Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : A trader allows a 40% discount on his goods, but he loses 30% on them. Find the percentage of the marked price above the cost price.
Option 1: $15\frac{2}{3}\%$
Option 2: $15 \frac{1}{3} \%$
Option 3: $16 \frac{2}{3} \%$
Option 4: $16 \frac{1}{3} \%$
Correct Answer: $16 \frac{2}{3} \%$
Solution : Let the marked price (MP) be 100$x$ After a discount of 40%, the selling price = 60$x$ When a loss of 30% then, $\frac{70}{100}$ of cost price (CP) = 60$x$ ⇒ CP = $\frac{600x}{7}$ Difference in MP and CP = 100$x$ – $\frac{600x}{7}$
Question : Directions: Select the option in which the letter clusters share the same relationship as that shared by the given pair of letter clusters. XFI : CKN PFS : UKX
Option 1: JPW : OLD
Option 2: DOP : IJU
Option 3: HPS : MUX
Option 4: TOM : YLN
Correct Answer: HPS : MUX
Solution : Given: XFI : CKN PFS : UKX
Add 5 in the place value of the letters of the first term to get the second term – XFI : CKN→X + 5 = C; F + 5 = K; I + 5 = N
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Acclimatise
Option 1: Disarrange
Option 2: Prioritise
Option 3: Placate
Option 4: Decriminalise
Correct Answer: Disarrange
Solution : The most appropriate antonym is the first option.
Acclimatise means adapting to a new environment or climate. The opposite of this is disarrange, which means to disrupt or disturb the order or arrangement of something.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Who among the following long jumpers won the first ever silver medal for India in the long jump at common wealth games 2022?
Option 1: Niraj Upadhyay
Option 2: Saurav Ghoshal
Option 3: Murali Sreeshankar
Option 4: Prashnata Sahoo
Correct Answer: Murali Sreeshankar
Solution : The Correct Option is Murali Sreeshankar
Murali Sreeshankar won the silver medal in the men's long jump event at the Commonwealth Games 2022
Question : The Kolar Gold Fields is located in which state of India?
Option 1: Jharkhand
Option 2: Kerala
Option 3: Karnataka
Option 4: Andhra Pradesh
Correct Answer: Karnataka
Solution : The correct answer is Karnataka.
South India's Kolar Gold Fields is a mining region in the southeast of the state of Karnataka. The town of Kolar, where the gold fields are situated, is approximately 100 kilometres from the capital city, Bengaluru. Kolar is located
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No Error".
Myself and Roshni (1) / will take care of (2) / the event on Sunday (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The correct answer is the first option.
"Myself" should be replaced with the subject pronoun "I". Myself, a reflexive pronoun is used when the subject and the object of the action are the same person which is not the case here, and thus replaced with
Question : Which among the following is not a characteristic of transition metals?
Option 1: Tendency to gain electrons
Option 2: Low electronegativity
Option 3: Low ionization energy
Option 4: Malleablity
Correct Answer: Tendency to gain electrons
Solution : The correct option is Tendency to gain electron
Because of their distinct electrical structure, transition metals do not have a strong tendency to gain electrons when compared to other elements. Transition metals have partially full d orbitals in their outermost electron shells,
Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at MN as shown below.
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 MN). So, the left side of the reflected image will appear
Question : Which of the following colloids is an example of foam?
Option 1: Sponge
Option 2: Butter
Option 3: Cheese
Option 4: Mist
Correct Answer: Sponge
Solution : The correct option is Sponge.
One kind of colloid that is an example of foam is a sponge. Foam refers to the dispersion of gas bubbles in a liquid or solid medium, while colloids are materials that have uniformly distributed particles within them. Their colloidal
Question : Directions: Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which conclusions logically follow/s from the given statements. Statements: (I) All tankers are ships. (II) Some ships are rockets. (III) Some tankers are guns. Conclusions: (I) Some guns are ships. (II) Some tankers are rockets.
Option 1: Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) is true
Option 2: Only conclusion (II) is true
Option 3: Both conclusions (I) and (II) are true
Option 4: Only conclusion (I) is true
Correct Answer: Only conclusion (I) is true
Solution : The possible Venn diagram for the according to the given statements –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): Some guns are ships – According to the Venn diagram, some part of the circle representing guns intersects the circle representing ships.
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