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SSC CGL 2025 · Shift 2

SSC CGL 22 Sept 2025 Shift 2 – Question Paper

100 questions · 200 marks · 60 minutes · +2 for a correct answer, −0.5 for a wrong one. With answer key and detailed solutions in Hindi and English.

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Paper pattern

SectionQuestionsMarks
General Intelligence & Reasoning2550
General Awareness2550
Quantitative Aptitude2550
English Comprehension2550

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Q1.
In the sequence D, F, H, J, L…, which letter comes 6th?
शृंखला D, F, H, J, L… में छठा अक्षर कौन-सा है?
  1. AM
  2. BL
  3. CN
  4. DJ
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Concept: Consecutive letters differ by the same step, so continue that step.

  1. Positions of D…L are 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 → step +2.
  2. 6th term = 12 + 2 = 14.
  3. 14th letter of the alphabet = N.

Trick: Every alternate letter is skipped (E, G, I, K…), so after L skip M → N.

Answer: (C) N

अवधारणा: लगातार अक्षरों में एक-सा अंतर है, वही अंतर आगे बढ़ाएँ।

  1. D से L तक के स्थान 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 हैं → हर बार +2।
  2. छठा पद = 12 + 2 = 14।
  3. 14वाँ अक्षर = N।

ट्रिक: हर बार एक अक्षर छूट रहा है (E, G, I, K…), इसलिए L के बाद M छोड़ें → N।

उत्तर: (C) N

SSC CGLGeneral Intelligence & ReasoningLetter series – constant gap of +2
Q26.
The main principle underlying Akbar's policy of Sulh-i-Kul was:
अकबर की "सुलह-ए-कुल" नीति का मूल सिद्धांत क्या था?
  1. AExpansion through military conquestsसैन्य विजयों से विस्तार
  2. BUniversal peace and toleranceसार्वभौमिक शांति और सहिष्णुता
  3. CReligious exclusivenessधार्मिक अनन्यता
  4. DStrict adherence to Sharia lawशरीयत का कठोर पालन
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Concept: Sulh-i-Kul = 'absolute peace' – Akbar's policy of tolerance towards all faiths.

  1. It treated subjects of every religion equally in matters of state.
  2. Steps in this spirit: abolition of jizya (1564) and the Ibadat Khana debates at Fatehpur Sikri (1575).
  3. Conquest, exclusiveness and strict Sharia are the opposite of this idea.

Yaad rakhein: Abul Fazl, author of Akbarnama and Ain-i-Akbari, was the chief spokesman of Sulh-i-Kul.

Answer: (B) Universal peace and tolerance

अवधारणा: सुलह-ए-कुल = 'सबके साथ शांति' – सभी धर्मों के प्रति अकबर की सहिष्णु नीति।

  1. राज्य के कामकाज में हर धर्म की प्रजा को बराबर माना गया।
  2. इसी भावना से जज़िया हटाया गया (1564) और फ़तेहपुर सीकरी में इबादतखाना (1575) बना।
  3. सैन्य विस्तार, धार्मिक अनन्यता और कठोर शरीयत इसके विपरीत हैं।

याद रखें: अकबरनामा और आइन-ए-अकबरी के लेखक अबुल फ़ज़ल सुलह-ए-कुल के मुख्य प्रवक्ता थे।

उत्तर: (B) सार्वभौमिक शांति और सहिष्णुता

SSC CGLGeneral AwarenessMughal history – Akbar's Sulh-i-Kul
Q51.
What will come in place of ? to satisfy the equation:
(7 − 2)² = ? − 47
समीकरण को संतुष्ट करने हेतु ? के स्थान पर क्या आएगा:
(7 − 2)² = ? − 47
  1. A12
  2. B11
  3. C10
  4. D13
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Concept: Equation is (√7 − 2)² = ? − 4√7; expand with (a − b)² = a² + b² − 2ab.

  1. (√7)² = 7, 2² = 4, 2 × √7 × 2 = 4√7.
  2. (√7 − 2)² = 7 + 4 − 4√7 = 11 − 4√7.
  3. Compare with ? − 4√7 → ? = 11.

Trick: The rational part of (√a − b)² is simply a + b² = 7 + 4 = 11.

Answer: (B) 11

अवधारणा: समीकरण (√7 − 2)² = ? − 4√7 है; (a − b)² = a² + b² − 2ab से फैलाएँ।

  1. (√7)² = 7, 2² = 4, 2 × √7 × 2 = 4√7।
  2. (√7 − 2)² = 7 + 4 − 4√7 = 11 − 4√7।
  3. ? − 4√7 से तुलना → ? = 11।

ट्रिक: (√a − b)² का परिमेय भाग सीधे a + b² = 7 + 4 = 11 होता है।

उत्तर: (B) 11

SSC CGLQuantitative AptitudeAlgebraic identity – (a − b)² with surds
Q76.
The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.
The strict rules of the library don't let students (1)/ to take more than two books (2)/ out at a time, which is often (3)/ inconvenient for researchers. (4)
  1. A(1)
  2. B(2)
  3. C(3)
  4. D(4)
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Concept: Causative 'let' is followed by object + base verb, without 'to'.

  1. Part (2) reads 'to take' after 'let students' – wrong.
  2. Drop 'to' in part (2): let students take … books out.

Trick: Let, make, have, help (optional) + object + V1: 'let him go', 'made me laugh'. But 'allow' takes 'to': allow students to take.

Answer: (B) (2)

अवधारणा: Causative 'let' के बाद object + मूल क्रिया (V1) आती है, 'to' नहीं।

  1. भाग (2) में 'let students' के बाद 'to take' गलत है।
  2. सही: '…don't let students take more than two books out at a time…'।

ट्रिक: let, make, have + object + V1 (बिना to); पर 'allow' के साथ 'to' लगता है: allow students to take।

उत्तर: (B) (2)

SSC CGLEnglish ComprehensionError spotting – let + bare infinitive

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