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Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam

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Question : Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
As I turned to the main road, my smartphone rang. I looked at the car's dashboard display for a fraction of a second to see the caller's name while I reflexively whirled the wheel around the street corner. The brief lapse in concentration was enough to miss a biker. Fortunately, both of us stopped at the right time but he ranted expletives at my family, particularly the women. Undeterred, I opened the window, smiled at him and said, "I am sorry." He immediately paused, and then just advised me kindly to look on all sides of the road while driving.

That is the power of the unique and wonderful act called smile. It can break barriers and bridge chasms. The power of the smile is often underestimated by us. Despite being the only species with this graceful expression, humans do not comprehend the myriad strengths of a smile and often forget to use it.

Just like the innumerable gifts of nature which we have taken for granted, I had missed the influence of a smile in my early years. The awakening occurred in my early twenties when I worked as a junior doctor in a hospital. We, a group of doctors, were having coffee together, one of the senior doctors told me, "You seemed to have missed an important developmental milestone."

Developmental milestone refers to various social, motor and vocal skills which a child acquires at each period of its development in infancy and childhood such as rolling over, standing and speaking. To my despair, he declared, "You haven't got your social smile yet." While I considered myself a pleasant person, his harsh comment rather irked me.

At three to four months of age, a growing child starts recognising familiar faces and in an attempt to interact with them, it expresses the social smile. It is typically towards the parents, grandparents and siblings initially, and then slowly extends towards other familiar faces. It is nature's evolutionary attempt to increase the bonding between humans. It is a way of expression to pronounce one's affability. But somewhere during our growth and interaction with society, we have been taught directly or indirectly that strangers are not to be smiled at. After long days of introspection, I made it a point to reclaim my lost milestone.

Question:
There was a possibility of an accident occurring because:

Option 1: the writer was a careless driver

Option 2: the writer's attention was diverted for a brief moment

Option 3: both the writer and the biker were careless drivers

Option 4: the biker was riding rashly

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Correct Answer: the writer's attention was diverted for a brief moment


Solution : The second option is the correct answer.

The possibility of an accident occurring was because the writer's attention was diverted for a brief moment. The passage mentions that as the writer turned to the main road, their

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Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives.
128 : 96 :: 244 : ?

Option 1: 183

Option 2: 122

Option 3: 138

Option 4: 302

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Correct Answer: 183


Solution : Given:
128 : 96 :: 244 : ?

Like, 128 : 96→128 ÷ 8 = 16; 96 ÷ 6 = 16
Similarly, for 244 : ?→244 ÷ 8 = 30.5
Let's check the options –
First option: 183; 183 ÷ 6 = 30.5
Second option: 

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Question : Which of the following sportsmen was nicknamed the "pocket dynamo"?

Option 1: Sushil Kumar

Option 2: Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav

Option 3: Limba Ram

Option 4: Dhyan Chand

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Correct Answer: Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav


Solution : The correct answer is Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav.

Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav, fondly known as the "pocket dynamo", holds the distinction of being the first independent Indian athlete to secure an individual Olympic medal. Born in 1926 in Maharashtra's Goleshwar village to a wrestling

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Question : Concerning Sufism, which of the following terms refers to the pilgrimage to Sufi shrines?

Option 1: Sama

Option 2: Futuh

Option 3: Fanaa

Option 4: Ziyarat

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Correct Answer: Ziyarat


Solution : The correct answer is Ziyarat

All around the Muslim world, pilgrimages, known as Ziyarat, are made to the tombs of Sufi saints. Seeking the Sufi's spiritual grace (Barakat) is the purpose of this practice. "Ziyarat" is the term for worship at Sufi shrines. Such devotion

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Question : "Golden Girl" is an autobiography by which of the following Indian athletes?

Option 1: K. M. Beenamol

Option 2: Dutee Chand

Option 3: P. T. Usha

Option 4: Ashwini Nachappa

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Correct Answer: P. T. Usha


Solution : The correct answer is P.T. Usha.

"Golden Girl" is the autobiography of P. T. Usha. She is a retired Indian women's athlete in track and field. She was born in 1964 into a poor family in the village of Payyoli in the Kozhikode

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Question : The cell is not applied for:

Option 1: bacteria

Option 2: virus

Option 3: fungus

Option 4: algae

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Correct Answer: virus


Solution : The correct answer is a virus.

Since all living things are formed of cells, the Cell Theory does not apply to viruses. Viruses are made of proteins and nucleic acid; they are not actual cells. They are devoid of the protoplasm, which is the

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Question : The term "_____________" is an aerial pass on the dribble from the left side of the field in the field hockey.

Option 1: penalty corner

Option 2: halfback

Option 3: bully

Option 4: scoop

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Correct Answer: scoop


Solution : The correct answer is scoop.

Hockey is a game that has a connection to the word scoop. When dribbling from the left side of the field, the overhead pass is called a scoop. Raising the ball high into the air is known as the scoop

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Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
In about two months, / our family will be / leaving to Australia / to settle there.

Option 1: in about two months

Option 2: to settle there

Option 3: our family will be

Option 4: leaving to Australia

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Correct Answer: leaving to Australia


Solution : The error lies in the fourth option.

The correct preposition to use after the verb "leaving" in this context is "for" instead of "to". When it's used to indicate going to a destination, the preposition "for" is typically used. The sentence conveys that

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