SSC CHSL Tier-1 Exam 2016 question paper held on 17 January 2017 (Afternoon Shift)

SSC CHSL exam is conducted for recruiting LDC/DEO/ Postal assistants in various government departments and ministries. This exam has three stages namely, Tier-1, 2 and 3. As SSC CHSL 2017-18 has commenced. Therfore, start your preparation from to date onwards. In preparation, Previous year papers plays an important role as it gives you a gist about the type of questions and difficulty level. Besides this, SSC used to put previous year questions in the upcoming exams. Hence, it is very necessary and unavoidable step in SSC exam preparation.

In this article, we have shared the question paper of SSC CHSL exam held on 17^thJan, 2017 in the Afternoon session. Let us take a look of the asked questions-

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.

Antique : Old : : Weak : ?

a) Strong

b) Fragile

c) Convincing

d) Powerful

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

XY : AB : : LM : ?

a) OP

b) PO

c) RS

d) TU

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

CE : GK : : MQ : ?

a) PQ

b) QW

c) SV

d) TP

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

36 : 12 : : 72 : ?

a) 20

b) 24

c) 17

d) 16

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

a) Apple

b) Banana

c) Tomato

d) Cauliflower

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

a) LMO

b) PQS

c) XYB

d) DEG

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

a) 256

b) 289

c) 343

d) 144

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

a) 373

b) 265

c) 490

d) 672

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

Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium, ?

a) Beryllium

b) Boron

c) Carbon

d) Nitrogen

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

FIL, LOR, RUX, ?

a) XBE

b) XAD

c) YAD

d) XYD

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

FU, HS, JQ, ?

a) LO

b) MN

c) LM

d) LN

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

3, 9, 4, 16, 5, ?

a) 6

b) 25

c) 20

d) 18

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) Some men are educated.

(II) Educated persons prefer small families.

Conclusion:

(I) All families are educated.

(II) Some men prefer small families.

a) Conclusion I follows

b) Conclusion II follows

c) Neither I nor II follows

d) Both I and II follows

Question - 14 A is taller than B, who is shorter than C, but taller than D. Who is the shortest?

a) B

b) C

c) D

d) A

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

i. Recognize

ii. Receptive

iii. Record

iv. Recur

a) ii, i, iii, iv

b) iv, iii, ii, i

c) ii, i, iv, iii

d) i, ii, iii, iv

Question - 16 In a certain language "BROTHER" is written as "CSPUIFS". How is "SISTER" written in that code language?

a) TJTFUS

b) TJTUFS

c) SFUTJT

d) TJTSFU

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

a) 17

b) 8

c) 26

d) 10

Question - 18 If "S" denotes "multiplied by", "V" denotes "subtracted from", "M" denotes "added to" and "L" denotes "divided by", then 11 V 9 M 88 L 11 S 9 = ?

a) 66

b) -70

c) 74

d) 72

Question - 19 In the following question, which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?

b_d_ed_b_c_e

a) cedbc

b) cecbd

c) ceabc

d) cecdb

Question - 20 A is to the southeast of B. In which direction is B with respect to A?

a) Southwest

b) Northwest

c) Northeast

d) Southeast

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-II 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, 'D’ can be represented by 24, 13, etc., and 'R’ can be represented by 68, 69, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word ‘CLASS’.

Matrix - I

Matrix - II

a) 32, 67, 12, 87, 98

b) 43, 78, 23, 98, 95

c) 21, 34, 23, 98, 87

d) 32, 67, 12, 65, 42

Question - 22 The only brother of Ankit is the brotherinlaw of Shweta. How Shweta is related to Ankit?

a) Wife

b) Sister

c) Mother

d) Aunt

Question - 23 If a mirror is place 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.

Plants, Humans, Respiration

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 How many layers are there in the OSI networking model?

a) 13

b) 11

c) 9

d) 7

Question - 27 Christmas Card was invented by ________.

a) John Barber

b) Sir Henry Cole

c) Josephine Cochrane

d) Bartolomeo Cristofori

Question - 28 What does Trypsin do?

a) Breaks down Carbohydrates

b) Synthesizes proteins

c) Breaks down fats

d) Breaks down proteins

Question - 29 Name the source from which Aspirin is produced?

a) Willow bark

b) Oak Tree

c) Acacia

d) Eucalyptus

Question - 30 Cannis Familiaris is the scientific name of

a) Cat

b) Dog

c) Fox

d) Wolf

Question - 31 Name the acid present in lemon.

a) Phosphoric acid

b) Carbonic acid

c) Citric acid

d) Malic acid

Question - 32 The conversion of hard water into soft water by boiling or adding calcium hydroxide is called _______.

a) Baker's process

b) Temp's process

c) Clarke's process

d) Lake's process

Question - 33 Group of Monuments at Pattadakal is in

a) Maharashtra

b) Himachal Pradesh

c) Karnataka

d) Madhya Pradesh

Question - 34 2016 Hemis festival was held in ______.

a) Manipur

b) Jammu and Kashmir

c) Uttarakhand

d) Himachal Pradesh

Question - 35 Find arc elasticity of demand, if quantity demanded falls from 1000 to 950 when price of the item is increased from Rs. 240 to Rs. 280?

a) 0.33

b) 0.3

c) -0.3

d) -0.33

Question - 36 A price floor is _____.

a) a maximum legal price

b) a minimum legal price

c) the price where demand equals supply

d) the price where elasticity of demand equals elasticity of supply

Question - 37 Concentration of water vapour in troposphere is

a) 04%

b) 1014%

c) 2024%

d) 3034%

Question - 38 Harmful bacteria in potable water make the water

a) unfit to drink

b) smelly

c) colored

d) turbid

Question - 39 First country to impose carbon tax is ________.

a) Australia

b) Iceland

c) USA

d) New Zealand

Question - 40 Elephanta Caves is located in which city?

a) Nashik

b) Kolhapur

c) Pune

d) Mumbai

Question - 41 Spring tides occur when ______.

a) the moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line

b) the sun is closest to earth

c) the moon is farthest from earth

d) the earth is at right angles with the sun and the moon

Question - 42 Humayun's Tomb was built by_____.

a) Humayun

b) Hamida Banu Begum

c) Babur

d) Akbar

Question - 43 Who built Sabarmati Ashram?

a) Guru Ramdas

b) Shah Jahan

c) Rao Jodhaji

d) Mahatma Gandhi

Question - 44 Which movie got the Best Film Award in 2016 IIFA Awards?

a) Bajirao Mastani

b) Piku

c) Tanu Weds Manu Returns

d) Bajrangi Bhaijaan

Question - 45 Why does a fountain pen leak in aeroplane flying at a height?

a) Because of reduced viscosity of the ink in the pen

b) Because of increased viscosity of the ink in the pen

c) Because of higher atmospheric pressure outside the pen

d) Because of lower atmospheric pressure outside the pen

Question - 46 Instrument for measuring wind velocity is called

a) Coulombmeter

b) Anemometer

c) Cyanometer

d) Chronometer

Question - 47 In the presence of which of the following, does the President takes Oath?

a) Vice-President

b) Lok Sabha Speaker

c) Chief Justice of India

d) Attorney General

Question - 48 Who was the first indian Chief Election Commissioner?

a) Morarji Desai

b) Sukumar Sen

c) Sardar Patel

d) V.S Ramadevi

Question - 49 Phil Mickelson plays which International Sport?

a) Golf

b) Baseball

c) Basketball

d) Boxing

Question - 50 Who is the author of the book - "The White Tiger"?

a) Maneesh Tripathi

b) Aravind Adiga

c) Arvind Joshi

d) Vijay Lohkare

Question - 51 If 5x - 3(4 - x)< 4x - 4 < 4x + 2x/3; then the value of x is

a) -7

b) 3

c) 4

d) 1

Question - 52 Reflection of the point (-1, 4) in the x-axis is

a) (1, 4)

b) (1, -4)

c) (-1, 4)

d) (-1, -4)

Question - 53 To travel 660 km, an Express train takes 10 hours more than Rajdhani. If however, the speed of the Express train is doubled, it takes 7 hours less than Rajdhani. The speed of Rajdhani is

a) 38.8 km/hr

b) 16.2 km/hr

c) 50.1 km/hr

d) 27.5 km/hr

Question - 54 Simplify (b⁵x²a³z⁴)*(b³x²a⁴z⁵) / (a²b³z²)

a) b⁵x⁴a⁵z⁵

b) b⁵x⁴a⁵z⁷

c) b⁵x⁴a⁴z⁷

d) b⁴x⁴a⁵z⁷

Question - 55 For triangle ABC, find equation of median AD if coordinates of points A, B and C are (2, -4), (3,0) and (5, -2) respectively?

a) 3x - 2y = 14

b) 3x - 2y = 2

c) 3x + 2y = 14

d) 3x + 2y = 2

Question - 56 If a retailer offers a discount of 28% on the marked price of his goods and thus ends up selling at cost price, what was the % mark up?

a) 18.25 percent

b) 22 percent

c) 38.88 percent

d) 28 percent

Question - 57 What is the value of tan 300°?

a) -1/2

b) -1/√2

c) -√3

d) -√3/2

Question - 58 When a number is increased by 38, it becomes 119% of itself. What is the number?

a) 200

b) 456

c) 570

d) 342

Question - 59 The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 8% per annum is Rs 40. What is the sum?

a) Rs 12500

b) Rs 6250

c) Rs 25000

d) Rs 18750

Question - 60 In a Rhombus ABCD, measure of angle CAB is 35°, what is the measure of angle ABC?

a) 70°

b) 40°

c) 50°

d) 110°

Question - 61 If cotA/√(1 + cot²A) = x, then the value of x is

a) sinA

b) cosecA

c) secA

d) cosA

Question - 62 When a discount of 20% is given on a lunch buffet, the profit is 42%. If the discount is 15%, then the profit is:

a) 57 percent

b) 50.875 percent

c) 63.125 percent

d) 44.75 percent

Question - 63 What is the value of √[(1 - cosA)/(1 + cosA)]?

a) cosecA - cotA

b) cosecA + cotA

c) secA - cotA

d) secA + cotA

Question - 64 On dividing a number by 38, we get 70 as quotient and 12 as remainder. What is the number?

a) 2648

b) 2636

c) 2684

d) 2672

Question - 65 By increasing the price of entry ticket to a fair in the ratio 17:19, the number of visitors to the fair has decreased in the ratio 11:10. In what ratio has the total collection increased or decreased?

a) decreased in the ratio 190:187

b) increased in the ratio 187:190

c) increased in the ratio 170:209

d) decreased in the ratio 209:170

Question - 66 In a cyclic quadrilateral

a) Opposite sides are parallel

b) Diagonals are bisectors of each other

c) Opposite angles are supplementary

d) Adjacent angles are supplementary

Question - 67 If a + b = - 8 and a² + b² = 34, then value of ab is

a) 30

b) 64

c) 98

d) 15

Question - 68 The average of 19 consecutive even integers is 50. The highest of these integers is

a) 88

b) 68

c) 126

d) 100

Question - 69 The first and last terms of an arithmetic progression are 25 and 52. What is the sum of the series if it has 12 terms?

a) 162

b) 110

c) 162

d) 110

Question - 70 A wooden bowl is in shape of a hollow hemisphere of internal radius 9 cm and thickness 1 cm. Find the total surface area of the bowl?

a) 1376.58 sq cms

b) 2064.87 sq cms

c) 344.15 sq cms

d) 1197.42 sq cms

Question - 71 Pankaj has done 1/2 of a job in 12 days, Sainath completes the rest of the job in 6 days. In how many days can they together do the job?

a) 4 days

b) 12 days

c) 8 days

d) 16 days

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

What percent students who chose Engineering are girls?

a) 16.13

b) 38.46

c) 43.26

d) 27.78

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

How many cars were manufactured in the months of April and May?

a) 1050

b) 1030

c) 1100

d) 4590

Question - 74 Refer the below data table and answer the following Question.

If 400 calories are burned by jogging 5km, how many calories were burnt in the given week?

a) 1570 calories

b) 1470 calories

c) 1420 calories

d) 1520 calories

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

Raw Material and Interest are what percent of total expenses?

a) 48.31 percent

b) 41.06 percent

c) 62.81 percent

d) 55.56 percent

Question - 76 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

(As soon as I saw) the ferocious dog than I ran away.

a) No sooner than I saw

b) No sooner has I seen

c) No sooner did I see

d) no improvement

Question - 77 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

It is a good sign

P-that the ratio remains the same despite

Q-the revenue base coming down because

R-of increased devolution to States

a) QRP

b) RPQ

c) PRQ

d) PQR

Question - 78 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'.

We have to accept(A)/that driving vehicles(B)require expertise.(C)/No error(D)

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

Question - 79 Select the antonym of

to brood

a) to repine

b) to ignore

c) to fret

d) to mope

Question - 80 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.

The cricket ball struck me on the head.

a) Struck me on the head the cricket ball .

b) I was struck on the head by the cricket ball.

c) I had been struck on the head by the cricket ball.

d) I am striked on the head by the cricket ball.

Question - 81 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

Through thick and thin

a) To be together under all circumstances, no matter how difficult

b) None of the days are alike. Some are good and some are bad

c) To pass through various types of obstacles

d) An obese person suddenly losing weight

Question - 82 Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

India is extremely short

P-of water, and there will be even less

Q-is taken out

R-of it as groundwater

a) RPQ

b) QRP

c) PRQ

d) QPR

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

Thumb one's nose

a) an ill-mannered person

b) to show affection

c) to scold a naughty person

d) to express scorn

Question - 84 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.

‘Have you come from Japan?' said the shopkeeper to the tourist.

a) The shopkeeper asked the tourist whether she had come from Japan.

b) The shopkeeper asked the tourist that if she had come from Japan.

c) The shopkeeper asked the tourist that whether she had came from Japan.

d) The shopkeeper asked the tourist if she came from Japan.

Question - 85 Select the synonym of

crown

a) frown

b) apex

c) nadir

d) base

Question - 86 In the following question, sentence given with blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The unruly behaviour of the parliamentarians _____________ the speaker.

a) incensed

b) estranged

c) enflamed

d) disparaged

Question - 87 Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The hapless kid (cut a sorry figure) in his first performance on the stage.

a) made a sorry figure

b) made a sad figure

c) cut a sorry face

d) no improvement

Question - 88 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.

To better the public transport system, the municipality ______________ the scheme of securing dedicated lanes for buses.

a) marketed

b) launched

c) floated

d) enhanced

Question - 89 Select the word with the correct spelling.

a) blottched

b) essences

c) sylabus

d) semmantic

Question - 90 Select the synonym of

preacher

a) atheist

b) agnostic

c) evangelist

d) pagan

Question - 91 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

the customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular profession or group

a) etiquette

b) frizette

c) epaulette

d) fossette

Question - 92 Select the word with the correct spelling.

a) depictted

b) brisbaane

c) fiddling

d) ponderred

Question - 93 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'.

Although he studied(A)/very hard, he(B)/could not pass the exam.(C)/No error(D)

a) A

b) B

c) C

d) D

Question - 94 Select the antonym of

veracity

a) deceit

b) condor

c) probity

d) rectitude

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

the way in which a substance holds together; thickness or viscosity

a) corpulency

b) consistency

c) exigency

d) exultancy

Question - 96 correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options. _______________ the expansive declarations of the need "to maintain effective security of all nuclear materials, _______________ includes nuclear materials used in nuclear weapons”, the summits narrowed their _______________ to civilian holdings __________________ non-nuclear weapon states.

The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options.

a) to

b) of

c) from

d) for

Question - 97 correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options. _______________ the expansive declarations of the need "to maintain effective security of all nuclear materials, _______________ includes nuclear materials used in nuclear weapons”, the summits narrowed their _______________ to civilian holdings __________________ non-nuclear weapon states.

_______________ the expansive declarations of the need

a) Inspite

b) Since

c) Despite

d) Despite of

Question - 98 correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options. _______________ the expansive declarations of the need "to maintain effective security of all nuclear materials, _______________ includes nuclear materials used in nuclear weapons”, the summits narrowed their _______________ to civilian holdings __________________ non-nuclear weapon states.

_______________ includes nuclear materials used in nuclear weapons”

a) which

b) that

c) those

d) who

Question - 99 correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options. _______________ the expansive declarations of the need "to maintain effective security of all nuclear materials, _______________ includes nuclear materials used in nuclear weapons”, the summits narrowed their _______________ to civilian holdings __________________ non-nuclear weapon states.

the summits narrowed their _______________

a) view

b) focus

c) attention

d) vision

Question - 100 correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options. _______________ the expansive declarations of the need "to maintain effective security of all nuclear materials, _______________ includes nuclear materials used in nuclear weapons”, the summits narrowed their _______________ to civilian holdings __________________ non-nuclear weapon states.

civilian holdings __________________ nonnuclear weapon states.

a) into

b) for

c) in

d) about

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