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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: 12 July 2022 Shift 2)·General English
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Question 421

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

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

Coca-Cola is to become the new sponsor of the London Eye after (1) _______ a deal to replace France's EDF Energy. The capital's giant Ferris Wheel has been a (2) _______ tourist attraction since it was introduced in 2000, when it was (3) _______ as the Millennium Wheel. It was previously (4) _______ by British Airways before becoming the EDF Energy London Eye in 2011. Coca-Cola will take over in January after (5) _______ a two-year deal with the wheel's owner, Merlin Entertainments, for an undisclosed sum.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Assorting

  2. BOption (b)

    Enclosing

  3. COption (c)

    Clearing

  4. DOption (d)

    Signing

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Answer: (a)A.

Assorting

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Question 422

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

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

Coca-Cola is to become the new sponsor of the London Eye after (1) _______ a deal to replace France's EDF Energy. The capital's giant Ferris Wheel has been a (2) _______ tourist attraction since it was introduced in 2000, when it was (3) _______ as the Millennium Wheel. It was previously (4) _______ by British Airways before becoming the EDF Energy London Eye in 2011. Coca-Cola will take over in January after (5) _______ a two-year deal with the wheel's owner, Merlin Entertainments, for an undisclosed sum.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Leading

  2. BOption (b)

    Susceptible

  3. COption (c)

    Supportive

  4. DOption (d)

    Mandatory

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Answer: (a)A.

Leading

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Question 423

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

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

Coca-Cola is to become the new sponsor of the London Eye after (1) _______ a deal to replace France's EDF Energy. The capital's giant Ferris Wheel has been a (2) _______ tourist attraction since it was introduced in 2000, when it was (3) _______ as the Millennium Wheel. It was previously (4) _______ by British Airways before becoming the EDF Energy London Eye in 2011. Coca-Cola will take over in January after (5) _______ a two-year deal with the wheel's owner, Merlin Entertainments, for an undisclosed sum.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Based

  2. BOption (b)

    Inscribed

  3. COption (c)

    Published

  4. DOption (d)

    Known

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Answer: (a)A.

Based

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Question 424

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

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

Coca-Cola is to become the new sponsor of the London Eye after (1) _______ a deal to replace France's EDF Energy. The capital's giant Ferris Wheel has been a (2) _______ tourist attraction since it was introduced in 2000, when it was (3) _______ as the Millennium Wheel. It was previously (4) _______ by British Airways before becoming the EDF Energy London Eye in 2011. Coca-Cola will take over in January after (5) _______ a two-year deal with the wheel's owner, Merlin Entertainments, for an undisclosed sum.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Sponsored

  2. BOption (b)

    Refused

  3. COption (c)

    kept

  4. DOption (d)

    Authenticated

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Answer: (a)A.

Sponsored

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Question 425

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

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

Coca-Cola is to become the new sponsor of the London Eye after (1) _______ a deal to replace France's EDF Energy. The capital's giant Ferris Wheel has been a (2) _______ tourist attraction since it was introduced in 2000, when it was (3) _______ as the Millennium Wheel. It was previously (4) _______ by British Airways before becoming the EDF Energy London Eye in 2011. Coca-Cola will take over in January after (5) _______ a two-year deal with the wheel's owner, Merlin Entertainments, for an undisclosed sum.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Striking

  2. BOption (b)

    Discovering

  3. COption (c)

    Forging

  4. DOption (d)

    Hedging

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Striking

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 12 July 2022 Shift 3)·General English
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Question 426

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

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. 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.

Elizabeth beat her rival with the gold medal in the 2021 summer Olympics.

  1. AOption (a)

    with the gold medal in the

  2. BOption (b)

    2021 summer Olympics

  3. COption (c)

    Elizabeth beat her rival

  4. DOption (d)

    No error

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Answer: (a)A.

with the gold medal in the

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Question 427

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Grieve

  1. AOption (a)

    Tame

  2. BOption (b)

    Assure

  3. COption (c)

    Rejoice

  4. DOption (d)

    Mourn

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Answer: (a)A.

Tame

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Question 428

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Insatiable

  1. AOption (a)

    Urgent

  2. BOption (b)

    Fulfilled

  3. COption (c)

    Greedy

  4. DOption (d)

    Insistent

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Answer: (a)A.

Urgent

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Question 429

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Green tea is good for not only the health but also for _______ skin.

  1. AOption (a)

    glowing

  2. BOption (b)

    emotional

  3. COption (c)

    caustic

  4. DOption (d)

    laborious

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Answer: (a)A.

glowing

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Question 430

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'.

Major hubs of the information technology industry is the Silicon Valley of Central California.

  1. AOption (a)

    No improvement required

  2. BOption (b)

    A major hub of

  3. COption (c)

    Major hub by

  4. DOption (d)

    The majors hub of

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Answer: (a)A.

No improvement required

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Question 431

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'.

My mother's sister work since eight hours every weekday.

  1. AOption (a)

    working of eight

  2. BOption (b)

    works for eight

  3. COption (c)

    work for eight

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Answer: (a)A.

working of eight

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Question 432

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Mismatche

  2. BOption (b)

    Securities

  3. COption (c)

    Essentially

  4. DOption (d)

    Fiscal

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Answer: (a)A.

Mismatche

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Question 433

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.

Story of an individual written by himself

  1. AOption (a)

    Biography

  2. BOption (b)

    History

  3. COption (c)

    Novel

  4. DOption (d)

    Autobiography

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Answer: (a)A.

Biography

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Question 434

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.

India has joined / the global fight / among tax evasion.

  1. AOption (a)

    the global fight

  2. BOption (b)

    among tax evasion

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    India has joined

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Answer: (a)A.

the global fight

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Question 435

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I like eating chocolates, ________ I hate dark ones.

  1. AOption (a)

    for

  2. BOption (b)

    but

  3. COption (c)

    because

  4. DOption (d)

    while

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Answer: (a)A.

for

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Question 436

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.'

We made sure our new house were closer to a good primary school when moving home last summer.

  1. AOption (a)

    was close

  2. BOption (b)

    No substitution required

  3. COption (c)

    were closed

  4. DOption (d)

    was closing

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Answer: (a)A.

was close

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Question 437

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The situation turned ugly as the crowd _______ to riot.

  1. AOption (a)

    begins

  2. BOption (b)

    begun

  3. COption (c)

    beginning

  4. DOption (d)

    began

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Answer: (a)A.

begins

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Question 438

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

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

Some simple changes in eating habits can alleviate nausea.

  1. AOption (a)

    sharpen

  2. BOption (b)

    plague

  3. COption (c)

    exacerbate

  4. DOption (d)

    relieve

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Answer: (a)A.

sharpen

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Question 439

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Chase rainbows

  1. AOption (a)

    To be unprepared for something

  2. BOption (b)

    To lose one's patience

  3. COption (c)

    To pursue unrealistic goals

  4. DOption (d)

    To judge someone

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Answer: (a)A.

To be unprepared for something

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Question 440

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Hold someone or something at bay

  1. AOption (a)

    Trap or corner a person or animal being hunted or chased

  2. BOption (b)

    To seek punishment for a person or group

  3. COption (c)

    Prevent someone or something from moving closer

  4. DOption (d)

    To thrive or to grow very successfully

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Answer: (a)A.

Trap or corner a person or animal being hunted or chased

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