SSC CGL 2019 Tier I — 6 March 2020, Shift 1

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1. Which of the following gases is consistently seen to be most abundant in a volcanic eruption?

• (a) Hydrogen Sulphide
• (b) Sulphur Dioxide
• (c) Water vapour
• (d) Carbon Dioxide

2. Mehrunnisa who was known as Nur Jahan was the wife of ______.

• (a) Shah Jahan
• (b) Akbar
• (c) Jahangir
• (d) Aurangzeb

3. Which of the following is a natural flame retardant?

• (a) Skin
• (b) Flowers
• (c) DNA
• (d) RNA

4. Who is the first General of the Indian Army, whose retirement day is celebrated as the 'Armed Forces Veterans Day' every year?

• (a) General Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji
• (b) General S.M. Srinagesh
• (c) General K.S. Thimayya
• (d) General K. M. Cariappa

5. In which year did D.C. Sircar publish Indian Epigraphy and Indian Epigraphical Glossary?

• (a) 1964-65
• (b) 1966-67
• (c) 1965-66
• (d) 1967-68

6. Which International organisation released the ‘World Energy Outlook 2019’ Report?

• (a) International Energy Agency
• (b) United Nations
• (c) World Trade Organisation
• (d) UNESCO

7. Alyssa Healy who created a world record by becoming the highest scorer in women's T20I, belongs to ______.

• (a) Japan
• (b) India
• (c) Australia
• (d) Canada

8. Which leader gave us the C R Formula?

• (a) C. Rajagopalachari
• (b) Mahatma Gandhi
• (c) Tilak
• (d) C. R. Das

9. In the sequence of planets in the Solar system, which planet comes in between Mercury and Earth?

• (a) Uranus
• (b) Jupiter
• (c) Venus
• (d) Mars

10. Which of the following is the first South Asian country to call match-fixing a crime?

• (a) India
• (b) Nepal
• (c) Sri Lanka
• (d) Pakistan

11. Madhavpur Mela takes place in ______.

• (a) Madhya Pradesh
• (b) Maharashtra
• (c) Uttar Pradesh
• (d) Gujarat

12. Name the Indian wrestler who has been named the Junior Freestyle Wrestler of the year (2019) by United World Wrestling (UWW).

• (a) Amita Bagchi
• (b) B.P. Raju
• (c) Deepak Punia
• (d) Kamareddy

13. Name the only metal that is antibacterial.

• (a) Sodium
• (b) Copper
• (c) Iron
• (d) Aluminium

14. Merchant discount rate refers to ______.

• (a) the total discount a merchant offers on online transactions
• (b) the total discount a bank offers to the merchant for promoting online transactions
• (c) only taxes that a digital payment entails
• (d) the rate charged to a merchant for payment processing services on debit and credit card transactions

15. Who performs the task of capturing oxygen in the blood?

• (a) Red blood cells
• (b) Haemoglobin
• (c) Chlorophyll
• (d) White blood cells

16. UN Women propose to partner with ______ gender park with an aim to secure gender parity in South Asia.

• (a) Kerala’s
• (b) Punjab’s
• (c) Haryana’s
• (d) Rajasthan’s

17. Which of the following diseases is NOT transmitted from one person to another?

• (a) Hepatitis B
• (b) Syphilis
• (c) Cirrhosis
• (d) AIDS

18. If the inflation in an economy is rising steadily, the Central Bank might ______.

• (a) decrease the repo rate
• (b) increase the repo rate
• (c) decrease the reverse repo rate
• (d) keep the repo rate unchanged

19. When did the Vikrama Era begin?

• (a) 55 BC
• (b) 47 BC
• (c) 57 BC
• (d) 50 BC

20. To which of the following Indian states does Mardani Khel, one of the famous martial art forms in India belong?

• (a) Uttar Pradesh
• (b) Rajasthan
• (c) Madhya Pradesh
• (d) Maharashtra

21. The SDG India index is developed by ______.

• (a) Ministry of Environmental, Forests and Climate Change
• (b) World Bank
• (c) Ministry of Home Affairs
• (d) NITI Aayog

22. The Supreme Court has declared access to the internet a fundamental right under Article ______ of the Indian Constitution.

• (a) 14
• (b) 19
• (c) 21
• (d) 17

23. Which Indian journalist was honoured with India's Most Powerful Woman in Media Award during the prestigious Confluence Excellence Award ceremony held in the British parliament on 27 September 2019?

• (a) Anubha Bhonsle
• (b) Sunetra Chaudhary
• (c) Kalli Puri
• (d) Sona Choudhary

24. On which river and in which state is the Jayakwadi dam situated?

• (a) Ravi river - Punjab
• (b) Banas river - Rajasthan
• (c) Godavari river - Maharashtra
• (d) Periyar river - Kerala

25. Which of the following is the primary sex organ in females?

• (a) Vagina
• (b) Ovary
• (c) Uterus
• (d) Fallopian tube

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1. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error' Those who are late they will not be allowed inside the classroom.

• (a) inside the classroom
• (b) they will not be allowed
• (c) Those who are late
• (d) No error

2. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrase. Having two opposing feelings at the same time

• (a) Coinciding
• (b) Ambivalent
• (c) Equivalent
• (d) Contemporary

3. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement. We came back because we had ran out of money.

• (a) No improvement
• (b) we had run
• (c) we run
• (d) we have ran

4. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Persist

• (a) Insist
• (b) Remain
• (c) Cease
• (d) Continue

5. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The farmer is ploughing the fields.

• (a) The fields have been ploughed by the farmer.
• (b) The fields are being ploughed by the farmer.
• (c) The fields were ploughed by the farmer.
• (d) The fields are ploughed by the farmer.

6. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. "What a rare flower!" she said.

• (a) She exclaimed that it was a very rare flower.
• (b) She told that what a rare flower it was.
• (c) She exclaimed what a rare flower it is.
• (d) She asked if it was a rare flower.

7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 1.

• (a) afforded
• (b) ordered
• (c) offered
• (d) extended

8. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 2.

• (a) for
• (b) on
• (c) at
• (d) after

9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 3.

• (a) coping
• (b) struggling
• (c) tackling
• (d) seeking

10. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 4.

• (a) was making
• (b) has made
• (c) were making
• (d) make

11. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 5.

• (a) take back
• (b) take out
• (c) take away
• (d) take in

12. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The roof of the old building ______ during the storm.

• (a) destroyed
• (b) scratched
• (c) demolished
• (d) collapsed

13. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement. When it started raining, I ran to the nearer house for shelter.

• (a) a near house
• (b) the near house
• (c) No improvement
• (d) the nearest house

14. Select the wrongly spelt word.

• (a) Sieze
• (b) Fierce
• (c) Piece
• (d) Grief

15. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error' Everyone except she have travelled by air.

• (a) Everyone except
• (b) No error
• (c) she have
• (d) travelled by air

16. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrase. A group of ships

• (a) fleet
• (b) colony
• (c) swarm
• (d) squad

17. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Glee

• (a) Woe
• (b) Bliss
• (c) Joy
• (d) Fun

18. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Ovation

• (a) Preparation
• (b) Censure
• (c) Creation
• (d) Applause

19. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. Much of this war had taken place along the Western Front. B. Both sides had dug in deep and each lost many men over little ground. C. This front was a line of trenches across which the two sides faced each other. D. Andre Maginot had fought a war with the French against the Germans.

• (a) ACDB
• (b) BCDA
• (c) DACB
• (d) DBCA

20. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Chicken-hearted

• (a) Cowardly
• (b) Generous
• (c) Miserly
• (d) Selfish

21. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. By and by

• (a) Suddenly
• (b) Gradually
• (c) By any means
• (d) On the whole

22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. She ______ how the magician had performed the rope trick.

• (a) suspected
• (b) wondered
• (c) bewildered
• (d) puzzled

23. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

• (a) Acquaintence
• (b) Abandon
• (c) Alliance
• (d) Acquisition

24. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Preferred

• (a) Compared
• (b) Adored
• (c) Feared
• (d) Favoured

25. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. The mountain range was covered with snow. B. Napoleon had to cross the Alps in winter. C. Napoleon replied that the word 'impossible' did not exist for him. D. So, someone told Napoleon that the task was impossible.

• (a) ADBC
• (b) DBCA
• (c) BADC
• (d) BDCA