SSC CGL 2017 Tier I — 22 August 2017, Shift 3

1. दिए गए विकल्पों में से संबंधित शब्द को चुनिए। पेंच : पेंच कस :: कील : ?

• (a) कील कस
• (b) पॉलिश
• (c) स्टील
• (d) हथौड़ा

2. दिए गए विकल्पों मैं से संबंधित अक्षरों को चुनिए। ACE : YAC :: BDF : ?

• (a) PRS
• (b) XYA
• (c) ZBD
• (d) FDB

3. दिए गए विकल्पों में से संबंधित संख्या को चुनिए। 10 : 1000 :: 2 : ?

• (a) 4
• (b) 0.5
• (c) 20
• (d) 8

4. दिए गए विकल्पों में से विषम शब्द को चुनिए।

• (a) बल्लेबाज
• (b) अंपायर
• (c) गेंदबाज
• (d) विकेट कीपर

5. दिए गए विकल्पों में से विषम अक्षरों को चुनिए।

• (a) CEG
• (b) IKM
• (c) ORU
• (d) VXZ

6. दिए गए विकल्पों में से विषम संख्या को चुनिए।

• (a) 42
• (b) 84
• (c) 91
• (d) 71

7. एक अनुक्रम दिया गया है, जिसमें एक शब्द लुप्त है। दिए गए विकल्पों में से वह सही विकल्प चुनिए जो अनुक्रम को पूरा करे। nature, ensure, tense, spent, spurn, ?

• (a) pushup
• (b) thrash
• (c) upturn
• (d) asset

8. एक अनुक्रम दिया गया है, जिसमें एक पद लुप्त है। दिए गए विकल्पों में से वह सही विकल्प चुनिए जो अनुक्रम को पूरा करे। R, M, I, F, D, ?

• (a) B
• (b) C
• (c) A
• (d) E

9. एक अनुक्रम दिया गया है, जिसमें एक संख्या लुप्त है। दिए गए विकल्पों में से वह सही विकल्प चुनिए जो अनुक्रम को पूरा करे। -0.5, -0.35, -0.2, -0.05, ? , 0.25

• (a) -0.1
• (b) 0.1
• (c) 0.15
• (d) -0.15

10. Aayush's birthday is on Monday 22nd May. On what day of the week will be Neerav's Birthday in the same year if Neerav was born on 30th October?

• (a) Monday
• (b) Wednesday
• (c) Friday
• (d) Thursday

11. The weights of 4 boxes are 90, 30, 20 and 50 kilograms. Which of the following cannot be the total weight, in kilograms, of any combination of these boxes and in a combination a box can be used only once?

• (a) 190
• (b) 170
• (c) 100
• (d) 150

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

• (a) ALIEN
• (b) FINAL
• (c) LEARN
• (d) URINE

13. यदि FLOTSAM को किसी कोड में UOLGHZN लिखा जाता है, तो PIN को उसी कोड में क्या लिखा जाएगा?

• (a) KRM
• (b) GEH
• (c) OBI
• (d) DVW

14. In a certain code language, '+' represents 'x', '-' represents '+', 'x' represents '÷' and '÷' represents '-'. What is the answer to the following question? 234 x 9 - 12 + 4 = ?

• (a) 74
• (b) 48
• (c) 94
• (d) 82

15. If 23$35 = 13, 3$5 = 8 then what is the value of 4$13 = ?

• (a) 8
• (b) 14
• (c) 6
• (d) 49

17. A migrating bird flies 40 km North, then turns East and flies 50 km, then turns North and flies 110 km, and turns to its left and flies 50 km. Where is it now with reference to its starting position?

• (a) 150 km South
• (b) 150 km North
• (c) 70 km North
• (d) 70 km South

24. The _________ balance is equal to capital flows from the rest of the world, minus capital flows to the rest of the world.

• (a) Current Account
• (b) Savings Account
• (c) Capital Account
• (d) Asset Account

25. If a consumer's demand for a good moves in the same direction as the consumer's income, the consumer's demand for that good must be inversely related to the price of the good is called __________.

• (a) Law of demand
• (b) Law of supply
• (c) Law of substitution
• (d) Law of optimal choice

26. "कृषि आय पर लगने वाला कर" भारत के संविधान की सातवीं अनुसूची में दी गयी ____ सूची में सूचीबद्ध है।

• (a) केंद्रीय
• (b) राज्य
• (c) विश्व
• (d) समवर्ती

27. __________ approves constitutional amendments.

• (a) Rajya Sabha
• (b) Ministry of Defence
• (c) Prime Minister's Office
• (d) Securities and Exchange Board of India

28. After the defeat at Plassey, Sirajuddaullah was assassinated and ________ was made the nawab.

• (a) Mir Jafar
• (b) Mir Qasim
• (c) Haider Ali
• (d) Tipu Sultan

29. शेरशाह सूर ने किस मुग़ल शासक को पराजित किया?

• (a) हुमायूं
• (b) तैमूर लंग
• (c) नादिर शाह
• (d) अहमद शाह अब्दाली

30. As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases and the river begins to break up into a number of streams called ___________.

• (a) Plateau
• (b) Isthmus
• (c) Peninsula
• (d) Distributaries

31. The method of soil conservation in which rocks are piled up to slow down the flow of water which prevents gullies and further soil loss is called?

• (a) Mulching
• (b) Contour barriers
• (c) Rock dam
• (d) Terrace farming

32. In females, the uterus is __________.

• (a) Single
• (b) Double
• (c) Triple
• (d) Four

33. निम्नलिखित में से कौन सा सही नहीं है?

• (a) क्लोरोफाइसी के सदस्यों को हरा शैवाल कहते हैं।
• (b) फीयोफाइसी के सदस्यों को लाल शैवाल कहते हैं।
• (c) रोडोफाइसी के सदस्यों को लाल शैवाल कहते हैं।
• (d) फीयोफाइसी के सदस्यों को भूरा शैवाल कहते हैं।

34. एडमसिया (समुद्र ऐनीमोन), पेनेट्युला (समुद्री पिच्छ) किस संघ के उदाहरण हैं?

• (a) सिलेन्ट्रेटा
• (b) ऐस्केलमिन्थीज़
• (c) ऐनेलिडा
• (d) आर्थोपोडा

35. यदि किसी वस्तु पर लगाया गया बल वस्तु की गति की दिशा में हो तो वस्तु की गति ___ ।

• (a) बढ़ती है
• (b) रुक जाती है
• (c) कम होती है
• (d) कोई प्रभाव नहीं

36. The shape of the outer part of the ear is like a __________.

• (a) funnel
• (b) plate
• (c) drum
• (d) disc

37. In Microsoft Excel, the _________() function is used to count the number of cells that contain numbers within the list of arguments.

• (a) COUNTIF
• (b) COUNT
• (c) SUMCOUNT
• (d) COUNTSUM

38. Fabric made from_________ does not get wrinkled easily.

• (a) Cotton
• (b) Flax
• (c) Silk
• (d) Polyester

39. जब कार्बन डाइऑक्साइड को चूने के पानी में प्रवाहित किया जाता है तो क्या बनता है?

• (a) कॉपर सल्फेट
• (b) कैल्सियम कार्बेनेट
• (c) मैग्नीशियम ऑक्साइड
• (d) बेकिंग सोडा

40. The salt concentration (measured as salinity in parts per thousand), is greater than _______ % in hypersaline lagoons.

• (a) 50
• (b) 100
• (c) 150
• (d) 200

41. ______________ scheme launched by the Central Government aims to cover all those children by 2020 who are either unvaccinated, or are partially vaccinated against seven vaccine preventable diseases.

• (a) Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana
• (b) Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
• (c) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana
• (d) Indradanush Scheme

42. Who discovered Penicillin?

• (a) Edward Jenner
• (b) Niels Bohr
• (c) Sir Alexander Fleming
• (d) Heinrich Hertz

43. ओलंपिक्स मैं किसने सबसे अधिक स्वर्ण पदक जीते हैं?

• (a) उसैन बोल्ट
• (b) कैटी लेडेकी
• (c) माइकल फ़ेल्प्स
• (d) चेन लॉग

44. Gol Gumbaz was built in which century?

• (a) 15th
• (b) 16th
• (c) 17th
• (d) 18th

45. Which of the following was the winner of the Grammy Awards 2016 "Album of the Year"?

• (a) Sound & Color
• (b) 2050
• (c) 1989
• (d) Beauty Behind the Madness

46. Which of the statements given below are correct? 1. The author of the novel 'Atonement' is Ian McEwan. 2. The author of the novel 'The Sound and the Fury' is L. Ron Hubbard. 3. The author of the novel 'White Teeth' is Zadie Smith.

• (a) 1 and 2
• (b) 2 and 3
• (c) 1 and 3
• (d) 1, 2 and 3

47. Sodimejo, the world's ‘oldest man' died at the age of 146. Which country was he from?

• (a) India
• (b) Pakistan
• (c) Indonesia
• (d) Croatia

48. एसएएआरसी के वर्तमान महासचिव कौन हैं?

• (a) ताजुद्दीन अहमद
• (b) मुजीबुर रहमान
• (c) मोहम्मद मंसूर अली
• (d) श्री अमजद हुसैन बी सियल

49. What is the LCM of 120 and 450?

• (a) 2400
• (b) 1800
• (c) 3600
• (d) 4800

50. A, B and C can do a job working alone in 6, 9 and 18 days respectively. They all work together for 1 day, then A and B quit. How many days C working alone will take to complete the remainder of the job?

• (a) 9
• (b) 6
• (c) 12
• (d) 10

51. What is the diameter (in cm) of a sphere of surface area 6.16 sq cm?

• (a) 1.4
• (b) 0.7
• (c) 2.8
• (d) 2.1

52. The discount offered on a Shirt of Rs 500 and a pair of Trousers of Rs 1000 is 20% and 40% respectively. If Ajay bought 2 Shirt and 3 pair of Trousers then what was the effective discount ( in %) he recieved?

• (a) 30
• (b) 32
• (c) 25
• (d) 35

53. If A's wealth is 4/9 times of B's and C's is 7/6 times of B's, what is the ratio of C's wealth to A's?

• (a) (8:21)
• (b) (21:8)
• (c) (27:14)
• (d) (14:27)

54. चार लगातार विषम संख्याओं का औसत 40 है। विशालतम संख्या कौन सी है?

• (a) 42
• (b) 45
• (c) 43
• (d) 44

55. If a wholesaler, sells a tin of coffee at Rs 528 he faces a loss of 12%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs 636, what will be the profit (in %)?

• (a) 7
• (b) 5
• (c) 6
• (d) 4

56. एक व्यक्ति अपनी संपत्ति का 40% अपनी पत्नी को और शेष अपने बच्चों को देता है। बच्चों के पास पत्नी को दिए धन का कितना प्रतिशत है?

• (a) 150
• (b) 66.6
• (c) 50
• (d) 20

57. If a person walks at 12 km/hr instead of 10 km/hr, he would have walked 1 km more in the same time. What is the actual distance (in kms) travelled by him at 10 km/hr in the same time?

• (a) 8
• (b) 10
• (c) 5
• (d) 12

58. Albert invested an amount of x rupees in a fixed deposit scheme offering 10% per annum for 1st year and 15% per annum for 2nd year and received an amount of Rs 20,240 after the two years. What is x (in Rs)?

• (a) 15000
• (b) 16000
• (c) 14000
• (d) 18000

59. If 10x/3 + 5/2(2 - x/3) = 7/2, then the value of x is?

• (a) 3/5
• (b) -5/3
• (c) 5/3
• (d) -3/5

60. If a - b = 2 and ab = 15, then what is the value of a3 - b3?

• (a) 152
• (b) 112
• (c) 108
• (d) 98

61. The sum of a fraction and 4 times its reciprocal is 13/3. What is the fraction?

• (a) 4/3
• (b) 3/4
• (c) 5/4
• (d) 4/5

62. The 3rd and 8th term of an arithmetic progression are -14 and 1 respectively. What is the 11th term?

• (a) 14
• (b) 16
• (c) 20
• (d) 10

63. What is the reflection of the point (5, 3) in the line y = -2?

• (a) (-9 , 3)
• (b) (-5 , -7)
• (c) (-9 , -3)
• (d) (5 , -7)

64. The distance between the points (4, 8) and (k,-4) is 13. What is the value of k?

• (a) 1
• (b) 3
• (c) -1
• (d) -3

65. What is the equation of the line perpendicular to the line 2x + 3y= -6 and having Y-intercept 3?

• (a) 3x - 2y = 6
• (b) 3x - 2y = -6
• (c) 2x - 3y = -6
• (d) 2x - 3y = 6

66. D and E are points on side AB and AC of ΔABC. DE is parallel to BC. If AD:DB = 2:3 and area of ΔADE is 4 sq cm, what is the area (in sq cm) of quadrilateral BDEC.

• (a) 25
• (b) 21
• (c) 5
• (d) 9

67. What is the value of Sin 30o - Cosec 45o?

• (a) (2√6 - 1)/√3
• (b) (1 - 2√3)/2
• (c) (√2 - √3)/√6
• (d) (1 - 2√2)/2

68. Δ LMN is right angled at M. If m∠N = 45°, what is the length of MN (in cm), if NL = 9√2 cm?

• (a) 9√2
• (b) 9/√2
• (c) 18
• (d) 9

70. In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. Freedom fighters laboured (1)/ to the good of (2)/the poor enslaved masses.(3)/No Error (4)

• (a) 1
• (b) 2
• (c) 3
• (d) 4

71. In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'. Father was upset (1)/when he found that (2)/you are not there.(3)/No Error (4)

• (a) 1
• (b) 2
• (c) 3
• (d) 4

72. In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. To ensure a _________ reply, please include all pertinent details in your email.

• (a) prompt
• (b) efficient
• (c) tardy
• (d) strange

73. In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option. The survey provided the company with a wide __________ of feedback on its products.

• (a) spectrum
• (b) option
• (c) choices
• (d) colours

74. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given. Ravage

• (a) Surrender
• (b) Construct
• (c) Damage
• (d) Liberate

75. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given. Ravish

• (a) Repulse
• (b) Enthrall
• (c) Offend
• (d) Depress

76. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given. Rebate

• (a) Deduction
• (b) Bonus
• (c) Increase
• (d) Remission

77. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given. Rebuke

• (a) Admonition
• (b) Censure
• (c) Scold
• (d) Flattery

78. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase. Achilles' heel

• (a) A fatal weakness in spite of overall strength.
• (b) A secret weapon to be used as a last resort.
• (c) A past deed which one is trying to hide.
• (d) The person who is blamed if anything goes wrong.

79. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase. Beat around the bush

• (a) To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.
• (b) Talk bad about a person, often in the absence of that person.
• (c) Spend a fun jovial time.
• (d) It is wise to ignore hardships and continue with your task.

80. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement". As long as we are in this historical city let us spend our time (doing sightseeing).

• (a) to sightsee
• (b) sightsee
• (c) sightseeing
• (d) no improvement

81. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement". He proposed (meets) me at the temple.

• (a) for meeting
• (b) to meet
• (c) meeting with
• (d) no improvement

82. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence. Irritating inconvenience

• (a) Tranquillity
• (b) Hassle
• (c) Harmony
• (d) Rectitude

83. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence. A punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract.

• (a) Penalty
• (b) Reprieve
• (c) Grace
• (d) Amnesty

84. In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

• (a) atrocias
• (b) atrocious
• (c) atroceous
• (d) atroacious

85. In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

• (a) curvacias
• (b) curvaceous
• (c) curvaceuse
• (d) curveaceous

86. The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph. Now I just have to keep my X-place and not let that scrawny Y-guy with gelled Z-hair edge in front of me

• (a) YZX
• (b) XYZ
• (c) ZXY
• (d) XZY

87. The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph. The idea of a standard time X-lives that we often take it for Y-zone has become so integral to our Z-granted and assume it to be a part of natural phenomena

• (a) ZYX
• (b) XYZ
• (c) YZX
• (d) YXZ

88. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice. Varun ate six rotis at dinner.

• (a) At dinner, six rotis was ate by Varun.
• (b) At dinner, six rotis were eaten by Varun.
• (c) At dinner, Varun had eaten six rotis.
• (d) At dinner, had Varun eaten six rotis.

89. In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. "What is your name?" she asked him.

• (a) She asked him what his name is.
• (b) She asked him what his name has been.
• (c) She asked him what is his name.
• (d) She asked him what his name was.

90. _________________ the base of psychiatrists is low in relation to the need

• (a) Since
• (b) Why
• (c) As soon as
• (d) Where

91. many of them are not confident ________________ with their training

• (a) lot
• (b) enough
• (c) very
• (d) much

92. ______________ a concerted effort, primary care physicians can be trained

• (a) To
• (b) For
• (c) But
• (d) With

93. severe problems, ________________ from anxiety disorders to depression

• (a) ranging
• (b) coming
• (c) distancing
• (d) longing

94. psychoses and conditions arising from alcohol and substance _______________.

• (a) abuse
• (b) eating
• (c) sale
• (d) withdrawal