SSC Higher Secondary Exam Q. Paper (2012) - Set 1

SSC Higher Secondary Exam Q. Paper (2012) 

General Intelligence

Directions (1-6): In each of the following questions select the related letters/ word/ number from the given choices:

Q1: Symphony : Composer :: Painter : ?

(a) Fresco
(b) Colours
(c) Art
(d) Leonardo


Q2: Elephant : Tusk :: Parrot : ?

(a) Quill
(b) Feather
(c) Beak
(d) Spine


Q3: 27: 125 :: 64 : ?

(a) 162
(b) 216
(c) 273
(d) 517


Q4: AB : L :: BC : ?

(a) X
(b) V
(c) Y
(d) W


Q5: BDGJ : OQTW : : AFIM : ?

(a) MUSY
(b) MRUY
(c) NSVZ
(d) NRZV




Q6: 8 : 62 : : 9 : ?

(a) 64
(b) 79
(c) 18
(d) 81


Directions (7-12): In each of the following questions, select the one which is different from the other three responses.


Q7:

(a) steering wheel
(b) engine
(c) car
(d) tyre


Q8:

(a) 325
(b) 360
(c) 230
(d) 256


Q9:

(a) NLM
(b) YXZ
(c) NMO
(d) RQS


Q10:

(a) uranus
(b) pluto
(c) jupiter
(d) sun


Q11:

(a) 12-48
(b) 18-54
(c) 16-64
(d) 14-56


Q12:

(a) LRO
(b) CJG
(c) SZW
(d) PWT




Answers:

1: (a) Fresco (Hint: means painting done on wall or ceiling in water colours)
2: (c) Beak

3: (b) 216 (Hint: cube of six)

4: (d) W (Hint: A = 1 and B = 2 thus L = 12)

5: (c) NSVZ

6: (b) 79 (Hint: 8 ✕ 8 = 64 - 2= 62, 9 ✕ 9 = 81 - 2 = 79)

7: (c) car

8: (d) 256 (Hint: 256 is a perfect square)

9: (a) NLM (Hint: Rest have reading sequence is 2nd Position → 1st → 3rd)

10:  (d) sun

11: (b) 18-54 ( 18 ✕ 3 = 54 while others are a ✕ 4 = b)

12:  (a) LRO (Hint: In others 1st alphabet and 2nd alphabet differ by 3 and 2nd and 3rd differ by 2)