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SSC CGL Tier I, 23 Sep 2025, Shift 1 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

  1. 1
    Using the reverse code (Z=1 to A=26), what is the sum of the reverse positions of the first and last letters of "KNOWLEDGE"?

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  2. 2
    Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. Flat 404, Block-C,Rajeev Nagar, Patna,Bihar - 800024

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  3. 3
    The seminar in Siliguri was 3 days after Darjeeling,and Kalimpong hosted its seminar 1 day before Siliguri. If Darjeeling was on 2nd March, when was Kalimpong's seminar?

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  4. 4
    If 2 * 3 = 8, 3 * 4 = 81, then 4 * 5 = ?

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  5. 5
    Read the given statement and conclusions carefully. Decide which of the given conclusions is/are definitely true from the statement. Statement: P=Q≥S>T=R≥U>VP = Q \ge S > T = R \ge U > V Conclusion I: Q≥UQ \ge U Conclusion II: T=UT = U

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  6. 6
    P is the father of Q and R. How are Q and R related?

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  7. 7
    Find the missing number: 17 : 4914 :: 19 : ?

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  8. 8
    Read the following statement carefully and identify the conclusion that follows. Statement: All pens are books. Some books are novels. Conclusions: I. Some pens are novels. II. All novels are books.

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  9. 9
    If "CHINA" is written as "FKLQD", how will "JAPAN" be written?

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  10. 10
    Find the pair that does NOT follow the double-step pattern. Q2, R4, S6, T8, V12

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  11. 11
    What comes next? B25, Y2, C24, X3, ?

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  12. 12
    Which number breaks the pattern? 3, 6, 11, 20, 33, 70

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  13. 13
    Find the odd one out from the given alternatives

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  14. 14
    What should come at the place of question mark? : 4, 9, 19, 39, 79, ?

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  15. 15
    A sum doubles in 5 years at simple interest. What is the annual rate?

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  16. 16
    If 9 @ 1 = 82 and 10 @ 1 = 101, what is 8 @ 2?

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  17. 17
    What should come at the place of question mark? 3, 8, 15, 24, 35, ?

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  18. 18
    If @ = +, # = -, $\text{\textdollar} = ×\times, & = ÷\div; 8 $\text{\textdollar} 2 @ 6 # 3 = ?

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  19. 19
    Statements: Some pens are papers. All papers are books. Conclusions: I. Some pens are books. II. All books are pens.

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  20. 20
    A person spends 80% of his income and saves ₹2000. What is his income?

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  21. 21
    If 5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how many cats are needed to catch 100 mice in 100 min?

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  22. 22
    If 'TIGER' is coded as '20-9-7-5-18', how will 'REGIT' be coded?

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  23. 23
    If MARKER is coded as NBSLFS, how is NBSLFS coded?

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  24. 24
    If HELMET is coded as IFMNFU, how is IFMNFU coded?

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  25. 25
    If in a code language, 'CAR' is written as 'FDW', then 'BAT' is written as?

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General Awareness

25 questions

  1. 26
    In the Nagara temple, which element is the projecting central offset of the wall face?

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  2. 27
    The Garia Carnival is conducted according to the guidance of which figure?

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  3. 28
    Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct options: Assertion (A): Gothic Revival buildings in colonial India often employed pointed arches and ribbed vaults. Reason(R): These elements were unknown in traditional European cathedrals.

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  4. 29
    What is the meaning of Samhita in the context of the Rigveda?

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  5. 30
    Which of the following fiscal terms related to Gupta dynasty is correctly matched?

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  6. 31
    Regarding the initial office and organizational structure of Indian Amateur Boxing Federation(IABF): 1) The first office of IABF was established at 62, Majestic Hotel in Bombay. 2) Bombay formed the core of the IABF at its inception, with most office-bearers from the city. 3) The inaugural meeting of the Federation was held at the Governor’s Pavilion of the Cricket Club of India. Which of these statements are correct?

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  7. 32
    Whose administrative system later became the model for Emperor Akbar’s consolidation of the Mughal Empire?

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  8. 33
    Which education-related document, issued in 1854, laid the foundation for modern education in India?

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  9. 34
    Who won a bronze medal in wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming India’s youngest-ever individual Olympic medallist?

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  10. 35
    Consider the following statements regarding NADA India’s Education Plan objectives: 1) It aims to promote values of sportsmanship and fair play within India’s sports ecosystem. 2) It focuses on penalizing athletes caught doping rather than education. 3) It provides accurate and timely anti-doping information to all stakeholders. Which of the statements is/are correct?

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  11. 36
    In which language was Heart Lamp originally written?

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  12. 37
    Consider the following statements about 'Negotiating Mughal Law' by Nandini Chatterjee: 1) The book explores legal pluralism and property rights through a landlord family’s experience across Indian empires. 2) It is a literary biography focusing on Mughal emperors’ personal lives and poetic patronage. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

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  13. 38
    What was the official mascot of the Khelo India Winter Games 2024?

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  14. 39
    Under which constitutional provision can the President of India assume legislative powers for a state?

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  15. 40
    What happens to the perceived frequency when both the source and the listener move with the same speed in the same direction?

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  16. 41
    Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct options: Assertion (A): A confession made to a police officer is inadmissible in court. Reason (R): Section 23 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam retains the principle of voluntariness in confession.

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  17. 42
    Consider the statements about Kalbelia : 1. Female costumes are black swirling skirts richly mirror-embroidered. 2. It entered UNESCO Representative List in 2010. Which is/are correct?

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  18. 43
    Which country has consistently been ranked as the world's most peaceful country in the Global Peace Index?

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  19. 44
    Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct option: Assertion (A): Financial intermediaries are essential in transmitting monetary policy to the real economy. Reason (R): They adjust lending and deposit rates in response to policy rates set by the MPC.

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  20. 45
    Peer Ali Khan was a prominent figure in the 1857 Revolt who organized rebels and challenged British rule in which major city of Bihar?

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  21. 46
    What was the main objective of the Industrial Policy of 1956?

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  22. 47
    Read the following statements and mark the correct option: Assertion (A): Potti Sriramulu fasted unto death for the formation of Andhra Pradesh. Reason (R): His death marked the beginning of linguistic state formation in India.

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  23. 48
    Jayaprakash Narayan's concept of Total Revolution included which of the following components? 1. Social reforms to eradicate corruption 2. Political reforms to decentralize power 3. Armed struggle against the government 4. Economic reforms focusing on privatization Which of these are correct?

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  24. 49
    Which plan gave prominence to the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956, emphasizing the ‘commanding heights’ doctrine?

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  25. 50
    What is the role of WTO with respect to globalization?

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Quantitative Aptitude

25 questions

  1. 51
    An electronics store orders 150 portable speakers at a cost of ₹400 each. The owner plans to price them so that selling only 120 speakers would guarantee a 40%40\% profit on the total investment. However, a local event leads to the sale of 135 speakers. If the remaining speakers have no resale value, calculate the store's actual profit percentage on the total investment.

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  2. 52
    The set of real numbers includes which of the following?

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  3. 53
    Dhanush crosses a road 100 metres wide in 50 seconds. His speed in km/hr is:

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  4. 54
    A sphere is inscribed inside a cube. The volume of the cube is 1728 cm3\text{cm}^3. What is the total surface area of the sphere?

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  5. 55
    A large wooden box, open at the top, needs to be lined with fabric on its inner floor and inner four side walls. The inner dimensions of the box are 2.5 m length, 1.8 m wide, and 1.2 m high. If the fabric comes in square pieces of side 50 cm, and 15%15\% extra fabric is needed for cuts and overlaps, how many approximate fabric pieces should be purchased?

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  6. 56
    M and N start a business with Rs. 2,00,000 and Rs. 3,00,000 respectively. After 4 months, M adds Rs. 1,00,000 more, and N withdraws Rs. 50,000. At the end of 1 year, they make a profit of Rs. 1,80,000. What is N's share of profit?

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  7. 57
    A square of side 10 cm has a smaller square (of side 4 cm) removed from one side. What is the ratio of the remaining area to the original?

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  8. 58
    A rectangular park is 60 m by 40 m. A semicircular pond of diameter 40 m is inside. What percent of the park's area does the pond occupy?

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  9. 59
    A regular hexagon has a perimeter of 72 cm. What is its area?

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  10. 60
    Out of her total monthly income, a woman spends 60%60\% on household expenses and 15%15\% on savings. The remaining is spent on other items. What percentage of her income is spent on these other items?

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  11. 61
    A's salary is 40%40\% more than B's. If B's salary increases by 20%20\% and A's increases by x%, then A's new salary becomes 25%25\% more than B's new salary. What is the value of x?

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  12. 62
    The average of a certain number of quantities is 45. If 5 is added to each quantity, what will be the new average?

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  13. 63
    A triangular prism has a base with area 45 cm2\text{cm}^2 and height 14 cm. If 10%10\% of the prism is hollowed out for wiring, what is the volume of the solid part?

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  14. 64
    A group of 5 friends went to a restaurant. If 4 of them paid Rs. 200 each and the fifth paid Rs. x, the average bill per person came out to be Rs. 210. What is the value of x?

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  15. 65
    A seller offers a 40%40\% discount on an item whose cost price is Rs. 720. Despite the discount, the seller earns a profit of 20%20\%. What must be the marked price?

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  16. 66
    If sin⁡A=0.6\sin A = 0.6, what is the value of tan⁡A\tan A ?

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  17. 67
    If sec⁡A+tan⁡A=p\sec A + \tan A = p, then what is sec⁡A\sec A in terms of p?

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  18. 68
    A circular jogging track has a radius of 50 m. A runner covers a curved path that subtends an angle of 120∘120^\circ at the center. What is the length of the arc she runs?

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  19. 69
    Which of the following is true for all acute angles A?

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  20. 70
    The compound interest on a certain sum for 3 years at 20%20\% per annum is ₹864. Find the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate and period.

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  21. 71
    What is the minimum distance between centers of two circles having radii 5 cm and 3 cm such that exactly three common tangents exist?

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  22. 72
    In a circle, angle subtended by chord AB at the center is 80∘80^\circ. What is the measure of angle ∠\angleACB, where C lies on the circle?

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  23. 73
    In a circle with center O, two chords, AB and CD, cross each other at right angles. If the distance from the center O to chord AB is 3 cm, while the distance from O to chord CD is 4 cm. What is the radius of the circle?

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  24. 74
    If the angle subtended by a chord at the center is 150∘150^\circ, what is the angle subtended at a point on the circle in the same segment?

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  25. 75
    A triangle ABC has a circle inscribed within it with sides a, b, c. The area of the triangle is A. What is the radius of the inscribed circle?

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English Comprehension

25 questions

  1. 76
    Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word. The new theory was dismissed as _____ by the mainstream scientific community.

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  2. 77
    Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: ASPERITY

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  3. 78
    Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. Pernicious

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  4. 79
    Choose the correct meaning of idiom: Know which way the wind blows

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  5. 80
    Choose the correct spelling for a word meaning 'someone who doubts everything'.

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  6. 81
    Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'A mild expression used to replace a harsh or blunt one'.

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  7. 82
    Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'A person who always looks at the negative side of things.'

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  8. In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage intently and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: To speak of the political as an abstract structure is, perhaps, already to concede to the logic of the archive: that which preserves through containment, and [1] _____ through its very naming. The subject here is neither born nor made—but suspended, deferred in the machinic interplay of signifiers. One becomes governable only to the extent that one appears, and to appear is already to capitulate to the syntax of recognition. Power, then, does not suppress but surfaces—it emerges in the folds of citation, in the gentle violence of classification. The biometric gaze is not ocular but computational; not what it sees, but what it does not allow to vanish. Resistance, if it resists at all, cannot be found in opposition, but in [2] _____—in the refusal to be coherent, in the grammarless whisper. The body, meanwhile, becomes a ledger: inscribed, decoded, re-encoded. What justice can exist in such a system? Not that of law, but of rupture. A justice that unbinds, that refuses the terms of its own invocation. It is not reparation that is sought, but [3] _____—the unworking of systems, the destitution of legibility. To enter this mode is to abandon appeal, to relinquish the comfort of meaning. One must instead submit to the possibility of a justice that never arrives, that remains [4] _____, excessive and unlocatable. Only then can we imagine a politics not of representation, but of presence without capture, of subjectivity without scaffolding. What remains, finally, is not identity but [5] _____—a presence that eludes, that persists in the absence of affirmation.
    83
    What should come in the place of blank number [1]?

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  9. 84
    What should come in the place of blank number [2]?

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  10. 85
    What should come in the place of blank number [3]?

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  11. 86
    What should come in the place of blank number [4]?

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  12. 87
    What should come in the place of blank number [5]?

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  13. 88
    Fill in the blank with the correct verb form: Scarcely had the CEO concluded her speech when the shareholders _____ to their feet.

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  14. 89
    Select the correct option: By the time the audit concludes, the firm ___ its compliance report.

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  15. 90
    Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: No sooner the results were announced (1)/ than the shareholders (2)/ started questioning the management's (3)/ strategic decisions. (4)/

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  16. 91
    Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The extent to which the minister’s statement came under criticism (1)/ reflects not merely public dissatisfaction (2)/ but also that the media has (3)/ increasingly begun scrutinising political rhetoric. (4)

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  17. 92
    Change the following from active to passive: They should be auditing the subsidiary accounts this quarter.

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  18. 93
    Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The monk rested near the cloister’s ambulatory.

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  19. 94
    Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The agreement was found to have been violated despite multiple warnings.

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  20. 95
    Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: He *is sleeping when I called* him.

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  21. 96
    Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: He is one of those students who *has never cheated*.

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  22. 97
    A sentence is provided in indirect speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding direct speech. He mentioned that his team would start the project next week.

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  23. 98
    A 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. She said, “I was reading a novel at that time.”

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  24. 99
    Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful passage: 1. The shift to renewable energy sources is essential for the future of our planet. 2. Solar and wind energy are among the most promising alternatives to fossil fuels. 3. Governments must invest in renewable energy infrastructure. 4. Energy storage solutions are critical to ensuring a stable energy supply.

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  25. 100
    Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a logical passage. 1. Therefore, fostering creativity is vital for innovation. 2. Creativity is often misunderstood as an innate talent. 3. However, it is a skill that can be developed and nurtured. 4. It involves imagination, critical thinking, and problem-solving.

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