SSC MTS 2022 Question Paper Shift 1 (July 14th)

For the following questions answer them individually

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

Hardly had he disappeared that her mother clomped down the steps, looking for him.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
But if you ______ to spare before you do catch the bus, be sure to pop in.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.

Michael nodded and begun writing at his pad.

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’.

Just try and recall the poor people you saw on the streets, on local trains, and in slums on our way back.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.
An unidentified man on an bike dropped for the box outside the building.

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.

My mother exclaimed / at how fast / the days had pass.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To raise a dust

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

She had no sooner taken a few steps forward that she suddenly recoiled.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
One day, the queen was painting when a messenger entered ____________ to convey the king's arrival.

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. 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.
Hundreds of migrants work in private firms in Erode.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.

Can all us sleep in the same room, Mother?

Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. 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.

Neither she not I am going to take part in the debate competition.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
You really need to exercise daily, if you want to live a long and _______life.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.
That lady must have an axe to grind that’s why she is not reporting your crime.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

When he died on 27 November 1953, Gladstone O'Neill was (1) ______ recognised as one of the major dramatists of the modern world. Four times a Pulitzer Prize-winner, he had also been (2) ______ the 1936 Nobel Prize for Literature. His plays have been translated into most major languages and read by more people than those of (3) ______ other playwright except W Shakespeare and maybe G Bernard Shaw. O'Neill was a puzzle to his friends - a genuinely shy, brooding, complicated man in whom (4) ______ alternated with touching kindness. He was both, naive and worldly. One biographer found him "sentimental one instant, hard as nails the next." His widow, after 26 years with O'Neill, said, "To (5) ______ his work you must understand the man, for the work and the man are one."

For the following questions answer them individually

What will be the value of the following expression, if ‘$$\times$$’ and ‘-’ are interchanged and ‘+’ and ‘$$\div$$’ are interchanged?
$$200 \div 100 \times 300 \div 200 + 10 − 2 \times 40 = ?$$

In a certain code language, ‘heart black blue’ is written as ‘8 # ab’, ‘grey are blue’ is written as ‘# pr kt’. How will ‘blue’ be written in that language?

Select the option that is related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth term is related to the third term.

TACKLE : TCCMLG :: JACKET : JCCMEV :: NEPTUNE : ?

Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers in the given set.
(7, 49, 343)

Select the option that is related to the fifth word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word and the fourth word is related to the third word.
Virat Kohli : Cricket :: Saina Nehwal : Badminton :: Viswanathan Anand : ?

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.
LOB : DQN :: HER : ?

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

The marks of seven students A, B, C, D, E, F and G in a test were given as follows: A's score was exactly between E's and F's scores. B's score was more than only G's score. C's score was immediately more than B's score. F's score was more than E's score and F did not score the highest.
Who scored the highest marks in the test?

In a certain code language, 'GRSTB' is written as 'GYXWL', and 'HANDS' is written as 'XISFM'. How will 'MNDET' be written in that language?

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:
I. Some M are Q.
II. All V are Q.

Conclusions:
I. Some Q are M.
II. No M is V.

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 hexagons are pentagons.
All pentagons are octagons.
All octagons are decagons.

Conclusions:
I. All decagons are hexagons.
II. All hexagons are octagons.

In a certain code language, 'ACQUIRE' is written as 'QCAUERI', 'ADDRESS' is written as 'DDARSSE', and 'ABILITY' is written as 'IBALYTI'. How will 'ICEBERG' be written in that language?

Five friends N, M, O, P and Q are sitting in a column facing east (but not necessarily in the same order). O is sitting to the leftmost side. N is the immediate neighbour of M and Q. P is not sitting on any of the end seats. Who is the immediate neighbour of O?

Select the option that is related to the fifth number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the fourth number is related to the third number.
3 : 72 :: 21 : 504 :: 36 : ?

Seven boys B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6 and B7 are sitting around a circular table facing towards the centre (not necessarily in the same order). B1 is third to the left of B7. B4 is to immediate left of B1. B2 is second to the left of B6. B6 is not an immediate neighbour of B5.
Who are the immediate neighbours of B3?

A shopkeeper sells an item at a loss of 8%. However, if he increases the selling price by ₹36, he could gain 12%. Find the cost price of the article (in ₹) .

The given bar graph given below provides information about the quantity of salt produced by a company in 8 consecutive years. Study the information provided in the bar graph and answer the question that follows.

The average production of salt in 2001 and 2003 was exactly equal to the average production of salt in which of the following pairs of years?

The pie chart given below shows the number of laptops sold of each of 7 different brands in a year as percentages of the total number of laptops sold of all these 7 brands taken together in that year.

What is the difference between the measures of the central angles made by sector B2 and sector B5?

Rohit scored an average of 58 runs in his last five innings. The runs scored by Rohit in the last four innings are 42, 56, 72, and 40. How many runs did Rohit score in the first of these five innings?

Sashi took a loan of ₹700 on simple interest for as many years as the rate of interest per annum. If he paid ₹343 as interest at the end of the loan period, what was the rate of interest?

The cost prices of a pen and a notebook are ₹600 and ₹4,000, respectively. If the pen and the notebook are sold at losses of 20% and 32%, respectively, what will be the approximate percentage of total loss incurred through the two sales made?

Find the total cost of painting the outside of a closed cuboidal box, which is 7 m long, 5m wide and 2m high, at the rate of ₹2.4 per $$m^{2}$$.

Zee and Gee can complete a task together in 24 days. If the efficiencies of Zee and Gee are in the ratio 3 : 8, respectively, then in how many days can Gee complete the task alone?

Ravi's monthly salary is ₹16,000. He spends 30% of his salary on rent, 20% of his salary on education. 60% of the remaining amount is invested in mutual funds. Find the amount invested in mutual funds in a month.

The price of a cap is increased by 15%. If this results in a ₹27 increase in the price of the cap, then what is the increased price of the cap?

Study the given table and answer the question that follows.
The table shows the amount earned (in ₹'000) by five different movies across all screens a movie was played.

All the movies were displayed on 50 screens each. What is the average amount earned per movie, per screen, all movies and all screens are taken together?

X alone can complete a piece of work in 16 days, while Y alone can complete the same work in 24 days. They work on alternate days starting with Y. In how many days will 50% of the total work be completed?

Five years from now, the ratio of the ages of A, B and C will be 3 : 5 : 2. The sum of the squares of their present ages is 525. What is the present age of B?

A person goes from P to Q at a speed of 20 km/h. Then he goes from Q to R at a speed of q km/h. Finally the person goes from R to S at a speed of r km/h. The distances from P to Q, Q to R and R to S are equal. If the average speed from P to R is $$\frac{280}{11}$$ km/h, and the average speed from Q to S is $$\frac{112}{3}$$ km/h, then what is the value of r?

The amount received after 8 years on a certain sum of money invested at the rate of 18% simple interest per annum is ₹1,220. What was the initial sum invested?

Piu and Titu start from the same place at the same time and walk in opposite directions. If Piu walks at 5 km/h and Titu walks at 2 km/h, after what time will they be 10.5 km apart?

The Purple Revolution, which was launched in Jammu and Kashmir, is also known as ______.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of rural poverty in India?

Who is the Chairman of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) of India?

Which of the given statements related to the temples of India is correct?
I.The Nagara style of architecture is also known as the North Indian style
II.The Dravidian style of architecture is also known as the South Indian style.

The judiciary has the power to strike down particular laws passed by the Parliament if it believes that these are a violation of the basic structure of the Constitution. This is called ______.

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