SSC CGL Tier 1 (21 August) Shift 1 Past Year 2017 Paper - SSC CGL

___________ makes laws on matters included in Union List and Concurrent List.

According to the categories of land mentioned in the Chola inscriptions ___________ was known as the land for the maintenance of schools?

Prince Salim was the name of the future Emperor _________.

___________ is the breaking up of the rocks on the earth's surface.

The method of soil conservation in the coastal and dry regions where rows of trees are planted to check the wind movement to protect soil cover is called?

Biological names are generally derived from which language?

The members of rhodophyceae are commonly called _________ algae.

Aurelia (Medusa) and Adamsia (Polyp) are examples of which Phylum?

Energy in the form of heat is wasted when a machine is operated. This heat is generated due to ___________.

The incident ray, the _________ at the point of incidence and the reflected ray all lie in the same plane.

In Microsoft Word, _______ allows us to move selected paragraphs to the right.

Blue Vitriol is another name for which of the following?

The rubbing surface of a matchbox has powdered glass and a little red ________________.

A few organisms can tolerate and thrive in a wide range of temperatures. Such organisms are called ___________.

_____________ scheme by the Central Government will strengthen the bond between all the states, regions, and districts of India.

Who invented Velcro?

Which nation will host the FIFA Men's World Cup to be held in the year 2018?

Charminar was built by?

Which of the following is an Indian military decoration awarded for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield?

Which of the statements given below are correct?

1. The author of the novel 'Accelerando' is Charles Stross.
2. The author of the novel 'The Windup Girl' is Paolo Bacigalupi.
3. The author of the novel 'The Devil in Silver' is Josh Malerman.

In March 2017, in which country was "world's largest artificial sun" switched on?

With which other country does Bangladesh share its border besides India?

What least number must be added to 329, so that the sum is completely divisible by 7?

A can do a work in 15 days and B in 30 days. If they work on it together, then in how many days will they be able to do 50% of the work?

What is the area (in sq cm) of an equilateral triangle of side 10 cm?

What is the effective discount (in %) on two successive discounts of 15% and 50%?

Profit of Rs 42,500 has to be divided between three partners A, B and C in the ratio 3:5:9. How much (in Rs) does A get?

The average weight of A, B and C is 49 kg. If the average weight of A and B is 35 kg and that of B and C is 62 kg, then the weight of B (in kgs) is?

A shopkeeper by selling 6 items, earns a profit equal to the selling price of 1 item. What is his profit percentage?

What is the value of 125% of 25% of 80?

To cover a distance of 81 km in 1.5 hours what should be the average speed of the car in meters/second?

In 4 years at simple interest the principal increases by 32%. What will be the compound interest earned (in Rs) on Rs. 24,000 in 3 years at the same rate?

If 5/2(8x/3 - 1/2) + 13/2 = 2x/3, then what is the value of x?

If a³+b³ = 72 and ab = 8 , then what is the value of a + b?

Sum of four times a fraction and 7 times its reciprocal is 16. What is the fraction?

What is the sum of the first 11 terms of an arithmetic progression if the 3rd term is -1 and the 8th term is 19?

What is the reflection of the point (-3, 2) in the line x = -2?

Point P is the midpoint of segment AB. Co-ordinates of P are (1 , 3) and A are (-3 , 8). What are the co-ordinates of point B?

What is the slope of the line perpendicular to the line passing through the points (3 , -2) and (4 , 2)?

ΔABC is similar to ΔPQR. If ratio of perimeters of ΔABC and ΔPQR is 3:7 and if PQ = 21 cm, then the length of AB (in cm) is?

What is the value of 2 Sec 45° + Tan 30° ?

Δ ABC is right angled at B. If m∠A = 60°, then what is the value of Cot C?

The pie chart shows the votes in 1000s polled in favour of six candidates (A, B, C, D, E, F) contesting for a particular seat. Study the diagram and answer the following questions.

Q. If Candidate A is disqualified then which candidate will be declared the winner?

If Cosec θ = 25/7 , then what is the value of Cos θ?

The pie chart shows the votes in 1000s polled in favour of six candidates (A, B, C, D, E, F) contesting for a particular seat. Study the diagram and answer the following questions.

Q. The winning candidate got how many more votes than the one who came second?

The pie chart shows the votes in 1000s polled in favour of six candidates (A, B, C, D, E, F) contesting for a particular seat. Study the diagram and answer the following questions.

Q. Analysts believe that if candidate E had not stood in the fray then votes that he got would have been equally divided between F and C, then what would have been the result?

The pie chart shows the votes in 1000s polled in favour of six candidates (A, B, C, D, E, F) contesting for a particular seat. Study the diagram and answer the following questions.

Q. If voting attendance was 60% then how many names must be there in the voter list?

Select the related word from the given alternatives.

Cow : Calf :: Hen : ?

Select the related letters from the given alternatives.

DHL : AEI :: QUY : ?

Select the related number from the given alternatives.

0.5 : 2 :: 0.125 : ?

Select the odd word from the given alternatives.

Select the odd letters from the given alternatives.

Select the odd number from the given alternatives.

A series is given, with one word missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series as per dictionary.

?, Lifelike, Lifeline, Lifelong

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

B, C, E, H, L, ?

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

-4, ?, 3, 8, 14, 21

Meetu's birthday is on Wednesday 8th March. On what day of the week will be Ritu's Birthday in the same year if Ritu was born on 10th July?

The weights of 4 boxes are 30, 40, 50 and 80 kilograms. Which of the following cannot be the total weight, in kilograms, of any combination of these boxes and in a combination a box can be used only once?

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

DUPLICATE

If PRIMATE is coded as MOFJXQB, then how will COW be coded as?

In a certain code language, '+' represents 'x', '-' represents '+', 'x' represents '÷' and '÷' represents '-'. What is the answer to the following question?

11 + 50 - 150 ÷ 200 = ?

If 7x1=12; 5x4=2; 6x4=4; then what is the value of 7x4 = ?

Select the missing number from the responses ?

A man cycles 7 km East, then turns South and cycles 12 km, then turns West and cycles 7 km, then turns to his left and cycles 10 km. Where is he now with reference to his starting position?

In the question two statements are given, followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statement 1 : All steel is iron.
Statement 2 : No iron is solid.

Conclusion I : No steel is solid.
Conclusion II : Some iron is steel.

Which of the following cube in the answer figure cannot be made based on the unfolded cube in the question figure?

In the following figure, square represents athletes, triangle represents engineers, circle represents fathers and rectangle represents  entrepreneurs. Which set of letters represents athletes who are either entrepreneurs or fathers?

Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure ?

From the given answer select in one in which the question figure is hidden / embedded

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

If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?

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 shown in the given two matrices. 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, for  example 'Y' can be represented by 55, 87 etc and 'Z' can be represented by 14, 01 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word 'VERY'.

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Q. A slow smile worked (1)/ its way cross his (2)/ face and into his eyes. (3)/No Error (4)

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Q. His expression gave no (1)/ clue of what was going (2)/ on among his head. (3)/ No Error (d)

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Q. After being given _________ warnings for disrupting class, Thomas was finally sent to the principal's office.

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Q. The __________ "pretty ugly" implies that a person can be both attractive and unattractive at the same time.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Cynicism

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Pinnacle

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Befuddle

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Supplant

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Get the message

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Keep at bay

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

Tom pretended to not (heard) a thing.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

He must (has change) clothes during the night.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

A person highly skilled in music

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

At length, about an hour later, we

X-spied a little pile of boulders rising 
Y-this we dragged ourselves 
Z-out of the plain, and to

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

Secondly, it is consistent

X-with human experience that
Y-places and be depressed in others
Z-land should rise gradually in some

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

The labourers paved the entire stretch of the road.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

The visitor said, "Is your mother at home?"