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Question 21

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

In the following passage, some words have been divided. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Deforestation in tropical regions can (1)          the way water vapour is produced over the canopy, (2)          causes reduced rainfall. A 2019 study published in the journal Ecohydrology showed that parts of the Amazon rainforest that (3)          converted to agricultural land (4)          higher soil and air temperatures, which could (5)          drought conditions.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

  1. AOption (a)

    hold

  2. BOption (b)

    attack

  3. COption (c)

    affect

  4. DOption (d)

    effect

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Answer: (a)A.

hold

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Question 22

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

In the following passage, some words have been divided. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Deforestation in tropical regions can (1)          the way water vapour is produced over the canopy, (2)          causes reduced rainfall. A 2019 study published in the journal Ecohydrology showed that parts of the Amazon rainforest that (3)          converted to agricultural land (4)          higher soil and air temperatures, which could (5)          drought conditions.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

  1. AOption (a)

    whom

  2. BOption (b)

    which

  3. COption (c)

    where

  4. DOption (d)

    who

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Answer: (a)A.

whom

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Question 23

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

In the following passage, some words have been divided. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Deforestation in tropical regions can (1)          the way water vapour is produced over the canopy, (2)          causes reduced rainfall. A 2019 study published in the journal Ecohydrology showed that parts of the Amazon rainforest that (3)          converted to agricultural land (4)          higher soil and air temperatures, which could (5)          drought conditions.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

  1. AOption (a)

    is

  2. BOption (b)

    were

  3. COption (c)

    was

  4. DOption (d)

    has

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Answer: (a)A.

is

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Question 24

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

In the following passage, some words have been divided. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Deforestation in tropical regions can (1)          the way water vapour is produced over the canopy, (2)          causes reduced rainfall. A 2019 study published in the journal Ecohydrology showed that parts of the Amazon rainforest that (3)          converted to agricultural land (4)          higher soil and air temperatures, which could (5)          drought conditions.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

  1. AOption (a)

    had

  2. BOption (b)

    did

  3. COption (c)

    was

  4. DOption (d)

    has

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Answer: (a)A.

had

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Question 25

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

In the following passage, some words have been divided. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Deforestation in tropical regions can (1)          the way water vapour is produced over the canopy, (2)          causes reduced rainfall. A 2019 study published in the journal Ecohydrology showed that parts of the Amazon rainforest that (3)          converted to agricultural land (4)          higher soil and air temperatures, which could (5)          drought conditions.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

  1. AOption (a)

    purify

  2. BOption (b)

    inflame 

  3. COption (c)

    provoke

  4. DOption (d)

    aggravate

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Answer: (a)A.

purify

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Question 26

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Humble

  1. AOption (a)

    Bold

  2. BOption (b)

    Assertive

  3. COption (c)

    Modest

  4. DOption (d)

    Inactive

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Answer: (a)A.

Bold

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Question 27

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Southern states has made an impressive comeback in the latest rankings.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error 

  2. BOption (b)

    in the latest rankings

  3. COption (c)

    an impressive comeback

  4. DOption (d)

    Southern states has made

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Answer: (a)A.

No error 

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Question 28

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

Select the option that corrects the misspelt words in the given sentence.

Evryone was talking and laufhing during the trip.

  1. AOption (a)

    Everyone was talking and lauhging during the trip.

  2. BOption (b)

    Everyone was talking and laughing during the trip.

  3. COption (c)

    Everyone was talking and laffing during the trip.

  4. DOption (d)

    Evryone was talking and laughing during the trip.

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Answer: (a)A.

Everyone was talking and lauhging during the trip.

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Question 29

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

The eldest sister received the lion’s share of her father’s property.

  1. AOption (a)

    the largest portion

  2. BOption (b)

    the entire amount

  3. COption (c)

    the smallest part

  4. DOption (d)

    no portion at all

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Answer: (a)A.

the largest portion

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Question 30

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022• General English• General English

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Marine vertebrates are / valuable for / many reasons.

  1. AOption (a)

    valuable for

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    many reasons

  4. DOption (d)

    Marine vertebrates are

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Answer: (a)A.

valuable for

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