SSC CGL Tier I 2024 – 26 Sep, Shift 3 Question Paper with Answers
SSC CGL 2024 Tier I, held on 26 September 2024, Shift 3 (4:00 PM – 5:00 PM). 80 questions in SSC's order across Reasoning, General Awareness, Quantitative Aptitude and English. Try each question first, then open “Answer and explanation”.
Questions and answers from SSC's official answer key (ssc.gov.in), as marked in SSC's provisional key for this shift. Explanations are by NextGenPSC. 20 figure-based questions are not reproduced because the official figure is not available.
Attempt this shift as a free mock (60 min)General Intelligence and Reasoning
- Question 1: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 2 · Reasoning · Symbolic calculations
What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation if ‘+’ and ‘ב are interchanged and ‘−’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged?
95 − 19 × 4 + 6 ÷ 16 = ?- (a) 14
- (b) 11
- (c) 12
- (d) 13
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) 13
After the swaps the expression becomes 95 ÷ 19 + 4 × 6 − 16.
= 5 + 24 − 16 = 13.
Answer: 13
Question 3 · Reasoning · Analogies
In the following number-pairs, the second number is obtained by applying certain mathematical operations to the first number. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets.
(NOTE : Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding /deleting /multiplying etc., to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
(96, 29)
(112, 33)- (a) (204, 55)
- (b) (188, 52)
- (c) (176, 45)
- (d) (108, 30)
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) (188, 52)
Rule: divide the first number by 4 and add 5 — 96 ÷ 4 + 5 = 29 and 112 ÷ 4 + 5 = 33.
Only 188 fits: 188 ÷ 4 + 5 = 47 + 5 = 52. (204 gives 56, 176 gives 49, 108 gives 32.)
Answer: (188, 52)
Question 4 · Reasoning · Sequences
Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
672, 677, 686, 699, 716, ?- (a) 747
- (b) 737
- (c) 749
- (d) 757
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) 737
Differences: +5, +9, +13, +17 — each grows by 4.
Next difference is +21, so 716 + 21 = 737.
Answer: 737
Question 5 · Reasoning · Classification
Four letter-clusters have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the letter-cluster that is different.
Note: The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter cluster.- (a) YWA
- (b) LJO
- (c) JHL
- (d) OMQ
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) LJO
Use letter positions. YWA: Y −2 → W, then W +4 → A (wrapping round). JHL and OMQ follow the same −2, +4 pattern.
LJO is −2 then +5 (J → O), so it is the odd one.
Answer: LJO
Question 6 · Reasoning · Sequences
Which of the following terms will replace the question mark (?) in the given series?
FHVQ, IJSO, LLPM, ONMK, ?- (a) ROJI
- (b) RPKJ
- (c) QPJI
- (d) RPJI
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) RPJI
Track each position: 1st letter F, I, L, O → +3 → R; 2nd H, J, L, N → +2 → P.
3rd V, S, P, M → −3 → J; 4th Q, O, M, K → −2 → I. The term is RPJI.
Answer: RPJI
Question 7 · Reasoning · Analogies
Select the option that is related to the fifth letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster and the fourth letter cluster is related to the third letter cluster.
IMPROVE : RPMIEVO :: HISTORY : TSIHYRO :: JOURNEY : ?- (a) RUOJYEN
- (b) NEYJOUR
- (c) JOURYEN
- (d) YENRUOJ
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) RUOJYEN
IMPROVE is split as IMPR | OVE and each part is reversed: RPMI + EVO. HISTORY → HIST | ORY → TSIH + YRO.
JOURNEY → JOUR | NEY → RUOJ + YEN = RUOJYEN.
Answer: RUOJYEN
- Question 8: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 9 · Reasoning · Relationships and ordering
The position of how many letters will remain unchanged if all the letters in the word MOLTEN are arranged in English alphabetical order?
- (a) None
- (b) Three
- (c) Two
- (d) One
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) None
MOLTEN in alphabetical order is E L M N O T.
Compare position by position (M/E, O/L, L/M, T/N, E/O, N/T): no letter keeps its place.
Answer: None
- Question 10: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 11 · Reasoning · Relationships and ordering
In a certain code language,
‘A + B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’;
‘A − B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’;
‘A × B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’ and
‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is the father of B’.
Based on the above, how is 4 related to 1 if ‘4 × 3 − 2 − 1’?- (a) Mother
- (b) Father’s sister
- (c) Sister
- (d) Brother’s wife
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) Brother’s wife
4 × 3: 4 is the wife of 3. 3 − 2 and 2 − 1: 3 and 2 are brothers of 1.
So 4 is the wife of 1’s brother — 1’s brother’s wife.
Answer: Brother’s wife
- Question 12: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 13 · Reasoning · Logical inference
In this question, three statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
All phones are TVs.
Some TVs are big.
Some big are cars.
Conclusions:
I.Some TVs are phones.
II.Some big are TVs.
III.All big are cars.- (a) Only conclusions I and II follow.
- (b) Only conclusions II and III follow.
- (c) None of the conclusions follows.
- (d) Only conclusion III follows.
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) Only conclusions I and II follow.
“All phones are TVs” converts to “Some TVs are phones”, so I follows. “Some TVs are big” converts to “Some big are TVs”, so II follows.
Nothing says every big thing is a car, so III does not follow.
Answer: Only conclusions I and II follow.
Question 14 · Reasoning · Sequences
Select the option that represents the letters that, when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series.
_ V D W Y _ D W Y V _ W Y _ D _- (a) YVYVW
- (b) YVDVY
- (c) YWDVW
- (d) YVDVW
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) YVDVW
The block “Y V D W” repeats: YVDW YVDW YVDW YVDW.
The blanks (positions 1, 6, 11, 14 and 16) are Y, V, D, V, W.
Answer: YVDVW
Question 15 · Reasoning · Analogies
624 is related to 160 following a certain logic. Following the same logic, 448 is related to 116. To which of the following is 528 related, following the same logic? (NOTE : Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding /deleting /multiplying etc., to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
- (a) 128
- (b) 136
- (c) 130
- (d) 148
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) 136
624 ÷ 4 + 4 = 160 and 448 ÷ 4 + 4 = 116.
528 ÷ 4 + 4 = 132 + 4 = 136.
Answer: 136
Question 16 · Reasoning · Analogies
Select the option that is related to the fifth letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first letter-cluster and the fourth letter-cluster is related to the third letter-cluster.
WEL: DVO :: FOR: ULI :: SDX:?- (a) GXC
- (b) GWC
- (c) HWC
- (d) HXC
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) HWC
Each letter is replaced by its opposite letter (position p → 27 − p): W→D, E→V, L→O; F→U, O→L, R→I.
S→H, D→W, X→C, giving HWC.
Answer: HWC
- Question 17: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 18 · Reasoning · Coding and decoding
In a certain code language, ‘VTPM’ is coded as ‘37’ and ‘CGNK’ is coded as ‘73’. How will ‘MVLC’ be coded in the same language?
- (a) 58
- (b) 64
- (c) 81
- (d) 72
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) 58
Replace each letter by its opposite letter and add the positions. VTPM → E G K N = 5 + 7 + 11 + 14 = 37; CGNK → X T M P = 24 + 20 + 13 + 16 = 73.
MVLC → N E O X = 14 + 5 + 15 + 24 = 58.
Answer: 58
- Question 19: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 20 · Reasoning · Classification
Three of the following number-pairs are alike in some manner and hence form a group. Which number-pair does not belong to that group?
(NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)- (a) 6 – 64
- (b) 9 – 121
- (c) 12 – 225
- (d) 8 – 100
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) 12 – 225
Pattern: second number = (first + 2)². 6 → 64, 9 → 121, 8 → 100.
For 12 it should be 14² = 196, not 225, so 12 – 225 is the odd pair.
Answer: 12 – 225
Question 21 · Reasoning · Symbolic calculations
What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘–’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged?
2736 × 8 – 55 + 105 ÷ 2 = ?- (a) 187
- (b) 137
- (c) 127
- (d) 177
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) 187
After the swaps: 2736 ÷ 8 + 55 − 105 × 2.
= 342 + 55 − 210 = 187.
Answer: 187
Question 22 · Reasoning · Coding and decoding
In a certain code language, ‘open the door’ is coded as 'wu ko tn' and ‘door is solid’ is coded as ‘ko gk mb’. How is ‘door’ coded in the given language?
- (a) wu
- (b) gk
- (c) ko
- (d) tn
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) ko
“door” is the only word common to both sentences, and “ko” is the only code common to both codes.
So door = ko.
Answer: ko
Question 23 · Reasoning · Logical inference
Three statements are given followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:
Some cups are glasses.
No glass is a stone.
All stones are metals.
Conclusions:
I. All cups can never be stones.
II. No cup is a metal.
III. All metals can never be glasses.- (a) Only I and III conclusion follow
- (b) All I, II and III conclusion follow
- (c) Only II and III conclusion follow
- (d) Only conclusion I follows
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) Only I and III conclusion follow
The cups that are glasses can never be stones, so all cups can never be stones — I follows.
All stones are metals and no stone is a glass, so some metals are not glasses; all metals can never be glasses — III follows. Nothing fixes II.
Answer: Only I and III conclusion follow
- Question 24: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 25 · Reasoning · Analogies
80 is related to 99 following certain logic. Following the same logic, 0 is related to 3. To which of the following numbers is 35 related, following the same logic? (NOTE : Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding /deleting /multiplying etc., to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.)
- (a) 48
- (b) 46
- (c) 44
- (d) 42
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) 48
80 = 9² − 1 is paired with 99 = 10² − 1; 0 = 1² − 1 with 3 = 2² − 1 (n² − 1 → (n + 1)² − 1).
35 = 6² − 1, so it pairs with 7² − 1 = 48.
Answer: 48
General Awareness
Question 26 · General Awareness · Culture
Vishu festival is celebrated in which of the following states?
- (a) Kerala And Karnataka
- (b) Gujarat and Maharashtra
- (c) Kerala And Tamil Nadu
- (d) Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Kerala And Tamil Nadu
Vishu is the Malayalam New Year festival of Kerala, observed in mid-April; it is also marked in neighbouring areas such as Tulu Nadu (Karnataka) and Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu).
SSC’s answer key pairs Kerala with Tamil Nadu.
Answer: Kerala And Tamil Nadu
Note: SSC’s provisional key gives Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Vishu is mainly Kerala’s new-year festival; it is also observed in Tulu Nadu (coastal Karnataka) as Bisu, while Tamil Nadu celebrates its new year, Puthandu, on the same day — so option (a) can also be argued.
Question 27 · General Awareness · Static GK
The first Indian Olympic Games was hosted by which of the following cities?
- (a) Bombay
- (b) Madras
- (c) Lahore
- (d) Allahabad
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Lahore
The first Indian Olympic Games — the forerunner of today’s National Games — were held in Lahore in 1924.
Answer: Lahore
Question 28 · General Awareness · History
The Tripartite struggle happened among the Palas, the Pratiharas and the _______.
- (a) Chalukyas
- (b) Maukharis
- (c) Chandelas
- (d) Rashtrakutas
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) Rashtrakutas
The tripartite struggle (8th–10th centuries) was the fight for control of Kannauj between the Palas of Bengal, the Gurjara-Pratiharas and the Rashtrakutas of the Deccan.
Answer: Rashtrakutas
Question 29 · General Awareness · Culture
Pandit Ram Narayan was associated with which of the following musical instruments?
- (a) Sarod
- (b) Mohan veena
- (c) Rudra veena
- (d) Sarangi
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) Sarangi
Pandit Ram Narayan (1927–2024) was the sarangi maestro who made the instrument popular as a solo concert instrument.
Answer: Sarangi
Question 30 · General Awareness · Geography
Which of the following states suffers from ‘Loo’?
- (a) Kerala
- (b) Rajasthan
- (c) Karnataka
- (d) Assam
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) Rajasthan
Loo is the hot, dry, dusty westerly wind that blows in May–June over north-west India, especially Rajasthan and the northern plains.
Answer: Rajasthan
Question 31 · General Awareness · Economic awareness
Which type of well-managed industry was established in India at the time of independence?
- (a) Electronics and Electricals
- (b) Steel and Electronics
- (c) Steel and Cotton
- (d) Cement and Sugar
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Steel and Cotton
At Independence India’s industrial base was small; cotton textiles and the iron and steel industry (led by TISCO, set up in 1907) were the main established, well-run industries.
Answer: Steel and Cotton
Question 32 · General Awareness · Static GK
At which Olympic games did Abhinav Bindra win the gold medal?
- (a) London 2012
- (b) Beijing 2008
- (c) Rio 2016
- (d) Athens 2004
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) Beijing 2008
Abhinav Bindra won the 10 m air rifle gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics — India’s first individual Olympic gold.
Answer: Beijing 2008
Question 33 · General Awareness · Environment and society
Which of the following is a key focus area of the ‘Amrit Dharohar’ scheme launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on World Environment Day, 2023?
- (a) To promote values of local communities in conserving wetland ecosystem
- (b) Preservation of ancient Indian heritage sites
- (c) Promotion of organic farming
- (d) Development of rural infrastructure
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) To promote values of local communities in conserving wetland ecosystem
Amrit Dharohar, launched on World Environment Day (5 June) 2023, promotes the wise use of Ramsar wetland sites and the conservation values of local communities.
Answer: To promote values of local communities in conserving wetland ecosystem
Question 34 · General Awareness · Economic awareness
Which of the following organisations is associated with the development of the web version: e-GOPALA application?
- (a) National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
- (b) National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI)
- (c) Indian Council of Agricultural Research
- (d) National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
The e-GOPALA app (and its web version) for dairy farmers — covering livestock breeding, health and nutrition — was developed by the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
Answer: National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)
Question 35 · General Awareness · Geography
Subansiri, Jia Bharali, Dhansiri and Puthimari are the major tributaries of which river?
- (a) Bhagirathi
- (b) Mahanadi
- (c) Brahmaputra
- (d) Godavari
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Brahmaputra
Subansiri, Jia Bharali, Dhansiri and Puthimari are tributaries of the Brahmaputra in Assam.
Answer: Brahmaputra
Question 36 · General Awareness · Everyday science
What is the unit of specific resistance?
- (a) Farad
- (b) Ohm meter
- (c) Coulomb
- (d) Ampere
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) Ohm meter
Specific resistance (resistivity) ρ = RA/L, so its unit is ohm × m² ÷ m = ohm metre (Ω m).
Answer: Ohm meter
Question 37 · General Awareness · Indian polity
Which Article of the Indian Constitution mentions about the ‘Promotion of educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections’?
- (a) Article 48
- (b) Article 47
- (c) Article 45
- (d) Article 46
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) Article 46
Article 46 (a Directive Principle) asks the State to promote the educational and economic interests of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other weaker sections.
Answer: Article 46
Question 38 · General Awareness · Culture
Yakshagan is a folk dance of which of the following states?
- (a) Madhya Pradesh
- (b) Karnataka
- (c) West Bengal
- (d) Odisha
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) Karnataka
Yakshagana is the traditional dance-drama of coastal Karnataka.
Answer: Karnataka
Question 39 · General Awareness · History
Pushyabhuti dynasty, after Prabhakarvardhana, strengthened its position in the regions of Punjab and Haryana after defeating which of the following dynasties?
- (a) Hunas
- (b) Maitrakas
- (c) Maukharis
- (d) Chalukyas
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) Hunas
Prabhakarvardhana of the Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) dynasty of Thanesar built up his power in Punjab–Haryana by fighting off the Hunas in the north-west.
Answer: Hunas
Question 40 · General Awareness · Economic awareness
What gave a major impetus to the cotton textile industry in India after Independence?
- (a) Export of raw cotton to England
- (b) Swadeshi movement
- (c) Development of railway network
- (d) Partition of India in 1947
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) Swadeshi movement
The Swadeshi movement’s call to boycott foreign cloth created lasting demand for Indian mill-made cloth, the main boost to the cotton textile industry. Partition, by contrast, hurt it, because most cotton-growing areas went to Pakistan.
Answer: Swadeshi movement
Question 41 · General Awareness · Indian polity
UPSC is a Constitutional Body to conduct examinations for appointments to the services of the Union and the services of the State, respectively, under Article ________.
- (a) 328
- (b) 320
- (c) 324
- (d) 332
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) 320
Article 320 lists the functions of Public Service Commissions, including the duty of the UPSC and the State PSCs to conduct examinations for appointments to the services of the Union and the States.
Answer: 320
Question 42 · General Awareness · Indian polity
The National Youth Policy 2014 defines youth as population between the ages of ________ and _________.
- (a) 10; 19
- (b) 20; 29
- (c) 15; 25
- (d) 15; 29
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) 15; 29
The National Youth Policy 2014 defines youth as persons aged 15–29 years.
Answer: 15; 29
Question 43 · General Awareness · Static GK
Which television channel presents the IMMIES Awards every year with an aim to reward the best talent in the Indian music industry?
- (a) 9XM
- (b) Channel V
- (c) B4U Music
- (d) MTV
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) MTV
The IMMIES were instituted and are presented by MTV India to honour the best talent in Indian music.
Answer: MTV
Question 44 · General Awareness · Everyday science
Which of the following statements is INCORRECT regarding water remaining colder in an earthen pot (matka)?
- (a) The earthen pot is porous.
- (b) Water gets evaporated at the surface of the earthen pot.
- (c) The water oozes out through the pores in an earthen pot.
- (d) Environmental water vapour enters the pot through pores.
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) Environmental water vapour enters the pot through pores.
Water seeps out through the pores of the pot and evaporates from its outer surface; evaporation takes latent heat from the water and cools it.
Outside water vapour does not enter the pot, so that statement is incorrect.
Answer: Environmental water vapour enters the pot through pores.
Question 45 · General Awareness · Current affairs
In February 2023, BVR Subrahmanyam was appointed as the ________.
- (a) Chief Vigilance Commissioner
- (b) Comptroller General Of India
- (c) Chief Election Commissioner
- (d) CEO NITI Ayog
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) CEO NITI Ayog
B.V.R. Subrahmanyam took over as CEO of NITI Aayog in February 2023.
Answer: CEO NITI Ayog
Question 46 · General Awareness · Everyday science
Which law states that endothermic animals from cold climates have smaller extremities or appendages than closely related species from warm climates?
- (a) Allen's rule
- (b) Reich's rule
- (c) Harper’s rule
- (d) Moller’s rule
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) Allen's rule
Allen’s rule: warm-blooded animals of cold climates have shorter limbs and appendages than their relatives in warm climates, which reduces heat loss.
Answer: Allen's rule
Question 47 · General Awareness · Economic awareness
Each of the following statements includes two terms. In three cases, the two terms mean the same as each other. In which of the following cases do the two terms NOT mean the same as each other?
- (a) Nominal GDP and GDP at current prices
- (b) Real GDP and GDP at constant prices
- (c) The base period and the reference period
- (d) Changes in real GDP and the GDP deflator
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) Changes in real GDP and the GDP deflator
Nominal GDP = GDP at current prices; real GDP = GDP at constant prices; the base period is also called the reference period.
The GDP deflator is the ratio of nominal to real GDP — it measures price change, not the change in real GDP.
Answer: Changes in real GDP and the GDP deflator
Question 48 · General Awareness · History
Guru Ghasidas led which of the following movements to improve the social condition of leather workers in British India?
- (a) Satnami Movement
- (b) Aravipuram Movement
- (c) Nirankari Movement
- (d) Satyashodhak Samaj
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) Satnami Movement
Guru Ghasidas founded the Satnami movement in the Chhattisgarh region in the early 19th century, working to raise the status of the leather-working (Chamar) community.
Answer: Satnami Movement
Question 49 · General Awareness · Economic awareness
Which of the following options best describes the primary cause of the per capita income decline?
- (a) Decline in the population growth
- (b) Decline in the gross domestic product
- (c) Equitable distribution of income
- (d) Increase in the population growth
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) Increase in the population growth
Per capita income = national income ÷ population. If population grows faster than income, per capita income falls.
Answer: Increase in the population growth
Question 50 · General Awareness · History
In which of the following places did Mahatma Gandhi, along with other Indians, establish the Natal Congress to fight against racial discrimination?
- (a) South Africa
- (b) England
- (c) India
- (d) France
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) South Africa
Gandhiji founded the Natal Indian Congress in 1894 in Durban, South Africa, to fight racial discrimination against Indians.
Answer: South Africa
Quantitative Aptitude
- Question 51: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
- Question 52: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 53 · Quant · Percentage
Ram’s income is 2.5% more than Shyam’s income. By what percentage is Shyam’s income less than Ram’s income?
- (a) 3.43%
- (b) 2.43%
- (c) 1.43%
- (d) 4.43%
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) 2.43%
Let Shyam = 100, so Ram = 102.5.
Shyam is less by 2.5 ÷ 102.5 × 100 ≈ 2.43%.
Answer: 2.43%
Question 54 · Quant · Commercial arithmetic
An article costs₹1,000 for a salesman. He fixes its marked price as₹1,500. He sells it to a customer at a discount of 20%. He gives a furtherdiscount of 10% for each cash payment. Find the percentage of loss or gain that the salesman makes on sale.
- (a) gain 8%
- (b) loss 8%
- (c) loss 10%
- (d) gain 10%
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) gain 8%
Selling price = 1500 × 0.80 × 0.90 = ₹1,080.
Gain = 1080 − 1000 = ₹80, i.e. a gain of 8%.
Answer: gain 8%
- Question 55: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 56 · Quant · Work rates
A tank is filled in 45 minutes by two pipes, A and B. Pipe B fills the tank twice as fast as A. How much time (in minutes) will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
- (a) 115
- (b) 140
- (c) 125
- (d) 135
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) 135
If A fills 1 part per minute, B fills 2, so together 3 parts per minute.
Tank = 3 × 45 = 135 parts, so A alone takes 135 minutes.
Answer: 135
Question 57 · Quant · Ratio and proportion
The monthly incomes of A, B and C are in the ratio 2 : 9 : 3 and their expenses are in the ratio 3 : 9 : 5. If A’s saving is half of his total income, then savings of A, B and C are, respectively, in the ratio of:
- (a) 1 : 2 : 1
- (b) 3 : 9 : 2
- (c) 3 : 18 : 4
- (d) 2 : 5 : 2
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) 3 : 18 : 4
Incomes 2k, 9k, 3k; expenses 3m, 9m, 5m. A saves half: 2k − 3m = k, so m = k/3.
Savings: A = k, B = 9k − 3k = 6k, C = 3k − 5k/3 = 4k/3, i.e. 3 : 18 : 4.
Answer: 3 : 18 : 4
- Question 58: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
- Question 59: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
- Question 60: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
- Question 61: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
- Question 62: The answer options are images that are not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 63 · Quant · Plane geometry
In triangle XYZ, A is a point on YZ such that XA = YA. If ∠XYA = 50° and ∠ AXZ = 19°, what is the degree measure of ∠ XZA?
- (a) 53°
- (b) 49°
- (c) 41°
- (d) 61°
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) 61°
XA = YA, so ∠AXY = ∠XYA = 50°, and the exterior angle ∠XAZ = 50° + 50° = 100°.
In triangle XAZ: ∠XZA = 180° − 100° − 19° = 61°.
Answer: 61°
Question 64 · Quant · Plane geometry
In a triangle PQR, ∠P + ∠Q = 84°. Find the value of ∠R.
- (a) 96°
- (b) 74°
- (c) 102°
- (d) 60°
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) 96°
The angles of a triangle add to 180°, so ∠R = 180° − 84° = 96°.
Answer: 96°
Question 65 · Quant · Area and volume
Find the volume of a cone having base radius 3.5 cm and height 18 cm.
- (a) 221 cm³
- (b) 241 cm³
- (c) 201 cm³
- (d) 231 cm³
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) 231 cm³
V = ⅓πr²h = ⅓ × 22/7 × 3.5 × 3.5 × 18.
= 22/7 × 12.25 × 6 = 38.5 × 6 = 231 cm³.
Answer: 231 cm³
- Question 66: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 67 · Quant · Plane geometry
If the altitude from two vertices of a triangle to the opposite sides are equal, then the triangle will be:
- (a) equilateral triangle
- (b) isosceles triangle
- (c) scalene triangle
- (d) obtuse angle triangle
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) isosceles triangle
Area = ½ × side × altitude. Equal altitudes from two vertices force the two opposite sides to be equal.
So the triangle is isosceles.
Answer: isosceles triangle
Question 68 · Quant · Mixtures
How much rice of ₹4 per kg should be mixed to 15 kg of rice of ₹10 per kg, so as to make a mixture worth ₹6.50 per kg?
- (a) 15 kg
- (b) 40 kg
- (c) 21 kg
- (d) 30 kg
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) 21 kg
By alligation, cheap : dear = (10 − 6.50) : (6.50 − 4) = 3.5 : 2.5 = 7 : 5.
For 15 kg of dear rice: 15 × 7/5 = 21 kg of cheap rice.
Answer: 21 kg
Question 69 · Quant · Algebra
Find the value of the unknowns:
x + 1.5y + 2z = 5.5
x + 5y + 7z = 15
3x + 11y + 13z = 25- (a) x = -3,y = 2,z = 4
- (b) x = 4,y = -3,z = 2
- (c) x = 2,y = 4,z = -3
- (d) x = 2,y = -3,z = 4
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) x = 2,y = -3,z = 4
Check x = 2, y = −3, z = 4: 2 − 4.5 + 8 = 5.5; 2 − 15 + 28 = 15; 6 − 33 + 52 = 25.
All three equations hold; every other option fails the first equation.
Answer: x = 2,y = -3,z = 4
- Question 70: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 71 · Quant · Motion problems
In a circular race of 1600 m in length, Bhaskar and Vinay start with speeds of 27 km/h and 45 km/h starting at the same time from the same point. When will they meet for the first time on the track when running in the opposite directions and the same direction, respectively?
- (a) 2 minutes 20 seconds and 4 minutes 20 seconds
- (b) 1 minute 20 seconds and 5 minutes 20 seconds
- (c) 1 minute 40 seconds and 5 minutes 20 seconds
- (d) 2 minutes 40 seconds and 5 minutes 40 seconds
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) 1 minute 20 seconds and 5 minutes 20 seconds
Speeds: 27 km/h = 7.5 m/s and 45 km/h = 12.5 m/s.
Opposite directions: 1600 ÷ 20 = 80 s = 1 min 20 s. Same direction: 1600 ÷ 5 = 320 s = 5 min 20 s.
Answer: 1 minute 20 seconds and 5 minutes 20 seconds
- Question 72: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
Question 73 · Quant · Commercial arithmetic
A shopkeeper has a fault of 100 g in a 3 kg weight. He sold 3 kg of potatoes to Charu using the same faulty weight for ₹46. The cost price of the potatoes for the seller was ₹12 per kg. How much profit (in ₹) did he earn on the potatoes?
- (a) 10.2
- (b) 10
- (c) 11.6
- (d) 11.2
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) 11.2
The 3 kg weight is 100 g short, so Charu actually gets 2.9 kg.
Cost = 2.9 × 12 = ₹34.80; profit = 46 − 34.80 = ₹11.20.
Answer: 11.2
- Question 74: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
- Question 75: Figure-based question; the official figure is not available in the archived answer-key sheet for this shift.
English Comprehension
Question 76 · English · Vocabulary
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Astute- (a) Temporary
- (b) Stupid
- (c) Dispute
- (d) Illegal
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) Stupid
Astute means sharp and clever; the opposite is stupid.
Answer: Stupid
Question 77 · English · Vocabulary
Select the most appropriate homophone to fill in the blank.
The _____ of the flowers spread everywhere when they bloom.- (a) saint
- (b) sent
- (c) cent
- (d) scent
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) scent
“Scent” (fragrance) fits the flowers; sent, cent and saint sound alike but mean different things.
Answer: scent
Question 78 · English · Vocabulary
Select the word segment that can substitute the bracketed word segment correctly and complete the sentence meaningfully.
We will have to (put the meeting away) as the Director is not well.- (a) put the meeting off
- (b) put the meeting on
- (c) put the meeting again
- (d) put the meeting up
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) put the meeting off
“Put off” means postpone, which suits a meeting delayed because the Director is unwell.
Answer: put the meeting off
Question 79 · English · Sentence organisation
Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.
(a) one of the primary obstacles encountered
(b) is the risk of sample contamination
(c) during the analysis of controlled dangerous substance (CDS)
(d) from improper handling and collecting methodologies
(e) proof bloodstain patterns and DNA evidence- (a) abcde
- (b) eacdb
- (c) acebd
- (d) aecdb
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) acebd
Subject first: “one of the primary obstacles encountered (a) during the analysis of CDS (c), proof bloodstain patterns and DNA evidence (e)”.
Then the verb and its complement: “is the risk of sample contamination (b) from improper handling and collecting methodologies (d)” — a c e b d.
Answer: acebd
Question 80 · English · Sentence organisation
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
A famous company conducted the workshop for its customers.- (a) The workshop were conducted by a famous company for its customers.
- (b) The workshop was conducted by a famous company for its customers.
- (c) The workshop is conducted by a famous company for its customers.
- (d) The workshop had been conducted by a famous company for its customers.
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) The workshop was conducted by a famous company for its customers.
Simple past active (conducted) becomes “was + past participle” with the singular subject “the workshop”: was conducted.
Answer: The workshop was conducted by a famous company for its customers.
Question 81 · English · Vocabulary
Select the correct spelling of the word that means ‘to replace’.
- (a) Superseed
- (b) Supersede
- (c) Superceed
- (d) Supersed
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) Supersede
The correct spelling is “supersede” (to take the place of).
Answer: Supersede
Question 82 · English · Vocabulary
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Coy- (a) Uptight
- (b) Extroverted
- (c) Shy
- (d) Recent
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) Extroverted
Coy means shy or reluctant to show oneself; the opposite is extroverted.
Answer: Extroverted
Question 83 · English · Sentence improvement
Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’.
The chief guest concluded his speech as he requested to stop by the organisers.- (a) he was requested
- (b) he will be requested
- (c) no substitution
- (d) he is requested
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) he was requested
The chief guest received the request, so a past passive is needed: “he was requested to stop by the organisers”.
Answer: he was requested
Question 84 · English · Vocabulary
Select the most appropriate synonym of the word in brackets to fill in the blank.
She __________ requested him to pay the bills. (persistently)- (a) impetuously
- (b) tremendously
- (c) continuously
- (d) obliviously
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) continuously
Persistently means repeatedly, without stopping; the closest word is continuously.
Answer: continuously
Question 85 · English · Idioms and phrases
Select the correct meaning of the underlined idiom in the following sentence.
Lucy’s conceited conduct with her colleagues has left her high and dry- (a) Impoverished
- (b) Superseding
- (c) Helpless
- (d) Surrounded by people
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Helpless
“Left high and dry” means left without help or support — helpless.
Answer: Helpless
Question 86 · English · Vocabulary
Complete the sentence with the most appropriate set of ANTONYMS of the highlighted word. .
‘Grisly’.
The other day Jimmy behaved _______ with Jammy and that was quite _______ for me.- (a) rudely, attractive
- (b) ghastly, shameless
- (c) pleasantly, comforting
- (d) disgusting, atrocious
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) pleasantly, comforting
Grisly means horrible or gruesome. The pair with the opposite sense that fits both blanks is “pleasantly, comforting”.
Answer: pleasantly, comforting
Question 87 · English · Grammar and error detection
The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
My sister and I / work very hard / nevertheless my brother does not do / any task assigned to him.- (a) nevertheless my brother does not do
- (b) My sister and I
- (c) any task assigned to him.
- (d) work very hard
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) nevertheless my brother does not do
Two contrasting clauses need a conjunction such as “but”; “nevertheless” is an adverb and cannot join them without a semicolon. The error is in the third segment.
Answer: nevertheless my brother does not do
Question 88 · English · Vocabulary
Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
- (a) Discipline
- (b) Embarrass
- (c) Convinient
- (d) National
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Convinient
The correct spelling is “convenient”.
Answer: Convinient
Question 89 · English · Sentence organisation
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
How have they been ordered by the minister?- (a) How have the minister ordered them?
- (b) How had the minister ordered them?
- (c) How did the minister order them?
- (d) How has the minister ordered them?
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) How has the minister ordered them?
Present perfect passive “have they been ordered” becomes present perfect active “has … ordered” with the singular subject “the minister”: How has the minister ordered them?
Answer: How has the minister ordered them?
Question 90 · English · Sentence organisation
Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges the sentences in the correct logical sequence to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
a. This figure is predicted to climb as the percentage of Americans residing in rural areas falls by an average of 1.6% annually.
b. The United Nations reports that India’s urban population is growing at a rate of 1.1 percent annually, while the country's rural population is shrinking at a rate of 0.37 percent annually.
c. While 82% of Americans live in urban settings, only 30% of Indians do so.
d. It's still a considerably smaller percentage of the Indian population than it is in the US that resides in urban areas.- (a) b, d, a, c
- (b) d, b, a, c
- (c) b, d, c, a
- (d) a, c, b, d
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) b, d, c, a
b introduces the UN data on India; d contrasts India with the US; c gives the figures (82% vs 30%); a (“This figure …”) refers back to the US figure in c — b, d, c, a.
Answer: b, d, c, a
Question 91 · English · Idioms and phrases
Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined part of the following sentence.
The playwright has faced many ups and downs in his literary career, which spanned for almost 30 years.- (a) much truth and falsehood
- (b) many good and bad times
- (c) much light and darkness
- (d) many agreements and disagreements
Answer and explanation
Answer: (b) many good and bad times
“Ups and downs” means alternating good and bad times.
Answer: many good and bad times
Question 92 · English · Vocabulary
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Customary- (a) Fashion
- (b) Habitual
- (c) Protection
- (d) Unusual
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) Unusual
Customary means usual or habitual; the opposite is unusual.
Answer: Unusual
Question 93 · English · Idioms and phrases
Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Study of flying airplanes- (a) Acoustics
- (b) Alchemy
- (c) Aviation
- (d) Astronomy
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) Aviation
Aviation is the flying or operating of aircraft. (Acoustics: sound; alchemy: medieval chemistry; astronomy: celestial bodies.)
Answer: Aviation
Question 94 · English · Sentence organisation
Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.
(A) to become severely seasick
(B) a world tour, but he was
(C) a nervous flyer and tended
(D) he wanted to go on- (a) ADBC
- (b) CADB
- (c) DBCA
- (d) BADC
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) DBCA
“He wanted to go on (D) a world tour, but he was (B) a nervous flyer and tended (C) to become severely seasick (A)” — DBCA.
Answer: DBCA
Question 95 · English · Grammar and error detection
The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains an error.
He was / bad injured / in the / last match.- (a) in the
- (b) last match.
- (c) bad injured
- (d) He was
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) bad injured
An adverb is needed to modify the participle “injured”: “badly injured”, not “bad injured”.
Answer: bad injured
- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Global warming is a major problem. The result will be the problems created by the rising temperatures of the Arctic region. As a result of global warming, (1)_________ in rainfall and plant distribution affect the migration patterns, feeding behaviour, and breeding preferences of numerous bird species. The increase in the temperature may also alter ocean currents, which may alter the (2)__________ ecology as a whole. Greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for the ongoing melting of the Arctic. This will result in a (3)__________loop since greenhouse gases trap the heat in the atmosphere and the additional emissions may (4)__________ the global warming process. Now, the only way to reverse the harm is for every person to be environmentally sensitive. This may offer us hope that we will be able to leave a green planet to our future generations, who presently appear to face (5)__________.Question 96 · English · Cloze passages
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
- (a) stagnation
- (b) stabilisation
- (c) alterations
- (d) fixation
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) alterations
Global warming causes changes in rainfall and plant distribution — “alterations”.
Answer: alterations
Question 97 · English · Cloze passages
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
- (a) marine
- (b) biosphere
- (c) landscape
- (d) grassland
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) marine
Changes in ocean currents affect “marine” ecology.
Answer: marine
Question 98 · English · Cloze passages
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
- (a) moderate
- (b) gentle
- (c) vicious
- (d) feeble
Answer and explanation
Answer: (c) vicious
A self-reinforcing harmful cycle is called a “vicious” loop (or circle).
Answer: vicious
Question 99 · English · Cloze passages
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
- (a) accelerate
- (b) hinder
- (c) repress
- (d) restrain
Answer and explanation
Answer: (a) accelerate
Additional emissions would speed up — “accelerate” — global warming.
Answer: accelerate
Question 100 · English · Cloze passages
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
- (a) salvation
- (b) renovation
- (c) redemption
- (d) extinction
Answer and explanation
Answer: (d) extinction
Without action, future generations face “extinction”, in contrast with the hope of leaving a green planet.
Answer: extinction
