SSC MTS Official Paper (Held On: 19 May, 2023 Shift 3) (Previous Year Paper)

The area of a rectangular floor is 600 square feet. If the length of the floor is 30 feet, then what is the breadth of the floor? 

The pie chart given below shows the price of 6 different articles. The total price of all these 6 articles is Rs. 5760. The price of a particular article is shown in terms of degree with respect to the total price of all these 6 articles.  

P1 = The difference between the average price of K and L and the average price of J and N.

P2 = The total price of J, M, N and O.

What is the value of (P1 + P2)?

What is the value of \(\frac{2.5\times 2.5+0.3\times 0.3+5\times 0.3}{1.6\times 1.6+0.6\times 0.6-1.2\times1.6}\)?

If a ∶ b ∶ c = 5 ∶ 6 ∶ 4, then what is the value of (a + b + c) ∶ (3a + b - c)?

What will be the average of all the even numbers between 5 and 29?  

X and Y together can do a work in 10 days. Y and Z together can do the same work in 15 days. Z and X together can do the same work in 12 days. In how many days can Z alone do the same work? 

The average speed of a car is 1500 metres/minute. A sprinter covers 200 metres in 30 seconds. What is the difference in the speed of car and the speed of sprinter? 

What is the smallest three-digit number which when divided by 2, 3 and 4 leaves remainder 1 in each case? 

The HCF and LCM of the two numbers are 20 and 2880 respectively. If one of them is 180, then find the other number? 

In a 64 litres mixture, the alcohol and water are in the ratio of 1 ∶ 3 respectively. 32 liters of mixture is taken off and replaced with 16 liters of water. What is the new ratio of alcohol and water respectively? 

The table given below shows the demand and production of five articles.  

Which of the following statement is correct?

I. The value of average demand of all articles are 420.

II. The production of P and Q together is 52.60 percent of the production of S and T together.

A sum becomes Rs. 12960 in 2 years at the rate of 4 percent per annum on simple interest. What is the sum? 

If the price of onion increases from Rs. 60/kg to Rs. 75/kg, then by what percentage a household should decrease the consumption of onion so that expenditure remains same?  

A trader allowed a discount of 30 percent on a trolley bag having list price of Rs. 1800 and earns a profit of 20 percent. What is the cost price of the trolley bag? 

Sumit lent Rs. 5000 to Ram for 2 years and Rs. 8000 to Mayur for 3 years on simple interest at the same rate of interest and received Rs. 1700 in total from both of them as interest. What is the rate of interest per annum? 

A person earns a profit of 30 percent by selling an article for Rs. 325. How much percent should he increase his selling price to earn a profit of 40 percent? 

A man sold his bike for Rs. 18,600 at 55% profit. At what price would he have sold to incur a loss of 10%? 

Sonu and Monu can do a piece of work in 8 days and 12 days respectively. If at the end of the work they got Rs. 8400. What is the share of Sonu? 

A man walking at the speed of 8 km/hr covers a certain distance in 5 hours and 30 minutes. If he covers the same distance by cycle in 4 hours, then what is the speed of cycle? 

The difference between the length and breadth of a rectangle is 40 metres. If its perimeter is 96 metres, then what will be the area of rectangle? 

Three statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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:

All bricks are wall.

Some roads are wall.

All stones are wall.

Conclusions:

I. Some stones are walls.

II. Some walls are bricks.

Select the option figure that will replace the question mark (?) in the figure given below to complete the pattern. (rotation is not allowed) 

Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct? 

5 × 6 - 7 + 24 ÷ 12 = 35

In a certain code language, ‘ENERGY' is coded as ‘ZGSEOE’. What is the code for 'FORMAL' in that code language? 

Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series?

38, 17, -2, -19, -34, -47, -58, ?

Which of the following letter will replace the question mark (?) in the given series?

U, R, O, L, I, F, ?

In a certain code language, 'BOIL' is written as '152' and 'HOT' is written as '129'. How will 'HEATING' be written in that language? 

In a certain code language, ‘LORD’ is written as '5409', 'MODE' is written as ‘4685', ‘LOAD' is written as '5047'. What is ‘M’ written in that code language?  

Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.

Infanticide : Child :: Patricide : ?

Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded as its part (rotation is NOT allowed).  

In the following question, select the missing number of the given series.

110, 131, 153, 176, 200, ?

Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror AB is placed to the right side of the figure. 

Select the option that is related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster.

MEJ : PFK :: SQK : ?

Which two numbers should be interchanged so that the value of the given expression remains correct?

15 - 24 + 63 ÷ 7 × 2 = 9

Height of seven boys M, N, O, P, Q, R and S are given as follows. Only one person is shorter than Q. S is the tallest. R is taller than P but shorter than O. P is not the shortest. N is shorter than only one person. Who is the third tallest among the boys?  

Six people P, Q, R, S, T and U are sitting in two parallel rows such that three of them in one row facing north and the other three are sitting in the second row facing south. P is facing south. U sits opposite to R. R faces the same direction as P. S does not face south. T faces north but is not sitting opposite P. Who sits opposite to T?  

Select the option that is related to the sixth number in the same way as the first number is related to the second number and third number is related to fourth number.

8 : 72 :: 10 : 110 :: ? : 210

Six friends Anshu, Aman, Adarsh, Akash, Arpit and Ankit are sitting in a row facing south. Arpit is sitting to the immediate right of Adarsh. Anshu is sitting fourth to the right of Arpit. Akash is sitting second to the left of Aman. Who is sitting second to the left of Anshu?  

Two statements are given followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. 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 fruits are sweet.

All sweet are sour.

Conclusions:

I. Some fruits are sour.

II. Some sweet are not fruit.

Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in it.

First row- 38, 43, 48

Second row- 76, 81, 86

Third row- 69, 74, ?

The thickness of a wrestling mat should be between _______ centimetres. 

Which monument of Khilji dynasty in Delhi has the utilization of red sandstone? 

Money multiplier uses which of the following monetary instruments for its calculation? 

Gangubai Hangal was an Indian singer of the Khayal genre of Hindustani classical music from _______, who was known for her deep and powerful voice. 

What happened in Bengal, India, in 1770 that resulted in the death of one-third of the population? 

Which of the following is NOT an example of Inflammable substances? 

A Money Bill should be returned to the Lok Sabha within ______ days by Rajya Sabha, either with recommendations or without recommendations. 

According to census 2011, the only Indian state having negative decadal population growth rate between 2001-11 is _______.

The strong gravitational pull exerted by the _____ on the earth’s surface causes the tides. 

Which of the following is one of the notable works of Vikram Seth? 

Kharchi Pooja of Tripura is a Hindu festival where ____ Hindu Gods are worshiped, including the Earth.  

The growing voice box in boys can be seen as a protruding part of the throat called _______.

Who was the founder of the Widow Remarriage Association (1861)?

The members of ________ are commonly called red algae. 

Which of the following is NOT an example of “agro based industries"?

Who is noted as a pristine Indian Classical Dancer to perform at Salzburg Festival in 2015? 

The National Anti-Doping Bill, 2021 targets _____ sector of India. 

Which among the following dance forms does NOT belong to Chhattisgarh? 

In which of the following articles, “Laws inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights” is mentioned? 

Who launched Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Urvarak Pariyojana-One Nation One Fertiliser in October 2022? 

Article 23-24 of the Indian Constitution deals with which of the following fundamental rights?

After years of wandering Babur seized Kabul in ______.

Who among the following won the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2022? 

The Almatti Dam of Karnataka is built over which of the following rivers? 

Who among the following succeeded the throne of the Mauryan Empire after the death of Chandragupta Maurya?  

Direction: Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.

Desert

Direction: In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one that best expresses the meaning of the idiom or phrase.

A blessing in disguise

Direction: Select the most appropriate synonym to substitute the bracketed word in the given sentence.

It broke Eleanora's heart to see her daughter become that (wraith) of her former self.

Direction: Select the most appropriate meaning of the bracketed idiom in the given sentence.

Those were remarks made (in the heat of the moment).

Direction: Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.

Quiet and peaceful

Direction: Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Enervate

Direction: Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error’.

Ram ran back to the / window to see the bars dangling / a few feet before the ground.

Direction: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Computers would replace the ______ technique of creating an image on paper, transferring it to cells and again onto film.

Direction: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Her notoriety increased after she single- ______ shot down a Rhodesian army helicopter.

Direction: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘no substitution required’.

(Because he has been in custody from last July,) Pickard will now be released in four months.

Direction: Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

Drive two blocks and turn right at the traffic lights.

Direction: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

There's plenty here to trap the unwary and baffle even the ______ gambler!

Direction: Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error'.

I am thirty-two years old, and my sister are fifteen.

Direction: Choose the word that can substitute for the given group of words. 

A person holding conversational belief especially in matter of religion

Direction: Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error’

An appeasement policies / was all but a sham to misdirect / the local groups.

Direction: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Since these people used tobacco to ______ their deities, the herb itself was one of the instruments of godless, false religions.

Direction: Select the correctly spelt word.

Direction: Select the wrongly spelt word.

Direction: Select the word segment that substitutes (replaces) the bracketed word segment correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully. Direction: Select the option 'no correction required’ if the sentence is correct as given.

The dessert was not just extremely hot but (also to sweet as well).

Direction: Select the most appropriate antonym to substitute the bracketed word in the given sentence.

She ventured to go back to the tree of the (tryst), the mulberry with the shining fruit.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.