SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 6 Oct 2021 Shift 3)

Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.

A person who remains unmoved and unaffected by other people's opinions, suggestions

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

______ entering the hall, please turn off your mobile phones.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

With your new credit card, you can ______ up to Rs. 20,000 in a day.

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’.

I'm certain go to start studying from today.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Over the moon

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

Slowly the dog, Spot, went towards it and pounced up the rat.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Copycat

Select the INCORRECTLY 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 substitution required’.

There were a dozen eggs in the basket, but now there will be only six.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

They looked at each other for a moment without speaking and then fell into a ______.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

FLIMSY

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

GRACEFUL

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

Vijaya saw the play in a auditorium near her house.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Half-way ______ the two towns, there was a mountain which had to be crossed.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

FLUORESCENT

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’.

Very soon, the people find out as the snake was harmless and the boys began to tease it mercilessly.

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

Obi wanted to continue on his idea of building a modern school.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

DEFENCE

Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.

A boat or ship for conveying passengers and goods, especially over a relatively short distance and as a regular service

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.

In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows the given statements.

Statements:

All Toms are Jerrys.

Some Jerrys are Mickeys.

Conclusions:

I. Some Toms are Mickeys.

II. Some Toms are not Mickeys.

III. Some Jerrys are Toms.

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

GJM, QTW, ADG, ?

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 Eagles are Kites.

All Kites are Sparrows.

Conclusions:

I. All Sparrows are Eagles.

II. All Eagles are Sparrows.

Identify the option figure that when placed in the blank space completes the pattern in the given question figure.

If in a coding system, ORATORY is coded as 116 and RAVENOUS is coded as 119, then how will IRIDOLOGY be coded in the same coding system?

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

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

Village people, Educated people, Intelligent people

‘Young’ is related to ‘Age’ in the same way as ‘Short’ is related to ‘______’. 

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

Identify the option figure which is embedded in the following figure (rotation is NOT allowed).

In a certain code language, if FINALIZE is written as JKRCPKDG, then how will INSIGNIA be written in the same code language?

Five persons, V, W, X, Y and Z are sitting along a round table facing the center. V is sitting 2^nd to the right of W, who is 2^nd to the right of X. If Y is sitting adjacent to X, then who is to the immediate left of V?

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

2, 12, 30, 56, 90, 132, ?

In a certain code language, 12345 is coded as 182764125. How will 65428 be coded in that language? 

Eight students were sitting on two benches, L, M, N, O on the front bench and P, Q, R, S on the next one, but not in the same sequence. Q was sitting exactly behind M, who was sitting to the extreme right. O & P and L & S were sitting adjacent to each other in diagonally cross positions, S being on the extreme left. What was the sitting position of N? 

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

76 + 108 ÷ 9 – 11 × 2 = 18

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.

Kohima : Nagaland :: Shillong : ?

Six special lectures are to be organised on Banking system, Quality circles, Work motivation, Decision making, Current affairs, and Personality development. Lectures are scheduled to be held, one lecture on each day from Monday to Sunday, as per the details given below:

1. Work motivation should be organised immediately after Decision making.
2. Quality circle should be organised on Wednesday and should not be followed by Personality development.
3. Decision making should be organised on Friday and there should be a gap of two days between Banking system and Current affairs.
4. On one day, other than Saturday, there should be no lecture. Current affairs should be on previous day of holiday.

Which lecture will be organised on the first day (Monday)?

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

 If in a coding system, HOUSE is coded as 340 and FOETUS is coded as 516, then how will CONSENT be coded in the same coding system? 

In a certain code language, if HARIDWAR is written as FCPKBYYT, then how will BIKANER be written in the same code language? 

Select the correct sequence of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the A, B, C, D and E so as to balance the given equation.

38 A 56 B 8 C 15 D (36 E 28) = 151

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.

ORGANZA : LJTAMBZ :: TEMPLATE : ?

Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in it.

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

86, 74, 84, 76, ?, 78, 80

If x% of 180 is 25% less than (x + 350), then 18% of (x + 50) is what percentage more than 12% of x?

The average of the 2-digit numbers 49, 6x, x4 and 70 is 65. What is the average of (x + 8) and (x + 12)?

84 persons take 56 days to complete a certain task. When one-fourth of the task was completed, one-seventh of the workers left. How many days in all does it take to complete the entire task?

The amount obtained by investing a certain sum at r% p.a. for 3 years at simple interest is equal to the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate for 13 years. The value of r is:

The value of 79 – [128 – {75 – (72 ÷ 16 × 4) + (18 ÷ 2 of 6) × 4}] is:

The average of 18 numbers is 65. The average of the first 10 numbers is 72 and that of the last 9 numbers is 58. If the 10^th number is excluded, then what is the average of the remaining numbers (correct to one decimal place)?

The ratio of A and B is 2 : 3, and B is 8 more than A. If a certain number k is added to each of A and B, then the ratio becomes 7 : 9. The value of k is:

Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 8 hours and 12 hours, respectively. C is an outlet pipe. When all the three are opened together, the tank is filled in \(13\frac{1}{3}\) hours. C alone can empty the full tank in:

A sum of Rs. 3,780 is divided between A, B and C such that if their shares are decreased by Rs. 130, Rs. 150 and Rs. 200, respectively, then they are in the ratio of 5 : 2 : 4. What is the original share of C?

The ratios of acid and water in the solutions in vessels A and B are 4 : 5 and 5 : 1, respectively. A new solution is obtained by mixing 5 litres and 4 litres of the solutions from A and B, respectively. What is the ratio of acid and water in the new solution?

The value of \(\frac{{3\frac{1}{4} - \frac{4}{5}of\frac{5}{6}}}{{4\frac{1}{3} \div \frac{1}{5} - \left( {\frac{3}{{10}} + 21\frac{1}{5}} \right)}} - \left( {2\frac{2}{3}of1\frac{1}{2}} \right)\) is:

A 270-m-long train takes 24 seconds to cross a pole. If it takes 1 minute to cross a tunnel, then the length (in m) of the tunnel is:

A sum of Rs. 5,760 amounts to Rs. 7,200 in 4 years and to Rs. x in 12 years at a certain rate per cent per annum, when the interest is compounded yearly in both the cases. What is the value of x?

By selling a fan for Rs. 2,604, there is a loss of 7%. If it is sold for Rs. 3,094, then the profit percentage is:

What is the radius (in cm) of a circle whose areas is \({2\frac{17}{30}}\) times the sum of the areas of two triangles whose sides are 20 cm, 21 cm and 29 cm, and 11 cm, 60 cm and 61 cm (take π = \({\frac{22}{7}}\))?

When an article is sold for Rs. 768, the profit percentage is x%. When the same article is sold for Rs. 896, the profit percentage is (x + 20)%. What is the value of x?

The ratio of the number of boys and girls in school B is 6 : 7, and 40% of the students in school D are boys. The total number of girls in school B and D is:

What is the mean of the range and median of the given data?

11, 16, 14, 7, 11, 23, 10, 30, 20, 33, 19, 12, 17, 14

A solid metal cube of edge 12 cm is immersed completely in water in a cylindrical vessel whose radius is 20 cm and height is 32 cm, and the water in the vessel is up to a height of 15 cm. The height (in cm) by which the water will rise in the vessel is (correct to one decimal place):

The difference between the number of students in school B and the total number of students in schools D and E is p. The value of p lies between:

The value of \(\frac{3}{7} + \frac{1}{{14}} \times 2\frac{4}{5} - \left( {\frac{1}{4} \div \frac{2}{7}of2\frac{1}{3}} \right) \times \left( {5\frac{1}{5} \div 3\frac{1}{2} \times \frac{5}{{13}}} \right)\) is:

The average number of students in schools A, B, and C is how much percent more than the number of students in school E?

Let x be the smallest number between 70000 and 75000 which when divided by 225, 250 and 275 leaves remainder 61 in each case. Find the sum of the digits of x.

A man covers a certain distance with a speed of  \(4\frac{1}{6}\)m/sec and comes back to the starting point with a speed of 12 km/h. Find his average speed (in km/h).

A shopkeeper marks an article 24% above its cost price and allows a 15% discount on the marked price. If he earns a profit of Rs. 27 by selling the article, then the selling price of the article is:

Under the rule of which king was the Sun Temple at Konark built?

Which of the following elements is NOT a component of baking soda?

Ronald Reagan, the 40^th President of the US, signed the largest tax cut in the history of their country in 1981. Which economic theory was this policy centered around?

Who among the following developed the Cholera vaccine in 1885?

In which of the following cities was the Veda Samaj established in 1864?

The procedure for the nomination of members to the Rajya Sabha in the Constitution of India is borrowed from which of the following countries’ constitutions?

Identify the waterways which separate the Andaman and the Nicobar Islands?

The European Champions Cup or Heineken Cup is associated with which sport? 

What does Ornithology deal with?

Who was the author of the book ‘The Golden Threshold’?

How many seats are allocated to Bihar in the Lok Sabha as per the statewise list of the 17^th Lok Sabha? 

Which of the following monuments is also known as the ‘Taj of the Deccan’?

The Paithani saree weaving industry is in which state? 

Which of the following was the first English language newspaper of India? 

What is Agraphia?

The two epics, ‘Raghuvamsha’ and ‘Kumarasambhava’ are works of ______.

The ‘Veeragase’ dance, performed during the Dusshera festival holds a special place in the folk dances of the state of ______. 

Which of the following states has the highest coal reserve?

Anjum Moudgil won the 2019 Arjuna Award for which sport?

‘Harshacharita’ (The Deeds of Harsha), which is the biography of Indian Emperor Harsha, was written by _______. 

What does Article 360 of the Constitution of India provide with? 

When did the World Trade Organization come into existence?

Which place had water harvesting system channeling the flood water of the Ganga river in the first century B.C?

The difference between Revenue Receipts plus Non-debt Capital Receipts (NDCR) and total expenditure is called ______. 

Nyctalopia, more commonly known as Night Blindness, is caused by the deficiency of which nutrient?