Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Directions: In this question, a part of sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2 and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative in case no improvement is needed your answer is 4.
The cattle are fed on barley and grass.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 4
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation: The term for the domesticated animals is cattle, and it remains the same in both singular and plural forms. The verb tense are fed is appropriate for describing the ongoing or habitual action of feeding
Question : Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Hundreds of migrants work in private firms in Erode.
Option 1: firms in Erode
Option 2: No error
Option 3: Hundreds of migrants
Option 4: work in private
Correct Answer: No error
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: The sentence conveys the idea that hundreds of migrants are employed in private firms located in Erode. The sentence is grammatically and structurally correct and contains no error.
Question : Directions: Words given on the left side of (::) are related to each other by some Logic/Rule/Relation. Select the missing word/word pair on the right side of (::) from the given alternatives based on the same Logic/Rule/Relation. Rink : Skating :: Pitch : ?
Option 1: Cricket
Option 2: Hockey
Option 3: Wrestling
Option 4: Football
Correct Answer: Cricket
Solution : Given: Rink : Skating :: Pitch : ?
Like, the rink is the area for skating. Similarly, the pitch is the area for playing cricket.
Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Directions: In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements. Statements: I. All A is G. II. Some M is G. Conclusion: I. Some G is A. II. Some G is M. III. All M is A.
Option 1: Both conclusions I and III follow
Option 2: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 3: Only conclusion II follows
Option 4: All conclusions follow
Correct Answer: Both conclusions I and II follow
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): Some G is A – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that some parts of the circle representing G
Question : Directions: Five men O1, O2, O3, O4, and O5 are sitting around a circular table facing opposite to the centre (not necessarily in the same order). Only one man is sitting between O4 and O5 in a clockwise direction from O5. Only one man is sitting between O3 and O4 in a clockwise direction from O4. O1 is sitting to the immediate left of O3. Who is sitting third from the left of O2?
Option 1: O5
Option 2: O3
Option 3: O1
Option 4: O4
Correct Answer: O1
Solution : Given: (I) Five men O1, O2, O3, O4, and O5 are sitting around a circular table facing opposite the centre.
(II) Only one man is sitting between O4 and O5 in a clockwise direction from O5. Only one man is sitting between O3 and O4
Question : Four sentences are given, out of which three have spelling errors. Choose the sentence with all correctly spelt words.
Option 1: He made the most delicious pumkin pie.
Option 2: The paralel lives of two contemporaries.
Option 3: She took a pair of sissors and cut his hair.
Option 4: I need a strong adhesive.
Correct Answer: I need a strong adhesive.
In the first option: Incorrect - pumkin, correct - pumpkin
In the second option: Incorrect - paralel, correct - parallel
In the third option: Incorrect - sissors, correct - scissors
I need a strong
Question : Directions: Eight boys Anil, Kamal, Ram, Sanjay, Aakash, Vivek, Rahul, and Ramu are sitting around a circular table facing towards the centre (not necessarily in the same order). Vivek is third to the right of Kamal. Kamal is second to the right of Sanjay. Ram is second to the right of Anil. Anil is second to the right of Vivek. Rahul is third to the right of Aakash. Who is second to the right of Kamal?
Option 1: Ramu
Option 2: Sanjay
Option 3: Vivek
Option 4: Aakash
Correct Answer: Ramu
Solution : Given: 1. Vivek is third to the right of Kamal. 2. Kamal is second to the right of Sanjay. 3. Anil is second to the right of Vivek. 4. Ram is second to the right of Anil. 5. Rahul is third to the right of
Question : 35 percent of the marked price is equal to 40 percent of the cost price. If no discount is given, then what will be the profit percentage?
Option 1: 12.5 percent
Option 2: 25 percent
Option 3: 14.28 percent
Option 4: 16.66 percent
Correct Answer: 14.28 percent
Solution : Given: 35 percent of the marked price (MP) is equal to 40 percent of the cost price(CP). Profit percentage = $\frac{\text{Selling price – Cost price}}{\text{Cost price}}×100$ According to the question, $MP \times \frac{35}{100}=CP\times \frac{40}{100}$ ⇒ $\frac{MP}{CP}=\frac{8}{7}$ No discount was given. So, MP = Selling
Question : Article 40 of the Indian Constitution is related to_______.
Option 1: Protection of life
Option 2: Organisation of Village Panchayats
Option 3: Uniform civil code for the citizens
Option 4: Freedom to manage religious affairs
Correct Answer: Organisation of Village Panchayats
Solution : The correct answer is Organisation of Village Panchayats.
Article 40 of the Indian Constitution pertains to the Directive Principles of State Policy. Specifically, it addresses the organisation of village panchayats, emphasising the promotion of local self-government in rural areas. The article
Question : In which year did Mahatma Gandhi lead a successful mill workers strike in Ahmedabad?
Option 1: 1917
Option 2: 1918
Option 3: 1916
Option 4: 1919
Correct Answer: 1918
Solution : The correct option is 1918.
In 1918, Mahatma Gandhi led an effective mill workers' strike in Ahmedabad. Gandhi's engagement in labour-related issues and peaceful protests in India began with this strike, which is commonly referred to as the Ahmedabad Textile Strike of 1918.
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