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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: 11 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 321

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 up to 50,000 species of spiders, spider habitats vary (1) ______. Spiders are (2) ______ to live anywhere in the world except Antarctica. They (3) ______ not live in bodies of water or in the air, but can adapt (4) ______ almost any type of environment: hot or cool, wet or (5) ______, in the garden or in your house.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    widely 

  2. BOption (b)

    wide

  3. COption (c)

    widest

  4. DOption (d)

    wider 

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Answer: (a)A.

widely 

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Question 322

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 up to 50,000 species of spiders, spider habitats vary (1) ______. Spiders are (2) ______ to live anywhere in the world except Antarctica. They (3) ______ not live in bodies of water or in the air, but can adapt (4) ______ almost any type of environment: hot or cool, wet or (5) ______, in the garden or in your house.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    authorised 

  2. BOption (b)

    courageous 

  3. COption (c)

    able 

  4. DOption (d)

    harboured 

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Answer: (a)A.

authorised 

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Question 323

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 up to 50,000 species of spiders, spider habitats vary (1) ______. Spiders are (2) ______ to live anywhere in the world except Antarctica. They (3) ______ not live in bodies of water or in the air, but can adapt (4) ______ almost any type of environment: hot or cool, wet or (5) ______, in the garden or in your house.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    done 

  2. BOption (b)

    do

  3. COption (c)

    does

  4. DOption (d)

    did

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Answer: (a)A.

done 

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Question 324

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 up to 50,000 species of spiders, spider habitats vary (1) ______. Spiders are (2) ______ to live anywhere in the world except Antarctica. They (3) ______ not live in bodies of water or in the air, but can adapt (4) ______ almost any type of environment: hot or cool, wet or (5) ______, in the garden or in your house.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    of 

  2. BOption (b)

    at 

  3. COption (c)

    on 

  4. DOption (d)

    to

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Answer: (a)A.

of 

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Question 325

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 up to 50,000 species of spiders, spider habitats vary (1) ______. Spiders are (2) ______ to live anywhere in the world except Antarctica. They (3) ______ not live in bodies of water or in the air, but can adapt (4) ______ almost any type of environment: hot or cool, wet or (5) ______, in the garden or in your house.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    damp

  2. BOption (b)

    muggy 

  3. COption (c)

    dewy 

  4. DOption (d)

    dry

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Answer: (a)A.

damp

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 11 July 2022 Shift 2)·General English
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Question 326

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’.

It is a story about Mr. and Mrs. Ansari, who had look to rent an apartment in the city.

  1. AOption (a)

    is looking to

  2. BOption (b)

    No substitution required

  3. COption (c)

    were looking for

  4. DOption (d)

    were looking to

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Answer: (a)A.

is looking to

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Question 327

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Innate

  1. AOption (a)

    Learnt

  2. BOption (b)

    Inured

  3. COption (c)

    Inane

  4. DOption (d)

    Inherent

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Answer: (a)A.

Learnt

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Question 328

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

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

It was raining cats and dogs when I reached there.

  1. AOption (a)

    Lots of appreciation

  2. BOption (b)

    To rain very heavily

  3. COption (c)

    Not raining at all

  4. DOption (d)

    Place full of animals

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Answer: (a)A.

Lots of appreciation

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Question 329

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Ignorance is bliss

  1. AOption (a)

    To gain attention and be the topic of conversation

  2. BOption (b)

    To remain ignorant of things that may cause stress

  3. COption (c)

    To want something that has been denied

  4. DOption (d)

    To have rage underneath a calm expression

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Answer: (a)A.

To gain attention and be the topic of conversation

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Question 330

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.

The expression of a wish that misfortune or doom befall a person

  1. AOption (a)

    Curse

  2. BOption (b)

    Praise

  3. COption (c)

    Blessing

  4. DOption (d)

    Oath

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Answer: (a)A.

Curse

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Question 331

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.

The students looked confused, / so the teacher / explain the topic again.

  1. AOption (a)

    explain the topic again

  2. BOption (b)

    so the teacher

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    The students looked confused

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Answer: (a)A.

explain the topic again

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Question 332

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

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

It is important to verify the credibility of an online master's program.

  1. AOption (a)

    serenity

  2. BOption (b)

    improbability

  3. COption (c)

    integrity

  4. DOption (d)

    accuracy

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Answer: (a)A.

serenity

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Question 333

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The girl ran into the house to get some ______ of bread, cold potatoes and other such morsels as were suitable for the fowls.

  1. AOption (a)

    heaps

  2. BOption (b)

    shells

  3. COption (c)

    crumbs

  4. DOption (d)

    bars

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Answer: (a)A.

heaps

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Question 334

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Your district is exposed to ______ and also to destructive floods.

  1. AOption (a)

    draught

  2. BOption (b)

    dot

  3. COption (c)

    drought

  4. DOption (d)

    draft

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Answer: (a)A.

draught

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Question 335

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Monotanous

  2. BOption (b)

    Meticulious

  3. COption (c)

    Narrative

  4. DOption (d)

    Exilerate

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Monotanous

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Question 336

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Privelege

  2. BOption (b)

    Indispensable

  3. COption (c)

    Persaverance

  4. DOption (d)

    Inadvertant

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Answer: (a)A.

Privelege

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Question 337

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Officials said thousands of office-goers were ________ the Metro, and the trains were running full during peak hours.

  1. AOption (a)

    fasting

  2. BOption (b)

    running

  3. COption (c)

    taking

  4. DOption (d)

    adapting

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

fasting

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Question 338

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'.

Your doctor will recommend a treatment based to the types of infection.

  1. AOption (a)

    basing of the type

  2. BOption (b)

    bases to the types

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    based on the type

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Answer: (a)A.

basing of the type

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Question 339

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Frail

  1. AOption (a)

    Unreliable

  2. BOption (b)

    Fresh

  3. COption (c)

    Robust

  4. DOption (d)

    Fragile

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Answer: (a)A.

Unreliable

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Question 340

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Luxuriant

  1. AOption (a)

    Meagre

  2. BOption (b)

    Sparse

  3. COption (c)

    Flourishing

  4. DOption (d)

    Combative

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Meagre

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