Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
None but cowards / is scared of / losing the battle.
Option 1: No error
Option 2: losing the battle
Option 3: is scared of
Option 4: none but cowards
Correct Answer: is scared of
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
There is an error in subject-verb agreement in the sentence. The verb "is" should be replaced with "are" to match the plural verb "cowards".
Therefore, the correct sentence is: None but cowards are scared of losing the battle.
Question : Change the following sentence from direct speech to indirect speech and choose the correct sentence from the given options.
The students said, "We wish we didn't have to write exams."
Option 1: The students say we wish they had not written exams.
Option 2: The students said they wished they have not written exams.
Option 3: The students say that we wish we do not write exams.
Option 4: The students said that they wished they didn't have to write exams.
Correct Answer: The students say that we wish we do not write exams.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Narration Conversion:
Therefore, the correct answer is: "The students said that they wished they didn't have to write exams."
Question : Comprehension:
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. In the three days since schools reopened for junior students after two years, teachers are missing the familiar buzz in classrooms and have found a section of students to be unusually quiet. Some students are 'withdrawn', their social skills having been impacted by the long closure of schools. Teachers and counsellors are hopeful this would pass soon, and till then, they would have to be patient with the children and keep a close eye on their behaviour. "Children might have developed behavioural problems such as screen addiction and restlessness. They might have become impulsive and are not attentive to lessons. Teachers have to be proactive about the mental health of the child," said the psychiatrist.
Question:
According to the psychiatrist, which type of problems might children have developed?
Option 1: Retention
Option 2: Punctuality
Option 3: Behavioural problems
Option 4: Physical problems
Correct Answer: Behavioural problems
According to the passage, the psychiatrist mentioned that children might have developed "behavioural problems" such as screen addiction, restlessness, impulsivity, and a lack of attentiveness to lessons.
Therefore, the right answer is behavioural problems.
Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives. Man : Biography :: Nation : ?
Option 1: People
Option 2: Population
Option 3: Geography
Option 4: History
Correct Answer: History
Solution : Given: Man : Biography :: Nation : ?
Like, Man : Biography; the story of an individual or man is called a Biography. Similarly, Nation : ?; following the same pattern, the collective story of a nation is called History.
So, Nation is related to History. Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Directions: Select the option that can replace the question mark (?) in the third row. Row 1: 8, 39, 5 Row 2: 3, 24, 5 Row 3: 4, ?, 5
Option 1: 16
Option 2: 34
Option 3: 40
Option 4: 27
Correct Answer: 27
Solution : Given: Row 1: 8, 39, 5 Row 2: 3, 24, 5 Row 3: 4, ?, 5
In row 1, (8 + 5) × 3 = 13 × 3 = 39 In row 2, (3 + 5) × 3 = 8 × 3 = 24 Similarly, In row 3, (4 + 5) × 3 = 9 × 3 = 27
So, 27 is the missing number. Hence, the fourth option is correct.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
The COVID-19 pandemic has deeply affected people across the world. During these difficult (1)____ frontline workers have been at the highest risk as (2)____ have been stepping out to work daily (3)____ proper protective gear. An NGO reached out to people to (4)____ funds to procure PPE kits, masks, and sanitisers for (5)____ among the frontline workers. Several school children participated (6)_____ in this noble initiative. They collected old newspapers and books and (7)_____ them to raise a good sum of money which was (8)____ used to buy kits. The children were happy to (9)_____ and learned how taking care of each other is very (10)_____ in such challenging situations.
Question:-
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 1.
Option 1: time
Option 2: timing
Option 3: times
Option 4: timings
Correct Answer: times
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
Explanation: In the given sentence, the verb have been is used, which indicates a present perfect continuous tense. Times is appropriate here because it refers to an ongoing and continuous period, aligning with the present perfect continuous tense. The sentence is emphasising the duration of the challenges faced by people during the COVID-19 pandemic, and times is suitable for expressing this ongoing timeframe.
Therefore, the correct answer is times.
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.
It was my second year at boarding school. I was sitting on platform No. 8 (1)______ Ambala station, waiting for the north-bound train. My parents (2)______ me old enough to travel on my own. I (3)______ by bus to Ambala early in the evening. Now, (4)______ was a long wait till my train (5)______. Most of the time, I had been (6)______ up and down the platform, (7)______ at the bookstall, or feeding broken biscuits to stray dogs. (8)______ a train arrived, it would become (9)______. As the carriage doors opened, people would swoop down (10)______ the nervous little ticket collector at the gate.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 9.
Option 1: exotic
Option 2: lunatic
Option 3: neurotic
Option 4: chaotic
Correct Answer: chaotic
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Let's look at the meanings of the given options:
As per the possible context of the sentence, disorder and chaos would prevail the moment any train arrived at the station.
Therefore, the correct answer is chaotic.
Question : Directions: Select the Venn diagram that best represents the relation between the following classes. Soldiers, Writers, Men
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Some men are writers and some men are soldiers. Also, some soldiers can be writers too. Therefore, the circle of men, writers, and soldiers are interconnected. So, the Venn diagram is as follows –
Hence, the first option is correct.
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.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 4.
Option 1: sometimes
Option 2: all times
Option 3: any time
Option 4: no time
Correct Answer: sometimes
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
Explanation: The use of sometimes indicates that the action of putting the Army uniform in the basement was not a consistent or regular occurrence. This choice accurately reflects the occasional nature of the behavior, providing a nuanced understanding of how the uniform was treated and stored by James Leach Miller.
Therefore, the correct answer is sometimes.
Question : Directions: In the following question, the sentence given with a blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four.
Our PM _____ to Paris last month.
Option 1: went
Option 2: goes
Option 3: will have gone
Option 4: have gone
Correct Answer: went
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
Went fits perfectly in the sentence, indicating that the Prime Minister traveled to Paris in the past.
The options go and have gone are in the present tense and do not represent something that has already been done; will have gone is the future perfect tense and is inappropriate to use to describe an action in the past.
Therefore, the complete sentence is, "Our PM went to Paris last month".
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