SSC CGL (Tier II) Practice Test - 18 - SSC CGL MCQ

Directions: Study the following bar chart carefully and answer the questions given beside.
The number of people who visited four different places in two different years are given.

Q. What is difference between the sum of the number of people who visited Qutub Minar and India Gate in 2012 together and the sum of the number of people who visited Lotus Temple and India Gate in 2013 together?

Directions: Study the following bar chart carefully and answer the questions given beside.
The number of people who visited four different places in two different years are given.

Q. The number of people who visited Taj Mahal in 2013 is how much percent less than the number of people who visited Taj Mahal and Lotus Temple in 2012 together?

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given beside.

In a dance class there are a total of 538 students who take admission to learn Salsa and Hip-hop dance. Each student learns single dance form only. Boys who learn Salsa dance is 70% of girls who learn Salsa dance. Girls who learn Hip-hop is 20 more than boys who learn Hip-hop dance. Girls who learn Salsa dance is same as Boys who learn Hip-hop dance.

Q. The number of boys who took admission in Salsa is what percent of the total number of students who took admission in Hip-hop dance?

A bag contains four black and five red balls. If three balls from the bag are chosen at random, what is the chance that they are all black?

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

In a certain code language:
'these phones nothing buyers' is coded as t#l e@i n@v e#s.
'team trees time twist' is coded as i@n e@z e#i i#d.
'better brick brain beside' is coded as t@v i@w i#i a#i.
'kites kiwi art blue' is coded as t#r t#i l@f i@d.

Q. What will be the code for 'heinous crime'?

Directions: Read the given information carefully and answer the following question.

Six family members Saksham, Lily, Thomas, Jack, Sanya and Julie are sitting in a row facing towards the south. Saksham who is the son-in-law of Julie is sitting second to the right of Sanya. There are only two persons who sit between Saksham and Jack. Sanya, who is the daughter of Julie but not the wife of Saksham sits at either of the corners. Lily is married to Saksham. Thomas who is sitting to the immediate right of Sanya is her nephew. Julie is the maternal grandmother of Jack and is sitting to the immediate left of her daughter. Jack is sitting third to the right of his father.

Q. How is Julie related to Jack?

Directions: Study the information given below and answer the question that follows.

A is the father of two children, B and D, who are of different sexes.
C is B's spouse.
E is of the same sex as D.
B and C have two children: F, who is of the same sex as B and G, who is of the same sex as C.
E's mother H, who is married to L, is the sister of D's mother, M.
E and E's spouse, I, have two children J and K, who are of the same sex as I.
No person has married more than once, and no children have been born out of wedlock.
The only restriction on marriage is that marriage to a sibling, to a direct descendant, or to more than one person at the same time is forbidden.

Q. F is

Directions: Study the following information carefully and answer the question given below.

'A + B' means 'A is the son of B.'
'A - B' means 'A is the father of B.'
'A x B' means 'A is the sister of B.'
'A * B' means 'A is the mother of B.'

Q. If P + Q * R x S ^_ T, then how is P related to T?

Directions: A word and number arrangement machine, when given an input line of words and numbers, rearranges them following a particular rule in each step. The following is an example of input and rearrangement.

Input: jack 35 and 80 riya 45 play 70
Step 1: 35 jack and 80 riya 45 play 70
Step 2: 35 45 jack and 80 riya play 70
Step 3: 35 45 70 jack and 80 riya play
Step 4: 35 45 70 80 jack and riya play
Step 5: 35 45 70 80 riya jack and play
Step 6: 35 45 70 80 riya play jack and

Now, following the same rules, rearrange the given input of words and numbers, and answer the question given below.
Input: jack 88 sell 70 his 87 apple 90 tree

Q. Which step would give the following output?
70 87 88 90 tree jack sell his apple

In the following question, Few statements are given which are followed by some conclusions. According to the given statements, which conclusion is/are definitely true?

Statements:

M ≤ N = O ; M ≤ P ; O < Q

Conclusions:

I. Q > N

II. M ≥ O

• K is the daughter of I.
• J is married to I.
• I is brother of L.
• H is married to K.

How J related to H?

Directions: In the following questions, a sentence is given with two blanks. You have to find the pair of words from the given options that fit both the blanks in the given order and make the sentence grammatically and contextually correct. 

Congress leaders stress that this manifesto ________ the needs and ________ of the marginalised sections of society. 

Direction: Read the following passage carefully and answer the question that follows.

The passage of a statutory resolution and a Bill in Parliament — “abrogating” Article 370 which confers special political status on Jammu and Kashmir, and bifurcating the State into two Union Territories — has robbed the Kashmir Valley of its political autonomy, or whatever remains of it after all these years. It may deepen the State’s trust deficit vis-a-vis the Centre. The “abrogation” of Article 370, being hailed as a “glorious” move, is itself a misnomer. “Amending” or “abrogating” Article 370 is a Constitutional improbability; the amending provision of Article 368 says no Constitutional amendments have effect in relation to J&K unless applied by Order of the President under Article 370 that requires the concurrence of the State’s legislature and ratification by its Constituent Assembly.

The moves on Monday can be seen as an exercise in political optics, pandering to a certain majoritarian sentiment. What the Centre has done is to shred even the garb of democracy and spirit of dialogue that successive governments felt was important to engage the people of Kashmir. Through as many as 45 Presidential Orders, the most critical being the Order of 1954, Article 370 has already been divested of its spirit. Secessionist elements and some Indian Constitutional experts have cited this gradual advance of the Union as the conquest of the Valley by stealth.
What even this controversial process of assimilation, with Article 370 in place, has done is to achieve the growth of local political engagement. It legitimises a pan-Indian sentiment in the Valley where the secessionists would like to portray India as a mere occupational force. Indeed, there are several other provisions in the Constitution such as Article 371(A), 371(G), 371(B), 371(C) that validate indigenous political forces in States like Nagaland, Mizoram, Assam, Manipur et al. This asymmetric form of federalism has its global parallels in the substantial autonomy enjoyed by Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland within Great Britain. The protests in Hong Kong affirm the relevance of democratic processes inherent in the one country-two systems followed even by China.

By robbing Article 370 of its special provisions, the BJP has undermined these nuanced and extremely critical democratic processes. Simultaneously, the State has been carved up into two Union Territories with J&K having a legislature and Ladakh without it. The unprecedented step of reorganising a State and divesting it of its legislative authority without even a semblance of consultation with the stakeholders sets a dangerous precedent underlined by several regional groups and political parties, particularly the DMK and the MDMK. It is possible that the BJP would reap rich political dividends for this muscular policy. But the Centre would be responsible for escalation of violence in the Valley where all doors for political engagement and democratic exchange seem to have been closed down for good. Without meaningful participation of the people, any such unilateral integration can remain at best territorial.

Q. Which among the following is correct regarding the possible consequence of the decision taken by the centre to abrogate Section 370?

Directions: Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

There is now no denying that the new government takes office amid a clear economic slowdown. The first macro data set released showed an under-performing economy with GDP growth falling to 5.8% in the fourth quarter of 2018-19 and pulling down the overall growth for the fiscal to a five-year low of 6.8%. Growth in gross value added (GVA), which is GDP minus taxes and subsidies, fell to 6.6% in 2018-19, pointing to a serious slowdown. If further confirmation were needed, the growth in core sector output — a set of eight major industrial sectors — fell to 2.6% in April, compared to 4.7% in the same month last year. And finally, unemployment data, controversially suppressed by the Union government so far, showed that joblessness was at a 45-year high of 6.1% in 2017-18. These numbers highlight the challenges ahead in drafting the Budget for 2019-20. The economy is beset by a consumption slowdown as reflected in the falling sales of everything from automobiles to consumer durables, even fast-moving consumer goods. Private investment is not taking off, while government spending, which kept the economy afloat during the last NDA government, was cut back in the last quarter of 2018-19 to meet the fiscal deficit target of 3.4%.

The good news is that inflation is undershooting the target and oil prices are on the retreat again. But the rural economy remains in distress, as seen by the 2.9% growth in agriculture last fiscal; the sector needs a good monsoon this year to bounce back. Overall economic growth in the first quarter of this fiscal is likely to remain subdued, and any improvement is unlikely until the late second quarter or the early third. There are not too many options before the new Finance Minister. In the near term, she has to boost consumption, which means putting more money in the hands of people. That, in turn, means cutting taxes, which is not easy given the commitment to rein in the fiscal deficit. In the medium term, Ms. Sitharaman has to take measures to boost private investment even as she opens up public spending again. These call for major reforms, starting with land acquisition and labour, corporate taxes by reducing exemptions and dropping rates, and nursing banks back to health. On the table will be options such as further recapitalisation of the ailing banks, and consolidation. The question, though, is where the money will come from. With tax revenues likely to be subdued owing to the slowdown, the Centre will have to look at alternative sources such as disinvestment. There may be little choice but to go big on privatisation. A rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India, widely expected this week, would certainly help boost sentiment. But it is the Budget that will really set the tone for the economy

Q. As per the passage, which of the following would lead to ‘putting more money in the hands of people’?

I. Decrease in tax rates.
II. Increase in inflation
III. Increase in private investment

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase. 

Q. Why must you look a gift horse in the mouth ? 

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase. 

Q. Leaders should not only make speeches they should also be prepared to bell the cat.

In the following questions four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase italicised and underlined in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of idiom/phrase. 

Q. He is leaving the country for good.

Each species has its special place or habitat. An (31)____  bird watcher can look at (32)____forest, meadow, lake , swamp or field and (33)____ almost exactly what birds he (34)____find there (35)____birds are found all over the world; others (36)____ themselves to certain areas. Still (37)____migrate from one country to another in (38)____in search of warmth and (39)____, and then return in spring,(40)____the season is more favourable.

Q. Find the word most appropriate for Blank No. 33

The manager of the plastic fork factory tried to convince the unruly factory workers they should join forces to optimize production on the belt rather than attemptingto be contrary.

Who appoints judges in the Supreme Court of India?

Which major breakthrough did Microsoft researchers achieve in the field of quantum computing?

Balance on invisible trade is equal to

_______ is a measure of the cash and other assets banks have available to quickly pay bills and meet short-term business and financial obligations.

The Indian Currency and Finance Royal Commission was also known as ___________.

Batch processing was mainly used in this generation.

Which of the following special-purpose register keeps track of the address of the instruction which is to be executed next?

XML stands for-