Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: Kirti, Suman, Shubh, Kanak, Pari, Charu, Shlok, and Shivi are sitting around a square table facing the centre of the table. Some of them are sitting at the corners, while some are sitting at the exact centre of the sides. Kirti sits third to the left of Shubh. Kirti sits at one of the corners. Kanak sits second to the right of Pari. Pari does not sit at any of the corners. Pari is not an immediate neighbour of Kirti. Suman is an immediate neighbour of Charu. Suman does not sit in any of the middle of the sides. Only three people sit between Suman and Shlok. Who sits to the immediate left of Kanak?
Option 1: Kirti
Option 2: Shlok
Option 3: Shubh
Option 4: Charu
Correct Answer: Shlok
Solution : Given:
(I) Kirti sits third to the left of Shubh. Kirti sits at one of the corners. Kanak sits second to the right of Pari. Pari does not sit at any of the corners. Pari is not an immediate neighbour of Kirti.
(II) Suman is
Question : Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
For birds to survive, they must learn to live with and off humans, and those birds, like crows, sparrows, and mynahs, who do this to perfection, continue to thrive as our cities grow, whereas the purely wild birds, who depend on forests for life, are rapidly disappearing because forests are disappearing. If you have just a bit of garden and perhaps a guava tree, you will be visited by innumerable bulbuls, mynahs, tailor birds, parrots, etc. Or, if you own an old house, you will have to share it with pigeons and sparrows. And, if you have neither a garden nor a rooftop, you will still be visited by the crows.
Where man goes, the crow follows. He has learned to perfect the art of living off of humans. He will, I am sure, be the first bird on the moon, scavenging among the paper bags and cartons left behind by untidy astronauts. Crows favour the densest areas of the human population, and there must be one for every human. Many crows seem to have been humans in their previous lives; they possess all the cunning and sense of self preservation of man. At the same time, there are many humans who have obviously been crows, we haven't lost their thieving instincts.
Watch a crow sidling along the garden wall with an eye at the kitchen door and any attendant humans. He waits in the background till his chance comes, and then he pounces! I have even known a crow to make off with an egg from the breakfast table. The mynah, however, is more of a gentleman. He prefers fruit on the tree to scraps from the kitchen and visits the garden in expectation of handouts. He is quite handsome, too, with his bright orange bill. Although the blue jay is quite capable of making his living in the forest, he seems to show a preference for human haunts. He would rather perch on a telegraph wire because he finds it a better launching pad for his sudden rocket flights and aerial acrobatics!
Question:
The narrator thinks that some crows must have been humans in previous births because of their:
Option 1: city dwelling
Option 2: selfish ways
Option 3: large numbers
Option 4: untidy habits
Correct Answer: selfish ways
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: The narrator suggests that crows exhibit cunning and a sense of self-preservation similar to humans. The statement, "many crows seem to have been humans in their previous lives; they possess all the cunning and
Question : Directions: Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in it.
Option 1: 369
Option 2: 504
Option 3: 444
Option 4: 568
Correct Answer: 504
Solution : Add one to the first and second numbers and then multiply the resultants to get the third number – Row I: (11 + 1) × (14 + 1) = 12 × 15 = 180 Row II: (17 + 1) × (18 + 1) = 18
Question : Which of the following controls the wind speed?
Option 1: Pressure gradient
Option 2: Rotation of Earth
Option 3: Insolation
Option 4: None of the options is correct
Correct Answer: Pressure gradient
Solution : The correct answer is Pressure gradient.
Differences in air pressure can cause air masses to travel from one point to another. Air masses tend to move from high-pressure locations to low-pressure locations. As a result, winds blow from high-pressure zones to low-pressure areas. Hence
Question : Directions: Introducing a lady, Sumona said, She is my father–in–law's wife's only son's daughter's brother's father's sister. How is Sumona's father–in–law related to the lady?
Option 1: Father
Option 2: Brother–in–law
Option 3: Father–in–law
Option 4: Paternal uncle
Correct Answer: Father
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, Sumona's father–in–law is the father of that lady. Hence, the
Question : Directions: Select the combination of letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series will complete the series. A_ _BCD_AB_ _DAA_ _CDA_ _BCD
Option 1: ACBBABBAB
Option 2: ABABCBBAB
Option 3: ABBBABCAB
Option 4: BABABABCB
Correct Answer: ABABCBBAB
Solution : Given: A_ _BCD_AB_ _DAA_ _CDA_ _BCD
To fill the series we have to divide the series – A_ _BCD \ _AB_ _D \ AA_ _CD \ A_ _BCD
Let's check each option – First option: ACBBABBAB; AACBCD \ BABBAD \
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.
The rain was coming down relentlessly. Even (1)______ a fast windscreen wiper, the road was (2)____ visible in the dark. Away from the noisy station we had just left, I (3)_____ the empty roads. Indeed, who would be walking (4)____ at such a late hour in the pouring rain? Shekhar was (5)____ steady driver as a rule, but we (6)____ both worried by now and he was already driving (7)______ fast. The road conditions were (8)____ from good. It was a bad ride, but we barely noticed it as we were so (9)______. The only thing I was worried about was finding my daughter, a young, (10)_______ girl alone on the streets at this hour.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 4.
Option 1: in
Option 2: of
Option 3: about
Option 4: within
Correct Answer: about
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The preposition about is used to indicate movement or activity in a general area. In this context, it suggests walking around or being present in the surroundings at such a late hour in the pouring rain.
Question : Which of the following states annually celebrates the "Shirui Lily festival"?
Option 1: Manipur
Option 2: Sikkim
Option 3: Odisha
Option 4: Chhattisgarh
Correct Answer: Manipur
Solution : The correct answer is Manipur.
Every year, Manipur celebrates a four-day festival, the Shirui Lily festival, which includes traditional games, cuisine, music and other cultural events. The Shirui Lily festival took place for the first time in 2017. The festival's primary goals are
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, DAM is coded as 50, and PAD is coded as 47. How will MAP be coded in that language?
Option 1: 38
Option 2: 40
Option 3: 36
Option 4: 42
Correct Answer: 38
Solution : Given: DAM is coded as 50, and PAD is coded as 47.
Subtract 13 from the sum of positional values of the opposite letters of the word DAM, to obtain the required code – D→W (23); A→Z (26); M→N (14) = (23 + 26 +
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. They will send Madhu away to a boarding school.
Option 1: Madhu will be sent away to a boarding school by them.
Option 2: Madhu will send away to a boarding school by them.
Option 3: Madhu shall be sent away to a boarding school by them.
Option 4: Madhu will have been sent away to a boarding school by them.
Correct Answer: Madhu will be sent away to a boarding school by them.
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
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