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SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I (23rd Sep 2025 - Shift 1)

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Question 1 of 100

The seminar in Jaipur was 4 days after Udaipur, and Ajmer hosted its seminar 2 days before Jaipur . If Udaipur was on 5th April, when was Ajmer's seminar?

Question 2 of 100

A sum triples in 10 years at simple interest. What is the annual rate?

Question 3 of 100

If TABLE is coded as UBCMF, how is UBCMF coded?

Question 4 of 100

Find the missing number: 16 : 4096 :: 18 : ?

Question 5 of 100

Read the given statement and conclusions carefully. Statement: 1. All chairs are tables. 2. Some tables are desks. Conclusion: I. Some chairs are desks. II. All desks are tables.

Question 6 of 100

If 6 workers can complete 6 tasks in 6 hours, how many workers are needed to complete 60 tasks in 60 hours?

Question 7 of 100

Find the pair that does NOT follow the double-step pattern. A2, C4, E6, G8, I11

Question 8 of 100

If in a code language, 'DOG' is written as 'GRJ', then 'CAT' is written as?

Question 9 of 100

Which number breaks the pattern? 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 40

Question 10 of 100

Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. Flat 302, Block-B, Shanti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh - 226010

Question 11 of 100

If 'APPLE' is coded as '1-16-16-12-5', how will 'ELPPA' be coded?

Question 12 of 100

Statement: 1. All roses are flowers. 2. Some flowers are yellow. Conclusions: I. Some roses are yellow. II. All yellow are flowers.

Question 13 of 100

If "DELHI" is written as "GHOKL", how will "MUMBAI" be written?

Question 14 of 100

If 43= 64, then 83= ?

Question 15 of 100

A is the father of B and C. How are B and C related?

Question 16 of 100

Find the odd one out:

Question 17 of 100

Statements: 1. Some fruits are apples. 2. All apples are good. Conclusions: I. Some fruits are good. II. All good are fruits.

Question 18 of 100

If TIGER is coded as UJHFS, how is UJHFS coded?

Question 19 of 100

What should come at the place of question mark? 3 × 4 + 5 = ?

Question 20 of 100

A person spends 3/5 of his income and saves ₹4000. What is his income?

Question 21 of 100

If @ = +, # = -, $ = ×, & = ÷, then 8 @ 4 # 2 = ?

Question 22 of 100

Using the reverse code (Z = 1, Y = 2, ...), what is the sum of the reverse positions of the first and last letters of "LIBRARY"?

Question 23 of 100

If 7 @ 3 = 73 and 9 @ 2 = 92, what is 6 @ 4?

Question 24 of 100

What should come at the place of question mark? 52+ 122= ?

Question 25 of 100

What comes next? A1, C3, E5, G7, ?

Question 26 of 100

Peer Ali Khan was a prominent figure in the 1857 Revolt who organized rebels and challenged British rule in which major city of Bihar?

Question 27 of 100

Which of the following fiscal terms related to Gupta dynasty is correctly matched?

Question 28 of 100

What was the official mascot of the Khelo India Winter Games 2024?

Question 29 of 100

What is the meaning of Samhita in the context of the Rigveda?

Question 30 of 100

Which plan gave prominence to the Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956, emphasizing the 'commanding heights' doctrine?

Question 31 of 100

Regarding the initial office and organizational structure of Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF): 1) The first office of IABF was established at 62, Majestic Hotel in Bombay. 2) Bombay formed the core of the IABF at its inception, with most office-bearers from the city. 3) The inaugural meeting of the Federation was held at the Governor's Pavilion of the Cricket Club of India. Which of these statements are correct?

Question 32 of 100

Assertion (A): Financial intermediaries are essential in transmitting monetary policy to the real economy. Reason (R): They adjust lending and deposit rates in response to policy rates set by the MPC.

Question 33 of 100

Which country has consistently been ranked as the world's most peaceful country in the Global Peace Index?

Question 34 of 100

Jayaprakash Narayan's concept of Total Revolution included which of the following components? 1. Social reforms to eradicate corruption 2. Political reforms to decentralize power 3. Armed struggle against the government 4. Economic reforms focusing on privatization Which of these are correct?

Question 35 of 100

Assertion (A): A confession made to a police officer is inadmissible in court. Reason (R): Section 23 of Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam retains the principle of voluntariness in confession.

Question 36 of 100

Under which constitutional provision can the President of India assume legislative powers for a state?

Question 37 of 100

What was the main objective of the Industrial Policy of 1956?

Question 38 of 100

What happens to the perceived frequency when both the source and the listener move with the same speed in the same direction?

Question 39 of 100

In which language was Heart Lamp originally written?

Question 40 of 100

Assertion (A): Gothic Revival buildings in colonial India often employed pointed arches and ribbed vaults. Reason (R): These elements were unknown in traditional European cathedrals.

Question 41 of 100

Consider the following statements about 'Negotiating Mughal Law' by Nandini Chatterjee: 1) The book explores legal pluralism and property rights through a landlord family's experience across Indian empires. 2) It is a literary biography focusing on Mughal emperors' personal lives and poetic patronage. Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Question 42 of 100

Whose administrative system later became the model for Emperor Akbar's consolidation of the Mughal Empire?

Question 43 of 100

Consider the following statements regarding NADA India's Education Plan objectives: 1) It aims to promote values of sportsmanship and fair play within India's sports ecosystem. 2) It focuses on penalizing athletes caught doping rather than education. 3) It provides accurate and timely anti-doping information to all stakeholders. Which of the statements is/are correct?

Question 44 of 100

Assertion (A): Potti Sriramulu fasted unto death for the formation of Andhra Pradesh. Reason (R): His death marked the beginning of linguistic state formation in India.

Question 45 of 100

Who won a bronze medal in wrestling at the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming India's youngest -ever individual Olympic medallist?

Question 46 of 100

What is the role of WTO with respect to globalization?

Question 47 of 100

Consider the statements about Kalbelia: 1. Female costumes are black swirling skirts richly mirror-embroidered. 2. It entered UNESCO Representative List in 2010. Which is/are correct?

Question 48 of 100

The Garia Carnival is conducted according to the guidance of which figure?

Question 49 of 100

In the Nagara temple, which element is the projecting central offset of the wall face?

Question 50 of 100

Which education-related document, issued in 1854, laid the foundation for modern education in India?

Question 51 of 100

A seller offers a 30% discount on an item whose cost price is Rs. 840. Despite the discount, the seller earns a profit of 10%. What must be the marked price?

Question 52 of 100

A circular jogging track has a radius of 30 m. A runner covers a curved path that subtends an angle of 150° at the center . What is the length of the arc he runs?

Question 53 of 100

The average of a certain number of quantities is 60. If each quantity is multiplied by 3, what will be the new average?

Question 54 of 100

If cscA - cotA = q, then what is cscA in terms of q?

Question 55 of 100

If cosB = 0.8, what is the value of cotB?

Question 56 of 100

In a circle, the angle subtended by chord PQ at the center is 110°. What is the measure of angle ∠PRQ, where R lies on the major arc of the circle?

Question 57 of 100

A man crosses a 150-metre wide street in 30 seconds. His speed in km/hr is:

Question 58 of 100

A square of side 12 cm has a smaller square (of side 5 cm) removed from one corner . What is the ratio of the remaining area to the original area?

Question 59 of 100

A right-angled triangle has perpendicular sides of length p and q, and hypotenuse r . What is the radius of the circle inscribed within this triangle?

Question 60 of 100

A group of 6 friends went to a cafe. If 5 of them paid Rs. 300 each and the sixth paid Rs. y, the average bill per person came out to be Rs. 320. What is the value of y?

Question 61 of 100

A triangular prism has a base with area 60 cm² and height 20 cm. If 15% of the prism is hollowed out for a cylindrical pipe, what is the volume of the remaining solid part?

Question 62 of 100

A regular hexagon has a perimeter of 48 cm. What is its approximate area? (Take √3 = 1.732)

Question 63 of 100

What is the minimum distance between the centers of two circles having radii 7 cm and 4 cm such that exactly three common tangents exist?

Question 64 of 100

Out of his total monthly income, a man spends 50% on food and household expenses and 20% on rent. The remaining is spent on other miscellaneous items. What percentage of his income is spent on these other items?

Question 65 of 100

X's salary is 50% more than Y's. If Y's salary increases by 10% and X's salary increases by k%, then X's new salary becomes 40% more than Y's new salary. What is the approximate value of k?

Question 66 of 100

Which of the following is true for all acute angles B?

Question 67 of 100

A and B start a business with Rs. 4,00,000 and Rs. 5,00,000 respectively. After 6 months, A adds Rs. 1,00,000 more, and B withdraws Rs. 1,00,000. At the end of 1 year, they make a profit of Rs. 2,80,000. What is A's share of the profit?

Question 68 of 100

The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum is ₹840. Find the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate and period.

Question 69 of 100

The set of rational numbers includes which of the following?

Question 70 of 100

An electronics retailer orders 200 wireless headphones at a cost of ₹500 each. The owner plans to price them so that selling only 160 headphones would guarantee a 30% profit on the total investment. However, due to high demand, 180 headphones are sold. If the remaining headphones have no resale value, calculate the store's actual profit percentage on the total investment.

Question 71 of 100

A rectangular park is 80 m by 50 m. A semicircular pond of diameter 50 m is constructed inside it. What percent of the park's area does the pond occupy? (Take π ≈ 3.14159)

Question 72 of 100

If the angle subtended by a chord at the center is 120°, what is the angle subtended at a point on the circle in the corresponding major segment?

Question 73 of 100

A large wooden box, open at the top, needs to be lined with fabric on its inner floor and inner four side walls. The inner dimensions of the box are 3.0 m length, 2.0 m wide, and 1.5 m high. If the fabric comes in square pieces of side 40 cm, and 10% extra fabric is needed for cuts and overlaps, how many approximate fabric pieces should be purchased?

Question 74 of 100

The volume of a sphere is V . If the radius of the sphere is increased by 5 times, by what percentage does the volume increase?

Question 75 of 100

In a circle with center O, two chords, PQ and RS, cross each other at right angles. If the distance from the center O to chord PQ is 5 cm, while the distance from O to chord RS is 12 cm, what is the radius of the circle?

Question 76 of 100

Select the correct option: By the time the investigation wraps up, the committee _____ its preliminary findings.

Question 77 of 100

Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The pilgrims walked through the cathedral's ambulatory in reverent silence.

Question 78 of 100

A sentence is provided in direct speech. Choose the option that most accurately represents it in indirect speech. He said, "I was preparing for the examination throughout the night."

Question 79 of 100

Choose the correct meaning of idiom: Know which way the wind blows

Question 80 of 100

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: She is one of those researchers who has always maintained meticulous records.

Question 81 of 100

A sentence is provided in indirect speech. Choose the option that most accurately represents it in direct speech. She mentioned that her organisation would launch the project the next week.

Question 82 of 100

Choose the correct spelling for a word meaning 'someone who questions everything'.

Question 83 of 100

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The degree to which the policy drew public opposition (1)/ signals not only institutional failure (2)/ but also that civil society has (3)/ grown increasingly assertive in its demands. (4)

Question 84 of 100

Fill in the blank with the correct verb form: Scarcely had the ambassador delivered his address when the delegates _____ in applause.

Question 85 of 100

Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word. The veteran critic dismissed the young artist's interpretation as _______ and unworthy of serious discussion.

Question 86 of 100

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: She is sleeping when the power went out.

Question 87 of 100

Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful passage: 1. Transitioning to clean energy is indispensable for the long-term health of the planet. 2. Wind and solar technologies represent the most viable alternatives to conventional fossil fuels. 3. Public and private investment in renewable infrastructure must be significantly scaled up. 4. Without robust energy storage systems, the reliability of these alternatives cannot be guaranteed.

Question 88 of 100

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: ASPERITY

Question 89 of 100

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: No sooner the verdict was delivered (1)/ than the defence counsel (2)/ filed an application (3)/ for an immediate stay. (4)/

Question 90 of 100

Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'The practice of substituting an inoffensive word for one considered too direct or unpleasant'.

Question 91 of 100

Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a logical passage. 1. Cultivating creative thinking is therefore essential to driving meaningful progress. 2. Creativity is frequently mistaken for a natural gift rather than an acquired competence. 3. In reality, it is a capacity that can be deliberately practised and refined over time. 4. At its core, it draws on imagination, analytical reasoning, and the ability to solve complex problems.

Question 92 of 100

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. Pernicious

Question 93 of 100

Change the following from active to passive: They should be reviewing the departmental expenditure reports this month.

Question 94 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number [1]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageable. Governance, ther efore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body becomes, in this arra ngement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this exposure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.

Question 95 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number [2]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageable. Governance, ther efore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body becomes, in this arra ngement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this exposure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.

Question 96 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number [3]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageable. Governance, ther efore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body becomes, in this arrangement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this expo sure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.

Question 97 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number [4]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageable. Governance, ther efore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body becomes, in this arra ngement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this exposure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.

Question 98 of 100

. What should come in the place of blank number [5]? The passage given below has certain words missing. Go through it attentively and pick the most suitable word from the options to complete each blank: To speak of power as a neutral mechanism is to already surrender to the logic of the institution: that which sustains itself through containment, and [1] [_____] through the ritual of classification. The governed subject is not produced through ideology alone — it is suspended within an endless circulation of signs, perpetually rehearsed and deferred. Visibility, far from being liberatory, becomes a trap: to be seen is to be entered into the ledger of recognition, to be rendered manageabl e. Governance, therefore, does not merely prohibit — it produces, emerging through the architecture of documentation, through the soft coercion of the category. The surveillance apparatus is not primarily optical but procedural; its power lies not in what it records, but in what it refuses to release from its grid. Dissent, where it survives, cannot take root in frontal resistance — it must inhabit [2] [_____] — the refusal to be parsed, the uncodifiable murmur that eludes the syntax of control. The body be comes, in this arrangement, a text perpetually under revision: marked, interpreted, overwritten. What justice can this system accommodate? Not the justice of restoration, but of severance. A justice that does not appeal to existing terms but dismantles them. What is sought is not repair, but [3] [_____] — the unmaking of the apparatus itself, the stripping away of every grammar of legibility. To commit to this is to renounce consolation, to step outside the reassurance of meaning altogether . One must hold open a space for a justice that perpetually withholds itself, that remains [4] [_____] — immeasurable, unanchored, beyond the coordinates of any existing framework. Only from within this exposure can we imagine a politics freed from the compulsion to represent, a subjectivity that refuses to be owned. What endures at the limit of all this is not a settled identity, but a [5] [_____] — something that persists precisely by evading capture, that exists in the caesura between recognition and erasure.

Question 99 of 100

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The contract was found to have been breached in spite of repeated notices.

Question 100 of 100

Choose the correct one-word substitute for: 'One who habitually expects the worst outcome in any situation.'