Exam Details

Subject
Paper paper 1
Exam / Course ssc cgl combined graduate level
Department
Organization Staff Selection Commission
Position
Exam Date 08, September, 2016
City, State central government,


Question Paper

1. Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:

Air:Bird::Water:

Fish

Swim

Wash

Drink

2. Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:

ACEG:BDFH::IKMO:


IJKL

JLNP

KLMN

HIJK

3. Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:




15

35

42

48

4. For the following question Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives. Neurologist Dentist Architect Paediatrician

A

B

C

D

5. For the following question Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
KP MN HR GT


A

B

C

D

6. For the following questions Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
16-28 20-30 30-40 40-50


A

B

C

D

7. Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.
1. Syringe 2. Syphilis 3. Syncretism 4. Synarchy 5. Submerge










8. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

WYV, IKH, BDA


OPR

ROP

PRO

OQH

9. Which number will complete the series?

6 8 17 19 28 30

32

37

38

39

10. A is brother, C is mother, D is father, F is son. How is A related to child?

Aunt

Cousin

Nephew

Grandfather

11. Seven boys and G are standing in a line.

is between A and E
and A have one boy between them
(iii)E and C have two boys between them
is immediate right of F
and B have three boys between them

Who is second from left?

C

G

E

A

12. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word:

MEASUREMENT


TEAMS

MASTER

SUMMIT

SUMMER

13. In a certain code language the word EXAMPLES is written as EMAXSEPL. How will the word BUOYANCY be written in that language?

YBANCYOU

CUOYYBAN

CUYOYBAN

CYOUYBAN

14. If P denotes multiply, T denotes subtraction, M denotes addition, B denotes division then 28B7P8T6M4

28

30

32

34

15. In this question, some equations are solved on the basis of a certain system. On the same basis find out the correct answer from amongst the four alternatives for the unsolved equation.

7 x 5 x 6 576,
4 x 2 x 5 245,
8 x 2 x 5

258

285

582

852

16. Find the missing term in the following question:-

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1

7

12

19

17. Pranav went 10 Km to the North. Then he turned West and covered 10 Km. Then he turned south and covered 5 Km. Finally, he turned to the East and covered 10 Km. In which direction he is from the starting point?

South

North

East

West

18. Consider the given statement/s to be true and decide which of the given conclusions/assumptions can definitely be drawn from the given statement.
Statement: Many books are rocks. All rocks are clips.
Conclusion Some books are clips. II: No rock is a book.

Only conclusion I follows

Only conclusion II follows

Both conclusion I and conclusion II follow

Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows


19. Four different views of a cube/dice are given as viewed from different angles. Find out the number of dots on the face opposite to the face with one dot.

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6

5

4

3

20. Choose from the four diagrams given below, the one that illustrates the relationship among 'Languages', 'French' and 'German'.

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21. Which answer will complete the pattern in the question figure?
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22. From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.


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23. A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.

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24. If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answe+C23r figures is the right image of the given figure?

25. In the question, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The columns and rows of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., O can be represented by 02,14, etc., and P can be represented by etc. You have to identify the set for the word

96,32,34,68

77,13,69,75

65,21,58,99

89,44,30,87

26. Which of the following green house gases has the greatest heat-trapping ability?

Chlorofluoro carbon

Methane

Carbon dioxide

Nitrous oxide

27. Which State of India is leading in solar energy generation


Gujarat

Rajasthan

Haryana

Uttar Pradesh

28. Diamond does not conduct electricity, because

It's structure is very compact

It is of crystalline nature

There are only carbon atoms present in it

No free electrons are present in it


29. Ganga is a result of confluence of rivers Bhagirathi and Alakananda at which place

Dev Prayag

Karan Prayag

Gangotri

Rudra Prayag

30. What are Aldehydes


Mild oxidising agents

Strong oxidising agents

Strong reducing agents

Mild reducing agents

31. Which circuit is used to store one bit of data

Register

Flip Flop

Vector

Encoder

32. Why is weightlessness experienced while orbiting the earth in space ships

Inertia

Acceleration

Zero gravity

Orbital motion

33. Which is the largest gland in human body?

Liver

Thyroid

Pituitary

Salivary gland

34. Who was the President of Indian National Congress at the time of Indian independence

Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad

J. B. Kriplani

Jawahar Lal Nehru

Rajendra Prasad

35. What is the minimum age for membership to Rajya Sabha

20 years

25 years

30 years

35 years

36. What is an octroi

Tax

Tax collection centre

Tax processing centre

Tax information centre

37. Sextant is an instrument used in which of the following

Gynaecology

Navigation

Birth control

Medical treatment

38. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

The Mahakaal temple Ujjain

Sringeri Matha Chikkmanglur district

The Sun Temple Konark

Jain temples Khajuraho

39. What is Gol Gumbadh?

Mausoleum of Hyder Ali

Mausoleum of Aurangazeb

Mausoleum of Chand Bibi

Mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah

40. Where is a transistor most likely to be found

Wrist watch

Fuse

Hearing aid

Fluorescent lamp

41.Which organ of human body secretes Insulin?

Pancreas

Kidney

Gall bladder

Liver

42. If a healthy freshwater fish is placed in salt water, what will be the expected consequence

The fish becomes dehydrated and dies

The fish becomes bloated and dies

The fish suffers from fungal or bacterial disease and dies

There is no observable effect on the fish provided there is sufficient food

43. Which country is known as 'Land of Midnight

Sweden

Norway

Germany

Finland

44. Which river basin is shared by more than 10 States of India

Indus

Brahmaputra

Ganges

Damodar

45. Who among the following was the first grammarian of the Sanskrit language?

Kalhana

Maitreyi

Kalidasa

Panini

46. What is the total strength of the Rajya Sabha?

250

260

270

280

47. Which of the following is done at a Stock Exchange


Commodities are bought and sold at wholesale price

Commodities are bought and sold at retail price

Securities are bought and sold

None of these

48. Which of the following is India's military offensive against Pakistan in the Kargil war?

Operation Kargil

Operation LOC

Operation Vijay

Operation Success

49. Who gave the title 'Nightingale of India' to Sarojini Naidu

Jawaharlal Nehru

Rabindranath Tagore

Rajendra Prasad

Mahatma Gandhi

50. The headquarters of RBI is in

Delhi

Kanpur

Mumbai

Nasik


51. the

6

5

2 root8

3 root6

52. The lengths of diagonals of a rhombus are 24cm and 10cm the perimeter of the rhombus (in cm) is

52

56

68

72

53. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell goods at his cost price but uses a false weight of 950 gms, for each kilogram. His gain percentage is


54. Ratio of age to age is 4:3. will be 26 years old after 6 years. The age of B now is



12 years

21 years

15 years

55. If the Arithmetic mean of 13, x and 9 is 10, then the value of x is

10

12

14

16

56. A man sells an article at 15% profit. If he had sold it for . 6 more, he would have gained 18%. The man bought the article for

100

150

200

250

57. salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does he lose?

25%

50%



No loss

58. A car moving in the morning fog passes a man walking at 4km/h. in the same direction. The man can see the car for 3 minutes and visibility is upto a
distance of 130m. The speed of the car is





7km/h.

5km/h.


59. A money lender lends Rs.400 for 3 years to a person and lends Rs.500 for 4 years to the other person at the same rate of simple interest. If altogether he receives Rs.160 as interest, what is the rate of interest per annum







10%

60. If x then the value of x2 2x 1 is

2 root 2

4

0

2

61. If x 1/x v13, then equal to

3 root 13

root 13/3

1

3

62. O is an centre of a circle. P is an external point of it at distance of 13cm from O. The radius of the circle is 5cm. Then the length of a tangent to the circle from P upto the point of contact is

root 194cm

10cm

12cm

8cm

63. If theta is acute angle and sin(theta+18°)= then the value of theta in circular measure is

pie/12 radians

pie/15 radians

pie/5 radians

pie/13 radians

64. 18 men or 36 boys working 6 hours a day can plough a field in 24 days. In how many days will 24 men and 24 boys working 9 hours a day plough the same field

9

10

6

8

65. If a(x b(x 2ab, then the value of 2(x2 y2) is

2(a2 b2)

2(a2 b2)

4(a2 b2)

4(a2 b2)

66. If x 1/x then value of x2 1/x2 is

23

16

34

32

67. G is the centroid of the equilateral triangle ABC, if AB 9cm then AG is equal to

3 root3cm

3cm

3 root 3/2cm

6cm

68. In the figure (not drawn to scale) given below, if AD DC BC and <BCE 96°,then <DBC is

32°

84°

64°

96°

69. If theta is positive acute angle and 4sin2 theta then the value of tan theta-cot theta/2 is

1

0

root3

1/root3

70. The chord AB of a circle of centre O subtends an angle theta with the tangent at A to the circle. Then measure of <ABO is

theta

90°-theta

90°+theta

2(180°-theta

71. From a point on a bridge across the river, the angles of depression of the banks on opposite sides of the river are 30° and 45° respectively. If the bridge is at a height of 2.5m from the banks, then the width of the river is (take root3 1.732)


5.83m

6.83m

5.76m

6.87m

72. The pie-chart given below show usage of materials in a construction of a house. Study the chart and answers the questions
The percentage of steel used in the construction of a house

10%

12%

20%

36%

73. The pie-chart given below show usage of materials in a construction of a house. Study the chart and answers the questions
The ratio of cement and bricks used in the construction is



74. The pie-chart given below show usage of materials in a construction of a house. Study the chart and answers the questions
If the cost of cement is 5000/- then the labour cost is

5500

6250

9000

4000

75. The pie-chart given below show usage of materials in a construction of a house. Study the chart and answers the questions
The average of percentages of steel, cement and miscellaneous items used in the construction is

10%

25%

20%

35%

76. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

REPROOF

WARNING

RIDICULE

REBUKE

THREAT

77. In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

INVALUABLE


PRICELESS

RARE

INESTIMABLE

WORTHLESS

78. Four words are given, out of which only one word is spelt correctly. Choose the correctly spelt word and click the button corresponding to it.

Stagnetion

Stagnasion

Stagnation

Stegnation

79. In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option. I have come as soon as the customers leave your shop No Error

A

B

C

D

80. In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button
corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.
I called at his house yesterday and have given him money No Error

A

B

C

D

81. In the following questions, one part of the sentence may have an error. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and click the button
corresponding to it. If the sentence is free from error, click the "No error" option.
The reason for my absence is due to ill health No Error

A

B

C

D

82. The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.
I like in the sun.

laying

lay

lie

lying

83. The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Please do not an offer made by the Chairman.

deny

refuse

refrain

refuge

84. The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question,
choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

The clerk asked for my

determination

destiny

destination

designation

85. In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase
and click the button corresponding to it.

Evening of life

Old age

A party

Holiday

None of these

86. In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase
and click the button corresponding to it.

Button her lip

Tell us more

Stop talking

Invite us too

Enjoy herself

87. In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase
and click the button corresponding to it.

Invent cock and bull stories


Delightful fables

Eco-friendly accounts

Absurd and unlikely stories

Credible tales

88. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Act of making things like new again.

Innovate

Renovate

Motivate

Activate

89. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

One who knows everything.


Omniscient

Conscious

Intellectual

Learned

90. Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Any morbid dread of water.


Hydrofoil

Hydrophobia

Hydraulic

Hyacinth

91. A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct
alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

You have come here with the intention in insulting me.

for insulting me

of insulting me

on insulting me

No improvement

92. A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct
alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

I did not give at the examination as my circumstances are bad.


write

sit

appear

No improvement

93. sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct
alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".
Though he worked hard, but he failed.

and

yet

then

No improvement

94. A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct
alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

No sooner did the teacher come into the class when we stood up.

since

then

than

No improvement

95. A sentence/a part of the sentence is underlined. Four alternatives are given to the underlined part which will improve the sentence. Choose the correct
alternative and click the button corresponding to it. In case no improvement is needed, click the button corresponding to "No improvement".

He was so much a coward to help his friend.


so much cowardly

too much of a coward

as coward

No improvement

96. A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it. In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine, and this includes many patients as well as many physicians, pay very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers, the health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. A healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health he should be using health for work. Modern medicine is primarily concerned with

promotion of good health

people suffering from imaginary illness

people suffering from real illness

increased efficiency in work

97. A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it. In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine, and this includes many patients as well as many physicians, pay very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers, the health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. A healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health he should be using health for work.

The passage suggests that

health is an end in itself

health is a blessing

health is only a means to an end

we should not talk about health

98. A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it. In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine, and this includes many patients as well as many physicians, pay very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers, the health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. A healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health he should be using health for work.

Talking about health all the time makes people

always suffer from imaginary illness

sometimes suffer from imaginary illness

rarely suffer from imaginary illness

often suffer from imaginary illness

99. A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it. In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine, and this includes many patients as well as many physicians, pay very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers, the health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. A healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health he should be using health for work.

The passage tells us

how medicine should be manufactured

what a healthy man should or should not do

what television programmes should be about

how best to imagine illness

100. A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it. In the world today we make health an end in itself. We have forgotten that health really means to enable a person to do his work and do it well. A lot of modern medicine, and this includes many patients as well as many physicians, pay very little attention to health but very much attention to those who imagine they are ill. Our great concern with health is shown by the medical columns in newspapers, the health articles in popular magazines and the popularity of television programmes and all those books on medicine. We talk about health all the time. Yet for the most part the only result is more people with imaginary illness. A healthy man should not be wasting time talking about health he should be using health for work.

A healthy man should be concerned with


his work which good health makes possible

looking after his health

his health which makes work possible

talking about health