Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : When was 'Pregnancy Aid Scheme' launched to help pregnant women financialy with Rs.6000?
Option 1: 1 December 2016
Option 2: 19 December 2016
Option 3: 31 December 2016
Option 4: 1 January 2017
Correct Answer: 31 December 2016
Solution : The correct option is 31 December 2016
On December 31, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi introduced a new initiative for women known as the Rs. 6000 Pregnancy Aid Scheme. The primary objective of this scheme is to reduce maternal mortality rates. It
Question : Directions: A sentence or a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are alternatives to the bold part that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose "No Improvement".
The process of decolonization, who started from our own independence era, remains unfinished even after seven decades.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: The pronoun "who" is a relative pronoun used for human beings, while 'that' is used for both living and non-living nouns, but here it refers to the term "decolonization". The process began in the past, so
Question : Directions: Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct? 13 × 6 + 24 ÷ 6 – 17 = 91
Option 1: ÷ and +
Option 2: + and ×
Option 3: ÷ and ×
Option 4: + and –
Correct Answer: + and –
Solution : Given: 13 × 6 + 24 ÷ 6 – 17 = 91
Let's check the options – First option: ÷ and + ⇒ 13 × 6 ÷ 24 + 6 – 17 = 91 = 13 × 6 ÷ 24 + 6 –
Question : The question below consists of a set of labeled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.
P. Within an hour, he was in jail. Q. He made no attempts to hide his identity and even looked directly into the security camera and smiled. R. On Jan 6, 1995, McArthur Wheeler boldly robbed two banks in broad daylight with no disguise. S. By 11:00 at night, his picture was all over the news, leading an informant to identify Wheeler to the police.
Option 1: RPSQ
Option 2: SPQR
Option 3: RQSP
Option 4: PRQS
Correct Answer: RQSP
Solution : The correct choice is the third option: RQSP.
Sentence (R) introduces the main event—McArthur Wheeler robbing two banks in broad daylight without a disguise on January 6, 1995. Following this, sentence (Q) provides specific details about Wheeler's behaviour during the robbery, emphasising that he
Question : A pair of contrasting characters controlling the same trait is called
Option 1: factors
Option 2: loci
Option 3: allele
Option 4: lineage
Correct Answer: allele
Solution : The correct option is allele.
An "allele" is a pair of opposing characters that regulate the same characteristic. Alleles are distinct variants of the same gene that occupy the same place on homologous chromosomes and might result in different variations or expressions of a feature.
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2 and 3 that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
The glass figurine that was being shown in the store window appealed to me.
(1) No Improvement
(2) that was on display
(3) that was exhibited
(4) that was advertised
Solution : The correct improvement for the sentence is: that was on display
Explanation: This option is the correct improvement because it replaces the phrase "that was being shown" with "that was on display," which is a more concise and clear way to express the idea. It
Question : Who said "Truth is the ultimate reality and it is God" ?
Option 1: Swamy Vivekananda
Option 2: Rabindra Nath Tagore
Option 3: M. K. Gandhi
Option 4: Radhakrishanan
Correct Answer: M. K. Gandhi
Solution : The Correct Answer is M. K. Gandhi
In conclusion, Gandhi's dictum "Truth is God" serves to clarify what "God" means to Gandhi rather than serving as a replacement for the term. Gandhi's Truth was also a singular synthesis of a way of life
Question : Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
Notwithstanding logistical challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, India continues to expand its rice export footprint in the African, Asian, and European Union markets, thus having the largest share in the global rice trade. The robust global demand also helped India’s growth in rice exports.
In 2020-21, India’s rice exports (Basmati and Non-Basmati) rose by a huge 87 per cent to 17.72 Million tonnes (MT) from 9.49 MT achieved in 2019-20.
In terms of value realisation, India’s rice exports rose by 38 per cent to USD 8815 million in 2020-21 from USD 6397 million reported in 2019-20. In terms of Rupees, India’s rice export grew by 44 per cent to Rs 65298 crore in 2020-21 from Rs 45379 crore in the previous year. In the first seven months of the current financial year (2021-22), India’s rice exports rose by more than 33 per cent to 11.79 MT from 8.91 MT achieved during April-October, 2020-21. It is anticipated that India’s rice exports in 2021-22 will likely surpass the record feet of 17.72 MT achieved in 2020-21.
In 2020-21, India shipped non-basmati rice to nine countries - Timor-Leste, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Eswatini, Myanmar, and Nicaragua, where exports were carried out for the first time or earlier the shipment was smaller in volume.
India’s Non-Basmati rice exports were valued at USD 4796 million (Rs 35448 crore) in 2020-21, with Basmati Rice exports a close second at USD 4018 million (Rs 29,849 crore).In terms of volume of Basmati rice exports in 2020-21, the top ten countries – Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, United Arab Emirates, United States of America, Kuwait, United Kingdom, Qatar, and Oman have a share of close to 80 per cent in total shipments of aromatic long-grained rice from India.
Top ten countries – Nepal, Benin, Bangladesh, Senegal, Togo, Cote D Ivoire, Guinea, Malaysia, Iraq, United Arab Emirates – have a share of 57 per cent in India’s total exports of non-Basmati rice in 2020-21 in terms of volume.
Which of the following countries imported rice from India for the first time?
Option 1: Iraq
Option 2: Bangladesh
Option 3: Brazil
Option 4: United Arab Emirates
Correct Answer: Brazil
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
As stated in the paragraph, in 2020–21, India started to export non-basmati rice to nine countries, among which Brazil is among the options, making it the appropriate choice.
Question : $\triangle ABC \sim \triangle DEF$ and the perimeters of $\triangle ABC$ and $\triangle DEF$ are 40 cm and 12 cm respectively. If DE = 6 cm then AB is:
Option 1: 12.6 cm
Option 2: 24 cm
Option 3: 20 cm
Option 4: 10 cm
Correct Answer: 20 cm
Solution : Given: $\triangle ABC \sim \triangle DEF$ The perimeters of $\triangle A B C$ and $\triangle DEF$ are 40 cm and 12 cm DE = 6 cm If two triangles are similar, then the ratio of their corresponding sides is equal to the ratio of
Question : Directions: In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements. Statements: Some white are cars. No truck is a car. Conclusions: I. All trucks are white. II. Some cars are white.
Option 1: Only conclusion II follows
Option 2: Neither conclusion follows
Option 3: Only conclusion I follows
Option 4: Both conclusions I and II follow
Correct Answer: Only conclusion II follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram, according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): All trucks are white – From the Venn diagram, there is no direct relation between white and truck. So, no definite relation
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