# Solved papers for SSC SSC CHSL TIER-I Solved Paper Held on 11.01.2017

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• question_answer1) Select the related word from the given alternatives: Luminous intensity : Candela :: Pressure : ?

B) Newton

C) Pascal

D) Joule

• question_answer2) Select the related letters from the given alternatives. APPARENT : RENTAPPA :: MUSCULAR:?

A) ULAMMUSC

B) ULARMUSC

C) UMAMLUSC

D) ULARMUCS

• question_answer3) Select the related word/letters from the given alternatives : PEON : QRHS :: JOCK : ?

A) NFRM

B) NFMR

C) NEFM

D) NFMM

• question_answer4) Select the related number from the given alternatives : 34 : 81 :: 23 : ?

A) 8

B) 16

C) 4

D) 12

• question_answer5) Find out the odd word from the given alternatives:

A) Tetanus

B) Syphilis

C) Plague

D) Malaria

• question_answer6) Find out the odd letters from the given alternatives :

A) QJ

B) SH

C) LN

D) UF

• question_answer7) Find out the odd number from the given alternatives :

A) 5125

B) 8564

C) 7343

D) 6216

• question_answer8) Find out the odd number from the given alternatives :

A) 529

B) 549

C) 731

D) 525

• question_answer9) A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.  I, V, ?, L

A)  C

B)  D

C)  M

D)  X

• question_answer10) A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. VWX, BCD, HIJ, ?

A) MOQ

B) NOP

C) GHI

D) TUV

• question_answer11) A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. MN, PQ, TU, YZ, ?

A) YZ

B) AB

C) EF

D) EJ

• question_answer12) A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. 10, 29, 66, 127, ?

A) 330

B) 115

C) 218

D) 273

• question_answer13) In the following question, two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

 Statements: A graduate is a man. This thief is a graduate. Conclusions: I. This thief is a man. II. Some men are thieves.

A) Conclusion I follows

B) Conclusion II follows

C) Neither I nor II follows

D) Both I and II follow

• question_answer14) The average temperature of a town in the first six days of a month was$41{}^\circ C$and the sum of the temperatures of the first five days of the same month was${{201}^{o}}\text{C}$. What was the temperature on the sixth day of the month?

A) $40{}^\circ C$

B) $45{}^\circ C$

C) $46{}^\circ C$

D) $~50{}^\circ C$

• question_answer15) Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary :

 I. Uniform II. Unitary III. Umbrella IV. Unicorn

A) III, I, IV, II

B) III, IV, II, I

C) III, IV, I, II

D) IV, I, II, III

• question_answer16) In a certain code language, "ARMS" is written as "5467" and "LIAR" is written as "1254". How is "SMALL" written in that code language?

A) 76521

B) 76512

C) 76511

D) 76544

• question_answer17) In the following question, select the missing number from the given alternatives :

 15 30 20 6 8 2 84 152 ?

A) 400

B) 150

C) 100

D) 625

• question_answer18) If "#" means "subtraction", "&" means "division", "@" means "addition" and "%" means "multiplication", then 505 & 5 # 4 @ 20 % 5 = ?

A)  211

B)  197

C)  210

D)  195

• question_answer19) In the following question, which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it? MN_O_NN_M_NO

A) NMMN

B) NMON

C) MNOO

D) NMMM

• question_answer20) Sonal is standing to the north of Amar and to the west of Mahi. In which direction is Mahi standing with respect to Amar?

A) South-West

B) North-West

C) North-East

D) South-East

• question_answer21) A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabet as shown in the given two matrices. The columns and rows of Matrix-I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix-II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, for example, 'E' can be represented by 68, 99 etc. and 'N' can be represented by 20, 31 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word 'LION'.

A) 41, 10, 69, 76

B) 86, 69, 04, 41

C) 44, 59, 88, 20

D) 57, 66, 31, 04

• question_answer22) A boy and a girl are playing in a park. The only daughter of the maternal grandfather of the girl, is the sister of the boy's father. How is the boy related to the girl?

A) Father

B) Grandfather

C) Son

D) Cousin

• question_answer23) If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right Image of the given question figure?

A)

B)

C)

D)

• question_answer24) Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes. Singer, Musician, Businessman

A)

B)

C)

D)

• question_answer25) A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.

A)

B)

C)

D)

• question_answer26) Which of the following is a volatile memory of a computer?

A) Secondary Memory

B) Cache Memory

C) RAM

D) ROM

• question_answer27) Postage Meter was invented by

A) Fyodor Pirotsky

B) Arthur Pitney

C) Fritz Pfleumer

D) Stephen Perry

• question_answer28) Ringworm is a disease caused by

A) Fungi

B) Bacteria

C) Virus

D) Flies

• question_answer29) Mangifera indica is the scientific name of

A) Guava

B) Mango

C) Amia

D) Jack fruit

• question_answer30) Crabs belongs to the phylum

A) Mollusca

B) Cnldaria

C) Arthropoda

D) Platyhelminthes

• question_answer31) Who invented the modem periodic table?

B) Mendeleev

C) Newton

D) Bohr

A) Same mass numbers but different atomic numbers

B) Different mass numbers but same atomic numbers

C) Same mass and atomic numbers

D) Different mass and atomic numbers

B) Thanjavur

C) Kanchlpuram

D) Rameshwaram

• question_answer34) Maithili is primarily spoken in which state?

A) Bihar

B) Assam

C) West Bengal

D) Meghalaya

• question_answer35) If hiring an extra worker in- creases a factory's output from 1000 to 1200 units per day, but the factory has to reduce the price of Its product from Rs. 25 to Rs. 24 per unit to sell the additional output, the marginal revenue product of the last worker is

A) Rs. 3800

B) Rs. 200

C) Rs. 4000

D) Rs. 100

• question_answer36) Which law states that bad money drives good money out of circulation?

A) Wagner's law

B) Grimm's law

C) Gresham's law

D) Keynes' law

• question_answer37) There is a protocol signed to reduce production of CFC, known as

A) CFC Protocol

B) IR Protocol

C) Montreal Protocol

D) UV Protocol

• question_answer38) Malachite is an ore/mineral of

B) Manganese

C) Mercury

D) Copper

• question_answer39) Pune was once known as the capital of

A) Scindias

B) Holkars

C) Bhosales

D) Peshwas

• question_answer40) Total number of countries in the world are

A) 125

B) 165

C) 255

D) 195

A) It is the densest planet.

B) It is the fifth largest planet.

C) It is also known as red planet.

D) It is the third planet from the sun.

• question_answer42) Anti-apartheid activist ____ was imprisoned for 27 years by the South African government in 1962.

A) Thabo Mbeki

B) Kgalema Motlanthe

C) Nelson Mandela

D) Evelyn Mase

• question_answer43) Chand Bibi was the ruler of

A) Ahmednagar

B) Bijapur

C) Satara

D) Golconda

• question_answer44) _______ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Director.

A) Alejandro G. Inarritu

C) George Miller

D) Tom McCarthy

• question_answer45) Which among the following will be a negative ion?

A) If it has more electrons than protons

B) If it has more electrons than neutrons

C) If it has more protons than electrons

D) If it has more protons than neutrons

• question_answer46) Why metals conduct electricity?

A) Because of low melting point

B) Because of high tensile strength

C) Because of free electrons

D) Because of high atomic density

• question_answer47) To become a member of the Rajya Sabha a person should be at least ________ years old.

A) 18

B) 30

C) 36

D) 24

• question_answer48) How many schedules does the Indian Constitution have?

A) 6

B) 12

C) 18

D) 24

• question_answer49) When is International Olympic Day observed?

A) 16th August

B) 2nd February

C) 18th December

D) 23rd June

• question_answer50) Author of famous book "12 Years A Slave" is

A) Chetan Bhagat

B) Nelson Mandela

C) Solomon Northup Pirates

D) Morarji Desai

• question_answer51) If$4{{x}^{2}}={{15}^{2}}-{{9}^{2}},$ then the value of $x$is

A) 9

B) 6

C) 3

D) 12

• question_answer52) If and $2x-5y=5$and$2x-y=9,$ then$(x-y)$ is equal to

A) 2

B) 4

C) 6

D) 3

• question_answer53) What is the value of $\cos ec-\frac{7\pi }{6}?$

A) $-2$

B) 2

C) $\frac{2}{\sqrt{3}}$

D) $\frac{-2}{\sqrt{3}}$

• question_answer54) The diagonals do not form at least two congruent triangles in a _______.

A) Parallelogram

B) Rhombus

C) Trapezium

D) Kite

• question_answer55) Points P and Q lie on the sides AB and AC of triangle ABC respectively such that line segment PQ is parallel to side BC. If the ratio of AP : PB is 1 : 4 and area of A APQ is 4 square cm, what is the area of trapezium PQCB?

A) 60 sq. cm.

B) 16 sq. cm.

C) 96 sq. cm.

D) 21 sq.cm.

• question_answer56) Given: $2x-4\le 2-\frac{x}{3}$and $2(2x+5)>3x-5,$then x can take which of the following values?

A) -14

B) 3

C) 4

D) 14

• question_answer57) A painter can paint a fence in 24 hours. After 6 hours he takes a break. What fraction of the fence is yet to be painted?

A) 0.6

B) 0.2

C) 0.75

D) 0.8

• question_answer58) If $\frac{1}{6}$of $x-\frac{2}{7}$of $\frac{3}{7}$equals $-\frac{7}{4},$then the value of $x$is

A) $-1.5$

B) 3

C) $-2.5$

D) 6

• question_answer59) $x$and y are two numbers such that their mean proportion is 9 and third proportion is 243. What are the values of $x$and y?

A) 3 and 9

B) 3 and 27

C) 6 and 27

D) 6 and 81

• question_answer60) If 21% of an electricity bill is discounted, Rs. 1817 is still to be paid. How much was the original bill amount?

A) Rs. 1502

B) Rs. 2336

C) Rs. 2300

D) Rs. 1538

• question_answer61) The average revenues of 7 consecutive years of a company is Rs. 79 lakhs. If the average of first 4 years is Rs. 74 lakhs and that of last 4 years is Rs. 86 lakhs, what is the revenue for the 4th year?

A) Rs. 87 lakhs

B) Rs. 89 lakhs

C) Rs. 85 lakhs

D) Rs. 83 lakhs

• question_answer62) A shopkeeper, sells dried apricots at the rate Rs. 1210 per kg and bears a loss of 12%. Now if he decides to sell it at Rs. 1331 per kg., what will be the result?

A) 6.4 per cent loss

B) 3.2 per cent gain

C) 6.4 per cent gain

D) 3.2 per cent loss

• question_answer63) If the shopkeeper sells an item at Rs. 1600 which is marked as Rs. 2000, what is the discount he is offering?

A) 25 percent

B) 20 percent

C) 30 percent

D) 10 percent

• question_answer64) If $\cos ecA+\cot A=x,$then value of $x$is

A) $\frac{1}{(\cos escA-\cot A)}$

B) $\frac{1}{(secA-tanA)}$

C) $\frac{1}{(secA-cosA)}$

D) $\frac{1}{(sinA-cosA)}$

• question_answer65) Dalajit lent Rs. 10800 to Jaabir for 3 years and Rs. 7500 to Kabir for 2 years on simple interest at the same rate of interest and received Rs. 1422 in all from both of them as interest. The rate of interest per annum is

A) 3.5 percent

B) 4 percent

C) 3 percent

D) 4.5 percent

• question_answer66) $\tan \left( \frac{A}{2} \right)$is equal to

A) $\frac{\tan A}{(1+secA)}$

B) $\frac{1}{(cosecA+cotA)}$

C) $\frac{\tan A}{(1+cosecA)}$

D) $\frac{1}{(secA+\cot A)}$

• question_answer67) In APQR, S and T are points on the sides PQ and PR respectively. ST is parallel to QR. If lengths of PS, SQ and PR are 6 cm, 9 cm and 12.5 cm respectively, what is the length of TR?

A) 7.5 cm

B) 5 cm

C) 10 cm

D) 2.5 cm

• question_answer68) How many balls of radius 2 cm can be made by melting a bigger ball of diameter 16 cm? (Take $\pi =\frac{22}{7}$)

A) 64

B) 128

C) 32

D) 96

• question_answer69) At what point does the line $3x+y=-6$intercept the $x-$axis?

A) (2, 0)

B) (-2, 0)

C) (0, -6)

D) (0, 6)

• question_answer70) A thief is stopped by a policeman from a distance of 150 metre. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. Assuming the speed of the thief as 7 km / hr and that of policeman as 9 km/hr, how far the thief would have run, before he is over- taken by the policeman?

A) 420 metre

B) 630 metre

C) 315 metre

D) 525 metre

• question_answer71) Common factor of $24{{b}^{6}}{{c}^{8}}{{d}^{2}},18{{\alpha }^{6}}{{c}^{2}}{{d}^{4}},12{{\alpha }^{4}}{{b}^{4}}$is

A) $72{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}{{c}^{2}}{{d}^{2}}$

B) $72{{a}^{6}}{{b}^{6}}{{c}^{8}}{{d}^{2}},$

C) $6{{a}^{2}}{{b}^{2}}$

D) 6

 Quantity of stock Average- Cost (Rs.) Mobile Phones 44 12000 Cameras 75 14000 TVs 55 56000 Refrigerators 29 53000 ACs 77 26000
What is the value of the total stock (in lakh rupees)?

A) 81.97

B) 819.7

C) 161

D) 280

 Year Ratio: Import / Export 2011 1 2012 1.1 2013 1.5 2014 0.9 2015 1.1
If the Imports in 2012 were Rs. 1000 crores and the total ex- ports in the years 2012 and 2013 together were Rs. 4800 crores, them the imports in 2013 were (in Rs. crore)?

A) 3891

B) 5836

C) 909

D) 2594

 Measured on Birthday Height of the child (in cm) 4 100 5 105 6 110 7 120 8 130 9 140 10 145 11 150 12 160 13 165 14 170 15 175 16 180
What was the increase in the height of the child from the 10th Birthday to the 11th Birthday?

A) 15 cm

B) 10 cm

C) 5 cm

D) 4 cm

• question_answer75) Between 10 pm and 6 am, a fitness band records the following data. Refer the following data table and answer the question.

 Deep sleep 15 Dreaming 15 Light sleep 5 Extremely light sleep 30 Awake 35
How long was the user in Deep Sleep or was Awake?

A) 3.5 hours

B) 2.5 hours

C) 4.5 hours

D) 4 hours

• question_answer76) In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

A) My twin

B) is five minutes younger

C) than myself.

D) No error

• question_answer77) Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

 Tenzing Norgay created history P. to conquer Mount Everest Q. became the first men R. on May 29, 1953, when he and Sir Edmund Hillary

A) QRP

B) QPR

C) PRQ

D) RQP

• question_answer78) In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best ex- presses the meaning of the idiom / phrase

 A piece of cake

A) Everything tastes nice to a hungry person

B) Getting a smaller share than expected

C) It is difficult to forget tasty food

D) Something easily achieved

• question_answer79) In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 Having or displaying an overly critical point of view.

A) Judge mental

B) To hallucinate

C) To contravene

D) Expanse

• question_answer80) Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 She (has fallen out with) the boy she was supposed to marry

A) fell out with

B) has fallen out of

C) has fallen in with

D) No Improvement

• question_answer81) In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

 Obtain something by force, threats, or other unfair means.

A) To regret

B) To extort

C) To resent

D) To encompass

• question_answer82) Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 If the screen (was any brighter), it would have been easier to read from the tablet.

A) was bright enough

B) was more brighter

D) No Improvement

• question_answer83) Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) infernal

B) dorsally

C) somewhat

D) mangoose

• question_answer84) Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. All tyrants realize that,

 P. victims, there is sure to be one who Q. rises against them and strikes back! R. one day, amongst their many

A) RQP

B) PQR

C) RPQ

D) QRP

• question_answer85) In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one which best ex- presses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

 The manager's bank account has been hacked.

A) They have hacked the man.

B) Hacking has been done to the manager's bank account.

C) Bank's account hacking has been done of the manager.

D) Someone has hacked the manager's bank account.

• question_answer86) Select the word with the correct spelling.

A) deceased

B) choiciest

C) angle can

D) thank full

• question_answer87) Select the synonym of nutritious.

A) insubstantial

B) exceptional

C) nourishing

D) superlative

• question_answer88) In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best ex- presses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 A picture paints a thousand words

A) An image of a subject conveys its meaning or essence more effectively than a description does.

B) It is Impossible to describe a beautiful sight.

C) A painter can express his feelings better than a writer.

D) A beautiful poem creates a mental picture.

• question_answer89) In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four. The government allocated Rs 1,000 crore _____ of historical monuments.

A) resurrection

B) revival

C) resumption

D) restoration

• question_answer90) In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.

A) He says that

B) he has done engineering

C) besides an MBA.

D) No error

• question_answer91) In the following question, the sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four. Put your own house ___ order before preaching others.

A) within

B) into

C) in

D) to

• question_answer92) In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence In Indirect/Direct speech. Vinod said to me, "Has your brother returned from Dubai?"

A) Vinod said to me if my brother has returned from Dubai.

C) Vinod enquire to me if my brother had returned from Dubai.

• question_answer93) Select the antonym of pejorative.

A) rude

B) complimentary

C) derisive

D) cheeky

• question_answer94) Select the synonym of transient.

A) lacerate

B) ephemeral

C) perpetual

D) enduring

• question_answer95) Select the antonym of avid.

A) apathetic

B) desirous

C) devoted

D) fanatical

• question_answer96) Direction: In the Following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The preacher challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a (96) Polish meadow to reject being a "(97)" who retreats into video games and computer screens and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. (98) his speech with (99). the 79-year-old Pope, despite a long day of public appearances, addressed his eager audience with enthusiasm yesterday on a warm summer night. Pope Francis spoke of a (100) that comes from merely seeking convenience, from confusing happiness with a complacent way of life that could end up depriving people of the ability to determine their own fates.

A) huge

B) sprawling

C) very big

D) gigantic

• question_answer97) Direction: In the Following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The preacher challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a (96) Polish meadow to reject being a "(97)" who retreats into video games and computer screens and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. (98) his speech with (99). the 79-year-old Pope, despite a long day of public appearances, addressed his eager audience with enthusiasm yesterday on a warm summer night. Pope Francis spoke of a (100) that comes from merely seeking convenience, from confusing happiness with a complacent way of life that could end up depriving people of the ability to determine their own fates.

A) couch potato

B) lazy tomato

C) loafer

D) spectator

• question_answer98) Direction: In the Following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The preacher challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a (96) Polish meadow to reject being a "(97)" who retreats into video games and computer screens and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. (98) his speech with (99). the 79-year-old Pope, despite a long day of public appearances, addressed his eager audience with enthusiasm yesterday on a warm summer night. Pope Francis spoke of a (100) that comes from merely seeking convenience, from confusing happiness with a complacent way of life that could end up depriving people of the ability to determine their own fates.

A) Showering

B) Endowing

C) Glorifying

D) Peppering

• question_answer99) Direction: In the Following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The preacher challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a (96) Polish meadow to reject being a "(97)" who retreats into video games and computer screens and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. (98) his speech with (99). the 79-year-old Pope, despite a long day of public appearances, addressed his eager audience with enthusiasm yesterday on a warm summer night. Pope Francis spoke of a (100) that comes from merely seeking convenience, from confusing happiness with a complacent way of life that could end up depriving people of the ability to determine their own fates.

A) contemporary lingo

B) modern linguistics

C) fashionable jargon

D) common slang

• question_answer100) Direction: In the Following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The preacher challenged hundreds of thousands of young people who gathered in a (96) Polish meadow to reject being a "(97)" who retreats into video games and computer screens and instead engage in social activism and politics to create a more just world. (98) his speech with (99). the 79-year-old Pope, despite a long day of public appearances, addressed his eager audience with enthusiasm yesterday on a warm summer night. Pope Francis spoke of a (100) that comes from merely seeking convenience, from confusing happiness with a complacent way of life that could end up depriving people of the ability to determine their own fates.

A) selfishness

B) panic

C) paralysis

D) calamity