SSC CGL Undated PYQs

Question 1

In terms of area, which state has the largest forest cover in India?

Accepted Answer

According to the India State of Forest Report (ISFR), Madhya Pradesh consistently has the largest forest cover in terms of area among all Indian states. This is a direct factual recall question.

Question 2

Which National Park among the following is the largest protected area in the Eastern
Himalayan sub-region?

Accepted Answer

Namdapha National Park is located in Arunachal Pradesh and is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalayan sub-region. The given correct answer (Jim Corbett National Park) is incorrect, as Jim Corbett is in Uttarakhand and not in the Eastern Himalayas.

Question 3

G. Babita Rayudu took charge as an Executive Director for which of the following
organisations in January 2020?

Accepted Answer

G. Babita Rayudu was appointed as an Executive Director of the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in January 2020. This is a factual recall question related to current affairs.

Question 4

VISHWAS, which is a major e-governance initiative launched by the government in January
2020, is the acronym for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The question asks for the full form of VISHWAS, an e-governance initiative launched in January 2020. Recalling the correct acronym is essential for answering this question.

Question 5

The 23rd National Youth Festival (NYF) 2020 was celebrated in Lucknow to commemorate
the birth anniversary of ______.

Accepted Answer

The National Youth Festival is celebrated annually to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The 23rd edition in 2020 was held in Lucknow.

Question 6

In the sentence identify the segment which contains the grammatical error.
Modern man is completely engross in the mad pursuit of material pleasures and luxuries.

Accepted Answer

The error lies in option 4. The verb 'engross' should be in its past participle form 'engrossed' to function as an adjective modifying 'man' in a passive construction, meaning 'completely engrossed in'.

Question 7

Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. 
They offered me a chair

Accepted Answer

The given sentence is in active voice (Subject-Verb-Object). To convert it to passive voice, the object becomes the subject, and the verb changes to 'be + past participle'. Since 'offered' is in simple past tense, the passive form uses 'was/were + offered'.

Question 8

Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 2

Accepted Answer

The sentence describes a past continuous action ('the car was moving') that was interrupted by another past action ('the accident happened'). Therefore, the blank should also use the past continuous tense to maintain consistency and correctly describe the ongoing action at the time of the accident.

Question 9

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom 
A bed of roses

Accepted Answer

The idiom 'a bed of roses' metaphorically describes a situation that is easy, comfortable, and pleasant. Therefore, 'An easy and happy situation' is the most appropriate meaning.

Question 10

Select the most appropriate word to ﬁll in the blank. 
I like both tea and coffee but prefer the ______.

Accepted Answer

The sentence expresses a preference between two items mentioned. 'Latter' is used to refer to the second of two things mentioned, which fits the context of preferring one over the other. 'Later' refers to time, 'least' means the smallest amount, and 'last' refers to the final item in a sequence of more than two.

Question 11

Kandhamal Haldi, a variety of turmeric indigenous to ______, earned the Geographical
Indication (GI) tag from Intellectual Property (India) in April, 2019.

Accepted Answer

Kandhamal Haldi, a specific variety of turmeric, received the GI tag in April 2019. It is indigenous to the state of Odisha, making option 3 the correct answer.

Question 12

The amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda (BoB) came into
effect from:

Accepted Answer

The amalgamation of Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank with Bank of Baroda officially came into effect from April 1, 2019. This was a significant merger in the Indian banking sector.

Question 13

Haemophobia is the fear of:

Accepted Answer

Haemophobia is derived from 'haemo' meaning blood and 'phobia' meaning fear. Therefore, Haemophobia is the fear of blood.

Question 14

The Kyaik Htee Yoe pagoda is located in:

Accepted Answer

The Kyaik Htee Yoe pagoda, also known as the Golden Rock, is a famous pilgrimage site and a well-known landmark located in Myanmar. It is a small pagoda built on top of a granite boulder covered with gold leaves, precariously balanced on the edge of a cliff.

Question 15

Which of the following monuments bears a similarity to the French war memorial, the
Arc-de-Triomphe?

Accepted Answer

India Gate, located in New Delhi, is an iconic war memorial that was designed by Edwin Lutyens. Its architectural style and purpose as a war memorial bear a strong resemblance to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

Question 16

______ was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 and a knighthood in 1915.

Accepted Answer

Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, becoming the first non-European to receive the honor. He was subsequently knighted by King George V in 1915, though he later renounced his knighthood in protest of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Question 17

The Mission Indradhanush, an initiative of Govt. of India, is associated with:

Accepted Answer

Mission Indradhanush is a flagship program launched by the Government of India to achieve full immunization coverage for children and pregnant women against vaccine-preventable diseases. The name 'Indradhanush' (rainbow) signifies the seven vaccines it initially covered. Therefore, it is associated with immunisation.

Question 18

In January 2020, China tested the world’s first high-speed driverless bullet train
between Beijing and:

Accepted Answer

The question asks about a specific current event from January 2020. The world's first high-speed driverless bullet train in China connected Beijing with Zhangjiakou, which was also a host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Question 19

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement. 
Long after those five horses finish drinking water from the trough, an old horse
appeared over the brow of the hill.

Accepted Answer

The sentence describes two past actions, one occurring before the other. The action that happened first ('horses finishing drinking') should be in the past perfect tense ('had finished'), while the later action ('old horse appeared') is in the simple past.

Question 20

Given below are four jumbled sentences. Out of the given options pick the one that
gives their correct order. 
A. So, in the agrarian era, you destroy your enemy’s productive capacity by burning
his crops or fields. 
B. Now, in the information era, destroying the enemy’s productive capacity means
destroying their information infrastructure. 
C. You battle with your enemy by destroying the enemy’s productive capacity, which
will be different depending upon the foundation of economy. 
D. But in the industrial era, ending productive capacity meant bombing of the factories
that are located in cities and main industrial areas.

Accepted Answer

Sentence C introduces the main idea of destroying an enemy's productive capacity. Sentence A then elaborates on this in the 'agrarian era'. Sentence D transitions to the 'industrial era', and Sentence B concludes with the 'information era', following a chronological progression of economic eras.