SSC COMBINED GRADUATE LEVEL TIERI EXAM, 19-06-2011 ( 2ND SITTING ) – PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER

1. Coronation of Shivaji took place in

2. The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in

3. The Editor of `Young India’ and ‘Harijan’ was

4. Who of the following attended all the Three Round Table Conferences ?

5. Which is the largest living bird on Earth?

6. Rihand Dam Project provides irrigation to

7. The Headquarters of MCF (Master Control Facility) – the nerve centre of the entire space craft operationsin India is at

8. Which Is the longest irrigation canal in India ?

9. Which one of the following minerals is found in Monazite sand ?

10. In coriander, the useful parts are

11. Which plant is called ‘Herbal Indian Doctor ?

12. The pH of human blood is

13. Which amongst the following is largest endocrine gland in the body ?

14. Which amongst the following is the largest mammal ?

15. Which part becomes modified as the tusk of elephant ?

16. Optical fibres are based on the phenomenon of

17. Nowadays yellow lamps are frequently used as street lights. Which of the following gases is used in these lamps ?

18. ‘Mirage’ is an example of

19. The phenomenon of light associated with the appearance of blue colour of the sky is

20. In which of the following areas, a spreadsheet software is more useful ?

21. A Group Ware is a

22. Lens is made up of

23. The element which is used for vulcanizing rubber

24. Which of the following is responsible for the extra strength of pyrex glass ?

25. The noble gas used for the treatment of cancer is

26. Vasundhara Summit was held in

27. ‘Loktak’ is a

28. Which city receives the highest cosmic radiation amongst the following ?

29. The common tree species in Nilgiri hills is

30. Which of the following statements on Railway Budget for 201112 is correct ?

31. The nuclear reactors which were damaged heavily due to a strong EarthquakecumTsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011 causing radiation leakage were at

32. The maximum limit on poll expenditure for Assembly Constituencies has been raised in February, 2011 to

33. First Indian Prime Minister to visit Siachen has been

34. Which of the following books has been written by Kishwar Desai ?

35. Which of the following folk/ tribal dances is associated with Karnataka?

36. Who of the following received Sangeet NatalcAlrademi’s Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for 2009 in Theatre ?

37. Which of the following countries did not win any of the “FIFA World Cup” in 2002, 2006 & 2010 ?

38. Who invented vaccination for ‘Small Pox’?

39. Who was the first Indian to become member of British Parliament ?

40. The purchase of shares and bonds of Indian companies by Foreign Institutional Investors is called

41. BT seed is associated with

42. The Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is in

43. In the Budget Estimates for 201112, an allocation of T 400 crore has been made to bring in a green revolution in the East in the ricebased cropping system of

44. In the Budget for 201112 presented by the Finance Minister on 2822011, the incometax exemption limit for senior citizens (60 years to less than 80 years) has been increased to

45. If the AngloIndian community does not get adequate representation in the Lok Sabha, two members of the community can be nominated by the

46. For the election of President of India, a citizen should have completed the age of

47. Who said,”A good citizen makes a good State and a bad citizen makes a bad State’ ?

48. A member of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continuously absent from Sessions for

49. In India, the Residuary Powers are vested with

50. Mention the place where Buddha attained enlightenment.

Directions (1 – 5) : 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.
1. The company let me ____time off work.

2. I assume____ with me.

3. ____the rain forests is very important, if we do not want the flora and fauna found there to become extinct.

4. If I had helped him, he_____.

5. When will you hand ____your assignment ?

Directions (5 – 10) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
6. Barren

7. Infamy

8. Intrepid

9. Prodigal

10. Perspicuous

Directions (11-15) : In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word,
11. Liberty

12. Disorderly

13. Elevation

14. Glossy

15. Appropriate

Directions (16-20) : In the following questions, four alternatives are given for the given idiom/phrase in bold. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
16. a damp squib

17. in cold blood

18. to take someone for a ride

19. to move heaven and earth

20. to smell a rat

Directions (21-25) : In th following questions, a sentence is giv en which/a part of which may need improvement. Alternatives are given at (1), (2) and (3) which may be a better option. In case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
21. What do you for go to school ?

22. He pleased the directors and this completed his report in good time.

23. The courtiers used to tell the King how efficient an administrator he was all day long.

24. Every Saturday I go out for shopping

25. We had a grand party and we enjoyed very much.

Directions (26 – 30) : In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/ sentence.
26. An inscription on a tomb

27. Feeling inside you which tells you what is right and what is wrong :

28. Release of a prisoner from jail on certain terms and condition

29. Loss of memory

30. To struggle helplessly

Directions (31-35) : 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 (36 – 45) : In thefollowing 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 blank with the help of the alternative given.
Almost every full moon night. the officials in Andaman and Nicobar Islands take part in a cautious ritual. The tribesmen watch from a safe distance as the officials (36) the island in a boat (37) gifts for them. The islander come (38) hesitantly only after the officials (39) dumped the coconuts brought (40) them onto the beach and begin (41) away from their small island. On some nights the tribals even (42) up enough courage to swim upto a few feet (43) from the boat. The officials maintain that they do (44) want to interfere with the way of life of the tribals. The island (45) heavily on the mainland for most goods.
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Directions (46-50) : 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 your answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4).
46. A great many student (1)/ have been declared (2)/ successful. (3)/ No error. (4)

47. We are going to launch (1)/ this threecrores project (2)/ within the next few months. (3)/ No error. (4)

48. I hope to go to shopping (1)/ this weekend (2)/ if the weather permits. (3)/ No error. (4)

49. The lawyer asked ( I)/ if it was worth to take (2)/ the matter to court. (3)/ No error. (4)

50. After a carefully investigation (1)/ we discovered (2)/ that the house was infested with termites. (3)/ No error. (4)

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2. The sum of two numbers is 24 and their product is 143. The sum of their squares is

3. Which one of the following will completely divide 571 + 572 + 573 ?

4. L.C.M. of two numbers is 120 and their H.C.F. is 10. Which of the following can be the sum of those two numbers ?

5. When ‘n is divisible by 5 the remainder is 2. What is the remainder when n² is divided by 5 ?

6. A student was asked to divide a number by 6 and add 12 to the quotient. He, however, first added 12 to the number and then divided it by 6, getting 112 as the answer. The correct answer should have been

7. Four runners started running simultaneously from a point on a circular track. They took 200 seconds, 300 seconds, 360 seconds and 450 seconds to complete one round. After how much time do they meet at the starting point for the first time ?

8. ‘x’ number of men can finish a piece of work in 30 days. If there were 6 men more, the work could be finished in 10 days less. The original number of men is

9. A work can be completed by P and Q in 12 days, Q and R in 15 days, R and P in 20 days. In how many days P alone can finish the work ?

10. A is thrice as good a workman as B and is, therefore, able to finish a piece of work in 60 days less than B. The time (in days) in which they can do it working together is

11. A copper wire is bent in the form of square with an area of 121 cm2. If the same wire is bent in the form of a circle, the radius (in cm) of the circle is

12. The areas of three consecutive faces of a cuboid are 12 cm² , 20 cm² and 15 cm² , then the volume (in cm³ ) of the cuboid is

13. Water is flowing at the rate of 5 km/h through a pipe of diameter 14 cm into a rectangular tank which is 50 m long, 44m wide. The time taken, in hours, for the rise in the level of water in the tank to be 7 cm is

14. The wheel of a motor car makes 1000 revolutions in moving 440 m. The diameter (in metre) of the wheel is

15. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The perimeter of the triangle is 18 cm. The area (in cm²) of the triangle is

16. Marked price of an article is 275. Shopkeeper allows a discount of 5% and he gets a profit of 4.5%. The actual cost of the article is

17. The difference between a discount of 40% on Z 500 and two successive discounts of 36%, 4% on the same amount is

18. If x: y = 4 : 5, then (3x + y) (5x + 3y) =

19. The ratio of the quantities of an acid and water in a mixture is 1 : 3. If 5 litres of acid is further added to the mixture, the new ratio becomes 1 : 2. The quantity of new mixture in litres is

20. The ratio between two numbers is 2 : 3. If each number is increased by 4, the ratio between them becomes 5 : 7. The difference between the numbers is

21. Monthly incomes of A and B are in the ratio of 4 : 3 and their expenses bear the ratio 3 : 2. Each of them saves 6,000 at the end of the month, then the monthly income of A is

22. The average of three consecutive odd numbers is 12 more than one third of the first of these numbers. What is the last of the three numbers ?

23. The average of 18 observations is recorded as 124. Later it was found that two observations with values 64 and 28 were entered wrongly as 46 and 82. Find the correct average of the 18 observations.

24. If the cost price of 15 articles is equal to the selling price of 12 articles, find gain %

25. The cost price of an article is 64% of the marked price. The gain percentage after allowing a discount of 12% on the marked price is

26. A man purchased some eggs at 3 for ! 5 and sold them at 5 for ? 12. Thus he gained ! 143 in all. The number of eggs he bought is

27. X sells two articles for ! 4,000 each with no loss and no gain in the interaction. If one was sold at a gain of 25% the other is sold at a loss of

28. 20% loss on selling price is what per cent loss on the cost price ?

29. If 90% of A = 30% of B and B = x% of A, then the value of x Is

30. A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables me to purchase 5 kg more for 600. Find the price of sugar per kg before reduction of price.

31. The price of a commodity rises from ! 6 per kg to 7.50 per kg. If the expenditure cannot increase, the percentage of reduction in consumption is

32. First and second numbers are less than a third number by 30% and 37% respectively. The second number is less than the first by

33. Walking at 6/7 th of his usual speed a man is 25 minutes too late. His usual time to cover this distance is

34. Walking at 5 km/ hr a student reaches his school from his house 15 minutes early and walking at 3 km/ hr he is late by 9 minutes. What is the distance between his school and his house ?

35. A sum of 12,000 deposited at compound interest becomes double after 5 years. After 20 years, it will become

36. Simple interest on a certain sum for 6 years is 9/25 of the sum.The rate of interest is

37. The difference between the compound interest and simple interest for the amount ! 5,000 in 2 years is 32. The rate of interest is

38. The least number, which is to be added to the greatest number of 4 digits so that the sum may be divisible by 345, is

39.the values of a and b are respectively

40. If 17²⁰⁰ is divided by 18, the remainder is

41. value of x is

42. The unit digit in the sum of (124)³⁷² + (124)³⁷³ is

43. The value of

44. If a * b = a^b , then the value of 5 * 3 is

45. If 1.5x = 0.04y, then the value

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Directions (47 – 50) : The following graph shows the production of cotton bales of 100 kg each in lakhs by different states A, B, C, D and E over the years. Study the graph and answer the following Questions.
47. The production of State C in 2003-2004 is how many times its production in 2005-2006 ?

48. In which State(s) is there a steady increase in the production of cotton during the given period ?

49. How many kg of cotton was produced by State C during the given period ?

50. The number of States for which the production of cotton in 20052006 is less than or equal to the preceding year is

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

2. In the following question, number of letters are skipped in between by a particular rule. Which of the following observes the rule ?

3. Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following ?
1. Sentence
2. Word
3. Chapter
4. Phrase
5. Paragraph

4. Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary :
1. Inhabit
2. Ingenious
3. Inherit
4. Influence
5. Infatuation

5. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it ?
ab_b_aba _abab

Directions (6-9) : In each of the following questions, a series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
6. 14,19,29,49,89, ___?

7. BMRG, DLTF, FKVE, HJXD,____?

8. 121, 144, 289, 324, 529, 576,_____?

9. 5, 21, 69, 213, 645,____?

10. Find out the questioned number. 6 : 5 : : 8 : ?

11. In a row of trees, a tree is 7th from left end and 14th from the right end. How many trees are there in the row ?

12. Shan is 55 years old, Sathian is 5 years junior to Shari and 6 years senior to Balan. The youngest brother of Balan is Devan and he is 7 years junior to him. So what is the age difference between Devan and Shah ?

13. Vinod introduces Vishal as the son of the only brother of his father’s wife. How is Vinod related to Vishal ?

14. There are 80 families in .a small extension area. 20 per cent of these families own a car each. 50 per cent of the remaining families own a motor cycle each. How many families in that extension do not own any vehicle ?

15. If John celebrated his victory day on Tuesday, 5th January 1965, when will he celebrate his next victory day on the same day ?

16. Five girls M, N, 0, P and Q are standing in a row. P is on the right of Q. N is on the left of 9, but is on the right of M. P is on the left of 0. Who is standing on the extreme right?

17. Sita is elder than Swapna. Lavanya is elder than Swapna but younger than Sita. Suvarna is younger than both Hari and Swapna, Swapna is elder than Hari. Who is the youngest ?

18. After 9’0 clock at what time between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. will the hour and minute hands of a clock point in opposite direction?

19. One evening, Raja started to walk toward the Sun. After walking a while, he turned to his right and again to his right. After walking awhile, he again turned right. In which direction is he facing ?

20. Vivek and Ashok start from a fixed point. Vivek moves 3 km north and turns right and then covers 4 km. Ashok moves 5 km west and turns right and walks 3 km, Now how far are they apart ?

21. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word :
MISFORTUNE

22. From the given alternative words, select the word which can be formed using the letters of the given word :
STRANGULATION

23. If in a certain code, RAMAYANA is written as PYKYWYLY, then how MAHABHARATA can be written in that code ?

24. If MEKLF is coded as 91782 and LLLJK as 88867, then how can IGHED be coded ?

25. Two statements are given below followed by four alternative inferences. Select the one which is most appropriate.
Statements:
(1) All radios sold in that shop are of high standard.
(ii) Some of Murphy radios are sold in that shop.
Inferences:
1. All radios of high standard are manufactured by Murphy company,
2. Some of the Murphy radios are of high standard.
3. None of the Murphy radios is of high standard.
4. Some of the Murphy radios of high standard are sold in that shop.

Directions (26-27) : In each of the followinig questions, select the missing number from the given responses :
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28. The population of rats is increasing year after year in a village. Find out the missing population from the following information :

29. If – stands for division, + for multiplication, ÷ for subtraction and × for addition, then which one of the following equations is correct ?

Directions (30-38) : In each of the following questions, select the related letter/word/number from the given alternatives.
30. Country : President: : State : ?

31. Mirage : Desert : : ?

32. TEKGAR : RACHEL’ : : TCEJBO : ?

33. JIHK : PONQ : : WVUX : ?

34. UUWX : WWYZ : 00QR : ?

35. BIMN : CKPR : : CURD : ?

36. BCFE : HILK : : NORQ : ?

37. ? : 63 : : 08 : 26

38. 64 : ? : : 72 : 53

Directions (39-44) : In each of the following questions, find the odd number/letters/ number pair from the given alternatives.
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45. Some equations have been solved on the basis of certain system. Find the correct answer for the unsolved equation on that basis. If 94 + 16 = 42, 89 + 23 = 78, then 63 + 45 = ?

46. Which one of the following diagrams represents the correct relationship among ‘Judge’, Thief and ‘Criminal’ ?

47. How many triangles are there in the given figure ?

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 right image, of the given 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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