SSC CHSL 9th August 2021 Shift-1

For the following questions answer them individually

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Aditya passed the driving test quite easily.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To cut corners

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Cook the books

In the given sentence, identify the segment which contains a grammatical error.
Doctors say that home isolation is far more effective than hospitalise in cases of mild infection.

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 required’.
Sometimes the family liking
to play a game together after dinner.

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Have you thought about the ______ of the recent decision you took?

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options, select the one that gives their correct order.
A. On either side of the trunk there are a few scattered tufts of short grass.
B. It is towards one of these fallen trees that I am now looking.
C. A very violent cyclonic storm has struck the forest, uprooting a number of trees.
D. The trunk of the tree is ripped apart and the branches are lying all around it.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A person who presents a radio/television programme

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’.
Had you not interfering
in my affairs, I would have been in the US now.

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. His father shifted his own ambitions to those of his son, providing him with models and support for his first exhibition at the age of 13.
B. Pablo Picasso was the son of José Ruiz Blasco, a professor of drawing, and Maria Picasso López.
C. From that point his ability to experiment with what he learned and to develop new expressive means quickly allowed him to surpass his father’s abilities.
D. His unusual adeptness for drawing began to manifest itself early, around the age of 10, when he became his father’s pupil.

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 you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
The need today is for both sides / to introspect and re-examine the issue carefully / and resolve it amicably.

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
My niece said, “I have decided to take coaching in badminton.”

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Comprehension:
Kanjirapally has the highest number of rainy days in Kerala. It receives the highest (1)_____ of summer rains, winter rains and northeast monsoons in Kerala, (2)_____ it one of the very few (3)_____ in India enjoying equatorial rainforest type climate, with no (4) _____ dry season. The well-distributed rainfall pattern of Kanjirapally is the (5)_____ reason for the phenomenon of high yield of latex from rubber plantations in and around the town.

For the following questions answer them individually

Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set.
28 : 50 : 94

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 follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All rats are cats.
Some cats are not dogs.
Conclusions:
I. Some dogs are not rats.
II. Some dogs are rats.

Select the word-pair in which the two words are related in the same way as are the two words in the given word-pair.
Mathematics : Teacher

Select the combination of letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series will complete the series.
s _ t m s r _ m _ r t _ s _ t m

Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set.
(313, 2732, 98211)

The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut are shown in the following figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?

Which two digits and signs need to be interchanged so as to balance the given equation?
$$75 - 13 + 19 \times 8 \div 5 = 93$$

Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
SHORTLY : OHSYLTR : : WALKING : ?

Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.
Wakeful : Sleepless : : Sitting : ?

Arrange the following words in a meaningful sequence.
1. Manager
2. Worker
3. General manager
4. Supervisor
5. Owner

A shopkeeper marks his goods at a price such that after giving a discount of 20%, he gains 25%. If the costprice of the article is ₹560, what will be its marked price (in ₹)?

If $$\frac{\cot \theta + \cos \theta}{\cot \theta - \cos \theta} = \frac{k + 1}{1 - k}, k \neq 1$$, then k is equal to:

Study the given bar graph and answer the question that follows.

What is the ratio of the boys taken together in colleges A, B and C to the girls taken together in all 5 colleges?

40 persons take 6 days to complete a certain task, working 10 hours a day. How manyhours a day will be sufficient for 30 persons to complete the same task in 10 days?

If $$\sqrt{13} \sin \theta = 2$$, then the value of $$\frac{3 \tan \theta + \sqrt{13} \sin \theta}{\sqrt{13} \cos \theta - 3 \tan \theta}$$ is:

If $$\cos^2 \theta - \sin^2 \theta - 3 \cos \theta + 2 = 0, 0^\circ < \theta < 90^\circ$$, then what will be the value of $$\sec \theta - \cos \theta$$?

The compound interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years, compounded annually, at a rate of interest of 10% per annum is ₹1,324. The sum is:

Study the given pie charts and answer the question that follows.
The pie charts represent the distribution of candidates who were enrolled for Bank Clerical Examination Fig (i) and the candidates(out of those enrolled) who passed the examination Fig(ii) in five different institutes P, Q, R, S and T.

(I) Total number of candidates enrolled in five different institutes = 5500

(I) Total number of candidates who passed the examination from five institutes = 3300

The percentage of the candidates who passed to the number of candidates enrolled for institutes P and T together is:

Study the given bar graph and answer the question that follows.

In which year was the percentage increase in production as compared to the previous year, the maximum?

X sells an article to Y at 12%loss. Y sells it to Z at 9% profit. If Z pays ₹21,582 forit, then at whatprice (in ₹) was the article purchased by X?

The value of $$42 \div 10 - \left(\frac{7}{4} \times \frac{1}{3}\right) of \frac{6}{5} + \frac{16}{3} \times \frac{9}{10} - \left(\frac{1}{6} \div \frac{1}{36}\right)$$ is:

A circle touches the side BC of $$\triangle ABC$$ at P and also touches AB and AC produced at Q and R, respectively. If the perimeter of $$\triangle ABC$$ = 14.1 cm, then the length (in cm) of AQ will be:

Study the given graph and answer the question that follows.

For which of the following years was the increase in the production of sugar as compared to that in its preceding year between 8% and 10% ?

Two circles touch each other externally. The distance betweentheir centres is 14 cm.If the radiusof onecircle is 8 cm. then the radius ofthe othercircle is:

Dimple is travelling at a speed of 90 km per hour on a highway, while Sachin is travelling at a speed of 108 km per hour. Whatis the difference in their speeds, in metres per second?

In $$\triangle ABC, D$$ and E are the points on the sides Ab and AC, respectively such that $$\angle AED = \angle ABC$$. If AE = 6 cm, BD = 2 cm, DE = 3 cm and BC = 5 cm, then (AB + AC) is equal to:

In which Olympic Games did Shabana Akhtar, the first female athlete to represent Pakistan, participate?

Which Indian Cabinet Minister was appointed as Executive Board Chairman of World Health Organization (WHO) in May 2020?

Who among the following boxers won a gold medal in the 57 kg category at the Cologne Boxing World Cup held at Germany in December 2020?

Due to which of the following reactions are household bleaching agents using phosphorous, sulphur and chlorine formed?

To which of the following Gharanas did the Hindustani classical vocalist Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan belong?

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