SSC CGL 2018 Question Paper Tier 1 Exam - 10 Jun 2019 Shift 2

CGLE- Combined Graduate Level Tier-I, 2018 Examination
Roll No. 3001308074
Registration No. 64015929500
Name RAHUL SINGH
Test Venue iON Digital Zone iDZ 1 Sikandra
Test Time 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Test Date 10/06/2019

Section : General Intelligence and Reasoning

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Section : General Awareness

Q.1 Who among the following is the author of the book 'A Passage to England'?
Ans 1. Nirad C Chaudhuri

2. V S Naipaul

3. Salman Rushdie

4. Khushwant Singh

Question ID : 98958014390
Chosen Option : 4

Q.2 The explosion of crackers is an example of ___________.
Ans 1. Evaporation

2. Precipitation

3. Combustion

4. Decomposition

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Q.3 Mahatma Gandhi formed the Natal Indian Congress in the year ______.
Ans 1. 1894

2. 1854

3. 1863

4. 1874

Question ID : 98958014387
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Q.4 Which of the following Indian islands lies in the Bay of Bengal?
Ans 1. Diu

2. Daman

3. Andaman and Nicobar

4. Lakshadweep

Question ID : 98958014384
Chosen Option : 3

Q.5 An economic condition when there is one buyer and many sellers is called ______.
Ans 1. Perfect Competition

2. Oligopoly

3. Monopoly

4. Monopsony

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Q.6 Who became the first Indian player to represent India at the Wimbledon Tennis
Championship of Independent India?
Ans 1. Ramanathan Krishnan

2. Vijay Amritraj

3. Ramesh Krishnan

4. Leander Paes

Question ID : 98958014394

Q.7 Who authored ‘A Century is not Enough’in 2018?
Ans 1. Sachin Tendulkar

2. Virat Kohli

3. MS Dhoni

4. Sourav Ganguly

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Q.8 What is the dominant chemical present in vinegar?
Ans 1. Ethanoic acid

2. Sulphuric acid

3. Malic acid

4. Formic acid

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Q.9 In which year did Independent India win its first Olympic Gold in the game of hockey?
Ans 1. 1960

2. 1956

3. 1952

4. 1948

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Q.10 Of which Indian state is 'Gamocha' a cultural symbol?
Ans 1. Assam

2. Rajasthan

3. Kerala

4. Haryana

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Q.11 Silent Valley National Park is located in the Indian state of ________.
Ans 1. Madhya Pradesh

2. West Bengal

3. Uttarakhand

4. Kerala

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Q.12 How many members are present in the Sri Lankan parliament?
Ans 1. 210

2. 215

3. 232

4. 225

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Q.13 Which of the following is a vestigial organ?
Ans 1. Lungs

2. Kidney

3. Appendix

4. Heart

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Q.14 What is the geographic name given to a deep and narrow valley consisting of steep
sides created by weathering and erosion by rivers, wind, rain and tectonic activity?
Ans 1. Buttes

2. Canyon

3. Ridge

4. Basin

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Q.15 What is the popular name of 'Ascorbic Acid'?
Ans 1. Vitamin A

2. Vitamin K

3. Vitamin B12

4. Vitamin C

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Chosen Option : 4

Q.16 Which one of the following is the brightest star in the Orion Constellation?
Ans 1. Rigel

2. Betelgeuse

3. Eta Orionis

4. Alnilam

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Q.17 The Bangladesh Liberation War ended on _____.
Ans 1. 17th October 1971

2. 16th December 1971

3. 2nd October 1974

4. 14th November 1972

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Q.18 Viyahula Giddha' is a popular folk dance performed during marriages in the Indian
state of _______ .
Ans 1. Punjab

2. Jharkhand

3. Gujarat

4. Odisha

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Q.19 Who among the following became the first woman to win the Abel Prize 2019?
Ans 1. Sophie Germain

2. Karen Uhlenbeck

3. Maryam Mirzakhani

4. Julia Robinson

Question ID : 98958014397

Q.20 What is the name given to the graph that shows all the combinations of two
commodities that a consumer can afford at given market prices and within the
particular income level in economic terms?
Ans 1. Isocost Line

2. Budget Line

3. Demand Curve

4. Supply Curve

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Chosen Option : 2

Q.21 Which of the following countries has the largest parliament in the world?
Ans 1. China

2. Japan

3. UK

4. India

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Q.22 World Global Recycling Day was observed on ______ in 2019.
Ans 1. 18th March

2. 10th February

3. 16th February

4. 2nd January

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Q.23 Who among the following was the first Indian origin recipient of the prestigious
Pulitzer Prize?
Ans 1. Siddhartha Mukherjee

2. Gobind Behari Lal

3. Jhumpa Lahiri

4. Geeta Anand

Question ID : 98958014391

Q.24 The First Anglo-Burmese War ended with the signing of the ______.
Ans 1. Treaty of Purandar

2. Treaty of Salbai

3. Treaty of Yandabo

4. Treaty of Titalia

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Q.25 Who among the following was the first president of Pakistan?
Ans 1. Iskander Mirza

2. Ayub Khan

3. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

4. Yahya Khan

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Section : Quantitative Aptitude

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Section : English Comprehension

Comprehension:
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.

Telling someone something that you admire about them can be called a random act
(1)______ kindness. It takes almost no (2)______, yet it pays enormous dividends. Many
people (3)______ their entire lives wishing that others would (4)______ them. Expectations
are more from family and friends, (5)______, even compliments from strangers feel good if
they are genuine.

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Q.1 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
Ans 1. from

2. in

3. with

4. of

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Chosen Option : 4

Comprehension:
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.

Telling someone something that you admire about them can be called a random act
(1)______ kindness. It takes almost no (2)______, yet it pays enormous dividends. Many
people (3)______ their entire lives wishing that others would (4)______ them. Expectations
are more from family and friends, (5)______, even compliments from strangers feel good if
they are genuine.

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Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.

Ans 1. venture

2. effort

3. attempt

4. work

Question ID : 98958012676
Chosen Option : 2

Comprehension:
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.

Telling someone something that you admire about them can be called a random act
(1)______ kindness. It takes almost no (2)______, yet it pays enormous dividends. Many
people (3)______ their entire lives wishing that others would (4)______ them. Expectations
are more from family and friends, (5)______, even compliments from strangers feel good if
they are genuine.

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Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
Ans 1. spend

2. have been spending

3. had spent

4. spent

Question ID : 98958012677
Chosen Option : 4

Comprehension:
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.

Telling someone something that you admire about them can be called a random act
(1)______ kindness. It takes almost no (2)______, yet it pays enormous dividends. Many
people (3)______ their entire lives wishing that others would (4)______ them. Expectations
are more from family and friends, (5)______, even compliments from strangers feel good if
they are genuine.

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Q.4 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
Ans 1. concede

2. admit

3. confess

4. acknowledge

Question ID : 98958012678
Chosen Option : 3

Comprehension:
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.

Telling someone something that you admire about them can be called a random act
(1)______ kindness. It takes almost no (2)______, yet it pays enormous dividends. Many
people (3)______ their entire lives wishing that others would (4)______ them. Expectations
are more from family and friends, (5)______, even compliments from strangers feel good if
they are genuine.

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Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.

Ans 1. so

2. unless

3. however

4. and

Question ID : 98958012679
Chosen Option : 2

Q.6 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

When his envious competitor extended a hand of friendship, he smelt a rat.
Ans 1. behaved arrogantly

2. became complaisant

3. detected something wrong

4. felt very pleased

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Q.7 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

He is clicking good pictures with his new camera.
Ans 1. Good pictures are being clicked with his new camera.

2. Good pictures have been clicked with his new camera.

3. Good pictures were clicked with his new camera.

4. Good pictures are clicked with his new camera.

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Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

People of the older generation ______ over the good old school days.
Ans 1. remember

2. remind

3. retribute

4. reminisce

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Q.9 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Something which cannot be understood
Ans 1. inexplicable

2. infallible

3. illegible

4. incomprehensible

Question ID : 98958012689

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Q.10 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

PENSIVE
Ans 1. spiteful

2. reflective

3. tragic

4. spontaneous

Question ID : 98958012682
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Q.11 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.

Biologists believe that increased human activity means an accelerated rate of change
in habitat for all creatures of the world.
Ans 1. human activity meant a acelerated rate in change

2. human activity is meaning an acelerated rate of change

3. human activities mean an acelerated rate from change

4. No improvement

Question ID : 98958012672
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Q.12 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Something which is fit to be eaten
Ans 1. tasty

2. unpalatable

3. delicious

4. edible

Question ID : 98958012688
Chosen Option : 3

Q.13 Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

Let the bell be rung every forty minutes.
Ans 1. Let the bell keep ringing every forty minutes.

2. The bell should be rung every forty minutes

3. The bell ought to be rung every forty minutes

4. Ring the bell every forty minutes.

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Chosen Option : 2

Q.14 Select the correctly spelt word.
Ans 1. conscentious

2. conscientious

3. consenteous

4. concentious

Question ID : 98958012691
Chosen Option : 1

Q.15 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct
order.

A. Here, the picture perfect French Quarter and heritage laden Tamil streets blend into
one another.
B. The conflict of coexistence is evident in many metropolitan cities.
C. The old and new, like two different worlds, surviving side by side yet never crossing
that chasm.
D. There is a place though- Puducherry, where contrasts are celebrated like nowhere
else.
Ans 1. DCBA

2. BACD

3. CDAB

4. BCDA

Question ID : 98958012681

Q.16 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct
order.

A. European cloth manufacturers therefore had to depend on a plant called woad to
make dyes.
B. However, cloth dyers preferred indigo which produced a rich blue colour.
C. Being a plant of the temperate zones, woad was easily available in Europe.
D. Indian indigo was very expensive and only small quantities reached the European
markets.
Ans 1. DACB

2. CBDA

3. DCAB

4. ACBD

Question ID : 98958012680

Q.17 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

VINDICTIVE
Ans 1. revengeful

2. watchful

3. helpful

4. forceful

Question ID : 98958012683
Chosen Option : 3

Q.18 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Technology can be ______ and people seem to be more attached to screens than ever
before.
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1. infatuated

2. addictive

3. contagious

4. incorrigible

Question ID : 98958012692
Chosen Option : 3

Q.19 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

Coming from an affluent family, she found herself a square peg in a round hole when
she married a poor farmer and moved to a small village.
Ans 1. a misfit in the environment

2. in a favourable situation

3. in a financial crisis

4. unhappy and regretful

Question ID : 98958012687
Chosen Option : 3

Q.20 In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

No sooner did he see the tiger when he ran as fast as he could.
Ans 1. when he ran

2. he see the tiger

3. no sooner did

4. as fast as he could

Question ID : 98958012669
Chosen Option : 1

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.

A reason why there are so much misconception on dyslexia could be the sheer
invisibility of the disorder.
Ans 1. there are so many misconception around dyslexia

2. No improvement

3. there are so much misconceptions against dyslexia

4. there are so many misconceptions about dyslexia

Question ID : 98958012673
Chosen Option : 4

Q.22 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

ACCEPT
Ans 1. obtain

2. reject

3. acquire

4. release

Question ID : 98958012684
Chosen Option : 2

Q.23 Select the correctly spelt word.
Ans 1. chalenge

2. challange

3. challeng

4. challenge

Question ID : 98958012690
Chosen Option : 4

Q.24 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

AFFINITY
Ans 1. preference

2. aversion

3. attraction

4. empathy

Question ID : 98958012685
Chosen Option : 2

Q.25 In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

The match is about to begin since the captain as well as the team are on the field.
Ans 1. as well as the team

2. The match is about to begin

3. since the captain

4. are on the field

Question ID : 98958012668
Chosen Option : 3