- Test booklet
- प्रश्न पुस्तिका
- Booklet No.
- 9927643
- Series
- A
SSC CHSL Tier 1 Paper 3
- Questions
- 100
- Maximum marks
- 200
- Minutes allowed
- 60
Instructions निर्देश
- This booklet has 100 questions in 4 parts: A. English Language (Basic Knowledge) (25), B. General Intelligence (25), C. Quantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill) (25), D. General Awareness (25).
- Each part has its own clock. When it runs out, that part closes and the next opens.
- Each question has 4 options and one right answer. A right answer earns 2 marks. A wrong answer costs 0.5. A question left blank scores nothing.
- Fill one bubble per question on the answer sheet. Unlike a real sheet, you can clear it and change your mind.
Scripting is off, so this page is a printed paper: answer on paper, then open each question’s working.
Part AEnglish Language (Basic Knowledge)
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
SpeedyAnswer and working
Answer B
Speedy (adjective) and Rapid share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A working woman who takes in washingAnswer and working
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudicesAnswer and working
Answer C
Demagogue: a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A patient with imaginary symptoms and ailmentsAnswer and working
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
SolaceAnswer and working
Answer A
Solace (verb) and Comfort share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
Reptilian creature supposed to live in fireAnswer and working
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer C
The correct spelling is evolutionary.
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
FreshenAnswer and working
Answer B
Freshen (verb) and Refresh share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
LatterAnswer and working
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
PostwarAnswer and working
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
ExpandAnswer and working
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer A
The correct spelling is interrogate.
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
DownstreamAnswer and working
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
ReassessAnswer and working
Answer B
Reassess (verb) and Reevaluate share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the correctly spelt word.
Answer and working
Answer A
The correct spelling is difficulty.
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
WontAnswer and working
Answer A
Wont (noun) and Habit share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer B
The correct spelling is belittle.
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer D
The correct spelling is congressional.
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Select the one word that can replace the given group of words.
A baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left handAnswer and working
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
RiddleAnswer and working
Answer A
Riddle (noun) and Enigma share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the word closest in meaning to the given word.
ScornAnswer and working
Answer B
Scorn (verb) and Despise share their main meaning. None of the other options does.
Source: WordNet 3.1
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer A
The correct spelling is corrosive.
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer B
The correct spelling is accuracy.
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Select the word opposite in meaning to the given word.
SunsetAnswer and working
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Select the correctly spelt word.
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Answer A
The correct spelling is attitude.
Part BGeneral Intelligence
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Which number replaces the question mark? 28, 65, 126, ?, 344, 513
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Answer B
The rule: the terms are 3³, 4³, 5³ … plus 1. The missing term is 217.
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Which one does not belong with the others?
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Answer A
91, 84, 77 are multiples of 7; 34 is not. The odd one is 34.
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In a certain code, SUGAR is written as 132. How is SHIP written in that code?
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Answer D
SUGAR = 132 is twice the sum of the letters’ positions in the alphabet. For SHIP: 19 + 8 + 9 + 16 doubled = 104.
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In a certain code, OCEAN is written as QEGCP. How is FLOWER written in that code?
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Answer D
From OCEAN → QEGCP: each letter moves 2 places forward. Applied to FLOWER: HNQYGT.
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Statements:
(1) Some boxes are buses.
(2) Some cups are boxes.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) No buses are cups.
(II) All boxes are buses.Answer and working
Answer D
Conclusion I need not hold: buses and cups may overlap. Conclusion II need not hold: some boxes may lie outside buses. So: Neither conclusion follows.
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9 : 21 :: 3 : ?
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Answer B
21 = 2 × 9 + 3, the rule 2n + 3. For 3: 2 × 3 + 3 = 9.
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Which number replaces the question mark? 11, 47, 16, 40, 21, 33, 26, ?
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Answer A
The rule: two series alternate: 11, 16, 21 … rising by 5, and 47, 40, 33 … falling by 7. The missing term is 26.
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Which pair comes next? FW, GV, HU, IT, ?
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Answer D
The first letters move forward 1 (F, G, H, I); the second move back 1 (W, V, U, T). Next: JS.
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P is the mother of N. R is the brother of P. How is R related to N?
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Answer D
Follow the links out from N: P is N’s mother; R is P’s brother. So R is N’s uncle.
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Which one does not belong with the others?
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Answer B
216, 1331, 125 are cubes; 49 is a square, not a cube. The odd one is 49.
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Which one does not belong with the others?
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Answer C
In the others the second number is n² of the first; 9 : 79 breaks it. The odd one is 9 : 79.
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If ‘+’ means ‘−’, ‘−’ means ‘÷’, ‘×’ means ‘+’, ‘÷’ means ‘×’, what is the value of 21 + 4 × 6 ÷ 5 − 6?
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Answer A
Replace the signs: 21 − 4 + 6 × 5 ÷ 6. Division and multiplication first, then addition and subtraction: 22.
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In the English alphabet, which letter is 8th to the left of the 13th letter from the left?
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Answer B
The 13th letter from the left is M (position 13). 8 places to the left: position 5, which is E.
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If ‘+’ means ‘×’, ‘−’ means ‘+’, ‘×’ means ‘÷’, ‘÷’ means ‘−’, what is the value of 12 + 4 × 6 − 9 ÷ 2?
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Answer C
Replace the signs: 12 × 4 ÷ 6 + 9 − 2. Division and multiplication first, then addition and subtraction: 15.
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In a certain code, CARPET is written as VGRTCE. How is SHIP written in that code?
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Answer C
From CARPET → VGRTCE: the word is written backwards and each letter moves 2 forward. Applied to SHIP: RKJU.
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Which group comes next? CEG, FHJ, IKM, ?
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Answer C
Inside each group the letters step by 2; each group starts 3 letters after the last (C, F, I). Next: LNP.
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1 January 1992 was a Wednesday. What day of the week was 1 January 1993?
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Answer C
1992 is a leap year: 366 days, 2 odd days. Wednesday + 2 = Friday.
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Statements:
(1) All phones are tables.
(2) Some cups are not tables.Conclusions:
Take the statements to be true, however odd they sound. Which conclusion follows?
(I) No tables are cups.
(II) No cups are phones.Answer and working
Answer D
Conclusion I need not hold: tables and cups may overlap. Conclusion II need not hold: cups and phones may overlap. So: Neither conclusion follows.
Directions for questions 44 to 44
Six friends, Arun, Bina, Chetan, Divya, Esha and Farhan, sit in a row facing north. Bina sits third to the right of Esha. Esha and Farhan sit next to each other. Farhan sits at one of the two ends. Exactly one person sits between Chetan and Farhan. Arun sits at one of the two ends.-
How many people sit between Chetan and Bina?
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Answer B
Only one order fits every clue, from the left: Farhan, Esha, Chetan, Divya, Bina, Arun. Between them: 1.
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Meera walks 3 km towards the north. She turns right and walks 14 km. She turns left and walks 4 km. She turns right and walks 7 km. In which direction is she from the starting point?
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Answer D
Taking east and north as positive: she ends 21 km east and 7 km north of the start, which is to the North-east.
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In a queue, Kabir is 19th from the front and Priya is 24th from the front. How many people stand between them?
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Answer D
Between positions 19 and 24 there are 24 − 19 − 1 = 4 people.
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Harish walks 9 km towards the west. He turns left and walks 2 km. He turns right and walks 7 km. He turns left and walks 8 km. He turns left and walks 12 km. In which direction is he from the starting point?
Answer and working
Answer B
Taking east and north as positive: he ends 4 km west and 10 km south of the start, which is to the South-west.
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At what time between 9 and 10 o’clock are the hands of a clock together?
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Answer C
The minute hand gains 11/2° a minute and must gain 270°. Time = 270 ÷ 5.5 = 60 × 9/11 = 491⁄11 minutes past 9.
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D is the wife of Q. Q is the son of P. How is D related to P?
Answer and working
Answer C
Follow the links out from P: Q is P’s son; D is Q’s wife. So D is P’s daughter-in-law.
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3 : 9 :: 12 : ?
Answer and working
Answer A
9 = 3², the rule n². For 12: 12² = 144.
Part CQuantitative Aptitude (Basic Arithmetic Skill)
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What is the mean of these numbers: 14, 41, 54, 37, 31, 50, 11, 13, 19?
Answer and working
Answer B
Sum 270 ÷ 9 = 30.
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What is the value of 80² − 63²?
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Answer D
a² − b² = (a + b)(a − b) = 143 × 17 = 2,431.
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Pipe A fills a tank in 10 hours; pipe B empties the full tank in 11 hours. If both are opened together on an empty tank, when will it be full?
Answer and working
Answer D
Net filling per hour = 1/10 − 1/11 = 1/110. Time = 110 hours.
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A number is first increased by 25% and then decreased by 40%. What is the net change?
Answer and working
Answer C
Net effect = 25 − 40 − (25 × 40)/100 = −25%, so 25% decrease.
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From a point on the ground 75 m from the foot of a tower, the angle of elevation of its top is 45°. How tall is the tower?
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Answer C
Height = 75 × tan 45° = 75 × 1 = 75 m.
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A train 150 m long passes a signal post in 15 seconds. What is its speed in km/h?
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Answer B
Speed = 150 ÷ 15 = 10 m/s = 10 × 18/5 = 36 km/h.
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What is the smallest number which, when divided by 6, 18 or 15, leaves a remainder of 3 in each case?
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Answer D
LCM of 6, 18, 15 = 90. Add the remainder: 90 + 3 = 93.
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If x + 1⁄x = 7, what is x² + 1⁄x²?
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Answer D
Square both sides: x² + 2 + 1/x² = 49, so x² + 1/x² = 47.
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Two successive discounts of 30% and 20% are equal to a single discount of:
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Answer B
Single discount = 30 + 20 − (30 × 20)/100 = 44%. The second discount is taken on the already reduced price, so the two do not simply add.
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How many diagonals does a polygon with 9 sides have?
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Answer D
n(n − 3)/2 = 9 × 6 ÷ 2 = 27.
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A boat covers 80 km downstream in 5 hours and 36 km upstream in 3 hours. What is the speed of the stream?
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Answer A
Downstream speed = 80 ÷ 5 = 16 km/h; upstream = 36 ÷ 3 = 12 km/h. Stream = (16 − 12) ÷ 2 = 2 km/h.
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A cone has base radius 21 cm and height 72 cm. What is its volume? (π = 22/7)
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Answer B
Volume = ⅓πr²h = ⅓ × 22/7 × 21² × 72 = 33,264 cm³.
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Ramesh can finish a piece of work in 35 days and Suresh can finish it in 14 days. Working together, how long will they take?
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Answer D
In one day they do 1/35 + 1/14 = 1/10 of the work. Time = 35 × 14 ÷ (35 + 14) = 10 days.
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A school’s enrolment goes from 420 to 546. What is the percentage increase?
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Answer C
Change = 126. On the original value: 126 ÷ 420 × 100 = 30%, a 30% increase. Dividing by the new value, 546, is the usual slip.
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Simplify: 1⁄2 + 2⁄3 + 5⁄6
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Answer B
Over the common denominator 6: the sum is 2. Adding tops and bottoms separately (8/11) is the trap.
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The sum of the present ages of a father and his son is 46 years. 5 years ago, the father was 3 times as old as the son. How old is the son now?
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Answer C
Let the son be s. Then (46 − s − 5) = 3(s − 5), so 56 = 4s and s = 14 years.
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₹60,000 amounts to ₹69,984 in 2 years at compound interest, compounded annually. What is the rate of interest?
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Answer D
(1 + R/100)² = 69,984/60,000 = 1.1664, so 1 + R/100 = 1.08 and R = 8%. Dividing the interest equally between the years (simple interest) gives a wrong answer.
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What is the largest 3-digit number exactly divisible by 58?
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Answer A
999 ÷ 58 leaves remainder 13. 999 − 13 = 986.
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If A : B = 5 : 7 and B : C = 2 : 9, what is A : B : C?
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Answer A
Make B the same in both: A : B = 10 : 14 and B : C = 14 : 63. So A : B : C = 10 : 14 : 63.
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The simple interest on a sum for 4 years at 12% per annum is ₹12,000. What is the sum?
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Answer D
P = SI × 100 / (R × T) = 12,000 × 100 / (12 × 4) = ₹25,000.
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What is the average of 13, 49, 33, 84, 89, 60 and 99?
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Answer D
Sum = 427. Average = 427 ÷ 7 = 61.
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The diagonal of a square is 36 cm. What is its area?
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Answer A
Area of a square = diagonal² ÷ 2 = 1296 ÷ 2 = 648 cm².
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If A : B = 2 : 3 and B : C = 3 : 8, what is A : B : C?
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Answer D
Make B the same in both: A : B = 6 : 9 and B : C = 9 : 24. So A : B : C = 2 : 3 : 8.
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120 litres of a mixture contains milk and water in the ratio 7 : 5. How much water must be added to make the ratio 5 : 4?
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Answer C
Milk = 70 l, water = 50 l. For 5 : 4, water must be 70 × 4/5 = 56 l. Add 56 − 50 = 6 litres.
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If x + 1⁄x = 5, what is x³ + 1⁄x³?
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Answer C
x³ + 1/x³ = (x + 1/x)³ − 3(x + 1/x) = 125 − 15 = 110.
Part DGeneral Awareness
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Kuvempu received the Jnanpith Award in which year?
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In which year was Haryana formed as a state or union territory in its present form?
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Red Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is in which state?
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What is the atomic number of astatine?
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Who was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
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Who wrote ‘The White Tiger’?
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Kolkata is the capital of which state or union territory?
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In which year was Ramappa Temple inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
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Which of these organisations has its headquarters in Dubai?
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What is the currency of Democratic Republic of the Congo?
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Consider the following pairs of sportspersons and their sports:
How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?Sportsperson Sport 1. K. Srikanth cricket 2. Arjun Erigaisi weightlifting 3. P. T. Usha shooting Answer and working
Answer D
1. wrong: K. Srikanth goes with badminton; 2. wrong: Arjun Erigaisi goes with chess; 3. wrong: P. T. Usha goes with athletics. So: None of the pairs.
Source: Wikidata (CC0)
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World Tourism Day is observed on which date?
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Which of these musicians is known for the sarangi?
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Dev Anand received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for which year?
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The Alaknanda river flows into which?
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What is the chemical symbol of carbon?
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In which year was the Battle of Diu fought?
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Singapore is the capital of which country?
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Which of these national parks is in Bihar?
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Who was the Vice President of India throughout 1963?
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Buxa Tiger Reserve is in which state?
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In which year was K.Kamarajar awarded the Bharat Ratna?
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In which year was RISAT-1 launched?
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Which of these Ramsar sites is in Ladakh?
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Khadakwasla Dam is built on which river?
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