SSC COMBINED GRADUATE LEVEL TIER I EXAM, 26-06-2011 ( 1ST SITTING ) – PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER

1. When there is an official change in the exchange rate of domestic currency, then it is called :

2. Inflation redistributes income and wealth in favour of :

3. The fringe benefit tax was introduced in the budget of

4. In the Budget estimates for 201112, an allocation of 400 crore has been made to bring in a green revolution in the East in the cropping system of :

5. As announced by the Finance Minister in his budget speech on 2822011, the income tax exemption limit for individuals other than senior citizens and women has been raised to :

6. Judicial review in the Indian Constitution is based on :

7. The Drafting of the Constitution was completed on :

8. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?

9. Which innovative discussion process is introduced by the Indian parliament to the World Parliamentary systems ?

10. The judges of the Supreme Court retire at the age of :

11. The Greek ambassador sent to Chandragupta Malaya’s Court was :

12. Identify the European power from whom Shivaji obtained cannons and ammunition :

13. The call of “Back to the Vedas” was given by :

14. Simon Commission was boycotted by the nationalist leaders of India because :

15. Who among the following British persons admitted the Revolt of 1857 as a national revolt ?

16. How much of the Earth’s land surface is desert ?

17. Which of the following is called the ‘shrimp capital of India’ ?

18. River Indus originates from :

19. The lowest layer of the atmosphere is :

20. The Konkan Railway connects :

21. Bark of this tree is used as a condiment—

22. Who was the architect of North and South Blocks of the Central Secretariate in Delhi ?

23. Saliva helps in the digestion of :

24. The longest bone in the human body is :

25. Red data book gives information about species which are :

26. Which of the following is the smallest bird?

27. The time period of a pendulum when taken to the Moon would :

28. The atmospheric air is held to the Earth by :

29. The function of ball bearings in a wheel is :

30. ‘Shockabsorbers’ are usually made of steel as it :

31. The first computer made available for commercial use was :

32. A communication network which is used by large organizations over regional, national or global area is called :

33. Which of the following could be used as fuel in propellant or rockets?

34. The addition of gypsum to portland cement helps in :

35. White lung disease is prevalent among the workers of :

36. Iodoform is used as an :

37. An artificial ecosystem is represented by :

38. The constituents of automobile exhaust that can cause cancer is/ are :

39. The optimum dissolved oxygen level (in mg/litre) required for survival of aquatic organisms is :

40. The world’s only floating national park is sistuated in :

41. According to the latest ‘Education Development Index’ based on a series of surveys conducted by the National University of Education, Planning and Administration and released in February, 2011, the state with the highest Development Index is :

42. Indian Army’s Operatio `Saiyam’ was related to :

43. In the Railway Budget for 201112, an outlay of 57,630 crore has been announced for adding new lines with length of :

44. The strong earthquakecumtsunami which has moved Japan’s main island by a few feet and has caused the Earth’s axis to wobble is expected to lead to the shortening of the day by :

45. The ‘Project Snow Leopard’ to conserve the endangered speceis, launched by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests covers the states of :

46. The 2010 FIFA World Cup Final was held at :

47. Who of the following receivedSangeet Natak Akademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puruskar for 2009 in ‘Hindustani Vocal Music’?

48. Which of the following folk/tribal dances is associated with Uttar Pradesh?

49. Which of the following books has been written by Atiq Rahimi?

50. Who is the recepient of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2010 in Hindi Literature category?

Directions (1-5) : In the following questions, some of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error your answer is (4) i.e. No error.
1. The future of food companies (1) / seems quite secure (2) / owed to evergrowing demand. (3)/ No error. (4)

2. The vaccine (1) / when hit the Indian market (2) / is dogged by controversy. (3) / No error. (4)

3. His son(1) / is working (2) / very hardly. (3) / No error.(4)

4. Do you know that it was I (1) / who has done (2) / this piece of beautiful work? (3)/ No error.(4)

5. The company has ordered(1) / some (2) / new equipments, (3) / No error.(4)

Directions (610): In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to befilled in with an appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question.Choose the correct alternative out of the four.
6. The housewife____ the cakes burning, and ran to switch off the oven.

7. ______an old legend, King Shirham lived in India.

8. ________you leave now, you will be late.

9. The ________were arrested for illegally hunting the bears.

10. If you had followed the rules, you _____disqualified.

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. LOQUACIOUS

12. VINDICTIVE

13. INCLEMENT

14. GENIAL

15. ACCRUE

Directions (16-20) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
16. ACCORD

17. INFIRMITY

18. FEASIBLE

19. METICULOUS

20. SYNTHETIC

Directions (21-25) : In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the meaning of the given Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
21. A bolt from the blue

22. Cold comfort

23. To be all at sea.

24. To take to one’s heels

25. To bite the dust

Directions (26-30) : In the following questions, a sentence or bold part thereof is given which may need improvement. Alternatives ae given at (1), (2) and (3) below, which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
26. He has for good left India.

27. We are credibly informed that the murderer has given himself up.

28. We generally select one of the most intelligent student of the school for this award.

29. My friend lives in a nearby street whose name I have forgotten.

30. He both won a medal and a scholarship.

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 post with little work but high salary

32. Something that causes death

33. A person who writes decoratively

34. Pertaining to cattle

35. To look at someone in an angry or threatening way

Directions (36-40) : In the following questions, groups of four words are given. In each group, one word 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.
PASSAGE (Q.Nos. 4150)
The Solar System has been a complicated wonder for the astronomers. This is a (41) to which we may never have the exact answer. Man has wondered (42) the age of the Earth (43) ancient times. There were all kinds of (44) that seemed to have the (45). But man could not begin to (46) about the question scientifically until about 400 years (47). When it was proved that the (48) revolved round the Sun and the Earth was a (49) of our Solar Systen, then scientists knew where to (50) .
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3. The remainder when 321is divided by 5 is

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5. The last digit of (1001)²⁰⁰⁸ + 1002 is

6. The value of

7. If x * y = (x + 3)² (y - 1), then the value of 5 * 4 is

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9. If 9√x = √12 + √147 , then x = ?

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11. If the sum of two numbers be multiplied by each number separately, the products so obtained are 247 and 114. The sum of the numbers is

12. Find a number, oneseventh of which exceeds its eleventh part by 100.

13. The L.C.M. of three different numbers is 120. Which of the following cannot be their H.C.F.?

14. A number when divided by 49 leaves 32 as remainder. This number when divided by 7 will have the remainder as

15. In an examination a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts all 75 questions and secures 125 marks, the number of questions he attemtpts correctly is

16. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after 24 seconds, 36 seconds and 54 seconds respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 10 : 15 :00 AM, then at what time will they again change simultaneously?

17. A can do a work in 12 days. When he had worked for 3 days, B joined him. If they complete the work in 3 more days, in how many days can B alone finish the work?

18. A and B can complete a piece of work in 8 days, B and C can do it in 12 days, C and A can do it in 8 days. A, B and C together can complete it in

19. X is 3 times as fast as Y and is able to complete the work in 40 days less than Y. Then the time in which they can complete the work together is

20. A copper wire is bent in the shape of a square of area 81cm² . If the same wire is bent in the form of a semicircle, the radius (in cm) of the semicircle is

21. The volume (in m ) of rain water that can be collected from 1.5 hectares of ground in a rainfall of 5 cm is

22. A river 3 m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 2 km per hour. How much water (in litres) will fall into the sea in a minute?

23. A bicycle wheel makes 5000 revolutions in moving 11km.Then the radius of the wheel (in cm) is

24. The perimeter of a triangle is 40cm and its area is 60 cm . If the largest side measures 17cm, then the length (in cm) of the smallest side of the triangle is

25. A shopkeeper allows a discount of 10% to his customers and still gains. 20%. Find the marked price of the article which costs 450.

26. What single discount is equivalent to two successive discounts of 20% and 15%?

27. In a business partnership among A, B, C and D, the profit is shared as follows: If the total profit is 4,00,000, the share of C is

28. A can contains a mixture of two liquids A and B in the ratio 7 : 5. When 9 litres of mixture are drawn off and the can is filled with B, the ratio of A and B becomes 7 : 9. Litres of liquid A contained by the can initially was

29. What number should be added to or subtracted from each term of the ratio 17 : 24 so that it becomes equal to 1 : 2 ?

30. The ratio of weekly incomes of A and B is 9 : 7 and the ratio of their expenditures is 4 : 3. If each saves 200 per week, then the sum of their weekly incomes is

31. Among three numbers, the first is twice the second and thrice the third. If the average of the three numbers is 49.5, then the difference between the first and the third number is

32. The mean of 50 numbers is 30. Later it was discoverd that two entries were wrongly entered as 82 and 13 instead of 28 and 31. Find the correct mean.

33. If the selling price of 10 articles is equal to the cost price of 11 articles, then the gain percent is

34. While selling a watch, a shopkeeper gives a discount of 5%. If he gives a discount of 6%, he earns 15 less as profit. What is the marked price of the watch?

35. Krishna purchased a number of articles at ’10 for each and the same number for 14 each. He mixed them together and sold them for 13 each. Then his gain or loss percent is

36. A trader bought two horses for 19,500. He sold one at a loss of 20% and the other at a profit of 15%. If the selling price of each horse is the same, then their cost prices are respectively.

37. The cost price of an article is 40% of the selling price. What percent of the cost price is the selling price?

38. If 90% of A = 30% of B and B = 2x% of A, then the value of x is

39. When the price of sugar decreases by 10%, a man could buy 1 kg more for 270. Then the original price of sugar per kg is

40. If the price of sugar is raised by 25%, find by how much percent a householder must reduce his consumption of sugar so as not to increase his expenditure?

41. If 30% of A is added to 40% of B, the answer is 80% of B. What percentage of A is B?

42. A man can row 6 km/h in still water. If the speed of the current is 2 km/h, it takes 3 hours more in upstream than in the downstream for the same distance. The distance is

43. A student goes to school at the rate of 2.5 km/h and reaches 6 minutes late. If he travels at the speed of 3 km/h. he is 10 minutes early. The distance (in km) between the school and his house is

44. A sum of money placed at compound interest doubles itself in 4 years. In how many years will it amount to four times itself ?

45. The simple interest on a sumfor 5 years is one fourth of the sum. The rate of interest per annum is

46. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on 10,000 for 2 years is 25. The rate of interest per annum is

Directions (47 to 50) : The following graph shows the demand and production of cotton by 5 companies A, B, C, D and E. Study the graph and answer questions 47 to 50.
47. What is the ratio of companies having more demand than production to those having more production than demand?

48. What is the difference (in tonnes) between average demand and average production of the five companies taken together?

49. The production of company D is how many times that of the production of the company A?

50. The demand for company B is what percent of the demand for comapny C?

Directions (1-9) : In each of the following questions, select the related letters/word/numbers from the given alternatives.
1. Fish : Scales : : Bear : ?

2. Writer : Pen : : ?

3. NUMERAL : UEALRMN : : ALGEBRA : ?

4. BDAC : FHEG : : NPMO : ?

5. FGHI : OPQR : : BCDE : ?

6. PNIJ : IGEC: VTRP : ?

7. 17 : 60 :: 20 􀀀

8. 6 : 64 : : 11 : ?

9. 123 : 4: : 726 : ?

Directions (10-15) : In each of the following questions, find the odd number / letters /word from the given alternatives.
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16. In the following question, number of letters are skipped in between by a particular rule. Which of the following sereis observes the rule?

17. Find out the pair of numbers that does not belong to the group for lack of common property.

Directions : Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful descending order of the following?
18. 1. Major
2. Captain
3. Colonel
4. Brigadier
5. Lt. General

Directions : Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary
19. 1. Dissident
2. Dissolve
3. Dissent
4. Dissolute
5. Dissolution

20. Which oneset of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
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Directions (21-24) : In each of the following questions, a series is given, with one/two terms(s) missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
21. XYZCBAUVWFE ___?___?

22. reoc, pgme, nikg, lkii ___?

23. 4, 196, 16, 169, ?, 144, 64

24. 8, 15, 36, 99, 288, ?

25. Find the wrong number in the series. 6, 9, 15, 22, 51, 99

26. In a row of girls, Kamla is 9th from the left and Veena is 16th from the right. If they interchange their positions, Kamla becomes 25th from the left. How many girls are there in the row?

27. Ravi has spent a quarter (1/4) of his life as a boy, onefifth (1/5) as a youth, onethird (1/3) as man and thirteen (13) years in old age. What is his present age?

28. Among her children, Ganga’s favourites are Ram and Rekha. Rekha is the mother of Sharat, who is loved most by his uncle Mithun. The head of the family is Ram Lal, who is succeeded by his sons Gopal and Mohan. Gopal and Ganga have been married for 35 years and have 3 children. What is the relation between Mithun and Mohan?

29. Out of 100 families in the neighbourhood, 50 have radios, 75 have TVs and 25 have VCRs. Only 10 families have all three and each VCR owner also has a TV. If some families have radio only, how many have only TV?

30. Suresh was born on 4th October 1999. Shashikanth was born 6 days before Suresh. The Independence Day of that year fell on Sunday. Which day was Shashikanth born?

31. Five boys A, B, C, D, E are sitting in a park in a circle. A is facing SouthWest, D is facing SouthEast, B and E are right opposite A and D respectively and C is equidistant between D and B. Which direction is C facing?

32. At what time are the hands of clocks together between 6 and 7?

33. Ina certain office, 1/3 of the workers are women, 1/2 of the somen are married and 1/3 of the married women have children. If 3/4 of the men are married and 2/3 of the married men have children, then what part of workers are without children?

34. If a man on a moped starts from a point and rides 4 km South, then turns left and rides 2 km to turn again to the right to ride 4 km more, towards which direction is he moving?

35. Ganesh cycles towards SouthWest a distance of 8 m, then he moves towards East a distance of 20 m. From there he moves towards NorthEast a distance of 8 m, then he moves towards West a distance of 6 m. From there he moves towards NorthEast a distance of 2 m. Then he moves towards West a distance of 4 m and then towards SouthWest 2 m and stops at that point. How far is he from the starting point?

36. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word : `CONCENTRATION’

37. From the given alternative words, select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word :
`DETERMINATION’

38. If in a certain code HYDROGEN is writen as JCJZYSSD, then how can ANTIMONY be written in that code?

39. If DELHI is coded as 73541 and CALCUTTA as 82589662, then how can CALICUT be coded?

40. Two statements are given followed by four inferences. Select the alternative which is most appropriate.
Statements:
India is becoming industrialised. Pollution is a problem associated with industrialisation Inferences:
I. All industrial centres are polluted.
II. India is polluted.
III. Polluted nations are industrialised.
IV. India may become polluted.

Directions (4142) : In each of the following questions, select the missing number from the given responses.
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43. If “-” stands for ‘÷”+’stands for`×’ , `÷’ for ‘—’ and ‘×’ for `+’, which one of the following equations in correct?

44. Some equations have been solved on the basis of a certain system. Find the correct answer for the unsolved equation on that basis. If 9 * 7 = 32, 13 * 7 = 120, 17 * 9 = 208, then 19 * 11= ?

45. Forecast the Growth Rate for the year 1995 from the following data:

46. Which of the following diagrams represents the relationship among Sun, Moon and Star?

47. How many rectangles are there in the given diagram?

Directions: From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.
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Directions : If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the correct image of the given question figure?
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Directions : A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.
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