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SSC CGL 2018 Tier I — 10 June 2019, Shift 2

10 June 2019 · 1:00 PM–2:00 PM78 of the paper’s 100 questions+2 for a correct answer, −0.5 for a wrong one

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22 questions of the original paper are not included: those that need a figure or formatting we cannot show, that have no answer in the response sheet, or that we could not check against a second copy of the paper.

Questions from the Staff Selection Commission’s paper of 10 June 2019, 1:00 PM–2:00 PM. Each question’s answer is under it, hidden until you open it, and the full answer key is at the end. Take the paper as a timed practice test to be scored.

General Intelligence and Reasoning

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General Awareness

1. Who became the first Indian player to represent India at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship of Independent India?
- (a) Vijay Amritraj
- (b) Leander Paes
- (c) Ramanathan Krishnan
- (d) Ramesh Krishnan
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Answer: (c)
2. World Global Recycling Day was observed on ______ in 2019.
- (a) 2nd January
- (b) 16th February
- (c) 18th March
- (d) 10th February
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Answer: (c)
4. Viyahula Giddha' is a popular folk dance performed during marriages in the Indian state of _______ .
- (a) Odisha
- (b) Jharkhand
- (c) Punjab
- (d) Gujarat
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Answer: (c)
5. Who among the following became the first woman to win the Abel Prize 2019?
- (a) Julia Robinson
- (b) Karen Uhlenbeck
- (c) Sophie Germain
- (d) Maryam Mirzakhani
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6. Silent Valley National Park is located in the Indian state of ________.
- (a) Uttarakhand
- (b) Kerala
- (c) Madhya Pradesh
- (d) West Bengal
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7. What is the popular name of 'Ascorbic Acid'?
- (a) Vitamin B12
- (b) Vitamin A
- (c) Vitamin K
- (d) Vitamin C
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8. In which year did Independent India win its first Olympic Gold in the game of hockey?
- (a) 1960
- (b) 1956
- (c) 1948
- (d) 1952
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9. Which of the following countries has the largest parliament in the world?
- (a) UK
- (b) Japan
- (c) India
- (d) China
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10. Which of the following is a vestigial organ?
- (a) Lungs
- (b) Kidney
- (c) Heart
- (d) Appendix
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11. Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in the year ______.
- (a) 1874
- (b) 1894
- (c) 1854
- (d) 1863
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12. The explosion of crackers is an example of ___________.
- (a) Combustion
- (b) Evaporation
- (c) Decomposition
- (d) Precipitation
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13. Which of the following Indian islands lies in the Bay of Bengal?
- (a) Diu
- (b) Andaman and Nicobar
- (c) Daman
- (d) Lakshadweep
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Answer: (b)
14. The First Anglo-Burmese War ended with the signing of the ______.
- (a) Treaty of Purandar
- (b) Treaty of Salbai
- (c) Treaty of Titalia
- (d) Treaty of Yandabo
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15. What is the dominant chemical present in vinegar?
- (a) Ethanoic acid
- (b) Formic acid
- (c) Sulphuric acid
- (d) Malic acid
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16. Which one of the following is the brightest star in the Orion Constellation?
- (a) Eta Orionis
- (b) Betelgeuse
- (c) Alnilam
- (d) Rigel
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17. What is the name given to the graph that shows all the combinations of two commodities that a consumer can afford at given market prices and within the particular income level in economic terms?
- (a) Supply Curve
- (b) Budget Line
- (c) Isocost Line
- (d) Demand Curve
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18. The Bangladesh Liberation War ended on _____.
- (a) 14th November 1972
- (b) 17th October 1971
- (c) 2nd October 1974
- (d) 16th December 1971
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19. How many members are present in the Sri Lankan parliament?
- (a) 225
- (b) 215
- (c) 210
- (d) 232
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20. Who among the following was the first Indian origin recipient of the prestigious Pulitzer Prize?
- (a) Geeta Anand
- (b) Siddhartha Mukherjee
- (c) Gobind Behari Lal
- (d) Jhumpa Lahiri
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21. What is the geographic name given to a deep and narrow valley consisting of steep sides created by weathering and erosion by rivers, wind, rain and tectonic activity?
- (a) Ridge
- (b) Buttes
- (c) Basin
- (d) Canyon
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Answer: (d)
22. Of which Indian state is 'Gamocha' a cultural symbol?
- (a) Assam
- (b) Kerala
- (c) Haryana
- (d) Rajasthan
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Answer: (a)
23. Who among the following was the first president of Pakistan?
- (a) Ayub Khan
- (b) Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- (c) Iskander Mirza
- (d) Yahya Khan
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Answer: (c)
24. An economic condition when there is one buyer and many sellers is called ______.
- (a) Oligopoly
- (b) Monopoly
- (c) Perfect Competition
- (d) Monopsony
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25. Who authored ‘A Century is not Enough’in 2018?
- (a) Sachin Tendulkar
- (b) Virat Kohli
- (c) MS Dhoni
- (d) Sourav Ganguly
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Quantitative Aptitude

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English Comprehension

1. Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Coming from an affluent family, she found herself a square peg in a round hole when she married a poor farmer and moved to a small village.
- (a) in a favourable situation
- (b) in a financial crisis
- (c) unhappy and regretful
- (d) a misfit in the environment
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2. Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. When his envious competitor extended a hand of friendship, he smelt a rat.
- (a) behaved arrogantly
- (b) detected something wrong
- (c) felt very pleased
- (d) became complaisant
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Answer: (b)
3. Select the correctly spelt word.
- (a) consenteous
- (b) conscentious
- (c) conscientious
- (d) concentious
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Answer: (c)
4. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. VINDICTIVE
- (a) forceful
- (b) watchful
- (c) revengeful
- (d) helpful
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5. Select the correctly spelt word.
- (a) challange
- (b) chalenge
- (c) challenge
- (d) challeng
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6. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. European cloth manufacturers therefore had to depend on a plant called woad to make dyes. B. However, cloth dyers preferred indigo which produced a rich blue colour. C. Being a plant of the temperate zones, woad was easily available in Europe. D. Indian indigo was very expensive and only small quantities reached the European markets.
- (a) CBDA
- (b) DACB
- (c) DCAB
- (d) ACBD
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7. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. He is clicking good pictures with his new camera.
- (a) Good pictures are clicked with his new camera.
- (b) Good pictures have been clicked with his new camera.
- (c) Good pictures were clicked with his new camera.
- (d) Good pictures are being clicked with his new camera.
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8. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement. Biologists believe that increased human activity means an accelerated rate of change in habitat for all creatures of the world.
- (a) human activities mean an acelerated rate from change
- (b) No improvement
- (c) human activity is meaning an acelerated rate of change
- (d) human activity meant a acelerated rate in change
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PassageFor questions 9–13
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Telling someone something that you admire about them can be called a random act (1)______ kindness. It takes almost no (2)______, yet it pays enormous dividends. Many people (3)______ their entire lives wishing that others would (4)______ them. Expectations are more from family and friends, (5)______, even compliments from strangers feel good if they are genuine.
9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
- (a) in
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10. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.
- (a) effort
- (b) venture
- (c) attempt
- (d) work
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Answer: (a)
11. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
- (a) spent
- (b) spend
- (c) had spent
- (d) have been spending
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Answer: (b)
12. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
- (a) acknowledge
- (b) admit
- (c) concede
- (d) confess
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13. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
- (a) and
- (b) so
- (c) unless
- (d) however
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14. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. AFFINITY
- (a) aversion
- (b) preference
- (c) attraction
- (d) empathy
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15. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. PENSIVE
- (a) tragic
- (b) spontaneous
- (c) reflective
- (d) spiteful
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16. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. ACCEPT
- (a) acquire
- (b) release
- (c) reject
- (d) obtain
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17. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement. A reason why there are so much misconception on dyslexia could be the sheer invisibility of the disorder.
- (a) there are so many misconceptions about dyslexia
- (b) there are so many misconception around dyslexia
- (c) No improvement
- (d) there are so much misconceptions against dyslexia
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Answer: (a)
18. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. No sooner did he see the tiger when he ran as fast as he could.
- (a) when he ran
- (b) as fast as he could
- (c) no sooner did
- (d) he see the tiger
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Answer: (a)
19. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. Something which is fit to be eaten
- (a) edible
- (b) tasty
- (c) delicious
- (d) unpalatable
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Answer: (a)
20. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. The match is about to begin since the captain as well as the team are on the field.
- (a) are on the field
- (b) as well as the team
- (c) The match is about to begin
- (d) since the captain
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Answer: (a)
21. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. Something which cannot be understood
- (a) incomprehensible
- (b) infallible
- (c) illegible
- (d) inexplicable
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Answer: (a)
22. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order. A. Here, the picture perfect French Quarter and heritage laden Tamil streets blend into one another. B. The conflict of coexistence is evident in many metropolitan cities. C. The old and new, like two different worlds, surviving side by side yet never crossing that chasm. D. There is a place though- Puducherry, where contrasts are celebrated like nowhere else.
- (a) BACD
- (b) BCDA
- (c) DCBA
- (d) CDAB
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23. Select the correct active form of the given sentence. Let the bell be rung every forty minutes.
- (a) Ring the bell every forty minutes.
- (b) The bell ought to be rung every forty minutes
- (c) The bell should be rung every forty minutes
- (d) Let the bell keep ringing every forty minutes.
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Answer: (a)
24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Technology can be ______ and people seem to be more attached to screens than ever before.
- (a) addictive
- (b) contagious
- (c) infatuated
- (d) incorrigible
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25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. People of the older generation ______ over the good old school days.
- (a) retribute
- (b) reminisce
- (c) remind
- (d) remember
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Answer: (b)

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Answer key

Answer key as marked in the Staff Selection Commission’s response sheet. “—” means the sheet did not show it clearly.

General Intelligence and Reasoning

Q 3: (a)
Q 8: (b)
Q 10: (d)
Q 11: (a)
Q 12: (d)
Q 15: (c)
Q 17: (a)
Q 18: (a)
Q 19: (a)
Q 21: (a)
Q 22: (b)

General Awareness

Q 1: (c)
Q 2: (c)
Q 4: (c)
Q 5: (b)
Q 6: (b)
Q 7: (d)
Q 8: (c)
Q 9: (d)
Q 10: (d)
Q 11: (b)
Q 12: (a)
Q 13: (b)
Q 14: (d)
Q 15: (a)
Q 16: (d)
Q 17: (b)
Q 18: (d)
Q 19: (a)
Q 20: (c)
Q 21: (d)
Q 22: (a)
Q 23: (c)
Q 24: (d)
Q 25: (d)

Quantitative Aptitude

Q 1: (c)
Q 2: (a)
Q 3: (a)
Q 7: (c)
Q 8: (d)
Q 10: (c)
Q 11: (a)
Q 12: (d)
Q 13: (c)
Q 14: (a)
Q 15: (a)
Q 17: (a)
Q 18: (c)
Q 19: (c)
Q 22: (d)
Q 23: (c)
Q 24: (c)
Q 25: (b)

English Comprehension

Q 1: (d)
Q 2: (b)
Q 3: (c)
Q 4: (c)
Q 5: (c)
Q 6: (b)
Q 7: (d)
Q 8: (b)
Q 9: (d)
Q 10: (a)
Q 11: (b)
Q 12: (a)
Q 13: (d)
Q 14: (a)
Q 15: (c)
Q 16: (c)
Q 17: (a)
Q 18: (a)
Q 19: (a)
Q 20: (a)
Q 21: (a)
Q 22: (b)
Q 23: (a)
Q 24: (a)
Q 25: (b)