Staff Selection Commission Sub Inspector Exam
Question : What is the name of the geostationary satellite launched by ISRO in 1983 that provides high-power TV broadcasting and telecommunications national coverage transponders?
Option 1: Bhaskara-I
Option 2: INSAT-1B
Option 3: GSAT-7
Option 4: RISAT-1
Correct Answer: INSAT-1B
Solution : The correct answer is INSAT-1B.
A communications satellite from India, INSAT-1B, was a component of the Indian National Satellite System. It was sent into geostationary orbit in 1983 and operated at 74 degrees east longitude. It was relegated to backup status at the end
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:
Correct Answer:
Solution : When the given paper is unfolded, it will look like this – Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank that is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer.
As the weekend finally rolled around, the people were also too happy to laugh out the ________ away.
Option 1: memories
Option 2: joys
Option 3: cares
Option 4: struggles
Correct Answer: cares
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Cares means troubles or worries. This is the correct option, as it fits the context of the weekend being a time when people are too happy to laugh out their cares or worries.
The meanings of the other
Question : Which of the following Vedas is not a part of Vedatrayi?
Option 1: Rigveda
Option 2: Yajurveda
Option 3: Samaveda
Option 4: Atharvaveda
Correct Answer: Atharvaveda
Solution : The correct answer is Atharvaveda.
The Atharvaveda is one of the four Vedas, alongside the Samaveda, Rigveda, and Yajurveda, but is not a part of Vedatrayi. It's the newest, dating between 1000 and 600 BCE, comprising 20 books, 6,000 mantras, and 730 hymns. Two versions,
Question : Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Option 1: Vocifirous
Option 2: Affliction
Option 3: Episcopal
Option 4: Innocuous
Correct Answer: Vocifirous
Solution : The first option is correct.
The incorrectly spelled word is vocifirous, as it has an incorrect vowel in the word.
Vociferous is the correct spelling, and it is used for people who express their opinions and complaints loudly and repeatedly in speech.
Question : Tansen, the music legend, was a courtier in which of the following courts before coming to Akbar?
Option 1: Banaras
Option 2: Gandhara
Option 3: Rewa
Option 4: Maghad
Correct Answer: Rewa
Solution : The correct answer is Rewa.
Tansen started his career and lived much of his adult life under the protection of Raja Ramchandra Singh, the Hindu ruler of Rewa (1555–1592), where Tansen's musical abilities and studies were widely recognised.
Question : Directions: Five students J, K, L, M, and N are sitting on a bench facing the blackboard. K is sitting to the immediate right of M, who is sitting at the extreme left. If J is to the immediate left of L but exactly right of N, then who is sitting in the middle of the bench?
Option 1: N
Option 2: J
Option 3: K
Option 4: L
Correct Answer: N
Solution : Given: I. K is sitting to the immediate right of M, who is sitting at the extreme left.
II. J is to the immediate left of L but exactly right of N.
So, N is sitting in the middle of the bench. Hence, the first
Question : Directions: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "No Improvement".
It is fifteen years since I (have begun) living here.
(1) began
(2) begun
(3) had begun
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
There is an error in the tense of the sentence because have begun should be replaced with began which is in the simple past tense, and is the correct form to be used in the sentence. Since is
Question : If the size of the nucleus of an atom is compared with a cricket ball, then the radius of the atom is approximately equal to how many kilometres?
Option 1: 0.5
Option 2: 0.005
Option 3: 0.05
Option 4: 5
Correct Answer: 5
Solution : The correct option is 5.
A cricket ball represents the tiny nucleus of an atom. If that's the scale, the whole atom would be roughly as big as a 5-kilometre-wide sphere. That's because while the nucleus packs most of the atom's mass, it occupies
Question : Directions: Eight relatives, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W and Y are sitting around a square table in such a way that four of them sit at four corners of the square while four sit in the middle of each of four sides, all of them facing the centre of the square. P sits third to the left of V. R is not an immediate neighbour of V. Only one person sits between V and W. S sits second to the right of Q. R is not an immediate neighbour of P. T sits second left of P. Who sits fourth to the right of P?
Option 1: V
Option 2: T
Option 3: S
Option 4: R
Correct Answer: S
Solution : Given: 1. P sits third to the left of V. R is not an immediate neighbour of V. 2. T sits second left of P 3. R is not an immediate neighbour of P. 4. Only one person sits between V and W. 5. S
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