Staff Selection Commission Sub Inspector Exam
Question : A, B, and C subscribe a sum of Rs. 75,500 for a business. A subscribes Rs. 3,500 more than B, and B subscribes Rs. 4,500 more than C. Out of a total profit of Rs. 45,300, how much (in Rs.) does A receive?
Option 1: 17,400
Option 2: 14,700
Option 3: 12,600
Option 4: 15,000
Correct Answer: 17,400
Solution : Given, Total investment = Rs. 75,500 Profit = Rs. 45,300 We know, Profit is divided in the ratio of (investment × time) Let $x$ be the investment of C. ⇒ C = $x$ ...........(1) ⇒ B = $(x + 4500)$ ..........(2) And, A = $(x
Question : Read the given sentence and select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word ‘Deplete’ from the following options. Depletion of old things has become a fancy business as it brings back old memories but at a high cost.
Option 1: restore
Option 2: old
Option 3: high
Option 4: fancy
Correct Answer: restore
Solution : The first option is correct.
Deplete means to reduce or exhaust the quantity or resources of something. Restore means to bring something back to its original or normal condition, or to replenish and renew.
In the context of the sentence, the depletion of old things
Question : The average of 15 results is 21. The average of the first 7 of those is 21 and the average of the last 7 is 20. What is the 8th result?
Option 1: 25
Option 2: 31
Option 3: 28
Option 4: 22
Correct Answer: 28
Solution : The average of 15 results is 21, which means the sum of all 15 results is 15 × 21 = 315. The average of the first 7 results is 21, which means the sum of the first 7 results is 7 × 21 = 147.
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, HAPPY is written as JCRRA and MAGIC is written as OCIKE. How will LEVEL be written in that language?
Option 1: OGYEN
Option 2: MHNGO
Option 3: MFMEO
Option 4: NGXGN
Correct Answer: NGXGN
Solution : Given: HAPPY is written as JCRRA and MAGIC is written as OCIKE.
Add 2 to the place value of the letters of HAPPY to obtain the required code – H + 2 = J; A + 2 = C; P + 2 = R; P
Question : Study the pie chart and answer the question.
If 80% of the number of employees working in the IT department and 40% of the number of employees working in both the HR and Accounts departments are females, then total number of female employees working in these three departments is _____.
Option 1: 312
Option 2: 332
Option 3: 344
Option 4: 364
Correct Answer: 364
Solution : Given: Angle value of IT department = $72^\circ$ Angle value of Accounts department = $57.6^\circ$ Angle value of HR department = $32.4^\circ$ Value of a sector = $\frac{\text{Central angle of sector}}{360^\circ}\times$ Total Value Now, Number of female employees in IT department = $\frac{72}{360} \times \frac{80}{100}
Question : Directions: Four pairs of numbers have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner, while one is different. Choose out the odd one.
Option 1: 51 – 25
Option 2: 50 – 7
Option 3: 16 – 3
Option 4: 64 – 32
Correct Answer: 64 – 32
Solution : Let's check each option – First option: 51 – 25 51 + 25 = 76; 19 × 4 = 76; The sum of the pair is the multiple of 19. Second option: 50 – 7 50 + 7 = 57; 19 × 3
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term. Bricks : House :: Twigs : ?
Option 1: Fire
Option 2: Tree
Option 3: Nest
Option 4: Wood
Correct Answer: Nest
Solution : Given: Bricks : House :: Twigs : ?
The second term is made of the first term – Like in, Bricks : House → Bricks are used to build houses. Similarly, Twigs : ? → Twigs a slender woody shoots growing from a branch or
Question : A man sold 250 chairs and had a gain equal to the selling price of 50 chairs. His profit percent is:
Option 1: 20%
Option 2:
25%
Option 3:
50%
Option 4:
15%
Correct Answer:
Solution : Here, SP is the selling price and CP is the cost price. We know that, Gain = SP – CP SP of 250 chairs – CP of 250 chairs = SP of 50 chairs ⇒ SP of 200 chairs = CP of 250 chairs Gain
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. When another old cave is discovered in the south of France, it is not (1)________ in the news. Rather, it is an ordinary event. Such discoveries are so (2)________ these days that hardly anybody pays heed to them. However, when the Lascaux cave complex was discovered in 1940, the world was (3)________. Painted directly on its walls were hundreds of scenes showing how people lived thousands of years ago. The scenes show people hunting animals, such as bison or wild cats. Other images (4)________ birds and, most noticeably, horses, which appear in more than 300 wall images, by far (5)________ all other animals. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: baffled
Option 2: overthrown
Option 3: encouraged
Option 4: crushed
Correct Answer: baffled
Baffled is a suitable word for this context. When something is baffling, it means it is perplexing or confusing. The world being baffled suggests that the discovery of the cave complex, with its ancient depictions, was something that puzzled or
Question : Select the correctly spelt sentence.
Option 1: The country’s GDP bloomed despite the ongoing war situation.
Option 2: The country’s GDP bloomed dispete the ongoing war situation.
Option 3: The country’s GDP bloomed despete the ongoing war sitution
Option 4: The country’s GDP bloomed dispite the ongoing war situation.
Correct Answer: The country’s GDP bloomed despite the ongoing war situation.
Solution : The correct answer is the first option.
"Despite" is the correct spelling of the word, meaning "without being affected by" or "in spite of". The sentence means that despite the ongoing war situation, the country's gross domestic
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