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SSC CGL 2025 Tier-1 (Shift - 2) Questions

The last harvest representing survival and love

Dribbling Regulations: A dribble is defined as the movement of a live ball caused by a player in control of that ball who throws, taps, rolls, or bounces the ball on the floor.

A player may stay in the restricted area for 5 seconds.

A team must shoot the ball within 8 seconds of play,

A dribble ends when both hands touch the ball once..

A player remains in play while standing on sideline.

Linguist's critique of post-colonisi English

It affects only the outermost layer of the rock face

It affects material to considerable depth

He secured victory with his third throw measuring 88.16m ut Stade de France

His only valid attempt, 88.16m, came in the final round.

He won with his opening throw of 88.16m at Stade Sébastien Charléty.

He placed second with a best throw of 88.16m

The State legislature can legislate on matters enumerated in the Union List

The Union legislature can legislate on matters in the Concurrent List only with State approval

The Union Government can issue directions to the States under Article 256

The Union and States have equal powers on matters in the Union List

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and Rare true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

By weakening financial markets in developing countries

discouraging public participation in environmental protests

By diverting climate funds and allowing undue influence over environmental policies

By increasing competition among fossil fuel companies

Shruti Bansal E-55, Palm Green, Faridabad, 121002

Shruti Bansal E-55, Palm Greens, Faridabad, 121002

Shruti Bansal E-55, Palm Greens, Faridabad, 121200

Shruti Bansel E-55, Palm Greens, Faridabad, 121002

• Callow means young, innocent, and lacking life experience. 
• Think of a fledgling bird that hasn't grown its feathers yet. 
• Experienced, wise, and mature are all opposites.

Aggravating

The question asks for an antonym (opposite). 
Placatory means intended to make someone less angry or hostile (peace-making). 
Pacifying, soothing, and conciliatory are all synonyms. 
Aggravating means making a problem or anger worse, which is the exact opposite.

To change one's mood or opinion frequently

The idiom blow hot and cold means to be enthusiastic one moment and completely uninterested or negative the next, showing high inconsistency in mood or opinion.

To change one's mood or opinion frequently

Sincere

The question asks for an antonym. 
Fulsome means complimentary or flattering to an excessive, overdone, or insincere degree (e.g., "fulsome praise" often feels fake because it's too much). 
Therefore, sincere is the correct opposite. Overdone, excessive, and lavish are synonyms.

Proprioception

 Proprioception (from Latin proprius, meaning "one's own", and perception) is the correct medical/scientific spelling for your body's ability to sense its own position, movement, and spatial orientation.

Paradox

A paradox is a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth (e.g., "The only constant is change"). 
An axiom or maxim is an established principle or saying, while irony is a contrast between expectation and reality.

when (or before)

Sentences starting with the adverbial expressions Scarcely... or Hardly... are grammatically paired with when or before to introduce the time clause. 
Than is strictly paired with No sooner... 
(e.g., "No sooner had the satellite deployed than..."). When is the most standard correct choice here.

Having

This sentence requires a perfect participle clause (Having + past participle) to show that one action was fully completed before the next action began.
 "Having completed the feasibility study..." correctly sets up the timeline.

: be

This sentence uses a subjunctive structure triggered by the phrase "It was imperative that...". 
In English, expressions of urgency, demands, or necessity (imperative that, crucial that, recommended that) require the base form of the verb (be), regardless of the tense of the main sentence.

• The error is a subject-verb agreement issue.
•  The true singular subject is The perception (not "the guidelines"). 
• Therefore, the verb must be singular. 
• "have led" in part (2) must be corrected to has led.

• To switch from active to passive voice, the object (the artifact) becomes the new subject. 
• The active modal verb phrase may well reinterpret changes to the passive modal form: may well + be + past participle (may well be reinterpreted).

The artifact may well be reinterpreted by historians after new evidence emerges.

The artifact may have been reinterpreted by historians after new evidence emerges.

The artifact will be reinterpreted well by historians after new evidence emerges.

The artifact could well be reinterpreting by historians after new evidence emerges.

•subject-verb agreement error. 
• The subject is the singular phrase The fact (not "dissenting opinions").
•  Therefore, the verb in part (3) should be singular: reflects, not reflect.

The tripos involved oral defense and written modules.

He broke his tripos into discrete phases of analysis.

The ceremonial tripos stool toppled during the investiture.

She passed the natural sciences tripos with distinction.

The company is believed to have acquired the land illegally.

The company acquired the land illegally, as believed.

Someone believed the company acquired land illegally.

The company had acquired land using forged documents.

It reflects complexity and unpredictability

It includes domestic and emotional elements

Loss of depth due to over-commercialization

Balancing tradition with commercial interests

"They have already left before I arrived," she said.

"They already left before I arrived," she said.

"They had already left before I arrived," she said.

"They left before I had arrived," she said.

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