Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Directions: In the given figure, how many cardboard boxes are not white?
Option 1: 6
Option 2: 13
Option 3: 7
Option 4: 9
Correct Answer: 6
Solution : According to the question, we have to determine the common region between cardboard and box but this region should not be common to white. In the diagram, the shaded part represents the region common to both cardboard and boxes only.
The number of cardboard boxes
Question : Which monument is known as the 'Dreams in Stones'?
Option 1: Charminar
Option 2: Ajanta Caves
Option 3: Sanchi Stupa
Option 4: Panch Mahal
Correct Answer: Panch Mahal
Solution : The correct answer is Panch Mahal.
One of Fatehpur Sikri's most well-known structures is the Panch Mahal, also known as the Dream in Stone. It was constructed by Akbar. Akbar ordered the construction of the Panch Mahal, also known as the "Five Level
Question : Directions: In this question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2, and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is 4.
Do you mind me leaving this payment until next year?
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : The correct option is the second option.
The original sentence has an error with the pronoun. "Me" should be replaced with "my". Here, "my" is used as a possessive adjective to indicate ownership or possession of the action, which is leaving the payment
Question : On purchase of articles worth Rs. 10,000, a shopkeeper offers a flat discount of Rs. 500 to his customers. Further, by shopping using a credit card, he gives an additional discount of 7%. If a customer purchases an article worth Rs. 10000 using a credit card, then how much is he/she required to pay?
Option 1: Rs. 8835
Option 2: Rs. 9000
Option 3: Rs. 8815
Option 4: Rs. 9300
Correct Answer: Rs. 8835
Solution : The customer purchases an article worth Rs. 10000 using a credit card. After a flat discount of Rs. 500 the price of the article = (10000 – 500) = Rs. 9500 After a further discount of 7%, the price of the article becomes, =
Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
Luckily, the machinery was not used by them.
Option 1: Luckily, they had not used the machinery.
Option 2: Luckily, they did not use the machinery.
Option 3: Luckily, they have not used the machinery.
Option 4: Luckily, I did not used the machinery.
Correct Answer: Luckily, they did not use the machinery.
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
Active voice is the voice where the subject performs the action. To convert a sentence from passive to active voice, we identify the subject performing the action and rephrase the sentence accordingly.
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: All W is L. All L is M. Conclusions: I. No L is W. II. No M is L. III. No M is W.
Option 1: Only conclusion II follows
Option 2: Only conclusion I follows
Option 3: All conclusions follow
Option 4: None of the conclusions follow
Correct Answer: None of the conclusions follow
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): No L is W – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that some parts of the circle representing L lie
Question : Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Option 1: Bonafide
Option 2: Cultural
Option 3: Solusion
Option 4: Trustworthy
Correct Answer: Solusion
Solution : The correct answer is in the third option.
The correctly spelled word is solution, which means a method to solve a problem or deal with a situation. The provided spelling makes incorrect use of consonants in the word.
Question : How many numbers from 1 to 430 are divisible by 7 and 11 both?
Option 1: 5
Option 2: 11
Option 3: 9
Option 4: 7
Correct Answer: 5
Solution : LCM of 7 and 11 = 77 The number divisible by 7 and 11 both should be divisible by 77. The required numbers are 77, 154, 231, 308, and 385 and the next number will be greater than 430. Hence, the correct answer is 5.
Question : Direction: A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two matrices, given below. The columns and rows of Matrix (I) are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix (II) are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g. 'A' can be represented by 03, 34, 86, etc., and 'N' can be represented by 12, 65, 79, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the given word.
REST
Matrix I
Matrix II
Option 1: 55, 43, 23, 69
Option 2: 98, 56, 31, 77
Option 3: 10, 02, 69, 88
Option 4: 55, 22, 99, 33
Correct Answer: 55, 22, 99, 33
Solution : Given: REST
Number representations of each letter: R → 10, 55, 98 E → 02, 22, 43, 85, 56, 68 S → 41, 23, 14, 69, 99 T → 31, 33, 76, 96
First option: 55, 43, 23, 69 T cannot be
Question : Select the misspelt word.
Option 1: Comparison
Option 2: Frantick
Option 3: Eminent
Option 4: Estimate
Correct Answer: Frantick
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The misspelt word is frantick, which should be spelt as frantic. The incorrect spelling contains an extra letter "k".
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