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 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.
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.
Question:
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:
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
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;
Question : Which one of the following regions in India is not a producer of petroleum minerals?
Option 1: Digboi, Assam
Option 2: Bombay High, Mumbai
Option 3: Delta of Narmada River
Option 4: Delta of Krishna River
Correct Answer: Delta of Narmada River
Solution : The correct answer is the Delta of the Narmada River.
Rajasthan is India's largest petroleum producer, followed by Gujarat and Assam. In India, oil can be found in Digboi in Assam, Gujarat, Mumbai High, and the Godavari and Krishna River basins. Mumbai
Question : Directions: Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in it.
Option 1: 144
Option 2: 110
Option 3: 134
Option 4: 122
Correct Answer: 134
Solution : Multiply the sum of the first and second numbers by 3 and then subtract the result from the first number – Row I: {(14 + 23) × 3} – 14 = 111 – 14 = 97 Row II: {(22 + 41) × 3} – 22
Question : Directions: In the following question, a series is given with one number missing. Select the missing number from the given alternatives. 14, 22, 37, 61, 96, ?
Option 1: 152
Option 2: 132
Option 3: 144
Option 4: 162
Correct Answer: 144
Solution : Given: 14, 22, 37, 61, 96, ?
Subtracting 1 from the squares of consecutive natural numbers (starting from 3) and then adding the resultant to the previous number, to get the next number in the series. 14 + {(3)2 – 1} = 14 +
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. People say Shyam is wise and honest.
Option 1: It is said that Shyam is wise and honest.
Option 2: Let’s say that Shyam is wise and honest.
Option 3: Shyam is wise and honest is said by people.
Option 4: It is believed that Shyam is wise and honest.
Correct Answer: It is said that Shyam is wise and honest.
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
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
I wish the people in the queue would move a little fastly.
Option 1: would move a little faster
Option 2: would moved little bit fast
Option 3: were moving little fast
Option 4: No substitution
Correct Answer: would move a little faster
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Faster is the correct comparative adjective that should be used in place of the adverb fastly to make the sentence grammatically accurate and convey its intended meaning.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "I
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