Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : ‘SVANidhi se Samriddhi’ programme launched in 2022 is associated with the Ministry of __________.
Option 1: Finance
Option 2: Education
Option 3: Defence
Option 4: Housing and Urban Affairs
Correct Answer: Housing and Urban Affairs
Solution : The correct option is Housing and Urban Affairs.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs launched the ‘SVANidhi se Samriddhi’ programme across 126 cities. It was launched on 4th January 2021. This scheme includes several yojanas. These are Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana,
Question : _______ is a disease which is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito, which lays eggs in water-logged places and multiplies over time.
Option 1: Diarrhoea
Option 2: Elephantiasis
Option 3: Dengue
Option 4: Malaria
Correct Answer: Dengue
Solution : The correct answer is Dengue.
Dengue fever is a disease transmitted by the Aedes mosquito, which breeds in water-logged areas. The mosquito lays eggs in stagnant water, and these hatch into larvae, eventually multiplying. Dengue is characterised by symptoms like high fever, severe headache,
Question : If 540 kg of grass would feed 100 cows for 9 days, then for how many days would 900 kg of grass feed 50 cows?
Option 1: 50 days
Option 2: 10 days
Option 3: 20 days
Option 4: 30 days
Correct Answer: 30 days
Solution : $M_1$ = 100, $D_1$ = 9 days, $W_1$ = 540 kg $M_2$ = 50, $W_2$ = 900 kg where $M_1, M_2$ are numbers of cows, $D_1, D_2$ are days, and $W_1, W_2$ are weight of grass. We know, $\frac{M_1 × D_1}{W_1}$ = $\frac{M_2 ×
Question : The Indian National Congress was established when 72 delegates from all over the country met in Bombay in December________.
Option 1: 1890
Option 2: 1858
Option 3: 1885
Option 4: 1872
Correct Answer: 1885
Solution : The correct answer is 1885.
With 72 delegates present, the Indian National Congress was established on December 28, 1885, at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay. As General Secretary of the Congress, Allan Octavian Hume was a key figure in its development.
Question : Directions: A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., A can be represented by 00, 12, 23, etc., and P can be represented by 58, 69, 75, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word given in the question. PAST
Matrix I
Matrix II
Option 1: 75, 21, 14, 65
Option 2: 86, 12, 31, 76
Option 3: 58, 41, 12, 67
Option 4: 88, 77, 41, 67
Correct Answer: 86, 12, 31, 76
Solution : Given: PAST
Number representations of each letter – P→58, 69, 75, 86, 97 A→00, 12, 23, 34, 41 S→02, 14, 20, 31, 43 T→59, 65, 76, 87, 98
First option: 75, 21, 14, 65; A cannot be represented by 21. Second option:
Question : Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
A group of people who have no permanent abode but wander from place to place.
Option 1: Truant
Option 2: Nomad
Option 3: Ponderer
Option 4: Usurer
Correct Answer: Nomad
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
A nomad is someone who does not live in one singular, permanent place but instead moves from place to place. This makes the third option the correct choice, as it substitutes a group of people who have
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".
Coding is nothing but putting information in a given format.
(1) filling up
(2) putting in
(3) organising
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
"Putting" should be replaced with "putting in" to convey the intended meaning that coding involves the process of organising data or information into a specific structure
"Putting in" is a more precise way to describe the act
Question : Directions: Three statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: I. All cats are tigers. II. All tigers are lions. III. Some tigers are dogs. Conclusions: I. All cats are lions. II. Some dogs are lions.
Option 1: Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Option 2: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 3: Only conclusion I follows
Option 4: Only conclusion II follows
Correct Answer: Both conclusions I and II follow
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): All cats are lions – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that the circle representing cats is completely overlapped
Question : On a deal, the car dealer allowed a 1% discount to a customer. If the discount allowed was Rs. 4000, then what is the selling price of the car?
Option 1: Rs. 388500
Option 2: Rs. 3,80,500
Option 3: Rs. 3,95,600
Option 4: Rs. 3,96,000
Correct Answer: Rs. 3,96,000
Solution : Given: On a deal, the car dealer allowed a 1% discount to a customer, the discount allowed was Rs. 4000. Let the marked price = 100% So, 1% is equivalent to Rs. 4000 Now 100% is equivalent to (4000 × 100) = Rs. 4,00,000
Question : The price of rice increased by 10%. By how much should we reduce the consumption, so that the expenditure does not increase on rice?
Option 1: $\frac{100}{11}$%
Option 2: $\frac{300}{7}$%
Option 3: $\frac{50}{3}$%
Option 4: $\frac{51}{7}$%
Correct Answer: $\frac{100}{11}$%
Solution : Given: The price of rice increased by 10%. Let the original price of the rice be 100. After the increase, the new price = (100 + 10) = 110 To not increase the expenditure, the consumption needs to be decreased. So, the decrease percentage =
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