Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Who propounded the Panchsheel Principles?
Option 1: Mahatma Gandhi
Option 2: Lord Buddha
Option 3: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Option 4: Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Correct Answer: Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Solution : The correct answer is Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
China and India created the Panchsheel, the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. Equal treatment for all, mutual gain, and no meddling in one another's private matters. Just a few days after the Sino-Indian Treaty was
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. Love is often thought to be the highest and most fulfilling emotion that men and women can (1)_____. But it is also thought of in (2)_____ to the various instincts in man. Therefore, we must (3)_____ from the mystical point of view that love is the highest emotion of man and the one emotion that relates man to God. Love on every plane and level of life is an expression of God's will, working and expressing itself in man's consciousness. To express love on any level is good, but to express it as adoration of God is the (4)_____ form of love and brings man into the greatest (5)_____ with his inner self. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: realise
Option 2: comprehends
Option 3: acknowledges
Option 4: contrast
Correct Answer: realise
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
Realise is a suitable choice as it denotes coming to understand or becoming aware of something. In this case, it indicates a shift in perception regarding the significance of love as the highest emotion of man.
Therefore, the
Question : While going to the office, Sneha travels at a speed of 10 km/hr and on her way back, she travels at a speed of 15 km/hr. What is her average speed for the whole journey?
Option 1: 14 km/hr
Option 2: 12 km/hr
Option 3: 11 km/hr
Option 4: 13 km/hr
Correct Answer: 12 km/hr
Solution : Sneha travels while going to the office at a speed = S1= 10 km/hr Sneha travels on her way back at a speed = S2 = 15 km/hr Average Speed = $\frac{2\text{S1S2}}{(\text{S1} + \text{S2})}$ = $\frac{(2 × 10 × 15)}{(10 + 15)}$ = $\frac{(2
Question : Find the value of 62.5 × 2 + 1100 – (16)2 + (30)2:
Option 1: 1445
Option 2: 1869
Option 3: 1666
Option 4: 1900
Correct Answer: 1869
Solution : 62.5 × 2 + 1100 – (16)2 + (30)2 = 125 + 1100 – 256 + 900 = 1869 Hence, the correct answer is 1869.
Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure (X) is embedded as its part. (Rotation is not allowed.)
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : As there is a restriction on the rotation of the figure, we will check where the question figure can exactly fit itself in the given option figures. By comparison of all the option figures, the given question figure is embedded only in the fourth option figure.
Question : Which among the following is not a Jovian planet?
Option 1: Mercury
Option 2: Neptune
Option 3: Jupiter
Option 4: Saturn
Correct Answer: Mercury
Solution : The correct answer is Mercury.
The jovian planets have no solid surfaces, and they are composed of gases like hydrogen and helium. The jovian planets are much larger than the terrestrial planets; the jovian planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and the terrestrial planets
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym to substitute the bracketed word in the given sentence.
They wanted me to (expound) on this topic because I had some decent ideas on the subject.
Option 1: paucity
Option 2: notoriety
Option 3: partisan
Option 4: expatiate
Correct Answer: expatiate
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Expound means to give a detailed explanation of something.
Expatiate means to speak or write something in great detail, making it the correct synonym for the given word.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : A boy buys candies at 6 for a rupee. How many candies should he sell for a rupee to earn a profit of 20%?
Option 1: 4
Option 2: 3
Option 3: 7
Option 4: 5
Correct Answer: 5
Solution : The cost price of 6 candies = INR 1 So, cost price of one candy = $\frac{1}{6}$ It is given, Profit = 20% of cost price = $\frac{20}{100} × \frac{1}{6}$ = $\frac{1}{30}$ So, the selling price = $\frac{1}{6}$ + $\frac{1}{30}$ = $\frac{5+1}{30}$ = $\frac{1}{5}$ $\therefore$
Question : One of the major hubs of information technology is Silicon Valley, which is situated in ______.
Option 1: Tokyo
Option 2: London
Option 3: New York
Option 4: California
Correct Answer: California
Solution : The correct option is California.
One of the major hubs of information technology is Silicon Valley, which is situated in the South San Francisco Bay Area of California. It serves as a global centre for innovation and technology. The term 'Silicon Valley' was coined in
Question : The Great Indian Novel is written by the famous politician:
Option 1: Varun Gandhi
Option 2: Derek O'Brien
Option 3: A. K. Antony
Option 4: Shashi Tharoor
Correct Answer: Shashi Tharoor
Solution : The correct answer is Shashi Tharoor.
Shashi Tharoor wrote a satirical book titled The Great Indian Novel, which was initially released by Viking Press in 1989. It is a work of fiction that retells the epic Mahabharata tale within the framework of the
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