Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No error".
This novel (1) / of Sheldon is more interesting (2) / than any other novel. (3) / No error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (4)
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice, as the sentence is error-free.
The sentence is grammatically accurate and conveys the meaning that the novel by Sheldon is the most interesting of all novels.
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
At the grocery store, coffee is in an same aisles as tea.
Option 1: a same aisles as
Option 2: the same aisle as
Option 3: same aisle is
Option 4: No improvement
Correct Answer: the same aisle as
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The word aisles should be singular in this case, as one is referring to a specific aisle where both coffee and tea are located. Using same aisles suggests multiple aisles, which is not consistent with
Question : It is not the official language of the United Nations:
Option 1: Portuguese
Option 2: Arabic
Option 3: Spanish
Option 4: Russian
Correct Answer: Portuguese
Solution : The correct option is Portuguese.
The United Nations has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish are among them. The working languages of the United Nations Secretariat are English and French, which are utilised for daily business communications.
Question : Which Indian state government launched a cleanliness drive called Project CLAP?
Option 1: Uttar Pradesh
Option 2: Andhra Pradesh
Option 3: Rajasthan
Option 4: Madhya Pradesh
Correct Answer: Andhra Pradesh
Solution : The correct option is Andhra Pradesh.
Launched in 2017 as part of Clean Andhra Pradesh, Project CLAP aimed to enhance garbage collection and waste management. It distributed dustbins, appointed sanitation workers, conducted awareness campaigns and modernized collection vehicles, striving to improve cleanliness and
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
When he died on 27 November 1953, Gladstone O'Neill was (1)______recognised as one of the major dramatists of the modern world. Four times a Pulitzer Prize-winner, he had also been (2)______the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature. His plays have been translated into most major languages and read by more people than those of (3)_____other playwright except W Shakespeare and maybe G Bernard Shaw. O'Neill was a puzzle to his friends - a genuinely shy, brooding, complicated man in whom (4)_____alternated with touching kindness. He was both, naive and worldly. One biographer found him "sentimental one instant, hard as nails the next." His widow, after 26 years with O'Neill, said, "To (5)_____his work you must understand the man, for the work and the man are one."
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: rewarded
Option 2: awarded
Option 3: unaided
Option 4: crowded
Correct Answer: awarded
Solution : The second option is the correct answer.
In this context, the word awarded is appropriate because it conveys the idea that Gladstone O'Neill received or was given the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature. The term "awarded" is commonly used when describing someone receiving recognition or
Question : Which acid destroys the bacteria that enter the stomach?
Option 1: Nitric acid
Option 2: Hydrochloric acid
Option 3: Boric acid
Option 4: Uric acid
Correct Answer: Hydrochloric acid
Solution : The correct answer is Hydrochloric acid.
Bacteria entering the stomach are eliminated by hydrochloric acid. The digestive enzymes separate the proteins, and the hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice breaks down the food.
Question : 470 litres of a mixture of milk and water contains 5% of water. A mischievous boy added some water in the mixture and now there is 6% water in the new mixture. Find the quantity of water added by the boy in the mixture.
Option 1: 6 litres
Option 2: 8 litres
Option 3: 5 litres
Option 4: 10 litres
Correct Answer: 5 litres
Solution : Given: 470 litres of a mixture of milk and water contains 5% of water. A mischievous boy added some water in the mixture and now there is 6% water in the new mixture. Let the water added be $x$ litre. 5% of 470 litres
Question : Select the correctly spelt word.
Option 1: Envisaige
Option 2: Psychologist
Option 3: Emergense
Option 4: Trancition
Correct Answer: Psychologist
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The correctly spelt word is psychologist.
The first option contains the incorrect spelling envisiage whereas the correct spelling is envisage.
The third option contains the incorrect spelling emergense whereas the correct spelling is emergence.
The
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
And his______manner should not be mistaken for a lack of energy.
Option 1: daunt
Option 2: deem
Option 3: diffident
Option 4: debase
Correct Answer: diffident
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
Diffident means lacking in self-confidence or timid, and someone with a diffident manner may appear reserved or hesitant, which could be misconstrued as a lack of energy.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Daunt means
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence. I do not feel it is a laudable plan.
Option 1: noticeable
Option 2: precious
Option 3: commendable
Option 4: disrespected
Correct Answer: disrespected
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
Laudable means deserving praise or commendation, indicating that the plan is praiseworthy. Disrespected is its antonym, indicating a lack of regard or esteem for the plan.
Noticeable means easily
The Question containing Inaapropriate or Abusive Words
Question lacks the basic details making it difficult to answer
Topic Tagged to the Question are not relevant to Question
Question drives traffic to external sites for promotional or commercial purposes
The Question is not relevant to User
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