SSC MTS 15th July 2022 Shift-3-3022

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SSC MTS 15th July 2022 Shift-3 (Test Code: 3022)

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Flared

  1. Darkened

  2. Radiated

  3. Flamed

  4. Glared

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Impolite

  1. Courteous

  2. Superior

  3. Uncivil

  4. Blunt

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Of or relating to the moon

  1. Solar

  2. Platonic

  3. Fatal

  4. Lunar

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No

improvement required'.

A clinical thermometer consists of a long, narrow, uniform glass tube.

  1. consisting of a

  2. No improvement required

  3. consist of a

  4. consisted in a

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Move the goalposts

  1. Unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course

  2. To do your research and understand clearly what your goals are

  3. To put a lot of effort into something

  4. To move the goalpost after an attempt has been made to score a goal

Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the

error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

I have watched a lot of students excel in online courses, taking fully advantage of the convenience.

  1. excel in online courses, taking fully

  2. advantage of the convenience

  3. I have watched a lot of students

  4. No error

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

Stop crying for the moon and start coming up with some sensible demands.

  1. To understand the hidden meaning

  2. To make money unfairly

  3. To make an impractical or unreasonable request

  4. To praise one’s efforts

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Artful

  1. Prudent

  2. Benign

  3. Ignorant

  4. Crafty

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the

error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Age doesn’t seeming to diminish our capacity to speak, write and learn new things.

  1. Age doesn’t seeming to

  2. No error

  3. write and learn new things

  4. diminish our capacity to speak

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Fasting ______ some festivals increases the consumption of fruits.

  1. during

  2. while

  3. when

  4. about

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Da Vinci's paintings reveal an obsessive fascination with ______ rituals, like those of the Freemasons.

  1. Magnetic

  2. Pathetic

  3. Static

  4. Enigmatic

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the

error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Sometimes we interact to people who are closed-minded and not willing to listen.

  1. to people who are closed-minded

  2. and not willing to listen

  3. Sometimes we interact

  4. No error

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A system of government by the wealthy class

  1. Theocracy

  2. Plutocracy

  3. Autocracy

  4. Democracy

Select the option that corrects the misspelt words in the given sentence.

My freind is blessed with perfect gines.

  1. My friend is blessed with perfct gines.

  2. My freind is bllessed with perfct gines.

  3. My freind is blesed with perfect genes.

  4. My friend is blessed with perfect genes.

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. Telivision

  2. Televison

  3. Televisoin

  4. Television

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No

improvement required’.

Antibiotics are one off the most commonly prescribed drugs in the world.

  1. No improvement required

  2. are one of a

  3. are one of the

  4. is one of the

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

She refused to back ______, so she was fired from the company.

  1. down

  2. over

  3. upon

  4. into

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No

improvement required'.

You is not allowed to sit here without permission.

  1. has not allowed

  2. are not allowed

  3. is no allowing

  4. No improvement required

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Tenderness

  1. Ruthlessness

  2. Severity

  3. Kindness

  4. Spitefulness

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ______ the idea of ‘tipping points’ two decades ago.

  1. introduced

  2. shortened

  3. wounded

  4. withdrawn

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burnt play a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in
Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields off rice chaff
to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of southwest monsoon.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

  1. among

  2. and

  3. yet

  4. but

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burnt play a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in
Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields off rice chaff
to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of southwest monsoon.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

  1. worsening

  2. worsens

  3. worsen

  4. worse

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burnt play a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in
Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields off rice chaff
to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of southwest monsoon.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

  1. racing

  2. raising

  3. rising

  4. razing

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burnt play a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in
Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields off rice chaff
to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of southwest monsoon.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

  1. leaks

  2. creaks

  3. falls

  4. peaks

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in
each blank.
Delhi’s meteorology (1) ______ the quantity of chaff burnt play a greater role in (2) ______ air quality than the time chosen by farmers in
Punjab to start crop burning, a study argues. Crop burning, a traditional practice in Punjab and Haryana of (3) ______ fields off rice chaff
to prepare for winter sowing, begins around October and (4) ______ in November, coinciding with the (5) ______ of southwest monsoon.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

  1. availing

  2. managing

  3. running

  4. withdrawal

n a certain code language, 'O' is coded as '15' and 'ADD' is coded as '9'. How will 'PURE' be coded in that language?

  1. 60

  2. 58

  3. 57

  4. 59

P, Q, R, S, T, U and V are seven friends who scored different marks in a test. Scores of only two people lies between the scores

of S and P with score of P greater than S.. R scored the highest marks. T scored more than Q. U and V scored second least and

the least marks respectively. Who scored the fourth highest marks?

  1. P

  2. Q

  3. R

  4. S

Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number.

2041 : 346 :: 5310 : ?

  1. 664

  2. 732

  3. 516

  4. 956

Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

WUE, XXG, YAI, ?

  1. ZDK

  2. ZOK

  3. ZBH

  4. ZAJ

Select the number that will come next in the following series.

2, 4, 7, 11, 16, ?

  1. 22

  2. 21

  3. 20

  4. 23

Select the option in which the words share the same relationship as that shared by the given pair of words.

Money : Wallet

  1. Books : Cardboard

  2. Bag : Box

  3. Safety: Locker

  4. Letter : Envelop

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it

appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the

statements.

Statements:

All bottles are jugs.

All jugs are cups.

Conclusions:

I. All bottles are cups.

II. All cups are bottles.

  1. Neither conclusion I nor II follows

  2. Both conclusions I and II follow

  3. Only conclusion I follows

  4. Only conclusion II follows

Which of the number (not digits) should be interchanged in the given equation to make it mathematically correct?

12 ÷ 3−2 + 5 × 4 = 23

  1. 3 and 4

  2. 3 and 2

  3. 3 and 5

  4. 4 and 5

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it

appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the

statements.

Statements:

Some belts are leathers.

All leathers are skins.

Some skins are white.

Conclusions:

I. Some belts are skins.

II. Some belts are white.

  1. Either conclusion I or II follows

  2. Neither conclusion I nor II follows

  3. Only conclusion II follows

  4. Only conclusion I follows

The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown in the following

figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?

Select the option that is related to the fifth number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number and the

fourth number is related to the third number.

(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)

2 : 16 :: 3 : 81 :: 6 : ?

  1. 1326

  2. 1296

  3. 1666

  4. 1524

In a certain code language, 'ABKN' is coded as '84', and 'PNCL' is coded as '135'. How will 'HONT' be coded in that language?

  1. 181

  2. 171

  3. 169

  4. 147

The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown in the following

figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?

Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

Six girls are sitting in two straight rows, facing the North. Their names are Farah, Urvashi, Yukti, Kritika, Neha and Mudita. Farah

and Mudita are sitting diagonally opposite. Urvashi is in the top row and to the immediate right of Farah. Kritika is second to the

left of Mudita while Yukti and Kritika are not in the same row. Who is sitting diagonally opposite to Yukti?

  1. Urvashi

  2. Kritika

  3. Mudita

  4. Neha

Select the figure from the options that can replace the question mark (?) and complete the pattern.

Select the option that is related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth

term is related to the third term.

SACRIFY : ARFYICS :: NUMERAL : UEALRMN :: SHALLOW : ?

  1. HLLWOAS

  2. HLOWLAS

  3. HLOLAWS

  4. HLWLASO

What will come in the place of ‘?’ in the following equation, if ‘×’ and ‘-‘ are interchanged and also ‘+’ and ‘\div’ are

interchanged?

60 + 2−3 × 4 ÷ 2 =?

  1. 90

  2. 88

  3. 45

  4. 27

Six friends are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Dilip is immediate neighbour of both Priya and Payal. Priti is

immediate neighbour of both Mukesh and Leela. Payal is sitting to the immediate right of Mukesh. Who is sitting to the

immediate right of Priya?

  1. Dilip

  2. Payal

  3. Leela

  4. Mukesh

In a certain code language, '456' is written as 'sky is high', '678' is written as 'sky has dark', and '147' is written as 'star is dark'.

What is the code for the word 'star' in that language?

  1. 4

  2. 1

  3. 7

  4. 5

Select the option that will replace the question mark (?) in the given series.

78, 89, 82, 87, 84, ?

  1. 88

  2. 86

  3. 80

  4. 78

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 lettercluster and the fourth letter-cluster is related to the third letter-cluster.

CAM : EES :: OAT : QEZ :: TOI : ?

  1. USO

  2. VTO

  3. VSO

  4. VSP

Select the option in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).

If ORDER = $*5@* and MATTER = 2&33@*, then ROAD = ?

  1. $*5&

  2. $$5&

  3. *$&5

  4. #*5$

Select the figure that will come next in the following figure series.

The cost prices of a table and a chair are Rs400 and Rs1,200. respectively. The table and the chair are sold at prof

  1. 24.5%

  2. 22.5%

  3. 27.5%

  4. 23.5%

The following bar graph shows the sales of two wheelers from three different branches of a company during two consecutive

years 2018 and 2019.

What is the average sale of all the branches in the year 2019?

  1. 1900

  2. 2000

  3. 1500

  4. 1700

Two cylinders have their heights in the ratio 1 : 2 and their radii in the ratio 2 : 1. What is the ratio of their volumes?

  1. 3 : 1

  2. 1 : 3

  3. 2 : 2

  4. 1 : 1

The difference between the compound interest, when compounded annually, and the simple interest on a certain sum of money

for 2 years at 4.2% is Rs8.82. What is the sum?

  1. Rs4,500

  2. Rs2,100

  3. Rs5,000

  4. Rs3,000

A train crosses a stationary pole in 20 seconds and a bridge in 32 seconds. If the length of the bridge is 1200 metres, then what

is the speed of the train?

  1. 360 km/h

  2. 180 km/h

  3. 270 km/h

  4. 450 km/h

If a b = b : c, then what is the value of a^{6}:b^{6} ?        

  1. a^{3}:b^{3}

  2. b^{3}:ac

  3. a^{3}:c^{3}

  4. a^{2}:b^{2}

The following table shows the amount (in quintals) of 6 different types of sweets sold by a shop during a given year.

The amount of SI sold in that year was what percentage of the average amount of sweets sold per type during that year?

  1. 80%

  2. 84%

  3. 88%

  4. 96%

If Rs39,500 is divided into three parts in the ratio 24 : 15 : 40, then what is the value of the third part, in the given order?

  1. Rs18,000

  2. Rs12,000

  3. Rs7,500

  4. Rs20,000

What percentage above the cost price should a seller mark his goods so that, after allowing a discount of 20% on the marked

price, he can earn a profit of 4%?

  1. 25%

  2. 28%

  3. 42%

  4. 30%

What is the value of of (3 ÷ 4)of 20 + 16 ÷ 2 − {(1 ÷ 3)of12 + (2 ÷ 5)of25}?

  1. 8

  2. 7

  3. 10

  4. 9

A number X is 60% of the average of 20, 28 and 36. What is the value of the number X?

  1. 29.5

  2. 16.8

  3. 25.6

  4. 15.5

An aeroplane covers a distance of900 km in 1.5 hours. What is the speed of the aeroplane?

  1. 500 km/h

  2. 300 km/h

  3. 600 km/h

  4. 400 km/h

If the average of 20, 40, 50, Y and Z is 45 , then what is the average of Y and Z?

  1. 58.5

  2. 57.5

  3. 56.5

  4. 55

By selling an article for Rs1,200, a shopkeeper suffered a loss of 20%. What was the cost price of that article?

  1. Rs1,500

  2. Rs1,020

  3. Rs1,000

  4. Rs1,180

The area of a circle is 2464 cm2 . What is the diameter of this circle? [Use \pi =\frac{22}{7} ]

  1. 56 cm

  2. 24 cm

  3. 48 cm

  4. 28 cm

study the given pie-chart and answer the question that follows.

The following pie chart shows the sectors representing the shares of the number of chairs produced in a given year of each of

six different brands in terms of the central angles (in degrees) with respect to the total number of chairs produced in that year of

all the six brands taken together.

If the total number of chairs produced of these six brands taken together is 7200, then what is the total number of chairs

produced of brands B2 and B3 taken together?

  1. 1750

  2. 2400

  3. 2100

  4. 1800

What is the greatest number which divides 784 and 857 and leaves the remainders 4 and 2, respectively?

  1. 3

  2. 5

  3. 30

  4. 15

In an election between 2 candidates, 5% of the votes were invalid. The winning candidate got 2200 votes and the losing

candidate got 1600 votes. The losing candidate got what percentage of the total votes cast?

  1. 35%

  2. 30%

  3. 45%

  4. 40%

Kcan do a piece of work alone in 4 days, Kcan do the same work alone in 8 days, while Kcan do it alone in 32 days. They

work together and complete the work, and receive a total of Rs,900 as payment for doing the work. What is the share of the

person who received the maximum amount?

  1. Rs1,200

  2. Rs2,400

  3. Rs2,000

  4. Rs1,600

What is the value of _{11}^{7}\div _{33}^{21}\times _{12}^{5}+_{36}^{10}\times _{11}^{6}\div _{33}^{18} ?            

  1. _{35}^{29}

  2. _{36}^{25}

  3. _{39}^{28}

  4. _{41}^{24}

The length of each side of a rhombus is 10 cm. If the length of one of its diagonals is 16 cm, then what is the area of the

rhombus?

  1. 108 cm2

  2. 112 cm2

  3. 128 cm2

  4. 96 cm2

While purchasing an item costing Rs600, Rashi had to pay sales tax at 5%. What amount did Rashi have to pay as sales tax?

  1. Rs30

  2. Rs60

  3. Rs45

  4. Rs15

The mean temperature from Monday to Thursday is 39.25oC . The mean temperature from Thursday to Sunday is 40.25oC. If

the sum of the daily temperatures of all the days during the week, from Monday to Sunday, is 277.5oC , then what is the

temperature for Thursday?

  1. 40.5oC

  2. 38.5oC

  3. 41.5oC

  4. 39.5oC

In how many years, The simple interest earned on Rs. 6000 at an interest rate of 5% per annum will be equal to simple interest

earned on Rs. 2000 at the rate of 4% per annum for 30 years?

  1. 6 years

  2. 12 years

  3. 20 years

  4. 8 years

At a refugee camp, the food supplies were enough to feed 300 refugees for 45 days. But 60 more refugees joined after 15 days.

For how many days would the rest of the food supplies last?

  1. 23 days

  2. 24 days

  3. 22 days

  4. 25 days

Who will be India’s next Foreign Secretary as announced in April 2022?

  1. Harsh Vardhan Shringla

  2. Dr S Jaishankar

  3. Sushma Swaraj

  4. Vinay Mohan Kwatra

Which of the following is the least literate state in India according to Census 2021?

  1. Gujarat

  2. Bihar

  3. Assam

  4. Odisha

‘Gangaur’ is an Indian festival majorly celebrated in ________.

  1. Rajasthan

  2. Himachal Pradesh

  3. Tripura

  4. Arunachal Pradesh

Which of the following is categorised under slow mass movement in geomorphic processes?

  1. Creep

  2. Earthflow

  3. Mudflow

  4. Landslide

Prarthana Samaj or ‘Prayer Society’, a religious and social reform, was found in 1863 at _________.

  1. Pune

  2. Delhi

  3. Surat

  4. Bombay (now Mumbai)

National Sports Day of India is celebrated on _____________.

  1. 15 August

  2. 26 January

  3. 30 January

  4. 29 August

Who among the following was a Shaka ruler in India (130-150 AD)?

  1. Ashoka

  2. Rudradaman

  3. Menander

  4. Bindusara

Which part of the Indian Constitution has been drawn from the British Constitution?

  1. Fundamental Rights and the Directive Principles of State Policy

  2. Principle of Cabinet Government and the relations between the executive and the legislature

  3. Appointment of state governors by the centre

  4. Federation with a strong centre

According to the Census 2011, which of the following is the third-lowest state in terms of literacy rate?

  1. Bihar

  2. Madhya Pradesh

  3. Rajasthan

  4. Sikkim

_______ is a disease which is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito which lays eggs in water-logged places and multiply over time.

  1. Diarrhoea

  2. Elephantiasis

  3. Dengue

  4. Malaria

Which type of forest receives more than 200 cm of annual rainfall?

  1. Temperate mixed forests

  2. Taiga

  3. Tropical evergreen rain forests

  4. Tundra forests

What was the shape of the Great Bath of Mohenjo Daro?

  1. Rectangular

  2. Square

  3. Elliptical

  4. Circular

BR Ambedkar wrote a 20-page autobiography about his experiences with

untouchability which is known as ____________.

  1. All from Memory

  2. My Experiments with Silence

  3. Waiting for a Visa

  4. Courage and Conviction

Kelucharan Mohapatra is associated with _________ dance form of India.

  1. Kathak

  2. Hiphop

  3. Odissi

  4. Salsa

Who was the founder of the reform movement, Arya Samaj?

  1. Swami Dayananda Saraswati

  2. Raja Ram Mohan Roy

  3. Anand Mohan Bose

  4. MG Ranade

What does F stand for in the FRBM Act, 2003 of the Indian economy?

  1. Financial

  2. Fiscal

  3. Functional

  4. Freedom

Which of the following laws is applicable to the force of attraction or repulsion between two point charges?

  1. Kirchhoff's Law

  2. Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

  3. Coulomb's Law

  4. Newton's Laws of Motion

Which of the following is an example of Phylum Annelida of Animal Kingdom?

  1. Honey bee

  2. Earthworm

  3. Squid

  4. Kangaroo

Which state government launched the Udaan Project in collaboration with IPE Global which attempts to keep girls in schools

through their enrolment at the secondary level while ensuring that the eligible ones among them get their scholarships?

  1. Maharashtra

  2. Assam

  3. Rajasthan

  4. Punjab

The World Health Organisation defines adolescents as individuals in the age-group of ______.

  1. 10 to 19 years

  2. 8 to 15 years

  3. 12 to 16 years

  4. 6 to 14 years

Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is associated with __________ musical instrument.

  1. piano

  2. sarod

  3. harmonica

  4. santoor

Who is the first Law officer of India?

  1. President

  2. Governor

  3. Prime Minister

  4. Attorney-General

Who among the following rulers was chronicled by Minhaj-i Siraj?

  1. Akbar

  2. Razia Sultan

  3. Babur

  4. Ghiyasuddin Tughluq

For which dance form did Aparna Satheesan win the Prestigious National Nritya Shiromani Award 2022?

  1. Kuchipudi

  2. Mohiniyattam

  3. Kathakali

  4. Odissi

In basketball, what can be the maximum number of points that can be scored in a shot?

  1. 1

  2. 3

  3. 4

  4. 2

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