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

6 March 2020 · 10:00 AM–11:00 AM80 of the paper’s 100 questions+2 for a correct answer, −0.5 for a wrong one

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20 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 6 March 2020, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM. 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. 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
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Answer: (c)
2. Mehrunnisa who was known as Nur Jahan was the wife of ______.
- (a) Shah Jahan
- (b) Akbar
- (c) Jahangir
- (d) Aurangzeb
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Answer: (c)
3. Which of the following is a natural flame retardant?
- (a) Skin
- (b) Flowers
- (c) DNA
- (d) RNA
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Answer: (c)
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
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Answer: (d)
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
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Answer: (c)
6. Which International organisation released the ‘World Energy Outlook 2019’ Report?
- (a) International Energy Agency
- (b) United Nations
- (c) World Trade Organisation
- (d) UNESCO
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Answer: (a)
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
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Answer: (c)
8. Which leader gave us the C R Formula?
- (a) C. Rajagopalachari
- (b) Mahatma Gandhi
- (c) Tilak
- (d) C. R. Das
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Answer: (a)
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
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Answer: (c)
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
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Answer: (c)
11. Madhavpur Mela takes place in ______.
- (a) Madhya Pradesh
- (b) Maharashtra
- (c) Uttar Pradesh
- (d) Gujarat
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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
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Answer: (c)
13. Name the only metal that is antibacterial.
- (a) Sodium
- (b) Copper
- (c) Iron
- (d) Aluminium
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Answer: (b)
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
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Answer: (d)
15. Who performs the task of capturing oxygen in the blood?
- (a) Red blood cells
- (b) Haemoglobin
- (c) Chlorophyll
- (d) White blood cells
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Answer: (b)
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
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Answer: (a)
17. Which of the following diseases is NOT transmitted from one person to another?
- (a) Hepatitis B
- (b) Syphilis
- (c) Cirrhosis
- (d) AIDS
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Answer: (c)
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
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Answer: (b)
19. When did the Vikrama Era begin?
- (a) 55 BC
- (b) 47 BC
- (c) 57 BC
- (d) 50 BC
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Answer: (c)
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
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Answer: (d)
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
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Answer: (d)
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
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Answer: (b)
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
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Answer: (c)
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
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Answer: (c)
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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Answer: (b)

Quantitative Aptitude

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English Comprehension

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
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Answer: (b)
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
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Answer: (b)
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
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Answer: (b)
4. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Persist
- (a) Insist
- (b) Remain
- (c) Cease
- (d) Continue
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Answer: (c)
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.
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Answer: (b)
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.
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Answer: (a)
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.
Atlas was made to hold the sky up on his shoulders as a punishment. Once, Hercules (1)______ to hold it for Atlas while the latter went looking (2)______ golden apples. When Atlas returned, he saw Hercules (3)______ hard to hold the sky. The weight of the sky (4)______ Hercules sweat and groan. Now Atlas did not want to (5)______ a job as arduous as that!
7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 1.
- (a) afforded
- (b) ordered
- (c) offered
- (d) extended
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Answer: (c)
8. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 2.
- (a) for
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Answer: (a)
9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 3.
- (a) coping
- (b) struggling
- (c) tackling
- (d) seeking
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Answer: (b)
10. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 4.
- (a) was making
- (b) has made
- (c) were making
- (d) make
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Answer: (a)
11. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank 5.
- (a) take back
- (b) take out
- (c) take away
- (d) take in
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Answer: (a)
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
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Answer: (d)
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
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Answer: (d)
14. Select the wrongly spelt word.
- (a) Sieze
- (b) Fierce
- (c) Piece
- (d) Grief
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Answer: (a)
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
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Answer: (c)
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
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Answer: (a)
17. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Glee
- (a) Woe
- (b) Bliss
- (c) Joy
- (d) Fun
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Answer: (a)
18. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Ovation
- (a) Preparation
- (b) Censure
- (c) Creation
- (d) Applause
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Answer: (d)
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
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Answer: (c)
20. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Chicken-hearted
- (a) Cowardly
- (b) Generous
- (c) Miserly
- (d) Selfish
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Answer: (a)
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
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Answer: (b)
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
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Answer: (b)
23. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- (a) Acquaintence
- (b) Abandon
- (c) Alliance
- (d) Acquisition
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Answer: (a)
24. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Preferred
- (a) Compared
- (b) Adored
- (c) Feared
- (d) Favoured
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Answer: (d)
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
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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 1: (d)
Q 3: (d)
Q 6: (c)
Q 7: (b)
Q 8: (a)
Q 10: (b)
Q 11: (c)
Q 12: (c)
Q 13: (c)
Q 15: (b)
Q 18: (c)
Q 19: (a)
Q 20: (d)
Q 22: (c)
Q 24: (b)
Q 25: (d)

General Awareness

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

Quantitative Aptitude

Q 1: (d)
Q 4: (b)
Q 5: (d)
Q 6: (a)
Q 9: (b)
Q 10: (a)
Q 12: (b)
Q 15: (a)
Q 17: (b)
Q 18: (a)
Q 20: (a)
Q 23: (a)
Q 24: (b)
Q 25: (c)

English Comprehension

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