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SSC CGL Tier I, 23 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

  1. 1
    Which letter lies exactly between H and P in the English alphabet?

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  2. 2
    Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. Villa No. 5, Green Meadows,Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru,Karnataka - 560076

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  3. 3
    The seminar in Nashik was held 2 days after the one in Surat. Indore's seminar was 3 days before the one in Surat. If the seminar in Indore was on 8th8^{th} April, when did the seminar in Nashik happen?

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  4. 4
    What should come in place of the question mark '?' in the following number series? 9, 14, 24, 39, 59, ?, 114

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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 < S > T = R \ge U > V Conclusion I: V<SV < S Conclusion II: P>TP > T

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  6. 6
    Identify the different island.

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  7. 7
    A is the brother of B. B is the son of C. How is A related to C?

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  8. 8
    Find the missing number: 6 : 42 :: 9 : ?

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  9. 9
    Read the following statement carefully and identify the conclusion that follows. Statement: Some cats are dogs.All dogs are animals. Conclusions: I. Some cats are animals. II. All cats are animals.

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  10. 10
    What comes next? 2, 4, 3, 6, 4, 8, ?

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  11. 11
    If "EUROPE" is coded as "AQNKLA", how is "RUSSIA" coded?

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  12. 12
    Which letter trio does NOT follow the ascending order? ABC, BCD, CDE, DFE, EFG

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  13. 13
    What comes next? CG, EI, GK, ?

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  14. 14
    Find the ODD one out. K2, Kangchenjunga, Nanda Devi, Doddabetta, Nanga Parbat

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  15. 15
    What should come at the place of question mark? : 101, 94, 87, 80, 73, ?

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  16. 16
    The price of an item first increases by 20% and then decreases by 20% from the new price. What is the net percentage change in the original price of the item?

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  17. 17
    If 5 2=27and72 = 27 and 7 3 = 64, what is 6 $ 4?

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  18. 18
    In a certain code, MOBILE is written as NQCKNG. How will TABLET be written?

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  19. 19
    In a certain code If 'FISH' is coded as '6-9-19-8', how will 'HSIF' be coded?

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  20. 20
    If @ = -, % = ×\times, # = +; then 10 % 2 @ 4 # 3 = ?

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  21. 21
    Statements: Some stars are planets. Some planets are moons. Conclusions: I. Some moons are stars. II. All planets being stars is a possibility.

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  22. 22
    What is the product of all digits from 0 to 9?

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  23. 23
    What is the sum of all digits in the telephone dial (0 to 9)?

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  24. 24
    If THRIVE is coded as UISJWF, how is UISJWF coded?

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  25. 25
    If MONKEY is written as XDJMNL, then how is TIGER written in that code?

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General Awareness

25 questions

  1. 26
    What is a key architectural feature of the Sun Temple at Modhera?

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  2. 27
    The traditional folk festival 'Phuldei', marked by floral offerings and cultural rituals, is primarily observed in which Indian state?

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  3. 28
    Which of the following sculptures does not originate from the Mathura region’s Kushana-period artistic production?

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  4. 29
    Which type of weapons were commonly used by Mesolithic people for hunting?

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  5. 30
    In the context of Gupta dynasty's urban administration, which of the following statements about the Adhisthanadhikarana is correct?

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  6. 31
    Statements about Indian Athletics: 1. Milkha Singh was the first Indian athlete to win an individual Commonwealth Games gold medal. 2. At Moscow 1980 Olympics PT Usha miss a bronze in 400m hurdles by one hundredth of a second at age 20. 3. The National Institute of Sports is located in Pune. Which of these statements are correct?

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  7. 32
    Which fourteenth-century traveller described how Indian chieftains fortified themselves using bamboo groves and rugged terrains for defence?

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  8. 33
    Fill in the blank: Pitt’s India Act 1784 created a six-member body called the ____ to supervise Company politics.

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  9. 34
    In a Grand Slam men's singles match, when is a fifth set tiebreak played under current rules?

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  10. 35
    Match the Water Polo terms with their correct definitions:
    TermsDefinitions
    A) Center forward1) Defensive player countering the opposition’s main attacker
    B) Driver2) Player swimming quickly into goal-scoring position without the ball
    C) Center back3) Main attacking player positioned near opponent’s goal between 2m and 4m lines
    D) Dead-time4) Time between foul whistle and play restart

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  11. 36
    Who is the author of the book The Elephant Paradigm'?

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  12. 37
    What is the central theme of the book 'The Tatas' by Girīśa Kubera and Vikrant Pande?

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  13. 38
    Where was the Katakkar Trophy's All India Inter-Club Winter Water Polo League (2024–25) held?

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  14. 39
    Which of the following accurately reflects the constitutional provisions and historical application of Financial Emergency under Article 360?

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  15. 40
    What is the audible frequency range for the human ear?

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  16. 41
    Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct options: Assertion (A): The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam recognizes electronic records as primary evidence. Reason (R): Section 62 states that electronic records are secondary unless accompanied by a printed certificate.

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  17. 42
    Consider the statements about Dumhal: 1. Exclusively Wattal men plant a banner before dancing. 2. It celebrates apple harvests in southern Kashmir. Which is/are correct?

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  18. 43
    Why are grants for asset creation still considered Revenue Expenditure?

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  19. 44
    Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct option: Assertion (A): CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) and SLR requirements increase the lending capacity of banks. Reason (R): These requirements reduce the amount of money banks can lend to the public.

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  20. 45
    The UN Sustainable Development Report 2024 primarily tracks progress towards which global goals?

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  21. 46
    The Chapekar Brothers (Damodar, Balkrishna, and Vasudeo) are remembered for assassinating a British official in response to injustices during the plague epidemic in which Indian city?

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  22. 47
    Read the following statements and mark the correct option: Assertion (A): Rani Gaidinliu continued the Heraka movement after the death of Jadonang. Reason (R): She aimed to convert the movement into a mass literacy campaign among Nagas.

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  23. 48
    The rolling plan concept was introduced during which Prime Minister's tenure?

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  24. 49
    What was the central theme of the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956?

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  25. 50
    What was the major short-term objective of the stabilization measures in the 1991 reforms?

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Quantitative Aptitude

25 questions

  1. 51
    A sum of money doubles itself at compound interest in 15 years. In how many years will it become eight times?

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  2. 52
    Which of these numbers is neither Rational nor Integer?

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  3. 53
    A train starts from a place Mumbai at 6 a.m. and arrives at Kolhapur at 2.30 p.m. on the same day. If the speed of the train is 60 km per hour, find the distance traveled by the train.

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  4. 54
    A spherical tank is filled with water. The radius of the sphere is 6 meters. The tank is used to fill cylindrical containers, each with a radius of 1 meter and a height of 12 meters. How many containers can be filled?

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  5. 55
    A perfect cube with a side length of 8 cm has the largest possible sphere fitted inside it. What is the volume of the empty space within the cube?

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  6. 56
    'A' and 'B' entered a joint venture. 'A' brought Rs. 1,50,000 and 'B' Rs. 2,00,000. 'A' also contributed skilled labor equivalent to Rs. 50,000. At the end of the year, they earned Rs. 1,20,000 in profit. If they agreed to divide the profit in proportion to their effective contributions, what was A’s share?

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  7. 57
    A banner is shaped like a trapezium with bases 5 m and 3 m, and height 4 m. If printing costs ₹250/m2250/\text{m}^2, what is the total cost?

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  8. 58
    A farmer’s land is two adjoining trapezoids: T1 with bases 70 m & 50 m, height 20 m; T2 with bases 50 m & 30 m, height 15 m. Land costs ₹60/m260/\text{m}^2. What is the total land cost?

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  9. 59
    The ratio of areas of two regular polygons with same number of sides is 4:9. What is the ratio of their side lengths?

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  10. 60
    A student scored 80% in one subject and 60% in another. Both subjects have equal maximum marks. What is the overall percentage?

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  11. 61
    A seller offers a combo deal: "Buy 3 shirts for the price of 2". If each shirt costs him Rs. 300, what is the effective loss percentage?

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  12. 62
    The price of a product is decreased by x% and then increased by x%. The final price becomes 10% less than the original. What is the value of x (approximately)?

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  13. 63
    The average of 5 different numbers is 24. If the smallest number is 15, what is the average of the remaining four numbers?

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  14. 64
    A prism with a parallelogram base has base area 80 cm2\text{cm}^2 and height 12 cm. If its lateral surface area is 384 cm2\text{cm}^2, what is the perimeter of the base?

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  15. 65
    The average score of 25 students in a test is 68. The top 5 scorers had an average of 80, and the lowest 5 had an average of 50. What is the average of the remaining 15 students?

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  16. 66
    A wholesaler offers a bulk order deal where a 10% discount is applied to orders above Rs. 15,000, and a 5% additional seasonal discount is available. What is the effective price paid for an order worth Rs. 20,000?

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  17. 67
    If sin⁡A=x\sin A = x, then what is the value of tan⁡A\tan A in terms of xx?

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  18. 68
    If sin⁡A=35\sin A = \frac{3}{5} and A lies in the 2nd quadrant, what is the value of tan⁡A\tan A?

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  19. 69
    The angle of a sector is π4\frac{\pi}{4} radians, and the radius of the circle is 8 cm. What is the area of the sector?

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  20. 70
    If sin⁡x=cos⁡(2x−10∘)\sin x = \cos(2x - 10^\circ), find the value of x.

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  21. 71
    Two circles have radii of 8 cm and 3 cm. The distance between their centers is 15 cm. What is the length of a direct common tangent?

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  22. 72
    A line from the center of a circle bisects a chord. What is the angle between this line and the chord?

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  23. 73
    A chord divides a circle into two arcs. The angle subtended by the major arc at the circumference is 110∘110^\circ . What is the central angle subtended by the major arc?

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  24. 74
    In a circle, chord AB subtends an angle of 50∘50^\circ at a point C on the circle. What is the angle subtended by the same chord AB at another point D on the same arc as C?

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  25. 75
    From an outside point P, two tangents, PA and PB, are drawn to a circle.A third tangent to the circle at a point Q intersects PA and PB at R and S respectively. If PA=10 cm, what is the perimeter of △PRS\triangle PRS?

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English Comprehension

25 questions

  1. 76
    Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word. The phenomenon could be explained by _________ fluctuations.

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

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

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  4. 79
    Choose the correct meaning of idiom: Play gooseberry

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  5. 80
    Select the correct spelling for a word meaning 'an internal split or division'.

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  6. 81
    Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'A government ruled by a single person with absolute power'.

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  7. 82
    Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'A person who doubts the sincerity or goodness of others'.

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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: The pursuit of global equity in the anthropocene is less a matter of distributive justice and more a theatre of ontological misrecognition. While the Global North presents technocratic solutions as universally applicable, such solutions often encode assumptions of temporal supremacy and civilizational [1] _______. Climate finance, for instance, masquerades as benevolence while entrenching hierarchies of surveillance and dependence. The epistemes of the South, rather than being engaged on their own terms, are often reconfigured through extractive logics of “capacity building,” a term whose etymology betrays its colonial [2] _______. Embedded within these discourses is the idea that certain populations must be “readied” for modernity—thus reproducing a pedagogical asymmetry that masks itself as aid.Meanwhile, planetary imaginaries are increasingly framed through cartographies of emergency. The language of “tipping points” and “irreversible loss” evokes a moral urgency that, paradoxically, facilitates a form of ecological [3] _______, wherein radical structural reform is substituted by incremental techno-fixes. Carbon offsets, biodiversity credits, and green financialization proliferate not as correctives, but as symptoms of an underlying refusal to dislodge anthropocentric capitalism. In such a milieu, protest is not silence-breaking but often met with strategic [4] _______, where rhetorical accommodation obscures institutional inertia. Civil society is co-opted, not crushed. The subaltern voice is archived, not amplified. Thus, to reclaim ecological justice is not merely to demand inclusion, but to interrogate the ontologies that define inclusion itself. Absent this, the dream of planetary stewardship will remain a ceremonial [5] _______, rich in symbolism, barren in substance.
    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 the correct degree of comparison: Of all the solutions proposed, this one is by far the _____.

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  14. 89
    Select the correct option: Their approach proved ___ effective that competitors quickly emulated it.

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  15. 90
    Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The new encryption protocol is capable for thwarting (1)/ sophisticated cyber-intrusions that were previously considered (2)/ impervious to defensive measures (3)/ according to recent white-paper findings. (4)/

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  16. 91
    Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: Had he not deferred the proposal for weeks, (1)/ the board would have had a better chance (2)/ to evaluating the project’s long-term viability (3)/ before the deadline lapsed. (4)

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  17. 92
    Change the following from active to passive: Do the experts regard this compound as hazardous?

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  18. 93
    Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The priest lifted the chalice during the Eucharist.

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  19. 94
    Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The guests must have been informed about the delay by the coordinator.

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  20. 95
    Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: This building *is built from bricks*.

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  21. 96
    Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: We must prevent him *to go there*.

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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 wondered why the lights had been left on all night.

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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. I said, “Why are you crying?”

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  24. 99
    Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful passage: 1. International space law governs satellite placement and liability.2. Treaties emerged during the Cold War to prevent militarization.3. New challenges include space debris and commercial mining.4. Regulation needs adaptation to current realities.

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  25. 100
    Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a logical passage. 1. This allows for greater efficiency and collaboration. 2. Cloud computing has revolutionized data storage and access. 3. It eliminates the need for extensive on-premise infrastructure. 4. Businesses worldwide are rapidly adopting this technology.

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