Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : In migration, the factors which cause people to leave their place of residence or origin are called _______.
Option 1: pull factors
Option 2: regular factors
Option 3: push factors
Option 4: irregular factors
Correct Answer: push factors
Solution : The correct option is push factors.
In migration, push factors are conditions or circumstances that compel individuals to leave their place of residence or origin. These factors often include economic hardships, political instability, environmental issues, or lack of opportunities, motivating people to seek
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
I have not finished to paint the door.
(1) painting
(2) the paint
(3) the painting
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the first option.
This option is the correct choice. It changes the infinitive phrase "to paint" to the gerund "painting", which is the appropriate form when describing the action of applying paint to the door.
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Question : Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
It's a challenge, as you yourself said, and men find it hard to turn________challenges.
Option 1: up
Option 2: below
Option 3: down
Option 4: aside
Correct Answer: down
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation:
The phrase turn down challenges is idiomatic and means to reject or refuse challenges. In the context of the sentence, the idea is that men find it difficult to decline or avoid challenges.
So, the correct
Question : A man buys 13 pens for a rupee. How many pens should he sell for a rupee to earn a profit of 30%?
Option 1: 8
Option 2: 10
Option 3: 5
Option 4: 15
Correct Answer: 10
Solution : A man buys 13 pens for a rupee. 1 rupee = 100 paise For a profit of 30%, he sells 13 pens in 100 + 30 = 130 paise So, in 100 paise, the number of pens he sells $=\frac{13}{130}×100=10$ Hence, the correct answer is
Question : 'Galpaguchchha', written by Rabindranath Tagore, is a collection of_______.
Option 1: devotional songs
Option 2: poems
Option 3: english shayaris
Option 4: short stories
Correct Answer: short stories
Solution : The correct option is short stories.
Galpaguchchha is a collection of sixty-one of Rabindranath Tagore's short stories. These short stories are broadly grouped under the themes of parting ways and the relationship between men and women.
Question : Who invented the first-ever safety elevator?
Option 1: Bill Gates
Option 2: Elisha Otis
Option 3: Paul Allen
Option 4: Dave Hyatt
Correct Answer: Elisha Otis
Solution : The correct option is Elisha Otis.
American Elisha Otis is credited with developing the safety elevator. In the New York City store of E. V. Haughwout & Co., he installed the first safety elevator for passenger use on March 23, 1857. He patented
Question : There are 222 red balls in a basket. A boy takes out 6 red balls from it and replaces them with 12 white balls. He continues to do so till all the red balls are replaced by white balls. Determine the number of white balls put in the basket.
Option 1: 444
Option 2: 111
Option 3: 333
Option 4: 222
Correct Answer: 444
Solution : We have, The 6 red balls are replaced with 12 white balls. ⇒ 1 red ball = 2 white ball $\therefore$ 222 red balls = 2 × 222 = 444 white balls Hence, the correct answer is 444.
Question : The diameter of a circle is $\frac{7}{4}$ times the base of a triangle, and the height of the triangle is 14 cm. If the area of the triangle is 56 cm2, then what is the circumference (in m) of the circle? (Use $\pi=\frac{22}{7}$)
Option 1: 0.44 m
Option 2: 2.46 m
Option 3: 0.48 m
Option 4: 1.74 m
Correct Answer: 0.44 m
Solution : Given: The diameter of a circle is $\frac{7}{4}$ times the base of a triangle, and the height of the triangle is 14 cm. The area of the triangle is 56 cm2. Use the formulas, The diameter of the circle = $2r$, The
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To smell a rat
Option 1: To suspect something
Option 2: To catch someone during a crime
Option 3: To leave things undisturbed
Option 4: To detect a dead rat
Correct Answer: To suspect something
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
To smell a rat means to suspect something or to recognise something is not as it appears to be.
Therefore, the correct answer is, to suspect something.
Question : Directions: Five students A, M, C, Y and G are sitting around a circular table facing outside the center not necessarily in the same order. M sits to the immediate left of A and the immediate right of G. Y is not an immediate neighbour of A. Who sits second left of G?
Option 1: Y
Option 2: M
Option 3: A
Option 4: C
Correct Answer: C
Solution : Given: (I) Five students A, M, C, Y and G are sitting around a circular table facing outside the centre. (II) M sits to the immediate left of A and the immediate right of G.
(III) Y is not an immediate neighbour of A. So,
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