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English Comprehension PYQs

Reading comprehension, vocabulary, synonyms and antonyms, idiom usage, error spotting, sentence improvement, and cloze tests.

4200 Total Questions168 Official PapersYears: 2017–2022Search in English Comprehension
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Question 181

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Suddenly

  2. BOption (b)

    Sudenly

  3. COption (c)

    Sudenlly

  4. DOption (d)

    Suddenlly

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Answer: (a)A.

Suddenly

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Question 182

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Nascent

  2. BOption (b)

    Malleable

  3. COption (c)

    Dissiminate

  4. DOption (d)

    Obsequious

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Answer: (a)A.

Nascent

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Question 183

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

Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.

A cage for small animals

  1. AOption (a)

    Cave

  2. BOption (b)

    Hutch

  3. COption (c)

    Shed

  4. DOption (d)

    Hut

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Answer: (a)A.

Cave

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Question 184

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

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.

Getting a good night’s sleep has a positively effect on our well-being.

  1. AOption (a)

    have a positively affect 

  2. BOption (b)

    has a positive effect 

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required 

  4. DOption (d)

    has a positive affects 

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Answer: (a)A.

have a positively affect 

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Question 185

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My sister treats me well in the morning but at night she becomes ______.

  1. AOption (a)

    eloquent

  2. BOption (b)

    awful

  3. COption (c)

    exemplary

  4. DOption (d)

    acceptable

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Answer: (a)A.

eloquent

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Question 186

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Gloomy

  1. AOption (a)

    Depressing

  2. BOption (b)

    Comfortable

  3. COption (c)

    Bright

  4. DOption (d)

    Intrepid

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Answer: (a)A.

Depressing

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Question 187

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

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

Many an old story were retold, and an ancient conundrum repeated.

  1. AOption (a)

    Many an old story was retold 

  2. BOption (b)

    Many old story were retold 

  3. COption (c)

    Many an old stories were retold 

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required 

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Answer: (a)A.

Many an old story was retold 

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Question 188

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Long in the tooth

  1. AOption (a)

    Too uncomfortable for words 

  2. BOption (b)

    Too old to do something 

  3. COption (c)

    Too wise for people 

  4. DOption (d)

    Extremely dangerous 

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Answer: (a)A.

Too uncomfortable for words 

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Question 189

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

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

One who is not sure about God’s existence

  1. AOption (a)

    Agnostic

  2. BOption (b)

    Anchor

  3. COption (c)

    Pantheist

  4. DOption (d)

    Haggard

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Answer: (a)A.

Agnostic

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Question 190

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Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

Scientific discoveries is often result of hard work by many people.

  1. AOption (a)

    No improvement required 

  2. BOption (b)

    is often resulting 

  3. COption (c)

    are often resulted 

  4. DOption (d)

    are often the result 

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Answer: (a)A.

No improvement required 

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Question 191

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The US has become far more ______ to people with all kinds of food sensitivities and diet regimens.

  1. AOption (a)

    deviated

  2. BOption (b)

    lodging

  3. COption (c)

    selective

  4. DOption (d)

    accommodating

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Answer: (a)A.

deviated

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Question 192

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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.

Frank has being making / the rounds, advancing a theory / that I believe is not without merit.

  1. AOption (a)

    the rounds, advancing a theory 

  2. BOption (b)

    No error 

  3. COption (c)

    Frank has being making 

  4. DOption (d)

    that I believe is not without merit 

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Answer: (a)A.

the rounds, advancing a theory 

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Question 193

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.

Whatever a writer puts / into a story probably comes / with his own life experience.

  1. AOption (a)

    with his own life experience 

  2. BOption (b)

    No error 

  3. COption (c)

    into a story probably comes 

  4. DOption (d)

    Whatever a writer puts 

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Answer: (a)A.

with his own life experience 

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Question 194

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.

He was critically injured in the accident.

  1. AOption (a)

    Favourably

  2. BOption (b)

    severely

  3. COption (c)

    trivially

  4. DOption (d)

    Confidently

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Answer: (a)A.

Favourably

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Question 195

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

Directions

In this section each of the following sentences has a blank space and each sentence is followed by four options. Select the most appropriate option to fill the blank space

All of my efforts to save her life have gone in ______ .

  1. AOption (a)

    vain

  2. BOption (b)

    vein

  3. COption (c)

    van

  4. DOption (d)

    vane

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Answer: (a)A.

vain

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Question 196

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

In its 47 years of history, ISRO (1) ______ breakthrough work in the field of technology and even (2) ______ many vehicles into space. (3) ______ the last 47 years, ISRO has improvised and developed technology, launching (4) ______ indigenously created vehicles into space (5) ______ form a part of the Indian space journey.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    done

  2. BOption (b)

    do

  3. COption (c)

    has done 

  4. DOption (d)

    does

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Answer: (a)A.

done

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Question 197

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

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

In its 47 years of history, ISRO (1) ______ breakthrough work in the field of technology and even (2) ______ many vehicles into space. (3) ______ the last 47 years, ISRO has improvised and developed technology, launching (4) ______ indigenously created vehicles into space (5) ______ form a part of the Indian space journey.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    blocked

  2. BOption (b)

    stocked

  3. COption (c)

    launched

  4. DOption (d)

    shared

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Answer: (a)A.

blocked

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Question 198

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

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

In its 47 years of history, ISRO (1) ______ breakthrough work in the field of technology and even (2) ______ many vehicles into space. (3) ______ the last 47 years, ISRO has improvised and developed technology, launching (4) ______ indigenously created vehicles into space (5) ______ form a part of the Indian space journey.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Across

  2. BOption (b)

    Over

  3. COption (c)

    Along

  4. DOption (d)

    Among

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Answer: (a)A.

Across

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Question 199

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

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

In its 47 years of history, ISRO (1) ______ breakthrough work in the field of technology and even (2) ______ many vehicles into space. (3) ______ the last 47 years, ISRO has improvised and developed technology, launching (4) ______ indigenously created vehicles into space (5) ______ form a part of the Indian space journey.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    much

  2. BOption (b)

    lots

  3. COption (c)

    very

  4. DOption (d)

    several

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Answer: (a)A.

much

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Question 200

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

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

In its 47 years of history, ISRO (1) ______ breakthrough work in the field of technology and even (2) ______ many vehicles into space. (3) ______ the last 47 years, ISRO has improvised and developed technology, launching (4) ______ indigenously created vehicles into space (5) ______ form a part of the Indian space journey.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    when

  2. BOption (b)

    that

  3. COption (c)

    how

  4. DOption (d)

    who

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

when

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