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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: 12 July 2022 Shift 3)·General English
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Question 441

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I _______ wish I hadn't invited him.

  1. AOption (a)

    about

  2. BOption (b)

    else

  3. COption (c)

    almost

  4. DOption (d)

    not

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Answer: (a)A.

about

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Question 442

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Alleviate

  1. AOption (a)

    Soothe

  2. BOption (b)

    Ameliorate

  3. COption (c)

    Aggravate

  4. DOption (d)

    Destroy

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Answer: (a)A.

Soothe

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Question 443

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.

She is brave than any other girl in the office.

  1. AOption (a)

    She is brave

  2. BOption (b)

    in the office

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    than any other girl

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Answer: (a)A.

She is brave

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Question 444

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'.

Why are you looking on my face like this?

  1. AOption (a)

    looked at my

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required

  3. COption (c)

    looking on mine

  4. DOption (d)

    looking at my

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Answer: (a)A.

looked at my

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Question 445

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

Select the option that corrects the incorrectly spelt words in the given sentence.

Ventilaton system is mising in this room.

  1. AOption (a)

    Ventiltion system is missing in this room.

  2. BOption (b)

    Ventilation system is mising in this rum.

  3. COption (c)

    Ventilation system is missing in this room.

  4. DOption (d)

    Wentilation system is mesing in this room.

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Answer: (a)A.

Ventiltion system is missing in this room.

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Question 446

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.

Ants, like most insects, have (1)_______ are known as compound eyes. This means their eyes have multiple lenses, (2)_________ in general, most species of ant do not have particularly great eyes for seeing (3)_______ far. Ants can detect movement and see the areas around them, but (4)_______ more on senses and information they get from their legs and antennae (5)_______ from their eyes.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    whose

  2. BOption (b)

    how

  3. COption (c)

    what

  4. DOption (d)

    who

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Answer: (a)A.

whose

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Question 447

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.

Ants, like most insects, have (1)_______ are known as compound eyes. This means their eyes have multiple lenses, (2)_________ in general, most species of ant do not have particularly great eyes for seeing (3)_______ far. Ants can detect movement and see the areas around them, but (4)_______ more on senses and information they get from their legs and antennae (5)_______ from their eyes.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    whether

  2. BOption (b)

    so

  3. COption (c)

    but

  4. DOption (d)

    rather

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Answer: (a)A.

whether

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Question 448

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.

Ants, like most insects, have (1)_______ are known as compound eyes. This means their eyes have multiple lenses, (2)_________ in general, most species of ant do not have particularly great eyes for seeing (3)_______ far. Ants can detect movement and see the areas around them, but (4)_______ more on senses and information they get from their legs and antennae (5)_______ from their eyes.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    some

  2. BOption (b)

    many

  3. COption (c)

    enough

  4. DOption (d)

    very

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Answer: (a)A.

some

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Question 449

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.

Ants, like most insects, have (1)_______ are known as compound eyes. This means their eyes have multiple lenses, (2)_________ in general, most species of ant do not have particularly great eyes for seeing (3)_______ far. Ants can detect movement and see the areas around them, but (4)_______ more on senses and information they get from their legs and antennae (5)_______ from their eyes.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    calculate

  2. BOption (b)

    shout

  3. COption (c)

    rely

  4. DOption (d)

    struggle

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Answer: (a)A.

calculate

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Question 450

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.

Ants, like most insects, have (1)_______ are known as compound eyes. This means their eyes have multiple lenses, (2)_________ in general, most species of ant do not have particularly great eyes for seeing (3)_______ far. Ants can detect movement and see the areas around them, but (4)_______ more on senses and information they get from their legs and antennae (5)_______ from their eyes.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    than

  2. BOption (b)

    when

  3. COption (c)

    then

  4. DOption (d)

    thus

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Answer: (a)A.

than

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 13 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 451

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 mountain lion is / one of the slyest and more / elusive animals in the woods.

  1. AOption (a)

    one of the slyest and more

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    The mountain lion is

  4. DOption (d)

    elusive animals in the woods.

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Answer: (a)A.

one of the slyest and more

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Question 452

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Envisaige

  2. BOption (b)

    Psychologist

  3. COption (c)

    Emergense

  4. DOption (d)

    Trancition

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Answer: (a)A.

Envisaige

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Question 453

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Overrun

  1. AOption (a)

    Surrender

  2. BOption (b)

    Inundate

  3. COption (c)

    Storm

  4. DOption (d)

    Invade

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Answer: (a)A.

Surrender

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Question 454

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Many people may not find the rewards ______ with the time and effort required.

  1. AOption (a)

    insignificant

  2. BOption (b)

    gleeful

  3. COption (c)

    cautious

  4. DOption (d)

    commensurate

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Answer: (a)A.

insignificant

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Question 455

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

If we don't reverse course now, will anyone take anything we say about justice and ___________ with any seriousness for decades to come?

  1. AOption (a)

    righteousness

  2. BOption (b)

    mediation

  3. COption (c)

    wickedness

  4. DOption (d)

    dishonesty

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Answer: (a)A.

righteousness

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Question 456

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

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

He is foaming at the mouth about the committee's decision.

  1. AOption (a)

    To be enraged and show it

  2. BOption (b)

    to cause damage to someone

  3. COption (c)

    to not recognize something good

  4. DOption (d)

    to be upset about something that happened in the past

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Answer: (a)A.

To be enraged and show it

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Question 457

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Disstract

  2. BOption (b)

    Destarct

  3. COption (c)

    Distract

  4. DOption (d)

    Distarct

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Answer: (a)A.

Disstract

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Question 458

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Probe

  1. AOption (a)

    Search

  2. BOption (b)

    Motivate

  3. COption (c)

    Invite

  4. DOption (d)

    Push

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Answer: (a)A.

Search

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Question 459

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’.

You are looking so pretty on these black outfit.

  1. AOption (a)

    pretty in this

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required

  3. COption (c)

    prettier in these

  4. DOption (d)

    prettiest with those

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Answer: (a)A.

pretty in this

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Question 460

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

He is the patient ______ called you in the morning.

  1. AOption (a)

    which

  2. BOption (b)

    whom

  3. COption (c)

    who

  4. DOption (d)

    that

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Answer: (a)A.

which

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