SSC CGL 2023 Tier I — 25 July 2023, Shift 1

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2. Which two signs and two numbers should be interchanged to make the following equation correct? 784 ÷ 6 × 9 − 30 + 14 = 528

• (a) 14 and 6, + and –
• (b) 784 and 30, + and ×
• (c) 784 and 6, × and –
• (d) 9 and 6, ÷ and +

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4. Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship between the following classes. Graduates, Educated, Unemployed

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• (b)
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• (d)

6. 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. DISMAY : SIDYAM :: DRIVER : IRDREV :: SAFARI : ?

• (a) SAFIAR
• (b) IRAFAS
• (c) FASIRA
• (d) FSAIRA

7. Looking at the family picture, Rajan said, “She is my wife’s son’s father’s mother’s husband’s daughter.’ How is the girl in the photo related to Rajan?

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

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• (a) Swipe →
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• (c) Swipe →
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9. 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 pens are newspapers. Some newspapers are novels. No novel is a book. Conclusions: I. Some books are pens. II. Some novels are pens. III. No book is a pen.

• (a) Either conclusion I or III follows.
• (b) Both conclusions II and III follow.
• (c) Either conclusion II or III follows.
• (d) Both conclusions I and II follow.

10. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the given 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) (9, 20, 31) (38, 49, 60)

• (a) (63, 60, 65)
• (b) (15, 20, 31)
• (c) (25, 69, 45)
• (d) (14, 24, 34)

11. 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.) (7, 150, 23) (11, 75, 4)

• (a) (4, 108, 16)
• (b) (8, 90, 11)
• (c) (9, 80, 11)
• (d) (15, 140, 13)

12. In a certain code language, 'RAT' is coded as ‘39’ and 'MICE' is coded as ‘30’. How will 'ZEBRA' be coded in that language?

• (a) 53
• (b) 52
• (c) 51
• (d) 50

13. Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd one out.

• (a) ONL
• (b) RQO
• (c) HGE
• (d) DCB

14. Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series? BZVR, DXWQ, ?, HTYO, JRZN

• (a) FXPV
• (b) FXPN
• (c) FVXP
• (d) FVPX

15. Select the option that represents the letters that, when placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series. Z Y R _ Z _ R R Z Y _ R _ Y R _

• (a) R Y R Z R
• (b) Z R Y Z R
• (c) R Z R Y Z
• (d) Z R R Y Z

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17. The second number in the given number-pairs is obtained by performing certain mathematical operation(s) on the first number. The same operation(s) is/are followed in all the number-pairs except one. Find that odd number-pair.

• (a) 128 : 8
• (b) 288 : 12
• (c) 350 : 15
• (d) 18 : 3

18. Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in it. First row: 16, 15, 35 Second row: 12, 18, 33 Third row: 8, 17, ? (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the number into its constituent digits. For example, 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) 31
• (b) 27
• (c) 25
• (d) 30

19. Swipe →

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20. Select the option that is related to the fifth number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the fourth number is related to the third number. 1029 : 7 :: 2187 : 9 :: 24 : ?

• (a) 3
• (b) 2
• (c) 6
• (d) 4

21. Each vowel in the word “FOREFOOT” is changed to the following letter in the English alphabetical series and each consonant is changed to the previous letter in the English alphabetical series. In the newly formed word, how many alphabets are there in the English alphabetical series between the alphabet which is 2^nd from the left and 1^st from the right?

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

22. Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series? 27, 38, ?, 68, 87, 110

• (a) 47
• (b) 50
• (c) 51
• (d) 53

23. In a certain code language, ‘CAKE’ is written as ‘6874’, ‘EASY’ is written as ‘4882’. How will ‘MAKE’ be written in that language?

• (a) 5875
• (b) 5874
• (c) 5884
• (d) 5774

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25. Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct? 3 × 12 − 6 ÷ 2 + 12 = 16

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

1. As per the Census data, What was the density of population in India in 2011?

• (a) 822 persons/sq km
• (b) 382 persons/sq km
• (c) 328 persons/sq km
• (d) 282 persons/sq km

2. Who among the following was the Maharana of Mewar and composed a book on music called ‘Sangeet Raj’?

• (a) Maharana Sanga
• (b) Maharana Pratap
• (c) Maharana Kumbha
• (d) Maharana Udai Singh

3. How many silver medals was won by India in Tokyo Paralympic 2020?

• (a) 7
• (b) 6
• (c) 8
• (d) 5

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

5. Pectin, which is responsible for the firmness and softness of fruits, is mainly composed of which acid unit?

• (a) Aspartic acid
• (b) Galacturonic acid
• (c) Lactic acid
• (d) Glutamic acid

6. Sporophyte stage is dominant in which plant group?

• (a) Bryophytes
• (b) Vascular plants
• (c) Algae
• (d) Pteridophytes

7. The country can improve its balance of payments by devaluation when the sum of elasticity of demand for exports and imports is ________.

• (a) less than unity
• (b) equal to unity
• (c) greater than unity
• (d) zero

8. __________ became India’s first sports unicorn with its market cap having touched a high of Rs.7,600 crores as of 30 January 2022.

• (a) Delhi Capitals
• (b) Kolkata Knight Riders
• (c) Mumbai Indians
• (d) Chennai Super Kings

9. Which of the following committees was constituted to study the issues and concerns in the Micro Finance Institution in 2010?

• (a) Ghosh Committee
• (b) Sivaraman Committee
• (c) Malegam Committee
• (d) Khan Committee

10. India borrowed the DPSP from the _______ Constitution.

• (a) Australian
• (b) Irish
• (c) German
• (d) Austrian

11. Tamladu is a festival celebrated by the Buddhist community of which Indian state?

• (a) Karnataka
• (b) Arunachal Pradesh
• (c) Madhya Pradesh
• (d) Himachal Pradesh

12. Iron mines in Jharkhand attributed to the rise of which of the following kingdoms in ancient India?

• (a) Kuru
• (b) Magadha
• (c) Kashi
• (d) Kushan

13. Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about granite?

• (a) Granite is the most abundant rock in the continental crust.
• (b) It is the most common sedimentary rock.
• (c) These are igneous rocks that form when hot, molten rock crystallises and solidifies.
• (d) Granite is composed mainly of quartz and feldspar with minor amounts of mica.

14. ‘Luddi’ is a folk dance of which of the following states of India?

• (a) Manipur
• (b) Punjab
• (c) Madhya Pradesh
• (d) Kerala

15. Commonwealth Games 2022 was held in _______.

• (a) Birmingham
• (b) Beijing
• (c) Tokyo
• (d) New Delhi

16. ‘Back to Vedas’ was the slogan of which Reform Movement?

• (a) Dev Samaj
• (b) Brahmo Samaj
• (c) Prarthana Samaj
• (d) Arya Samaj

17. Which among the following statements about judicial review in India are correct? A. Judicial review means that the courts of law have the power of testing the validity of legislative as well as other governmental action with reference to the provisions of the Constitution. B. Under Article 23 of the Indian Constitution, the compulsion of judicial review was described in the Fundamental Rights in Part III. C. The power of judicial review is significantly vested upon the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.

• (a) A and B only
• (b) B and C only
• (c) A and C only
• (d) A, B and C

18. The Ministry of Education (MoE) in February 2022 approved a new scheme _______ for the next five years to cover all the aspects of adult education to align with new the National Education Policy (NEP).

• (a) Open Education Programme
• (b) ASHA
• (c) New India Education Plan
• (d) New India Literacy Programme

19. According to India State of Forest Report 2019, what is the total forest cover in India?

• (a) 20.87%
• (b) 21.67%
• (c) 24.67%
• (d) 23.67%

20. ‘Ras-Lila’ recognised as one of the classical dance forms of India belongs to which of the following states?

• (a) Assam
• (b) Meghalaya
• (c) Tripura
• (d) Manipur

21. The Viceroy who took keen interest in the restoration and protection of historical monuments was _____________.

• (a) Lord Ellenborough
• (b) Lord Auckland
• (c) Lord Lytton
• (d) Lord Curzon

22. The Amara-Nayakas were ________ in Vijayanagara Empire.

• (a) forced labourers
• (b) finance officers
• (c) ordinary peasants
• (d) military commanders

23. What is the colour of the flame when unsaturated hydrocarbons burn?

• (a) Blue
• (b) Red
• (c) Green
• (d) Yellow

24. The ‘Jal Kranti Abhiyan’ was launched by which government during the financial year 2015-2016?

• (a) Government of Punjab
• (b) Government of Haryana
• (c) Government of India
• (d) Government of Uttar Pradesh

25. Who among the following Supreme Court judges was in news in 2022 for recusing himself from hearing a plea against the ED chief’s tenure extension?

• (a) Justice KM Joseph
• (b) Justice Ajay Rastogi
• (c) Justice SK Kaul
• (d) Justice Mukesh Shah

1. The simple interest on a certain sum at the rate of 12.5% per annum for 6 years is ₹13,500 less than the principal. Find the simple interest.

• (a) ₹13,500
• (b) ₹54,000
• (c) ₹40,000
• (d) ₹40,500

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3. Ram has an average score of 65 runs in 19 innings in cricket matches. Find out how many runs are to be scored by him in the 20^th innings to raise the average score to 67.

• (a) 135
• (b) 105
• (c) 115
• (d) 195

4. A metallic cube has each of its side of length 12 cm. It is melted and recast into three small cubes. Out of these cubes, two have their sides as 6 cm and 8 cm, respectively. The length of each side of the third cube is:

• (a) 7 cm
• (b) 9 cm
• (c) 10 cm
• (d) 5 cm

5. A policeman starts chasing a thief when he was already 600 m ahead. If the policeman is running at a speed of 9 km/h and the thief at 8 km/h, then the thief would be caught at a distance of:

• (a) 6.5 km
• (b) 6 km
• (c) 5 km
• (d) 5.4 km

6. A shopkeeper bought certain number of apples for Rs.3,600. He sold one-fifth of them at a loss of 10%, one-fourth of the remaining apples at a loss of 5%, and two-third of the rest at a profit of 15%. At what price (in Rs.) should he sell the remaining apples to earn a profit of 27% overall?

• (a) 1,548
• (b) 1,584
• (c) 1,845
• (d) 1,864

7. 4 men and 6 women can complete a work in 8 days, while 3 men and 7 women can complete it in 10 days. In how many days will 25 women complete it?

• (a) 20
• (b) 16
• (c) 25
• (d) 18

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9. Find the remainder when 8⁸ + 6 is divided by 7.

• (a) 0
• (b) 2
• (c) 3
• (d) 1

10. What value of 'y' will satisfy the following equation?

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

11. In a division sum, the divisor is 13 times the quotient and 6 times the remainder. If the remainder is 39, then the dividend is:

• (a) 4240
• (b) 4576
• (c) 4251
• (d) 4800

12. If tan α = 6, then sec α equals to:

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

13.

• (a) 1.11
• (b) 1.22
• (c) 1.33
• (d) 1.44

14.

• (a) 21 cm
• (b) 18 cm
• (c) 20 cm
• (d) 22 cm

15. Swipe →

• (a) 5774
• (b) 4096
• (c) 5776
• (d) 5778

16. Swipe →

• (a) Length of a sector
• (b) Area of an arc
• (c) Radius of a circle
• (d) Length of an arc

17. A thief seeing a policeman from a distance of 400 m started running at a speed of 16 km/h. The policeman chased him immediately with a speed of 18 km/h and the thief was caught. What is the distance run by the thief before he was caught by the policeman?

• (a) 3200 m
• (b) 3230 m
• (c) 3240 m
• (d) 3220 m

18. A group of men decided to do a job in 13 days but 9 men left the work after each day. The work, as a result, got completed in 16 days. How many men were initially in the group?

• (a) 378
• (b) 360
• (c) 330
• (d) 380

19. Applied to a bill for ₹50,000, the difference between a discount of 40% and two successive discounts of 36% and 4%,is :

• (a) ₹875
• (b) ₹1,440
• (c) ₹1,250
• (d) ₹720

20. Raju and Rajat working together take 5 days to complete a piece of work. If Raju alone can do this work in 7 days, how long would Rajat take to complete the same work?

• (a) 18 days
• (b) 16.5 days
• (c) 17 days
• (d) 17.5 days

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• (a) 126
• (b) 150
• (c) 110
• (d) 135

22. A field is 150 m long and 80 wide. How many times (rounded off to 1 decimal place) is its perimeter to the length of its diagonal?

• (a) 2.3
• (b) 2.5
• (c) 2.7
• (d) 3.1

23. When two circles of radii r₁ and r₂ have their centres at a distance d apart, then length of the common transverse tangent is:

• (a)
• (b)
• (c)
• (d)

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• (b)
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25. Swipe →

• (a) 9
• (b) 5
• (c) 6
• (d) 0

1. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A speech by an actor at the end of a play

• (a) Prologue
• (b) Monologue
• (c) Epilogue
• (d) Duologue

2. Select the option that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word. Incompetent

• (a) Forlorn
• (b) Desperate
• (c) Hopeless
• (d) Dexterous

3. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Someone who lives in solitude

• (a) Metropolitan
• (b) Cosmopolitan
• (c) Recluse
• (d) Refugee

4. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. Lord Ganesha, the Destroyer of Obstacles, is worshipped for his wisdom and brilliance. B.People adore the goddess Lakshmi and Lord Ganesha on Diwali. C.This 'New Year' i.e., Diwali is marked by merchants establishing new account books. D.Goddess Lakshmi is also worshipped on Diwali for wealth and success.

• (a) DABC
• (b) BADC
• (c) ADBC
• (d) CDBA

5. Identify the option that can be substituted as the correct idiom for the underlined part of the given sentence. As soon as the principal came to know about the inspection in the school, he put everything in perfect order.

• (a) Apple pie order
• (b) Apple of discord
• (c) Alley apple
• (d) Apple of one’s eye

7. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Raghav had a good ______ for stage plays.

• (a) trip
• (b) trope
• (c) troop
• (d) troupe

8. 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. We hardly knew nothing / about the manager / who had recently joined.

• (a) We hardly knew nothing
• (b) No error
• (c) about the manager
• (d) who had recently joined

9. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. Here / come / the bus / for Lucknow.

• (a) for Lucknow
• (b) the bus
• (c) come
• (d) Here

10. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

• (a) Tour
• (b) Triumph
• (c) Sandwitch
• (d) Process

11. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The growing population of India will have been controlled by the Indian government by 2040.

• (a) By 2040, the Indian population will have continued to grow uncontrollably
• (b) By 2040, the Indian government will have controlled the growing population of India.
• (c) By 2040, the Indian government is successfully controlling the growing population of India.
• (d) The Indian population will have stabilised by 2022.

12. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. One who loves mankind

• (a) Atheist
• (b) Pessimist
• (c) Optimist
• (d) Philanthropist

13. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

• (a) Allimony
• (b) Structural
• (c) Hallucinate
• (d) Halloween

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

• (a) Sensible
• (b) Imprudent
• (c) Careless
• (d) Short-sighted

15. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Which _________ do you usually take to reach your office?

• (a) route
• (b) root
• (c) rout
• (d) rude

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

• (a) Reward
• (b) Punish
• (c) Dismay
• (d) Praise

17. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Author’s explanatory remarks at the beginning of a book

• (a) Preface
• (b) Foreward
• (c) Bibliography
• (d) Biography

18. Identify how will you say that “The doctor treated the victims of the violence very carefully”, in the passive voice.

• (a) The doctor was very careful while providing treatment to the victims
• (b) The doctor’s care was shown to the victims of the violence
• (c) The victims of the violence were treated very carefully by the doctor
• (d) The victims were treated attentively by the doctor

19. Sentences of a paragraph are given below. While the first and the last sentences (S1 and S6) are in the correct order, the sentences in between are jumbled up. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. S1. He sat in his seat A.hardly showing any signs of hearing B.beside the bed, C.gazing sternly D.at the patient’s face S6. what they were saying to him.

• (a) DABC
• (b) BCDA
• (c) DCAB
• (d) DBAC

20. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Hundreds of firms went bankrupt during the _________.

• (a) recission
• (b) revision
• (c) remission
• (d) recession

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

• (a) emission
• (b) feeding
• (c) creation
• (d) fertilisation

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

• (a) despondence
• (b) imbalance
• (c) hunger
• (d) creativity

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

• (a) mobs
• (b) people
• (c) communities
• (d) conditions

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

• (a) pregnancy
• (b) famine
• (c) overpopulation
• (d) surgery

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

• (a) heart breaking
• (b) contradictory
• (c) irreversible
• (d) conditional