SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 12 Oct 2021 Shift 2)

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

Children has to bring their own food.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To be taken aback

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

RAPTUROUS

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

Problems often ______ when you least expect them.

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

Imaginary line dividing Earth into northern and southern hemispheres.

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

______ this water looks clean, it may be contaminated.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Direction: Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Srilekha is Mr. Singhs daughter.

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

To get ready

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

I was watching a whole scene very carefully.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

RADIANCE

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

Who has distributed these sweets among the children?

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

PRECISE

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

I stayed ______ my uncle's house last night.

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

Priya had strong enough to fight all odds and succeed in meeting her goals in life.

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

If my memory ______ me right, Abhimanyu was not killed by one person but by seven warriors.

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

The sun is very large than Earth.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

In the eye of the storm.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

PACIFY

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

Some persons P, Q, R, S, T, U are sitting beside a round table facing the centre. S is sitting just opposite of R, who is immediate left of Q. T is sitting immediate right of Q. If U is exactly in opposite of Q, then what is the sitting location of P? 

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

In a class of 42 students, Ritika ranks 13^th from the top while Sheetal is 34^th from the bottom. How many students are there between Ritika and Sheetal?

Select the option in which the number-pair shares the same relationship as that shared by the following number-pair.

84 : 96

Select the option figure that will replace question mark (?) in the following figure series.

Select the correct sequence of mathematical signs to replace the * signs so as to balance the given equation.

42 * 36 * 5 * 78 * (8 * 5) = 216

Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following number series?

8, 16, 12, 32, 16, 64, ?

A paper is folded and cut as shown in the following figures. How will it appear when unfolded?

The way 'Dog' is related to 'Puppy', in the same way 'Sheep' is related to '______'.

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 mobile phones are video games.

All video games are remote control.

Conclusions:

I. Some mobile phones are remote control.

II. Some remote controls are mobile phones.

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

Watt : Power :: Volt : ____.

Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship between the following classes: 

Months, Calendar, Days

In a certain code language if HIMSELF is written as FKKUCND, then how will OUTDOOR be written in the same code language?

Select the correct alternative to indicate the sequential order of the following rivers of India. (North to South)

1. Kaveri
2. Narmada
3. Godavari
4. Ganges
5. Krishna

Which two digits and signs can be interchanged so as to balance the given equation?

36 ÷ 2 – 159 + 78 × 18 = 135

Which number will replace the question mark (?) in the following number series?

54, 68, 78, 84, ?

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

RUY, DGK, PSW, ?

Select the option in which the numbers are related in the same way, as the numbers of the following set.

98 : 81 : 72

If in a coding system, MUSICAL is coded as 109 and RAISING is coded as 110, then how will FOURTH be coded in the same coding system?

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. 

RAILCAR : NEEPYEN :: ICESHOW : _______.

If in a coding system SHELTER is coded as 6295793 and FISHERY is coded as 8162934, then how will FILTHY be coded in the same coding system? 

Identify the option figure that completes the following pattern.

Identify the option in which following figure is embedded (rotation is NOT applicable):

In a certain code language if CONDENSE is written as OCDNNEES, then how will FACILITY be written in the same code language?

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:

All heads are tails.

All tails are bones. 

Conclusions:

I. All bones are heads.

II. All heads are bones.

What is the average of the sixty terms given below?

cos²x, cos²2x, cos²3x, _____, cos²30x, sin²x, sin²2x, sin²3x, _____, sin²30x.

A wooden piece in the shape of a cuboid is divided into five equal parts by cutting it with four cuts perpendicular to its length, and it turns out that each piece is a cube of volume 27 cm³. What is the total surface area (in cm²) of the cuboid?

The number of teachers and students in five schools A, B, C, D and E in a city has been depicted through the given bar graph, where the number of students has been presented as multiples of ten. Study the bar graph and answer the question that follows. 

What is the proportion of the student to teacher ratios across the five schools A, D, B, C, and E?

The difference between a positive number and its reciprocal increases by a factor of \(\frac{{175}}{{144}} \) when the number is made to increase by 20%. What is the number?

The simple interest earned on a sum is \(\frac{1}{{25}}\) of the sum, where the number of years of investment is equal to the rate percentage. For how many years was the sum invested?

Four persons, P, Q, R, S were engaged for doing a task, with the condition that P; Q; R; S work, respectively, on (Mondays, Thursdays); (Tuesdays. Fridays); (Wednesdays, Saturdays); (Sundays). The task was began on a Monday, and got completed on the 15^th day, which was also a Monday. If the efficiencies of P, Q, R, S in respect of doing this task were in the proportion 1 : 2 : 3 : 4, then in how many days could R complete the task, working alone without break?

How many numbers between 500 and 900, both inclusive, are exactly divisible by all the numbers, 12, 15, 20 and 30?

If 24 men can do a work in 15 days by working 12 hours daily, then in how many days will 36 men be able to do double the quantum of work, by working 10 hours daily?

The material of a sphere of radius r is melted and recast into a hollow cylindrical shell of thickness a and outer radius b. What is its length assuming that no material is lost in recasting?

A lady walks to her office every day from home and maintains a fixed time for the same. On one day she decreases her speed by 25%. By what fraction of her usual time will she be late on that day?

Two similar pieces of an item were purchased by paying the same amount for each, and they were sold, respectively, for a profit of 25% and a loss of 20%. What was his profit percentage?

If \(\frac{a}{b} = \frac{b}{c} = \frac{c}{d}\), then \(\frac{a}{d}\) in terms of b and c is equal to:

In what ratio should two varieties of tea at \(₹\) 300 and \(₹\) 400 per kg, respectively, be mixed so that the mixture is worth \(₹\) 320 per kg?

Simplify \(\frac{{{{10}^2},of,{{\left( {\frac{1}{5}} \right)}^3} \div \frac{1}{4} \times 4 - \frac{2}{5},of,15}}{{\frac{4}{5}\left( {5 \div 5,of,12 + \frac{1}{6}} \right)}}\)

 If a person sells 80% of the number of toys for an amount with which he purchased all the toys, then what is his profit percentage?

X, Y, Z enter into a partnership venture with a capital of \(₹\) 1,20,000, in which the contribution of Y and Z are, respectively, 40% more and \(₹\) 1,000 more than than of X. The profit earned is 20% of the capital. Out of this profit, 10% goes towards some incidental expenses. What is the share (in \(₹\)) of X out of it?

The line graph that can replace a histogram is called a/an:

A certain sum was invested for three years in a scheme in which the interest gets compounded annually. During the first two years, the scheme provided growths at the rates of 80% and 60%, respectively, but during the third year there was a decline by 40%. What was the overall interest rate for three years?

Two circles touch each other externally; the distance between their centres is 12 cm and the sum of their areas (in cm²) is 74 π. What is the radius of the smaller circle?

The average daily expenditure of a person during the month of February 2020 was \(₹\) 120. The average expenditure for the first 15 days was \(₹\) 142, and for the last 15 days was \(₹\) 96. What was his expenditure (in \(₹\)) on 15^th February?

An article was subject to three successive discounts, whereby a customer had to pay \( ₹\) 2,366.8 less than the marked price of \( ₹\) 12,500. If the rates of the first two discounts were, respectively, 12% and 6%, then what was the rate percentage of the third discount?

The value of \(\left( {120 \div \frac{5}{4}} \right) - \left{ {\left( {105 - 5 \times 3 + 2,of,17 \div \frac{1}{6}} \right) \div \left( {5 + \frac{1}{4}} \right)} \right}\) is:

The number of teachers and students in five schools A, B, C, D and E in a city has been depicted through the given bar graph, where the number of students has been presented as multiples of ten. Study the bar graph and answer the question that follows.

If 20% of the students of E get transferred such that they get equally distributed among A and C, and 10% of their teachers are transferred to A, then which among the following schools will have its student to teacher ratio closest to that of D?

The number of teachers and students in five schools A, B, C, D, and E in a city has been depicted through the given bar graph, where the number of students has been presented as multiples of ten. Study the bar graph and answer the question that follows. 

Which school among the following has the highest teacher-to-student ratio?

Two clocks were synchronised at 11 a.m. on a Sunday. Thereafter, every day they were, respectively, found to gain and lose one minute per day. What time, expressed in hours and minutes, will the second clock show when the first clock shows 10 p.m. on the next Friday?

What is the unit to measure the wavelength of light? 

Who invented the capillary feed fountainpen? 

Which of the following is the world's largest delta?

Who wrote the book 'Kundalini: The Mother of the Universe', which Includes an English translation of 'Lalita Sahasranama'?

Which part of the Constitution of India deals with the relation between the Union and the States?

The Planning Commission was established by an executive decision of Government of India in ______.

Who is the author of the book 'Beyond the Lines'?

Filmmaker Utpal Borpujari's documentary, 'Songs of the ________' is based on the folk songs and culture of the Naga tribes.

In the context of Economics, what does P stand for in EPF?

The La Liga Trophy is associated with which sport?

Rauf and Hikat are the dance forms of ______.

Which dynasty ruled India between 320 AD and 550 AD?

'Pandavani' is the most celebrated folklore of _____.

The 'Procedure for Amendment of the Constitution' in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from which of the following country's constitutions?

When was the first battle of Panipat fought?

Which instrument is used to measure very high temperature?

Which of the following is a Kharif crop in north and Rabi crop in south India?

Which of the following Vedas dealt with music?

Vitamin K deficiency in our body leads to:

Infant Mortality Rate (or IMR) indicates the number of children that die before the age of ______ as a proportion of 1000 live children born in that particular year.

'Kolkali' is one of the traditional folk dances of which state?

Who discovered the smallpox vaccine?

Anju Bobby George is associated with which of the following sports?

What does Article 21 of the Indian Constitution deal with?

Which soils are widespread in the northern plains and the river valleys and cover about 40% of the total area of India?