Surds, Indices and Simplification

157 SSC CGL Quantitative Aptitude previous year questions (PYQs) from 94 papers, 2023 to 2025, with answers and worked solutions.

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Difficulty: 126 easy · 31 moderate.
Most-asked subtopics: Simplification of Expressions (82), Fractions and Decimals (39), Surds and Rationalisation (19).
Updated 17 October 2026.

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SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 26 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q52Easy
#1Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 26 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q73Easy
#2Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q61Easy
#3Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q75Moderate
#4Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q66Easy
#5Simplification of Expressions
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SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q68Easy
#6Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q56Easy
#7Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q64Easy
#8Laws of Indices
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q65Easy
#9Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 24 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q68Easy
#10Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q58Easy
#11Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q61Easy
#12Fractions and Decimals
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q52Easy
#13Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q60Easy
#14Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q59Easy
#15Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 21 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q69Easy
#16Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q62Easy
#17Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q52Easy
#18Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q68Easy
#19Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q70Easy
#20Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 20 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q63Easy
#21Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 19 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q60Moderate
#22Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q51Moderate
#23Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q63Moderate
#24Surds and Rationalisation
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q69Moderate
#25Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 18 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q58Easy
#26Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q51Easy
#27Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q70Easy
#28Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q66Easy
#29Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q51Easy
#30Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 17 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q59Easy
#31Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 14 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q55Easy
#32Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 14 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q74Moderate
#33Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 14 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q56Easy
#34Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 14 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q73Moderate
#35Fractions and Decimals
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 14 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q67Easy
#36Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 14 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q69Easy
#37Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 27 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q62Easy
#38Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 27 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q70Easy
#39Fractions and Decimals
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 27 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q67Easy
#40Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 27 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q66Easy
#41Fractions and Decimals
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 26 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q60Easy
#42Fractions and Decimals
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 26 Jul 2023, Shift 2 · Q74Easy
#43Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 26 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q65Easy
#44Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 25 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q71Easy
#45Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 25 Jul 2023, Shift 4 · Q75Easy
#46Surds and Rationalisation
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 25 Jul 2023, Shift 3 · Q61Easy
#47Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2023 · Tier I, 25 Jul 2023, Shift 1 · Q60Moderate
#48Continued Fractions and Nested Radicals
SSC CGL · 2024 · Tier I, 26 Sep 2024, Shift 3 · Q66Moderate
#49Simplification of Expressions
SSC CGL · 2024 · Tier I, 26 Sep 2024, Shift 2 · Q69Moderate
#50Simplification of Expressions

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