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SSC CGL 2025 Tier-I (24th Sep 2025 - Shift 2)

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Question 1 of 100

If 8 + 4 × 2 = ?.

Question 2 of 100

A is the son of B. B is the sister of C. How is A related to C?

Question 3 of 100

If 15 ÷ 3 + 2 × 4 = ?

Question 4 of 100

Choose the address that is the same as the one given below. B-22, Lake View Road, Salt Lake, Kolkata - 700091

Question 5 of 100

A man buys a pen for ₹5 and sells it for ₹8. He repeats this 50 times. Profit = ?

Question 6 of 100

Find the odd one out.

Question 7 of 100

If 12 × 2 = 24 and 15 × 3 = 45, then 20 × 4 = ?

Question 8 of 100

In a series of seminars held daily from 1 March to 8 March 2023: Mumbai - 1 March Pune - 2 March Nagpur - 3 March Surat - 4 March Indore - 5 March Bhopal - 6 March Jaipur - 7 March Agra - 8 March Which city's seminar was held exactly two days after Pune?

Question 9 of 100

If GARDEN is coded as HBSEFO, how is HBSEFOcoded?

Question 10 of 100

If 'TRAIN' is written as 'NIART', how will 'NIART' be written?

Question 11 of 100

If in a code DOG = 4, 15, 7, what is the code for SUN?

Question 12 of 100

Which of the following words will come first in the dictionary?

Question 13 of 100

Find the INCORRECT number in the series. 4, 8, 12, 18, 16, 20

Question 14 of 100

If 7#3 = 28 and 5#4 = 25, then 6#2 = ?

Question 15 of 100

Complete the series. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?

Question 16 of 100

The sum of two numbers is 50 and their difference is 6. What is the product?

Question 17 of 100

Select the item that breaks the rule.

Question 18 of 100

Find the missing number: 3 × 4 = 48 and 5 × 6 = 180 7 × 8 = ?

Question 19 of 100

In a language, if 'sun moon star' is coded as 'la pa ra', 'moon sky cloud' as 'pa sa ta', and 'sky sun' as 'sa la', what is the code for 'star'?

Question 20 of 100

If in a code, LIGHT is written as OLJKW, how is SOUND written?

Question 21 of 100

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

Question 22 of 100

What should come at the place of question mark? 729, 243, 81, 27, ?, ?

Question 23 of 100

A cube and a cuboid have same base area and height. What is the ratio of volume of cube to cuboid?

Question 24 of 100

Statement: 1. All circles are shapes. 2. All shapes are figures. Conclusions: I. All circles are figures. II. Some figures are shapes.

Question 25 of 100

Statement: 1. No teacher is dishonest. 2. Some students are dishonest. Conclusions: I. Some students are not teachers. II. No student is a teacher .

Question 26 of 100

Which of the following best describes the role and personality traits of Shaheed Kanhu and Sidhu Murmu during the Santhal Rebellion of 1855?

Question 27 of 100

Thakkar Bapa was a dedicated social worker and freedom fighter primarily known for his lifelong efforts towards the upliftment and welfare of which section of Indian society?

Question 28 of 100

Which of the following statements about factors affecting the Money Multiplier (MM) is/are correct? 1. Cash held by individuals acts as a leakage and reduces the money multiplier . 2. Higher reserves held by banks with the RBI increase the money multiplier . 3. A higher Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) reduces the banking system's capacity to create money.

Question 29 of 100

Which Five Year Plan laid the foundation of India's socialist pattern of society?

Question 30 of 100

What was the role of the India Council established by the Government of India Act, 1858?

Question 31 of 100

Assertion (A): In squash, the serve must hit the front wall between the service line and out line and land in the opposite half of the court beyond the half -court line for it to be legal. Reason (R): Players must alternate between service boxes after each successful serve to maintain fairness and court coverage during the match.

Question 32 of 100

Which of the following best defines Capital Receipts?

Question 33 of 100

In the context of Gupta dynasty's administration, which of the following officers is correctly paired with their respective role?

Question 34 of 100

Which of the following best characterizes the Mathura school of Buddhist art and architecture?

Question 35 of 100

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the role of the Rajya Sabha in special legislative and emergency situations? 1. Under Article 249, a Rajya Sabha resolution allowing Parliament to legislate on State List subjects remains valid for one year . 2. The Parliament can extend a proclamation of President's Rule only with the concurrence of the Rajya Sabha.

Question 36 of 100

Which sectors were largely excluded from industrial licensing after 1991?

Question 37 of 100

The Pola festival, celebrated in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh, is dedicated to which of the following?

Question 38 of 100

The minimum number of rays required to locate the image formed by a spherical mirror is ______.

Question 39 of 100

The reign of Prithviraj Chauhan concluded in which year?

Question 40 of 100

Which universities collaborate to produce the Environmental Performance Index (EPI)?

Question 41 of 100

Which of the following statements correctly identifies the author and thematic focus of the novel "A Fine Balance"?

Question 42 of 100

Consider the following statements about the 38th National Games Judo 2025 Final Results: 1. Sidharth Rawat from Uttarakhand won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg category, while Asmita Dev from Uttar Pradesh won the women's 48 kg category. 2. Rohit Majgul of Gujarat won gold in men's -66 kg, and Shraddha Chopade of Maharashtra won gold in women's 52 kg. Which of the statements is/are correct?

Question 43 of 100

The lead bank scheme was introduced in which year?

Question 44 of 100

Who is the author of the book 'The Great Indian Novel'?

Question 45 of 100

Who did Maharashtra's Kavya Bhatta defeat to win gold at the Khelo India Youth Games 2025 in the girls' singles table tennis final?

Question 46 of 100

Which script is predominantly used in the inscriptions of Emperor Aśoka?

Question 47 of 100

The Sun Temple at Konark looks like a big chariot. How many horses does it have?

Question 48 of 100

Which of the following is a key requirement for admissibility of an electronic record under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), even if it's a secondary evidence?

Question 49 of 100

Consider the following statements about badminton strokes: 1. Backhand Net Kill and Forehand Net Kill are examples of forecourt strokes played near the net. 2. Backhand Drive and Forehand Drive are midcourt strokes played from the middle of the court. 3. Forehand Clear is a type of rear court stroke played from the back of the court. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Question 50 of 100

Consider the statements about Karma: 1. The ritual honours the Karam tree on Bhadra Ekadashi in Chhattisgarh. 2. The drum most associated is the Madal. Which is/are correct?

Question 51 of 100

Vidhya lent Rs. 6000 to Kavya for 3 years at the rate of 4% per annum compound interest. Calculate the amount that Vidhya will get after 3 years.

Question 52 of 100

In a circle, a chord PQ subtends an angle of 50° at point R on the circumference. What is the angle it subtends at point S on the circumference, on the same side as R?

Question 53 of 100

In a company, the average salary of 5 engineers is Rs. 60,000. If one engineer leaves and the average salary becomes Rs. 58,000, what was the salary of the engineer who left?

Question 54 of 100

If 1 + cot²θ = cosec²θ, then what is the value of cosec²60° - cot²60°?

Question 55 of 100

A wholesaler marks up a batch of 100 identical clocks by 80% on cost and offers a trade discount of 25% to retailers. A retailer purchases all the clocks and spends Rs. 48,000. What is the cost price per clock for the wholesaler?

Question 56 of 100

A circle with a radius of 20 cm. A chord of length 32 cm is drawn. What is the distance from the center of the circle to the chord?

Question 57 of 100

A sector of a circle having a radius of 10 cm and has a central angle of 3π/4 radians. What is the area of the sector?

Question 58 of 100

'A', 'B', and 'C' formed a consulting firm. Their capital investments were Rs. 6,00,000, Rs. 4,00,000, and Rs. 5,00,000, respectively. After 3 months, 'A' withdrew Rs. 1,00,000, and 'B' added Rs. 1,00,000. The partnership lasted for 9 months. What was the ratio of their effective capital contributions?

Question 59 of 100

Dhiraj goes to his school from his house at a speed of 3.8 km/hr and returns at 2.6 km/hr . If he takes 5 hours going and coming, the distance between his house and school is:

Question 60 of 100

A rectangular aquarium (100 cm L × 50 cm W × 60 cm H) contains water with an initial level of 20 cm. 10 identical metal spheres, each with a diameter of 10 cm, are gently lowered into the aquarium. Assuming the spheres are fully submerged, what is the rise in the water level?

Question 61 of 100

A dealer sells a packet of cookies at Rs. 120 after giving a 25% discount on the marked price. If the profit earned is 20%, find the cost price.

Question 62 of 100

A man got 10% of his investment as profit. If he invested Rs. 5000, and the profit was reinvested, what will be the total value after the second year with the same profit rate?

Question 63 of 100

A triangular storage prism has a base shaped like a right triangle with side lengths in the ratio 5:12:13. If the total perimeter of the base is 60 cm and the height of the prism is 8 cm, calculate the lateral surface area of the prism.

Question 64 of 100

A floor is 12 m by 9 m. If tiles of 1.5 m × 1.5 m are used, how many tiles are needed?

Question 65 of 100

Which of the following statement is TRUE for Whole Numbers?

Question 66 of 100

If tanA=3/4, then what is the value of sinA?

Question 67 of 100

A line is drawn from a point P located 13 cm away from the center O of a circle with radius 5 cm. If the line is tangent to the circle, what is the length of the tangent from point P to the point of contact with the circle?

Question 68 of 100

A spherical shell has an outer diameter of 20 cm and is 1 cm thick. What is the volume of the material in the shell? (Use π =3.14).

Question 69 of 100

The radii of two circles are 6 cm and 2 cm. The centers of the two circles are 10 cm apart. What is the length of a transverse common tangent?

Question 70 of 100

A regular hexagonal nut has outer side 6 cm and inner hollow side 3 cm. What is the material approximate area in the cross-section?

Question 71 of 100

A store sign is a 5m × 4m rectangle with a 2m × 1m rectangle cut out. Painting cost is ₹180/m². How much will the painting cost for the exposed area?

Question 72 of 100

In a circle, chord AB subtends an angle of 60° at the center . What is the angle subtended by the same chord AB at any point C on the major arc (opposite side of the center)?

Question 73 of 100

The average of 9 numbers is 63. When one number is removed, the average becomes 60. What number was removed?

Question 74 of 100

If cos(90° - θ) = x and θ is acute, then what is the value of cos θ in terms of x?

Question 75 of 100

The price of a product is decreased by x% and then increased by x%. The final price becomes 10% less than the original. What is the value of x (approximately)?

Question 76 of 100

Choose the correct article: He was appointed as ____ UNESCO representative for cultural heritage preservation.

Question 77 of 100

Select the sentence containing the homonym of the highlighted word: The professor drew attention to a fundamental aporia in the argument.

Question 78 of 100

Choose the correct meaning of idiom: The writing on the wall

Question 79 of 100

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure: The patients were being monitored closely by the duty nurse.

Question 80 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. The archaeologist noted that the artefact had been deliberately concealed.

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. She said, "Let us reconsider the proposal before the final vote."

Question 82 of 100

Rearrange the following sentences to form a meaningful passage: 1. Digital privacy law emerged to protect individuals from unconsented data collection. 2. Early internet frameworks gave little thought to personal data as a legal asset. 3. Landmark regulations such as GDPR have since imposed strict obligations on data processors. 4. Enforcement challenges persist as technologies evolve faster than legislative responses.

Question 83 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number [1]? In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage intently and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: To apprehend race as a biological constant or a self -evident natural category is to mistake a historically produced artefact for an ontological given —to misread a [1] ______, a discursive and regulatory topology sustained not by phenotypic reality but by i ts compulsive reinscription across legal, medical, and carceral apparatuses. Within such a regime, the racialised body is not simply perceived but constituted —interpellated through surveillance technologies that render certain corporeal configurations legible as threatening, deviant, or socially expendable. The state, operating through its juridico -administrative machinery and the epistemic authority of demographic science, exercises a biopolitical management of population —wherein civic belonging is not an entitlement but a [2] ______, dispensed according to hierarchies of productivity, cultural assimilation, and racial fungibility. This apparatus transforms race into a function of administrative necessity rather than lived identity. Contestation, when routed through liberal multicultural grammars of recognition, risks reinforcing the very taxonomic logic it purports to challenge. The radical imperative, therefore, is n ot the diversification of representation but a structural [3] ______ of the classificatory architecture through which racial subjects are produced. This demands the exposure of how liberal inclusion forecloses genuine alterity. Such a praxis necessitates t he [4] ______ of identity as a fixed organising principle —dismantling its coherence so that a post-racial ethics of relationality and becoming may emerge: one that prizes indeterminacy over fixity, opacity over legibility, and contingency over essence. In this framework, emancipation is not recuperative but [5] ______—a break from the compulsion of racial intelligibility, a refusal of the logocentric demand to be categorised and known.

Question 84 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number [2]? In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage intently and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: To apprehend race as a biological constant or a self -evident natural category is to mistake a historically produced artefact for an ontological given —to misread a [1] ______, a discursive and regulatory topology sustained not by phenotypic reality but by i ts compulsive reinscription across legal, medical, and carceral apparatuses. Within such a regime, the racialised body is not simply perceived but constituted —interpellated through surveillance technologies that render certain corporeal configurations legible as threatening, deviant, or socially expendable. The state, operating through its juridico -administrative machinery and the epistemic authority of demographic science, exercises a biopolitical management of population —wherein civic belonging is not an entitlement but a [2] ______, dispensed according to hierarchies of productivity, cultural assimilation, and racial fungibility. This apparatus transforms race into a function of administrative necessity rather than lived identity. Contestation, when route d through liberal multicultural grammars of recognition, risks reinforcing the very taxonomic logic it purports to challenge. The radical imperative, therefore, is not the diversification of representation but a structural [3] ______ of the classificatory architecture through which racial subjects are produced. This demands the exposure of how liberal inclusion forecloses genuine alterity. Such a praxis necessitates the [4] ______ of identity as a fixed organising principle —dismantling its coherence so that a post-racial ethics of relationality and becoming may emerge: one that prizes indeterminacy over fixity, opacity over legibility, and contingency over essence. In this framework, emancipation is not recuperative but [5] ______—a break from the compulsion of racial intelligibility, a refusal of the logocentric demand to be categorised and known.

Question 85 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number [3]? In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage intently and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: To apprehend race as a biological constant or a self -evident natural category is to mistake a historically produced artefact for an ontological given —to misread a [1] ______, a discursive and regulatory topology sustained not by phenotypic reality but by i ts compulsive reinscription across legal, medical, and carceral apparatuses. Within such a regime, the racialised body is not simply perceived but constituted —interpellated through surveillance technologies that render certain corporeal configurations legible as threatening, deviant, or socially expendable. The state, operating through its juridico -administrative machinery and the epistemic authority of demographic science, exercises a biopolitical management of population—wherein civic belonging is not an entitlement but a [2] ______, dispensed according to hierarchies of productivity, cultural assimilation, and racial fungibility. This apparatus transforms race into a function of administrative necessity rat her than lived identity. Contestation, when routed through liberal multicultural grammars of recognition, risks reinforcing the very taxonomic logic it purports to challenge. The radical imperative, therefore, is not the diversification of representation b ut a structural [3] ______ of the classificatory architecture through which racial subjects are produced. This demands the exposure of how liberal inclusion forecloses genuine alterity. Such a praxis necessitates the [4] ______ of identity as a fixed organ ising principle—dismantling its coherence so that a post-racial ethics of relationality and becoming may emerge: one that prizes indeterminacy over fixity, opacity over legibility, and contingency over essence. In this framework, emancipation is not recuperative but [5] ______—a break from the compulsion of racial intelligibility, a refusal of the logocentric demand to be categorised and known.

Question 86 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number [4]? In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage intently and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: To apprehend race as a biological constant or a self -evident natural category is to mistake a historically produced artefact for an ontological given —to misread a [1] ______, a discursive and regulatory topology sustained not by phenotypic reality but by i ts compulsive reinscription across legal, medical, and carceral apparatuses. Within such a regime, the racialised body is not simply perceived but constituted —interpellated through surveillance technologies that render certain corporeal configurations legible as threatening, deviant, or socially expendable. The state, operating through its juridico -administrative machinery and the epistemic authority of demographic science, exercises a biopolitical management of population —wherein civic belonging is not an entitlement but a [2] ______, dispensed according to hierarchies of productivity, cultural assimilation, and racial fungibility. This apparatus transforms race into a function of administrative necessity rather than lived identity. Contestation, when route d through liberal multicultural grammars of recognition, risks reinforcing the very taxonomic logic it purports to challenge. The radical imperative, therefore, is not the diversification of representation but a structural [3] ______ of the classificatory architecture through which racial subjects are produced. This demands the exposure of how liberal inclusion forecloses genuine alterity. Such a praxis necessitates the [4] ______ of identity as a fixed organising principle —dismantling its coherence so that a post-racial ethics of relationality and becoming may emerge: one that prizes indeterminacy over fixity, opacity over legibility, and contingency over essence. In this framework, emancipation is not recuperative but [5] ______—a break from the compulsion of racial intelligibility, a refusal of the logocentric demand to be categorised and known.

Question 87 of 100

What should come in the place of blank number [5]? In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage intently and choose the most appropriate option to fill in each blank: To apprehend race as a biological constant or a self -evident natural category is to mistake a historically produced artefact for an ontological given —to misread a [1] ______, a discursive and regulatory topology sustained not by phenotypic reality but by i ts compulsive reinscription across legal, medical, and carceral apparatuses. Within such a regime, the racialised body is not simply perceived but constituted —interpellated through surveillance technologies that render certain corporeal configurations legible as threatening, deviant, or socially expendable. The state, operating through its juridico -administrative machinery and the epistemic authority of demographic science, exercises a biopolitical management of population —wherein civic belonging is not an entitlement but a [2] ______, dispensed according to hierarchies of productivity, cultural assimilation, and racial fungibility. This apparatus transforms race into a function of administrative necessity rather than lived identity. Contestation, when route d through liberal multicultural grammars of recognition, risks reinforcing the very taxonomic logic it purports to challenge. The radical imperative, therefore, is not the diversification of representation but a structural [3] ______ of the classificatory architecture through which racial subjects are produced. This demands the exposure of how liberal inclusion forecloses genuine alterity. Such a praxis necessitates the [4] ______ of identity as a fixed organising principle —dismantling its coherence so that a post-racial ethics of relationality and becoming may emerge: one that prizes indeterminacy over fixity, opacity over legibility, and contingency over essence. In this framework, emancipation is not recuperative but [5] ______—a break from the compulsion of racial intelligibility, a refusal of the logocentric demand to be categorised and known.

Question 88 of 100

Choose the correct spelling of the word meaning ‘easily broken’.

Question 89 of 100

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word: TRUNCATED

Question 90 of 100

Choose the correct one-word substitute for: ‘A person who is skilled in many areas’.

Question 91 of 100

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: It’s strategic location (1)/ renders the port (2)/ indispensable to regional (3)/ maritime trade routes. (4)/

Question 92 of 100

Choose the correct one-word substitute for: ‘A person who is unable to pay debts’.

Question 93 of 100

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: He speaks three languages fluently,isn’t it?

Question 94 of 100

Choose the most suitable option to replace the highlighted part of the sentence: She called me yesterday night to inform me about the change in schedule.

Question 95 of 100

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error: The speed with which the markets collapsed (1)/ caught not only the regulators but also the investors (2)/ off guard who had been predicting (3)/ a period of sustained growth. (4)

Question 96 of 100

Fill in the blank with the correctly spelt word. The organisation praised the workforce for its exceptional ________ in responding to the sudden policy overhaul.

Question 97 of 100

Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a logical passage. 1. This, in turn, strengthens the capacity to assess evidence and resist manipulation. 2. Critical thinking is among the most valued competencies in the modern knowledge economy. 3. It encompasses skills such as logical reasoning, structured argumentation, and reflective analysis. 4. Systematic instruction in critical thinking should therefore be embedded across educational curricula.

Question 98 of 100

Select the correct option: The board decided to restructure the ailing division ________ than dissolve it entirely.

Question 99 of 100

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. Pulverize

Question 100 of 100

Change the following from active to passive: Does the treaty obligate signatory nations to annual emissions reporting?