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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 3)·General English
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Question 821

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.

Scientists (1) ______ Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine (2) ______ been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in about 1,000 people, half of (3) ______ got the experimental vaccine. Such early trials are usually designed only to (4) ______ safety, but in this case, experts were also looking to see what kind of immune response was (5) ______ .

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

  1. AOption (a)

    to

  2. BOption (b)

    in

  3. COption (c)

    on

  4. DOption (d)

    at

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Answer: (a)A.

to

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Question 822

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.

Scientists (1) ______ Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine (2) ______ been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in about 1,000 people, half of (3) ______ got the experimental vaccine. Such early trials are usually designed only to (4) ______ safety, but in this case, experts were also looking to see what kind of immune response was (5) ______ .

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

  1. AOption (a)

    was

  2. BOption (b)

    had

  3. COption (c)

    have

  4. DOption (d)

    has

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Answer: (a)A.

was

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Question 823

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.

Scientists (1) ______ Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine (2) ______ been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in about 1,000 people, half of (3) ______ got the experimental vaccine. Such early trials are usually designed only to (4) ______ safety, but in this case, experts were also looking to see what kind of immune response was (5) ______ .

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

  1. AOption (a)

    whose

  2. BOption (b)

    what

  3. COption (c)

    whom

  4. DOption (d)

    which

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Answer: (a)A.

whose

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Question 824

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.

Scientists (1) ______ Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine (2) ______ been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in about 1,000 people, half of (3) ______ got the experimental vaccine. Such early trials are usually designed only to (4) ______ safety, but in this case, experts were also looking to see what kind of immune response was (5) ______ .

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

  1. AOption (a)

    elevate

  2. BOption (b)

    criticise

  3. COption (c)

    dictate

  4. DOption (d)

    evaluate

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Answer: (a)A.

elevate

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Question 825

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.

Scientists (1) ______ Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine (2) ______ been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot. British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in about 1,000 people, half of (3) ______ got the experimental vaccine. Such early trials are usually designed only to (4) ______ safety, but in this case, experts were also looking to see what kind of immune response was (5) ______ .

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

  1. AOption (a)

    reduced

  2. BOption (b)

    provoked

  3. COption (c)

    sheltered

  4. DOption (d)

    lessened

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Answer: (a)A.

reduced

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 20 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 826

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

After a long and rigorous fast the Lord appeared before him.

  1. AOption (a)

    Sweaty

  2. BOption (b)

    Exhausting

  3. COption (c)

    Oppressive

  4. DOption (d)

    Lenient

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Answer: (a)A.

Sweaty

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Question 827

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'.

Most workers resigns to join new jobs within the same industry.

  1. AOption (a)

    resigned

  2. BOption (b)

    was resigning

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    has resigned

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Answer: (a)A.

resigned

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Question 828

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.

A tiger’s skull / is similar / to / a lion.

  1. AOption (a)

    is similar

  2. BOption (b)

    A tiger’s skull

  3. COption (c)

    a lion

  4. DOption (d)

    to

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Answer: (a)A.

is similar

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Question 829

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My friend, who is a photographer, is ________ a writer.

  1. AOption (a)

    also

  2. BOption (b)

    too

  3. COption (c)

    again

  4. DOption (d)

    and

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Answer: (a)A.

also

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Question 830

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The bank was prepared to ______ chance and lend him 40% of the purchase price.

  1. AOption (a)

    make a

  2. BOption (b)

    spare a

  3. COption (c)

    take a

  4. DOption (d)

    see a

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Answer: (a)A.

make a

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Question 831

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.

People and / there demands / are ever-growing, but / the availability of land is limited.

  1. AOption (a)

    People and

  2. BOption (b)

    there demands

  3. COption (c)

    the availability of land is limited

  4. DOption (d)

    are ever-growing, but

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Answer: (a)A.

People and

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Question 832

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I'm frustrated with the ______ minded view of history this article presents.

  1. AOption (a)

    small

  2. BOption (b)

    wide

  3. COption (c)

    narrow

  4. DOption (d)

    bigger

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Answer: (a)A.

small

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Question 833

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’.

Caffeine is a diuretic that makes you urinate more often.

  1. AOption (a)

    No improvement required

  2. BOption (b)

    more much often

  3. COption (c)

    many often

  4. DOption (d)

    oftenly more

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Answer: (a)A.

No improvement required

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Question 834

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

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

I always smell a rat when John says that he is going out for extra classes.

  1. AOption (a)

    Suspect trickery or deception

  2. BOption (b)

    Reveal a secret

  3. COption (c)

    Trust completely

  4. DOption (d)

    Say something stupid

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Answer: (a)A.

Suspect trickery or deception

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 835

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The Armenian language has many dialects, some of which cannot be ______ by speakers of other dialects.

  1. AOption (a)

    understood

  2. BOption (b)

    realised

  3. COption (c)

    memorised

  4. DOption (d)

    completed 

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Answer: (a)A.

understood

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Question 836

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.

Someone who is silent or uncommunicative in speech.

  1. AOption (a)

    Garrulous

  2. BOption (b)

    Reserved

  3. COption (c)

    Voluble

  4. DOption (d)

    Imperceptible

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Answer: (a)A.

Garrulous

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Question 837

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

Select the idiom that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Roy's customers think that the council has become irrational.

  1. AOption (a)

    Too much on their plates

  2. BOption (b)

    A piece of cake

  3. COption (c)

    Browned off 

  4. DOption (d)

    Gone bananas

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Answer: (a)A.

Too much on their plates

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Question 838

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Ebullient

  1. AOption (a)

    Carefree

  2. BOption (b)

    Dejected

  3. COption (c)

    Buoyant

  4. DOption (d)

    Roguish

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Answer: (a)A.

Carefree

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Question 839

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 family can none long stay in their big house.

  1. AOption (a)

    not stay longest

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required

  3. COption (c)

    stay no long

  4. DOption (d)

    no longer stay

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

not stay longest

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Question 840

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Enraged

  1. AOption (a)

    Peaceful

  2. BOption (b)

    Fortunate

  3. COption (c)

    Furious

  4. DOption (d)

    Elated

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Peaceful

Explanation not yet available.

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