Sample Mock Test - 01 (OSSC CGL)
Sample Mock Test - 01 (OSSC CGL)
Arithmetic
1. Rs.2,500, when invested for 8 years at a given rate of SI per year, amounted to Rs.3,725 on maturity.
What was the rate of SI that was paid per annum?
a. 6% b.6.125% c.6.25% d.5.875%
2. The batting average for 27 innings of a cricket player is 47 runs. His highest score in an innings
exceeds his lowest score by 157 runs. If these two innings are excluded, the average score of the
remaining 25 innings is 42 runs. Find his highest score in an innings.
a. 176 b. 188 c.186 d.174
3. Radius of a circle is 10 cm. Angle made by chord AB at the centre of this circle is 60 degree. What is
the length of this chord ?
a. 40cm v. 20cm c. 30cm d. 10cm
4. How many spherical lead shots each of diameter 8.4cm can be obtained from a rectangular solid of
lead with dimension 88 cm, 63 cm, 42cm (take pie = 22/7)
a. 920 b.750 c. 650 d.860
5. Riya could not decide between discount of 30% or Two successive discounts of 25% and 5% , both
given on shopping of Rs.3,840. What is the difference between both the discounts ?
a. Rs.44/- b. Rs.48/- c.Rs.42/- d. Rs.46/-
6. A pen was sold for Rs.166.44 with a profit of 14%. If it were sold for Rs.154.76, then what would
have been the percentage of profit or loss ?
a. 5% loss b. 6% Profit c. 5% profit d.6% loss
7. In the election, 8% of the voters didn’t cast their votes. Two candidates contested the election in
which the winning candidate got 48% of the total votes and won the election by 1100 votes. Find the
total number of voters in the election, given that all the votes cast were valid.
a. 25500 b.26500 c. 27500 d.28500
8. What is the largest common divisor of the numbers 1026, 2268 a nd 2430.
a. 108 b.54 c.81 d.27
9. If the 4 digit number x67y is exactly divisible by 9, then the least value of (x+y) is
a. 9 b.0 c.5 d.4
10. 6 men and 8 women can do a piece of work in 10 days, whereas 26 men and 48 women can do the
same work in 2 days. What will be the time taken by 15 men and 20 women to do the same work ?
a. 6 days b. 10 days c.4 days d. 8 days
11. Nina, Ravi and Ashok contested an election. 5% votes polled were invalid. Nina got 30% of the total
votes. Ravi got 32% of the total votes. The winner got 5136 more votes than the person who received
the least number of votes. Find the total number of votes polled.
12. A truck runs 492 km on 36 Litre of diesel. How many kilometres can it run on 33 Litre of diesel ?
13. If Ram covers a certain journey at 60% of his usual speed, he reached the destination late by 36 min.
His usual time (in min) to reach the destination is :
a. 60 b. 72 c.50 d. 54
14. A car travels the first one third of a certain distance with a speed of 10 km/hr, the next one third with
a speed of 20 km/hr and the last one third distance with a speed of 60 km/hr The average speed of
the car for the whole journey is
a. 18 km/h b.24 km/hr c.30 km/h d.36 km/h
15. A and B together can do a piece of work in 50 days. If A is 40% less efficient than B, in how many days
can A working alone complete 60% of the work ?
a. 70 b.110 c.80 d.105
16. On simple interest a sum of Rs.640 becomes Rs.832 in 2 years. What will Rs.860 become in 4 years at
the same rate of simple interest ?
a. Rs.1250 b.Rs.1376 c. Rs.1426 d. 1150
18. Two trains P and Q start from stations S and T towards each other. Train P takes 4 hours 48 minutes
and train Q takes 3 hours 20 minutes to reach T and S , respectively, after they meet. If the speed of
train P is 45km/h, what is the speed of train Q ?
19. The number of books on Math, Physics and Chemistry in a University library is in the ration 8:5:9.
There is a proposal to increase these books by 10%, 5% and 5% respectively. What will be the ratio of
the number of books after increment ?
20. The speed of a boat in still water is 5 1/3 km/h. It is found that the boat takes thrice as much time to
row up than it does to row down the same distance in the river stream. Find the speed of the river
stream. (in m/sec)
21. The average weight of 5 men decreases by 3 kg when one of them weighing 150km replaced by
another person. Find the weight of the new person .
a. 125 kg b. 100 kg c. 120kg d. 135 kg
22. Number p is 15% more than 150. If k is 15% less than p, then k is equal to :
a. 136.324 b.166.625 c.116.328 d.146.625
23. The cost of a piece of diamond varies with the square of its weight. A diamond of Rs.6,084 value is
cut into 3 pieces whose weights are in the ration 3:2:1. Find the loss involved in the cutting.
24. Wheat worth Rs.80 per kg and Rs.50 per kg is mixed with a third variety in the ratio 1:2:3. If the
mixture is worthRs.75 per kg, then the price of the third variety per kg will be equal to
a. Rs.95 b.Rs.85 c. Rs.80 d.Rs.90
25. The mean proportional of 6 and 54 is ____ more than 15.
a. 3 b.6 c.4 d.5
26. What annual installments will discharge a debt of Rs.9,600/- due in 5 years at 10% SI ?
a. Rs.1450/- b.Rs.1550 c.Rs.1500 d. Rs.1600
27. The mean proportional of a and b is c. What is the mean proportional of a2c and b2c ?
a. c b.3c c. c3 d.c2
28. A boat moves 25 km upstream and 39km downstream in 8 hours. It travels 35km upstream and 52km
downstream in 11 hours. What is the speed of the stream if it travels at a uniform speed ?
29. Raghav purchased a shirt at Rs.1500 and marked up the price of the shirt by 40%. What is the
discount percentage he has to offer in order to get a profit of Rs.75 ?
30. Choose the option in which the numbers are in correct ascending order.
a.4/5 , 2/3 , 1/11 and 2/9 b.1/11, 2/9, 2/3 and 4/5
c. 2/9, 1/11, 4/5 and 2/3 d. 2/3, 4/5, 1/11 and 2/9
32. A can of water and milk mixture contains 60% milk. A part of this mixture is replaced by another
mixture containing 50% milk and the percentage of milk was found to be 52%. The quantity of
mixture replaced is :
a.1/5 b.3/5 c.4/5 d.2/5
33. A committee of 3 members is to be made out of 6 men and 5 women. What is the probability that
the committee has at least two women ?
a.10/33 b.14/33 c.14/15 d.13/25
34. In a class, there are 12 boys and 16 girls. One of them is called out by an enroll number, what is the
probability that the one called is a girl?
37. If the difference between the CI , compounded every six months, and the SI on a certain sum of
money at the rate of 12% per annum for one year is Rs.36, the sum is :
a. Rs.10,000 b.Rs.12,000 c.15,000 d. Rs.9,000
38. A sum becomes Rs.4500 after two years and Rs.6750 after 4 years at CI. The sum is
39. The compound interest on Rs.20,480 at 6.25% per annum for 2 years 73 days , is :
a. Rs.2929 b.Rs.3000 c. Rs.3131 d. Rs.3636
40. If the arithmetic mean of 13 observations 399, 400, 402, 393, 401, 395, 397, 392, 400,401, X, 395, 399
is 388. Find the value of "X" in the observations. (OSSC CGL PYQ)
1. The ratio of students who passed in Bengali, to the students who passed in History is _____ .
(a) 1 : 2 (b) 2 : 1 (c) 3 : 4 (d) 3 : 5
2. The number of students passed in Bengali is greater than the number of students passed in History
by _____ .
(a) 150 (b) 60 c) 120 (d) 100
3. The percentage of students who passed in English is ________ .
(a) 15% (b) 20% c) 5% d) 12%
4. The number of students passed in English is less than the number of students passed in Mathematics
by _______ .
(a) 50 (b) 60 c) 90 (d) 75
Direction : Study the following bar graph carefully and answer the questions below.
6. By what percent. Price of sugar in 2010 is more than price of sugar in 2006.
8. Find the difference between price of 14 unit sugar in 2008 and that of same quantity in 2010.
9. A person purchased 20 unit sugar in 2006 and 14 unit in 2010 . How much did he pay for the total ?
10. How many years experienced more than 10% increment in the price of sugar.
Direction : Study the following bar table carefully and answer the questions below.
(*In thousand)
11. The total sales of all the seven years are the maximum for which battery?
12. What is the difference in the number of 35AH batteries sold in 1993 and 1997?
13. The percentage of 4AH batteries sold to the total number of batteries sold was maximum in the year
:
14. In the case of which battery there was a continuous decrease in sales from 1992 to 1997 ?
Q. The bar graph given shows the foreign exchange reserves of a country (in million US $) form 1991-
92 to 1998-99. Answer the question based on this graph.
16. The foreign exchange reserves in 1997-98 was how many times that in 1994-95?
17. What was the percentage increase of foreign exchange reserves over the previous year, is the
highest?
18. For which year, the percentage increase of foreign exchange reserves over the previous year, is the
highest?
19. The foreign exchange reserves in 1996-97 were approximately what percent of the average foreign
exchange reserves over the period under review?
20. The ratio of the number of years, in which the foreign exchange reserves are above the average
reserves, to those in which the reserves are below the average reserves, is:
Question : Read the following table and answer the questions below it.
28. In which year the disbursement of loans by all the banks combined together was nearest to the
average disbursement of loans over the years ?
a. 1995 b. 1996 c. 1997 d. 1998
29. In which year was the total disbursement of loans of banks A and B exactly equal to the total
disbursement of loans of banks C and D ?
a. 1995 b. 1996 c. 1998 d. None of these
30. In which bank was the loan disbursement more than 30% of the disbursement of all banks combined
together in 1998 ?
a. A b. B c. C d. D
Reasoning
1. R + S means ‘R is the daughter of S’
R = S means ‘R is the father of S’
R / S means ‘R is the wife of S’
R X S means ‘R is the brother of S’
E / F X J + L = M , then how is L related to E ?
a. Father b. Wife c. Father-in-Law d. Brother
2. By interchanging the given two signs which of the following equations will not be correct ?
+ and –
a. 18/3 + 8 X 5 – 4 =30 b.4X 6 +7-3 /1 = 20
c. 18+8 X 6 / 3 – 11 = 13 d. 6 X 9 + 7 – 8 / 2 = 51
3. If A x B means that A is the brother of B, A + B means that A is the father of B, then which of the
following expression shows that ‘M is the nephew of N ?
a. N+M x K b. N x K + M c. M x K + N D. None of the above
4. Three statmenents 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 bears are rabbits. All rabbits are dogs. Some dogs are black.
Conclusions
I – Some rabbits are black. II –Some dogs are bears. III- All bears are dogs.
5. In a certain code language, ‘GHOST’is written as ’ONGCB’ and ‘ABIDE’ is written as ‘UTMRQ’. How
will ‘RULES’ be written in that language ?
6. In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on
those statements. Taking the given statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with
commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion
logically follows the given statements.
Statements :
I. Some L are R. II. Some A are R.
Conclusions
I. All A are L. II. All R are L.
7. In a certain code language, ‘EARLY’ is written as ‘ZNSCF’ and ‘GAUGE’ is written as ‘FIVCH’. How will
‘INBOX’ be written in that language ?
8. Four letter-clusters have been given out of which three are alike in some manner and one is
different. Select the one that is different.
13. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following
set.
Statements:
20. P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting round the circle and are facing the centre: P is second to the right
of T who is the neighbor of R and V. S is not the neighbour of P. V is the neighbour of U. Q is not
between S and W. W is not between U and S. U is the right of S. Who is sitting adjacent to V?
Question : Read the following information carefully and answer the question.
(i) Eight friends A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are seated in a circle facing the centre.
(ii) D is between B and G and F is between A and H.
(iii) E is second to the right of A.
(a) Left of F (b) Right of F (c) Between E and F (d) None of the above
22. Which of the following information are not required to ascertain the position of C?
(a) i (b) Either II or III (c) III (d) All are required
23. Which of the following is C’s position?
(a) Between E and F (b) Between G and E (c) Second to the left of B (d) None of these
24. In a solid cube which is made up of 27 small cubes, two opposite sides are painted red, two painted
yellow and the other two with white. How many cubes have two colours ?
a. 8 b.12 c. 16 d.24
25. A solid cube of 4 inches has been painted red, green and black on pair of opposite faces. It has been
cut into one inch cubes. How many cubes have only one face painted ?
a. 4 b. 8 c. 16 d.24
26. Statement :
Studies have shown that spending too much time on your phone is bad for your focus and
mental health.
Courses of action :
I . Most of the push notification should be turned off.
II. One should get a real alarm clock and avoid taking the mobiles to bed.
Course of action :
I. One should take their meals on time
II. One should avoid purchasing products made from threatened or endangered species.
Question (28-29): In each of the following questions, a few statements have been given. Analyse the
given statements and answer whether the data given in the statements are sufficient to answer the
question or not.
28. In an innings of T20 international match six batsman, Raina, Yuvraj, Kohli, Dhoni , Rahane and
Dhawan have scored different number of runs. How many batsmen have scored more runs than
Dhoni ?
I. Rahane has scored 7 runs less than Yuvraj and 10 runs more than Raina.
II. Kohli has scored 56 runs, shich is 8 runs less than Dhone.(Testbook)
III. Raina has scored 34, which is 1 run less than Dhawan.
30. Avika walks 10 km towards North. From there she walks 6 km towards South. Then, she walks 3 km
towards East. How far is she from her starting point?
a. 5 Km b. 6 km c. 5.5 km d. 6.5 km
31. The door of Priya’s house faces the East. From the back side of her house, she walks straight 50
metres, then turns to the right and walks 50 metres again. Finally, she turns towards left and stops
after walking 25 metres. Now Priya is in which direction from the starting point ?
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32. How many such consonants are there which are both immediately preceded by and immediately
followed by a number?
a. 1 b. 2 c.0 d.3
33. If the first half of the series is written in reverse order, then which Element will be twenty-first from
the right end?
a. A b. O c. @ d. &
34. Which element will be 3rd to the left of 19th letter from your left in the given series?
a. A b. E c. & d. S
35. How many such consonants are there in the above arrangement, each of which is immediately
preceded by a number and not immediately followed by a symbol?
a. 2 v.1 c. O d. 4
36. Pointing to a man on the stage, Natasha said, “He is the brother of the daughter of the wife of my
husband.” How is the man on the stage related to Natasha?
[A] Mary Kom [B] P T Usha [C] Anju Bobby George [D] Karnam Malleswari
2. Who is the only Indian player in the top 25 in Forbes’ annual list of the highest-paid female athletes in
the world?
[A] Mary Kom [B] P V Sindhu [C] Mirabai Chanu [D] Sania Mirza
[A] Changing Course, Transforming Education [B] Education and scientific research
[C] Shaping country’s education system [D] Culture and Education
4. Which country has been admitted as the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN) group?
[A] Timor Leste [B] Tajikistan [C] Kazakhstan [D] Papua New Guinea
6. The Nobel Prize for Physics 2022 is being shared by three scientists, for their work in which field?
[A] Nuclear Physics [B] Quantum mechanics [C] Atomic science [D] Space Science
7. Election Commission of India is celebrating ____ National Voters’ day on 25th Jan 2023.
10. What was the theme for the 53rd edition of the WEF annual meeting being held in Davos, Switzerland
?
a. Working Together, Restoring Trust
b. Cooperation in a Fragmented World
c. The Great Reset
d. Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World.
11. 21st edtion of “Varuna” the bilateral naval exercise between India and _____ commenced on the
western seaboard. ?
4. DNS refers to
(A) Vint Cerf (B) Tim Berners Lee (C) Charles Babbage (D) None of these
(A) Tim Berners Lee (B) Sir Thomas (C) Charles Babbage (D) None of these
(A) 32 bit (B) 64 bit (C) 128 bit (D) 256 bit
(A) Hard Disk (B) RAM (C) Flash Memory Chip (D) Any of above
(A) Hard Disk (B) RAM (C) ROM (D) Optical Drive
18. ——— is an electronic device that process data, converting it into information.
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