Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
It is quite hot today, but it was______ yesterday.
Option 1: hottest
Option 2: hotter
Option 3: more hotter
Option 4: most hot
Correct Answer: hotter
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
We use the comparative form of the adjective to compare. In this case, the sentence is comparing today's temperature to yesterday's temperature, and the comparative form of "hot" is "hotter", which makes it the correct choice.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: It is quite hot today, but it was hotter yesterday.
Question : Grafting and _____________ are horticulture techniques used to join parts from two or more plants so they appear to grow as a single plant.
Option 1: layering
Option 2: cutting
Option 3: budding
Option 4: fusion
Correct Answer: budding
Solution : The correct answer is budding.
Horticultural procedures like grafting and budding are used to link sections of two or more plants together so that they grow together as a single unit. Grafting is the process of growing one plant's upper portion (scion) on top of another plant's root system (rootstock). A bud is removed from one plant and developed on another during the budding process.
Question : Select the option that arranges the given sentences in the correct sequence. The first sentence is in the correct position. A. A traffic policeman usually stands at the junction of roads. B. With these signs, he either stops people and vehicles, or allows them to pass by. C. He wears a white uniform and a pair of white gloves. D. Sometimes he stands on a high platform at the junction or under a flyover. E. In one hand he carries a red or green, lighted rod or a metal sign plate that says 'STOP'.
Option 1: ADCEB
Option 2: ACBED
Option 3: ABCED
Option 4: AECBD
Correct Answer: ADCEB
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The logical flow of information is:
Hence, the correct sequence is ADCEB.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'No improvement required'.
Footballers run from one corner of the field to other.
Option 1: through others
Option 2: on the other
Option 3: to another
Option 4: No improvement required
Correct Answer: to another
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The reason for this correction is that "other" is not the correct term to use in this context. "Other" implies a comparison or contrast between two or more items, which is not intended in this sentence. Instead, "another" is the appropriate term to indicate a different corner of the field.
Therefore, the correct sentence should be: Footballers run from one corner of the field to another.
Question : Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. What action will you take in the present circumstances?
Option 1: What action can be taken by you in the present circumstances?
Option 2: What action will be took by you in the present circumstances?
Option 3: What action may be taken by you in the present circumstances?
Option 4: What action will be taken by you in the present circumstances?
Correct Answer: What action will be taken by you in the present circumstances?
Solution : The correct answer is the fourth option.
Explanation:
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 the passive voice is: "Object + be verb + past participle of the main verb + preposition "by" + agent of action?"
Therefore, the correct passive form is: "What action will be taken by you in the present circumstances?"
Question : Which of the following rivers originates in the Milam glacier in the Nepal Himalayas where it is known as Goriganga?
Option 1: Saryu
Option 2: Gomti
Option 3: Tons
Option 4: Karamnasa
Correct Answer: Saryu
Solution : The correct answer is Saryu.
The Goriganga, also known as the Sarda or Saryu River rises in the Milam glacier of the Nepal Himalayas. It is known as Kali as it joins the Ghaghara along the Indo-Nepal border. In Sitapur district, Uttar Pradesh, the Saryu River merges with the Ghaghara River.
Question : Directions: What was the day of the week on 05th of April 1234?
Option 1: Tuesday
Option 2: Sunday
Option 3: Monday
Option 4: Wednesday
Correct Answer: Wednesday
Solution : Code for months –
Code for days –
Code for centuries –
For, 5th of April 1234; – Formula: {Date + (Month code) + (Century code) + ( last two digit of the year) + ((last two digit of the year / 4)'s Quotient)} / 7
Date = 5 Code for the month (April) = 6 Code for the century (1200) = 6 (1234 = 1200 + 34; For 1200 it will be 6 and for 34 it will be 34) And, 34 ÷ 4 = 8(Quotient) Now, on adding them we get→5 + 6 + 6 + 34 + 8 = 59 On dividing 59 by 7, we get 3 as a remainder. 3 is the code for Wednesday.
So, the 05th of April 1234 will be Wednesday. Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Given below are four sentences, three of which are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.
A. Not long after our tortoise was taken away, we got another pet. B. He was still very young and had to be fed on bread and milk. C. Living with us, he started to believe he was not a bird at all. D. This time it was a pigeon.
Option 1: ABCD
Option 2: ACBD
Option 3: ADBC
Option 4: ACDB
Correct Answer: ADBC
Solution : The third option is correct.
While arranging the parts of the passage, we should find some grammatical or contextual connections between them:
Therefore, the correct answer would be ADBC.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Reena is attending a seminar online.
Option 1: The seminar were attended by Reena online.
Option 2: The seminar is being attended by Reena online.
Option 3: The seminar was being attended by Reena online.
Option 4: The seminar was to be attended by Reena online.
Correct Answer: The seminar is being attended by Reena online.
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 structure of the passive voice in the case of the present continuous tense is: "Singular object + is + being + past participle form of the verb + 'by' followed by the agent of the action."
Therefore, the sentence in passive voice is: The seminar is being attended by Reema online.
Question : In which of the following years was the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) launched?
Option 1: 2000
Option 2: 2002
Option 3: 2004
Option 4: 2006
Correct Answer: 2000
Solution : The correct answer is 2000
2000 saw the establishment of Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY). Under this government-funded program, millions of India's poorest households receive food at a substantial discount. N Sri Vishnu, the Union minister of food and civil supplies at the time, came up with the idea. On December 25, 2000, the NDA government in Rajasthan implemented it for the first time.
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