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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: 20 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 841

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Foriegn

  2. BOption (b)

    Secondary

  3. COption (c)

    Evince

  4. DOption (d)

    Portfolio

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Answer: (a)A.

Foriegn

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Question 842

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Flagrant

  1. AOption (a)

    Favourable

  2. BOption (b)

    Wonderful

  3. COption (c)

    Magnificent

  4. DOption (d)

    Atrocious

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Answer: (a)A.

Favourable

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Question 843

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

Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required.’

Many people believe that women make better nurses because they are patient and gentle.

  1. AOption (a)

    because she is

  2. BOption (b)

    as they would

  3. COption (c)

    because they were

  4. DOption (d)

    No substitution required

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Answer: (a)A.

because she is

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Question 844

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Eqiupment

  2. BOption (b)

    Strengthen

  3. COption (c)

    Instrumentle

  4. DOption (d)

    Reversel

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Answer: (a)A.

Eqiupment

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Question 845

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.

Many countries are not acting / fast enough to controlled / climate change.

  1. AOption (a)

    climate change

  2. BOption (b)

    Many countries are not acting

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    fast enough to controlled

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Answer: (a)A.

climate change

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Question 846

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.

Elephant Island's name is attributed to (1) ______ its elephant head-like appearance and the sighting of elephant seals (2) ______ Captain George Powell in 1821, one of the (3) ______ sightings. (4) ______, in Russia it is still known under the name (5) ______ by its discoverers in 1821 - Mordvinova Island.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    either

  2. BOption (b)

    also

  3. COption (c)

    both

  4. DOption (d)

    neither

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Answer: (a)A.

either

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Question 847

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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.

Elephant Island's name is attributed to (1) ______ its elephant head-like appearance and the sighting of elephant seals (2) ______ Captain George Powell in 1821, one of the (3) ______ sightings. (4) ______, in Russia it is still known under the name (5) ______ by its discoverers in 1821 - Mordvinova Island.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    through

  2. BOption (b)

    from

  3. COption (c)

    among

  4. DOption (d)

    by

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Answer: (a)A.

through

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Question 848

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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.

Elephant Island's name is attributed to (1) ______ its elephant head-like appearance and the sighting of elephant seals (2) ______ Captain George Powell in 1821, one of the (3) ______ sightings. (4) ______, in Russia it is still known under the name (5) ______ by its discoverers in 1821 - Mordvinova Island.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    earlier

  2. BOption (b)

    early

  3. COption (c)

    most early

  4. DOption (d)

    earliest

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Answer: (a)A.

earlier

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Question 849

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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.

Elephant Island's name is attributed to (1) ______ its elephant head-like appearance and the sighting of elephant seals (2) ______ Captain George Powell in 1821, one of the (3) ______ sightings. (4) ______, in Russia it is still known under the name (5) ______ by its discoverers in 1821 - Mordvinova Island.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Thus

  2. BOption (b)

    However

  3. COption (c)

    Thereby

  4. DOption (d)

    Therefore

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Answer: (a)A.

Thus

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Question 850

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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.

Elephant Island's name is attributed to (1) ______ its elephant head-like appearance and the sighting of elephant seals (2) ______ Captain George Powell in 1821, one of the (3) ______ sightings. (4) ______, in Russia it is still known under the name (5) ______ by its discoverers in 1821 - Mordvinova Island.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    released

  2. BOption (b)

    sorted

  3. COption (c)

    given

  4. DOption (d)

    looked

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Answer: (a)A.

released

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Question 851

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Give someone a taste of their own medicine

  1. AOption (a)

    Sell something back to someone

  2. BOption (b)

    Mistreat someone in the same way they have treated others

  3. COption (c)

    Show someone their faults

  4. DOption (d)

    Make fun of someone 

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Answer: (a)A.

Sell something back to someone

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Question 852

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.

Uttar Pradesh / accounts for about 16 per cent / of the / country population.

  1. AOption (a)

    of the

  2. BOption (b)

    country population

  3. COption (c)

    Uttar Pradesh 

  4. DOption (d)

    accounts for about 16 per cent 

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Answer: (a)A.

of the

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Question 853

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

We are ______ to the true legacy of humanism, and we must never forget this.

  1. AOption (a)

    Heirs

  2. BOption (b)

    Hair

  3. COption (c)

    Hares

  4. DOption (d)

    Here

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Answer: (a)A.

Heirs

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Question 854

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Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. 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.

You have to understood what normal political rhetoric looks like.

  1. AOption (a)

    understood what normal

  2. BOption (b)

    political rhetoric looks like

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    You have to

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Answer: (a)A.

understood what normal

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Question 855

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

Community leaders were baffled by the sudden arrival of the President.

  1. AOption (a)

    flustered

  2. BOption (b)

    composed

  3. COption (c)

    thwarted

  4. DOption (d)

    confused

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Answer: (a)A.

flustered

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Question 856

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

Select the option that rectifies the incorrectly spelt words in the given sentence.

Our webcite is no longer avaialbale to the users.

  1. AOption (a)

     Our webcite is no longer available to the users. 

  2. BOption (b)

     Our websight is no longer availbale to the users.

  3. COption (c)

     Our website is no longer available to the users. 

  4. DOption (d)

    Our website is no longer availbale to the users. 

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Answer: (a)A.

 Our webcite is no longer available to the users. 

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Question 857

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 has no doubts that there is a lesson which stands to be learnt from Alice's misfortune.

  1. AOption (a)

    have no doubt that there is a lesson

  2. BOption (b)

    have had no doubts that their is a lesson 

  3. COption (c)

    am having no doubts that there are a lesson

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Answer: (a)A.

have no doubt that there is a lesson

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Question 858

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.

He was on cloud nine after passing the test.

  1. AOption (a)

    Very depressed

  2. BOption (b)

    Very happy

  3. COption (c)

    Not educated

  4. DOption (d)

    Busy at work

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Answer: (a)A.

Very depressed

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Question 859

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.

Discrimination at the basis / of gender is not / acceptable in this office.

  1. AOption (a)

    of gender is not

  2. BOption (b)

    acceptable in this office

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    Discrimination at the basis

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Answer: (a)A.

of gender is not

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Question 860

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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’.

Viren examined careful all the possibilities of data theft.

  1. AOption (a)

    carefully examined 

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required

  3. COption (c)

    examine careful

  4. DOption (d)

    careful examined

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

carefully examined 

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