SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 22 Aug 2019 Shift 1)

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct sentence.

The recent lawsuit _____ put the firm in a tight spot.

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

Sakshi discussed about the problem with her manager very briefly.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct sentence.

Tourism has been _____ in India for a long time.

Slander

Mock

Select the correctly spelt word.

Select the correctly spelt word.

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

Garima live at the 25^th floor.

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

A set of 52 playing cards

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom 

Shot in the dark

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

Rakesh was studied when his friends called him.

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

The teacher expected the students had finishing the project on time.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom

Feel a bit under the weather

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.

Virat Kohli is one of the best batsmen that the world have seen.

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.

Shashi couldn't walk no more.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct sentence. 

Meena had a whale ______ a time in Mussorie with her gang.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct sentence.

In the age of technology, sending letters by postal mail seems __________ to me.

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.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word

Contempt

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

An abnormal fear of water

Select the most appropriate antonym of the word

Entrance

In a certain coding system ‘HYBRID’ is written as ‘IAEUOE’. What is the code for ‘PENCIL’?

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

ITEM : METI ∷ ACHE : ?

In a row of students P was standing 17^th from the left end and 23^rd from the right end. If Q was standing exactly in the middle of the row, what was his position from the left end? (Assume students were facing the north.)

Choose the option that most closely resembles the mirror image of the given figure when mirror is placed at right side.

Select the number that can replace the question mark in the following series.

26, 34, 41, 46, 56, ?

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully and decide which of the / conclusions logically follows from the statements.

Statement:

Physical abuse is apparent, so it is easy to accept it, but mental abuse does not appear, so we keep denying it.

Conclusions:

I. We reject to what we cannot see.

II. It is easy to accept what we see.

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

(13, 29, 89)

In a certain language ‘CAKE’ is coded as ‘2163’ and ‘KATTLE’ is coded as 617743, how will ‘LAKE’ be coded in that language?

Select the figure that will come next in the following series.

A paper is folded and cut as shown below. How will it appear when unfolded?

If A is coded as ‘+’, B is coded as ‘x’, C is coded as ‘÷’ and D is coded as ‘-‘, then

18 A 6 B 2 C 16 B 4 D 21 =?

In a certain system ‘BROWN’ is written as ‘ZPMUL’. What is the code for ‘VIOLET?

Select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

101, 106, 116, 131, 151,?

Select the option that is related to the fourth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.

Water: Hydrogen Oxide ∷? : Sodium chloride

Select the letter-Cluster that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

ACD, EGH, IKL, ? QST

Select the Venn diagram that best represents the given set of classes.

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

Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?

Eight executives J, K, L, M, N, O, P & Q are sitting around a circular table for a meeting. J is second to the right of P who is third to the right of K. M is second to the left of O who sits between P & J, L is not a neighbour of K or N. Who is to the immediate left of L?

(i) A, B, C, D, E and T are standing in a row facing south.

(ii) A is third to right of E.

(iii) C is fourth from one end of the row.

(iv) B who is in between A and D, is third to the left of T.

(v) D is at the left end.

Which of the following is true?

In the following equation, two signs need to be interchanged to make the given value correct. Choose the signs from the given alternatives.

84 ÷ 4 × 5 – 4 + 5 = 104

‘Fish’ is related to ‘School’ in the same way as ‘Birds’ is related to ‘_________ ‘.

The statement below are followed by two conclusions labelled I and II. Assuming that the information in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with generally established facts, decide which conclusion (s) logically and definitely follow (s) from the information given in the statements

Statements:

I. All doors are floors.

II Some floors are tiles.

III. All tiles are paints.

Conclusions:

I. Some floors are paints.

II. Some doors are tiles.

In a certain code language, ‘BREAK’ is written as ‘23615455’ How is ‘XEROX’ written in that code language?

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

7 : 98 ∷ 11 : ?

The ratio of the number of males and females in a group is 6 : 7. 15 females leave the group. As a result, this ratio becomes 12 : 11. Now, if 6 males join the group, then what will be the ratio of the number males and females in the group?

When an article is sold at a discount of 40% on its marked price, the profit is 25%. What is the ratio of the cost price to the marked price of the article?

The sides of a triangular park are 200 m, 210 m, and 290 m. The area of the park (in hectares) is:

Pipe A and B can fill a tank in 24 hours and 30 hours respectively, however pipe C can empty it in x hours. Pipe A and B are opened for 10 hours and then pipe C is opened. If, tank is emptied in 90 more hours, then find the value of x.

The table given below presents the figures of the production (in thousands) of different types of vehicles by a company during the years 2013-2018.

In how many years is the production of type C vehicles, below the average production of type of D vehicles over six years?

The ratio of incomes of A and B is 3 : 8 and the ratio of their savings is 9 : 25. If the income of A equals the expenditure of B, then the ratio of expenditures of A and B is:

Let x be the greatest number which when divides 6475, 4984 and 4132, the remainder in each case is the same. What is the sum of digits of x?

The table given below presents the figures of the production (in thousands) of different types of vehicles by a company during the years 2013-2018.

The ratio of the total production of type A vehicles in 2013 and 2016 to the total production of type C vehicles during 2015 to 2017 is:

In an examination, 40% of the students who appeared were boys and rest were girls. The pass percentage of the boys was 60% and overall pass percentage was 56%. What was the pass percentage of the girls?

What is the simple interest on Rs. 35000 at 18/7% per annum for a period of 9 months?

The value of 3 ÷ 21 of 3 × 7 + 24 × 6 ÷ 18 – 3 ÷ 2 + 3 – 2 + 2 × 3 ÷ 6 is:

A shopkeeper wrongly calculates his profit on the selling of an article and finds it to be 40%. What is his actual profit percentage?

A reservoir is in the shape of a frustum of a right circular cone. The radii of its circular ends are 4 m and 8 m and its depth is 7 m. How many kilolitre of water (correct up to one decimal place) can it hold?(Take π = 22/7)

The diameter of wheels is 70 cm. It completes 600 revolutions in 1 minute. The speed (in km/h) of the vehicle is:(Take π = 22/7)

The compound interest on a certain sum at 15% p.a compounded yearly for \(2\frac{1}{3}\) years is Rs. 9327. The sum is:

When x is added to each of 8, 14, 20, and 30, then the numbers, so obtained, in this order form a proportion. What is the mean proportional between (x – 2) and (7x + 2)?

The average weight of 60 students in a class is 56.4 kg. If 12 students having average weight 59.5 kg leave and 15 students having average weight 54 kg join the class, then what is the average weight (in kg) of the students in the class (correct to one decimal place)?

A is more efficient than B and they together can complete a work in 24 days. Had A done 50% of the work and then B, the remaining work, then the work would have been done in 50 days. B alone will complete 40% of the same work in:

The speed of a train is 3 times that of a car and 1.5 times of a steamer. A person travelled x km by steamer, 3.75x km by train and x/2 km by car. If the speed of the car is 40 km/h and total time taken by him is \(4\frac{1}{2}\) hours, then the total distance travelled by him in three modes is:

The value of \(3\frac{1}{5} \div 4\frac{1}{2}of;5\frac{1}{3} - 2\frac{1}{3}of\left{ {\left. {\frac{3}{7} - \left( {1\frac{4}{{15}} - \frac{{13}}{{30}}} \right); \times ;1\frac{1}{5}} \right}} \right.\)

1000 solid spherical balls each of radius 0.6 cm are melted and recast into a single spherical ball. What is the surface area (in cm²) of ball so formed?

The average of a few numbers is 48. If 75% of the numbers are increase by 4 each and the rest decreased by 6 each, then what is the average of the numbers, so obtained?

The mode of the following data is 36. What is the value of x?

The table given below presents the figures of the production (in thousands) of different types of vehicles by a company during the years 2013-2018.

The total production of all types of vehicles in 2018 is what percent more than the total production of all types of vehicles in 2015?

A person buys a certain number of oranges at Rs. 84 a dozen and two times of it at Rs. 72 a dozen. He sells all the oranges at Rs. 90 a dozen and makes a profit of Rs. 1680. How many oranges does he buy?

Which among the following is the highest peak of the Eastern Ghats?

Which among the following indirect taxes is charged by the Central Government? 

Who was the President of the Congress Session held in Calcutta in 1906? 

Which among the following is NOT a characteristic of Black soil?

In which of the following states is the Similipal Biosphere Reserve located? 

Which among the following is the lowermost plants of the plant kingdom? 

'At constant temperature, the solubility of a gas in a liquid is proportional to the partial pressure of the gas collected above the surface of the liquid or solution'. What is this rule?

What is the tagline for Punjab National Bank?

On which date did the NITI Aayog replace the Planning Commission? 

Who among the following Mughal Emperors was called as Darvesh or a Zinda Pir? 

Talonite is a combination of cobalt and ________.

Which among the following institution was proposed to fund, coordinate and promote research in the country?

_________ are commonly known as comb jellies.

Raj Ghat is the memorial of ________.

Which amendment made it mandatory for the President to give his assent to the Constitutional Amendment bills? 

Which among the following is the largest among the four ancient civilizations?

Who was the first Indian to win the All England Badminton Championship?

Which is the largest lake in the world in terms of surface area? 

Which article of the Indian Constitution states that the 'Law declared by Supreme Court is to be binding on all courts' within the territory of India? 

Who is the author of 'Black Beauty'? 

As of June 2019, who is the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO)?

_________ dance is performed only by the unmarried girls of the Malwa community.

Name the cricketer who became the first ever batsman to score 5000 runs in the IPL format. 

Which among the following famous places is called the "Palace of Windows"?

One of the most important music forms of Uttarakhand, ________ was originally performed in royal courts.