Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : Direction: Study the following table and answer the question.
The decrease in the number of candidates qualified under Arts discipline from 2010 to 2011 was:
Option 1: 11
Option 2: 18
Option 3: 42
Option 4: 69
Correct Answer: 18
Solution : The number of candidates qualified under the Arts discipline in 2010 = 19% of 900 = 171 The number of candidates qualified under the Arts discipline in 2011 = 18% of 850 = 153 $\therefore$ The decrease in the number of candidates qualified under the
Question : The presidential form of Government consists of the following:
Option 1: Fixed term of office
Option 2: No overlap in membership between the executive and the legislature
Option 3: The popular election of the president
Option 4: All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
Solution : The correct answer is All of the above.
The Presidential form of governance is distinguished by several characteristics. First of all, the President serves a fixed term, assuring steady leadership. Secondly, he is usually elected by public vote, which allows for democratic
Question : Choose the option that is the correct indirect form of the sentence. She said to her, "Please pay attention to the details."
Option 1: She commanded her for paying attention to the details.
Option 2: She requested her that to pay attention to the details.
Option 3: She requests her that pay attention to the details.
Option 4: She requested her to pay attention to the details.
Correct Answer: She requested her to pay attention to the details.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Indirect speech conveys a report of something that was said or written rather than the exact words that were spoken or written.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The GDP of the country has growth rapidly since independence.
Option 1: had been grow rapidly
Option 2: has grown rapidly
Option 3: have grown been rapidly
Option 4: had grow rapidly
Correct Answer: has grown rapidly
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: The sentence should be in the present perfect tense ("has grown"), which correctly indicates an action that started in the past (since independence) and continues to the present moment. The auxiliary verb has should be
Question : Direction: A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened. Question Figure:
Answer Figure:
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : When the given folded paper is unfolded, it will look like –
Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : _________ won the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men's Player for September 2022.
Option 1: Axar Patel
Option 2: Mohammad Rizwan
Option 3: Cameron Green
Option 4: Sikandar Raza
Correct Answer: Mohammad Rizwan
Solution : The correct option is Mohammad Rizwan.
Pakistan's Mohammad Rizwan won the International Cricket Council's (ICC) Men's Player for September 2022. The talented batting prodigy dominated the month, consistently churning out impressive scores across multiple T20I matches. His 70+ scores against Hong Kong and
Question : Directions: Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as the numbers of the given sets. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g., 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying, etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (9 : 32 : 7) (11 : 96 : 5)
Option 1: (8 : 38 : 5)
Option 2: (6 : 27 : 3)
Option 3: (7 : 30 : 4)
Option 4: (12 : 110 : 6)
Correct Answer: (6 : 27 : 3)
Solution : Given: (9 : 32 : 7); (11 : 96 : 5)
Here, (9 : 32 : 7)→(9)2 – (7)2 = 81 – 49 = 32 (11 : 96 : 5)→(11)2 – (5)2 = 121 – 25 =
Question : The value of $\frac{4x^{3}-x}{(2x+1)(6x-3)}$, when $x=9999$ is:
Option 1: 1111
Option 2: 2222
Option 3: 3333
Option 4: 6666
Correct Answer: 3333
Solution : Given expression = $\frac{4x^3 - x}{(2x + 1)(6x - 3)}$ and $x=9999$ Now, $\frac{x\left(4x^2 - 1\right)}{\left(2x + 1\right)\times3\left(2x - 1\right)}$ Using identity: $a^{2}-b^{2}=(a-b)(a+b)$, = $\frac{x(2x + 1)(2x - 1)}{3(2x + 1)(2x - 1)}$ = $\frac{x}{3}$ = $\frac{9999}{3}$ = 3333 Hence, the correct answer is 3333.
Question : Who received a Nobel Peace Prize for dismantling apartheid in South Africa?
Option 1: Nelson Mandela
Option 2: Rabindranath Tagore
Option 3: Mahatma Gandhi
Option 4: Albert John Luthuli
Correct Answer: Nelson Mandela
Solution : The correct answer is Nelson Mandela.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 1993 was awarded to Nelson R. Mandela and Frederik Willem de Klerk by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Recognizing their efforts, the Committee honoured Mandela, a South African anti-apartheid activist, and politician, along with
Question : Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. Picasso painted Guernica in 1937.
Option 1: Guernica was painting by Picasso in 1937.
Option 2: Guernica was been painted by Picasso in 1937.
Option 3: Guernica was paint by Picasso in 1937.
Option 4: Guernica was painted by Picasso in 1937.
Correct Answer: Guernica was painted by Picasso in 1937.
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
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 subject in the passive voice.
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