SSC Selection Post 2023 Matriculation Level Question Paper (27 Jun, 2023) (Shift 2)

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

MOUSSE

MOUTH

MOW

MOVE

MUCK

Which letter-cluster will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series?
SPIN, RQJM, ?, PSLK, OTMJ

Three statements are given, followed by three conclusions I, II and III. Considering the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, decide which conclusion(s) logically follows from the statements.
Statement :
All schools are colleges.
All colleges are houses.
All houses are roads.

Conclusion :
I. All schools are roads.
II. All schools are houses.
III. All colleges are roads.

Select the correct combination of mathematical symbols to replace the * signs in the equation given below and balance the equation.
62 14 7 18 26

'A + B' means 'A is brother of B'.
'A - B' means 'A is the mother of B'.
'A × B' means 'A is the father of B'.
'A ÷ B' means 'A is sister of B'.

If C×M÷S×K−T+Q, then which of the following statements is not correct?

Select the option which is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. (The words should be treated as meaningful words and should not be related to each other on the basis of number of letters/consonants/vowels in the word.)
Oology ∶ Eggs ∶∶ Palaeontology ∶ ?

Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given number series?
25, 115, 214, 322, ?, 565, 700

Select the option that represents the letters which, when placed sequentially from left to right in the following letter-series, will complete the series.
L _ H _ _ L K H C _ _ K H _ _ L _ H C W

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

Menial

Melamine

Melancholy

Memory

Select the option which 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.
MISSION ∶ NOSSIIM ∶∶ PHOENIX ∶ ? ∶∶ ORGANIC ∶ CIGANRO

Select the option that represents the letters which when placed sequentially from left to right in the blank spaces given in the series below will complete the series.
_ G _ J Y _ U _ _G _ _ Y G U _

Select the option which is related to the fifth letter-cluster in the same way as the second letter-cluster is related to the first letter-cluster and the fourth letter-cluster is related to the third letter-cluster.
RED ∶ GHU ∶∶ BLUE ∶ HXOE ∶∶ PINK ∶ ?

Select the option which is related to the fourth term in the same way as the first term is related to the second term and the fifth term is related to the sixth term.
8 ∶ 508 ∶∶ ? ∶ 2193 ∶∶ 2 ∶ 4

When a vertical mirror is placed at the right side 'PQ' of a given letter/number combination, select the correct mirror image formed.
(Note: This question refers to the standard mirror reflection of alphanumeric characters across a vertical line on the right side).

Three statements are given followed by three conclusions I, II and III. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it seems to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the statements.
Statement :
No mug is bucket.
All mugs are cups.
Some cups are spoons.

Conclusion:
I. Some spoons are buckets.
II. Some mugs are spoons.
III. Some cups are not buckets.

Given below are three statements followed by three conclusions I, II and III. Considering the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements.
Statement :
All tanks are plates.
All cots are plates.
Some oats are cots.

Conclusion:
I. Some tanks are cots.
II. Some plates are tanks.
III. Some plates are oats.

Select the option which is related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth term is related to the third term.
EARLY ∶ YLRAE ∶∶ IMAGE ∶ EGAMI ∶∶ LASER ∶ ?

Three statements are followed by three conclusions numbered I, II and III. You have to consider these statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Decide which conclusion(s) logically follows from the given statements.
Statement :
No Pigeon is a Panduk.
Some Panduk are sparrows.
All sparrows are birds.

Conclusion:
(I) Some sparrows are not pigeons.
(II) Some sparrows are Panduk.
(III) Some birds are Panduk.

Select the figure from the options that will come next in the given figure series.
(Note: This questions analyzes standard shifts of elements inside a square boundary across consecutive steps).

Select the correct combination of mathematical symbols to substitute the signs sequentially and balance the given equation.
165 33 26 17 2 19 16

'A # B' means 'A is the daughter of B'.
'A % B' means 'A is the husband of B'.
'A & B' means 'A is brother of B'.
'A @ B' means 'A is sister of B'.

If S#P%Q@T&V%X, then how is S related to X?

Select the option that represents the letters which when placed sequentially from left to right in the blank spaces given in the series below will complete the series.
Q _ C _ Q S _ B _ S _ _ Q S _ _

Select the figure that will come next in the following figure series.

Select the option that represents the given words in the correct sequence in a logical and meaningful manner.
Sprout

Small plant

Tree

Seed

Forest

'A # B' means 'A is brother of B'.
'A @ B' means 'A is the daughter of B'.
'A & B' means 'A is the husband of B'.
'A % B' means 'A is the wife of B'.

If W%D#G@B&M@I, then how is D related to M?

Rohan Bopanna and Ramkumar Ramanathan got direct entry into the doubles main draw of the fourth edition of which of the following tennis tournaments starting in January 2022?

In which of the following years, the Nawab of Awadh accepted the subsidiary alliance initiated by Lord Wellesley, the Governor General of British India?

Who was appointed as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India in January 2022?

When were the general elections to the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Region held for the first time?

Under the 'Karmayogi Bharat' project, ____________ are given online training for better performance in services through digital means.

In which sport Mariyappan Thangavelu and Sharad Kumar won silver and bronze medals at Tokyo Paralympics?

Which compound is used to remove skins from tomatoes, potatoes and other fruits and vegetables for canning and as an ingredient in food preservatives, which helps prevent the growth of mold and bacteria in food?

How is the molecular weight of a fatty acid determined?

Dance couple Kamalini and Nalini Asthana have been awarded the Padma Shri in 2022. He is famous for which of the following dance styles?

Who is given the credit for starting the Gupta period?

Who is a marginal worker as per standard census definition in India?

Which style of architecture was used in Lakshmi Vilas Palace in Vadodara, Gujarat?

In which of the following sports the clean and jerk technique is used?

Which of the following peaks is the highest peak of South India?

In 1921–22 the farmers of the Malabar coast of Kerala organized a great revolt, known as ______.

What does "Green Revolution" mean in Indian agriculture?

Buland Darwaza located in Fatehpur Sikri is the entrance gate of which of the following mosques?

Which of the following articles of the Constitution of India states that no religious instruction shall be imparted in any educational institution wholly maintained out of State funds?

If four resistances of $3\Omega$, $4\Omega$, $5\Omega$ and $6\Omega$ are connected in series, then what will be the combined resistance of the four resistors?

What was the theme of Independence Day in India in the year 2015?

Which of the following indicators presents the picture of occupational structure and unemployment in India?

Which of the following musical instruments is played by Nandini and Ragini Shankar?

Who is the author of the novel 'A Suitable Boy' which is one of the longest novels?

Which of the following classical dances begins with a drumming performance called "Kelikottu"?

Which of the following is considered a mini earthquake in underground caves and mines which is caused by seismic waves generated by bursting of rock at the surface?

A bus runs at a speed of $70\text{km/h}$. What distance will it cover in $36$ minutes?

The lateral surface area of a hemisphere is $693{\text{cm}}^2$. Its radius will be ________. (Take $\pi =\frac{22}{7}$)

The mean ratio of $11$ and $44$ is ________.

If $45$ men can build a wall of $360\text{m}$ length in $18$ days, then how many men are required to build the same wall of $180\text{m}$ length in $15$ days?

$A$ is the average of $10$ given numbers. $B$ is the average after replacing $2$ numbers by $3$ other different numbers. The average of the removed numbers is $48$ and the average of the newly added numbers is $56$. If $A+B=438$, then find the value of $A-B$.

The simple interest on a sum of ₹$8,000$ for $2$ years is ₹$720$. What is the annual interest rate?

A store announces a discount scheme "Buy $1$ shampoo bottle and get $60\%$ discount on another shampoo of the same quality, size and same price." If the cost price of each shampoo bottle is $60\%$ less than the marked price then what is the profit percentage of the store?

On dividing $4999$ by $7$, what will the remainder be?

By selling $20$ items, a shopkeeper gets a profit equal to the selling price of $5$ items. What is his profit percentage?

A businessman bought two types of rice at the rate of Rs. $120/\text{kg}$ and Rs. $220/\text{kg}$. How much rice (in kg) of the first type should be mixed with $72\text{kg}$ of rice of the second type so that the resulting mixture can be sold at Rs. $280/\text{kg}$ to earn a profit of $40\%$?

In a parallelogram, one of the parallel sides is $16\text{cm}$ and the other side is $12\text{cm}$. If the perpendicular distance between the two parallel sides of dimension $16\text{cm}$ is $24\text{cm}$, then the perpendicular distance between its other two parallel sides is:

A TV manufacturer sells an item to a wholesaler at a profit of $8\%$. The wholesaler sells it to a retailer at a profit of $10\%$. The retailer in turn sells it to the customer for ₹$11,050$ making a profit of $15\%$. What is the manufacturer's purchasing price? (Assume only whole numbers)

A shopkeeper is buying goods from a wholesaler. The wholesaler sells $1265$ units of the goods to the shopkeeper, earning a profit equal to the selling price of $165$ units of the goods. Find the profit percentage of the wholesaler.

A certain sum, at a certain rate of simple interest, amounts to ₹$2,225$ in $4$ years and ₹$2,606$ in $8$ years. Find the amount (in ₹) of the initial sum (principal).

What is the mean proportional ratio between $(3+\sqrt{5})$ and $15-\sqrt{125}$?

A and B can complete a work in $16$ days and $12$ days respectively. Both work for $4$ days and then A leaves. Find how much time will B take to complete the remaining work?

A shopkeeper gives a discount of $25\%$ on the marked price of an article. If the selling price of the article is ₹$150$, find its marked price.

While playing cards, a person loses $75\%$ of his money in the first round, $75\%$ of the remaining in the second round and $75\%$ of the remaining in the third round. If he has Rs $100$ left, how much money did he have initially?

In a division problem, the divisor is $12$ times the quotient and $9timestheremainder.Iftheremainderis$ 96$, find the dividend.

A bus is running at a speed of $60\text{km/h}$ to cover a distance in $50$ minutes. To reduce the time of the journey to $20\text{min}$, at what speed (in km/h) should the bus run?

If Rita's salary is $25\%$ more than Geeta's salary, then by what percent is Geeta's salary less than Rita's salary?

P borrows a sum of ₹$5,00,000$ from a bank which charges simple interest at $18\%$ per annum at the beginning of the year. He pays $11$ equal monthly installments of ₹$40,000$ and mortgages his bike at the end of the year to pay the remaining amount. What is the value of the pledged bike?

A shopkeeper sells each pen for ₹$12$, each notebook for ₹$25$ and each notebook cover for ₹$8$. If he sells $5$ pens, $8$ notebooks and $16$ notebook covers, what will be the average price (in ₹) per item (rounded off to two decimal places)?

Find the fourth proportional of the numbers $20$, $32$ and $36$.

Sanjeeb's salary was first reduced by $50\%$ and then increased by $50\%$. What percentage of his salary does he lose?

Direction: Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom/phrase in the given sentence.
Henry said he would help with the rent, but he left me in the lurch.

Direction: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
Paddy is grown by the farmers of this village.

Direction: Identify the sentence that contains no spelling errors.

Direction: Select the correct direct narration of the given sentence.
Prem said that he had been listening to music for an hour.

Direction: Identify the idiom that best expresses the meaning of the underlined group of words.
He is in a very bad situation after being caught with drugs at school.

Direction: Choose the correct spelling of the underlined word in the given sentence.
The world is governed by several elemenyts.

Direction: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Although the jury system is fundamentally ______, no one has ever come up with a better one.

Direction: Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words in the given sentence.
He was severe in his manner, due to his rigidly puritanical outlook.

Direction: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word 'Unworthy' from the given sentence.
Unethical behaviour like saying mean or nasty things, is intolerable to a noble person

Direction: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The streets are empty today as ______ a holiday.

Direction: Choose the option that means the same as the underlined segment.
His deep study of the case uncovered more problems.

Direction: Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A floating container anchored to the sea bottom, so used for directing ships and warning them of possible danger

Direction: Select the most appropriate ANTONYM to replace the italicised word.
There is a/an abundance of fertile soil and magnificent grazing land.

Direction: Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word from the options given.

Direction: Select the idiom that gives the most appropriate meaning of the underlined phrase in the following sentence.
My neighbour has decided to join the air force.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
All drivers are affected by road rage, whether they are directly or indirectly ______ (1) _______ Individual coping qualities ______ (2) ______ the behaviour of stressful drivers. Instead of being enraged over circumstances beyond their control, drivers ______ (3) _______ learn to be patient. On the road, we must be ______ (4) ______ to control our own emotions. Road raged drivers are also more likely to ______ (5) _______ more traffic offences.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
All drivers are affected by road rage, whether they are directly or indirectly ______ (1) _______ Individual coping qualities ______ (2) ______ the behaviour of stressful drivers. Instead of being enraged over circumstances beyond their control, drivers ______ (3) _______ learn to be patient. On the road, we must be ______ (4) ______ to control our own emotions. Road raged drivers are also more likely to ______ (5) _______ more traffic offences.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
All drivers are affected by road rage, whether they are directly or indirectly ______ (1) _______ Individual coping qualities ______ (2) ______ the behaviour of stressful drivers. Instead of being enraged over circumstances beyond their control, drivers ______ (3) _______ learn to be patient. On the road, we must be ______ (4) ______ to control our own emotions. Road raged drivers are also more likely to ______ (5) _______ more traffic offences.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
All drivers are affected by road rage, whether they are directly or indirectly ______ (1) _______ Individual coping qualities ______ (2) ______ the behaviour of stressful drivers. Instead of being enraged over circumstances beyond their control, drivers ______ (3) _______ learn to be patient. On the road, we must be ______ (4) ______ to control our own emotions. Road raged drivers are also more likely to ______ (5) _______ more traffic offences.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

Direction: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
All drivers are affected by road rage, whether they are directly or indirectly ______ (1) _______ Individual coping qualities ______ (2) ______ the behaviour of stressful drivers. Instead of being enraged over circumstances beyond their control, drivers ______ (3) _______ learn to be patient. On the road, we must be ______ (4) ______ to control our own emotions. Road raged drivers are also more likely to ______ (5) _______ more traffic offences.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

Direction: Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.
A sparrow is a small bird which is found throughout the world. There are many different species of sparrows. Sparrows are only about four to six inches in length. Many people appreciate their beautiful song. Sparrows prefer to build their nests in low places, usually on the ground, clumps of grass, low trees and low bushes. In cities they build their nests in building nooks or holes. They rarely build their nests in high places. They build their nests out of twigs, grasses and plant fibres. Their nests are usually small and well-built structures. Female sparrows lay four to six eggs at a time. The eggs are with reddish brown spots. They hatch between eleven to fourteen days. Both the male and female parents care for the young. Insects are fed to the young after hatching. The large feet of the sparrows are used for scratching seeds. Adult sparrows mainly eat seeds. Sparrows can be found almost everywhere, where there are humans. Many people throughout the world enjoy these delightful birds.

The sparrows are some of the few birds that engage in dust bathing. Sparrows first scratch a hole in the ground with their feet, then lie in it and fling dirt or sand over their bodies with flicks of their wings. They also bathe in water, or in dry or melting snow. Water bathing is similar to dust bathing, with the sparrow standing in shallow water and flicking water over its back with its wings, also ducking its head under the water. Both activities are social, with up to a hundred birds participating at once, and is followed by preening and sometimes group singing.

What is the tone of the passage?

Direction: Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.
[Same Passage as Above]

How can one describe sparrows?

Direction: Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.
[Same Passage as Above]

What is the structure of the passage?

Direction: Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.
[Same Passage as Above]

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Everywhere

Direction: Read the given passage and answer the question that follows.
[Same Passage as Above]

What is the central theme of the passage?