Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : A certain sum amounts to INR 3,640 in 2 years and INR 4,060 in 8 years at simple interest. Find the approximate rate percentage per annum.
Option 1: 4%
Option 2: 2%
Option 3: 1%
Option 4: 3%
Correct Answer: 2%
Solution : Simple interest of 6 years = Amount after 8 years – Amount after 2 years = INR (4060 – 3640) = INR 420 Interest in 1 year = $\frac{420}{6}$ = INR 70 Principal = Amount after 2 years – Interest in 2 years = 3640
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Women won their present status through (1)____ and sacrifices rather than through men's kindness. Women and their supporters have fought, and in some places continue to fight for the same rights as (2)____. Laws were made to replace local customs, which denigrated and suppressed women's rights. Women have (3)_____ higher positions in the world at all levels: political, economic and social. But in reality, women still suffer from (4)____ at various levels. For example, women work more and earn less than men. In addition to that, the majority of the world's poor and illiterate are women. The road to real (5)_____ is still long. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: probability
Option 2: maturity
Option 3: equality
Option 4: eligibility
Correct Answer: equality
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
The context discusses the challenges and disparities faced by women despite progress, and the word that aligns with the theme of a long journey ahead is equality. It suggests that achieving true equality between genders is still a
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. Harsh said, "How happy I am to receive the best student award."
Option 1: Harsh exclaimed happily that he was receiving the best student award.
Option 2: Harsh exclaimed with joy that he was very happy to receive the best student award.
Option 3: Harsh exclaimed with joy that how happy he was to receive the best student award.
Option 4: Harsh exclaimed happily that I am very happy to receive the best student award.
Correct Answer: Harsh exclaimed with joy that he was very happy to receive the best student award.
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Mother ordered John to switch on the light as it was time to sleep.
Option 1: to switch of the light
Option 2: to switch in the light
Option 3: to switch off the light
Option 4: to switch out the light
Correct Answer: to switch off the light
Switch off is a phrasal verb that means to turn off or deactivate something, in this case, the light. It is the correct usage in the context of turning off a light.
Therefore, the
Question : Directions: Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in a dictionary. 1. Dillydallying 2. Dillydallied 3. Dillydally 4. Dilled 5. Dillydallies
Option 1: 4, 2, 3, 5, 1
Option 2: 4, 2, 5, 3, 1
Option 3: 4, 5, 3, 1, 2
Option 4: 4, 5, 3, 2, 1
Correct Answer: 4, 2, 5, 3, 1
Solution : Given: 1. Dillydallying 2. Dillydallied 3. Dillydally 4. Dilled 5. Dillydallies
Step 1: The first four letters of each word are the same: d, i, l, l, move to the next letter. Step 2: The fifth letter of each word is:
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the sixth number is related to the fifth number. 37 : 100 :: 24 : ? :: 29 : 76
Option 1: 64
Option 2: 61
Option 3: 75
Option 4: 70
Correct Answer: 61
Solution : Given: 37 : 100 :: 24 : ? :: 29 : 76
Multiply the L.H.S. of an analogy by 3 and subtract 11 from the resultant to get the R.H.S. Like, 37 : 100→37 × 3 = 111; 111 – 11 = 100 And, 29
Question : According to Gandhiji, which of the following are the major means of satyagraha ?
(a) Non-cooperation
(b) Strike
(c) Demonstration
(d) Civil disobedience
Option 1: a and b are correct
Option 2: a and d are correct
Option 3: b and d are correct
Option 4: c and d are correct
Correct Answer: a and d are correct
Solution : The correct option is a and d are correct.
According to Mahatma Gandhi, the major means of satyagraha are: Non-cooperation and Civil disobedience. Gandhi believed in using nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience as powerful tools for social and political change. These
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence
The Indian independence movement sought to establish the conceptions of freedom and social welfare as the goals of an independent Indian state, resulting in Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles.
Option 1: procedures of free mind
Option 2: concepts of liberty
Option 3: symbols of victory
Option 4: methods to sympathise
Correct Answer: concepts of liberty
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The sentence talks about what the Indian independence movement aimed to establish. Conceptions should be replaced with concepts, as conception means an idea of what something or someone is like whereas concept means a principle
Question : Which among the following cities in India is not located in Golden Quadrilateral Road Network ?
Option 1: Kolkata
Option 2: Mumbai
Option 3: New Delhi
Option 4: Chandigarh
Correct Answer: Chandigarh
Solution : The correct answer is Chandigarh.
Golden Quadrilateral Project was launched in 2001. It is a six/four lane superhighway project connecting the four corners of India and the major cities of Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chennai. It is being implemented by National Highway Authority of India
Question : Directions: Which letter cluster will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series? MDSA, KERC, ?, GGPG, EHOI
Option 1: IFQE
Option 2: IFQG
Option 3: IEQF
Option 4: IQFE
Correct Answer: IFQE
Solution : Given: MDSA, KERC, ?, GGPG, EHOI
Subtract 2 and 1 from the place value of the first and the third letters respectively, and add 1 and 2 to the place value of the second and third letters respectively of the previous term to get the
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