Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : A circle and a rectangle have the same perimeter. The sides of the rectangle are 18 cm and 26 cm. The area of the circle is: (take $\pi=\frac{22}{7}$)
Option 1: 125 cm2
Option 2: 230 cm2
Option 3: 550 cm2
Option 4: 616 cm2
Correct Answer: 616 cm2
Solution : Given: A circle and a rectangle have the same perimeter. The sides of the rectangle are 18 cm and 26 cm. So the perimeter of the rectangle is = 2 × (18 + 26) = 88 cm According to the question, The circumference
Question : The marked price of a chair is Rs. 2,400, which is 20% above the cost price. If the chair is sold at a discount of 10% on the marked price, what is the profit percentage?
Option 1: 10%
Option 2: 8%
Option 3: 9%
Option 4: 26.2%
Correct Answer: 8%
Solution : The selling price of the chair $= 2400 × 90\%= \text{Rs. }2160$ Cost price of the chair $= 2400 × \frac{100}{120}= \text{Rs. }2000$ ⇒ Profit $= 2160 - 2000= \text{Rs. }160$ So, profit % $= \frac{160}{2000} × 100=8\%$ Hence, the correct answer is 8%.
Question : Which one of the following is commonly used for pulp bleaching in the paper industry?
Option 1: Mild sulphuric acid
Option 2: Glucose isomerase
Option 3: Hydrogen peroxide
Option 4: Iodine and water
Correct Answer: Hydrogen peroxide
Solution : The correct option is Hydrogen peroxide.
In the paper industry, hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is often used for pulp bleaching. It is a non-toxic bleaching chemical that aids in the removal of colour, and residual lignin from the wood pulp during
Question : Direction: In the following question, a series is given with one or more alphabet missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given options.
NOM, QRP, TUS, ?
Option 1: WAX
Option 2: HUT
Option 3: WXV
Option 4: HTU
Correct Answer: WXV
Solution : Given: NOM, QRP, TUS, ?
First part → NOM → N + 1 = O; O – 2 = M
Second part → QRP → Q + 1 = R; R – 2 = P M (third letter of the first part) + 4 =
Question : Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. Three walls have posters with prayers printed in large letters. B. It is very sparsely furnished. C. The fourth has a chart with a family tree of the organisation. D. I await Mother Teresa in her office.
Option 1: BADC
Option 2: BDCA
Option 3: DBAC
Option 4: DCBA
Correct Answer: DBAC
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The logical flow of information is as follows:
Question : A pipe can fill a tank in 30 hours. Due to a leakage at the bottom, it is filled in 50 hours. How much time will the leakage take to empty the filled tank?
Option 1: 60 hours
Option 2: 85 hours
Option 3: 70 hours
Option 4: 75 hours
Correct Answer: 75 hours
Solution : The pipe fills the tank in 30 hours. So, it fills $\frac{1}{30}$th of the tank in 1 hour. With the leak, the pipe fills $\frac{1}{50}$th the tank in 1 hour. The volume the leak empties in 1 hour $=\frac{1}{30} - \frac{1}{50} = \frac{5 -
Question : Where is the shore based steel plant located ?
Option 1: Tuticorin
Option 2: Salem
Option 3: Vishakhapatnam
Option 4: Mangalore
Correct Answer: Vishakhapatnam
Solution : The correct answer is Vishakhapatnam.
The steel facility on the coast you're probably referring to is the "Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) Vizag Steel Plant." It's in Visakhapatnam (also known as Vizag), a significant port city on India's eastern coast in the state of Andhra
Question : The Supreme Court conferred daughters with equal rights to the father's property even before the codification of Hindu Personal Laws and enactment of the Hindu Succession Act in_____.
Option 1: 1959
Option 2: 1952
Option 3: 1947
Option 4: 1956
Correct Answer: 1956
Solution : The correct option is 1956.
The Supreme Court of India ruled that daughters have an equal right to their father's property even before the codification of Hindu personal laws and the enactment of the Hindu Succession Act in 1956. The Supreme Court's decision aimed to
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not (1) _____________ that in which I no longer believe, (2) ____________ it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to (3) _______________ myself in some mode of life or art as (4) _____________ as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defence the only arms I (5) ____________ myself to use: silence, exile and cunning.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: sometimes
Option 2: nevertheless
Option 3: whether
Option 4: presumably
Correct Answer: whether
Solution : The right option is the third option.
The correct word to complete the sentence would be whether.
The word whether is used here to introduce alternatives or possibilities, indicating that regardless of how something identifies itself (as home, fatherland, or church), the speaker
Question : Which one of the following is a non-poisnous snake?
Option 1: Cobra
Option 2: Dryophils
Option 3: Elapes
Option 4: Python
Correct Answer: Python
Solution : Correct Answer is Python
It coils around and smothers its prey before swallowing it. Other poisonous snakes include: Naja Cobra Bungarus Krait Vipera Non-poisonous snakes are found all over the world. Python is a large non-poison snake. Poisonous snakes do not attack humans unless they
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