2016 SSC CGL Tier 1
3 Sep Shift – 1
Question Paper with Answer Key
1. Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
Cell: Cytology:: Birds: ?
1) Odontology
2) Mycology
3) Ornithology
4) Etymology
2. Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
DHLP:WSOK::FJNR: ?
1) UQMI
2) TPLH
3) SOKG
4) VRNJ
3. Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
2:10: :26: ?
1) 50
2) 36
3) 42
4) 20
4. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
1) EHJ
2) JML
3) PSR
4) VYX
5. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
1) Tomcat
2) Baby
3) Fawn
4) Cub
6. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
1) 11
2) 17
3) 19
4) 21
7. Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.
1. Patriot 2.Pastor 3 Patron 4. Pattern 5. Pastern
1) 5,2,3,1,4
2) 5,2,1,3,4
3) 5,2,4,1,3
4) 5,2,4,3,1
8. A series is given below with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
SCD, TEF, UGH, ?, WKL
1) CMN
2) VJI
3) VIJ
4) ITT
9. A series is given below with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
124,235,346,457,?
1) 455
2) 465
3) 564
4) 568
10. F is the brother of A. C is the daughter of A. K is the sister of F, G is the brother of C. Who is the uncle of G?
1) A
2) C
3) K
4) F
11. If Jhansi is 12 ahead in rank of Prabha, who ranks 15th from last, then how many students are there in the class if Jhansi ranks 4th in order of merit ?
1) 23
2) 27
3) 30
4) 31
12. From the given words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letter of the given word.
ENVIRONMENT
1) ENTER
2) METRE
3) IRON
4) MOMENTUM
13. If ‘BASKET’ is written as ‘TEKSAB’ how can ‘PILLOW’ be written in that code?
1) LOWPIL
2) WOLLIP
3) LOWUP
4) WOLPIL
14. If’+’ means ‘-‘, and ‘-‘, means ‘X‘, ‘X’ means ‘÷’, and ‘÷’ means ‘+’ then 2÷6×6÷2 = ?
1) 1
2) 0
3) 10
4) 5
15. If 6 x 9 x 3 = 963 and 4 x 8 x 5 = 845, then 9x4x7 = ?
1) 974
2) 479
3) 497
4) 749
16. Select the missing number from the given responses.
1) 4
2) 3
3) 2
4) 1
17. Ashok went 8 kms south and turned west and walked 3 kms. Again he turned north and walked 5 kms. He took a final turn to east and walked 3 kms. In which direction was Ashok from the starting point?
1) East
2) North
3) West
4) South
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: Ahimsa should be basic principle of human beings. All of us should practise Ahimsa.
Conclusions: I. We all know the real meaning of Ahimsa.
Conclusions: II. Ahimsa promotes global harmony.
1) only conclusion I follows
2) only conclusion II follows
3) Neither I conclusion nor II follows
4) Both conclusion I & II follow
19. Of a cubical container, all the six faces have different markings indicating the position of the equipment packed inside. Which symbol is opposite the face having C?
1) Z
2) B
3) X
4) Y
20. Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among classes given below Minutes, Days, Months
21. Which answer figure will complete the pattern In the question figure?
22. From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.
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.
24. If a mirror Is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer 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., G can be represented by 03,12, etc., and ‘L’ can be represented by 57, 65, etc. Similarly you have to identify the set for the word ‘DATE’
1) 23, 68, 24, 97
2) 14, 96, 11, 85
3) 23, 96, 40, 85
4) 32, 89, 10, 68
26. MUDRA Bank has been launched to help
1) Small business
2) Marginal farmers
3) Poor women
4) Rural sector
27. Which of the following controls the insurance business of India?
1) RBI
2) IDBI
3) SEBI
4) IRDA
28. The Speaker of Lok Sabha addresses his letter of resignation to the
1) President of India
2) Prime Minister
3) Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha
4) The Chief Justice of India
29. Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?
1) A.O. Hume
2) Surendranath Banerjee
3) W.C. Banerjee
4) Badruddin Tayyabji
30. Which of the following writers has called Akbar’s Din-i-Ilahi as a monument of his folly, not of wisdom?
1) Badayuni
2) Vincent Smith
3) Barni
4) W.Haig
31. Which of the following region in India is now regarded as an “Ecological Hot Spot’?
1) Western Himalayas
2) Eastern Himalayas
3) Western Ghats
4) Eastern Ghats
32. The Beaufort scale is used to measure:
1) Atmospheric pressure
2) Altitudes of mountains
3) Wind velocity
4) Intensity of earthquakes
33. The waste management technique that involves the use of micro-organisms to remove or neutralize pollutants from contaminated site is called
1) Bio sensor
2) Bio magnification
3) Bio remediation
4) Bio concentration
34. In IT networking, which of the following device is used in physical layer?
1) Repeater
2) Router
3) Transport Gateway
4) Bridge
35. The purest form of water in nature is
1) Rain water
2) Lake water
3) River water
4) Sea water
36. The source of energy that causes the least global warming is?
1) coal
2) Geothermal energy
3) Natural Gas
4) Petroleum
37. The constellation ‘Sapta Rishi’ is known to Westerners as the
1) Seven Monks
2) Alpha Centauri
3) Big Dipper
4) Small Bear
38. Bridge is the technique used in
1) Athletics
2) Wrestling
3) Weight lifting
4) Karate
39. Which of the following books is called the ‘Bible of Socialism?
1) Economics of Welfare
2) Das Capital
3) Value and Capital
4) Asian Drama
40. Which country recently detonated its first hydrogen bomb?
1) North Korea
2) South Korea
3) Iran FFT
4) Libya
41. The Swarna Jayand Shahari Rojgar Yojna (SJSRY) mainly aims at creating employment opportunities for
1) both self employment and wage employment in urban areas
2) self employment in urban areas only
3) wage employment in urban areas only
4) None of these
42. Who is known as the ‘Father of Green Revolution’ in India?
1) G.Paul
2) Norman Borlaug
3) Van Neil
4) Dr. Mithchell
43. The component used for tuning a radio is basically a variable______ .
1) Resistor
2) Condenser
3) Inductor
4) Transformer
44. Which of the following is not a donor atom?
1) Phosphorus
2) Antimony
3) Arsenic
4) Aluminium
45. Which one of the following party was founded by Subhash Chandra Bose?
1) Abhinav Bharat
2) Azad Hind Sena
3) Revolutionary Army
4) Forward Block
46. 0°K is equivalent to
1) 273°C
2) -273°C
3) 0°C
4) 100°C
47. The oxygen liberated during photosynthesis comes from
1) Water
2) Carbon dioxide
3) Glucose
4) Chlorophyll
48. First national park of India that was established In 1936 was named as
1) Kanha National Park
2) Bharatpur National Park
3) Hailey National Park
4) Rajajl National Park
49. Who is the 1st Indian female amputee to climb Mount Everest?
1) Arunima Sinha
2) Bachendri Pal
3) Santosh Yadav
4) Premlata Agarwal
50. The term ‘Higgs Boson’ is associated with
1) Nano Technology
2) Oncology
3) God Particle
4) Stem Cell Research
51. If 100 cats kill 100 mice in 100 days, then 4 cats would kill 4 mice in how many days?
1) 4 days
2) 3 days
3) 40 days
4) 100 days
52. In ΔABC, DE ǁ BC such that AD/BD = 3/5. If AC = 5.6 cm, then AE is equal to
1) 4.2 cm
2) 3.1 cm
3) 2.8 cm
4) 2.1 cm
53. If two circles touch each other internally. The greater circle has its radius as 6 cm and the distance between the centres of the circles is 2 cm. The radius of the other circle is
1) 3 cm
2) 4 cm
3) 2 cm
4) 5 cm
54. An office opens at 10 AM and closes at 5 PM. The lunch interval is 30 minutes. The ratio of lunch interval to the total period of office hours is
1) 1:7
2) 1:14
3) 7:1
4) 14:1
55. A Bookseller allowed 15% discount on the books sold. Sunil purchased books worth Rs.1500. How much will he have to pay to Bookseller.
1) Rs.1200
2) Rs.1250
3) Rs.1275
4) Rs.1300
56. if the ratio between the profit and sale price of an article is 1:5, then the ratio between the sale price and the cost price of that article is:
1) 3:2
2) 4:3
3) 5:4
4) 6:5
57. What percent of 1 day is 36 minutes?
1) 25%
2) 2.5%
3) 3.6%
4) 0.25%
58. A car covers a certain distance in 25 hrs. If it reduces the speed by1/5 th. the car covers 200 km less in that time. The speed of car is
1) 60 km/hr
2) 30 km/hr
3) 40 km/hr
4) 50 km/hr
59. At what percent of simple interest will a sum of money double itself in 15 years?
1) 6 1/3 %
2) 6 2/3%
3) 6 ½%
4) 6%
60. 1/√a – 1/√b = 0, then the value of 1/a + 1/b is:
1) 1/√ab
2) √ab
3) 2/√ab
4) 1/2√ab
61. If x^2+y^2+z^2 = 14 and xy + yz + zx = 11, then the value of (x+ y+ z)^2 is
1) 16
2) 25
3) 36
4) 49
62. If √2 tan^2Ө = √6 and 0° < Ө < 45°, then the value of sin Ө + √3 cos Ө – 2 tan^2 Ө is
1) 2/3
2) 4/3
3) 2
4) 8/3
63. A positive number when decreased by 4, is equal to 21 times the reciprocal of this number. The number is:
1) 3
2) 7
3) 5
4) 9
64. If tan a = 2, then the value of sin a/ sin^3 a + cos^3 is
1) 2/9
2) √5/9
3) 10/9
4) 5√5/9
65. If x = 3√28,y = 3√27, then the value of x + y – 1/x^2+xy+y^2 is
1) 8
2) 7
3) 6
4) 5
66. If x = 12 and y = 4, then the value of (x + y) x/y is
1) 48
2) 1792
3) 4096
4) 570
67. In a triangle PQR, PQ = PR and ∠Q is twice that of ∠P. Then ∠Q is equal to
1) 72°
2) 36°
3) 144°
4) 108°
68. If the length of a chord of a circle is 16 cm and is at a distance of 15 cm from the centre of the circle, then the radius of the circle (in cm) is:
1) 15
2) 16
3) 17
4) 34
69. On 24th May 2008 the maximum temperature of Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai were recorded as 35°C, 33°C and 34°C respectively. What was the maximum temperature of Chennai so that the average maximum temperature of those cities would be 35°?
1) 34°C
2) 35°C
3) 36°C
4) 38°C
70. The diameter of a sphere is twice the diameter of another sphere. The curved surface area of the first and the volume of the second are numerically equal. The numerical value of the radius of the first sphere is
1) 3
2) 24
3) 8
4) 16
71. The thread of a kite makes 60° angle with the horizontal plane. If the length of the thread be 80 m, then the vertical height of the kite will be
1) 40/√3 m
2) 80√3 m
3) 80m
4) 40√3 m
72. Study the pie chart carefully and answer the questions. The pie chart represents the percentage of people involved in various occupations. Total number of people = 20000
How many more people are involved in service than in trade ?
1) 3660
2) 2660
3) 1660
4) 660
73. Study the pie chart carefully and answer the questions. The pie chart represents the percentage of people involved in various occupations. Total number of people = 20000
The ratio of the people involved in service to that of industry is
1) 1:2
2) 2:3
3) 3:4
4) 3:2
74. Study the pie chart carefully and answer the questions. The pie chart represents the percentage of people involved in various occupations. Total number of people = 20000
The sectorial angle made by the people involved in service in the given pie-chart is
1) 36°
2) 90°
3) 72°
4) 108°
75. Study the pie chart carefully and answer the questions. The pie chart represents the percentage of people involved in various occupations. Total number of people = 20000
The difference between the maximum number of people involved and minimum number of people involved in various professions is
1) 2640
2) 3640
3) 6320
4) 5320
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.
LABYRINTH
1) MAZE
2) PATH
3) SKYSCRAPER
4) IMPASSE
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.
BARREN
1) FERTILE
2) ABUNDANT
3) HARSH
4) FALLOW
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.
1) Mysogynous
2) Misogynous
3) Mysoginous
4) Misoginous
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.
According to scientists(A)/, there are a lot of(B)/answers about it(C)/No Error(D).
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) 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.
They are coming (A)/ straight to (B)/our direction.(C)/No Error(D).
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) 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 building collapsed(A)/at the afternoon (B)/at about 4 o’clock (C)/No Error(D).
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) 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.
The police is ____ on his activities.
1) keeping an eye
2) keeping watchful eyes
3) keeping both eye
4) keeping one eye
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.
Are you______ stamp collecting?
1) interested by
2) interested in
3) interested at
4) interested about
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.
Your report______ my statement.
1) conforms
2) conforming
3) confirms
4) comforting
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.
To get cold feet
1) Drenched
2) Fear
3) Felicitate
4) Fever
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.
Beside the mark
1) Perfect
2) Not to the point
3) Relevant
4) Charming
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
On tenterhooks
1) Happy and excited
2) In suspense and anxiety
3) Angry and irritated
4) Surprised and shocked
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.
Property inherited from one’s father or ancestors.
1) Patrimony
2) Mercenary
3) Hereditary
4) Aristocracy
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.
A person who is womanish in his habits
1) Feminist
2) Philogynist
3) Effeminate
4) Feminine
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.
One who is converted from one religion to another
1) Pilgrim
2) Polytheist
3) Proselyte
4) Presbyte
A sentence/a part of the sentence is bold. Four alternatives are given to the bold 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”.
91. Do you have some sugar?
1) any sugar
2) little sugar
3) small sugar
4) No improvement
92. Iago lied to Othello about his wife
1) Lay
2) Laid
3) Lain
4) No improvement
93. It is not possible to tell the entire story in nutshell.
1) In a nutshell
2) In the nut
3) In a shell
4) No improvement
94. It is all but same to me whether I am transferred to Mumbai or Kolkata.
1) All or same
2) All the same
3) All one
4) No improvement
95. Despite his father’s financial assistance he was always hard on
1) hard in
2) hard up
3) hard out
4) 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.
Even the majority of elders turn their homes into hives of worry as they have too little to do in too much time. Those who have retired thus find retirement tiresome when hobbies, instead, could have turned it into a period of creativity and contentment.
This common problem of inability to utilise leisure pleasurably and profitably is not restricted to Indians. In fact, Japanese are the worse sufferers. Their weekends, rather than increase their enjoyment of life, have wreaked havoc on their health and happiness. Unable to while away the long, unstructured hours, many of them have become addicts to coffee or hard liquor, and have even taken to gambling.
How has this social malady come about? Ironically, the syllabus-loaded education system is the main culprit. It places a heavy work-load on children and youth, laying emphasis as it does on memory rather than intelligence.
Why do a majority of retired elders find retirement tiresome?
1) Because their homes have been turned into hives of worry.
2) Because they do not have hobbies to utilise their free time.
3) Because they had nothing to do.
4) Because they had plenty of free time.
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.
Even the majority of elders turn their homes into hives of worry as they have too little to do in too much time. Those who have retired thus find retirement tiresome when hobbies, instead, could have turned it into a period of creativity and contentment.
This common problem of inability to utilise leisure pleasurably and profitably is not restricted to Indians. In fact, Japanese are the worse sufferers. Their weekends, rather than increase their enjoyment of life, have wreaked havoc on their health and happiness. Unable to while away the long, unstructured hours, many of them have become addicts to coffee or hard liquor, and have even taken to gambling.
How has this social malady come about? Ironically, the syllabus-loaded education system is the main culprit. It places a heavy work-load on children and youth, laying emphasis as it does on memory rather than intelligence.
How have the Japanese benefitted from their weekends?
1) They have increased enjoyment in life.
2) They enjoy health and happiness.
3) They use their free time to increase their enjoyment
4) They become addicts to coffee or hard liquor and gambling.
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.
Even the majority of elders turn their homes into hives of worry as they have too little to do in too much time. Those who have retired thus find retirement tiresome when hobbies, instead, could have turned it into a period of creativity and contentment.
This common problem of inability to utilise leisure pleasurably and profitably is not restricted to Indians. In fact, Japanese are the worse sufferers. Their weekends, rather than increase their enjoyment of life, have wreaked havoc on their health and happiness. Unable to while away the long, unstructured hours, many of them have become addicts to coffee or hard liquor, and have even taken to gambling.
How has this social malady come about? Ironically, the syllabus-loaded education system is the main culprit. It places a heavy work-load on children and youth, laying emphasis as it does on memory rather than intelligence.
The syllabus-loaded education system
1) Places a heavy burden on the youth.
2) Ensures that parents pay attention to the development of children.
3) Lays emphasis on intelligence.
4) Gives students a lot of free time.
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.
Even the majority of elders turn their homes into hives of worry as they have too little to do in too much time. Those who have retired thus find retirement tiresome when hobbies, instead, could have turned it into a period of creativity and contentment.
This common problem of inability to utilise leisure pleasurably and profitably is not restricted to Indians. In fact, Japanese are the worse sufferers. Their weekends, rather than increase their enjoyment of life, have wreaked havoc on their health and happiness. Unable to while away the long, unstructured hours, many of them have become addicts to coffee or hard liquor, and have even taken to gambling.
How has this social malady come about? Ironically, the syllabus-loaded education system is the main culprit. It places a heavy work-load on children and youth, laying emphasis as it does on memory rather than intelligence.
The author thinks that
1) Authorities are more appreciative of the syllabus-loaded education system.
2) Hobbies play an important role in changing the unfortunate situation.
3) Co-curricular activities are discouraged.
4) Only Indians suffer from inability to utilise leisure.
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.
Even the majority of elders turn their homes into hives of worry as they have too little to do in too much time. Those who have retired thus find retirement tiresome when hobbies, instead, could have turned it into a period of creativity and contentment.
This common problem of inability to utilise leisure pleasurably and profitably is not restricted to Indians. In fact, Japanese are the worse sufferers. Their weekends, rather than increase their enjoyment of life, have wreaked havoc on their health and happiness. Unable to while away the long, unstructured hours, many of them have become addicts to coffee or hard liquor, and have even taken to gambling.
How has this social malady come about? Ironically, the syllabus-loaded education system is the main culprit. It places a heavy work-load on children and youth, laying emphasis as it does on memory rather than intelligence.
The passage tells us that
1) Hobbies are a waste of time
2) Hobbies play a crucial role in physical and mental development.
3) Hobbies wreak havoc on man’s health and happiness.
4) Hobbies can turn us into addicts of coffee, liquor or gambling.
ANSWER KEY
1. C
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. D
10. D
11. C
12. D
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. C
17. D
18. C
19. A
20. A
21. B
22. A
23. B
24. C
25. A
26. A
27. D
28. C
29. C
30. B
31. C
32. C
33. C
34. A
35. A
36. B
37. C
38. B
39. B
40. A
41. A
42. B
43. B
44. D
45. D
46. B
47. A
48. C
49. A
50. C
51. D
52. D
53. B
54. B
55. C
56. C
57. B
58. C
59. B
60. C
61. C
62. B
63. B
64. C
65. C
66. C
67. A
68. C
69. D
70. B
71. D
72. B
73. B
74. C
75. D
76. A
77. A
78. B
79. C
80. B
81. B
82. A
83. B
84. C
85. B
86. B
87. B
88. A
89. C
90. C
91. A
92. D
93. A
94. B
95. B
96. B
97. D
98. A
99. B
100. B