Test of the Day for SSC CGL Tier-1 2017

Dear Readers, for your better practice at SSC Adda, we provide you a test of 20 questions i.e. Test Of the Day(TOD) which will play a vital role in your practice. In TOD, You’ll find all 4 subjects in a single quiz. We wish you Good luck for your SSC CGL exams. We are making all the possible efforts to make your Studies fun and Interactive.

Q1.Which one of the following Mughal emperors gave an important Firman to the English of facilitating their trade in India?

Bahadur Shah I

Bahadur Shah II

Shah Alam II

Farrukhsiyar

Q2.The Peshwa who engineered the capture of Salsette and Bassein from the Portuguese in 1739 was

Balaji Vishwanath

Baji Rao I

Baji Rao II

Madhava Rao

Q3.Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of subsidiary alliance?

Sindhia of Gwalior

Nawab of Awadh

Dilip Singh of Punjab

Nizam of Hyderabad

Q4.The first English translation of Kalidasa’s ‘Shakuntala’ was published in 1781. Who translated it?

Charles Wilkins

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

James Princep

William Jones

Q5.Which one of the following Acts created ‘Board of Control’?

Regulating Act 1773

Pitt’s India Act 1784

Act of 1813

Act of 1833

Q6. If GOODNESS is coded as HNPCODTR then GREATNESS will be coded as

HQZFBMFRT

HPFZUMERT

HQEZUMFTR

HQFZUMFRT

Solution:

The sequence follow in code is +1,-1,+1,-1,+1,-1,+1,-1

Q7. Wich of the following alternatives will complete the below sequence? ab __ d __ aaba __ na __ badna __ b

andaa

babda

badna

dbanb

Solution:

abadna/abadna/abadna/ab

Q8. Find the odd letters from the given alternatives.

EOU

AOI

UIE

UKO

Solution:

Except UKO, all are vowels.

Q9. If ‘+’ means division, ‘-’ means multiplication, ‘÷’ means subtraction, ‘×’ means addition, and < means less than, then which of the following is false?

(10+2)÷7 < (10÷7)+2

(10-7) ×2 < (10×2)-7

(10×7)-2 < (10 – 2) ×7

(10÷2)+7 < (10+7) ×2

Solution:

Option (a) (10 ÷ 2) – 7 < (10 – 7) ÷ 2
-2 < 1.5
Option (b) (10 × 7) + 2 < (10 + 2) × 7
72 < 84
Option (c) (10 + 7) × 2 < (10 × 2) + 7
34 < 27
Option (d) (10 – 2) ÷ 7 < (10 ÷ 7) +2
1.2 < 3.4

Q10. If Miara is 12 ahead in rank of Parul, who ranks 15th from last, then how many students are there in the class if Miara ranks 4th in order of merit?

Solution:

Number of students in the class = 4 + 11 + 15 = 30

Directions (11-15): A part of the sentence is in BOLD. Below are given alternatives to the BOLD part which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (D).

Q11. After several days’ tour, we became convinced that the climate of this place was like Srinagar in winter.

in winter was like Srinagar

was like that of Srinagar in winter

was like Srinagar’s in winter

No improvement

Solution:

‘was like that of Srinagar in winter’ in this case we need to compare the climate.

Q12. Our team has not yet arrived. I wonder when it will arrive.

it will be arriving

it arrives

it can arrive

No improvement

Solution:

The given sentence is grammatically correct.

Q13. If only I had known about your arrival, I might have come to the station to receive you.

could have

should have

would have

No improvement

Solution:

This is third conditional sentence, the structure is (subj+past perfect tense.., would + have + past participle) , hence ‘would have’ will be used.

Q14. If he does not succeed this year, he would give the examination again next year.

would take

would be giving

will be taking

No improvement

Solution:

‘will be taking’. Giving an exam is something a doctor does to a patient, or something a teacher does to her students. Taking an exam is something a student does to prove their knowledge.

Q15. I shall stand near you in weal and woe.

stand by

stand with

stand close to

No improvement

Solution:

stand by- support or remain loyal to (someone), typically in a time of need.

Q16. Two trains are running on a parallel line in the same direction at a speed of 50 km/h and 30 km/h respectively. Given that the faster train crosses a man in the slower train in 18 s, what is the length of the faster train?

170 m

100 m

98 m

85 m

Solution:

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Q17. Shilu can go 30 km upstream and 44 km downstream in 10 h. Also, she can go 40 km upstream and 55 km downstream in 13 h. What is her speed in still water?

6 km/h

12 km/h

8 km/h

16 km/h

Solution:

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Q18. Preeti
and Uma stay next to each other and study in the same school. Preeti and Uma
start walking towards their school at the speed of 2 km/h and 3 km/h
respectively. The faster of the two reaches the school first, turns around and
starts walking back. If Preeti and Uma meet 200 m away from the home, what is
the distance between their residences and the school?

260 m

250 m

200 m

400 m

Solution:

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Q19. Vinod and Kaurvaki start travelling in the same direction at 8 km/h and 13 km/h respectively. After 4 hours, Vinod doubled his speed and Kaurvaki reduced his speed by 1 km/h and reached the destination together. How long did the entire journey last?

3 h

6 h

9 h

12 h

Solution:

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Q20. Two trains have respective lengths as 230 m and 190 m. They cross each other completely in 42 s, if they are travelling in the opposite direction and in 84 s, if they are travelling in the same direction. Find the ratio of the speed of the two trains.

3 : 1

4 : 1

3 : 2

None of these

Solution: