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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: 13 July 2022 Shift 3)·General English
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Question 521

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

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

No matter how ______ (1) ______ time you ______ (2) ______ to improve your mental and emotional health, you will still need the company of ______ (3) ______ to feel and function at your best. Humans are social ______ (4) ______ with emotional needs for relationships and positive connections to others. We’re not meant to survive, ______ (5) ______ alone thrive, in isolation.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. (1)

  1. AOption (a)

    many

  2. BOption (b)

    great

  3. COption (c)

    more

  4. DOption (d)

    much

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Answer: (a)A.

many

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Question 522

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

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

No matter how ______ (1) ______ time you ______ (2) ______ to improve your mental and emotional health, you will still need the company of ______ (3) ______ to feel and function at your best. Humans are social ______ (4) ______ with emotional needs for relationships and positive connections to others. We’re not meant to survive, ______ (5) ______ alone thrive, in isolation.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. (2)

  1. AOption (a)

    devote

  2. BOption (b)

    promote

  3. COption (c)

    assess

  4. DOption (d)

    proceed

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Answer: (a)A.

devote

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Question 523

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

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

No matter how ______ (1) ______ time you ______ (2) ______ to improve your mental and emotional health, you will still need the company of ______ (3) ______ to feel and function at your best. Humans are social ______ (4) ______ with emotional needs for relationships and positive connections to others. We’re not meant to survive, ______ (5) ______ alone thrive, in isolation.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. (3) 

  1. AOption (a)

    some

  2. BOption (b)

    any

  3. COption (c)

    others

  4. DOption (d)

    few

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Answer: (a)A.

some

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Question 524

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

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

No matter how ______ (1) ______ time you ______ (2) ______ to improve your mental and emotional health, you will still need the company of ______ (3) ______ to feel and function at your best. Humans are social ______ (4) ______ with emotional needs for relationships and positive connections to others. We’re not meant to survive, ______ (5) ______ alone thrive, in isolation.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. (4)

  1. AOption (a)

    kingdoms

  2. BOption (b)

    populations

  3. COption (c)

    creatures

  4. DOption (d)

    lives

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Answer: (a)A.

kingdoms

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Question 525

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

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

No matter how ______ (1) ______ time you ______ (2) ______ to improve your mental and emotional health, you will still need the company of ______ (3) ______ to feel and function at your best. Humans are social ______ (4) ______ with emotional needs for relationships and positive connections to others. We’re not meant to survive, ______ (5) ______ alone thrive, in isolation.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No. (5)

  1. AOption (a)

    have

  2. BOption (b)

    lest

  3. COption (c)

    let

  4. DOption (d)

    get

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Answer: (a)A.

have

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 14 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 526

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 

Bulky

  1. AOption (a)

    Airy

  2. BOption (b)

    Soft

  3. COption (c)

    Massive

  4. DOption (d)

    Scanty

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Answer: (a)A.

Airy

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Question 527

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’.

Hardly had he disappeared that his mother clomped down the steps, looking for him.

  1. AOption (a)

    Hardly did he disappeared that his mother  

  2. BOption (b)

    Hardly had he disappear that his mother  

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required 

  4. DOption (d)

    Hardly had he disappeared when his mother 

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Answer: (a)A.

Hardly did he disappeared that his mother  

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Question 528

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My friend is not ________ for this complicated assignment.

  1. AOption (a)

    worthy 

  2. BOption (b)

    comfortable 

  3. COption (c)

    suitable 

  4. DOption (d)

    entitled 

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Answer: (a)A.

worthy 

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Question 529

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

But if you ______ to spare before you do catch the bus, be sure to pop in.

  1. AOption (a)

    have a meeting 

  2. BOption (b)

    have a moment 

  3. COption (c)

    have a nap 

  4. DOption (d)

    have a ride 

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Answer: (a)A.

have a meeting 

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Question 530

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’.

Michael nodded and begun writing at his pad.

  1. AOption (a)

    begun to write in 

  2. BOption (b)

    begin writing in 

  3. COption (c)

    began writing on 

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required 

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Answer: (a)A.

begun to write in 

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Question 531

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’.

Just try and recall the poor people you saw on the streets, on local trains, and in slums on our way back.

  1. AOption (a)

    have been seen on the 

  2. BOption (b)

    seen on the 

  3. COption (c)

    have seeing on the 

  4. DOption (d)

    No substitution required 

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Answer: (a)A.

have been seen on the 

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Question 532

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’.

An unidentified man on an bike dropped for the box outside the building.

  1. AOption (a)

    a bike dropped off  

  2. BOption (b)

    a bike dropping for

  3. COption (c)

    a bike drop for

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Answer: (a)A.

a bike dropped off  

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Question 533

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Maestro

  1. AOption (a)

    Genius

  2. BOption (b)

    Senile

  3. COption (c)

    Slender

  4. DOption (d)

    Novice

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Answer: (a)A.

Genius

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Question 534

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.

My mother exclaimed / at how fast / the days had pass.

  1. AOption (a)

    at how fast

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    My mother exclaimed

  4. DOption (d)

    the days had pass

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Answer: (a)A.

at how fast

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Question 535

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To raise a dust

  1. AOption (a)

    To meet one’s defeat 

  2. BOption (b)

    To be satisfied with what you have achieved 

  3. COption (c)

    To be secretly or inwardly amused  

  4. DOption (d)

    To cause disruption or confusion  

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Answer: (a)A.

To meet one’s defeat 

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Question 536

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 had no sooner taken a few steps forward that she suddenly recoiled.

  1. AOption (a)

    No sooner had she taken a few steps forward than  

  2. BOption (b)

    She did no sooner taken a few steps forward than

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required 

  4. DOption (d)

    She did no sooner took a few steps forward than 

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Answer: (a)A.

No sooner had she taken a few steps forward than  

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Question 537

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

One day, the queen was painting when a messenger entered ________ to convey the king's arrival.

  1. AOption (a)

    comparably

  2. BOption (b)

    relatively

  3. COption (c)

    enjoyably

  4. DOption (d)

    breathlessly

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Answer: (a)A.

comparably

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Question 538

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.

Hundreds of migrants work in private firms in Erode.

  1. AOption (a)

    firms in Erode

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    Hundreds of migrants

  4. DOption (d)

    work in private

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Answer: (a)A.

firms in Erode

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Question 539

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’. 

Can all us sleep in the same room, Mother?

  1. AOption (a)

    May all we

  2. BOption (b)

    Can we all

  3. COption (c)

    Should us all

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Answer: (a)A.

May all we

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Question 540

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.

Neither she not I am going to take part in the debate competition.

  1. AOption (a)

    am going to take part

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    Neither she not I

  4. DOption (d)

    in the debate competition

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Answer: (a)A.

am going to take part

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