Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question :
Directions: In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives. Earth : Planet :: Moon : ?
Option 1: Sun
Option 2: Universe
Option 3: Venus
Option 4: Satellite
Correct Answer: Satellite
Solution : Given: Earth : Planet :: Moon : ?
The Earth is categorised as one of the planets of our solar system. Similarly, the Moon is categorised as the satellite of Earth.
Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
Cambridge was my metaphor for England, and it was strange that when I left it had become altogether something else because I had met Stephen Hawking there. It was on a walking tour through Cambridge that the guide mentioned Stephen Hawking, ‘poor man, who is quite disabled now, though he is a worthy successor to Isaac Newton, whose chair he has at the university.’ And I started because I had quite forgotten that this most brilliant and completely paralyzed astrophysicist, (scholar of astrophysics — a branch of physics dealing with stars, planets, etc.) the author of A Brief History of Time, one of the biggest best-sellers ever, lived here. When the walking tour was done, I rushed to a phone booth and, almost tearing the cord so it could reach me outside, phoned Stephen Hawking’s house. There was his assistant on the line and I told him I had come in a wheelchair from India (perhaps he thought I had propelled myself all the way) to write about my travels in Britain. I had to see Professor Hawking — even ten minutes would do. “Half an hour,” he said. “From three-thirty to four.”And suddenly I felt weak all over. Growing up disabled, you get fed up with people asking you to be brave as if you have a courage account on which you are too lazy to draw a cheque. The only thing that makes you stronger is seeing somebody like you, achieving something huge. Then you know how much is possible and you reach out further than you ever thought you could. “I haven’t been brave,” said his disembodied computer-voice, the next afternoon.“I’ve had no choice.” Surely, I wanted to say, living creatively with the reality of his disintegrating body was a choice? But I kept quiet because I felt guilty every time I spoke to him, forcing him to respond. There he was, tapping at the little switch in his hand, trying to find the words on his computer with the only bit of movement left to him, his long, pale fingers. Every so often, his eyes would shut in frustrated exhaustion. And sitting opposite him I could feel his anguish, the mind buoyant with thoughts that came out in frozen phrases and sentences stiff as corpses.
Question:
The narrator pulled the telephone cord outside the phone booth because he was:
Option 1: not able to hear clearly in the booth
Option 2: desperate to get an appointment with Stephen Hawking
Option 3: unable to enter the booth on a wheelchair
Option 4: eager to call Stephen Hawking’s home
Correct Answer: unable to enter the booth on a wheelchair
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: The reason for this choice is indicated in the passage where the narrator mentions, "I rushed to a phone booth, almost tearing the cord so it could reach me outside."
Question : The diagonal of the square is $8 \sqrt{2}$ cm. Find the diagonal of another square whose area is triple that of the first square.
Option 1: $8 \sqrt{5}$ cm
Option 2: $8 \sqrt{3}$ cm
Option 3: $8 \sqrt{2}$ cm
Option 4: $8 \sqrt{6}$ cm
Correct Answer: $8 \sqrt{6}$ cm
Solution : Given, Diagonal = $8\sqrt2$ $\therefore$ Side = $\frac{8\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt 2}=8$ cm ⇒ Area of this square = $(8)^2 = 64$ cm2 The Area of the Second square is triple the first one. ⇒ Area of the second one $= 64×3$ $\therefore$ Side of
Question : The pie chart below shows the distribution of female employees working in a company in five different districts (A, B, C, D and E). Total number of female employees in five districts $=136000$ What is the total number of female employees working in a company in District C and District D?
Option 1: 61,200
Option 2: 62,000
Option 3: 62,290
Option 4: 61,000
Correct Answer: 61,200
Solution : Total number of female employees in five districts = 1,36,000 The total number of female employees working in a company in District C and District D = 136000 × (30 + 15)% = 136000 × 45% = 136000 × $\frac{45}{100}$ = 61,200 So, the total
Question : The capital of IMF is made up by contribution of the:
Option 1: credit
Option 2: deficit financing
Option 3: member nations
Option 4: borrowings
Correct Answer: member nations
Solution : The correct option is member nations.
The capital of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is primarily composed of financial contributions from its member countries. These contributions, also known as quotas, are determined based on a country's economic size and importance in the global economy.
Question : Select the correct passive voice form for the given sentence. Sudha was writing a letter to her husband.
Option 1: A letter were been written by Sudha to her husband.
Option 2: A letter were being written by Sudha to her husband.
Option 3: A letter was been written by Sudha to her husband.
Option 4: A letter was being written by Sudha to her husband.
Correct Answer: A letter was being written by Sudha to her husband.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active sentence becomes the
Question : Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament ?
Option 1: Dadabhai Naroji .
Option 2: Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
Option 3: Bipin Chandra Pal .
Option 4: Lala Rajpat Rai .
Correct Answer: Dadabhai Naroji .
Solution : Correct Answer is Dadabhai Naroji .
The first elected Indian to the British House of Commons was Dadabhai Naoroji. He believed that Indians ought to engage in and contribute to British political institutions. He was the first British Indian MP, elected for the
Question : Directions: By interchanging the given two signs which of the following equations will be correct? + and ×
Option 1: 7 + 5 × 2 – 8 ÷ 4 = 36
Option 2: 95 ÷ 19 + 5 × 3 – 6 = 22
Option 3: 13 + 4 × 5 – 6 ÷ 2 = 51
Option 4: 4 × 3 + 6 – 7 ÷ 1 = 18
Correct Answer: 95 ÷ 19 + 5 × 3 – 6 = 22
Solution : Let's check the options – First option: 7 + 5 × 2 – 8 ÷ 4 = 36 On interchanging the given signs, the equation becomes – ⇒ 7 × 5 + 2 – 8
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".
The ruins of the spillway are a vital clue to the epic struggle that unfold as generations of Khmer engineers coped with a water system that grew complex and unruly.
(1) coped with a water system that grew complex and unruly.
(2) to the epic struggle that unfold as generations of Khmer engineers
(3) The ruins of the spillway are a vital clue
(4) No error
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : The verb tense in part (2) should be "unfolded" (past tense) instead of "unfold" (present tense) to maintain consistency with the past tense used earlier in the sentence ("coped").
To correct the sentence, it should be:
"The ruins of the spillway are a
Question : Directions: Shown below is a multiple bar diagram depicting the changes in the roll strength of a college in four faculties from 2001–02 to 2003–04.Study the above bar diagram and answer the question.
Arts
Science
Law
Commerce
The percentage of students in law faculty in 2003-04 is:
Option 1: 14.8%
Option 2: 18.5%
Option 3: 15.6%
Option 4: 16.7%
Correct Answer: 15.6%
Solution : $\text{We have}$
$\text{Number of students in Law in 2003 - 04 = 250}$
$\text{Total Number students in 2003-04 = 1600 (by adding all students in 2003-04)}$
$\text{Percentage Change =}\frac{\text{Number of students in Law in 2003 - 04 }}{\text{Total Number of students in 2003-04}}\times100$
$\text{Percentage Change
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