SSC Stenographer 13 September 2017 Afternoon Shift

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

For the following questions answer them individually

For the following questions answer them individually

In the following question, select the odd word pair from the given alternatives.

In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives.

In the following question, select the related letters from the given alternatives.

In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives

For the following questions answer them individually

In the following question, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

For the following questions answer them individually

In a certain code language, ‘sky’ means ‘red’, ‘red’ means ‘tomato’, ‘tomato’ means ‘milk’, ‘milk’ means ‘soil’ and ‘soil’ means ‘white’. In the given code language where does a plant grow?

Present ages of Richa and her husband are in ratio 3 : 4. Five years from now, ages of her husband and her son will be in ratio 3 : 1. If the present age of Richa is 21 years, then what will be her son’s present age (in years)?

Kamal’s position from the left end in a row of boys is 31 st and Karan’s position from the right end is 29 th . After interchanging their position, Kamal's position becomes 43 rd from the left end. How many boys are there in the row?

Six towels are kept one on top of the other. Red coloured is just above black coloured. The yellow coloured is between blue coloured and green coloured. Pink coloured is between red coloured and blue coloured. Which towel is between the pink coloured and yellow coloured towels?

A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given  in any of the alternatives. The sets of numbers  given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as shown in the given two matrices. The columns and rows of Matrix-I are numbered from 0 to 4 and matrices. The columns and rows 5 to 9 a letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, for example, 'Y' can be represented by 00, 22, etc., and 'U' can be represented by 42, 59, etc., Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word "PRANK".

Select the appropriate answer from the given options to fill the following sentence.
Market goods generally _____________________ by currency inflation.

What is the main purpose of the "RUSA" scheme launched in 2013?

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

A sentence has been given in Active/Passive Voice. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active Voice.

The teacher punished the students who had not done their homework.

A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

I said to my friend, "Good Morning. Let us go for a walk today."

Akhil said to his friend, "Look out! There is a snake behind."

"Keshav made this mess. Let him clear it up", said his father.

The teacher said to Rakesh, "Congratulations! Wish you success in life."

"Do you suppose you know better than your own mother?" his father jeered angrily.

The mother said, "well done son, I am proud of you."

He said "Let Parth come with us, mother. I’ll take care of him."

"I’ve worked for you for five years," man said to them, "What about giving me a raise?"

I told Reema, "I’ve been ill, but I’m better now, thanks for asking."

Read the given passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

Dreams are both internal and external. Since the ego or the director is absent during sleep the neural pathways have a run of their own. Thus the day long experiences or the existing memories are the driving force for the internal dreams. However when there is tremendous thinking activity or Sanyam on a particular thought during waking time, it leads sometimes to solution dreams. Various great inventions and discoveries of the world have come through such dreaming process. Why we do not remember dreams has been researched by lots of brain scientists and there are many reasons - part of it is to do with creating long term memory. Nevertheless it is the dreams that we remember that make life interesting. There are many theories of dreams but we still do not know why we dream and why most of the time we have random and strange dreams. A possible answer may lie in how synapses behave during sleep. The more we dream during the night the less restful is the sleep. A really restful sleep is deep sleep without dreams. This helps in the flushing out of the toxic material from major part of the brain. Besides removing the toxins from the brain the increase of synaptic cleft may also help in explaining the dreaming process.

According to the author, why are the dreams that we do not remember are not important?

What is a really restful sleep?

Read the given passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

It was her sister Josephine who told her, in broken sentences; veiled hints that revealed in half concealing. Her husband's friend Richards was there, too, near her. It was he who had been in the newspaper office when intelligence of the railroad disaster was received, with Brently Mallard's name leading the list of "killed." He had only taken the time to assure himself of its truth by a second telegram, and had hastened to forestall any less careful, less tender friend in bearing the sad message. She did not hear the story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its significance. She wept at once, with sudden, wild abandonment, in her sister's arms. When the storm of grief had spent itself she went away to her room alone. She would have no one follow her. There stood, facing the open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair. Into this she sank, pressed down by a physical exhaustion that haunted her body and seemed to reach into her soul. She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song which someone was singing reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves. There were patches of blue sky showing here and there through the clouds that had met and piled one above the other in the west facing her window.

Why would Mrs. Mallard have no one follow her?

Read the given passage carefully and select the best answer to each question out of the four given alternatives.

She dressed plainly because she had never been able to afford anything better, but she was as unhappy as if she had once been wealthy. Women don't belong to a caste or class; their beauty, grace, and natural charm take the place of birth and family. Natural delicacy, instinctive elegance and a quick wit determine their place in society, and make the daughters of commoners the equals of the very finest ladies. She suffered endlessly, feeling she was entitled to all the delicacies and luxuries of life. She suffered because of the poorness of her house as she looked at the dirty walls, the worn-out chairs and the ugly curtains. All these things that another woman of her class would not even have noticed tormented her and made her resentful. The sight of the little Brenton girl who did her housework filled her with terrible regrets and hopeless fantasies. She dreamed of silent antechambers hung with Oriental tapestries, lit from above by torches in bronze holders, while two tall footmen in knee-length breeches napped in huge armchairs, sleepy from the stove's oppressive warmth. She dreamed of vast living rooms furnished in rare old silks, elegant furniture loaded with priceless ornaments, and inviting smaller rooms, perfumed, made for afternoon chats with close friends - famous, sought after men, who all women envy and desire.

Why did ‘she’ suffer endlessly?

What filled her with terrible regret and hopeless fantasies?

According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?

Following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four
alternatives.

India is a very ______ country known for its cultural heritage, traditions, civilization, religion and geographical features from the ______ time. On the other hand, it is also popular as a ______ chauvinistic nation. Today, women in India are given first priority however it was not the same always. They were ______ treated in the family and society. They were limited only to the household ______ or to fulfill the responsibilities of home and family members. They were kept totally unaware of their rights and own development. People of India used to call this country as "Bharat-Mata" however never realized the true meaning of it. Bharat-Mata means a ______ of every Indian whom we have to ______ and care for always. Women constitute ______ power of the country so in order to make this ______ a fully powerful country, women empowerment is very ______.

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

Racism is something we've all _______. Many people _______ to believe that race isn't a _______ category, but an artificial classification of people with no scientifically variable facts. In other words, the _______ we make between races has nothing to do with genetic characteristics. Race was created _______, primarily by how people _______ ideas and faces we are not quite used to. The definition of race all depends on where and when the word is being used. In U.S. history, the meaning of the label "white" has changed _______ time, eventually adding groups like the Italians, Irish and Jews. Other groups, mainly African, Latino, American Indian, Pacific Islander, and Asian descendants, have found the path for worldwide social _______ much more _______. The irregular border of ethnicities touch educational and economic opportunity, political representation, as well as income, health and social mobility of people of _______.

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