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SSC COMBINED GRADUATE LEVEL EXAM
Held on:– 19-06-2011
(First Sitting)
GENERALINTELLIGENCE& REASONING
Directions: In questions no. 1 to 9, select the
related letters/word/number from the given
alternatives.
1. CFIL: ORUX::DGJM: ?
(A) HJLN (B) NQST (C) PSVY (D) RTVX
2. BEHK: YVSP::DGJM: ?
(A) JGDA (B) ROLI
(C) WTQUN (D) ZWTQ
3. 24 : 60 : : 120 : ?
(A) 160 (B) 220 (C) 300 (D) 108
4. 392 : 28 : : 722 : ?
(A) 18 (B) 28
(C) 38 (D) 48
5. 123 : 36 : : 221 : ?
(A) 52 (B) 69
(C) 72 (D) 25
6. Timid :Ass: : Cunning : ?
(A) Ant (B) Fox (C) Rabbit (D) Horse
7. Ecstasy:Gloom: : ?
(A) Congratulations: Occasion
(B) Diligent: Successful
(C) Measure: Scale
(D) Humiliation: Exaltation
8. Architect: Building: :Sculptor : ?
(A) Museum (B) Stone (C) Chisel (D) Statue
9. MKQO: LNPR::? :XVTZ
(A) YSUW (B) SVWY
(C) VTWY (D) WYTS
Directions: In
question no. 10to 15, find theodd
number / letters / word from the given alternatives.
10. (A) PQXZ (B) BCQN
(C) ABDF (D) MNPR
11. (A) ABYZ (B) CDWX
(C) EFUV (D) GHTV
12. (A) 626 (B) 841 (C) 962 (D) 1090
13. (A) 5720 (B) 6710
(C) 2640 (D) 4270
14. (A) Swimming (B) Sailing
(C) Diving (D) Driving
15. (A) Perception (B) Discernment
(C) Penetration (D) Insinuation
Directions: In question no. 16, from among the
given alternatives select theone in which the set
of numbers is most likethe set of number given in the question.
Given Set: (4, 25, 81)
16. (A) (4, 36, 79) (B) (9, 48, 81) (C) (16, 64, 100) (D) (9, 49, 143)
17. Inthefollowingquestion,number ofletters
areskipped inbetweenbyaparticularrule. Which of the following series observe the rule?
(A) BAFHTU (B) ACEGJL
(C) ACFJOU (D) ADFHJL
Directions: In question no. 18, which one of the
given responses would bea meaningfulorder of
the following?
18.
1. Ocean 2.Rivulet 3. Sea
4. Glacier 5.River
(A) 5, 2, 3, 1, 4 (B) 4, 2, 5, 3, 1 (C) 5, 2, 3, 4, 1 (D) 4, 2, 1, 3, 5
Directions: Arrange the following words as per order in the dictionary.
19. 1. Preposition 2. Preparatively 3. Preposterous 4. Preponderate 5. Prepossess
(A) 2, 4, 1, 5, 3 (B) 1, 5, 2, 4, 3 (C) 5, 4, 2, 3, 1 (D) 4, 2, 5, 1, 3
20. Which one setof letters when sequentially placed at the gapsin the given letter series shallcompleteit?
ac_cab_baca_aba_aca_
(A) acbcc (B) aacbc (C) babbb (D) bcbba
Directions: In questions no. 21
to 24, a series is
given, with one/twoterm(s)missing. Choosethe correctalternative
22.
56, 90, 132, 184, 218, ___?__
(A) 368 (B) 316 (C) 362 (D) 326
23.
0, 4, 8, 24, 64, 176, __?__
(A) 180 (B) 480 (C) 280 (D) 300
24.
WTPMIFB ?_ _?__
(A) ZV (B) XU
(C) YU (D) YV
25. Mrs. Susheela celebrated her wedding
anniversary on Tuesday,
30h September 1997.
When will she celebrate her next weddinganniversaryon thesameday?
(A) 30September 2003 (B) 30September 2004
(C) 30September2002
(D) 30October 2003
26. Aclockgainsfiveminuteseveryhour.What
will be the angle traversed by the second
hand inone minute?
(A) 360o (B) 360.5o (C) 390o (D) 380o
27. BistwiceasoldasAbuttwiceyoungerthan
F.
C is half the age of A but is twice older
thanD. Whoisthe second oldest?
(A) B (B) F (C) D (D) C
28. Atwomembercommitteecomprisingofone male and one female member is to be constituted out of five male and three
females.Amongstthefemales,Ms.Arefuses to be a member of the committee in which Mr.B istakenasthemember. Inhowmany different way can the committee be constituted?
(A) 11 (B) 12
(C) 13 (D) 14
29.
Find the wrongnumber intheseries.
6, 12, 21, 32, 45, 60
(A) 6 (B) 12
(C) 21 (D) 32
30. Rameshranks13th in aclassof 33students.
Thereare5studentsbelowSureshrankwise.
How
many students are there between
Rameshand Suresh?
(A) 12 (B) 14
(C) 15 (D) 16
31. Naresh’s age is 4 years less than twice the age of his brother. Which of the following representsthe equationtofind hisage?
(A) 2x + 4 (B) 4x + 2 (C) x
– 4 (D) 2x – 4
32. Suresh’s sister is the wife of Ram. Ram is Rani’s brother Ram’s father is Madhur. Sheetal is Rams’s grandmother. Reema is
Sheetal’s daughter-in-law. Rohit is Rani’s
brother’sson. WhoisRohit toSuresh?
(A) Brother-in-law (B) Son
(C) Brother (D) Nephew
33. Inasurvey, 70%ofthosesurveyed owned a carand75% ofthosesurveyedowned aTV.
If 55% owned both a car and a TV. What percentofthosesurveyeddidnotowneither
acar or aTV?
(A) 25% (B) 20%
(C) 10% (D) 5%
34. If DANCE
is
coded as GXQZH, then
how willRIGHTbecoded?
(A) UFJEW (B) SCKFX (C) UEJWE (D) UPWJE
35. IfLOSSiscodedas1357andGAINiscoded
as 2468, what do the figures 84615 stand
for?
(A) NAILS (B) SNAIL (C) LANES (D) SLAIN
36. A statement is given followed by four alternativearguments.Selectthealternative whichis mostappropriate.
Statement
Isit necessarythateducationshould bejob
oriented?
I. Yes, the aim of education
is to prepare
personsfor earning.
II. Yes, educated person should stand on
his own feet after completion of
education.
III. No, education should be for sake of
knowledgeonly.
IV. No, one maytakeup agriculturewhere
educationis notnecessary.
(A) OnlyIandIIargumentsarestrong (B) OnlyIIIand IVargumentsarestrong (C) OnlyIarguments isstrong
(D) OnlyI andIIIargumentsarestrong
37. AmanstartedwalkingWest.Heturnsright, then right again and finally turns left. Towards which direction was he walks now?
(A) North (B) South
(C) West (D) East
38. Sudhatravels8kmtotheSouth. Then8km
turnstotherightandwalks4km.Theagain
she turns to her right and moves 8 km forward. How many km away is the from alertingpoint?
(A) 7 (B) 6 (C) 1 (D) 8
39. Fromthegivenalternativeswords,selectthe
words which cannot be formed using the
lettersofthegivenword:
‘COMPREHENSION’
(A) COMPRISE (B) PENSION
(C) ONIOX (D) PREACH
40. Fromthegivenalternativeswords,selectthe
word
which canbeformed using theletter
ofthegivenword
‘MULTIPLACATION’
(A) MUTUAL (B) LIMITATION
(C) APPLICATION (D) NOTION
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ANSWER SHEET
1. (c) 2. (c) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (d) 6. (b)
7. (d) 8. (d) 9. (a) 10. (b) 11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (d)
15. (d) 16. (c) 17. (c) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (b)
21. (d) 22. (d) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (a) 26. (c) 27. (a) 28. (d) 29. (a)
30. (b) 31. (d) 32. (d) 33. (c)
34. (a) 35. (a) 36. (d)
37. (a) 38. (c) 39. (d) 40. (b)