Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
All eyes
Option 1: Watching with anger.
Option 2: Watching eagerly.
Option 3: Watching with no interest.
Option 4: Not watching at all.
Correct Answer: Watching eagerly.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The idiom, all eyes typically means that everyone is watching or paying close attention to something with great interest or eagerness. It implies a collective focus or scrutiny on a particular event, person, or situation.
Question : One of the common forms of representing remote sensing data as information is in the form of
Option 1: Thematic Maps
Option 2: Political maps
Option 3: Distribution maps
Option 4: Land use maps
Correct Answer: Thematic Maps
Solution : The correct answer is a Thematic map.
Thematic maps are a popular means of expressing remote sensing data as information. Thematic maps are specialised maps that utilise a variety of symbols, colours and patterns to depict certain themes or aspects of the Earth's surface,
Question : Directions: Study the histogram of the marks (in mathematics) distribution of fifty students in class IX and answer the following question:
The average marks of the students are:
Option 1: $53.2$
Option 2: $45.5$
Option 3: $60.2$
Option 4: $55.5$
Correct Answer: $53.2$
Solution : Required Average $=\frac{\text{Total marks obtained by the students}}{{\text{Total number of students in the class}}}$ Take the mid value of each interval while taking the sum of all observations. Required Average $= \frac{(7 \times 10) + (8 \times 30) + (18 \times 50) + (4 \times
Question : Harshvardhana was defeated by
Option 1: Prabhakaravardhana
Option 2: Pulakesin II
Option 3: Narasimhasvarma Pallava
Option 4: Sasanka
Correct Answer: Pulakesin II
Solution : Correct Answer is Pulakeshin II
He attempted to march across the Narmada to the Deccan, but Pulakeshin II, a leader from the Chalukya dynasty, stopped him.In the winter of 618–619 CE, Pulakeshin II defeated Harsha on the banks of the Narmada, earning him the
Question : Select the most appropriate option to replace the underlined word in the given sentence. Hritik is slow than Heer.
Option 1: slowliest
Option 2: much slow
Option 3: slower
Option 4: slowest
Correct Answer: slower
Solution : The third option is correct.
When comparing two items, we use the comparative form of adjectives. Slower is the appropriate form of the adjective slow. The comparative form slower is used to indicate that Hritik's speed is less than that of Heer.
Therefore, the
Question : Directions: In the following question, correct the equation by interchanging the two signs. 6 ÷ 17 × 51 + 6 – 12 = –4
Option 1: × and ÷
Option 2: + and ÷
Option 3: + and –
Option 4: – and ÷
Correct Answer: × and ÷
Solution : Given: 6 ÷ 17 × 51 + 6 – 12 = –4
Let's check the options – First option: × and ÷ ⇒ 6 × 17 ÷ 51 + 6 – 12 = –4 Solving the L.H.S. of the equation – = 6
Question : A trader gains 25% by selling an article with a 20% discount on its marked price. If the cost price of the article increases by 30%, then how much discount (in %) should he offer on the same marked price to gain 15% of profit?
Option 1: 4.32%
Option 2: 5.08%
Option 3: 5.12%
Option 4: 4.87%
Correct Answer: 4.32%
Solution : Let the marked price of the article be 100. The trader gives a 20% discount on its marked price. So, the selling price = 100 – 20 = 80 He gains 25%. $\therefore$ Cost price of the article $=\frac{100}{100+25}×80=\frac{100}{125}×80=64$ Now, the cost price of the
Question : Direction: A series is given below with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
CBA, FED, IHG, LKJ, ?
Option 1: PRT
Option 2: VUT
Option 3: ONM
Option 4: ZYX
Correct Answer: ONM
Solution : Given: CBA, FED, IHG, LKJ, ?
First letter of the series → C + 3 = F; F + 3 = I; I + 3 = L; L + 3 = O
Second letter of the series → B + 3 = E; E
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
I named the child Ritesh.
Option 1: The child was named Ritesh by me.
Option 2: The child Ritesh is named by i.
Option 3: The child is named Ritesh by us.
Option 4: The child Ritesh was named.
Correct Answer: The child was named Ritesh by me.
Solution : The correct choice is the first 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 subject in
Question : Among the following works of Salman Rushdie , which one was his first creation?
Option 1: Shame
Option 2: Midnight's Children
Option 3: The Satanic Verses
Option 4: The Moor's Last Laugh
Correct Answer: Midnight's Children
Solution : The Correct Answer is Midnight's Children
Indian-British author Salman Rushdie wrote Midnight's Children in 1981; it was printed by Jonathan Cape. The Midnight Children explores what it means to be "home," what makes a family, and what it takes to find the courage to
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