SSC Selection Post Matric Level Official Paper (Held On: 28 June, 2023 Shift 4) (Previous Year Paper)

Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at MN as shown.

Select the option that indicates the correct arrangement of the given words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary.

1. Reduce
2. Refer
3. Redress
4. Reedy
5. Redeem

In this question, three 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 follows/follow from the statements.

Statements :

All candies are gems.

All gems are cakes.

Some cakes are sweets.

Conclusions :

I. All candies are cakes.

II. Some gems are sweets

‘A # B’ means ‘A is the father of B’.

‘A @ B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’.

‘A & B’ means ‘A is the husband of B’.

‘A % B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’.

If D # L @ M & N % P @ T, then how is L related to P?

Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary.

1. Base
2. Barrier
3. Basin
4. Basic
5. Batter
6. Battle

Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the * signs and to balance the given equation.

59 * 11 * 11 * 48 * 1 * 12

‘A + B’ means ‘A is the sister of B’.

‘A – B’ means ‘A is the mother of B’.

‘A × B’ means ‘A is the husband of B’.

‘A ÷ B’ means ‘A is the father-in-law of B’.

if U ÷ V – W + X × Y, then which of the following statements is NOT correct?

Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must NOT be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word)

Warrior : Battlefield :: Gambler : ?

Select the option that indicates the correct arrangement of the given words in a logical and meaningful order.

1. Fortnight
2. Year
3. Month
4. Decade
5. Week

In a certain code language, ‘CARRY’ is written as ‘DBSSZ’ and ‘DELAY’ is written as ‘EFMBZ’. How will ‘FAITH’ be written in that language? 

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

CORRECT : ROCRTCE :: WRONGLY : ORWNYLG :: NEUTRAL : ?

Select the option that is related to the fourth term in the same way as the first term is related to the second term and the fifth term is related to the sixth term

7 ∶ 58 ∶∶ ? ∶ 370 ∶∶ 12 ∶ 153

Three statements are given, followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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 bottles are buildings.

Some buildings are short.

Some short are girls.

Conclusions:

I. Some buildings are bottles.

II. All buildings are short.

III. Some girls are short.

Select the option that is related to the fourth term in the same way as the first term is related to the second term and the fifth term is related to the sixth term

28 ∶ 841 ∶∶ ? ∶ 324 ∶∶ 2 ∶ 9

Which of the following letter - clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series?

BW, DV, ET, GS, HQ, JP, ?

Select the option that represents the letters that, when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series.

_BC_C_A_CDC_AB_D_B

Which letter - cluster will replace the question mark (?) and complete the given series?

BIRD, DMTG, ?, HUXM, JYZP

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

HISTORY : HIOTSRY :: FEATURE : FEUTARE :: JOURNAL : ?

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

Select the correct figure from the answer figures which would replace the question mark (?).

Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. (The words must be considered as meaningful English words and must NOT be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word)

Pen : Write :: Shovel : ?

Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the * signs and to balance the given equation.

\(\sqrt[4]{256} * 9 * 26 * 33 *(18 * 2) *(63 * 9)\)

‘A # B’ means ‘A is the brother of B’.

‘A @ B’ means ‘A is the daughter of B’.

‘A & B’ means ‘A is the husband of B’.

‘A % B’ means ‘A is the wife of B’.

If D @ N @ H & Y @ F % V, then how is Y related to D?

Three Statements are given followed by Three conclusions numbered I, II and III. 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.

Statement :

All dogs are cats.

No bat is a cat.

Some rats are bats.

Conclusions :

I. Some cats are rats.

II. Some dogs are bats.

III. No dog is a bat.

Select the option that represents the letters that, when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series.

_ T _ OE _ U _ E _ _ O_ _UO

Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about the characteristic features of the Indian Desert?

In December 2021, who became the 3^rd fastest Indian fast bowler to pick up 200 Test wickets?

In which of the following states is the Tamu Lachar festival celebrated as the New Year by the Gurung Community? 

In 1948, Ernest Mackay mentioned that in the Harappan city of Lothal, the drains for the drainage system were made of _______ bricks.

Who among the following social reformers of British India is known as Lokhitwadi?

In hockey, if the umpire indicates the direction with one arm raised horizontally, it means _______. 

The ________ is an embryonic midline structure common to all members of the phylum Chordata that serves as a source of midline signals to surrounding tissues and as a major skeletal element of the developing embryo. 

Which of the following is an example of a minor industrial region of India?

Hideki Yukawa, who received the Nobel Prize in 1949, is well known for which discovery?

Who among the following was conferred with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2021? 

Which Indian state launched the CLAP Mission on 2^nd October 2021?

Who among the following won the ‘World Choreography Award 2020’ ? 

Who among the following has been credited with taking the shehnai from the marriage mandap to the concert hall?

In which year did the Election Commission of India for the first time in its history become multimember body? 

Who among the following announced the ‘Sushma Swaraj Award’ for women in the state budget in 2022? 

Raichur doab, the land between Krishna and Tungabhadra was a region of conflict between the kings of Vijayanagar and ________. 

Pottery was first traceable to which period of ancient Indian history?

As per the 2011 Census, what percentage of the total population in India lives in rural areas? 

Which is a multicellular filamentous green alga consisting of thin unbranched chains of cylindrical cells and found in floating masses near the surface of streams and ponds? 

Surupa Sen is a famous _________ dancer. 

‘How I Became a Hindu’ is an autobiography of _______. 

‘Dzongkha’ is the official language of which country?

Some of Swami Dayanand’s followers started a network of schools and colleges called D.A.V. What does ‘A’ stand for in D.A.V.?

Which form of government is established by the Constitution of India both, at the centre and states?

What type of climate occurs along the west coast of continents in subtropical latitudes between 30° - 40° latitudes, covering Central California, Central Chile along the coast in South East and South Western Australia? 

The third proportional to 12 and 36 is:

A man sells a bicycle for ₹990 at a loss of 10%. At what price (in ₹) should he sell the bicycle to earn a profit of 24%? 

If by selling 12 textbooks, a seller earns profit equal to the selling price of 4 textbooks, what is his percentage profit?

Total savings of X and Y is 40% of their total income. Their average expenditure is ₹21,000. What is the total salary of X and Y?

What annual payment (in ₹) will discharge a debt of ₹1,500 in 10 years at 5% per annum simple interest? (Correct to two decimal places)

A shopkeeper sold an article at 25% profit. On selling it for ₹225 more he would get a profit of 40%. The cost price of the article was:

It takes 4 hours to go from Delhi to Chandigarh at an average speed of 60 km/h. How long it will take a person to go from Delhi to Chandigarh at an average speed of 50 km/h?

If a ∶ b ∶ c = 4 ∶ 7 ∶ 9 and b ∶ c ∶ d = 28 ∶ 36 ∶ 21, then a ∶ b ∶ c ∶ d is:

The number 974581297426 is divisible by:

15 men can complete a work in 15 days, whereas it takes 18 women to complete the work in 15 days. In how many days will 20 men and 9 women, together, complete the work? (Rounded off to complete number of days.)

Rajesh marks his goods 30% above the cost price but allows a 12% discount for cash payment. If he sells the goods for ₹3,500, find his cost price (up to one place of decimal).

Ravi borrowed ₹1,380 from a bank which he repaid in 6 years at the rate of 6% per annum simple interest. If payment was made in six equal instalment, then each instalment was:

Which of the following numbers is divisible by 120?

If in an examination, the marks obtained by Rohan is 36% less than that of Pawan, then marks obtained by Pawan is how much percentage more than the marks obtained by Rohan? 

Find the average of first 38 natural numbers.

The average of four numbers was 44. With the inclusion of a fifth number, y, the new average dropped to 42. What is the value of y? 

A solid iron sphere of radius 21 cm is melted down into a cone of height 84 cm. What will be the radius of the cone ? 

Find the mean proportional of \(\frac{625}{2401}\) and \(\frac{49}{25}\).

What is the net discount for two successive discounts of 15% and 35%?

Medha covers 81 km at a speed of 27 km/h by bike, 12 km at a speed of 6 km/h by bicycle, and another 270 km at a speed of 45 km/h by car. Find her average speed for the whole journey. 

13 men can complete a work in 7 days. After 3 days, 4 more men joined them. How many days will they now take to complete the remaining work? 

A person covers 11 km at a speed of 3 km/h, 21 km at a speed of 5 km/h and 37 km at a speed of 10 km/h. Find the average speed for the entire journey. 

A spherical ball of diameter 8 cm is cut into two equal parts. The curved area of one such part has to be painted with green colour, while the other part has to be painted with red colour. The bases of both the hemispheres are to be painted with blue colour. The cost of painting with blue is ₹2/cm², while the cost of painting the curved area is ₹3/cm². What will be the cost (in ₹) of painting the hemispheres?

Take π = 3.14

The monthly income of Anvita was ₹28,500 and her monthly expenditure was ₹22,500. Next year her income increased by 16% and her expenditure increased by 10%. Find the percentage increase in her savings.

Find the simple interest on ₹1,35,000 at \(6 \frac{3}{4}\)% per annum for 6 years.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

A fire ______ out in the basement of the house.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.

The gardening is done by Anil.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The weather report shows the _____ of rainfall.

Select the correct direct narration of the given sentence.

They said that they would go the next day.

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.

For a little while Binod was the media's blue - eyed boy.

Choose the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.

The melancholy song brought tears to my eyes.

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

The supervisor in the examination hall.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To go down in flames

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.

Those were only crocodile tears.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Humane

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Ruffle someone’s feathers

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Rome grew from a small town on the Tiber River in central Italy into a _______ empire that ultimately embraced England.

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.

Who says that adding a squeeze of lemon to green tea increases the body's ability to absorb catechins? 

Identify the central theme of the passage. 

Identify a suitable title for the passage.  

Identify the tone of the passage.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Absorb