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SSC CHSL 2022 Tier I — 21 March 2023, Shift 3
21 March 2023 · 2:30 PM–3:30 PM95 of the paper’s 100 questions+2 for a correct answer, −0.5 for a wrong one
Left out of the original paper: 5 (any question that needs a figure, symbol or formatting we cannot show, or whose text or answer did not come through cleanly from the official document).
Questions from the Staff Selection Commission’s paper of 21 March 2023, 2:30 PM–3:30 PM. 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.
English Language
1. Choose the sentence with no spelling error.
- (a) I was rently at a literary festival.
- (b) I was recently at a litrary festival.
- (c) I was recently at a literary festival.
- (d) I was recently at a literery fstival.
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Answer: (c)
2. Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. There has been a noticeable fall in the number of children dying from malnutrition.
- (a) noticeable falling
- (b) No improvement
- (c) noticeably falling
- (d) noticeably falls
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Answer: (b)
3. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. P. application, which can also be used to log complaints about Q. littering or caused by the animals, according to officials R. registered with the local authority through a mobile phone S. the residents of Noida can now get their pets like dogs or cats
- (a) QRPS
- (b) SRPQ
- (c) PRQS
- (d) RQPS
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Answer: (b)
4. Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’. Near 800 million people worldwide lack updated sanitation.
- (a) updated sanitation.
- (b) people worldwide lack
- (c) No error
- (d) Near 800 million
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Answer: (d)
5. Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. Scientists have predicted that the cultivation of rice will be affected severe.
- (a) affect severe
- (b) No improvement
- (c) effecting severely
- (d) affected severely
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Answer: (d)
6. The given sentence is in active voice. Change the voice of the sentence. Select the correct option from the sentences given in options. She used the aerobic ball during workout.
- (a) During workout the aerobic ball were to be used by her.
- (b) During workout the aerobic ball will be used by her.
- (c) During workout the aerobic ball had been used by her.
- (d) During workout the aerobic ball was used by her.
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Answer: (d)
7. Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words. A child born after the death of his father
- (a) Orphan
- (b) Pseudonym
- (c) Posthumous
- (d) Bigot
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Answer: (c)
9. Choose the word that means the same as the given word. Fad
- (a) Sensation
- (b) Standard
- (c) Classic
- (d) Deviant
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Answer: (a)
10. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. In space it is possible to identify and ________ some unique characteristics of human physiology and biology.
- (a) isolate
- (b) excess
- (c) replete
- (d) partition
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Answer: (a)
11. Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word. Devious
- (a) Outspoken
- (b) Circuitous
- (c) Clandestine
- (d) Serpentine
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Answer: (a)
12. Choose the word that means the same as the given word. Nacreous
- (a) Monochromatic
- (b) Pale
- (c) Gloom
- (d) Iridescent
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Answer: (d)
13. Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. Mary doesn’t like cartoons because they are loud, so she doesn’t watched them.
- (a) do not watched this
- (b) doesn’t watch them
- (c) No improvement
- (d) does watching them
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Answer: (b)
14. In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase. To play with fire
- (a) Feel sick
- (b) To take foolish risk
- (c) To abuse
- (d) Show disappointment
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Answer: (b)
15. Choose the incorrectly spelt word.
- (a) Flufy
- (b) Gifted
- (c) Juggler
- (d) Struggler
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Answer: (a)
16. Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the part that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'. That was a good / conversation, I look forward / to meet you.
- (a) That was a good
- (b) to meet you.
- (c) conversation, I look forward
- (d) No error
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Answer: (b)
18. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Backseat driver
- (a) A person who offers unsolicited advice.
- (b) To miss an appointed meeting.
- (c) Attempt to get control over someone.
- (d) To conclude proceedings.
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Answer: (a)
19. Choose the word that means the same as the given word. Corrective
- (a) Commuting
- (b) Restorative
- (c) Compensatory
- (d) Sluggish
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Answer: (b)
20. Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. Research shows P. that medium-skilled employees who work Q. in front of a computer and work beyond R. 4.6 effective hours a day produce smaller S. quantities of output per hour due to fatigue
- (a) RQSP
- (b) PQSR
- (c) SQRP
- (d) PQRS
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Answer: (d)
PassageFor questions 21–25
In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. Rock candy is actually a collection of large sugar crystals that are "grown" from a sugar-water (1)______. Crystals form when the smallest particles of a substance, the molecules, arrange themselves in a/an (2) ______ and repetitive pattern. Molecules are too small for us to see moving around and (3) ______ themselves, but you can get a rough idea of what this would look like by taking a small shallow tray and filling it with marbles, ball bearings, or other spheres. As you (4) ______ more spheres, the bottom of the tray becomes covered, then the spheres must form layers on top of (5) ______, and a structure or pattern emerges.
21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
- (a) convergence
- (b) ramification
- (c) disposition
- (d) solution
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Answer: (d)
22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
- (a) orderly
- (b) vastly
- (c) wholly
- (d) adeptly
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Answer: (a)
23. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
- (a) summarizing
- (b) shielding
- (c) arranging
- (d) dividing
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Answer: (c)
24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
- (a) add
- (b) curse
- (c) please
- (d) toil
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Answer: (a)
25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
- (a) others
- (b) one
- (c) one another
- (d) every other
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Answer: (c)
General Intelligence
1. 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 A are T. II. Some T are H. Conclusions: I. No T is A. II. No H is T. III. No A is H.
- (a) Only conclusion I follows
- (b) All conclusion follows
- (c) Only conclusion II follows
- (d) Neither conclusion follows
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Answer: (d)
2. 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) 56885 – 11377
- (b) 38515 – 7701
- (c) 74235 – 14847
- (d) 82695 – 16539
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Answer: (b)
3. A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. TRAP, MMRE, FHIT, YCZI, ?
- (a) RYQY
- (b) RXQX
- (c) RYQX
- (d) RXQY
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Answer: (b)
4. In the following question, select the missing number from the given series. 34, 71, 108, 145, ?, 219
- (a) 160
- (b) 182
- (c) 180
- (d) 172
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Answer: (b)
5. Words given on the left side of (::) are related with each other by some Logic/Rule /Relation. Select the missing word/word pair on the right side of (::) from the given alternatives based on the same Logic/Rule/Relation. Six : Hexagon :: ?
- (a) Four : Rectangle
- (b) Four : Pentagon
- (c) Three : Square
- (d) Seven : Octagon
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Answer: (a)
6. Pointing towards a lady in a photo, Rinku said, “She is my son’s sister’s mother”. How that lady is related to Rinku?
- (a) Daughter
- (b) Daughter in law
- (c) Sister
- (d) Wife
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Answer: (d)
7. In the following question, select the odd letter/letters from the given alternatives.
- (a) KLIO
- (b) RSPT
- (c) VWTX
- (d) HIFJ
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Answer: (a)
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10. In the following question, select the related letters from the given alternatives. PM : RO :: BC : ?
- (a) DE
- (b) ZA
- (c) JK
- (d) XY
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Answer: (a)
11. After interchanging which two signs and two numbers (Not digits), the value of the given expression will be ‘45’? 10 × 8 ÷ 6 – 2 + 4
- (a) + and –, 8 and 6
- (b) + and ×, 10 and 4
- (c) ÷ and –, 10 and 8
- (d) ÷ and –, 4 and 8
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12. In a certain code language, ‘ONLINE + THEIR’ is coded as ‘11’, ‘FREE + NEW’ is coded as ‘7’. What is the code for ‘HELP + STUDENTS’ in that code language?
- (a) 10
- (b) 12
- (c) 8
- (d) 6
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Answer: (b)
13. Select the option in which the numbers shares the same relationship in set as that shared by the numbers in 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) (182, 79, 378) (345, 16, 604)
- (a) (79, 18, 178)
- (b) (53, 72, 82)
- (c) (68, 79, 193)
- (d) (84, 64, 84)
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15. In a certain code language, ‘PRINTS’ is coded as ‘QRLHQO’. What is the code for ‘STRICT’ in that code language?
- (a) RAGSQR
- (b) RAGQSR
- (c) RAQGSR
- (d) RGAQSR
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16. 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) 9 – 810
- (b) 11 – 1452
- (c) 7 – 392
- (d) 13 – 2368
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Answer: (d)
17. If 13 @ 2 # 5 = 10 and 43 # 9 @ 16 = 50, then 8 @ 6 # 3 = ?
- (a) 7
- (b) 11
- (c) 10
- (d) 8
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19. Words given on the left side of (::) are related with each other by some Logic/Rule /Relation. Select the missing word/word pair on the right side of (::) from the given alternatives based on the same Logic/Rule/Relation. Uttar Pradesh : Lucknow :: ?
- (a) Sikkim : Trivandrum
- (b) Rajasthan : Sikar
- (c) West Bengal : Kolkata
- (d) Chennai : Tamil Nadu
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Answer: (c)
20. In the following question, select the odd word pair from the given alternatives.
- (a) Ottawa – Canada
- (b) Karachi – Pakistan
- (c) Rome – Italy
- (d) Canberra – Australia
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22. Select the correct option that indicates the arrangement of the given words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary. 1. Lean 2. League 3. Lecture 4. Layout 5. Leftist
- (a) 4, 2, 3, 1, 5
- (b) 2, 1, 5, 3, 4
- (c) 4, 2, 1, 3, 5
- (d) 4, 2, 1, 5, 3
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Answer: (c)
23. Select the option that is related to the sixth number in the same way as the first number is related to the second number and third number is related to fourth number. 319 : 552 :: 146 : 379 :: ? : 774
- (a) 535
- (b) 639
- (c) 541
- (d) 479
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General Awareness
1. As per Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022, India ranks at ______ position.
- (a) 57th
- (b) 77th
- (c) 97th
- (d) 107th
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3. Which of the following is monoatomic?
- (a) Nitrogen
- (b) Oxygen
- (c) Chlorine
- (d) Helium
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Answer: (d)
4. Which of the following persons has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?
- (a) C. V. Raman
- (b) Kailash Satyarthi
- (c) Amartya Sen
- (d) Rabindranath Tagore
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5. Gandhiji, aged ______, arrived in India in 1915 from South Africa.
- (a) 52
- (b) 46
- (c) 28
- (d) 34
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6. Which among the following is a viral disease?
- (a) Chicken pox
- (b) Tuberculosis
- (c) Whooping Cough
- (d) Malaria
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7. Which of the following is NOT a valid file format in MS-PowerPoint 365?
- (a) .pptm
- (b) .pwpt
- (c) .ppt
- (d) .pptx
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8. The First Amendment Act, 1951 of the Indian constitution added which of the following schedules?
- (a) Tenth schedule
- (b) Ninth schedule
- (c) Eleventh schedule
- (d) Seventh schedule
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9. The asteroid belt lies between which two planets?
- (a) Jupiter and Saturn
- (b) Mars and Jupiter
- (c) Saturn and Uranus
- (d) Mercury and Venus
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10. Which among the following is not an All India Financial Institution?
- (a) ICICI Bank
- (b) National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
- (c) National Housing Bank
- (d) Export - Import Bank of India
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Answer: (a)
11. Qawwali was brought in India from ______.
- (a) Turkey
- (b) Mongolia
- (c) Saudi Arabia
- (d) Persia
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12. Which country won the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2019?
- (a) Poland
- (b) Norway
- (c) Ukraine
- (d) South Korea
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13. The approximate length of the Great Himalayan range, also known as the central axial range, is ______ km from east to west.
- (a) 2800
- (b) 2500
- (c) 3000
- (d) 2100
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Answer: (b)
14. What is the name of the mascot for 36th National Games, 2022?
- (a) Chanakya
- (b) Kojima
- (c) Manikarnika
- (d) Savaj
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15. Identify the person from the given statements. He founded e-commerce giant Amazon in 1994 out of his garage in Seattle. He stepped down as CEO to become executive chairman in July 2021.
- (a) Jack Ma
- (b) Steve Jobs
- (c) Jeff Bezos
- (d) Elon Musk
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16. Western ghats are locally known as _______ in Maharashtra.
- (a) Sahyadri
- (b) Vindhya
- (c) Khadar
- (d) Gondwana
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18. National Highways Infra Trust (NHAI InvIT) bonds introduced by Union Minister of Transport and Highways in October 2022 will provide a effective yield of ______ percent each year.
- (a) 6.05
- (b) 9.05
- (c) 7.05
- (d) 8.05
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19. India won the only bronze medal in which team sports at Tokyo Olympics 2020 held in 2021?
- (a) Table Tennis
- (b) Basketball
- (c) Field hockey
- (d) Badminton
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20. What is the average height of inner Himalayas?
- (a) 6000 metres
- (b) 4500 metres
- (c) 5200 metres
- (d) 7100 metres
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21. Article 350A of the Indian constitution is related with ______.
- (a) Special officers for linguistic minorities
- (b) Facilities for instruction in mother-tongue at primary stage
- (c) Direction for development of the Hindi language
- (d) Language to be used in Supreme Court and High Courts of India
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Answer: (b)
22. What is the percentage of carbon dioxide in the air exhaled by human lungs?
- (a) 3.2 percent
- (b) 5.9 percent
- (c) 2.3 percent
- (d) 4.4 percent
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Answer: (d)
23. Which Indian cricketer is also known as Little Master?
- (a) Umesh Yadav
- (b) Virat Kohli
- (c) Sunil Gavasker
- (d) Kapil Dev
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24. When was Alluri Sitarama Raju arrested ending a two-year armed tribal struggle?
- (a) May 1924
- (b) January 1921
- (c) April 1919
- (d) December 1929
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Answer: (a)
25. Which Indian festival celebrates the birth anniversary of spiritual leader Padmasambhava, founder of Tibet Tantric Buddhism?
- (a) Bakrid
- (b) Losar
- (c) Gurpurab
- (d) Hemis
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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.
English Language
- Q 1
- (c)
- Q 2
- (b)
- Q 3
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- Q 4
- (d)
- Q 5
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- Q 6
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- Q 7
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- Q 9
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- Q 25
- (c)
General Intelligence
- Q 1
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- Q 24
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- Q 25
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Quantitative Aptitude
- Q 1
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- Q 2
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- Q 3
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- Q 4
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- Q 6
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General Awareness
- Q 1
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- Q 20
- (a)
- Q 21
- (b)
- Q 22
- (d)
- Q 23
- (c)
- Q 24
- (a)
- Q 25
- (d)