SSC CGL 2022 Tier I — 2 December 2022, Shift 3

1. In the following question, select the missing number from the given series. 111, 222, 444, ?, 1776, 3552

• (a) 999
• (b) 888
• (c) 1780
• (d) 1770

2. Based on the position in the English alphabetical order, three of the following letterclusters are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the odd letter-cluster.

• (a) IDAY
• (b) SNJH
• (c) QLHF
• (d) VQMK

3. By interchanging the given two signs and numbers which of the following equation will be correct? + and –, 2 and 4

• (a) 9 – 5 ÷ 4 × 2 + 8 = 80
• (b) 7 × 4 – 2 ÷ 1 + 5 = 13
• (c) 7 – 8 ÷ 2 + 16 × 4 = 18
• (d) 5 + 7 × 4 – 8 ÷ 2 = 5

4. R + S means ‘R is the daughter of S’ R = S means ‘R is the father of S’ R ÷ S means ‘R is the wife of S’ R × S means ‘R is the brother of S’ E ÷ F × J + L = M, then how is L related to E?

• (a) Father
• (b) Wife
• (c) Father-in-law
• (d) Brother

5. Select the option that is related to the fourth term in the same way as the first term is related to the second term and the fifth term is related to the sixth term. 8 : 496 :: ? : 204 :: 9 : 711

• (a) 5
• (b) 13
• (c) 6
• (d) 11

6. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g., 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding /subtracting /multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is NOT allowed). (25, 9, 56) (13, 14, 183)

• (a) (42, 12, 228)
• (b) (11, 16, 135)
• (c) (19, 23, 511)
• (d) (27, 15, 198)

7.

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

8. Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to sequentiallyreplace the * signs and balance the given equation. 17 * 11 * 42 * 2 * 7 = 18

• (a) - + ÷ ÷
• (b) - + × ÷
• (c) - + × ​×
• (d) + - + ×

9. In the following question, four number pairs are given. In each pair the number on left side of (–) is related to the number of the right side of (–) with some Logic/Rule/Relation. Three pairs are similar on basis of same Logic/Rule/Relation. Select the odd one out from the given alternatives. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g.13 – Operations on 13 such as adding /subtracting /multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed)

• (a) 3 – 44
• (b) 4 – 64
• (c) 5 – 125
• (d) 6 – 216

10. By interchanging the given two signs which of the following equation will be not correct? + and –

• (a) 18 ÷ 3 + 8 × 5 – 4 = 30
• (b) 4 × 6 + 7 – 3 ÷ 1 = 20
• (c) 18 + 8 × 6 ÷ 3 – 11 = 13
• (d) 6 × 9 + 7 – 8 ÷ 2 = 51

11. Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series? CZNM, FXOL, IVPK, ?, ORRI

• (a) LSQJ
• (b) LTRK
• (c) LSQK
• (d) LTQJ

12. If A + B means that A is the brother of B, A × B means that A is the sister of B, A ÷ B means that A is the father of B then which of the following expression shows that P is the brother of R?

• (a) P + Q ÷ R
• (b) P + Q × R
• (c) P × Q + R
• (d) P + R × Q

13. Swipe →

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d) Swipe →

14. Three statements are given followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All bears are rabbits. All rabbits are dogs. Some dogs are black. Conclusions. I- Some rabbits are black. II- Some dogs are bears. III- All bears are dogs.

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

15. Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word.) Cloth : Closet :: Gun : ?

• (a) Armoury
• (b) Almirah
• (c) Bullet
• (d) Chest

16. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE : Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding / subtracting / multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is NOT allowed) (30, 93, 1) (42, 132, 2)

• (a) (4,60,5)
• (b) (5,31,29)
• (c) (14,20,25)
• (d) (3,30,7)

17. Select the word-pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the pair of words given below. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word.) Sparrows : Tree

• (a) Cow : Beach
• (b) Fish : Water
• (c) Owl : Night
• (d) Rabbit : Sand

18. A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. ACC, UZD, OWE, ITF, ?

• (a) REN
• (b) CRM
• (c) CMR
• (d) CQG

19. In a certain code language, 'GHOST’ is written as 'ONGCB' and 'ABIDE' is written as 'UTMRQ'. How will 'RULES' be written in that language?

• (a) DAKQD
• (b) DAJQD
• (c) DAJQC
• (d) WZQJX

20.

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

21.

• (a) 5
• (b) 4
• (c) 1
• (d) 6

22. Swipe →

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

23. In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements. Statements: I. Some L are R. II. Some A are R. Conclusion: I. All A are L. II. All R are L.

• (a) Only conclusion I follows
• (b) Neither conclusion follows
• (c) Only conclusion II follows
• (d) Both conclusions I and II follows

24. In a certain code language, 'EARLY’ is written as 'ZNSCF' and 'GAUGE' is written as 'FIVCH'. How will 'INBOX' be written in that language?

• (a) YQCQJ
• (b) JPCQY
• (c) YQCPJ
• (d) XPBOI

1. Who among the following is known as a pioneering dance educationist and a prominent Mohiniyattam exponent?

• (a) Madhavi Mudgal
• (b) Shagun Butani
• (c) Mohanrao Kallianpurkar
• (d) Dr Kanak Rele

2. According to Mendeleev's periodic table, what was the atomic mass of Eka-aluminium which was later replaced by Gallium?

• (a) 95
• (b) 83
• (c) 68
• (d) 50

3. What is the outermost layer found in the cell envelope of the bacterial cell called?

• (a) Glycocalyx
• (b) Cell membrane
• (c) Plasma membrane
• (d) Cytoplasm

4. Which of the following Indian classical dance forms uses various colours on face to symbolise the characters?

• (a) Odissi
• (b) Kathakali
• (c) Bharatanatyam
• (d) Mohiniattam

5. President Droupadi Murmu has appointed Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Yashwant Chandrachud as the _______ Chief Justice of India.

• (a) 50th
• (b) 51st
• (c) 48th
• (d) 49th

6. Which Part of the Constitution of India reflects the Fundamental Duties?

• (a) Part X
• (b) Part XII
• (c) Part IV-A
• (d) Part IX-B

7. When did the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan die?

• (a) 1219
• (b) 1210
• (c) 1235
• (d) 1227

8. How many maximum electrons can M shell have?

• (a) 18
• (b) 8
• (c) 1
• (d) 2

9. Merchants and migrants first brought the teachings of the holy Quran to India in the ______ century.

• (a) fourth
• (b) seventh
• (c) ninth
• (d) sixth

10. In 1955, which synthetic element is provisionally named Mendelevium in honor of Dmitri Mendeleev, who created one of the first periodic tables?

• (a) Element 90
• (b) Element 101
• (c) Element 103
• (d) Element 106

11. In Trans – Siberian railway system Vladivostoclies on ______ coast.

• (a) Atlantic
• (b) Antarctic
• (c) Arctic
• (d) Pacific

12. The crop area under high yielding varieties of which amongst the following crop grew considerably during the Green Revolution?

• (a) Sugarcane
• (b) Pulses
• (c) Oilseeds
• (d) Wheat

13. Who has become the 12th Chief minister of Uttarakhand?

• (a) Biren Singh
• (b) Pramod Sawant
• (c) Bhagwant Singh Mann
• (d) Pushkar Singh Dhami

14. Which of the following statement is correct? I. The nutrition requirements of adolescents are higher than adult. II. Adolescents are generally grouped in the age group of 10 to 19 years.

• (a) Only II
• (b) Both I and II
• (c) Neither I nor II
• (d) Only I

15. Which Article of the Constitution separates the judiciary from the executive?

• (a) Article 143
• (b) Article 50
• (c) Article 144
• (d) Article 74

16. What do you call a component of identical size that offers a higher resistance to electricity?

• (a) Poor conductor
• (b) Semi- conductor
• (c) Good conductor
• (d) very good conductor

17. In which of the following months did the Australian Open take place in 2022?

• (a) February
• (b) March
• (c) January
• (d) April

18. Which of the following is celebrated as the "Tibetan New Year"?

• (a) Lohang
• (b) Losar
• (c) Myoko
• (d) Murung

19. Which layer of atmosphere helps in radio transmission?

• (a) Exosphere
• (b) Thermosphere
• (c) Mesosphere
• (d) Stratosphere

20. In Table Tennis, how many lets are allowed in a row on a serve?

• (a) Three
• (b) Unlimited
• (c) Two
• (d) One

21. The value of GDP at the current prevailing prices is called _______.

• (a) nominal GDP
• (b) current GDP
• (c) domestic GDP
• (d) real GDP

22. During which of the following period Ostriches were found in India?

• (a) Mesolithic
• (b) Chalcolithic
• (c) Neolithic
• (d) Palaeolithic

23. The Maharashtra Department of Prisons has launched a loan scheme for inmates serving sentences in jails across the state. This credit scheme is titled _______.

• (a) Jivhala
• (b) Kishore
• (c) Sukanya
• (d) Swavlamban

24. In which state is the Maihar court where Baba Allauddin Khan was a musician?

• (a) Tripura
• (b) Uttar Pradesh
• (c) Madhya Pradesh
• (d) Chhattisgarh

25. Which company has set up a factory on the banks of river Hugli in 1651?

• (a) Danish
• (b) Portuguese
• (c) English
• (d) French

1. If the ratio of corresponding sides of two similar triangles is √3 ∶ √2 then what is the ratio of the area of the two triangles?

• (a) 3 : 2
• (b) 9 : 4
• (c) √3 ∶ √2
• (d) 27 : 8

2.

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

3. In a 100-m race, A beats B by 20 m and B beats C by 20 m. By how much distance does A beat C.

• (a) 64 m
• (b) 24 m
• (c) 25 m
• (d) 36 m

4. If one man or two women or four boys or five girls can finish a work in 39 days, then how many days will one man, one woman, one boy and one girl together take to finish the same work?

• (a) 40
• (b) 10
• (c) 30
• (d) 20

5. The value of cot 15° cot 25° cot 45° cot 75° cot 65° is:

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

6. Swipe →

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

7. The difference of two numbers is 1564. After dividing the larger number by the smaller, we get 6 as quotient and 19 as remainder. What is the smaller number?

• (a) 456
• (b) 287
• (c) 623
• (d) 309

8. Swipe →

• (a) 31
• (b) 12
• (c) 18
• (d) 42

9. The length of the tangent to a circle from a point P is 15 cm. Point P is 17 cm away from the centre. What is the radius of the circle?

• (a) 7 cm
• (b) 9 cm
• (c) 8 cm
• (d) 4 cm

10. Side of an equilateral triangle is 24 cm. What will be the radius of in circle of this equilateral triangle?

• (a) 6 cm
• (b) 12 cm
• (c) 8 cm
• (d) 3 cm

11. The radius of a right circular cylinder is five times of its height. If the height of the cylinder is 3.5 cm, then what is the volume of cylinder?

• (a) 3368.75 cm³
• (b) 3872.75 cm³
• (c) 3146.75 cm³
• (d) 3524.25 cm³

12. In an election between two candidates, 12% of voters did not cast their votes. The winner by obtaining 68% of the total votes defeated his contestant by 2880 votes. What was the total number of voters who cast their votes in the election?

• (a) 5280
• (b) 8000
• (c) 4000
• (d) 6000

13. A cuboid of length 36 m, breadth 18 m and height 9 m is melted and recast into a cube. Find the length of the diagonal of the cube.

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

14.

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

15.

• (a) 1064
• (b) 1056
• (c) 1042
• (d) 1078

16. The price of some wooden furniture increases by 65% when it passes through three hands. If the first and second sellers made a profit of 20% and 25%, respectively, then find the profit percentage of the third seller.

• (a) 10%
• (b) 12.5%
• (c) 16%
• (d) 8%

17. What is the ratio of the fourth proportional of 2, 5, 6 and the fourth proportional of 6, 8, 9?

• (a) 3 : 2
• (b) 5 : 3
• (c) 3 : 4
• (d) 5 : 4

18. Swipe →

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

19. If , then what is the value of ?

• (a) 42
• (b) 52
• (c) 36
• (d) 18

20. The HCF of two numbers 2040 and 391 is:

• (a) 17
• (b) 21
• (c) 16
• (d) 18

21. What annual instalment will discharge a debit of ₹5,664 in 4 years at 12% simple interest?

• (a) ₹1,230
• (b) ₹1,210
• (c) ₹1,200
• (d) ₹1,220

22. The table given below shows the production of five companies in two years. J1= The average production of A in year Y1 and Y2. J2 = Sum of production of B, C and D in year Y1 and Y2. What is the value of (J2/J1)?

• (a) 4
• (b) 5
• (c) 3
• (d) 6

23.

• (a) 240
• (b) 160
• (c) 200
• (d) 80

24. How far will the tip of a 2cm-long minute hand of a clock move in 45 minutes?

• (a) π cm
• (b) 3π cm
• (c) 4π cm
• (d) 2π cm

25. Sunil purchased a fan at a 10% discount on the labelled price. If he had purchased it at a 15% discount, he would have saved ₹400. Find the labelled price of the fan.

• (a) ₹8,400
• (b) ₹7,500
• (c) ₹800
• (d) ₹8,000

1. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrase. Adjust or make right; correct, amend

• (a) Recruit
• (b) Recreate
• (c) Recourse
• (d) Rectify

2. A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate word. Choose the correct alternative. Be it a chaat or a refreshing lemonade, lemon is the need of the hour in _______ summers.

• (a) banging
• (b) freezing
• (c) scorching
• (d) alleviating

3. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. They will go to bed / early since they / have to get up / at five on the morning.

• (a) have to get up
• (b) at five on the morning
• (c) They will go to bed
• (d) early since they

4. Select the sentence with the appropriate use of preposition.

• (a) It has been raining till morning.
• (b) It has been raining from morning.
• (c) It has been raining by morning.
• (d) It has been raining since morning.

5. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Our office is in the 2^nd floor of the skyscraper.

• (a) is for the 2^nd floor
• (b) is on the 2^nd floor
• (c) is with the 2^nd floor
• (d) is at the 2^nd floor

6. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Having or showing an excessively high opinion of one's appearance, abilities, or worth

• (a) Superior
• (b) Vain
• (c) Otiose
• (d) Domineering

7. Select the most appropriate option to complete the given sentence. One must learn to __________ a line between one’s private and professional life.

• (a) draw
• (b) catch
• (c) bring
• (d) get

8. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. The date when both, day and night are of approximately equal length

• (a) Equilibrium
• (b) Equine
• (c) Equator
• (d) Equinox

10. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

• (a) Belief
• (b) Beneth
• (c) Belly
• (d) Bellow

11. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. Regardless of their diversity, all flowers have a uniform function, the reproduction of the species through the production of seed.

• (a) Melancholy
• (b) Equilibrium
• (c) Affinity
• (d) Uniformity

12. Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the following sentence. Visiting a book fair always fills my heart with a great satisfaction.

• (a) refreshment
• (b) pride
• (c) contentment
• (d) bliss

13. Select the correct active form of the given sentence. Was the message given by him?

• (a) Was he given the message?
• (b) Does he give the message?
• (c) Did he gave the message?
• (d) Did he give the message?

14. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Deliberate

• (a) Casual
• (b) Hasty
• (c) Planned
• (d) Rushed

15. Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. She said, “She must leave all the bad habits.”

• (a) She said she has to leave all the bad habits
• (b) She said that she must have leave all the bad habits
• (c) She said that she had to leave all the bad habits.
• (d) She said that she could leave all the bad habits

16. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Magnify

• (a) Expand
• (b) Magnanimous
• (c) Miniature
• (d) Underemphasise

17. Choose the incorrectly spelt word.

• (a) Clemency
• (b) Avariciuos
• (c) Hegemony
• (d) Nostalgic

18. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. All his friends laughed at him.

• (a) He became laughable to his friends.
• (b) He was laughed at by all his friends.
• (c) His friends were being laughed at by him.
• (d) All his friends were laughing at him.

19. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. One who has the ability to do many different things

• (a) Versatile
• (b) Adaptable
• (c) Expert
• (d) Specialist

20. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. There are P. reports that toy shops and other Q. to prepare for the Christmas rush R. non-food retailers are struggling to S. get enough stock into their warehouses

• (a) RPSQ
• (b) PRSQ
• (c) SQRP
• (d) QRPS

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

• (a) consider
• (b) denied
• (c) regard
• (d) considered

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

• (a) trial
• (b) type
• (c) method
• (d) process

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

• (a) prospering
• (b) acknowledging
• (c) rectifying
• (d) performing

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

• (a) commendable
• (b) responsible
• (c) affluent
• (d) significance

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

• (a) partial
• (b) partially
• (c) completely
• (d) incomplete