SSC Junior Engineer General Awareness & Mental Ability Solved Paper (Part 2)

1. The largest continent is:
Choose the right option

[A] South Africa
[B] Europe
[C] Africa
[D] Asia


2. Which pass was opened between India and China for trade?
Choose the right option

[A] Nathula
[B] Khardungla
[C] Chumbi
[D] Solang


3.  If Drowsy is written as HVSAWC, BEAUTY will be written as:
Choose the right option

[A] FIEYXC
[B] EHDXWC
[C] GJFZYD
[D] KFBVUC


4.  Out of 1, 2, 3 and 4, which figure will come next of figure (I), (II), (III) and (IV)? (Click on image to view it large)




5. The highest railway line has been opened in July 2006 in which country?
Choose the right option

[A] India
[B] Mongolia
[C] China
[D] Russia


6.  7, 7,14, 42, 168, ?
Choose the right option

[A]  840
[B] 672
[C] 504
[D] 336


7. What is earlier name of the present ‘National Library in Kolkata’?
Choose the right option

[A] Imperial library
[B] British library
[C] Royal library
[D] Albert library


8. The cube root of 1331 is :
Choose the right option

[A] 11
[B] 13
[C] 19
[D] 17


9.  At which inclination earth rotates about its axis
Choose the right option

[A] 23120
[B] 22120
[C] 21120
[D] 200


10. Jagan went to another town covering 240 km by car moving at 60 kmph. Then he covered 400km by
train moving at 100 kmph and then rest 200 km he covered by a bus moving at 50 kmph. The average
speed during the whole journey was:
Choose the right option

[A] 80 kmph
[B] 70 kmph
[C] 75 kmph
[D] 72 kmph


11. The area of a triangle is equal to the area of a square whose each side is 60 meters. The height of the
triangle is 90 meters. The base of the triangle will be
Choose the right option

[A] 75 m
[B] 85 m
[C] 65 m
[D] 80 m


12. A horse is tied at the corner of a rectangular field, whose length is 20m and width is 16m with a rope
whose length is 14m. Find the area which the horse can graze?
Choose the right option

[A] 156 sq.m.
[B] 154 sq.m.
[C] 164 sq.m.
[D] 144 sq.m.


13. The capital of Mauritius is
Choose the right option

[A] Port Louis
[B] Male
[C] Suva
[D] Kabul


14. Pedal : Cycling : Oar : ?
Choose the right option

[A] Gliding
[B] Surfing
[C] Skating
[D] Rowing


15. Sam and Rita was sitting in a park in the evening looking at the sunset to the horizon. What is the
direction of their right hand side?
Choose the right option

[A] East
[B] West
[C] North
[D] South


16. The highest total runs scored by a team in an ODI circket match is:
Choose the right option

[A] 438
[B] 443
[C] 326
[D] 400


17. A shopkeeper buys 144 eggs at 90 paise each. In the way 20 eggs were broken. He sold the remaining
eggs at Rs. 1.20 each. The percentage gain or loss is
Choose the right option

[A] 14.8% gain
[B] 12.9% gain
[C] 8.5% gain
[D] 4.8% gain


18. In 1858 the first train from Howrah ran to
Choose the right option

[A] Hooghly
[B] Bardhaman
[C] Bandel
[D]Chinsura


19. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got independence?
Choose the right option

[A] Winston Churchill
[B] Clement Atlee
[C] Wilson
[D] None of these


20. The ball used in which of the games is usually oval in shape?
Choose the right option

[A] Rugby
[B] Golf
[C]  Polo
[D] Volleyball


21. What is the value of x if 4x = 5y?(Click on image to view it large)

Choose the right option

[A] 100⁰
[B] 115⁰
[C] 110⁰
[D] 105⁰


22. It takes 40 men eight days to earn Rs. 2000. How many men will earn Rs. 200 in two days?
Choose the right option

[A] 10
[B] 14
[C] 16
[D] 20


23 . World Heritage Day was observed on?
Choose the right Option

[A] April 18
[B] Septeber 22
[C] June 14
[D] December 9


24.  A pipe of 2 inch diameter fills the water tank in one hour. If the diameter of the pipe is 4 inch in what
time will the pipe fill the same tank?
Choose the right option

[A] 10 minutes
[B] 15 minutes
[C] 30 minutes
[D] 45 minutes


25.  If the arithmetic mean of six numbers is 4.5, what is the total sum of these numbers?
Choose the right option

[A] 25
[B] 27
[C] 64
[D] Cannot be estimated