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).
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence: (A) Its a lovely day, isnt it? (B) It's a lovely day, isn't it? (C) Its a lovely day isn't it? (D) It's a lovely day isnt it?
(B) It's a lovely day, isn't it?
Choose the meaning of the phrase: 'To beat around the bush'.
To avoid talking about the main topic; to speak indirectly.
Select the word closest in meaning to 'Gregarious': (A) Lonely (B) Sociable (C) Shy (D) Reserved
(B) Sociable.
Identify the type of clause in bold: 'She left early **because she was tired**.'
Adverbial clause of reason.
Fill in the blank with the correct preposition: 'He is good ______ mathematics.' (A) in (B) at (C) on (D) for
(B) at.
Choose the correct sentence: (A) He don't know the answer. (B) He doesn't knows the answer. (C) He doesn't know the answer. (D) He don't knows the answer.
(C) He doesn't know the answer.
Passage comprehension: 'Education is not merely the acquisition of knowledge; it is the training of the mind to think.' What is the author's main argument?
Education is more about developing thinking ability than just gaining information.
Choose the word that is wrongly spelt: (A) Perseverance (B) Conscientious (C) Necesary (D) Hierarchy
(C) 'Necesary' — correct spelling is 'Necessary'.
Choose the one-word substitution: 'A doctor who treats children.'
Paediatrician.
What figure of speech is used in: 'The wind whispered through the trees'?
Personification.
Select the correctly formed comparative degree: 'This problem is ______ than the last one.' (A) more harder (B) harder (C) hardest (D) most hard
(B) harder.
Choose the correct question tag: 'Nobody came to the party, ______?'
did they?
Rearrange to form a meaningful sentence: (P) has (Q) the committee (R) announced (S) its decision (A) PQRS (B) QPRS (C) QPSR (D) RQPS
(B) QPRS — 'The committee has announced its decision.'
The phrase 'sine qua non' means: (A) Without which nothing (B) In good faith (C) By virtue of office (D) For the public good
(A) Without which nothing — an indispensable condition.
Choose the correct sentence with subject-verb agreement: (A) The news are shocking. (B) The news is shocking. (C) The news were shocking. (D) The news have been shocking.
(B) The news is shocking. ('News' is uncountable and takes a singular verb.)