All Questions

Staff Selection Commission Sub Inspector Exam

Get Updates
Showing 91 - 100 out of 9048 Questions
3 Views

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To hit the nail on the head

Option 1: To hit something accurately

Option 2: To be indecisive

Option 3: To miss an opportunity

Option 4: To express an idea with great precision

Team Careers360 27th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: To express an idea with great precision


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Explanation: The idiom "to hit the nail on the head" means expressing an idea with great precision or accurately addressing the main issue. It is used to describe someone who gets to the core of a problem or situation without unnecessary elaboration.

Therefore, the correct answer is to express an idea with great precision.

4 Views

Question : If $\cos \theta-\sin \theta=\sqrt{2} \sin \theta$, then $(\cos \theta+\sin \theta)$ is:

Option 1: $-\sqrt{2} \cos \theta$

Option 2: $\sqrt{2} \cos \theta$

Option 3: $\sqrt{2} \tan \theta$

Option 4: $-\sqrt{2} \sin \theta$

Team Careers360 27th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $\sqrt{2} \cos \theta$


Solution : According to the question,
⇒  $\cos \theta-\sin \theta=\sqrt{2} \sin \theta$
⇒ $(\cos\theta + \sin\theta)^{2} = 2 \sin^{2}\theta$
⇒ $\cos^{2}\theta + \sin^{2}\theta + 2\sin\theta\cos~\theta = 2\sin^{2}\theta$
⇒ $\sin^{2}\theta - \cos^{2}\theta - 2\sin~\theta~cos\theta = 0$
⇒ $\sin^{2}\theta + \cos^{2}\theta - 2\sin\theta\cos\theta = 2 \cos^{2}\theta$
⇒ $(\sin~\theta - \cos\theta)^{2}=2\cos^2\theta$
⇒ $\sin\theta - \cos \theta$ = $\sqrt{2}\cos\theta$
Hence, the correct answer is $\sqrt{2}\cos\theta$.

2 Views

Question : Let $x$ be the least number of 4 digits that when divided by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 leaves a remainder of 1 in each case. If $x$ lies between 2000 and 2500, then what is the sum of the digits of $x$?

Option 1: 4

Option 2: 15

Option 3: 9

Option 4: 10

Team Careers360 26th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 4


Solution :

LCM of 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 is 420.
The number should be between 2000 and 2500.
So, the number is = 420 × 5 = 2100
The remainder will be 1 in each case so the number = 2100 + 1 = 2101
Sum of digit of the number 2101 is = 2 + 1 + 0 + 1 = 4
Hence, the correct answer is 4.

4 Views

Question : Which of the following places is not associated with the Kumbh Mela?

Option 1: Nashik-Trimbakeshwar

Option 2: Ujjain

Option 3: Haridwar

Option 4: Puri

Team Careers360 26th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Puri


Solution : The correct option is Puri.

Puri is not traditionally associated with the Kumbh Mela. The Kumbh Mela is a major Hindu festival and pilgrimage that rotates among four locations: Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad), Haridwar, Nashik and Ujjain. Puri,  in the eastern Indian state of Odisha, is not one of the designated locations for the Kumbh Mela.

2 Views

Question : According to Gandhi, the scope for class struggle and love for property can be reduced by :

Option 1: decentralisation

Option 2: participatory democracy

Option 3: separation of the judiciary from the executive

Option 4: trusteeship

Team Careers360 27th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: trusteeship


Solution : The correct answer is trusteeship.

Mahatma Gandhi introduced the socio-economic philosophy of trusteeship. It is founded on the idea that everyone who owns money or property holds it in trust for society. It offers a way for the wealthy to serve as trustees of trusts that look out for the welfare of the entire population. His religious conviction that everything belonged to god, and came from god served as its foundation.

18 Views

Question : Which of the following does not belong to the family of organic compounds?

Option 1: Ammonia

Option 2: Nonane

Option 3: Furan

Option 4: Decane

Team Careers360 26th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Ammonia


Solution : The correct option is Ammonia.

Ammonia (NH3) does not belong to the family of organic compounds. Organic compounds are generally defined as compounds containing carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bonds, and ammonia does not contain carbon. Instead, it is an inorganic compound composed of nitrogen and hydrogen atoms.

3 Views

Question : Directions: Which option represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in the English dictionary?
1. Measurement
2. Methodology
3. Melanin
4. Metaphor
5. Meritorious

Option 1: 3, 1, 5, 4, 2

Option 2: 1, 3, 5, 4, 2

Option 3: 1, 4, 2, 5, 3

Option 4: 1, 5, 3, 2, 4

Team Careers360 26th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1, 3, 5, 4, 2


Solution : Given: 
1. Measurement 2. Methodology 3. Melanin 4. Metaphor 5. Meritorious

Step 1: The first two letters are common in all so we will start with the third letter. The third letter of each word is a, t, r, l. Based on the alphabetical order we can arrange them as – Measurement, Melanin, Meritorious, Methodology, Metaphor
Step 2: Compare the fourth letter of (Methodology, Metaphor). Metaphor will come before Methodology in the sequence as a comes before h.

So, the sequence will be Measurement, Melanin, Meritorious, Metaphor, Methodology, or 1, 3, 5, 4, 2. Hence, the second option is correct.

Question : Who among the following was the founder of the Bhoodan Yajna (Land Gift) movement?

Option 1: Mahatma Gandhi

Option 2: Tarabai Shinde

Option 3: Atmaram Joshi

Option 4: Vinoba Bhave

Team Careers360 26th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Vinoba Bhave


Solution : The correct answer is Vinoba Bhave.

Vinoba Bhave, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi, founded the Bhoodan Movement, also known as the Land Donation Movement, in April 1951. The campaign began impromptu during an evening gathering in a village in Andhra Pradesh, where landowners donated land to the landless. Over the following 20 years, the campaign gave rise to a law known as the Bhoodan Act, which gave the government authority over the distribution of land from the land bank.

8 Views

Question : The title "Indian Napoleon" has been given to which of the following rulers?

Option 1:

Chandragupta Maurya

Option 2: Samudragupta

Option 3: Chandragupta I

Option 4: Harshavardhana

Team Careers360 26th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Samudragupta


Solution : The correct answer is Samudragupta.

Samudragupta is known as "India's Napoleon". He was the son of Chandragupta I. He is believed to be the real founder of the Gupta dynasty. Historian A. V. Smith called him an "Indian Napoleon" because of his great military spirit.

2 Views

Question : Three years ago, the average age of a family of 5 members was 17 years. A baby having been born the average age of the family is the same today. The present age of the baby (in years) is:

Option 1: 2

Option 2: 2.4

Option 3: 3

Option 4: 1.5

Team Careers360 26th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 2


Solution : Given that the average age of 5 members = 17
$\therefore$ Total age of 5 members = 17 × 5 = 85
Now, let the present age of the baby be $x$ years
Present total age of the family $= 85 + 5\times3 + x = 100 + x$
According to the question,
$\frac{100+x}{6}=17$
$⇒ 100 + x = 102$
$\therefore x = 2$ years
Hence, the correct answer is 2.

The question have been saved in answer later, you can access it from your profile anytime. Access now

Download the Careers360 App on your Android phone

Regular exam updates, QnA, Predictors, College Applications & E-books now on your Mobile

Careers360 App
150M+ Students
30,000+ Colleges
500+ Exams
1500+ E-books