SSC CGL 2022 Tier I — 5 December 2022, Shift 3

1. Select the odd group of numbers. (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) (6 – 60 – 1200)
• (b) (7 – 70 – 1600)
• (c) (5 – 50 – 1000)
• (d) (4 – 40 – 800)

2. Select the option that is related to the fifth letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first letter-cluster and the fourth letter-cluster is related to the third letter-cluster. CAST : DCVX :: BUSH : CWVL :: ARMY : ?

• (a) PTCB
• (b) CTBP
• (c) TBPC
• (d) BTPC

3. A # B means ‘A is the brother of B’ A @ B means ‘A is the son of B’ A & B means ‘A is the wife of B’ A % B means ‘A is the mother of B’ If X @ Y & Z # U & W @ V, then how is U related to V?

• (a) Sister
• (b) Daughter-in-law
• (c) Daughter
• (d) Wife

4. Three of the following letter-clusters are alike in some manner and hence form a group. Which letter-cluster does not belong to that group?

• (a) AMRW
• (b) XFIK
• (c) PBGL
• (d) KWBG

5. By Interchanging the given two numbers which of the following equation will be not correct? 3 and 4

• (a) 3 + 5 × 4 – 6 ÷ 2 = 16
• (b) 4 × 6 – 3 + 9 ÷ 1 = 25
• (c) 3 × 7 – 8 ÷ 2 + 4 = 27
• (d) 9 × 3 ÷ 6 + 4 – 8 = 1

6. In a certain code language, ‘complete the drawing' is coded as '837', ‘do not leave early' is coded as '2355' and ‘we need break’ is coded as '245'. How will ‘kindly stand straight’ be coded in that language?

• (a) 856
• (b) 658
• (c) 456
• (d) 769

7. 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. 11 : 91 :: ? : 154 :: 15 : 127

• (a) 16
• (b) 18
• (c) 14
• (d) 24

8. By interchanging the given two signs and numbers which of the following equation will be correct? + and –, 7 and 3

• (a) 7 + 3 × 9 – 8 ÷ 2 = 30
• (b) 9 × 7 + 3 – 4 ÷ 2 = 18
• (c) 3 × 4 ÷ 2 + 7 – 5 = 16
• (d) 3 + 7 ÷ 1 – 4 × 2 = 16

10. In a certain code language, 'DAISY’ is written as 'FCIQW' and 'ROSES' is written as 'TQSCQ'. How will 'LOTUS' be written in that language?

• (a) NQSTQ
• (b) NQTSQ
• (c) NPTSP
• (d) NQTSP

11. Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct? (50 ÷ 3) * 15 + 25 − 10 = 25

• (a) ÷ and −
• (b) + and *
• (c) ÷ and *
• (d) + and −

12. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the given 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.) (23, 161, 207) (47, 329, 423)

• (a) (64, 448, 576)
• (b) (84, 442, 570)
• (c) (29, 112, 782)
• (d) (33, 97, 297)

13. Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series? 1, 3, 6, 18, 36, 108, ?

• (a) 196
• (b) 224
• (c) 236
• (d) 216

14. 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: • Some violins are pianos. • All violins are flutes. • No violin is a guitar. Conclusions: I. No guitar is a piano. II. Some flutes are pianos III. All flutes are guitars.

• (a) Only conclusion I and III follow
• (b) Only conclusion I follows
• (c) Only conclusion II follows
• (d) Only conclusion I and II follow

15. Swipe →

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• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

16. Swipe →

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17. 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. 18 : 234 :: ? : 176 :: 14 : 126

• (a) 14
• (b) 15
• (c) 20
• (d) 16

18. Swipe →

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• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

19.

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

20. 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.) Lens : Camera :: Cartridge : ?

• (a) Printer
• (b) Ink
• (c) Paper
• (d) Computer

21.

• (a) 1
• (b) 2
• (c) 5
• (d) 6

22. Which letter cluster will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series? BLJS, FOLT, ?, NUPV, RXRW

• (a) KRMU
• (b) JRNU
• (c) KRNU
• (d) JRMU

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 second are time. II. All time are minute. Conclusion: I. No minute is time. II. No time is second. III. No second is minute.

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

24. If A × B means that A is the father of B, A + B means that A is the mother of B, A – B means that A is the brother of B then which of the following expression shows that Q is the brother of P?

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

25. A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. CABQ, CEJC, CIRO, CMZA, ?

• (a) CQIM
• (b) CMNP
• (c) CQHM
• (d) CMRT

1. Where was the FIH Men’s Indoor Hockey World Cup 2018 organised?

• (a) Berlin, Germany
• (b) Poznan, Poland
• (c) Vienna, Austria
• (d) Leipzig, Germany

2. How many fundamental duties are provided in the Indian Constitution?

• (a) 11
• (b) 12
• (c) 14
• (d) 17

3. In the context of India, tropical cyclones originate over the __________________.

• (a) Arabian Sea
• (b) Pacific Ocean
• (c) Bay of Bengal
• (d) Mediterranean Sea

4. Which of the following UT/states have the highest density/km², according to census 2011?

• (a) Pondicherry
• (b) Chandigarh
• (c) Uttar Pradesh
• (d) Bihar

5. Which college was established in Banaras in 1791?

• (a) Dayanand College
• (b) Shivaji College
• (c) Hindu College
• (d) Sanskrit College

6. Which country is the leading producer of rice?

• (a) China
• (b) Japan
• (c) India
• (d) Egypt

7. Who has been appointed as new director of AIIMS, New Delhi in September 2022?

• (a) Raj Subramaniam
• (b) M. Srinivas
• (c) Krishnan Ramanujam
• (d) Nitin Chugh

8. The Winter Olympics - 2026 will be hosted by _______.

• (a) Russia
• (b) Canada
• (c) Italy
• (d) France

9. Whom among the following Indian classical musicians is an auditorium in Teheran, Iran named after?

• (a) Ustad Bismillah Khan
• (b) Ustad Sultan Khan
• (c) Ustad Zakir Hussain
• (d) Ustad Vilayat Khan

10. Which type of rock can be considered as a biological sedimentary rock?

• (a) Bauxite
• (b) Marble
• (c) Granite
• (d) Limestone

11. Who discovered three chemical elements: cerium, thorium and selenium, and devised the modern method by which one or two letters are used to symbolise elements?

• (a) Hennig Brand
• (b) Niels Bohr
• (c) Jacob Berzelius
• (d) John Dalton

12. With respect to India’s foreign trade, which year is referred to as the year of divide?

• (a) 2010
• (b) 1991
• (c) 1981
• (d) 1996

13. The elections to the Panchayati Raj institutions are conducted by the ________.

• (a) Central election commission
• (b) State government
• (c) State election commission
• (d) Central government

14. Money multiplier can be expressed as ______.

• (a) Statutory liquidity ratio / Cash Reserve Ratio
• (b) 1/ Statutory liquidity ratio
• (c) Cash reserve ratio – Statutory liquidity ratio
• (d) 1/ Cash Reserve Ratio

15. Who among the following is supposed to compile both the Puranas and the Mahabharata?

• (a) Sage Vasishtha
• (b) Sage Bharadwaja
• (c) Sage Vyasa
• (d) Sage Valmiki

16. Sultan Mahmud came to India from which of the following city of Afghanistan?

• (a) Ghazni
• (b) Jalalabad
• (c) Kabul
• (d) Kandahar

17. In which year did Langmuir reform the Lewis concept by abandoning the idea of ​ a stable cubical arrangement of the octet and introducing the term ‘covalent bond’?

• (a) 1919
• (b) 1915
• (c) 1921
• (d) 1917

18. Jagoi and cholom are the two main divisions in which Classical dance?

• (a) Bharatanatyam
• (b) Odissi
• (c) Manipuri
• (d) Mohiniyattam

19. Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra, who was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2000, was an exponent of which of the following classical dances of India?

• (a) Kathakali
• (b) Odissi
• (c) Kathak
• (d) Mohiniyattam

20. How much purse money was given to a recipient of the Akademi Award in 2019?

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

21. Who has been appointed as a brand ambassador of Punyakoti Dattu Yojana?

• (a) Rana Daggubati
• (b) Kichcha Sudeep
• (c) Mahesh Babu
• (d) Sonu Sood

22. The second volume of the Akbar Nama recorded the _____.

• (a) Akbar’s ancestors
• (b) Akbar’s administration
• (c) Events of Akbar’s reign
• (d) Akbar’s battles

23. Which of the following is a local wind?

• (a) Loo
• (b) Westerlies
• (c) Monsoon
• (d) Easterlies

24.

• (a) i-c, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c
• (b) i-b, ii-a, iii-c, iv-d
• (c) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d
• (d) i-d, ii-a, iii-b, iv-c

25. Which state government has launched the novel ‘Chief Minister’s Breakfast Scheme’ in September 2022?

• (a) Andhra Pradesh
• (b) Tamil Nadu
• (c) Kerala
• (d) Himachal Pradesh

1. Swipe →

• (a) –281250
• (b) 281350
• (c) 271250
• (d) –281450

2. Find the greatest 5-digit number which is divisible by 11, 33, 99 and 121.

• (a) 90099
• (b) 99990
• (c) 99099
• (d) 90909

3. Swipe →

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

4.

• (a) X
• (b) Z
• (c) Y
• (d) Y and Z both

5. The fourth proportion to 12, 24 and 27 is the same as the third proportion to A and 36. What is the value of A?

• (a) 22
• (b) 24
• (c) 26
• (d) 20

6. If θ is an acute angle and tanθ + cotθ = 2, then the value of tan²θ + cot² θ + 2 tan⁵ θcot⁴ θ is:

• (a) 3
• (b) 4
• (c) 1
• (d) 2

7. A shopkeeper offers three types of discount schemes for buyers. Which of them has the maximum discount percentage? I. Two successive discounts of 10% each. II. Successive discounts of 15% and 5%. III. 20% discount.

• (a) Only discount scheme I
• (b) Only discount scheme II
• (c) Only discount scheme III
• (d) All provide equal discount

8. The lengths (in cm) of three sides of a triangle are, respectively, 48, 55 and 73. What is the length (in cm) of the median joining the mid-point of the longest side to its opposite vertex?

• (a) 27.5
• (b) 73
• (c) 24
• (d) 36.5

9. What is the smallest number that should be added to 4567 so that the sum is divisible by 7?

• (a) 7
• (b) 5
• (c) 6
• (d) 4

10. A businessman cheats by using faulty weights, to the tune of 12% each time, when buying and selling material. What is the rise in his profit percentage using faulty weights only?

• (a) 22%
• (b) 25.44%
• (c) 24%
• (d) 26.32%

11.

• (a) 80%
• (b) 40%
• (c) 90%
• (d) 45%

12.

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

14. What is the value of Swipe → ?

• (a) 5050
• (b) 4985
• (c) 4995
• (d) 4950

15. Mr. X has a monthly income of $26,500 and his monthly expenditure is $20,500. The next year, his salary is increased by 12% and expenditure is increased by 6%. His savings increase by how much percent?

• (a) 32.5%
• (b) 27.3%
• (c) 32.0%
• (d) 34.7%

16.

• (a) 27
• (b) 193
• (c) 110
• (d) 83

17. The perimeter of a triangle with sides of integer values is equal to 13. How many such triangles are possible?

• (a) 5
• (b) 8
• (c) 7
• (d) 6

18. A sum of money invested at simple interest becomes 17/10 of itself in 2 years and 6 months. What is the rate of interest per annum?

• (a) 22 percent
• (b) 16 percent
• (c) 28 percent
• (d) 34 percent

19. A hollow sphere has an outer radius of 4 cm and inner radius of 1 cm. What is the volume of this hollow sphere?

• (a) 84p cm³
• (b) 68p cm³
• (c) 48p cm³
• (d) 92p cm³

20. A person travels from P to Q at a speed of 50 km/h and returns by increasing his speed by 60%. What is his average speed for both the trips?

• (a) 35.61 km/h
• (b) 61.53 km/h
• (c) 31.56 km/h
• (d) 16.53 km/h

21. Which of the following is NOT a correct statement?

• (a) The speed of 20 m/s is less than the speed of 85 km/h.
• (b) Time may be calculated by dividing the distance by the speed.
• (c) Covering the same distance in lesser time implies a higher speed.
• (d) The speed of 99 km/h is less than the speed of 24 m/s.

22. In a ∆ABC, the internal bisectors of the angle B and the angle C intersect at an angle of 105°. What is the value of the angle A?

• (a) 52.5°
• (b) 75°
• (c) 15°
• (d) 30°

23. Swipe →

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

24. The volume of the hemisphere is 19,404 cm³. The radius of the hemisphere is _______.

• (a) 14 cm
• (b) 19 cm
• (c) 21 cm
• (d) 17 cm

25. 40 men can complete a work in 15 days. Three days after they started working, 20 more men joined them. In how many days the total work will be completed?

• (a) 12
• (b) 13
• (c) 11
• (d) 10

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

• (a) They rise with the morning lark and labour till almost dark.
• (b) They rise with the morning lark and labour utmost almost dark.
• (c) They rise with the morning lark and labour by almost dark.
• (d) They rise with the morning lark and labour still almost dark.

3. Select the most appropriate collocation to substitute the underlined word in the given sentence. The banker warned me not to be careless from my ATM card.

• (a) careless beside
• (b) careless with
• (c) careless across
• (d) careless on

4. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. Beowulf was praised for his valour displayed in the battlefield.

• (a) Forbearance
• (b) Erudition
• (c) Cowardice
• (d) Idiosyncrasy

6. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A very expensive and elaborately built tomb

• (a) Mausoleum
• (b) Cemetery
• (c) Mosque
• (d) Masterpiece

7. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Every nook and corner of the house were unclean.

• (a) of a house was unclean
• (b) by the house were unclean
• (c) to the house were unclean
• (d) of the house was unclean

9. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Tyranny

• (a) Autocracy
• (b) Compassion
• (c) Social
• (d) Discordance

10. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Rearing of silk worms is called horticulture.

• (a) pisciculture
• (b) agriculture
• (c) sericulture
• (d) apiculture

12. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence. Tyrany must be dead to attain harmony, tranquillity, and serenity.

• (a) tranquillity
• (b) tyrany
• (c) serenity
• (d) harmony

13. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

• (a) Movement
• (b) Kecthup
• (c) Precise
• (d) Flashy

14. Select the most appropriate phrasal verb to fill in the blank. The company’s profits were low and they were forced to __________ staff.

• (a) lisp off
• (b) lay off
• (c) lay on
• (d) lie on

15. 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’ as your answer. After seeing that Shreya / was in trouble, / Rahul quietly stepped up to help.

• (a) Rahul quietly stepped up to help
• (b) After seeing that Shreya
• (c) was in trouble
• (d) No error

16. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’. Santa Claus stays at the North Pole when he isn’t out deliver gifts for Christmas.

• (a) out to delivering
• (b) out delivering
• (c) No substitution
• (d) out of deliver

17. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Guilty

• (a) Remnant
• (b) Innocent
• (c) Nonchalant
• (d) Omnipotent

18. Select the option that is similar in meaning to the underlined word. The president's concern for the homeless people was superficial and ended as soon as the media left the event.

• (a) Shallow
• (b) Derogatory
• (c) Regardless
• (d) Insubstantial

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

• (a) Office
• (b) Mint
• (c) Mine
• (d) Barn

20. Select the correct passive voice form for the given sentence. My brother likes football.

• (a) Football was liked by my brother.
• (b) Football is like by my brother.
• (c) Football was like by my brother.
• (d) Football is liked by my brother.

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

• (a) innovation
• (b) depreciation
• (c) termination
• (d) renovation

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

• (a) expose
• (b) rectify
• (c) adore
• (d) adorn

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

• (a) courtyard
• (b) churchyard
• (c) shipyard
• (d) junkyard

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

• (a) attained
• (b) displayed
• (c) transferred
• (d) received

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

• (a) about
• (b) beside
• (c) between
• (d) among