Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To add insult to injury
SSC CHSL 6th August 2021 Shift-1
For the following questions answer them individually
Given below are four sentences in jumbled order. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. Then he started on his eighteen kilometer expedition back to his village.
B. Mohan first equipped himself with a long, sturdy stick.
C. At several points, he lost the road and had to swim his way ahead.
D. It was a journey he would never forget where he had to use his stick constantly to locate the road.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
He is very impulsive and does things without rhyme or reason.
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
LAVISH
Examine the four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, pick the one that gives their correct order.
A. Next, keep tapping the pot on all sides and at the bottom until the plant loosens.
B. Finally, slide the plant gently and remove the old potting mix on a newspaper.
C. The first thing to do when repotting is to remove the plant from the current pot.
D. Begin by holding the plant gently, and turning the pot sideways.
Fill in the blank with most appropriate word.
This part of the sea ______ with sharks.
Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
AFFINITY
Select the misspelt word.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
LIVID
Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
He drove the car very carefully on the hilly terrain.
In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.
If you rent a house near your office, it will save you time as well as also money.
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
Small desert animals burrow underground across the days and come out only at night.
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
“I love Bollywood music,” Deepu said to Reena.
Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
Killing of one’s mother
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.
Notwithstanding we were / all busy that weekend / we had to / cancel the outing.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
CALLOUS
Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given words.
a period of two weeks
Select the option that will improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement'
I must have dropped one of my gloves in the car.
Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
It is ______ to see so many of our fellow Indians help the migrants in their struggle to go home.
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 number.
Comprehension:
In the ‘Kingdom of Fools’, both the king and the ministers were complete fools. They didn’t want to do things (1)______ other kingdoms, so they decided to (2)______ night into day and day into night. They (3)______ that everyone should be awake at night, (4)_______ their lands and run their (5)______ only after dark and should go to bed as soon as the sun came up.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 1.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 2.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 3.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 4.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 5.
For the following questions answer them individually
In the given diagram, the circle stands for 'graduates'. the rectangle stands for 'school teachers'. and the triangle stands for 'married persons'. The numbers given in the different segments represent the number of persons in that category.
How many school teachers are either graduates or married persons but NOT both?
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.
₹481 is distributed among A, B and C in such a way that B gets two-thirds of what A gets and C gets three-fourths of what B gets. How much does B get?
Two statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All statements are answers.
Some statements are questions.
Conclusions:
I. No question is a statement.
II. Some answers are statements.
III. Some questions are statements.
Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when a mirror is placed on its right side.
If 'A + B' means 'A is the mother of B', 'A × B' means 'A is the sister of B', and 'A * B' means 'A is the daughter of B', then how is R related to P in the following expression?
'R + V × Q × M * P'
Two different positions of the same dice are shown. Select the number that will be at the top if '6' is at the bottom.
Select the figure that will come next in the following series.
Select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
35, 35, 33, 99, 95, 475, ?
Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set.
{2, 2, 9}
How many triangles are there in the following figure?
In a certain code language, BANKER is coded as 57 and SPAN is coded as 54. How will PRANK be coded in that language?
Four numbers have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the number that is different.
Select the option in which the numbers in the set share the same relationship as the numbers in the given set.
(14, 22, 77)
Select the option in which the numbers share the same relationship as that shared by the given pair of numbers.
28 : 70
‘Bracelet’ is related to ‘Ornaments’ in the same way as ‘Clove’ is related to ‘______’.
Select the option figure which contains figure X embedded in it as its pan (rotation is OT allowed).
A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. Select from the given answer figures, how it will appear when unfolded.
Select the correct option that indicates the arrangement of the given words in a logical and meaningful order.
1. Class
2. Admission
3. Certificate
4. Application
5. Assessment
Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct?
$$39 \div 3 \times 13 + 26 - 13 = 2$$
Three of the following four words are alike in a certain way and one is different. Select the odd one.
Select the option that is related to the third letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first letter-cluster.
NEED : OGHH : : FAST : ?
In a code language, SAUCE is written as ASVEC. How will MEANT be written as in that language?
Select the option that represents the letters that, when placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter sequence correctly.
K _ P _ L C _ R _ C P _ N _ P R
Select the option in which the words share the same relationship as that shared by the given pair of words.
Necklace : Gold
A sum of money lent ar simple interest amounts to ₹ 9,920 after 2 years and to ₹ 12,800 after 5 years. Find the rate of interest per annum.
If $$a + b - c = 0$$, then what is the value of $$\frac{(b - c)^2}{4bc}\frac{(c - a)^2}{4ca}\frac{(a + b)^2}{4ab}$$?
Study the given bar graph and answer the question that follows.
A tea plantation company produces three varieties of tea—black tea, green tea and herbal tea. The production of three varieties (in million tonnes) over a period of six years from 2014 to 2019. has been shown in the bar graph here. The X-axis represents the years and the Y-axis displays the production of the three varieties in million tonnes.
The total production of green tea in 2016 and 2018 is what percent of the total production of herbal tea in 2015 and 2017 ?
A reduction of 20%, in the rate of sugar enables Sudhir to get 6 kg more sugar for ₹960. What is the reduced rate of sugar per kg?
D, E and F are the feet of the perpendiculars from the vertices A, B and C, respectively, of a triangle ABC. If angle BED and angle BFE (in degrees) are 24 and 110, respecth·ely, what is the measure (in degrees) of angle EBF?
In $$\triangle PQR$$, points T and S are on PQ and PR, respectively, such that TS is parallel to QR. If TQ = 7.2 cm, PS = 1.8 cm and SR = 5.4 cm, then find the length of PT.
A pair of jeans marked at ₹960 is offered in a departmental store for ₹816. What is the percentage of discount given by the shopkeeper?
If a : b = 5 : 7, b : c = 8 : 15, then find the value of 8c : 5a.
The line graph shows the production (in tonnes) and the sales (in tonnes) of a company.
What is the percentage of maximum increase or reduction in the production of the company in comparison to the previous year?
Ravi can row a boat in still water at the speed of 14 km/h. If a river is flowing at the speed of 2 km/h and Ravi takes 3 hours to cover a certain disiance upstream, then bow much time will he take to cover the same distance downstream?
Simplify the following expression.
$$\frac{3}{5} + 2\frac{2}{5} \div \left[\left(\frac{7}{8} - \frac{3}{4}\right) \times 4 - 6 \frac{2}{3} \div \frac{4}{3}\right]\times \frac{1}{3}$$
PA and PB are tangents drawn to a circle with centre O from an external point P. If A and B are points on the circle and $$\angle OBA = 42^\circ$$, then $$\angle APB$$ is:
Simplify the following expression.
$$(2a - b - 3c)(4a^2 + b^2 + 9c^2 + 2ab + 6ac - 3bc)$$
A soft drink company prepares drinks of three different flavors - A, B and C. The production of the three flavors over a period of five years from 2010 to 2014 has been expressed in the given bar graph.
Study the graph and answer the question that follows.
Production of three different flavors A, B and C (in lakh bottles) by a company over five years.
The difference between the average production of flavor A in 2012, 2013 and 2014 and the average production of flavor C in 2012, 2013 and 2014 is:
If $$x - y = 4$$ and $$xy = 3$$, then what is the value of $$x^3 - y^3$$ ?
In a rectangi1lar park having dimensions 60 m $$\times$$ 40 m, two circular flower beds with radius 7 m are developed. What is the area of the remaining portion of the park?(Use $$\pi = \frac{22}{7}$$)
Joseph bought two woollen jackets for ₹2,100 and ₹3,150, respectively. By selling the first at a gain of k% and the second at a loss of k%, he found that the selling price of both is the same. What is the value of k?
If the number 34k56k is divisible by 6, then what will be the largest value of k?
Evaluate the following expression.
$$\frac{\tan^2 60^\circ + \cosec^2 30^\circ \sin 90^\circ + 3\sec^2 30^\circ}{4\sin^2 45^\circ + \sec^2 60^\circ - \cot^2 30^\circ - 5\cos^2 90^\circ}$$
Two chords PQ and RS of a circle meet at A when produced. AT is a tangent to the circle meeting it at T. The ratio PA : SA is equal to which of the following?
The average weight of 3 persons A, B and C is 60 kg. When D joins the group, the average weight becomes 65 kg. When another person E whose weight is 3 kg less than that ofD replaces A. the average weight of B, C, D and E becomes 67 kg. What is the weight of A ?
In a triangle ABC, right-angled at C, if $$\sec A = \frac{13}{5}$$, then find the value of $$\frac{1 + \sin A}{\cos B}$$.
Geeta can assemble a toy in 10 minutes. whereas Sudha can assemble the same roy in 15 minures. If they work together. bow nmcb time will they take to assemble 60 toys?
The given line graph shows the production (in tonnes) and the sales (in tonnes) of a company.
How much more is the production in 2015 and 2017 taken together than the sales in 2016 and 2018 taken together (in tonnes)?
If $$\cosec^2 \theta(\cos \theta - 1)(1 + \cos \theta) = k$$, then what is the value of k?
Whose autobiography is titled 'The Substance and the Shadow'?
Which of the following file formats does MS Paint use to open and save files in Windows?
Which of the following nations ranked first in the World Press Freedom index 2020?
The musical instrument 'Kartal' from the state of Rajasthan comes under the category of ______.
Who among the following is India’s highest wicket taker in test cricket as of December 2020?
What is India’s rank on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Index of 141 countries for the year 2019?
The deficiency of which of the following vitamins causes night blindness?
Which of the following is a computer application software?
How many states does the ‘STARS’ project launched by the Government of India and World Bank in 2020 seek to cover?
In the Battle of Swally (1612) the British fought against the ______.
Where is Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) situated?
Which Indian state was the highest contributor to Food Corporation of India (FCI)’s total paddy procurement across the country till May 2020?
Heat, in ______, is a type of energy transfer from a warmer substance to a colder one.
LAC (Line of Actual Control) is an effective border between India and ______.
In which of the following categories does Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain play?
Dr. Tsering Landol, who was one of the recipients of the Padma Bhushan 2020 award, hails from:
The National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 commits to raising the total expenditure by states and centre on education to ______ of GDP.
Which sport has been approved to be played at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for the first time?
What was the total number of gold medals won by India at Commonwealth Games 2018?
As of January 2021, more than 93% of India’s chromite resources were located in:
Who among the following presided over the special session of Congress in September 1923 and at the age of 35 became the youngest man to be elected as the President of the Congress?
______ holds office from the date of his/her election till immediately before the first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the dissolution of the one to which he/she was elected.
One-third of the members of the Vidhan Parishad retire every ______ year/s.
Which among the following is used as the fining agent in wine?
'Per Drop More Crop' is the goal for which Government of India scheme?
