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SSC CGL 2019 Tier I — 7 March 2020, Shift 1

7 March 2020 · 10:00 AM–11:00 AM57 of the paper’s 100 questions+2 for a correct answer, −0.5 for a wrong one

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43 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 7 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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Answer: (d)

General Awareness

1. The power of a lens is –2.0 D. Here 'D' stands for:
- (a) degree
- (b) distance
- (c) dilation
- (d) dioptre
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Answer: (d)
3. Which of the following rivers forms the Dhuandhar waterfall near Jabalpur?
- (a) Tapi
- (b) Narmada
- (c) Tungabhadra
- (d) Luni
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Answer: (b)
4. Which among the following has its refractive index closest to that of crown glass?
- (a) Sapphire
- (b) Canada balsam
- (c) Ruby
- (d) Diamond
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Answer: (b)
5. Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India guarantees the Right to Freedom of Religion?
- (a) Articles 23-24
- (b) Articles 25-28
- (c) Articles 19-22
- (d) Articles 14-18
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Answer: (b)
6. Which of the following pairs is CORRECT with reference to mountain passes?
- (a) Nathula - Arunachal Pradesh
- (b) Rohtang - Sikkim
- (c) Bomdila - Himachal Pradesh
- (d) Lipulekh - Uttarakhand
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Answer: (d)
7. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on:
- (a) 9th January
- (b) 2nd January
- (c) 8th January
- (d) 1st January
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Answer: (a)
8. In December 2019, the Rohtang passageway in Himachal Pradesh was renamed as:
- (a) Atal Tunnel
- (b) Swaraj Tunnel
- (c) Mukherjee Tunnel
- (d) Bose Tunnel
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Answer: (a)
9. Which of the following monasteries is located in Sikkim?
- (a) Rumtek
- (b) Kye
- (c) Tabo
- (d) Hemis
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Answer: (a)
10. Who was appointed as brand ambassador of Visa - the payment technology company in 2019?
- (a) Dutee Chand
- (b) PT Usha
- (c) P.V. Sindhu
- (d) Sania Mirza
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Answer: (c)
11. What does 'T' stand for in ATM?
- (a) Transfer
- (b) Teller
- (c) Transaction
- (d) Trunk
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Answer: (b)
12. The Council of Ministers during the time of Shivaji Maharaj was known as:
- (a) Agraharam
- (b) Navaratnas
- (c) Ashta Diggajas
- (d) Ashta Pradhan
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Answer: (d)
14. For which game has the Father of Leander Paes been a member of the Indian National Team?
- (a) Tennis
- (b) Hockey
- (c) Badminton
- (d) Basketball
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Answer: (b)
15. The scientific study of a cell is called:
- (a) histology
- (b) cytology
- (c) physiology
- (d) taxonomy
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Answer: (b)
16. Select the correct pair of dance form and its state.
- (a) Padayani – Kerala
- (b) Dalkhai – Karnataka
- (c) Kalbelia – Himachal Pradesh
- (d) Thang Ta – Bihar
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Answer: (a)
17. Which among the following is NOT an insulator?
- (a) Dry Paper
- (b) Ebonite
- (c) Mercury
- (d) Glass
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Answer: (c)
20. Which among the following is a cation?
- (a) Fluoride
- (b) Ammonium
- (c) Iodide
- (d) Chloride
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Answer: (b)
21. The Indian National Congress session of September 1920 was held at ______.
- (a) Calcutta
- (b) Lucknow
- (c) Nagpur
- (d) Madras
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Answer: (a)
22. In which year was the first amendment to the Constitution of India made?
- (a) 1951
- (b) 1952
- (c) 1950
- (d) 1953
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Answer: (a)
23. Which of the following states does NOT share its boundary with Bangladesh?
- (a) Assam
- (b) Manipur
- (c) Meghalaya
- (d) Tripura
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Answer: (b)
24. Which Indian male cricketer won the BCCI CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2019?
- (a) K Srikanth
- (b) Sachin Tendulkar
- (c) Rahul Dravid
- (d) Sunil Gavaskar
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Answer: (a)
25. Where is the Dharmraja Ratha monument located?
- (a) Khajuraho
- (b) Kanchipuram
- (c) Suchindram
- (d) Mahabalipuram
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Answer: (d)

English Comprehension

1. Select the option that can be used as a one word substitute for the given group of words. A game in which neither party wins
- (a) Draw
- (b) Quit
- (c) Flop
- (d) Equal
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Answer: (a)
2. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The children sang the National Anthem with great enthusiasm.
- (a) The National Anthem is sung with great enthusiasm by the children.
- (b) The National Anthem was being sung with great enthusiasm by the children.
- (c) The National Anthem was sung with great enthusiasm by the children.
- (d) The National Anthem has been sung with great enthusiasm by the children.
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Answer: (c)
3. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Native
- (a) Foreign
- (b) Rustic
- (c) Urban
- (d) Rural
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Answer: (a)
4. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Look down upon
- (a) To look for something underground
- (b) To be full of guilt
- (c) To consider someone inferior
- (d) To look down from a height
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Answer: (c)
5. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- (a) Alien
- (b) Awful
- (c) Accross
- (d) Already
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Answer: (c)
6. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Sacred
- (a) Valued
- (b) Precious
- (c) Scarce
- (d) Holy
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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.
Advertising is the promotion of goods and services. It provides an (1)______ to the manufacturing companies to sell their (2)______ better than their competitors. Every time we switch (3)______ the television we find some product or the other (4)______ pushed towards us. It cannot be denied that the (5)______ behind commercial advertising is to increase sales and earn more profit.
7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1).
- (a) event
- (b) occasion
- (c) opportunity
- (d) excuse
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Answer: (c)
8. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (2).
- (a) creation
- (b) products
- (c) outcome
- (d) compounds
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Answer: (b)
9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (3).
- (a) off
- (b) on
- (c) at
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Answer: (b)
10. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (4).
- (a) been
- (b) being
- (c) be
- (d) to be
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Answer: (b)
11. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (5).
- (a) motive
- (b) emotion
- (c) influence
- (d) feeling
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Answer: (a)
12. Select the option that can be used as a one word substitute for the given group of words That which cannot be satisfied
- (a) Inapt
- (b) Ingenuous
- (c) Insane
- (d) Insatiable
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Answer: (d)
13. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error' The famous author and actor are being honoured at a function today
- (a) The famous author and actor
- (b) at a function today
- (c) are being honoured
- (d) No error
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Answer: (c)
14. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. The traveller said to a passerby, "Can you help me find my way, please?''
- (a) The traveller asked the passerby if he could kindly help him find his way.
- (b) The traveller asked the passerby that he can kindly help him find his way.
- (c) The traveller requested to the passerby if he can help him find his way.
- (d) The traveller asked the passerby could you kindly help me find my way?
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Answer: (a)
15. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. When a calf is born under water, the mother must get it to the surface before it drowns. B. The young ones remain with their parents for up to fifteen years or more. C. Often another whale assists the mother nudging the baby gently and encouraging it to swim. D. Whales have highly developed maternal instincts.
- (a) CBDA
- (b) BCAD
- (c) DBCA
- (d) DACB
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Answer: (d)
16. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. The minister gave an ______ that strict action would be taken against the culprits.
- (a) ambition
- (b) admission
- (c) insurance
- (d) assurance
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Answer: (d)
17. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Keep abreast of
- (a) Keep a watch on
- (b) Keep up the good work
- (c) Keep ahead of
- (d) Keep oneself updated
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Answer: (d)
18. 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. Scarcely had the passengers boarded the plane when the captain welcomed them.
- (a) when the captain had welcomed them
- (b) that the captain welcomed them
- (c) than the captain welcomes them
- (d) No improvement
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Answer: (d)
19. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Repulsive
- (a) Hideous
- (b) Revolting
- (c) Attractive
- (d) Brilliant
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Answer: (c)
20. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- (a) Guardian
- (b) Guarranty
- (c) Guilty
- (d) Guidance
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Answer: (b)
21. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Weary
- (a) Touchy
- (b) Restless
- (c) Exhausted
- (d) Lively
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Answer: (c)
22. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. She was loved by her employees for her ______.
- (a) condolence
- (b) malevolence
- (c) insolence
- (d) benevolence
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Answer: (d)
23. 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. Mother was watching a movie when the lights were going off.
- (a) have gone off
- (b) No improvement
- (c) went off
- (d) going off
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Answer: (c)
24. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error' He married with a rich heiress last year.
- (a) last year
- (b) He married
- (c) with a rich heiress
- (d) No error
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Answer: (c)
25. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. While he was doing this, he missed seeing a velvet purse full of gold coins lying on the road. B. Ramesh always worried about how he would become sick and weak in old age. C. To try how he would cope with blindness, Ramesh started walking with his eyes closed. D. He feared that he might even lose his sight and go blind.
- (a) BCAD
- (b) BDCA
- (c) CABD
- (d) DBAC
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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 2: (d)
Q 4: (c)
Q 7: (d)
Q 12: (c)
Q 13: (a)
Q 16: (b)
Q 18: (b)
Q 19: (b)
Q 20: (d)
Q 24: (b)
Q 25: (d)

General Awareness

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

English Comprehension

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