SSC CPO Tier 1 (09 June 2024)
Question 1:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The soft layer of the earth's (1) _________ on which plants grow is referred to as soil. Soil includes a huge amount of both organic and inorganic (2) ___________. In the soil, the organic components known as humus are formed from (3) __________plant and animal remnants. These are combined with weathered particles of various rocks to form soil. Weathering occurs as a result of different chemical and physical (4) __________ that occur on the earth's surface. Soil formation is a (5) _________ process in general. For example, the creation of a 2.5 cm thick soil layer might take more than 1000 years.
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Question 2:
In calculating national income, which of the following items will be deducted from NNP at market price?
राष्ट्रीय आय की गणना में, निम्नलिखित मदों में से किसे बाजार मूल्य पर एनएनपी (NNP) में से घटाया जाएगा?
Question 3:
Four letter-groups are given, out of which three are alike in some way and one is incoherent. Select the letter-cluster which is odd with the others.
चार अक्षर-समूह दिए गए हैं, जिनमें से तीन किसी तरह से संगत हैं और एक असंगत है। उस अक्षर-समूह का चयन करें, जो अन्य से असंगत है।
Question 4:
The compound interest on a certain sum compounded annually is Rs 1,320 for the second year and Rs 1,452 for the third year. What will be the principal amount at the beginning of the first year?
किसी राशि पर वार्षिक संयोजित चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज दूसरे वर्ष के लिए Rs 1,320 है और तीसरे वर्ष के लिए Rs 1,452 है। पहले वर्ष की शुरुआत में मूल राशि कितनी होगी ?
Question 5: 
Question 6:
Direction :-Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Our civilization is more secure because it is much more widely spread. Most of the previous civilizations came to an end because uncivilized peoples broke in and destroyed them. This was the fate of Babylon, Assyria, India, China, Greece and Rome. Previous civilizations were specialized and limited like an oasis in a surrounding desert of savagery. Eventually, the desert closed in and the oasis was no more. But to-day, it is the oasis which is spreading over the desert. Practically no part of the world is untouched by it. For the first time, the world has now a chance of becoming a single whole, a unity. To-day, the food we eat comes from all over the world. The things in a grocer's shop are from the ends of the earth. There are oranges from Brazil, grapes from Africa, rice from India, tea from china, sugar from Columbia etc. To-day the world is beginning to look more like one enormous box. Therefore, there is little danger upon our civilization from outside. The danger comes only from within; it is a danger from among us.
To-day, the sharing-out of money the sharing-out of food, clothing, houses and books, is still very unfair. In England alone, in sharing out of the National Income, we find that one half is divided among every sixteen people and the seventeenth person gets the other half. So while some few people live in luxury, many have not even enough to eat and drink and wear. Again, in England to-day, thousands of people live in dreadful surroundings. There are many families of five or six persons who live in a single room; in this same room they are born and in this same room they die, because, they are too poor to afford another room. Until everyone gets his proper share of necessary and delightful things, our civilization will not be perfect.
What according to the writer was the desert that surrounded the oasis?
Question 7:
A person deposited ₹15,600 in a fixed deposit at 10% annual simple interest. After every second year he adds the interest earned to the principal. The interest at the end of 4 years is
एक व्यक्ति ने सावधि जमा में 10% वार्षिक साधारण व्याज पर ₹15,600 जमा किए। प्रत्येक दूसरे वर्ष के बाद वह अर्जित ब्याज को मूलधन में जोड़ता है। 4 वर्ष के अंत में ब्याज है।
Question 8:
The natural vegetation of India is broadly divided into ________ groups.
भारत की प्राकृतिक वनस्पति व्यापक रूप से ________समूहों में विभाजित है।
Question 9:
The compound interest on a certain sum compounded annually is Rs 1,320 for the second year and Rs 1,452 for the third year. What will be the principal amount at the beginning of the first year?
किसी राशि पर वार्षिक संयोजित चक्रवृद्धि ब्याज दूसरे वर्ष के लिए Rs 1,320 है और तीसरे वर्ष के लिए Rs 1,452 है। पहले वर्ष की शुरुआत में मूल राशि कितनी होगी ?
Question 10:
Direction :-Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
Our civilization is more secure because it is much more widely spread. Most of the previous civilizations came to an end because uncivilized peoples broke in and destroyed them. This was the fate of Babylon, Assyria, India, China, Greece and Rome. Previous civilizations were specialized and limited like an oasis in a surrounding desert of savagery. Eventually, the desert closed in and the oasis was no more. But to-day, it is the oasis which is spreading over the desert. Practically no part of the world is untouched by it. For the first time, the world has now a chance of becoming a single whole, a unity. To-day, the food we eat comes from all over the world. The things in a grocer's shop are from the ends of the earth. There are oranges from Brazil, grapes from Africa, rice from India, tea from china, sugar from Columbia etc. To-day the world is beginning to look more like one enormous box. Therefore, there is little danger upon our civilization from outside. The danger comes only from within; it is a danger from among us.
To-day, the sharing-out of money the sharing-out of food, clothing, houses and books, is still very unfair. In England alone, in sharing out of the National Income, we find that one half is divided among every sixteen people and the seventeenth person gets the other half. So while some few people live in luxury, many have not even enough to eat and drink and wear. Again, in England to-day, thousands of people live in dreadful surroundings. There are many families of five or six persons who live in a single room; in this same room they are born and in this same room they die, because, they are too poor to afford another room. Until everyone gets his proper share of necessary and delightful things, our civilization will not be perfect.
Which important feature of modern life troubles the writer most?