Category: Miscellaneous

1.How many pairs of letters are there in the word DOCUMENT each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet? (1) (1) None                         (2) One              (3) Two                        (4) Three         (5) None of these 2.Pointing to a photograph, Suraj said, ‘His son’s mother is the only daughter-in-law of…

The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) has released an official notification regarding rescheduling of major competitive examinations to be held this year. All the candidates can go through the official notice at ssc.nic.in The Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff Examination (Paper-II), 2016, will be held on January 28, 2018. SSC JE Paper 1, 2017: The Junior Engineers Examination…

1. Which crop is sown on the largest area in India? (A) A. Rice B. Wheat C. Sugarcane D. Maize 2. The value of Gold is determined in (D) A. Rome B. Washington C. Teheran D. London 3. The state which has the largest number of sugar mills in India is (D) A. Bihar B.…

Directions (Q. 1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is ‘No error’, the answer is 5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.) 1.(1)…

1.Edify (verb) : To teach in a way that improves the mind or character Synonyms: Educate, Instruct, Teach Example Sentence: The minister hoped his sermon on faith would edify some of his troubled congregation. 2.Profane (adjective) : Vulgar and inappropriate Synonyms: Desecrate, Violate, Defile Example Sentence: We do not allow our young children to watch…

1.A shopkeeper buys a cycle for Rs. 815 and he spends Rs. 145 on its repair. If he sells the cycle for Rs. 1296, then what is his percentage profit? (5) (1)  15%                             (2)  20%                              (3) 25%                 (4) 30%                   (5) 35% 2.A person purchased an item and sold it at a loss of 15%. Had…

1.Grouping and processing all of a firm’s transactions at one time are called- (3) (1) A database management system    (2) Batch processing               (3) A real-time system           (4) An on-line system (5) None of these 2.A printer is this kind of device- (4) (1) Input                  (2) Word processing               (3) Word processing               (4)…

1.Assiduous: showing great care, attention, and effort Synonym: active, busy, bustling, diligent, Example Sentence: The project required some assiduous planning. 2.Affinity: a natural liking for and understanding of someone or something. Synonym: empathy, rapport, sympathy, accord, harmony Example Sentence: “he had a special affinity with horses” 3.Whimsical: playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing…

1.Who amongst the following is a Novel Laureate in Economics? (3) (l) Kaushik Basu                                     (2) Subir Gokam                                  (3) Dr Amartya Sen      (4) M S Ahluwalia       (5) None of these 2.Outlook-com is a new e-mail service recently launched by (3) (1) google                (2) apple                 (3) Microsoft        (4) rediff                                          (5) None of these 3.A network…

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following information carefully and answer the given questions. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are eight persons sitting in a circle facing the centre but not necessarily in the same order. B is second to the right of D. G is third to the right of E.…

Institute of Banking Personnel Selection IBPS was expected to release the results of the Regional Rural Banks or RRB Office Assistant Main Examination 2017 last month. As per the official notification, the results of the main examination conducted on November 12, 2017, was to be declared by December 2017. This, however, has not happened, increasing…

Directions (Q. 1-5): Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The errors, if any, will b e in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (5). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any.) 1.Her paintings will…