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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: 25 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 1061

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Hesitant

  1. AOption (a)

    Diligent

  2. BOption (b)

    Remote

  3. COption (c)

    Eager

  4. DOption (d)

    Reluctant

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Answer: (a)A.

Diligent

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Question 1062

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.

She didn’t knew / that I was out / for some urgent work.

  1. AOption (a)

    for some urgent work

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    that I was out

  4. DOption (d)

    She didn’t knew

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Answer: (a)A.

for some urgent work

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 1063

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

Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.

Many state governments are facing a financial crunch.

  1. AOption (a)

    are facing an

  2. BOption (b)

    is facing a

  3. COption (c)

    will facing a

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Answer: (a)A.

are facing an

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Question 1064

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.

I have receive perhaps four / or five such requests during the / course of a typical week.

  1. AOption (a)

    or five such requests during the

  2. BOption (b)

    No error

  3. COption (c)

    course of a typical week

  4. DOption (d)

    I have receive perhaps four

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Answer: (a)A.

or five such requests during the

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Question 1065

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Laconic

  1. AOption (a)

    Verbose

  2. BOption (b)

    Pithy

  3. COption (c)

    Brief

  4. DOption (d)

    Terse

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Answer: (a)A.

Verbose

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Question 1066

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Vanquish

  1. AOption (a)

    Defeat

  2. BOption (b)

    Acquit

  3. COption (c)

    Surrender

  4. DOption (d)

    Flee

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Answer: (a)A.

Defeat

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 1067

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Overindulgence in anything may prove ________ to health.

  1. AOption (a)

    spurious

  2. BOption (b)

    injurious

  3. COption (c)

    repetitive

  4. DOption (d)

    commercial

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Answer: (a)A.

spurious

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Question 1068

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

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

The table was grased with a lovelly showpiece.

  1. AOption (a)

    The table was grased with a lovvely showpiece.

  2. BOption (b)

    The table was graced with a lovaly showpiece.

  3. COption (c)

    The table was graced with a lovely showpiece.

  4. DOption (d)

    The table was graced with a lovelly showpiece.

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Answer: (a)A.

The table was grased with a lovvely showpiece.

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Question 1069

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The judges applauded me for my ________ performance at the competition.

  1. AOption (a)

    usual

  2. BOption (b)

    normal

  3. COption (c)

    outstanding

  4. DOption (d)

    large

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Answer: (a)A.

usual

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Question 1070

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Bury the hatchet

  1. AOption (a)

    To change the plans

  2. BOption (b)

    To make secret preparations to attack

  3. COption (c)

    To settle disputes

  4. DOption (d)

    To hide something controversial

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Answer: (a)A.

To change the plans

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Question 1071

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.

Love is often thought to be the highest and most fulfilling emotion that men and women can (1). But it is also thought of in (2) to the various instincts in man. Therefore, we must (3)________ from the mystical point of view that love is the highest emotion of man and the one emotion that relates man to God. Love on every plane and level of life is an expression of God's will, working and expressing itself in man's consciousness. To express love on any level is good, but to express it as adoration of God is the (4)________ form of love and brings man into the greatest (5)________ with his inner self.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    condemn

  2. BOption (b)

    express

  3. COption (c)

    attack

  4. DOption (d)

    condone

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Answer: (a)A.

condemn

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Question 1072

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.

Love is often thought to be the highest and most fulfilling emotion that men and women can (1). But it is also thought of in (2) to the various instincts in man. Therefore, we must (3)________ from the mystical point of view that love is the highest emotion of man and the one emotion that relates man to God. Love on every plane and level of life is an expression of God's will, working and expressing itself in man's consciousness. To express love on any level is good, but to express it as adoration of God is the (4)________ form of love and brings man into the greatest (5)________ with his inner self.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    mention

  2. BOption (b)

    inspection

  3. COption (c)

    position

  4. DOption (d)

    relation

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Answer: (a)A.

mention

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Question 1073

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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.

Love is often thought to be the highest and most fulfilling emotion that men and women can (1). But it is also thought of in (2) to the various instincts in man. Therefore, we must (3)________ from the mystical point of view that love is the highest emotion of man and the one emotion that relates man to God. Love on every plane and level of life is an expression of God's will, working and expressing itself in man's consciousness. To express love on any level is good, but to express it as adoration of God is the (4)________ form of love and brings man into the greatest (5)________ with his inner self.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    realise

  2. BOption (b)

    comprehends

  3. COption (c)

    acknowledges

  4. DOption (d)

    contrast

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Answer: (a)A.

realise

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 1074

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.

Love is often thought to be the highest and most fulfilling emotion that men and women can (1). But it is also thought of in (2) to the various instincts in man. Therefore, we must (3)________ from the mystical point of view that love is the highest emotion of man and the one emotion that relates man to God. Love on every plane and level of life is an expression of God's will, working and expressing itself in man's consciousness. To express love on any level is good, but to express it as adoration of God is the (4)________ form of love and brings man into the greatest (5)________ with his inner self.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    smallest

  2. BOption (b)

    latest

  3. COption (c)

    highest

  4. DOption (d)

    largest

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

smallest

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Question 1075

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.

Love is often thought to be the highest and most fulfilling emotion that men and women can (1). But it is also thought of in (2) to the various instincts in man. Therefore, we must (3)________ from the mystical point of view that love is the highest emotion of man and the one emotion that relates man to God. Love on every plane and level of life is an expression of God's will, working and expressing itself in man's consciousness. To express love on any level is good, but to express it as adoration of God is the (4)________ form of love and brings man into the greatest (5)________ with his inner self.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    suffering

  2. BOption (b)

    harmony

  3. COption (c)

    menace

  4. DOption (d)

    loathing

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

suffering

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 1076

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Kill two birds with one stone

  1. AOption (a)

    Make peace after an argument

  2. BOption (b)

    Face several problems at a time

  3. COption (c)

    Act cordially despite conflict

  4. DOption (d)

    To achieve two things by doing a single action

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Make peace after an argument

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Question 1077

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

Parts of the given 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.

When I reached there she have already started eating.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error

  2. BOption (b)

    When I reached

  3. COption (c)

    there she have

  4. DOption (d)

    already started eating

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

No error

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 1078

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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'.

Not everything that happen in natures is due to global warming alone.

  1. AOption (a)

    that happening on nature

  2. BOption (b)

    which happens in natures

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    that happens in nature

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

that happening on nature

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 1079

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Bite someone's head off

  1. AOption (a)

    Respond to someone with anger that is often sudden or unprovoked

  2. BOption (b)

    Ignoring something that is evidently wrong or unavoidable

  3. COption (c)

    Cause something to be done in a new way

  4. DOption (d)

    Guessing or estimating without full information

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Respond to someone with anger that is often sudden or unprovoked

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Question 1080

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The park is a/an _________ place to stroll and exercise.

  1. AOption (a)

    unopen

  2. BOption (b)

    doubtful

  3. COption (c)

    ideal

  4. DOption (d)

    fussy

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

unopen

Explanation not yet available.

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