SSC MTS 12th October 2021 Shift-3-3064

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SSC MTS 12th October 2021 Shift-3 (Test Code: 3064)

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

The ______ to have multiple plasma banks is a praise-worthy one.

  1. inaction

  2. initiation

  3. initiate

  4. initiative

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

The Singapore government has deported ten Indian students for ______ the

government rules.

  1. vandalising

  2. aiding

  3. verifying

  4. violating

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’.

There was enough evidence to convict him of selling adulterated food.

  1. convict him in

  2. convict him into

  3. No substitution required

  4. convict him by

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

SYMPTOMATIC

  1. Optimistic

  2. Characteristic

  3. Strange

  4. Atypical

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

A large open area of land, water or sky

  1. Front

  2. Margin

  3. Enclosure

  4. Expanse

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

OBESE

  1. Skinny

  2. Rude

  3. Paunchy

  4. Cute

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’.

The police warned citizens to be alert when outdoors as gangs has been attacking

people on the road.

  1. No substitution required

  2. was attacking

  3. have been attacking

  4. was being attacked

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. Iodine

  2. Voilent

  3. Enjoin

  4. Loiter

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Get on like a house on fire

  1. To be angry and unfriendly

  2. To become friends quickly

  3. To end a relationship

  4. To take an instant dislike

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

STUNNING

  1. Impulsive

  2. Obedient

  3. Unattractive

  4. Gorgeous

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

Tejaswin, the Indian sportsman, is leading the anti-race cause in the US.

  1. Tejaswin, the Indian sportsman

  2. the anti-race cause

  3. in the US

  4. is leading

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

Using high-sounding words but with little meaning

  1. Bombastic

  2. Eloquent

  3. Clever

  4. Reserved

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’.

Can you assembly the television using the manual?

  1. assembling

  2. No substitution required

  3. assembles

  4. assemble

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

RABID

  1. Calm

  2. Extreme

  3. Methodical

  4. Indifferent

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. Grieve

  2. Concieve

  3. Deceive

  4. Receive

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

Several foreign students have been asked by the US to leave the university campus

and ______ home.

  1. returned

  2. returning

  3. return

  4. returns

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.

The CBSE has decided on a ______ to assign marks for the examinations not taken by

Class 12 students.

  1. formulae

  2. equation

  3. formula

  4. formation

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Have your heart set on something

  1. To not want something at all

  2. To want something very much

  3. To be always in a nervous state

  4. To be in control of one’s feelings

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

Google has set on an India fund and announced an investment of ten billion dollars.

  1. and announced an investment

  2. Google has set on

  3. of ten billion dollars

  4. an India fund

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

Sitab, my gardener, have been cut the hedge the whole morning.

  1. have been cut

  2. Sitab, my gardener

  3. the hedge

  4. the whole morning

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.
The first thousand days can determine the trajectory (1)______ a child’s life. After food for the body (2)______ taken care of we should
provide food for (3)______ mind. Early stimulation of
children’s mind can (4)______ them to become good learners. Parents should be (5)______ in doing this.

Question:

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

  1. from

  2. at

  3. of

  4. about

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.
The first thousand days can determine the trajectory (1)______ a child’s life. After food for the body (2)______ taken care of we should
provide food for (3)______ mind. Early stimulation of
children’s mind can (4)______ them to become good learners. Parents should be (5)______ in doing this.

Question:

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

  1. am

  2. are

  3. has

  4. is

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.
The first thousand days can determine the trajectory (1)______ a child’s life. After food for the body (2)______ taken care of we should
provide food for (3)______ mind. Early stimulation of
children’s mind can (4)______ them to become good learners. Parents should be (5)______ in doing this.

Question:

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

  1. a

  2. the

  3. some

  4. that

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.
The first thousand days can determine the trajectory (1)______ a child’s life. After food for the body (2)______ taken care of we should
provide food for (3)______ mind. Early stimulation of
children’s mind can (4)______ them to become good learners. Parents should be (5)______ in doing this.

Question:

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

  1. led

  2. lead

  3. leads

  4. leading

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.
The first thousand days can determine the trajectory (1)______ a child’s life. After food for the body (2)______ taken care of we should
provide food for (3)______ mind. Early stimulation of
children’s mind can (4)______ them to become good learners. Parents should be (5)______ in doing this.

Question:

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

  1. adjusted

  2. restricted

  3. allocated

  4. orientated

Two statements are followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. Assuming the

statements to be true even if they do not conform to real-world knowledge, decide

which of the conclusions logically follows/follow from the statements.

Statements:

1. Some phones are instruments.

2. All instruments are devices.

Conclusions:

I. All devices are instruments.

II. Some devices are phones.

  1. Only conclusion I follows.

  2. Only conclusion II follows.

  3. Both conclusions I and II follow.

  4. Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II follows.

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

How would the paper look when unfolded ?

If MATERIAL is coded as SZLREKZH, then how would EQUATION be coded?

  1. TPATDMNH

  2. PDTAMTNH

  3. TPDTAMNH

  4. SRFTAOPJ

Eight houses A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are in two rows with four houses in each row.

The houses in one row face the houses in the other.

i. C is facing F.

ii. G and A are diagonally opposite.

iii. E is facing H, but is not in the same row as that of A.

iv. H is between D and C.

Which house is B facing?

  1. D

  2. G

  3. F

  4. A

Seven persons visited a doctor for consultation, one after another.

i. Mahesh visited immediately after Amit but sometime before Virat.

ii. Ashok visited just after Virat and just before Naman.

iii. Neither Anup nor Naman was the last to visit.

iv. There were as many visitors between Ashok and Suraj as there were between Anup

and Ashok.

Who were the first and the last persons to have visited the doctor, respectively?

  1. Mahesh and Suraj

  2. Naman and Ashok

  3. Amit and Ashok

  4. Amit and Suraj

If VEAL is coded as 4483 and LOWER is coded as 33549, then how would TECHNO be coded?

  1. 253911

  2. 205393

  3. 756946

  4. 243853

Choose the set of numbers that is similar to the following set.

{25, 19, 36}

  1. {9, 49,16}

  2. {20, 28, 32}

  3. {30, 25, 35}

  4. {36, 23, 48}

Which option figure would come next in the following series?

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

QUESTION, USINETO, SNTIEO, NIOTE, ?

  1. ITEO

  2. TEOI

  3. ITOE

  4. OEIT

Three statements are followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming

the statements to be true even if they do not conform to real-world knowledge, decide

which of the conclusions logically follows/follow from the statements.

Statements:

1. All watches are clocks.

2. Some clocks are machines.

3. Some machines are gadgets.

Conclusions:

I. Some watches are machines.

II. Some machines are clocks.

III. Some gadgets being clocks is a possibility.

  1. Only conclusion II follows .

  2. All conclusions I, II and III follow.

  3. Only conclusion III follows.

  4. Only conclusions II and III follow.

Six friends A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a line facing North.

i. There is one person between A and F.

ii. B and E have two persons between them.

iii. C is on the extreme left.

iv. F is between B and D.

If E is NOT at an extreme end, who is on the extreme right?

  1. D

  2. A

  3. B

  4. F

Select the option in which the number-pair shares the same relationship as that

shared by the following number-pair.

61 : 97

  1. 79 : 119

  2. 118 : 141

  3. 46 : 78

  4. 52 : 84

Select the option figure, which when placed in the blank space of the figure marked 'X' would the complete the pattern.

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

13, 16, 23, 36, 57, 88, ?, 188

  1. 145

  2. 199

  3. 131

  4. 127

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.

FJNRVZ : KLEWXQ : WTQNKH : ?

  1. VTNMME

  2. NVVEMM

  3. USMENM

  4. XRTMNE

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

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

is related to the first word.

Germany : Euro : : Myanmar : ?

  1. Dollar

  2. Kyat

  3. Dinar

  4. Pound

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

17, 20, 30, 45, 71, 106, ?

  1. 143

  2. 171

  3. 167

  4. 156

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

17, 20, 30, 45, 71, 106, ?

  1. 126

  2. 109

  3. 93

  4. 113

If the signs + and ÷ are interchanged, then which of the following equations would be

correct?

  1. 8 + 12 × 3 ÷ 1 = 4

  2. 15 − 12 + 6 ÷ 2 = 13

  3. 9 + 6 × 4 ÷ 2 = 8

  4. 4 ÷ 8 + 12 × 6 = 10

Select the mirror image of the figure marked 'X'. when the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure.

If HARBOUR is coded as BORUARH, then how would RAPTURE be coded?

  1. TPURARE

  2. PTAURRE

  3. TUPARER

  4. TUPRAER

Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is

related to the first term.

Sour : Sweet : : Wild : ?

  1. Forest

  2. Lame

  3. Tame

  4. Salty

Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship between the following classes. image

Troposphere, Atmoshere, Mesosphere

Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct?

15 + 15 ÷ 15 - 15 × 15 = 15

  1. + and ×

  2. ÷ and +

  3. + and -

  4. ÷ and ×

A man ordered 10 physics book and some chemistry book.The price of chemistry book is twice the price of a physics

book.While preparing the bill,the cleark interchanged the number of physics and chemistry book by mistake,which decreased

the bill by 12\frac{1}{2} %.The ratio of the number of physics book to the number of chemistry in the original order is:

  1. 3:5

  2. 3:4

  3. 4:5

  4. 2:3

The average of seven consecutive even natural number is 36.The value of first number is:

  1. 26

  2. 30

  3. 32

  4. 28

An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 320 km/h in 5\frac{1}{2} hours. To cover the same distance in 4 hours, it must

travel at a speed of:

  1. 460 km/h

  2. 440 km/h

  3. 420 km/h

  4. 450 km/h

Study the following bar graph and answer the question given below.

The given bar graph represents the total of number of applications received for the B.Com course by two different colleges A

and B in five different years.

The number of applications received by college A in 2016 is what percentage of the total number of applications received by A

college from 2015 to 2019?

  1. 20%

  2. 15%

  3. 25%

  4. 24%

The area of the four walls of a room is 1152 mand its length is \frac{5}{3} times its breadth. If the height of the room is 12 m,then the

area of its floor is:

  1. 580m2

  2. 520m2

  3. 540m2

  4. 560m2

A person has left a sum of Rs.1,45,600 to be divided among is two sons aged 15 years and 13 years now. Both of them

insvested their shares on simple interest at 10% per annum. If both of them gets equal gets amounts when they attains 18

years of age, then the original share received by younger son is:

  1. Rs.64,500

  2. Rs.67,600

  3. Rs.66,400

  4. Rs.67,500

If Rs.12,500 is invested at 12% p.a on compound interest for one year and 4 months,compounded annually,then the amount

received is:

  1. Rs.14,650

  2. Rs.14,560

  3. Rs.15,460

  4. Rs.16,450

Three number are in the ratio \frac{1}{4}:\frac{1}{5}:\frac{1}{3} The differnce between the greatest and the smallest number is 800.The sume of the

three numbers is:

  1. 4500

  2. 5800

  3. 5700

  4. 4700

The ratio of the monthly income and expenditure of Dinesh is 17:14, and is monthly saving Rs1200. If his monthly income is

increased by Rs10,000 and expenditure is decreased by Rs2,000, then the new ratio of his income and expenditure is:

  1. 13:8

  2. 13:9

  3. 11:9

  4. 11:7

'A' lone can complete a piece of work for Rs48,100 in 16 days, but by engaging an assistant, the work is completed in 12 days.

Find the share to be received by the assistant.

  1. Rs 15,00

  2. Rs 13,00

  3. Rs 14,00

  4. Rs 12,00

A man sold a radio and a TV set together for Rs30,400 thereby making a frofit of 25% on the radio and 10% on TV set.By selling

them together for Rs30,700, he would have made a 10% profit on the radio and 25% on the TV set.The cost price of the ratio is:

  1. Rs10,000

  2. Rs12,000

  3. Rs8,000

  4. Rs9,000

55% of the cadidates in an examination were boys. 60% of the boys and 75% of the girl passed,and 315 girls failed.

  1. 626

  2. 632

  3. 616

  4. 646

The numbers 25, 34, 46, 48, 2 x+1, 4x +3, 105, 110, 114, 122 are written in ascending order and their median is 77.The value x

is:

  1. 22

  2. 24

  3. 28

  4. 25

Two workers A and B are engaged to do a piece of work. A working alone would take 14 hours more to complete the work then

when A and B work together.B working alone would take  3\frac{1}{2} hours more then A and B work together.The time required to finish

the work together is:

  1. 7 hours

  2. 5 hours

  3. 6 hours

  4. 8 hours

If the difference between the selling price of an article when sold at 18% discount and at 10.5% discount is Rs 192,then the

marked price of the article is:

  1. Rs 2,580

  2. Rs 2,480

  3. Rs 2,560

  4. Rs 2,500

The average of 40% of a number and 33% of the same number is 73.The average of \frac{1}{5} th and \frac{1}{4} th of that number is:

  1. 40

  2. 45

  3. 42

  4. 50

The radius of the base of a cone and also that of a hemisphere each is 4 cm. Also, the volumes of these two solids are equal.

The curved surface area of the cone is:

(Taken \pi =\frac{22}{7}

  1. 614 \sqrt{5}cm^{2}

  2. 626 \sqrt{5}cm^{2}

  3. 616 \sqrt{5}cm^{2}

  4. 516 \sqrt{5}cm^{2}

The slant height and the diameter of the base of a right circular cone are 34 cm, respectively.Its volume (in cm3 ) is:

  1. 3200 \pi

  2. 3840 \pi

  3. 25600 \pi

  4. 2880 \pi

Study the following bar graph and answer the question given below.

The given bar graph represents the total number of applications received for the B.Com course by two different colleges A and

B, in five different years.

The difference between the average number of applications received by college A from 2015 to 2019 and the average number

of applications received by college B from 2015 to 2019 is:

  1. 8

  2. 6

  3. 5

  4. 4

If the value of a cube is 375\sqrt{3} cm^{3}, then its diagonal is:

  1. 10 cm

  2. 15 cm

  3. 14 cm

  4. 12 cm

The sume of two numbers is 60 and their product is 875.The HCF of the numbers is

  1. 6

  2. 8

  3. 5

  4. 7

Vaishnav left from place A at 11 a.m for place B, and suman left from place B at 2 p.m for place A.The distance between them is

516 km. If Vaishnav's speed is 44 km/h and suman's speed is 52 km/h, then at what time will they meet each other?

  1. 7 p.m

  2. 6 p.m

  3. 5 p.m

  4. 9 p.m

Study the following bar graph and answer the question given below.

The given bar graph represents the total number of applications received for the B.Com course by two different colleges A and

B, in five different years.

The ratio of the total number of applications received by college A in 2016 and 2017 together to the total number of application

received by college B in 2016 and 2017 together is:

  1. 18 : 19

  2. 15 : 17

  3. 19 : 20

  4. 15 : 19

Prasad bought 12 TV sets at Rs18,000 each and sold all of them at a total price of Rs2,59,200. Find his profit or loss percentage?

  1. profit 15%

  2. loss 15%

  3. loss 20%

  4. profit 20%

The value of  21 × [(9 − 4) ÷ {(8 ÷ 8of4) + (4 ÷ 4of2)}] is:

  1. 140

  2. 80

  3. 100

  4. 20

As of July 2020, who among the following was the Union Minister of Road Transport

and Highways?

  1. Kiren Rijiju

  2. Thawar Chand Gehlot

  3. Nitin Gadkari

  4. Piyush Goyal

The gymnast Dipa Karmakar belongs to the state of ______.

  1. Maharashtra

  2. Haryana

  3. Manipur

  4. Tripura

Kolleru lake is located in the state of ______.

  1. Uttarakhand

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Kerala

Who among the following was NOT a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in

2019?

  1. Didier Queloz

  2. Akira Yoshino

  3. Michel Mayor

  4. James Peebles

As on September 2020, in order to be a member of the Rajya Sabha one must not be

less than ______ years of age.

  1. 25

  2. 30

  3. 18

  4. 21

______ is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum

period.

  1. Ophthalmology

  2. Oncology

  3. Obstetrics

  4. Orthopedics

Who among the following is NOT a former President of India?

  1. KR Narayanan

  2. Shankar Dayal Sharma

  3. Vishwanath Pratap Singh

  4. Giani Zail Singh

In which year did Amartya Sen receive the Nobel Prize for Economics?

  1. 1998

  2. 2004

  3. 1997

  4. 1999

Which of the following waterfalls is in the state of Goa?

  1. Dudhsagar

  2. Duduma

  3. Gokak

  4. Shivasamudram

Badami was the earliest capital of the:

  1. Chalukyas

  2. Sungas

  3. Pallavas

  4. Mauryas

Which of the following is the chemical symbol of Curium?

  1. Cr

  2. Cm

  3. Ci

  4. Cu

With reference to the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, which of

the following is Goal Number One?

  1. No poverty

  2. Industry, innovation and infrastructure

  3. Reduced inequalities

  4. Zero hunger

In 1877, which of the following viceroys organised a durbar to acknowledge Queen

Victoria as the Empress of India?

  1. Lord Lytton

  2. Lord Ripon

  3. Lord Minto

  4. Lord Dufferin

In 1972, the West Bengal Forest Department recognised its failures in reviving the

degraded ______ forests in South Western districts of the State.

  1. Palash

  2. Sal

  3. Piyal

  4. Segun

Who among the following is the author of the book 'Kanthapura'?

  1. Nirad Choudhuri

  2. Sitakanta Mohapatra

  3. Raja Rao

  4. Kamala Das

How many oxygen atoms are there in a molecule of ozone?

  1. One

  2. Four

  3. Two

  4. Three

Which of the following is NOT a town of Karnataka?

  1. Chikmagalur

  2. Bijapur

  3. Chitradurga

  4. Bhusawal

Which of the following forts was built by the Kakatiya dynasty?

  1. Panhala

  2. Raigad

  3. Golconda

  4. Neemrana

The name of Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra is primarily associated with which of the

following dances?

  1. Mohiniattam

  2. Sattariya

  3. Kathak

  4. Odissi

An asset that has remained in the substandard category for a period of 12 months is

classified as a _____ asset by a bank.

  1. liquid

  2. non-performing

  3. doubtful

  4. loss

Which of the following Harappan sites is located in Afghanistan?

  1. Shortughai

  2. Balakot

  3. Nageswar

  4. Kalibangan

India hosted the Commonwealth Games in:

  1. 2012

  2. 2018

  3. 2006

  4. 2010

Which of the following is a form of devotional poetry sung in praise of God Vithoba?

  1. Shabad

  2. Abhang

  3. Tevaram

  4. Bhatiali

Who among the following was the first recipient of Padma Vibhushan?

  1. JRD Tata

  2. Satyendra Nath Bose

  3. Hargobind Khorana

  4. John Matthai

As per the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 a complaint can be filed in the District

Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum if the value of the claim is up to:

  1. Rs5 lakh

  2. Rs15 lakh

  3. Rs20 lakh

  4. Rs10 lakh

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