Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : A shopkeeper marks his goods 20% higher than the cost price and allows a discount of 5%. The percentage of his profit is:
Option 1: 15%
Option 2: 20%
Option 3: 10%
Option 4: 14%
Correct Answer: 14%
Solution : Let the cost price of the product be Rs. 100. Then, the market price of the product will be (Rs. 100 + Rs. 20) = Rs. 120 Discount = 5% Discount offered = 5% of MP = $\frac{5}{100}\times120$ = Rs. 6 $\therefore$ SP = MP
Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the letters that, when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series. h_jh_ijhhi_hh_jh
Option 1: ihji
Option 2: jjhi
Option 3: hiji
Option 4: ihhi
Correct Answer: ihji
Solution : Given: h_jh_ijhhi_hh_jh
To fill the series, we have to divide the series – h_jh / _ijh / hi_h / h_jh Let's check each option – First option: ihji→hijh / hijh / hijh / hijh (hijh is repeated in the
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the following sentence. As the orchestra began to play, the audience was transported to another world, enthralled by the psychological effects of the music and the skill of the musicians, who performed each note with precision and passion.
Option 1: influenced by the overall scenario
Option 2: impacted by feelings
Option 3: swept away by the emotive power
Option 4: taken in by the effect on emotions
Correct Answer: swept away by the emotive power
Solution : The most appropriate option is the third option.
This option best captures the idea that the audience was deeply affected and carried away by the strong emotional impact of the music. Enthralled by the psychological effects conveys a sense of
Question : Wages/day under Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is ______, w.e.f. 1st April, 2020, as per Economic Survey 2020-21.
Option 1: Rs 182
Option 2: Rs 412
Option 3: Rs 202
Option 4: Rs 152
Correct Answer: Rs 202
Solution : The correct option is 202
The wages/day of the workers of MGNREGA is Rs. 202. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is a social security and employment generation program enacted by the Government of India in 2005. It is the largest
Question : A man invested 25,400 on simple interest for 9 years to obtain a total amount of 67,790 on a certain annual rate of interest. What was the rate of interest (rounded off to 2 decimal places) to obtain the above amount?
Option 1: 14.58%
Option 2: 18.54%
Option 3: 18.45%
Option 4: 15.84%
Correct Answer: 18.54%
Solution : According to the question, Principal = Rs. 25400 Amount = Rs. 67790 Time = 9 years Simple Interest = 67790 – 25400 = Rs. 42390 We know, Simple interest = $\frac{\text{Principal × Rate × Time}}{100}$ $\therefore$ Rate = $\frac{42390\times 100}{25400 \times 9}$=18.54% Hence, the correct
Question : Directions: 16 is related to 85 in a certain way. Following the same logic, 26 is related to 135. To which of the following is 37 related, following the same logic?
Option 1: 190
Option 2: 210
Option 3: 180
Option 4: 200
Correct Answer: 190
Solution : Given: 16 is related to 85; 26 is related to 135
Multiply the first number by 5 and then add 5 to the resultant number, to obtain the related number – Like, 16 is related to 85→16 × 5 + 5 = 80 + 5
Question : Directions: Select the word pair in which the words are related in the same way as the words are related in the following pair. Hook Pass : Basketball : ?
Option 1: Grandmaster : Volleyball
Option 2: Jockey : Hockey
Option 3: Butterfly strokes : Swimming
Option 4: LBW : Football
Correct Answer: Butterfly strokes : Swimming
Solution : Given: Hook Pass : Basketball : ? (This depicts the relation between action and the related game.)
Let's check each option – First option: Grandmaster : Volleyball; Grandmaster is related to chess not to Volleyball. Second option: Jockey : Hockey; Jockey is
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).
The museum's collection includes artifacts dated back to prehistoric times.
(1) date back to
(2) date backs to
(3) dating back to
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
"Dating back to" is a phrasal verb, which means to exist since a particular time. It implies that the artefacts have existed since prehistoric times.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: The museum's collection includes artefacts dating back to
Question : Successive discounts of 30% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount of:
Option 1: 50%
Option 2: 40%
Option 3: 44%
Option 4: 10%
Correct Answer: 44%
Solution : We know, $\text{Single discount} = (a+b-\frac{a×b}{100}$)%, where $a,b$ are successive discounts $\therefore$ Single discount of two successive discounts of 30% and 20% $=30+20-\frac{30×20}{100}=44$% Hence, the correct answer is 44%.
Question : Directions: Study the given diagram carefully and answer the questions. The numbers in different sections indicate the number of students who play different games. How many students play only one game?
Option 1: 32
Option 2: 37
Option 3: 61
Option 4: 53
Correct Answer: 53
Solution : In the diagram, the shaded parts represent the regions representing students playing only one game.
The number of students that play only one game is the region that does not overlap with any other region. So, the number of students who play only chess is
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