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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: 22 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 981

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.

The life history of a person written by himself

  1. AOption (a)

    Fable

  2. BOption (b)

    Autobiography

  3. COption (c)

    Manuscript

  4. DOption (d)

    Anecdote

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Answer: (a)A.

Fable

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Question 982

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 books has become enormously popular with students who do not like to read.

  1. AOption (a)

    have become enormous

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required

  3. COption (c)

    have became enormously

  4. DOption (d)

    have become enormously

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Answer: (a)A.

have become enormous

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Question 983

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Relentless

  1. AOption (a)

    Tenacious

  2. BOption (b)

    Determined

  3. COption (c)

    Yielding

  4. DOption (d)

    Swarming

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Answer: (a)A.

Tenacious

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Question 984

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'.

Desert flowers bloom whenever it raining, and the sight can be rewarding.

  1. AOption (a)

    whenever it rains

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required

  3. COption (c)

    when it rained

  4. DOption (d)

    when its raining

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Answer: (a)A.

whenever it rains

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 22 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 985

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

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.

The global pandemic remind us that even local censorship can have global consequences.

  1. AOption (a)

    can have global consequences

  2. BOption (b)

    The global pandemic remind us

  3. COption (c)

    that even local censorship

  4. DOption (d)

    No error

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Answer: (a)A.

can have global consequences

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Question 986

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

__________ you don't want to sleep, then leave this room.

  1. AOption (a)

    As

  2. BOption (b)

    If

  3. COption (c)

    So

  4. DOption (d)

    Whether

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Answer: (a)A.

As

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Question 987

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Leave no stone unturned

  1. AOption (a)

    To act in a strange manner

  2. BOption (b)

    Make all possible efforts

  3. COption (c)

    To get fired from the job

  4. DOption (d)

    Not willing to accept the ideas of others

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Answer: (a)A.

To act in a strange manner

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Question 988

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

It was raining heavily, that's why your father _______ at my place last night.

  1. AOption (a)

    delayed

  2. BOption (b)

    peddled

  3. COption (c)

    stayed

  4. DOption (d)

    berated

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Answer: (a)A.

delayed

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Question 989

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.

There is no denying / that our country is in / an major economic slump.

  1. AOption (a)

    that our country is in

  2. BOption (b)

    There is no denying

  3. COption (c)

    an major economic slump

  4. DOption (d)

    No error

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Answer: (a)A.

that our country is in

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Question 990

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

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

They are perceptive observers of social groups.

  1. AOption (a)

    Conflicted

  2. BOption (b)

    Astute

  3. COption (c)

    Imbecile

  4. DOption (d)

    Witless

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Answer: (a)A.

Conflicted

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Question 991

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.

An unconventional style of living

  1. AOption (a)

    Martyr

  2. BOption (b)

    Bohemian

  3. COption (c)

    Stoic

  4. DOption (d)

    Cynic

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Answer: (a)A.

Martyr

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Question 992

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Crater

  2. BOption (b)

    Mantle

  3. COption (c)

    Volkano

  4. DOption (d)

    Earthquake

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Answer: (a)A.

Crater

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Question 993

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

A pipe dream

  1. AOption (a)

    An illusory plan

  2. BOption (b)

    A secret

  3. COption (c)

    A realistic dream

  4. DOption (d)

    A clever strategy

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Answer: (a)A.

An illusory plan

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Question 994

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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.

Telecom is one of Indias globally recognised success stories.

  1. AOption (a)

    recognised success stories

  2. BOption (b)

    Telecom is one of

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    Indias globally

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Answer: (a)A.

recognised success stories

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Question 995

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 dislikes art and culture

  1. AOption (a)

    Expert

  2. BOption (b)

    Philistine

  3. COption (c)

    Mercenary

  4. DOption (d)

    Professional

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Answer: (a)A.

Expert

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Question 996

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.

Heat exhaustion can be a recreational hazard, (1)________ for athletes playing sports outdoors (2)________ wearing heat-trapping clothing and gear when temperatures are high, (3)_______ as the case in American football. Small studies (4)_______ aimed to design more (5)_______ football uniforms.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    casually

  2. BOption (b)

    individually

  3. COption (c)

    especially

  4. DOption (d)

    radically

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Answer: (a)A.

casually

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Question 997

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.

Heat exhaustion can be a recreational hazard, (1)________ for athletes playing sports outdoors (2)________ wearing heat-trapping clothing and gear when temperatures are high, (3)_______ as the case in American football. Small studies (4)_______ aimed to design more (5)_______ football uniforms.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Since

  2. BOption (b)

    While

  3. COption (c)

    Instead

  4. DOption (d)

    otherwise

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Answer: (a)A.

Since

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Question 998

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.

Heat exhaustion can be a recreational hazard, (1)________ for athletes playing sports outdoors (2)________ wearing heat-trapping clothing and gear when temperatures are high, (3)_______ as the case in American football. Small studies (4)_______ aimed to design more (5)_______ football uniforms.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Rather

  2. BOption (b)

    So

  3. COption (c)

    Such

  4. DOption (d)

    That

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Answer: (a)A.

Rather

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Question 999

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.

Heat exhaustion can be a recreational hazard, (1)________ for athletes playing sports outdoors (2)________ wearing heat-trapping clothing and gear when temperatures are high, (3)_______ as the case in American football. Small studies (4)_______ aimed to design more (5)_______ football uniforms.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    Have

  2. BOption (b)

    Will

  3. COption (c)

    Has

  4. DOption (d)

    Did

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Answer: (a)A.

Have

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Question 1000

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.

Heat exhaustion can be a recreational hazard, (1)________ for athletes playing sports outdoors (2)________ wearing heat-trapping clothing and gear when temperatures are high, (3)_______ as the case in American football. Small studies (4)_______ aimed to design more (5)_______ football uniforms.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    wretched

  2. BOption (b)

    sheltered

  3. COption (c)

    miserable

  4. DOption (d)

    breathable

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Answer: (a)A.

wretched

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