Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. Expert designers standardise basic designs, leaving scope for the satisfaction of individual taste. B. However, uniformity does not imply a lack of taste. C. Mechanical production of goods leads to uniformity of design. are now accessible. D. In fact, popular taste has improved because standardised goods of better design are now accessible.
Option 1: ADBC
Option 2: CBDA
Option 3: CDAB
Option 4: ACDB
Correct Answer: CBDA
Solution : The correct choice will be the second option.
C. Mechanical production of goods leads to uniformity of design. B. However, uniformity does not imply a lack of taste. D. In fact, popular taste has improved because standardised goods of better design are now accessible. A. Expert designers standardise basic designs, leaving scope for the satisfaction of individual taste.
Therefore, the correct answer will be CBDA.
Question : In a 1 km linear race, P beats Q by 120 metres or 30 sec. What is the time taken by P to cover the race?
Option 1: 220 sec
Option 2: 250 sec
Option 3: 235 sec
Option 4: 240 sec
Correct Answer: 220 sec
Solution : P beats Q by 120 metres or 30 sec, which means Q covers 120 m in 30 sec. Speed of Q = $\frac{120}{30}=4$ m/s Time taken to cover 1000 m = $\frac{1000}{4} = 250$ sec P beats Q by 30 seconds, which means P reached 30 seconds early. Time taken by P to complete the race = 250 – 30 = 220 sec. Hence, the correct answer is 220 sec.
Question : What is the name of that technique,which uses radioactivity to decide the period of materials of pre-historic period?
Option 1: Radium dating
Option 2: Uranium dating
Option 3: Carbon dating
Option 4: Deuterium dating
Correct Answer: Carbon dating
Solution : The correct option is Carbon dating.
The process of using radiation to establish the age of prehistoric items is known as "radiocarbon dating" or "carbon dating." This approach estimates the age of organic materials by using the decay of radioactive carbon isotopes. It specifically examines the decay of carbon-14 (14C) to determine how long the substance has been in a live body.
Question : ABCD is a trapezium with AD and BC parallel sides and E is a point on BC. The ratio of the area of ABCD to that of AED is:
Option 1: $\mathrm{\frac{AD}{BC}}$
Option 2: $\mathrm{\frac{BE}{EC}}$
Option 3: $\mathrm{\frac{AD+BE}{AD+CE}}$
Option 4: $\mathrm{\frac{AD+BC}{AD }}$
Correct Answer: $\mathrm{\frac{AD+BC}{AD }}$
Solution :
The area of a trapezium, $\text{Area} = \frac{1}{2} \times (\text{sum of parallel sides}) \times \text{height}$ $\text{Area}_{ABCD} = \mathrm{\frac{1}{2} \times (AD + BC) \times EF}$ The area of triangle AED, $\text{Area}_{AED} = \mathrm{\frac{1}{2} \times AD \times EF}$ The ratio of the area of ABCD to that of AED, $\mathrm{\frac{\text{Area}_{ABCD}}{\text{Area}_{AED}} = \frac{\frac{1}{2} \times (AD + BC) \times EF}{ \frac{1}{2} \times AD \times EF} = \frac{AD + BC}{AD}}$ Hence, the correct answer is $ \mathrm{\frac{AD + BC}{AD}}$.
Question : Directions: A sentence or a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are alternatives to the bold part that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose "No Improvement".
Internet providers would not block content because it would not to be make economic sense and consumers would stand for it.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The phrase not make economic sense should replace not to make economic sense, as modal verbs are to be followed by the base form of the main verb. Here, would is a modal verb and it should be followed by the base form of the main verb, make.
So, the correct sentence is: Internet providers would not block content because it would not make economic sense and consumers would stand for it.
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. (The words must be considered meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word.) Cells : Tissue :: Organs : ?
Option 1: Kidney
Option 2: Lungs
Option 3: Body
Option 4: Heart
Correct Answer: Body
Solution : Given: Cells : Tissue :: Organs : ?
Like, a group of cells forms tissues. Similarly, a group of organs forms a body.
Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : Rubi goes to a multiplex at a speed of 3 km/h to see a movie and reaches 5 minutes late. If she travels at the speed of 4 km/h she reaches 5 minutes early, then the distance of the multiplex from her starting point is:
Option 1: 2 km
Option 2: 5 km
Option 3: 2 metres
Option 4: 5 metres
Correct Answer: 2 km
Solution : Let the distance be $x$ km. According to the question, Speed = $\frac{\text{Distance}}{\text {Time}}$ $\frac{x}{3}–\frac{x}{4}=\frac{5+5}{60}$ ⇒ $x=2$ Hence, the correct answer is 2 km.
Question : The bar graph given below shows the percentage distribution of the total production of six different types of cars by a car manufacturing company over 2 years. If 75% of the T-type cars produced each year were sold by the company, how many T-type cars remain unsold?
Option 1: 23500
Option 2: 22000
Option 3: 24125
Option 4: 25000
Correct Answer: 24125
Solution : According to the question, 75% of the T-type cars are sold. Now, if 75% of the T-type cars produced each year were sold by the company, the number of T-type cars remain unsold = 350000 $\times$ (90 – 75)% $\times$ (100 – 75)% $+$ 440000 $\times$ (95 – 85)% $\times$ (100 – 75)% = 24125 Hence, the correct answer is 24125.
Question : The climatic zones are classified on the basis of
Option 1: distance from equator
Option 2: elevation
Option 3: rainfall
Option 4: distance from the sea
Correct Answer: rainfall
Solution : The correct option is - rainfall
The maximum and minimum temperatures, temperature range, total and seasonal distribution of precipitation, and other factors are used to classify the climatic zones. The most well-known classification scheme was initially created by Wladimir Koppen based on these parameters.
Question : If, $\frac{r}{13}+\frac{13}{r}=1$, then the value of $r^3$ is:
Option 1: –2157
Option 2: 2197
Option 3: 2157
Option 4: –2197
Correct Answer: –2197
Solution : $\frac{r}{13}+\frac{13}{r}=1$ We know that if $x+\frac{1}{x} = 1$, then $x^3 = -1$ Let $\frac{r}{13} = x$ The equation becomes, $x+\frac{1}{x} = 1$ ⇒ $x^2-x+1=0$ $x^3+1^3=(x+1) (x^2-x+1)$ ⇒ $x^3+1^3 =0$ ⇒ $x^3 = -1$ ⇒ $(\frac{r}{13})^3 = -1$ ⇒ $r^3 = -2197$ Hence, the correct answer is –2197.
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