SSC CGL 2016 Tier I — 31 August 2016, Shift 2

1. दिये गये विकल्पों में से संबन्धित शब्द/अक्षरों/संख्या को चुनिए। स्वच्छता : बीमारी :: सावधानी : ?

• (a) आराम
• (b) उपेक्षा
• (c) दुर्घटना
• (d) सुझाव

2. दिये गये विकल्पों में से संबन्धित शब्द/अक्षरों/संख्या को चुनिए।

• (a) HbjF
• (b) jHbF
• (c) FbjH
• (d) HjbF

3. Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives: 20 : 11 :: 102 : ?

• (a) 49
• (b) 52
• (c) 61
• (d) 58

4. निम्नलिखित में दिए गए विकल्पों में से विषम शब्द/अक्षर/संख्या युग्म को चुनिए ?

• (a) आदमी : गैराज
• (b) सुअर : शूकरशाला
• (c) घोड़ा : अस्तबल
• (d) गाय : छप्पर

5. निम्नलिखित में दिए गए विकल्पों में से विषम शब्द/अक्षर/संख्या को चुनिए ?

• (a) WVU
• (b) DBA
• (c) NML
• (d) HGF

6. निम्नलिखित में दिए गए विकल्पों में से विषम शब्द/अक्षर/संख्या को चुनिए ?

• (a) 1629
• (b) 3418
• (c) 2349
• (d) 1834

7. Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary. 1. Exploit 2.Explosive 3.Exponent 4.Exposition 5.Explore

• (a) 1, 3, 4, 5, 2
• (b) 1, 5, 2, 3, 4
• (c) 1, 5, 3, 2, 4
• (d) 1, 2, 5, 3, 4

8. निम्नलिखित मैं एक अनुक्रम दिया गया है, जिसमें एक पद लुस है। दिए गए विकल्पों में से वह सही विकल्प चुनिए जो अनुक्रम को पूरा करेगा ?

• (a) SIK
• (b) SIF
• (c) TIK
• (d) TIL

9. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. 100, 50, 52, 26, 28, ? , 16, 8

• (a) 14
• (b) 30
• (c) 32
• (d) 38

10. मिथलेश ने नेहा से कहा, " तुम्हारे इकलौते भाई का पुत्र मेरी पत्नी का भाई है।" नेहा का मिथलेश की पत्नी से संबंध बताइए ?

• (a) बुआ
• (b) सास
• (c) बहन
• (d) माता

11. W, X, Y and Z are four friends. W is shorter than X, but taller than Y, who is shorter than Z. Who is the shortest among all?

• (a) W
• (b) X
• (c) Y
• (d) Z

12. निम्नलिखित विकल्पों में से वह शब्द चुनिए जो दिए गए शब्द के अक्षरों का प्रयोग करके नहीं बनाया जा सकता ?

• (a) SPECIAL
• (b) TOPIC
• (c) SECULAR
• (d) CAUTION

13. यदि A = 26 और X-RAY = 40 हो,तो WHAT किसके बराबर होगा ?

• (a) 52
• (b) 54
• (c) 56
• (d) 58

14. If 'A' stands for '+' , 'B' stands for '-' , 'C' stands for 'x' , what is the value of (10C4)A(4C4)B6 = ?

• (a) 46
• (b) 50
• (c) 56
• (d) 60

15. If 324⊕289 = 35, 441⊕484 = 43, then 625⊕400 = ?

• (a) 431
• (b) 413
• (c) 341
• (d) 143

16. दिए गए विकल्पों में से लुप्त अंक ज्ञात कीजिए ? 12 8 4 8 4 12 4 12 8 100 44 ?

• (a) 80
• (b) 56
• (c) 48
• (d) 36

17. A person started walking towards West and covered a distance of 15m, he turned right and walked 10m. Again he turned right and walked 5m and in the end he turned left and walked 15m. Which direction is this person facing now?

• (a) North
• (b) South
• (c) East
• (d) West

18. Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement. Statements: 1. All cycles are ducks. 2. All ducks are swans. Conclusions: I. All swans are cycles. II. Some swans are cycles.

• (a) Only conclusion I follows
• (b) Only conclusion II follows
• (c) Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow
• (d) Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows

25. In this question, the sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., S can be represented by 02,11, etc., and 'L' can be represented by65, 86, etc. Similarly you have to identify the set for the word 'GATE'

• (a) 30, 89, 11, 57
• (b) 21, 68, 34, 78
• (c) 21, 96, 24, 78
• (d) 12, 89, 42, 68

26. Which institution is known as 'Soft Loan Window' of World Bank?

• (a) IDBI
• (b) IDA
• (c) IMF
• (d) RBI

27. Which curve shows the inverse relationship between unemployment and inflation rates

• (a) Supply curve
• (b) Indifference curve
• (c) IS curve
• (d) Phillips curve

28. भारत मैं सबसे लम्बा समुद्र - तट (सी - बीच ) कहाँ है ?

• (a) चपोरा तट (बीच)
• (b) दीव तट ( बीच)
• (c) अक्सा तट (बीच)
• (d) मरीना बीच

29. The Jammu and Kashmir State Legislative Assembly has a tenure of __________________

• (a) Six years
• (b) Five years
• (c) Four years
• (d) Seven years

30. निम्नलिखित में से कौन सी समिति को प्राककलन समिति की 'जुडवां बहन' कहा जाता है ?

• (a) लोक लेखा समिति
• (b) सार्वजनिक उपक्रम समिति
• (c) विभागीय स्थायी समिति
• (d) विशेषाधिकार समिति

32. भारत में अंग्रेजी शिक्षा किसने आरम्भ की ?

• (a) कर्ज़न
• (b) मैकाले
• (c) डलहोज़ी
• (d) बेन्टिक

33. आर्थिक फ्रेयाकलापों में अल्प कालिक संकुचन और विस्तार को क्या कहते है ?

• (a) विस्तार
• (b) मंदी
• (c) घाटा
• (d) व्यवसाय चक्र

34. निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा क्षेत्र कोयला-भंडार में सबसे अधिक समृद्ध है ?

• (a) ब्रह्मपुत्र घाटी
• (b) दामोदर घाटी
• (c) महानदी घाटी
• (d) गोदावरी घाटी

35. भूमध्यवर्ती मित्र में गहन वाष्पण के कारण होने वाली वर्षा को क्‍या कहते है ?

• (a) पर्वतीय वर्षा
• (b) चक्रवातीय वर्षा
• (c) वाताय वर्षा
• (d) संवहनी वर्षा

36. रक्तोत्पत्ति कहां होती है ?

• (a) फेफड़े
• (b) अग्नाशय
• (c) जिगर
• (d) अस्थि मज्जा

37. कौन सा हार्मोन रक्त में शर्करा की मात्रा नियंत्रित करता है ?

• (a) ग्लूकोजन
• (b) थायरॉक्सिन
• (c) ऑक्सीटोसिन
• (d) इन्सुलिन

38. Wall Street collapse led to _____________

• (a) World War II
• (b) Recession
• (c) U.S. attack on Iraq
• (d) Great Depression

39. गंधार कला किन दो कलाओं का संयोजन है ?

• (a) हिंद - रोमन
• (b) हिंद - यूनानी
• (c) हिंद - इस्लामिक
• (d) हिन्द - चीनी

40. यदि विद्युत प्रतिरोध कम करना हो तो प्रतिरोधकों की संख्या को किससे जोड़ना चाहिए ?

• (a) माला (सिरीज़)
• (b) समान्तर
• (c) मिश्रित व्यवस्था
• (d) इनमें से कोई नहीं

41. Related to computers, what is 'Wetware' ?

• (a) Computer programs
• (b) Circuitory
• (c) Human brain
• (d) Chemical storage devices

42. Indira Goswami, the famous editor, poet, scholar and writter won the Jnanpith Award in which language?

• (a) Bengali
• (b) Odia
• (c) Assamese
• (d) Hindi

43. समताप मंडल मैं पराबैंगनी विकिरण किसके द्वारा अवशोषित किया जाता है ?

• (a) SO 2
• (b) ओज़ोन
• (c) ऑक्सीजन
• (d) आर्गन

44. All isotopes of the same element have _____________

• (a) different atomic numbers and different atomic mass
• (b) different atomic numbers and the same atomic mass
• (c) the same atomic number but different atomic masses
• (d) the same atomic number and the atomic mass

45. Nitric acid does not react with

• (a) Gold
• (b) Copper
• (c) Zinc
• (d) Iron

46. नन्दादेवी चोटी किस राज्य में स्थित है ?

• (a) हिमाचल प्रदेश
• (b) उत्तराखण्ड
• (c) उत्तर प्रदेश
• (d) सिक्किम

47. Which one of the following industries is known as 'Sunrise Industry' ?

• (a) Iron & Steel
• (b) Cotton Textile
• (c) Information Technology
• (d) Tea & Coffee

48. The material used in electric heater is...

• (a) Tungsten
• (b) Nichrome
• (c) Brass
• (d) Steel

49. Pellagra and Scurvy are caused by which pair of vitamin deficiency respectively _____________________

• (a) Vitamin C and Vitamin D
• (b) Vitamin B-12 and Vitamin C
• (c) Vitamin C and Vitamin A
• (d) Vitamin A and Vitamin B-12

50. Who appoints the Finance Commission in India?

• (a) Governor, R.B.I.
• (b) CAG of India
• (c) President of India
• (d) Central Finance Minister

52. A rectangle with one side 4 cm is inscribed in a circle of radius 2.5 cm. The area of the rectangle is:

• (a) 8 cm2
• (b) 12 cm2
• (c) 16 cm2
• (d) 20 cm2

53. A merchant marked cloth at Rs. 50/metre . He offers 2 successive discounts of 15% and 20%. The net price/metre is :

• (a) Rs. 32.50
• (b) Rs. 42.50
• (c) Rs. 34.00
• (d) Rs. 40.00

54. 3 brothers divided Rs. 1620 among them in such a way that the share of second is equal to 5/13 of share of other two, combined. What is the share of the second one?

• (a) Rs. 1170
• (b) Rs. 450
• (c) Rs. 540
• (d) Rs. 500

55. कोई व्यापारी अपनी वस्तुओं के मूल्य उनके क्रय मूल्य से 20% अधिक पर अंकित करता है। फिर वह अंकित मूल्य पर एक ऐसी छूट देता है जिससे उसे 8% का लाभ होता है। दिये जाने वाली छूट की दर क्या है ?

• (a) 12%
• (b) 10%
• (c) 6%
• (d) 4%

56. किसी व्यक्ति का वेतन 20% कम किया गया। उसे उसके पुराने वेतन पर लाने के लिए उसके वर्तमान वेतन को कितना बढ़ाना होगा ?

• (a) 20%
• (b) 25%
• (c) 17.5%
• (d) 22.5%

57. Two buses travel to a place at 45 km/hr and 60 km/hr respectively. If the second bus takes 5½ hours less than the first for the journey, the length of the journey is:

• (a) 900 km
• (b) 945 km
• (c) 990 km
• (d) 1350 km

59. An exterior angle of a triangle is 115o and one of the interior opposite angle is 45o. Then the other two angles are

• (a) 65o, 70o
• (b) 60o, 75o
• (c) 45o, 90o
• (d) 50o, 85o

62. If 4x2 - 12x + k is a perfect square, then the value of k is

• (a) 2
• (b) 9
• (c) 12
• (d) 10

63. (1132 + 1152 + 1172 - 113 x 115 - 115 x 117 - 117 x 113) is equal to

• (a) 0
• (b) 4
• (c) 8
• (d) 12

64. The average of runs scored by a cricketer in his 99 innings is 99. How many runs will he have to score in his 100th innings so that his average of runs in 100 innings may be 100?

• (a) 100
• (b) 99
• (c) 199
• (d) 101

66. If p3 - q3 = (p - q) ( (p - q)2 + x p q ) then value of x is

• (a) 1
• (b) -1
• (c) 3
• (d) 2

68. The top of a broken tree touches the ground at a distance of 15 m from its base. If the tree is broken at a height of 8 m from the ground, then the actual height of the tree is

• (a) 17 m
• (b) 20 m
• (c) 25 m
• (d) 30 m

69. In ∆PQR, straight line parallel to the base QR cuts PQ at X and PR at Y. If PX:XQ = 5:6, then the XY:QR will be

• (a) 5:11
• (b) 6:5
• (c) 11:6
• (d) 11:5

70. A man borrowed some money from a private organisation at 5% simple interest per annum. He lended this money to another person at 10% compound interest per annum, and made a profit of ₹ 26,410 in 4 years. The man borrowed

• (a) 200000
• (b) 150000
• (c) 132050
• (d) 100000

72. The Bar graphs represents the number of road accidents due to bus and car during the years 2008 - 2013. Study the graph and answer the questions. The total number of road accidents in the year 2009, 2011 and 2013 combined together is

• (a) 180000
• (b) 110000
• (c) 70000
• (d) 160000

73. The Bar graphs represents the number of road accidents due to bus and car during the years 2008 - 2013. Study the graph and answer the questions. The ratio of the road accidents due to Bus in the year 2008 to that by Car in the year 2012 is

• (a) 2:1
• (b) 1:2
• (c) 2:3
• (d) 3:4

74. The Bar graphs represents the number of road accidents due to bus and car during the years 2008 - 2013. Study the graph and answer the questions. The respective ratio between the accidents by cars in the year 2012, 2010 and 2009 is

• (a) 2:5:4
• (b) 4:5:4
• (c) 4:3:2
• (d) 4:5:2

75. The Bar graphs represents the number of road accidents due to bus and car during the years 2008 - 2013. Study the graph and answer the questions. The ratio of the averages of the road accidents due to Bus to that by Car in the year 2008, 2011 and 2013 is

• (a) 4:5
• (b) 5:4
• (c) 5:1
• (d) 1:4

76. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it. LETHARGIC

• (a) ENERGETIC
• (b) LAZY
• (c) LETHAL
• (d) LEGAL

77. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it. MALLEABLE

• (a) TEACHABLE
• (b) INTRACTABLE
• (c) MANAGEABLE
• (d) PLIABLE

78. Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

• (a) Persemonious
• (b) Persimonoius
• (c) Parsemonious
• (d) Parsimonious

79. In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option. Sooner had he come (A)/ his colleagues (B)/ organised a get together (C)/ No Error (D)

• (a) A
• (b) B
• (c) C
• (d) D

80. In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option. I enjoyed during (A)/ my tenure (B)/ at Shimla (C)/ No error (D)

• (a) A
• (b) B
• (c) C
• (d) D

81. In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option. The Government offered him (A)/ clerical job (B)/ but he turned it over (C) / No error (D)

• (a) A
• (b) B
• (c) C
• (d) D

82. The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. After a noisy and tumultuous supper, we __________ for the day.

• (a) retirement
• (b) retiring
• (c) retired
• (d) retire

83. The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. The villager cried __________ his voice for help

• (a) on the top of
• (b) in the top of
• (c) from the top of
• (d) at the top of

84. The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. Simon teaches children __________ water colour painting

• (a) the art on
• (b) the art in
• (c) the art by
• (d) the art of

85. In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it. Be down with

• (a) Suffering from
• (b) In grief with
• (c) In pain with
• (d) Aching with

86. In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it. Fair - weather friend

• (a) Honest only when easy and convenient
• (b) Truthful only when easy and convenient
• (c) Supports only when easy and convenient
• (d) Temporary only when easy and convenient

87. In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it. Pull together

• (a) Become friends
• (b) Work harmoniously
• (c) Be successful
• (d) Live happily

88. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it. A place where soldiers live

• (a) Tanks
• (b) Shacks
• (c) Ordnance Depots
• (d) Barracks

89. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it. A man who collects old and new coins.

• (a) Geologist
• (b) Numismatist
• (c) Archaeologist
• (d) Zoologist

90. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it. Regular users of places/restaurant etc.

• (a) Client
• (b) Clientele
• (c) Often
• (d) Usage

96. To which the little man, who owed his life to his own presence of mind and not to the boasted bravery and fidelity of his companion, replied, "why, he said, 'put not your trust in braggarts,' and I shall take his advice." What were the two men talking about while walking along the forest path?

• (a) About their wives and children.
• (b) About money and fame.
• (c) About friendship and enjoyment.
• (d) About courage and loyalty.

97. To which the little man, who owed his life to his own presence of mind and not to the boasted bravery and fidelity of his companion, replied, "why, he said, 'put not your trust in braggarts,' and I shall take his advice." What is the meaning of the word "fidelity"?

• (a) Muscle
• (b) Strength
• (c) Faithfulness
• (d) Courage

98. To which the little man, who owed his life to his own presence of mind and not to the boasted bravery and fidelity of his companion, replied, "why, he said, 'put not your trust in braggarts,' and I shall take his advice." After seeing the bear, what happened to the boaster?

• (a) He fled home.
• (b) He hid himself behind the rock.
• (c) He hid himself behind a shed.
• (d) He fled and climbed up the nearest tree.

99. To which the little man, who owed his life to his own presence of mind and not to the boasted bravery and fidelity of his companion, replied, "why, he said, 'put not your trust in braggarts,' and I shall take his advice." What made the bear go away after examining the man?

• (a) The bear thought the man was dead.
• (b) The bear could not stand the bad odour of the man.
• (c) The bear did not want to eat the man.
• (d) The bear heard a noise and was scarred.

100. To which the little man, who owed his life to his own presence of mind and not to the boasted bravery and fidelity of his companion, replied, "why, he said, 'put not your trust in braggarts,' and I shall take his advice." What saved the little man?

• (a) The aid from the villagers
• (b) His friend's bravery
• (c) His own presence of mind
• (d) His own courage