SSC CGL 2022-12.12.2022-4 SSC Question Paper

SSC CGL 2022-12.12.2022-4 SSC Questions

71.
If x + y + z = 0 and x² + y² + z² = 40, then what is the value of xy + yz + zx?
A.
-20
B.
5
C.
-5
D.
-10
ANSWER :
A. -20
72.
The expenditure on the cost of living of a man and his family is 60% of his salary. He gets two increments of 30% and 60% in his salary. If his saving increases by 250% of his initial saving, then the new cost of living expenditure is what percentage (rounded off to the nearest integer) of the increased salary?
A.
32.7 Percent
B.
43.6 Percent
C.
29.5 Percent
D.
36.6 Percent
ANSWER :
A. 32.7 Percent
73.
If the areas of two isosceles triangles are in the ratio of x²: y², then the ratio of their corresponding heights is:
A.
x: y
B.
√x : √y
C.
x³: y³
D.
x²: y²
ANSWER :
A. x: y
74.
A sum of money doubles itself in 7 years at simple interest. In how much time will it become 5 times of itself?
A.
25 years
B.
28 years
C.
23 years
D.
21 years
ANSWER :
B. 28 years
75.
If a 7-digit number 54p3987 is divisible by 11, then p is equal to:
A.
5
B.
9
C.
4
D.
1
ANSWER :
A. 5
76.

English Comprehension
Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
Social economics is a meta-discipline in which economics is entrenched in social, political and cultural behaviours.

A.

Averted

B.

Startling

C.

Transient

D.

Entrusted

ANSWER :

C. Transient

77.
Select the most appropriate synonym of the bracketed word to fill in the blank. Your words seemed more like a demand rather than a ________(request).
A.
plea
B.
compromise
C.
contract
D.
order
ANSWER :
A. plea
78.

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the underlined group of words in the following sentence.
Sita seems not to be affected by the pleasures and pains of life.

A.

strict

B.

active

C.

stoic

D.

passive

ANSWER :

C. stoic

79.
Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Red tape
A.
Catch someone at the moment they are doing something wrong
B.
Official rules and bureaucracy that make it difficult to do something
C.
Have a negative amount in your bank balance
D.
Something unimportant that takes attention away from the main subject
ANSWER :
B. Official rules and bureaucracy that make it difficult to do something
80.
Select the most appropriate opton to fill in the blank.
Either he is mad, or he feigns ________
A.
happiness
B.
madness
C.
calmness
D.
sadness
ANSWER :
B. madness