SSC CPOS SI & INTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND CAPFS SI & CISF ASI EXAM , 27-05-2012 ( FIRST SITTING ) – PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER

1. There is no selling cost under

2. Which of the following is not a function of the Exim Bank of India?

3. Which of the following systems in independent India goes against the very basis of democracy?

4. According to Karl Marx, the change in economic system results in inevitable changes in

5. Which one of the following statements is correct?

6. Which of the following formulae could be used for calculating the per capita income of a country?

7. For controlling inflation, the central bank should

8. Match the medieval travellers with their countries :
a. Macro Polo                1. Spain
b. Ibn Battuta                 2. Balkh
c. Antonio Monserrate 3. Italy
d. Mahmud Walt Balkhi 4. Morocco

9. Rana Kumbha constructed the Tower of Victory at Chittor to mark his victory over

10. Match the following :
a. Sarojini Naidu League 1. Muslim
b. M.A. Jinnah                  2. Indian National Congress
c. Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru 3. Hindu Mahasabha
d. V.D. Savarkar               4. Liberal Party

11. The Social Forestry Scheme was introduced during

12. The model code of conduct for political parties and candidates to be followed during the elections is

13. A citizen can directly move the Supreme Court for any violation of Fundamental Rights under

14. Which one of the following sitting VicePresidents of India contested for the post of President and lost the election?

15. The French challenge to British in India came to an end with

16. Identify the medical trio of ancient India from the following names

17. Vegetation is effective in absorbing

18. When a person cries, there is a watery discharge from the nose due to activation of

19. The fundamental role of root hairs in plants is

20. Catch crops are

21. Which one of the following acts as a mediator between the user’s program and the hardware?

22. The project similar to T.V.A. (Tennessee Valley Authority) of U.S.A. in India is

23. Petrology is the study of

24. Match the following :
a. Rosewood     1. Mangroove forests
b. Bushes          2. Alpine forests
c. Birch              3. Deciduous forests
d. Sundari tree 4. Dry forests

25. During the period of SouthWest monsoon, Tamil Nadu remains dry because

26. The red colour of ripe tomatoes is due to the presence of

27. Anticoagulants are not present in

28. To eliminate the glare of headlights in motor cars

29. The substances which have infinite electrical resistance are called

30. The headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is located at

31. If you use a font that is not supported by a browser, then the next

32. The pigment that protects plants from UV damage is

33. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development is called

34. A bioenergy source obtained by fermentation to supplement fossil fuel petrol is

35. The substance that causes the worst air pollution is

36. A liquid is said to boil when its

37. Which is not correct regarding covalent compounds?

38. Choose the correct statement

39. PVC is obtained by the polymerisation of

40. What is the name of the first research station established by India in the Antarctica?

41. Who among the following was awarded Padma Vibhushan in 2011 for his exceptional and distinguished service in the field of trade and industry?

42. The five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council are

43. Which of the following is not correctly paired?

44. Which of the following States has the largest gap in male and female literacy as per 2011 Census (provisional data)?

45. Stainless steel is an alloy of

46. Enriched uranium used in a nuclear reactor is

47. In a refrigerator, cooling is produced by

48. The first woman to conquer Mount Everest twice is

49. Which one of the following iron and steel works in India is not under public sector?

50. Which Indian hockey player has a road named after him in Germany?

Directions (1-5) : In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is your answer. If there is no error, your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
1. The concentration of human and material resources at a few centres (1) /have resulted in (2)/large scale migration of rural population to urban areas. (3)/No error (4)

2. Who would’nt be triumphant (1)/in their success (2)/at the examination? (4)/No error (4)

3. I dared (1)/Mohan fights (2)/a duel. (3)/No errror (4)

4. All of you except Sheena (1)/ have done the homework (2)/ properly. (3)/No error (4)

5. The summit began (1) /on a much voiced (2)/optimism note. (3)/No error (4)

Directions (6-10) : In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
6. Many modern methods of agriculture……………. thousands of years ago.

7. He is utterly …………….at the end of the day.

8. People should refrain ………………evil deeds.

9. A rare audio tape released by the court at the end of the hearing showed many judges asking…………….. they should intervene at all

10. Rita……………. her home work yet.

Directions (11-15) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
11. Clandestinely

12. Periphery

13. Exonerate

14. Exquisite

15. Comprehensive

Directions (16-20) : In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
16. Precedence

17. Misdemeanour

18. Nibble

19. Jeopardy

20. Hindrance

Directions (2125) : In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase printed in bold in the sentence. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/ phrase.
21. Suman held court with the studio audience.

22. Ravi wants to blaze a trail in his activities.

23. Their friendship lasted without a cloud to the end of his life.

24. She took a wrong decision by not marrying this gentleman. She doesn’t know that beauty is only skin deep.

25. The officials played ducks and drakes with the public money.

Directions (26-30) : In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2) and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
26. He won’t hear you provided you shout.

27. The ship is at the anchor and the sailors are now at ease.

28. They objected to the plan on the grounds that it was too expensive.

29. Very little rice was found in the pot after all the guests had eaten.

30. The policeman captured the first car that approached and ordered the driver to take the injured child to the hospital.

Directions (31-35) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
31. A study of words and the way words develop

32. Something which is not in harmony

33. A list of books

34. Man with womanly habits and mariners

35. Something unusual or strange, having peculiar notions

Directions (36-40) : In the following questions, there are four different words out of which one is correctly spelt. Find the correctly spelt word.
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Directions (41-50) : In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. First read the passage over and try to understand what it is about. Then fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given.
The League of Nations was 41 in 1919. It became ineffective and the UNO began to 42 from October 24th, 1945. The Second World war 43 in 1939. It caused great 44 to human lives and property. As a 45 of use of atom bombs, many people were 46 and many others became 47. The world leaders feared that another world war would 48 the entire world. It was a question of the 49 of mankind. To ensure peace and 50 the world leaders established a world organisation, the UNO.
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1. In a fort, there was sufficient food for 200 soldiers for 31 days. After 27 days, 120 soldiers left the fort. For how many extra days will the rest of the food last for the remaining soldiers ?

2. Equal amounts of water were poured into two empty jars of different capacities, which made one jar 1/4 full and the other jar 1/3 full. If the water in the jar with lesser capacity is then pured into the jar with greater capacity, then the part of the larger jar filled with water is

3. A bookseller makes 8% profit after selling the book at 10% discount. The ratio of the cost price to the marked price is

4. A certain sum of money is distributed to A and B in the ratio 2 : 5. If A received Z 100 then the money received by B is

5. Last year my age was a perfect square number. Next year it will be a cubic number. What is my present age ?

6. What is the value of

7. The greatest number that can divide 140, 176, 264 leaving remainders of 4, 6 and 9 respectively is

8. There are 4 terms in an A.P. such that the sum of two means is 110 and product of their extremes is 2125. The 3rd term is

9. The value of

10. If 10 men or 18 boys can do a work in 15 days, then the number of days required by 15 men and 33 boys to do twice the work is

11. A man walks a certain distance and rides back taking a total time of 37 minutes. He could walk both ways in 55 minutes. How long would he take to ride both ways ?

12. Mahesh starts work as a sales representative on an annual salary of Z1,60,000. If he receives a 15% payrise each year, the number of years he has worked for the company, when his annual salary became X2,79,841 is

13. The base of a triangle is 2 cm more than twice its altitude. If the area is 12 sq. cm, its altitude will be

14. A man leaves 12,600 to be divided among 7 sons, 3 daughters and 5 nephews. If each daughter receives three times as much as each nephew and each son seven times as much as each nephew, then each daughter’s share is

15. The average of three numbers 70, *7 and 5* is 57. If * represents the same digit, then it must be

16. Three years ago, the average age of a family of 8 members was 30 years. If one child is also included in the family, the present average age of the family remained the same. Then the present age of the child is

17. By selling an article for 21, 000 a man gains 5%. To get a profit of 15%, he has to sell it for

18. Rahul bought two cycles for a total sum of 1500 . He sold one cycle at 20% loss and the other cycle at 20% gain. If the selling price of both the cycles is the same, find the cost price of the two cycles.

19. The salary of an employee increases every year in the month of July by 10%. If his salary in May 2000 was 15,000 his salary in October 2001 was

20. 72% of the students of a certain class took Biology and 44% took Mathematics. If each student took Biology or Mathematics and 40 took both, the total number of students in the class was

21. If the volume and the surface area of a sphere are numerically equal, then the numerical value of the radius of the sphere is

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23. Minimum value of

24. If a + b = 5, a² + b² = 13, the value of a – b (where a > b) is

25. If ( 3x – y) : (x + 5y) = 5 : 7, then the value of (x + y) : (x – y) is

26. The line passing through the points ( – 2, 8) and (5, 7)

27. In ΔABC, ∠B = 60°, ∠C = 40°. If AD bisects ∠BAC and AE ⊥ BC, then ∠EAD is

28. ABCD is a quadrilateral in which diagonal BD = 64cm, AL ⊥ BD and CM ⊥ BD, such that AL= 13.2 cm and CM = 16.8 cm. The area of the quadrilateral ABCD in square centimetres is

29. The area of a semi – circular field is 308 sq. m; then taking the length of the railing to surround it has to be

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31. If the numerical value of the volume of a right circular cylinder and its curved surface area are equal, then its radius is

32. ABCDEF is a regular hexagon of side 2 feet. The area, in square feet, of the rectangle BCEF is

33. If in ΔABC, ∠A = 90°, BC = a, AC = b and AB = c, then the value of tan B + tan C is

34. A ladder is resting against a wall at a height of 10m. If the ladder is inclined with the ground at an angle of 30°, then the distance of foot of the ladder from the wall is

35. tan 7° tan 23° tan 60° tan 67° tan 83° is equal to

36. The value of

37. In the figure below, if AB || CD and CE ⊥ ED, then the value of x is

38. PA and PB are two tangents drawn from and external point P to a circle with centre 0 where the points A and B are the points of contact. The quadrilateral OAPB must be

39. G is the centroid of ΔABC. If AG = BG, then ∠BGC is

40. In the following figure, if OP = 10 and AC = 16, then OB must be

41. The graph of y= x+ |x| lis given by

42. The equation of this graph is

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44. The area of the shaded region in the follwing graph is

45. The shaded region represents

Directions (46-50) : The piechart given below shows the distribution of workforce by occupational category for country X in 1981 and 1995. Study the chart and answer the questions. 46. The increase in the number of Clerical workers in the workforce of country X from 1981 to 1995 (in millions) is

47. The percentage decrease in the number of Blue – Collar workers in the workforce of country X from 1981 to 1995 ( in millions ) is

48. In 1981, the number of Service workers in the workforce, in millions, was

49. In 1981, the number of categories which comprised of more than 25 million workers each, is

50. The ratio of the number of workers in the Professional category in 1981 to the number of such workers in 1995 is

Directions (1-9) : In each of the following questions, select the related letter/ word/ number from the given alternatives.
1. SKIT : TIKS : : ? : FLAP

2. 6 : 72 : : 8 : ?

3. 6 : 36 : : 9 : ?

4. 384 : ? :: 216 : 63

5. Asthma : Lungs : : Conjunctivitis : ?

6. Communicable disease : Malaria : : Non – communicable disease : ?

7. Thermometer : Temperature : Glucometer : ?

8. Dismay : Joy : : Tend : ?

9. DCBA : WXYZ : : ? : ZYXW

Directions (10-14) : In each of the following questions find the odd word/ number/ letters from the given alternatives.
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Direction (15-23) : In each of the following questions. a sales is given. with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given one that will complete the series.
15. CDF, DEG, EFH, ___?

16. ZA, VC, RE, NG, _?_ , FK

17. 4, 16, 36, _?_ , 100

18. 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, _?_

19. 12, 23, 34, 45, _?_, 67, 78, 89

20. EAB, GCD, MIJ, _?_

21. ACE, BDE GIK _?_

22. WBP, SGM. OLJ, _?_

23. DEF, HIJ, MNO, _?_

24. If 20+ 15 = 24 and 64+ 13= 42, then 11 + 28 = ?

25. In the diagram alongside, AD = 2 AB = d. What is the area of the shaded portion ?

26. Find out the set among the four sets which is like the given set.
Given set : (9, 27, 108)

27. Number of letters skipped in between adjacent letters in the series is two. Which one of the following alternatives observes this rule ?

28. Choose the synonym for the given word from the given options.
‘Exposition’

29. Some equations are solved on the basis of a certain principle. On the same basis, find the correct answer from among the alternatives given. 27(18)3; 216(180)6; 729( ? )9

30. Karan facing towards South moved straight 2 km and from there, turned to his right 90° and travelled 2 km. Then, he took a 45° turn to his left and travelled 1 km. Where would he be now with respect to the starting point ?

31. Reena walks 4 km East and then cycles 10 km North, turns to the left and covers 4 km and once again turns to the North and moves 2 km. How far is she from the starting point ?

32. Laxmi started walking Southwards and after covering a distance of 30 m, she turned left. She walked 25 metres, and turned to the left and again walked 30 metres. How far is she from the starting point and in which direction ?

33. In a certain code, ‘CAPITAL’ is written as ‘CPATILA’. How is ‘PERSONS’ written in that code ?

34. If PAINT is coded as 74128 and EXCEL is coded as 93596, then how would you encode ACCEPT ?

35. In the following problem :
= stands for ÷
+ stands for –
× stands for =
– stands for >
> stands for +
< stands for ×
÷ stands for <
When these new symbols are substituted, only one will be correct. Identify the correct equation.

Directions : In the following question, two statements are followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, definitely follows from the given statements.
36. Statements :
1. Parental role in the education of their children is very significant.
2. All parents must realise this.
Conclusions :
I. Parentless children cannot develop to their maximum potential.
II. Parents can help their children in their education.

37. Find out the number which does not belong to the group of (1), (2), (3) and (4).

Directions (38-40) : In each of the following questions, select the missing number from the given responses.
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Directions : In the following question, which answer figure will complete the question figure ?
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42. Which of the answer figures is exactly the mirror image of the given figure, when the mirror is held as shown ? Question Figure :

43. A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the 2 matrices given below. The columns and rows of matrix I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of matrix II from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next column number, e.g, ‘F’ can be represented by 14. 21, etc. ‘S’ can be represented by 58, 96, etc. Similarly, identify the word TRIP.

44. Select the answer figure in which the question figure is hidden.

45. A triangular sheet of paper has been folded and punched as shown in the figure. You have to figure out from amongst the four response figures, how it will appear when opened ?

46. If a person has intelligence, character and position, which figure represents all of these ?

47. How many squares are there in a given figure ?

48. Which figure represents the relationship among Hockey Players, Rubber Balls, Poets ?

49. In the question, one part of the problem figure is subtracted. Select the option that shows the correct shape after subtraction.

50. Identify the answer figure from which the pieces given in question figure have been cut.