SSC CGL 2018 Question Paper Tier 1 Exam - 07 Jun 2019 Shift 3

CGLE- Combined Graduate Level Tier-I, 2018 Examination
Roll No. 8004007280
Registration No. 64012484716
Name KARAY YOSHITHA
Test Venue iON Digital Zone iDZ Luthergiri
Test Time 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Test Date 07/06/2019

Section : General Intelligence and Reasoning

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Section : General Awareness

Q.1 ________was the first person to isolate methane gas. He discovered that methane
mixed with air could be exploded using an electric spark.
Ans 1. Louis Pasteur

2. William Crookes

3. Alessandro Volta

4. William Thomson

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Q.2 During whose reign did the Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsang visit India?
Ans 1. Chandragupta I

2. Samudragupta

3. Harshavardhana

4. Chandragupta Vikramaditya

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Q.3 In March 2019, a science teacher from rural Kenya named _____ won the prestigious
Global Teacher Prize 2019, worth $1 million, which honours the world’s best teacher.
Ans 1. Hanan Al Hroub

2. Nancie Atwell

3. Peter Tabichi

4. Andria Zafirakou

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Q.4 The Almatti dam project on the Krishna river was an issue between which states?
Ans 1. Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu

2. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

3. Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

4. Karnataka and Goa

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Q.5 What does the Lorenz Curve indicate?
Ans 1. Relationship between the price of a certain commodity and its demand

2. Income distribution

3. Taxable income elasticity

4. Rate of employment

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Q.6 In March 2018, Indian actress ____ was named as the new ambassador of the
international award-winning non-profit organisation, Educate Girls.
Ans 1. Katrina Kaif

2. Priyanka Chopra

3. Aishwarya Rai

4. Deepika Padukone

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Q.7 The Qutub Minar was named after the Sufi saint __________.
Ans 1. Qutub-ud-Din Aibak

2. Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari

3. Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki

4. Syed Waheed Ashraf

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Q.8 Brazilian physicist and astronomer ______was awarded the 2019 Templeton Prize,
worth $1.4 million, for his work blending science and spirituality.
Ans 1. Edwin Hubble

2. Nicolaus Copernicus

3. Charles Messier

4. Marcelo Gleiser

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Q.9 ___________codified the first two laws of thermodynamics and deduced that the
absolute zero of temperature is −273.15°C. He was honoured for this with the naming
of the Kelvin temperature scale.
Ans 1. William Thomson

2. Luis Alvarez

3. Robert Hooke

4. William Crookes

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Q.10 The theory that dinosaurs were driven to extinction by the aftermath of a large asteroid
impact on Earth was given by _________.
Ans 1. Wilhelm Röntgen

2. Luis Alvarez

3. William Crookes

4. Henry Moseley

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Q.11 The deficiency of which nutrient causes night blindness ?
Ans 1. Vitamin K

2. Vitamin A

3. Vitamin C

4. Proteins

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Q.12 Who decides on the issue related to the disqualification of a Member of Lok Sabha
under Tenth Schedule?
Ans 1. Prime Minister

2. Speaker

3. President

4. Vice President

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Q.13 The maximum number of nominated members to Lok Sabha is ____.
Ans 1. 2

2. 3

3. 1

4. 4

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Q.14 The base financial year for the calculation of the all India Index of Industrial
Production (IIP) is:
Ans 1. 2004-2005

2. 2010-2011

3. 2011-2012

4. 2005-2006

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Q.15 _____ is famous for outstanding specimen of Buddhist art and architecture, belonging
to the period between the 3rd century B.C. and the 12th century A.D.
Ans 1. Satna

2. Dewas

3. Sanchi

4. Vidisha

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Q.16 Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every ____ years
among athletes from all over Asia.
Ans 1. four

2. six

3. three

4. five

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Q.17 In March 2019, the Government of ____ launched the 'Lose to Win' programme to
assist overweight employees shed extra kilos and adopt a healthy lifestyle.
Ans 1. UAE

2. US

3. UK

4. Australia

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Q.18 Who was the fifth of the ten Sikh gurus?
Ans 1. Guru Ramdas

2. Guru Angad

3. Guru Hargobind

4. Guru Arjan Dev

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Q.19 ________ is an important road link between Srinagar on one side and Kargil and Leh
on the other side.
Ans 1. Qara Tag La

2. Muling La

3. Zoji La

4. Shipki La

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Q.20 _______ won gold in the Men’s freestyle wrestling 65 kg category at the Dan Kolov
2019 wrestling event.

Ans 1. Sushil Kumar

2. Sandeep Tomar

3. Bajrang Punia

4. Yogeshwar Dutt

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Q.21 Flying Officer _____ of the Indian Air Force (IAF) created history by becoming the first
Indian woman to fly her first solo fighter flight in a Russian made MiG-21 fighter.
Ans 1. Mohana Singh

2. Bhawana Kanth

3. Avani Chaturvedi

4. Anjali Gupta

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Q.22 Who invented the atomic battery in 1912?
Ans 1. Henry Moseley

2. Louis Pasteur

3. Alessandro Volta

4. Benjamin Franklin

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Q.23 ‘Shifting cultivation’ is also known as ______ in north-east India.
Ans 1. Jhum

2. Ladang

3. Logan

4. Chena

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Q.24 The Suri king ______ was defeated by Humayun to regain his kingdom.
Ans 1. Sher Shah Suri

2. Sikandar Suri

3. Mahmood Suri

4. Bahalol Suri

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Q.25 _____ built the world famous Harmandar Sahib, popularly known as the Golden
Temple in Amritsar.
Ans 1. Guru Ram Das

2. Guru Siri Har Rai

3. Guru Angad Dev

4. Guru Arjan Dev

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Section : English Comprehension

Q.1 Select one word substitution for the given words.

A trade that is prohibited by law
Ans 1. illicit

2. inapt

3. incredible

4. illusive

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Q.2 Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

The hunchback was being laughed at by everyone.
Ans 1. Everyone laughs at the hunchback.

2. Everyone laughed at the hunchback.

3. Everyone is laughing at the hunchback.

4. Everyone was laughing at the hunchback.

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Chosen Option : 4

Q.3 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct
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A. Only the fittest creatures can survive while competing for food.
B. Why do some species survive and others become extinct?
C. His answer was that there is ceaseless struggle for life among all creatures.
D. This was the question that Darwin asked himself.
Ans 1. BCDA

2. ABDC

3. ADCB

4. BDCA

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Q.4 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.

We must endeavour to increase women's access for education also employment.
Ans 1. excess to education or employment

2. access to education and employment

3. access in education also employment

4. No improvement

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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.

There was still a light on in Mo's room. He often stayed (1)______ reading late into the night.
Meggie had (2)______ her love of books from him. When she (3)______ refuge with him from
a bad dream, nothing could lull (4)______back to sleep better than Mo's calm breathing
(5)______ her and the sound of the pages turning.

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Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
Ans 1. away

2. up

3. for

4. out

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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.

There was still a light on in Mo's room. He often stayed (1)______ reading late into the night.
Meggie had (2)______ her love of books from him. When she (3)______ refuge with him from
a bad dream, nothing could lull (4)______back to sleep better than Mo's calm breathing
(5)______ her and the sound of the pages turning.

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Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.

Ans 1. procured

2. extracted

3. inherited

4. gained

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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.

There was still a light on in Mo's room. He often stayed (1)______ reading late into the night.
Meggie had (2)______ her love of books from him. When she (3)______ refuge with him from
a bad dream, nothing could lull (4)______back to sleep better than Mo's calm breathing
(5)______ her and the sound of the pages turning.

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Q.7 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3
Ans 1. has taken

2. took

3. takes

4. will take

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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.

There was still a light on in Mo's room. He often stayed (1)______ reading late into the night.
Meggie had (2)______ her love of books from him. When she (3)______ refuge with him from
a bad dream, nothing could lull (4)______back to sleep better than Mo's calm breathing
(5)______ her and the sound of the pages turning.

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Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4
Ans 1. her

2. his

3. them

4. it

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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.

There was still a light on in Mo's room. He often stayed (1)______ reading late into the night.
Meggie had (2)______ her love of books from him. When she (3)______ refuge with him from
a bad dream, nothing could lull (4)______back to sleep better than Mo's calm breathing
(5)______ her and the sound of the pages turning.

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Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
Ans 1. beside

2. against

3. around

4. behind

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Q.10 Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.

Some people believe that discipline means blind submission to authority.
Ans 1. It was believed by some people that discipline meant blind submission to authority.

2. It is belief by some people that discipline means blind submission to authority.

3. It has been believed by some people that discipline means blind submission to
authority.
4. It is believed by some people that discipline means blind submission to authority.

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

If so many catches had not being dropped, we would have won the match.
Ans 1. we would have

2. won the match

3. If so many catches

4. had not being dropped

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Q.12 In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.

Each of the girls have given an impressive dance performance.
Ans 1. an impressive

2. have given

3. Each of the girls

4. dance performance

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Q.13 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

He kicked up a row when he was denied entry to the amusement park.
Ans 1. kicked the guard

2. waited in a queue

3. cried with sorrow

4. created a fuss

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Q.14 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

RETICENT
Ans 1. silent

2. confident

3. extrovert

4. garrulous

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Q.15 Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

The heavy losses in business came like a bolt from the blue.
Ans 1. a thunderstorm

2. a windfall

3. an ominous warning

4. an unexpected disaster

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Q.16 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

The old man wished to donate his ______ wealth for the upliftment of the
downtrodden.
Ans 1. immense

2. intense

3. eminent

4. elusive

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

TRANSIENT
Ans 1. temporal

2. stationary

3. celestial

4. permanent

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Q.18 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

LIBERTY
Ans 1. slavery

2. reservation

3. freedom

4. autonomy

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Q.19 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

FURY
Ans 1. anger

2. sorrow

3. fright

4. cruelty

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Q.20 Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct
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A. What can we do to avoid anger and provocation?
B. Anger and tension are prevalent due to conflicts arising out of these differences.
C. The society is full of people who think and act differently.
D. We need to develop in ourselves the capacity for conversion to turn negative
experiences into positive thinking.
Ans 1. ABDC

2. ACBD

3. CADB

4. CBAD

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Q.21 Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.

The committee members were in ______ over the budget for the function.
Ans 1. dissent

2. deference

3. difference

4. descent

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Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If no substitution is required, select No improvement.

Let us not neglect important aspects of life although pursue momentary pleasures.
Ans 1. No improvement

2. through pursued in momentary pleasures.

3. by pursued moment pleasures.

4. while pursuing momentary pleasures.

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Q.23 Select one word substitution for the given words.

To give up the throne
Ans 1. usurp

2. abdicate

3. bequeath

4. consign

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Q.24 Select the correctly spelt word.
Ans 1. concious

2. corigible

3. complascent

4. contemptible

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Q.25 Select the correctly spelt word.
Ans 1. abundance

2. arrogence

3. attendence

4. apearance

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