Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution required’.
You will never become a good reader until reading are done with a purpose.
SSC MTS 2021 Question Paper Shift 1 (Oct 11th)
For the following questions answer them individually
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Fly the nest
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.’
Many industrialists are coming onward to help migrant workers find employment in their villages and cities
Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
A gentle song sung to put a child to sleep
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
When have you been waiting for me here?
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
SUBTLE
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
These discount coupons are ______ for only six months from the date of issue.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
STERN
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Why did you spent so much money on old and useless furniture?
Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
PROVOKE
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
They went on talking while the teacher were teaching an important lesson.
Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
Undue favour shown to one’s relatives
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
My employers ______ my salary last year.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
I am tired ______ reminding you to clean your room
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Swami Dayanand ______ the Arya Samaj.
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
CEASE
Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
The elegance furnished drawing room indicated that the owner had good taste.
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Your guess is as good as mine
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.
Albert soon got to learn the language of (1)______ native people. Now, he could talk to (2)______ about their problems. They too began to (3)______ him for advice. Some people, (4)______, were too shy to share their concerns. Albert eventually (5)______ them that he was there to assist them in all matters.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
For the following questions answer them individually
Among six objects F, G, H, J, K and L:
i. H is twice as heavy as K, and J is one and half times as heavy as F.
ii. G is half as heavy as J.
iii. F and J together are less heavy than H.
iv. J and L together are twice as heavy as F.
If the objects are arranged in descending order of their weight, which object will be second from the bottom?
Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number.
7 : 294 :: 9 : ?
Which option figure would come next in the following figure series?
Choose the set of numbers that is similar to the following set.
{21, 29, 20}
If WIDOWER is coded as VKAOXCU, then how would FORTIFY be coded?
Select the option in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).
If POUNDAGE is coded as NOPUEGAD, then how would STAMPING be coded?
Select !he mirror image of the figure marked ·x·. when the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure.
If ‘FESTIVE’ is coded as ‘16113215011’ and ‘HUNGER’ is coded as ‘1427815114’, then how will ‘GRUDGE’ be coded?
Two statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assuming the statements to be true even if they do not conform to real-world knowledge, decide which of the conclusions logically follows/follow from the statements.
Statements:
1. Some streams are rivers.
2. No river is a lake.
Conclusions:
I. No stream is a lake.
Ii. Some rivers are streams.
Six boys A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a queue.
i. There are two boys between B and D, and D is just in front of E.
ii. A and C are adjacent to B.
iii. A is just behind E, and C is just in front of F.
Which two boys are exactly in the middle positions?
If the signs $$+$$ and $$\times$$ are interchanged, then which of the following equations would be correct?
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.
LOTTERY : WQMTBTF : : SECULAR : ?
Eight friends P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W are sitting in a row facing North.
i. Q sits to the immediate right of P, who is at one of the extreme ends of the line.
ii. Q sits third to the left of T.
iii. There are two persons between W and T.
iv. U is not an immediate neighbour of S and sits to the immediate left of V.
v. There are three persons between V and R.
Who are sitting between Q and T?
‘Literature’ is related to ‘Poetry’ in the same way as ‘Painting’ is related to ‘______’.
Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct?
$$10 \div 5 - 4 \times 3 + 6 = 13$$
Select the option figure. which when placed in the blank space of the figure marked 'x' would complete the pattern.
If CROWN is coded as 68 and DEPEND is coded as 42, then how would IMAGERY be coded?
Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following number series?
7, 9, 13, 16, 25, 29, ?, 50
‘Play’ is related to ‘Actor’ in the same way as ‘Concert’ is related to ‘______’.
Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship among the following classes.
Women, Employed, Mothers
Three statements are followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true even if they do not conform to real-world knowledge, decide which of the conclusions logically follows/follow from the statements.
Statements:
1. All towns are cities.
2. No city is a village.
3. Some cities are corporations.
Conclusions:
I. Some corporations are villages.
II. Some towns are corporations.
III. No corporation is a village.
The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cm is shown in the figures below. How would the paper look when unfolded?
Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) in the following series?
PMOR, RNNP, TOMN, VPLL, ?
Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following number series?
91, 100, 94, 97, 101, 90, 112, ?
What will be the compound interest on a sum of ₹22,500 at the rate of 16% per annum for 1 year. when interest is compounded half yearly?
11 men can complete a painting work in 8 days. However, 16 women can complete the same painting work in 12 days. 8 men started painting the house. After 6 days of painting. 1 men were replaced by 4 women. Now how many days will they take to complete the remaining painting'?
An almirah was sold at a profit of 15%. If its cost bad been 5% less and it had been sold for ₹1,470 less, then the profit would have been 10%. What is the cost price of the almirah?
The year-wise student enrollment of two schools over a period of 5 years has been presented in the following bar graph.
In which year is the difference of enrollment in the two schools, the least?
The simplified value of $$\frac{119[48\div6-7\left\{5\times12\div3-(15-\overline{3-8})\right\}]}{24\div3-9 \ of \ 3+(52-\overline{8-4})\div6}$$
A wire is in the form of a square of side 33 cm. If the wire is molded to form a circle, then what is the radius of the circle?
(Use $$\pi=\frac{22}{7}$$)
From a wooden cubical block of side 10 cm, a sphere of radius 4.2 cm is carved out. How much wood is wasted in the process?
(Use $$\pi=\frac{22}{7}$$)
The product of two positive numbers is 1344 and their ratio is 7: 12. The smaller of these numbers is:
Two dealers offer an item at the same marked price ₹3,000. The first, dealer allows successive discounts of 10% and 15%. The other dealer allows successive discounts of 20% and 5%. Find the difference in the selling price of the item under the two offers.
A bus moves from station A towards station B, which is at a distance of 189 km. An hour later, a car, the ratio of whose speed with the bus is 3 : 2, starts from station A and moves towards station B . Find the speed of the bus (in km/hr), if the car arrives at station B half an hour earlier than the bus.
Kavita purchased fabric worth ₹800 for a dress, and spent ₹350 on embroidery and stitching. If she sold the dress at a profit of 20%, then the selling price is:
In a joint family of 16 persons, the eldest and the youngest members have an age difference of 82 years. If these two are left out of the counting, then the average age of the remaining 14 persons is 28. The average age of the entire family being 30, what is the age of the eldest person?
If the mode of the following data is 11, then find the value of k.
$$11,8,9,(2k-1),11,12,12,18,14,16$$
The average of 9 numbers is 19. If the average of the first four numbers is 14, then the average of the last 5 numbers is:
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Two numbers differ by 10. If their LCM is 120 and HCF is 10, then the sum of the numbers is:
The value of $$(16\frac{2}{3}\div10)-[(\frac{8}{3}\times\frac{5}{4}) \ of \frac{2}{5}+\frac{16}{3}\times\frac{11}{8}-(\frac{1}{4}\div\frac{1}{28})]$$ is:
The following graph shows the production of cotton cloth (in lakh metres) by three companies A,B and C over the years.
In which year the production of company C is 81.94% (correct to 2 decimal places) of the combined production of company A and company B?
A large container has a 50 litre mixture of juice and water in the ratio 3 : 2. To this, a 60 litre juice and water mixture is added, that has a juice to water ratio of 2 : 1. After this, 11 litres of the solution is replaced with pure juice. What is the ratio of water to juice in the final mixture?
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The cost of leveling a square field at the rate of ₹52/$$m^{2}$$ is ₹1,30,000. What will be the cost of fencing its boundary at the rate of ₹35/m?
Seats in a college for a B.Sc. course for Physics, Chemistry and Biology, are in the proportion 7 : 5 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 50%, 40% and 25%, respectively. What will be the proportion of increased seats?
A survey was conducted on 80 families to know about their most favourite place to visit out of 6 particular locations. The same has been shown in the following pie chart.
What is the central angle for the families who showed interest for visiting Jaipur?
Ankit invests some money at 9% simple interest for 2 years, and the same sum for 4 years at 10% per annum. He earns ₹l,740 in all. The sum invested in each case is:
A is 30% more efficient than B. If B finishes a work in 13 days, then in how many days will A finish the same work?
A typist uses a paper of size 32 cm $$\times$$ 20 cm. He leaves a margin of 2 cm each on all the sides. If he leaves a margin of 1 cm only on all the sides, then what is the percentage of the increase in the area available for typing (correct to 2 decimal places)?
Amit covers a certain distance on his bike at a speed of 40 km/h in 15 min. If he wants to cover the same distance in 12 min, then what should his speed be?
Who among the following built the first European fort in India in the year 1503?
Which state became the first fully organic farming state in India in 2016?
Which part of the world has the highest density of population as of September 2020?
What do you call the transparent front part of the eye?
Which Indian city was included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network for its contribution to music in November 2017?
Which of the following is an essential element used in the synthesis of proteins in plants?
The Chalukya Dynasty ruled in Vatapi which is in the modern day Indian state of ______.
Which Indian Lawn Tennis player became the first Asian player to win the Boys’ Singles title at Wimbledon in 1954?
Which of the following is one of the main active sulphur-containing compounds present in garlic and onion?
Pochampally Ikat sarees and dress materials, famous for their traditional geometric patterns, belong to the state of ______
What kind of a traditional sport is 'Vallam Kali'?
'Ratvai' is a dance form associated with the ______ tribes of India.
'Muya Awandru' is a traditional food of this Indian state.
A paper instructing the bank to pay a specific amount from a person's account to another person in whose name it has been issued is known as:
Who among the following was appointed as the First Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh in October 2019?
If two forces act on an object from opposite directions, then the magnitude of the net force acting on it is the ______ of the magnitudes of the two forces.
What is the maximum amount of investment permissible per senior citizen under Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana?
India and Pakistan had signed the ______, under which the two countries agreed to sort out differences and disputes bilaterally
Rani Rudrama Devi was a famous ruler of the ______ dynasty
In which year did India give shelter to Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader?
Which of the following is a low grade brown coal that is soft with high moisture content?
What do you call one of the most famous constellations that we can see during summer time in the early part of the night?
In terms of coal reserves, India’s rank in the world as of April 2020 was:
Who among the following helped Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd expand its work, ushering in the White Revolution?
‘Ace against Odds’ is an autobiography by ______.
