SSC MTS 2021 Question Paper Shift 1 (Oct 8th)

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For the following questions answer them individually
SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 1

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.’

The sound of thunder was followed to a heavy downpour

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 2

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’.

Both of us going out for lunch yesterday.

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 4

Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.

Many people from this village have migrated for searching of work.

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 10

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

I don’t think we can talk to him at all. He wasn’t listening.

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 11

Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.

His injury does not seems to affect him much.

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 12

Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.

Life without laughter would be a dull affair.

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 13

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She went in. I was just going to call her when she ______ again.

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 19

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To go bananas

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.

My first voyage had been very profitable. I was again a (1)______ man. I did not lack for luxury or entertainment. (2)______, my friend, I could not rest for long. I (3)______ the salt air and the thrill of travel and adventure. Soon I (4)______ by the will of Allah back to the seaport at Basra, (5)______ I found a newly-made ship with fine sails and the best equipment.

For the following questions answer them individually
SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 26

Seven persons, A, B, C, D, E, F and G, are sitting along a round table facing outward. C is sitting 2nd to the left of A but to the immediate right of D. B is 3rd to the right of A while G and E are sitting between them. What is the sitting location of F?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 30

Select the option in which the number-pair shares the same relationship as that shared by the numbers of the following number-pair.

84:21

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 33

Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following set.

(8, 18, 32)

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 34

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.

JUDICIAL : LJAUIDCI :: OUTWARDS : ?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 35

Which two signs and two digits can be interchanged so as to balance the given equation?
$$75 \div 15 - 18 \times 12 + 17 = 79$$

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 38

Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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:
Some Plates are Bowls.
Some Bowls are Cups.

Conclusions:
I. Some Plates are Cups.
II. Some Bowls are Plates.

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 40

Which two signs can be interchanged so as to balance the given equation?
$$8 - 13 + 32 \div 8 \times 17 = 91$$

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 41

If in a coding system, HECTARE is coded as 8532195 and MONARCH is coded as 4651938, then how will OPINION be coded in the same coding system?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 43

A sales representative plans to visit each of six stores U, V, W, X, Y and Z exactly once during the course of one day. He is setting up his schedule for the day in accordance with the following conditions:

(i). He must visit U before V and Z.
(ii). He must visit V before Y.
(iii). The third store he visits must be X.

The sales representative could visit any of the following companies immediately after X, except:

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 47

Five friends are sitting on a bench facing North and South alternately. R is sitting at the left corner and facing North, and T is second to the right of R. If P is third to the left of Q, then what is the sitting position of S?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 50

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:
Some Rackets are Bats.
All Bats are Sticks.

Conclusions:
I. All Rackets are Sticks.
II. Some Rackets are not Sticks.
III. Some Sticks are Rackets.

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 51

8 women and 8 girls can finish a piece of work in 6 days, whereas 4 women and 10 girls can finish it in 8 days. In how many days will one girl finish it working alone?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 52

The lengih (in m, correct to one decimal place) of the longest pole that can be fitted in a room of dimensions 12  m $$\times$$ 6 m $$\times$$ 4  m  is:

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 53

A fort had provision for 400 men for 60 days. After 35 days, 100 more men came. For how many days would the provisions last, assuming all men consumed food equally?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 54

900 4 Mass Pudding Flour, sugar and butter are the three ingredients. in comparison to sugar Has three times more flour and twice as much sugar than butter. How Much Flour in Dishes Recipe g is?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 55

The simple interest on a certain amount of money is 27% of the principal amount. The time for which the money is lent is one-third of the numerical value of the rate per cent per annum. What is the rate per cent?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 56

A company produced a new energy drink of three different flavours - P, Q and R - for athletes. The production of the three flavours over a period of six years from 2001 to 2006 has been expressed in the bar graph shown below. Study the graph and answer the question that follows.

What is the difference between the average production of bottles of flavour Q in 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the average production of flavour P in 2001. 2002 and 2003?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 58

If the internal dimensions of a rectangular closed wooden box are 30 cm, 18 cm and 23 cm, what space (in $$cm^{2}$$) will it occupy, if the wood used is 1 cm thick?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 59

Pipes P and Q can fill a completely empty tank in 24 minutes and in 36 minutes, respectively, when opened independently. Pipe R can empty the completely filled tank in 30 minutes. Initially all the three pipes P, Q and R, are opened simultaneously. After how many minutes should pipe Q be closed so that the tank is filled in 1 hour?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 60

A company produced a new energy drink of three different flavours - P, Q and R-for athletes. The production of the three flavours over a period of six years from 2001 to 2006 has been expressed in the bar graph shown below. Study the graph and answer the question that follows.


For which of the following years is the percentage of increase/decrease in production from the previous year the highest for flavour R?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 62

What is the simplified value of $$(8.5-2\frac{1}{2}) \ of \ 16.5-[27.4- \left\{10\frac{1}{4} \ of \ 2.5-(1\frac{1}{2}-1\frac{1}{5}) \right\}]$$ ?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 63

A man is driving to his workplace at five-eighths of his usual speed, He reaches his workplace 36 minutes late, What is his usual time (in hours) of travel?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 64

A metal cube of edge 18 cm is melted to form three smaller cubes, which are unequal in dimensions. If the edges of two smaller cubes are 9 cm and 15 cm, what is the surface area in (in $$cm^{2}$$) of the third smaller cube?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 65

A company produced a new energy drink of three different flavours - P, Q and R - for athletes. The production of the three flavours over a period of six years from 2001 to 2006 has been expressed in the bar graph shown below. Study the graph and answer the question that follows.


What is the percentage (correct to one decimal place) of the total production of flavour Pin 2003 and 2004 with respect to the total production of flavour R in 2001 and 2002?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 66

The average weight of 25 boxes in a boat is increased by 2 kg when one of the boxes weighing 68 kg is replaced by a new box. The weight (in kg) of the new box is:

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 67

Four years ago, the average age of a group of five members was 38 years. One more man joins the group and the present average age of the group members becomes 44 years. What is the present age (in years) of the new member'?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 68

A boat sails downstream from a point P to point Q, which is 24 km away from P, and then returns to P. If the actual speed of the boat (in still water) is 6 km/h, the entire trip from P to Q takes 3 hours less than that from Q to P. What should be the actual speed (in km/h) of the boat to sail from P to Q in 2 hours?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 69

A number was divided by 8, instead of being multiplied by 8. As a result of this, there was an error in the answer. What is the percentage difference ( correct to two places of decimal) in the answer due to this miscalculation?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 72

A man sells two items at ₹250 each. What is the value (in ₹) of the profit or loss incurred in this transaction, if he sells one at a profit of 25% and the other at a loss of 25%?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 73

The value of $$\frac{\frac{1}{6}+[4\frac{3}{4}-(3\frac{1}{6}-2\frac{1}{3})]}{(\frac{1}{5} \ of \ \frac{1}{5}\div\frac{1}{5})\div(\frac{1}{5}\div\frac{1}{5}\times\frac{1}{5})}$$ lies between:

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 74

A shopkeeper earns a profit of 40% on the cost price of an article after giving three consecutive discounts of 5%, 10% and 15% to a customer. What would have been the profit percentage, had the shopkeeper given discounts of 5% and 10% only?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 75

A sum of ₹2,130 is to be divided into three parts. The second part is 60% of the first, ai1d the ratio of the first to third pan is 5:7. What are the parts (in ₹)?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 77

Who among the following was appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of HDFC Bank in August 2020?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 83

Whose proclamation of November 1, 1858 declared that thereafter India would be governed by and in the name of the British Monarch through a Secretary of State?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 91

Which Article of the Constitution of India declares that laws inconsistent with Part III before the commencement of the Constitution of India, 1950, are void?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 92

Apart from the red and green wavelengths of sunlight, which other wavelength of sunlight is absorbed by water molecules in the ocean?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 95

When an ant bites, it injects acidic liquid (formic acid) into the skin. What among the following should be applied to the skin to neutralise it?

SSC MTS 2021 Shift 1 (Oct 8th) - Question 96

Which Prime Minister among the following had signed the Assam Accord with the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad in 1985?

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