Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Pandit Ravi Shankar is associated with ____________ musical instrument.
Option 1: sitar
Option 2: violin
Option 3: flute
Option 4: guitar
Correct Answer: sitar
Solution : The correct option is the sitar.
Pandit Ravi Shankar is associated with the sitar, a traditional Indian stringed instrument. Renowned as a sitar virtuoso and a global ambassador of Indian classical music, Shankar's mastery and innovations on the sitar contributed significantly to the popularization
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster. KTM : PGN :: ABC : ?
Option 1: ZWY
Option 2: ZYW
Option 3: ZYX
Option 4: ZXY
Correct Answer: ZYX
Solution : Given: KTM : PGN :: ABC : ?
Write the opposite letter for KTM, to get the second term – Like, KTM : PGN→Opposite letters of K→P; T→G; M→N Similarly, follow the same pattern for ABC→Opposite letters of A→Z; B→Y; C→X
So, ZYX is related
Question : Directions: In the following question, select the missing number of the given series. 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, ?
Option 1: 283
Option 2: 343
Option 3: 313
Option 4: 243
Correct Answer: 243
Solution : Given: 1, 3, 9, 27, 81, ?
Multiply each number by 3, to get the next number in the series – 1 × 3 = 3; 3 × 3 = 9; 9 × 3 = 27; 27 × 3 = 81; 81 × 3 =
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
Salvador Dali (1)________ a prominent Spanish surealist painter (2)______ in Figueres, Catalonia, on 11 May 1904. Dali's father was strict in the education of his children unlike (3)________ mother. Dali had a brother named Salvador (4)_____ was born nine months before him and died of gastroenteritis. When he was five, Dali was taken to his brother's grave and was told that he was his brother's (5)_______. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.
Option 1: their
Option 2: him
Option 3: her
Option 4: his
Correct Answer: his
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
His is a possessive determiner that is used to show possession by a male person. It is the appropriate choice to fill the blank with, as the sentence is talking about the mother of Dali, making it
Question : Which among the following rivers originates in Maharashtra?
Option 1: Godavari
Option 2: Yamuna
Option 3: Narmada
Option 4: Tapi
Correct Answer: Godavari
Solution : The correct answer is Godavari.
Maharashtra is a river-rich state. Here are the sources of two of India's most significant rivers, the Godavari and the Krishna. The rivers of Maharashtra have greatly enriched the state's socioeconomic fabric and made the land more productive through the
Question : Which of the following is an agro-based industry?
Option 1: Aluminium
Option 2: Coal
Option 3: Iron and Steel
Option 4: Sugar
Correct Answer: Sugar
Solution : The correct answer is Sugar.
Sugar is the only agro-based industry among the given options. Agro-based industries are those in which agricultural products are used as raw materials. Some of the agro-based industries are textile, sugar, vegetable oil, etc. Sugar is considered an integral
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. The teacher let the students choose there essay topics.
Option 1: No improvement
Option 2: has choose their
Option 3: chosen there
Option 4: choose their
Correct Answer: choose their
Solution : The correct option will be the fourth option.
Therefore, the correct sentence
Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at line AB as shown.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear close to the mirror in the reflection. Here, according to the information provided, the mirror is placed on the bottom side of the figure (on Line AB). So, the top side of the reflected image will appear
Question : Name the Indian king who warmly received the Portuguese traveller Vasco da Gama when he landed at Calicut.
Option 1: Asaf Jah Ismail Mulk
Option 2: Deva Raya II
Option 3: Zamorin
Option 4: Krishnadevaraya
Correct Answer: Zamorin
Solution : The correct answer is Zamorin.
On May 27, 1498, Portuguese Sailor Vasco de Gama crossed the cape of Good Hope and arrived in the Indian city of Calicut. He was greeted by King Zamorin of Calicut. Vasco de Gama left Calicut in 1498 due
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.
Someone has tempered with my lock.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Tampered means to interfere with something to damage or alter it. In this context, it means that someone has tried to open the lock without the key.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
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