Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Directions: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "No Improvement".
The (reason of) her outburst at the party is yet unknown.
(1) reason for
(2) reason to
(3) reason on
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The first option is appropriate because 'reason of' should be replaced with 'reason for' which means 'to express the cause for doing something'.
Other options such as 'reason of' and 'reason on' are also out of context as they are not phrasal verbs
Question : Choose the correct pair from the following options.
Option 1: Sixth Five-Year Plan - Rajiv Gandhi
Option 2: Fifth Five-Year Plan - Indira Gandhi
Option 3: Fourth Five-Year Plan - Jawaharlal Nehru
Option 4: Seventh Five-Year Plan - P. V. Narasimha Rao
Correct Answer: Fifth Five-Year Plan - Indira Gandhi
Solution : The correct option is the Fifth Five-Year Plan - Indira Gandhi.
The Fifth Five-Year Plan in India was implemented during the period from 1974 to 1979. This plan marked a crucial phase in India's economic development and was a
Question : The difference in the value of visible exports and visible imports is called :
Option 1: Balance Sheet of items
Option 2: Balance of Payments
Option 3: Balance of Trade
Option 4: Balance of Account
Correct Answer: Balance of Trade
Solution : The correc option is balance of trade.
The "Balance of Trade" is the gap in value between a country's goods sent out (exports) and those brought in (imports) during a specific period, usually a year. A surplus occurs when a country exports more
Question : Which of the following increases the rate of heartbeat?
Option 1: Peripheral nerves
Option 2: Sympathetic nerves
Option 3: Parasympathetic nerves
Option 4: Cranial nerves
Correct Answer: Sympathetic nerves
Solution : The correct option is Sympathetic nerves.
The sympathetic nervous system, specifically the cardiac accelerator nerve, increases the rate of heartbeats. This nerve releases norepinephrine, which binds to receptors on the heart's cells and leads to an increase in heart rate, and force of
Question : Directions: Pointing to a man, Rocky (a man) said, "He is the father of the daughter of my daughter-in-law". How Rocky is related to that man?
Option 1: Uncle
Option 2: Son
Option 3: Father
Option 4: Brother-in-law
Correct Answer: Father
Solution : According to the above information, the family tree will be as follows –
Here, the quadrilateral represents the male, and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.
So, from the above family tree, Rocky is the father of that man. Hence, the third
Question : Comprehension: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in 'The Republic' (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music, and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus can be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.
Aristotle considered human nature, habit, and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
Question: Which of these methods is NOT advocated in 'The Republic'?
Option 1: Differentiating children based on castes
Option 2: Imparting similar education to all children
Option 3: Bringing up children under state guardianship
Option 4: Keeping children away from mothers
Correct Answer: Imparting similar education to all children
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The method not advocated in The Republic is imparting similar education to all children.
Explanation: In the given passage, it is mentioned that in The Republic, Plato advocates some rather extreme methods,
Question : The table given below shows the number of books sold by 7 shops.
What is the difference between the number of books sold by A and B together and the number of books sold by E and F together?
Option 1: 82
Option 2: 96
Option 3: 92
Option 4: 174
Correct Answer: 92
Solution : Number of books sold by A = 34 books Number of books sold by B = 48 books Number of books sold by A and B together = 34 + 48 books = 82 books Number of books sold by E = 64 books Number
Question : In 1937, an educational conference endorsing Gandhi's proposals for 'basic education' through the vernacular medium was held at
Option 1: Surat
Option 2: Bombay
Option 3: Ahmedabad
Option 4: Wardha
Correct Answer: Wardha
Solution : The Correct Answer is Wardha
There was unrestricted and required instruction in the mother tongue under the Wardha Scheme of Basic Education (1937). In 1937, Mahatma Gandhi developed a special education program. The Wardha Education Plan was the name given to it. Gandhiji believed in
If you talk to her nicely, she will probably (allow you) her notes.
(1) allow that you have
(2) let you have
(3) let you to have
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : The second option is appropriate because the phrase 'allow you' does not fit in the sentence, while 'let you have' which means 'allowing someone for something' contextually completes the meaning of the sentence.
The first option 'allow that you have' does not make sense and
Question : The weights (in kg) of five girls in a class are 49, 42, 61, 55, and 58. What is the average weight (in kg) of these five girls?
Option 1: 53
Option 2: 54
Option 3: 51
Option 4: 52
Correct Answer: 53
Solution : The weights (in kg) of five girls are 49, 42, 61, 55 and 58. Average weight $ = \frac{\text{Total weight of all the girls}}{\text{Number of girls}} =\frac{49 + 42 + 61 + 55 + 58}{5}=\frac{265}{5} = 53$ kg Hence, the correct answer is 53 kg.
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