SSC MTS 12th October 2021 Shift-1-3062

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Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

GLITTERING

Shiny
Dull
Attractive
Stingy

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

UNUSUAL

Commonplace
Questionable
Fantastic
Rare

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

The Health Minister has been discharged from the hospital, ______ he?

hadn’t
hasn’t
haven’t
didn’t

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Composition
Application
Suspention
Identification

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Pravesh’s teacher makes him feel as if he is ______.

inappropriate
influential
invisible
incompetent

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given

sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Anurag asked me why didn’t you pay the driver.

you didn’t pay
No substitution required
didn’t I paid
I didn’t pay

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.

I have no inform about today’s meeting with the managing director.

about today’s meeting
I have
no inform
with the

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.

According to a recent survey, around 60% of children under the age of 5 years has

been immunise.

a recent survey
under the age
according to
has been immunise

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

One who treats and prevents diseases of the heart

Pathologist
Cardiologist
Neurologist
Pediatrician

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given

sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required.’

These days my parents are been taking great care of my health and want me to eat

nuts and seeds, which are rich in vitamins and minerals.

are taking
No substitution required
were taking
will have taken

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

I receive a lot of ______ from my family members, who are very encouraging.

expectation
invitation
ambition
inspiration

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.

Though they worked day and night to build the highway before the deadline they could

not completed it.

Though they worked
to build the highway
day and night
could not completed

Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.

Never wrong or making a mistake

Incapable
Ineligible
Infallible
Untrustworthy

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given

sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Cakes are Jaya’s favourite snack, even samosas is Aparna’s preferred choice.

but samosas be
while samosas are
No substitution required
either samosa are

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Drop in

Reduce in numbers
Have very little effect
Go back on a promise
Pay a casual visit

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

The office superintendent asked me to leave my job application ______ him.

behind
to
between
with

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A turning point

The time when people decide to give up plans
The time at which an important change starts
A change of destiny that is surprising
A decision to turn things around

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

TRANSPARENT

Clear
Shiny
Opaque
Pretty

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

POLLUTION

Aggravation
Expansion
Creation
Contamination

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Justifiable
Identifible
Legible
Eligible

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
With Covid-19 cases going down in Delhi many hospitals have (1)______ shifting their focus to other facilities for the treatment of nonCovid patients. At a time when (2)______ pressure
of non-Covid patients continues to increase, the Municipal Corporation (3)______ hospitals to retain back-up health workers for 100
beds and move the remaining (4)______ to other units.
This move is expected to bring relief to many patients suffering from other diseases (5)______ cancer, heart or kidney disease, which
need urgent services.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

starting
started
start
starts

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
With Covid-19 cases going down in Delhi many hospitals have (1)______ shifting their focus to other facilities for the treatment of nonCovid patients. At a time when (2)______ pressure
of non-Covid patients continues to increase, the Municipal Corporation (3)______ hospitals to retain back-up health workers for 100
beds and move the remaining (4)______ to other units.
This move is expected to bring relief to many patients suffering from other diseases (5)______ cancer, heart or kidney disease, which
need urgent services.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

any
a
the
some

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
With Covid-19 cases going down in Delhi many hospitals have (1)______ shifting their focus to other facilities for the treatment of nonCovid patients. At a time when (2)______ pressure
of non-Covid patients continues to increase, the Municipal Corporation (3)______ hospitals to retain back-up health workers for 100
beds and move the remaining (4)______ to other units.
This move is expected to bring relief to many patients suffering from other diseases (5)______ cancer, heart or kidney disease, which
need urgent services.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

has advised
has advise
advising
have advised

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
With Covid-19 cases going down in Delhi many hospitals have (1)______ shifting their focus to other facilities for the treatment of nonCovid patients. At a time when (2)______ pressure
of non-Covid patients continues to increase, the Municipal Corporation (3)______ hospitals to retain back-up health workers for 100
beds and move the remaining (4)______ to other units.
This move is expected to bring relief to many patients suffering from other diseases (5)______ cancer, heart or kidney disease, which
need urgent services.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

guards
patients
staff
members

In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the
alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
With Covid-19 cases going down in Delhi many hospitals have (1)______ shifting their focus to other facilities for the treatment of nonCovid patients. At a time when (2)______ pressure
of non-Covid patients continues to increase, the Municipal Corporation (3)______ hospitals to retain back-up health workers for 100
beds and move the remaining (4)______ to other units.
This move is expected to bring relief to many patients suffering from other diseases (5)______ cancer, heart or kidney disease, which
need urgent services.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

along with
as well as
such as
similar to

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

reaper : farmer :: anvil : ?

carpenter
watchmaker
labour
Blacksmith

Select correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed to the right side of the figure.

In a certain code language, if MATERIAL is written as QDXHVLDP, then how will

ONTOLOGY be written in the same code language?

RMSRORJB
SRXSPSKC
RRSSOSGC
RRXRPRKC

Identify the option figure that completes the pattern in the question figure.

Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship among the following classes: image

Students, Females, Teachers

Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following number series?

16, 32, 8, 48, 6, 60, 5, ?

70
65
75
60

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

Two 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 Birds are Sparrows.

All Sparrows are Reptiles.

Conclusions:

I. Some Reptiles are Birds.

II. All Reptiles are Sparrows.

III. All Birds are Reptiles.

Both conclusions II and III follow.
Both conclusions I and II follow.
Neither conclusion I, nor II, and III follow.
Both conclusions I and III follow.

The first semester scores of six students indicated that Raman scored higher than

Ritesh, but he is second lower to Harshita. If Ankur is the lowest scorer, then what is

the position of Raghav?

Just below Ritesh
Just above Raman
Between Raman and Ritesh
Just above Harshita

Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the

numbers of the following set.

(192, 140, 252)

(165, 118, 221)
(186, 134, 246)
(165, 140, 192)
(221, 192, 252)

If in a coding system, SHELVES is coded as 1919515222219, and NOMINEE is coded as

1412131814225, then how will SEIZURE be coded in the same coding system?

8518266185
19229262185
1922912195
8221816922

In a certain code language, if EXTRNSIC is written as CIXESNRT, then how will

LEFTWING be written in the same code language?

GNELIWTF
ELGNTFIW
GNIWTFEL
TFELGNIW

Two statements are given, followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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 Machines are Tools.

No Tool is a Computer.

Conclusions:

I. No Machine is a Computer.

II. Some Computers are Tools.

Only conclusion I follows.
Both conclusions I and II follow.
Neither conclusion I nor II follows.
Only conclusion II follows.

Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following number series?

256, 123, 66, ?, 18, 6

32
27
29
33

The Coordinator of an International Virtual Conference has planned six guest lectures on different areas—Cryptography, Fluid

Dynamics, Big Data Analysis, Wavelet Theory, Differential Equations and Linear Algebra—to be organised only one on each day

from Monday to Sunday.

Wavelet Theory should be organised immediately after Differential Equations.

Big Data Analysis should be organised on Wednesday and should not be followed by Linear Algebra.

Fluid Dynamics should be organised on Friday and there should be a gap of two days between Cryptography and Linear

Algebra.

One day there will be no lecture (Saturday is not that day), and just before that day Linear Algebra will be organised.

How many lectures are organised between Big Data Analysis and Wavelet Theory?

Three
One
Four
Two

Select the option that is related to the third letter-cluster in the same way as the

second letter-cluster is related to the first letter-cluster.

PHONETIC : FLWHQRKS : : SHEEPDOG : ?

JRVKGSHH
JRGSHHKV
VKRJHHSG
VKHHSGRJ

If in a coding system, OPULENT is coded as 84 and LEARNER is coded as 114, then

how will PHYSICS be coded in the same coding system?

97
88
99
90

Seven persons are sitting along the sides of a heptagon table facing the centre. D is

second to the right of A, and B is second to the right of F, who is to the immediate right

of A. If G and C are sitting adjoining, C being second to the left of A, then what is the

sitting position of E?

Immediate left of F
Immediate right of C
Immediate right of A
Immediate left of B

Which two digits can be interchanged so as to balance the given equation?

186 ÷ 17 + 104 - 12 × 3 = 16

2 and 7
8 and 3
6 and 4
4 and 7

A paper is folded and cut as shown below. How will it appear when unfolded?

Select the image that will replace the question mark(?) in the following figure series.

Which of the given options is the most suitable to fill in the blank?

Newspaper : Press : : Cloth : ______

Shop
Fibre
Mill
Tailor

Select the correct sequence of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the letters

A, B, C, D and E so as to balance the given equation.

(38 A 17) B 9 C 117 D 13 E 94 = 104

×, ÷, +, −, −
+, ÷, ×, +, −
−, ×, +, ÷, −
×, −, ÷, +, −

Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) in the following series?

HEA, JGC, LIE, ?

NKG
PLI
EBX
DAW

Which of the given options is the most suitable to fill in the blank?

16 : 128 : : 4 : _____

40
14
8
26

Study the following graph and answer the question that follows.

In which year is the percentage increase in the revenue,as compared to that in the preceding year, between 1% and 3%?

2015
2017
2018
2016

The cost price of 30 article in the same as the selling price x articles.If the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:

18
30
24
25

Three article are bought at Rs180 each. On of them is sold at a loss of 10%. If the other two articles are sold so as to gain 25% on

the whole transaction,then what is the gain percentage on the two articles?

30%
42.5 %
37.5%
45%

A person insvested a sum of Rs6,500 at $x$ % per annum at simple interest and sum of Rs7,500 at ( $x$ - 2)% per annum at simple

interest. If the total interest earned on both the investments for 3 years is Rs?3,750, then the rate of interest on the first

investment is:

14%
10%
8%
12%

What is the simplified value of $\left \{ \left ( 1-\frac{2}{15} \right ) +\frac{2}{5}\right \}\div \frac{14}{15}+\left ( \frac{2}{3}of\frac{6}{7}\div \frac{4}{9}-\frac{1}{6}\times 1\frac{5}{7} \right )$ ?

11/15
33/14
2
1/2

The curved surface are of a right circular cone is 65 $\pi cm^{2}$ and the radius of its base in 5 cm. What is half of the volume of the

cone, in cm³ ?

50 $\pi$
100 $\pi$
180 $\pi$
45 $\pi$

A girl spends 76% of her income. If her income increases by 18% and her expenditure increases by 25%,then what is the

percentage increase or decrease in her savings (correct to one decimal place)?

6.9%, decrease
4.2%, decrease
5.7%, increase
8.4%, increase

Study the following graph and answer question that follows.

The expenditure of the company in 2016 is what percentage more then the average revenue (per year) in 2014, 2015 and 2018

(correct to the nearest integer)?

3%
5%
6%
4%

A single discount equivalent to three simple discounts of 10%, 12%, and 15% is:

32.68%
34.17%
37%
35.36%

A train can travel 40% faster then a car.Both the train and the car start from point A at the same time and reach point B, which

is 70km away point from A,at the same time.On the way, however,the train lost about 15 minutes while stopping at stations.

The speed of the car in km/h is:

120
80
90
100

The average weight of 6 people increased by 2.5 kg when a new person came in place of other person weighing 55 kg. what can

be the weight of new person (in kg)?

70
62.5
60
75.5

The mean of 100 items is 47.It was discovered that three items which should have been 60, 70, 80 were wrongly read as 40, 20,

50, respectively. The correct mean is:

48
47
50
51

Two numbers are, respectively, 17% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is:

39:50
50:39
59:39
39:59

A, B and C can do a piece of work in 10, 15 and 30 days, respectively. If B and C both assist A on every third day,then in how

many days can the work be completed?

$8\frac{1}{2}$
5
8
$7\frac{1}{2}$

A money was distributed among A, B and C in the ratio of 5:6:7 respectively. If B gave Rs. 400 to C, then the ratio among the

distribution of A, B and C will be 2:3:4. Find out the sum of the initial money of A and C.

7,200
14,000
8,400
11,200

The value of is:

5
1
0
10

A fruit seller has a sale of Rs10,435, Rs 9,927,Rs 10,855 Rs 10,230 and Rs 9,562 for five consecutive months.How much sale (in Rs)

must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs10,500?

9,231
8,231
8,991
11,991

If A and B can do a piece of work in 20 days,and A alone can do the same work in 30 days, then in how many days can B alone

complete the same work?

60
40
75
50

A incomes of A and B are in the ratio 3:4 ,and their expenditures are in the ratio 9:5. If the income of A is equal to three times

the expenditure of B, then what is the ratio of the savings of A and B?

5:2
3:5
5:3
2:5

A hall is 18 m long and 12 m board. If the some of the areas of the floor and the ceiling is equal to the sum of the areas of the

four walls,the volume (in m³) of the hall is:

1175.5
1876.2
1555.2
1376.4

Let be the least number divisible by 8, 12, 30, 36 and 45 and $x$ is also perfect square. What is the volue of $x$ ?

3600
4900
2500
4225

Study the following graph and answer the question that follows.

What is the total ratio of the revenue of the company in 2016 and 2018 to that of the total expenditure in 2015 and 2017

respectively?

143:105
130:103
115:114
105:143

A field is in the form of a circle.The cost of Fencing around it at Rs11 per metre is Rs2,420. What is the area (in m² ) of the field?

(Taken $\pi =\frac{22}{7}$ )

3850
4500
4250
2700

A person crosses a 900-metre long street in 6 minutes.The speed of the person in km/h is:

9
10
15
12

What is the difference (in Rs) between the compound interest, when interest is compounded 6-monthly, and the simple interest

on a sum of Rs10,000 for $1\frac{1}{2}$ years at 10% p.a.?

102.25
87
76.25
91.5

In which year was the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

established?

1987
1985
1980
1983

Which of the following minerals has kieserite as its ore?

Silver
Magnesium
Potassium
Iron

Which of the following is a dwarf planet in our solar system?

Europa
Callisto
Makemake
Ganymede

With which of the following type of fuels is the device named ‘tokamak’ associated?

Hydel
Tidal
Geothermal
Atomic

Who was the Pro-tem speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha?

Meira Kumar
M Thambidurai
Kamal Nath
Manohar Parrikar

Which of the following wetlands is located in Kerala?

Nandur Madhameshwar
Hokera Wetland
Sasthamkotta Lake
Sandi Bird Sanctuary

Priyadarshini Govind, who was conferred the ‘Nritya Kalanidhi’ title by The Music

Academy in 2019, is a well-known ______ dancer.

Kathakali
Kuchipudi
Bharatnatyam
Kathak

Of the following battles fought by Akbar, which one was the latest as compared to the

rest of the battles?

Battle of Tukaroi
Battle of Haldighati
Battle of Thanesar
Second Battle of Panipat

With which of the following games is the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method associated?

Football
Hockey
Polo
Cricket

On which of the following rivers is Pakistan constructing a dam named 'Diamer Basha'

dam?

Indus
Jhelum
Sutlej
Chenab

Of the following sites of Harappan Civilization, which one is NOT located in Pakistan?

Kot Diji
Chanhudaro
Shortughai
Balakot

Unsaturated carbon compounds burn with a:

orange sooty flame
white sooty flame
red sooty flame
yellow sooty flame

In which of the following states is the festival called 'Yaoshang' traditionally

celebrated?

Sikkim
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Manipur

As on September 2021, who is the CEO of NITI Aayog?

Amitabh Kant
Urjit Patel
Shaktikanta Das
Dr. Rajiv Kumar

Which of the following is NOT a property of graphite?

It is a conductor of electricity.
It has low melting point
It has a lower density than diamond.
It is a conductor of heat..

In which year was the first meeting of National Integration Council held?

1955
1962
1951
1965

To which of the following incarnations of Vishnu is Dhanuyatra of Odisha's Bargarh

district dedicated?

Lord Rama
Lord Vamana
Lord Varaha
Lord Krishna

Who among the following was the founder of Prarthana Samaj ?

MG Ranade
RC Bhandarkar
Atmaram Pandurang
Jyotiba Phule

______ is a type of fraud where a small electronic device is used to steal debit/credit

card information during an authorised banking transaction.

Phishing
Skimming
Smishing
Vishing

In which year was ‘Project Elephant’ launched by the Government of India as a

Centrally Sponsored Scheme?

1984
1992
1988
1997

Who among the following is the author of the book titled 'Speaking Truth to Power: My

Alternative View'?

Subramanian Swamy
Mani Shankar Aiyar
P Chidambaram
Arun Shourie

The 'Amrita Devi Bishnoi National Award ' is given for:

environment protection
energy protection
wildlife protection
biodiversity protection

The Union Sports Ministry has decided to set up Khelo India State Centres of

Excellence (KISCE) in eight states in the first leg of the Khelo India Scheme. Which of

the following is NOT one of these eight states?

Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Odisha
Nagaland

Ken Shimura, the renowned comedian who died in March 2020, was a national of:

China
Japan
Indonesia
South Korea

Of the following abbreviations, which one is primarily an umbrella organisation for

operating retail payments and settlement systems in India?

NPCI
NABARD
SIDBI
IRDAI

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