Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : India has longest international border with which country?
Option 1: Bhutan
Option 2: Nepal
Option 3: Bangladesh
Option 4: Pakistan
Correct Answer: Bangladesh
Solution : The correct option is - Bangladesh
The length of India's international land borders is 15,106.7 kilometers. India's land border is shared by seven distinct nations. The 4,096.7-kilometer-long border between Bangladesh and India is the longest international border in India.
Question : Two trains start from a certain place on two parallel tracks and in the same direction. The speeds of the trains are 45 km/hr and 40 km/hr respectively. The distance between the two trains after 45 minutes will be:
Option 1: 2 km 500 m
Option 2: 2 km 750 m
Option 3: 3 km 750 m
Option 4: 3 km 250 m
Correct Answer: 3 km 750 m
Solution : Given: The speeds of the trains are 45 km/hr and 40 km/hr. The relative speed = (45 – 40) = 5 km/hr = 5 × $\frac{5}{18}$ m/s = $\frac{25}{18}$ m/s Distance travelled after 45 minutes = $\frac{25}{18}$ × 45 × 60 =
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.
A new world research shows that the French (1) ______ large amounts of cheese and butter. Therefore, they have low levels of heart disease. The research (2) ______ that animal fat is good for the human body and helps in reducing the risks of heart attack. This study was (3)______ in 2018 in 21 low and middle income countries. However, it (4) ______ that eating moderately is the (5) ______ key in this regard.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: consume
Option 2: drink
Option 3: gobble
Option 4: take
Correct Answer: consume
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
The word consume is the most suitable choice in the context of the sentence. It means to eat, drink, or ingest, and it fits well with the idea of people eating large amounts of cheese and butter.
The
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to me, “Where did you go to collect the flower samples?”
Option 1: He asked me where did you go to collect the flower samples.
Option 2: He asked me that where did I went to collect the flower samples.
Option 3: He asked to me that where did I go to collect the flower samples.
Option 4: He asked me where I had gone to collect the flower samples.
Correct Answer: He asked me where I had gone to collect the flower samples.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Narration Conversion:
Question : Direction: From the given alternatives select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.
INQUISITIVENESS
Option 1: QUITS
Option 2: QUIETNESS
Option 3: INVENTIVE
Option 4: QUININE
Correct Answer: INVENTIVE
Solution : Given: INQUISITIVENESS
Let's compare all the options —
First option: QUITS All the letters of QUITS are present in the word INQUISITIVENESS.
Second option: QUIETNESS All the letters of QUIETNESS are present in the word INQUISITIVENESS.
Third option: INVENTIVE Two V's are not
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'.
Many a person are unable of distinguish right from wrong.
Option 1: are unable to
Option 2: are capable of
Option 3: is unable to
Option 4: No improvement
Correct Answer: is unable to
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: The original sentence has a grammatical error in the underlined part. The correction involves changing "are" to "is" for the subject-verb agreement and adding "to" after "
Question : The earth completes one rotation on its axis in :
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : The correct answer is 23 hours 56 minutes 4.9 seconds.
Earth rotates on its own axis as the sun attracts the earth and pulls towards it.
Mars also completes one rotation in almost the same time period as the Earth completes, Mars takes 24.6 hours to
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 5.
Option 1: behave
Option 2: allow
Option 3: caution
Option 4: effeminate
Correct Answer: allow
Solution : The right option is the second option.
In this sentence, the speaker expresses their commitment to using only specific tools or strategies for their defence.
The word allow indicates the speaker's deliberate choice or permission to use these particular defences: "silence, exile, and cunning".
Question : When there is only one buyer and one seller of a product, it is called a ____ situation.
Option 1: public monopoly
Option 2: bilateral monopoly
Option 3: franchised monopoly
Option 4: monopsony
Correct Answer: bilateral monopoly
Solution : The correct answer is Bilateral monopoly.
When there is only one supplier and one buyer in the market, there is a bilateral monopoly. The one supplier will typically behave like a monopolistic power and try to charge the sole buyer high prices. The
Question : The compound interest on Rs. 24000 at 10% per annum for $1\frac{1}{2}$ years, interest being compounded semi-annually is:
Option 1: Rs. 3783
Option 2: Rs. 3777
Option 3: Rs. 3780
Option 4: Rs. 3781
Correct Answer: Rs. 3783
Solution : Given: Principal = Rs. 24,000 Rate of Interest = 10% Time = $\frac{3}{2}$ year Formula used: CI = $P(1+\frac{R}{100})^{n} - P$ where n is the number of years. Calculation, when interest is compounded semi-annually. CI= $24000(1+\frac{\frac{10}{2}}{100})^{3} - 24000$ CI= $24000(\frac{21}{20})^{3} -24000$ CI= 27783 –
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