SSC CGL 30 August 2015 Tier 1

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If 20% or more area of the country suffers from rain deficits during monsoon season, it is termed as

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Uneven distribution of Insolation on the earth is mainly due to the

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Tachycardia is a condition characterized by

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Sound is heard over longer distances on rainy days because

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Railway tracks are banked on curves so that :

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We feel cool when we sit near the fan, this is because

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The average kinetic energy of the molecules of an ideal gas is directly proportional to

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Acid rain is caused due to pollution of atmosphere by

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Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 has been awarded to

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One of the following expenditure is an example of investment expenditure,

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Point out the incorrect pair :

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Which of the following is not an economic activity ?

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Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?

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Indian economy is an example of a mixed economy because,

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With which conspiracy case Aurobindo Ghosh’s name is connected ?

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Which states are involved with Cauvery River dispute ?

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Arrange in chronological order :
1: Cabinet Mission
2: Cripps Mission
3: Montague-Chelmsford Refoi ins
4: Minto-Marley Reforms

In the following questions, a sentence/ part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold sentence/part of the sentence which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is 'No Improvement'.

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences.

In the following questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word as your answer.

In the following questions, read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Half a century ago, a person was far More likely to die from heart disease. Now, cancer is the No. 1 cause of death. Troubling as this sounds, the comparison is unfair. Cancer is, ,by far the harder problem a condition deeply ingrained in the nature of multicellular life. Given these obstacles, cancer researchers are fighting and even winning smaller battles : reducing the death toll from childhood cancers and preventing and sometimes even curing cancers that strike people in their prime. But when it comes to diseases of the elderly, there can be no decisive victory.
The diseases that one killed earlier in life bubonic plague, smallpox, influenza, tuberculosis were easier obstacles. Each had a precise cause that could be confronted. The toll of heart diseases has been pushed into the future, with diet, exercise and medicine that help control blood pressure and cholesterol. Because of these interventions people between 55 and 84 are increasingly more likely to die from cancer than from heart disease.

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The author believes that heart disease is no longer a leading killer disease because

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Which of the following statements is UNTRUE (with reference to the given passage)?

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“The toll of heart disease has been pushed into the future” means that

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“Cancer is by far the harder problem“. (Improve the sentence)

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According to the writer, why is cancer more difficult to deal with than heart disease?

In the following questions, read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

It is strange that, according to his position in life, an extravagant man is admired or despised. A successful businessman does nothing to increase his popularity by being careful with his money. He is expected to display his success, to have a smart car, an expensive life, and to be lavish with his hospitality. If he is not so, he is considered mean and his reputation in business may even suffer in consequence.

The paradox remains that if he had not been careful with his money in the first place, he would never have achieved his present wealth. Among the two income groups, a different set of values exists. The young clerk who makes his wife a present of a new dress when he hadn’t paid his house rent, is condemned as extravagant. Carefulness’with money to the point of meanness is applauded as a virtue. Nothing in his life is considered more worthy than paying his bills. The ideal wife for such a man separates her housekeeping money into joyless little piles, and she is able to face the milkman with equanimity and never knows the guilt of buying something she can’t really afford.

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The phrase ‘lavish with his hospitality’ here means :

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We understand from the passage that

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How does the housewife, according to the writer, feel when she saves money?

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The statement ‘she is able to face the milkman with equanimity’ implies that

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In the opinion of the writer, a successful businessman

In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is free from error, your answer is (4) i.e. No error.

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After he was caught cheating he was disqualified to appear at the examination.

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She stopped singing as soon as the telephone rings from across the hall.

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.

In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/ Phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase as your answer.

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Receiving his first award was a shot in the arm for him.

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It is sometimes wiser to rely on horse sense than on the advice of colleagues.

In each of the following questions. a series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

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The heights of three towers are in the ratio 5 : 6 : 7. If a spider takes 15 minutes to climb the smallest tower, how much time will it take to climb the highest one?

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Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a circle. C is to the left of D, F is between A and E, and E is between F and D. Who is to the left of F?

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Given below are the jumbled letters of a word and their corresponding numbers. Select the combination of numbers that makes a meaningful word.

C N A S P H I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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If + stands for ∗; - stands for #; × stands for @ and ÷ stands for %, then which of the following statements is correct?

In each of the following questions, select the missing number from the given responses.

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SSC CGL 30 August 2015 Tier 1 - Question 119

A man starts from a point and moves 3 km North, then turns to West and goes 2 km. He turns North and walks 1 km and then moves 5 km towards East. How far is he from the starting point?

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Abhay travelled 9 km Northwards, turned left and travelled 5 km, then turned left again and travelled 9 km. How far is Abhay from the starting point?

In each of the following questions, one or two statements is given followed by four/two conclusions, I, II, III and IV. You have to consider the statements to be true, even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given conclusions can definitely be drawn from the given statements. Indicate your answer.

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Statements :
Some boys are men.
No man is black.
Conclusions :
I. Some boys are not black.
II. Some men are boys.

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Statements :
All scientists working in America are talented.
Some are Indians.
Conclusions :
I. None of the Indian scientists is talented.
II. Some talented Indian scientists have migrated.
III. All talented scientists are in America.
IV. Some Indian scientists are talented.

In each of the following questions, select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

In each of the following questions, find the odd word/letters/number pair from the given alternatives.

In each the following questions, which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following?

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SSC CGL 30 August 2015 Tier 1 - Question 142

In the following diagram, the square represents college students, the,triangle represents artists, the parallelogram represents singers. Which region best represents college students who are artists as well as singers?

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The diagram given below shows number of students who got distinction in three subjects out of 500 students. What is the percentage of students who got distinction in all subjects?

In the following questions, which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?

For the following questions answer them individually
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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 in two matrices given below. 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, e.g., ‘A’ can be represented by 01, 14 etc. and T can be represented by 55, 68 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word PERSON’.

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A train travels 500 m in first minute. In the next 4 minutes, it travels in each minute 125 m more than that in the previous minute. The average speed per hour of the train during those 5 minutes will be

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If $$\frac{\sqrt{7}-1}{\sqrt{7}+1}-\frac{\sqrt{7}+1}{\sqrt{7}-1}=a+\sqrt{7} b$$ the values of a and b are respectively

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If $$\frac{\sqrt{a+2b}+\sqrt{a-2b}}{\sqrt{a+2b} - \sqrt{a-2b}}=\frac{\sqrt{3}}{1}$$, find the value of $$\frac{a}{b}$$

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The distance between the centres of the two circles of radii r1, and r2 is d. They will touch each other internally if

SSC CGL 30 August 2015 Tier 1 - Question 165

A point Q is 13 crn from the centre of a circle. The length of the tangent drawn from Q to a circle is 12 cm. The distance of Q from the nearest point of the circle is

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In a circle with centre O, AB and CD are two diameters perpendicular to each other. The length of chord AC is

SSC CGL 30 August 2015 Tier 1 - Question 170

The value of $$cos^2 30^{\circ} + sin^2 60^{\circ} + tan^2 45^{\circ} + sec^2 60^{\circ} + cos0^{\circ}$$ is

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From an aeroplane just over a straight road, the angles of depression of two consecutive kilometre stones situated at opposite sides of the aeroplane were found to be 60° and 30° respectively. The height (in km) of the aeroplane from the road at that instant was (Given √3 = 1.732)

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In ΔABC, ∠C = 90° and AB = c, BC = a, CA = b; then the value of (cosec B - cos A) is

SSC CGL 30 August 2015 Tier 1 - Question 178

If 1 man or 2 women or 3 boys can do a piece of work in 44 days, then the same piece of work will be done by 1 man, 1 woman and 1 boy in

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8 workers can build a wall 18 m long, 2 m broad and 12 m high in 10 days, working 9 hours a day. Find how many workers will be able to build a wall 32 m long, 3 m broad and 9 m high in 8 days working 6 hours a day ?

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A leak in the bottom of a tank can empty the full tank in 6 hours. An inlet pipe fills water at the rate of 4 litres a minute. When the tank is full, the inlet is opened and due to the leak the tank is empty in 8 hours. Find the capacity of the tank.

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The paint in a certain container is sufficient to paint an area equal to 9.375 m . How many bricks measuring 22.5 cm by 10 cm by 7.5 cm can be painted out of this container?

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The ratio between the length and the breadth of a rectangular park is 3:2. If a man cycling along the boundary of the park at the speed of 12 kmph completes one round in 8 minutes, then the area of the park is equal to

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A company showroom gives a discount of 20% on the second grade shoes and a further discount of 15% on shareholder’s coupon. The total discount, a coupon holder will get is

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A dealer buys a table listed at Rs. 1,500 and gets successive discounts of 20% and 10%. He spends Rs. 20 on transportation and sells it at a profit of 20%. Find the selling price of the table.

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Three utensils contain equal quantity of mixtures of milk and water in the ratio 6:1, 5: 2 and 3: 1 respectively. If all the solutions are mixed together, the ratio of milk and water in the final mixture Is

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The incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3 : 2 and their expenditures are in the ratio 5:3. If each saves Rs. 1000, then A’s income is

SSC CGL 30 August 2015 Tier 1 - Question 191

If the cost price of 10 articles equals selling price of 9 articles, the gain or loss percent will be

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The price of an item was increased by 10%. This reduced the monthly total sales by 20%. The overall effect on the value of monthly sales is a

Study the following bar diagram carefully and answer the four questions.Production of buses of company A and company B over the given years.


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The ratio of the average production of company A in 2009 and 2010 to the average production of company B in the same years is

The pie-chart shows the proposed outlay for different sectors during a Five-Year plan of Government of India. Total outlay is Rs. 40,000 crores. By reading the pie-chart answer the following three questions.


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