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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 3)·General English
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Question 1041

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My life has ______ meaning without you

  1. AOption (a)

    not

  2. BOption (b)

    never

  3. COption (c)

    no

  4. DOption (d)

    none

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Answer: (a)A.

not

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Question 1042

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 are some Indian herbs / that possesses a range / of important therapeutic properties.

  1. AOption (a)

    of important therapeutic properties 

  2. BOption (b)

    that possesses a range

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    There are some Indian herbs 

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Answer: (a)A.

of important therapeutic properties 

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Question 1043

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

Select the correctly spelt word. 

  1. AOption (a)

    Exceptionale

  2. BOption (b)

    Deceive

  3. COption (c)

    Mortle

  4. DOption (d)

    Appearence

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Answer: (a)A.

Exceptionale

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Question 1044

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

To blaze the trail

  1. AOption (a)

    To oppose all criticism

  2. BOption (b)

    To cause the failure of 

  3. COption (c)

    To start a movement 

  4. DOption (d)

    To mark the end of the movement 

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Answer: (a)A.

To oppose all criticism

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Question 1045

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’.

The prospects of surviving any serious illness are improved if the disease is catching early.

  1. AOption (a)

     being caught early

  2. BOption (b)

    caught early

  3. COption (c)

    No substitution required

  4. DOption (d)

    catch earlier

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Answer: (a)A.

 being caught early

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Question 1046

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.

Nuclear power for civil use is well (1) ______ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2) ______ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3) ______ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4) ______ it is excluded (5) ______ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

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

  1. AOption (a)

    implanted

  2. BOption (b)

    founded

  3. COption (c)

    resurrected

  4. DOption (d)

    established

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Answer: (a)A.

implanted

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 22 July 2022 Shift 3)·General English
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Question 1047

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.

Nuclear power for civil use is well (1) ______ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2) ______ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3) ______ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4) ______ it is excluded (5) ______ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

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

  1. AOption (a)

    at

  2. BOption (b)

    from

  3. COption (c)

    on

  4. DOption (d)

    of

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Answer: (a)A.

at

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Question 1048

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.

Nuclear power for civil use is well (1) ______ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2) ______ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3) ______ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4) ______ it is excluded (5) ______ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

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

  1. AOption (a)

    have

  2. BOption (b)

    have been

  3. COption (c)

    has been

  4. DOption (d)

    has

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Answer: (a)A.

have

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Question 1049

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.

Nuclear power for civil use is well (1) ______ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2) ______ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3) ______ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4) ______ it is excluded (5) ______ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

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

  1. AOption (a)

    though

  2. BOption (b)

    that

  3. COption (c)

    because

  4. DOption (d)

    thus

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Answer: (a)A.

though

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Question 1050

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.

Nuclear power for civil use is well (1) ______ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2) ______ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3) ______ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4) ______ it is excluded (5) ______ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

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

  1. AOption (a)

    at

  2. BOption (b)

    within

  3. COption (c)

    from

  4. DOption (d)

    of

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Answer: (a)A.

at

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 25 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 1051

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.

Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

  1. AOption (a)

    Judge

  2. BOption (b)

    Malign

  3. COption (c)

    Castigate

  4. DOption (d)

    Ameliorate

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Answer: (a)A.

Judge

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Question 1052

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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 reuired’.

The viewing for the Mount Everest is clearer from here.

  1. AOption (a)

    view of an

  2. BOption (b)

    view of

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement reuired

  4. DOption (d)

    viewing of a

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Answer: (a)A.

view of an

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Question 1053

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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'.

An immense crowd had gather to witness this ceremony.

  1. AOption (a)

    had gathering

  2. BOption (b)

    gather

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    had gathered

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Answer: (a)A.

had gathering

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Question 1054

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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'.

When it comes to love of sports, he takes off his father.

  1. AOption (a)

    takes from

  2. BOption (b)

    takes by

  3. COption (c)

    takes after

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Answer: (a)A.

takes from

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Question 1055

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Bombastic

  2. BOption (b)

    Arachic

  3. COption (c)

    Benign

  4. DOption (d)

    Artless

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Bombastic

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Question 1056

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.

Businesses are asking employees to work from home.

  1. AOption (a)

    employees to work

  2. BOption (b)

    from home

  3. COption (c)

    Businesses are asking

  4. DOption (d)

    No error

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Answer: (a)A.

employees to work

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 1057

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

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

A child in an art museum is like a bull in a China shop.

  1. AOption (a)

    A clumsy person in a delicate situation

  2. BOption (b)

    A person who cries for everything

  3. COption (c)

    A talkative person

  4. DOption (d)

    A person with no moral values

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Answer: (a)A.

A clumsy person in a delicate situation

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Question 1058

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 afternoon performance in a theatre or cinema

  1. AOption (a)

    Canvas

  2. BOption (b)

    Premiere

  3. COption (c)

    Comedy

  4. DOption (d)

    Matinee

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Answer: (a)A.

Canvas

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Question 1059

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 ability to find ways and directions

  1. AOption (a)

    Navigate

  2. BOption (b)

    Annotate

  3. COption (c)

    drive

  4. DOption (d)

    operate

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Navigate

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Question 1060

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

It was a long and dangerous journey in those unsettled days. The pilgrim had to face ________ by land and sea.

  1. AOption (a)

    safeties

  2. BOption (b)

    respite

  3. COption (c)

    perils

  4. DOption (d)

    exposure

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

safeties

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