SSC CGL 2020 Tier I — 13 August 2021, Shift 2

1. Four letter-clusters have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the letter-cluster that is different.

• (a) TVYB
• (b) LNQJ
• (c) HJMP
• (d) BDGT

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3. Seven years from now, Anamika will be as old as Malini was 4 years ago. Srinidhi was born 2 years ago. The average age of Anamika, Malini and Srinidhi 10 years from now will be 33 years. What is the present age of Anamika?

• (a) 30 years
• (b) 29 years
• (c) 28 years
• (d) 31 years

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5. Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set. (24, 10, 392)

• (a) (26, 12, 369)
• (b) (27, 15, 480)
• (c) (29, 18, 242)
• (d) (21, 18, 234)

6. Four number-pairs have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the number-pair that is different.

• (a) 12 : 432
• (b) 7 : 147
• (c) 8 : 192
• (d) 13 : 506

7. Select the option that is related to the fourth number in the same way as the first number is related to the second number and the fifth number is related to the sixth number. 17 : 293 :: ? : 488 :: 21 : 445

• (a) 22
• (b) 20
• (c) 28
• (d) 24

8. Select the option in which the words share the same relationship as that shared by the given pair of words. Resistance : Ohm

• (a) Force : Watt
• (b) Ampere : Current
• (c) Density : Joule
• (d) Angle : Radians

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11. ‘R8S’ means ‘R is the father of S’. ‘R7S’ means ‘R is the sister of S’. ‘R6S’ means ‘R is the brother of S’. ‘R2S’ means ‘R is the wife of S’. Which of the following expressions represents ‘X is the mother of Y’?

• (a) X8M2Y
• (b) X7M6O2Y
• (c) X2M8O2Y
• (d) X2M8Y

12. Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set. (12, 30, 61)

• (a) (6, 15, 30)
• (b) (18, 45, 91)
• (c) (8, 21, 45)
• (d) (14, 35, 72)

13. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs that can sequentially replace the * signs and balance the equation. 60 * 2 * 3 * 6 * 5 * 43

• (a) ÷, ×, +, -, =
• (b) ÷, +, ×, =, -
• (c) ÷, +, ×, -, =
• (d) +, ÷, ×, =, -

14. Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. CMQR, BONV, AQKZ, ZSHD, ?

• (a) ZVGH
• (b) YUEH
• (c) YVEI
• (d) ZUDH

15. Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series. 4, 11, 31, 65, 193, ?

• (a) 368
• (b) 398
• (c) 386
• (d) 389

16. In a certain code language, 'VIRTUE' is coded as '201' and 'TRAGEDY' is coded as '218'. How will 'PROFANE' be coded in that language?

• (a) 570
• (b) 342
• (c) 432
• (d) 456

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18. Four words have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the word that is different.

• (a) Headway
• (b) Growth
• (c) Advance
• (d) Deteriorate

19. Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All directors are actors. No actor is a producer. All choreographers are directors. Conclusions: I. No choreographer is producer. II. Some actors are choreographers. III. No director is a producer.

• (a) All the conclusions follow
• (b) Only conclusions II and III follow
• (c) Only conclusions I and III follow
• (d) Only conclusions I and II follow

21. Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. Chisel: Sculptor : : Anvil : ?

• (a) Blacksmith
• (b) Butcher
• (c) Carpenter
• (d) Surgeon

22. Select the combination of letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series will complete the series. l _ chtlgc _ tlg _ht _ gc _ tlgch _

• (a) g, h, c, l, h, t
• (b) g, h, c, h, l, t
• (c) h, g, h, c, l, t
• (d) h, h, g, c, l, t

23. In a certain code language, ‘DOLPHIN’ is written as ‘EPMPGHM’. How will ‘CORDIAL’ be written in that language?

• (a) EPTDHZK
• (b) DPSDHAL
• (c) DPSDHZK
• (d) DPSEGZK

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1. In which of the following states is the Rowa Wildlife Sanctuary situated?

• (a) Tripura
• (b) Haryana
• (c) Punjab
• (d) Assam

2. Veer Surendra Sai was a freedom fighter from:

• (a) Odisha
• (b) Telangana
• (c) Nagaland
• (d) Sikkim

3. Who among the following persons was elected as the Vice President of Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union in December 2020?

• (a) Rakesh Mohan
• (b) Hemant Pandey
• (c) Bina Agarwal
• (d) Shashi Shekhar Vempati

5. Pattachitra art form is dedicated to which Lord in Hindu mythology?

• (a) Lord Jagannath
• (b) Lord Ganesha
• (c) Lord Shiva
• (d) Lord Brahma

6. In which of the following years was the Mughal empire established by Babur?

• (a) 1699
• (b) 1526
• (c) 1578
• (d) 1634

7. Mizoram has started ‘Love Brigade’ scheme to fight against which of the following diseases in December 2020?

• (a) Syphilis
• (b) HIV/AIDS
• (c) Chlamydia
• (d) Gonorrhoea

8. Lakshya Sen is associated with which of the following sports?

• (a) Table tennis
• (b) Basketball
• (c) Badminton
• (d) Lawn tennis

9. Who among the following was appointed as the Chief Executive of the health insurance scheme 'Ayushman Bharat' by the National Health Authority in January 2021?

• (a) Rama Mohan Rao Amara
• (b) Anil Ladha
• (c) RS Sharma
• (d) Sanjeev Kumar

10. With which of the following sports is Ruia Gold Cup associated?

• (a) Bridge
• (b) Water polo
• (c) Badminton
• (d) Swimming

11. Who among the following was appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of SBI Cards and Payment Services Ltd. in January 2021?

• (a) Rajnish Kumar
• (b) Ashwini Kumar Tewari
• (c) Swaminathan Janakiraman
• (d) Rama Mohan Rao Amara

12. Which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India states that there will be a Vice-President of India?

• (a) Article 75
• (b) Article 56
• (c) Article 45
• (d) Article 63

13. With what do you divide thrust in a liquid to obtain the value of pressure?

• (a) Mass
• (b) Density
• (c) Volume
• (d) Area

14. With which of the following countries did India sign an agreement in February 2021 for the construction of Lalandar (Shatoot) Dam?

• (a) Australia
• (b) Japan
• (c) Afghanistan
• (d) Brazil

15. Which of the following is NOT used to make toothpaste?

• (a) Galena
• (b) Silica
• (c) Limestone
• (d) Aluminium Oxide

16. A channel of canal where water is forced to flow against the slope of land by upliftment is called ______.

• (a) Groundwater table
• (b) Warabandi system
• (c) Lift channel
• (d) Flow channel

17. An elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or an explosion is called ______.

• (a) tectonic shift
• (b) epicentre
• (c) seismic wave
• (d) sound wave

18. Who among the following was the founder of Homeopathy?

• (a) FG Hopkins
• (b) Selman Waksman
• (c) Samuel Hahnemann
• (d) Robert Koch

20. Who among the following persons was announced as the brand ambassador for the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) 'Breakthrough Initiative’ in November 2020?

• (a) Akshay Kumar
• (b) AR Rahman
• (c) Ajay Devgan
• (d) Kuldeep Handoo

21. Who among the following wrote the novel ‘Rangbhumi: The Arena of Life’?

• (a) Abanindranath Tagore
• (b) Mahatma Gandhi
• (c) Munshi Pemchand
• (d) Rabindranath Tagore

22. Who among the following assassinated Sir William Hutt Curzon Wyllie in London?

• (a) Sukhdev Thapar
• (b) Surya Sen
• (c) Madan Lal Dhingra
• (d) Khudiram Bose

23. In which of the following temples will you find Gopurams?

• (a) Shiva Temple, Chidambaram
• (b) Bhabatarini Temple, Dakshineswar
• (c) Dilwara Temple, Mount Abu
• (d) Golden Temple, Amritsar

25. Where is the corporate office of RBL Bank located?

• (a) Srinagar
• (b) Patna
• (c) Mumbai
• (d) Bengaluru

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1. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Prompt

• (a) Gradual
• (b) Quick
• (c) Slow
• (d) Lengthy

2. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

• (a) Sincere
• (b) Grievance
• (c) Liesure
• (d) Seize

3. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

• (a) Borrow
• (b) Alottment
• (c) Terrorism
• (d) Allowance

4. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Hope

• (a) Chance
• (b) Courage
• (c) Doubt
• (d) Optimism

5. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A self-governing country or region

• (a) Democracy
• (b) Monarchy
• (c) Autonomy
• (d) Anarchy

7. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The sunrays burned my face.

• (a) My face is burned by the sunrays.
• (b) My face has been burned by the sunrays.
• (c) My face is being burned by the sunrays.
• (d) My face was burned by the sunrays.

8. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A place where coins, medals or tokens are made

• (a) Mint
• (b) Casting
• (c) Mill
• (d) Workshop

9. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The woodcutter felled / some trees / with hardly / many effort at all.

• (a) many effort at all
• (b) some trees
• (c) with hardly
• (d) The woodcutter felled

10. Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom. To take a chill pill

• (a) To gulp a tablet for a cold
• (b) To drink cold water
• (c) To calm down
• (d) To ask a doctor for medication

11. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Putrefy

• (a) Destroy
• (b) Contaminate
• (c) Combine
• (d) Decompose

12. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed select ‘No improvement required’. Fierce competition against restaurants has driven up the prices.

• (a) along
• (b) No improvement required
• (c) among
• (d) through

13. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution required’. “Can you give me so many examples of subordinate clauses?”, the teacher asked the class.

• (a) No substitution required
• (b) some many examples of
• (c) some few examples of
• (d) some more examples of

14. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ in your answer. The river appears to have / got its name / from the town nearby.

• (a) got its name
• (b) from the town nearby
• (c) No error
• (d) The river appears to have

15. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. “Excellently well,” said she; “we have everything that we want; I have but one prayer, that we may have a heavy storm of rain to water our plants.” B. A man who had two daughters married one to a gardener and the other to a potter. C. Off he went to the potter's home and asked his other daughter how matters were with her. D. After a while he paid a visit to the gardener's home and asked his daughter how she was, and how it fared with her.

• (a) ACDB
• (b) DCAB
• (c) BDAC
• (d) BCDA

16. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. While India is home to 75 per cent of the tigers in the world, the Global Tiger Day, as it is also known - sees awareness events organised in the country, as well as in neighbouring Bangladesh and Nepal. B. Its primary objective is to preserve the natural habitat of the tiger. C. International Tiger Day was initiated in 2010, at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit. D. This annual event observed on 29 July, aims to create awareness on tiger conservation.

• (a) CDBA
• (b) CABD
• (c) DCBA
• (d) BACD

17. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Help from relatives ______ him in difficult times.

• (a) approved
• (b) supported
• (c) allowed
• (d) passed

18. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Dedicated

• (a) Tedious
• (b) Boring
• (c) Dreary
• (d) Committed

19. Select the most appropriate meaning of the following idiom. To walk on air

• (a) To be completely free
• (b) To feel very depressed
• (c) To be very rich
• (d) To be very happy

20. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. The interviewer asked Gautam, “Can you tell me what your ______ in life are?”

• (a) frivolities
• (b) trivialities
• (c) determinations
• (d) aspirations

21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

• (a) some
• (b) one
• (c) every
• (d) each

22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

• (a) from
• (b) at
• (c) while
• (d) on

23. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

• (a) people
• (b) animals
• (c) ones
• (d) creatures

24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

• (a) because
• (b) since
• (c) about
• (d) beside

25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

• (a) without
• (b) minus
• (c) devoid
• (d) lacking