SSC CGL Undated PYQs

Question 1

Who among the following was elected as the President of Veterinary Council of India
in January 2021?

Accepted Answer

The question asks for the President of the Veterinary Council of India elected in January 2021. This is a direct current affairs fact. Umesh Sharma was elected to this position.

Question 2

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
“Everything is going to be alright,” said the doctor.

Accepted Answer

When converting direct speech to indirect speech, the tense of the reported clause usually shifts to the past. Since 'is going' is present continuous, it changes to past continuous 'was going'.

Question 3

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution’. 
While washing your hands, rub them together for 20 seconds to remove the microbes
on them.

Accepted Answer

The pronoun 'them' correctly refers to 'hands' and is used as the object of the preposition 'on'. The original sentence is grammatically correct and requires no substitution. Options 1, 2, and 3 use incorrect pronouns or pronoun forms.

Question 4

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
India is formally moving ahead to ______ 21 MIG-29 and 12 Sukhoi-30MKI fighters from
Russia along with upgrades of their existing fleets.

Accepted Answer

The most appropriate word to describe the act of obtaining goods, especially military equipment, from a supplier is 'procure'. The other options do not fit the context of acquiring items from another country.

Question 5

Select the correct option that indicates the arrangement of the given words in the
order in which they appear in an English dictionary.
1. Freeze
2. Freedom
3. Fryer
4. Frozen
5. Fraud
6. Fringe

Accepted Answer

To arrange words in dictionary order, compare them letter by letter from left to right. 'Fraud' comes first, followed by 'Freedom', 'Freeze', 'Fringe', 'Frozen', and finally 'Fryer'. This matches option 4.

Question 6

Select the number from among the given options that can replace the question mark
(?) in the following series.
24, 35, 51, 73, 102, ?

Accepted Answer

The series follows a pattern where the difference between consecutive terms increases by 3 each time. The differences are +11, +16, +22, +29. The next difference should be +29 + 8 = +37. So, 102 + 37 = 139.

Question 7

Which of the following places is famous for a copper mine?

Accepted Answer

Khetri, located in Rajasthan, India, is historically and currently known for its significant copper mines. The other options are not primarily famous for copper mining.

Question 8

Who among the following is a Padma Vibhushan awardee of 2021?

Accepted Answer

Sudarshan Sahoo was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2021 for his contributions to Art. This is a direct factual recall question.

Question 9

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Accepted Answer

The question asks to identify the incorrectly spelt word. 'Voilence' is incorrectly spelled; the correct spelling is 'Violence'. The other words 'Exterminated', 'Wildernesses', and 'Unmanageable' are all spelled correctly.

Question 10

As per the Union Budget of 2021-22, how many regional national institutes of virology
will be set up?

Accepted Answer

The Union Budget 2021-22 announced the establishment of four new regional National Institutes of Virology. This initiative aimed to strengthen India's health infrastructure and preparedness for future pandemics.

Question 11

Electron-volt is a unit of ______.

Accepted Answer

An electron-volt (eV) is a unit of energy commonly used in atomic and nuclear physics. It is defined as the amount of kinetic energy gained by a single electron accelerating from rest through an electric potential difference of one volt.

Question 12

Which of the following statements about Swami Dayanand Saraswati is INCORRECT?

Accepted Answer

Swami Dayanand Saraswati was the founder of Arya Samaj. Brahmo Samaj was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy. Therefore, statement 3 is incorrect.

Question 13

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
You must avoid riding in a crowded bus / or travelling in a metro / during rush hour / as
both are quiet unpleasant experiences.

Accepted Answer

The error lies in the use of 'quiet' instead of 'quite'. 'Quiet' means silent, while 'quite' means completely or very. The sentence intends to convey that the experiences are very unpleasant.

Question 14

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The invigilator is advising the students not to carry calculators into the examination
hall.

Accepted Answer

The given sentence is in the present continuous tense (is advising). To convert it to passive voice, we use 'is/are being + past participle'. Option 2 correctly applies this rule, making 'The students' the new subject and using 'are being advised'.

Question 15

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of
words.
A herd or flock of animals being driven in a body

Accepted Answer

The term 'drove' specifically refers to a herd or flock of animals being driven in a body. 'Crowd', 'cluster', and 'throng' are more general terms for groups of people or things, but not typically for animals being driven.

Question 16

Seven friends, Subhi, Prince, Ketan, Vishal, Mahima, Krish and Naitik, are sitting
around a circular table with their backs towards the centre. Subhi is sitting to the
immediate right of Prince. Naitik and Krish are not sitting to the immediate left or right
of Vishal. Vishal is sitting third to the left of Prince. Mahima is sitting to the immediate
right of Vishal. Who is sitting third to the right of Prince?

Accepted Answer

Start by placing Prince and Vishal based on the 'Vishal is sitting third to the left of Prince' clue. Then place Subhi and Mahima using their immediate right positions. Finally, place Naitik and Krish, ensuring they are not next to Vishal, and deduce Ketan's position. Count three positions to the right of Prince to find the answer.

Question 17

Which two signs need to be interchanged to make the following equation correct?
23 + 84 ÷ 14 × 8 − 3 = 5

Accepted Answer

We need to test each option by interchanging the signs and then applying the BODMAS rule. Option 3, interchanging '-' and '×', makes the equation 23 + 84 ÷ 14 - 8 × 3 = 5, which simplifies to 23 + 6 - 24 = 5, thus 29 - 24 = 5. This makes the equation correct.

Question 18

What is the emigration of a significant proportion of a country’s highly skilled, highly
educated professional population to other countries offering better economic and
social opportunities called?

Accepted Answer

The emigration of highly skilled individuals from one country to another for better opportunities is specifically defined as 'brain drain'. This term describes the loss of intellectual and technical labor from a country.

Question 19

In December 2020, ______ became the first country in the world to approve sale of lab-
grown chicken products.

Accepted Answer

The question asks about a specific current event from December 2020 regarding the approval of lab-grown chicken products. Singapore was the first country to approve the sale of lab-grown meat, specifically chicken, in December 2020.

Question 20

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of
words.
Showing great attention to detail and correct behaviour

Accepted Answer

The word 'punctilious' means showing great attention to detail or correct behavior. 'Punctual' refers to being on time, 'zealous' means having great energy or enthusiasm, and 'disciplined' means showing a controlled form of behavior or way of working.