SSC CGL 2025 Prelims (Tier-I) Previous Year Question Paper – Hard Level. 100 Questions | 100 Marks. Covers Quantitative Aptitude (25Q), General Intelligence & Reasoning (25Q), General Awareness (25Q), and English Comprehension (25Q).
Which country hosted the G20 Summit in 2023?
India (New Delhi, September 2023).
What is the process by which plants lose water through their leaves?
Transpiration.
The 'Doctrine of Lapse' was introduced by which Governor-General of India?
Lord Dalhousie.
Which Indian state produces the most coal?
Jharkhand.
What is the name of the Parliament of Japan?
Diet (National Diet / Kokkai).
Operation Sindoor (2025) was a military operation conducted by India against which country?
Pakistan — precision strikes against terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
The Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2025 was held in which city?
Bhubaneswar, Odisha (January 2025).
Which vitamin is synthesised by the human body when exposed to sunlight?
Vitamin D.
The Constitution of India came into force on which date?
26 January 1950.
Which Article of the Indian Constitution guarantees Right to Education for children aged 6–14 years?
Article 21A (inserted by the 86th Constitutional Amendment, 2002).
Choose the correct spelling: (A) Grammer (B) Grammar (C) Gramer (D) Grammarr
(B) Grammar.
Select the synonym of 'Volatile': (A) Stable (B) Explosive (C) Calm (D) Steady
(B) Explosive.
Select the antonym of 'Obstinate': (A) Stubborn (B) Headstrong (C) Flexible (D) Rigid
(C) Flexible.
Fill in the blank: 'The government has taken steps to ______ corruption.' (A) eradicate (B) eradication (C) eradicating (D) eradicated
(A) eradicate.
Identify the part with error: 'Neither the manager nor the employees (A) / was present (B) / at the meeting (C) / yesterday. (D)'
(B) 'was' should be 'were' — when 'nor' connects plural noun closer to verb, verb is plural.
Choose the one-word substitution: 'One who studies the origin and history of words.'
Etymologist.
Give the correct indirect speech: He said, 'I will come tomorrow.'
He said that he would come the next day.
What does the idiom 'A dime a dozen' mean?
Something very common and of little value.
Choose the correct active voice of: 'The letter was written by him.'
He wrote the letter.
Select the correct form: 'By the time we arrived, they ______ dinner.' (A) have finished (B) had finished (C) finished (D) were finishing
(B) had finished. (Past perfect used for action completed before another past action.)