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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: 21 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 921

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.

When it (1)______ to witnessing wars, famines or disease outbreaks on the news, guilt may (2)______ us to volunteer or donate money. Watching the generosity of other people (3)______ play an active role in helping others is also guilt-provoking, which can (4)______ turn activate us to take similar (5)______ thus paying forward.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    come

  2. BOption (b)

    coming

  3. COption (c)

    comes

  4. DOption (d)

    came

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Answer: (a)A.

come

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Question 922

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.

When it (1)______ to witnessing wars, famines or disease outbreaks on the news, guilt may (2)______ us to volunteer or donate money. Watching the generosity of other people (3)______ play an active role in helping others is also guilt-provoking, which can (4)______ turn activate us to take similar (5)______ thus paying forward.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    desire

  2. BOption (b)

    inspire

  3. COption (c)

    conspire

  4. DOption (d)

    expire

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Answer: (a)A.

desire

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Question 923

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.

When it (1)______ to witnessing wars, famines or disease outbreaks on the news, guilt may (2)______ us to volunteer or donate money. Watching the generosity of other people (3)______ play an active role in helping others is also guilt-provoking, which can (4)______ turn activate us to take similar (5)______ thus paying forward.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    who

  2. BOption (b)

    whose

  3. COption (c)

    whom

  4. DOption (d)

    which

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Answer: (a)A.

who

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Question 924

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.

When it (1)______ to witnessing wars, famines or disease outbreaks on the news, guilt may (2)______ us to volunteer or donate money. Watching the generosity of other people (3)______ play an active role in helping others is also guilt-provoking, which can (4)______ turn activate us to take similar (5)______ thus paying forward.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    with

  2. BOption (b)

    for

  3. COption (c)

    in

  4. DOption (d)

    off

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Answer: (a)A.

with

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Question 925

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.

When it (1)______ to witnessing wars, famines or disease outbreaks on the news, guilt may (2)______ us to volunteer or donate money. Watching the generosity of other people (3)______ play an active role in helping others is also guilt-provoking, which can (4)______ turn activate us to take similar (5)______ thus paying forward.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    animation

  2. BOption (b)

    action

  3. COption (c)

    apathy

  4. DOption (d)

    commotion

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Answer: (a)A.

animation

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 21 July 2022 Shift 2)·General English
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Question 926

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Hold the fort

  1. AOption (a)

    To stop talking about something

  2. BOption (b)

    To avoid being found guilty of a crime 

  3. COption (c)

    To finish something before time

  4. DOption (d)

    To take responsibility for a situation temporarily

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Answer: (a)A.

To stop talking about something

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Question 927

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.

Writing down your thoughts / can has immense positive / effects on your health.

  1. AOption (a)

    effects on your health

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    can has immense positive

  4. DOption (d)

    Writing down your thoughts

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Answer: (a)A.

effects on your health

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Question 928

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

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

It will have detrimental effects on the healing process.

  1. AOption (a)

    Insidious

  2. BOption (b)

    Nasty

  3. COption (c)

    Benign

  4. DOption (d)

    Baneful

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Answer: (a)A.

Insidious

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Question 929

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Culpable

  1. AOption (a)

    Guilty

  2. BOption (b)

    Irresponsible

  3. COption (c)

    Immune

  4. DOption (d)

    innocent

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Answer: (a)A.

Guilty

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Question 930

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The mystery behind the extinction of the dinosaurs ______ obscure.

  1. AOption (a)

    is still

  2. BOption (b)

    are still

  3. COption (c)

    be still 

  4. DOption (d)

    being still

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Answer: (a)A.

is still

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Question 931

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Cryptic

  1. AOption (a)

    Cloudy

  2. BOption (b)

    Mystical

  3. COption (c)

    Fuzzy

  4. DOption (d)

    Definite

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Answer: (a)A.

Cloudy

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Question 932

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Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A place where bees are kept

  1. AOption (a)

    Archive

  2. BOption (b)

    Hangar

  3. COption (c)

    Apiary

  4. DOption (d)

    Granary

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Answer: (a)A.

Archive

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Question 933

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

I think I have left ______ lunchbox at your house.

  1. AOption (a)

    I

  2. BOption (b)

    my

  3. COption (c)

    me

  4. DOption (d)

    mine

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Answer: (a)A.

I

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Question 934

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The lottery is a regular weekly ______ where the drawing of the numbers is done by a little girl.

  1. AOption (a)

    instalment

  2. BOption (b)

    irritant

  3. COption (c)

    theory

  4. DOption (d)

    recreation

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Answer: (a)A.

instalment

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Question 935

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

______ Paul and Jenny are waiting for you in their office.

  1. AOption (a)

    Any

  2. BOption (b)

    Either

  3. COption (c)

    All

  4. DOption (d)

    Both

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Answer: (a)A.

Any

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Question 936

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Anita looked ______ the word in the dictionary, but she still did not understand it.

  1. AOption (a)

    to

  2. BOption (b)

    up

  3. COption (c)

    from

  4. DOption (d)

    after

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Answer: (a)A.

to

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Question 937

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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.

Foods turn brown and crispy when we cook them because for chemical reactions.

  1. AOption (a)

    Foods turn brown and crispy 

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    because for chemical reactions

  4. DOption (d)

    when we cook them

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Foods turn brown and crispy 

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Question 938

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 does a thing for pleasure and not as a profession

  1. AOption (a)

    Amateur

  2. BOption (b)

    Ascetic

  3. COption (c)

    Abattoir

  4. DOption (d)

    Anarchist

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Amateur

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Question 939

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.

Kangaroo leather is used to make items / that must be strong and flexible hence it is most / common used in bullwhips.

  1. AOption (a)

    Kangaroo leather is used to make items

  2. BOption (b)

    that must be strong and flexible hence it is most

  3. COption (c)

    common used in bullwhips 

  4. DOption (d)

    No error

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Kangaroo leather is used to make items

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Question 940

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

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

He was quick in his anger, but easily appeased.

  1. AOption (a)

    unsatisfied

  2. BOption (b)

    bugged

  3. COption (c)

    dejected

  4. DOption (d)

    pacified

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

unsatisfied

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