottom of the figure (on line MN). So, the top of the reflected image will appear as the bottom, and the bottom will appear as the top. However, the left and right sides of the reflected image will remain the same.
Thus, the correct mirror image of the given figure will be –
Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
S1. Besides, there is something
A. which makes him feel B. the wholeness of a thing C. in the outlook of an Englishman D. as the mere sum of its states
S6. and attributes for the time being.
Option 1: BDCA
Option 2: BCDA
Option 3: BACD
Option 4: CABD
Correct Answer: CABD
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
Sentence C introduces the main idea of the paragraph, emphasising the outlook of an Englishman. Sentence A follows logically, explaining that there is something about the outlook of an Englishman. Sentence B continues the discussion, elaborating on the concept of wholeness. Sentence D concludes the paragraph, explaining what makes an Englishman feel the wholeness of a thing and emphasising that it's not just the sum of its states.
Therefore, the correct answer is CABD.
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