SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 22 Aug 2019 Shift 2)

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.

Raman exercises daily because he is preparing for a ______ in the armed forces.

Select the correctly spelt word.

Deter

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To take the bull by its horns

Directions: Select the correctly spelt word.

Sympathy

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

An act of murdering one's brother

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

The lack of green spaces has led to an increase in pollution levels.

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

I would have definitely helped you if you had told me why you did need the money.

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

Jamuna found an old necklace and ______ gold bangles in the cupboard.

Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.

The student ________ for a refund of fees.

Anxious

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

I was reading the newspaper when I heard the sound of bullets been fired.

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

If you do not vote, you do not have the right to protest.

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.

Control

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

The lack of government control or rule of law

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

Radha woke up early that morning so that she should watch the beautiful sunrise.

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

Harish is spending two hours every morning reading newspapers in different languages.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Come rain or shine

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

Nowadays, many home buyers __________ interest in digital homes.

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

125 : 27 :: 216 : ?

In a certain code language, ‘STAY’ is written as ‘WXEC’. What will be the code for ‘PERK in that code language?

Select the correct option that will complete the series.

18, 12, 5, -3, -12, _____

The Venn diagram given in the question represents the relationship between the items given in which of the following options?

Select the correct option that will complete the series.

108, 162, 243, ______

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

Bangladesh : Taka :: Greece : ?

Study the given pattern carefully and select the figure that will complete the pattern given in the question figure.

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

KP : OT :: TH : ?

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 chairs are doors.

II. All doors are tables.

Conclusion I: Some chairs are tables.

Conclusion II: No doors are chairs.

Conclusion III: Some tables are doors.

In a certain code language, ‘HANKER’ is written as ‘KXQHHO’. What will be the code for ‘JINGLE’ in that code 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:

All cakes are rocks.

All rocks are dams.

Conclusion:

I: Some dams are cakes.

II: All rocks are cakes.

Which of the following answer figure completes the series of the question figure?

In a certain code language, ‘AEBI’ is written as ‘2618’. What will be the code for ‘DFCH' in that code language?

Jassi, Akash, Garima, Nitin, Vaishali and Kailash are sitting around a round table facing the centre. Kailash is to the left of Garima, who is opposite Akash, Vaishali is between Akash and Jassi. Who is to the left of Nitin?

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

If a mirror is placed on the line XY, then which of the answer figures will be the right mirror image of the given figure?

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

6 ÷ 3 + 12 × 4 - 9 = 12

Which two numbers need to be interchanged to make the given equation correct?

12 ÷ 3 - 6 + 4 × 96 = 74

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

MJG, QNK, URO, ______

Find the missing number from the below options.

Four students are sitting on a bench in a classroom facing North. Sarita is sitting to the left of Raman. Manish is sitting to the right side of Raman. Rakesh is sitting between Raman and Manish. Who is sitting in the second position from the left hand side in the bench?

Five girls Ashi, Binita, Laila, Diksha, Isha read a magazine. The one who reads first gives it to Laila. The one who reads last had taken from Ashi. Isha was not the first or last to read. There were two readers between Binita and Ashi. Who read the magazine first?

In a certain code language, ‘231’ is written as ‘4 - 9 - 1’. What will be the code for ‘569' 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.

Famous : Popular ∷ Anger : ?

A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. Select from the given answer figures, how it will appear when unfolded.

By selling article for Rs. 300, a person incurred a loss of 6.25%. what is his profit, if it is sold for Rs. 352?

The ratio of spirit and water in solution in vessels A and B are 3 : 4 and 5 : 9, respectively. The contents of A and B are mixed in the ratio 2 : 3. What is the ratio of water and spirit in the resulting solution?

When 6892, 7105 and 7531 are divided by the greatest number x, then the remainder in each case is y. What is the value of (x – y)?

Five years ago, the ratio of the ages of A and B was 3 : 4. Five years from now, the ratio of their ages will be 4 : 5. What is the ratio of A and B, 10 years from now?

A sum of Rs. 9000 amounts to Rs. 13356 at a certain rate percent per annum in \(4\frac{2}{5}\) years at simple interest. What will be the simple interest on the same sum at double the rate for \(2\frac{1}{3}\)years?

A shopkeeper allows 10% discount on the marked price of an article and still gains 17%. If he given 15% discount on the marked price, then his profit percent is: 

The height of a cone is equal to its base radius and its volume is 72π cm³. What is its curved surface area in cm²?

By selling 30 articles, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 9 articles. His gain percent is:

A wire, in the form of a circle, encloses an area 3118.5 cm². It is now bent to form a rectangle whose length and breadth are very nearly in the ratio 7 : 4. The length of the rectangle, in cm, is : (Take π = 22/7)

The value of \(1\frac{2}{3} \div \left{ {\frac{3}{7};of\frac{{14}}{5}; \times ;1\frac{2}{3} - \left( {3\frac{1}{2} - 2\frac{1}{6}} \right)} \right}; + ;\frac{1}{2} \div \frac{3}{2};of\frac{1}{2}\) is

The heights (in cm) of students in a group are given below :

What is the median height of students?

The number of students in classes A and B are 60 and 70, respectively. The average score in mathematics of students in B is 57 and that of all students in A and B is 63. What is the average score of students in A?

A copper wire of radius 0.5 mm and length \(42\frac{2}{3}\) m is melted and converted into a sphere of radius R cm. What is the value of R?

Find the C.I. on Rs. 15,625 for 2 years at 12% per annum compounded after every 8 months?

A and B, start from X and Y towards Y and X respectively. After passing each other, they take 2.7 hours and 1.2 hours to reach Y and X respectively. If B is moving at 48 km/hr, then the speed of A is.

36 men and 48 women can do a certain work in one day whereas 6 men and 12 women can do it in 5 days. The number of women required to do the same work in 8 days is :

There are three positive numbers. If the average of any two of them is added to the third number, the sums obtained are 68, 74 and 98. What is the average of the smallest and the greatest given numbers?

The value of 72 ÷ 6 of 12 + 4 × (5 – 3) of 2 ÷ 4 – 2 is:

x is the 4^th proportional to 12, 16 and 5; and 20, y, 15, 21 are in proportion. Then the value of (6x – y) is:

A is 25% more than B while B is 20% less than C and C is 10% more than D. Which of the following is not true?

A can complete one-third of a work in 5 days and B can do 2/5^th of the same work in 10 days. They work together for 6 days. The remaining work is completed by C in 18 days. C alone will do the same work in:

The speed of a boat in still water is 15 km/h. The speed of the current is 3 km/h. In how much time (in hours) will the boat travel a distance of 54 km upstream and the same distance downstream?

What is the difference between the marks scored by Amit in Hindi and Maths?

In how many subjects, did Amit score more than his average score?

The total marks scored by Amit in English and S. Studies is what percent (correct to one decimal place) more than the marks scored by him in Maths?

Piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides is known as ______.

Which of the following is a block mountain?

In which of the following states is the famous Vaishno Devi Shrine located?

Who among the following won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics?

Who among the following has been awarded the Martha Farrell Award 2019 for women empowerment in March 2019?

In which of the following order were the Satyagraha movements organised by Mahatma Gandhi?

Digestion of food begins in which part of the alimentary canal in human beings?

What percent of solar energy is absorbed by terrestrial ecosystem?

What is the mode of transmission of disease 'Yellow vein mosaic of bhindi (okra)'?

In which form of government, rulers are directly elected by the people of the country?

Tropic of Cancer does NOT pass through which of the following Indian state?

The book 'Timeless Laxman' is based on life of which of the following person?

Which central agency regulates and monitors housing sector in India?

Who was the founder of Hyderabad state?

Who is the Supreme Commander of the defence forces of India?

Which of the following organisms reproduce by Spore Formation?

All the festivals listed below are festivals of Assam. Of these, which of the following festivals is specifically hosted in the Kamakhya Devi temple in Guwahati?

National Emblem of India is taken from Mauryan Pillar located at ________.

Which country did India beat in the quarter finals of the 2011 Cricket World Cup?

The fund into which the proceeds from disinvestment of Central Public Sector Enterprises are channelised is known as _______.

Magnetic Field inside a solenoid is ________.

Which act allowed the British government to suppress political activities and detain political prisoners without trial for 2 years?

The Minimum Support Price (MSP) protects farmers against which of the following?

In which of the following countries, Presidential System of Government does not exist?

International Kabaddi Federation was founded in which year?