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SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I (20th Sep 2025 - Shift 1)

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Question 1 of 100

Find the odd one out:

Question 2 of 100

Pointing to a woman, Amit said, “She is the daughter of my mother’s only daughter .” How is the woman related to Amit?

Question 3 of 100

P is the son of Q. Q is the sister of R. R is the father of S. How is P related to S?

Question 4 of 100

What comes next? ZYX, YXW, XWV, WVU, ?

Question 5 of 100

If MARKET is written as OCTMGV, how is NATURE written?

Question 6 of 100

Complete the series: AB, CD, EF, GH, ?

Question 7 of 100

Symbol meanings: ‘+’ means ‘÷’ ‘-’ means ‘×’ ‘×’ means ‘+’ ‘÷’ means ‘-’. Find the value: 80 + 10 × 4 ÷ 2 - 6 = ?

Question 8 of 100

Find the odd one out: India, China, Japan, Nile

Question 9 of 100

Which meaningful word can be formed from the letters “LAPETOR”?

Question 10 of 100

Find the odd one out:

Question 11 of 100

A lawyer reveals client information without consent. Which principle is violated?

Question 12 of 100

If ‘DOG’ is coded as ‘4-15-7’, how will ‘GOD’ be coded?

Question 13 of 100

Statement: To reduce traffic congestion, the city administration introduced odd-even vehicle rules during peak hours. Judgements: 1. All traffic problems are caused by private vehicles. 2. Regulatory measures can help manage traffic flow.

Question 14 of 100

Statements: 1. All engineers are skilled. 2. No skilled person is careless. Conclusions: I. No engineer is careless. II. Some careless are engineers.

Question 15 of 100

If 4 # 3 = 16 and 5 # 2 = 14, then what is 6 # 4?

Question 16 of 100

Statement: 1. All teachers are educated. 2. Some educated people are researchers. 3. No researcher is careless. Conclusions: I. Some teachers are researchers. II. Some educated people are not careless.

Question 17 of 100

Which two signs should be interchanged to make the following equation correct? [{(18 - 6) + (3 × 2)} - {10 ÷ 5}] × 2 = 40

Question 18 of 100

If # = −, & = × and @ = ÷. Then find the value of: 18 & 2 @ 3 # 4 ?

Question 19 of 100

You notice misuse of public funds in your department. What should you do?

Question 20 of 100

A person covers 12 km in 2 hours and returns the same distance in 3 hours. What is the average speed of the entire journey?

Question 21 of 100

Which word uses an extra letter not found in the main word? WORD: GOVERNMENT

Question 22 of 100

Choose the address that is exactly the same as the one given below. Sample Address: Flat No. 22, First Floor, Sunrise Apartments, Sector 45, Gurugram, Haryana - 122003

Question 23 of 100

Find the missing number: 1, 8, 27, 64, ?, 216

Question 24 of 100

If 8 $ 2 = 60 and 5 $ 3 = 48, then what is 5 $ 4?

Question 25 of 100

If MOBILE is coded as NPCJMF, how is NPKJMF coded?

Question 26 of 100

In the Global Firepower (GFP) Index methodology, why are special modifiers such as bonuses and penalties incorporated into the ranking formula?

Question 27 of 100

Which of the following best describes the core rituals and symbolism associated with the Mopin festival of the Galo tribe in Arunachal Pradesh?

Question 28 of 100

Which Mahajanapada was located in the region of present-day eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and became the nucleus of the Mauryan Empire?

Question 29 of 100

What was the major role of Batukeshwar Dutt in the Indian freedom movement?

Question 30 of 100

A 100 W bulb operates 4 hours daily. Energy consumed in 25 days equals:

Question 31 of 100

The Green Hydrogen Mission aims to:

Question 32 of 100

Who led the Paika Rebellion of 1817 in Odisha?

Question 33 of 100

Assertion (A): The Deccan Plateau supports extensive black soil agriculture. Reason (R): Black soil retains moisture and is ideal for cotton cultivation.

Question 34 of 100

Who was appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) in 2025?

Question 35 of 100

In the Vijayanagara polity, the title ‘Hinduraya Suratrana’ signified:

Question 36 of 100

Consider the following: 1. Police is a State subject. 2. Defence is a Union subject. 3. Education is in the Concurrent List. Which are correct?

Question 37 of 100

The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 initially fixed the minimum marriage age for girls at:

Question 38 of 100

The Uniform Civil Code would primarily impact:

Question 39 of 100

The objective of import substitution industrialization was to:

Question 40 of 100

India’s Gaganyaan mission aims to send Indian astronauts into space by the year ____.

Question 41 of 100

What is the central theme of Yuval Noah Harari’s book “Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind”?

Question 42 of 100

‘Marginal utility’ refers to:

Question 43 of 100

The PM-Fasal Bima Yojana primarily aims to:

Question 44 of 100

Consider the statements about Garba: 1. It is performed during Navratri in Gujarat. 2. It is traditionally performed only by men.

Question 45 of 100

The Punchhi Commission on Centre-State relations was set up in:

Question 46 of 100

The sanctum tower in a Nagara-style temple is known as:

Question 47 of 100

Which of the following statements regarding volleyball court specifications is correct?

Question 48 of 100

Assertion (A): India and China have held multiple rounds of Corps Commander-level talks to ease border tensions since 2020. Reason (R): The Line of Actual Control is clearly demarcated and mutually accepted by both nations.

Question 49 of 100

Who secured India’s medal in men’s 57 kg freestyle wrestling at the Paris 2024 Olympics?

Question 50 of 100

Identify the incorrectly paired athlete and sport:

Question 51 of 100

A solid sphere of radius R is melted and recast into n smaller spheres of radius r . Find the value of n.

Question 52 of 100

From a point P outside a circle, a tangent PT and a secant PAB are drawn. If PT = 8 cm and AB = 12 cm, what is the length of the segment PA?

Question 53 of 100

Given: 𝑥 + 1 𝑥 = 2, then determine the value of 𝑥8 + 1 𝑥8 −2(𝑥6 + 1 𝑥6)+5(𝑥2 + 1 𝑥2).

Question 54 of 100

If (x + y) : (x - y) = 7 : 3, find (𝑥3 +𝑦3):(𝑥3 −𝑦3)

Question 55 of 100

If you subtract the square of a number from 3000 and then multiply the result by 14, you get 33250. What is that number?

Question 56 of 100

Solve and simplify: 1 √5−√2 + 1 √5+√2

Question 57 of 100

A person invested a total sum of ₹2700 in three different schemes of simple interest at 3%, 4%, and 6% per annum. At the end of one year, he got the same interest from all three schemes. What was the amount (in ₹) invested at 4%?

Question 58 of 100

A sum becomes 3 times of itself in 8 years under simple interest. In how many years will it become 7 times itself at the same rate?

Question 59 of 100

A point P is 17 cm away from the center of a circle. A tangent is drawn from P to the circle, and its length is 15 cm. What is the area of the circle?

Question 60 of 100

A tank is in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped of size 40 m × 30 m × 4 m. Its capacity in kilolitres is:

Question 61 of 100

The angle between two tangents drawn from an external point to a circle is 75∘. What is the angle subtended by the chord connecting their points of contact at the center?

Question 62 of 100

If sin⁡𝑥 +cos⁡𝑥 = √1.5, what is the value of sin⁡𝑥 −cos⁡𝑥?

Question 63 of 100

A trader marked an article 50% above its cost price. He then allowed a discount of 10% on the marked price. If the selling price of the article was ₹810, what was its cost price?

Question 64 of 100

What is the value of (0.13 +0.013)÷(0.53 +0.053) = ?

Question 65 of 100

A right circular cone having height of 40 cm is cut by two parallel planes at depths 10 cm and 20 cm from the top. What is the ratio of the volumes of the three parts (from top to bottom)?

Question 66 of 100

Choose the correct relation: i) √17 > 4.1 ii) √15 < √16 iii) √19 < √20

Question 67 of 100

A regular polygon has each interior angle measuring 144∘. Find the number of its sides.

Question 68 of 100

If sec⁡𝐴 = 𝑦, then what is tan⁡2A in terms of y?

Question 69 of 100

A ladder reaches a window 10 meters high on a vertical wall. If the ladder is positioned at a 60∘angle to the ground, what is its length? (nearest to a whole number)

Question 70 of 100

A solid cylinder has a radius of 6 cm and a height of 14 cm. A smaller cylindrical hole of radius 2 cm is drilled coaxially through its entire length. What is the approximate volume of the remaining solid? (Use 𝜋 = 22 7 )

Question 71 of 100

A & B together earn ₹1200 for a job. A works the whole time; B joins after the job is 40% done. B is 1.5 times as efficient as A. Find B's share.

Question 72 of 100

A sector has a central angle of 60∘ and a radius of 8 cm. Another sector of the same circle has a central angle of 𝜋 3 radians. What is the ratio of the area of the first sector to the area of the second sector?

Question 73 of 100

If tan⁡𝐴 = 1 √3, what is the value of (1−sin⁡𝐴)(1+cos⁡𝐴)?

Question 74 of 100

In △ PQR, a median from P meets QR at S. If PQ = PR, are △ PQS and △ PRS congruent? If so, by what rule?

Question 75 of 100

Which point lies on y = 2x - 5?

Question 76 of 100

Choose the correct meaning of idiom: Flash in the pan

Question 77 of 100

Choose the correct meaning of idiom: To bite one's thumb at someone

Question 78 of 100

Select the correct option: Rather than weakening the proposal, her analytical objections functioned as a ______ to the prevailing complacency within the advisory panel.

Question 79 of 100

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The final verdict was delivered by the chief justice after hours of deliberation.

Question 80 of 100

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: The children enjoyed in the park during the excursion.

Question 81 of 100

A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech. The manager said, “Submit the revised draft by tomorrow.”

Question 82 of 100

Choose the correct one-word substitute for: ‘Cancellation or reduction of a punishment.’

Question 83 of 100

Select the sentence which does not contain the homonym of the highlighted word: The priest carefully draped the altar with a golden galloon.

Question 84 of 100

Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a logical passage. 1. Consequently, ethical guidelines must evolve alongside technological innovation. 2. Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming multiple industries. 3. However, its deployment raises complex moral and regulatory concerns. 4. Policymakers must balance innovation with accountability.

Question 85 of 100

A sentence is provided in indirect speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding direct speech. He stated that he had completed the assignment the previous night.

Question 86 of 100

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The new policy was more superior (1)/ to its predecessor (2)/ in terms of implementation strategy (3)/ and fiscal transparency. (4)/

Question 87 of 100

Which spelling is correct for a word meaning ‘calm and peaceful’?

Question 88 of 100

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: She has been working here from five years.

Question 89 of 100

Change the following from active to passive: They have been reviewing the confidential documents for potential discrepancies.

Question 90 of 100

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word: VOCIFEROUS

Question 91 of 100

Choose the correct spelling for a word meaning ‘basic or fundamental’.

Question 92 of 100

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: OBFUSCATION

Question 93 of 100

Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful passage: 1. Climate change has intensified extreme weather events across continents. 2. Scientific consensus attributes this trend largely to anthropogenic emissions. 3. Mitigation strategies require coordinated international cooperation. 4. Failure to act promptly may exacerbate ecological and economic instability.

Question 94 of 100

Choose the correct one-word substitute for: ‘The use of deception to achieve political advantage.’

Question 95 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number (1)? In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: Late-capitalist urban landscapes frequently oscillate between spectacle and decay, embodying a paradox of acceleration and inertia. Skyscrapers rise beside derelict factories, and smart districts coexist with neighborhoods deprived of basic amenities. Such juxtapositions do not merely reflect uneven development; they reveal a (1)______ temporality in which advancement and abandonment unfold simultaneously. Infrastructure, in this milieu, becomes a theater of aspiration—glass facades projecting futurity even as subterranean systems corrode unnoticed. The city thus performs modernity through curated skylines while concealing systemic fragilities. What emerges is not straightforward dysfunction but a symbolic (2)________ of progress, where cranes and scaffoldin g signify perpetual becoming rather than completion. Urban renewal projects, perpetually announced yet rarely finalized, materialize the rhetoric of transformation without its substance. In this configuration, architecture operates as a discursive apparatus that (3)__________ collective desire into concrete form, embedding ideology within spatial arrangements. Ruins, consequently, are not vestiges of failure but sites of (4) _____: they encode the temporality of deferred promise. The metropolis, therefore, should not be interpreted as static but as suspended in a state of (5) ______—a restless motion devoid of teleological closure.

Question 96 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number (2)? In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: Late-capitalist urban landscapes frequently oscillate between spectacle and decay, embodying a paradox of acceleration and inertia. Skyscrapers rise beside derelict factories, and smart districts coexist with neighborhoods deprived of basic amenities. Such juxtapositions do not merely reflect uneven development; they reveal a (1)______ temporality in which advancement and abandonment unfold simultaneously. Infrastructure, in this milieu, becomes a theater of aspiration—glass facades projecting futurity even as subterranean systems corrode unnoticed. The city thus performs modernity through curated skylines while concealing systemic fragilities. What emerges is not straightforward dysfunction but a symbolic (2)________ of progress, where cranes and scaffoldin g signify perpetual becoming rather than completion. Urban renewal projects, perpetually announced yet rarely finalized, materialize the rhetoric of transformation without its substance. In this configuration, architecture operates as a discursive apparatus that (3)__________ collective desire into concrete form, embedding ideology within spatial arrangements. Ruins, consequently, are not vestiges of failure but sites of (4) _____: they encode the temporality of deferred promise. The metropolis, therefore, should not be interpreted as static but as suspended in a state of (5) ______—a restless motion devoid of teleological closure.

Question 97 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number (3)? In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: Late-capitalist urban landscapes frequently oscillate between spectacle and decay, embodying a paradox of acceleration and inertia. Skyscrapers rise beside derelict factories, and smart districts coexist with neighborhoods deprived of basic amenities. Such juxtapositions do not merely reflect uneven development; they reveal a (1)______ temporality in which advancement and abandonment unfold simultaneously. Infrastructure, in this milieu, becomes a theater of aspiration—glass facades projecting futurity even as subterranean systems corrode unnoticed. The city thus performs modernity through curated skylines while concealing systemic fragilities. What emerges is not straightforward dysfunction but a symbolic (2)________ of progress, where cranes and scaffoldin g signify perpetual becoming rather than completion. Urban renewal projects, perpetually announced yet rarely finalized, materialize the rhetoric of transformation without its substance. In this configuration, architecture operates as a discursive apparatus that (3)__________ collective desire into concrete form, embedding ideology within spatial arrangements. Ruins, consequently, are not vestiges of failure but sites of (4) _____: they encode the temporality of deferred promise. The metropolis, therefore, should not be interpreted as static but as suspended in a state of (5) ______—a restless motion devoid of teleological closure.

Question 98 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number (4)? In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: Late-capitalist urban landscapes frequently oscillate between spectacle and decay, embodying a paradox of acceleration and inertia. Skyscrapers rise beside derelict factories, and smart districts coexist with neighborhoods deprived of basic amenities. Such juxtapositions do not merely reflect uneven development; they reveal a (1)______ temporality in which advancement and abandonment unfold simultaneously. Infrastructure, in this milieu, becomes a theater of aspiration—glass facades projecting futurity even as subterranean systems corrode unnoticed. The city thus performs modernity through curated skylines while concealing systemic fragilities. What emerges is not straightforward dysfunction but a symbolic (2)________ of progress, where cranes and scaffolding signify perpetual becoming rather than completion. Urban renewal projects, perpetually announced yet rarely finalized, materialize the rhetoric of transformation without its substance. In this configuration, architecture operates as a discursive apparatus that (3)__________ collective desire into concrete form, embedding ideology within spatial arrangements. Ruins, consequently, are not vestiges of failure but sites of (4) _____: they encode the temporality of deferred promise. The metropolis, therefore, should not be interpreted as static but as suspended in a state of (5) ______—a restless motion devoid of teleological closure.

Question 99 of 100

. What should come in the place of blank number (5)? In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: Late-capitalist urban landscapes frequently oscillate between spectacle and decay, embodying a paradox of acceleration and inertia. Skyscrapers rise beside derelict factories, and smart districts coexist with neighborhoods deprived of basic amenities. Such juxtapositions do not merely reflect uneven development; they reveal a (1)______ temporality in which advancement and abandonment unfold simultaneously. Infrastructure, in this milieu, becomes a theater of aspiration—glass facades projecting futurity even as subterranean systems corrode unnoticed. The city thus performs modernity through curated skylines while concealing systemic fragilities. What emerges is not straightforward dysfunction but a symbolic (2)________ of progress, where cranes and scaffoldin g signify perpetual becoming rather than completion. Urban renewal projects, perpetually announced yet rarely finalized, materialize the rhetoric of transformation without its substance. In this configuration, architecture operates as a discursive apparatus that (3)__________ collective desire into concrete form, embedding ideology within spatial arrangements. Ruins, consequently, are not vestiges of failure but sites of (4) _____: they encode the temporality of deferred promise. The metropolis, therefore, should not be interpreted as static but as suspended in a state of (5) ______—a restless motion devoid of teleological closure.

Question 100 of 100

Choose the correct phrasal verb: The research supervisor advised the scholar to ______ her central hypothesis before submitting the revised manuscript.