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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: 19 July 2022 Shift 2)·General English
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Question 781

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Bloom

  1. AOption (a)

    Flower

  2. BOption (b)

    Fade

  3. COption (c)

    Drop

  4. DOption (d)

    Wither

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Answer: (a)A.

Flower

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Question 782

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'.

Drink a mixture of wormwood oil and olive oil to got rid of worms.

  1. AOption (a)

    No improvement required 

  2. BOption (b)

    to rid off

  3. COption (c)

    to getting rid by 

  4. DOption (d)

    to get rid of

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Answer: (a)A.

No improvement required 

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Question 783

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A piece of cake

  1. AOption (a)

    A hidden enemy 

  2. BOption (b)

    A dangerous situation 

  3. COption (c)

    A very easy task 

  4. DOption (d)

    A thoughtful mind

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Answer: (a)A.

A hidden enemy 

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Question 784

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Drop in the bucket

  1. AOption (a)

    An extreme overreaction to something very small or insignificant 

  2. BOption (b)

    To be involved in or be a part of something great or revolutionary

  3. COption (c)

    Something small and unimportant, especially when compared with something else

  4. DOption (d)

    An alarming or unexpected announcement, especially an unpleasant one

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Answer: (a)A.

An extreme overreaction to something very small or insignificant 

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Question 785

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 non-professional who is inept at a particular activity

  1. AOption (a)

    Expert

  2. BOption (b)

    Amateur

  3. COption (c)

    Director

  4. DOption (d)

    Fatalist

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Answer: (a)A.

Expert

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Question 786

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

Directions

Each item in this section consists of sentences with an underlined word followed by four words or group of words. Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response on the answer sheet accordingly.

Strenuous exercise can result in muscle pain.

  1. AOption (a)

    Irksome

  2. BOption (b)

    Impelling

  3. COption (c)

    Aggressive

  4. DOption (d)

    Effortless

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Answer: (a)A.

Irksome

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Question 787

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Relapse

  1. AOption (a)

    Warrant

  2. BOption (b)

    Improve

  3. COption (c)

    Pine

  4. DOption (d)

    Validate

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Answer: (a)A.

Warrant

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Question 788

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 a common centre, as circles or spheres

  1. AOption (a)

    Cylindrical

  2. BOption (b)

    Concentric

  3. COption (c)

    Elliptical

  4. DOption (d)

    Centrifugal

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Answer: (a)A.

Cylindrical

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Question 789

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Please sit down and have breakfast _______ us.

  1. AOption (a)

    with

  2. BOption (b)

    to

  3. COption (c)

    at

  4. DOption (d)

    on

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Answer: (a)A.

with

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Question 790

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

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

My most vivid recollection of last summer is the ocean.

  1. AOption (a)

    vague

  2. BOption (b)

    composed

  3. COption (c)

    lucid

  4. DOption (d)

    blurry

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Answer: (a)A.

vague

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Question 791

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

Both of mine child passed the examination successfully.

  1. AOption (a)

    my children passed

  2. BOption (b)

    our children passes

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    my child pass

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Answer: (a)A.

my children passed

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Question 792

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

Select the correctly spelt word. 

  1. AOption (a)

    Precurser

  2. BOption (b)

    Acknowledge

  3. COption (c)

    Religiocity

  4. DOption (d)

    Anceistors

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Answer: (a)A.

Precurser

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Question 793

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 can use either hand with ease

  1. AOption (a)

    Gregarious

  2. BOption (b)

    Virtuoso

  3. COption (c)

    Pedantic

  4. DOption (d)

    Ambidextrous

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Answer: (a)A.

Gregarious

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Question 794

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Continent

  2. BOption (b)

    Contienent

  3. COption (c)

    Contenant

  4. DOption (d)

    Conttinent

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Answer: (a)A.

Continent

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Question 795

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’.

Bring me the finest dress from an finest shop.

  1. AOption (a)

    from the finest 

  2. BOption (b)

    of the finer

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    through a finer

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

from the finest 

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Question 796

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

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

Latin may be the language that we (1) ______ with the Roman Empire, but the question of (2) ______ the Romans spoke Latin or not (3) ______ not have a simple answer. Rome grew from a tiny community in the middle of a culturally diverse peninsula into an empire that reached (4) ______ Britain to Syria. As Rome’s power spread, Romans also interacted with (5) ______ of dozens of other languages

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

  1. AOption (a)

    delink

  2. BOption (b)

    remind

  3. COption (c)

    associate

  4. DOption (d)

    imply

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Answer: (a)A.

delink

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Question 797

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

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

Latin may be the language that we (1) ______ with the Roman Empire, but the question of (2) ______ the Romans spoke Latin or not (3) ______ not have a simple answer. Rome grew from a tiny community in the middle of a culturally diverse peninsula into an empire that reached (4) ______ Britain to Syria. As Rome’s power spread, Romans also interacted with (5) ______ of dozens of other languages

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

  1. AOption (a)

    whether

  2. BOption (b)

    did

  3. COption (c)

    do

  4. DOption (d)

    either

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Answer: (a)A.

whether

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Question 798

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

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

Latin may be the language that we (1) ______ with the Roman Empire, but the question of (2) ______ the Romans spoke Latin or not (3) ______ not have a simple answer. Rome grew from a tiny community in the middle of a culturally diverse peninsula into an empire that reached (4) ______ Britain to Syria. As Rome’s power spread, Romans also interacted with (5) ______ of dozens of other languages

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

  1. AOption (a)

    do

  2. BOption (b)

    should

  3. COption (c)

    does

  4. DOption (d)

    done

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Answer: (a)A.

do

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Question 799

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

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

Latin may be the language that we (1) ______ with the Roman Empire, but the question of (2) ______ the Romans spoke Latin or not (3) ______ not have a simple answer. Rome grew from a tiny community in the middle of a culturally diverse peninsula into an empire that reached (4) ______ Britain to Syria. As Rome’s power spread, Romans also interacted with (5) ______ of dozens of other languages

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

  1. AOption (a)

    both

  2. BOption (b)

    of

  3. COption (c)

    between

  4. DOption (d)

    from

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Answer: (a)A.

both

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 800

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

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

Latin may be the language that we (1) ______ with the Roman Empire, but the question of (2) ______ the Romans spoke Latin or not (3) ______ not have a simple answer. Rome grew from a tiny community in the middle of a culturally diverse peninsula into an empire that reached (4) ______ Britain to Syria. As Rome’s power spread, Romans also interacted with (5) ______ of dozens of other languages

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

  1. AOption (a)

    capitals

  2. BOption (b)

    speakers

  3. COption (c)

    principals

  4. DOption (d)

    sleepers

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

capitals

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