SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 20 July 2022 Shift 1)

Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at line AB as shown.

Three boys T, R and M are sitting in a row facing towards the north (not necessarily in the same order), and three girls F, G and K are sitting in a row facing towards the face of these boys (not necessarily in the same order). F and R are diagonally opposite to each other. K is not at any of the ends.

Which of the following pairs of persons facing towards each other is/are definitely correct?

I. GR

II. KT

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.

KSZ : PHC :: TNK : ?

Eight girls A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circular table facing opposite to the centre (not necessarily in the same order). B is second to the left of D. F is third to the left of B. A is second to the left of F. C is second to the left of A. G is third to the left of E.

Three out of the following four options are similar by a certain logic and form a group. Which of the following does NOT belong to that group?

Select the option in which the given figure is embedded. (Rotation is not allowed) 

In a certain code language, 'GAME' is coded as '78', and 'PNAD' is coded as '105'. How will 'HORN' be coded in that language?

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

I. All car are red.

II. No blue is red.

Conclusions:

I. No car is blue.

II. Some red are cars

In a certain code language, 'HALMST' is written as 'IZMLTS' and 'GEASTR' is written as 'HDBRUQ'. How will 'TRAILS' be written in that language?

Select the figure from the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

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

23 : 25 :: 17 : 64 :: 29 : ?

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

64, 51, 38, ?, 12, -1

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.

Statements:

I. Some games are lands.

II. Some toys are games.

Conclusions:

I. Some toys are not lands.

II. Some lands are games.

In a certain code language, 'WORD' is written as 'CUXJ' and 'MOKE' is written as ‘SUQK’. How will 'IDEA' be written in that language?

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

13, 51, 205, 819, 3277, ?

Select the option in which the two numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers in the given number-pair.

64 : 10 :: ?

In a basket there are seven different fruits M, N, O, P, Q, R and S, each having a different weight. P is the heaviest. The weight of S is more than Q but less than O. The weight of M is the third lowest. R has the least weight. The weight of N is less than Q. How many fruits have more weight than S?

Select the letter-cluster from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

GROW, FSNX, ETMY, ?, CVKA

After interchanging which two numbers will the value of the given expression be‘173’?

52 – 36 + 141 × 63 ÷ 47

The sequence of folding a piece of paper and the manner in which the folded paper has been cut is shown in the following figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?

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

FNNC: CKKZ:: ADRS: XAOP:: BNNL: ?

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.

PRO : NOL :: HEL : ?

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

In a certain code language, 'BASEBALL' is written as '45' and 'FEEDBACK' is written as '73'. How will 'PRACTICE' be written in that language?

After interchanging the given two signs and two numbers, what will be the value of the given expression?

15 and 3; + and ÷

6 ÷ 3 + 5 × 15 – 9 = ?

The number of students in a hostel increases from 5400 to 6075. By what percentage should the hostel reduce the per head consumption of food, so that the expenditure on food does not increase?

The following pie chart shows the percentage distribution of employees in five departments of a company XYZ.

How many employees are there in the Marketing and Accounts departments taken together?

The following bar chart shows the number of flowers (in ‘000 kg) grown by a floriculturist in 5 consecutive years.

The number of flowers grown in Y5 was 15% more than those grown in Y4. The number of flowers grown in Y6 was 20% more than those grown in Y5. What is the difference between the numbers of flowers grown in Y9 and Y4?

The height of a cylinder is 3 cm more than the radius of its base. If the height is 10 cm, then what is the volume of this cylinder? [Use π = \(\frac{22}{7}\)]

Point P and Q are 400 km apart. A person starts from P towards Q at 6 a.m. at a speed of 20 km/h. Another person starts from Q towards P at 6:30 a.m. at a speed of 30 km/h. At what time will they meet?

140 liters of a solution is formed by mixing two solutions A and B. The concentrations of milk in A and B are 40% and 75%, respectively. If the resultant solution has a milk concentration of 52%, then what is the quantity of A that is there in the resultant solution?

8 girls and 12 boys can complete a piece of work in 4 days, while 10 girls and 6 boys can complete it in 6 days. How long will 5 girls and 3 boys take to complete this same piece of work?

A man takes 4 hours and 30 minutes to row a boat a distance of 18 km downstream, and 3 hours 30 minutes to row the boat a distance of 7 km upstream. Find the speed of the stream.

What is the value Of \(\frac{36\div 9\times 5\div15+7\times 3}{6\div12\times3\div12+8\times 3}\)?

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following mathematical statement?

\(\frac{18}{60}\times \frac{15}{108}\times?=19\)

P ∶ Q = 4 ∶ 5 and R is 15% less than Q. If Q = 300, then what is the sum of P and R?

The value of P varies directly as the square of Q. When Q is 4, then P is 48. What is the value of Q when P is 243?

On selling 18 pens at Rs. 660, there is a profit equal to the cost price of 4 pens. What is the cost price of one pen (in Rs.)? 

A camp of 250 soldiers has food for 600 days. After 60 days, 50 soldiers leave the camp. For how many days will the remaining food last from the time that these 50 soldiers left?

Vishal and Param each sold their article at Rs. 1,818 but Vishal incurred a loss of 10%, while Param gained by 1%. What is the ratio of the cost price of Vishal’s article to that of Param’s article?

A sum of Rs. 2,400 gives a simple interest of Rs. 504 in 3 years. Find the rate of interest per annum.

The average of 12 numbers is M and the average of 8 of these numbers is P. If the average of the remaining numbers is N, then which of the following options is correct?

The ratio of the quantities imported of steel and iron in 2018 was 3 ∶ 2 and in 2020 it was 1 ∶ 1. The ratio of the quantities imported of steel in 2018 and 2020 was 4 ∶ 3. What was the ratio of the quantities imported of iron in 2018 and 2020?

What is the radius of a circular field whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of three smaller circular fields of radii 8 m, 9 m and 12 m, respectively?

The average age of two friends. A and B, is 24 years. The average age of A, B and C is 22 years. What is the age of C? 

A toy is formed by placing a solid circular cone on a solid hemisphere and the radius of the common base of the cone and the hemisphere is 15 cm. If the volume of the toy is 2850 π cm³, then find the total surface area of that toy.

A shopkeeper wants to make a profit of 8% after giving a discount of 14%. At what approximate percentage above the cost price should he mark his goods?

The following table shows the total number of students in four different classes of a school, and the percentages of students participating in Music or Plays from each of these four different classes. NO student participates both in Music and in Plays.

What is the total number of students who do NOT participate in Music or Plays from classes X and VII, taken together?

The compound interest earned by Sunil on a certain sum at the end of two years at the rate of 16% p.a., when interest is compounded annually, was 864. What was the sum invested by Sunil?

Find the least possible number which when divided by 16, 24, and 28 leaves 13, 21, and 25 as remainders, respectively.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

After a long and rigorous fast the Lord appeared before him.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

Most workers resigns to join new jobs within the same industry.

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

A tiger’s skull / is similar / to / a lion.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My friend, who is a photographer, is ________ a writer.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The bank was prepared to ______ chance and lend him 40% of the purchase price.

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

People and / there demands / are ever-growing, but / the availability of land is limited.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I'm frustrated with the ______ minded view of history this article presents.

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.

Caffeine is a diuretic that makes you urinate more often.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

I always smell a rat when John says that he is going out for extra classes.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The Armenian language has many dialects, some of which cannot be ______ by speakers of other dialects.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Someone who is silent or uncommunicative in speech.

Select the idiom that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Roy's customers think that the council has become irrational.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Ebullient

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

The family can none long stay in their big house.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Enraged

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Flagrant

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.’

Many people believe that women make better nurses because they are patient and gentle.

Select the correctly spelt word.

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.

Many countries are not acting / fast enough to controlled / climate change.

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.

 Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International airport is situated in _____.

The President of India can nominate maximum ______ members of the Anglo-Indian community to the House of the People, if in his opinion it is not adequately represented.

‘An Unsuitable Boy’ is the autobiography of _____.

Minati Mishra was associated with which classical dance of India?

Which of the following terms is NOT associated with Tennis?

Which water body is present to the south of India?

On the basis of age, the population of a nation is generally grouped into ______ broad categories.

Bihu is the folk dance form of which Indian state?

Who among the following founded Arya Samaj in 1875?

Which Indian wrestler won a silver medal in Tokyo Olympics 2020?

The aviation sector was inaugurated in India in the year _____ with the establishment of Tata Airlines.

Which of the following statements is correct?

I. Gautama Buddha belonged to a small gana known as the Sakya gana and was a Kshatriya.

II. Gautama Buddha passed away at Kusinagar.

The core of the Great Himalayas is composed of ______.

Which ministry launched the Krishi Udan 2.0 scheme to facilitate the movement of agricultural produce?

Who has been reappointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in October 2021?

Who among the following won the award for Best Music Direction in Feature Films (Songs) at the 67^th National Film Awards?

Bhagwati Committee (1973) presented a report on ____________.

Richard Wellesley was the Governor-General of India from ______.

The feature of Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the Constitution of ______. 

Aqua regia is a freshly prepared mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and concentrated nitric acid in the ratio of ______ by volume.

Qutbuddin Aybak ruled over Delhi from ______.

Madan Mohan temple is a centrally protected monument. It is situated in which state of India?

 Typhoid fever is caused by ______.

Tooth decay starts when the pH of the mouth is lower than ______.

‘Maru Mahotsav’ also known as desert festival is celebrated in ______.