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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 801

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.

Existing or happening in the same time period

  1. AOption (a)

    Inbred

  2. BOption (b)

    Exemplary

  3. COption (c)

    Contemporary

  4. DOption (d)

    Cosmopolitan

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Answer: (a)A.

Inbred

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Question 802

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Confiscated

  1. AOption (a)

    Seized

  2. BOption (b)

    Marinated

  3. COption (c)

    Acquitted

  4. DOption (d)

    Liberated

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Answer: (a)A.

Seized

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Question 803

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.

Details of the housing / services and internment / has not been announced yet

  1. AOption (a)

     services and internment

  2. BOption (b)

    Details of the housing

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    has not been announced yet 

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Answer: (a)A.

 services and internment

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Question 804

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

After a long ______, she finally answered my question.

  1. AOption (a)

    pass

  2. BOption (b)

    posse

  3. COption (c)

    paws

  4. DOption (d)

    pause

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Answer: (a)A.

pass

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Question 805

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 UAE, along with other/ Gulf states, has been being/ making friendly overtures to Iran.

  1. AOption (a)

    The UAE along with other

  2. BOption (b)

    No error 

  3. COption (c)

    Gulf states has been being

  4. DOption (d)

    making friendly overtures to Iran

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Answer: (a)A.

The UAE along with other

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Question 806

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'.

Every other facility can only be enjoyed with the benefit of good health.

  1. AOption (a)

    being enjoying with 

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required

  3. COption (c)

    been enjoyed with

  4. DOption (d)

    enjoying for 

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Answer: (a)A.

being enjoying with 

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Question 807

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Robust

  1. AOption (a)

    Agile

  2. BOption (b)

    Healthy

  3. COption (c)

    Weak

  4. DOption (d)

    Strong

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Answer: (a)A.

Agile

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Question 808

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Sprightly

  1. AOption (a)

    Lethargic

  2. BOption (b)

    Enthusiastic

  3. COption (c)

    Durable

  4. DOption (d)

    Spiteful

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Answer: (a)A.

Lethargic

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Question 809

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

Select the correctly spelt word. 

  1. AOption (a)

    Indafatigable

  2. BOption (b)

    Indafetigable

  3. COption (c)

    Indefatigable

  4. DOption (d)

    Indefetigable

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Answer: (a)A.

Indafatigable

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Question 810

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A leopard cannot change its spots

  1. AOption (a)

    It is possible to complete a tedious job

  2. BOption (b)

    being ready to do anything is not common 

  3. COption (c)

    Working with full devotion.brings results 

  4. DOption (d)

    It is impossible to change who you are

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Answer: (a)A.

It is possible to complete a tedious job

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Question 811

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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.

In some institutions, additional teaching / assistants will hired to / teach high school students.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error

  2. BOption (b)

    In some institutions, additional teaching

  3. COption (c)

    assistants will hired to

  4. DOption (d)

    teach high school students

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

No error

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 812

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 room in a public building where outdoor clothes or luggage may be left

  1. AOption (a)

    Cemetery

  2. BOption (b)

    Cloakroom

  3. COption (c)

    Courtyard

  4. DOption (d)

    Hangar

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Answer: (a)A.

Cemetery

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Question 813

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Satiate

  1. AOption (a)

    Pamper

  2. BOption (b)

    Culminate

  3. COption (c)

    Satisfy

  4. DOption (d)

    Agitate

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Answer: (a)A.

Pamper

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Question 814

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The skill of execution is viewed as inseparable from art, and mastery of technical problems is a ______ for producing expressive interpretations.

  1. AOption (a)

    parasite

  2. BOption (b)

    premonition

  3. COption (c)

    percussion

  4. DOption (d)

    precondition

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

parasite

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Question 815

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The prisoners made an elaborate plan to escape ______ the jail.

  1. AOption (a)

    in

  2. BOption (b)

    by

  3. COption (c)

    for

  4. DOption (d)

    from

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Answer: (a)A.

in

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Question 816

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I can’t ______ this pain anymore.

  1. AOption (a)

    bier

  2. BOption (b)

    boor

  3. COption (c)

    bear

  4. DOption (d)

    beer

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

bier

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Question 817

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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 can neither punish him nor reward him for which he have done.

  1. AOption (a)

    what he done 

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required

  3. COption (c)

    what he has done

  4. DOption (d)

    which he has did

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Answer: (a)A.

what he done 

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Question 818

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I can’t fit this teddy bear in my almirah. It is so ______.

  1. AOption (a)

    judicious

  2. BOption (b)

    liberal

  3. COption (c)

    gigantic

  4. DOption (d)

    petite

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

judicious

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Question 819

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Select the correctly spelt word. 

  1. AOption (a)

    Biuldng

  2. BOption (b)

    Biulding

  3. COption (c)

    Buildng

  4. DOption (d)

    Building

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Biuldng

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Question 820

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Heart and soul

  1. AOption (a)

    Quickly

  2. BOption (b)

    Suddenly

  3. COption (c)

    Completely

  4. DOption (d)

    Loudly

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Quickly

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