SSC CGL 2021 Tier 1 Past Paper PDF

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www.byjusexamprep.com pg. 1 www.byjusexamprep.com 1. Select the correct combination of B. 320 mathematical signs that can C. 350 sequentially replace the D. 349 * signs and make the given equation Ans. (C) correct. 5. Study the given pattern carefully 88 * 120 * 42 * 240 * 48 * 2 and select the number from among A. =, ×, +, ÷, – the given options B. ×, ÷, =, –, + that can replace the question mark C. +, ÷, –, =, × (?) in it. D. =, –, +, ÷, × 18 24 19 Ans. (D) 7 8 9 2. Select the set of chases the 8 11 14 relationship among which is best illustrated by the given venn 17 ? 14 diagram. A. 15 B. 21 C. 38 D. 30 A. Potato, Peach, Vegetables Ans. (B) B. Natural numbers, Integers, Real 6. Which two signs need to be numbers interchanged to make the following C. Doctors, Singers, Extroverts equation correct? D. Peso, Currency, Taka 23 + 84 ÷ 14 × 8 − 3 = 5 Ans. (D) A. ÷ and − 3. Select the correct option that B. + and × indicates the arrangement of the C. − and × given words in a logical D. − and + and meaningful order. Ans. (C) 1. Chapterlist 7. Select the letter-cluster from 2. Bibliography among the given options that can 3. Preface replace the question 4. Cover page mark (?) in the following series. 5. Chapters FCC, UFH, OIS, LLX, FOC, ? A. 1. 2, 5, 1, 4, 3 A. TRF B. 2. 4, 3, 1, 5, 2 B. VSG C. 3. 4, 5, 3, 1, 2 C. URH D. 4. 3, 5, 4, 2, 1 D. WTH Ans. (B) Ans. (C) 4. Select the number from among 8. Select the correct mirror image of the given options that can replace the given figure when the mirror is the question mark placed at ‘AB’ as shown. (?) in the following series. 82, 105, 136, 177, 224, 283, ? A. 412 pg. 2 www.byjusexamprep.com Ans. (C) 10. There are seven members, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, in a family. H is the only daughter-inlaw of D. E is the sister of C. C is the only son of F, who is the wife of D. B and G are the A. sons of H. How is G related to F? A. Grandson B. Brother C. Father D. Son B. Ans. (A) 11. Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly C. known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow from the statements. Statements: 1. All flowers are blue. D. 2. All blue are good. 3. No good is red. Conclusions: I. No red is a flower. II. No red is a bus. III. Some good are flowers. IV. Some good are blue. Ans. (B) A. Only conclusions I, III and IV 9. Seven friends, Subhi, Prince, follow Ketan, Vishal, Mahima, Krish and Naitik, are sitting around a circular B. Only conclusions I and III follow table with their backs towards the C. All conclusions I, II, III and IV centre. Subhi is sitting to the follow immediate right of Prince. Naitik and D. Only conclusions I, II and IV Krish are not sitting to the follow immediate left or right of Vishal. Ans. (C) Vishal is sitting third to the left of 12. Among five boxes A B C D and E Prince. Mahima is sitting to the B is thrice as heavy as A. C is 40 kg immediate right of Vishal. Who is heavier than E. D is three and a half sitting third to the right of Prince? times as heavy as E and C is five A. Naitik times as heavy as A. The weight of E B. Krish is 40 kg. Which object is the lightest C. Ketan of all and what is its weight? D. Mahima A. B 50 kg pg. 3 www.byjusexamprep.com B. A 16 Kg 15. Which of the option figures when C. B 12 Kg rotated 270 anticlockwise and then D. D 125 Kg 45 clockwise will result in the given Ans. (B) question figure? 13. Select the option that is embedded in the given figure (X)(rotation is NOT allowed). A. A. B. B. C. C. D. D. Ans. (B) Ans. (A) 14. Select the combination of letters 16. Select the number from among that when sequentially placed in the the given options that can replace blanks of the given series will the question mark (?) in the complete the series. following series. j_mb_a__u_b_adj_m_b 28, 32, 41, 57, ? _d A. 68 A. u b m j m b u b a B. 82 B. u b d j m b j b a C. 74 C. u b d j m b u b a D. 90 D. u b d j m b u m a Ans. (B) Ans. (C) 17. Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way pg. 4 www.byjusexamprep.com as the second number is related to cubes having all the three faces the first number and the sixth painted. number is related to the fifth A. 32 number. B. 28 3 : 17 :: 6: ? :: 9 : 47 C. 8 A. 34 D. 64 B. 36 Ans. (C) C. 38 22. Four letter-clusters have been D. 32 given, out of which three are alike in Ans. (D) some manner and one is different. 18. In a certain code language, 'so it Select the letter-cluster that is be' is written as 'lor kor nor', 'it is different. done' is written as 'zor kor tor', and A. MTAH 'be yourself' is written as 'nor xor'. B. CJQY How will 'so' be written in that C. HOVC language? D. DKRY A. nor Ans. (B) B. xor 23. Select the figure from among the C. lor given options that can replace the D. kor question mark (?) in the following Ans. (C) series. 19. In a certain code language, ‘TANKER’ is written as ‘VCPMGT’, how will ‘SOCRATES’ be written in that language? A. UQETCVGU A. B. UQETCWGU C. UQFTCVHU D. UQGTCVHU Ans. (A) 20. Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is B. related to the first term. UPRIGHT : PUVEKTH :: DESTROY : ? A. EDWPVYO B. EDPXNYO C. EDWWUY D. DEWPVOY Ans. (A) 21. A cube of side 80 cm is painted C. yellow on all the faces and then cut into smaller cubes of sides 8 cm each. Find the number of smallest pg. 5 www.byjusexamprep.com D. D. Ans. (B) Ans. (C) 25. In a certain code language, 24. The sequence of fokling a piece ‘PARK’ is coded as ‘3749’, and ‘RACE’ of paper (figures i) and the manner is coded as ‘4762’.How will ‘CARE’ be in which the folded paper has been coded in that language? cut (figure ii) is shown in the A. 6724 following figures. Select the option that would most closely resemble the B. 7642 unfolded form of figure (ii). C. 7624 D. 6742 Ans. (D) General Awareness 1. In December 2020, ______ became the first country in the world A. to approve sale of labgrown chicken products. A. Singapore B. Taiwan C. Vietnam D. japan Ans. (A) 2. Which of the following B. Amendments of the Constitution of India gave the status of state to Goa? A. 52nd Amendment B. 56th Amendment C. 59th Amendment D. 48th Amendment Ans. (B) C. pg. 6 www.byjusexamprep.com 3. Who among the following female Ans. (B) wrestlers won the Ukraine Wrestling 8. Which of the following dwarf Tournament in February 2021? planets lies in the main asteroid belt? A. Kavita Devi A. Eris B. Sakshi Malik B. Makemake C. Babita kumari C. Ceres D. Vinesh phogat D. Haumea Ans. (D) Ans. (C) 4. What is the emigration of a 9. ______ is concerned with significant proportion of a country’s constructing records of past climates highly skilled, highly educated and climatic events by analysis of professional population to other tree growth characteristics, countries offering better economic especially growth rings. and social opportunities called? A. Bioclimatology A. Carrying capacity B. Historical-climatology B. Brain drain C. Geo climatology C. Demographic transition D. Dendroclimatology D. Closed population Ans. (D) Ans. (B) 10. Which of the following 5. Which of the following laws revolutionaries was arrested by the deduces the expression for the force British as an accused in the Alipore between two stationary point Bomb Conspiracy Case? charges in vacuum or free space? A. Kanailal Dutta A. Lenz’s Law B. Rajendra Lahiri B. Coulomb’s Law C. Roshan singh C. Gauss’ Law D. Ashfaq Ullah khan D. Ohm’s Law Ans. (A) Ans. (B) 11. What was the first name of the 6. What is the repo rate given by the Mughal Emperor Babur? Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) A. Hasanuddin Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) as B. Giasuddin on 7 April 2021? C. Zahiruddin A. 2% D. Qaseemuddin B. 4% Ans. (C) C. 3% 12. As of April 2021, who among the D. 5% following is the only Indian long Ans. (B) jumper to have qualified for the 7. From which of the following Tokyo Olympics 2021? English words is the name ‘Bhangra’ A. Virsa singh derived in the context of Bhangra B. TC Yohannan Dance? C. Sreeshankar Murali A. Hemp D. Sanjay Kumar Rai B. Rhythm Ans. (C) C. Style D. Movement pg. 7 www.byjusexamprep.com 13. In which year had India's ratio of B. One public debt to GDP gone up to a C. Three record 84.2%? D. Two A. 1991 Ans. (B) B. 1999 19. What was the age in years of the C. 2003 revolutionary Bhagat Singh when he D. 2001 was hanged till death? Ans. (C) A. 20 14. Who among the following is the B. 23 author of the novel ‘Q and A’? C. 30 A. Muchkund Dubey D. 26 B. MK Rasgotra Ans. (B) C. JN Dixit 20. Which of the following D. Vikas Swarup Sustainable Development Goals Ans. (D) (SDG) seeks to ‘Protect, restore and 15. Who among the following promote sustainable use of became the first Indian to win the terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably Miss Deaf World title? manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse A. Raghavi Shankar land degradation and halt B. Vidisha Baliyan biodiversity loss’? C. Arunima Sinha A. SDG 12 D. Preethi Srinivasan B. SDG 7 Ans. (B) C. SDG 17 16. An amendment to the Hindu D. SDG 15 Succession Act, 1956 was passed in Ans. (D) the year ______. 21. Which of the following is a A. 2012 characteristic of permanent tissue? B. 2005 A. Cells divide repeatedly C. 2010 B. Inorganic inclusions are absent D. 2008 C. Intercellular spaces are present Ans. (B) D. Vacuoles are absent 17. Which of the following elements Ans. (C) is NOT suitable for the fabrication of a light emitting diode structure? 22. In which of the following years was an Act to provide for the A. Gallium phosphide reorganisation of the states of India B. Indium gallium nitride and for matters connected therewith C. Germanium enacted? D. Gallium arsenide A. 1947 Ans. (C) B. 1956 18. As per the Economic Survey, C. 1959 2020, how many banks of India are D. 1962 there in the list of the top global Ans. (B) 100? 23. Which of the following A. None statements is/are correct? pg. 8 www.byjusexamprep.com I. Karnataka is the largest producer What is the class average (correct up of coffee in India. to one place of decimal) of II. Arabica is a variety of coffee. mathematics test? III. The Arabica variety initially A. 119.3 brought from Mexico is produced in B. 123.7 India. C. 115.8 A. I, II and III D. 127.3 B. Only II and III Ans. (A) C. Only III 2. In a quadrilateral ABCD, the D. Only I and II bisectors of C and D meet at Ans. (D) point E. If CED = 57 and Ð A = 24. In which city of Gujarat will you 47°, then the measure of B is: find the Uparkot Buddhist Caves? A. 47 A. Bhavnagar B. 67 B. Vadodara C. 77 C. Junagadh D. Anand D. 57 Ans. (C) Ans. (B) 25. Camellia sinensis is a plant that 3. The value of produces _________. 40  5of2  18  6  (12 − 9) of5 − (3 − 8 )   25 A. tea is: B. coffee A. 5 C. jute B. 7 D. sugarcane C. 8 Ans. (A) D. 4 Quantitative Aptitude Ans. (C) 1. The given histogram represent the 4. A can complete 25% of a work in marks of students in Mathematics 15 days, He works for 15 days and test of a certain class. The total then B alone finishes the remaining number of students is 350 and the work in 30 days. In how many days maximum marks of the test are 200. will A and B working together finish Study the graph and answer the 50% of the same work? question that follows. A. 24 B. 20 C. 12 D. 25 Ans. (C) 5. A and B start a business. A invests 1 33 % of the total capital and B 3 invests the remaining. If the total profit at the end of the year is Rs1,62,000, then B’s share (in Rs.) is: pg. 9 www.byjusexamprep.com A. 1,08,000 9. The angle of elevation of the top B.1,12,000 of a tall building from the points M C. 1,20,000 and N at the distances of 72 m and 128 m, respectively, from the base D. 54,000 of the building and in the same Ans. (A) straight line with it, are 6. A shopkeeper marks his goods at complementary. The height of the a price 20% higher than their cost building (in m) is: price and allows 10% discount on A. 84 every item, Find his gain percentage. B. 96 A. 10% C. 80 B. 10.5% D. 90 C. 9% Ans. (B) D. 8% 10. The simple interest on a certain Ans. (D) sum is one-eighth of the sum when 7. The following bar graph shows the the number of years is equal to half number of youth (in lakhs) and the of the rate percentage per annum. number of employed youth (in lakhs) Find the simple interest (in Rs.) on in 5 states A, B, C, D and E. Rs.15,000 at the same rate of simple In which state(s) is the number of interest for 8 years. youth more than the average A. 5,800 number of youth in the five states? B. 5,000 C. 6,000 D. 5,250 Ans. (C) 11. What is the average of all the prime numbers between 70 and 90? A. 80 B. 78.66 A. A C. 79 B. A, C D. 81.6 C. A, C, D,E Ans. (C) D. A, C, D Ans. (B) 12. In ABC , A = 88 , If I is the incentre of the triangle, then the 8. Six bells begin to toll together and measure of BIC is: toll, respectively, at intervals of 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 12 seconds. After how A. 112 many seconds, will they toll together B. 134 again? C. 56 A. 167 B. 168 D. 68 C. 176 Ans. (B) D. 186 13. If a2 + b2 + 49c2 + 18 = 2(b – Ans. (B) 28c – a) then the value of (a + b – 7c) is: A. 4 pg. 10 www.byjusexamprep.com B. 3 A. cos2 - 1 C. 2 B. sec2  + 1 D. 1 C. cot2  - 1 Ans. (A) D. sin2  - 1 14. The breakup of the total number Ans. (C) of employees of a company working 18. Sides AB and AC of ABC are in different offices (A to E), in produced to points D and E, degrees, is given in the pie chart. respectively, The bisectors of CBD Total number of employees = 2400. and BCE meet at p. If Ð A = 78°, then the measure of P is: A. 51 B. 61 C. 55 D. 56 In which office is the number of Ans. (A) employees 600? 19. A and B started their journey A. E from X to Y and Y to X, respectively, B. A After crossing each other, A and B C. C completed remaining parts of their D. D 1 journey in 6 hour and 8 hour, Ans. (D) 8 cot  + cos  respectively. If the speed of A is 32 15. The value of 1 + , if km/h, then the speed, in km/h, of B cot  − cos  is: 0 <  < 90 , is equal to: A. 21 A. 1 – sec  + tan  B. 28 B. 1 – sec  – tan  C. 30 C. 1 + sec  – tan  D. 25 D. 1 + sec  + tan  Ans. (B) Ans. (D) 20. The following bar chart shows 16. If the volume of a sphere is the number of students enrolled in equal to that of a cylinder having the two Summer Camps A and B from same radius, then find the ratio of 2014 to 2019. the radius to the height of the Study the chart carefully and answer cylinder. the question that follows. A. 1 : 2 B. 2 : 3 C. 3 : 4 D. 3 : 5 Ans. (C) 2  1 − cot   17. The value of   − 1 when  1 − tan   0 <  < 90 , is equal to: pg. 11 www.byjusexamprep.com Ans. (D) 24. The cost prices of two articles A and B are in the ratio 4 : 5, While selling these articles, the shopkeeper gains 10% on article A and 20% on article B and the difference in their selling prices is Rs.480. The difference in the cost price (in Rs.) of articles B and A is: A. 250 B. 300 The number of students enrolled in C. 400 Camp A in 2016 and 2019 together D. 350 is what percentage of the number of Ans. (B) students enrolled in Camp B in 2015 11 and 2017 together? 25. of a number A is 22% of a 5 A. 64% number B. The number B is equal to B. 75% 2.5% of a third number C, If the C. 60% value of C is 5500, then the sum of D. 80% 80% of A and 40% of B is: Ans. (A) A. 88 21. A cyclic quadrilateral ABCD is B. 75 drawn in a circle with centre O, A C. 48 and C are joined to O, If Ð ABC = 2p D. 66 and Ð ADC = 3p, what is the measure Ans. (D) (in degrees) of the AOC reflex? English Comprehension A. 200 1. Select the most appropriate option B. 245 to fill in the blank. C. 210 Are you looking forward ______ D. 216 Nikhil again? Ans. (D) A. seeing 22. If 8A5146B is divisible by 88, B. to see then what is the value of B – A? C. to be seeing A. 0 D. to seeing B. -1 Ans. (D) C. 1 2. Select the option that can be used D. 2 as a one-word substitute for the Ans. (C) given group of words. 23. If a + b + c = 6, a2 + b2 + c2 = A fictional being from another world 32, and a3 + b3 + c3 = 189, then the A. Stranger value of abc – 3 is: B. Native A. 2 C. Alien B. 3 D. Foreigner C. 1 Ans. (C) D. 0 pg. 12 www.byjusexamprep.com 3. Select the option that can be used 6. Select the most appropriate as a one-word substitute for the meaning of the given idiom. given group of words. On the wane Showing great attention to detail and A. On the way correct behaviour B. On the top A. Punctual C. On the decline B. Zealous D. On the rise C. Punctilious Ans. (C) D. Disciplined 7. Select the most appropriate Ans. (C) ANTONYM of the given word. 4. Select the option that expresses Prey the given sentence in passive voice. A. Predator He opened the door for his mother. B. Sufferer A. The door was opened by him for C. Loot his mother. D. Game B. The door was open by him for his Ans. (A) mother. 8. Select the INCORRECTLY spelt C. The door had been opened by him word. for his mother. A. Whitan D. The door is opened by him for his mother. B. Enlighten Ans. (A) C. Hasten 5. Sentences of a paragraph are D. Brighten given below in jumbled order. Ans. (A) Arrange the sentences in the correct 9. Select the most appropriate order to form a meaningful and meaning of the given idiom. coherent paragraph. A long shot A. The interest rates offered depends A. A correct prediction on the bank, deposit amount and the B. A perfect aim tenure you choose. C. Very profitable B. It not only helps you to save D. Little chance of success money but also helps you to earn a Ans. (D) substantial interest on it. 10. The following sentence has been C. One of the best ways to secure split into four segments. Identify the your money is by investing in fixed segment that contains a grammatical deposits. error. D. Under the fixed deposit scheme, This is / too grave sin / to be / the depositor deposits the money pardoned. only once at the time of opening the account. A. pardoned A. CDBA B. too gave sin B. ADCB C. This is C. ACBD D. to be D. CABD Ans. (B) Ans. (A) 11. Select the correct active voice of the given sentence. pg. 13 www.byjusexamprep.com The poems of great English poets are A. No substitution required being translated into other B. reveal that them both languages. C. reveals that how they both A. They were translating the poems D. revealed that both of them of great English poets into other Ans. (D) languages. 15. Select the option that expresses B. They are translating the poems of the given sentence in reported great English poets into other speech. languages. She said, “It is too good to be true.” C. They have translated the poems of great English poets into other A. She said it were too good to be languages. true. D. They translated the poems of B. She said that it was too good to great English poets into other be true. languages. C. She is saying that it is good to be Ans. (B) true. 12. The following sentence has been D. She says that it is too good to be divided into parts. One of them may true. contain a grammatical error. Select Ans. (B) the part that contains the error from 16. The following sentence has been the given options. If you don’t find split into four segments. Identify the any error, mark ‘No error’ as your segment that contains a grammatical answer. error. Antique diamond necklace / was She persisted / to doing / what she stolen / from the museum. wanted / despite opposition A. was stolen A. to doing B. from the museum B. what she wanted C. Antique diamond necklace C. She persisted D. No error D. despite opposition Ans. (C) Ans. (A) 13. Select the most appropriate 17. The following sentence has been synonym of the given word. divided into parts. One of them may FLUKE contain an error. Select the part that A. Policy contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, B. Plan mark ‘No error’ as your answer. C. Chances The unseasonal rain/ caused a lot of D. Contract damage/ to the crops. Ans. (C) A. The unseasonal rain 14. Select the most appropriate B. to the crops option that can substitute the C. No error underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to D. Caused a lot of damage substitute it, select ‘No substitution Ans. (C) required’. The investigation revealed 18. Select the most appropriate that both of they had given false ANTONYM of the given word. information to obtain the certificates. Optional pg. 14 www.byjusexamprep.com A. Voluntary 21. Select the most appropriate B. Compulsory option to fill in blank no.1. C. Arbitrary A. early D. Elective B. ignorant Ans. (B) C. infant 19. Select the option that will D. young improve the underlined part of the Ans. (A) given sentence. In case no 22. Select the most appropriate improvement is needed, select 'No option to fill in blank no. 2. improvement required'. A. bruised I have been wondering at taking B. blithe skating as a hobby. C. brutal A. on taking to D. bloated B. about taking up Ans. (B) C. to take up 23. Select the most appropriate D. No improvement required option to fill in blank no.3 Ans. (B) A. prompted 20. Select the most appropriate B. promised synonym of the given word. C. proposed Inscrutable D. projected A. Incredible Ans. (A) B. Indelible 24. Select the most appropriate C. Inevitable option to fill in blank no. 4. D. Inexplicable A. distinguished Ans. (D) B. dishevelled Comprehension: C. disgruntled In the following passage, some D. disfigured words have been deleted. Read the Ans. (C) passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in 25. Select the most appropriate each blank. option to fill in blank no. 5. Marie was born in 1867 in Warsaw, A. at Poland. At an (1)__________ age, B. from she displayed a brilliant mind and a C. to (2)__________ personality. Her D. by great exuberance for learning Ans. (C) (3)___________ her to study further. However, she became (4)____________ when she learned that the university was closed (5)___________ women. Determined to receive a higher education, she joined a French university. pg. 15 www.byjusexamprep.com pg. 16