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Name of the Organization: Staff Selection Commission
Name of the Exam: CGL 2014 (Combined Graduate Level) exam
Important Dates:
Exams held on: 19th October 2014 and 26th October 2014
Selection Process:
1).Tier 1 Examination (200 Marks)
2).Tier 2 Examination (400 Marks)
3).Interview (100 Marks)
Exam Pattern:
Tier II Examination:
A).Quantitative Abilities (200 Marks) – 100 Questions
Duration of Exam: 2 Hours
B).English Language & Comprehension (200 Marks)
Duration of Exam: 2 Hours
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SSC CGL Tier 1 Question Paper held on 26th October 2014:
SSC CGL Tier 1 General Awareness held on 26th October 2014 Questions:
1).Name the Italian traveller who visited the Vijayanagar Empire in 1420 A.D.
Ans: Nicolo de Conti
2).Which one of the following dynasties established an independent rule in Bijapur?
Ans: Adil Shahi
3).The Word “Oikonomia” means
Ans: Household Management
4).The word “Economics” is taken from which language?
Ans: Greek
5).The famous economist Thomas Robert Malthus, in his views regarding population, is
Ans: Partly Optimistic and partly pessimistic
6).Non-insurable or uncertainty risk is
Ans: Change in fashion
7).”Gold Bullion Standard” refers to
Ans: gold as the measure of value
8).Laws made by the executive are called
Ans: Rule of Law
9).Who regarded the second chamber as needless, useless and worse?
Ans: Laski
10).The tenure of the Swiss President is
Ans: 1 year
11).Which of the following is a merit of the Presidential form of Government?
Ans: It safeguards the liberty of the people
12).The two chambers of the Swiss Federal Assembly are called
Ans: National Council and Council of States
13).The Sufi movement originally started from
Ans: Persia
14).Humayun was driven out of Hindustan in 1540 A.D. after the battle of
Ans: Kanauj
15).Poly metallic nodules (also called manganese nodules) are found in concentrations
Ans: in deep ocean beds
16).Spot the odd item in the following
Ans: Delta
17).Kandla port is located at
Ans: Gulf of Kutch
18).Who among the following enjoyed the patronage of Sultans from Balban to Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq?
Ans: Amir Khusrow
19).Nag Tiba and Mahabharat ranges are included in
Ans: Lesser Himalayas
20).Pink mould is the common name for
Ans: Aspergillus
21).The sleeping sickness is caused by
Ans: Trypanosoma
22).Haemolymph is observed in
Ans: Arthropods
23).The virus without capsid but only with nucleic acids is called
Ans: Capsomere
24).The immunity caused by the B-lymphocytes is called
Ans: Acquired immunity
25).Which of the following forests grows in waterlogged areas?
Ans: Mangrove
26).Flow of blood in dorsal blood vessel of Earthworm is
Ans: Downward
27).Which of the following is biodegradable?
Ans: Leather belts
28).Fungi that grow on bark are said to be
Ans: Xylophilous
29).To an astronaut in space the sky will appear to be
Ans: Black
30).On a rainy day,small oily films on water show brilliant colours.This is due to
Ans: Scattering
31).Natural Radioactivity was discovered by
Ans: Henri Becquerel
32).Rainbow formation is due to
Ans: Refraction and reflection of sunlight by water droplets
33).CAD stands for
Ans: Computer Aided Design
34).Unix Operating System is generally known as
Ans: Multi User Operating System
35).Combustion is a
Ans: Physical and Chemical Process
36).Which of the following is not a form of carbon
Ans: Hematite
37).What is Dry Ice ?
Ans: Solid Carbon dioxide
38).The gas commonly used in advertising sign-boards and decorative lights is
Ans: Neon
39).Who is the prime minister of Australia?
Ans: Tony Abbott
40).Which is the parent country of Mobile giant “Nokia”?
Ans: Finland
41).Where was the Joint G20 Finance and Labour Ministers Meeting held on 19th July, 2013?
Ans: Moscow
42).Who holds the world record as the youngest person to climb Mount Everest?
Ans: Dicky Dolma
43).Hyperplasia means
Ans: Abnormal increase in number of cells
44).The part of root involved in water absorption is
Ans: Zone of root hairs
45).Who took oath as the President of Iran on 4th August, 2013?
Ans: Mohammad Bashir Ahmad
46).Who was sworn in as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations by Joe Biden on 01 August, 2013?
Ans: Rosemary Dicarlo
47).Who won the Rogers Cup Women’s Singles in Lawn Tennis in 2013?
Ans: Serena Williams
48).Who was appointed as the Chairperson of the National School of Drama on 19th August, 2013?
Ans: Ratan Thiyam
49).To which channel did the International Olympic Committee sells the broadcasting rights for 2014 and 2016 Olympics?
Ans: STAR India
50).Which is the largest man-made lake?
Ans: Govind Sagar
SSC CGL Tier 1 English Comprehension Skills held on 26th October, 2014:
Find Errors:
1).I wish to heartily / congratulate you for / your astounding success / No Error
Ans: I wish to heartily
2).The visitor took the vacant seat / next from mine / one of the many huge sofas in the room / No error
Ans: next from mine
3).He was / a learnt man among lords / and a lord among learned men / No error
Ans: No error
4).With our great annoyance / we found the ground / filled with broken glasses / No error
Ans: filled with broken glasses
5).The new device / aims at eliminating / the risk of short-circuiting / No error
Ans: the risk of short-circuiting
Choose the Correct Alternatives:
6).The sun is shining brightly, please ______ the light
Ans: put out
7).This practice was bought _______ to prevent certain abuses
Ans: about
8).This package was supposed ________ yesterday
Ans: to have been delivered
9).Her true feelings manifested themselves in her sarcastic remarks, only then was her ________ revealed
Ans: Bitterness
10).The book provides an overview of European wines that should prove inviting to both the virtual ______ and the experienced connoisseur
Ans: zealot
Choose the correct Synonyms:
11).Pinnacle = Summit
12).Garble = Confuse
13).Brutalize = Ill-treat
Choose the correct Antonyms:
14).Denounce — Praise
15).Seamy — Honest
16).Cease — Initiate
Choose the Correct Idiom/Phrases:
17).I’ll be able to do my job very well when I Know the ropes
Ans: Learn the procedures
18).The secretary’s thoughtless remark added fuel to the fire
Ans: Worsened the difficult situation
19).He could not get money from his master because he rubbed him up the wrong way
Ans: irked or irritated him
20).Ask Mr.Das.He can give you all the news you need: he is always in the swim
Ans: giving news to others
21).You have been trying to solve this puzzle for a long time, be careful so that you avoid barking up the wrong tree
Ans: trying to find something at a wrong place
Improvement of Sentences:
22).The toys he bought for suzy are too good to be cheap
Ans: No improvement
23).I did one mistake in the dictation test today
Ans: I made a mistake in
24).John has been detained at a meeting
Ans: No improvement
25).The butler was as devoted as a faithful dog
Ans: A faithful friend
26).The government representative furnished the reporters all details
Ans: furnished the reported with all the details
27).It was raining so heavily yesterday that I could not move out for my usual walk
Ans: No Improvement
28).Ram filled ink into his pen before leaving for school
Ans: filled his pen with ink
29).There is an error in grammar in this sentence
Ans: a grammatical error
30).To his astonishment and admiration he got the information that it was only the picture of a curtain
Ans: found
31).He denied that he had not forged my signature
Ans: No improvement
One Word Substitutions:
32).A doctor who specialized in diseases of the nose
Ans: Rhinologist
33).Study of caves
Ans:Speleology
34).Government by the few
Ans: Oligarchy
35).Materials that change naturally by the action of bacteria
Ans: Biodegradable
36).Having a stale smell or taste
Ans: Rancid
37).A wooden object used for connecting animals that are pulling a vehicle
Ans: Yoke
38).A man who knows a lot about things like food, music and art
Ans: Connoisseur
Mis-spelt Words:
39).A).Extirpeit B).Extirpate C).Extirpaite D).Exterpate
Ans: B).Extirpate
40).A).Intelligibillity B).Intelligibility C).Inteligibility D).Inteligibelity
Ans: B).Intelligibility
Passage I:
41).An Individual episode of a soap opera generally switches between
Ans: different concurrent narrative threads
42).Soap operas that run for a part of the year usually end in
Ans: a cliffhanger
43).What does the author mean by the open-ended nature of soap operas?
Ans: Each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode
44).A soap opera has the space for it to be more
Ans: naturalistic
45).The economics of a soap opera form demands for it to have
Ans: long scenes
Passage II:
46).After a swim in the moor they
Ans: set down on the sandy bottom where the water was about knee deep and watched the daylight comes
47).In the stillness of the night
Ans: the whole world was asleep
48).The streak on the water looks as it does because
Ans: of a snag there in the swift current which breaks on it
49).How did the days and nights go by, according to the writer?
Ans: They slid along so quiet and smooth and lovely
50).They stopped navigating
Ans: at dawn
sofi movement originally started from Persia
Yes from persian or Arabic
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