Staff Selection Commission Sub Inspector Exam
Question : Directions: The following table gives details about the percentage change in the population in a particular town for given years. Go through the chart given and answer the questions that follow:
What was the population of the town in the year 2009?
Option 1: 3
Option 2: 5
Option 3: 4
Option 4: can not be determined.
Correct Answer: can not be determined.
Solution : The population of 2009 can not be determined because there is no population value given. Hence, the correct answer is 'can not be determined'.
Question : Which of the following was the major export item from India in 2021?
Option 1: Automobiles
Option 2: Jewellery
Option 3: Petroleum products
Option 4: Pharmaceuticals
Correct Answer: Petroleum products
Solution : The correct option is Petroleum products.
The major export item from India in 2021, according to various sources like the Observatory of Economic Complexity and India's official trade data, was refined petroleum products. These products, including gasoline, diesel, and other refined fuels, accounted
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. High time
Option 1: well in time for something
Option 2: time to fly high
Option 3: past the appropriate time
Option 4: time to celebrate something
Correct Answer: past the appropriate time
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
The idiom high time is often used to express that something should have happened or should be done already because it is overdue or long-awaited. It implies a sense of urgency or necessity due to
Question : The average mark of a class of 35 children is 35. The marks of one of the students, who got 35, were incorrectly entered as 65. What is the correct average of the class?
Option 1: 33.76
Option 2: 34.14
Option 3: 35.24
Option 4: 36.50
Correct Answer: 34.14
Solution : Given: The average mark of a class of 35 children is 35. The marks of one of the students, who got 35, were incorrectly entered as 65. The sum of their marks = (35 × 35) = 1225 After correcting the mistake, the new sum
Question : What is the ratio of inradius and circumradius of an equilateral triangle?
Option 1: 1 : 2
Option 2: 1 : 3
Option 3: 1 : 4
Option 4: 3 : 2
Correct Answer: 1 : 2
Solution : Let $a$ be the side of the equilateral triangle. Circumradius = $\frac{abc}{4 \times \text{Area of triangle}}$, where $a,b,c$ are sides In Case of equilateral triangle, abc = a3 and area of triangle = $\frac{\sqrt{3}a^{2}}{4}$ $\therefore$ Circumradius = $\frac{a^{3}}{4 \times \frac{\sqrt3a^{2}}{4}}=\frac{a}{\sqrt{3}}$ Inradius =
Question : Which Indian player won the most medals at Commonwealth Games 2022?
Option 1: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu
Option 2: Amit Panghal
Option 3: Sharath Kamal
Option 4: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
Correct Answer: Sharath Kamal
Solution : The correct option is Sharath Kamal.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Sharath Kamal stood out as India's most successful athlete, clinching three gold medals in men's singles, men's doubles (with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran), and mixed doubles (with Manika Batra), along with a silver in men's
Question : Study the given pie chart and answer the question that follows. The pie chart shows the sale of different fruits in a shop in a day. If a total of 1200 kg of fruits were sold in a day, find the difference between sales of grapes and oranges (in kg).
Option 1: 60
Option 2: 55
Option 3: 65
Option 4: 45
Correct Answer: 60
Solution : Given: A total of 1200 kg of fruits were sold in a day. The difference between sales of grapes and oranges = $\frac{15–10}{100}\times 1200$ = $\frac{5}{100}\times 1200$ = $60$ Hence, the correct answer is 60.
Question : Directions: Pointing to a man, a lady said "His mother is the only daughter of my mother". How is the lady related to the man?
Option 1: Mother
Option 2: Daughter
Option 3: Sister
Option 4: Aunt
Correct Answer: Mother
Solution : According to the given information, the family tree is as follows –
Here, the circular figure represents the female, and the quadrilateral represents the male in the figure.
So, from the above family tree, the lady is the mother of the man. Hence, the first
Question : A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 10%. If he had bought the article at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 1,000 more, he would have made a profit of 40%. The earlier selling price of the article (in Rs.) is:
Option 1: 55,000
Option 2: 60,000
Option 3: 50,000
Option 4: 40,000
Correct Answer: 55,000
Solution : Let the cost price of the article as C and the selling price as S. The man sold the article at a gain of 10%. ⇒ S = 1.1C If he had bought the article at 20% less, the cost price would be 0.8C. If
Question : The average of the first 7 integers in a series of 13 consecutive odd integers is 37. What is the average of the entire series?
Option 1: 37
Option 2: 39
Option 3: 41
Option 4: 43
Correct Answer: 43
Solution : Given: The average of the first 7 integers in a series of 13 consecutive odd integers is 37. The average of the first 7 integers is 37. So, the $(\frac{7+1}{2})$ = 4th term is 37. Thus, the series of integers = 31, 33, 35,
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