SSC Selection Post 2025 (Graduate Level) Official Paper (Held On: 02 Aug, 2025 Shift 3) (Previous Year Paper)

In this question, four sets of name and address are given out of which two are exactly same. It is required to find out these two combinations and mark the correct answer accordingly.

1. Indore Regional Office Indore PPO Campus – 452001

2. Indore Regional Office Indore GPO Campus – 452001

3. Indore Regional Office Indore GPO Campus – 452001

4. Indore Regional Office Indore GPO Campas – 452001

Each question has four options. Three of them go together based on a common idea or rule. One is different. Identify the one that is different.

In a centre code classification system, if the first digit cannot be 0, and the system uses 6-digit codes, what is the maximum number of unique centre codes possible?

Three out of the following four are alike in a particular pattern and hence form a group. Find the one which does not belong to that group.

In the following question, select the number/symbol that will replace the question mark (?) to complete the analogy: \( 100 : 625 :: 80 : ? \)

In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives

Doctrine : Belief :: Jurisdiction : ?

Read the following scenario carefully and choose the most appropriate course of action.

Scenario: You've been managing a high-profile project with tight deadlines, and one of your team members has made a major error that has delayed the project. They are visibly upset but refuse to acknowledge their mistake.

How would you handle the situation?

In a family tree:

• M is the father of N

• N is the brother of O

• P is the mother of O

What is M's relation to P?

What will come at the place of question mark? \( 3, 12, 60, 360, 2520, ? \)

Instruction: Identify the assumptions that must hold for the statement to be valid, then choose the correct option.

Statement: Urban sprawl, which leads to the expansion of cities into rural areas, often results in the loss of biodiversity, fragmentation of ecosystems, and increased pollution, thereby posing a significant challenge to sustainable development.

Assumptions:

I. Urban sprawl contributes to the degradation of natural ecosystems.

II. Sustainable development can be achieved without considering the impact of urbanization on ecosystems.

III. The expansion of cities results in the destruction of biodiversity and environmental degradation.

The ratio of present ages of A and B is \( 3:4 \). After 6 years, the ratio will be \( 4:5 \). What is A's present age?

In this type of questions some problematic situations are provided you have to analyse the situation and give the logical correct solution for the problem.

Find the missing number in the series: 5, 4, 6, 9, ?

Unscramble the letters to make a meaningful word that fits one of the given categories.

AMZONA

Some of mathematical operations are given below choose the expression which is mathematically correct.

If \( A = 14 \), \( B = 21 \), and \( C = 28 \), what is the value of \( ((A + B) \times C) \text{ mod } 97 \)?

Few of the letters are given followed by a question mark (?) these letters are following a specific pattern you have to give the correct option which can replace question mark.

AA, BB, DD, GG, ?

Statement: A marketing director is choosing between two advertising campaigns. Campaign A has worked well historically but targets a shrinking demographic. Campaign B is innovative but untested, targeting a growing market segment. The director keeps gravitating toward Campaign A because "it's always worked before."

What cognitive bias is affecting the decision, and how should it be addressed?

Statements:

All debates are discussions.

Some discussions are logical.

No logical thing is biased.

Conclusions:

I. Some debates are logical.

II. Some discussions are not biased.

In this question some conditions or circumstances is provided to you, you have to make logical judgement according to mentioned circumstances and mark the correct.

All mammals are warm-blooded. No reptiles are warm-blooded. Based on these statements, which of the following must be true?

In the following question, the second term is derived from the first term by applying a specific pattern involving alphabetical positions, alphanumeric manipulation, and positional transformation. Decode the logic used in the first pair and apply the same to the second pair to determine the correct option. FORK : R36L :: BEND : ?

If 39 is coded as 0, 4, 6, what is the code for 61?

Which number does NOT belong in the sequence?

2, 6, 12, 22, 30, 42

Assuming that the data given in the statement are definitely true which of the following conclusions can be logically deducted from given statements.

Statement: The hospital has started telemedicine services for remote patients.

Conclusions:

I. Patients from far-off areas can now consult doctors.

II. The hospital is focusing on digital outreach.

Find the appropriate word that can replace the ?. Which one of the following word logically completes the series

Select the most logical sequence: Floppy, CD, USB, Cloud

Some social issues, problem and their solution is provided to you as a statement you have to mark the logical action that can be taken under these conditions.

You are a manager at a company where remote work has become the norm. One of your team members, who was previously very collaborative and communicative, has become increasingly isolated and unresponsive. Their work quality remains high, but they miss team meetings, rarely participate in video calls, and take much longer to respond to messages. You've heard from other team members that they're feeling disconnected from this colleague and are starting to exclude them from informal discussions and project collaborations. You suspect the team member might be dealing with personal issues or mental health challenges, but they haven't shared anything directly with you. How should you handle this situation with social intelligence?

some of the equations are provided below with symbols and mathematical relations you have to check which of the following combination is correct

If \( A \circ B = (A - B)^2 + B \), then \( 5 \circ 2 \) is?

The concept of "human development ethics" challenges the Human Development Index (HDI) for its:

Iso-utility curve is another name for ________ curve.

What is the purpose of DISHA satellites being developed by ISRO?

Which government initiative focuses on promoting innovation and providing support to startups in India?

Which of the following played a key role in financing industrial projects during the Fifth Five-Year Plan in 1974-1978?

Which among the following pairs is NOT correct about the indigenous dog breeds of India?

Which of the following authorities are empowered to investigate cybercrimes under the new law?

In Kathak, which of the following is used to mark the rhythm?

Which of the following is NOT a kharif crop?

1 Rice

2 Cotton

3 Wheat

4 Mustard

5 Maize

6 Barley

What type of symmetry do humans exhibit?

Which among the following is an example of an exothermic reaction?

Which Article allows the President to impose President's Rule in a state?

Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R). Mark the correct options:

Assertion (A): Ajanta is the only surviving site that contains paintings from both the first century BCE and the fifth century CE.

Reason (R): Ajanta has chaitya caves from the early phase and only vihara-chaitya caves from the later phase

Which of the following pairs of rulers and their immediate successors is correctly matched?

Which is true about India's men's basketball performance at the FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup 2025?

Read the below statements marked as Assertion (A) and Reason (R).

Assertion (A): The IWT Terminal at Jogighopa is strategically important for India's trilateral trade with Bhutan and Bangladesh.

Reason (R): Jogighopa Terminal is located near the borders of Bangladesh and Bhutan and is a declared Port of Call under the PIWT&T agreement between India and Bangladesh.

Consider the following statements about the 6^th ASEAN–India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA) Joint Committee:

1. All 10 ASEAN countries participated, and all 8 Sub-Committees met physically in New Delhi.

2. The review was preceded by high-level meetings in Laos urging completion by 2025.

3. ASEAN became India’s largest trading partner with USD 121 billion in 2023–24.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

Which of the following statement accurately describes 'The War That Made R&AW' by Anusha Nandakumar and Sandeep Saket?

Who launched the National Single Window System for investors and businesses in India?

Which of the following groups of rivers in Peninsular India empty into the Bay of Bengal?

Which of the following is/are correct about Indian wrestling in 2025?

1.) Haryana won gold in both 62 KG and 68 KG WW at the National Games.

2.) Punjab scored more than Maharashtra in U17 Freestyle at Khelo India Youth Games.

Read the following two statements carefully and choose the correct option:

Statement 1: Northeastern states of India show high female work participation rates.

Statement 2: Tribal societies in these regions are more gender-equitable in labour division.

Which of the following is a structural reform under the 1991 policy?

Which Article empowers the Supreme Court to transfer cases from one High Court to another and on what grounds?

Match the ISRO mission with its primary objective:

1. Chandrayaan-2

2. Aditya-L1

3. Mangalyaan

Simplify \((\sqrt{3} + \sqrt{5})^2\).

Chords AB and CD intersect inside a circle at point O.

If \(AO = 8\) cm, \(OB = 12\) cm, and \(CO = 6\) cm, find OD.

(O is the origin)

Which is the most significant 4-digit number exactly divisible by 88?

Find the value of: \( (\frac{1}{(5-\sqrt{6})}) + (\frac{1}{(5+\sqrt{6})}) - (\frac{10}{(25-6)}) \)

X and Y make investments of ₹40,000 and ₹60,000, respectively. After one year, the total profit, which includes a 10% interest, amounts to ₹16,000. What portion of this profit does X receive?

A batsman has an average of 54 runs in 19 innings. How many runs should he score in the 20^th innings to raise his average to 56?

What percent of 0.05 cubic meters is 25,000 cubic centimeters?

The difference between the compound interest and simple interest on ₹18,000 for 2 years is ₹405. What is the rate of interest per annum?

The profit obtained by selling a bicycle for ₹840 is the same as the loss incurred if it is sold for ₹760. What will be the percentage profit if the bicycle is sold for ₹900?

A shopkeeper mixes 40 kg of rice at ₹55 /kg with another grade at ₹85 /kg. He sells the mixture at ₹70 /kg, making a profit of \( 16 \frac{2}{3} % \). How many kg of the dearer rice did he use?

A can lay a stretch of track in 8 days, B in 10 days. They undertake the work for ₹ 3,600. With C joining them, the job is finished in 4 days. How much should C receive?

Cities P and Q are 250 km apart. Two trains start from P and Q simultaneously. If they proceed in the same direction, they will encounter each other in 25 hours. If they travel towards each other, they meet in 5 hours. What is the speed of the slower train?

Determine the value of an expression \( (\frac{5}{a} + 5a) (\frac{25}{a^2} - 25 + 25a^2) \) if \( a = 3 \).

A company has two machines, M1 and M2, producing widgets. M1 produces 60% of the widgets and M2 produces 40%. 3% of M1's widgets are defective, and 5% of M2's widgets are defective. If a randomly selected widget is found to be defective, what is the probability it came from M1?

A man on a lighthouse that stands 50 meters tall is observing a boat moving away from it. Over the course of 10 seconds, the angle of depression to the boat shifts from \( 60^\circ \) to \( 30^\circ \). What is the approximate speed of the boat?

A right prism has a regular pentagonal base of side length 7 cm and height 16 cm. Find the lateral surface area.

A hemisphere has radius \( R \). A sphere of maximum possible radius is inscribed in the hemisphere such that it touches the curved surface internally and rests on the hemisphere's base. Find the ratio of their surface areas.

A square and a regular hexagon share the same perimeter. What is the ratio of their areas?

An arc of a circle with radius 14 cm subtends an angle of 2 radians at the center. Find the length of the arc.

If \(\tan A + \sec A = 5\) and \(A\) is acute, then find the value of \(\tan A\).

The mean of 2, 7, 5, 9, 14, 5 is \( m \). The numbers 12, 17, 19, 64, 9, -54, \( p \) have mean \( m + 5 \) and median \( q \). Then find the value of \( p + q \).

If the circumradius of triangle ABC is 12 cm, and its area is 48 \( \text{cm}^2 \), find the product of its sides.

Two tangents are drawn from an external point to a circle. What can be said about their lengths?

The x-intercept of the line \( 6x - 2y = 10 \) is = ?

Compute the Karl Pearson Coefficient of Skewness for the data given here 27, 3, 28, 40, 28, 30, 35, 27, 25, 27?

Identify the grammatical role of "whereby" in the phrase "a clandestine parley was conducted, whereby grievous slanders were sown."

What is the closest meaning of "grievous" as used in the passage?

The term "slanders" most nearly means:

According to the article, what is the primary purpose of the authorities' appeal to the citizenry?

In the sentence "Lest the citizenry be lulled into complacency by the perfidious designs of foreign agitators," the word "Complacency" is:

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. QUIESCENT

Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. Magnanimous

Choose the correctly spelt word that means 'excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters'.

Select the correctly spelled word meaning 'stubbornly resistant to authority'.

Which word has a spelling mistake?

Which term refers to "The psychological phenomenon in which people are more likely to commit unethical acts when they feel their actions are not being observed"?

What is the one-word substitute for: "The use of light and shadow to create the illusion of depth or three-dimensionality in a two-dimensional work of art."

Choose the correct meaning of idiom given below:

“Know which way the wind blows”

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:

Despite the team's (1)/ well-thought strategy (2)/ their efforts lacked (3)/ coordination and consistent. (4)

Find the part of the sentence that contains an error:

They had put over (1)/ the entire campaign (2)/ due to unforeseen legal (3)/ complications in branding. (4)

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option:

By the time the rescue team arrived, the villagers ___ to higher ground.

Choose the most suitable option to replace the underlined part of the sentence:

Rarely you come across someone so dedicated.

Change the following from active to passive:

The panelists would have reconsidered the proposal had new evidence been submitted.

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure:

This article is going to be published by the journal.

Convert the sentence provided below from its passive voice structure to an active voice structure:

The minister's speech was being translated into multiple languages by official interpreters.

A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech.

“Might I suggest a revision to clause three?” the lawyer inquired politely.

A sentence is provided in indirect speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding direct speech.

The analyst observed that the report, while detailed, lacked consistency in its data interpretation.

Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a meaningful sentence.

P. were circulated among industry stakeholders

Q. to gather structured input before finalization

R. the draft policy guidelines

S. prepared by the inter-ministerial panel

Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a meaningful passage.

1. Sensors transmitted temperature data to control servers.

2. A software patch was deployed to fix anomalies.

3. Data logs were analyzed for abnormal fluctuations.

4. Engineers isolated the source of the signal noise.

Rearrange the following sentences in correct order to make a meaningful passage

1. The report is finally submitted to the global review committee for ratification.

2. Next, stakeholders review drafts to suggest corrections.

3. After all inputs, a final draft is synthesized.

4. Initially, national consultations generate region-specific data.