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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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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 8 July 2022 Shift 3)·General English
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Question 281

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Concede

  1. AOption (a)

    Reject

  2. BOption (b)

    Permit

  3. COption (c)

    Deny

  4. DOption (d)

    Fascinate

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Answer: (a)A.

Reject

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Question 282

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

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

We need to protest against this policy.

  1. AOption (a)

    resist

  2. BOption (b)

    assent

  3. COption (c)

    validate

  4. DOption (d)

    perk

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Answer: (a)A.

resist

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Question 283

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.

Weakness and poor health

  1. AOption (a)

    Geniality

  2. BOption (b)

    hospitality

  3. COption (c)

    Frailty

  4. DOption (d)

    Obscurity

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Answer: (a)A.

Geniality

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Question 284

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.

To own up to something as true

  1. AOption (a)

    Confess

  2. BOption (b)

    Suppress

  3. COption (c)

    Redress

  4. DOption (d)

    Assess

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Answer: (a)A.

Confess

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Question 285

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Credintial

  2. BOption (b)

    Habichual

  3. COption (c)

    Lopsided

  4. DOption (d)

    Adventurious

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Answer: (a)A.

Credintial

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Question 286

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

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

A person incapable of making mistakes

  1. AOption (a)

    Infallible

  2. BOption (b)

    Pure

  3. COption (c)

    Optimist

  4. DOption (d)

    Naive

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Answer: (a)A.

Infallible

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Question 287

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Danny lay on his back staring at the ______ of his room.

  1. AOption (a)

    sealing

  2. BOption (b)

    ceiling

  3. COption (c)

    seeding

  4. DOption (d)

    syringe

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Answer: (a)A.

sealing

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Question 288

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.

A sound that is pleasing to hear

  1. AOption (a)

    Inspired

  2. BOption (b)

    Melodious

  3. COption (c)

    Harsh

  4. DOption (d)

    Audible

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Answer: (a)A.

Inspired

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Question 289

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Cowardly

  1. AOption (a)

    Integral

  2. BOption (b)

    Fleeting

  3. COption (c)

    Spineless

  4. DOption (d)

    Valiant

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Answer: (a)A.

Integral

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Question 290

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

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

I believe in having a clear and lucid​ conversation.

  1. AOption (a)

    Ambiguous

  2. BOption (b)

    Tangible

  3. COption (c)

    Coherent

  4. DOption (d)

    Blazing

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Answer: (a)A.

Ambiguous

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Question 291

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Deficient

  1. AOption (a)

    Sleek

  2. BOption (b)

    Whole

  3. COption (c)

    Incomplete

  4. DOption (d)

    Integral

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Answer: (a)A.

Sleek

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Question 292

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Admonish

  2. BOption (b)

    Agravate

  3. COption (c)

    Assertion

  4. DOption (d)

    Accumulate

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Answer: (a)A.

Admonish

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Question 293

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

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required.’

The missing child was discovered in lower Maryland a few days later.

  1. AOption (a)

    little days later

  2. BOption (b)

    a lot of days later

  3. COption (c)

    No substitution required

  4. DOption (d)

    few day later

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Answer: (a)A.

little days later

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Question 294

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Set the wheels in motion

  1. AOption (a)

    To initiate a chain of events

  2. BOption (b)

    To drive very fast

  3. COption (c)

    To end a journey

  4. DOption (d)

    To end a discussion

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Answer: (a)A.

To initiate a chain of events

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Question 295

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I signed this science project ______ London.

  1. AOption (a)

    beneath

  2. BOption (b)

    in

  3. COption (c)

    by

  4. DOption (d)

    into

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Answer: (a)A.

beneath

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Question 296

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.

With over 49,000 plant species (1) ______ as of 2018, India holds (2) ______ 11.5% of all the flora in the world. Now, a new fossil record has (3) ______ that India is the birthplace of Asian bamboo, and they (4) ______ formed about 25 million years ago in the north-eastern (5) ______ of the country.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    reported

  2. BOption (b)

    signed

  3. COption (c)

    assigned

  4. DOption (d)

    deserved

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Answer: (a)A.

reported

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Question 297

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.

With over 49,000 plant species (1) ______ as of 2018, India holds (2) ______ 11.5% of all the flora in the world. Now, a new fossil record has (3) ______ that India is the birthplace of Asian bamboo, and they (4) ______ formed about 25 million years ago in the north-eastern (5) ______ of the country.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    on

  2. BOption (b)

    off

  3. COption (c)

    upon

  4. DOption (d)

    about

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Answer: (a)A.

on

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Question 298

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.

With over 49,000 plant species (1) ______ as of 2018, India holds (2) ______ 11.5% of all the flora in the world. Now, a new fossil record has (3) ______ that India is the birthplace of Asian bamboo, and they (4) ______ formed about 25 million years ago in the north-eastern (5) ______ of the country.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    limited

  2. BOption (b)

    known

  3. COption (c)

    shown

  4. DOption (d)

    arranged

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Answer: (a)A.

limited

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Question 299

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.

With over 49,000 plant species (1) ______ as of 2018, India holds (2) ______ 11.5% of all the flora in the world. Now, a new fossil record has (3) ______ that India is the birthplace of Asian bamboo, and they (4) ______ formed about 25 million years ago in the north-eastern (5) ______ of the country.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    was

  2. BOption (b)

    has

  3. COption (c)

    were

  4. DOption (d)

    are

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

was

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Question 300

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.

With over 49,000 plant species (1) ______ as of 2018, India holds (2) ______ 11.5% of all the flora in the world. Now, a new fossil record has (3) ______ that India is the birthplace of Asian bamboo, and they (4) ______ formed about 25 million years ago in the north-eastern (5) ______ of the country.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    part

  2. BOption (b)

    beside

  3. COption (c)

    type

  4. DOption (d)

    bit

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

part

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