Test of the Day(TOD) 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 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 /MTS / CPO exams. We are making all the possible efforts to make your Studies fun and Interactive.

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Q1.Sarnath Stambh was built by

Harshwardhan

Ashoka

Bindusar

Kanishka

Q2.Who was the son of Ashoka mentioned in an inscription?

Mahendra

Kunala

Tivara

Jalauka

Q3.Who was the first to have successfully read the Ashoka’s inscriptions?

Charles Wilkins

Dayaram Sahni

Rakhaldas Banerji

James Prinsep

Q4.Which one of the following scripts of ancient India was written from right to left?

Kharoshti

Brahmi

Pali

Prakrit

Q5.The name by which Ashoka is generally referred to in his inscription is

Chakravarti

Devraja

Dharmakirti

Priyadarsi

Q6. In this question, the sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in two matrices given below. 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, e.g., 'D' can be represented by 01, 13, etc., and 'N' can be represented by 59, 66, etc. You have to identify the set for the word 'HEEL'

67, 21, 14, 98

75, 88, 65, 01

68, 65, 60, 10

68, 65, 50, 01

Solution:

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Q7. Select the related word from the given alternatives.
Flow : River :: Stagnant : ?

Pond

Rain

Stream

Canal

Q8. Select the related letters from the given alternatives.
AEIM : BFJN :: CGKO : ?

DHLP

ZVRP

BCDK

MPQR

Solution:

Letters are forwarded by one.

Q9. Select the related number from the given alternatives.
24 : 60 :: 210 : ?

348

336

340

326

Solution:

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Q10. Find the odd word from the given alternatives.

Shimla

Ooty

Darjeeling

Agra

Solution:

Letters are forwarded by one. Except Agra all are hill stations.

Directions (11-15): In each of the following sentences, a part of the sentence is left unfinished. Beneath each sentence, four different ways of completing the sentence are indicated. Choose the best alternative among the four.

Q11. __________ that in this apparent mess, two things need not be interfered with.

It is important

It is of cardinal importance

It should be urgently understood

It cannot be emphasized

Solution:

It is important- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement.

Q12. The highest reward for a man’s toil is not what he gets for it, but what __________

he makes out of it.

he gets for others.

he has overcome through it.

he becomes by it.

Solution:

he becomes by it- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement.

Q13. Wines that yield a good commercial profit __________ in the same limited areas of France as now.

seem to have been produced.

appear to have a remarkable semblance

bear a significant similarity in terms of production to those grown

appear to have been similarly produced

Solution:

seem to have been produced- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement.

Q14. In pursuance of their decision to resist what they saw as anti-labour policies, the company employees’ union launched agitation to __________.

show their virility

reaffirm their commitment to the company

bring down the government

demonstrate their strength

Solution:

demonstrate their strength- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement.

Q15. The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition as it has developed up to now, with all its diverse proponents, is that it consists of a __________ Plato.

series of footnotes to

set of prologues to

collection of chapters on

string of commentaries to

Solution:

series of footnotes to- is correct choice to complete the meaning of the given statement

Q16. Despite giving a discount of 11.11% on the mark-up price, profit obtained is equal to 14.28%. What is the percent mark up over CP?

14.28%

28.56%

25%

50%

Solution:

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Q17. A shopkeeper wants to earn a profit of 20% and at the same time, the minimum discount which he wants to offer is 25%. What should be the minimum percentage mark-up over CP?

60%

42.5%

62.5%

35%

Solution:

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Q18. An article when sold at 10% discount on the marked price gave a profit of Rs. 70. What is the CP?

Rs. 700

Rs. 350

Rs. 125

Cannot be determined

Solution:

Cannot be determined.
Without knowing profit percentage.

Q19. A supplier sells 20 pens at the marked price of 18 pens to a retailer. The retailer, in turn, sells them at the marked price. What is the percentage profit or percentage loss of the retailer?

Loss 25%

Profit 11.11%

Loss 20%

Profit 20%

Solution:

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Q20. Sum of the CP’s of two cars is Rs. 1,00,000. 1st car is sold at a profit of 20% and 2nd car is sold at a loss of 20%. However, their SPs are same. What is the CP of 1st car?

Rs. 40,000

Rs. 60,000

Rs. 52,400

Rs. 47,600

Solution: