Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : The money supply is governed by the:
Option 1: Planning Commission
Option 2: Finance Commission
Option 3: Reserve Bank of India
Option 4: Commercial banks
Correct Answer: Reserve Bank of India
Solution : The correct option is the Reserve Bank of India.
The RBI is the central banking organisation in charge of governing and managing the nation's credit and money supply. To preserve price stability and ensure sufficient credit flow to sustain economic growth,
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Computers would replace the ____________technique of creating an image on paper, transferring it to transparent cells and again onto film.
Option 1: assuage
Option 2: audacious
Option 3: archaic
Option 4: austere
Correct Answer: archaic
Solution : The correct option will be the third option.
The sentence suggests that computers would replace a technique that is outdated or no longer in common use. The term "archaic" refers to something that is old-fashioned, obsolete, or characteristic of an earlier period.
In
Question : Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Option 1: Barricade
Option 2: Prosperity
Option 3: Bouket
Option 4: Dissatisfied
Correct Answer: Bouket
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The correct spelling of the word is bouquet. It refers to a collection or arrangement of flowers, typically bound together and often given as a gift or used for decorative purposes.
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Walk on air
Option 1: To work hard
Option 2: To describe an unusual situation
Option 3: To be extremely happy
Option 4: Feeling weakened or tired
Correct Answer: To be extremely happy
The phrase walk on air is an idiom used to describe a feeling of extreme happiness or elation. When someone feels like they are "walking on air", it means they are experiencing a sense
Question : If $(9g+2h) : (9g-2h) = 9 : 2$, then what is the value of $g : h$?
Option 1: $22: 63$
Option 2: $18: 35$
Option 3: $45: 19$
Option 4: $35: 24$
Correct Answer: $22: 63$
Solution : Given: $(9g+2h) : (9g-2h) = 9 : 2$ ⇒ $\frac{9g+2h}{9g-2h}=\frac{9}{2}$ ⇒ $\frac{9g+2h+9g-2h}{9g+2h-9g+2h}=\frac{9+2}{9-2}$ [Using componendo-dividendo method] ⇒ $\frac{18g}{4h}=\frac{11}{7}$ ⇒ $\frac{g}{h}=\frac{11×4}{7×18}$ ⇒ $g:h=22:63$ Hence, the correct answer is $22:63$.
Question : In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is "No Error".
Many persons must have read (1) / The Arabian Nights', (2) / which is very interesting. (3) / No error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The error lies in the first part of the sentence.
Explanation: "People" should be used, instead of "persons" when referring to a group of individuals.
Therefore, the correct sentence should be: "Many people must have read 'The Arabian Nights,' which is very interesting."
Question : The following bar graph shows the sales of cell phones (in thousand numbers) from five stores of a company during two consecutive years 2018 and 2019. What is the ratio of the total sale of store S3 for both years to the total sale of store S1 for both years?
Option 1: 8 : 5
Option 2: 3 : 7
Option 3: 7 : 4
Option 4: 4 : 5
Correct Answer: 8 : 5
Solution : From the bar graph, the total sales for store S3 for both years is 160 thousand (60 thousand in 2018 and 100 thousand in 2019). The total sales for store S1 for both years is 100 thousand (40 thousand in 2018 and 60
Question : What is the profit percentage of a dishonest cloth merchant who uses a scale which measures $16 \frac{2}{3} \%$ less than what is marked on it, and also sells at a price 10% higher than the cost price?
Option 1: 20%
Option 2: 32%
Option 3: 26%
Option 4: 30%
Correct Answer: 32%
Solution : Profit percentage = $\frac{\text{Selling price}-\text{Cost price}}{\text{Cost price}}\times100$ Let the cost price for 100 parts of a cloth be Rs. 100. Then, the actual cost price for the merchant for cloth is 100 - 16.67 = Rs. 83.33 Since he sells at a price 10% higher
Question : Jhijhiya is a famous folk dance of Bihar and is performed in the mythological town of Mithila. This dance is performed by women only. The whole Navaratri 'nine nights' festival is celebrated to worship the three forms of Lord ____________.
Option 1: Kali, Lakshmi, Durga
Option 2: Sita, Durga, Lakshmi
Option 3: Lakshmi, Parvati, Saraswati
Option 4: Sita, Kali, Parvati
Correct Answer: Lakshmi, Parvati, Saraswati
Solution : The correct answer is Lakshmi, Parvati, Saraswati.
The famous Jhijhiya folk dance from Bihar is danced in the mythical town of Mithila. Only women are allowed to perform this dance. To honour the three incarnations of Lord Lakshmi, Parvati, and Saraswati, the
Question : If U : V = 6 : 7 and V : W = 21 : 6, then find U : V : W.
Option 1: 6 : 7 : 6
Option 2: 5 : 4 : 3
Option 3: 6 : 14 : 12
Option 4: 6 : 7 : 2
Correct Answer: 6 : 7 : 2
Solution : U : V = 6 : 7 V : W = 21 : 6 = 7 : 2 The ratio of V in both terms are same. $\therefore$ U : V : W = 6 : 7 : 2 Hence, the
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