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SSC Graduation Level 5 Aug 2022 Shift 3 (English)
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Section 1
General Intelligence and Reasoning
22 questions
Section Test
1
Select the option that represents the letters which when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below will complete the letter series. L _ J _ G _ K _ H G _ K J H _ L _ _ H G
MCQ
Correct answer: K H L J L G K J
2
Select the option in which the given figure is embedded rotation is NOT allowed)
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 4]
3
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.) Hockey : Stick
MCQ
Correct answer: Pool : Cue
4
Select a suitable figure from the answer figures which would replace the question mark
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 4]
5
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.) Admit : Deny
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Correct answer: Apart : Together
6
In a certain code language, ‘CRAFTED’ is written as ‘ETYHVCF’ and ‘IMAGE’ is written as ‘GOYIC’. How will ‘HAUNT’ be written in that language?
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Correct answer: JYSPV
7
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.) Lizard : Crawl :: Snake : ?________
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Correct answer: Slither
8
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 /deleting /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) (7, 1, 72) (5, 2, 18)
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Correct answer: (3, 1, 8)
9
‘A # B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’. ‘A @ B’ means ‘A is the daughter of B’. ‘A & B’ means ‘A is the husband of B’. ‘A % B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’. If V & S @ F % H # T & Q, then how is S related to H?
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Correct answer: Daughter
10
Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) and complete the given series? MCRV, PFQU, ?, VLOS, YONR
MCQ
Correct answer: SIPT
11
Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series? 14, 23, 38, 59, ?, 119
MCQ
Correct answer: 86
12
In a certain code language, ‘CAMERA’ is written as ‘NBDBSF’ and ‘DOCTOR’ is written as ‘DPESPU’. How will ‘CHURCH’ be written in that language?
MCQ
Correct answer: VIDIDS
13
Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded rotation is NOT allowed)
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 4]
14
Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary. 1. Assured 2. Atmosphere 3. Associated 4. Astronaut 5. Attract 6. Attention
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Correct answer: 3, 1, 4, 2, 6, 5
15
Three statements are followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to consider these statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Decide which of the given conclusions logically follow/s from the given statements. Statements: All biscuits are candies. All candies are chocolates. All chocolates are snacks. Conclusions: (I) All chocolates are biscuits. (II) Some snacks are candies. (III) All snacks are chocolates.
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Correct answer: Only conclusion II follows.
16
In a certain code language, ‘BEAUTY’ is written as ‘CGDXST’ and CAMERA’ is written as ‘OCEZQD’. How will ‘BELONG’ be written in that language?
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Correct answer: NGDFMN
17
In a certain code language, 'EASILY' is written as '142', 'ESCAPE' is written as '98', how will 'FAMILY' be written in that language?
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Correct answer: 132
18
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 bulbs are tube lights. Some tube lights are switches. No switches are wires. Conclusions: I. Some tube lights are bulbs. II. No switch is bulb. III. No wire is tube light
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Correct answer: Only conclusion I follows
19
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. FLOWER : DJMUCP :: GARDEN : EYPBCL :: FOREST : ?
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Correct answer: DMPCQR
20
Pointing towards a man, Joshua said, “He is the father of my father’s brother’s wife’s son’s sister.” How is that man related to Joshua?
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Correct answer: Father’s brother
21
In a certain code language, 'CHILD' is written as 'YTSPX' and ‘ADULT’ is written as ‘AXGPH’. How will 'YOUNG' be written in that language?
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Correct answer: CMGNU
22
In a certain code language, 'KITCHEN' is written as ‘OQFWRUL’ and 'COOKER' is written as 'WKKOUH'. How will 'CUTTER' be written in that language?
MCQ
Correct answer: WEFFUH
Section 2
General Awareness
27 questions
Section Test
23
What is the fourth proportional of 21, 56 and 27?
MCQ
Correct answer: 72
24
A person received a yearly salary hike of 15%, 20%, and 25% in 3 successive years. What is the total salary of the person after 3 years if his initial salary was Rs.20,000?
MCQ
Correct answer: Rs.34,500
25
Which of the following dances is traditionally performed by tea cultivators in Assam?
MCQ
Correct answer: Jhumur
26
What happens to the magnetic field produced by a given current in the conductor when the distance increases?
MCQ
Correct answer: It decreases
27
Which of the following statements about Bharat Naujawan Sabha is INCORRECT?
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Correct answer: It was established in 1927.
28
Which is the most suitable soil for growing coffee in India?
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Correct answer: Laterite soil
29
Who among the following is NOT appointed by the President of India?
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Correct answer: Solicitor General of India
30
In Union Budget 2021-22, PLI schemes for 13 key sectors of manufacturing starting from fiscal year (FY) 2021-22 have been announced. The full form of PLI is:
MCQ
Correct answer: Production Linked Incentive
31
Deficiency of which vitamin causes symptoms like tingling in the tongue, anaemia, white patches on the skin, mouth ulcers and shortness of breath?
MCQ
Correct answer: Vitamin B12
32
Shakoor Khan, Pandit Ram Narayan, Ramesh Mishra, Sultan Khan and Ustad Binda Khan are noted players of which of the following instruments?
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Correct answer: Sarangi
33
Who is recognised as the founder of the Lucknow Gharana of Kathak?
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Correct answer: Ishwari Prasad
34
Which is NOT correct about the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?
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Correct answer: It can hear ordinary dispute of commercial nature between the Government of India and the states
35
Builders of which of the following temples had constructed a 4 km long incline for placing 90 tonnes of stone on top of the tallest shikhara amongst temples of its time?
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Correct answer: Rajarajeshvara Temple
36
Which is NOT correct about the Directive Principles of the State Policy?
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Correct answer: They are justiciable in nature.
37
According to the Census of India 2011, what is the percentage of the urban population?
MCQ
Correct answer: 31.16%
38
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced a PCA framework for large non- banking financial companies (NBFCs) with effect from October 2022, putting restrictions whenever vital financial metrics dip below the prescribed threshold. What is PCA?
MCQ
Correct answer: Prompt Corrective Action
39
Which of the following launched ‘SAGE’ initiative on 4 June 2021?
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Correct answer: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
40
According to poverty statistics in India (2011-12), what is the percentage of population in Chandigarh, below the poverty line?
MCQ
Correct answer: 21.81%
41
Which mineral found in Koderma and Giridih districts of Jharkhand is used for power industry, paint and pigment industry etc.?
MCQ
Correct answer: Mica
42
________ introduced the daroga system, replacing zamindari thanedars under the direct control of the district head and on its payroll.
MCQ
Correct answer: Lord Cornwallis
43
The Vidhava Vivaha Uttejaka Mandal (Society for Encouragement of Widow Marriage) was established in __________ in the second half of the nineteenth century.
MCQ
Correct answer: Bombay Presidency
44
In the 1920s, who created the Left-Step Periodic Table (LSPT) of the chemical elements, basing the positions of the elements on patterns in the arrangement of electrons around the atomic nucleus?
MCQ
Correct answer: Charles Janet
45
Who among the following as the Governor administered the oath to the CM of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, in 2021?
MCQ
Correct answer: Jagadish Mukhi
46
Where is the headquarters of Food Corporation of India located?
MCQ
Correct answer: New Delhi
47
Who among the following was the Wazir of Sultan Iltutmish?
MCQ
Correct answer: Nizam ul-Mulk Junaidi
48
The Champaran Mela is celebrated every year in which city of Chhattisgarh?
MCQ
Correct answer: Raipur
49
Who is the head of the committee constituted by the Central Government to consider the withdrawal of AFSPA from Nagaland?
MCQ
Correct answer: Vivek Joshi
Section 3
Quantitative Aptitude
25 questions
Section Test
50
How much percentage of India’s current population lives in rural areas?
MCQ
Correct answer: Less than 70%
51
What was the protest of the residents of Bhavanpur about?
MCQ
Correct answer: They did not want to be included in the city’s urban area.
52
A and B can separately finish a work in 15 and 20 days, respectively. A starts the work and B joins him from the fifth day. How much time will it take to finish the complete work?
MCQ
Correct answer: 10 days
53
₹21,000 is lent at compound interest of 10% p.a. for three years. Find the amount.
MCQ
Correct answer: ₹27,951
54
Joy and Kat run around a circular track of length 1100 m in opposite directions with initial speed of 6 m/sec and 4 m/sec, respectively. Starting from the same point whenever they meet, Joy’s speed halves and Kat’s speed doubles. After how much time from the beginning will they meet for the second time?
MCQ
Correct answer: 210 sec
55
Find the ratio of the curved surface area to the total surface area of a cylinder with diameter of base 14 cm and height 10 cm.
MCQ
Correct answer: 10 17
56
Which of the following is a prime number?
MCQ
Correct answer: 373
57
What is the third proportional of 6 and 18?
MCQ
Correct answer: 54
58
The following figure shows the expenditures incurred by Rohan in different heads Rohan hasa monthly income of 50 o 00 out of which he spends 60%ondifferentexpenditures.Whatisthetotal expenditure in incurred on Health Education and Transportation together Amount spent on different expenditures 4% Rent 13% 18% Education 14% Clothing Health 24% 27% Transportation Other
MCQ
Correct answer: Rs.16,800
59
x 2-100 x+10 If P then the value of and is: x 2-16 X-4
MCQ
Correct answer: x-10
60
What is the average of the following observations? 2.5, 3.25, 4.75, 7.5, 3, 4, 3
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 2]
61
V 5, then the value of y 6 If y+= is:
MCQ
Correct answer: 18
62
P buys an article for Rs.280 and sells it to Q at a profit of 25%. Q sells it to R at some profit. R sells it to S for Rs.560 making a profit of 40%. What percentage profit (rounded off to the nearest integer) did Q make?
MCQ
Correct answer: 14 Percent
63
The least value of sine is:
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 4]
64
Mukesh sells 80% part of a commodity at a profit of 20% and rest of the part at a loss of 5% and in this way earns a profit of ₹9,300. What was the cost price of the commodity for Mukesh?
MCQ
Correct answer: ₹62,000
65
Study the given graph and answer the question that follows Production of Rice in lakh tonnes in three states AB andc 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 BAIBIC During 2016 to 2021, for which year is the production of rice highest?
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Correct answer: 2018
66
At a workplace, one man alone can complete a work in 32 days. If the entire staff, i.e., 6 women and 4 men can complete the work in 6 days, how many days will one woman alone take to complete the entire work?
MCQ
Correct answer: 144
67
Study the given table and answer the question that follows The table shows the production in thousands of four different types of tractors by a company during five years Year Tractor Type - A Type -B Type- C Type - D Type 2010 18 25 12 19 15 24 14 2011 10 23 13 17 2012 13 2013 17 23 12 2014 14 26 20 18
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Correct answer: Type – C
68
Find the value of x when x = 5.
MCQ
Correct answer: 140
69
Only two candidate were contesting against each other in an election of a village. One candidate got 43.5% votes and was defeated by 3744 votes. How many votes did the winning candidate get?
MCQ
Correct answer: 16272
70
The sum of three prime numbers is 90. If one them exceeds another by 30, then one of the numbers is:
MCQ
Correct answer: 59
71
The mean weight (in kg) of four students is 30. The weights of three of them are 42 kg, 28 kg, and 24 kg. What is the weight (in kg) of the fourth student?
MCQ
Correct answer: 26
72
A retailer offers the following discount schemes for buyers on an item. i) Two successive discount of 20%. ii) A discount of 25% followed by a discount of 15%. iii) A discount of 40%. Under which scheme(s) will the selling price be minimum?
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Correct answer: iii
73
If cosθ = sin(2θ) ≠ 0 , what is the value of cos4θ + sin4 θ + cos3θ + sin3θ + sin2θ + cos2θ + sinθ + cosθ?
MCQ
Correct answer: 18 + $\frac{7}{3}$
74
A student wants to know the area of a rhombus, one of whose diagonals is 6 cm. He measures another diagonal as 8 cm. What is the area of the rhombus?
MCQ
Correct answer: 24 cm2
Section 4
English Comprehension
26 questions
Section Test
75
Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.(Note: the given words may or may not be meaningful words). 1.Fancy 2.Faith 3.Fabric 4.Failure 5.Familiar
MCQ
Correct answer: 3, 4, 2, 5, 1
76
Four different positions of the same dice are shown Select the number that will be on the face opposite to the one having 5'
MCQ
Correct answer: [Diagram / Option 1]
77
Which two numbers (not the digits of the numbers) and two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct? 19 – 2 + 4 ÷ 5× 4 =27
MCQ
Correct answer: 4, 2 and ÷, +
78
Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. Tarika dances swiftest than others and misses all the steps.
MCQ
Correct answer: Swifter
79
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Pull someone's leg
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Correct answer: To joke with someone
80
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks. Sugar ________ in water because it is made up of molecules of sucrose, a compound held together by relatively weak bonds. When the sucrose molecules mix with water, the water molecules ________ and break the bonds holding together the sugar molecule.
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Correct answer: melts; surround
81
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word kindness from the given sentence: Laboni is a perfect combination of intelligence, kindness, honesty, and patience and feels no animosity towards others.
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Correct answer: animosity
82
Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'. Harish took a broom and started to dust in floor.
MCQ
Correct answer: dust the floor
83
Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them contains a spelling error. Select the option that rectifies the error. At some point in your life, you may have met a person who had a stamer or speech impediment.
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Correct answer: stammer
84
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. My father had to attend the meeting on Saturday.
MCQ
Correct answer: The meeting had to be attended by my father on Saturday.
85
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. EMBELLISH
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Correct answer: decorate
86
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the following sentence. The student's incautious rebuttal illustrated not only his arrogance and ignorance, but also created an embarrasing moment for the entire class.
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Correct answer: embarrasing
87
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Really coming from its stated, advertised or reputed source
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Correct answer: Genuine
88
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. An expert in writing by hand
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Correct answer: Chirographer
89
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. I have published many research papers.
MCQ
Correct answer: Many research papers have been published by me.
90
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Donna posted an article on health care.
MCQ
Correct answer: An article on health care was posted by Donna.
91
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Stereotypes may be used to justify ill-founded ___________ or ignorance, and prevent people of stereotyped groups from entering or succeeding in various activities or fields.
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Correct answer: prejudices
92
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. His father asked, “What time do you have class tomorrow, Tom?”
MCQ
Correct answer: Tom’s father asked him what time he had class the next day.
93
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
MCQ
Correct answer: loud
94
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
MCQ
Correct answer: awakened
95
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
MCQ
Correct answer: puddle
96
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
MCQ
Correct answer: dampness
97
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
MCQ
Correct answer: would
98
What does the term ‘reverse migration’ refer to?
MCQ
Correct answer: It refers to the process of people’s going back to their villages from the cities.
99
Why is the template of urban development NOT working successfully ?
MCQ
Correct answer: It could be because of the lack of good urban planning.
100
What are the views of the author of the passage?
MCQ
Correct answer: The author underlines the urgent need to rework the template of urbanisation.