SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 26 July 2022 Shift 2)

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

864, 432, 216, 108,?

In a certain code language, 'PAR' is coded as ‘35' and 'GAT' is coded as ‘28'. How will 'FOM' be coded in that language?

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 the fourth number is related to the third number.

25 : 125 :: 32 : 160 :: 73 : ?

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

(36, 2, 3)(108, 6, 3)

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.

CET : ZBQ :: KVO : HSL :: QRS : ?

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

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.

Statement I: An IT employee working in XYZ company has two children.

Statement II: No other employee in XYZ has two children.

Conclusion I: Every employee in the company has at least one child.

Conclusion II: Some of the employees have more than two children.

Select the figure from the options that can replace the question (?) and complete the given pattern.

What will be the value of the following expression, if ‘+’ and ‘×’ are interchanged and ‘−’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged?

8 × 10 + 3 − 5  ÷ 6 = ?

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

Select the option in which the pair of letter-clusters share the same relationship as that shared by the given letter-clusters.

RS : IH

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

72, 66, 63, 57, 54, 48, ?

In a certain code language, 'SEAT' is written as '2' and 'CHARGE' is written as '4'. How will 'ONLINE' be written in that language?

Six friends, Kushal, Keshav, Kishan, Kamal, Kanan and Kishore, are of different heights. Keshav is taller than only three other friends. Kishore is taller than Kamal only. Kishan is shorter than Kushal only.Who is the third shortest among all the friends?

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

Five men O1, O2, O3, O4 and O5 are sitting around a circular table facing opposite to the centre (not necessarily in the same order). Only one man is sitting between O4 and O5 in clockwise direction from O5. Only one man is sitting between O3 and O4 in clockwise direction from O4. O1 is sitting to the immediate left of O3. Who is sitting third from the left of O2?

In a certain code language, '254' means 'You are intelligent', '153' means 'Nikhil is intelligent', '398' means 'Naina and Nikhil', then what is the code for 'is' in the same 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:

Some peas are pineapples.

No pineapple is a broccoli.

All broccolis are potatoes.

Conclusions:

I. Some peas being potatoes is a possibility.

II. All pineapples being potatoes is a possibility.

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

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

GA, MU, SO, ?, EC

In a certain code language, ‘pinch of salt grey’ is written as ‘ab tr # kp’, ‘grey colour is black’ is written as ‘# jm bk if’ and ‘colour are of track’ is written as ‘gt if ab fr’. How will ‘grey of’ be written in that language?

By interchanging the two signs ÷ and + and two numbers 9 and 12 (NOT digits), which of the following equations will NOT be correct?

I. 12 × 2 – 72 + 9 ÷ 57 = 69

II. 169 + 13 × 12 ÷ 3 – 9 = 108

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?

 Ajay, Priti, Rakesh, Mehak, Saloni and Yogesh are sitting in a row facing north. Saloni and Yogesh are sitting in the centre. Ajay and Priti are at the ends. Rakesh is sitting to the immediate left of Ajay.Who is sitting to the immediate right of Priti?

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

Vehicle : Car :: Food : Pizza :: Crockery : ?

How much air can be held in a closed cubical box, each of whose edges is 12 metres long?

The following table shows the amount (in Rs. '000) received by a store-owner by selling 5 different brands of milk during a given month.

The price per litre of milk of all the brands is Rs. 40 per litre. How many litres of milk, of all the brands taken together, were sold by the store during that month?

Study the given bar-graph and answer the question that follows.

The bar-graph shows the population of six countries (in millions) in 2010 and 2020.

In the USA, by what approximate percentage did the population increase by 2020 over its population in 2010?

The following pie-chart shows the sales in a restaurant in a day, in percentage terms.

If the total number of items sold in a day is 100, then what is the central angle made by the sector giving data about the sale of 'Sandwich' in the pie-chart?

Geeta bought a bag for Rs. 1,000 and spent Rs. 300 on fixing the defects in the bag. Later, she sold it for Rs. 1,508. What is the percentage of profit that Geeta earned through the sale?

In a week, the average temperature of Sunday and Monday is 37.2°C. The average temperature of Tuesday and Wednesday is 39.4°C. Find the temperature on Sunday if the average temperature of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday is 38.1°C?

G₁ can do a piece of work alone in 20 days, G₂ can do the same piece of work alone in 40 days, while G₃ can do it alone in 60 days. They worked together and completed the work. If the combined share received by G₁ and G₂ is Rs. 2,700, then what is the total amount received by all the 3 workers taken together?

What is the smallest perfect square number that is divisible by both 10 and 15?

What is the single discount that is equivalent to two successive discounts of 12.5% and 20%?

The selling price of a book is Rs. 855. If the loss incurred through the sale is 10%, then what is the nominal amount of loss incurred?

A square of side p is taken. A rectangle is cut out from this square such that the length of one side of the rectangle is equal to half of the length of one side of the square and the length of another side of the rectangle is equal to \(\frac{1}{3}\) of the length of the first side of the rectangle. What is the area of the portion of the square that remained after the rectangle is cut out?

The length of each diagonal of a rectangle is 50 cm. If its breadth is 14 cm, then what will be the area of the rectangle?

A train covers a certain distance at a speed of 80 km/h in 6 hours. Find the speed of the train for covering the same distance in 5 hours.

If 3 ∶ x ∶∶ 12 ∶ 20, then what is the value of x?

Mayank spend 35% of his monthly income on household items, 25% on electronic items, and 7% on medicines. He saves the remaining amount of Rs. 11,550. What is Mayank's monthly income (in Rs.)?

A man rows from A to B (upstream) and B to A (downstream) in 12 hours. The distance between A and B is 240 km. The time taken by the man to row 6 km downstream is identical to the time taken by him to row 4 km upstream. What is the speed of the stream?

In a class of 1500 students, the percentage of girls is 30%. If 80% of the boys failed the examinations, find the number of boys who passed in the examination.

The average of D₁ and D₂ is 40. The average of D₂ and D₃ is 45. The average of D₁ and D₃ is 55. What is the value of D₃?

What is the value of (1 ÷ 4) of 16 + {120 ÷ 24 × 10}?

The value of \(\frac{2}{3}\) of \(\frac{5}{8}\) of \(276 - \sqrt {7056} \) is:

After 4 years, Ramesh's age will be 50% more than what his age was 16 years ago. What is his present age?

Kajal can do a piece of work alone in 24 days, while Neha can do the same work alone in 40 days. Kajal started the work alone, and then after 12 days, Neha joined her till the completion of the work. How long did the work take to be completed since Kajal started to work on it?

In what time does a sum of money amount to twice of itself at the simple interest of 25% per annum?

At a certain rate simple interest per annum, a certain sum amounts to Rs. 24,000 in 7 years and to Rs. 32,000 in 12 years. What is the rate of simple interest paid per annum?

What is the average of 24, 42, 76, 44 and 54?

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

I tried to tell him to think of the good times, that every cloud has a silver lining.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Expository

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The first printed ______ of this book came in 1933.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Pull someone’s legs

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

A person who produces beautiful handwriting

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

He certainly failed to console the new king.

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.

His successful as a lawyer / grew so fast that he soon had / enough money to buy a house.

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

A state of perfect balance

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Admirable

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. 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.

My sister called me for my lunch hours to tell me that she was getting married.

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

The enemies have cross the border, treading the soil on which they are to be conquered.

Select the correctly spelt word.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Consumers are not ready to purchase this citrus fruit at such a ______ price.

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.

Other South African cities only / had one venue for staging exhibitions or / international events at highly standard.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I ______ home before she arrived.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Sparkling

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Please don’t ______ anyone that I came to your birthday party.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Seclude

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

A sustained decline in Chinese consumption would be even more ______ than the current US-China trade dispute.

 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.

____________, popularly known as Punjab Kesari took his last breath on November 17^th, 1928

Which of the following Constitutional Amendment incorporated Dadra, Nagar and Haveli in the Union of India as a Union Territory?

Guru Bipin Singh received ‘Sangeet Natak Akademi Award’ in the year 1966. He was a teacher of _______ dance.

Smart cities and Academia Towards Action and Research (SAAR) scheme was launched by the ______.

In which state of India is the Moatsu festival celebrated every year?

Which of the following pair of ‘Name of Ruler – Empire’ is correctly matched?

I. Mahapadma Nanda – Magadha Empire

II. Ajatasattu – Maurya Empire

How many types of igneous rocks are there?

Which of the following terms is NOT associated with hockey?

In which state of India is the Gulbarga Fort situated?

Which of the following formulas is correct for Gross Value Added?

______ is used to get rid of indigestion.

Which of the following countries had a higher average population density than India in 2020 as per Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates?

‘Waiting for a Visa’ is a 20-page autobiography written by _____________.

AR Rahman won the Grammy Awards for which movie?

Shovana Narayan is associated with which classical dance of India?

Which Constitutional Amendment Act included Fundamental Duties in the Indian Constitution?

Queen Rudramadevi belonged to which dynasty of India?

The SI unit of work is ______.

Which of the following is a rabi crop?

Which of the following persons was conferred with the 57^th Jnanpith Award?

The distribution of the population according to different types of occupation is known as __________.

 _______________ is commonly known as imperfect fungi because only the asexual or vegetative phases of these fungi are known.

_____________ is broadly divided into Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats.

When Alivardi Khan died in 1756, ______ became the nawab of Bengal.

Which Indian Olympian is associated with golf?