SSC GRADUATE LEVEL TIER I EXAM , 01-07-2012 ( NORTH ZONE MORNING SHIFT1 ) – PREVIOUS YEAR PAPER

1. The National Commission for Minorities was constituted in the year

2. The first Indian who was chosen as the Secretary General of Commonwealth is

3. In which of the following systems of government is bicameralism an essential feature ?

4. Kuldip Nayer, a journalist, was appointed as a High Commissioner in

5. Which king is referred to as Devanampiya Piyadassi (Beloved of the Gods) in the inscriptions ?

6. Socialism succeeds in achieving

7. Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon the

8. Economic planning is an essential feature of

9. The HYV programme in India is also called as

10. The National Policy for Empowerment of Women was adopted in the year

11. Ballots were first used in

12. The Rashtriya Barh Ayog (RBA) is related with

13. Which of the following criteria is not used for the classification of human races ?

14. Railway coaches are manufactured at

15. Fertilization occurs normally in the

16. People consuming alcohol in heavy quantities generally die of

17. The organisms at the base of the grazing foodchain are

18. Who among the following was credited with the destruction of `Chihalgani. , a group of powerful nobles ?

19. Bombay was given away as dowry to the English King Charles II for marrying the Princess of

20. The Grand Trunk Road built by Shershah connected Punjab with

21. Nam the Maratha Saint who was a contemporary of Shivaji.

22. The study of lake is called

23. A serie of lines connecting places having a quake at the same time are called

24. ‘Lumen’ is the unit of

25. The transfer of date from a CPU to peripheral devices of computer is achieved through

26. Which of the following items is not used in Local Area Networks (LANs) ?

27. The mass of 10 moles of water is

28. Vitamin A is rich in

29. The high boiling point of water compared to hydrogen sulphide or hydrogen chloride is due to

30. Which of the following determines the chemical properties of an element ?

31. The Central Drug Reasearch Institute of India is located at

32. Which of the following cereals was among the first to be used by man ?

33. Which of the following wheat species are being cultivated in India ?

34. Which one of the following forces is a ‘dissipative force’ ?

35. If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance

36. If a magnet has a third pole, then the third pole is called

37. How many spokes are there in the Dharmachakra of the National Flag ?

38. The latest official language of the U.N. is

39. Srikrishna Committee Report, which was made public in 2011, is related to

40. The latest book ‘Kurukshetra to Kargil is written by

41. The Educational Development Index (EDI) Report, released in 2011, is led by

42. Shunglu Committee, which submitted its report in 2011, is related to

43. The 65th National Football Championship (Santosh Trophy 2011) was won by

44. The organisation involved primarily with environmental planning is

45. What would be the impact of global warming on mangrove forests ?

46. The sweet taste of fruits is due to

47. The most endangered Asiatic top predator on the edge of extinction is

48. Analects is the sacred book of

49. The seat of Madhya Pradesh High Court is located at

50. The brightest planet is

Directions (15): 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. If a sentence is free from error, then your answer is (4), i.e., No error.
1. You do not (1)/ look as (2)/ your brother. (3)/ No error (4)

2. My elder brother (1)/ is six (2)/ foot high.(3)/ No error (4)

3. Without no proof of your guilt (1)/ the only course open to me (2)/ is to dismiss the case.(3)/ No error (4)

4. As we see it, (1)/ she appears to be unreasonable (2)/ anxious about pleasing her husband. (3)/ No error (4)

5. The scissor is (1) / lying on (2)/ the table. (3)/ No error (4)

Directions (610): 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 as your answer.
6. The Union Budget is likely to be presented on February 26, two days ahead of the ___date.

7. I am sorry___ the mistake.

8. He ____her that she would pass.

9. Your father _____worry. I’m a very careful driver.

10. The ____chosen for construction of the building is in the heart of the city.

Directions (1115): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word as your answer.
11. Nexus

12. Mammoth

13. Hyperbole

14. Eulogy

15. Menacingly

Directions (1620): In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word as your answer.
16. Impeccable

17. Amalgamate

18. Zenith

19. Influx

20. Orderly

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 as your answer.
21. Ram is very calculative and always has an axe to grind.

22. The police looked all over for him but drew a blank.

23. 0n the issue of marriage, Sarita put her foot down.

24. His investments helped him make a killing in the stock market.

25. There is no gainsaying the fact that the country is in difficulties.

Directions (2630): 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. Sordid and sensational books tend to vitiate the public taste.

27. By studying AIDS has engaged many researchers in the last decade.

28. His Master’s thesis was highly estimated and is now being prepared for publication.

29. No sooner had she realized her blunder than she began to take corrective measures.

30. A good scholar must be precise and possess originality.

Directions (3135): In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
31. One who loves books

32. Speaking without preparation

33. Special trial of the Head of State by Parliament

34. Someone able to use both hands with equal skill

35. Cure for all diseases

Directions (3640): 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 (4150): In the following questions, you have two brief passages with 5 questions following each passage. Read the passages carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Passage I (41 – 45)

42. Which is the prize that is referred to in the passage ?

43. The number of prizes in the field of science are

44. Total annual prize money amounts to

45. Prize is awarded for outstanding work in

Passage II (4650)

47. “Your own contrary conviction” refers to

48. Conviction means

49. The writer says if someone maintains that two and two are five you feel pity because you

50. The second sentence in the passage

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

2. If A and B are complementary angles, then the value of sin A cos B + cos A sin B tan A tan B + sec A – cot B is

3. The least value of 2sin θ + 3cos θ is

4. A, 0, B are three points on a line segment and C is a point not lying on AOB. If ∠AOC = 40° and OX, OY are the internal and external bisectors of ∠AOC respectively, then ∠BOY is

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6. If 2 – cos θ = 3 sin θ cos θ, sin θ ≠ cos θ then tan 0 is

7. If sin θ + cos θ = √2 cos (90 – θ), then cot θ is

8. If x sin θ + y cos θ = sin θ cos θ and x sin θ = y cos θ, sin θ ≠ 0, cos θ ≠ 0, then x + y is

9. In the following figure, 0 is the centre of the circle and X0 is perpendicular to OY. If the area of the triangle XOY is 32, then the area of the circle is

10. The side BC of ΔABC is produced to D. If ∠ACD = 108° and

11. Two circles of radii 4 cm and 9 cm respectively touch each other externally at a point and a common tangent touches them at the points P and Q respectively. Then the area of a square with one side PQ, is

12. Two tangents are drawn from a point P to a circle at A and B. 0 is the centre of the circle.
If ∠AOP = 60°. then ∠APB is

13. If each interior angle is double of each exterior angle of a regular polygon with n sides,then the value of n is

14. If the length of the side PQ of the rhombus PQRS is 6 cm and ∠PQR = 120°, then the length of QS, in cm, is

15. The angle formed by the hour­hand and the minute­hand of a clock at 2 : 15 p.m. is

16. Two sides of a triangle are of length 4 cm and 10 cm. If the length of the third side is ‘a cm, then

17. z = (1 – 0.08) – 1, then out of the following, the true relation is

18. In xy ­plane, P and Q are two points having co­ordinates (2, 0) and (5, 4) respectively.Then the numerical value of the area of the circle with radius PQ, is

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22. sec θ­ sec θ is equal to

23. In ΔABC, AD is the median and AD = 1/2 BC. If ∠BAD = 30°, then measure of ∠ACB is

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26. If a + b + 1 = 0, then the value of (a + b +1 – 3ab) is

27. In the xy­coordinate system, if (a, b) and (a + 3, b + k) are two points on the line defined by the equation x = 3y – 7, then k = ?

28. The average age of four boys, five years ago was 9 years. On including a new boy, the present average age of all the five is 15 years. The present age of the new boy is

29. If the average of 39, 48, 51, 63, 75, 83, x and 69 is 60, then the value of x is

30. The cost of a piece of diamond varies with the square of its weight. A diamond of Rs. 5,184 value is cut into 3 pieces whose weights are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3. Find the loss involved in the cutting.

31. A discount of 30% on the marked price of a toy reduces its selling price by Rs. 30. What is the new selling price (in Rs.) ?

32. The capacities of two hemispherical vessels are 6.4 litres and 21.6 litres. The ratio of their inner radii is

33. Pipe A alone can fill a tank in 8 hours. Pipe B alone can fill it in 6 hours. If both the pipes are opened and after 2 hours pipe A is closed, then the other pipe will fill the tank in

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35. The population of a town is 15000. If the number of males increases by 8% and that of females by 10%, then the population would increase to 16300. Find the number of females in the town.

36. If Rs. 5,000 becomes Rs. 5,700 in a year’s time, what will Rs. 7,000 become at the end of 5 years at the same rate of simple interest ?

37. A thief is noticed by a policeman from a distance of 200 m. The thief starts running and the policeman chases him. The thief and the policeman run at the rate of 10 km and 11 km per hour respectively. The distance (in metres) between them after 6 minutes is

38. ‘A’ sells an article to ‘B’ at a profit of 20% and ‘B’ sells it to ‘C’ at a profit of 25%. If ‘C’ pays Rs. 1,200, the cost price of the article originally (in Rs.) IS

39. The number nearest to 75070 which is divisible by 65, is

40. The number 20% more than 80 is

41. A tree is broken by the wind. If the top of the tree struck the ground at an angle of 30° and at a distance of 30 m from the root, then the height of the tree is

42. If cos A + cos²A = 1, then sin²A + sin⁴A is equal to

43. A farmer divides his herd of n cows among his four sons, so that the first son gets onehalf the herd, the second one­fourth, the third son 1/5 and the fourth son 7 cows. Then the value of n is

44. By what least number should 675 be multiplied to obtain a number which is a perfect cube ?

45. The least number which when divided by 35, 45, 55 leaves the remainder 18, 28, 38 respectively is

Directions (46 – 50) : The graph shows Income and Expenditure of a company. Study the graph and answer the questions. 46. The expenditure from 2002 to 2003 increased by

47. The income in 2002 was equal to the expenditure in the year

48. The profit was maximum in the year

49. The difference in profit between 2001 and 2002 is

50. The number of years in which the income exceeds the average income is

Directions (1 – 9) : In each of the following questions, select the related letters/word/number fromthe given alternatives. 1. 8 : 12 : : 6 : ?

2. 13 : 19 : : 21 : ?

3. Eagle : Swoops :: Duck : ?

4. APPLE : 50 : : ORANGE : ?

5. Accommodation : Rent :: Journey : ?

6. Fire : Smoke : : ?

7. Grenade : Gun : : ?

8. TSH : IRQ : QPK : ?

9. AEZ : FPY : : BGX : ?

Directions (10 ­17) : In each of the following questions, find the odd number/letters/word/number pair from the given alternatives.
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Directions (18 – 22) : 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.
18. YX, UTS, ONML, ___?

19. DA, HE. LI, __?__ , TN

20. B E I N T__?

21. AZ, CX, EV, ____?

22. D9Y, J27S, P81M, V243G, ___?

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

Directions (24 – 27) : In each of the following questions, identify the wrong number in the series.
24. 9, 19, 40, 83, 170, 340

25. 21, 28, 33, 35, 37, 36

26. 5, 13. 29, 61, 120, 253

27. 0, 7, 28, 63, 124, 215

28. Some relationships have been expressed through symbols which are explained below :
o = greater than
Δ = not equal to
× = not less than
+ = equal to
Φ = not greater than
∇ = less than
a ∇ b ∇ c implies

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30. If PEAR is written a GFDN, how is REAP written in this code ?

31. If 54 + 43 = 2, 60 + 51 = 10,then 62 + 72 = ?

32. If L denotes ×
M denotes ÷
P denotes +
Q denotes –
then 16 P 24 M 8 Q 6 M 2 L 3 = ?

33. In this question, from the given alternatives select the word which cannot be formed by using the letters of the given word.
APPROPRIATE

34. If FLATTER is coded as 7238859 and MOTHER is coded as 468159, then how is MAMMOTH coded ?

35. If 16­2=2, 9­ 3 =0. 81­1= 8, then what is 64 – 4 = ?

Directions (36 – 37) : In each of the following questions, select the missing number from the given responses.
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38. Four aeroplanes of Airforce viz, A,B,C,D, started for a demonstration flight towards east.
After flying 50 km planes A and D flew towards right, planes B and C flew towards left.
After 50 km, planes B and C flew towards their left, planes A and D also towards their left. In which directions are the aeroplanes A. B, D, C respectively flying now ?

39. Satish start from A and walks 2 km east upto B and turns southwards and walks 1 km upto C. At C he turns to east and walks 2 km upto D. He then turns northwards and walks 4 km to E. How far is he from his starting point ?

Directions (40 – 41) : In each of the following questions, one/two statements are given, followed by two conclusions I and IL 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 follow from the given statement.
40. Statements :
Temple is a place of worship.
Church is also a place of worship.
Conclusions :
I. Hindus and Christians use the same place for worship.
II. All churches are temples.

41. Statement :
The human organism grows and develops through stimulation and action.
Conclusions :
I. Inert human organism cannot grow and develop.
II. Human organisms do not react to stimulation and action.

42. If the first four letters of a term HIPPNOWADIASM are written in reverse order, the next five letters are written without changing their order and then, the remaining letters are again written in reverse order, then which letter is in the middle of the word ?

43. In the following letter series how many times do PQR occur in such away that Q is in the middle of P and R.
QMPNPQRROPQNOPPQRP MQROPQRPPRRPQRP

44. Volume of a sphere is equal to the volume of a hemisphere. If the radius of the hemisphere is 3 √2 cm, then the radius of the sphere is equal to

45. A sheet of paper has been folded as shown by the question figures. You have to figure out from amongst the four answer figures how it will appear when opened ?

46. Which of the answer figure is exactly the mirror image of the question figure if a mirror is placed on the line MN?

47. If SEARCH is coded as TFBSDI, how will PENCIL be coded?

48. Which answer figure completes the form in question figure ?
Question Figure

49. From the answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden/embedded.

50. 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 two matrices given below. The columns and rows of