Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
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'.
The place was not cold only and also damp.
Option 1: No improvement
Option 2: only cold not also
Option 3: not only cold but also
Option 4: not only cold and both
Correct Answer: not only cold but also
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: The original sentence, "The place was not cold only and also damp," is grammatically incorrect. We would use the correlative conjunctions "not only...but also" to link two similar ideas ("cold" and
Question : Directions: Select the option figure that is embedded in the given figure (rotation is NOT allowed).
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Since the rotation is restricted. So, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of all the option figures, only the second option figure is embedded in the given question figure.
Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : In $\triangle PQR, PQ=QR$ and $O$ is an interior point of $\triangle PQR$ such that $\angle OPR=\angle ORP$. Consider the following statements: (i) $\triangle POR$ is an isosceles triangle. (ii) $O$ is the centroid of $\triangle PQR$. (iii) $\triangle PQO$ is congruent to $\triangle RQO$. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Option 1: Only (i) and (ii)
Option 2: Only (i) and (iii)
Option 3: Only (ii) and (iii)
Option 4: Only (ii)
Correct Answer: Only (i) and (iii)
Solution : Given: In $\triangle PQR, PQ=QR$ and $O$ is an interior point of $\triangle PQR$ such that $\angle OPR=\angle ORP$. Since $PQ = QR$, so $\triangle PQR$ is an isosceles triangle. From the given data we cannot say that $O$ is the centroid
Question : Direction: Study the following bar diagram carefully and answer the question. The bar graph given below shows the foreign exchange reserves of a country (in million US dollars) from 1991– 1992 to 1998– 1999.
The percentage increase in the foreign exchange reserves in 1997– 98 over 1993– 94 is:
Option 1: 100%
Option 2: 150%
Option 3: 200%
Option 4: 120%
Correct Answer: 100%
Solution : The foreign exchange reserves in 1997–1998 were $5040$ million, as seen in the bar graph. 2520 million was the amount of foreign exchange reserves in 1993–94. Change in the number of reserves = $5040 - 2520= 2520$ Percentage increase = $\frac{\text{Difference}}{\text{The foreign exchange reserves in
Question : Select the most appropriate alternative to replace the underlined segment in the given sentence. They met yesterday, haven’t they?
Option 1: don’t they?
Option 2: isn’t it?
Option 3: didn’t they?
Option 4: did they?
Correct Answer: didn’t they?
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
The sentence is a statement followed by a question tag. In English, when the main clause is in the past tense, the tag question should also be in the past tense. So, "didn't they?" is the correct
Question : The Vice-President is:
Option 1: A member of Lok Sabha
Option 2: A member of Rajya Sabha
Option 3: A member of either House
Option 4: Not a member of the Parliament
Correct Answer: Not a member of the Parliament
Solution : The correct option is Not a member of the Parliament.
The Vice-President of India is not a member of either house of Parliament. The Vice-President is a separate constitutional office and does not sit in the Rajya Sabha (Council of
Question : Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Pick the option that gives their correct order. A. But he seems to have become weary when it came to the ears. B. The result is that we spend all our hours hankering after something unattainable, namely silence. C. God constructed the human body with a lot of forethought and solicitude. D. He left them as the most vulnerable part of a human being.
Option 1: DABC
Option 2: CDBA
Option 3: CADB
Option 4: BCDA
Correct Answer: CADB
The logical flow of sentences are as follows:
Question : Directions: Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as the numbers of the given set. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g.13 – operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (3,13,18) (29, 39, 44)
Option 1: (17, 27, 42)
Option 2: (25, 30, 55)
Option 3: (26, 30, 47)
Option 4: (16, 26, 31)
Correct Answer: (16, 26, 31)
Solution : Given: (3,13,18), (29, 39, 44) Add 10 to the first number to get the second number and add 5 to the second number to get the third number – ⇒ (3,13,18)→3 + 10 = 13, 13 + 5 = 18 ⇒ (29, 39,
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).
If he wants farther help, send him to me.
(1) further
(2) much
(3) best
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The correct answer is the first option.
Farther should be replaced with further to convey the intended meaning that if he requires additional help, he should be directed to the speaker.
Farther is used to signify physical distance, whereas further is used to refer
Question : If $a = 101, b = 102,$ and $c =103$, then $a^{2} + b^{2} + c^{2} -ab - bc - ca$ =_____
Option 1: 2
Option 2: 4
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 6
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : $(a + b + c)^{2} = a^{2} + b^{2} + c^{2} + 2(ab + bc + ca)$ $⇒(a + b + c)^{2} -3(ab + bc + ca) = a^{2} + b^{2} + c^{2} + 2(ab + bc + ca) –3(ab + bc + ca)$ Putting
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