Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Directions: Five friends Mahi, Mili, Milan, Manas and Monika sit on a beach facing north. Only Mahi is sitting between Mili and Monika. Manas sits to the immediate left of Mili. Manas is not at the end. Who sits to the immediate right of Milan?
Option 1: Manas
Option 2: Monika
Option 3: Mahi
Option 4: Mili
Correct Answer: Manas
Solution : Given: (I) Manas sits to the immediate left of Mili, Manas is not at the end.
(II) Only Mahi is sitting between Mili and Monika.
So, Manas sits to the immediate right of Milan. Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error.' Sorry, I will be late as a flight / has been delayed due / to bad weather.
Option 1: No error
Option 2: Sorry, I will be late as a flight
Option 3: To bad weather
Option 4: Has been delayed due
Correct Answer: Sorry, I will be late as a flight
Solution : The correct option will be the second option.
Explanation:
In the corrected version, the definite article "the" is used before "flight" to indicate a specific flight that has been delayed due to bad weather.
Therefore, the correct sentence
Question : What is the Highest Common Factor of $\frac{3}{8}$ and $\frac{4}{9}$?
Option 1: $\frac{1}{18}$
Option 2: $\frac{1}{108}$
Option 3: $\frac{1}{36}$
Option 4: $\frac{1}{72}$
Correct Answer: $\frac{1}{72}$
Solution : We know, HCF of fraction = $\frac{\text{HCF of numerator}}{\text{LCM of denominator}}$ Now, HCF of 3 and 4 = 1 and LCM of 8 and 9 = 8 × 9 = 72 ⇒ HCF of $\frac{3}{8}$ and $\frac{4}{9}$ = $\frac{1}{72}$ Hence, the correct answer is $\frac{1}{72}$.
Question : The price of a bicycle is marked by a trader at Rs. 1000. He sold the bicycle allowing successive discounts of 20%, 10% and 5%. Thus the trader gained 14%, then the cost price of the bicycle (in rupees) is:
Option 1: Rs. 790
Option 2: Rs. 600
Option 3: Rs. 560
Option 4: Rs. 510
Correct Answer: Rs. 600
Solution : Let the marked price be MP, the cost price be CP, the selling price be SP, and the $D_1, D_2,$ and $D_3$ be successive discount percentages. Given that the marked price of the bicycle is Rs. 1000. MP = Rs. 1000 The trader sold
Question : Which harvest festival is famously celebrated in Assam?
Option 1: Bhogali Bihu
Option 2: Lohri
Option 3: Makar Sankranti
Option 4: Onam
Correct Answer: Bhogali Bihu
Solution : The correct answer is Bhogali Bihu.
Magh Bihu, also known as Bhogali Bihu, is celebrated as the festival of food in Assam, marking the culmination of the harvest season. The night before Magh Bihu, called Uruka, is a time for families and
Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded. (rotation is NOT allowed.)
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Since the rotation is restricted, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of all the option figures, the given question figure is embedded only in the second option figure.
Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option. Then Bheeshma entered their lives with his _________ lion's laugh.
Option 1: narrow
Option 2: large
Option 3: moment
Option 4: elephantine
Correct Answer: large
Solution : The second option is correct.
Question : Which among the following straits divides Sri Lanka from India?
Option 1: Yucatan Strait
Option 2: Malacca Strait
Option 3: Palk Strait
Option 4: Sunda Strait
Correct Answer: Palk Strait
Solution : The correct answer is Palk Strait.
Southern India and northern Sri Lanka are separated by the strait. Palk Bay also refers to the southwest section of the strait. Robert Palk, a Madras governor during the Company Raj era, is honoured by having his strait
Question : What is the tenure of a Rajya Sabha member as of 2022?
Option 1: Five years
Option 2: Three years
Option 3: Six years
Option 4: Two years
Correct Answer: Six years
Solution : The correct answer is Six years.
The tenure of a Rajya Sabha member as of 2022 is six years, and one-third of the members of Rajya Sabha retire every two years. Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The girl ran into the house to get some ______ of bread, cold potatoes and other such morsels as were suitable for the fowls.
Option 1: heaps
Option 2: shells
Option 3: crumbs
Option 4: bars
Correct Answer: crumbs
Solution : The third option is correct.
The meanings of the given words are:
Heaps mean an untidy pile of something.
Shells are a hard covering that protects eggs, nuts, and some animals.
Crumbs mean a very small, dry piece of bread, cake, or biscuit.
Bars
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