Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : If the length of the diagonal of a cube is $7 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~cm}$, then the surface area of the cube is_____.
Option 1: 216 cm2
Option 2: 256 cm2
Option 3: 284 cm2
Option 4: 294 cm2
Correct Answer: 294 cm2
Solution : We know that the diagonal of a cube = a$\sqrt3$ According to the question, a$\sqrt3$ = 7$\sqrt{3}$ ⇒ a = 7 Now, the Surface area of the cube = 6a2 = 6(7)2 = 294 cm2 Hence, the correct answer is
Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank that is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer.
Krisda's stories ____________me very strangely.
Option 1: effected
Option 2: affected
Option 3: changed
Option 4: afflicted
Correct Answer: affected
Solution : The correct answer is in option two.
The correct sentence is: Krisda's stories affected me very strangely.
Affected means to have an influence on something. In this context, it means that Krisda's stories had a strong impact on the speaker.
Question : Sea water is salter than rainwater because
Option 1: sea animals are salt-producing
Option 2: the air around the sea is salty
Option 3: rivers wash away the salts from the Earth and pour them into the sea
Option 4: sea beds have salt-producing mines
Correct Answer: rivers wash away the salts from the Earth and pour them into the sea
Solution : The correct option is rivers wash away the salts from the Earth and pour them into the sea.
Rainwater is relatively clean, with few dissolved minerals. Rainwater, on the other hand, gathers
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the sixth term is related to the fifth term. 25 : 264 :: 31 : ? :: 49 : 456
Option 1: 312
Option 2: 314
Option 3: 297
Option 4: 961
Correct Answer: 312
Solution : Given: 25 : 264 :: 31 : ? :: 49 : 456
Like, 25 : 264→(25 × 8) + (8)2 = 200 + 64 = 264 49 : 456→(49 × 8) + (8)2 = 392 + 64 = 456 Similarly, for 31 :
Question : Directions: Which figure will complete the pattern in the given figure in the question?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : On comparing the question figure and all the answer figures, the following figure will combine and make the complete pattern –
Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Care
Option 1: Concern
Option 2: Disregard
Option 3: Worry
Option 4: Attention
Correct Answer: Disregard
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The word care implies a sense of concern, attention, or consideration for something or someone. Its opposite would be a lack of concern or attention. Disregard is the correct antonym in this context. It means to pay
Question : Shovana Narayan was awarded which of the following awards in 2013?
Option 1: Guru Deba Prasad
Option 2: Sangam Kala
Option 3: Kalidas Samman
Option 4: Bharat Muni Samman
Correct Answer: Guru Deba Prasad
Solution : The correct answer is Guru Deba Prasad.
The Indian Audit and Accounts Service's career officer, Shovana Narayan, is also a Kathak dancer. In addition to performing in India and beyond, she was awarded the Padma Shri. Her guru was Birju Maharaj. Shovana
Question : A group of boys has an average weight of 36 kg. One boy weighing 42 kg leaves the group and another boy weighing 30 kg joins the group. If the average now becomes 35.7 kg, then how many boys are there in the group?
Option 1: 30
Option 2: 32
Option 3: 40
Option 4: 56
Correct Answer: 40
Solution : Let the number of boys be $x$. The total weight of the boys is $36x$ kg. Now one boy weighing 42 kg leaves the group and another boy weighing 30 kg joins the group, ⇒ Total weight of the boys = $(36x - 42 +
Question : A man can do a piece of work in 30 hours. If he works with his son, then the same piece of work is finished in 20 hours. If the son works alone, he can do the work in:
Option 1: 60 hours
Option 2: 50 hours
Option 3: 25 hours
Option 4: 10 hours
Correct Answer: 60 hours
Solution : Using: If a man can do the work in $n$ hours, then 1 hour's work of the man $=\frac{1}{n}$. Man's work in an hour = $\frac{1}{30}$ Man and son's work in an hour = $\frac{1}{20}$ Son can complete the work = $\frac{1}{20}-\frac{1}{30}$ ⇒ $\frac{3-2}{60}$
Question : Directions: Looking at the family picture, Sneha said, "She is my brother's wife's son's father's mother-in-law's only daughter.' How is the girl in the photo related to Sneha?
Option 1: Daughter-in-law
Option 2: Brother's wife
Option 3: Mother
Option 4: Sister
Correct Answer: Brother's wife
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, the lady in the family picture is Sneha's brother's wife. Hence, the second option
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