Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have 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".
Our cricket team (1) / comprises of (2) / eleven skilled players. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The error lies in the second part of the sentence.
The word comprises itself means consists of or is made up of, so the use of "of" after comprises is redundant. So, to make the sentence grammatically correct, the preposition "of" should be omitted.
Therefore,
Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence. Let all the passengers of this flight be quarantined for fourteen days.
Option 1: The government should quarantine all the passengers of this flight for fourteen days.
Option 2: Quarantine all the passengers of this flight for fourteen days.
Option 3: Why don't we quarantine all the passengers of this flight for fourteen days?.
Option 4: You are requested to quarantine all the passengers of this flight for fourteen days
Correct Answer: Quarantine all the passengers of this flight for fourteen days.
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the
Question : Directions: Select the number that will replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 7, 8, 12, 21, 37, ?
Option 1: 60
Option 2: 62
Option 3: 64
Option 4: 68
Correct Answer: 62
Solution : Given: 7, 8, 12, 21, 37, ?
Follow the pattern to obtain the next term.
So, 62 is the required missing term in the series. Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava, working at the University of California in Berkeley, is among the winners of the Prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize, announced last week by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Adam W. Marcus, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne), and Daniel Alan Spielman, Yale University, are the other two winners.
"Marcus, Spielman, and Srivastava solved longstanding questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and in the process, they uncovered a deep new connection between linear algebra, the geometry of polynomials, and graph theory that has inspired the next generation of theoretical computer scientists," the NAS said in a statement.
An Indian national, Nikhil was born in New Delhi in November 1983 and has attended educational institutions across the world—Syria, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the US—as his father was an Indian Foreign Services officer, who has served as the Indian ambassador to Uganda and Denmark. At present, Nikhil is an associate professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley. The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honour outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the area of combinatorial mathematics.
Question: How many mathematicians won the Michael Sheila Prize for 2021?
Option 1: Four
Option 2: Two
Option 3: Three
Option 4: One
Correct Answer: Three
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
As stated in the first paragraph, the prize was won by Nikhil Srivastava, Adam W. Marcus, and Daniel Alan Spielman, which makes this a total of three prize winners.
Therefore, the correct answer is three.
Question : The naturally occurring gas that is generated by the breakdown of organic matter by anaerobic bacteria and is used in energy production is called:
Option 1: Compressed Natural Gas
Option 2: Biogas
Option 3: Natural gas
Option 4: Liquified Petroleum Gas
Correct Answer: Biogas
Solution : The correct option is biogas.
The naturally occurring gas generated by the breakdown of organic matter by anaerobic bacteria is called biogas. Biogas is primarily composed of methane, along with small amounts of carbon dioxide and traces of other gases. It is a renewable
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. violation
Option 1: adherence
Option 2: legal
Option 3: breach
Option 4: obedience
Correct Answer: breach
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
Violation denotes the act of infringing on established norms or legal boundaries. Similarly, breach signifies the breaking or violation of a rule, contract, or duty.
The meanings of other options are as follows:
Question : Which of the following family of flowering plants is zygomorphic (meaning a flower can be cut into two halves only through a radius), bisexual and complete and whose calyx consists of five sepals?
Option 1: Solanaceae family
Option 2: Fabaceae family
Option 3: Liliaceae family
Option 4: Poaceae family
Correct Answer: Fabaceae family
Solution : The correct option is the Fabaceae family.
Flowers in the Fabaceae family, particularly in the subfamily Papilionoideae, exhibit zygomorphy. This means the flower can be divided into two halves through one plane, creating bilateral symmetry. A complete flower has all four main floral parts—
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Gregarious
Option 1: Anti-social
Option 2: Introvert
Option 3: Sociable
Option 4: Excited
Correct Answer: Sociable
Solution : The third option is correct.
Gregarious refers to the quality of being sociable, outgoing, and enjoying the company of others, and sociable is an adjective used to describe someone who is inclined to seek and enjoy the company of others. Thus, it is the correct
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Sana said, "I am going to pick up the children now."
Option 1: Sana said that she was going to pick up the children then.
Option 2: Sana said that I am going to pick up the children now.
Option 3: Sana said that I am going to pick up the children then.
Option 4: Sana said that she was going to pick up the children now.
Correct Answer: Sana said that she was going to pick up the children then.
Solution : The correct option is the first option.
Narration Conversion:
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
She seemed / to be / in hurry / to leave.
Option 1: in hurry
Option 2: to be
Option 3: She seemed
Option 4: to leave
Correct Answer: in hurry
Solution : The error lies in the first option.
The indefinite article "a" should be added before "hurry" to make the phrase correct, which means to be in a rush or to do things more quickly. This makes the sentence grammatically accurate and conveys the
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