SSC CGL Memory Based Test 9 September 2024 - Shift 1 - English
SSC CGL Memory Based Test 9 September 2024 - Shift 1 - English
Q1 How many triangles are there in the following Select the correct mirror image of the given
figure? figure when the mirror is placed at MN as shown.
(A)
(A) 18 (B) 20
(C) 16 (D) 14
(A) 64 (B) 61
(C) 75 (D) 70
Q9 Select the set in which the numbers are related in Q14 Which figure should replace the question mark
the same way as are the numbers of the given [?] if the following figure series were to be
sets. continued?
(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 /Subtracting (A)
/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed.
Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then
performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is (B)
NOT allowed)
(12, 40, 14)
(15, 33, 9) (C)
(A) (11,105,42) (B) (21,35,41)
(C) (21,95,35) (D) (21,91,35)
(D)
Q10 In a code language, ELASTIC is written as
DOHVFLW. How will SMARTER be written as in
that language?
(A) DPVTUGW (B) DOTUUHX
Q15 The position of how many letters will remain
(C) EQVUUHW (D) DPVUUHW
unchanged if each of the letters in the word
Q11 Which number will replace the question mark (?) COMPUTER is arranged in alphabetical order?
in the following series? (A) two (B) none
5, 5, 11, 35, 95, 215 , ? (C) one (D) three
(A) 245 (B) 254
Q16 Read the given statements and conclusions
(C) 452 (D) 425
carefully. You have to take the given statements
Q12 A + B means 'A is mother of B' to be true even if they seem to be at variance
A − B means 'A is the husband of B' from commonly known facts. You have to decide
A × B means 'A is son of B' which conchusion/s logically follow/s from the
A ÷ B means 'A is brother of B' given statements.
If Q ÷ U × K × H − D + J, then how is K related to J Statements:
? All computers are laptops.
(A) Brother (B) Father Some laptops are heavy.
Select the combination of letters that when The famous 'Lathmar' Holi ‘ is celebrated at which
sequentially placed in the blanks of the given of the following places in Uttar Pradesh?
series will complete the series. (A) Kokilavan (B) Nandgaon
TK_TKT_P_K_KPTK_K_TK (C) Radha Kund (D) Barsana
(A) P, T, K, P, T, K
Q31 Who was the Chalukyan king known for his
(B) P, K, T, T, T, P
victory against Emperor Harshavardhana and the
(C) P, K, T, P, K, T
Pallava king Mahendravarman I?
(D) P, T, T, K, P, T
(A) Pulakeshin I
Q25 Which of the option figures is the exact mirror (B) Pulakeshin II
image of the given figure when the mirror is held (C) Kubja Vishnuvardhana
at the right side? (D) Emperor Harshavardhana
Information Technology in India? (B) CaCO3(s) - -> --- Heat CaO(s) +CO2(g)
(A) Anurag Thakur (C) MnO2 + 4HCl → MnCl2 + 2H2O + Cl2
(B) Narayan Rane (D) Pb(s) + CuCl2(aq) → PbCl2(aq) +Cu(s)
(C) Kiren Rijiju
Q43 Who was the founder of Prarthana Samaj?
(D) Ashwini Vaishnaw
(A) Swami Vivekananda
Q36 Which of the following is the largest producer of (B) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
pulses in India? (C) Atmaram Pandurang
(A) Madhya Pradesh (D) Swami Dayananda Saraswati
(B) Maharashtra
Q44 Vishwa Mohan Bhatt won the prestigious
(C) Uttar pradesh
GRAMMY Award in 1994 for which World Music
(D) Rajasthan
Album?
Q37 The Headquarter of BCCI is located in which of (A) Rivers of Sound
the following stadiums? (B) A Meeting by the River
(A) Eden gardens (C) Sounds of the Earth
(B) Narendra Modi Stadium (D) Melodies of India
(C) Arun Jaitley Stadium
Q45 ________________, established in 1829, is the
(D) Wankhede Stadium
oldest golf club in India and the first outside
Q38 In 1973, Project Tiger was started in ________ Great Britain.
National Park. (A) East Point Golf Club
(A) Bhitarkanika (B) Sanjay Gandhi (B) The Bangalore Golf Club
(C) Jim Corbett (D) Sunderbans (C) The Royal Calcutta Golf Club
(D) Cosmopolitan Club
Q39 Lata Mangeshkar was awarded with the Bharat
Ratna in __________. Q46 Who among the following was the author of Neel
(A) 2003 (B) 2001 Darpan, published in 1860?
(C) 1997 (D) 1999 (A) Reverend James Long
(B) Michael Madhusudan Dutta
Q40 Which of the following periods in India's
(C) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
economic history is referred to as the "Plan
(D) Dinabandhu Mitra
Holiday"?
(A) 1951-1956 Q47 Which ruler’s inscription gives information about
(B) 1966-1969 the Sudarshan Lake at Girnar in Gujarat?
(C) 1980-1985 (A) Chandra Gupta Maurya
(D) 1991-1996 (B) Rudradaman
(C) Bindusara
Q41 Article 32 is related to Supreme court such as
(D) Harshvardhan
_______ to High court.
(A) Article 12 (B) Article 226 Q48 Which among the following is the folk dance of
(C) Article 123 (D) Article 39 Gujarat?
(A) Jat-Jatin (B) Bhamakalpam
Q42 Identify a redox reaction from the following:
(C) Gugga (D) Garba
(A) 2Pb(NO3 )2(S) - -> ----Heat 2Pbo(s) +4No2(g) +
O2(g) Q49
As per the 2011 Census, what is the density of Q56 What is the value of k such that number 72k460k
the population of India? is divisible by 6 ?
(A) 482 persons /km² (A) 7 (B) 9
(B) 328 persons /km² (C) 8 (D) 4
(C) 382 persons /km²
Q57 The value of cot 15° cot 25° cot 45° cot 75° cot
(D) 282 persons /km²
65° is:
Q50 The reproductive structures of gymnosperms are (A) 1 (B) √3
called: (C) 2 (D) √2
(A) Flowers (B) Cones
Q58 Raju and Ramu together can do a piece of work
(C) Sporophylls (D) Sepals
in 8 days, and Raju alone can do it in 12 days. In
2 o 2 o
Q51 Find the value of sin 25 + sin 65 . how many days can Ramu alone do it?
(A) 5 (B) 12 (A) 18 days (B) 20 days
(C) 0 (D) 1 (C) 22 days (D) 24 days
Q52 A dishonest dealer claims to sell rice at its cost Q59 The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 220 cm.
price. He uses a 850 gram weight instead of 1 If the base is 40 cm, then the length of each of
kilogram weight. Find the net profit percentage the other sides is:
of the dealer? (A) 85 cm (B) 80 cm
(A) 17.65% (B) 13.33% (C) 90 cm (D) 95 cm
(C) 15% (D) 20%
Q60 In a constituency, 90% of the total number of
Q53 If the distance between the centres of two circles people on the electoral roll cast their votes
is 12 cm and the radii are 5 cm and 4 cm, then during an election. 15% of the votes cast were
the length (in cm ) of the transverse common declared invalid. Jeeta secured 60% of the valid
tangent is: votes. If Jeeta secured 91,800 valid votes, what
−−−
(A) 9 (B) √143 was the total number of people on the electoral
−−
(C) √63 (D) 7 roll?
(A) 216000 (B) 225000
Q54 If 2 cot θ = 3, then find the value of (C) 180000 (D) 200000
√13 sin θ−3 tan θ
3 tan θ+√13 cos θ
Q61 A bag contains coins of denominations ₹ 1, ₹ 2
(A) 1
√13 and ₹ 5 only in the ratio of 12 : 5 : 3. If the total
(B) 2
√13 amount in the bag is ₹ 3,626, then what is the
(C) 0 number of coins of ₹ 5 in the bag?
(D) 23 (A) 285 (B) 297
(C) 291 (D) 294
Q55 Two different kinds of rice of quantities R1 and
R2, costing ₹60 per kg and ₹75 per kg, Q62 The heights of two right circular cones are in the
respectively, are mixed to get a mixture that ratio 3 : 5 and the perimeter of their bases are in
costs ₹65 per kg. What is the ratio in which R1 is the ratio 5 : 4. Find the ratio of their volumes.
mixed with R2? (A) 7 : 6 (B) 15 : 16
(A) 3 : 4 (B) 4 : 3 (C) 15 : 8 (D) 17 : 16
(C) 2 : 1 (D) 3 : 2
Q63
the number of students studying commerce in Select the correct active form of the given
colleges D and E together? sentence.
(A) 21: 17 (B) 23: 15 A complaint has been made by him against the
(C) 13: 8 (D) 26: 17 poor service of the hotel staff.
(A) He had made a complaint against the poor
Q74 This table shows the number of students
service of the hotel staff.
studying in various streams in different colleges.
(B) He is making a complaint against the poor
service of the hotel staff
(C) He will make a complaint against the poor
service of the hotel staff.
(D) He has made a complaint against the poor
What is the average of the number of students in
service of the hotel staff.
the arts stream in all the colleges taken
together? Q79 Select the option that can be used as a one-word
(A) 450 (B) 470 substitute for the given group of words.
(C) 440 (D) 460 A person who makes maps
(A) Cartographer (B) Geologist
Q75 This table shows the number of students
(C) Navigator (D) Surveyor
studying in various streams in different colleges.
Q80 Select the most appropriate synonym of the
highlighted word in the sentence.
The car accident had a fatal outcome, leading to
the tragic loss of two lives.
If the data about students of the commerce
(A) Lethal (B) Cheerful
stream in all colleges is represented by a pie-
(C) Benign (D) Harmless
chart, what is the central angle of the sector
representing college D, to the nearest degree? Q81 Fill in the given blank.
(A) 80° (B) 82° She had to ________ her excitement until the
(C) 88° (D) 85° surprise party was announced.
(A) keep up (B) keep on
Q76 Select the option that can be used as a one-word
(C) keep from (D) keep out
substitute for the given group of words.
A person who studies or is an expert in Q82 Choose the correct improvement of the
languages bracketed part.
(A) Linguist (B) Historian The team has been working diligently on the
(C) Philosopher (D) Biologist project, but the results (has not yet met) the
expectations set by the management.
Q77 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom.
(A) has not yet meet
The team is postponing minor updates since they
(B) have not yet met
____________ with the new product launch.
(C) had not yet met
(A) small issues to address
(D) has yet not met
(B) have a big fish to fry
(C) minor tasks to complete Q83 Find the correctly spelt word.
(D) trivial matters to resolve (A) Relevant (B) Mystireous
(C) Ephemaral (D) Ambigous
Q78
Q84 Select the option that expresses the given (D) To go out for the day
sentence in passive voice.
Q90 Improve the underlined part of the sentence.
Sara was bringing the cake for the party.
Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the
(A) The cake for the party was being bought by
sentence is grammatically correct.
Sara.
Me and my brother is planning a weekend
(B) The cake for the party is being brought by
getaway to explore the picturesque countryside
Sara.
and indulge in our shared love for hiking and
(C) The cake for the party was being brought by
discovering hidden trails.
Sara.
(A) I and my brother is
(D) The cake for the party were being brought by
(B) My brother and me are
Sara.
(C) My brother and I are
Q85 Select the option that can be used as a one-word (D) No improvement
substitute for the given group of words.
Q91 Identify the part that contains any grammatical
A person who believes in the existence of God
error. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’
(A) Atheist (B) Agnostic
as your answer.
(C) Theist (D) Humanist
A lot of informations is available in the
Q86 Select the most appropriate synonym of the newspaper.
underlined word in the sentence. (A) A lot of informations
The spill was extremely toxic and hazardous to (B) is available
health. (C) in the newspaper.
(A) Poisonous (B) Beneficial (D) No error.
(C) Mild (D) Safe
Q92 Select the most appropriate meaning of the
Q87 Choose the antonym of the word in the bracket given phrase/idiom.
to fill the blank. A piece of cake
The teacher was surprisingly (Rigorous) (A) Something very difficult
___________ with the students, giving them extra (B) Something very tasty
time to complete their assignments without (C) Something very easy
penalty. (D) Something very soft
(A) Harsh (B) Strict
Q93 Identify the segment that contains a grammatical
(C) Lenient (D) Severe
error.
Q88 Select the word with the incorrect spelling from Neither John nor Mary have submitted her
the given sentence: assignment on time.
The museum displayed many artefacts of great (A) Neither John nor Mary have
antiquty that were relevant to ancient history. (B) submitted their assignments
(A) antiquty (B) displayed (C) on time
(C) artefacts (D) Agnostic (D) No error
Q89 Choose the meaning of the idiom Q94 Choose the antonym for the underlined word.
Call it a day She is known as an altruist, always helping those
(A) To stop working for the day in need.
(B) To continue working (A) Philanthropist (B) Egoist
(C) To start a new task (C) Idealist (D) Humanitarian
Q95 Select the most appropriate synonym of the Q96 Select the most appropriate option to fill
underlined word in the sentence. in blank no. 1.
Despite the gloomy weather, her jovial (A) on (B) behind
personality brightened up the entire room. (C) for (D) into
(A) sad (B) Aggressive
Q97 Select the most appropriate option to fill
(C) mirthful (D) Hostile
in blank no. 2.
Directions (96-100) Read the following passage (A) disrupting (B) worsening
and answer the given questions. (C) controlling (D) ignoring
In the following passage, some words have been
Q98 Select the most appropriate option to fill
deleted. Read the passage carefully and select
in blank no. 3.
the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
(A) encouraging (B) enhancing
Forest density is a crucial factor in determining
(C) preventing (D) causing
the overall health of an ecosystem. A dense
forest provides a diverse habitat (1) _______ a Q99 Select the most appropriate option to fill
variety of wildlife, offering protection and in blank no. 4.
resources that are essential for their survival. (A) barriers (B) pollutants
High forest density also helps in (2)___________ (C) fertilizers (D) contaminants
the climate by regulating temperature and
humidity levels. Additionally, forests play a Q100
Select the most appropriate option to fill in
significant role in (3) ___________ soil erosion,
blank no. 5.
which can be harmful to the land. They act as
natural (4)___________ by preventing excessive (A) are vital
runoff and promoting water infiltration into the (B) is vital
ground. Thus, maintaining appropriate forest (C) have been vital
density (5) _________ for conserving the (D) is vitaling
ecological balance and supporting biodiversity.
Answer Key
Q1 (A) Q31 (B)