Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: Suyash starts walking from Point A and goes 130 m towards the southeast. Pradeep starts walking from Point B and goes 130 m towards the southwest. After walking these distances, they both meet at Point C. Point D is located in such a way that if points A and B are connected with a straight line, then D would be the midpoint of that line. The distance between Point C and Point D is 120 m. What is the distance between Point A and Point B?
Option 1: 120 m
Option 2: 100 m
Option 3: 80 m
Option 4: 50 m
Correct Answer: 100 m
Solution : According to the instructions given, the diagram is as follows –
Now, we have to calculate the distance between A and B.
Here, A is the starting point of Suyash, B is the starting point of Pradeep and C is the meeting point of
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".
No sooner did he see (1) / the traffic policeman (2) / he wore seat belt. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence.
"No sooner" is a correlative conjunction and is followed by "than". Correlative conjunctions always come in pairs. So, instead of "he wore seat belt", it should be "than he wore the seat belt", indicating that
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’. No sooner did she start running than she tripped and fell.
Option 1: when she trips and falls
Option 2: no substitution
Option 3: and she was tripped and fallen
Option 4: than she trip and fell
Correct Answer: no substitution
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The sentence "No sooner did she start running than she tripped and fell" is grammatically accurate. The structure "No sooner... than" is a correct way to express that one event quickly follows another.
The sentence effectively conveys
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Mukesh said to me, "You are wrong".
Option 1: Mukesh told me that you are wrong.
Option 2: Mukesh tells me that I am wrong.
Option 3: Mukesh told me that he was wrong.
Option 4: Mukesh told me that I was wrong.
Correct Answer: Mukesh told me that I was wrong.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Indirect speech involves converting direct speech (spoken words) into indirect speech (reported words).
Narration Conversion:
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.
Another farmer's cotton harvest increased from 10 quintals to 14 quintals (1)_____ using pesticides and fertilisers on the suggestion (2)_____ the local agriculture extension officer. "I (3)______ doubts as I was going for organic cotton for the (4)_____ time," he said, "but I saved eight thousand rupees per acre (5)____ costs." He sold his cotton for almost seven lakhs, (6)______ he wants to use for his daughter's studies and to (7)________ a new house. Another farmer said he's got the first (8)' ________ crop' of his life this year. The 53-year-old used to grow red gram on his (9)_______ field. "But thanks to a government project, my village tank is full, and I could (10)_________ paddy in the Rabi season." He reaped 66 quintals from his two acres.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 7.
Option 1: develop
Option 2: establish
Option 3: build
Option 4: create
Correct Answer: build
Solution : The most appropriate choice is the third option.
Explanation: The context suggests that the farmer wants to use the money from selling his cotton to "build" a new house. "Build" fits well in the context of using funds to construct or make a new house,
Question : Select the correct passive voice of the given sentence. You must repeat your main points (not the sub-points).
Option 1: Your main points (not the sub-points) must be repeated by you.
Option 2: The main points (not the sub-points) can be repeated by you.
Option 3: The main points (not the sub-points) are repeated by you.
Option 4: You must be repeated your main points (not the sub-points).
Correct Answer: Your main points (not the sub-points) must be repeated by you.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
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
Question : Concerning the Major Port Authorities Bill passed in 2021, what is the TAMP?
Option 1: Tariff Authority for Minor Ports
Option 2: Trip Agency for Minor Ports
Option 3: Trip Agency for Major Ports
Option 4: Tariff Authority for Major Ports
Correct Answer: Tariff Authority for Major Ports
Solution : The correct answer is Tariff Authority for Major Ports.
The role of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP) has been redefined. The Port Authority has now been given powers to fix tariffs, which will act as a reference tariff for
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
What is wrong with the argument is that even if the two premises are true, then the conclusion isn't necessarily true.
(1) the conclusion is false
(2) the conclusions aren't necessarily true
(3) the conclusion will be true
(4) No Improvement
Correct Answer: (4)
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer as the sentence does not require any improvement.
The sentence is grammatically correct and logically clear. It effectively conveys that the conclusion may not necessarily be true, even if the two premises are true. Moreover, the zero conditional
Question : Directions: P % Q means P is the brother of Q; P @ Q means P is the daughter of Q; P + Q means P is the father of Q; P ? Q means P is the husband of Q. If A % B @ D + E ? C, then how is A related to C?
Option 1: Sister
Option 2: Husband's brother
Option 3: Husband's sister
Option 4: Brother
Correct Answer: Husband's brother
Solution : Given: P % Q ⇒ P is the brother of Q P @ Q ⇒ P is the daughter of Q P + Q ⇒ P is the father of Q P ? Q ⇒ P is the husband of Q
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Question : The Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI ) is located at
Option 1: Pune
Option 2: Guwahati
Option 3: Chennai
Option 4: Srinagar
Correct Answer: Chennai
Solution : The correct answer is Chennai.
Central Leather Research Institute is a renowned Institute and one of the largest leather research Institutes in the world is located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded in 1948 to develop an internal strength in the country to innovate
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