Four letter-clusters have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the letter-cluster that is different.
SSC CGL 17th August 2021 Shift-2
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Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).
In a certain code language 'PAYMENT' is coded as '6101814111520 ' and 'JUSTIFY' is coded as '11141519151620'. How will 'COMPARE' be coded in that language?
Select the combination of letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series will complete the series.
pq_dh_qmd_p_m_h_q_dh
Select the correct combination of mathematical signs that can sequentially replace the * signs and balance the equation.
18 * 12 * 4 * 5 * 6 * 53
Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in it.
Three of the following four number pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd one out.
Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.
Dermatologist : Skin : Neonatologist : ?
Pointing to a player in a stadium, Sanjana said, "He is my paternal grandmother's only son's only son-in-law's son". How is that player's father related to Sanjana?
Gautam’s present age is equal to 20% of his father's age 15 years ago, and Gaurav's (brother of Gautam) present age is 60% of his father’s age 10 years ago. If the sum of Gautam’s present age and Gaurav’s present age is 31, then find their father’s present age.
Select the option that is related to the fourth number in the same way as the first number is related to the second number and the fifth number is related to the sixth number.
12 : 136 : : ? : 188 : : 24 : 568
Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set.
(9, 21, 124)
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 known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements.
Statements:
All camels are bats.
No bat is a parrot.
Some camels are lions.
Conclusions:
I. Some bats are lions.
II. No parrot is a camel.
III. No parrot is a lion.
Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
TALT, YAGT, YFGO, DFBO, DKBJ, ?
In a certain code language, 'PERMIT' is written as 'GRNIVK'. How will 'CONDUCE' be written in that language?
Find the number of triangles in the given figure.
Four words have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the word that is different.
Three different positions of the same dice are shown. Select the symbol that will be on the face opposite to the face having ‘N’.
Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at 'PQ' as shown.
The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cutis shown in the following figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?
Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
5, 11, 25, 55, 117, 243, ?
Select the option in which the words share the same relationship as that shared by the given pair of words.
Sympathy : Affinity
Select the correct option that indicates the arrangement of the given words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary.
1. Ecology
2. Enormous
3. Electric
4. Exterior
5. Ecliptic
Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
Select the set of classes, the relationship among which is best illustrated by the following Venn diagram.
The river Giri is an important tributary of the ______.
Who became India's first badminton world champion in 2019?
The vertebrae are a part of which of the following body systems in humans?
In November 2020, which country became the first in the world to make access to menstrual products a right?
Which of the following popular kitchen ingredients is called the 'sugar eating fungus'?
Who was the President of the Athletics Federation of India as of January 2021?
SIMBEX is a military exercise conducted between the defense forces of which of the following nations?
What was the theme for the 3rd Global RE-INVEST Renewable Energy Investors Meet & Expo 2020?
Who won the 2020 Academy Award for ‘Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role’?
Mughal Emperor Shah Alam appointed the British East India Company as the Diwan of the province of Bengal in the year ______.
Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with the 'Pardoning Power of the Governor'?
Which of the following Indian cities is situated at the banks of Lake Pichola?
According to which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India shall a Money Bill NOT be introduced in the Council of States?
Who among the following took charge as Vice Chief of Army Staff in February 2021?
Where does the river Brahmaputra originate?
‘Margomkali’, a ritual folk art form, is from the state of ______.
Who among the following wrote ‘The Light of Asia: The Poem that Defined the Buddha’ that will narrate the phenomenal poem ‘The Light of Asia’?
Which of the following states ranked first in the Export Preparedness Index 2020 released by Niti Aayog?
Payment made to others for the purchase of factors of production is known as ______.
Who among the following freedom fighters wrote the poem 'Vande Mataram' in 1875?
In which of the following months is the ‘Valvil Ori Vizha’ festival of Tamil Nadu celebrated?
Who among the following was the first General Secretary of All India Kisan Congress?
Which Mughal prince translated the Upanishads into Persian in 1657?
Which of the following is one of the main causes of tides?
Melatonin encodes proteins in cells to prevent ______ entry.
Points P, Q, R, S and lie in this order on a circle with centre O. If chord TS is parallel to diameter PR and $$\angle RQT = 58^\circ$$ then find the measure (in degrees) of $$\angle RTS$$.
If $$\sin A = \frac{1}{2}, A$$ is an acute angle, then find the value of $$\frac{\tan A - \cot A}{\sqrt{3}(1 + \cosec A)}$$
In $$\triangle ABC, AD$$ is the bisector of $$\angle A$$ meeting BC at D. If AC = 21 cm, BC = 11 cm and the length of BD is 3 cm less than DC, then the length(in cm) of side AB is:
In $$\triangle ABC, AD \perp BC$$ at D and AE is the bisector of $$\angle A$$. If $$\angle B = 62^\circ$$ and $$\angle C = 36^\circ$$, then what is the measure of $$\angle DAE ?$$
For $$0^\circ < \theta < 90^\circ, \frac{1}{\cos \theta} + \frac{1}{\tan \theta - \sec \theta}$$ is equal to:
What is the volume(in cm$$^3$$a) ofa spherical shell whose inner and outerradii are respectively 2 cm and 3 cm ?
Table shows District-wise data of the number of primary school teachers posted in schools of a city. Study the table and answer the question:
What is the average number of female teachers in the five districts?
Find the smallest value of a so that 42a48b (a > b)is divisible by 11.
Pie-chart shows the distribution of percentage of students in various courses. Total number of students is 1400
What is the ratio of number of girls in B.Sc. Maths to number of boys in B.Sc. C. Sci.?
In a class the ratio of rural to urban students is 4 : 7. In an examination the average percentage marks of the rural and the urban studentsare respectively 65 and 63. Whatis the overall average percentage marks of the class (correct to two decimal places)?
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If $$x^2 - \sqrt{11}x + 1 = 0$$, then $$(x^3 + x^{-3}) =$$
Rajan spent 10% of his salary on rent. He spent 20%ofthe remaining part of the salary on transport. After which he spent 40°ofthe balance ofthe salary on food. Further, he spent 80% of the balance on variousbills. He deposits ₹5000 in the bank andkept the remaining ₹1480 for his own petty expenditure. Find his monthly salary (in ₹).
If $$(x + y)^3 + 27(x - y)^3 = (Ax - 2y)(Bx^2 + Cxy + 13y^2)$$, then the value of $$A - B - C$$ is:
$$5\frac{1}{5} \div \left[3\frac{1}{2} - \left\{\frac{5}{6} - \left(\frac{3}{5} + \frac{1}{10} - \frac{4}{15}\right)\right\}\right]$$ is equal to:
In the table, production and sale (in 1000 tonnes) of a certain product of a company over5 years is given. Study the table and answerthe question:
In which year(s) the sale increases by more than 25% of the previous year?
A borrowed a sum of ₹160000 from B at 10% per annum simple interest. At the same time helent the same sum to C at the same rate on compound interest, compounded semi-annually for 2 years. Find the amount (in ₹) earned by A in the whole transaction.
A train running at 72 km/h crosses a pole in 12 seconds. How much time(in seconds)will it take to cross a bridge 360 m long?
The marked price of an article is ₹2720. If a shopkeeper sold the article at 15% loss after giving 25% discount, then the cost price (in ₹) of the article is:
If $$\cos \theta - \sin \theta = \sqrt{3} \cos(90^\circ - \theta), 0^\circ < \theta < 90^\circ$$ then find the value of $$\tan \theta - cot \theta$$.
If $$x^8 - 433 x^4 + 16 = 0, x > 0$$, then what is the value of $$\left(x + \frac{2}{x}\right)?$$
There are two water taps in a tank which can fill the empty tank in 12 hours and 18 hours respectively. It is seen that there is a leakage point at the bottom of the tank which can empty the completely filled tank in 36 hours. If both the water taps are openedat the same timetofill the empty tank and the leakage point was repaired after 1 hour, then in how muchtime the empty tank will be completely filled?
The given Pie-Chart shows the degree wise breakup of expenditure of a family in a month. Total income of a family is ₹43200.
The amount spent on food is what percent of the savings and miscellaneous expenses?
What is the difference in the mean proportional between 1.8 and 3.2 and the third proportional to 5 and 3?
A shopkeeper bought 20 kg of sugar at ₹45 per Kg, 25 kg of sugar at ₹50 per kg and 35 kg of sugar at ₹40 per kg. He spent a sum of ₹450 ontransportation and other expenses. He mixed all the three types of sugar andsold all the stock at ₹52.50 per kg. His profit percentin the entire transaction is:
ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral such that AB is the diameter ofthe circle and $$\angle ADC = 145^\circ$$, then what is the measure of $$\angle BAC$$?
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Sales ______ from day to day.
Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. These kinds of sharks are known as obligate ram ventilators because they draw water in through their mouths and force it out through their gills.
B. They use a method called buccal pumping, in which water is pulled in through the mouth and forced out through the gills by the cheek muscles.
C. It is true that many types of sharks must keep moving in order to receive life-giving oxygen from the water passing through their gills.
D. Other types of sharks are able to remain stationary because they possess special structures called spiracles, which force water out through their gills.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Some patches of the ______ garden have a rich cover of grass now.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Debilitate
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A large cage, building, or enclosure to keep birds
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
"I'll see you later," she said.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Spick and span
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Augment
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Waver
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Celebrate
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
The construction of / the new business school / is led to / a sudden rise of population in our area.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the right order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. An old mouse, who was wise enough to keep his distance, whispered to a friend, “Many a bag have I seen in my day, but never one with a cat's head”.
B. She hoped that the mice would no longer be afraid to come near her.
C. A cat, grown feeble with age and no longer able to hunt mice as she once did, thought to herself how she might entice them within reach of her paw.
D. Thinking that she might pass herself off for a bag or for a dead cat at least, she suspended herself by the hind legs from a peg.
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
The furniture is ready to be delivered.
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Please do your work properly.
Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed select ‘No improvement required’.
Preparing children for uncertainties keeps them in readiness to face challenges.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Go easy on something
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A sentimental longing for a period in the past
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If there is no error, select ‘No error’.
They have lived / in this apartment / since ten years.
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
Comprehension:
The word “archaeology” comes from the Greek word “arkhaios,” which means “ancient.” (1)______ some archaeologists study living cultures, most archaeologists concern (2)______ with the distant past. People have dug (3)______ monuments and collected artefacts for thousands of years. (4)______, these people were not scholars, but looters and grave robbers looking to make money or (5)______ up their personal collections.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
