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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 12 July 2022 Shift 1)Ā·General English
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Question 381

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ 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 donā€™t find any error, mark ā€˜No errorā€™ as your answer.

I was at a party / with some off my / friends in Mumbai.

  1. AOption (a)

    friends in Mumbai

  2. BOption (b)

    with some off my

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    I was at a party

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Answer: (a)A.

friends in Mumbai

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Question 382

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Crocodile tears

  1. AOption (a)

    Hopeless situation

  2. BOption (b)

    Totally different

  3. COption (c)

    False tears

  4. DOption (d)

    Of less worth

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Answer: (a)A.

Hopeless situation

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Question 383

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

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

A baloon may liave the earth with a charg.

  1. AOption (a)

    A balloon may leave the earth with a charge.

  2. BOption (b)

    A ballon may leave the earth with a chargge.

  3. COption (c)

    A balloon may live the earth with a charrge.

  4. DOption (d)

    A ballun may leave the earth with a charge.

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Answer: (a)A.

A balloon may leave the earth with a charge.

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Question 384

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Moil

  1. AOption (a)

    Cultivate

  2. BOption (b)

    Grow

  3. COption (c)

    Discourage

  4. DOption (d)

    Work

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Answer: (a)A.

Cultivate

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Question 385

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Innability

  2. BOption (b)

    Inabilty

  3. COption (c)

    Inability

  4. DOption (d)

    Inablity

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Answer: (a)A.

Innability

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Question 386

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Obedient

  1. AOption (a)

    Compliant

  2. BOption (b)

    Submissive

  3. COption (c)

    Cheery

  4. DOption (d)

    Resistant

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Answer: (a)A.

Compliant

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Question 387

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Intricate

  1. AOption (a)

    Basic

  2. BOption (b)

    Complicated

  3. COption (c)

    Painted

  4. DOption (d)

    Developed

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Answer: (a)A.

Basic

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Question 388

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ 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 ā€˜No substitution requiredā€™.

A better plan is to going and has a lavish dinner at a fine restaurant.

  1. AOption (a)

    is to go and haveĀ 

  2. BOption (b)

    No substitution required

  3. COption (c)

    is to gone and have

  4. DOption (d)

    was to going and have

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Answer: (a)A.

is to go and haveĀ 

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Question 389

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

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

One who feeds on human flesh

  1. AOption (a)

    Cannibal

  2. BOption (b)

    Hedonist

  3. COption (c)

    Stoic

  4. DOption (d)

    Samaritan

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Answer: (a)A.

Cannibal

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Question 390

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.

All branded shoes are priced extravagantly.

  1. AOption (a)

    Modestly

  2. BOption (b)

    Economically

  3. COption (c)

    Expensively

  4. DOption (d)

    Meagerly

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Answer: (a)A.

Modestly

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Question 391

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Itā€™s ______ too late to start your own business.

  1. AOption (a)

    never

  2. BOption (b)

    no

  3. COption (c)

    neither

  4. DOption (d)

    nor

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Answer: (a)A.

never

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Question 392

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

It was impossible ______ guess what he was doing.

  1. AOption (a)

    to

  2. BOption (b)

    at

  3. COption (c)

    on

  4. DOption (d)

    of

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Answer: (a)A.

to

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Question 393

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Evident

  1. AOption (a)

    Obvious

  2. BOption (b)

    Indistinct

  3. COption (c)

    Stubborn

  4. DOption (d)

    Irritable

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Answer: (a)A.

Obvious

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Question 394

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

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

A person who believes in or tries to bring about a state of lawlessness

  1. AOption (a)

    Ephemeral

  2. BOption (b)

    Deluge

  3. COption (c)

    Gazette

  4. DOption (d)

    Anarchist

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Answer: (a)A.

Ephemeral

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Question 395

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ General English

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The sudden death of our uncle was ______________ for all of us.

  1. AOption (a)

    tragic

  2. BOption (b)

    fragile

  3. COption (c)

    gentle

  4. DOption (d)

    dissuasive

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Answer: (a)A.

tragic

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Question 396

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ 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.

Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be (2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods, fertilizers, explosives, and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be (5)______ to the environment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    at

  2. BOption (b)

    into

  3. COption (c)

    on

  4. DOption (d)

    in

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Answer: (a)A.

at

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Question 397

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ 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.

Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be (2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods, fertilizers, explosives, and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be (5)______ to the environment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    founder

  2. BOption (b)

    find

  3. COption (c)

    founded

  4. DOption (d)

    found

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Answer: (a)A.

founder

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Question 398

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ 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.

Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be (2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods, fertilizers, explosives, and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be (5)______ to the environment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    function

  2. BOption (b)

    instant

  3. COption (c)

    immediate

  4. DOption (d)

    present

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Answer: (a)A.

function

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Question 399

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ 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.

Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be (2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods, fertilizers, explosives, and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be (5)______ to the environment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    such

  2. BOption (b)

    because

  3. COption (c)

    but

  4. DOption (d)

    if

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Answer: (a)A.

such

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Question 400

SSC Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) 2022ā€¢ General Englishā€¢ 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.

Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be (2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods, fertilizers, explosives, and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be (5)______ to the environment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    harmful

  2. BOption (b)

    pliable

  3. COption (c)

    optimistic

  4. DOption (d)

    rational

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Answer: (a)A.

harmful

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