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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 501

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The pirates will try to ______ the gold ornaments.

  1. AOption (a)

    cease

  2. BOption (b)

    seize

  3. COption (c)

    slice

  4. DOption (d)

    steel

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Answer: (a)A.

cease

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Question 502

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

Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.

One who collects coins

  1. AOption (a)

    Bibliophile

  2. BOption (b)

    Enthusiast

  3. COption (c)

    Philatelist

  4. DOption (d)

    Numismatist

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Answer: (a)A.

Bibliophile

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Question 503

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

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

I may sound crazy but I am not an imbecile.

  1. AOption (a)

    Credible

  2. BOption (b)

    Prudent

  3. COption (c)

    Dunce

  4. DOption (d)

    Sage

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Answer: (a)A.

Credible

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Question 504

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Rescuers used a special device for finding people ______ in collapsed buildings.

  1. AOption (a)

    conquered

  2. BOption (b)

    trapped

  3. COption (c)

    exceeded

  4. DOption (d)

    blossomed

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Answer: (a)A.

conquered

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Question 505

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

If nature ______ to degrade, the world’s economic output will suffer sooner or later.

  1. AOption (a)

    Continues

  2. BOption (b)

    Continue

  3. COption (c)

    Continued

  4. DOption (d)

    continuing

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Answer: (a)A.

Continues

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Question 506

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’.

He pays me six dollars the month of this house.

  1. AOption (a)

    No improvement required 

  2. BOption (b)

    an month for these

  3. COption (c)

    a month over this

  4. DOption (d)

    a month for this

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Answer: (a)A.

No improvement required 

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Question 507

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Fatal

  1. AOption (a)

    Luminous

  2. BOption (b)

    Restorative

  3. COption (c)

    Serene

  4. DOption (d)

    Deadly

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Answer: (a)A.

Luminous

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Question 508

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

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

He leaned left, bringing the blunt side of his sword up flat against his palm.

  1. AOption (a)

    sharp

  2. BOption (b)

    dull

  3. COption (c)

    timid

  4. DOption (d)

    keen

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Answer: (a)A.

sharp

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Question 509

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word. 

  1. AOption (a)

    Accede

  2. BOption (b)

    Accost

  3. COption (c)

    Abstruce

  4. DOption (d)

    Abnegation

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Answer: (a)A.

Accede

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Question 510

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.

A large bundle bound for storage or transport

  1. AOption (a)

    Antagonist

  2. BOption (b)

    Belligerent

  3. COption (c)

    Bale

  4. DOption (d)

    Apiary

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Answer: (a)A.

Antagonist

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Question 511

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'.

She was stuck in his imagination for many a hour as a force to be reckoned with.

  1. AOption (a)

    his imagination for many hour as a force

  2. BOption (b)

    his imagination for many an hour as a force

  3. COption (c)

    his imagination for many an hours as a force

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Answer: (a)A.

his imagination for many hour as a force

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Question 512

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.

Does my name ring a bell for you?

  1. AOption (a)

    To sound familiar

  2. BOption (b)

    To be very frightened 

  3. COption (c)

    To take advantage

  4. DOption (d)

    To mock someone

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Answer: (a)A.

To sound familiar

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Question 513

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.’

The laws of nature are unbiased, ensuring that each person benefits from its bounties.

  1. AOption (a)

    No substitution required

  2. BOption (b)

    were unbiased

  3. COption (c)

    is unbiased

  4. DOption (d)

    was unbiased

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Answer: (a)A.

No substitution required

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Question 514

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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.

How the students approach / education today has / altered significant.

  1. AOption (a)

    altered significant 

  2. BOption (b)

    education today has

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    How the students approach

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Answer: (a)A.

altered significant 

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Question 515

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Kick someone when they are down

  1. AOption (a)

    To create a disturbance deliberately

  2. BOption (b)

    To reject or disown friends 

  3. COption (c)

    To be angry with or disappointed in someone

  4. DOption (d)

    To cause further trouble to someone already in a difficult situation

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Answer: (a)A.

To create a disturbance deliberately

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Question 516

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Definitely

  2. BOption (b)

    Definately

  3. COption (c)

    Defenately

  4. DOption (d)

    Difinately

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Answer: (a)A.

Definitely

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Question 517

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I am planning a get together ______ Monday.

  1. AOption (a)

    at

  2. BOption (b)

    upon

  3. COption (c)

    along

  4. DOption (d)

    on

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Answer: (a)A.

at

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Question 518

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Vicious

  1. AOption (a)

    Influential

  2. BOption (b)

    Gentle

  3. COption (c)

    Privileged

  4. DOption (d)

    Poor

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Answer: (a)A.

Influential

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Question 519

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.

All the problems occurred / because she does not / hear my words to follow the instructions.

  1. AOption (a)

    because she does not

  2. BOption (b)

    All the problems occurred

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    hear my words to follow the instructions.

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Answer: (a)A.

because she does not

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Question 520

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

Parts of the given 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.

I like reading fictional stories besides write poems.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error

  2. BOption (b)

    fictional stories besides

  3. COption (c)

    write poems

  4. DOption (d)

    I like reading

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

No error

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