SRCC GBO key terms

A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word in a given context, used in vocabulary questions where you must pick the closest equivalent among options.

A word expressing the opposite meaning of another word, tested by asking candidates to identify the word most nearly opposite in sense to a given keyword.

The sense a word carries in a specific sentence, which may differ from its dictionary sense; questions ask you to infer it from surrounding clues rather than memory alone.

A fixed expression whose meaning cannot be worked out from its individual words, such as a phrase describing a situation figuratively; tested through sentence completion or matching.

A single word that replaces a descriptive phrase, for example a term naming a person who loves books; a standard verbal ability item type requiring precise vocabulary recall.

Choosing a word or short phrase that can substitute for an underlined part of a sentence without changing its meaning or grammatical correctness.

A mistake in a sentence involving subject-verb agreement, tense, preposition, article or pronoun use; spotting it requires comparing each segment against standard usage rules.

The rule that a verb must match its subject in number and person, so singular subjects take singular verbs even when intervening phrases create distance or confusion.

A singular noun naming a group, such as a team or committee; it usually takes a singular verb in Indian English usage unless members are treated individually.

A short function word linking a noun or pronoun to another element to show relations of place, time or direction; wrong choice is a frequent error tested in correction items.

The correct choice among a, an, the or no article before a noun, governed by sound, specificity and countable status of the noun.

Two ways of presenting an action: the doer as subject, or the receiver as subject with a form of be plus past participle; conversion questions test tense preservation.

Reporting someone's words either verbatim in quotation marks or as a subordinate clause, with required shifts in tense, pronouns and time words.

Answering questions about a passage by locating stated details, inferring unstated points and identifying the main idea, tone or author's purpose.

A conclusion drawn from evidence in a passage though not stated directly; valid inferences must be supported by the text rather than by outside assumptions.

The central point a paragraph or passage is built around, often stated in a topic sentence and distinguishable from supporting details and examples.

Correct letter sequence in a word; test items present four variants and ask you to spot the correctly spelled form, often involving double letters or silent vowels.

A set of sentences given out of order that must be rearranged into a coherent paragraph using connectors, pronoun references and logical progression as clues.

A fraction expressed per hundred, computed as part divided by whole times 100; the base for profit, discount and data interpretation calculations.

Comparison of two quantities by division and the statement that two such comparisons are equal; used to divide amounts and scale values in mixtures and partnerships.

The sum of a set of values divided by their count; shortcut methods use deviation from an assumed mean and are common in speed-based arithmetic sections.

Commercial calculations using cost price and selling price, where profit equals selling price minus cost price and percentage profit is measured on cost price unless stated otherwise.

Interest computed only on principal versus interest computed on principal plus accumulated interest; compound interest grows faster and requires successive percentage handling.

Problems relating distance covered, speed of travel and time taken, including relative speed for trains and boats and conversions between km/h and m/s.

Problems where rates of work combine additively, so the reciprocal of individual completion times gives per-day output used to find joint completion time.

Counting arrangements where order matters versus selections where it does not, using factorial-based formulas with restrictions such as repetition or fixed positions.

The ratio of favourable outcomes to total equally likely outcomes in a sample space, applied to dice, cards, balls drawn from bags and similar setups.

A question format asking whether the given statements are enough to answer a question, without necessarily computing the numeric answer itself.

Extracting values and trends from tables, bar charts, line graphs or pie charts, then computing ratios, percentages or differences as the question demands.

Deductive reasoning from categorical statements using quantifiers such as all, some and none, where valid conclusions must hold in every possible arrangement of sets.

Overlapping circles representing sets and their intersections, used to test syllogism conclusions or to solve grouping problems with two or three categories.

Deriving necessary conclusions from premises or constraints, as in seating arrangements, blood relations and scheduling puzzles where only one arrangement fits all clues.

A sequence following a hidden rule such as constant difference, multiplication, squares or alternating operations; the task is to identify the rule and supply the missing term.

Questions where words or numbers are transformed by a letter-shift, reversal or substitution rule, and the same rule must be applied to a new word.

A pair relationship item, written as A is to B as C is to what, requiring you to identify whether the link is functional, numerical, hierarchical or part-to-whole.

Puzzles describing family links through statements or a diagram, where you must trace generations and genders to answer how two people are related.

Problems tracking movement across north, south, east and west turns, often asking for final distance from the start using Pythagoras on the net displacement.

A reasoning item where a short statement is followed by candidate assumptions; you judge which assumption is implicit, that is, taken for granted by the speaker.

Central bank actions on interest rates, money supply and liquidity to control inflation and support growth, carried out in India by the Reserve Bank of India.

The rate at which the central bank lends short-term funds to commercial banks against securities; raising it typically cools inflation and slowing it encourages borrowing.

A sustained rise in the general price level that erodes purchasing power, measured in India through the consumer price index and wholesale price index.

The total market value of final goods and services produced within a country's borders in a period, used as the broadest measure of economic activity.

The gap between total government expenditure and total receipts excluding borrowings, indicating how much the government must borrow in a financial year.

A record of all economic transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world, comprising the current account and the capital account.

The segment where securities are issued for the first time, as in an initial public offering, with proceeds going to the issuing company rather than to other investors.

The exchange-based segment where already issued shares trade between investors, providing liquidity and price discovery without raising fresh capital for the company.

The total value of a listed company's equity, calculated as current share price multiplied by the number of outstanding shares; used to rank firms by size.

A formal record of a firm's financial position and performance, chiefly the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow statement, read together for analysis.