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Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam

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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:
Hygrometer : Humidity :: ? : ?

Option 1: Ammeter : Length

Option 2: Anemometer : Temperature

Option 3: Seismograph : Earthquake

Option 4: Odometer : Odour

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Correct Answer: Seismograph : Earthquake


Solution : Given:
Hygrometer : Humidity (Here, a hygrometer is a device used to measure humidity.)

 Let's check the options –
First option: Ammeter : Length; An ammeter is a device used to measure electrical current.
Second option: Anemometer : Temperature; An anemometer is a

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Question : Why boiling point of water decrease at high altitudes?

Option 1: Because of the high temperature

Option 2: Because of low atmospheric pressure

Option 3: Because of low temperature

Option 4: Because of high atmospheric pressure

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Correct Answer: Because of low atmospheric pressure


Solution : The correct option is Because of low atmospheric pressure.

At higher elevations, the decrease in atmospheric pressure causes a reduction in the boiling point of water. Boiling occurs when a liquid's vapour pressure matches the atmospheric pressure. With lower atmospheric

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Question : Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.
A. By conquest, rather than by economic contract
B. Other types of feudalism was the relation
C. The principle difference between Indian and
D. Between lord and vassal, established in this case

Option 1: BDAC

Option 2: CBDA

Option 3: BADC

Option 4: CBAD

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Correct Answer: CBDA


Solution : The correct sequence is CBDA.

Explanation:

  1. C: This part introduces the main idea, stating that there is a principal difference between Indian feudalism and other types.

  2. B: This follows logically, elaborating on what that principal difference is—the relation to other types of feudalism.

  3. D:

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Question : In electro-refining, the pure metal is deposited on

Option 1: vessel

Option 2: electrolyte

Option 3: cathode

Option 4: anode

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Correct Answer: cathode


Solution : The correct answer is the cathode.

The anode is the impure metal to be refined in electrolytic refining, whereas the cathode is a thin strip of high-purity metal. The solution uses metal salt as the electrolyte. When an electric current passes through the electrolyte, pure

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Question : Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Vivacity

Option 1: Sap

Option 2: Vim

Option 3: Lush

Option 4: Apathy

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Correct Answer: Apathy


Solution : The fourth option is correct.

The word vivacity refers to the quality of being attractively lively and animated. The antonym apathy means a lack of interest, concern, or indifference.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

  • Sap: It implies the liquid that carries

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Question : Name a unit designed for wet and dry bulb thermometers to protect temperature sensors from being affected by direct or reflected sunlight.

Option 1: Stevenson screen

Option 2: Skywarn screen

Option 3: Clarinet screen

Option 4: Cardinal screen

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Correct Answer: Stevenson screen


Solution : The correct option is the Stevenson screen.

The unit designed to protect temperature sensors from direct or reflected sunlight in wet and dry bulb thermometers is called a "Stevenson screen" or "instrument shelter." It is a double-layered box that shields the temperature sensors

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Question : The five key indicators of global climate change of our planet are:

Option 1: Antarctic Sea ice, Oxygen, Rainfall, Drought, and sea level

Option 2: Sea - level, Rising temperature, Rainfall, Nitrogen, and Arctic sea ice

Option 3: Arctic sea ice, Carbon dioxide, Global temperature, Sea level, and Land ice

Option 4: None of these

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Correct Answer: Arctic sea ice, Carbon dioxide, Global temperature, Sea level, and Land ice


Solution : The correct answer is Arctic sea ice, Carbon dioxide, Global temperature, Sea level and Land ice.

All of these variables are changing at an unprecedented rate, and the evidence clearly shows that these changes

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Question : Direction: Study the following bar graph and answer the question:


The percentage increase in the production of fertilizers in 2002 compared to that in 1995 is:

Option 1: 220%

Option 2: 180%

Option 3: 240%

Option 4: 200%

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Correct Answer: 220%


Solution : Production in 2002 = 80 (in 10000 tonnes)
Production in 1995 = 25 (in 10000 tonnes)
Required percentage = $\frac{(80−25)}{25} \times 100$ = 220%
Hence, the correct answer is 220%.

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Question : Directions: A paper is folded and cut as shown below. How will it appear when unfolded?

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

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Correct Answer:


Solution : When the given folded paper is unfolded, it will look like –

Hence, the fourth option is correct.

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