SSC CGL
(13 June 2019 Shift-II)
Reasoning
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q.1 Select the missing number from the given options.
A 43
B 53
C 49
D 51
Answer: C
Q.2 ‘ A + B ’ means ‘A is the sister of B’
‘ A − B ’ means ‘A is the daughter of B’
‘ A × B ’ means ‘A is the brother of B’
‘ A ÷ B ’ means ‘A is the husband of B’
If V + U × Q − T ÷ R + P × S , then how is P related to V?
A Paternal uncle
B Maternal aunt
C Maternal uncle
D Paternal aunt
Answer: C
Q.3 Two 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 utensils are spoons.
All bowls are spoons.
Conclusions:
I No utensil is a bowl.
II. Some utensils are bowls.
III. No spoon is a utensil.
A Only conclusions I follows
B Conclusions I and III follow
C Either conclusion I or II follows
D Only conclusion III follows
Answer: C
Q.4 Select the figure that will come next in the following figure series.
Answer: A
Q.5 Three different positions of the same dice are shown here. Which number is on the face opposite the face showing ‘5’?
A 1
B 3
C 2
D 6
Answer: C
Q.6 Given below is a transparent sheet of paper with some patterns drawn on it. How would the transparent sheet look when it is folded on the dotted line ?
Answer: C
Q.7 Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 12 : 192 :: 15 : ?
A 245
B 240
C 225
D 250
Answer: B
Q.8 The sum of the current ages of Shipra and Malini is 65 years. After 5 years, Shipra’s age will be 15 years more than Malini’s age. What is Malini’s current age?
A 25 years
B 30 years
C 15 years
D 20 years
Answer: A
Q.9 Select the term that will come next in the following series. 114, 127, 153, 192, 244, ?
A 309
B 361
C 344
D 284
Answer: A
Q.10 Select the figure in which the given figure is embedded. (Rotation is not allowed)
Answer: D
Q.11 Arrange the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1. Wrist 2. Nails 3. Shoulder 4. Elbow 5. Palm 6. Fingers
A 3, 5, 1, 4, 6, 2
B 3, 4, 1, 5, 6, 2
C 3, 4, 1, 2, 5, 6
D 3, 1, 4, 2, 5, 6
Answer: B
Q.12 Select the word-pair in which the two words are related in the same way as the two words in the following word-pair. Dirty : Filthy
A Perfect : Unique
B Shy : Timid
C Cute : Child
D Bright : Sunlight
Answer: B
Q.13 In a code language, TROPICAL is written as PORTLACI. How will DISTANCEbewritten in that language?
A ISTSNAEF
B TSIDECNA
C TSIDECAN
D STIDECNA
Answer: B
Q.14 Select the term that will come next in the following series. DGJ, BDN, ZAR, XXV, ?
A VUZ
B UUZ
C VUY
D VTZ
Answer: A
Q.15 Three of the following four number-pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd pair out.
A 4 : 27
B 49 : 218
C 16 : 125
D 9 : 64
Answer: B
Q.16 ‘Heart’ is related to ‘Circulation’ in the same way as ‘Kidney’is related to ‘……….’
A Reroduction
B Respiration
C Energy Production
D Excretion
Answer: D
Q.17 Select the term that will come next in the following series. M, E, P, H, S, ?, V, N
A U
B K
C M
D J
Answer: B
Q.18 How many triangles are there in the following figure ?
A 20
B 18
C 16
D 22
Answer: B
Q.19 Which two signs should be interchanged to make the following equation correct?
5 + 16 − 4 × 14 ÷ 2 = 59
A × and +
B ÷ and ×
C + and −
D ÷ and −
Answer: D
Q.20 In a code language, if LAMINATE is coded as 121139141205, then how will SYSTEMIC be coded in the same language?
A 1925192051393
B 1925192051493
C 1825182051393
D 1925192051383
Answer: A
Q.21 In the Venn diagram shown here, the triangle represents ‘students’, the circle represents ‘diploma holders’ and the quadrilateral represents ‘graduates’. The numbers given in the diagram represents number of persons of that particular category.
How many students are diploma holders but NOT graduates?
A 8
B 11
C 40
D 30
Answer: A
Q.22 Three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and oneis different. Pick the odd one out.
A RVZDG
B DHLPT
C UYCGK
D AEIMQ
Answer: A
Q.23 Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed to the right of the figure.
Answer: D
Q.24 Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd word out.
A Indigo
B Silver
C Orange
D Violet
Answer: B
Q.25 Select the missing number from the given options.
A 2
B 1
C 4
D 3
Answer: B
General knowledge
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q.26 Chepu is a unique cultural symbol of ______.
A Bhutan
B Myanmar (Burma)
C China
D Nepal
Answer: D
Q.27 Who among the following is/was the longest serving governor of an Indian state?
A Lakshmi Kant Jha
B Padmaja Naidu
C N D Tiwari
D Sarojini Naidu
Answer: B
Q.28 In which part of the body is blood produced?
A Bone Marrow
B Lungs
C Brain
D Heart
Answer: A
Q.29 In which year was the Battle of Saragarhi fought?
A 1867
B 1897
C 1854
D 1878
Answer: B
Q.30 As of April 2019 who is longest serving chief minister of an Indian state?
A Jyoti Basu
B Sheila Dixit
C Jayalalitha
D Pawan Chamling
Answer: D
Q.31 Byopa is a traditional headgear of tribes belonging to ______.
A Jharkhand
B Arunachal Pradesh
C Kerala
D Goa
Answer: B
Q.32 Identify the part of brain that controls the maintenance of posture, balance and equilibrium.
A Diencephalon
B Brainstem
C Cerebrum
D Cerebellum
Answer: D
Q.33 In December 2018, Havelock Island was renamed as ________.
A Swaheed Dweep
B Swaraj Dweep
C Netaji Subhash Bose Island
D Veer Savarkar Island
Answer: B
Q.34 Which of the following is the national sport of Bangladesh?
A Kabaddi
B Kho Kho
C Cricket
D Boxing
Answer: A
Q.35 Wind turbines convert ________ energy into mechanical power.
A chemical
B nuclear
C gravitational
D kinetic
Answer: D
Q.36 Which of the following is the largest container port of India?
A Jawaharlal Nehru Port
B Ennore Port
C Chhatrapati Shivaji Port
D Paradip Port
Answer: A
Q.37 Which theory in economics proposes that countries export what they can most efficiently and plentifully produce?
A Solow-Swan Model
B Heckscher-Ohlin Model
C Input-Output Model
D Cournot Competition
Answer: B
Q.38 Who is the author of the book The Buddha and His Dhamma?
A Jawaharlal Nehru
B B R Ambedkar
C Rajmohan Gandhi
D Sarojini Naidu
Answer: B
Q.39 Name the comprehensive pension management system developed by the Department of Telecom in December 2018.
A ACHARAN
B SAMPANN
C SAMADHAN
D VIGYAN
Answer: B
Q.40 With which sport is the term bleeder associated?
A Swimming
B Volleyball
C Cricket
D Boxing
Answer: D
Q.41 What was the theme of World AIDS Day 2018?
A Check Yourself
B Save Yourself
C Know your Status
D We Shall Overcome
Answer: C
Q.42 Which theory is used to make long-run predictions about exchange rates in a flexible exchange rate system?
A Purchasing Power Parity Theory
B Balance of Payment Theory
C Interest Rate Approach
D Portfolio Balance Approach
Answer: A
Q.43 The study of insects is called ______.
A Ornithology
B Anthropology
C Geology
D Entomology
Answer: D
Q.44 In which medical condition is the eye’s optic nerve damaged and the condition worsens over time?
A Cataract
B Dry Eye
C Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD)
D Glaucoma
Answer: D
Q.45 Who was the first Russian prime minister to visit independent India?
A Nikolai Bulganin
B Mikhail Gorbachev
C Boris Yeltsin
D Vladimir Putin
Answer: A
Q.46 How many sessions of the Lok Sabha are normally held in a year?
A 1.7
B 2.5
C 3.3
D 4.2
Answer: C
Q.47 Which state of India was ruled by the Ahom Dynasty?
A Karnataka
B Assam
C Rajasthan
D Odisha
Answer: B
Q.48 Which was the wettest place in India in 2018 as per the India Meteorological Department (IMD)?
A Cherrapunji
B Mawsynram
C Mahabaleshwar
D Ooty
Answer: C
Q.49 Which of the following is the highest peak in Sri Lanka?
A Kirigalpotta
B Hakgala
C Mount Pedro
D Bible Rock
Answer: C
Q.50 Who among the following was the last Nawab of Awadh?
A Amjad Ali Khan
B Muhammad Mukim
C Wajid Ali Shah
D Saadat Ali Khan
Answer: C
Quantitative Aptitude
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q.51 In △ABC, P is a point on BC such that BP : PC = 4 : 11. If Q is the midpoint of BP, then ar( △ ABQ) : ar( △ ABC) is equal to:
A 2:11
B 2:15
C 3:13
D 2:13
Answer: B
Q.52 If √x + 1/√x= √6 , then x2 + 1/x2is equal to:
A 18
B 14
C 16
D 12
Answer: B
Q.53 An article is sold for ₹ 288 after successive discounts of 25% and x%.If the marked price of the article is ₹ 480, what is the value of x?
A 20
B 16
C 15
D 18
Answer: A
Q.54 In a class of 50 students, 40% are girls. The average marks of the whole class are 64.4 and the average of the boys’ marks is 62. What is the average marks of the girls?
A 67
B 66.8
C 66.4
D 68
Answer: D
Q.55 If 2sinθ = 5cosθ, then (sinθ+cosθ)/(sinθ−cosθ) is equal to:
A 53
B 95
C 23
D 7 3
Answer: D
Q.56 The efficiencies of A, B and C are in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 2. Working together, they can complete a task in 21 hours. In how many hours will B alone complete 40% of that task?
A 28
B 24
C 35
D 21
Answer: A
Q.57 The value of sin2 32∘ + sin2 58∘ − sin30∘ + sec2 60 ∘ is equal to:
A 5.5
B 3.5
C 4.5
D 4
Answer: C
Q.58 If a + b + c = 10 and ab + bc + ca = 32 then a3 + b3 + c3 − 3abc is equal to:
A 50
B 40
C 60
D 70
Answer: B
Q.59 If a – b = 5 and ab = 6, then (a3 − b3) is equal to:
A 225
B 155
C 90
D 215
Answer: D
Q.60 In a circle with centre O, an are ABC subtends an angle of 110∘ at the centre of the circle. The chord AB is produced to a point P. Then ∠CBP is equal to:
A 60∘
B 55∘
C 65∘
D 70∘
Answer: B
Q.61 In a circle of radius 17 cm, a chord is at a distance of 8 cm from the centre of the circle. What is the length of the chord?
A 20 cm
B 15 cm
C 25 cm
D 30 cm
Answer: D
Q.62 The Table shows the number of cars sold by three show rooms over a period of six years.
If the total number of cars sold by all three show rooms over the years is represented as a pie-chart, what is the central angle of the sector representing the total number of cars sold in the year 2013 (to the nearest whole number)?
A 58∘
B 62∘
C 60∘
D 56∘
Answer: C
Q.63 The price of sugar is increased by 17%. A person wants to increase his expenditure by 5% only. By approximately what percent should he decrease his consumption?
A 10.3
B 10.7
C 10.9
D 9.9
Answer: A
Instructions: The Table shows the number of cars sold by three show rooms over a period of six years.
Q.64 What is the ratio of the total cars sold by showroom B during the years 2014 and 2016 and the total cars sold by show room C during 2015 and 2016?
A 86 : 97
B 88 : 97
C 85 : 97
D 88 : 95
Answer: B
Q.65 By what percent did the total number of cars sold by all three show rooms decrease during the year 2016, as compared to that in the year 2015 (nearest to one decimal place)?
A 14.6%
B 14.8%
C 14.4%
D 14.9%
Answer: A
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q.66 If cosec2θ = sec(3θ − 15∘), then θ is equal to:
A 22∘
B 20∘
C 25∘
D 21∘
Answer: D
Q.67 If (5a – 3b) : (4a – 2b) = 2 : 3, then a : b is equal to:
A 3 : 4
B 2 : 3
C 5 : 8
D 5 : 7
Answer: D
Q.68 △ABC ∼ △NLM and ar(△ABC): ar(△LMN) = 4 : 9. If AB = 6 cm, BC = 8 cm and AC =12 cm, then ML is equal to:
A 18 cm
B 9 cm
C 6 cm
D 12 cm
Answer: D
Q.69 Two articles are sold for ₹962 each. On one,the seller gains 30% andon the other he loses 26%. What is his overall gain or loss percentage, nearest to one decimal place?
A 6.0% gain
B 5.7% loss
C 5.7% gain
D 6.0% loss
Answer: B
Q.70 The Table shows the number of cars sold by three showrooms over a period of six years.
What is the average number of cars sold by show room A over the given six years (nearest to one decimal place)?
A 586.7
B 566.7
C 594.7
D 592.7
Answer: B
Q.71 What is the value of x so that the seven digit number 8439×53 is divisible by 99?
A 9
B 4
C 3
D 6
Answer: B
Q.72 The difference between compound interest and simple interest on ₹x at 15% per annum for 2 years is ₹9. What is the value of x?
A 600
B 400
C 450
D 500
Answer: B
Q.73 Walking at 7/9 his usual speed, a person reaches his office 10 minutes later than the usual time. His usual time in minutes is:
A 35
B 27
C 42
D 30
Answer: A
Q.74 Five cubes, each of edge 3 cm are joined end to end. What is the total surface area of the resulting cuboid, in cm2 ?
A 244
B 280
C 270
D 198
Answer: D
Q.75 The value of 15.2 + 5.8 ÷ 2.9 × 2 − 3.5 × 2 ÷ 0.5 is equal to:
A 4.8
B 3.2
C 5.2
D 5.4
Answer: C
English
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q.76 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement. How long you are living in this city?
A are you live
B are you been living
C No improvement
D have you lived
Answer: D
Q.77 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. They will put away their woollens after the festival of Holi.
A Their woollens are being put away after the festival of Holi.
B Their woollens have been put away after the festival of Holi.
C Their woollens will be put away after the festival of Holi.
D Their woollens are put away after the festival of Holi.
Answer: C
Q.78 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. liable to break easily
A brittle
B soft
C bent
D thin
Answer: A
Q.79 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. INSULT
A remove
B apply
C offer
D offend
Answer: D
Q.80 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. I am quite satisfied that I have not been ________ in doing whatever was needful for building up their character.
A negligent
B devoted
C caring
D affectionate
Answer: A
Q.81 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. He would sit at the edge of her mother’s bed and stare into her crib.
B. Arvind bumbled down the interminable corridor, suddenly reminded of his daughter in the days after she was born.
C. As a proportion to the fragment of life his daughter had seen, an hour was a vast sprawling space.
D. Some days he would imagine the world through her eyes and he would feel in his heart how long an hour actually was.
A BCDA
B BADC
C DACB
D ABCD
Answer: B
Q.82 Select the correctly spelt word.
A mentoin
B mention
C mantion
D mension
Answer: B
Q.83 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement. The female ostrich guards the nest at night and the male guard it in the day.
A guard it during the day.
B guarding it during day.
C guards it during the day.
D No improvement
Answer: C
Q.84 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. PROGRESSIVE
A conservative
B repeated
C aristocratic
D moving
Answer: A
Q.85 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given. impossible to satisfy
A satisfactory
B satisfiable
C contented
D insatiable
Answer: D
Q.86 Select the correct active form of the given sentence. Rudra was laughed at by all his friends when he wore his socks inside- out.
A If Rudra wears his socks inside-out all his friends will laugh at him.
B When Rudra wore his socks inside-out all his friends were laughing at him.
C All his friends will be laughing at Rudra for wearing his socks inside-out.
D All his friends laughed at Rudra when he wore his socks inside-out.
Answer: D
Q.87 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Today, _______ society is literally poisoning the earth with acid rain.
A cosmopolitan
B developing
C growing
D industrialised
Answer: D
Q.88 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Let us have all the regulations in black and white.
A painted in colour
B printed in coloured ink
C written on the black- board
D in writing
Answer: D
Instructions: In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Q.89 Although there are more than a hundred known elements, they rarely occur at a pure state.
A more than a hundred
B Although there are
C at a pure state
D they rarely occur
Answer: C
Q.90 You may left the class when you have completed the test.
A the class
B when you have
C completed the test
D You may left
Answer: D
Instructions For the following questions answer them individually
Q.91 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. It is a popular tourist spot for watching the sunset and sunrise over the ocean.
B. Kanyakumari is a coastal town in the State of Tamil Nadu on India’s southern tip.
C. It is also a noted pilgrimage site, thanks to its Bagvathi Amman Temple and Our Lady of Ransom Church, a centre of Indian Catholicism.
D. Jutting out into the Laccadive sea, the town was known as Cape Comorin during the British rule.
A ACDB
B DCAB
C BDAC
D BCDA
Answer: C
Q.92 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. The invigilator did not know that the two boys were exchanging notes under his nose.
A written in small letters
B rolled into small pellets
C wrapped in handkerchiefs
D right in front of him
Answer: D
Q.93 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. HOSTILITY
A enmity
B sympathy
C goodwill
D friendship
Answer: A
Q.94 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. PUBLIC
A common
B ready
C private
D resticted
Answer: C
Q.95 Select the correctly spelt word.
A sweatter
B scissors
C clettering
D teribble
Answer: B
Instructions
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Comprehension: Marine Conservation Society is hosting the Anjarle Turtle festival 2019, aiming to make more people aware about Olive Ridley turtles. The sea (1) ______ get their names from their olivecoloured (2)______ They grow to about two feet in (3)______ and reportedly mate at around 1000 kilometers from the Anjarle (4)______ These turtles come to the beach to lay (5)______.
Q.96 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(1)
A snakes
B fish
C animal
D turtles
Answer: D
Q.97 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(2)
A wings
B shells
C feathers
D beaks
Answer: B
Q.98 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(3)
A length
B growth
C weight
D depth
Answer: A
Q.99 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(4)
A festival
B beach
C sea
D sand
Answer: B
Q.100 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.(5)
A young ones
B eggs
C pebbles
D shells
Answer: B
