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SSC CGL 2019 Tier I — 4 March 2020, Shift 2

4 March 2020 · 1:00 PM–2:00 PM74 of the paper’s 100 questions+2 for a correct answer, −0.5 for a wrong one

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26 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 4 March 2020, 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 chaired the sixth meeting of the Island Development Agency in New Delhi in January 2020?
- (a) Nirmala Sitharaman
- (b) Nitin Gadkari
- (c) Amit Shah
- (d) Narendra Modi
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Answer: (c)
2. In the sequence of planets in the solar system, which planet comes in between Mars and Saturn?
- (a) Venus
- (b) Jupiter
- (c) Mercury
- (d) Uranus
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Answer: (b)
3. Freedom fighter Sucheta Kripalani, became the first woman chief minister of which state?
- (a) Uttar Pradesh
- (b) Gujarat
- (c) Andhra Pradesh
- (d) Rajasthan
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Answer: (a)
4. In which state did the second phase of Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI) 2.0 begin in January 2020?
- (a) Uttar Pradesh
- (b) Bihar
- (c) Kerala
- (d) Punjab
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Answer: (a)
5. Which of the following is NOT a nationalised bank?
- (a) Punjab and Sind Bank
- (b) Punjab National Bank
- (c) United Bank of India
- (d) State Bank of India
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Answer: (d)
6. Who is the first Indian to bag two International hat-tricks in cricket?
- (a) Kuldeep Yadav
- (b) Virat Kohli
- (c) Rohit Sharma
- (d) Kedar Jadhav
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Answer: (a)
7. In which city was the Jhanda Satyagraha or Flag Satyagraha of 1923 held?
- (a) Nagpur
- (b) Ahmedabad
- (c) Calcutta
- (d) Bombay
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Answer: (a)
8. Which part of the body is responsible for the manufacture of red blood cells?
- (a) Brain
- (b) Bone marrow
- (c) Heart
- (d) Lungs
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Answer: (b)
9. Which city in India is world renowned for one of the most traditional embroidery styles, Chikankari?
- (a) Ahmedabad
- (b) Hyderabad
- (c) Udaipur
- (d) Lucknow
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Answer: (d)
10. Which of the following is NOT a twin city of India?
- (a) Cuttack and Bhubaneswar
- (b) Thrissur and Thiruvalla
- (c) Hubli and Dharwad
- (d) Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar
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Answer: (b)
11. Which Tennis star will have a Swiss coin minted in his/her honour?
- (a) Serena Williams
- (b) Rafael Nadal
- (c) Roger Federer
- (d) Novak Djokovic
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Answer: (c)
12. Jellyfish are an example of which type of phylum?
- (a) Phylum -Protozoa
- (b) Phylum - Cnidaria
- (c) Phylum -Porifera
- (d) Phylum -Ctenophora
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Answer: (b)
13. Who was the first Governor of Madhya Pradesh?
- (a) BD Sharma
- (b) Dr. Sitaramayya
- (c) GP Singh
- (d) NN Wanchu
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Answer: (b)
14. John Maynard Keynes, best known for his economic theories (Keynesian economics), hailed from which country?
- (a) Australia
- (b) Denmark
- (c) Sweden
- (d) England
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Answer: (d)
15. Georg Simon Ohm in whose honour we have the famous Ohm’s Law, hailed from which country?
- (a) Germany
- (b) Russia
- (c) Spain
- (d) Poland
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Answer: (a)
16. Which city of India is known as 'The Athens of the East'?
- (a) Madurai
- (b) Allahabad
- (c) Kochi
- (d) Patna
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Answer: (a)
17. Who was chosen as foreign secretary of India in January 2020?
- (a) Vijay Keshav Gokhale
- (b) Ranjan Mathai
- (c) Harsh Vardhan Shringla
- (d) Nirupama Rao
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Answer: (c)
18. Which Union Minister of Home Affairs released a book titled Karmayodha Granth in New Delhi?
- (a) P Chidambaram
- (b) Amit Shah
- (c) Rajnath Singh
- (d) Sushilkumar Shinde
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Answer: (b)
19. In which period was the legendary Victoria Terminus station (currently Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus), Mumbai built?
- (a) 1843 to 1853
- (b) 1911 to 1921
- (c) 1933 to 1943
- (d) 1878 to 1888
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Answer: (d)
20. Which US based Indian topped the Forbes India's ‘20 people to watch in the 2020s’ list?
- (a) Mahua Moitra
- (b) Dushyant Chautala
- (c) Hasan Minhaj
- (d) Prashant Kishor
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Answer: (c)
21. In which state has the Jawara Dance, a dance form to celebrate wealth, originated?
- (a) Gujarat
- (b) Kerala
- (c) Madhya Pradesh
- (d) Rajasthan
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Answer: (c)
22. Who was appointed as Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund in October, 2019?
- (a) Christine Lagarde
- (b) Rodrigo Rato
- (c) Dominique Strauss-Kahn
- (d) Kristalina Georgieva
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Answer: (d)
23. Which pillar inscriptions has recorded the achievements of Samudra Gupta, who was known as the 'Napoleon of India' for his conquests?
- (a) Sun Pillar
- (b) Iron Pillar
- (c) Allahabad Pillar
- (d) Vijaya Stambha
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Answer: (c)
25. Methane is a colourless, odourless, non-toxic but flammable gas. What is its common name?
- (a) Laughing gas
- (b) Blue vitriol
- (c) Heating gas
- (d) Marsh gas
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Answer: (d)

Quantitative Aptitude

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English Comprehension

1. Select the correctly spelt word.
- (a) Comotion
- (b) Conscinteous
- (c) Encouragement
- (d) Embarasment
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Answer: (c)
2. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Obsolete
- (a) Rigid
- (b) Recent
- (c) Remote
- (d) Outdated
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Answer: (b)
3. Select the word which means the same as the given group of words. One who loads and unloads ships.
- (a) Stevedore
- (b) Rustic
- (c) Spinster
- (d) Captain
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Answer: (a)
4. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given Idiom. The bee’s knees
- (a) Foolish
- (b) Observant
- (c) Problematic
- (d) Extraordinary
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Answer: (d)
5. Select the word which means the same as the given group of words. A sudden rush of a large number of frightened people or animals.
- (a) Lunacy
- (b) Scapegoat
- (c) Recluse
- (d) Stampede
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Answer: (d)
6. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. A reward is a ______ which motivates a person to achieve excellence in his field.
- (a) memorial
- (b) monument
- (c) collection
- (d) recognition
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Answer: (d)
PassageFor questions 7–11
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.
Discipline is doing any work with rules and regulations. It is (1)______ misunderstood as a restriction to freedom but it makes our life organized. Discipline is a (2)______ for students and people in different professions. A disciplined person always (3)______ in each and every field of life. Disciplined people (4)______ a disciplined society and a powerful nation. Discipline should not be (5)______ upon the people, rather it should come from within.
7. Select the most appropriate option for blank number (1)
- (a) happily
- (b) proudly
- (c) slowly
- (d) usually
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Answer: (d)
8. Select the most appropriate option for blank number (2)
- (a) disadvantage
- (b) dream
- (c) curse
- (d) virtue
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Answer: (d)
9. Select the most appropriate option for blank number (3)
- (a) successful
- (b) succeed
- (c) success
- (d) succeeds
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Answer: (d)
10. Select the most appropriate option for blank number (4)
- (a) makes
- (b) had made
- (c) make
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Answer: (c)
11. Select the most appropriate option for blank number (5)
- (a) imposed
- (b) curbed
- (c) reposed
- (d) adorned
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Answer: (a)
12. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. The teacher said to me, “You have not submitted the assignment.”
- (a) The teacher told me that I had not submitted the assignment.
- (b) The teacher said to me that I have not submitted the assignment.
- (c) The teacher told to me that I have not submitted that assignment.
- (d) The teacher said me that I had not submitted the assignment.
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Answer: (a)
13. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. When I reached the cinema hall, the movie had already began.
- (a) already began
- (b) When I reached
- (c) the movie had
- (d) the cinema hall
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Answer: (a)
14. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. No effort has been made by the Indian cricket team to cash off on its vibrant image in the World Cup.
- (a) to cash up on
- (b) for cash through in
- (c) for cashing off on
- (d) to cash in on
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Answer: (d)
15. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. To throw a fit
- (a) Express extreme anger
- (b) Become unconscious
- (c) Faint and fall down
- (d) Caution someone about fitness
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Answer: (a)
16. Select the correctly spelt word.
- (a) Employeed
- (b) Seperable
- (c) Veterinary
- (d) Rehersal
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Answer: (c)
17. 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. The mathematical calculation of this problem is easy than a previous one.
- (a) easiest than the
- (b) easier than the
- (c) easy than the
- (d) No Improvement
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Answer: (b)
18. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Acknowledgement
- (a) Confirmation
- (b) Confusion
- (c) Compensation
- (d) Elimination
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Answer: (a)
19. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. They can then purchase them on subsidized rates with additional loan facilities. B. It will import technologically advanced medical instruments and provide them to entrepreneurs. C. The Indian Government has announced certain facilities in the budget session. D. This will help in strengthening the economic condition of entrepreneurs.
- (a) DCAB
- (b) BDCA
- (c) CBAD
- (d) CADB
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Answer: (c)
20. Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank. The government should take stringent steps against terrorists and foil their ______ designs.
- (a) exemplary
- (b) malicious
- (c) conducive
- (d) benevolent
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Answer: (b)
21. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. His elder sister taught him English.
- (a) He has been taught English by his elder sister.
- (b) He is being taught English by his elder sister.
- (c) He was taught English by his elder sister.
- (d) His elder sister is taught English by him.
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Answer: (c)
22. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. Those who follow a healthy routine is likely enjoying good health.
- (a) Those who follow
- (b) good health
- (c) is likely enjoying
- (d) a healthy routine
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Answer: (c)
23. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Derogatory
- (a) Insulting
- (b) Depreciating
- (c) Intricate
- (d) Complimentary
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Answer: (d)
24. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. This is because of its aroma, flavour and variety in the market. B. Thus, it leads to poor health and mental disorders among children. C. Children as well as teenagers are tempted towards junk food. D. It has no or negligible nutritional value and high content of sugar and salt.
- (a) ACDB
- (b) CADB
- (c) BCDA
- (d) CDAB
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Answer: (b)
25. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Prodigal
- (a) Humble
- (b) Trivial
- (c) Extravagant
- (d) Arrogant
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Answer: (c)

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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 6: (c)
Q 8: (d)
Q 9: (a)
Q 11: (b)
Q 13: (b)
Q 14: (a)
Q 19: (d)
Q 22: (a)
Q 23: (c)
Q 25: (a)

General Awareness

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

Quantitative Aptitude

Q 3: (a)
Q 4: (b)
Q 5: (b)
Q 6: (c)
Q 8: (a)
Q 10: (d)
Q 11: (d)
Q 13: (d)
Q 14: (a)
Q 15: (d)
Q 17: (d)
Q 18: (c)
Q 21: (d)
Q 23: (a)
Q 24: (c)

English Comprehension

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