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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 301

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

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify that contains a grammatical error. 

To descend a cragged / mountain, however, was most / difficult and dangerous / than to ascend it.

  1. AOption (a)

    To descend a cragged 

  2. BOption (b)

    difficult and dangerous 

  3. COption (c)

    mountain however was most 

  4. DOption (d)

    than to ascend it 

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Answer: (a)A.

To descend a cragged 

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Question 302

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 

Impartial

  1. AOption (a)

    Intellectual 

  2. BOption (b)

    objective 

  3. COption (c)

    Biased 

  4. DOption (d)

    Pious

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Answer: (a)A.

Intellectual 

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Question 303

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'. 

Austin can be saw chasing cops with a sickle.

  1. AOption (a)

    be seen chasing 

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required 

  3. COption (c)

    been saw chasing 

  4. DOption (d)

    being seen chase 

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Answer: (a)A.

be seen chasing 

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Question 304

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

The defendant's lawyer argued that his past offense were ______ to this case.

  1. AOption (a)

    contagious 

  2. BOption (b)

    spacious 

  3. COption (c)

    arrogant 

  4. DOption (d)

    irrelevant 

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Answer: (a)A.

contagious 

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Question 305

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 

Provoke

  1. AOption (a)

    Inhibit 

  2. BOption (b)

    Stack 

  3. COption (c)

    Arouse 

  4. DOption (d)

    Constrain 

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Answer: (a)A.

Inhibit 

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Question 306

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.' 

None only did the men aid in the work, but the women also did their part.

  1. AOption (a)

    Only 

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required 

  3. COption (c)

    No only 

  4. DOption (d)

    Not only 

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Answer: (a)A.

Only 

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Question 307

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. 

Spill the beans

  1. AOption (a)

    To drop something 

  2. BOption (b)

    To find out something 

  3. COption (c)

    Give away a secret 

  4. DOption (d)

    To get a new idea 

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Answer: (a)A.

To drop something 

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Question 308

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

Select the correctly spelt word. 

  1. AOption (a)

    Milennia 

  2. BOption (b)

    Monothistic 

  3. COption (c)

    Hypothesis 

  4. DOption (d)

    Prihistoric 

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Answer: (a)A.

Milennia 

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Question 309

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

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

These figures have been greatly exaggerated.

  1. AOption (a)

    understated 

  2. BOption (b)

    magnified 

  3. COption (c)

    belittled 

  4. DOption (d)

    ignore 

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Answer: (a)A.

understated 

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Question 310

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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. 

Anosmia is the / completed loss or / absence of the sense of smell.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error 

  2. BOption (b)

    completed loss or 

  3. COption (c)

    absence of the sense of smell 

  4. DOption (d)

    Anosmia is the 

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Answer: (a)A.

No error 

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Question 311

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

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

These types of insects are usually very difficult to eradicate.

  1. AOption (a)

    emancipate

  2. BOption (b)

    annihilate 

  3. COption (c)

    conserve 

  4. DOption (d)

    devastate 

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Answer: (a)A.

emancipate

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Question 312

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

Your explanation was simpler ______ Rekha's explanation.

  1. AOption (a)

    of 

  2. BOption (b)

    that 

  3. COption (c)

    then 

  4. DOption (d)

    than 

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Answer: (a)A.

of 

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Question 313

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

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

If you keep dodging your manager's call, you will be on thin ice.

  1. AOption (a)

    In a risky situation 

  2. BOption (b)

    Perform adequately 

  3. COption (c)

    Change plans in the middle of a process 

  4. DOption (d)

    Go to jail 

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Answer: (a)A.

In a risky situation 

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Question 314

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. 

Climbs or move with difficulty or a lot of effort, typically using one's hands and feet

  1. AOption (a)

    Pedagogy 

  2. BOption (b)

    Clamber 

  3. COption (c)

    Quack 

  4. DOption (d)

    Retreat 

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Answer: (a)A.

Pedagogy 

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Question 315

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

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

The probable side effects of this medication include burning and itching.

  1. AOption (a)

    including burning and itching 

  2. BOption (b)

    can be including burning and itching 

  3. COption (c)

    includes burning and itching 

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required 

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Answer: (a)A.

including burning and itching 

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Question 316

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Appease 

  2. BOption (b)

    Aberrant 

  3. COption (c)

    Arbitrary 

  4. DOption (d)

    Incipid 

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Answer: (a)A.

Appease 

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Question 317

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

Today, your presentation was ______ better than Saba's presentation.

  1. AOption (a)

    more 

  2. BOption (b)

    many 

  3. COption (c)

    most 

  4. DOption (d)

    much

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Answer: (a)A.

more 

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Question 318

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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. 

My teacher said to me that / all that / glitters were not gold.

  1. AOption (a)

    glitters were not gold 

  2. BOption (b)

    My teacher said to me that 

  3. COption (c)

    No error 

  4. DOption (d)

    all that

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Answer: (a)A.

glitters were not gold 

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Question 319

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. 

His autobiography will be one of the most ______ awaited books.

  1. AOption (a)

    eagerly 

  2. BOption (b)

    deftly

  3. COption (c)

    badly 

  4. DOption (d)

    slowly 

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Answer: (a)A.

eagerly 

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Question 320

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'. 

Thank you all for coming so earlier at the morning.

  1. AOption (a)

    No improvement required 

  2. BOption (b)

    early in the 

  3. COption (c)

    the early in a 

  4. DOption (d)

    earliest on the 

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Answer: (a)A.

No improvement required 

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