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SSC CGL 2019 Tier I — 9 March 2020, Shift 1

9 March 2020 · 10:00 AM–11:00 AM78 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 9 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. The Paithan Hydro - Electric Project is on river _______.
- (a) Narmada
- (b) Brahmaputra
- (c) Godavari
- (d) Yamuna
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Answer: (c)
2. Name the Indian equestrian to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics officially after a wait / span of two decades.
- (a) Ghulam Mohammed Khan
- (b) Fouaad Mirza
- (c) Bishal Singh
- (d) Raghubir Singh
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Answer: (b)
3. ________ are called the ‘Powerhouses’ of the cell.
- (a) Mitochondria
- (b) Lungs
- (c) Arteries
- (d) Pituitary glands
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Answer: (a)
4. Which of the following Acts was amended to provide a statutory basis for the implementation of the flexible inflation targeting (FIT) framework?
- (a) The Industrial Finance Corporation of India Act, 1948
- (b) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Act, 1934
- (c) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation Act, 1961
- (d) Banking Regulation Act, 1949
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Answer: (b)
5. The Legislative Assembly of which state adopted a new logo on the 9th January 2020?
- (a) Assam
- (b) Andhra Pradesh
- (c) Tripura
- (d) Arunachal Pradesh
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Answer: (d)
6. Shaukat Kaifi passed away in 2019. She was the mother of which famous actress?
- (a) Fatima Sana Shaikh
- (b) Dia Mirza
- (c) Urmila Matondkar
- (d) Shabana Azmi
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7. Which of the following years is called the Year of the Great Divide in the demographic history of India?
- (a) 1931
- (b) 1911
- (c) 1951
- (d) 1921
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Answer: (d)
8. What does GNP stand for?
- (a) Gross National Produce
- (b) Gramin Nisak Praman
- (c) Gramin Nigam Parishad
- (d) Gross National Product
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Answer: (d)
9. Who designed the logo for Lokpal in India?
- (a) B.P. Raju
- (b) Kamareddy
- (c) Deepak Punia
- (d) Prashant Mishra
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Answer: (d)
10. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) celebrated its ___________ foundation day on January 15, 2020.
- (a) 135th
- (b) 140th
- (c) 145th
- (d) 139th
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Answer: (c)
11. Fatehabad district derives its name from the eponymous headquarters town founded by ______ in the 14th century, who named it after his son Fateh Khan.
- (a) Allauddin Khilji
- (b) Humayun
- (c) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
- (d) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
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Answer: (c)
12. What is the pass at the southern end of the Nilgiri hills called?
- (a) Palakkad gap
- (b) Chorla ghat pass
- (c) Goran ghat pass
- (d) Malshej ghat pass
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Answer: (a)
13. The wood of which of the following trees is used to make the large plucked string instrument used in Carnatic classical music known as Bobbili Veena / Saraswathi Veena?
- (a) Sandal wood
- (b) Teak wood
- (c) Walnut wood
- (d) Jackfruit wood
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Answer: (d)
14. What does the writ of ‘Mandamus’ mean?
- (a) You May Have the Body
- (b) To be Certified
- (c) By What Warrants
- (d) We Command
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Answer: (d)
15. Deficiency of which of the following vitamins causes Night Blindness?
- (a) Vitamin C
- (b) Vitamin D
- (c) Vitamin B
- (d) Vitamin A
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Answer: (d)
16. In which of the following is citric acid present?
- (a) Black Gram
- (b) Curd
- (c) Lemon
- (d) Tamarind
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17. Protium, deuterium and tritium are the naturally occurring isotopes of:
- (a) nitrogen
- (b) gold
- (c) carbon
- (d) hydrogen
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18. Jai Prakash Narayan Museum of Socialism is situated in:
- (a) Amritsar
- (b) New Delhi
- (c) Vadodara
- (d) Lucknow
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20. In which year was the first Round Table Conference held in London?
- (a) 1907
- (b) 1919
- (c) 1923
- (d) 1930
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21. In which year did the Portuguese capture Goa?
- (a) 1475 AD
- (b) 1610 AD
- (c) 1540 AD
- (d) 1510 AD
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23. Name the first actor to win the Oscar Awards.
- (a) Emil Jannings
- (b) Lionel Barrymore
- (c) Warner Baxter
- (d) Charlie Chaplin
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Answer: (a)
24. On which country has the World Anti-doping Agency recently imposed a 4-year ban?
- (a) Pakistan
- (b) China
- (c) Brazil
- (d) Russia
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25. What is the yellow dust present in the middle of a flower called?
- (a) Sperm
- (b) Pollen
- (c) Stomata
- (d) Zygote
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Answer: (b)

Quantitative Aptitude

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English Comprehension

1. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Rahul said to his mother, "Can I go out and play now?"
- (a) Rahul asked to his mother could he go out and play now.
- (b) Rahul asked his mother that could he go out and play then.
- (c) Rahul asked his mother if he could go out and play then.
- (d) Rahul asked his mother if can he go out and play now.
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2. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Solemn
- (a) Ignorant
- (b) Serious
- (c) Ordinary
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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. You will not learn cycling unless you don't try.
- (a) until you don't try
- (b) unless you try
- (c) unless you didn't try
- (d) until you are not trying
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4. 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. Our new office will become operational from a weeks time.
- (a) by the week's time
- (b) in a week's time
- (c) No improvement
- (d) for a weeks time
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Answer: (b)
5. Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. Fortunately, the fire did not cause much damage.
- (a) Fortunately, not much damage is caused by the fire.
- (b) Fortunately, not much damage was caused by the fire.
- (c) Fortunately, not much damage was being caused by the fire.
- (d) Fortunately, not much damage is being caused by the fire.
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6. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Kill two birds with one stone
- (a) To try something impossible
- (b) To achieve two results with a single effort
- (c) To be an expert shooter
- (d) To plan two murders simultaneously
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Answer: (b)
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.
Tourism can cause social, cultural or environmental disruption. The greatest concern is (1)______ damage to environment. In order to attract more tourists, (2)______ resorts are built which take neither the local architecture (3)______ the ecology into consideration. Natural systems get (4)______ as a result of indiscriminate construction to provide water (5)______ waste disposal facilities along with recreational arrangements to tourists.
7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (1).
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8. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (2).
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Answer: (b)
9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (3).
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10. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (4).
- (a) destroyed
- (b) displayed
- (c) distracted
- (d) dismayed
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Answer: (a)
11. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number (5).
- (a) and
- (b) but
- (c) also
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Answer: (a)
12. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- (a) Pageant
- (b) Pamphlet
- (c) Persevere
- (d) Potraite
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13. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Your demands are bound to lead to ______ in the family.
- (a) barrier
- (b) discord
- (c) decrease
- (d) absence
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Answer: (b)
14. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. Central character in a story or play
- (a) Hedonist
- (b) Opportunist
- (c) Protagonist
- (d) Cartoonist
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Answer: (c)
15. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Make off with
- (a) To discover
- (b) To transfer
- (c) To run away
- (d) To understand
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Answer: (c)
16. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. If a few drops of lemon are put in the milk, it has turned sour.
- (a) it has turned sour
- (b) If a few
- (c) drops of lemon
- (d) are put in the milk
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Answer: (a)
17. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. These baits were temptations that people couldn't resist. B. He evolved a theory that the world was a rat-trap. C. Once, a peddler sat looking at his rat-traps. D. Here, people lay baits for others.
- (a) BDAC
- (b) DACB
- (c) CBDA
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18. Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. Person or animal living on another
- (a) Successor
- (b) Pupil
- (c) Parasite
- (d) Heir
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Answer: (c)
19. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Eradicate
- (a) Magnify
- (b) Condense
- (c) Uproot
- (d) Approve
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Answer: (c)
20. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- (a) Delicious
- (b) Failure
- (c) Furious
- (d) Journy
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Answer: (d)
21. Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. Their prestige and glory spread far and wide. B. The first Olympics were held at Olympia in Greece in 776 B.C. C. It was because the Christians believed that they encouraged pagan worship in temples. D. However, with the advent of Christianity, the games lost their importance.
- (a) BADC
- (b) BCDA
- (c) DCAB
- (d) ACDB
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22. Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word. Do you want to ______ to Reader's Digest magazine?
- (a) prescribe
- (b) subscribe
- (c) transcribe
- (d) describe
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Answer: (b)
23. In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error. Mohit did not went to school yesterday as he was unwell.
- (a) went to school
- (b) was unwell
- (c) Mohit did not
- (d) yesterday as he
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Answer: (a)
24. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Persuade
- (a) Induce
- (b) Pervade
- (c) Dissuade
- (d) Impress
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Answer: (c)
25. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Rear
- (a) Back
- (b) Hind
- (c) Lower
- (d) Front
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Answer: (d)

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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: (b)
Q 2: (d)
Q 3: (c)
Q 5: (a)
Q 9: (d)
Q 10: (d)
Q 11: (d)
Q 14: (a)
Q 15: (a)
Q 17: (d)
Q 19: (a)
Q 20: (a)
Q 22: (d)
Q 23: (c)
Q 24: (d)
Q 25: (d)

General Awareness

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

Quantitative Aptitude

Q 1: (c)
Q 2: (a)
Q 3: (c)
Q 4: (d)
Q 5: (c)
Q 6: (d)
Q 7: (c)
Q 8: (c)
Q 9: (b)
Q 11: (a)
Q 15: (a)
Q 21: (b)
Q 22: (d)
Q 25: (a)

English Comprehension

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