SSC GD 2012 Shift-II
Quant
Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 1 By how much is 3/5 th of 75 greater than 4/7th of 77?
(A) 0
(B) 5
(C) 1
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)
Q. 2 The HCF of two numbers 24 and their LCM is 216. If one of the number is 72, then the other number is
(A) 27
(B) 72
(C) 8
(D) 24
Answer: (B)
Q. 3 3/4 of 1/7 of a number 120, then the number
(A) 1120
(B) 560
(C) 280
(D) 140
Answer: (A)
Q. 4 In a co-educational secondary school 65% of the students are boys. If there are 224 girls in the school, find the number of boys in the school ?
(A) 400
(B) 425
(C) 416
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)
Q. 5 A mixture of 30 liters of spirit and water contains 20% of water in it. How much water must be added to it, to make the water 25% in the new mixture ?
(A) 3 liters
(B) 2 liters
(C) 4 liters
(D) None of these
Answer: (B)
Q. 6 The ages of x and y are in the ratio 3:1. Fifteen years hence, the ratio will be 2:1. The present ages (in years) are:
(A) 30, 10
(B) 45, 15
(C) 21, 7
(D) 60, 20
Answer: (B)
Q. 7 Gold is 19 times as heavy as water and copper is 9 times as heavy as water. In what ratio should these be mixed to get an alloy 15 times as heavy as water ?
(A) 1 : 1
(B) 2 : 1
(C) 1 : 2
(D) 3 : 2
Answer: (D)
Q. 8 The average of Rajeev’s marks in 7 subjects is 75. His average in six subjects excluding science is 72. How many marks did he get in science ?
(A) 72
(B) 90
(C) 93
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)
Q. 9 If 75% a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself. Then the number is
(A) 400
(B) 300
(C) 60
(D) 50
Answer: (B)
Q. 10 If a sum of money doubles itself in 8 years at simple interest, the rate percent per annum is
(A) 11.5
(B) 12
(C) 12.5
(D) 13
Answer: (C)
Q. 11 If 18 binders bind 900 books in 10 days, how many binders will be required to bind 660 books in 12 days ?
(A) 22
(B) 14
(C) 13
(D) 11
Answer: (D)
Q. 12 The largest four digit number which is a perfect cube, is
(A) 9999
(B) 9261
(C) 8000
(D) None
Answer: (B)
Explanation:
9999 is the largest 4 digit number and
(20)3 = 8000
(21)3 = 9261
This means that the closest cube root of the largest perfect cube is most likely 21. So is the largest perfect cube of four digits.
=> Ans – (B)
Q. 13 The difference between a two-digit number and the number obtained by interchanging the digits is 27. What is the differences between the digits of the number ?
(A) 3
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) Can’t be determined
Answer: (A)
Q. 14 A mixture of 70 litres of wine and water contains 10% water. How much water must be added to make water 12 and half% of the total mixture ?
(A) 2 litres
(B) 10 litres
(C) 12 litres
(D) 4 litres
Answer: (A)
Q. 15 A train of length 150m takes 40.5 seconds to cross a tunnel of length 300m. The speed of the train (in km/hr) is
(A) 40
(B) 26⅔
(C) 13⅓
(D) 48
Answer: (A)
Q. 16 The value of 2342344234 is
(A) 234
(B) 234
(C) 24
(D) 34
Answer: (A)
Q. 17 The value of (3√2 / √3+√6) – (4√3 / √6+√2) + (√6 / √2+√3) is
(A) √2
(B) 0
(C) √3
(D) √6
Answer: (B)
Q. 18 If a2 + b2 + c2 = 2(a-b-c)-3, then the value of 4a – 3b + 5c is
(A) 2
(B) 3
(C) 5
(D) 6
Answer: (A)
Q. 19 If 2x + 2/x = 3 then the value of x3 + 1/x2 + 2 is x
(A) – 9/8
(B) – 25/8
(C) ⅞
(D) 11
Answer: (C)
Q. 20 Out of the given responses, one of the factors of (a2 − b2)3 + (b2 − c2)3 + (c2 − a2)3 is
(A) (a + b) (a – b)
(B) (a + b) (a + b)
(C) (a – b) (a – b)
(D) (b – c) (b – c)
Answer: (A)
Explanation:
a2 − b2 b2 − c2 c2 − a2
Let, X = , Y = , Z =
a2 − b2 b2 − c2 c2 − a2
Then, X + Y + Z = 0 (i.e + + = 0)
We know that,
3 3 3
X + Y + Z = 3XYZ i.e,
(a2 − b2)3 + (b2 − c2)3 + (c2 − a )2 3 a2 − b2)(b2 − c2)(c2 − a2 = 3 ( )
One of the factors is,
a2 − b2(or)(a + b)(a − b)
Hence, option (A) is the correct answer.
Q. 21 If X = 35 + 2, then the value of x3 – 6x2 + 12x – 13 is
(A) -1
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 0
Answer: (D)
Q. 22 A tower standing on a horizontal plane subtends a certain angle at a point 160 m apart from the foot of the tower. On advancing 100 m towards it, the tower is found to subtend an angle twice as before. The height of the tower is
(A) 80 m
(B) 100 m
(C) 160 m
(D) 200 m
Answer: (A)
Q. 23 ∠A, ∠B, ∠C are three angles of a triangle. If ∠A − ∠B 15∘ ∠B − ∠C = 30∘ , = ∠A ∠B, then ∠C, and are
(A) 80∘ , 60∘ , 40∘
(B) 70∘ , 50∘ , 60∘
(C) 80∘ , 65∘ , 35∘
(D) 80∘ , 55∘ , 45∘
Answer: (C)
Q. 24 If ABC is an equilateral triangle and D is a point on BC such that AD ⊥ BC, then
(A) AB : BD = 1 : 1
(B) AB : BD = 1 : 2
(C) AB : BD = 2 : 1
(D) AB : BD = 3 : 2
Answer: (C)
Q. 25 Sin A + Sin2 A = 1, then the value of cos2 A + cos4 A is
(A) 2
(B) 2/3
(C) 1½
(D) 1
Answer: (D)
Reasoning
Instructions
In each of the following questions, select the related word/number from the given alternatives.
Q. 26 Psychology : Mind : : Arithmetic : ?
(A) Knowledge
(B) Number
(C) Height
(D) Formulas
Answer: (B)
Explanation:
The study of human mind and its functions is referred as ‘Psychology’ and
Branch of mathematics dealing with study of numbers is referred as ‘Arithmetics’ Hence, option (B) is the correct answer.
Q. 27 Ice : Coldness : : Earth : ?
(A) Weight
(B) Jungle
(C) Gravitation
(D) Sea
Answer: (C)
Explanation:
Coldness is the property of Ice whereas Gravity is the property of Earth.
Hence, option (C) is the correct answer.
Q. 28 Teacher : School : : Nurse : ?
(A) Doctors
(B) Patients
(C) Medicine
(D) Hospitals
Answer: (D)
Explanation:
Teacher is the person who teaches students in school whereas Nurse is the one who works in hospitals. Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
Q. 29 11 : 1331 : : 9 : ?
(A) 979
(B) 991
(C) 729
(D) 879
Answer: (C)
Explanation:
The pattern followed here is,
113 = 1331
likewise,
93 = 729
Hence, option (C) is the correct answer.
Q. 30 Window : Carpenter :: Statue : ?
(A) Sculptor
(B) Mason
(C) Blacksmith
(D) Goldsmith
Answer: (A)
Explanation:
Carpenter is the one who makes a window and sculptor is the one who makes a statue. Hence, option (A) is the correct answer.
Instructions
In each of the following questions, find the odd number/letters from the given alternatives.
Q. 31
(A) XWVU
(B) SRQP
(C) NMLK
(D) EDC(A)
Answer: (D)
Explanation:
Except in option (D) other options are in sequence.
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
Q. 32
(A) 24
(B) 56
(C) 84
(D) 94
Answer: (D)
Explanation:
Every number except 94 is divisible by ‘4’
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 33 Which of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following in ascending order ?
(A) 0640 hrs
(B) 1930 hrs
(c) 1335 hrs
(D) 2000 hrs
Answer:d
Q. 34 Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it ?
B_f_ _ _ ndfg _
(A) dgggb
(B) dgbg
(C) bgdgg
(D) gdggb
Answer: (D)
Instructions
In each of the following questions, a series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
Q. 35
(A) 7
(B) -12
(C) 12
(D) 9
Answer: (B)
Explanation:
The pattern followed here is,
2 x 3 x 5 = 30,
5 x 1 x -1 = -5,
4 x 3 x -1 = -12
(i.e all the 3 numbers are multiplied)
Hence, option (B) is the correct answer.
Q. 36 50, 65, 82, ?, 122
(A) 101
(B) 97
(C) 105
(D) 100
Answer: (A)
Explanation:
The pattern followed here is,
50 + 15 = 65,
65 + 17 = 82,
82 + 19 = 101,
101 + 21 = 122.
Hence, option (A) is the correct answer.
Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 37 In a group of 20 people, 8 read Hindi, 11 read English while 5 of them read none of these two. How many of them read Hindi and English both ?
(A) 8
(B) 6
(C) 4
(D) 2
Answer: (C)
Q. 38 Unscramble the following letters to frame a meaningful word and find out the correct numerical sequence of the letters.
R E S T A U R A N T
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
(A) 10 2 3 5 16 4 7 8 9
(B) 3 1 2 4 5 7 6 9 8 10
(C) 1 3 5 2 9 4 8 6 7 10
(D) 9 1 3 6 2 7 5 4 8 10
Answer: (B)
Q. 39 If ‘DICTIONARY’ is coded as 5479482361, then ‘YARD’ can be coded as ?
(A) 1653
(B) 1635
(C) 1536
(D) 1365
Answer: (D)
Explanation:
In the given code language, alphabets are directly related to the numbers on the right.
D = 5 ; I = 4 ; C= 7 ; T = 9 ; O = 8 ; N = 2 ; A = 3 ; R = 6 ; Y = 1.
Hence, code for YAR(D) is ‘1365’
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
Q. 40 In a row of students Ganesh is 7th from one extreme and 11th from the other. Find the total numbers of students in the row.
(A) 17
(B) 18
(C) 19
(D) 20
Answer: (A)
Explanation:
As Ganesh is 7th from one extreme end (say left end), number of students to his left will be ‘6’ and also, He is 11th from other end (say right end), number of students to his right will be ’10’.
Total number of students = 6 + 1 + 10 = 17.
Hence, option (A) is the correct answer.
Q. 41 Find the correct answer for the unsolved equation
5 x 6 x 3 = 356, 1 x 0 x 5 = 510, 5 x 6 x 7 = ?
(A) 567
(B) 657
(C) 210
(D) 756
Answer: (D)
Explanation:
Last digit is kept at first, first digit is kept at second, second digit is kept at last.
Code for 5 x 6 x 7 will be ‘756’
Hence, option (D) is the correct answer.
Q. 42 A, B, C and D are playing a game of carrom. A, C and B, D are partners. C is to the left of D who is facing South. Then A is facing
(A) North
(B) South
(C) East
(D) West
Answer: (C)
Explanation:
As per the given question, final arrangement will be
A is facing towards East in the above arrangement.
Hence, option (C) is the correct answer.
Q. 43 Select the answer figure in which the question figures are hidden / embedded.
Answer: (A)
Q. 44 Which of the following diagram best depicts the relationship between student, college and school ?
Answer: (B)
Explanation:
A student can be in a school or in a college but not in both at the same time.
Hence, option (B) is the correct answer.
Q. 45 Statement is given followed by three conclusions I, II and III. You have to consider the statement to be true even they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statement. Statement: Comic books contain pictures
Conclusions:
I. All books contain pictures
II. Books may or may not contain pictures
III. Books other than the comic books does not contain pictures.
(A) Only Conclusion I follows
(B) Only Conclusion II follows
(C) Both Conclusions I and II follows
(D) Neither Conclusion follows
Answer: (B)
Q. 46 Which one of the answer figure shall complete the given question figure ?
Answer: (B)
Explanation:
The first diagram has only one dot. Second diagram which is below it, has two dots.Third diagram has three dots. Following the same pattern, fourth diagram must contain four dots in it.
Hence, option (B) is the correct answer.
Q. 47 From the given answer figures, select the one in which the question figure is hidden / embedded
Answer: (B)
Q. 48 A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.
Answer: (B)
Q. 49 Which of the answer figures is the right images of the given figure ?
P R A Y E R
Answer: (C)
Explanation:
Word : P R A Y E R
In the image of the word, the letters will swap position, i.e. first letter will come at end, second at second last and so on, thus first and last options are not possible. Also, direction of the letters will also be reversed.
=> Ans – (C)
Q. 50 A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The set of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. The column and rows of Matrix – I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix – II are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g., A’ can be represented by 01, 13 etc., and S’ can be represented by 55, 67 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the letters given.
(A) 65, 23, 14, 55
(B) 86, 34, 42, 69
(C) 78, 41, 23, 86
(D) 57, 11, 33, 96
Answer: (D)
General Awareness
Instructions
For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 51 Earthquakes are caused by ?
(A) Tectonism
(B) Denudation
(C) Earth’s revolution
(D) Earth’s rotation
Answer: (A)
Q. 52 When the days and nights are equal, the rays of the sum directly fall on the ?
(A) Equator
(B) Tropic of Cancer
(C) South Pole
(D) North Pole
Answer: (B)
Q. 53 Which of the following rivers crosses the equator twice ?
(A) Amazon
(B) Nile
(C) Congo
(D) Orinoco
Answer: (C)
Q. 54 Who discovered the sea route to India?
(A) Vascoda Gama in 1498
(B) Columbus in 1402
(C) Magellan in 1506
(D) Sir Hopkins in 1698
Answer: (A)
Q. 55 Who wrote As you like ?
(A) Bernard Shaw
(B) Shankespear
(C) Leotolstoy
(D) Mulk Raj Anand
Answer: (B)
Q. 56 Who were the three statesmen who formulated NAM ?
(A) Tito, Nasser and Bhutto
(B) Nehru, Nasser and Tito
(C) Nasser, Tito and Nehru
(D) Nehru, Chouen-Lai and Bhutto
Answer: (A)
Q. 57 UNESCO stands for ?
(A) United Nations Ecological Science Co-operation
(B) Union of National Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(C) United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)
Q. 58 The greatest painter of birds at Jahangir’s court was ?
(A) Khwaja Abdus Samad
(B) Syed Ali Tabrizi
(C) Basawan
(D) Mansur
Answer: (D)
Q. 59 Huen-tsang found Jainsim flourishing in ?
(A) Orissa
(B) Kashmir
(C) Bengal
(D) Bihar
Answer: (C)
Q. 60 ‘Swaraj is my birth right and I shall have it”. This was advocated by ?
(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Lokmanya Tilak
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Sardar Patel
Answer: (B)
Q. 61 1st partition of Bengal under Lord Curzon took place in ?
(A) 1901
(B) 1915
(C) 1905
(D) 1907
Answer: (C)
Q. 62 Who proposed the chemical evolution of life ?
(A) Darwin
(B) Lammarck
(C) Oparin
(D) Haechel
Answer: (C)
Q. 63 Water has Maximum density at ?
(A) Latex1
(B) Latex2
(C) Latex3
(D) Latex4
Answer: (B)
Q. 64 Which of the following chemicals is used in photograph ?
(A) Aluminium hydroxide
(B) Silver bromide
(C) Potassium nitrate
(D) Sodium chloride
Answer: (B)
Q. 65 Human blood contains – percentage of plasma ?
(A) 35%
(B) 40%
(C) 50%
(D) 55%
Answer: (D)
Q. 66 Rickets is a disease of the ?
(A) bones
(B) tissue
(C) muscles
(D) blood
Answer: (A)
Q. 67 Trachoma is disease of the ?
(A) Liver
(B) Eyes
(C) Lungs
(D) Kidneys
Answer: (B)
Q. 68 Who is regarded as the architect of the Indian Constitution ?
(A) B.N. Rao
(B) Dr B.R. Ambedkar
(C) N.G. Ayyangar
(D) Dr Rajendra Prasad
Answer: (B)
Q. 69 What is the salary of the Chief Justice of India ?
(A) ₹1,60,000
(B) ₹80,000
(C) ₹1,00,000
(D) ₹75,000
Answer: (B)
Q. 70 How many states in India have two Houses, Viz., Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council ?
(A) 6
(B) 8
(C) 5
(D) 10
Answer: (A)
Q. 71 The works ‘Socialist’ and Secular’ were added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by the__Constitution Amendment Act 1976 ?
(A) 44th
(B) 42nd
(C) 32nd
(D) 9th
Answer: (B)
Q. 72 The typical area of ‘sal’ forest in the Indian Peninsular upland occurs ?
(A) on the Western Ghats
(B) between the Tapti and the Narmada
(C) to the north-east of the Godavari
(D) on the Malwa Plateau
Answer: (A)
Q. 73 Which coloured ring represents the Asian Continent in the Olympics Emblem ?
(A) Blue
(B) Yello
(C) Red
(D) Green
Answer: (B)
Q. 74 The first Indian to share the Oscar Award was ?
(A) Hargobind Khorana
(B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Bhanu Athaiya
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)
Q. 75 The headquarters of Asian Development Bank is located in which of the following cities ?
(A) Jakarta
(B) Singapore
(C) Bangkok
(D) Manila
Answer: (D)
English
Instructions
Some parts of the sentences have errors and some have none. Find out which part of a sentence has an error, the appropriate letter (1, 2, 3). If a sentence is free error, (4) is the Answer Sheet.
Q. 76
(A) Either he
(B) or his wife
(C) are coming to attend the dinner
(D) No error
Answer: (C)
Q. 77
(A) The launch of the first artificial satellite by the Russians
(B) took the world almost entirely unawares
(C) and provocation flood of speculations about its significances
(D) No error
Answer: (B)
Instructions
Sentence are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four and indicate itin the Answer Sheet.
Q. 78 ………….the rain forests is very important, if we do not want the flora and fauna found there to become extinct.
(A) Reserving
(B) Destroying
(C) Preserving
(D) Maintaining
Answer: (C)
Q. 79 If I, had helped him, he…………
(A) will not be drowned
(B) would not be drowned
(C) will not have drowned
(D) would not have drowned
Answer: (D)
Q. 80 When will you hand………….your assignment ?
(A) in
(B) back
(C) down
(D) into
Answer: (A)
Instructions
Out of the alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
Q. 81 INTREPID
(A) hesitant
(B) fearless
(C) extrovert
(D) rash
Answer: (B)
Q. 82 PRODIGAL
(A) exclusive
(B) productive
(C) lavish
(D) carefree
Answer: (C)
Q. 83 PERSPICUOUS
(A) relevant
(B) precise
(C) brief
(D) clear
Answer: (D)
Instructions
In questions choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
Q. 84 ELEVATION
(A) reduction
(B) humiliation
(C) depression
(D) debasement
Answer: (C)
Q. 85 GLOSSY
(A) dull
(B) shining
(C) weary
(D) tired
Answer: (A)
Q. 86 APPROPRIATE
(A) dissimilar
(B) incomparable
(C) unsuitable
(D) disparate
Answer: (C)
Instructions
Four alternatives are given for the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentences. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase and mark it in the Answer Sheet.
Q. 87 To take someone for a ride
(A) to give a ride to someone
(B) to deceive someone
(C) to be indifferent
(D) to disclose a secret
Answer: (B)
Q. 88 To move heaven and earth
(A) to cause an earthquake
(B) to try everything possible
(C) to pray to all gods
(D) to travel in a rocket
Answer: (B)
Q. 89 To smell a rat
(A) to smell foul
(B) to see a rat
(C) to chase a rat
(D) to be suspicious
Answer: (D)
Instructions
A part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part at 1, 2, and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternatives. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is 4.
Q. 90 The courtiers used to tell the King how efficient an administrator he was all day long.
(A) The courtiers all day long used to tell the King how, efficient an administrator he was
(B) The courtiers and used all day long to tell the King how efficient an administrator he was
(C) The courtiers used to tell the King all day long how efficient an administrator he was
(D) No improvement
Answer: (C)
Q. 91 Every Saturday I go out for shopping
(A) for shops
(B) to shopping
(C) for shop
(D) No improvement
Answer: (D)
Q. 92 We had a grand party and we enjoyed very much.
(A) We had a grand party and enjoyed very much
(B) We had a grand party to enjoy very much
(C) We had a grand party and we enjoyed ourselves
(D) No improvement
Answer: (C)
Instructions
Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.
Q. 93 Release of prisoner from jail on certain terms and conditions.
(A) Parole
(B) Parley
(C) Pardon
(D) Acquittal
Answer: (A)
Q. 94 Loss of memory
(A) Ambrosia
(B) Amnesia
(C) Insomnia
(D) Forgetting
Answer: (B)
Q. 95 To struggle helplessly
(A) Flounder
(B) Founder
(C) Fumble
(D) Finger
Answer: (A)
Instructions
The animal mind is like a telephone exchange, it receives stimuli from outside through the sense organs and sends out appropriate responses through the nerves that govern muscles, glands and other parts of the body. The organism is constantly interacting with its surroundings receiving messages and acting on the new state of affairs that the messages signify.
But the human mind is not a simple transmitter like a telephone exchange. It is more like a great projector; for instead of merely mediating between an event in the outer world and a creature’s responsive action, it transforms or, if you will, distorts the event into an image to be looked at, retained an contemplated. For the images of things we remember are not exact and faithful transcriptions even of our actual sense impressions. The are made as much by what we think as by what we see. It is a well-known fact that if you ask several people the size of moon’s disk as they look at it, their estimates will very from the area of dime to that of a barrel top. Like a magic lantern, the mind projects its ideas of things on the screen of what we call ‘memory’ : but like all projections, these ideas are transformations of actual things. They are in fact, symbols of reality, not pieces of it.
Q. 96 An animal mind and a human mind differ like
(A) a telephone exchange and a projector
(B) a screen and an image
(C) a lantern and a candle
(D) projections and illusions
Answer: (A)
Q. 97 Human memory is subject to
(A) thought and visual impression
(B) thought and reasoning
(C) fancy and fantasy
(D) nothing but hard training
Answer: (A)
Instructions
In each of the following Questions, a sentence has been given in Active/passive voice out of the four Alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Q. 98 A good deal of money will be made by the investment.
(A) That investment has made a good deal of money
(B) That investment will be making a good deal of money
(C) That investment had been making a good deal of money
(D) That investment has been making a good deal of money
Answer: (D)
Q. 99 Who will help me ?
(A) By whom I shell be helped ?
(B) By whom will be I helped ?
(C) By whom would I be helped ?
(D) By whom I will be helped ?
Answer: (B)
Q. 100 In the following Questions, four words are given, out of which only one words is correctly spelt find the correctly spelt word.
(A) vaccum
(B) vacuum
(C) vacum
(D) vaccuum
Answer: (B)
