SSC CGL Tier I, 10 Sep 2024, Shift 3 question paper
100 questions · 200 marks · 60 minutes · +2 per correct answer, -0.5 per wrong one
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General Intelligence and Reasoning
25 questions
- 1Three of the following four options are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does NOT belong to that group? (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
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- 2In a certain code language, ‘A + B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’; ‘A B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’; ‘A B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’ and ‘A B’ means ‘A is the father of B’. Based on the above, how is 5 related to 3 if ‘’?
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- 3In a certain code language, ‘VERY’ is written as ‘6314’ and ‘VARY’ is written as ‘1438’. How will ‘A’ be written in that language?
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- 4Select the option that is related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth term is related to the third term. SWEET : WSETE :: SALTY : ASLYT :: DRINK : ?
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- 5Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (173, 246) (148, 196) (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding /deleting /multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed)
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- 6Study the given Venn diagram and answer the question that follows. How many smart people are polite?
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- 7Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set. (121, 93, 214) (115, 87, 202) (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/deleting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
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- 8The sequence of folding a paper and the manner in which the folded paper is cut is shown in the following figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?
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- 9Select the option that represents the letters that when placed from left to right in the blanks below will complete the given letter series. P Q _ S _ P P Q P _ A P P Q _ S A P _ Q
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- 10In a certain code language, ‘make some more’ is coded as ‘pb gq st’ and ‘need more time’ is coded as ‘ru ek gq’. What is the code for ‘more’ in that language?
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- 11Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at MN.
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- 12Select the word pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the pair of words given below. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word) Presence : Abundance
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- 13How many squares are there in the given figure?
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- 14Identify the figure given in the options which when put in place of the question mark (?) will logically complete the series?
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- 15Which of the following letter-clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? NUT, RYX, VCB, ZGF, ?
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- 16Six letters K, L, M, N, O and P are written on different faces of a dice. Three positions of this dice are shown in the figure. Find the letter on the face opposite to M.
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- 1762 is related to 79 following certain logic. Following the same logic, 98 is related to 119. To which of the following numbers is 14 related, following the same logic? (NOTE : Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding /deleting /multiplying etc., to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
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- 18Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
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- 19What will come in the place of ‘?’ in the following equation, if ‘’ and ‘–‘ are interchanged and ‘’ and ‘+’ are interchanged? = ?
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- 20Two different positions of the same dice with faces 3, 7, 8, 2, 9 and 4 are shown below. Select the number that will be on the face opposite to the one having 4.
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- 21All of the letters in the word ‘WISDOM’ are arranged in alphabetical order. How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the letter which is third from the left end and the one which is second from the right end in the new letter-cluster thus formed?
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- 22Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does NOT belong to that group? ( Note :The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter cluster)
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- 23Which of the following numbers will replace the question marks (?) in the given series? 4, ?, ?, 49, 121, 169, 289
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- 24Select the number that will come in the place of the question mark(?), if ‘+’ and ‘ – ‘ are interchanged and ‘’ and ‘’ are interchanged = ?
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- 25Study the given Venn diagram and answer the question that follows. How many women entrepreneurs are NOT Indian?
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General Awareness
25 questions
- 26MG Music Awards is presented annually by which of the following states?
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- 27National Sports University is situated in ________.
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- 28Which of the following is the main cause of land degradation in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh?
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- 29Which country has the Republic feature of the Indian Constitution been borrowed from?
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- 30Rudrasena II of which of the following dynasties married Prabhavatigupta, the daughter of Chandragupta II of the Gupta dynasty?
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- 31As of 2021, which is the world's largest drainage basin with an area of about 70,00,000 ?
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- 32‘Sangken’ is a festival celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh by people of which of the following religions?
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- 33The cause of a redox reaction is the:
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- 34Which of the following States has declared a social security scheme for registered newspaper hawkers in the State in 2021 considering the losses they faced during the pandemic and that they are a part of the unorganised sector?
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- 35Which of the following characteristics is NOT of Aves?
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- 36Which of the following books is INCORRECTLY paired with its respective author?
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- 37What is the aim of the PM Ujjwala 2.0 Yojna launched in August 2021?
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- 38Which cell organelle is defined as the small round organelle that undergoes oxidation reaction to produce hydrogen peroxide?
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- 39As for the year 2020-21, which of the following states had the lowest unemployment rate among persons aged 15 years and above?
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- 40The Accelerated Female Literacy Programme was initiated in districts where the female literacy rate, based on the 2001 census, was _______.
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- 41Who among the following was a poet who won Nobel Prize for literature in 1913?
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- 42Which group of people will be benefited by the Mukhya Mantri Sukh Ashray Yojana approved by Himachal Pradesh?
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- 43Which of the following departments of Delhi Sultanate was reorganized by Balban?
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- 44When was the Indian Hockey Federation established?
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- 45Which of the following elements is a metalloid?
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- 46Madhuri Barthwal, a folk singer and Padma Shri 2022 awardee, belongs to which of the following states of India?
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- 47If assets of a bank are greater than liabilities, it will be recorded as:
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- 48In which of the following states is the development of rail transport less, due to its geographical conditions?
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- 49Which of the following options is the legislative organ of the Union government?
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- 50In which year was the National Institute of Kathak Dance established?
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Quantitative Aptitude
25 questions
- 51The table below shows incomes (in rupees) earned by five employees of a company during the month of March 2019 and the income sources.The total amount of arrears paid by the company during the given period is what percentage of the total amount of bonus paid during the given period?
Source/Name of Employee Reeta Seeta Geeta Neeta Aneeta Overtime 2,500 2,800 2,300 2,200 2,600 Arrears 4,500 4,800 4,900 5,300 5,600 Bonus 2,300 2,100 2,500 2,700 2,800 Salary 24,000 30,000 29,000 32,000 34,000 Tap an option to check your answer.
- 52Study the given table and answer the question that follows. The following table shows the population of a city at the end of the years mentioned.Which of the following years has the highest rate of increase compared to the
Year Population 2012 64.5 2013 68.4 2014 72.6 2015 83.8 2016 100.6 2017 112.8 2018 128.4 2019 134.6 2020 156.8 2021 176.4 Tap an option to check your answer.
- 53A bronze article having a marked price of ₹1,000 is sold during a festive season sale after three successive discounts of and and . What will be the amount (in ₹) to be paid by a customer if she buys the article during the festival season?
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- 54A rectangular piece of paper is 50 cm long and 22 cm wide. If a cylinder is formed by rolling the paper along its breadth, then the volume of the cylinder is:
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- 55If such that ,,,,QR = 24 and ON = 3x + y,then find (x + y).
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- 56If , then the value of A is:
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- 57Simple interest on a certain sum is one-fifth of the sum and the interest rate per cent per annum is 5 times the number of years. If the rate of interest increases by , then how much will the simple interest (in ₹) be on ₹5,600 for 6 years?
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- 58The average of the squares of the first 45 natural numbers is
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- 59The pie chart given below shows the number of hours spent by a student for different activities on a working day. The percentage of hours spent at school in a day is _____.
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- 60In an election between Sunita and Mamata, of voters cast their votes but of votes were invalid. If Sunita got 64,974 votes which is of valid votes, then the total number of voters enrolled in the election was:
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- 61If one man adds 6 litres of water to 10 litres of milk and another man adds 4 litres of water to 8 litres of milk. Find the ratio of milk in the two mixtures.
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- 62The speed of a boat in still water is 18 km/h and the speed of the stream is 3 km/h. How much time (in hours) will it take to cover a distance of 105 km in downstream and in coming back?
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- 63is equal to:
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- 64Pipes P and Q can completely fill a water tank in 10 hours and 15 hours, respectively. A pipe R can empty a tank filled completely with water in 12 hours. Initially, the tank is empty and only pipes P and Q are opened at 6 a.m. and pipe R is also opened at 9 a.m. By what time will the tank be completely filled?
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- 65The given bar graph shows the foreign direct investment (in million dollars) in Country A from all over the world over the given years. What was the ratio of investment in 2018 to that in 2015?
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- 66Which digits should come in the place of * and #, respectively, if the 7-digit number 62684*# is divisible by both 8 and 5?
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- 67What is the central angle of a sector of a circle whose area and perimeter are, respectively, equal to 209 and 63 cm if it is given that its radius is a non-negative integer (roundup to one decimal place)?
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- 68If and , then find the value of .
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- 69If , , then what is the value of ?
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- 70For what value of k will the lines and have no solution?
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- 71The area of a square is square units. Find the perimeter of the square.
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- 72The radii of two circle are 5 cm and 10 cm and the distance between their centres is 17 cm. Find the length of the transverse common tangent.
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- 73A shopkeeper allows a discount of on the marked price of an item and thus gains . What is the ratio of the cost price to the marked price of the item?
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- 74If , and is an acute angle, then is equal to:
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- 75If the length of a common external tangent to two circles is 9 and that of a common internal tangent is 5, then the product of the radii of the two circles is:
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English Comprehension
25 questions
- 76Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Evaluate
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- 77Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Historians tell us how this country was divided into three.
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- 78Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Mechanical
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- 79Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. a short section (as of a book) that leads to or explains the main part.
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- 80Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The company will launch the new product next month, and they are already promoting it through various marketing channels.
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- 81Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The group of travellers were wonderstruck by the ___________ of the coin.
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- 82Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges the parts in the correct sequence to form a meaningful sentence. (P) technology has revolutionised (Q) and it has transformed the way (O) every aspect of our lives (R) we communicate and connect
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- 83Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word in the brackets to fill in the blank. The ______ to the venue was decorated with beautiful lights. [exit]
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- 84Select the most appropriate synonym of the bracketed word in the following sentence to fill in the blank. The media, these days, constructs ________(misleading) narratives on politics and celebrities to increase the viewership.
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- 85Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Care a hang
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- 86Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. Choice between two unsatisfactory alternatives
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- 87Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Fear of closed spaces
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- 88Select the correctly spelt word to fill in the blank. The transistors are used as the main _________, which are built into computer chips.
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- 89Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. To tell others secret information only for enjoyment is not a good practice.
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- 90Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
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- 91Select the option that can substitute/replace the bracketed word correctly and complete the sentence. They could (always) stay in, or go for a walk.
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- 92Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined word. Solomon’s reputation as an accountant is taintless .
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- 93Parts of the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains an error. The supermarket is open from 10 a.m. still 10 p.m.
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- 94The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. My sister, Juliet, / got married / as her / was 23.
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- 95Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. Mayra has the ability for mathematics.
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- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank. As a result of Covid-19, the quick (1) ______ to digital training has exposed the hazards of student disengagement and the resulting consequences of lower student performance across (2) ______ courses. The latest (3) ______ has altered the education of millions of people around the world. New approaches and improvements in the school system are urgently required. Considering the increasing digital divide, the strategy may exacerbate existing inequality disparities. More than 500 million students, at various levels, around the world were forced to (4) _______ their studies. These changes have caused and will continue to cause some inconvenience, but they will also foster innovation and future reforms inside this education system. During a global Covid-19 pandemic, the 'pile-on effect' of the coronavirus can have long-term consequences for schooling, notably for the most vulnerable. Children, (5) ________ basic, core learning (reading, math, languages, etc.) was weak to begin with, face a significant risk of regression. During Covid-19, millions of children whose right to education has already been violated, particularly girls, are exposed to greater health and well-being hazards (both psychosocial and physical).96Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
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- 97Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
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- 98Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
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- 99Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
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- 100Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
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