Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : To propagate caste equality, ____________ founded the Satyashodhak Samaj.
Option 1: Jyotiba Phule
Option 2: Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar
Option 3: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option 4: Mahatma Gandhi
Correct Answer: Jyotiba Phule
Solution : The correct option is Jyotiba Phule.
The Satyashodhak Samaj was established by Jyotiba Phule to promote caste equality. In the 1800s, Jyotiba Phule was an Indian social reformer, philosopher and activist. The Satyashodhak Samaj was founded in 1873 to advance social justice, equality
Question : Directions: Josh is the son of Sonal. Sonal is Manasi's sister and Manvi's mother. Taru is Manvi's husband. How is Josh related to Taru?
Option 1: Father–in–law
Option 2: Cousin
Option 3: Brother–in–law
Option 4: Brother
Correct Answer: Brother–in–law
Solution : As per the given information, the family tree will be as follows –
Here, the quadrilateral represents the male and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.
So, from the above family tree, Josh is the brother–in–law of Taru. Hence, the third option
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: In what way have the prize winners helped future theoretical computer scientists?
Option 1: They have found connections between algebra, geometry and computer science.
Option 2: They solved new problems in graph theory used in theoretical computer science.
Option 3: The new connection they have discovered has inspired future theoretical computer scientists.
Option 4: They have done innovative research on Ramanujan graphs and geometry of polynomials.
Correct Answer: The new connection they have discovered has inspired future theoretical computer scientists.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
As stated in the second paragraph, the NAS said they uncovered a deep new connection between linear algebra, the geometry of polynomials, and graph theory that
Question : Given below are four sentences, three of which are jumbled. Pick the option that gives the correct order.
A. As the night advanced, Swami’s fears deepened. B. The most haunting was how his friend Mani had seen the devil in the banyan tree. C. He began to think of all the ghost stories he had heard in his life. D. Mani’s face had gone white as a ghost before he had fainted.
Option 1: ADCB
Option 2: ADBC
Option 3: ACBD
Option 4: ABDC
Correct Answer: ACBD
The sequence should be arranged to lead from a general setting of fear at night (A) to Swami thinking about ghost stories (C), then highlighting a particularly haunting story about Mani (B
Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.
Florence Nightingale came from a rich family and was very pretty. In her family, young girls usually spent their time going to parties until they married rich young men. But Florence found parties boring and she wanted to be a nurse. So, she went to study nursing in a hospital in Germany. Then she was in charge of a nursing home for women in London. Soon she was asked to go to Crimea to take charge of the wounded soldiers there. Finally, when she was 30, her parents accepted her decision.
Question:
What was Florence doing in London?
Option 1: She was building a nursing home for women.
Option 2: She was studying in a big hospital.
Option 3: She was attending parties along with other young girls in her family.
Option 4: She was heading and managing a nursing home for women.
Correct Answer: She was heading and managing a nursing home for women.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Before going to Crimea, Florence Nightingale managed a nursing home for women in London. This role involved overseeing the care and treatment of female patients, reflecting her commitment
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The jury has given the final verdict.
Option 1: The final verdict was given by the jury.
Option 2: The final verdict is being given by the jury.
Option 3: The final verdict is given by the jury.
Option 4: The final verdict has been given by the jury.
Correct Answer: The final verdict has been given by the jury.
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 voice becomes the subject
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.
One of his books were / shortlisted for the Booker Prize / in the year 1992.
Option 1: shortlisted for the Booker Prize
Option 2: in the year 1992
Option 3: One of his books were
Option 4: No error
Correct Answer: One of his books were
There is an error in the segment "one of his books were" of the sentence.
The phrase "one of his books" is the subject of the sentence and is followed by
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Who teaches you English?
Option 1: Who has been taught you English?
Option 2: By whom were you taught English?
Option 3: By whom are you taught English?
Option 4: By whom was English taught to you?
Correct Answer: By whom are you taught English?
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
Question : Directions: If H < E = D < P and C = E > Z = Q, then which of the following options is NOT correct?
Option 1: D > H
Option 2: P > Z
Option 3: P = Q
Option 4: D = C
Correct Answer: P = Q
Solution : Given: H < E = D < P and C = E > Z = Q After combining the above-given equation, we get – H < E = D = C > Z = Q, D < P
Let's check each option –
Question : Directions: Amit is younger than Arjun by 6 years. If the ratio of the ages of Amit and Arjun is 5: 7, then what is the age of Amit (in years)?
Option 1: 41
Option 2: 35
Option 3: 15
Option 4: 45
Correct Answer: 15
Solution : Given: Amit is younger than Arjun by 6 years. The ratio of the ages of Amit and Arjun is 5 : 7.
Let the ages of Amit and Arjun be 5x and 7x. According to the question, Amit is younger than Arjun by 6 years:
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