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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 701

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 runs away from justice or a dangerous situation

  1. AOption (a)

    Sadist

  2. BOption (b)

    Altruist

  3. COption (c)

    Insolvent

  4. DOption (d)

    Fugitive

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Sadist

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Question 702

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Once in a blue moon

  1. AOption (a)

    Occasionally 

  2. BOption (b)

    Very rarely

  3. COption (c)

    Frequently 

  4. DOption (d)

    Incessantly

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Answer: (a)A.

Occasionally 

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Question 703

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.

Having or forming a hard outer layer

  1. AOption (a)

    Crunched

  2. BOption (b)

    Crushed 

  3. COption (c)

    Crusted

  4. DOption (d)

    Cursed

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Answer: (a)A.

Crunched

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Question 704

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Adamant 

  2. BOption (b)

    Amorphuous

  3. COption (c)

    Despottic

  4. DOption (d)

    Contentous

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Answer: (a)A.

Adamant 

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Question 705

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 not gone to harm this dog.

  1. AOption (a)

    are not going

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required

  3. COption (c)

    am not going

  4. DOption (d)

    is not gone

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Answer: (a)A.

are not going

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Question 706

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Ritu had gone out to drink water _______________ her examination started.

  1. AOption (a)

    even

  2. BOption (b)

    whether

  3. COption (c)

    before

  4. DOption (d)

    now

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Answer: (a)A.

even

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Question 707

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I feel so lazy and ______ after doing any strenuous work.

  1. AOption (a)

     lively

  2. BOption (b)

    sluggish

  3. COption (c)

    fortunate

  4. DOption (d)

    bouncing 

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Answer: (a)A.

 lively

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Question 708

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Ambitious

  1. AOption (a)

    Vigorous

  2. BOption (b)

    Lazy

  3. COption (c)

    Dynamic

  4. DOption (d)

    Lively

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Answer: (a)A.

Vigorous

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Question 709

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.

The study of the heart and its action and disease

  1. AOption (a)

    Pharmacology

  2. BOption (b)

    Anthropology

  3. COption (c)

    Cardiology

  4. DOption (d)

    Microbiology 

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Answer: (a)A.

Pharmacology

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Question 710

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My mother is a ______________ and forgiving person.

  1. AOption (a)

    respective

  2. BOption (b)

    vital

  3. COption (c)

    difficult

  4. DOption (d)

    compassionate

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Answer: (a)A.

respective

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Question 711

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

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

San Francisco is more bigger/ than Boston in terms of/ population density.

  1. AOption (a)

    population density

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    than Boston in terms of

  4. DOption (d)

    San Francisco is more bigger

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Answer: (a)A.

population density

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Question 712

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'.

We have the responsibility of finding our daughter.

  1. AOption (a)

    No improvement required

  2. BOption (b)

    of finding us

  3. COption (c)

    to finding our

  4. DOption (d)

    finding of our

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

No improvement required

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Question 713

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Hit the nail on the head

  1. AOption (a)

    To be extremely cautious

  2. BOption (b)

    To be exactly right about something 

  3. COption (c)

    To injure someone fatally

  4. DOption (d)

    To be extremely hard working

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Answer: (a)A.

To be extremely cautious

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Question 714

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Fleeting

  1. AOption (a)

    Passing

  2. BOption (b)

    Feeble

  3. COption (c)

    Brief

  4. DOption (d)

    Lasting

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Answer: (a)A.

Passing

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Question 715

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Propitious

  1. AOption (a)

    Conciliatory

  2. BOption (b)

    Cogent

  3. COption (c)

    Inimical

  4. DOption (d)

    Auspicious

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Conciliatory

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Question 716

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

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

In the primitive / oceans, / life begins / nearly 3.5 billion years ago.

  1. AOption (a)

    nearly 3.5 billion years ago

  2. BOption (b)

    life begins

  3. COption (c)

    oceans

  4. DOption (d)

    In the primitive

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Answer: (a)A.

nearly 3.5 billion years ago

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Question 717

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

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

Try to sound more innocent than sarcastic.

  1. AOption (a)

    playful

  2. BOption (b)

    mild

  3. COption (c)

    caustic

  4. DOption (d)

    rational

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Answer: (a)A.

playful

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Question 718

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Tolreite

  2. BOption (b)

    Toilerate

  3. COption (c)

    Tolerate

  4. DOption (d)

    Tolrate

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Tolreite

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Question 719

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I am ______ willing to sign this contract with your company.

  1. AOption (a)

    nor

  2. BOption (b)

    none

  3. COption (c)

    not

  4. DOption (d)

    no

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

nor

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Question 720

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

The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Continuous heavy / rainfall may / further worse / the flood situation.

  1. AOption (a)

    rainfall may 

  2. BOption (b)

    Continuous heavy

  3. COption (c)

    the flood situation

  4. DOption (d)

    further worse

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

rainfall may 

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