SSC GD Constable Previous Year Question (2015)

1) Which of the following is not an aerosol ?

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3) AK : FP : : XD : ?

4) 8 children and 12 men complete a certain piece of work in 9 days, Each child takes twice the time taken
by a man to finish the work. In how many days will 12 men finish the same work ?

5) Find the odd word/letter/number from the given alternatives

6) Raghu starts from his house in his car and travels 8 km towards the North, then 6 km towards East, then
10 km towards his right, 4 km towards his left, 10 km toward north and finally 4 km towards his right. In
which direction is he now with reference to the starting point ?

7) If 50 minutes ago, it was 45 minutes past four O clock, how many minutes is it until six ‘O clock

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9) Which will appear 3rd in the dictionary ?

10) Which of the following is not a central problem of economy ?

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12) Which is the second largest continent in the world ?

13) Instructions
In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed is bold in the sentence.
Choose the alternatives which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom / Phrase as your answer.

My kith and kin congratulated me on my brilliant success.

14) Instructions
In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which
may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternatives. In case no improvement is needed your answer is No
improvement.

One should keep their word.

15) Instructions
In the following three questions, choose the word oposite in meaning to the given word.

BEAUTIFUL

16) 8 : 81 : : 64 : ?

17) Instructions
In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a
sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentences is free from error, your answer is No
Error.'

I have been waiting for you since two hours.

18) Which of the following methods is not used to remove permanent hardness of water?

19) Jones is a member of our ______

20) WALLET : MONEY : : ENVELOPE : ?

21) Instructions
In the following three questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the
given word.

INEVITABLE

22) Instructions
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words /
sentences.

One who pretends to be what he is not

23) Which Mauryan Emperor went to Shravanabelagola along with Bhadrabahu ?

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25) A certain number of men can do a work in 40 days. If there we 8 men more, it could be finished in 10
days less. How many men were there initially ?

26) Instructions
In the following questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find
the correctly spelt word as your answer.

27) Which countries are part of the group collectively termed as the Baltic countries ?

28) Instructions
In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed is bold in the sentence.
Choose the alternatives which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom / Phrase as your answer.

Television has become part and parcel of our lives.

29) Who presented the ‘Dynamic Theory of Profit’ ?

30) A use worth Rs.1,50,000 is sold by X to Y at 5% profit. Y sells the house back to X at 2% loss. Then in the
entire transaction:

31) What is that nuclear reaction called in which mass turns into energy ?

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33) A scooter is sold at three successive discounts of 10%, 5% and 2%. If the marked price of the scooter is
Rs.18,000, find its net selling price.

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35) In a certain code TEMPLE is written as METELP. How is FAITHFUL written in that code ?

36) The average weight of 8 persons increases by 2.5 kg when a new persons comes in place of one of them
weighing 65 kg. The weight of the new person is

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The company having maximum market share is

38) The first Electronic digital computer had which of the following components ?

39) The three angles of a triangle are in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. Then the angles respectively are:

40) CARd: JOKER : : BOOK : ?

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42) Which of the following is called ‘Continent of contrasts’ ?

43) Instructions
In the following three questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the
given word.

DRIZZLE

44) Instructions
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words /
sentences.
To put two and two together

45) If the alphabets are numbers the sum of which 5 alphabets is 51.

46) Instructions
In the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words /
sentences.

A container for the ashes of a dead person

47) Instructions
In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a
sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentences is free from error, your answer is No
Error.'

The camp beside ours has been built in 1966 by John’s brother.

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The difference of market shares of companies V and U is

49) A man allows a discount of 10% on a book whose marked price is Rs.40. What is the cost price so that
the profit is 20% ?

50) A person with blood group O’ can receive blood from a person with blood group____

51) A, Z, B, Y, C, X, D, W, E, V, F, U, G, ?

52) The average age of a husband and is wife was 23 years at the time of their marriage. After five years
they have a one year old child. The average age of the family now i

53) What should be the least number of years in which the simple interest on Rs.2600 at 63 % will be an exact
number of rupees ?

54) The sum of all natural numbers from 75 to 97 is:

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57) Find the odd word/letter/number from the given alternatives

58) Ramakrishna mission was established by ?

59) Instructions
In each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom / Phrase printed is bold in the sentence.
Choose the alternatives which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom / Phrase as your answer.

His frequent journeys are telling upon his health.

60) What did Louis Pasteur discover ?

61) The time required for a boy to travel along the external and internal boundaries of a circular path are in
the ratio 20: 19. If the width of the path be 5 metres, the internal diameter is:

62) Ram bought a bike for Rs.60,000. He paid Rs.10,000 cash down and the rest at the end of 2 years at 15%
simple interest. How much more did he pay as simple interest

63) From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given
word.
ADMINISTRATION

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65) He has been staying in Delhi ____ a long time.

66) Amphoteric substance reacts in which of the following ways ?

67) Who is the first prime minister who submitted his/her resignation letter outside the parliament session ?

68) 3, 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, ?, ?

69) Which day is celebrated as ‘National Youth Day’ in India ?

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71) According to the constitution the public health, sanitation, hospitals and dispensaries comes under
which list ?

72) Instructions
In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which
may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternatives. In case no improvement is needed your answer is No
improvement.

No economist can accurately foresee whether ta will go up or down.

73) The first black president of of South Africa and anti apartheid activist Nelson Mandela passed away on

74) A man from our village has been nominated ____ the ruling party’s candidate for the post.

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76) Instructions
In the following three questions, choose the word oposite in meaning to the given word.

ADMIRATION

77) Who was the Governor-General of India at the time of Revolt of 1857?

78) Instructions
In the following three questions, choose the word oposite in meaning to the given word'

NOISILY

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80) Instructions
In the following questions, a part of the sentence is printed is bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part which
may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternatives. In case no improvement is needed your answer is No
improvement.

Journalism and medicine would be two of his career options.

81) Which of the following countries was the first to given women voting nights ?

82) The amount of rice produced in a square field of side 50 m is 750 kg. The amount of rice produced in a
similar square field of side 100 m will be

83) A 200 metre long train is running at a speed of 72 km/ hr How long will it take to cross 800 metre long
bridge ?

84) A seller gains 20% profit even after allowing 10% discount. If the amount of profit on a TV set is Rs.750,
then the marked price of the TV set is

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86) Instructions
In the following questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find
the correctly spelt word as your answer.

87) Six friends have an average height of 167 cms. A boy with height 162 cm leaves the group. Find the new
average height.

88) Which was the movement undertaken by the Indian Government to increase milk production ?

89) Instructions
In the following three questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the
given word.

ENORMOUS

90) We get milk from the_______.

91) What are those grey clouds called which causes rain?

92) If the radius of a circle is decreased by 10% then the area of the circle is decreased by

93) Statements
1. No teacher come to the school on a bicycle.
b: Anand comes to the school on a bicycle.
Conclusions
I. Anand is not a teacher
II. Anand is a student.

94) Instructions
In the following questions, some parts of the sentences have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of a
sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentences is free from error, your answer is No
Error.

An idea was worth nothing if it has no champion

95) The census is caused out once in how many years ?

96) Who is the woman boxer to win silver medal in London Olympics of 2012?

97) Instructions
In the following questions, four words are given in each question, out of which only one word is correctly spelt. Find
the correctly spelt word as your answer.

98) Find the odd word/letter/number from the given alternatives.

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100) What are the extremely hot and acid local winds blowing in North-Indian plains in summers called