Staff Selection Commission Sub Inspector Exam
Question : Find the sum of the numbers between 550 and 700 such that when they are divided by 12, 16, and 24, leave the remainder of 5 in each case.
Option 1: 1980
Option 2: 1887
Option 3: 1860
Option 4: 1867
Correct Answer: 1887
Solution : LCM of 12, 16, and 24 = 48 Multiples of 48 which are between 550 and 700 such that they leave a remainder of 5 are: 48 × 12 + 5 = 581 48 × 13 + 5 = 629 48 × 14 + 5
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.
A broad definition of wetlands (1)_______ ecosystems such as lakes and rivers, underground aquifers, swamps, coral reefs, and many others; but also human-made artificial sites (2)_______ fishponds or reservoirs. Though they cover only around 6 per cent of the Earth’s land surface, 40 per cent of all plant and animal species live in or breed in them. Wetlands are also vital for human well-being and security. More than a billion people across the world depend on them for their livelihoods—about one in eight people on Earth. According to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), these ecosystems are also the unsung heroes of the climate crisis. In fact, they (3)_______ more carbon than any other ecosystem, with peatlands alone storing twice (4)_______ all the world’s forests. Inland wetland ecosystems absorb excess water and help prevent floods and drought, something critical to help communities adapt to a changing climate. In the words of Leticia Carvalho, Principal Coordinator for Marine and Freshwater at UNEP, healthy wetlands ‘punch above their weight in terms of benefits’. The theme for the very first World Day is “Wetlands Action for People and Nature”. It serves as an urgent call to act and to invest financial, human, and political capital to save the world’s wetlands from disappearing altogether and to restore those areas already lost. Wetlands are disappearing three times (5)_______ forests and are Earth’s most threatened ecosystem. In just 50 years—since 1970—35 per cent of the world’s wetlands have evaporated.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: have
Option 2: has
Option 3: store
Option 4: stored
Correct Answer: store
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
The word store is used to indicate the capacity of wetlands to retain or hold carbon. The subject of wetlands is plural, so the correct verb form is store.
Question : The base of a solid right prism is a triangle whose sides are 9 cm, 12 cm, and 15 cm. The height of the prism is 5 cm. Then, the total surface area of the prism is:
Option 1: 180 cm2
Option 2: 234 cm2
Option 3: 288 cm2
Option 4: 270 cm2
Correct Answer: 288 cm2
Solution : Given that the base of a solid right prism is a triangle whose sides are 9 cm, 12 cm, 15 cm and the height of the prism is 5 cm. The total surface area of a prism = 2 × The area of
Question : Who takes the salute during the Republic Day parade at New Delhi?
Option 1: Governor
Option 2: President
Option 3: Chief Justice
Option 4: Prime Minister
Correct Answer: President
Solution : The correct option is President.
The President of India takes the salute during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi. The Chief Guest, who is usually a foreign dignitary, is also present during the event and participates in various ceremonial activities, but the ultimate authority
Question : In pre-independent India, Dadabhai Naoroji was the first to discuss the concept of a ______.
Option 1: bread line
Option 2: Subsistence level
Option 3: Poverty line
Option 4: Living wage
Correct Answer: Poverty line
Solution : The correct answer is the Poverty line.
Dadabhai Naoroji estimated the poverty line for the first time in his book "Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India." He estimated from ₹16 to ₹35 per capita annually.
The expense of subsistence or the minimum essential diet
It is said that everyone lives (1) _________selling something. What you can (2) __________from this statement is that teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers live by selling wisdom and priests earn their living by selling spiritual comfort. Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to (3) _________the true value of the services which people perform for us. There are times when we would (4) _________give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely the same service. The (5) __________of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: obstacles
Option 2: interferences
Option 3: conditions
Option 4: connections
Correct Answer: conditions
Solution : The correct answer to this question is the third option.
Explanation: The word norms in this context refers to the accepted or established standards or patterns of behaviour within a society. The sentence suggests that the established expectations or standards of society dictate their skills,
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.
It was a cool and windy day. Shiela, Zora, Lamba and I were (1)_______ our way to the Park to play on the slides. On our way (2)_______, Shiela (3)_______ something stuck to her shoe. "Must be a (4)_______ of chewing gum or something," she muttered as she (5)_______ down to remove the object. What she removed from her shoe was a dirty note of five hundred rupees!
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 5.
Option 1: bind
Option 2: bend
Option 3: went
Option 4: bent
Correct Answer: bent
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation:
In this sentence, the context revolves around Shiela's actions upon noticing something stuck to her shoe. To accurately convey the motion of lowering herself or a part of her body to remove the object, the verb bent
Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives. 6 : 216 :: 5 : ?
Option 1: 125
Option 2: 50
Option 3: 75
Option 4: 150
Correct Answer: 125
Solution : Given: 6 : 216 :: 5 : ?
63 = 216 (216 is the cube of 6.) Similarly, 53 = 125 (125 is the cube of 5.)
Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Sugar tastes sweet.
Option 1: Sugar is sweet when it has been tasted sweet
Option 2: Sugar is sweet when it is tasted.
Option 3: Sugar is sweet when tastes
Option 4: Sugar is sweet when tasted.
Correct Answer: Sugar is sweet when it is tasted.
Solution : The correct answer is the second option.
The conversion of the sentence from the active voice to the passive voice of verbs followed by adjectives requires the following steps:
Syntax: Sub + verb + adjective + when + pronoun
Question : Study the given table and answer the question that follows. The distance travelled by two online-delivery employees during a week.
Find the ratio of the total distance covered by the first employee during the first three days and the last three days by the second employee.
Option 1: 2 : 1
Option 2: 1 : 1
Option 3: 1 : 2
Option 4: 3 : 1
Correct Answer: 1 : 1
Solution : The total distance covered by the first employee during the first three days = 200 km + 300 km + 200 km = 700 km The total distance covered by the second employee during the last three days = 250 km + 350
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