Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Direction: In the following question, select the missing number from the given responses.
Option 1: 10
Option 2: 25
Option 3: 30
Option 4: 40
Correct Answer: 30
Solution : Given:
In the first column, 5 × 3 = 15 → 15 × 4 = 60
In the second column, 2 × 6 = 12 → 12 × 7 = 84
In the
Question : Why is P. C. Mahalanobis' name talked about in the context of five-year plans?
Option 1: He was the chairman of the Planning Commission.
Option 2: He established the Institute of Economic Growth.
Option 3: He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.
Option 4: He was the finance minister during the First Five-Year Plan period.
Correct Answer: He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.
Solution : The correct option is He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.
P. C. Mahalanobis is linked to India's Five-Year Plans, notably the Second Plan (1956–1961), for his pioneering Mahalanobis Model. As an influential statistician,
Question : Directions: Which of the following interchanges of numbers would make the given equation correct? 7 × 4 ÷ 14 + 12 + 30 = 50
Option 1: 12, 14
Option 2: 7, 14
Option 3: 4, 7
Option 4: 30, 50
Correct Answer: 7, 14
Solution : Given: 7 × 4 ÷ 14 + 12 + 30 = 50
Let's check the given options – First option: 12, 14 On interchanging the numbers, we get – ⇒ 7 × 4 ÷ 12 + 14 + 30 = 50 Solving the L.H.S.
Question : In 1917, Mahatma Gandhi travelled to _____ to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.
Option 1: Dandi
Option 2: Sabarmati
Option 3: Champaran
Option 4: Chauri Chaura
Correct Answer: Champaran
Solution : The correct answer is Champaran.
In 1917, Mahatma Gandhi travelled to Champaran, a district in the state of Bihar, to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system. This event marked one of the earliest campaigns of nonviolent resistance led by Gandhi in
Question : Who is the 1st Indian female amputee to climb Mount Everest ?
Option 1: Arunima Sinha
Option 2: Bachendri Pal
Option 3: Santosh Yadav
Option 4: Premlata Agarwal
Correct Answer: Arunima Sinha
Solution : The correct option is - Arunima Sinha.
Arunima Sinha is a mountaineer and sportswoman from India. She is the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest in Asia, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Europe, Mount Kosciusko in Australia, Mount Aconcagua in South
Question : According to the Malthusian theory of population-
Option 1: Population increases in geometric ratio and food supply increases in arithmetic ratio.
Option 2: Population increases in arithmetic ratio and food supply increases in geometric ratio.
Option 3: Population increases in a harmonic mean and food supply increases in a geometric ratio.
Option 4: Population increases in a harmonic ratio and food supply increases in an arithmetic ratio.
Correct Answer: Population increases in geometric ratio and food supply increases in arithmetic ratio.
Solution : The correct option is Population increases in geometric ratio and food supply increases in an arithmetic ratio.
The Malthusian theory of population, proposed by Thomas Malthus in the late 18th century, argued that
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Get up on the wrong side of the bed.
Option 1: Someone who is having a horrible day
Option 2: Destroy or ruin a plan
Option 3: Someone who is having a good day
Option 4: Go to bed or go to sleep
Correct Answer: Someone who is having a horrible day
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
"Get up on the wrong side of the bed" is an idiom that is used when someone is in a bad mood throughout the day.
Question : Which of the following books is not written by Jawaharlal Nehru?
Option 1: Discovery of India
Option 2: My Experiments with Truth
Option 3: An Autobiography
Option 4: Glimpses of World History
Correct Answer: My Experiments with Truth
Solution : Correct Answer is My Experiments with Truth
The fascinating autobiography of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the book highlights five stages of his life childhood, his adolescent trials with drinking, smoking, thieving, and eating meat.From his boyhood till 1921, Mahatma Gandhi wrote the book
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Don't take the wind out of my____________ and tell me I'm going nowhere with my life.
Option 1: boat
Option 2: wings
Option 3: sails
Option 4: sales
Correct Answer: sails
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
This helps to complete the idiom "don't take the winds out of my sails", which means to cause someone to lose confidence or energy. This helps to convey the intended meaning of the sentence, which doesn't make the
Question : Directions: Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 80, 73, 64, 53, 40, ?
Option 1: 19
Option 3: 33
Option 4: 23
Correct Answer: 25
Solution : Given: 80, 73, 64, 53, 40, ?
In the above-given series, subtract consecutive odd numbers, starting from 7 to the previous number to get the next number. 80 – 7 = 73; 73 – 9 = 64; 64 – 11 = 53; 53 – 13
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