SSC CGL – Combined Graduate Level Examination Tier 1 2025: questions with answers

In the others letters jump +3 and each number is the letter's position + 2; in (d) G → K jumps +4.

Numbers should equal letter positions; H is 8, not 9.

Each letter +1: GARDEN → HBSEFO.

His father's only son is the man himself, so she is his daughter.

His father's only son is Ravi, so she is his wife.

B is the child of A's maternal uncle: a cousin.

18 + 20 = 38, so 45 − 38 = 7 students lie between them.

The key gives 1 and 2 (same person, flat, locality and PIN). Strictly, none are character-for-character identical (2 uses 'Mr', '54-B' and '-'), so this question is flawed.

Each letter +1: MEGA → NFHB.

1 and 2 are identical.

12 × 6 + 4 ÷ 2 − 2 = 72 + 2 − 2 = 72.

The word is reversed: READING → GNIDAER.

1st and 2nd letters +3, 3rd letter +2: KML.

A barometer measures atmospheric pressure.

n(n + 1): 5 × 6 = 30.

Gaps between groups grow by 1 (G→H skips 0, J→L skips 1, N→Q skips 2): QRS.

As per the key, an accused faces a crime charge; a student faces an examination.

Each letter +2: HKN.

The daughter of B's mother is B's sister.

×2 + 2: 30 × 2 + 2 = 62.

Each group starts 4 letters later: YZA.

CEMOPRTU: C (1st) and M (3rd) keep their positions.

2 × 4 × 6 = 48.

Each letter −3: OQS.

39: digit sum 12, and 39 is not divisible by 12.

A clean, controlled throw scores ippon (full point).

Baisakhi (April) marks the rabi harvest in Punjab.

Nitrogen makes up about 78% of air.

Arid-region rivers are mostly ephemeral.

Bhuri Bai (Bhil painter) received the Padma Shri for art.

Article 109: the Rajya Sabha must return a Money Bill with recommendations within 14 days.

Gandhara art shows Hellenistic influence and famously depicts the Buddha in human form.

As per the key. (Verify: this initiative name could not be independently confirmed.)

Keoladeo (Bharatpur) is a Ramsar and World Heritage bird sanctuary.

As per the key, Lavani is linked with rural/farming communities of Maharashtra.

Inertia is resistance to a change in motion.

Both are true, but the implementing ministry doesn't explain the mission's purpose.

Article 356 covers President's Rule.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's novel narrates the Mahabharata through Draupadi.

RLV-LEX demonstrated autonomous landing of a winged vehicle.

Article 139A lets the SC transfer cases between High Courts.

The WEF publishes the Energy Transition Index.

India's census is decennial (every 10 years).

BSA 2023 replaced the Indian Evidence Act.

Desi sangeet is regional or folk music, as opposed to Marga (classical/sacred).

Soap is a consumer good; the others are basic or intermediate goods.

Vijender won bronze at Beijing 2008.

NIS is in Patiala, Punjab.

Polygenic traits (e.g. height, skin colour) are controlled by many genes.

Article 76 (AG appointed by the President); the VP election deposit is ₹15,000.

By 7:30 A has covered 125 km; the remaining 375 km at 130 km/h takes ≈ 2 h 53 min, so they meet at ≈ 10:23 AM.

C × 1.5 × 0.88 × 1.2 × 0.92 = 1.45728C = 12,216, so C ≈ ₹8,383.

120 km in 3 h needs 40 km/h, an increase of 16.

X = 20, Y = 16, so 5 : 4.

Ratio 2 : 3 : 4, so Q = 3/9 × 60,000 = ₹20,000.

CPs are ₹70 and ₹60; mix CP = (210 + 120)/5 = ₹66; 78/66 gives an 18.18% profit.

4 × (1/10 + 1/15) = 2/3 done, so 1/3 remains.

The denominator terms are double the numerator's, so the ratio is 1/2³ = 0.125.

Mix CP = 75/1.08 ≈ 69.44. Alligation: x = 50 × 9.44/20.56 ≈ 23 kg.

Interest: M 6,400, N 9,600. The remaining 14,000 splits 2 : 3, giving M 5,600; total ₹12,000.

Adding all three: 2(a + b + c) = 540, so the sum is 270 and the average 90.

CP = 4/1.25 + 5/0.85 + 6/1.2 ≈ 14.08 against SP 15, a profit of ≈ 6.5%.

12,000 × 1.08² × 1.04 ≈ 14,556.67, so CI ≈ ₹2,556.67.

P = 4,235/1.3225 ≈ 3,202; 120% ≈ ₹3,843 ≈ ₹3,840.

1.5 × 10/3 × 2/5 = 2.

Totals: X 500, Y 360, Z 600.

120 × 14.4 + 15 × 24 = 1,728 + 360 = 2,088.

Water is 8 L, so the total must be 80 L: add 30 L of oil.

6(X + Y) + 2(Y + Z) + 10Z = 1 gives 10Z = 1 − 6/14 − 2/18, so Z = 29/630 per day, ≈ 21.7 ≈ 22 days.

(4.5² − 4²)/4² = 4.25/16 = 26.56%.

At x = 0, y = 5.

θ = 132 × 360/((22/7) × 144) = 105°.

28.27 × 0.85 × 50 ≈ ₹1,202.

5³ − 3 × 5 = 110.

= 0.222.

Definition (2), evidence-based (4), finds trends (3), applications (1).

'It is high time' takes the past subjunctive: 'you followed'.

The correct spelling is 'Occurrence'.

Obliterate (destroy) is the opposite of foster (nurture).

Third conditional: 'Had I..., I would have started'.

Command becomes 'told me to...'; 'right now' becomes 'immediately'.

A non-defining relative clause after a comma uses 'which'.

'Needed' goes back to present 'need'.

The collocation is 'diametrically opposed to'.

Definition (2), techniques (3), aim (1), further benefits (4).

'Which' refers to 'the rigidity' (singular), so it should be 'ends up'.

Past perfect continuous passive: had been being + V3.

Hockey gold at the 1928 Amsterdam Games.

It cites structural shortcomings in infrastructure, training and talent identification.

The passage names TOPS.

A wider sporting footprint and women's contributions.

Ambition is clear, but it needs sustained funding and planning.

Passive inversion: 'No sooner was the report released than...'.

Correlative placement: 'seeks neither to prosecute ... nor to overlook'.

Infantile and puerile both mean childish.

Simple present passive becomes simple present active.

The correct spelling is Celluloid.

'Mend fences' means to repair a relationship.

A gourmand loves eating and drinking to excess.

In (c) 'Pauldron' is a surname; the others mean shoulder armour.