SSC CGL 20th August 2021 Shift-1

Bar graph shows the number of males and females in five organizations A, B, C, D and E.

For which organisation, difference between the number of males and the average number of females of all the organisations is minimum?

Triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle. D and E are points on AB and AC respectively such that DE is parallel to BC and is equal to half the length of BC. If AD + CE + BC = 30 cm, then find the perimeter (in cm) of the quadrilateral BCED.

An article is marked 27% above its cost price. If x % discount is allowed on the marked price and still there is a profit of 6.68%, then what is the value of x ?

The area of a quadrant of a circle is $$\frac{\pi}{9}$$ m$$^2$$. Its radius (in metres) is equal to:

A sold an article to B at a profit of 25%. B sold it to C at a profit of 15%. The profit made by B is ₹40 less than the profit made by A. What is the cost price (in ₹) of the article for A?

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The professor said to the media persons, “From our research we have come to the conclusion that there is life on that planet.”

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A bad egg

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Tag (n)

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. According to his hypothesis, now known as the neuron theory, each nerve cell communicates with others through contiguity rather than continuity.
B. The watershed of all studies of the nervous system was an observation made in 1889 by Spanish scientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal.
C. It has since been proved that Cajal’s theory is not universally true, but his central idea has remained an accurate guiding principle for all further study.
D. That is, communication between adjacent but separate cells must take place across the space and barriers separating them.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
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