Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined phrase.
Ravish is ready to throw caution to the wind.
Option 1: Fight with wind
Option 2: Act foolishly
Option 3: Spend lavishly
Option 4: Take risks
Correct Answer: Take risks
Solution : The most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom is the fourth option.
"Throw caution to the wind" means taking risks or acting boldly without being overly cautious. It often suggests a willingness to take chances despite potential negative consequences.
Therefore, the correct
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Her hopes for building her own house were beaten when she lost her jewellery box.
Option 1: house were defeated when
Option 2: house were frustrated when
Option 3: house were relieved when
Option 4: house were dashed when
Correct Answer: house were dashed when
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The term dashed is commonly used in the context of hopes or plans being ruined or destroyed.
This sentence effectively conveys the idea that her hopes for building her own house were shattered when she
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is "No Error".
Due to inflation (1) / the cost of living (2) / escalated in the last one year. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The correct tense of the verb that should be used here is present perfect tense, as the past is showing the effect on the present.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Due to inflation the cost of living
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2 and 3 that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Drinking tea is an English habit.
(1) No Improvement
(2) tradition
(3) convention
(4) custom
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The sentence is already correct and does not need any improvement because it is grammatically correct and conveys the intended meaning that drinking tea is a common practice among the English. Therefore, the correct answer is:
No Improvement
Question : Directions: Looking at the family picture, Smriti said, "She is my father's father-in-law's wife's son's only sister." How is the person in the photo related to Smriti's father?
Option 1: Mother
Option 2: Sister-in-law
Option 3: Wife
Option 4: Daughter
Correct Answer: Wife
Solution : According to the given information, the family tree is as follows –
Here, the quadrilateral represents the male, and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.
So, from the above, it can be said that the person is the wife of Smriti's father.
Question : Who invented Dynamite?
Option 1: John Boyd Dunlop
Option 2: Alfred Nobel
Option 3: James Simons
Option 4: Peter Hargreaves
Correct Answer: Alfred Nobel
Solution : The correct option is Alfred Nobel.
Dynamite and other explosives were invented by Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel. The Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel created the Nobel Prize through his testament. He created this award to use scientific knowledge for
Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the letters that, when placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series. ABC_A_CCAB_C_B_C
Option 1: ABBCC
Option 2: CABBA
Option 3: CBCAC
Option 4: ACCBA
Correct Answer: CBCAC
Solution : Given: ABC_A_CCAB_C_B_C
To fill the series we have to divide the series – ABC_ / A_CC / AB_C / _B_C
Let's check each option – First option: ABBCC; ABCA / ABCC / ABBC / CBCC (No
Question : The HCF of two numbers 110 and 1980 is:
Option 1: 140
Option 2: 110
Option 3: 120
Option 4: 180
Correct Answer: 110
Solution : Given numbers are 110 and 1980. 110 = 2 × 5 × 11 1980 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 11 So, HCF = 2 × 5 × 11 = 110 Hence, the correct answer is 110.
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error".
Neither the chips, which were cheaper, nor the pizza interested the kid.
(1) No Error
(2) were cheaper
(3) nor the pizza
(4) the chips, which
Correct Answer: 4
Solution : The correct option is the fourth option.
Explanation: The use of "which" in this sentence is incorrect, and its omission would help in avoiding redundancy. The structure "Neither...nor" is a correlative conjunction that pairs elements, and in this case, "were cheaper" provides details about "the
Question : Directions: Which of the answer figures is the exact mirror image of the given problem figure when the mirror is held on the right side?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in the reflection. Here, according to the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on line AB). So, the left side of the reflected image will appear
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