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SSC CHSL Exam 2021 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On: 24 May, 2022 Shift 2) (English)
SSC CHSL Exam 2021 Tier-I Official Paper (Held On: 24 May, 2022 Shift 2) (English) with official questions, answers, and practice mock test.
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Section 1
General Intelligence and Reasoning
25 questions
Section Test
1
Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the signs and to balance the given equation. 255102860
MCQ
Correct answer: –,+,÷,×,=
2
Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace the signs and to balance the given equation. 4246932960*5
MCQ
Correct answer: ×,−,=, ×,+,÷
3
Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series? 286,303,320,371,422,507,?
MCQ
Correct answer: 592
4
Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary. 1.Dish 2.Disease 3.Discuss 4.Disjoin 5.Disgrace
MCQ
Correct answer: 3, 2, 5, 1, 4
5
Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at PQ ' as shown PB 59 FD
MCQ
Correct answer: B 2 a LD
6
Select the option that is related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth term is related to the third term. DETAILS : TEDASLI :: EMPATHY : PMEAYHT :: FORMULA : ?
MCQ
Correct answer: ROFMALU
7
In a certain code language, 'WORTH' is written as 'ZRRWK' and ‘TRACK’ is written as ‘WUAFN’. How will 'FAITH' be written in that language?
MCQ
Correct answer: IDIWK
8
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. 52 : 5 :: 100 : 7 :: 164 : ?
MCQ
Correct answer: 9
9
Select the option figure in which the given figure (X) is embedded as its part.
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 2]
10
Select the option that represents the letters that, when placed from left to right in the blanks, will complete the letter series. S _ O Z Q T L O _ Q U _ O _ Q V L O Z _
MCQ
Correct answer: L Z L Z Q
11
Select the Venn diagram that best represents the relationship between the following classes. Bed, Bedroom, House
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 3]
12
In a certain code language, 'SAMPLE' is written as ‘RYJLGY’ and ‘MAPLE’ is written as ’LYMHZ’.How will 'PEOPLE' be written in that language?
MCQ
Correct answer: OCLLGY
13
Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace the signs and to balance the given equation. 9115518*37
MCQ
Correct answer: =,÷,×,+
14
Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to replace the signs and to balance the given equation. 3732179184*19
MCQ
Correct answer: ×,+,−,=, ×, −
15
Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the signs and to balance the given equation. 255102844
MCQ
Correct answer: ÷,×,+,–, =
16
Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series? DRBZ, ABKX, ?, UVCT, RFLR
MCQ
Correct answer: XLTV
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) are followed in all the number-pairs EXCEPT one. Find that odd number-pair.
MCQ
Correct answer: 169 : 14
18
Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the signs and to balance the given equation. 164810224
MCQ
Correct answer: ÷,×,–,+, =
19
Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary. 1.Negotiation 2.Negate 3.Networking 4.Negligible 5.Newspaper
MCQ
Correct answer: 2,4,1,3,5
20
How many squares are there in the given figure?
MCQ
Correct answer: 18
21
Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the signs and balance the given equation. 573544111374
MCQ
Correct answer: –,+,÷,×, =
22
Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at MN as shown h GY 98 W
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 3]
23
Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at MN as shown. nhq 275
MCQ
Correct answer: up dsi
24
Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at MN as shown BqR 785 d
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 3]
25
Select the option that is related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth term is related to the third term. AMOUNT : MOUNT :: BRIDGE : RIDGE :: BRIGHT : ?
MCQ
Correct answer: RIGHT
Section 2
General Awareness
25 questions
Section Test
26
Dr. Sunanda Nair is recognised as a ___________ performer, teacher, and proponent.
MCQ
Correct answer: Mohiniyattam
27
Which of the following books is NOT written by Arundhati Roy?
MCQ
Correct answer: Private Life of An Indian Prince
28
Which of the following has launched the ‘DBT-Star College Mentorship Programme’ in November 2021?
MCQ
Correct answer: Ministry of Science and Technology
29
Isopentane, also called ________, is a branched-chain saturated hydrocarbon with the chemical formula C₅H₁₂.
MCQ
Correct answer: 2-methylbutane
30
Which of the following countries will jointly organise the FIH Women's Hockey World Cup from 1 to 17 July 2022?
MCQ
Correct answer: Spain and Netherlands
31
Who among the following won Arjuna Award 2021 in Kabaddi discipline?
MCQ
Correct answer: Sandeep Narwal
32
Padma Shri awardee Gopal Prasad Dubey was awarded for his contribution to which of the following dances?
MCQ
Correct answer: Chhau
33
Where is sodium located on the periodic table?
MCQ
Correct answer: On the left side
34
Recently, some mail channels have been introduced to facilitate quick delivery of mail in large towns and cities in India. Which of the following is NOT a part of these mail channels?
MCQ
Correct answer: State Channel
35
Who is the first Indian musician to win the Oscar award for Best Original Score?
MCQ
Correct answer: R. Rahman
36
[Image / Diagram based question]
MCQ
Correct answer: भाला फेंक
37
What is the position of non-metals in the periodic table?
MCQ
Correct answer: On the right side
38
Which of the following is the youngest percussionist to be awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards by the Government of India?
MCQ
Correct answer: Zakir Hussain
39
Which cell theory proved that the quasi-fluid nature of lipid enables lateral movement of proteins within the overall bilayer?
MCQ
Correct answer: Fluid mosaic model
40
Identify the correct statement in relation toampere.
MCQ
Correct answer: One ampere is constituted by the flow of one coulomb of charge per second
41
In the absence of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, who presides the joint sitting of the two houses of Parliament?
MCQ
Correct answer: Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
42
Shamshad begum, one of the first women to sing playback for Hindi movies, was conferred with the prestigious OP Nayyar Award for her contribution to Hindi film Music in the year _____.
MCQ
Correct answer: 2009
43
Who among the following Indian classical musicians was the very first to be presented with the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour?
MCQ
Correct answer: Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi
44
The Health Minister relaunched the intensified version 4.0 of the largest global inoculation drive in February 2022. What is the name of this Mission which covers crores of pregnant women and children?
MCQ
Correct answer: Mission Indradhanush
45
Which of the following Marathi writers was the author of the autobiography ‘Majya Jalmachi Chittarkatha’?
MCQ
Correct answer: Shantabai Krushnaji Kamble
46
Usually, which year of a series of years in an economic index is called the base year?
MCQ
Correct answer: First year
47
Identify the terrestrial planet from among the following.
MCQ
Correct answer: Mercury
48
Meenakshi Srinivasan received the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar 2011 for which of the following dance forms?
MCQ
Correct answer: Bharatanatyam
49
When was the Sri Shanmukhananda National Eminence Award set up?
MCQ
Correct answer: 2002
50
‘The God of Small Things’, a winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, is the debut novel of which of the following Indian writers?
MCQ
Correct answer: Arundhati Roy
Section 3
Quantitative Aptitude
25 questions
Section Test
51
If the volume of a cube is 27 m 3, find its surface area (in m 2).
MCQ
Correct answer: 54
52
A trader marks his goods at 45% above the cost price. He offers a discount of 21% to his customers. What is his percentage profit (rounded off to the nearest integer)?
MCQ
Correct answer: 15%
53
Which of the following numbers is divisible by 7?
MCQ
Correct answer: 3661
54
A new mobile is introduced into the market and is marked at 25% above its original cost price. What discount should be given on the marked price to gain a profit of 20%?
MCQ
Correct answer: 4%
55
If 2a + b = 10, 2ab = 9, and 2a > b, then find the value of 2a – b.
MCQ
Correct answer: 8
56
Find the mean proportion of 3 and 27.
MCQ
Correct answer: 9
57
Shovik purchases two types of sugar: the first type at Rs.45 per kg and the second type at Rs.80 per kg. In what ratio should Shovik blend the first type of sugar with the second type so that, by selling each kg of the blended sugar at Rs.72 per kg, he makes a profit of 20%?
MCQ
Correct answer: 4 : 3
58
Find the volume of a hemisphere whose diameter is 6 cm. (Take π=22/7)
MCQ
Correct answer: 18π cm3
59
The value of 11 ÷ [1 + 1 ÷ {1 + 1 ÷ (1 + 1 ÷ 3)}] is:
MCQ
Correct answer: 7
60
If a + b = 12 and ab = 35, find the value of a4 + b4 – 103?
MCQ
Correct answer: 2026
61
The table below gives the numbers of seats own in the local body elections in a state by different political parties in the years 2019 and 2014. Name of the Party Result in 2019 Result in 2014 AGP 303 282 Con Party 52 43 CMK AICT 22 34 Kant a Dal 16 Shiv Party 18 18 Find the ratio of the total number of seats won by Con party in 2014, Kant a Dal in 2019, and the Shiv Party in 2019 taken together to the number of seats won by AGP in 2014.
MCQ
Correct answer: 77 : 282
62
Sales of stationary items over the years 300 200 200 150 100 150 100 2000 2001 2002 2003 Years Find the approximate percentage increase in sales from 2002 to 2003
MCQ
Correct answer: 33.3%
63
Inside a triangle ABC, a straight line parallel to BC intersects AB and AC at the points P and Q, respectively. If AB = 6PB, then PQ ∶ BC is _________.
MCQ
Correct answer: 5 ∶ 6
64
The heights of 4 s students of a class are shown in the following table Height (in No. of cm) students up to 150 up to 155 16 up to 160 18 up to 165 33 upto 170 48 What is the percentage of students whose height is more than l 60 cm?
MCQ
Correct answer: 62.5%
65
Simplify [l(d-b-d)-ds) - b+d-dsl-ds
MCQ
Correct answer: 2p + 2q
66
In a test, the average score of 50 students is 66. Out of the total students, 40% are girls and the rest are boys. The average score of the boys is 20% less than that of the girls. What is the average score of the girls?
MCQ
Correct answer: 75
67
If base radius and height of a cylinder are 4 cm and 5 cm, respectively, then find the curved surface area of the cylinder [use π = 3.14].
MCQ
Correct answer: 125.6 cm2
68
Sin (−A) = ?
MCQ
Correct answer: −Sin A
69
The population of a village is 9,000. If the annual birth rate is 12.5% and the annual death rate is 2.5%, calculate the population after three years.
MCQ
Correct answer: 11979
70
In an election between two candidates, Ravi gets 65% of total valid votes. If total votes were 6000, what is the number of valid votes that the other candidate Sushil gets, if 25% of total votes were invalid?
MCQ
Correct answer: 1575
71
Find the average of the following data : 1, 2, 3, 5, 17, 21 and 28
MCQ
Correct answer: 11
72
A and B together can do a piece of work in 12 days, while A alone can complete the same work in 18 days. How long will B alone take to complete the work?
MCQ
Correct answer: 36 days
73
A man can row 5 km/h in still water. If the speed of the current is 2.5 km/h, it takes 4 hours more in upstream than in the downstream for the same distance. The distance is:
MCQ
Correct answer: 15 km
74
A man P purchased a land for ₹4,32,000 on the outskirts of a city. Due to some reason, its value depreciated at 25% per annum and he sold it to Q after 2 years. At this time, the city expanded and new projects of infrastructures started coming up. As a result of the expansion, there was an appreciation of real estate prices at the rate of 50%. What would be the value (in ₹) of the land after 2 years, from the time Q bought the land from P?
MCQ
Correct answer: ₹5,46,750
75
A shopkeeper marks up his goods by 30% and then gives a discount of 10% on the marked price. Apart from this, he uses a faulty balance which reads 1 kg for 870 g. What is his net profit percentage?
MCQ
Correct answer: 34.48%
Section 4
English Comprehension
25 questions
Section Test
76
Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in bold in the following sentence. At supper, everyone was in high spirits.
MCQ
Correct answer: cheerful
77
Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. One’s family plays a very major role to continue the trends and age-old traditions.
MCQ
Correct answer: significant role in enduring the trends
78
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the following sentence. I felt terribly jaded after working all weekend.
MCQ
Correct answer: refreshed
79
Select the correctly spelt word to fill in the blank. The people from sub-continent are very _____________.
MCQ
Correct answer: superstitious
80
Select the denotation of the highlighted word. The guile of the businessman is well known to his contemporaries.
MCQ
Correct answer: Slyness
81
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. A trip to the village temple was made by Bhavani yesterday.
MCQ
Correct answer: Bhavani made a trip to the village temple yesterday.
82
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. He dreams big than his friends.
MCQ
Correct answer: bigger
83
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Unable to speak distinctly or express oneself clearly
MCQ
Correct answer: Inarticulate
84
Select the most appropriate synonym of the word given in the brackets to fill in the blank. The university team won the match in the end with a _______________ (cunning) move.
MCQ
Correct answer: slick
85
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Gear up for
MCQ
Correct answer: Get ready for
86
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. The first time that I was seated behind a curtain in a dining car, I felt as if the curtain had been dropped on my selfhood and could never adjust to the separate waiting rooms, separate eating places, separate rest rooms, partly because the separate was always unequal, and partly because the very idea of separation did something to my sense of dignity and self-respect. B. One Sunday, we went to church in Simsbury, and we were the only Negroes there and on Sunday mornings I was the religious leader and spoke on any text I wanted to 107 boys. C. Just before going to college I went to Simsbury, Connecticut, and worked for a whole summer on a tobacco farm to earn a little school money to supplement what my parents were doing. D. After that summer in Connecticut, it was a bitter feeling going back to segregation and it was hard to understand why I could ride wherever I pleased on the train from New York to Washington and then had to change to a Jim Crow car at the nation’s capital in order to continue the trip to Atlanta.
MCQ
Correct answer: CBDA
87
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Call upon
MCQ
Correct answer: To order
88
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The boy kicked the ball high into the air.
MCQ
Correct answer: The ball was kicked high into the air by the boy.
89
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. A wise king’s wisdom _____________the land like the sun.
MCQ
Correct answer: illuminates
90
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. A small organised dissenting group within a larger one
MCQ
Correct answer: Faction
91
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Abundant
MCQ
Correct answer: Plentiful
92
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Kiara will sign all the documents tomorrow.
MCQ
Correct answer: All the documents will be signed by Kiara tomorrow.
93
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the highlighted word. The malice he developed for all caused a lot of damage.
MCQ
Correct answer: sympathy
94
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
MCQ
Correct answer: Feeld
95
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
MCQ
Correct answer: Occular
96
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
MCQ
Correct answer: towards
97
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
MCQ
Correct answer: which
98
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
MCQ
Correct answer: every
99
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
MCQ
Correct answer: absent
100
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
MCQ
Correct answer: being