Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Which of the following states is the second most populous state in India as per Census 2011?
Option 1: Maharashtra
Option 2: Madhya Pradesh
Option 3: West Bengal
Option 4: Rajasthan
Correct Answer: Maharashtra
Solution : The correct option is Maharashtra.
According to the 2011 Census, Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India. Maharashtra's population constitutes 9.28% of India's overall population. Approximately 54.78% of Maharashtra's total population lives in rural areas.
Question : Directions: Select the option figure that will come next in the following figure series.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : According to the question figure – 1. In the given series, the horizontal lines are increasing and the vertical lines are decreasing successively. 2. The geometrical shape changes between triangle and square while moving along the corners in a clockwise direction. So, following the above pattern,
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
The teacher commanded the students to keep quiet.
Option 1: The teacher said, "Can you keep quiet, students?"
Option 2: The teacher said to the students, "You should be quiet."
Option 3: The teacher said, "Students, please keep quiet."
Option 4: The teacher said to the students, "Keep quiet."
Correct Answer: The teacher said to the students, "Keep quiet."
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
Steps of conversion:
The original reporting verb commanded is changed to said in the direct speech.
The imperative command to keep quiet is rephrased as keep quiet.
The reported speech is
Question : Directions: The Venn diagram below best represents the relationship among which of the classes given in the options.
Option 1: Police Officers, Doctors, Nurses
Option 2: Artists, Fathers, Girls
Option 3: Brothers, Males, Females
Option 4: Fathers, Uncles, Brothers
Correct Answer: Fathers, Uncles, Brothers
Solution : Let's check the options – First option: Police Officers, Doctors, Nurses; These are the professions and do not have a common relation to them. Therefore, this is incorrect. Second option: Artists, Fathers, Girls; some girls and fathers may be artists but there is
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No Error".
The decoration (1) / on the wall (2) / were a horse painting. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence.
There is an error in the subject-verb agreement in the sentence.
The verb were should be replaced with was to convey the intended meaning that there was a decoration on the wall, which was a
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The courier service had delivered the parcel.
Option 1: The parcel service was being delivered by the courier service.
Option 2: The parcel delivered the courier service.
Option 3: The parcel had been delivered by the courier service.
Option 4: The parcel was been delivered by the courier service.
Correct Answer: The parcel had been delivered by the courier service.
Solution : The correct option is the third option.
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
Question : Directions: In the following question, select the number that can be placed at the sign of the question mark (?) from the given alternatives.
Option 1: 2
Option 2: 3
Option 3: 4
Option 4: 6
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : In each box, the sum of all the numbers is equal to 19. In the first figure: 3 + 2 + 6 + 8 = 19 In the second figure: 4 + 4 + 9 + 2 = 19 In the third figure: 19 –
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. Ranjan said to his boss, "Will you promote me by the end of this year?"
Option 1: Rajan asked his boss if he would promote him by the end of this year.
Option 2: Rajan asked to his boss if he will promote him by the end of that year.
Option 3: Rajan asked his boss that if he will promote him by the end of this year.
Option 4: Rajan asked his boss if he would promote him by the end of that year.
Correct Answer: Rajan asked his boss if he would promote him by the end of that year.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact
Question : Bidesiya is said to have originated from the village of Kutubpur, Uttar Pradesh. People who used to leave the village and go to the city were known as Bidesiyas. One such person was_____.
Option 1: Bhikhari Thakur
Option 2: Acharya Devvrat
Option 3: Bheem Sen
Option 4: Viren Bahadur
Correct Answer: Bhikhari Thakur
Solution : The correct answer is Bhikhari Thakur.
He was a well-known writer and folk artist. Despite being uneducated, Thakur taught himself to read and memorize the Ramcharitmanas, which were written by Tulsidas, the man he looked up to as his literary mentor. He wrote many
Either Ankit (1) / or Jyoti (2) / have done this. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
The error lies in the subject-verb agreement. When using either...or, the verb agrees with the subject closest to it. In this case, the subject closest to the verb is Jyoti, which is singular so
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