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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: 5 July 2022 Shift 2)·General English
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Question 41

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The ______ of the knife in his hand made her sick.

  1. AOption (a)

    Site

  2. BOption (b)

    sight

  3. COption (c)

    slight

  4. DOption (d)

    cite

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Answer: (a)A.

Site

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Question 42

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The ______ needs of the inhabitants seem to be fruit, iced drinks, shiny boots, and lottery tickets.

  1. AOption (a)

    amiable

  2. BOption (b)

    principle

  3. COption (c)

    invincible

  4. DOption (d)

    principal

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Answer: (a)A.

amiable

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Question 43

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

There are good points to each side and we need more ______ people that are willing to look at them from all angles.

  1. AOption (a)

    ubiquitous

  2. BOption (b)

    unbiased

  3. COption (c)

    undermined

  4. DOption (d)

    unadorned

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Answer: (a)A.

ubiquitous

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Question 44

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

About three years ago, an old man, ______ name was Paul, used to live in this house.

  1. AOption (a)

    Whom

  2. BOption (b)

    Who

  3. COption (c)

    Which

  4. DOption (d)

    Whose

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Answer: (a)A.

Whom

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Question 45

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.

In many places, restoring mangrove forests can be an extreme effective strategy.

  1. AOption (a)

    forests can be an

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    In many places, restoring mangrove

  4. DOption (d)

    extreme effective strategy

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Answer: (a)A.

forests can be an

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Question 46

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.

Different foods in (1) ______ food group have different nutrients. Picking an assortment within every food group (2) ______ the week will help you get (3) ______ nutrients. For example, choose seafood (4) ______ of meat twice a week. The variety of foods will make (5) ______ meals more interesting, too.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    various

  2. BOption (b)

    everybody

  3. COption (c)

    each

  4. DOption (d)

    other

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Answer: (a)A.

various

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Question 47

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.

Different foods in (1) ______ food group have different nutrients. Picking an assortment within every food group (2) ______ the week will help you get (3) ______ nutrients. For example, choose seafood (4) ______ of meat twice a week. The variety of foods will make (5) ______ meals more interesting, too.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    complete

  2. BOption (b)

    between

  3. COption (c)

    throughout

  4. DOption (d)

    every

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Answer: (a)A.

complete

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Question 48

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.

Different foods in (1) ______ food group have different nutrients. Picking an assortment within every food group (2) ______ the week will help you get (3) ______ nutrients. For example, choose seafood (4) ______ of meat twice a week. The variety of foods will make (5) ______ meals more interesting, too.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    too

  2. BOption (b)

    almost

  3. COption (c)

    many

  4. DOption (d)

    very

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Answer: (a)A.

too

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Question 49

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.

Different foods in (1) ______ food group have different nutrients. Picking an assortment within every food group (2) ______ the week will help you get (3) ______ nutrients. For example, choose seafood (4) ______ of meat twice a week. The variety of foods will make (5) ______ meals more interesting, too.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    replace

  2. BOption (b)

    instead

  3. COption (c)

    despite

  4. DOption (d)

    away

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Answer: (a)A.

replace

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Question 50

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.

Different foods in (1) ______ food group have different nutrients. Picking an assortment within every food group (2) ______ the week will help you get (3) ______ nutrients. For example, choose seafood (4) ______ of meat twice a week. The variety of foods will make (5) ______ meals more interesting, too.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    your's

  2. BOption (b)

    yours

  3. COption (c)

    you

  4. DOption (d)

    your

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Answer: (a)A.

your's

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Question 51

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’.

Gel ingredients work well on waved, curled, relax and texture hair in the long run.

  1. AOption (a)

    relaxed and textured

  2. BOption (b)

    No substitution required

  3. COption (c)

    relaxed and texturing

  4. DOption (d)

    relaxing and textured

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Answer: (a)A.

relaxed and textured

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Question 52

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Tickets for the event are available ______ the door; there is no advance booking.

  1. AOption (a)

    at

  2. BOption (b)

    in

  3. COption (c)

    of

  4. DOption (d)

    to

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Answer: (a)A.

at

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Question 53

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

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

The kids have been pestering me to buy them new toys.

  1. AOption (a)

    pacifying

  2. BOption (b)

    perturbing

  3. COption (c)

    bugging

  4. DOption (d)

    tormenting

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Answer: (a)A.

pacifying

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Question 54

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Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.

I knew very little Spanish when I came here, but I have been learning and can now make myself understood.

  1. AOption (a)

    when I come here, however

  2. BOption (b)

    upon arriving here, since

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    as soon as I came here, but

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Answer: (a)A.

when I come here, however

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Question 55

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 book or paper written by hand

  1. AOption (a)

    Edition

  2. BOption (b)

    Periodical

  3. COption (c)

    Manuscript

  4. DOption (d)

    Paperback

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Answer: (a)A.

Edition

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Question 56

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.

One who dies for a noble cause

  1. AOption (a)

    Martyr

  2. BOption (b)

    Heretic

  3. COption (c)

    Butcher

  4. DOption (d)

    Narcissist

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Answer: (a)A.

Martyr

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Question 57

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'.

I am trying to finding an investor from abroad.

  1. AOption (a)

    trying too find 

  2. BOption (b)

    trying to find

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    try to find

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

trying too find 

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Question 58

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

Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

Seeds of mustard plants give us oil, and the leave are used as a vegetable.

  1. AOption (a)

    Seeds of

  2. BOption (b)

    as a vegetable

  3. COption (c)

    leave are used

  4. DOption (d)

    give us oil

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Seeds of

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Question 59

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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.

Aid workers have delivered vast quantities of food on the refugee camps.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error

  2. BOption (b)

    vast quantities of food

  3. COption (c)

    on the refugee camps

  4. DOption (d)

    Aid workers have delivered

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

No error

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Question 60

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Flabby

  1. AOption (a)

    Long

  2. BOption (b)

    Plump

  3. COption (c)

    Firm

  4. DOption (d)

    Stretched

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Long

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