Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Directions: The following bar diagram graph depicts the sales of items (in lakhs) in departmental stores from April to August in the current year. Study the graph and answer the following questions using the data provided here. The sales in July are how many times to sales in May?
Option 1: 3
Option 2: 2.5
Option 3: 300
Option 4: 2
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : Sales in July = 900 lakhs Sales in May = 300 lakhs $\therefore$ Required value = $\frac{900}{300}$ = 3 Hence, the correct answer is 3.
Question : Anita scored 36 marks out of 120 but later her teacher increased 6 marks for her. What will be the increase in her percentage?
Option 1: 6%
Option 2: 10%
Option 3: 8%
Option 4: 5%
Correct Answer: 5%
Solution : Anita scored 36 marks out of 120. Her percentage = $\frac{36}{120}×100=30$% Later her teacher increased 6 marks. Her new percentage $=\frac{36+6}{120}×100=\frac{42}{120}×100=35$% Increase in percentage = 35% – 30% = 5% Hence, the correct answer is 5%.
Question : _______was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress.
Option 1: Sarojini Naidu
Option 2: Aruna Asaf Ali
Option 3: Sucheta Kripalani
Option 4: Ashalata Sen
Correct Answer: Sarojini Naidu
Solution : The correct answer is Sarojini Naidu.
In 1925, Sarojini Naidu became the first female president of the Indian National Congress Party after winning the election. Mahatma Gandhi dubbed her the "Nightingale of India" in recognition of her poetic prowess and the vivid imagery
Question : Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No Error'. Your success were short-lived and had disastrous outcomes.
Option 1: No Error
Option 2: had disastrous outcomes
Option 3: short-lived and
Option 4: your success were
Correct Answer: your success were
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
In this sentence, the subject is success, which is a singular noun. To maintain proper agreement, the verb that follows should also be singular. In the original sentence, were is a plural verb, which is incorrect in
Question : Directions: In an examination hall seven students Ayaan, Chandan, Jatin, Kanika, Naina, Pinky, and Sweety are sitting in a row facing north but not necessarily in the same order. Chandan sits third to the right of Sweety. Ayaan and Pinky are immediate neighbours of Chandan. More than two persons sit between Pinky and Sweety. Jatin is the only neighbour of Naina. Jatin sits to the right of Ayaan. What is the position of Naina with respect, to Kanika?
Option 1: Fifth to the left
Option 2: Third to the right
Option 3: Fourth to the right
Option 4: Third to the left
Correct Answer: Fourth to the right
Solution : Given: (I) Chandan sits third to the right of Sweety. Ayaan and Pinky are immediate neighbours of Chandan. More than two persons sit between Pinky and Sweety.
(II) Jatin is the only neighbour of Naina. Jatin sits to the right of Ayaan.
Question : Directions: Select the letter cluster that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. GOAL, IMCJ, KKEH, MIGF, ?
Option 1: OHID
Option 2: OGJD
Option 3: OGIC
Option 4: OGID
Correct Answer: OGID
Solution : Given: GOAL, IMCJ, KKEH, MIGF, ?
In the above-given series, add 2 to the first and third letters and subtract 2 from the second and fourth letters of the previous term to obtain the next term. GOAL→G + 2 = I; O – 2 =
Question : __________is the heaviest naturally occurring element of the Periodic Table with an atomic weight of 238.
Option 1: Xenon
Option 2: Uranium
Option 3: Helium
Option 4: Mercury
Correct Answer: Uranium
Solution : The correct option is Uranium.
Uranium is a radioactive element with an atomic number of 92 and an atomic weight of 238. U-238 is the most common isotope of uranium found in nature. It is non-fissile, which means it cannot sustain a chain reaction
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. Cell phones keeps loved ones and those nearly them well connected.
Option 1: No improvement
Option 2: keeping loved and nearly
Option 3: kept love and near
Option 4: keep loved ones and those near
Correct Answer: keep loved ones and those near
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
In the sentence, the verb keeps doesn't agree with the subject's cell phones, which is plural. The correct verb form for the third-person plural subject "cell phones" is keep.
In this context,
Question : Select the appropriate synonym for the underlined word.
You were mad at me for having the same ability as you.
Option 1: Feature
Option 2: Inefficacy
Option 3: Skill
Option 4: Flexibility
Correct Answer: Skill
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Ability refers to a capacity or capability, particularly in the context of having the same skill as the speaker. Skill is a synonym for ability and is often used to describe a learned or acquired capacity to perform
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth term is related to the third term. TRA : XNO :: GBT : QXB :: NOQ : ?
Option 1: NKI
Option 2: NKJ
Option 3: NIJ
Option 4: NII
Correct Answer: NKI
Solution : Given: TRA : XNO :: GBT : QXB :: NOQ : ?
Follow the pattern to obtain the required term –
Thus, TRA is coded as XNO. And, GBT : QXB –
Similarly, follow the same pattern for NOQ –
Thus, NKI is related to
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