Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Dissolve
Option 1: Emerge
Option 2: Consolidate
Option 3: Fade
Option 4: Repair
Correct Answer: Fade
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Dissolve is the process of a solid becoming incorporated into a liquid and disappearing into it. Fade means to gradually grow faint and disappear.
Both of these words imply reduction, hence making them synonymous.
The meanings of
Question : A person loses 20% on selling 80 pens for INR 40. What should be the selling price of 80 pens to earn a profit of 10%?
Option 1: INR 80
Option 2: INR 60
Option 3: INR 55
Option 4: INR 65
Correct Answer: INR 55
Solution : Selling price = INR 40 Loss = 20% of cost price Cost price = loss + selling price Cost price = 20% of cost price + 40 80% of cost price = 40 Cost price = $\frac{40}{0.8}$ = INR 50 Profit = 10% of
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. You may wonder if anyone would (1) ______ to be diagnosed before they are even aware they have Alzheimer’s (2) ______? A recent survey shows that, indeed, they would. (3) ______ three-quarters of the respondents said they would want (4) ______ if they had Alzheimer’s disease, even if they were not yet experiencing (5) ______.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: drop
Option 2: surrender
Option 3: want
Option 4: got
Correct Answer: want
Solution : The most appropriate option is the third option.
Explanation: The sentence structure and context suggest that the missing word should express the idea of someone desiring or consenting to something. The sentence questions whether anyone would willingly or wishfully choose to be diagnosed before they
Question : Directions: In an examination hall seven students Aditi, Cindy, Jeanie, Kirti, Niti, Preeti, and Sweety are sitting in a row facing North but not necessarily in the same order. Cindy sits third to the right of Sweety. Aditi and Preeti are immediate neighbours of Cindy. More than two persons sit between Preeti and Sweety. Jeanie is the only neighbour of Niti. Jeanie sits to the right of Aditi. What is the position of Niti with respect to Kirti?
Option 1: Fifth to the left
Option 2: Fifth to the right
Option 3: Third to the right
Option 4: Third to the left
Correct Answer: Fifth to the right
Solution : Given: (I) In an examination hall seven students Aditi, Cindy, Jeanie, Kirti, Niti, Preeti, and Sweety are sitting in a row facing North but not necessarily in the same order. (Left end) _, _, _, _, _, _, _. (Right end) (North
Question : Select the word from the options that is similar in meaning to the bracketed word given in the sentence below. The sky was alight from (top) to horizon.
Option 1: summit
Option 2: start
Option 3: zenith
Option 4: base
Correct Answer: zenith
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
Top refers to the highest point, and in this case, the sentence describes the sky being alight from the highest point to the horizon. Zenith specifically denotes the highest point reached in the sky, especially by a celestial
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, if February is called March, March is called April, April is called June, June is called September, and September is called November, then which month will have the most number of days?
Option 1: September
Option 2: March
Option 3: April
Option 4: June
Correct Answer: April
Solution : Here, as per the given instructions –
Since March has the most number of days,
Question : If the ratio of the volumes of two cylinders is 6 : 5 and the ratio of their heights is 5 : 24, then what is the ratio of their radii?
Option 1: 12 : 7
Option 2: 5 : 6
Option 3: 1 : 2
Option 4: 12 : 5
Correct Answer: 12 : 5
Solution : Given: the ratio of the volumes of two cylinders is 6 : 5 and the ratio of their heights is 5 : 24. Let their radii be $r_1$ and $r_2$, also let their heights be $5h$ and $24h$. According to the question, $\frac{\pi×r_1^2×5h}{\pi×r_2^2×24h}=\frac{6}{5}$
Question : Andaman and Nicobar Islands are separated by a water body which is called the ______.
Option 1: Conolly Canal
Option 2: Palk Strait
Option 3: Ten Degree Channel
Option 4: Gulf of Mannar
Correct Answer: Ten Degree Channel
Solution : The correct answer is Ten Degree Channel.
The Ten Degree Channel separates Andaman and Nicobar. Andaman and Nicobar Islands are an Indian Union territory made up of 572 islands.
Question : Directions: Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: Some pets are birds. All birds are mats. Conclusions: I. All mats are birds. II. Some mats are pets.
Option 1: Only conclusion II follows
Option 2: Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Option 3: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 4: Only conclusion I follows
Correct Answer: Only conclusion II follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram, according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): All mats are birds – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that some parts of the circle representing mats lie inside
Question : Which sportsperson announced recently that he will not contest charges of doping against US anti-Doping Agency ?
Option 1: George Hincapie
Option 2: Bradley Wiggins
Option 3: Carl Lewis
Option 4: Lance Armstrong
Correct Answer: Lance Armstrong
Solution : Correct Answer is Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong was stripped on October 22,2012 of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by the governing body of cycling, the International Cycling Union following a report from the United States Anti Doping Agency (USADA)
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