SSC GD 2025 · Shift 1

SSC GD 13 Feb 2025 Shift 1 – Question Paper

80 questions · 160 marks · 60 minutes · +2 for a correct answer, −0.25 for a wrong one. With answer key and detailed solutions in Hindi and English.

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Paper pattern

SectionQuestionsMarks
General Intelligence & Reasoning2040
General Knowledge & General Awareness2040
Elementary Mathematics2040
English (attempt English or Hindi)2040
Hindi (attempt English or Hindi)2040

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Q1.
Select the Venn diagram that best illustrates the relationship between the following classes.
Son, Father, Brother
निम्नलिखित वर्गों के बीच संबंध को सर्वोत्तम रूप से दर्शाने वाले वेन आरेख का चयन कीजिए।
पुत्र, पिता, भाई
  1. Afigure
  2. Bfigure
  3. Cfigure
  4. Dfigure
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Concept: Find which class contains the others and which classes only partly share members.

  1. Any father or brother is a male child of someone, so both are subsets of Son (big outer circle).
  2. A man may be a father and a brother at once, but not always – so Father and Brother circles partly overlap.
  3. Required picture: two overlapping circles inside one big circle.

Trick: Ask 'Is every X a Y?' for each pair – a 'yes' means draw X inside Y.

Answer: (A) the figure with two intersecting circles inside a larger circle

अवधारणा: देखें कौन-सा वर्ग बाकी दोनों को समेटता है और कौन-से वर्ग आंशिक रूप से साझा हैं।

  1. हर पिता और हर भाई किसी न किसी का बेटा है – इसलिए दोनों पुत्र के अंदर आएँगे।
  2. एक व्यक्ति पिता और भाई दोनों हो सकता है, पर ज़रूरी नहीं – अतः पिता व भाई के वृत्त आंशिक रूप से कटते हैं।
  3. अतः: बड़े वृत्त के अंदर दो कटते वृत्त।

ट्रिक: हर जोड़ी के लिए पूछें 'क्या हर X, Y है?' – 'हाँ' हो तो X को Y के अंदर बनाएँ।

उत्तर: (A) बड़े वृत्त के अंदर दो कटते वृत्त वाली आकृति

SSC GDGeneral Intelligence & ReasoningVenn diagram – Son, Father, Brother
Q21.
Article 74 of the Constitution elaborates on which of the following ?
संविधान का अनुच्छेद 74 निम्नलिखित में से किसका विस्तार से वर्णन करता है?
  1. AAppointment of Chief Justice by Presidentराष्ट्रपति द्वारा मुख्य न्यायाधीश की नियुक्ति
  2. BAppointment of Vice President by Presidentराष्ट्रपति द्वारा उपराष्ट्रपति की नियुक्ति
  3. CCouncil of Ministers to aid and advise Presidentराष्ट्रपति को सहायता एवं सलाह देने के लिए मंत्रिपरिषद
  4. DAppointment of Chairman of Finance Commissionवित्त आयोग के अध्यक्ष की नियुक्ति
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Concept: Article 74 deals with the Council of Ministers headed by the PM that aids and advises the President.

  1. Art. 74: the President acts on the advice of the Council of Ministers.
  2. 42nd Amendment (1976) made the advice binding; 44th Amendment (1978) lets the President return it once for reconsideration.
  3. Others: Chief Justice – Art. 124; Vice-President – Art. 63–66 (elected, not appointed); Finance Commission – Art. 280.

Yaad rakhein: Art. 74 = advice to President; Art. 75 = appointment of PM and ministers; Art. 163 = same idea for the Governor.

Answer: (C) Council of Ministers to aid and advise President

अवधारणा: अनु. 74 में वह मंत्रिपरिषद है (मुखिया – PM) जो राष्ट्रपति को परामर्श देती है।

  1. राष्ट्रपति इसी परामर्श पर चलता है।
  2. 42nd Amendment (1976): परामर्श मानना अनिवार्य; 44th Amendment (1978): राष्ट्रपति इसे दोबारा सोचने हेतु एक बार वापस भेज सकता है।
  3. CJI – Art. 124; Vice-President – Art. 63–66; Finance Commission – Art. 280।

याद रखें: Art. 74 → President को परामर्श; Art. 75 → PM/मंत्री नियुक्ति; Art. 163 → Governor के लिए वैसी ही व्यवस्था।

उत्तर: (C) Council of Ministers to aid and advise President

SSC GDGeneral Knowledge & General AwarenessArticle 74 – Council of Ministers
Q41.
400 apples were bought at ₹1210 per hundred and were sold at a profit of ₹860. Find the selling price (in ₹) per dozen of apples.
100 सेबों के ₹1210 की दर से 400 सेब खरीदे गए और उन्हें ₹860 के लाभ पर बेच दिया गया। सेबों का प्रति दर्जन विक्रय मूल्य (₹ में) ज्ञात कीजिए।
  1. A181
  2. B161
  3. C171
  4. D186
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Concept: SP = CP + Profit; then convert to the required unit.

  1. CP of 400 apples = 4 × ₹1210 = ₹4840
  2. SP = 4840 + 860 = ₹5700
  3. SP per apple = 5700 ÷ 400 = ₹14.25
  4. Per dozen = 14.25 × 12 = ₹171

Trick: Per dozen = total SP × 12/400 = 5700 × 3/100 = 171.

Answer: (C) 171

अवधारणा: SP = CP + लाभ; फिर उत्तर को दर्जन की इकाई में लाएँ।

  1. 400 सेब का CP = 4 × ₹1210 = ₹4840
  2. SP = 4840 + 860 = ₹5700
  3. 1 सेब का SP = 5700 ÷ 400 = ₹14.25
  4. 1 दर्जन = 14.25 × 12 = ₹171

ट्रिक: प्रति दर्जन = 5700 × 12/400 = 5700 × 3/100 = 171।

उत्तर: (C) 171

SSC GDElementary MathematicsProfit – SP per dozen
Q61.
Select the most appropriate option to replace the highlighted grammatical error and the underlined MISSPELT word in the following sentence.
The crops are dyeing, it must not had rained.
  1. Adiying; must not have been
  2. Bdaying; must had not
  3. Cdying; must not have
  4. Ddieing; must not be
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Concept: die → dying (ie becomes y before -ing); a past guess uses must + have + V3.

  1. 'Dyeing' = colouring with dye; for death of crops we need dying.
  2. 'must not had rained' ✘ → must not have rained ✔ (modal + have + past participle).
  3. Corrected: The crops are dying; it must not have rained.

Trick: After any modal (must, should, could) never use 'had' – always 'have'. That alone leaves options A and C; spelling picks C.

Answer: (C) dying; must not have

अवधारणा: die → dying (-ing से पहले ie का y); अतीत के अनुमान हेतु must + have + V3।

  1. 'Dyeing' = रंगना; फसल के मरने के लिए dying।
  2. 'must not had rained' ✘ → must not have rained ✔
  3. सही वाक्य: The crops are dying; it must not have rained.

ट्रिक: Modal के बाद 'had' कभी नहीं, हमेशा 'have' – इससे A, C बचते हैं; वर्तनी से C।

उत्तर: (C) dying; must not have

SSC GDEnglishSpelling + modal perfect
Q81.
‘जो विद्यार्थी पास हो गए हों, वे इस कक्षा में बैठ जाएँ।’ ‘पास हो गए हों’ वाक्यांश के स्थान पर उचित शब्द होगा-
  1. Aअसफल
  2. Bकामयाब
  3. Cउत्तीर्ण
  4. Dअनुत्तीर्ण
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अवधारणा: परीक्षा में सफल होने के लिए मानक शब्द 'उत्तीर्ण' है।

  1. 'पास हो गए हों' = परीक्षा पार कर ली हो → उत्तीर्ण।
  2. असफल, अनुत्तीर्ण उल्टे अर्थ के हैं; 'कामयाब' उर्दू मूल का सामान्य शब्द, परीक्षा-परिणाम का औपचारिक शब्द नहीं।

याद रखें: उत्तीर्ण ↔ अनुत्तीर्ण – विलोम युग्म के रूप में भी पूछा जाता है।

उत्तर: (C) उत्तीर्ण

SSC GDHindiवाक्यांश के लिए एक शब्द – उत्तीर्ण

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