SSC GD Mock Test - 2

Direction for Q.1 - Q.5: ​Rearrange the given sentences in the proper order so as to form a coherent
paragraph and answer the questions given below.

1. But it is an everyday thing for rates to vary

2. The pace at which these actions come about are rather worrisome for parents
3. As an offspring grows, his or her nervous system matures
4. Having said this, variation is normal, nearly all children begin to exhibit certain motor skills
unless afflicted by a disability
5. When this happens, the child becomes more capable of performing complex actions
6. Thus, they frequently fret about whether their own children are developing these skills at a
normal rate.

Q.1 ​Which of the following should be the third sentence after the rearrangement?

(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 5
(5) 6

Q.2 ​Which of the following should be the sixth sentence after the arrangement?

(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 5
(5) 6

Q.3 ​Which of the following should be the first sentence after the rearrangement?

(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4
(5) 5

Q.4 ​Which of the following should be the second sentence after the rearrangement?
 (1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 6
(4) 4
(5) 5
Q.5 ​Which of the following should be the fourth sentence after rearrangement?

(1) 1
(2) 4
(3) 2
(4) 6
(5) 5

Directions for Q.6 - Q.8: ​Choose the word/group of words that is most similar in meaning to the word
printed in bold below.

Q.6 Starved

(1) Depraved
(2) Disadvantage
(3) Emaciated
(4) Fasting
(5) Hungry

Q.7 Slapped

(1) WIthdrawn
(2) Terraformed
(3) Convince
(4) Beaten
(5) Imposed

Q.8 Plowed

(1) Cultivated
(2) Bulldozed
(3) Withdrew
(4) Instilled
(5) Recovered
Directions for Q.9 - Q.13: ​Read the following information and answer the questions below:

In a building consisting of eight floors, eight people, namely Gokul, Mohit, Pooja, Saad, Tanvi, Vamsi,
Sunny and Ria, are living on different floors, but not exactly in the same order. The topmost floor is
numbered 8, while the one below is numbered 7 and so on and so forth. The ground floor is numbered
as 1.

Two persons are living between the floors of Mohit and Pooja. Two persons are living between the
floors of Tanvi and Sunny. Pooja is living on an odd numbered floor. Sunny is living below Tanvi’s floor.
Four persons are living between the floor of Mohit and Gokul. Ria is living just below Vamsi’s floor.
Saad is not an immediate neighbour of Pooja.

Q.9 ​Who lives directly below Mohit’s floor?

(1) Ria
(2) Gokul
(3) Pooja
(4) Vamsi
(5) Tanvi

Q.10 ​Who lives on the fifth floor?

(1) Pooja
(2) Tanvi
(3) Ria
(4) Saad
(5) Gokul
Q.11 ​How many live between the 4th floor and the floor on which Sunny lives?

(1) One
(2) Two
(3) Three
(4) Four
(5) None of these

Q.12 ​Among the following group of people, who are those living on an even numbered floors?

(1) Tanvi, Sunny, Mohit and Pooja

(2) Ria, Sunny, Tanvi and Vamsi
(3) Vamsi, Pooja, Ria and Saad
(4) Pooja, Mohit, Saad, and Sunny
 (5) Mohit, Ria, Tanvi and Saad

Q.13 ​Which of the following statements are correct?

(1) Mohit lives on the 6th floor

(2) Only two people live between the floor of Gokul and Pooja
(3) Tanvi lives on the 4th floor
(4) Pooja is the immediate neighbour of Tanvi
(5) Gokul’s floor is immediately above Sunny’s floor

Directions for Q.14 - Q.18: ​Read the following information and answer the questions below:

Seven friends, A, B, C, D, E, F and G are studying different subjects such as Sanskrit, French,
Astrophysics, Microbiology, Arts, History and Biochemistry, though not in the same order. All of them
attend lectures on various days from Monday to Sunday. In the group of seven, there are three female
members.

C is the sister of E, studies Microbiology and attends the lecture on wednesday. E, who is the wife of F,
studies Astrophysics and attends the lecture on Friday. One who studies French, attends the lecture on
Tuesday and is also a female member. B and F attend the lectures on Tuesday and Saturday
respectively. One who attends the lecture on Sunday studies Arts. A attends lecture on Monday but the
subject is neither Sanskrit nor Astrophysics. D attends the lecture of Biochemistry on Thursday.

Q. 14 ​_________ attended the lecture on Tuesday and _______ attends the lecture on Sunday.

(1) G:B
(2) B:A
(3) G:F
(4) A:B
(5) None of these

Q. 15​ Who represents the group of female members ?

(1) A, B and C
(2) C, E and G
(3) B, C and F
(4) B, C and E
(5) Other than the given options

Q. 16​ A attends the lecture of ______ on ______

 (1) Maths; Tuesday
(2) Hindi; Saturday
(3) English; Tuesday
(4) Hindi; Friday
(5) Maths; Monday

Q. 17 ​Who attends the lecture of Hindi?

(1) F
(2) G
(3) B
(4) Either (1) or (2)
(5) Other than the given options

Q. 18 ​Lecture of______ was arranged on Monday and lecture of ______ was arranged on Saturday

(1) Hindi, maths

(2) Maths, science
(3) Hindi, English
(4) Biology, Chemistry
(5) Other than the given options

Q. 19 ​A 190 m long train is running at a speed of 75 km/h. Find the time taken by it to cross a car,
which is moving in the opposite direction with 40 km/h

(1) 5.94 sec

(2) 6.61 sec
(3) 8.91 sec
(4) 5.47 sec
(5) 4.23 sec

Q. 20 ​A milkman bought 30 litres of pure milk at ₹ 36/litre and 25 litres of adulterated milk at ₹22/litre. If
he sold the milk at ₹25/litre then his profit percentage is.

(1) 14.2
(2) 18
(3) 15.6
(4) 19.7
(5) 17

Directions for Q.21 - Q.25: ​Read the following information and answer the questions below.
12 teams participated in the T 20 cricket world cup. Teams are divided into two groups A and B with
each group consisting of 6 teams, at the first stage, each team played against all the other teams of its
group once and the top two teams from each group qualified for the semi-finals. Winners of semi finals
play the final. If two or more teams end up with the same score after the first round then team with a
higher net run rate is placed higher in points table. Two points are given for a win, no point given for a
loss and no match ends in a tie.

Q.21​ What is the total number of matches played in the World cup?

(1) 28
(2) 33
(3) 31
(4) 36
(5) 25

Q.22 ​Minimum number of points scored by a team that qualified for semifinals can be

(1) 2
(2) 4
(3) 6
(4) 8
(5) None of these

Q.23 ​Maximum number of points scored by a team that does not qualify for semi-final can be

(1) 8
(2) 10
(3) 12
(4) 6
(5) None of these

Q.24 ​What can be the minimum number of matches won by a world cup winner?

(1) 4
(2) 5
(3) 3
(4) 7
(5) 2
Q.25 ​What should be the total number of points scored by all the teams so that the team of group A
wins at the first stage?

(1) 48
(2) 42
(3) 36
(4) 24
(5) 30

Each of the top three teams will score 6 points by defeating last three teams and 2 points by winning
one match among them

Answer Key

Q. 1 - 2 Q. 2 - 1 Q. 3 - 3 Q. 4 - 5 Q. 5 - 2

Q. 6 - 3 Q. 7 - 4 Q. 8 - 1 Q. 9 - 4 Q.10 - 1

Q. 11 - 2 Q. 12 - 5 Q. 13 - 3 Q. 14 - 5 Q. 15 - 4

Q. 16 - 5 Q .17 - 1 Q. 18 - 5 Q. 19 - 1 Q. 20 - 3

Q. 21 - 2 Q. 22 - 2 Q. 23 - 1 Q. 24 - 1 Q. 25 - 5

Solutions
Solution Q.1 - Q.5:

Q.1 (2) ​5 is the second sentence . It talks about the development capability to perform certain actions​.

Q.2 (1) ​This paragraph will end with a sentence with sentence 1 . It will follow sentence 6, which talks
about the anxiousness of the parents.

Q.3 (3) ​3 is the first sentence as it introduces the topic of concern

Q.4 (5) ​5 is the second sentence. The antecedent of the pronoun ‘this’ is in sentence C, which is the
first sentence.

Q.5 (2) ​4 is the fourth sentence which follows third sentence 3.

Solution Q.6-Q.8
Solution 6: ​(3) Emaciated

Solution 7: ​(4) Beaten

Solution 8: ​(1) Cultivated

Solution (Q.9 - Q13):

Person Floor

Mohit 8

Vamsi 7

Ria 6

Pooja 5

Tanvi 4

Gokul 3

Saad 2

Sunny 1

Solution Q. 9: ​(4) Vamsi lives below Mohit’s floor

Solution Q. 10: ​(1) Pooja lives on the fifth floor

Solution Q. 11: ​(2) Two persons namely, Gokul and Saad live between the 4th floor and 1st floor, the
floor and which Sunny lives.

Solution Q. 12: ​(5) We can see that Mohit, Ria, Tanvi and Saad live on even numbered floors.

Solution Q. 13: ​(3) We can see Tanvi lives on the 4th floor. (5) is also correct. Thus, question is
incorrect

Solution (Q.14 - Q18):

 Day Person Gender Subject

Monday A Male Maths

Tuesday B Female English

Wednesday C Female Biology

Thursday D Male Chemistry

Friday E Femal Physics

Saturday F Male Hindi

Sunday G Male Science

Q. 14: (5) ​B attends lecture on Tuesday and G on Sunday

Q. 15: (4) ​B, C and E represent the group of female members

Q. 16: (5) ​A attends the lecture of History on Monday

Q. 17: (1) ​F attends the lecture of Sanskrit on Saturday

Q. 18: (5) ​Lecture of Sanskrit is arranged on Saturday

Solution 19: (1) ​Length of train = 190 m

Speed of train = 75 km/h

Speed of car= 36 km/h

Time taken by train to cross a car =

190 x 18/ ( 75+40) x 5 = 190x18/115 x 5

3420/575 = 5.94 sec

Solution 20:​ ​(3)​ Total quantity of mixture = 30+25 = 55 L

Cost of mixture = 30 x 36 + 25 x 22 = 1630

Selling price of mixture = 55 x 25 = 1375
Profit = 1630 - 1375

= 255

Profit percentage = 255/1630 x 100

2550/163 = 15.6%

Solution (Q.21 - Q.25):

Solution Q.21: (2) ​Number of matches played in each group in first stage = 6​​ C​2​ = 15

Number of matches played in first stage = 15 x 2 = 30

Number of matches after first stage = 2(semi-finals) + 1 = 3

Total number of matches played= 30+3=33

Solution Q.22: (2) ​ Points scored by a team that qualified for semi-finals would be minimum when last
five teams of its group scored equal points. Each team among these five will play one match with other
four teams. In case when last five teams scored equal points then each team will win 2 matches and
lost 2 matches thus each of these five teams will score 4 points.

Solution Q.23: (1)​ Points scored by a team that failed to reach the semi-final would be maximum,
when top three teams score equal points.

Each of the top three teams will score 6 points by defeating last three teams and 2 points by winning
one match among them

Maximum possible points scored by each team = 8

Solution Q.24: (1) ​Minimum number of matches won by a team at the first stage to qualify for semi final
=2

Since after qualifying for the semi-final a team has to win the semi-final and final to win the world cup

Minimum number of matches won by a world cup winner = 2 +1 (semi-final) + 1(final) = 4

Solution Q.25: (5) ​Total number played in group A in first stage = 6​​ C​2​ = 15
Since two points are awarded for each win

Number of points scored = 15 x 2 = 30