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Staff Selection Commission
Combined Higher Secondary Level Examination
SSC CHSL Question Paper
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Part – I : General Intelligence 7. BUT : TUB :: NET : ?
Question Nos. 1 to 9 A. TEN
B. PET
Directions : Select the related word I letters I C. LET
C) FBD D) NJL number from the given D. TWO
alternatives.
8. 4845 : 45² :: 5964 : ?
1. 12593 : 35291
29684 : 46982 A. 94²
72936 : ? B. 54²
C. 96²
A. 62973 D. 59²
B. 62793
C. 69237 9. EAC : KGI :: HDF : ?
D. 92637
A. PLN
2. Fan : Wings :: Wheel : ? B. KIJ
C. FBD
A. Air D. NJL
B. Cars
C. Spokes Question Nos. 10 to 18
D. Round
Directions : Find the odd
3. RORRIM : MIRROR TNESERP : ? words/letters/number from the given
alternatives.
A. TNERESP
B. STNERPE 10.
C. PRESENT
D. CRESENT A. 65
B. 28
4. Mathematics : Logic :: Science : ? C. 215
D. 126
A. Experiments
B. Scientists 11.
C. Laboratory
D. Facts A. NODE
B. LMVW
5. 6 : 18 :: 4 : ? C. HIXY
D. RQCB
A. 15
B. 8 12.
C. 6
D. 2 A. RTV
B. XYZ
6. Window : Pane :: Book : ? C. MOQ
D. BDF
A. Glass
B. Page 13.
C. Cover
D. Novel A. Power : Machine
B. Oil : Lamp
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C. Oxygen : Life A. 49
D. Water : Tap B. 63
C. 51
14. D. 45
A. 2610 21. 1, 48, 4, 24, 7, ? , 10, 2
B. 41220
C. 51530 A. 18
D. 3915 B. 12
C. 2
15. D. 8
A. Nitrogen 22. 4, ? , 19, 39, 79, 159
B. Chlorophyll
C. Glucose A. 9
D. Photosynthesis B. 10
C. 8
16. D. 12
A. IMNR 23. Z, X, V,, T, R, ? , N
B. GKIN
C. CGFJ A. O
D. EIHL B. Q
C. S
17. D. P
A. 163 24. Which one set of letters when sequentially
B. 166 placed at the gaps in the given letter series
C. 131 shall complete it?
D. 137 _bc c_a abc_ba ab_
18. A. abac
B. acac
A. Maharashtra C. abcc
B. Karnataka D. acbc
C. Gujarat
D. Arunachal Pradesh 25. Question Nos. 25 to 27
Question Nos. 19 to 23 Directions : Select the missing number from
the given responses.
Direction : A series is given, with one term
missing. Choose the correct alternative from 25.
the given ones that will complete the series.
19. T, R, P, N, ?
A. L
B. V
C. M
D. E
20. 16, 30, ?, 79, 114 A. 3
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B. 2 29. EMANCIPATE
C. 4
D. 1 A. MANIAC
B. PATENT
26. C. PAINT
D. MENACE
30. POLYTHEISM
A. HOTELS
B. PISTOL
C. THESIS
D. SMITH
A. 417
B. 147 Question Nos. 31 to 33
C. 171
D. 175 Directions: Arrange the following words as
per order in the dictionary.
27.
31. (1) Complicate, (2) Complicity , (3)
Complication , (4) Compliant
A. 4,1,3,2
B. 2,1,3,4
C. 4,2,3,1
D. 4,2,1,3
A. 46, 40, 45 32. (1) Extortioner, (2) Extemporize, (3)
B. 49, 45, 46 Extinction, (4) Extermination , (5)
C. 40, 48, 46 Extinguisher
D. 45, 49, 46
A. 4,5,2,1,3
28. The number of triangles in the following B. 1,2,3,4,5
diagram is: C. 2,4,3,5,1
D. 2,4,5,3,1
33. (1) Launderette, (2) Laughter, (3)
Laundry, (4) Launch
A. 1,3,2,4
B. 4,2,1,3
C. 4,1,2,3
A. None D. 2,4,1,3
B. 14
C. 17 34. In a certain code 0, l ,2......9 is coded as
D. 13 a.b,c......j then find baf bf × d
Question Nos. 29 to 30 A. d
B. be
Directions: From the given alternative words, C. cb
select the word which cannot be formed using D. df
the letters of the given word.
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35. If a paper is folded in a particular manner left and covered a distance of 300 mtrs. In the
and punch is made when, unfolded this paper end I am facing towards North. From which
appears as given below in the question figure. direction did I start my journey?
Find out the manner in which the paper is
folded and the punch is made from the answer A. East
figures given. B. West
C. North
D. South
40. In the question one statement is given.
You have to answer considering the statement
to be true, even if it seem to be at variance
from commonly known facts.
Statement : Students go to school in uniforms.
A. Students look smart in uniforms.
B. Uniforms create a sense of belongingness.
36. If 'MOTHER' is coded as 'TOMREH', C. Uniforms are easily available.
what should be the code for the word D. Uniforms are compulsory.
'NEPHEW' ?
41. Raheja started from a point. He walked
A. ENHPWE 3km to the North, then turned East and
B. WEHPEN walked 4km, then turned West walked 2km
C. HPENWE and then turned West walked 3km and
D. PENWEH stopped. In which direction is Raheja from his
starting point?
37. If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then
which of the answer figures is the right image A. South
of the given figure? B. East
C. North
D. West
42. In the question one statement is given,
followed by two conclusion/assumption, I and
II . You have to consider the statement to be
true even if they seem to be at variance from
commonly known facts. You have to decide
which of the given conclusion/assumptions, if
any, follows from the given statements.
Statement : An advertisement in the paper
38. lf x stands for , stands for +, + stands says "Consume pure organic honey of
for -, and - stands for x, then what is the value Company A".
of (30+20) - 5(73) x 25 =?
Conclusion:
A. 25
B. 10 I) Artificial honey can be prepared.
C. 100 II) People don't mind paying more for pure
D. 20 organically prepared honey.
39. After walking 200 mtrs, I turned right and A. Assumption II is implicit.
covered a distance of 100 mtrs, then turned
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B. Neither I nor II is implicit. numbers as given in any one of the
C. Both I and II are implicit. alternatives.
D. Assumption I is implicit. The sets as given alternatives are represented
by two classes of alphabets as in two
43. from the given answer figures. select the matrices given below. The columns and rows
one in which the question figure is of Matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that
hidden/embedded. of Matrix II are numbered from 5 to 9. A
letter from these matrices can be represented
first by its row and next by its column. e.g.
“B” can be represented by 00.23 etc., and “P”
can be represented by 56.65 etc. Similarly,
you have to identify the set for the word
'DEBRIS'
44. Which answer figure will complete the
pattern in the question figure?
A. 40,95,14,58,34,69
B. 40,95, 14,59,30,69
C. 22.95,59,30,14,69
45. In a certain language. PRAYER is coded D. 22,59,42,59,34,69
as MOXVBO th how SALUTE will be coded
in the same language? 48. Which of the following diagrams best
represents cousins, nieces and females?
A. PlXRQB
B. PIXQRB
C. PXIQRB
D. PXIRQB
46. Adam who is 20 years old is 4 times as
old as Mary. What will be Mary's age when
Adam is twice as old as her?
A. 35 years 49. If + means , means -, - means x, x
B. 17 years means +, then 12 – 8 x 6 – 4 3 = ?
C. 30 years
D. 15 years A. +92
B. +118
47. A word is represented by only one set of C. -112
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D. -33
50. Jais and his father has an age difference of
35 years now. After 5 years, the sum of their
age is 125. What will be the age of Jais and
his father after 12 years from now?
A. 40 & 75
B. 45 & 70
C. 51 & 85
D. 52 & 87
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Part-II : English Language C. (III) what they begin
D. (III) when them begin
Question Nos. 51 to 60
54.
Direction: In the following passage some of
the words have been left out. Read the A. (IV) see them scampering
passage carefully and choose the correct B. (IV) seeing hem scampered
answer to each question out of the four C. (IV) seen them scampering
alternative and fill tn the blanks. D. (IV) see their scampering
Squirrels are I animals in the world. They 55.
have the II for rainy days. Autumn can be
very entertaining for them. That is the time III A. (V) they nest is secure
the great harvest collection for their winter B. (V) there nest is secure
store. You can IV here and there, collection C. (V) their nest is securing
nuts of all sorts. Walnuts, beechnuts, D. (V) their nest is secure
chestnuts, dried berries.
They are not fussy. Relentlessly, they run 56.
from their storage point, usually a tree hollow,
to the vast amount of wild nuts to be found in A. (VI) will see them
the forest. B. (VI) will saw them
These beautiful animals are house-proud. C. (VI) will seen them
They take great pains to ensure that V and D. (VI) is saw them
warm enough to tide them over the harsh
winter. You VI busily collecting soft pieces of 57.
bark, wood and leaves to line their nests.
After all their VII, and when the first, cold A. (VII) scavenging is doing
hard frost arrives, they VIII inside their nests B. (VII) scavenging is done
for the duration/rest of the cold spell. There, C. (VII) scavenged was done
IX till it is warm enough to bring out their D. (VII) scavenged is done
stored food. Ah but then again, they are the
most forgetful little animals, and it is not 58.
unusual to see squirrels X their hoards.
A. (VIII) will sealing themselves
51. B. (VIII) will seal themselves
C. (VIII) will be seal themselves
A. (I) this most resourceful D. (VIII) are seal themselves
B. (I) the most resourceful
C. (I) the most resource 59.
D. (I) the more resourceful
A. (IX) they will hibernating
52. B. (IX) they are hibernated
C. (IX) them are hibernate
A. (II) knack of saving down D. (IX) they will hibernate
B. (II) knack of saved up
C. (II) knack of saving up 60.
D. (II) knack of saving on
A. (X) searched desperately for
53. B. (X) searching desperates for
C. (X) search desperate at
A. (III) when their begin D. (X) searching desperately for
B. (III) when they begin
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Question Nos. 61 to 64
66. I have no ________ office work.
Direction: Four alternatives are given for the
Idiom / Phrase underlined. Choose the A. experience in
alternatives which best expresses the meaning B. experience to
of the Idiom / Phrase and mark it in the C. experience on
Answer Sheet. D. experience of
61. Take the bull by the horns is 67. Solar panels are used to ________
Satellites.
A. to face a difficulty courageously
B. to be helpful A. powerful
C. to be sensitive B. powerless
D. to win the battle C. power
D. powers
62. to be in a quandary
68. Ten dollars _________ too much to pay.
A. to be on the alert
B. to be in an unenviable position A. is
C. to be in a commanding position B. could
D. to be in a confusing situation C. are
D. were
63. Sail in the same boat.
Question Nos. 69 to 72
A. suspect something uncanny.
B. suspect something wrong. Direction: Out of the four alternatives, choose
C. be in a different situation. the one which can be substituted for the given
D. be in the same situation. words / sentences and indicate it by
blackening the appropriate circle in the
64. A false friend never hesitates to shed Answer Sheet.
crocodile tears.
69. A person who worships only one God.
A. to show false happiness
B. to feel disappointed A. Monotheist
C. to pretend to be sympathetic. B. Philogymist
D. to move from one place to another C. Theist
D. Polythesit
Question Nos. 65 to 68
70. A person who helps another to commit a
Direction: Sentences are given with blanks to crime.
be filled in with an appropriate word (s). Four
alternatives are suggested for each question. A. Accomplice
Choose the correct alternative out of the four B. Assistant
and indicate it by blackening the appropriate C. Supporter
circle in the Answer sheet. D. Colleague
65. His words were ______ for the session. 71. a legal agreement that allows someone to
use a building or land for a period of time,
A. suitable usually in return for rent.
B. appropriately
C. suit A. Deal
D. appropriate B. Lease
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C. Bond 77. Detest
D. Assurance
A. withhold
72. The act of killing one's own brother or B. assist
sister. C. injure
D. adore
A. Patricide
B. Suicide 78. Traitor
C. Fratricide
D. Homicide A. officer
B. patriot
Question Nos. 73 to 76 C. member
D. migrant
Directions: Out of the four alternatives,
choose the one which best expresses the 79. Ascend
meaning of the given word and mark it in the
Answer sheet. A. rise
B. descend
73. Crusade C. climb
D. soar
A. critical
B. campaign 80. Repel
C. flatten
D. angry A. attract
B. annoy
74. Result C. drag
D. coax
A. data
B. cause Question Nos. 81 to 82
C. decision
D. outcome Direction: A sentences has been given in
Direct / Indirect. Out of the four alternatives
75. Invincible suggested, select the one which best expresses
the same sentence in Indirect / Direct and
A. unassailable mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
B. yielding
C. vulnerable 81. Kumar says, “It doesn't rain in January”.
D. fallible
A. Kumar says that it didn't rain in January.
76. lousy B. Kumar says that it doesn't rain in January.
C. Kumar said that it doesn't rain in January.
A. aura D. Kumar said that it didn't rain in January.
B. awful
C. awry 82. The men said, “We are going to fly kites.”
D. awesome
A. The men said that we are going to fly kites.
Question Nos. 77 to 80 B. The men said that we were going to fly
kites.
Direction : Choose the word opposite in C. The men said that they are going to fly
meaning to the given word and mark it in the kites.
Answer Sheet. D. The men said that they were going to fly
kites.
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Question Nos. 83 to 86 87.
1. Earth is the home
Directions : Some parts of the sentences have P. to our future
errors and some are correct. Find out which Q. we all share
part of sentence has an error and blacken the R. generations as their
circle corresponding to the appropriate correct S. and would pass on
option. If a sentence is free from error, 6. legacy.
blacken the circle corresponding to “No
Error” option in the Answer Sheet. A. QPRS
B. SPQR
83. The promise was broken by him. C. QSPR
D. PRQS
A. was broken
B. The promise 88.
C. No Error 1. A man
D. by him P. with yellow, red, green
Q. stood holding
84. Rakesh found the newspaper very dull. R. balloons
S. a pole
A. very dull 6. flying from it
B. No Error
C. Rakesh founds A. QSPR
D. the newspaper B. PRQS
C. QRSP
85. The door should be keep closed. D. PRSQ
A. keep closed 89.
B. The door 1. Margaret Nobel
C. No Error P. become a disciple
D. should be Q. of Swami Vivekanada
R. a remarkable Irish lady,
86. She made the child to study hard. S. and dedicated her life
6. to the service of the Indian people.
A. the child
B. No Error A. SRQP
C. to study hard B. RPQS
D. She made C. SQPR
D. PQRS
Question Nos. 87 to 90
90.
Directions: The 1st and the last part of 1. It was a Friday morning and
sentences are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of P. the lientenant scanned the horizon
the sentence is split into four parts and named Q. just as the desert haze
P,Q,R & S. These four parts are not given in R. with his binoculars
their proper order. Read the sentence and find S. was clearing
out which of the four combinations is correct. 6. and focused on many enemy tanks.
Then Find the correct answer and indicate it
by blackening the appropriate circle in the A. QSPR
Answer Sheet. B. RPSQ
C. SPQR
D. PRSQ
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Question Nos. 91 to 92 96.
Directions: A sentences has been given in A. Jewellery
Active / Passive voice. Out of the four B. Jewillery
alternatives suggested, select the one which C. Jewelery
best expresses the same sentence in Passive / D. Jevelry
Active voice and mark your answer in the
Answer Sheet. Question Nos. 97 to 100
91. Close the door. 97. Be quick otherwise you would miss the
train.
A. Let the door be closed.
B. Let the door is being closed. A. otherwise you could have
C. Let the door is closed B. otherwise you will
D. Let the door closed. C. otherwise you will have
D. No Improvement
92. I was obliged to leave.
98. Ours is a joined family.
A. Circumstances will oblige me to leave.
B. Circumstance was obliged me to leave A. joint
C. Circumstances have obliged me to leave. B. No Improvement
D. Circumstances obliged me to leave. C. jointed
D. join
Question Nos. 93 to 96
99. A greedy man always hankers after
Directions: Four words are given in each money.
question, out of which only one word is
correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt. Find A. No Improvement
the correctly spelt word and mark your B. runs after
answer in the Answer Sheet. C. wanted
D. greeds after
93.
100. It is not difficult to forgive someone
A. Obedient who says sorry.
B. Obeydient
C. Obedient A. No Improvement
D. Obidient B. is apologising
C. is asking sorry
94. D. apologises
A. Pattriotism
B. Patrotism
C. Patritism
D. Patriotism
95.
A. Difuse
B. Diffuse
C. Diffusse
D. Difuse
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Part III Quantitative Aptitude
101. if Cos A + Sin A = √2 Cos A then Cos A-
Sin A is equal to; (where 0º <A<90º)
A. √2Sin A
B. 2√Sin A
C. √2 Sin A
D. 2Sin A
102. If x(x+y+z)=20, y((x+y+z))=30, &
z((x+y+z))=50, then the value of 2(x+y+z) is:
A. 15
B. 18 105. The ratio of the average production of
C. -10 company X in the period 1998-2000 to the
D. 20 average production of company Y in the same
period is:
103. Ram babu donated 3% of his income to a
charity and deposited 12% of the rest in bank. A. 27:29
If now he has Rs. 12804, then his income B. 23:25
was: C. 24:27
D. 25:26
A. 14550
B. 15000 106. The percentage increase in the
C. 17460 production of company Y from 1996 to 1999
D. 7500 is:
104. If 12 men working 8 hours a day A. 40%
complete the work in 10 days, how long B. 60%
would 16 men working 7½ hours a day take to C. 50%
complete the same work? D. 55%
A. 8 107. The average production for five years is
B. 6 maximum for company?
C. 7
D. 10 A. X
B. X and Z
Question Nos. 105 to 109 C. Y
D. Z
Directions : The bar graph provided below
gives the data of the production of paper (in 108. The percentage of production of
lakh tonnes) by three different companies X, company Z to the production of company Y is
Y, Z over the years. Study the bar chart and maximum in:
answer the following questions.
A. 1996
B. 1998
C. 2000
D. 1999
109. The difference between the production of
company Z in 1998 and company Y in 1996
is:
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114. The average of all the odd integers
A. 10,00,000 tonnes between 2 and 22 is:
B. 15,00,000 tonnes
C. 25,00,000 tonnes A. 12
D. 20,00,000 tonnes B. 13
C. 11
110. 150 workers were engaged to finish a D. 14
piece of work in a certain number of days.
Four workers dropped on the second day, four 115. AB is a diameter of a circle having centre
more workers dropped on third day and so on. at O. PQ is a chord which does not intersect
It takes 8 more days to finish the work now. AB. Join AP and BQ. If ∠BAP=∠ABQ, then
Find the number of days in which the work ABQP is a:
was completed.
A. cyclic rhombus
A. 24 B. cyclic square
B. 28 C. cyclic rectangle
C. 30 D. cyclic trapezium
D. 25
116. The least number that should be
111. If 5416 x 6 is a perfect square, then the subtracted from the number 32146 to make it
digit at 'x' is: a perfect square is:
A. 9 A. 205
B. 4 B. 405
C. 5 C. 305
D. 6 D. 105
112. A boy aged 12 years is left with Rs. 117. The value of the expression.
100,000 which is under a trust. The trustees
invest the money at 6% per annum and pay
the minor boy a sum of Rs. 2500, for his
pocket money at the end of each year. The
expenses of trust come out to be Rs. 500 per
annum. Find the amount that will be handed A. 4 ½
over to the minor boy after he attains the age B. 5½
of 18 years. C. 0
D. 5
A. Rs. 150000
B. Rs. 118000 118. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio of
C. Rs. 120000 7:9:12. The difference between the lengths of
D. Rs. 125000 largest and smallest sides is 15 cm. The length
of the largest side would be:
113. Let AX ┴ BC of an equilateral triangle
ABC. Then the sum of the perpendicular A. 60 cm
distances of the sides of ΔABC from any B. 12 cm
point inside the triangle is: C. 36 cm
D. 24 cm
A. Greater than AX
B. Equal to AX 119. The average of 8 numbers is 21. If each
C. Equal to BC of the numbers is multiplied by 8, the average
D. Less than AX of the new set of numbers is:
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A. 8 B. 40
B. 29 C. 200
C. 168 D. 2560
D. 21
126.
120. The liquids, X and Y are mixed in the
ratio of 3:2 and the mixture is solid at Rs. 11
per litre at a profit of 10%. If the liquid X
costs Rs. 2 more per litre then Y, the cost of X
per litre is (in Rs.):
A. 10.80
B. 11.75
C. 11 127. The ratio of two numbers is 3 : 4 and
D. 9.50 their HCF is 15. Then the sum of the two
numbers is:
121.
A. 110
A. √2 B. 105
B. 4(√3 + √2) C. 115
C. 1 D. 120
D. √3
128. If the Cost Price of 25 chairs is equal
122. to the Selling Price of 30 chairs, then the
loss % is:
A. 1 A. 20%
B. 4 B. 25%
C. 3 C. 5%
D. 2 D. 16 2/3%
123. The marked price of a CD is Rs. 250. It 129. A motor boat covers a certain distance
is sold for Rs. 225. The rate of discount is: downstream in a river in 3 hours. It covers the
same distance upstream in 3 hours and half. If
A. 10% the speed of the water is 1.5 km/h, then the
B. 11 1/9% speed of the boat in still water is:
C. 25%
D. 2.5% A. 19.5 km/h
B. 19 km/h
124. If x+y=4, x²+y²=14 and x>y. Then the C. 17.5 km/h
correct value of x and y is: D. 17 km/h
A. 3, 1 130. In ∆ ABC, the internal bisectors of ∠B
B. 2+√3 , 2√2 and ∠C meet at point O. If ∠A = 80º then
C. 2+√3 , 2√3 ∠BOC is of:
D. 2√2, √3
A. 140º
125. Find out the wrong number in the B. 130º
sequence: C. 120º
40960, 10240, 2560, 640, 200, 40, 10 D. 100º
A. 640
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131. If a²+b²+c²=2(a-b-c)-3, then the value of A. 33 1/3%
a+b+c is: B. 25%
C, 5%
A. -1 D. 20%
B. 1
C. 2 135. If 5500 copies are published and the
D. -2 transportation cost on them amount to Rs.
82500, then the selling price of the book so
132. The centroid of an equilateral triangle that the publisher can earn a profit of 25% is:
ABC is G and AB=10 cm. The length of AG
(in cm) is: A. Rs. 175
B. Rs. 187.50
C. Rs. 191.50
D. Rs. 180
136. If for a certain quantity of books, the
publisher has to pay Rs. 30600 as printing
cost, then the amount of royalty cost to be
Question Nos. 133 to 136 paid for these books is:
Direction : The following pie-chart shows the A. Rs. 19450
percentage distribution of the expenditure B. Rs. 22950
incurred in publishing a book. Read the pie- C. Rs. 21200
chart and answer the questions. D. Rs. 26150
137. Mohan purchased a bag with 20 percent
discount on the labelled price. He sold it with
percent profit on the price he bought. The
percentage of profit on the labelled price is:
A. 18%
B. 24%
C. 12%
D. 20%
138. The straight line y = 3x must pass
through the point:
A. (0,1)
B. (1,2)
C. (0,0)
133. The central angle of the sector
D. (2,0)
corresponding to the expenditure incurred on
Royalty is:
139. If cosθ + sinθ = m and secθ + cosecθ = n
then the value of n(m2-1) is equal to:
A. 15º
B. 54º
A. 4mn
C. 24º
B. 2m
D. 48º
C. 2n
D. mn
134. Royalty on the book is less the printing
cost by:
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140. The average age of mother and her six ration 5:1. On adding 5 litres of water, the
children is 12 years, which is reduced by 5 ration of milk and water becomes 5:2. the
years if the age of the mother is excluded. The quantity of milk in the mixture is:
age of mother (in-yrs) is:
A. 32.5 litres
A. 42 B. 16 litres
B. 48 C. 25 litres
C. 40 D. 22.75 litres
D. 50
146. A train in 250m long. If the train takes 50
141. The diameter of a 120 cm long roller is seconds to cross a tree by the railway line,
84 cm. It takes 500 complete revolutions of then the speed of the train in km/hr is:
the roller to level a ground. The cost of
levelling the ground at Rs. 1.50 pr sq.m. is: A. 5
B. 10
A. Rs. 6000 C. 18
B. Rs. 3762 D. 9
C. Rs. 5750
D. Rs. 2376 147. Volume of a right circular cylinder of
height 21 cm and base radius 5 cm is:
142. Mr. Dutta desired to deposited his
retirement benefit of Rs. 3 lacs partly to a post A. 1175 cm3
office and partly to a bank at 10% and 6% B. 1050 cm3
interests respectively. If his monthly interest C. 1255 cm3
income was Rs. 2000, then the difference of D. 1650 cm3
his deposits in the post office and in the bank
was: 148. The three successive angles of cyclic
quadrilateral are in the ration 1:3:4, find the
A. Nil measure of the forth angle ?
B. Rs. 50,000
C. Rs. 1,00,000 A. 36°
D. Rs. 40,000 B. 108°
C. 30°
143. A shopkeeper fixes the price of an article D. 72°
at 30% higher then its actual cost. If he sells it
at 10% discount on marked price then, the 149. A right triangle with sides 9 cm, 12 cm
profit is: and 15 cm is rotated about the side of 9 cm to
A. 20% form a cone. The volume of the cone so
B. 18% formed is:
C. 17%
D. 19% A. 327 ∏ cm3
B. 334 ∏ cm3
144. In what proportions must water be added C. 330 ∏ cm3
with milk to gain 20% by selling the mixture D. 324 ∏ cm3
at cost price?
150. If the radius of a sphere is increased by 2
A. 1:1 cm, then its surface area increases by 352
B. 4:1 cm2. The radius of the sphere initially was:
C. 5:1 (use ∏ = 22/7)
D. 1:5
A. 5 cm
145. A mixture contains milk and water in the B. 4 cm
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C. 3 cm
D. 6 cm 157. The highest title in Judo is:
Part IV: General Awareness A. Black Belt
B. 10th Dan
151. Arundhati Roy is the author of the book: C. 12th Dan
D. Yellow Belt
A. The Algebra of lnfinite
B. The Rising Sun 158. Chile saltpeter is the common name of:
C. Truth, love and a little
D. Half a life A. Sodium nitrate
B. Potassium nitrite
152. The first Nobel Prize in Economics was C. Potassium nitrate
awarded to: D. Sodium nitrite
A. Stiglitz 159. VAT is imposed:
B. Jan Tinbergan and Ragnar Frisch
C. Amartya Sen A. On first stage of production
D. Paul A. Samuelson B. Directly on Consumer
C. On final stage of production
153. The gas liberated in the Bhopal gas D. On all stages between production and sale
tragedy was:
160. Approximate number of skeletal
A. Pheynl isocynate muscles:
B. Methyl isocynate
C. Acetylene A. 700
D. Ethylene B. 500
C. 200
154. Which of the following is responsible D. 206
for fostering the development of dance, drama
and music in India? 161. Arboriculture is the study of:
A. National School of Drama A. Science of plant life
B. Sahitya Akademi B. Art of garden cultivation
C. Lalit Kala Akademi C. Art of growing crops
D. Sangeet Natak Akademi D. Cultivation of trees and vegetables
155. Which of the following pairs of physical 162. Who is called as the "Prince of
quantities have the same dimensions'? Moneyers"?
A. Work and Energy A. Babar
B. Momentum and Power B. Mohammad-Bin-Thuglaq
C. Work and Power C. Akbar
D. Force and Power D. Ibrahim Lodhi
156. Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana launched 163. A cycle tyre bursts suddenly. This
on September 25, 2014 is related to: represents an:
A. Poverty alleviation among SC/ST A. Isothermal process
B. Women empowerment B. Isoboric process
C. Skill development in rural and urban areas C. Isochoric process
D. Food security to old age rural people D. Adiabatic process
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164. Organic food is supposed to be better for A. Quercus sp.
human consumption because: B. Cycas
C. Ficus
A. It is grown without the use of chemicals & D. Cedrus Dcodara
synthetic pesticides.
B. It is too expensive to buy. 171. The Ozone layer protects us from:
C. It depends on chemicals & fertilizers.
D. It is grown in glass house & air tight A. Visible rays
environment. B. Cosmic rays
C. Infrared ray
165. Network of a series of vertical and D. Ultra-Violet rays
horizontal lines constructed perpendiclar to
each other is known as: 172. Blue Revolution is related to:
A. Latitudes A. Fisheries
B. Geographic coordinates B. Space research
C. Grid system C. Poultry
D. Longitude D. Drinking water
166. Who translated 'Mahabharatha' into 173. The term Ecosystem was proposed by:
Persian?
A. Thienemann
A. Badauni B. Vemadsky
B. Babar C. A.G. Tansley
C. lbn-Batuta D. S.A. Forbes
D. Abut Fazal
174. Which of the Kushana ruler patronised
167. Unit of resistance is: Buddhism?
A. volt x ampere A. Kautilya
B. volt2 x ampere B. Kanishka
C. ampere / volt C. Vikrarnaditya
D. volt / ampere D. Ashoka
168. Araneology is the study of: 175. Who is popularly known as the Grand
Old Man of India?
A. Study of aphids
B. Rearing of bees A. Madan Mohan Malaviya
C. Study of mites B. Mahadeva Govinda
D. Study of spiders C. Surendranath Banerjee
D. Dadabhai Naroji
169. The Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 has been
awarded to: 176. Which of the following states having
longest coastline in India?
A. Kailash Satyarthi and Tawakkul Karman
B. Barak Obama A. Andhra Pradesh
C. Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai B. Tamil Nadu
D. Kailash Satyarthi C. Maharashtra
D. Gujrat
170. Commercially valued cork is obtained
from: 177. The strongest oxidizing agent among the
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following is: A. 1st Dec
B. 10th Aug
A. Chlorine C. 5th Oct
B. Fluorine D. 1st July
C. Iodine
D. Oxygen 184. Who built 'Adhai Din Ka Jhopra' or 'A
hut of two and a half days' at Ajmer?
178. Origin of Life by 'Natural Selection' is a
book written by: A. Alauddin Khalji
B. Muhammad- bin- Tughlaq
A. Charles Dickens C. Qutbuddin Aibak
B. Lamarck D. Balban
C. Charles Darwin
D. Hugo de Veris 185. Which Brigadier was associated with
Jallianwala Bagh tragedy?
179. Which of' the following states in known
as the traditional region for Tank Irrigation? A. Arthur Wellesly
B. General Harris
A. Gujrat C. Colonel Wellesly
B. Tamil Nadu D. General Dyer
C. Assam
D. Orrisa 186. The “Recall Provision” to remove the
elected office bearers from the local Self
180. What do you understand by the term Government institution has been executed in:
'Dark Fermentation?
A. It is a method to dispose nuclear wastes A. Haryana
B. It is a method to reduce COD in the B. Bihar
atmosphere. C. Madhya Pradesh
C. It is a method to produce Hydrogen as a D. Kerala
fuel from
D. It is a method to produce methane from 187. Scurvey is caused by:
organic
A. Vitamin 'A'
181. Then term "United Nations" was coined B. Vitamin 'D'
by: C. Vitamin 'B'
D. Vitamin 'C'
A. Stalin
B. Churchill 188. IMF stands for:
C. Len
D. Roosevelt A. International Monetary Function
B. International Monetary Fund
182. Which of the following species are C. Indian Manufacturing Firm
critically endagered? D. Interest Minimum Function
A. White bellied heron 189. The oath of office is administered to the
B. Gangetic Dolphin Governor by the:
C. The gyps Vulture
D. Forest owlet A. Chief Justice of High Court
B. Speaker of Legistlative
183. In our country the Van Mahotsava day is C. President
celebrated on: D. Chief Justice of India
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190. Venturimeter is used to measure:
A. Packet
A. surface tension B. Telephone
B. liquid pressure C. Telex
C. rate of flow of liquids D. Circuit
D. liquid density
196. Gas engine was invented by:
191. Breaking physical memory into fixed-
sized blocks called as: A. Diesel
B. Daimler
A. Packets C. Davy
B. Frames D. Charles
C. Page
D. Segments 197. BOD stands for
192. Which of the following was the early A. Biotic oxidation demand
capital of the Rashtrakutas? B. Biochemical oxygen
C. Biological oxygen demand
A. Ellora D. Biological oxidation
B. Sopara
C. Vatapi 198. The main component of liquid bleach is:
D. Ajanta
A. Sodium hpochlorite
193. What is the superannuation period of B. Hydrochloric acid
Chief Justice of Supreme Court? C. Sodium hypochlorate
D. Sodium Chloride
A. 65 years
B. 66 years 199. International Women's Day is observed
C. 60 years on:
D. 62 years
A. 3rd March
194. Which law states that with constant taste B. 15th October
and preferences, the proportion of income C. 8th March
spend on food stuff diminishes as income D. 27th January
increases?
200. Planimeter is used to measure:
A. Engel's Law
B. Say's Law A. Road Distance
C. Griffin's Law B. Directions
D. Gresham's Law C. Height of a region
D. Areas
195. Which type of switching is used in
Internet?