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SSC MTS 2023 Question Paper – 1 Sep 2023 Shift 2 (with Solutions)

An actual SSC MTS 2023 paper from 1 September, Shift 2, with trapezium area, compound interest, square-table seating, Bharatanatyam, budget receipts and one-word substitution.

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Questions
87

Across 4 sections

Duration
90 min

4 timed sections

Marks
261

Negative marking

Attempts
100
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About this test

SSC MTS 2023 Question Paper 1 Sep Shift 2: Solved PYQ Practice

The SSC MTS 2023 paper from 1 September 2023, Shift 2, tests mensuration, pie charts, compound interest, alphabet coding, seating, Indian culture, polity and English usage. It is an actual previous-year paper in four sections: Maths, Reasoning, General Awareness and English. Aptitude360 provides a worked solution for every question.

Topics in the 1 September 2023 MTS paper

  • Maths: area of a trapezium, pie-chart interpretation, factor theorem, melting a cuboid into a cube, averages, successive profit, compound interest, mixed-fraction simplification
  • Reasoning: letter-cluster coding, number series, square-table seating, mirror images, alphabet series, calendar day calculation, number analogies
  • General Awareness: climate and weather, Bharatanatyam exponents, the Supreme Court as a court of record, minority rights, Brihadeshwar temple, capital receipts, santoor maestros, Indian authors
  • English: one-word substitution, spelling, sentence improvement, idioms, error spotting, synonyms, cloze passage

Key concepts worth revising

  • Telling capital receipts apart from revenue receipts in the budget
  • Classical dance forms and their leading performers
  • Odd days method for finding the day of a given date
  • Reading pie charts given in percentages versus degrees

Preparation tips for SSC MTS

  • Practise seating puzzles separately for corner and middle positions at a square table
  • In compound interest questions with two amounts, divide the later amount by the earlier one to find the growth factor
  • Revise musicians and dancers together with their instruments and art forms

Who will benefit from this MTS paper

SSC MTS aspirants who have revised the basics and want to test themselves on a real shift paper.

FAQs about SSC MTS 2023 Question Paper – 1 Sep 2023 Shift 2 (with Solutions)

How many questions are in the SSC MTS 2023 (1 September 2023, Shift 2) paper?
The Staff Selection Commission Multi-Tasking Staff (SSC MTS) 2023, 1 September 2023 Shift 2 paper on Aptitude360 has 87 questions: 20 in Quantitative Aptitude, 18 in General Intelligence and Reasoning, 24 in General Awareness and 25 in English Comprehension. All are multiple-choice questions.
What was the marking scheme in SSC MTS 2023 (1 September 2023, Shift 2)?
In the Staff Selection Commission Multi-Tasking Staff (SSC MTS) 2023, 1 September 2023 Shift 2 paper, marking differs by section: Quantitative Aptitude and General Intelligence and Reasoning carry 3 marks per question with no negative marking; General Awareness and English Comprehension carry 3 marks per question with a deduction of 1 mark for a wrong answer. The maximum score on this paper is 261.
In SSC MTS 2023 (1 September 2023, Shift 2), which Maths topics were asked?
In the Staff Selection Commission Multi-Tasking Staff (SSC MTS) 2023, 1 September 2023 Shift 2 paper, the Quantitative Aptitude section covered topics including ratio and proportion, time and work, time, speed and distance, profit, loss and discount and averages. For example, one question begins: “The area of a trapezium shaped field is 1720 m², the distance between its parallel sides is 40 m and the length of one of the parallel sides is 48 m.” To practise these, see Aptitude360's Ratio & Proportion and Time & Work practice lessons.
How many reasoning puzzle sets were in the SSC MTS 2023 (1 September 2023, Shift 2) paper?
The Staff Selection Commission Multi-Tasking Staff (SSC MTS) 2023, 1 September 2023 Shift 2 General Intelligence and Reasoning section had 2 puzzle and arrangement sets, covering 4 of its 18 questions. They open with “You have to take the given statements to…” and “What should come in place of ? in…”.
How much time is given for the SSC MTS 2023 (1 September 2023, Shift 2) paper?
Aptitude360's timed version of the Staff Selection Commission Multi-Tasking Staff (SSC MTS) 2023, 1 September 2023 Shift 2 paper runs 90 minutes, split as Quantitative Aptitude 23 min, General Intelligence and Reasoning 22 min, General Awareness 22 min, English Comprehension 23 min. Once you finish a section you cannot go back to it.
Where can I practise the SSC MTS 2023 (1 September 2023, Shift 2) paper online?
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Test structure

How the paper is split, and how long each part runs. A section you have finished cannot be returned to.

SectionQuestionsTime
MTS23 · 1 Sep 2023 · S2 · Maths2023 min
MTS23 · 1 Sep 2023 · S2 · Reasoning1822 min
MTS23 · 1 Sep 2023 · S2 · GA2422 min
MTS23 · 1 Sep 2023 · S2 · English2523 min

Marking & rules

Total marks
261 across 87 questions.
Negative marking
A wrong answer costs marks. Leaving a question unanswered costs nothing.
Attempts
100 in total. An attempt is spent the moment you begin one.

What you get when you submit

The analysis is ready the moment you submit the paper.

Score and accuracy

Marks, percentage, right, wrong and skipped, and the time you took.

Section by section

The same figures for each section, so a weak one cannot hide in an average.

The full answer key

Every question with your answer, the right one, the working, and the video where there is one.

Where you stand

Your score against the spread of everyone else who has sat this test.

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