SSC CHSL 2016 Tier-1 question paper held on 10 Jan 2017 (Morning Shift)

Dear Readers, SSC CHSL is one of the competitive exams in which more than 10 lakh candidates register to appear. So, there is necessity of previous year question paper as SSC used to put similar questions in the upcoming exams. 

In this article, we have shared all 100 questions of SSC CHSL exam held on 10^th Jan 2017 (Morning Shift) with answers. Go through each  questions and tally your answers with the given answer key. Let us go-

SSC CHSL Tier-1 exam 2016: Previous Year Questions

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Question- 1 Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

Ctrl+X : Cut : : Ctrl+C : ?

a) Undo

b) Paste

c) Redo

d) Copy

Question- 2 Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

DI : M : : CR : ?

a) Y

b) Q

c) P

d) U

Question- 3 Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

TU : MN : : JK : ?

a) CD

b) RS

c) TM

d) KL

Question- 4 Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.

36 : 25 : : 100 : ?

a) 81

b) 30

c) 35

d) 40

Question- 5 Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

a) Herb

b) Shrub

c) Tree

d) Root

Question- 6 Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

a) MS

b) RX

c) BI

d) JP

Question- 7 Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

a) 82

b) 75

c) 64

d) 31

Question- 8 Find out the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

a) 512

b) 100

c) 125

d) 216

Question- 9 A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

Cell, Tissue, Organ, ?

a) Respiratory system

b) Organ system

c) Digestive system

d) Nervous system

Question- 10 A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

ZA, TG, NM, ?

a) HS

b) SH

c) GT

d) TG

Question- 11 A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

NM, PK, SI, ?

a) VE

b) WF

c) VG

d) WG

Question- 12 A series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

1, 5, 30, 210, 1680, ?

a) 15120

b) 13440

c) 11760

Question- 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.

Statements:

(I) 1 < 2

(II) 2 < 3

Conclusion:

(I) 1 < 3

(II) 2 < 3

(I) 1 < 2

(II) 2 < 3

a) Conclusion I follows

b) Conclusion II follows

c) Neither I nor II follows

d) Both I and II follows

Question- 14 The sum of the ages of Rohit and Ankit is 78. Rohit's age is twice the age of Ankit. What is the age (in years) of Rohit?

a) 26

b) 52

c) 54

d) 48

Question- 15 Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.

i. Translucent

ii. Transparent

iii. Transport

iv. Transistor

a) iv, i, ii, iii

b) iv, i, iii, ii

c) i, iii, ii, iv

d) i, ii, iii, iv

Question- 16 In a certain code language, "INSTANT" is written as "IOUWESZ". How is "FORGET" written in that code language?

a) FPOGXI

b) FOSIGX

c) FPSKHW

d) FPTJIY

Question- 17 In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

a) 32

b) 30

c) 28

d) 36

Question- 18 If "A" means "plus", "B" means "divide", "C" means "multiply" and "D" means "minus", then 187 B 17 C 4 A 7 D 17 = ?

a) 30

b) 44

c) 33

d) 34

Question- 19 Which set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?

l_n_o_m_lm_o

a) mnoln

b) mlnmn

c) monln

d) mnmno

Question- 20 A boy travels 4 km towards south and then takes a right turn travels another 3 km in that direction. How far and in which direction is he now from his original position?

a) 6 km, south

b) 5 km, southwest

c) 4 km, north

d) 5 km, northwest

Question- 21 A word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as shown in the given two matrices. The columns and rows of Matrix-I are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix-Il are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, for example, 'F’ can be represented by 32, 42 etc. and 'M can be represented by 88, 68 etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word ‘TEST’.

Matrix-I

Matrix-II

a) 96, 20, 34, 77

b) 58, 30, 69, 79

c) 76, 44, 23, 11

d) 85, 04, 88, 33

Question- 22 Kishan is the son-in-law of Rajesh's father-in-law. Rajesh's wife has a younger sister. How is Rajesh related to Kishan?

a) Brother-in-law

b) Brother

c) Father

d) Cousin

Question- 23 If a mirror is placed on the line MN, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Question- 24 Identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the given classes.

Mammals, Dogs, Humans

a)

b)

c)

d)

Question- 25 A piece of paper is folded and punched as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.

a)

b)

c)

d)

Question- 26 Syntax Errors are determined by

a) Interpreter

b) ALU

c) Logic Unit

d) Control Unit

Question- 27 Arithmometer was invented by

a) Evangelista Torricelli

b) Charles Xavier Thomas

c) Edward Teller

d) Gustav Tauschek

Question- 28 Which of the following is induced by Oncogene?

a) Polio

b) Cancer

c) Diarrhoea

d) Dengue

Question- 29 Azadirachata

a) Neem

b) Teak

c) Silver Oak

d) Tulsi

Question- 30 Octopus belongs to the phylum

a) Mollusca

b) Cnidaria

c) Echinodermata

d) Chordata

Question- 31 What is the full form of PVC?

a) Phosphonil vinyl Carbonate

b) Polyvinyl S Carbonate

c) Polyvinyl Carbonate

d) Polyvinyl Chloride

Question- 32 Aromatic hydrocarbons contain at least _____ benzene like ring in their molecules.

a) four

b) three

c) two

d) one

Question- 33 Ranthambhore Fort is in-

a) Maharashtra

b) Orissa

c) Rajasthan

d) Sikkim

Question- 34 Dogri is primarily spoken in which State?

a) Assam

b) West Bengal

c) Meghalaya

d) Jammu & Kashmir

Question- 35 A beedi making workshop can hire 5 women by paying them Rs. 300 per day. The 6th woman demands Rs. 350 per day. If this woman is hired then all other women must be paid Rs. 350. The marginal resource (labour) cost of the 6th woman is

a) Rs. 600

b) Rs. 50

c) Rs. 300

d) Rs. 100

Question- 36 Stagflation is defined as

a) low inflation, low growth, low unemployment

b) high inflation, low growth, high unemployment

c) high inflation, high growth, high unemployment

d) low inflation, high growth, low unemployment

Question- 37 A living part of the organisms environment is known as

a) Abiotic Factor

b) Habitat

c) Biotic Factor

d) Nonliving

Question- 38 Chromite is an ore/mineral of

a) Zinc

b) Uranium

c) Chromium

d) Titanium

Question- 39 Who played Gandhi in 1982's Oscar Winning Movie of the same name?

a) Ben Kingsley

b) Saeed Jaffrey

c) Marlon Brando

d) Richard Attenborough

Question- 40 What percentage of India's population is employed in agriculture?

a) 85%

b) 70%

c) 55%

d) 40%

Question- 41 Which is the closest star to our solar system?

a) Alpha Centauri

b) Beta Centauri

c) Proxima Centauri

d) Barnard

Question- 42 East India Company was established in ________.

a) 1400

b) 1500

c) 1600

d) 1700

Question- 43 Who was the eldest brother among the Pandavas?

a) Yudhishthira

b) Bhima

c) Sahadeva

d) Nakula

Question- 44 __________ is the 2016 Oscar Winner for Best Actress.

a) Brie Larson

b) Cate Blanchett

c) Jennifer Lawrence

d) Charlotte Rampling

Question- 45 If an object is thrown upwards, what will be its velocity, when it reaches its maximum height?

a) 0 m/s

b) 4.9 m/s

c) 14.7 m/s

d) 20 m/s

Question- 46 If a force acts upon two objects at rest, and having different masses for the same amount of time, then which one of the following will be the same for both the objects?

a) Acceleration

b) Kinetic Energy

c) Velocity

d) Momentum

Question- 47 During an emergency all of the following fundamental rights are suspended, except

a) freedom of association

b) freedom of speech and expression

c) personal liberty

d) freedom of assembly without arms

Question- 48 From which of the following are the Fundamental duties adopted?

a) French Constitution

b) Indian Constitution

c) Spanish Constitution

d) USSR Constitution

Question- 49 “Sultan Johor Cup” is associated with ______.

a) Hockey

b) Cricket

c) Football

d) Golf

Question- 50 Who wrote the book, 'Indian Home Rule'?

a) M K Gandhi

b) Jawaharlal Nehru

c) Subhash Chandra Bose

d) Babasaheb Ambedkar

Question- 51 Raj sells a machine for Rs 51 lakhs at a loss. Had he sold it for Rs 60 lakh, his gain would have been 8 times the earlier loss. What is the cost price of the machine?

a) Rs 59 lakhs

b) Rs 52 lakhs

c) Rs 66.375 lakhs

d) Rs 45 lakhs

Question- 52 A does 75% of a work in 50 days. He then calls in B and they together finish the remaining work in 10 days. How long B alone would take to complete the whole work?

a) 200 days

b) 50 days

c) 100 days

d) 125 days

Question- 53 If 2cosAsinB = x, then the value of x is?

a) sin(A + B) + sin(A – B)

b) cos(A + B) + cos(A – B)

c) sin(A + B) – sin(A – B)

d) cos(A – B) – cos(A+B)

Question- 54 Factors of 48x³ – 8x² –93x – 45

a) (4x + 3)(4x – 3)(3x – 5)

b) (4x – 3)(4x – 3)(3x – 5)

c) (4x + c)(4x + c)(3x – 5)

d) (4x – 3)(4x + 3) (3x + 5)

Question- 55 x and y are two numbers such that their mean proportion is 8 and third proportion is 512. What is the value of x and y?

a) 2 and 16

b) 2 and 32

c) 4 and 32

d) 4 and 16

Question- 56 The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 12% per annum is Rs 72. What is the value of given sum (in Rs)?

a) 10000

b) 20000

c) 5000

d) 15000

Question- 57 The average weight of Shivshankar, Gopesh and Reena is 97 kg. If the average weight of Shivshankar and Gopesh is 93 kg and that of Gopesh and Reena is 82 kg, then the weight of Gopesh is

a) 72

b) 56

c) 59

d) 63

Question- 58 If cosec⁴A cosec²A = x, then value of x is?

a) tan⁴A + tan2A

b) cot⁴A + cot²A

c) cot⁴A – cot²A

d) tan⁴A – tan²A

Question- 59 What is the measure of an interior angle of a regular Octagon?

a) 135°

b) 120°

c) 140°

d) 144°

Question- 60 If 4(2x – d) – 2 > 3x – 1 ≥ 4x – 7,then x can take which of the following values?

a) 7

b) 6

c) 2

d) 0

Question- 61 Chords PQ and RS of a circle extended externally intersect at point T. Length of the segment PT, if lengths of QT, RT and ST are 9 cm, 18 cm and 6 cm respectively, is

a) 18 cm

b) 16 cm

c) 9 cm

d) 12 cm

Question- 62 If a + b = 11 and a² + b² = 61, then value of ab is

a) 12

b) 96

c) 24

d) 30

Question- 63 What is the value of tan240°?

a) –√3

b) 1/√3

c) –1/√3

d) √3

Question- 64 Rakesh goes on a trip on his motorcycle and rides for 368 kms. If he rides for 5 hours at a speed of 49 km/hr, at what speed he travels for the remaining 3 hours of the journey?

a) 58 km/hr

b) 41 km/hr

c) 54 km/hr

d) 46 km/hr

Question- 65 What is the total surface area (in sq cm) of a hollow cylinder open at both ends, if its length is 22 cm, external radius is 7 cm and thickness is 1 cm? (Take π = 22/7)

a) 1879.43

b) 3758.86

c) 939.715

d) 2819.145

Question- 66 What is the distance between the points (4,7) and (1, 5)?

a) 10 units

b) 13 units

c) 5 units

d) 11 units

Question- 67 At 22% discount the selling price of a refrigerator is Rs 26000, what is the selling price if the discount is 40%?

a) Rs 12000

b) Rs 14640

c) Rs 21840

d) Rs 20000

Question- 68  - 26 is 0.4% of which number?

a) 6500

b) 650

c) 13000

d) 16250

Question- 69 Divide 20 into two parts such that the sum of the square of the parts is 232. What is the value of the two parts?

a) 6, 14

b) 8, 12

c) 4, 16

d) 10, 10

Question- 70 What will be the equation of the perpendicular bisector of segment joining the points (5,c) and (0,b)?

a) x + y = 2

b) x – y = 3

c) x + y = 2

d) x – y = 3

Question- 71 4*(–0.1(5.5 + 8.5)) of 0.5 = ?

a) –2.8

b) –1.68

c) –1.28

d) –0.84

Question- 72 Refer the below data table and answer the following Question.

Who has the least weight to height ratio?

a) Archita

b) Arpana

c) Arpita

d) Arundhati

Question- 73 Refer the below data table and answer the following Question.

a) 605

b) 577.5

c) 632.5

d) 550

Question- 74 The following  table shows the number of children in each house of a society.

a) 1.97

b) 1.72

c) 1.47

d) 1.22

Question- 75 Refer the below data and answer the following Question.

If the company has issued six lakh shares between its five partners and If chinmay offers to sell 15,000 of his shares to Dhirai, then Dhiraj will have how many shares?

a) 120000 shares

b) 90000 shares

c) 105000 shares

d) 75000 shares

Question- 76 In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

_____________ around the bush.

a) To hit

b) To beat

c) To circle

d) To hide

Question- 77 Select the antonym of

adulterate

a) attenuated

b) purify

c) vitiated

d) dilute

Question- 78 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

In punishment for the uprising,

P-called tributes, to participate

Q-each of the twelve districts must provide

R-one girl and one boy,

a) PRQ

b) PQR

c) RQP

d) QRP

Question- 79 Select the antonym of

conjoined

a) sever

b) adjoin

c) meld

d) affix

Question- 80 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'.

It was obviously for everyone (A)/that grandfather was (B)/hiding something from all of us.(C)/ No error(D)

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

Question- 81 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

an event or a group of events occurring as part of a sequence

a) stanza

b) episode

c) series

d) lesson

Question- 82 Select the synonym of

consolidate

a) centralize

b) variate

c) declare

d) announce

Question- 83 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

A dime a dozen

a) Strength is in numbers

b) People who say bad things have no value

c) Very common and of no particular value

d) You save more if you buy in large numbers

Question- 84 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The public vent their anger on social media to protest (toward) police brutality.

a) for

b) against

c) regards

d) no improvement

Question- 85 Select the word with the correct spelling.

a) missible

b) saosages

c) emullator

d) abdicate

Question- 86 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'.

Recently I visited Kerala(A)/and found the sceneries(B)/to be breathtaking.(C)/No error(D)

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

Question- 87 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The twenty-four tributes

P-that could hold anything from a

Q-will be imprisoned in a vast outdoor arena

R-burning desert to a frozen wasteland

a) PQR

b) PRQ

c) QPR

d) RQP

Question- 88 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.

Have the car stolen!

a) Steal the car.

b) You should have the stolen car.

c) Get someone to steal the car.

d) They have stolen the car.

Question- 89 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Look at this video clip in which (I, my friend and you) are enjoying a boat ride.

a) you, my friend and I

b) I, you and my friend

c) my friend, you and I

d) no improvement

Question- 90 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.

The teacher said to the students, "Don't make noise."

a) The teacher asked the students not to make noise.

b) The teacher scolded the students, they should not make noise.

c) The teacher warned the students not to make noise.

d) The teacher told the students that don't make noise.

Question- 91 Select the word with the correct spelling.

a) eraseable

b) probabble

c) secretes

d) esteemeed

Question- 92 Select the synonym of inscription

a) scrubbed

b) rivet

c) jaded

d) engrave

Question- 93 In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Every evening a ____________ of wolves descends into the valley to hunt.

a) pack

b) gang

c) company

d) herd

Question- 94 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

A drop in the bucket

a) So much silence that even a drop can be heard

b) A very small amount compared with what is needed

c) The final act before the task is done

d) A small favour is worth a lot to a person in trouble

Question- 95 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Represent something as being less important than it really is.

a) discriminant

b) stride

c) underplay

d) imperious

Question- 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.

Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.

Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians.

a) discontent

b) problem

c) sadness

d) protest

Question- 97 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.

Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.

the British government took to more ____________ measures.

a) drastic

b) angrier

c) repressive

d) damaging

Question- 98 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.

Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.

to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions.

a) out of the ordinary

b) suspicious

c) cautious

d) skeptical

Question- 99 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.

Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.

It was a carefully laid out _________.

a) scam

b) trick

c) trap

d) plot

Question- 100 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.

Instead of finding the root cause of_________ of Indians, the British government took to more ____________ measures. Under the Defense of India Act, it gave more power to the police to arrest persons to stop processions with ____________ movements and actions. The Act brought in the Central Legislative Assembly was defeated by one vote. Even then it was to be passed in the form of an ordinance in the "interest of the public." Bhagat Singh who was in hiding all this while, volunteered to throw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly where the meeting to pass the ordinance was being held. It was a carefully laid out _________, not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government, that the modes of its suppression could no more be tolerated. It was decided that Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt would court arrest after throwing the bomb.

not to cause death or injury but to _____________ the attention of the government.

a) draw

b) bring

c) get

d) notice

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