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SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 08 February 2017" Morning Shift
(Reasoning)
QID : 1 - Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

Mughals : History : : Rivers : ?
Options:
1) Geography
2) Physics
3) Psychology
4) Biology
Correct Answer: Geography
ADH : ILP : : GJN : ?
Options:
1) OVR
2) ORV
3) PVR
4) PWR
Correct Answer: ORV
WD : TF : : TG : ?
Options:
1) QR
2) QI
3) IQ
4) IP
Correct Answer: QI
9 : 27 : : 64 : ?
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1) 225
2) 216
3) 512
4) 324
Correct Answer: 512
QID : 5 - Select the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.
Options:
1) Igloo
2) Den
3) Stables
4) Rock
Correct Answer: Rock
Options:
1) CUD
2) SIP
3) SET
4) NTR
Correct Answer: NTR
Options:
1) 132
2) 145
3) 187
4) 144
Correct Answer: 144
Options:
1) 361
2) 289
3) 225
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4) 216
Correct Answer: 216
QID : 9 - A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given
ones that will complete the series.
Ace, King, Queen, ?
Options:
1) Jack
2) Club
3) Heart
4) Diamond
Correct Answer: Jack
BB, DZ, GW, KS, ?
Options:
1) IK
2) IG
3) PN
4) PS
Correct Answer: PN
HI, MN, RS, ?
Options:
1) XY
2) WX
3) WY
4) WE
Correct Answer: WX
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80, 130, 190, 260, ?
Options:
1) 350
2) 340
3) 300
4) 320
Correct Answer: 340
QID : 13 - In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two
conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at
variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if
any, follows from the given statements.
Statement:
(I) Kids rejoice with toys and toys give them new opportunities to think in various ways.
(II) Toys are non-living things that create a virtual world around kids to think and perceive in
various ways.
Conclusions:
(I) If children don't play with toys some part of the personality is underdeveloped. (II) Toys are
mandatory and undetachable part of their personality.
Options:
1) Only conclusion II follows
2) Conclusion I and II both follow
3) Neither I nor II follow
4) Only conclusion I follows
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follow
QID : 14 - Five students P, Q, R, S and T are sitting on a bench. Q is to the left of P and right of
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T. S is at the extreme right end and R is to the left of S. Who is sitting third from the left?
Options:
1) P
2) Q
3) R
4) T
Correct Answer: P
QID : 15 - Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.
i. Temerity
ii. Temporary
iii. Tempered
iv. Temperature
Options:
1) i, iv, iii, ii
2) iii, ii, iv, i
3) i, ii, iii, iv
4) iv, iii, i, ii
Correct Answer: i, iv, iii, ii
QID : 16 - In a certain code language, "DONKEY" is written as "YEKNOD". Howis
"RAINBOW" written in that code language?
1) WOBNAIR
2) WOBNIAR
3) WONBAIR
4) WOBNRAI
Correct Answer: WOBNIAR
QID : 17 -
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Options:
1) 9
2) 8
3) 16
4) 12
Correct Answer: 8
QID : 18 - If "S" denotes "multiplied by", "V" denotes "subtracted from", "M"denotes "added to"
and "L" denotes "divided by", then
96 L 12 S 7 V 49 M 10 =?
Options:
1) 18
2) 20
3) 21
4) 17
Correct Answer: 17
QID : 19 - In the following question, which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the
gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
A_C_E_B_DE
Options:
1) CADB
2) DBAC
3) BDAC
4) BADC
Correct Answer: BDAC
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QID : 20 - Amar moved 20km towards east in car from his home to reach hospital. From there
he turned left and moved 30km and again move 20km left to reach his school. How far is his
school from hospital?
1) 25 km
2) 30 km
3) 27 km
4) 35 km
Correct Answer: 30 km
QID : 21 -
Options:
1) 78, 43, 86, 01, 77, 89
2) 89, 42, 97, 01, 66, 23
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4) 11, 66, 23, 87, 10 ,78

Correct Answer: 11, 66, 23, 87, 10 ,78
QID : 22 - Introducing a boy, Amar said, "He is the son of my maternal grandfather's son." How
is that boy related to Amar?
Options:
1) Maternal uncle
2) Nephew
3) Brother
4) Cousin
Correct Answer: Cousin
QID : 23 -
Options:
1)
2)
3)
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4)
Correct Answer:
QID : 24 - Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.
Asia, America, India, Delhi
Options:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer:
QID : 25 -
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Options:
1)
2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer:
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(General Awareness)
QID : 26 - _____________ comprises the archaeological remains of a monastic and scholastic

institution.
Options:
1) Nalanda
2) Rani ki vav
3) Hill Forts of Rajasthan
4) Fatehpur Sikri
Correct Answer: Nalanda
QID : 27 - Which of these Indians has not won a Nobel Award?
Options:
1) Rabindranath Tagore
2) C. V. Raman
3) Satyajit Ray
4) Amartya Sen
Correct Answer: Satyajit Ray
QID : 28 - Elapidae Naja is the scientific name of ___________ .
Options:
1) Cobra
2) Elephant
3) Eagle
4) Owl
Correct Answer: Cobra
QID : 29 - What is the chemical formula of aluminium nitride?
Options:
1) AlN
2) Al2N
3) AlN2
4) AlN2
Correct Answer: AlN
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QID : 30 - Atomic number of which of the following elements is greater than that of Chlorine
Options:
1) Potassium
2) Sulphur
3) Aluminium
4) Phosphorus
Correct Answer: Potassium
QID : 31 - Commonly used abbreviation ISP in computer science stands for?
1) Internet Service Provider
2) Intranet Service Provider
3) Internet Systems Provider
4) Intranet Systems Provider
Correct Answer: Internet Service Provider
QID : 32 - Ghoomar is a folk dance of _________ .
Options:
1) Mizoram
2) Puducherry
3) Gujarat
4) Rajasthan
Correct Answer: Rajasthan
QID : 33 - If one more baker is hired the output of a bakery will increase from 1250 breads to
1400 breads per day, but then the bakery will have to reduce the price of the bread from Rs 15
to Rs 14 per unit to sell the additional output, the marginal revenue product of the last baker
is .
Options:
1) Rs 850
2) Rs 150
3) Rs 1960
4) Rs 1875
Correct Answer: Rs 850
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QID : 34 - If a perfectly competitive firm can increase its profits by increasing its output, then
that firm's product's .
Options:
1) price exceeds its marginal costs
2) price exceeds its average total costs
3) average variable costs exceed its average total costs
4) fixed costs are zero
Correct Answer: price exceeds its marginal costs
QID : 35 - Uraninite is an ore/mineral of ____________
1) Zinc
2) Uranium
3) Titanium
4) Aluminium
Correct Answer: Uranium
QID : 36 - Name India's oldest credit information bureau.
Options:
1) RBI
2) CIBIL
3) NABARD
4) UTI
Correct Answer: CIBIL
QID : 37 - A volcano that is not expected to erupt again is called_____________
Options:
1) Cinder cone
2) Moraine
3) Lava
4) Extinct volcano
Correct Answer: Extinct volcano
QID : 38 - Paris is the Capital City of ___________ .
Options:
1) France
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2) Norway
3) Canada
4) Greece
Correct Answer: France
QID : 39 - Chandragupta Maurya was born in Pataliputra, which is now in .
1) Chattisgarh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Bihar
Correct Answer: Bihar
QID : 40 - Battle of Kanauj in 1540 was fought between Sher Shah and_________
Options:
1) Babur
2) Humayun
3) Akbar
4) Aurangzeb
Correct Answer: Humayun
QID : 41 - Magic Marker was invented by__________
Options:
1) Adolphe Sax
2) Albert Bruce Sabin
3) Sidney Rosenthal
4) Hyman George Rickover
Correct Answer: Sidney Rosenthal
QID : 42 - Upward force on a floating body is called______________
Options:
1) jerk
2) buoyancy
3) Archimedal force
4) Anti-gravity
Correct Answer: buoyancy
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QID : 43 - Women have shrill voice because of ____________

1) Low frequency
2) High frequency
3) Shrill vocals
4) Strong epiglottis
Correct Answer: High frequency
QID : 44 - Who was the first female Governor of India?
Options:
1) Kamala Nehru
2) Madam Bikaji Kama
3) Sarojini Naidu
4) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Correct Answer: Sarojini Naidu
QID : 45 - The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Kerala is .
Options:
1) 2
2) 13
3) 20
4) 25
Correct Answer: 20
QID : 46 - In which Sport in Olympics, India has won maximum Gold Medals?
Options:
1) Shooting
2) Wrestling
3) Hockey
4) Athletics
Correct Answer: Hockey
QID : 47 - The upper part of the heterosphere is composed almost completely of which gas?
Options:
1) Ozone
2) Nitrogen
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3) Oxygen
4) Hydrogen
Correct Answer: Hydrogen
QID : 48 - Who is the author of "My Father is a Hero"?
Options:
1) Novoneel Chakraborty
2) Neelima Dalmia Adhar
3) Nishant Kaushik
4) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Correct Answer: Nishant Kaushik
QID : 49 - Which disease is caused due to deficiency of Iron?
Options:
1) Beriberi
2) Tetany
3) Kwashiorkor
4) Anaemia
Correct Answer: Anaemia
QID : 50 - _________________is a leaf where the leaflets are arranged along the middle vein.
Options:
1) Pinnately compound leaf
2) Palmately compound leaf
3) Compound leaf
4) Simple leaf
Correct Answer: Pinnately compound leaf
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(Quantitative Aptitude)
QID : 51 - When a number is increased by 24, it becomes 110% of itself. What is the number?
Options:
1) 288
2) 360
3) 216
4) 240
Correct Answer: 240
QID : 52 - Reduce 3596 / 4292 to lowest terms.
Options:
1) 29/37
2) 17/43
3) 31/37
4) 19/23
Correct Answer: 31/37
QID : 53 - A does 60% of a work in 15 days. He then calls B, and they together finish the
remaining work in 5 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work?
Options:
1) 25 days
2) 20 days
3) 80 days
4) 24 days
Correct Answer: 25 days
QID : 54 - If cot 60° + cosec 60° = x, then the value of x is
Options:
1) (1-2√2)/√2
2) (√3-4)/2√3
3) 1
4) √3
Correct Answer: √3
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QID : 55 - Two cars travel from city A to city B at a speed of 42 and 60 km/hr respectively. If
one car takes 2 hours lesser time than the other car for the journey, then the distance
between City A and City B is:
Options:
1) 336 km
2) 280 km
3) 420 km
4) 224 km
Correct Answer: 280 km
QID : 56 - If √[(1 - cosA)/2] = x, then the value of x is
Options:
1) cos(A/2)
2) tan(A/2)
3) sin(A/2)
4) cot(A/2)
Correct Answer: sin(A/2)
QID : 57 - If 1 + secA = x, then the value of x is
Options:
1) sinAtanA/(1 + cosA)
2) √[sinAtanA/(1 - cosA)]
3) sinAtanA/(1 - cosA)
4) √[sinAtanA/(1 + cosA)]
Correct Answer: sinAtanA/(1 - cosA)
QID : 58 - A cone of radius 7 cm and height 12 cm is completely filled with water. This water is
emptied into an empty cylindrical vessel of radius 3.5 cm. What will be the height of water in
this vessel?
Options:
1) 16 cm
2) 32 cm
3) 5.33 cm
4) 8 cm
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Correct Answer: 16 cm
QID : 59 - What is the length of the side of an equilateral triangle, if its area is 64√3 sq cm?
Options:
1) 8 cm
2) 16 cm
3) 16√3 cm
4) 8√3 cm
QID : 60 - A vendor buys pens at the rate of 4 for Rs 5 and sells at the rate of 4 for Rs 3. What
will be the result?
Options:
1) 40 percent gain
2) 66.6 percent loss
3) 66.66 percent gain
4) 40 percent loss
Correct Answer: 40 percent loss
QID : 61 - Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 18% per annum is half the
compound interest on Rs. 9000 for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on simple
interest is:
Options:
1) Rs 3500
2) Rs 875
3) Rs 1750
4) Rs 1400
QID : 62 - Find k, if the line 4x - y = 1 is perpendicular to the line 5x - ky = 2?
Options:
1) 20
2) -20
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4) -4
Correct Answer: -20
QID : 63 - The mean of marks secured by 55 students in division A of class X is 58, 45
students of division B is 54 and that of 75 students of division C is 52. Find the mean of marks
of the students of three divisions of Class X.
Options:
1) 53.7
2) 54.4
3) 53
4) 55.8
Correct Answer: 54.4
QID : 64 - Find length of the arc whose central angle is 90° and radius of the circle is 3.5 cm?
Options:
1) 11 cm
2) 5.5 cm
3) 16.5 cm
4) 22 cm
Correct Answer: 5.5 cm
QID : 65 - The ratio of present ages of Ratnabali and Shaukat is 8:5. After 22 years the ratio of
their ages will be 10:9. At present, what is Ratnabali's age?
Options:
1) 5
2) 14
3) 81
4) 8
Correct Answer: 8
QID : 66 - The area of an equilateral triangle is 9√3 sq cm, find height of the triangle?
Options:
1) 6 cm
2) 6√3 cm
3) 3√3 cm
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4) 9 cm
Correct Answer: 3√3 cm
QID : 67 - Ticket for an adult is Rs 2200 and a child is Rs 990. One child goes free with two
adults. If a group has 23 adults and 11 children, what is the discount the group gets?
Options:
1) 17.71 percent
2) 32.30 percent
3) 26.47 percent
4) 25.77 percent
Correct Answer: 17.71 percent
QID : 68 - If (8 - 10x) - (13x - 2) = -9, then the value of x is
Options:
1) -19/23
2) 19/23
3) -1/23
4) 1/23
Correct Answer: 19/23
QID : 69 - If xy = -18 and x2 + y2 = 85, then find the value of (x + y).
Options:
1) 8
2) 10
3) 9
4) 7
Correct Answer: 7
QID : 70 - A number is greater than twice its reciprocal by 31/4. Find the number.
Options:
1) 7
2) 8
3) 9
4) 6
Correct Answer: 8
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QID : 71 - If 2x -3(x + 2) < 5 - 2x < -x + 2, then find the value of x.

Options:
1) 2
2) 0
3) 10
4) 12
Correct Answer: 10
QID : 72
Options:
1) Ahilya
2) Aishwarya
3) Akanksha
4) Alisha
Correct Answer: Ahilya
QID : 73 -
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Options:
1) 367.5
2) 385
3) 402.5
4) 350
QID : 74 -
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1) 1.79
2) 1.54
3) 2.04
4) 1.29
QID : 75 -
Options:
1) 60000 shares
2) 75000 shares
3) 90000 shares
4) 45000 shares
Correct Answer: 75000 shares
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(English Comprehension)
QID : 76 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which
best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to get over it
Options:
1) to accept something that happened in the past and move on
2) to complete a project or task
3) to control one's anger
4) to achieve something seemingly easy, but with a lot of difficulty
Correct Answer: to accept something that happened in the past and move on
QID : 77 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. I wish I (knew what was) wrong with
my daughter.
Options:
1) had known what is
2) knew what is
3) had knew what was
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: no improvement
QID : 78 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is
the best substitute of the phrase.
Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain. Options:
1) pique
2) vexation
3) chagrin
4) distress
Correct Answer: distress
QID : 79 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
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Accepting that one form

P-of price discrimination is okay opens
Q-the door to all other forms
R-of discrimination as well
Options:
1) QRP
2) RPQ
3) PRQ
4) PQR
Correct Answer: PQR
QID : 80 - Select the synonym of
dare
Options:
1) cohort
2) taunt
3) patronize
4) chum
Correct Answer: taunt
QID : 81 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Seven decades ago,
P-Orwell wrote a clutch
Q-for the post-World War II British journal Polemic
R-of essays
Options:
1) RPQ
2) QRP
3) PRQ
4) QPR
Correct Answer: PRQ
QID : 82 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is
the best substitute of the phrase.
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a region of injured tissue or skin in which blood capillaries have been ruptured; a bruise.
Options:
1) pustule
2) knurl
3) contusion
4) tumour
Correct Answer: contusion
QID : 83 - In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which
best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to get up on the wrong side of the bed
Options:
1) to find oneself in a strange place when one wakes up especially after drinking a lot previous
night
2) to start the day in a bad mood which continues all day long
3) to argue with your spouse
4) to roll a lot in bed while sleeping
Correct Answer: to start the day in a bad mood which continues all day long
QID : 84 - Select the antonym of

snag
Options:
1) hurdle
2) boon
3) bug
4) glitch
Correct Answer: boon
QID : 85 - Select the synonym of
to delude
Options:
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3) scrupulous
4) bona fide
Correct Answer: hoodwink
QID : 86 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of
four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in
Passive/Active voice.
The candidates are writing an essay.
Options:
1) An essay was wrote by the candidates.
2) An essay is being written by the candidates.
3) An essay has had been written by the candidates.
4) An essay had been written by the candidates.
Correct Answer: An essay is being written by the candidates.
QID : 87 - In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out
of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in
Indirect/Direct speech.
Bunty said, "I have done my class work".
Options:
1) Bunty said, he had done his class work.
2) Bunty said that he had done his class work.
3) Bunty was saying, he has done his class work.
4) Bunty said that he did his class work.
Correct Answer: Bunty said that he had done his class work.
QID : 88 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence. If I (just had) the money I would have
bought the car.
Options:
1) have had
2) was having
3) had
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: had
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QID : 89 - Select the antonym of

diligence
Options:
1) lethargy
2) exertion
3) vigour
4) assiduity
Correct Answer: lethargy
QID : 90 - In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an
appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the
appropriate option.
The relocation of the car factory to our struggling town is an economic ---------------- .
Options:
1) boon
2) good
3) donation
4) present
Correct Answer: boon
QID : 91 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) thrashere
2) fiefedoms
3) snifing
4) squashed
Correct Answer: squashed
QID : 92 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which
part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from
error, select 'No Error'.
Her heart was(A)/pounding as he(B)/stopped front of her.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
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2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: C
QID : 93 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which
part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from
error, select 'No Error'.
He only plays a subsidiary(A)/ role in the management(B)/of this organization.(C)/No
error(D) Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: D
QID : 94 - In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an
appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the
appropriate option.
My grandmother's exercise regime is to walk the mall at a______________ pace.
Options:
1) potent
2) brisk
3) strong
4) vital
Correct Answer: brisk
QID : 95 - Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) insolente
2) saphire
3) immersed
4) peperony
Correct Answer: immersed
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QID : 96 - In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage
carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.
__________reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral
politics ___________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I
wish to add is a ___________ The rituals of apology and the question of justice,
reconciliation and ethical repair are not easy. They require a rigour and an
inventiveness____________ethical thinking which_________new experiments with the
idea of truth and healing in India.
__________ reader can add to the list
Options:
1) One
2) Some
3) Each
4) Anyone
Correct Answer: Each
__________reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral
politics_____________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I
wish to add is a _________________ The rituals of apology and the question of justice,
inventiveness_____________ ethical thinking which___________ new experiments with
the idea of truth and healing in India.
moral politics ____________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics.
Options:
1) which
2) why
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3) where
4) what
Correct Answer: which
_____________ reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and
moral politics______________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics.
What I wish to add is a ___________ The rituals of apology and the question of justice,
inventiveness ______________ ethical thinking which_____________new experiments
with the idea of truth and healing in India.
What I wish to add is a ______________
Options:
1) fear
2) panic
3) warn
4) caveat
Correct Answer: caveat
reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral
politics requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I
wish to add is a______________ The rituals of apology and the question of justice,
inventiveness_____________ethical thinking which______________new experiments
with the idea of truth and healing in India.
They require a rigour and an inventiveness___________ethical thinking
Options:
1) with
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2) of
3) to
4) against
Correct Answer: of
______________ reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and
moral politics________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I
wish to add is a____________. The rituals of apology and the question of justice,
inventiveness__________ethical thinking which________________new experiments with
the idea of truth and healing in India.
which______________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.
Options:
1) necessitate
2) ask
3) take
4) oblige
Correct Answer: necessitate
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(Reasoning)
QID : 1- Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

Scientist : Laboratory : : Astronomer : ?
Options:
1)Garage
2)Battlefield
3)Observatory
4)Hospital
Correct Answer: Observatory
CGK : DHL : : UYC : ?
Options:
1)VZD
2)WZD
3)WZA
4)VAE
Correct Answer: VZD
BCD : DEG : : FIJ : ?
Options:
1)HKN
2)JLN
3)FGH
4)KLN
Correct Answer: JLN
56 : 72 : : 90 : ?
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2)97
3)100
4)110
Correct Answer:110
QID : 5- Select the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.
Options:
1)Square
2)Rectangle
3)Rhombus
4)Polygon
Correct Answer:Polygon
Options:
1)WYA
2)MNO
3)ACE
4)EGI
Correct Answer:MNO
Options:
1)243
2)264
3)333
4)405
Correct Answer:264
Options:
1)369
2)257
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3)346
4)628
Correct Answer:346
QID : 9- A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the
given ones that will complete the series.
Red, Orange, Yellow, ?

Options:
1)Green
2)Violet
3)Indigo
4)Blue
Correct Answer:Green
CM, EK, GI, ?

Options:
1)IK
2)IG
3)LM
4)PS
Correct Answer:IG
FGH, NOP, VWX, ?

Options:
1)FGH
2)DEF
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3)EFG
4)FGH
Correct Answer:DEF
4, 9, 25, 64, 169, ?
Options:
1)441
2)225
3)289
4)256
Correct Answer:441
QID : 13- In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two
conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to
be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given
conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.
Statement:
(I) The DRDO has tested the Smart Anti Airfield Weapon from an Indian Air Force aircraft.
(II) The lightweight high-precision guided bomb is one of the world class weapons systems.
Conclusions:
(I) DRDO Chairman Dr. S. Christopher congratulated the DRDO and the IAF teams for the
successful mission.
(II) The test was carried out by IAF's Aircraft and System Testing Establishment.
Options:
1)Only conclusion II follows
2)Conclusion I and II both follow
3)Neither I nor II follow
4)Only conclusion I follows
Correct Answer:Neither I nor II follow
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QID : 14- Sanjeev scored the highest marks in the class. Rahul scored more than
Nirbhay but lesser than Sameer. Arpit scored more than Rahul. Who got the 4th Rank
out of the five
Options:
1)Sameer
2)Nirbhay
3)Rahul
4)Arpit
Correct Answer:Rahul
QID : 15- Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.
i. Forehead
ii. Forensic
iii. Forest
iv. Foremost
Options:
1)i, iv, ii, iii
2)iii, ii, iv, i
3)i, ii, iii, iv
4)i, iv, iii, ii
Correct Answer:i, iv, ii, iii
QID : 16- In a certain code language, "SELDOM" is written as "NPEMFT". Howis
"SACRIFICE" written in that code language?
Options:
1)FDJGJDSBT
2)FDJGJSDBT
3)FDJSJGTBD
4)FGDJGDSBT
Correct Answer:FDJGJSDBT
QID : 17-
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Options:
1)1
2)16
3)14
4)20
Correct Answer:14
QID : 18- If "S" denotes "multiplied by", "V" denotes "subtracted from", "M"denotes
"added to" and "L" denotes "divided by", then
343 L 7 S 6 V 94 M 11 =?
Options:
1)189
2)200
3)211
4)305
Correct Answer:211
QID : 19- In the following question, which one set of letters when sequentially placed at
the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
r_pr_p_q_r_p
Options:
1)qrppq
2)qqrpq
3)qrprp
4)qrppr
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Correct Answer:qqrpq
QID : 20- A man moves 24 metres in south direction and turns 90 degrees anticlockwise
and moves another 7 metres and takes a right turn and moves 3 metres and then moves
3 metres in the north direction. Find the distance between his initial and his final
position.
Options:
1)25 m
2)30 m
3)27 m
4)35 m
Correct Answer:25 m
QID : 21-
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Options:
1)78, 43, 86, 01, 77, 89
2)89, 42, 97, 01, 66, 23
3)56, 31, 76, 23, 66, 23
4)67, 13, 86, 34, 77 ,33
Correct Answer:67, 13, 86, 34, 77 ,33
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QID : 22- Nisha's father's brother-in-law is the brother of Neha. How is Nisha related to
Neha?
Options:
1)Sister
2)Niece
3)Mother
4)Mother in law
Correct Answer:Niece
QID : 23-
Options:
1)
2)
3)
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4)
Correct Answer:
QID : 24- Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given
classes.
Mathematics, Arithmetic, Algebra

Options:
1)
2)
3)
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4)
Correct Answer:
QID : 25-
Options:
1)
2)
3)
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4)
Correct Answer:
(General Awareness)
QID : 26- If price of an article decreases from Rs 100 to Rs 80, when quantity demanded
increases from Q1 units to 4600 units, and if point elasticity of demand is -0.75 find Q1?
Options:
1)5000 units
2)4000 units
3)3000 units
4)2000 units
Correct Answer:4000 units
QID : 27- The oldest rock-cut architecture is found in ________________.
Options:
1)Rajasthan
2)Bihar
3)Karnataka
4)Mizoram
Correct Answer:Bihar
QID : 28- Which drug is used as an Anti-Biotic?
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Options:
1)Metformin
2)Ranitidine
3)Azithromycin
4)Ibuprofen
Correct Answer:Azithromycin
QID : 29- Tamarindus indica is the scientific name of ________.
Options:
1)Neem
2)Pineapple
3)Tamarind
4)Chiku
Correct Answer:Tamarind
QID : 30- In eukaryotic cells synthesis of RNA takes place in the _______________.
Options:
1)mitochondria
2)centrioles
3)ribosomes
4)nucleus
Correct Answer:nucleus
QID : 31- The modern periodic table consists of 18 groups and 7 periods. What is the
atomic number of the element placed in the 2nd group and the 4th period?
Options:
1)20
2)22
3)18
4)10
Correct Answer:20
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QID : 32- Which of the following elements has the lowest melting point?
Options:
1)Zinc
2)Titanium
3)Sulphur
4)Fluorine
Correct Answer:Fluorine
QID : 33- In Computers, what does ALU stand for?
Options:
1)Advanced Logic Unit
2)Accelerated Logic Unit
3)Arithmetic Logic Unit
4)Asymmetric Logic Unit
Correct Answer:Arithmetic Logic Unit
QID : 34- In which Indian Religion, there are 24 Tirthankaras?
Options:
1)Jainism
2)Buddhism
3)Hinduism
4)Sikhism
Correct Answer:Jainism
QID : 35- Inflation exists when
Options:
1)there is general increase in the prices over time.
2)there are periodic decreases in the price level.
3)there are continuous increases in the output level over time.
4)there is rise in the purchasing value of money.
Correct Answer:there is general increase in the prices over time.
QID : 36- Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the
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Options:
1)BBr3
2)NH3
3)CH2N2
4)CCl2F2
Correct Answer:CCl2F2
QID : 37- _______________ is caused by parasites of the Plasmodium genus.
Options:
1)Dysentery
2)Malaria
3)Chickenpox
)Herpes
Correct Answer:Malaria
QID : 38- Which of these is not an Indian Food?
Options:
1)Tiramisu
2)Imarti
3)Phirni
4)Payasam
Correct Answer:Tiramisu
QID : 39- Which of these rivers do not flow through Punjab?
Options:
1)Sutlej
2)Ravi
3)Jhelum
4)Ganga
Correct Answer:Ganga
QID : 40- The Tropic of ____________ passes almost halfway through India.
Options:
1)Capricorn
2)Cancer
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3)Equator
4)Prime Meridian
Correct Answer:Cancer
QID : 41- Which Mughal Emperor fought the battle of Panipat in 1526?
Options:
1)Babur
2)Humayun
3)Akbar
4)Aurangzeb
Correct Answer:Babur
QID : 42- The Peacock Throne was a famous jewelled throne that was the seat of the
________ emperors of India.
Options:
1)Maurya
2)Gupta
3)Mughal
4)Maratha
Correct Answer:Mughal
QID : 43- Who invented Aerosol can?
Options:
1)Erik Rotheim
2)Erik Mathew
3)Erik Tim
4)Eric Flayer
Correct Answer:Erik Rotheim
QID : 44- A transformer can do all of the following except
Options:
1)step-up a/c voltage
2)step-up a/c current
3)step-up a/c power
4)step-down a/c voltage
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Correct Answer:step-up a/c power

QID : 45- What is the unit of the physical quantity "Magnetic field strength"?
Options:
1)joule per meter
2)newton per meter
3)kelvin per meter
4)ampere per meter
Correct Answer:ampere per meter
QID : 46- Which of these countries is not a permanent member of United Nations
Security Council?
Options:
1)China
2)India
3)United States
4)France
Correct Answer:India
QID : 47- Right to education in our country is a _________right.
Options:
1)Political
2)Fundamental
3)Social
4)Legal
Correct Answer:Fundamental
QID : 48- Indian Super League is associated with which sport?
Options:
1)Horse Race
2)Football
3)Cycling
4)Golf
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QID : 49- Who is the author of "The Hungry Tide"?

Options:
1)Amitav Ghosh
2)Mitali Meelan
3)Ravinder Singh
4)Sudha Murty
Correct Answer:Amitav Ghosh
QID : 50- For the movie "Taare Zameen Par", Aamir Khan won the Filmfare Award for
Options:
1)Best Director
2)Best Debut Director
3)Best Art Direction
4)Best Screenplay
Correct Answer:Best Director
(Mathematics)
QID : 51- What is the value of (91 + 92 + 93 + ……… +140)?

Options:
1)5775
2)11550
3)17325
4)23100
Correct Answer:5775
QID : 52- The average revenues of 9 consecutive years of a company is Rs 80 lakhs. If
the average of first 5 years is Rs 75 lakhs and that of last 5 years is Rs 87 lakhs, find the
revenue for the 5thyear.
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2)Rs 92 lakhs
3)Rs 88 lakhs
4)Rs 86 lakhs
Correct Answer:Rs 90 lakhs
QID : 53- If cosec -4π/3 = x, then the value of x is
Options:
1)√2
2)2/√3
3)-√2
4)-1/√3
Correct Answer:2/√3
QID : 54- In an army selection process, the ratio of selected to unselected was 3:1. If 60
less had applied and 30 less selected, the ratio of selected to unselected would have
been 5:1. How many candidates had applied for the process?
Options:
1)240
2)480
3)120
)720
Correct Answer:240
QID : 55- If cot(A/2) = x, then the value of x is
Options:
1)√[(1 + cosA)/(1 - cosA)]
2)cosecA - cotA
3)√[(1 - cosA)/2]
4)√[(1 + cosA)/2]
Correct Answer:√[(1 + cosA)/(1 - cosA)]
QID : 56- If (1 - cosA)/(1 + cosA) = x, then the value of x is
Options:
1)(cotA + cosecA)2
2)(cotA - cosecA)2
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3)cotA - cosecA
4)cotA + cosecA
Correct Answer:(cotA - cosecA)2
QID : 57- Manjeet can do a work in 18 hours. If he is joined by Jaya who is 100% more
efficient, in what time will they together finish the work?
Options:
1)6 hours
2)3 hours
3)12 hours
4)24 hours
Correct Answer:6 hours
QID : 58- Two cars travel from city A to city B at a speed of 30 and 36 km/hr respectively.
If one car takes 3 hours lesser time than the other car for the journey, then the distance
between City A and City B is
Options:
1)648 km
2)810 km.
3)432 km
4)540 km
Correct Answer:540 km
QID : 59- A trader had 12 quintals of wheat. He sold a part of it at 13% profit and the rest
at 23% profit, so that he made a total profit of 17 %. How much wheat did he sell at 23%
profit?
Options:
1)720 kg
2)240 kg
3)480 kg
4)960 kg
Correct Answer:480 kg
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QID : 60- A student multiplied a number by 6/13 instead of 13/6. What is the percentage
error in the calculation?
Options:
1)369.44 percent
2)39.35 percent
3)184.72 percent
4)78.7 percent
Correct Answer:78.7 percent
QID : 61- Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 14% per annum is half
the compound interest on Rs. 10000 for 2 years at 10% per annum. The sum placed on
simple interest is
Options:
1)Rs 5000
2)Rs 1250
3)Rs 2000
4)Rs 2500
Correct Answer:Rs 2500
QID : 62- If the shopkeeper sells an item at Rs 1000 which is marked as Rs 1250, then
what is the discount he is offering?
Options:
1)25 percent
2)33.3 percent
3)250 percent
4)20 percent
Correct Answer:20 percent
QID : 63- If a cylinder of radius 7 cm and height 9 cm is melted and constructed into a
cone of the same radius, what will be the height of this cone?
Options:
1)54 cm
2)9 cm
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3)27 cm.
4)13.5 cm
Correct Answer:27 cm
QID : 64- Points P and Q lie on side AB and AC of triangle ABC respectively such that
segment PQ is parallel to side BC. If the ratio of AP:PB is 2:5, and area of Δ APQ is 4 sq
cm, what is the area of trapezium PQCB?
Options:
1)49 sq cm
2)45 sq cm
3)25 sq cm
4)21 sq cm
Correct Answer:45 sq cm
QID : 65- Find equation of the perpendicular bisector of segment joining the points (2,-6)
and (4,0)?
Options:
1)x + 3y = 6
2)x + 3y = -6
3)x - 3y = -6
4)x - 3y = 6
Correct Answer:x + 3y = -6
QID : 66- What is the measure of an interior angle of a regular dodecagon?
Options:
1)120°
2)140°
3)150°
4)144°
Correct Answer:150°
QID : 67- The diameter of a circle is 28 cm find its area?
Options:
1)616 sq cm
2)308 sq cm
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3)154 sq cm
4)77 sq cm
Correct Answer:616 sq cm
QID : 68- Coefficient of x in (x + 8)(6 - 3x) is
Options:
1)18
2)30
3)-18
4)-30
Correct Answer:-18
QID : 69- If x + y = 10 and x2+ y2= 68, then find xy
Options:
1)21
2)24
3)25
4)16
Correct Answer:16
QID : 70- The sum of the digits of a 2-digit number is 17. If we add 9 to the number, the
new number obtained is a number formed by interchange of the digits. Find the number.
Options:
1)89
2)98
3)78
4)87
Correct Answer:89
QID : 71- If 5x + 4(1 - x) > 3x -4 > 5x/3 - x/3; then x can take which of the following values?
Options:
1)2
2)1
3)3
4)-2
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Correct Answer:3
QID : 72–
Options:
1)6960000
2)173333
3)220000
4)696000
Correct Answer:696000
QID : 73-
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Options:
1)2011 & 2013
2)2013 & 2015
3)2011 & 2012
4)2014 & 2015
Correct Answer:2011 & 2012
QID : 74-
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Options:
1)Loss of Rs 65 crores
2)Profit of Rs 75 crores
3)Profit of Rs 65 crores
4)Loss of Rs 75 crores
Correct Answer:Profit of Rs 65 crores
QID : 75-
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Options:
1)21.69 percent
2)19.19 percent
3)24.19 percent
4)16.69 percent
Correct Answer:19.19 percent
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QID : 76- In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative
which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Courteousness and refinement of manner.

Options:
1)plaudit
2)adulation
3)urbanity
4)profanity
Correct Answer:urbanity
which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
to have an axe to grind

Options:
1)sharpening your skills in anticipation of future challenges
2)to have a private reason for doing something
3)preparing for a fight
4)getting ready for work or a new project
Correct Answer:to have a private reason for doing something
QID : 78- Select the synonym of precedent
Options:
1)contingent
2)criterion
3)arbitrary
4)fortuitous
Correct Answer:criterion
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QID : 79- In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice.
Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same
sentence in Passive/Active voice.
Jayesh has sent the email.

Options:
1)The email has had been sent by Jayesh.
2)The email has been sent by Jayesh.
3)The email was sent by Jayesh.
4)The email was send by Jayesh.
Correct Answer:The email has been sent by Jayesh.
QID : 80- In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech.
Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same
sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Anil says, "I am glad to be here this morning"

Options:
1)Anil says he is glad to be there that morning.
2)Anil says that he is glad to be there that morning.
3)Anil was saying that he was glad to be there this morning.
4)Anil says that he was glad to be here this morning.
Correct Answer:Anil says that he is glad to be there that morning.
QID : 81- In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an
appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by
selecting the appropriate option.
Either you're a mind reader or it's a __________________ that you called me just as I was
keying your phone number.
Options:
1)coincidence
2)correlation
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3)union
4)happening
Correct Answer:coincidence
great minds think alike

Options:
1)it is said when two people have the same opinion
2)it is said when clever people think rationally
3)since there is only one truth , the great philosophers have reached on similar conclusions
4)scientists and philosophers easily become friends
Correct Answer:it is said when two people have the same opinion
QID : 83- Select the antonym of
to rake
Options:
1)to harrow
2)to scatter
3)to scour
4)to enfilade
Correct Answer:to scatter
QID : 84- Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
When I(go)to Paris, I shall visit the Eiffel Tower.

Options:
1)shall go
2)will be going
3)have to go
4)no improvement
Correct Answer:no improvement
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QID : 85- Select the synonym of
digression
Options:
1)meandering
2)candid
3)categorical
4)unequivocal
Correct Answer:meandering
QID : 86- In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an
Excusing yourself before standing to leave is part of proper table ____________.

Options:
1)usage
2)etiquette
3)dignity
4)habit
Correct Answer:etiquette
QID : 87- Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1)deriesion
2)apalled
3)civilian
4)sacluded
Correct Answer:civilian
QID : 88- Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Please pass me that (scissors).
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Options:
1)scissor
2)pair of scissor
3)pair of scissors
4)no improvement
Correct Answer:pair of scissors
QID : 89- Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
Do people take
P-rejection of every candidate?
Q-the trouble to go and
R-vote only to register their
Options:
1)RQP
2)RPQ
3)PRQ
4)QRP
Correct Answer:QRP
QID : 90- Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1)alackrity
2)refileing
3)bufoons
4)condense
Correct Answer:condense
Involving immoral or dishonourable actions and motives

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Options:
1)redoubt
2)scrupulous
3)immaculate
4)sordid
Correct Answer:sordid
QID : 92- Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
The reference
P-is simultaneously a matter
Q-to the size of a vulnerable community
R-of legal as well as political and ethical perspective
Options:
1)RPQ
2)QRP
3)QPR
4)PRQ
Correct Answer:QPR
QID : 93- In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out
which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence
is free from error, select 'No Error'.
To the whale, its(A)/tail is the sole(B)/mean of propulsion.(C)/No error(D)

Options:
1)A
2)B
3)C
4)D
Correct Answer:C
QID : 94- In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out
which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a
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sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
There was a fine line(A)/between being frugal(B)/and being a miser.(C)/No error(D)

Options:
1)A
2)B
3)C
4)D
Correct Answer:D
QID : 95- Select the antonym of
to contend
Options:
1)to comply
2)to oppugn
3)to grapple
4)to vie
Correct Answer:to comply
QID : 96- In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage
Fraternity, then, was meant to complement civil rights, _______________ to destroy

them. The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term for a court to
come along 66 years _________________, and ______________________ it for the
purposes of subordinating individual rights to some mythic notion of community
harmony, entirely submerging the individual _______________ the society.
_______________ to destroy them.

Options:
1)neither
2)nor
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3)no
4)not
Correct Answer:not

The _____________________ framers did not use this symbolic term

Options:
1)Constitutions'
2)Constitution's
3)Constitutions
4)Constitution
Correct Answer:Constitution's

a court to come along 66 years _________________,

Options:
1)late
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2)lately
3)later
4)latest
Correct Answer:later

and ______________________ it for the purposes of subordinating individual rights

Options:
1)appropriate
2)appropriately
3)appropriating
4)appropriated
Correct Answer:appropriate

entirely submerging the individual _______________ the society.
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Options:
1)on
2)onto
3)upon
4)within
Correct Answer:within
22 January 2017
SSC CHSL (Tier - 1) Online Exam Paper - 2016 "held on 22 January 2017" Afternoon Shift
(Reasoning)
QID : 101 Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
Taj Mahal : Agra : : Old Fort : ?
Options:
1) Delhi
2) Hyderabad
3) Jaipur
4) Jodhpur
Correct Answer: Delhi

MYANMAR : NZBNLZQ : : BRITAIN : ?
Options:
1) CSJTHZM
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2) CSJTZHM
3) CSJTMZH
4) CSJMTZH
Correct Answer: CSJTZHM

QID : 103 Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives. EM : JZ : :
KL : ?
Options:
1) VX
2) VY
3) UX
4) TU
Correct Answer: VX
79 : 63 : : 54 : ?
Options:
1) 42
2) 46
3) 64
4) 20
Correct Answer: 20
QID : 105 Select the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.
Options:
1) Border Security Force

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2) Central Reserve Police Force
3) IndoTibetan Border Police Force
4) Indian Air Force
Correct Answer: Indian Air Force

Options:
1) JQ
2) HS
3) BX
4) GT
Correct Answer: BX
Options:
1) 8179
2) 7147
3) 8135
4) 9113
Correct Answer: 9113

Options:
1) 4313
2) 5434
3) 8723
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4) 3674

QID : 109 A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from
the given ones that will complete the series. Hindi, ? ,
Telugu, Marathi, Tamil
Options:
1) English
2) Bengali
3) French
4) German
Correct Answer: Bengali

the given ones that will complete the series.
AT, CR, FO, JK, ?
Options:
1) PE
2) QD
3) NM
4) OF
Correct Answer: OF
the given ones that will complete the series. BC, OP, DE, QR, ?
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Options:
1) ST
2) FG
3) HI
4) UV
Correct Answer: FG
the given ones that will complete the series.
250, 370, 394, 400, ?
Options:
1) 401
2) 404
3) 402
4) 406
Correct Answer: 402

QID : 113 In the following question, two statements are given each followed by two
conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to
be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given
conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.
Statements:
(I) All flowers are stems.
(II) All stems are roots.
Conclusion:
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(I) All roots are flowers.
(II) All stems are flowers.
Options:
1) Conclusion I follows
2) Conclusion II follows
3) Neither I nor II follows
4) Both I and II follows
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II follows

QID : 114 Karan, Arjun, Preeti, Priya and Ashish are travelling in a car. Three years ago,
the average age of Arjun, Preeti and Priya was 42 years. If the present age of Karan is 65
years and the present average age of all five is 50 years, then what is the present age of
Ashish?
Options:
1) 50 years
2) 60 years
3) 70 years
4) 80 years
Correct Answer: 50 years

QID : 115 Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the
dictionary.
i. Ramification
ii. Rampant
iii. Rapport
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iv. Radical
Options:
1) iii, i, iv, ii
2) iv, i, iii, ii
3) iv, i, ii, iii
4) iii, iv, i, ii
Correct Answer: iv, i, ii, iii

QID : 116 In a certain code language, "TEACHER" is written as "6427341" and "MAN" is
written as "825". How is "MERCHANT" written in that code language ?
Options:
1) 84172563
2) 84172365
3) 84173256
4) 84132756

QID : 117
Options:
1) 526
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2) 652
3) 265
4) 256
Correct Answer: 265

QID : 118 If "#" means "subtraction", "&" means "division", "@" means "addition" and
"%" means "multiplication", then
8442 & 9 # 7 % 6 @ 4 = ?
Options:
1) 912
2) 900
3) 938
4) 918
Correct Answer: 900

QID : 119 In the following question, which one set of letters when sequentially placed at
the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it ?
_ABBI_R_B_IT_AB_IT
Options:
1) RBATRB
2) RATBRB
3) RTBARB
4) RTABRB
Correct Answer: RTABRB

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QID : 120 A boy leaves his school and travels 20 km towards the north. He takes a left
turn and travels 30 km, then he turns towards the east direction and travels 50 km
further. Finally, he turns to his right and travels 20 km more. Which direction is he now
with respect to his school?
Options:
1) SouthEast
2) West
3) East
4) NorthEast
Correct Answer: East

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Options:
1) 98, 10, 58, 12, 99
2) 59, 04, 95, 01, 56
3) 77, 21, 65, 33, 68
4) 86, 40, 75, 13, 97
Correct Answer: 59, 04, 95, 01, 56

QID : 122 Introducing a girl, Pooja says, "Her mother's son is the nephew of my father".
How is the girl related to Pooja?
Options:
1) Niece
2) Daughter
3) Sister
4) Cousin
Correct Answer: Cousin

QID : 123
Options:
1)
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2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer:
QID : 124 Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given
classes. Brass, Bronze, Alloy
Options:
1)
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2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer:
QID : 125
Options:
1)
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2)
3)
4)
Correct Answer:
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QID : 126 The Group of Monuments at Hampi is an important .................. centre?

Options:
1) Islam
2) Hindu
3) Sikh
4) Christian
Correct Answer: Hindu

QID : 127 Name the first Indian to get Bharat Ratna posthumously.
Options:
1) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2) Lal Bahadur Shastri
3) C K Naidu
4) Mihir Sen
Correct Answer: Lal Bahadur Shastri

QID : 128 Which of the following is secreted by the liver?
Options:
1) Glucose
2) Iodine
3) Cortisol
4) Bile
Correct Answer: Bile

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Options:
1) Gymnosperms
2) Angiosperms
3) Thallophyta
4) Pteridophyta
Correct Answer: Pteridophyta

QID : 130 Who invented Antibiotics?
Options:
1) Joseph Lister
2) William Harvey
3) Robert Knock
4) Alexander Fleming
Correct Answer: Alexander Fleming

QID : 131 The Chemical formula of Methanol is ...................
Options:
1) C2H5OH
2) CH3(OH)2
3) CH3OH
4) CH4OH
Correct Answer: CH3OH
QID : 132 Why do atoms bond?

Options:
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1) To reduce potential energy and gain stability
2) To make atoms
3) To increase potential energy and lose stability
4) To increase potential energy and gain stability
Correct Answer: To reduce potential energy and gain stability

QID : 133 A grammar for annotating a document in a way that is syntactically
distinguishable from the text, such as HTML, is ...................
Options:
1) Command Language
2) Machine Language
3) Markup Language
4) Style Sheet Language
Correct Answer: Markup Language

QID : 134 Gaur dance is a popular folk dance of ...................
Options:
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Tripura
3) Jharkhand
4) Uttarakhand
Correct Answer: Chhattisgarh

QID : 135 A hand made paper workshop can hire 8 craftsmen by paying them Rs 400 per
person per day. The 9th craftsman demands Rs 450 per day. If this craftsman is hired
then all other craftsmen must be paid Rs 450. The marginal resource (labour) cost of the
9th craftsman is
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Options:
1) Rs 50
2) Rs 850
3) Rs 800
4) Rs 100

QID : 136 Unemployment resulting from industrial reorganization, typically due to
technological change, rather than fluctuations in supply or demand is called
Options:
1) Structural unemployment
2) Frictional unemployment
3) Seasonal unemployment
4) Cyclical unemployment
Correct Answer: Structural unemployment

QID : 137 Which of the following types of water is known to be absolutely free from any
impurity?
Options:
1) Mineral Water
2) Distilled Water
3) Spring Water
4) Boiled Water
Correct Answer: Distilled Water

QID : 138 Milbecycin is used in the eradication of ...................
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1) Agricultural Fungus
2) Agricultural Pests
3) Agricultural Herbs
4) Agricultural Weeds
Correct Answer: Agricultural Pests

QID : 139 Name the first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court in India.
Options:
1) Meera Kumari
2) Leila Seth
3) Anju George
4) Purvi Joshi
Correct Answer: Leila Seth

QID : 140 Which is the coldest planet?
Options:
1) Uranus
2) Venus
3) Neptune
4) Jupiter
Correct Answer: Neptune

QID : 141 What is the capital of Austria?
Options:
1) Buenos Aires
2) Rome
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3) Vienna
4) Dublin
Correct Answer: Vienna

QID : 142 Chandragupta Maurya was born in ...................
Options:
1) 340 BC
2) 563 BC
3) 189 BC
4) 99 BC
Correct Answer: 340 BC

QID : 143 Jahangir (1605–1627 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?
Options:
1) Nanda
2) Haryanka
3) Maurya
4) Mughal
Correct Answer: Mughal

QID : 144 Earth revolves around Sun. Who was the 1st one to present this theory?
Options:
1) Albert Einstein
2) Galileo
3) Copernicus
4) Newton
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Correct Answer: Copernicus

QID : 145 .................. is same on every point on a rotating body.
Options:
1) Linear velocity
2) Linear momentum
3) Angular torque
4) Angular velocity
Correct Answer: Angular velocity

QID : 146 The path of a projectile is called its ...................
Options:
1) Altitude
2) Range
3) Trajectory
4) Flight
Correct Answer: Trajectory

QID : 147 Bahujan Samaj Party was founded in
Options:
1) 1925
2) 1955
3) 1984
4) 2001

QID : 148 In which language, Lok Sabha debates are printed?
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1) Hindi
2) English
3) Sanskrit
4) Both Hindi & English
Correct Answer: Both Hindi & English

QID : 149 Brendon McCullum is a cricketer of ...................
Options:
1) South Africa
2) Australia
3) England
4) New Zealand
Correct Answer: New Zealand

QID : 150 Who wrote the book "The three Musketeers"?
Options:
1) EM Forster
2) Gunter Grass
3) Edward Luce
4) Alexandre Dumas
Correct Answer: Alexandre Dumas
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QID : 151 If the amount received at the end of 2nd and 3rd year at Compound Interest on
a certain Principal is Rs 32448 and Rs 33745.92 respectively, what is the rate of interest?
Options:
1) 2 percent
2) 8 percent
3) 6 percent
4) 4 percent
Correct Answer: 4 percent

QID : 152 If cot2A = x, then x is
Options:
1) 2cotA/(cot2A 1)
2) (cot2A 1)/2cotA
3) (cot2A + 1)/2cotA
4) 2cotA/(1 cot2A)
Correct Answer: (cot2A 1)/2cotA
QID : 153 The diagonal of a square equals the side of an equilateral triangle. If the area
of the square is 6√3 sq cm, what is the area of the equilateral triangle?
Options:
1) 9√3 sq cm
2) 9 sq cm
3) 9√2 sq cm
4) 12 sq cm
Correct Answer: 9 sq cm
QID : 154 What is the value of sec 30° + cot 30°?
Options:
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1) (√61)/√2
2) √3+2
3) 5/√3
4) (√32√2)/√6
Correct Answer: 5/√3

QID : 155 Find
(61 + 62 + 63 + ……… +110) = ?
Options:
1) 4275
2) 8550
3) 12825
4) 17100

QID : 156 Volume of a cube is 512 cubic cm, find its total surface area? (Take π = 22/7)
Options:
1) 768 sq cms
2) 192 sq cms
3) 384 sq cms
4) 576 sq cms
Correct Answer: 384 sq cms

QID : 157 The costs of daily ticket of local train is Rs 160 and Monthly Pass costs Rs
2912. If I buy the Monthly Pass and travel for 26 days in a month then I save?
Options:
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1) 25 percent
2) 22 percent
3) 18 percent
4) 30 percent
Correct Answer: 30 percent

QID : 158 Prahlad has done 1/3rd of a job in 30 days, Sarfaraz completes the rest of the
job in 90 days. In how many days can they together do the job?
Options:
1) 27 days
2) 18 days
3) 54 days
4) 36 days
Correct Answer: 54 days

QID : 159 If 2x 3 ≤ 5 + x and 5 x < 1 + 5x; then x can take which of the following values?
Options:
1) 1
2) 1
3) 9
4) 9
Correct Answer: 1
QID : 160 The price of an article is cut by 9%, to restore to its original value, the new
price must be increased by
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1) 9 percent
2) 8.83 percent
3) 9.89 percent
4) 6.25 percent

QID : 161 If 13A = 11B = 8C, find A : B : C
Options:
1) 143:104:88
2) 104:88:143
3) 88:104:143
4) 8:11:13
Correct Answer: 88:104:143

QID : 162 A shopkeeper by selling 21 Nike shoes, earns a profit equal to the selling
price of 5 Nike shoes. His profit percentage is
Options:
1) 31.25 percent
2) 23.8 percent
3) 47.6 percent
4) 16.35 percent

QID : 163 What is the perimeter of the sector whose central angle is 60° and radius of
the circle is 21 cm?
Options:
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1) 128 cm
2) 96 cm
3) 64 cm
4) 32 cm
QID : 164 Which of the following quadratic equations has real roots?
Options:
1) 3x2 5x + 2 = 0
2) 3x2 4x + 2 = 0
3) 4x2 3x + 2 = 0
4) 5x2 2x + 2 = 0
Correct Answer: 3x2 5x + 2 = 0
QID : 165 Which of the following is correct?
Options:
1) (3x 2y)2 = 9x2 12xy + 4y2
2) (3x 2y)2 = 9x2 6xy + 4y2
3) (3x + 2y)2 = 9x2 12xy + 4y2
4) (3x + 2y)2 = 9x2 6xy + 4y2
Correct Answer: (3x 2y)2 = 9x2 12xy + 4y2
QID : 166 The sum of the parallel sides of a trapezium is 12.4 cm. If the distance
between the parallel sides is 3.5 cm, what is the area of this trapezium?
Options:
1) 43.4 sq cm
2) 86.8 sq cm
3) 130.2 sq cm
4) 21.7 sq cm
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QID : 167 Of the four numbers whose average is 91, the first is 3/10 times the sum of
other three. The first number is:
Options:
1) 126
2) 56
3) 168
4) 84
Correct Answer: 84
QID : 168 If 4x + 3y = 11 and 3x + 2y = 8, then (x,y) is
Options:
1) 2, 0
2) 1, 6
3) 2, 1
4) 5, 6
Correct Answer: 2, 1
QID : 169 What should be the average speed of a car to cover a distance of 189 km in
3.5 hours?
Options:
1) 15 m/s
2) 54 m/s
3) 27 m/s
4) 30 m/s
Correct Answer: 15 m/s

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Options:
1) 2cosec2A
2) 2sec2A
3) 2cosecA
4) 2secA
Correct Answer: 2cosec2A

QID : 171 What is the slope of the line perpendicular to the line passing through the
points (6,3) and (2,7)?
Options:
1) 2
2) 2
3) 1/2
4) 1/2
Correct Answer: 2
QID : 172
Options:
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1) 13920004
2) 280000
3) 364000
4) 994286

QID : 173
1) 2011 & 2013
2) 2013 & 2015
3) 2011 & 2012
4) 2014 & 2015
Correct Answer: 2014 & 2015

QID : 174
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Options:
1) Loss of Rs 15 crores
2) Loss of Rs 5 crores
3) Profit of Rs 5 crores
4) Profit of Rs 15 crores
Correct Answer: Loss of Rs 5 crores

QID : 175
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1) 22.92 percent
2) 25.42 percent
3) 27.92 percent
4) 20.42 percent
QID : 176 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
In some seats, the
Pwinning margin, thereby
Qvotes for NOTA have been larger than the
Rdetermining the result
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1) RPQ
2) QRP
3) QPR
4) PRQ
Correct Answer: QPR

QID : 177 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative
The elephant in the room
Options:
1) A very fat man
2) When a big person is finally trapped
3) An obvious problem that no one wants to discuss
4) One person who is strong enough to defeat everybody else
Correct Answer: An obvious problem that no one wants to discuss

QID : 178 Select the synonym of
redemption
Options:
1) forfeit
2) atonement
3) retribution
4) penalty
Correct Answer: atonement

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QID : 179 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Ajay, who (was studying) architecture at present, hopes to go to Australia after graduation.
Options:
1) studies
2) has been studying
3) is studying
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: is studying

to imply or suggest an idea in addition to the literal meaning
Options:
1) to nub
2) to connote
3) to malign
4) to purport
Correct Answer: to connote

QID : 181 Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) encroch
2) stingiely
3) capittate
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4) placated
Correct Answer: placated

QID : 182 In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice.
Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same
sentence in Passive/Active voice.
They have published the names of all the successful candidates.
Options:
1) The candidates who have succeeded their names they had published.
2) The names of all the successful candidates have been published by them.
3) The candidates who have succeeded their names have been published by them.
4) The names of all the successful candidates were published by them.
Correct Answer: The names of all the successful candidates have been published by them.
QID : 183 Select the word with the correct spelling.
Options:
1) chastise
2) adellaide
3) paarlance
4) bouttique
Correct Answer: chastise
QID : 184 In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out
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To improve your vocabulary(A)/one thing that you should do (B)/is to read Times of
India(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: C
QID : 185 In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out
The professor informed that (A)/they had all done(B)/very badly.(C)/No error(D)
Options:
1) A
2) B
3) C
4) D
Correct Answer: D
to make from scratch
Options:
1) The universe was created out of nothing

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2) To do something from the beginning
3) To build something out of nothing
4) One scratch if neglected will destroy the structure eventually
Correct Answer: To do something from the beginning

to resolve a sentence into its component parts and describe their syntactic roles
Options:
1) to dissect
2) to anatomize
3) to parse
4) to synthesize
Correct Answer: to parse

QID : 188 In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an
The primary objective of a socialist government is to ..................the miseries of the poor.
Options:
1) mollify
2) mitigate
3) soothe
4) abet
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QID : 189 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order:
They not only
Ptech activists on to the streets
Qran an innovative and creative campaign, but
Rwere also able to bring
Options:
1) RQP
2) RPQ
3) PRQ
4) QRP
Correct Answer: QRP

QID : 190 In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech.
Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same
sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
They said, “We are starting now."
Options:
1) They said that we were starting then.
2) They said that they were starting now.
3) They said that they would be starting now.
4) They said that they were starting then.
Correct Answer: They said that they were starting then.

QID : 191 Select the synonym of
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haste
Options:
1) soon
2) eventually
3) later
4) never
Correct Answer: soon

QID : 192 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence
The Saranda forest is infested (with) King Cobras.
Options:
1) of
2) in
3) from
4) no improvement
Correct Answer: no improvement

QID : 193 Select the antonym of
provision
Options:
1) removal
2) cater
3) plan
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4) stock
Correct Answer: removal

QID : 194 In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an
The unfortunate family could do nothing, but ..................the death of their sole bread winner.
Options:
1) wail
2) languish
3) mourn
4) repent
Correct Answer: mourn

QID : 195 Select the antonym of
sortie
Options:
1) raid
2) assault
3) sally
4) retreat
Correct Answer: retreat

QID : 196 In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage
The committee ..................criminal justice reforms recommended a threefold strategy to
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procedural, requires a fresh ..................look based on changes in society and economy

..................priorities in governance. The guiding ..................in the reform process should
be decriminalisation wherever ..................and diversion, reserving the criminal justice
system mainly to deal with real “hard" crimes.
The committee .................. criminal justice reforms
Options:
1) of
2) on
3) for
4) upon
Correct Answer: on
arrest the drift and to prevent total disaster. First, the law, substantive and procedural,
requires a fresh ..................look based on changes in society and economy ..................
priorities in governance. The guiding ..................in the reform process should be
decriminalisation wherever ..................and diversion, reserving the criminal justice
requires a fresh .................. look based on changes
Options:
1) full
2) complete
3) through
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4) comprehensive
Correct Answer: comprehensive

requires a fresh ..................look based on changes in society and economy
economy .................. priorities in governance.
Options:
1) as well as
2) and
3) and also
4) plus
Correct Answer: as well as

The guiding .................. in the reform

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Options:
1) law
2) rule
3) principle
4) path
Correct Answer: principle

process should be decriminalisation wherever .................. and diversion
Options:
1) possible
2) allowed
3) imaginable
4) viable
Correct Answer: possible
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