SSC CGL Tier I, 21 Sep 2025, 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
- 1In the sequence A, C, F, J..., which letter is the ?
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- 2Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. Plot No. 19, Shivaji Park,Dadar West, Mumbai,Maharashtra - 400028
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- 3Consider the following statement and choose the option that follows. Statement: The company has decided to switch to renewable energy sources for its operations. Inferences: I. The company aims to reduce its carbon footprint. II. The company's current energy sources are expensive.
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- 4Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series: MCK JHN GMQ DRT ?
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- 5Select the CORRECT sequence of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the A and B to balance the given equation. 15 A 5 B 4 = 35
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- 6Find the WRONG number in the given series. 5040, 720, 120, 24, 4, 2
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- 7A statement is given followed by two conclusions. Find which conclusion is TRUE based on the given statement. Statement: Conclusions: I: II:
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- 8Choose the odd one out.
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- 9Identify the roll number that doesn't fit this rule. Last 3 digits = First 3 digits + 100
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- 10Identify the odd crop. Maize, Sugarcane, Cotton, Barley
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- 11A is the son of B. C is the wife of B. D is the son of C. How is A related to D?
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- 12A is the father of B. B is the brother of C. How is A related to C?
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- 13What comes next: 10, 17, 26, 37, 50, ?
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- 14You're assigned a task you don't know how to do. What's your best course of action?
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- 15Complete the series:0, 7, 26, 63, ?
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- 16Direction: Study the information carefully and answer the questions given below. Seven persons have to attend a seminar in seven different months i.e. January, March, April, May, July, August, September. Each of them works in seven different professions, i.e. Dentist, Surgeon, Police officer, Boxer, Journalist, Singer, and engineer but not necessarily in the same order. U is an engineer and attended the seminar on the month which has 30 days. Two persons attend seminars between U and the one who is a police officer. S attends the seminar just before the one who is a journalist. Three persons attend seminar between R and Q and both of them doesn't attend seminar either in March or May. The one who is a boxer attends the seminar just after the dentist. The one who is a surgeon attends the seminar just after the one who is an engineer. R attend seminar after U. Q and S both are not Police. Boxer attends the seminar in March. T attend the seminar after P but before V. Who attends the seminar in May?
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- 17Directions: These questions are based on the following information: 'P@Q' means 'Q is the mother of P'. 'P$Q' means 'Q is the husband of P'. 'P#Q' means 'Q is the sister of P'. 'P&Q' means 'Q is the son of P'. If 'A & B @ C & D # E' then how is A related with E?
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- 18Read the following statement carefully and identify the conclusion that follows. Statement: All kids are students. Some students are athletes. No athlete is a scholar. Conclusions: I. Some kids may be athletes. II. No kid is a scholar.
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- 19Which word cannot be formed from the letters of the word ADMINISTRATION using each letter only once?
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- 20If SNAKE is written as RMZJD, how is ZEBRA written.
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- 21What comes next in the series? D, I, N, S, ?
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- 22If 3 5 = 61, what is 5 $ 6?
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- 23A train 120 meters long takes 6 seconds to cross a man. What is the speed of the train in km/h?
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- 24What should come at the place of question mark? 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?
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- 25If "CRANE" is coded as "DSBOF", how is "DSBOF" coded?
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General Awareness
25 questions
- 26Neither the Chola nor the Chera dynasty was directly responsible for the establishment of:
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- 27Which of these countries is known as the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”?
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- 28Which government scheme aims to provide financial support to senior citizens who may have lost their means of sustenance?
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- 29Which Mughal Emperor is known for popularising pietra dura, or stone inlay technique, and the double dome in Indian architecture?
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- 30What technological advancement is explicitly incorporated in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for faster justice delivery?
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- 31Who among the following was the Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day celebrations in 2025?
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- 32Talcher, a thermal power station in India, is in:
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- 33In India, which of these geological formations hosts the most significant groundwater reservoirs for large-scale and extensive development?
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- 34Fill in the blank: The ceremonial procession of Lord Dharnath in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh is locally referred to as a _____.
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- 35In the context of the Rigveda, what does the term ‘Rik’ signify?
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- 36A personal foul in basketball primarily involves:
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- 37Fill in the blank: The Government of India Act 1919 created a bicameral central legislature with the Council of State and the ____.
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- 38What critical factor distinguished Vijay Kumar’s performance in the men’s 25m rapid pistol event at the London 2012 Olympics?
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- 39Consider the following statements about the book 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez: 1) The novel employs magical realism to narrate the rise and fall of the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo. 2) It presents a linear historical account focused solely on Colombia’s political events in the 20th century. Which of the above statements is/are correct?
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- 40Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Indian football season 2024–25 as per the AIFF calendar? 1.)The Durand Cup 2024, Asia’s oldest football tournament, is scheduled between July 26 and August 31. 2.) The I-League 3 and the Junior Girls National Football Championship (Tier 1 & 2) will both run during the same calendar month.
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- 41Fill in the blanks: During a Financial Emergency, the salaries of judges can be reduced by the ________.
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- 42Read the following statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Choose the correct option. Assertion (A):Generative Design Software is increasingly used by ISRO for optimizing structure and weight distribution in aerospace components. Reason (R):Generative design tools are specifically developed for modeling cryogenic fuel tanks used in PSLV variants.
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- 43Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the borrowing powers of States in India? 1) A State requires the Centre’s consent for internal borrowing if it owes any debt to the Centre. 2) No State can raise loans from foreign sources without prior approval of the Union Government.
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- 44Why is nichrome commonly used as the heating element in electric heaters?
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- 45Fill in the Blank: Thoda is performed mostly by _____ community.
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- 46Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct option: Assertion (A): GDP doesn’t really tell the whole story when it comes to how well people in a country are actually doing. Reason (R): That’s mainly because it doesn’t take into account stuff like wear and tear of machines, pollution, or even how the money is divided among people.
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- 47Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct options: Assertion (A): AQI value above 400 is classified as 'Severe'. Reason (R): Such levels cause respiratory effects even on healthy individuals.
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- 48Why were fertilizer subsidies a double-edged policy instrument during 1960–1990?
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- 49Consider the following statements on the Green Hydrogen Mission: 1. It aims to make India a global hub for production and export of green hydrogen. 2. The mission targets production of 10 MMT by 2030. 3. Green hydrogen is produced by electrolysis using renewable energy.
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- 50The term 'Navratnas' in public sector reform refers to:
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Quantitative Aptitude
25 questions
- 51What will come in place of ? to satisfy the equation :
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- 52A vendor lends 74,000 rupees at a rate of 12% compound interest per annum, compounded annually. Find the interest for the 3rd year.
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- 53If the simple interest on a sum of Rs. A at 6% per annum for 2 years is equal to the simple interest on Rs. B at 4% per annum for 3 years, then what is the ratio of A to B?
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- 54Which of these is a number that is real but NOT rational?
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- 55Manoj crosses a 500 m long street in 5 minutes. What is his speed in km per hour?
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- 56A pyramid with an equilateral triangular base of side 10 cm and height 14 cm is placed on top of a cube with side length 10 cm. Find the total volume of the composite solid.
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- 57A and B invested Rs. 60,000 and Rs. 40,000 respectively for 12 months. A take 10% of the profit for managing. The remaining profit of Rs. 90,000 is divided based on capital. What is B’s share?
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- 58A triangular field with base 40 m and height 30 m shares a side with a rectangle of length 40 m and breadth 25 m. Find the combined area and percentage of the triangle’s area in the total.
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- 59A regular hexagon is inscribed inside a circle of radius 14 cm. Find the area of the hexagon.
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- 60Three numbers are such that the second is 150% of the first, and the third is 80% of the second. What is the ratio of the first to the third?
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- 61A steel plate is in the shape of a right triangle. The lengths of the legs are in the ratio 5:12. If the hypotenuse is 13 m, what is the area?
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- 62A number was mistakenly increased by 25% instead of decreased by 20%. By what percent is the final result more than the CORRECT value?
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- 63A wholesaler sells a packet of tea to a retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer then marks up the price by 50% and offers a discount of 20% to the customer. If the customer pays Rs. 480, find the cost price of the packet for the wholesaler.
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- 64In a right prism with a square base, volume = and height = 16 cm. What is the side of the square base?
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- 65A tap can fill an oil tank in 14 hours. After half the tank is filled, 7 more similar taps are opened. What is the total time taken to fill the oil tank completely?
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- 66The average of x and y is 30. The average of x, y, and z is 40. What is the average of x, y, and 2z?
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- 67A seller mixes two varieties of rice costing Rs. 40/kg and Rs. 60/kg in a certain ratio and sells the mixture at Rs. 55/kg, gaining 10%. What is the ratio in which the two types are mixed?
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- 68If , then find the value of .
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- 69Find the value of .
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- 70Find the x-intercept of
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- 71If sin(A) = cos(B), cos(A) = sin(C), and A + B + C = , then what is the value of angle A?
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- 72The sum of all interior angles of a 20-sided polygon is:
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- 73Point P is at an equal distance from the three vertices of a triangle with coordinates A(0, 0), B(4, 0), and C(0, 3). What are the coordinates of point P?
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- 74Simplify:
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- 75A right-angled triangle ABC has legs AB=6 cm and BC=8 cm. An altitude BD is drawn from the vertex B to the hypotenuse AC. What is the length of the altitude BD?
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English Comprehension
25 questions
- Read the passage and answer the questions: The annals of mountaineering history are adorned with figures whose daring transcended mere athleticism, embodying philosophical quests for transcendence against Earth's most formidable landscapes. Each mountaineer — whether treading the snows of Everest, the granite of Patagonia, or the arid heights of the Atlas Mountains — etched a distinct narrative of audacity and introspection. “Tenzing Norgay” and “Sir Edmund Hillary’s” epochal 1953 Everest ascent immortalized human perseverance, but figures such as “Reinhold Messner” redefined the boundaries further. Rejecting supplemental oxygen, Messner’s minimalist ethos emphasized purity over conquest, portraying mountains not as trophies but as sentient entities commanding reverence. Similarly, “Junko Tabei”, the first woman to summit Everest, symbolized the intersection of resilience and quiet defiance in an era resistant to female adventurers. The ethos of mountaineering diversified through the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Climbers like “Kilian Jornet”, blending ultra-marathon endurance with technical ascents, and “Nirmal Purja”, whose record-breaking summits shattered temporal assumptions, reveal a contemporary paradigm: mountains as arenas of rapid, almost transcendental athleticism. Meanwhile, indigenous climbers, long relegated to footnotes in expedition histories, increasingly assert their rightful place as stewards of sacred peaks. Thus, the saga of mountaineering resists reduction to mere feats of strength. It weaves a tapestry of cultures, philosophies, and personal odysseys — each ascent a dialectic between human fragility and the immutable majesty of the mountains.76In the sentence: "The annals of mountaineering history are adorned with figures whose daring transcended mere athleticism..."? What is the grammatical role of the clause "whose daring transcended mere athleticism"
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- 77What is the meaning of the word "epochal" in the context: "Tenzing Norgay and Sir Edmund Hillary’s epochal 1953 Everest ascent..."
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- 78What does the word "dialectic" most nearly imply in the phrase: "...each ascent a dialectic between human fragility and the immutable majesty of the mountains"?
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- 79Which of the following best summarizes the primary argument of the passage?
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- 80Which word could best replace "immutable" in the phrase "...the immutable majesty of the mountains..." without significantly changing the meaning?
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- 81Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word. His ________ disregard for protocol annoyed his superiors.
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- 82Choose the correct one-word substitution for the phrase in italics. "A person who is indifferent to or distrustful of human integrity or morality."
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- 83Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: CONDEMN
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- 84Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. Vindicate
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- 85Choose the correct meaning of idiom: Throw one’s hat into the ring
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- 86Choose the correct meaning of idiom: To be in high dudgeon
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- 87Which is the correct spelling for a word meaning 'to erase or wipe out'?
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- 88Which of these is the correct spelling of a logic term for contradictions?
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- 89Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'One who eats human flesh'.
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- 90Select the correct option: He devoted himself to the cause ___ body and soul.
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- 91Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The assumption that all data must be normalized (1)/ before processing it using machine learning algorithms (2)/ has been a common practice (3)/ in this domain for decades. (4)
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- 92Change the following from active to passive: Where will they hold the conference?
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- 93Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: Those most affected by the decision (1)/ appears to be those (2)/ who were never consulted (3)/ during the drafting of the policy. (4)
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- 94Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The director gave a stern warning to the cast.
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- 95Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The decision was expected to be made by the council after further review.
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- 96Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: The teacher advised him *to not waste time*.
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- 97Select the correct option for the Direct Speech conversion of the sentence below. She posited that the narrative would have achieved greater cohesion had the author maintained a single focalisation.
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- 98A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech. He said, “You must work hard.”
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- 99Rearrange the following sentences to form a coherent paragraph: 1. This process, a crucial part of the plant’s life cycle, is vital for the continued existence of many plant species. 2. Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the male part of a flower to the female part. 3. The transfer can be carried out by various agents, including insects, birds, and wind. 4. Successful pollination leads to fertilization and the subsequent production of seeds and fruits.
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- 100Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a logical passage. 1. Consequently, new forms of entertainment emerged. 2. The advent of television transformed leisure activities. 3. People spent more time at home, watching programs. 4. It significantly impacted social interaction patterns.
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