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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: 18 July 2022 Shift 2)·General English
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Question 721

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.

Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4) ______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    quacks

  2. BOption (b)

    teachers

  3. COption (c)

    experts

  4. DOption (d)

    relatives

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Answer: (a)A.

quacks

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Question 722

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.

Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4) ______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    across

  2. BOption (b)

    after

  3. COption (c)

    by

  4. DOption (d)

    about

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Answer: (a)A.

across

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Question 723

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.

Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4) ______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    includes

  2. BOption (b)

    included

  3. COption (c)

    include

  4. DOption (d)

    including

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Answer: (a)A.

includes

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Question 724

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.

Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4) ______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    than

  2. BOption (b)

    so

  3. COption (c)

    like

  4. DOption (d)

    as

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Answer: (a)A.

than

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Question 725

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.

Speech pathologists are (1) ______ in communication disabilities. They work within multidisciplinary health-care teams (2) ______ a variety of hospital and community-based sites. This (3) ______ working with medical, nursing, and allied health professionals such (4) ______ psychologists, occupational therapists, social (5) ______ and physiotherapists.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    migrants

  2. BOption (b)

    workers

  3. COption (c)

    amateurs

  4. DOption (d)

    manuals

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Answer: (a)A.

migrants

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 18 July 2022 Shift 3)·General English
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Question 726

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 young boy tried to jerk out of the way, / but she grabbed him and began / rubbing the tip of his nose to get the stain off.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error

  2. BOption (b)

    The young boy tried to jerk out of the way

  3. COption (c)

    rubbing the tip of his nose to get the stain off

  4. DOption (d)

     but she grabbed him and began

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

No error

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 727

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Revile

  1. AOption (a)

    Silence

  2. BOption (b)

    Incite

  3. COption (c)

    Discourage

  4. DOption (d)

    Abuse

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Answer: (a)A.

Silence

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 728

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

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

Stop flogging a dead horse and concentrate on your career.

  1. AOption (a)

     To waste time on useless things

  2. BOption (b)

    To go on trips repeatedly

  3. COption (c)

    To fall in love quickly

  4. DOption (d)

    To make no progress

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

 To waste time on useless things

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Question 729

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Autocrecy

  2. BOption (b)

    Bureaucracy

  3. COption (c)

    Autonomy

  4. DOption (d)

    Anarchy

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Autocrecy

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Question 730

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

We need to ______ for next week, so are you in or out?

  1. AOption (a)

    make noise

  2. BOption (b)

    make a mess

  3. COption (c)

    make plans

  4. DOption (d)

    make a mistake

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

make noise

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Question 731

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'.

The plants readily respond to these stimulus.

  1. AOption (a)

    readily respond to these stimuli 

  2. BOption (b)

    ready respond to these stimuli

  3. COption (c)

    readily responds to this stimulus 

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

readily respond to these stimuli 

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Question 732

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Fright

  1. AOption (a)

    Dread

  2. BOption (b)

    Mockery

  3. COption (c)

    Composure

  4. DOption (d)

    Bravery

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Dread

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 733

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.

We are all aware that our environment are not what it used to be.

  1. AOption (a)

    What it used to be

  2. BOption (b)

    We are all 

  3. COption (c)

    environment are not

  4. DOption (d)

    aware that our

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

What it used to be

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Question 734

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Escapeade

  2. BOption (b)

    Resonate

  3. COption (c)

    Progresion

  4. DOption (d)

    Disccovery

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Escapeade

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Question 735

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.

Most of the carbon-trapping mechanisms / that we have identified are / based at limit studies.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error

  2. BOption (b)

    that we have identified are

  3. COption (c)

    based at limit studies

  4. DOption (d)

    Most of the carbon-trapping mechanisms

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

No error

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 736

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.

Incapable of making mistakes or being wrong

  1. AOption (a)

    Fatalist

  2. BOption (b)

    Fanatic

  3. COption (c)

    Infallible

  4. DOption (d)

    Cynic

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Fatalist

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 737

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.

Half a million dollars is only a drop in the bucket to what is required for this industry.

  1. AOption (a)

    An unreliable person

  2. BOption (b)

    unity and functioning together to achieve a goal

  3. COption (c)

    A very small part of something big or whole 

  4. DOption (d)

    a person or situation having no hope of positive change

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

An unreliable person

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Question 738

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

This small hut is going to be my ______ for the next three days.

  1. AOption (a)

    legacy

  2. BOption (b)

    scout

  3. COption (c)

    loaf

  4. DOption (d)

    abode

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

legacy

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 739

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

He believed that he had struck terror in his children's hearts because of his ________.

  1. AOption (a)

    love

  2. BOption (b)

    rage

  3. COption (c)

    calmness

  4. DOption (d)

    fortune

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

love

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 740

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Miss Samantha is at the ______ of her popularity.

  1. AOption (a)

    pick

  2. BOption (b)

    peek

  3. COption (c)

    peck

  4. DOption (d)

    peak

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

pick

Explanation not yet available.
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