Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Identify the idiom/phrase that can best substitute the underlined segment.
I'm going to be in trouble if I don't submit my homework to the teacher.
Option 1: a devil's advocate
Option 2: off base
Option 3: the lion's share
Option 4: up the creek
Correct Answer: up the creek
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The idiom, up the creek means to be in serious trouble or a predicament.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
You showed me your true personality when you asked me to get out of the house at midnight.
Option 1: true colours
Option 2: bed of roses
Option 3: hot potato
Option 4: white elephant
Correct Answer: true colours
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
Explanation:
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She told me that she knew I wanted to help her but she could manage on her own.
Option 1: She said to me, “I know I want to help you but you can manage on your own.”
Option 2: She said to me, “I knew you want to help her but I could manage on my own.”
Option 3: She said to me, “I know you want to help me but I can manage on my own.”
Option 4: She said to me, “I know you wanted to help me but she can manage on her own.”
Correct Answer: She said to me, “I know you want to help me but I can manage on my own.”
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Narration Conversion:
Question : Directions: In the following question, find the odd number pair from the given alternatives.
Option 1: 81 : 243
Option 2: 16 : 64
Option 3: 64 : 192
Option 4: 25 : 75
Correct Answer: 16 : 64
Solution : Let's check the options – First option: 81 – 243→81 × 3 = 243 Second option: 16 – 64→16 × 3 = 48 ≠ 64 Third option: 64 – 192→64 × 3 = 192 Fourth option: 25 – 75→25 × 3 = 75
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.
Nature has been suffering mutely for hundreds of years but the problem did not (1)______ serious proportions so long as the damage was (2)______ and not beyond self-repair. These limits were crossed with (3)______ technological breakthroughs accomplished during the recent years. The developed nations (4)______ benefitted most from these were the first to (5)______ the environmental diseases bred by advanced technology.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 4.
Option 1: whose
Option 2: whom
Option 3: who
Option 4: which
Correct Answer: which
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Using which here connects the sentence logically, indicating that the developed nations were affected by these specific technological breakthroughs, making it the suitable choice to maintain coherence in the sentence.
Question : Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. The decision not P. to include any kind of wealth or Q. crisis, has proven controversial R. income tax, which would be the fairer option S. for solving the social care funding
Option 1: SQPR
Option 2: PRSQ
Option 3: RSPQ
Option 4: QPRS
Correct Answer: PRSQ
Solution : The second option is the correct answer.
It starts by presenting the decision not to include any kind of wealth or income tax (P). Following this, it introduces the alternative solution of implementing an income tax, which is suggested to be a fairer option for
Question : Directions: Which two numbers and two signs should be interchanged in the following equation to make it correct? 18 – 6 + 11 × 5 + 18 = 113
Option 1: 6 and 5, + and ×
Option 2: 18 and 5, + and ×
Option 3: 6 and 5, – and ×
Option 4: 18 and 5, – and ×
Correct Answer: 6 and 5, – and ×
Solution : Given: 18 – 6 + 11 × 5 + 18 = 113
Replace the symbols and numbers given in the equation with the assigned symbols and numbers in the options one by one – First option: 6 and 5, +
Question : The immortal national song Bande Mataram has been written by :
Option 1: Rabindranath Tagore
Option 2: Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Option 3: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Option 4: Surendranath Bandopadhyaya
Correct Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Solution : Correct Answer is Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Vande Mataram is a Sanskrit poem written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. It is included in the Bengali novel ‘Anandamath’. The poem was later made the national song of the country. The poem was written by Bankim Chatterjee.
Question : Directions: A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. NMQR, NQYD, NUGP, NYOB, ?
Option 1: NQRC
Option 2: NMWN
Option 3: NCWN
Option 4: NWRQ
Correct Answer: NCWN
Solution : Given: NMQR, NQYD, NUGP, NYOB, ?
In the given series, the first letter (N) is constant. Add 4, 8, and 12 to the place value of the first, second, third, and fourth letters. NMQR→N; M + 4 = Q; Q + 8 = Y; R
Question : A dishonest shopkeeper sells mangoes at INR 30 per kg, bought at INR 20 per kg, and he is giving 800 g instead of 1 kg. The shopkeeper's actual profit percentage is:
Option 1: 75%
Option 2: 37.5%
Option 3: 50%
Option 4: 87.5%
Correct Answer: 87.5%
Solution : Given: The cost price is INR 20 per kg. The selling price is INR 30 per kg. So, the profit percentage if he sold 1 kg $=\frac{10}{20}\times 100 = 50$% Now, the gain as a result of the incorrect weight: $=\frac{\text{Error}}{\text{True weight – Error}}\times 100$
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