SSC CGL solved paper English Version 2023-previous year question paper with Free PDF download link
SOLVED PAPER
SSC CGL TIER-I 2023
(Held On: 27 July 2023 Shift-2)
Number of Questions: 100 | Time: 60 Minutes
Each correct answer: +2 marks | Wrong answer: −0.5 marks | No negative marking for unanswered questions.
ENGLISH COMPREHENSION
1. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence. He did not stop until it was remarked that he was speaking at length about trivial things.
(a) twittering
(b) writing
(c) rambling
(d) littering
2. Select the nearest homonym of the given word. Accept
(a) Accent
(b) Expect
(c) Except
(d) Expert
3. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer. They usually allege that there is / a delay in procuring stationery / due to faulty purchase orders.
(a) due to faulty purchase orders
(b) a delay in procuring stationery
(c) They usually allege that there is
(d) No error
4. Select the correct sentence in active voice from the following options.
(a) The neighbours have called the police.
(b) The police are being called by the neighbours.
(c) The Police said to me, "I will call the neighbours."
(d) The police have been called by the neighbours.
5. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Connote
(a) Comment
(b) Criticise
(c) Care
(d) Convey
6. Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank. The children enjoyed the ______ very much.
(a) feer
(b) fear
(c) fere
(d) fair
7. Select the most appropriate idiom or phrase to fill in the blank in the given sentence. He is rich and famous and expects everyone to ______ on him.
(a) tap dance like mad
(b) dead duck
(c) give a song and dance
(d) dance attendance
8. Select the word that is INCORRECTLY spelled in the given sentence. Traditional people are used to using a calender for their routine activities in rural households.
(a) Traditional
(b) Households
(c) Calender
(d) Activities
9. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Outer protective layer of a tree.
(a) Bark
(b) Shrub
(c) Rind
(d) Peel
10. Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. The question was raised for discussion before the members during the assembly session.
(a) came up
(b) came off
(c) came round
(d) came out
11. The following sentence has been divided into three segments, A, B, and C. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the segment that contains the error. He is not rich (A)/ so he cannot afford (B)/ to buy a expensive car (C).
(a) C
(b) A
(c) No error
(d) B
12. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Treading on thin ice
(a) Playing with a sharp icicle
(b) To be in a dangerous risky position
(c) Skating on ice fallen in a hailstorm
(d) Making a thin ice sculpture
13. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The other half had been sued at least twice, and Levinson found that just on the basis of those conversations, she could find clear differences between the two groups.
B. Recently the medical researcher Wendy Levinson recorded hundreds of conversations between a group of physicians and their patients.
C. The surgeons who had never been sued spent more than three minutes longer with each patient than those who had been sued did.
D. Roughly half of the doctors had never been sued.
(a) BDAC
(b) CABD
(c) ABCD
(d) BCAD
14. Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word. A wide-ranging effort is being made to safeguard lives and livelihoods by addressing the devastating near-term socio-economic, humanitarian, and human rights aspects of the crisis with attention to those hit the hardest.
(a) flourishing
(b) destructive
(c) emerging
(d) fortunate
15. Select the correct spelling for the INCORRECTLY spelled word in the given sentence. Education plays a crucial role in breaking the cycle of poverty and child labour.
(a) Proverty
(b) Crucial
(c) Braking
(d) Edukation
16. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order.
A. In a study sponsored by World Health Organisation and carried out by Harvard School of Public Health, the global burden and injury indicated that stress diseases and accidents are going to be the killers in 2020.
B. Road traffic accidents are going to be the third largest killers.
C. These accidents are also an indicator of psycho-social stress in a fast-moving society.
D. Heart disease and depression – both stress diseases – are going to rank first and second in 2020.
(a) BCDA
(b) CBAD
(c) DACB
(d) ADBC
17. Select the synonym of the word 'reproduce' from the sentence. Many scientific researches have proved that DNA replicates itself in the human body and is an enzyme-based catalyst reaction.
(a) Replicates
(b) Reaction
(c) Proven
(d) Researches
18. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. A ______ is a female horse.
(a) vixen
(b) doe
(c) mare
(d) rooster
19. Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. We compelled the teacher to finish the class sooner.
(a) The teacher was compelled to finish the class sooner.
(b) The teacher finished the class compelled by us.
(c) Finishing the class sooner was what the teacher was compelled to do.
(d) The teacher compelled us to finish the class sooner.
20. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. I don't like to work with people who are not flexible.
(a) Capable
(b) Malleable
(c) Open-ended
(d) Rigid
Cloze Test (Questions 21–25)
The challenge in Madras High Court to the Emergency-era shifting of education from state list to concurrent list (1) ______ a futile exercise in turning back the clock. Forty-six years have passed (2) ______ the 42 Constitution Amendment Act. In this period, the education sector has seen far too many changes, and most can't be (3) ______. For instance, a common national medical test now allows students the ease of appearing for just one examination instead of multiple ones conducted by each state. States still enjoy (4) ______ to operate their own universities, schools and education syllabus. Private sector is also flourishing in education. And the policy tinkering at all levels goes on. UGC is restructuring UG, PG and doctoral programmes. States are trying out clustering of schools, closing down smaller schools. Instruction in English seems to have lost favour at the Centre, even though society is (5) ______ headed in the opposite direction. But the moot point is no one entity can claim complete control. It is a diverse ecosystem. Far more important issues than locating education in the Constitution are at stake.
21. Blank no. 1
(a) have
(b) were
(c) had
(d) is
22. Blank no. 2
(a) from
(b) for
(c) as
(d) since
23. Blank no. 3
(a) turned
(b) backed
(c) returned
(d) reversed
24. Blank no. 4
(a) flexible
(b) flexibility
(c) suitable
(d) suitability
25. Blank no. 5
(a) irrevocably
(b) irrevocable
(c) irrelevant
(d) suddenly
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
26. The simple interest on an amount for 6 years at 4% p.a. is ₹7,500 less than the simple interest on the same amount for 11 years. Find the amount.
(a) ₹38,000
(b) ₹37,500
(c) ₹37,000
(d) ₹38,500
27. A laptop is sold for ₹54,000 after giving a discount of 20%. What is the list price (in ₹) of the laptop?
(a) 69,500
(b) 67,500
(c) 70,000
(d) 64,800
28. If x² − 1/x² = 4√2, what is the value of x⁴ − 1/x⁴?
(a) 16√2
(b) 8√2
(c) 24√2
(d) 32√2
29. P, Q and R can complete a piece of work in 9, 12 and 18 days, respectively. Working together, how much work can they complete in one day?
(a) 2/3
(b) 1/2
(c) 1/3
(d) 1/4
30. Ram and Ramesh can do a work in 12 days, Ramesh and Somesh in 15 days and Somesh and Ram in 10 days. If Ram, Ramesh and Somesh work together, in how many days will they complete the work?
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 6
31. A certain distance is covered by a person at a certain speed. If another person covers 25% of the distance in triple the time, the ratio of the speed of the first person to that of the second person is:
(a) 1 : 6
(b) 1 : 12
(c) 6 : 1
(d) 12 : 1
32. A dishonest dealer sells articles at 15% loss on cost price but uses the weight of 20 g instead of 25 g. What is his profit or loss percentage?
(a) 6.25% Profit
(b) 6.50% Profit
(c) 7.55% Loss
(d) 5.25% Loss
33. A one metre pipe is made with inner diameter equal to outer radius. How much material (in cubic units) is required to make the pipe, if it can hold 88/7 cubic metres water in it?
(a) 37.7
(b) 35.5
(c) 33.3
(d) 36.6
34. The given bar graph shows the number of employees working in 6 departments of a company. What is the difference between the number of employees of Department E and Department C?
(a) 50
(b) 250
(c) 150
(d) 200
35. If 3x = sec A and 3/x = tan A then (9x² − 9/x²) is equal to:
(a) 3
(b) 9
(c) 1
(d) 1/9
36. Angle subtended by the largest chord of the circle to a point on the same circle measures:
(a) < 90°
(b) 180°
(c) > 90°
(d) 90°
37. [120 × 120 × 120 − 100 × 100 × 100] / [120 × 120 + 120 × 100 + 100 × 100] = ?
(a) 20
(b) 25
(c) 10
(d) 15
38. A, B and C can do a piece of work in 20, 30 and 60 days, respectively. In how many days can A do the work if he is assisted by both B and C on every third day?
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 12
(d) 18
39. Sohan's initial expenditure and savings were in the ratio of 5 : 3. His income increases by 25%. If his initial savings were ₹4,500, find his income (in ₹) after the increment.
(a) 16000
(b) 15000
(c) 9375
(d) 12000
40. If (a + b + c) = 14, and (a³ + b³ + c³ − 3abc) = 98, find the value of (a² + b² + c²).
(a) 70
(b) 64
(c) 68
(d) 72
41. ABC is a triangle and D is a point on the side BC. If BC = 16 cm, BD = 11 cm and ∠ADC = ∠BAC, then the length of AC is equal to:
(a) 4√5 cm
(b) 4 cm
(c) 3√5 cm
(d) 5 cm
42. A 6-digit number has digits as consecutive natural numbers. The number is always divisible by ______.
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3
43. Benny can do a piece of work in 24 days. Chethan and David can do the same work individually in 36 and 48 days, respectively. All of them begin the work together. However, Benny leaves the work 4 days before the completion of work and Chethan leaves the work 10 days before the completion of the work. David worked till the end and completed the work. Find the number of days in which the work was completed.
(a) 16
(b) 20
(c) 18
(d) 15
44. A thief robs precious metals from a store which is 1150 m away from the police. The thief starts running at 6 km/h and the police starts chasing at 11 km/h at the same time. How much distance (in m) will the thief run before being caught?
(a) 1485
(b) 1380
(c) 1125
(d) 1280
45. The value of 1¾ + 1 5/7 + 2 3/7 × 2 5/7 = ?
(a) 1 11/28
(b) 2 13/28
(c) 3 13/28
(d) 4 23/28
46. If the third proportional of 3x² and 4xy is 48, then find the positive value of y.
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 4
47. The distance between the centres of two circles having radii 22 cm and 18 cm, is 32 cm. The length (in cm) of the direct common tangent of the two circles is:
(a) 2√252 cm
(b) 2√152 cm
(c) 3√242 cm
(d) 3√252 cm
48. The following table shows the number of delivery partners (in thousands) who joined five different companies during six different years. Find the ratio of the number of delivery partners who joined Clipkart (in 2019 and 2020) to the number of delivery partners who joined Tomato (in 2019 and 2020).
(a) 4 : 3
(b) 3 : 2
(c) 1 : 2
(d) 2 : 1
49. The length of a hall is 21 m and the width is 14 m. The sum of the areas of the floor and the flat roof is equal to the sum of the areas of the four walls. Find the height of the hall.
(a) 8.4 m
(b) 8.2 m
(c) 8.6 m
(d) 8.8 m
50. If sec A + tan A = 5, then sin A is equal to:
(a) 5/13
(b) 5/12
(c) 13/12
(d) 12/13
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND REASONING
51. Select the figure that will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following figure series.
(Figure-based question – refer to original paper for diagram)
52. Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into its constituent digits.) (3, 6, 54) (4, 2, 24)
(a) (9, 6, 60)
(b) (5, 3, 30)
(c) (3, 4, 36)
(d) (2, 6, 48)
53. Pointing to a man, Rocky (a man) said, "He is the father of the daughter of my daughter-in-law." How is Rocky related to that man?
(a) Uncle
(b) Son
(c) Father
(d) Brother-in-law
54. Select the option that represents the letters that, when placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series. T_M_PT_R_M_RP_R
(a) MPTRMTT
(b) PRMPTMTM
(c) PMTRRMT
(d) MTPRTMR
55. The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown below. Choose the figure that would most closely resemble the unfolded form of the paper.
(Figure-based question – refer to original paper for diagram)
56. Three statements are given followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements: Some teachers are scientists. All scientists are doctors. All doctors are engineers.
Conclusions: I. Some doctors are teachers. II. Some engineers are teachers. III. Some doctors are scientists.
(a) Only conclusions I and II follow
(b) All conclusions follow
(c) Only conclusions I and III follow
(d) Only conclusions II and III follow
57. Which of the given figures when placed in the position would continue the series that is established by the first four figures?
(Figure-based question – refer to original paper for diagram)
58. Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series? 232, 221, 199, ?, 122, 67
(a) 155
(b) 165
(c) 177
(d) 166
— End of Extracted Paper —
SSC CGL Tier-I 2023 | 27 July 2023 Shift-2
Free PDF Download Link : SSC CGL 2023
Other Question Paper:
SSC CGL solved paper Hindi Version 2024 with Free PDF download link
SSC CGL solved paper English Version 2024 with Free PDF download link
SSC CGL Tier 2 September 2012 Question Paper PDF with Solutions – Solved Paper 1 Free Download
