Staff Selection Commission Sub Inspector Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
The dance performance was more beautifuler than I expected.
Option 1: was more beautiful
Option 2: was beautiful
Option 3: was most beautiful
Option 4: is being more beautiful
Correct Answer: was more beautiful
Solution : The first option is correct.
Explanation: When using comparative adjectives, the correct structure is to use more before the adjective. In this case, beautiful is already a comparative adjective.
So, the correct sentence would be: "The dance performance was more beautiful than I
Question : Which of the following pairs is incorrect?
Option 1: 00 longitude - Prime Meridian
Option 2: 00 longitude - Equator
Option 3: 00 latitude - Equator
Option 4: 23.50 North - Tropic of Cancer
Correct Answer: 00 longitude - Equator
Solution : The correct answer is 00 longitude - Equator.
The Equator is 00 latitude, which divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.00 latitude is known as the Prime Meridian.
Other important latitudes are-
1. Tropic of
Question : Directions: The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown in the following figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : When the given folded paper is unfolded, it will look like –
Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : _____ is a situation of a low rate of interest in the economy where every economic agent expects the interest rate to rise in future and consequently bond prices to fall, causing capital loss.
Option 1: Liquidity trap
Option 2: Revenue deficit
Option 3: Parametric shift
Option 4: Paradox shift
Correct Answer: Liquidity trap
Solution : The correct answer is the Liquidity trap.
A liquidity trap occurs when interest rates are low, and people would rather keep their money in cash or cash equivalents since they don't know how the country's economy will perform.
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. Among the largest species of cats in the world, tigers are powerful hunters with (1)________ teeth, strong jaws, and agile bodies. They range across Asia, from Russia all the way to Sumatra and mainland Southeast Asia. Researchers still have much to learn (2) ________ these beautiful, endangered (3) ________. There is currently one recognised species of tiger, Panthera tigris. Scientists have further (4) ________ the tiger into nine subspecies: the extinct Bali, Caspian, and Javan subspecies, and the living Malayan, Sumatran, South China, Indochinese, Bengal, and Amur (or Siberian) subspecies. Of these six subspecies, AZA-accredited zoos currently manage three: Amur, Malayan, and Sumatran. The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is home to Sumatran and Amur tigers; Sumatran tigers are (5) ________ as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, and Amur tigers have been classified as endangered. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: with
Option 2: into
Option 3: about
Option 4: along
Correct Answer: about
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
The preposition about is appropriate in this context to indicate the subject or topic about which researchers have much to learn. It forms a complete and coherent sentence, indicating that researchers have much more to discover or understand
Question : Which hill is not a part of the Meghalaya Plateau?
Option 1: Nilgiri Hills
Option 2: Jaintia Hills
Option 3: Khasi Hills
Option 4: Garo Hills
Correct Answer: Nilgiri Hills
Solution : The correct option is Nilgiri Hills.
The Nilgiri Hills are located in the Western Ghats, which is a mountain range in South India. These are not part of the Meghalaya Plateau. It runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian subcontinent. The Nilgiris
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. A plum job
Option 1: An easy and pleasant job
Option 2: A rare job
Option 3: A difficult job
Option 4: A job involving extensive travelling
Correct Answer: An easy and pleasant job
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Explanation: A "plum job" is a position of employment that is considered highly desirable due to various factors such as good pay, favourable working conditions, prestige, or other attractive benefits.
Question : The slope of the given line is: :
Option 1: Positive
Option 2: Negative
Option 3: Undefined
Option 4: Zero
Correct Answer: Negative
Solution : The slope of this graph will be negative. Reason: Slope = m = $\tan\theta$ Here the $\theta > 90^{\circ}$ i.e., in the second quadrant. $\therefore\tan\theta$ is negative in the second quadrant. Hence, the correct answer is negative.
Question : Study the given pie chart and answer the question that follows. Break-up (degree-wise) the number of students in five schools (A, B, C, D, and E) in a city. Total number of students is 5200. The number of students in school C is what percentage more than the number of students in school B?
Option 1: 11%
Option 2: 10%
Option 3: 9.5%
Option 4: 7.2%
Correct Answer: 10%
Solution : As per the given graph, The number of students in school C is more than the number of students in school B by $=\frac{( 79.2 − 72 )}{72}$ × 100% $= 10$% Hence, the correct answer is 10%
Question : The given bar graph shows the number of students of two schools over six years. In the bar graph, what is the ratio of the students taken for years 2008, 2012, and 2013 together from school A to the students taken for the years 2009, 2010, and 2011 together from school B?
Option 1: 118: 251
Option 2: 229: 217
Option 3: 251: 118
Option 4: 217: 229
Correct Answer: 229: 217
Solution : The average of total students from school A 2008, 2012, and 2013 = 640 + 900 + 750 = 2290 The average of total students from school B in 2009, 2010, and 2011 = 820 + 600 + 750 = 2170 The required ratio
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