SSC Selection Post 2021 Higher Secondary Level Question Paper (08..

Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.
Videographer : Camera : : Doctor : ?

Select the combination of letters, that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series, will complete the series.
Z _ S M _ Q _ M Z Q _ M _ Q _ M

Select the option that is related to the third letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first letter-cluster.
NEPHEW : QFOXFI : : PRIMER : ?

If Shashank is the son of Pragya's husband Kushal, who is the son of Malini, how is Malini's husband related to Shashank?

Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. E is fourth to the left of D, who is to the immediate left of B. A is to the immediate left of C. F is not sitting adjacent to E. Who is sitting second to the right of F?

Four houses A, B, C and D are located in a colony. B is 40m north of C. A is 20m east of D. C is 30m west of D. In which direction is A with reference to C?

Select the combination of letters that when sequentially placed in the blanks of the given series will complete the series.
u _ p s _ z _ m p _ d _ u _ p s _ z

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

In a certain code language, 'SOAP' is written as '55' and 'FRY' is written as '52'. How will 'CLAN' be written in that language?

In a certain code language, 'SWEDEN' is written as 'TXDEDO', and 'GERMANY' is written as 'HDSNZOZ'. How will 'PORTUGAL' be written in that language?

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

Monarchy

Monster

Monotony

Monitor

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
14,19,34,79,?

Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

Select the option in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
24,30,39,51,66,84,?

Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
ORDERS : QOFBTP :: FASTEN : ?

Four letter-clusters have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the one that is different.

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

India

West Bengal

Asia

Eden Garden

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:

All students are enthusiasts.

No enthusiast is a candidate.

All leaders are students.

Conclusions:
I. No leader is a candidate.
II. No student is a candidate.
III. No candidate is an enthusiast.

A + B means 'A is the father of B'
A % B means 'A is the husband of B'
A # B means 'A is the daughter of B'

If the expression is U+S%M#T, then how is S related to T?

Three different positions of the same dice are shown. Select the number that will be on the face opposite to the one having 1.

Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statements:

No city is a country.

All towns are cities.

Conclusions:
I. No town is a country.
II. Some towns are countries.

Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the sixth term is related to the fifth term.
9:87::12:?::8:70

Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.
Bull : Cow : : Stallion : ?

Which two numbers (not digits) should be interchanged to make the given equation correct?
24×6+36−18÷3=105

Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them contains a grammatical error. Select the option that has the error.
My friends whom were preparing to climb Mount Everest have reached the base camp.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Someone who looks at the brighter side of things

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The secret document was shared with the staff quite ________.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Hospitable

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Scientific study of the human mind and behaviour

Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Then comes a ride over the river in a long, narrow water taxi.
B. In the town of Delta, motorcycle taxis wait to cover the final 30-minute leg through the jungle into the village in the Amazon rain forest.
C. To reach the village of Puerto Luz in the Amazon rain forest of southern Peru, the first step is to get to the city of Puerto Maldonado.
D. The next step is a three-hour drive on the Interoceanic Highway to the banks of the Tambopata River.

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Bite off more than you can chew

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
I am creating an app to help COVID patients.

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Rita said, "For the last two months I have been trying to lose weight."

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Let the cat out of the bag

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement'.
My friend walking quickly to the market and returned with a bag full of vegetables.

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Annul

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The invigilator said, "Please listen to all the instructions carefully."

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The Board approved my leave.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The fire season that started in late 2019 in Australia (1) ________ massive devastation and things swiftly got worse before rains finally came and helped contain the (2) ________ fires ever. The smoke released by the fires became (3) ________ disaster. On January 1st, Australia's capital recorded the worst pollution it's ever seen, with an air quality index 23 times higher (4) ________ what's considered 'hazardous'. Smoke in the city crept into birthing rooms, stopped MRI machines from working, and (5) ________ a heart attack in one elderly woman who died soon after she stepped off a plane.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The fire season that started in late 2019 in Australia (1) ________ massive devastation and things swiftly got worse before rains finally came and helped contain the (2) ________ fires ever. The smoke released by the fires became (3) ________ disaster. On January 1st, Australia's capital recorded the worst pollution it's ever seen, with an air quality index 23 times higher (4) ________ what's considered 'hazardous'. Smoke in the city crept into birthing rooms, stopped MRI machines from working, and (5) ________ a heart attack in one elderly woman who died soon after she stepped off a plane.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The fire season that started in late 2019 in Australia (1) ________ massive devastation and things swiftly got worse before rains finally came and helped contain the (2) ________ fires ever. The smoke released by the fires became (3) ________ disaster. On January 1st, Australia's capital recorded the worst pollution it's ever seen, with an air quality index 23 times higher (4) ________ what's considered 'hazardous'. Smoke in the city crept into birthing rooms, stopped MRI machines from working, and (5) ________ a heart attack in one elderly woman who died soon after she stepped off a plane.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The fire season that started in late 2019 in Australia (1) ________ massive devastation and things swiftly got worse before rains finally came and helped contain the (2) ________ fires ever. The smoke released by the fires became (3) ________ disaster. On January 1st, Australia's capital recorded the worst pollution it's ever seen, with an air quality index 23 times higher (4) ________ what's considered 'hazardous'. Smoke in the city crept into birthing rooms, stopped MRI machines from working, and (5) ________ a heart attack in one elderly woman who died soon after she stepped off a plane.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The fire season that started in late 2019 in Australia (1) ________ massive devastation and things swiftly got worse before rains finally came and helped contain the (2) ________ fires ever. The smoke released by the fires became (3) ________ disaster. On January 1st, Australia's capital recorded the worst pollution it's ever seen, with an air quality index 23 times higher (4) ________ what's considered 'hazardous'. Smoke in the city crept into birthing rooms, stopped MRI machines from working, and (5) ________ a heart attack in one elderly woman who died soon after she stepped off a plane.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Don't let the past shape your future. Most of the events of your life have been shaped by your thoughts, attitude and expectations. If your life doesn't change and doesn't improve, it means that you are not changing your thoughts, attitude and expectations. It is like playing the same movie in your mind, over and again, and enacting it in your real life, time and again. There is no reason to cling to thoughts, beliefs, attitude and expectations. You can change them if you really want. If you change them, you will start seeing life in a different way, acting in a different way, and consequently, changing the events and situations in your life. Even if circumstances do not change, or cannot be changed, your attitude would be different, and therefore, the impact of circumstances on you would be different, milder, or even non-existent.

If your thoughts have always been negative, and you keep repeating them, how do you expect to improve your life? If you start thinking about success, instead of thinking about failure, and keep this way of thinking, in time, these thoughts would affect your life. Learn to be peaceful inside you, and you won't be troubled by external situations or circumstances, even if you cannot change them.

Have faith in yourself, and you will be in a better position to handle the affairs of your life. Positive thoughts, about a better life, will sooner or later start affecting the present circumstances and situations of your life, and shape for you, a different, better future. Live in the present moment, not in the past. The past is past. Don't let it affect your present thoughts and feelings and the situations of your future. Live in the present moment, creating new thoughts about health, happiness, and spirituality.

The greatest advantage of thinking about success is that:

Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Don't let the past shape your future. Most of the events of your life have been shaped by your thoughts, attitude and expectations. If your life doesn't change and doesn't improve, it means that you are not changing your thoughts, attitude and expectations. It is like playing the same movie in your mind, over and again, and enacting it in your real life, time and again. There is no reason to cling to thoughts, beliefs, attitude and expectations. You can change them if you really want. If you change them, you will start seeing life in a different way, acting in a different way, and consequently, changing the events and situations in your life. Even if circumstances do not change, or cannot be changed, your attitude would be different, and therefore, the impact of circumstances on you would be different, milder, or even non-existent.

If your thoughts have always been negative, and you keep repeating them, how do you expect to improve your life? If you start thinking about success, instead of thinking about failure, and keep this way of thinking, in time, these thoughts would affect your life. Learn to be peaceful inside you, and you won't be troubled by external situations or circumstances, even if you cannot change them.

Have faith in yourself, and you will be in a better position to handle the affairs of your life. Positive thoughts, about a better life, will sooner or later start affecting the present circumstances and situations of your life, and shape for you, a different, better future. Live in the present moment, not in the past. The past is past. Don't let it affect your present thoughts and feelings and the situations of your future. Live in the present moment, creating new thoughts about health, happiness, and spirituality.

Which of the following points are listed in the passage as important for improving your life?
a. Changing your circumstances
b. Changing your attitude towards the past
c. Enacting happenings many times in your thoughts
d. Having faith that better things will happen
e. Seeing life from a different viewpoint

Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Don't let the past shape your future. Most of the events of your life have been shaped by your thoughts, attitude and expectations. If your life doesn't change and doesn't improve, it means that you are not changing your thoughts, attitude and expectations. It is like playing the same movie in your mind, over and again, and enacting it in your real life, time and again. There is no reason to cling to thoughts, beliefs, attitude and expectations. You can change them if you really want. If you change them, you will start seeing life in a different way, acting in a different way, and consequently, changing the events and situations in your life. Even if circumstances do not change, or cannot be changed, your attitude would be different, and therefore, the impact of circumstances on you would be different, milder, or even non-existent.

If your thoughts have always been negative, and you keep repeating them, how do you expect to improve your life? If you start thinking about success, instead of thinking about failure, and keep this way of thinking, in time, these thoughts would affect your life. Learn to be peaceful inside you, and you won't be troubled by external situations or circumstances, even if you cannot change them.

Have faith in yourself, and you will be in a better position to handle the affairs of your life. Positive thoughts, about a better life, will sooner or later start affecting the present circumstances and situations of your life, and shape for you, a different, better future. Live in the present moment, not in the past. The past is past. Don't let it affect your present thoughts and feelings and the situations of your future. Live in the present moment, creating new thoughts about health, happiness, and spirituality.

Thoughts and attitudes that you repeat and relive affect your life as they:

Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Don't let the past shape your future. Most of the events of your life have been shaped by your thoughts, attitude and expectations. If your life doesn't change and doesn't improve, it means that you are not changing your thoughts, attitude and expectations. It is like playing the same movie in your mind, over and again, and enacting it in your real life, time and again. There is no reason to cling to thoughts, beliefs, attitude and expectations. You can change them if you really want. If you change them, you will start seeing life in a different way, acting in a different way, and consequently, changing the events and situations in your life. Even if circumstances do not change, or cannot be changed, your attitude would be different, and therefore, the impact of circumstances on you would be different, milder, or even non-existent.

If your thoughts have always been negative, and you keep repeating them, how do you expect to improve your life? If you start thinking about success, instead of thinking about failure, and keep this way of thinking, in time, these thoughts would affect your life. Learn to be peaceful inside you, and you won't be troubled by external situations or circumstances, even if you cannot change them.

Have faith in yourself, and you will be in a better position to handle the affairs of your life. Positive thoughts, about a better life, will sooner or later start affecting the present circumstances and situations of your life, and shape for you, a different, better future. Live in the present moment, not in the past. The past is past. Don't let it affect your present thoughts and feelings and the situations of your future. Live in the present moment, creating new thoughts about health, happiness, and spirituality.

The one thing you need in order to change your situation and expectations is:

Comprehension:
Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Don't let the past shape your future. Most of the events of your life have been shaped by your thoughts, attitude and expectations. If your life doesn't change and doesn't improve, it means that you are not changing your thoughts, attitude and expectations. It is like playing the same movie in your mind, over and again, and enacting it in your real life, time and again. There is no reason to cling to thoughts, beliefs, attitude and expectations. You can change them if you really want. If you change them, you will start seeing life in a different way, acting in a different way, and consequently, changing the events and situations in your life. Even if circumstances do not change, or cannot be changed, your attitude would be different, and therefore, the impact of circumstances on you would be different, milder, or even non-existent.

Match the words from the passage with their correct meanings.

Word

shape (verb)

enact

spirituality

Meaning
a. the quality of being deeply connected to God or higher values
b. put into practice / act out
c. influence or give form to something

If the radius of a sphere is increased by $11\%$, then what is the percentage (correct to two decimal places) increase in its volume?

A train covers a distance of $225\text{km}$ in $2.5$ hours at a uniform speed. Find the time (in hours) the train will take to cover a distance of $810\text{km}$ at the same speed.

If $8A5146B$ is divisible by $88$, then what is the value of $A^B$?

A can complete a work in $18$ days. If B is only $90\%$ efficient as compared to A, then in how many days will B alone complete the same work?

The simple interest on a certain sum is $50\%$ of the sum in $8$ years at a certain rate per cent p.a. What will be the interest (in ₹) on a sum of ₹$7,200$ at the same rate in $5\frac{2}{3}$ years at simple interest?

A invested $30\%$ more than B. B invested $40\%$ less than C, who invested ₹$8,000$. The total amount invested (in ₹) by all of them together is:

By reducing the selling price of an article by ₹$900$, a profit of $25\%$ turns into a loss of $5\%$. The original selling price of the article (in ₹) is:

If ${\cos }^2\theta -{\sin }^2\theta -3\cos \theta +2=0$, $0^{\circ }<\theta <90^{\circ }$, then what is the value of $\frac{5\cos \theta -2}{\tan \theta }$?

The histogram represents the percentage of marks scored by a number of students in the class X Board Examination in 2018 in a school. Total number of students = $250$.The number of students who have secured less than $60\%$ of marks is approximately what percentage more than number of students who have secured $90\%$ marks and above?

The given bar graph shows the number of students enrolled in institutes A and B during 5 years (2014 to 2018).What is the difference between the average number of students enrolled in institute B during the five years and the average number of students enrolled in institute A during the five years?

The table shows the production of different types of cars A, B, C, D and E (in thousands) from 2012 to 2016.Cars20122013201420152016A4653565867B5065676672C4354554751D4752616574E4858636467What is the ratio of the total production of type A cars in 2014 and type E cars in 2015 to the total production of type C and D cars in 2012?

The ratio of the distance between two places A and B to the distance between places B and C is $3:5$. A man travels from A to B at $30\text{km/h}$ and from B to C at $x\text{km/h}$. If his average speed for the entire journey is $40\text{km/h}$, then what is the value of $(x-7)$ (in $\text{km/h}$)?

A can finish a work in $33$ days and B can finish the same work in one-third the time taken by A. Working together, what part of the same work can they finish in $5$ days?

Let $△ABC\sim △PQR$ and $\frac{\text{ar}(△ABC)}{\text{ar}(△QPR)}=\frac{25}{169}$. If $AB=15\text{cm}$, $BC=7\text{cm}$ and $AC=8\text{cm}$, then $PQ$ (in $\text{cm}$) is equal to:

If $x-y+z=0$, then what is the value of $(x^2+yz)÷(x^2+y^2+z^2)$?

A text book is marked at ₹$480$ and is sold for ₹$420$. What is the percentage of discount?

The value of $\frac{0.49-0.7\times 0.8+0.64}{0.512+0.343}$ is:

The average weight of P, Q and R is $47\text{kg}$. If the average weight of Q and R is $50\text{kg}$ and that of R and P is $49\text{kg}$, then the average weight (in $\text{kg}$) of P and Q is:

If the five-digit number $235xy$ is divisible by $3$, $7$ and $11$, then what is the value of $(x-y)$?

When an article is sold for ₹$474$, there is a loss of $21\%$. The cost price of the article (in ₹) is:

A number is decreased by $30\%$, then increased by $27\%$ and then further increased by $20\%$. What is the net increase/decrease percentage in the number (correct to the nearest integer)?

Two numbers are $30\%$ and $50\%$, respectively, more than a third number. The ratio of the second number to the first number is:

The area of a circle is $38.5{\text{cm}}^2$. Find its circumference (in $\text{cm}$). (Use $\pi =\frac{22}{7}$)

The average of $33$ numbers is $70$. The average of the first $17$ numbers is $65$ and the average of the last $17$ numbers is $74$. If the $17$ th number is excluded, what is the average of the remaining numbers (approximate to one decimal place)?

In $△ABC$, $AB$ and $AC$ are produced to points $D$ and $E$, respectively. If the bisectors of $\angle CBD$ and $\angle BCE$ meet at point $O$, so that $\angle BOC=76^{\circ }$, then find the measure of $\angle A$.

In which of the following years did Shah Alam grant the Diwani of Bengal province, i.e. the responsibility of collecting revenue, to the East India Company?

Who among the following has written the novel 'Right Under Your Nose'?

________ is defined as number of females per thousand males.

Garia Puja of Tripura is celebrated for how many days in April?

Who among the following was conferred the Order of Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays, by the Japanese Government in April 2021?

Which of the following parasites are responsible for malaria in humans?

Which of the following is the highest mountain in Myanmar?

Which of the following schemes aims to enable Micro Finance Institutions, Non-Banking Financial Institutions/Companies, Small Finance Banks, RBRs, Commercial Banks and Cooperative Banks to provide small loans to non-corporate non-farm micro/small enterprises and individuals engaged in income-generating businesses?

In 1954, in which of the following states did the Indian Government decide to integrate Chandranagar (also called Chandernagore), which was under the rule of the French?

Which of the following crops is NOT suitable to be grown in laterite soils?

Who among the following is the head of the state and is the highest formal authority of India?

Which of the following metal traces were found in chemical analyses of both Omani copper and Harappan artefacts suggesting a common origin?

Plant and animal communities living together in similar climatic conditions are called _____________.

Which of the following is the longest and biggest river in Nagaland?

A ________ is an electrical device that converts alternating current to direct current which flows only in one direction.

In which of the following countries was the G20 Tourism Ministers' Meeting held in May 2021, in which Prahlad Singh Patel participated virtually?

Tapu dance is a tribal dance of which of the following states?

In which of the following states is the Parvat Dhara Yojna being implemented in ten districts to rejuvenate and recharge aquifers and conserve natural resources of water as of May 2021?

Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution had been amended by the Second Amendment Act, 1952?

Who among the following became the Finance Secretary in April 2021?

To whom among the following is a Bill presented for assent after it has been passed by both the Houses of the Parliament?

Acid rain is caused by the chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulphur dioxides and ________ are released into the air.

Which of the following forts is located in Karnataka which was built by Sultan Alla-Ud Din Bahman?

In which of the following years did the British suffer defeat in the Battle of Chinhat?

In which of the following countries did Indian boxer Amit Panghal win the bronze medal at the Governor's Cup in April 2021?