SSC CGL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016
Extract of the Actual Question Paper with Answer Key
Q1. Select the related word/letters/ numbers from the given alternatives:
CURE : DISEASE :: HEAL : ?
Options:
1) Illness
2) Injury
3) Recover
4) Sick
Q2. Select the related word/letters/ numbers from the given alternatives:
DBCE : QOPR :: JLKI : ?
Options:
1) YWXU
2) WYXV
3) WXYV
4) WYVX
Q3. Select the related word/letters/numbers from the given alternatives:
6 : 42 :: 12 : ?
Options:
1) 48
2) 72
3) 60
4) 84
Q4. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/ number pair from the given alternatives.
Options:
1) High-Up
2) Past-Present
3) Often-Seldom
4) Fresh-Stale
Q5. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/ number from the given alternatives.
Options:
1) AOU
2) EOI
3) UIE
4) ALO
Q 6. For the following questions
Find the odd word/letters/ number from the given alternatives.
Options:
1) 13
2) 17
3) 29
4) 87
Q7. Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary and choose the one that comes first:
1. Temple 3. Terminate
2. Tenant 4.Temperature
Options:
1) Temple
2) Tenant
3) Terminate
4) Temperature
Q8. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
NOM, QRP, TUS, ?
Options:
1) WAX
2) HUT
3) WXV
4) HTU
Q9. A series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
1, 3, 7, 13, 21, ?
Options:
1) 27
2) 29
3) 31
4) 33
Q10. If it is Saturday on 27th September, what day will it be on 27th October of the same year?
Options:
1) Thursday
2) Sunday
3) Friday
4) Monday
Q11. The ratio of the ages of man and his wife is 4:3. After 4 years, the ratio will be 9:7. If at the time of marriage, the ratio was 5:3, how many years ago were they married?
Options:
1) 12
2) 24
3) 5
4) 8
Q12. From the given words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word.
ALTERNATIVES
Options:
1) ALTER
2) NATIVE
3) TEN
4) NATIONAL
Q13. If code P is denoted by 7, X by 9, M by 5, Z by 8, L by 2, T by 1, then ZLTPXM will be
Options:
1) 812851
2) 821591
3) 812715
4) 821795
Q14. If 24x2=84, and 32x3=69, then 13x3=?
Options:
1) 38
2) 93
3) 16
4) 10
Q15. If + means division, - means multiplication, '÷' means subtraction, x means addition, and < means less than, then which of the following is false
Options:
1) (10+2)÷7 < (10÷7)+2
2) (10-7)x2 < (10x2)-7
3) (10X7)-2 < (10-2)x7
4) (10÷2)+7 < (10+7)x2
Q16. Ram went 20 meters to the north then turned towards east and walked another 5 meters, then he turned towards right and covered 20 meters. How far is he from the starting point?
Options:
1) 3 m
2) 4m
3) 5 m
4) 6 m
Q17. Money market is a market for _______________
Options:
1) Short term fund
2) Long term fund
3) Negotiable instruments
4) Sale of shares
Q18.India shares longest international boundary with which country?
Options:
1) Bangladesh
2) China
3) Nepal
4) Bhutan
Q19. The Residuary powers of legislation under Indian Constitution rests with
Options:
1) President
2) Prime Minister
3) Parliament
4) States
Q20. Appointments for all India Services are made by
Options:
1) UPSC
2) President
3) Prime Minister
4) Parliament
Q21. The people of the Indus valley civilisation worshipped _______________.
Options:
1) Vishnu
2) Pashupati
3) Indra
4) Brahma
Q22. The Upanishads are the _______________ .
Options:
1) Great Epics
2) Story Books
3) Source of Hindu Philosophy
4) Law Books
Q23. Tsangpo is the other name in Tibet for _______.
Options:
1) Kosi
2) Gandak
3) Brahmaputra
4) Ganga
Q24.The largest herbarium of India is located at
Options:
1) Kolkata
2) Lucknow
3) Mumbai
4) Coimbatore
Q25. Temperature of distant luminous bodies can be determined by
Options:
1) Mercury thermometers
2) Gas thermometers
3) Pyrometers
4) Colour thermometers
Q26. In IT terminology failure in the kernel is called as
Options:
1) crash
2) crash dump
3) dump
4) Kernel error
Q27. Which of the following institutions was not founded by Mahatama Gandhi?
Options:
1) Sabarmati Ashram
2) Sevagram Ashram
3) Vishwa Bharti
4) Phoenix Ashram
Q28. Which of the following State has become India's first carbon free State?
Options:
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
Q29. Energy travels from Sun to Earth through
Options:
1) conduction
2) convection
3) radiation
4) modulation
Q30. C.K. Naidu Cup is associated with which of the following sporting events?
Options:
1) Tennis
2) Cricket
3) Hockey
4) Golf
Q31. Pump priming should be resorted to at a time of?
Options:
1) Inflation
2) Deflation
3) Stagflation
4) Reflation
Q32. Which is the highest award for gallantry during peacetime?
Options:
1) Vir Chakra
2) Param Vir Chakra
3) Ashok Chakra
4) Mahavir Chakra
Q33. At Barren Island, the only active volcano in India is situated in
Options:
1) Andaman Islands
2) Nicobar Islands
3) Lakshadweep
4) Minicoy
Q34. The transfer of minerals from top soil to subsoil through soil-water is called?
Options:
1) Percolation
2) Conduction
3) Leaching
4) Transpiration
Q35. Heat is transmitted from higher temperature to lower temperature through the actual motion of the molecules in
Options:
1) Conduction
2) Convection
3) Radiation
4) Both conduction and convection
Q36. Polio is caused by
Options:
1) Bacteria
2) Virus
3) Fungus
4) Protozoa
Q37. Which country is in the process of building the largest single Aperture Radio Telescope - FAST
Options:
1) Japan
2) China
3) USA
4) Russia
Q38. The Kovvada Nuclear Park project is proposed to be setup in which State?
Options:
1) Rajasthan
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Karnataka
Q39. Fixed Foreign Exchange Rate can be changed by
Options:
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) Ministry of Finance
4) FIPB
Q40. In bio fortification technique plant breeders use breeding to overcome
Options:
1) Loss due to insect pests
2) Decrease in food production
3) Deficiencies of micronutrients and vitamins
4) Loss due to plant diseases
Q41. Which Institution has the final authority to interpret the Constitution of India?
Options:
1) Parliament
2) Supreme Court of India
3) President
4) Attorney General of India
Q.42 A and B together can do a piece of work in 9 days. If A does thrice the work of B in a given time, the time A alone will take to finish the work is
Options:
1) 4 days
2) 6 days
3) 8 days
4) 12 days
Q43. The diameters of two cylinders are in the ratio 3:2 and their volumes are equal. The ratio of their heights is
Options:
1) 2:3
2) 3:2
3) 9:4
4) 4:9
Q44. A trader sold a cycle at a loss of 10%. If the selling price had been increased by Rs. 200, there would have been a gain of 6%. The cost price of the cycle is
Options:
1) Rs.1200
2) Rs.1205
3) Rs.1250
4) Rs.1275
Q45. In a city, 40% of the people are illiterate and 60% are poor. Among the rich, 10% are illiterate. The percentage of the illiterate poor population is
Options:
1) 36
2) 60
3) 40
4) 50
Q46. In what time will a 100 metre long train running with a speed of 50 km/hr cross a pillar
Options:
1) 7.0 sec
2) 72 sec
3) 7.2 sec
4) 70 sec
Q47. If l + m + n = 9 and l2 + m2 + n2 = 31, then the value of lm + mn + nl will be Options:
1) 22
2) 50
3) 25
4) -25
Q48. The centroid of a triangle is the point where
Options:
1) the medians meet
2) the altitudes meet
3) the right bisectors of the sides of the triangle meet
4) the bisectors of the angles of the triangle meet
Q49. In a trapezium ABCD, AB || CD, AB < CD, CD = 6 cm and distance between the parallel sides is 4 cm. If the area of ABCD is 16 cm2, then AB is
Options:
1) 1 cm
2) 2 cm
3) 3 cm
4) 8 cm
Q50. When a number is divided by 56, the remainder will be 29. If the same number is divided by 8, then the remainder will be
Options:
1) 6
2) 7
3) 5
4) 3
SSC CGL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper – 2016
Answer key
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