Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : ______ Unemployment happens when people are not able to find jobs during some months of the year.
Option 1: Educated
Option 2: Structural
Option 3: Seasonal
Option 4: Complete
Correct Answer: Seasonal
Solution : The correct option is Seasonal
Seasonal unemployment is a type of unemployment that happens when repeating patterns in specific businesses or sectors cause changes in labour demand. It usually follows a seasonal pattern, with career opportunities available only at certain seasons of the year. This
Question : Ramniklal Solanki, who passed away in the United Kingdom in March 2020, was the founder of the newsweekly named:
Option 1: Garavi Gujarat
Option 2: Pride of India
Option 3: Indian mirror
Option 4: Hamvatan
Correct Answer: Garavi Gujarat
Solution : The correct answer is Garavi Gujarat.
Renowned Gujarati journalist Ramniklal Solanki, founder of Garavi Gujarat newsweekly and Asian Media Group (AMG), passed away at 88 in March 2020. Based in the UK, AMG is a prominent Asian media conglomerate with titles like Eastern
Question : Garampani Sanctuary is located at
Option 1: Diphu, Assam
Option 2: Gangtok, Sikkim
Option 3: Kohima, Nagaland
Option 4: Junagadh, Gujarat
Correct Answer: Diphu, Assam
Solution : The correct answer is Diphu, Assam.
Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Diphu, Karbi Anglong district of Assam. The sanctuary is situated near the town of Golaghat, and it is known for its diverse flora and fauna. Garampani Wildlife Sanctuary is characterised by
Question : Directions: Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: Some pictures are prizes. Some prizes are erasers. Some erasers are helmets. Conclusions: I. Some helmets are prizes. II. Some erasers are pictures. III. No helmet is a prize.
Option 1: Either conclusion II or III follows
Option 2: Only conclusions II and III follow
Option 3: Only conclusion II follows
Option 4: Either conclusion I or III follows
Correct Answer: Either conclusion I or III follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyze the conclusions – Conclusion I: Some helmets are prizes – It is a possibility that the circle representing helmets and prizes overlap. But this is
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution'.
Emily's stoic silence conveyed a grim picture in her growing strife within the family.
Option 1: across the growing strife within her family
Option 2: No substitution
Option 3: without her growing strife within the family
Option 4: of the growing strife within her family
Correct Answer: of the growing strife within her family
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation: Swapping "growing strife within the family" with "of the growing strife within her family" makes the sentence clearer by specifying that the strife is connected to Emily's family. This
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 blank.
In 1945, James Leach Miller returned from World War II and shared nothing (1)____ it with his wife. He folded up his Army (2)______, with the medals still pinned to it, and (3)____ put it in the basement, where his older boy would (4)______ take it out to play soldiers. He never complained (5)____ that generation of army men didn't air their problems. His son Michael once offered to take him back to Normandy when World War II veterans (6)____ the journey but his father shook (7)_____ head saying, "I've been there once." Sadly, Mr. Miller, 96 years old, (8)_____ survived the bloodiest battle of World War II, died of (9)_____ from the coronavirus on March 30 (10)_____ an Old Soldiers' Home.
Question:-
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 7.
Option 1: theirs
Option 2: one's
Option 3: their
Option 4: his
Correct Answer: his
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
Explanation: When referring to body parts or characteristics possessed by a specific person, the appropriate possessive pronoun is used. In this case, the possessive pronoun his is used to indicate whose head shook in response to his son's
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Lucky
Option 1: Outrageous
Option 2: Jealous
Option 3: Auspicious
Option 4: Ominous
Correct Answer: Auspicious
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Lucky conveys a sense of favourable circumstances or good fortune. Similarly, auspicious refers to something that is indicative of good luck, success, or a positive outcome.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : The following sentence has been divided into parts. 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.
Jaishit had written / the application / before you came.
Option 1: No Error
Option 2: before you came
Option 3: the application
Option 4: Jaishit had written
Correct Answer: No Error
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
There is no error in the sentence, as it is grammatically accurate and conveys the intended meaning that Jaishit had already written the application.
Therefore, the sentence is: "Jaishit had written the application before you came."
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Throw the jacket.
Option 1: Let us throw the jacket
Option 2: The jacket was thrown by you.
Option 3: Let the jacket be thrown.
Option 4: The jacket must thrown by you.
Correct Answer: Let the jacket be thrown.
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive voice.
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. Earlier I used to knit very fast, but due to old age, my fingers are not so nimble.
Option 1: Agile
Option 2: Sluggish
Option 3: Mild
Option 4: Obscure
Correct Answer: Agile
Solution : The right option is the first option.
Nimble means quick and light in movement. The synonym agile also means quick and easy in movement, making it the best match among the options.
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