SSC COMBINED GRADUATE LEVEL TIER-1 EXAMINATION 2010 (FIRST SITTING)


PART-A
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE REASONING

Directions In each of the following questions, select the related letters/word/number from the given alternatives.

1. ACEG SUWY BDFH

TVZX RTZV

TVXZ RTVZ

2. ............ ............ ............

............ ............

............ ............

3. 5 27 9

83 36

81 18


4. 6 11 11
6 20
17 30
5. ABE 8 KLO
37 38
39 36
6. Sty Pig Byre
Eagle Tiger
Cow Hen
7. Patrol security Insurance
Money Savings
Policy Risk
8. ADBC EHFG ILJK
MOPN ORPQ
MPNO MPON

Directions In each of the following questions, select the one which is different from the other three responses.

9. 25, 36 144, 169
100, 121 64
10. Heat Light
Bulb Electricity
11. Wave Current
Tide Storm
12. X Y
H D
13. ZKXJ CMAL
TGRF FRTK
14. ABJNM QRTUZ
IXYOQ WFGOP
15. Arrange the following words
according to the dictionary?
1. Inventory 4. Invariable

2. Involuntary 5. Investigate

3. Invisible






16. Find the next two letters in the
Given series.
B C E H L
XY MN
QW OP
17. Which one set letters when seque-
ntially placed at the gaps in the
given letter series shall complete
it
a b a bb abbn
Abnabb bnbbna

Bnbban bannan


18. Find out a set of numbers amongst
the four sets of numbers given in
the alternatives, which is the most
similar to the numbers given in the
question.
Given 30, 90)
42, 86 42, 218

24, 70 48, 192


19. Which one number is wrong in the
given series?
126, 98, 70, 41, 14
98 126

70 41


20. Arrange the following in the meaningful/logical order:
1. Exhaust 4. Sleep

2. Night 4. Work

3. Day



3.5.2.1.4



Directions In each of the following questions, a series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series

21. 11, 18, 29,
31 43

39 47


22. AGMSY, CIOUS, EKQWC,
IOUAG, KQWCI
GMSYE FMSYE

GNSYD FMYES


23. 975, 864, 753, 642,
431 531

314 532


24. 24, 12, 18, 54
28 46

36 38


25. Ashok's mother was 3 times as old
as Ashok 5years age. After 5 years
she will be twice as old as Ashok.
How old is Ashok today?
10 yrs 20 yrs

15 yrs 25 yrs


26. M is the son of P. Q is the grand-
daughter of O who is the husband
of P. How is M related to
Son Mother

Daughter Father


27. In a row of boys, Srinath is 7th from
the left Venkat is 12th from the
right. If they interchange their
positions, Srinath becomes 22nd
from the left. How many boys are
there in the row?
19 33

31 34


34. Statements:
P. All men are women.
Q. All women are crazy.
Conclusions:
I. All men are crazy.

II. All the crazy are men

III. Some of the crazy are men

IV. Some of the crazy are women

None of the conclusions follows

All the conclusions follow

Only III IV follow

Only II III follow


35. If HOSPITAL is written as
32574618 in a certain Code, how
would POSTAL be written in that
code?
752618 725618

725108 725861


36. Find the missing number from the
given question
173 526
431 325
253 471
22 30

42 06


37. After interchanging 12 18,
which one of the following
equations become correct?
(90 × 18) 18 60

(18 × 12 2

(72 18) × 18 72

(12 × 18 36


38. If SPARK is coded as TQBSL, what
will be the code for FLAME?
GMBNF GMCND

GNBNF GMBMF


39. Find out the correct answer for the
unsolved equation on the basis of
the given equations.
If 6 5 91
8 7 169
10 7 211
Then 11 10
331 676

993 845


40. A child is looking for his father. He
went 90 metres in the east before
turning to his right. He went 20
metres before turning to his right
again to look for his father at his
uncle's place 30 metres from this
point. His father was not there.
From here he went 100 metres to
his north before meeting his father
in a street. How far did the son
meet his father from the starting
point?
90m 260m

100m 140m




28. From the given alternative words
select the word which cannot be
formed using the letters of the
given word: IMPASSIONABLE
IMPASSABLE IMPASSIVE

IMPOSSIBLE IMPASSION


29. Only one meaningful word can be
formed by rearranging the letter of
the given jumbled word. Find out
that word.
Given: MUSPOPAPOTIH
METAMORPHIC

PHILANTHROPIST

HIPPOCAMPUS

HIPPOPOTAMUS


30. Which number is wrong in the
given series?
25, 50, 81
1 50

25 81


31. A bus leaves Delhi with half the
number of women as men. At
Meerut, ten men get down five
women get in. Now there are equal
number of men women. How
many passengers boarded the bus
initially at Delhi?
36

45 30


32. If the day before yesterday was
Sunday, what day will it be three
days after the day after tomorrow?
Sunday Wednesday

Monday Saturday


Directions In the following question, one statement is given followed by tow assumptions I II. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given assumptions, if any, follow from the given statement.

33 Statement Politicians become rich
by the votes of the people.
Assumptions
I. People vote to make politicians rich.

II. Politicians become rich by their virtue.

Only I is implicit

Only II is Implicit

Both I II are implicit

Both I II are not implicit



Directions In the following question, tow statements P Q are given followed by four conclusions II, III IV. You have to consider the two statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly know facts. You have to decide which of the given statements.

41. In the following question, . stands
for any of the mathematical signs at
different places, which are given as
choices under each question. Select
the choice with the correct
sequence of signs which when
substituted makes the question as a
correct equation.
24 . 4 . 5 . 4
X ×

× ×


42. What is te number missing from
the third target?
5 9 15
16 29
49 89 147
45 51

48 54


43. In a classroom, there are 5 rows,
5 children D E are seated
one behind the other in 5 separate
rows as follows:
A is sitting behind but in front of
B.
C is sitting behind E. D is sitting in
front of E.
The other in which they are sitting
from the first row to the last is
DECAB ACBDE

BACED ABEDC


44. Little wooden cubes each with a
side of one inch are put together to
form a solid cube with a side of
three inches. This big cube is
broken up into the original little
ones, how many cubes will have
paint on two sides?
4 12

8 0


45. K is a place which is located 2 km
away in the north-west direction
from the capital P. R is another
place that is located 2 km away in
the south-west direction from K. M
is another place and that is located
2 km away in the north-west
direction from R. T is yet another
place that is located 2 km away in
the south-west direction from m. In
which direction is T located in
relation to
South-west West

North-west North


46. Find out which of the diagrams
given in the alternatives correctly
represents the relationship stated
in the question.
Sharks, Whales, Turtles


Directions In this question, among the four answer figures, which figure can be formed from the cut-pieces given below in the question figure.
47. Question Figure


Answer Figure


48. How many triangles are there in
the following figure?


11 9

13 15


49. From the given answer figures
select the one in which the ques-
tion figure is hidden/embedded in
the same direction.
Question Figure


Answer Figure


50. Which answer figure is the exact
mirror image of the given question
figure when the mirror is held from
the right at PQ?
Question Figure


Answer Figure






139. At what rate per annum will a
sum of Rs. 1000 amount to Rs.
1102.50 in 2 yrs at compound interest?
5 6

5.5 6.5


140. What annual payment will
discharge a debt of Rs. 6450 due
in 4 years at per annum
simple interest?
Rs. 1400 Rs. 1550

Rs. 1500 Rs. 1600


141. The average of the first 100
positive integers is
100 50.5

51 49.5


142. In a family, the average age of a
father mother is 35 yrs. The
average age of the father, mother
their only son is 27 yrs. What is
the age of the son?
12 yrs 10.6 yrs

11 yrs 10 yrs


143. If 5 men or 7 women can earn Rs.
5250 per day, how much would 7
men 13 women earn per day?
Rs. 11600 Rs. 16100

Rs. 11700 Rs. 17100


144. If A B together can complete a
piece of work in 15 days B
alone in 20 days, in how many
days can A alone complete the
word?
60 40

45 30


145. By walking at 34 of his usual speed,
a man reaches his office 20
minutes later than his usual time.
The usual time taken by him to
reach his office is
75 min 40 min

60 min 30 MIN


146. A can complete a piece of work in
18 days, B in 20 days C in 30
days. B C together start the
work are forced to leave after 2
days. The time taken by A alone to
complete the remaining work is
10 days 15 days

12 days 16 days


147. A train, 300m long passed a man,
walking along the line in the same
direction at the rate of 3 km/hr in
33 sec. The speed of the train is
30km/hr 32km/hr

32811km/hr 35811



Directions The pie chart given here, represents the number of valid votes obtained by four students who contested election for school leadership. The total number of valid votes polled was 720.
Observe the chart answer the questions based on it.







148. What was the minimum number
of votes obtained by any
candidate?
100 120

110 130


149. What was the winner?
Sivaraman Paramjeet

Yasin Vishwanath


150. By how many votes did the
winner defeat his nearest rival?
40 48

45 50



PART-D
ENGLISH COMPREHENSION

Directions In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. Your answer is i.e. No error.
151. He is a university professor
of his three sons
neither has any merit. No
error
152. After knowing truth, they
took the right decision in the
matter. No error
153. It is time you decide on your
next course of action. No
error
154. He who has suffered most for
the cause, let him speak.
No error
155. A cup of coffee is an excellent
complement to smoked
salmon. No error

Directions (156-160) Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

156. The hotel was not too expensive,
was it? wasn't it?
wasn't it? isn't it?
157. Like humans, zoo animals must
have a dentist their teeth.
Fill filling

Filled to be filled


158. It was very kind of you to do the
washing-up, but you it.
Didn't have to do

Hadn't to do

Mightn't have done

Mustn't have done


159. He went sea alone.
in into
to on
160. The of our civilization from an
agricultural society to today's
complex industrial world was
accompanied by war.
Adjustment

Migration

Route

Metamorphosis



Directions (161-165) In the following questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

161. FLORID
Weak Pale
Monotonous Ugly
162. VERITY
Sanctity Reverence
Falsehood Rarity
163. PERSPICUITY
Vagueness Dullness
Unfairness Unwillingness
164. PERVENT
In excitable
Enduring
Dispassionate
Subdued
165. MEANDERING
Sliding (2)Sloping
Strained Straight
Directions In the following questions out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
166. LUXURIANT
Luxury-loving

Lovely

Rich

Abundant


167. CANTANKEROUS
Cancerous

Ferocious

Quarrelsome

Fissiparous


168. ONUS
Sadness

Happiness

Responsibility

Criticism


169. DERISION
Humiliation

Embarrassment

Ridicule

Condemnation


170. TRITE
Commonplace

Clever

Brief

Impudent



Directions In the following questions a part of the sentence is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at and which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is

171. Obviously he isn't cut up to be a
good teacher.
Cut out

Cut in

Cut for

No improvement


172. Power got with money is the most
craved for today.
Sought after

Wished for

Welcomed for

No improvement


173. The brown shirt wants washing
Has to wash

Is in need of a wash

Requires a wash

No improvement


174. You are asked to copy this letter
word by word.
Word for word

Word with word

Word to word

No improvement


175. The weak man is a slave to his
sensuous pleasures.
Sensory

Sensual

Secondary

No improvement



Directions In the following questions out of the four alternatives choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.

176. An underhand device resorted to
in order to justify misconduct
Subterfuge

Manoeuvre

Stratagem

Complicity


177. Impossible to describe
Miraculous

Ineffable

Stupendous

Appalling


178. One who criticises popular beliefs
Which he thinks is mistaken or
Unwise
Philistine

Iconoclast

Imposter

Cannibal


179. Detaining confining someone
Interruption

Interrogation

Interment

Internment




180. Science of the races of mankind
Genealogy

Epistemology

Ethnology

Sociology


Directions In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
181. collaborate colate
comemorate chociate
182. circulteous chivelory
clairvoyant cavelcade
183. severety superiorty
sovereignity serenity 184. cummulative
comemorative
accummulative
accommodative
185. benidiction
besmerch
beneficient
benevolence

Directions In the following questions, the 1st the last sentences of the passage are numbered 1 6. The rest of the passage is split into four parts named P S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence find out which of the four combinations is correct. Then find the correct answer.

186. 1. Education in India had a
glorious beginning.
P. But after the British rule, it
faced many changes.
Q. It went on for centuries with
the same glory.
R. English as the medium of
instruction had a very great
response.
S. One of the changes was the
introduction of English as the
medium of instruction.
6. As the Britishers left we had a
complexity of opinions
regarding English.
PQRS PQSR

QPSR SRPQ


187. 1. It is easy to criticize the people
at the helm for the slow
progress in every field.
P. We are well aware that the
intellectuals are leaving our
country for better employment
opportunities.
Q. Then question remains
unanswered because our
country cannot show
opportunities to the
intellectuals.
R. Then, what about their
obligation to the Motherland?
S. First, we should ask ourselves as
to what is happening to the
young intellectuals in India.
6. This situation of Brain-Drain
leads to a variety of problems.
PSQR PSRQ

RPSQ SPRQ


188. 1. It is the responsibility of
parents to teach the young
moral values in life.
P. Many children take advantage
of their parent's busy schedule.
Q. This results in children's
ignorance of social values.
R. The reason behind it is that
parents are quite busy now-a-
days
S. Now-a-days parents spend very
meagre time with children.
6. As such, the society is going
away from the value system.
SRPQ SQRP

PQRS SPQR


189. 1. The man who does his duty
without any selfish desire for
fruit may be called a sanyasi as
well as yogi.
P. The man who has achieved
much evenness of temper will
be serene, because his mere
thoughts are changed with the
strength of action.
Q. He would practise yoge, i.e.
evenness of temper and cannot
but perform action.
R. The root of the matter is that
one should not allow his mind
to flit from object of desire to another and from that to a
third.
S. But he who abstains from action
altogether is only an idler.
6. A yogi is one who is not


attached to his objects of sense
or to action and whose mind has
ceased to roam restlessly.
SRQP QRSP

RQPS PRSQ


190. 1. This was an important day for
Al at took.
P. It was a cold day, but Alatook
would be warm.
Q. For the first time he was going
to hunt seals alone.
R. First he put on his fur-lined
jacket.
S. Then he put on mittens and
boots of deerskin to protect his
hands and feet from the cold.
6. Finally he picked up the gun he had cleaned so carefully the day before.

PQRS PRSQ

QPRS QRPS










Directions In the following questions, a sentence has been given in Active Voice/Passive Voice, Out of the four alternatives suggested; select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/ Active Voice.

191. They have made a film based on
this novel.
A film was based on this novel and made

A film have been made based on this novel.

A film, based on this novel, has been made

A film has been based and made on this novel.


192. The people couldn't move me to
the hospital and the doctor
operated on me at home.
I couldn't be moved to the hospital and was operated on at home by the doctor.

I couldn't be moved to the hospital and I had to be operated on at home.

I couldn't be moved to the hospital and I was operated at home by the doctor.

I couldn't be moved to the hospital by the people and operated on at home.


193. Why did he deprive you of the
membership?
Why you were deprived of the membership?

Why were you deprived of his membership by him?

Why was he deprived of his membership

Why were you deprived of your membership by him?


194. The news has been brought to us by him.
He bought us the news.

He has brought us the news.

He was brought the news to us.

We brought the news to him.


195. Not a word was spoken by the criminal in self-defence.
The criminal spoke not a word in self-defence.

The criminal in self-defence spoke no word.

The criminal did not speak a word in self-defence.

The criminal spoke in self-defence not a word.









Directions In the following passage you have one brief passage with 5 questions following the passage. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

PASSAGE
Every profession or trade, every art and every science has its technical vocabulary, the function of which is partly to designate things or processes which have no names in ordinary English and partly to secure greater exactness in nomenclature. Such special dialects or jargons are necessary in technical discussion of any kind. Being universally understood by the devotees of the particular science or art, they have the precision of a mathematical formula. Besides, they save time for it is much more economical to name a process than to describe it. Thousands of these technical terms are very properly included in every large dictionary, yet, as a whole, they are rather on the outskirts of the English language than actually within its borders.
Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies. In trades and handicrafts and other vocations like farming and fishing that have occupied great numbers of men from remote times, the technical vocabulary is very old. An average man now uses these in his own vocabulary. The special dialects of law, medicine, divinity and philosophy have become familiar to cultivated persons.







196. Special words used in technical
Discussion
May become part of common speech

Never last long

Should resemble mathematical formula


should be confined to scientific
fields
197. The writer of this article is
A scientist

A politician

A linguist

A businessman


198. This passage is primarily
concerned with
Various occupations and professions

Technical terminology

Scientific undertakings

A now language


199. It is true that
Various professions and occupations often interchange words

There is always a non-technical word that may be substituted for the technical word

The average man often uses in his own vocabulary what was once technical language not meant for him

Everyone is interested in scientific findings


200. In recent years, there has been a
marked increase in the number of
technical terms in the
nomenclature of
Farming

Fishing

Sports

Government