2016 SSC CGL Tier 1
30 Aug Shift – 1
Question Paper and Answer Key
1. Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
Flow : River :: Stagnant : ?
1) Pond
2) Rain
3) Stream
4) Canal
2. Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
AEIM : BFJN :: CGKO : ?
1) DHLI
2) ZVRP
3) BCDK
4) MPQR
3. Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
24 : 60 :: 210 : ?
1) 348
2) 336
3) 340
4) 326
4. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
1) Shimla
2) Ooty
3) Darjeeling
4) Agra
5. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
1) 64
2) 900
3) 343
4) 1000
6. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.
1) NSWX
2) KPSU
3) HMQR
4) EJNO
7. Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary
1. Maternity 2.Matriarchy 3. Matchbox 4. Matricide
1) 3,1,2,4
2) 4,3,1,2
3) 3,4,1,2
4) 1,3,4,2
8. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
ED BA, KJHG, QPNM, ?
1) WVTS
2) WXUV
3) WVST
4) WVTX
9. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
463, 452, 439, 424, ?
1) 407
2) 413
3) 419
4) 411
10. At present, the ratio between the ages of Arun and Deepak is 4:3 . After 6 years, Arun’s age will be 26 years. What is the age of Deepak at present?
1) 12 years
2) 15 years
3) 19 1/2 years
4) 25 years
11. X is the husband of Y. W is the daughter of X. Z is the husband of W. N is the daughter of Z. What is the relationship of N to Y?
1) Cousin
2) Niece
3) Daughter
4) Grand daughter
12. From the given words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.
DETERMINATION
1) DETENTION
2) DESTINATION
3) TERMINATE
4) DOMINATE
13. If GOODNESS is coded as HNPCODTR then GREATNESS will be coded as
1) HQZFBMFRT
2) HPFZUMERT
3) HQEZUMFTR
4) HQFZUMFRT
14. Complete the third equation on the basis of a certain system followed in the first two equations.
(1) 5*4*2*1 = 1425 (2) 7*8*1*6 = 6817 (3) 9*3*7*5 = ?
1) 3795
2) 5397
3) 5973
4) 5379
15. If ‘-‘ stands for division, ‘+’ for multiplication, ‘÷’ for subtraction and ‘x’ for addition, which one of the following equations is correct?
1) 18 ÷ 3 x 2 + 8 – 6 = 10
2) 18-3 + 2×8 ÷ 6 = 14
3) 18-3 ÷ 2×8 + 6 = 17
4) 18 x 3 + 2 ÷ 8 – 6 = 15
16. Find missing pair of letters from given responses to replace ?
1) HR
2) HS
3) HV
4) HU
17. X walked 20 feet from A to B in the East direction. Then X turned to the right and walked 6 feet. Again X turned to the right and walked 28 feet. How far is X from A ?
1) 29
2) 9
3) 10
4) 27
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: The situation calls for an immediate action
Assumptions: I. The situation is serious.
II. Immediate action is possible.
1) only I is an assumption
2) only II is an assumption
3) Both I and II are assumptions
4) Neither I or II is an assumption
19. How many cubes are there in the diagram?
1) 10
2) 12
3) 8
4) 6
20. Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among classes given below North America, United States of America, New York
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 04, 40, etc., and ‘K’ can be represented by 56, 75, etc.
You have to identify the set for the word ‘HILL’
1) 56, 58, 03, 02
2) 55, 77, 69, 85
3) 56, 62, 03, 02
4) 57, 60, 10, 02
26. Who among the following is not a member of the National Development Council?
1) The Prime Minister
2) The Member of NITI Aayog
3) The Chief Ministers of States
4) The President of India
27. The rate of tax increase as the amount of the tax base increases is called
1) Proportional tax
2) Progressive tax
3) Regressive tax
4) Degressive tax
28. The supply-side economics lays greater emphasis on
1) Producer
2) Global economy
3) Consumer
4) Middle Man
29. The founding father of “Theory of bureaucracy” was
1) F. W. Taylor
2) Max Weber
3) Elton Mayo
4) Herbert Simon
30. The United Nations Organisation came into existence in
1) 1947
2) 1950
3) 1945
4) 1946
31. Abdul Fazal was the son of which Sufi saint?
1) Sheikh Mubarak
2) Hazarat Kwaja
3) Nasiruddin Chirag
4) Baba Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
32. French revolution broke out in the year :
1) 1917
2) 1911
3) 1789
4) 1790
33. The song “Vande Mataram” occurs in the book
1) Geetanjali
2) Anandmath
3) Indian People
4) Poverty and Un – British Rule in India
34. Which mosquito is the carrier of Zika virus?
1) Culex
2) Aedes
3) Anopheles
4) Culiseta
35. Geothermal energy is maximum utilised in
1) Iceland
2) New Zealand
3) Russia
4) Japan
36. Root cap is derived from
1) Dermatogen
2) Calyptrogen
3) Protoderm
4) Histogen
37. The blotting technique used to identify the isolated protein is
1) Northern blotting
2) Western blotting
3) Southern blotting
4) Cloning
38. Morphology of Chromosomes can be best studied at
1) Interphase
2) Prophase
3) Metaphase
4) Zygotene
39. The ‘Choke’ used with a tube light is basically
1) an inductor
2) a capacitor
3) a transformer
4) a resistor
40. Curie is an unit of
1) Radioactivity
2) energy of Gamma rays
3) intensity of Gamma rays
4) work function
41. In Networks, WEP stands for
1) Wireless Equivalent Privacy
2) Wired Extra Privacy
3) Wired Equivalent Privacy
4) Wireless Embedded Privacy
42. For extinguishing fire, we use
1) Hydrogen
2) Carbon Monoxide
3) Carbon Dioxide
4) Marsh gas
43. The chemical name of quartz is
1) Calcium oxide
2) Calcium phosphate
3) Sodium phosphate
4) Sodium silicate
44. Continuous chain of mountains that rise abruptly more or less parallel to the coastline of India is
1) Aravalli
2) Satpura
3) Eastern ghats
4) Western ghats
45. The biggest reserves of Thorium are in
1) China
2) USA
3) India
4) France
46. Which of the following became the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia?
1) Belgium
2) Netherlands
3) Denmark
4) Canada
47. Which of the following countries won Euro Cup 2016 (football)?
1) France
2) Germany
3) Portugal
4) Iceland
48. Shivkumar Sharma is famous for playing the ____
1) Sitar
2) Flute
3) Santoor
4) Tabla
49. Who among the following is popularly known as ‘Blade Runner’?
1) Usain Bolt
2) Oscar Carl Pistorious
3) Carl Lewis
4) Ben Johnson
50. FCRA administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs stands for______ ?
1) Foreign Currency Regulation Act
2) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act
3) Foreign Contract Regulation Act
4) Foreign Cartel Restriction Act
51. The product of two positive integers is 2048 and one of them is twice the other . Then the small of the number is
1) 32
2) 64
3) 16
4) 1024
52. A and B can do a work in 8 days, B and C can do the same work in 12 days. A, B and C together can finish it in 6 days. A and C together will do it in :
1) 4 days
2) 6 days
3) 8days
4) 12 days
53. The diagonal of a cuboid of length 5 cm, width 4 cm and height 3cm is
1) 5√2 cm.
2) 2√5cm.
3) 12 cm.
4) 10 cm.
54. An article marked at Rs. 540 is sold at Rs. 496.80 in an off-season offer. Then the rate of discount offered (in percent) is
1) 7
2) 7.5
3) 8
4) 10
55. Three numbers are in the ratio 5:7:12. If the sum of the first and the third is greater than the second by 50.The sum of the three numbers is
1) 125
2) 120
3) 95
4) 85
56. The average age of 10 children is 9 years 9 months. The average of 9 children is 8 years 11 months. What is the age of the tenth child ?
1) 17 years 3 months
2) 18 years 4 months
3) 17 years 5 months
4) 18 years 3 months
57. Gopi goes from place A to B to buy an article costing 15% less at B. although he spends Rs. 150 on travelling, still he gains Rs. 150 compared to buying it at A. His profit percent is :
1) 4.5
2) 6
3) 7.5
4) 8
58. If the income of Mohan is 150% higher than Mahesh, then by what percent the income of Mahesh is less than Mohan ?
1) 40%
2) 50%
3) 60%
4) 45%
59. The length of a train and that of a platform are equal. If with a speed of 90 km/hr the train crosses the platform in one minute, then the length of the train (in meters) is
1) 500
2) 600
3) 750
4) 900
60. The simple interest on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 5% is Rs. 1600. The compound interest at the same rate after 3 years interest compound annually, is
1) Rs.2520
2) Rs.2522
3) Rs.2555
4) Rs.2535
61. If x + 1/x = √3 , then the value of x^3 + 1/x^3 is equal to
1) 1
2) 3√3
3) 0
4) 3
62. If a/b +b/a = 1 , Then are value of a^3 + b^3 is equal to
1) 0
2) 1
3) 2
4) 3
63. If p^2 + q^2 = 7pq, Then the value of p/q + q/p is equal to
1) 9
2) 5
3) 7
4) 3
64. If x = 99, then the value of 2(x^2 + 3x + 3 ) is equal to
1) 1000001
2) 1000000
3) 999999
4) 9999999
65. The centroid of a triangle ΔABC is G. If the area of ΔABC = 72 sq. units , then the area of ΔBGC is
1) 16 sq units
2) 24 sq units
3) 36 sq units
4) 48 sq units
66. In case of an acute angled triangle, its orthocentre lies
1) inside the triangle
2) outside the triangle
3) on the triangle
4) on one of the vertex of the triangle
67. If ΔPQR and ΔLMN are similar and 3PQ = LM and MN = 9 cm, then QR is equal to :
1) 12 cm
2) 6 cm
3) 9 cm
4) 3 cm
68. AB is a chord of a circle with O as centre. C is a point on the circle such that. OC ⊥ AB and OC intersects AB at P. If PC = 2 cm and AB = 6 cm then the diameter of the circle is
1) 6 cm
2) 6.5 cm
3) 13 cm
4) 12 cm
69. If x^2 = sin^2 30°+ 4 cot^2 45° – sec^2 60°, then the value of x (x >0) is
1) -1/2
2) 1
3) 0
4) 1/2
70. If 7sin^2 Ө +3cos^2 Ө = 4 then the value of sec Ө+ cosec Ө is
71. An observer on the top of a mountain, 500 m above the sea level, observes the angles of depression of the two boats in his same place of vision to be 45° and 30° respectively. Then the distance between the boats, if the boats are on the same side of the mountain, is
1) 456 m
2) 584 m
3) 366 m
4) 699 m
72. Study the bar diagram and answer the following questions.
Average marks obtained in Physics for two terms is?
1) 80.5
2) 82.5
3) 72.5
4) 83.5
73. Study the bar diagram and answer the following questions.
Difference of marks obtained in both the terms by the students is maximum in
1) English
2) Physics
3) Biology
4) Mathematics
74. Study the bar diagram and answer the following questions.
What is the percentage of marks obtained in Chemistry for both the terms ?
1) 76.5
2) 56.7
3) 75.6
4) 67.5
75. Study the bar diagram and answer the following questions.
The ratio of the average of the marks obtained in Biology for two terms to the average of the marks obtained in English and Mathematics for first term only is
1) 43:92
2) 39:42
3) 29:34
4) 23:94
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.
VENIAL
1) CORRUPT
2) SUPERFICIAL
3) RESPECTED
4) PARDONABLE
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.
DIFFIDENT
1) SHY
2) BRAVE
3) CONFIDENT
4) MEEK
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) Monolouge
2) Monologue
3) Monologe
4) Monolouge
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.
We must go (A) / and congratulate him for (B)/ his brilliant success (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.
My brother (A) / along with his friends (B) / are going on a tour (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.
You have prepared well (A) / for the examination (B) / isn’t it ? (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.
What good fortune! I found the very thing I was______ !
1) looking in
2) looking to
3) looking besides
4) looking for
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.
The swimmer_______ his clothes and jumped into the river.
1) took off
2) took of
3) took out
4) took down
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.
I will______ to Singapore next month.
1) be travelling
2) be travel
3) travels
4) am travelled
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.
Made light of
1) Did not hear
2) Treated it lightly
3) Blew away
4) Carried with him
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.
Every inch a gentleman
1) Somewhat
2) Partly
3) Entirely
4) Calculatively
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.
Gall and wormwood
1) A problem
2) Hateful
3) Useless
4) Hard to digest
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.
A rough, violent, troublesome person.
1) Tartar
2) Talker
3) Vagabond
4) Swindler
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 brave, noble-minded or chivalrous man
1) Handsome
2) Robust
3) Gallant
4) Reckless
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.
Obsession with books
1) Bibliomania
2) Megalomania
3) Xenophobia
4) Egomania
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. The farmers work at the fields
1) on the fields
2) through the fields
3) in the fields
4) No improvement
92. The boss impatiently told him to get up with his work.
1) to get on
2) to get by
3) to get under
4) No improvement
93. The judges remarked on the high standard of entries for the competition.
1) remarked of
2) remarked at
3) remarked over
4) No improvement
94. He did not know how to solve the problem and I did not either
1) neither do I
2) neither did I
3) either did I
4) No improvement
95. It is a place far of here
1) far by here
2) far from here
3) far away here
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.
Mary Garden, a noted opera singer, earned a great deal of money during her career, but was constantly bothered by the demands of her father for money – and always in large sums.
Miss Garden would always give it to him, though often she would often complain that his requests seemed somewhat unreasonable. To this the stock reply was that he needed the money for a very special project. She was not going to refuse her father, was she ?
During the depression Miss Garden, like many others, lost her money in the stock market crash. Shortly afterward, her father died, and, much to her surprise, she was notified that he had left a large bank account in her name. He had saved for her every cent she had given him.
The demands God makes on us may seem hard at times. But all the while He is actually helping us to store up an ‘eternal bank account’ in heaven – one which may balance the scales in our favour when we least expect it. Troubles are often the instruments by which God fashions us for better things.
Mary’s father made demands for
1) a small sum of money
2) large sums of money
3) no money
4) a reasonable sum of money
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.
Mary Garden, a noted opera singer, earned a great deal of money during her career, but was constantly bothered by the demands of her father for money – and always in large sums.
Miss Garden would always give it to him, though often she would often complain that his requests seemed somewhat unreasonable. To this the stock reply was that he needed the money for a very special project. She was not going to refuse her father, was she ?
During the depression Miss Garden, like many others, lost her money in the stock market crash. Shortly afterward, her father died, and, much to her surprise, she was notified that he had left a large bank account in her name. He had saved for her every cent she had given him.
The demands God makes on us may seem hard at times. But all the while He is actually helping us to store up an ‘eternal bank account’ in heaven – one which may balance the scales in our favour when we least expect it. Troubles are often the instruments by which God fashions us for better things.
Mary______ to the demands of her father.
1) could not refuse to pay any attention
2) wanted to refuse to pay any attention
3) finally refused to pay any attention
4) initially refused to pay any attention
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.
Mary Garden, a noted opera singer, earned a great deal of money during her career, but was constantly bothered by the demands of her father for money – and always in large sums.
Miss Garden would always give it to him, though often she would often complain that his requests seemed somewhat unreasonable. To this the stock reply was that he needed the money for a very special project. She was not going to refuse her father, was she ?
During the depression Miss Garden, like many others, lost her money in the stock market crash. Shortly afterward, her father died, and, much to her surprise, she was notified that he had left a large bank account in her name. He had saved for her every cent she had given him.
The demands God makes on us may seem hard at times. But all the while He is actually helping us to store up an ‘eternal bank account’ in heaven – one which may balance the scales in our favour when we least expect it. Troubles are often the instruments by which God fashions us for better things.
Mary’s father had_____ all the money he took from her.
1) gambled
2) wasted
3) invested
4) saved
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.
Mary Garden, a noted opera singer, earned a great deal of money during her career, but was constantly bothered by the demands of her father for money – and always in large sums.
Miss Garden would always give it to him, though often she would often complain that his requests seemed somewhat unreasonable. To this the stock reply was that he needed the money for a very special project. She was not going to refuse her father, was she ?
During the depression Miss Garden, like many others, lost her money in the stock market crash. Shortly afterward, her father died, and, much to her surprise, she was notified that he had left a large bank account in her name. He had saved for her every cent she had given him.
The demands God makes on us may seem hard at times. But all the while He is actually helping us to store up an ‘eternal bank account’ in heaven – one which may balance the scales in our favour when we least expect it. Troubles are often the instruments by which God fashions us for better things.
During the depression Mary______ in the stock market.
1) lost no money at all
2) lost her money
3) lost some money
4) lost lot of money
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.
Mary Garden, a noted opera singer, earned a great deal of money during her career, but was constantly bothered by the demands of her father for money – and always in large sums.
Miss Garden would always give it to him, though often she would often complain that his requests seemed somewhat unreasonable. To this the stock reply was that he needed the money for a very special project. She was not going to refuse her father, was she ?
During the depression Miss Garden, like many others, lost her money in the stock market crash. Shortly afterward, her father died, and, much to her surprise, she was notified that he had left a large bank account in her name. He had saved for her every cent she had given him.
The demands God makes on us may seem hard at times. But all the while He is actually helping us to store up an ‘eternal bank account’ in heaven – one which may balance the scales in our favour when we least expect it. Troubles are often the instruments by which God fashions us for better things.
God at times, makes hard demands so that He______ when we least expect it.
1) can balance the scales against us
2) can balance the scales in our favour
3) can harm us
4) can refuse to assist us
ANSWER KEY
1. A
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. B
11. D
12. B
13. D
14. D
15. B
16. B
17. C
18. D
19. A
20. A
21. D
22. B
23. D
24. C
25. B
26. D
27. B
28. A
29. B
30. C
31. A
32. C
33. B
34. B
35. A
36. B
37. B
38. C
39. A
40. A
41. C
42. C
43. D
44. D
45. C
46. B
47. C
48. C
49. B
50. B
51. A
52. C
53. A
54. C
55. B
56. A
57. C
58. C
59. C
60. B
61. C
62. A
63. C
64. C
65. B
66. A
67. D
68. B
69. D
70. B
71. C
72. B
73. C
74. D
75. C
76. D
77. C
78. B
79. B
80. C
81. C
82. D
83. A
84. A
85. B
86. C
87. B
88. A
89. C
90. A
91. C
92. A
93. D
94. B
95. B
96. B
97. A
98. D
99. B
100. B