SSC-CGL 2020 Questions

6 March 2020 • Shift 1

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Question 1

Which of the following is the primary sex organ in females?

Uterus

Ovary

Vagina

Fallopian tube

Question 2

Which of the following diseases is NOT transmitted from one person to another?

Cirrhosis

AIDS

Hepatitis B

Syphilis

Question 3

Which International organisation released the ‘World Energy Outlook 2019’ Report?

United Nations

International Energy Agency

World Trade Organisation

UNESCO

Question 4

The Supreme Court has declared access to the internet a fundamental right under Article ______ of the Indian Constitution.

Question 5

Name the Indian wrestler who has been named the Junior Freestyle Wrestler of the year (2019) by United World Wrestling (UWW).

B.P . Raju

Kamareddy

Amita Bagchi

Deepak Punia

Question 6

UN Women propose to partner with ______ gender park with an aim to secure gender parity in South Asia.

Kerala’s

Rajasthan’s

Punjab’s

Haryana’s

Question 7

Which of the following is a natural ﬂame retardant?

RNA

Skin

DNA

Flowers

Question 8

Merchant discount rate refers to ______.

the total discount a bank offers to the merchant for promoting online transactions

the rate charged to a merchant for payment processing services on debit and credit card transactions

the total discount a merchant offers on online transactions

only taxes that a digital payment entails

Question 9

Alyssa Healy who created a world record by becoming the highest scorer in women's T20I, belongs to ______.

Japan

India

Canada

Australia

Question 10

In the sequence of planets in the Solar system, which planet comes in between Mercury and Earth?

Uranus

Venus

Jupiter

Mars

Question 11

The SDG India index is developed by ______.

Ministry of Home Affairs

World Bank

Ministry of Environmental, Forests and Climate Change

NITI Aayog

Question 12

Who performs the task of capturing oxygen in the blood?

Chlorophyll

Haemoglobin

Red blood cells

White blood cells

Question 13

If the inﬂation in an economy is rising steadily, the Central Bank might ______.

keep the repo rate unchanged

decrease the repo rate

increase the repo rate

decrease the reverse repo rate

Question 14

Name the only metal that is antibacterial.

Iron

Sodium

Copper

Aluminium

Question 15

On which river and in which state is the Jayakwadi dam situated?

Periyar river - Kerala

Banas river - Rajasthan

Ravi river - Punjab

Godavari river - Maharashtra

Question 16

Who is the ﬁrst General of the Indian Army, whose retirement day is celebrated as the 'Armed Forces Veterans Day' every year?

General K.S. Thimayya

General S.M. Srinagesh

General Maharaj Rajendra Sinhji

General K. M. Cariappa

Question 17

Which Indian journalist was honoured with India's Most Powerful Woman in Media Award during the prestigious Conﬂuence Excellence Award ceremony held in the British parliament on 27 September 2019?

Kalli Puri

Anubha Bhonsle

Sunetra Chaudhary

Sona Choudhary

Question 18

Which of the following gases is consistently seen to be most abundant in a volcanic eruption?

Water vapour

Carbon Dioxide

Sulphur Dioxide

Hydrogen Sulphide

Question 19

Mehrunnisa who was known as Nur Jahan was the wife of ______.

Jahangir

Shah Jahan

Akbar

Aurangzeb

Question 20

Which leader gave us the C R Formula?

Tilak

C. R. Das

Mahatma Gandhi

C. Rajagopalachari

Question 21

Which of the following is the ﬁrst South Asian country to call match-ﬁxing a crime?

Pakistan

India

Sri Lanka

Nepal

Question 22

To which of the following Indian states does Mardani Khel, one of the famous martial art forms in India belong?

Maharashtra

Rajasthan

Uttar Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

Question 23

In which year did D.C. Sircar publish Indian Epigraphy and Indian Epigraphical Glossary?

1966-67

1967-68

1965-66

1964-65

Question 24

Madhavpur Mela takes place in ______.

Uttar Pradesh

Maharashtra

Madhya Pradesh

Gujarat

Question 25

When did the Vikrama Era begin?

57 BC

55 BC

50 BC

47 BC

Question 26

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Persist

Remain

Cease

Insist

Continue

Question 27

Comprehension

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words/phrase. Having two opposing feelings at the same time

Equivalent

Coinciding

Contemporary

Ambivalent

Question 28

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement. We came back because we had ran out of money.

No improvement

we have ran

we had run

we run

Question 29

Comprehension

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error' Those who are late they will not be allowed inside the classroom.

Those who are late

they will not be allowed

inside the classroom

No error

Question 30

Comprehension

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. "What a rare ﬂower!" she said.

She exclaimed what a rare ﬂower it is.

She exclaimed that it was a very rare ﬂower.

She asked if it was a rare ﬂower.

She told that what a rare ﬂower it was.

Question 31

Comprehension

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The farmer is ploughing the ﬁelds.

The ﬁelds have been ploughed by the farmer.

The ﬁelds are being ploughed by the farmer.

The ﬁelds were ploughed by the farmer.

The ﬁelds are ploughed by the farmer.

Question 32

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 1.

Ans 1. afforded

offered

extended

ordered

Question 33

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 2.

Ans 1. at 2. for

after

Question 34

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 3.

tackling

struggling

Ans 1. tackling 2. struggling 3. seeking

coping

Question 35

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 4.

make

were making

was making

Question 36

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in blank 5.

take out

take in

take away

take back

Question 37

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Chicken-hearted

Cowardly

Generous

Miserly

Selﬁsh

Question 38

Comprehension

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. The mountain range was covered with snow. B. Napoleon had to cross the Alps in winter. C. Napoleon replied that the word 'impossible' did not exist for him. D. So, someone told Napoleon that the task was impossible.

DBCA

BADC

ADBC

BDCA

Question 39

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Preferred

Adored

Favoured

Feared

Compared

Question 40

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Ovation

Creation

Applause

Preparation

Censure

Question 41

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in the blank. She ______ how the magician had performed the rope trick.

puzzled

bewildered

suspected

wondered

Question 42

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement. When it started raining, I ran to the nearer house for shelter.

the nearest house

a near house

the near house

No improvement

Question 43

Comprehension

Select the INCORRECTL Y spelt word.

Abandon

Acquaintence

Alliance

Acquisition

Question 44

Comprehension

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that gives their correct order. A. Much of this war had taken place along the Western Front. B. Both sides had dug in deep and each lost many men over little ground. C. This front was a line of trenches across which the two sides faced each other. D. Andre Maginot had fought a war with the French against the Germans.

BCDA

ACDB

DACB

DBCA

Question 45

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. By and by

Suddenly

Gradually

On the whole

By any means

Question 46

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Glee

Bliss

Joy

Fun

Woe

Question 47

Comprehension

Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error' Everyone except she have travelled by air.

travelled by air

she have

No error

Everyone except

Question 48

Comprehension

Select the most appropriate option to ﬁll in the blank. The roof of the old building ______ during the storm.

collapsed

scratched

destroyed

demolished

Question 49

Comprehension

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

ﬂeet

squad

colony

swarm

Question 50

Comprehension

Select the wrongly spelt word.

Piece

Fierce

Sieze

Grief