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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 2)·General English
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Question 1081

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

Instead of unambiguous statements, the Union contents itself with simple analyses.

  1. AOption (a)

    Complex

  2. BOption (b)

    clear

  3. COption (c)

    Auspicious

  4. DOption (d)

    Antiquated

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Answer: (a)A.

Complex

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Question 1082

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Students of St. Xavier's ______ away all the prizes.

  1. AOption (a)

    bearing

  2. BOption (b)

    bore

  3. COption (c)

    borne

  4. DOption (d)

    bears

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Answer: (a)A.

bearing

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Question 1083

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 truck picked up more then the usual amount of garbage from our neighbourhood.

  1. AOption (a)

    greater then

  2. BOption (b)

    more than

  3. COption (c)

    much than

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Answer: (a)A.

greater then

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Question 1084

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 abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word

  1. AOption (a)

    Caption

  2. BOption (b)

    Slogan

  3. COption (c)

    Flotilla

  4. DOption (d)

    Acronym

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Answer: (a)A.

Caption

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Question 1085

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

My mother___________ the maid for her hard work.

  1. AOption (a)

    priced

  2. BOption (b)

    prized

  3. COption (c)

    praised

  4. DOption (d)

    prayed

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Answer: (a)A.

priced

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Question 1086

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Bustle

  1. AOption (a)

    Rush

  2. BOption (b)

    Praise

  3. COption (c)

    Force

  4. DOption (d)

    Block

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Answer: (a)A.

Rush

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Question 1087

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

Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Contencious

  2. BOption (b)

    Prevaricate

  3. COption (c)

    Refute

  4. DOption (d)

    Revere

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Answer: (a)A.

Contencious

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Question 1088

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.

Surgical strike is not the only solution to this problem standing at front of us.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error

  2. BOption (b)

    Surgical strike is not the

  3. COption (c)

    only solution to this problem

  4. DOption (d)

    standing at front of us

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Answer: (a)A.

No error

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Question 1089

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Reliable

  1. AOption (a)

    Doubtful

  2. BOption (b)

    Dependable

  3. COption (c)

    Dubious

  4. DOption (d)

    Dodgy

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Answer: (a)A.

Doubtful

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Question 1090

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'.

In the nineteenth century, many new ideas about education and learning were being emerged.

  1. AOption (a)

    was emerging

  2. BOption (b)

    have emerging

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    emerged

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Answer: (a)A.

was emerging

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Question 1091

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.

Lucy was annoyed to discover / that her husband / had taking her car keys.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error

  2. BOption (b)

    that her husband

  3. COption (c)

    Lucy was annoyed to discover

  4. DOption (d)

    had taking her car keys

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Answer: (a)A.

No error

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Question 1092

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'.

I gives him some orange juice from the refrigerator.

  1. AOption (a)

    gave him some

  2. BOption (b)

    gives him any

  3. COption (c)

    given him some

  4. DOption (d)

    No improvement required

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Answer: (a)A.

gave him some

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Question 1093

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Pragmatic

  1. AOption (a)

    Prudent

  2. BOption (b)

    Aesthetic

  3. COption (c)

    Impractical

  4. DOption (d)

    Dull

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Answer: (a)A.

Prudent

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Question 1094

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The main street, which is neither broad nor __________, runs past this square on its way to the railway-station.

  1. AOption (a)

    shallow

  2. BOption (b)

    wide

  3. COption (c)

    high

  4. DOption (d)

    narrow

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Answer: (a)A.

shallow

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Question 1095

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

Select the option that corrects the misspelt words in the given sentence.

I should seccure some company for my lonelly hours.

  1. AOption (a)

    I should sicure some company for my lonelie hours.

  2. BOption (b)

    I should secur some company for my loneley hours.

  3. COption (c)

    I should secoure some company for my lonely hours.

  4. DOption (d)

    I should secure some company for my lonely hours.

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Answer: (a)A.

I should sicure some company for my lonelie hours.

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Question 1096

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.

Tragedy has once again struck the Valachukettil family of Sooppikkada village in Kerala's Kozhikode district as one more member (1)_________ to the Nipah virus infection on Thursday. District Medical Officer V Jayashree told that V Moosa, 60, who had been (2)_______ treatment at Baby Memorial Hospital in the city, died on May 24 morning. This is the fourth death in the family as Moosa's sons Mohammed Sabith and Mohammed Salih, and sister-in-law Mariyam too had died of the infection (3)___________ May. With this, the death (4)_________ due to the virus infection has gone up to 12 . Two persons, whose blood and body fluid samples were (5)__________ positive for the infection, are undergoing treatment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    died

  2. BOption (b)

    succumbed

  3. COption (c)

    pioneered

  4. DOption (d)

    embezzled

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Answer: (a)A.

died

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Question 1097

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.

Tragedy has once again struck the Valachukettil family of Sooppikkada village in Kerala's Kozhikode district as one more member (1)_________ to the Nipah virus infection on Thursday. District Medical Officer V Jayashree told that V Moosa, 60, who had been (2)_______ treatment at Baby Memorial Hospital in the city, died on May 24 morning. This is the fourth death in the family as Moosa's sons Mohammed Sabith and Mohammed Salih, and sister-in-law Mariyam too had died of the infection (3)___________ May. With this, the death (4)_________ due to the virus infection has gone up to 12 . Two persons, whose blood and body fluid samples were (5)__________ positive for the infection, are undergoing treatment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    working

  2. BOption (b)

    managing

  3. COption (c)

    devising

  4. DOption (d)

    undergoing

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Answer: (a)A.

working

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Question 1098

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.

Tragedy has once again struck the Valachukettil family of Sooppikkada village in Kerala's Kozhikode district as one more member (1)_________ to the Nipah virus infection on Thursday. District Medical Officer V Jayashree told that V Moosa, 60, who had been (2)_______ treatment at Baby Memorial Hospital in the city, died on May 24 morning. This is the fourth death in the family as Moosa's sons Mohammed Sabith and Mohammed Salih, and sister-in-law Mariyam too had died of the infection (3)___________ May. With this, the death (4)_________ due to the virus infection has gone up to 12 . Two persons, whose blood and body fluid samples were (5)__________ positive for the infection, are undergoing treatment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    through

  2. BOption (b)

    on

  3. COption (c)

    in

  4. DOption (d)

    for

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Answer: (a)A.

through

Explanation not yet available.
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Question 1099

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.

Tragedy has once again struck the Valachukettil family of Sooppikkada village in Kerala's Kozhikode district as one more member (1)_________ to the Nipah virus infection on Thursday. District Medical Officer V Jayashree told that V Moosa, 60, who had been (2)_______ treatment at Baby Memorial Hospital in the city, died on May 24 morning. This is the fourth death in the family as Moosa's sons Mohammed Sabith and Mohammed Salih, and sister-in-law Mariyam too had died of the infection (3)___________ May. With this, the death (4)_________ due to the virus infection has gone up to 12 . Two persons, whose blood and body fluid samples were (5)__________ positive for the infection, are undergoing treatment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    tole

  2. BOption (b)

    toll

  3. COption (c)

    scroll

  4. DOption (d)

    roll

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

tole

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Question 1100

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.

Tragedy has once again struck the Valachukettil family of Sooppikkada village in Kerala's Kozhikode district as one more member (1)_________ to the Nipah virus infection on Thursday. District Medical Officer V Jayashree told that V Moosa, 60, who had been (2)_______ treatment at Baby Memorial Hospital in the city, died on May 24 morning. This is the fourth death in the family as Moosa's sons Mohammed Sabith and Mohammed Salih, and sister-in-law Mariyam too had died of the infection (3)___________ May. With this, the death (4)_________ due to the virus infection has gone up to 12 . Two persons, whose blood and body fluid samples were (5)__________ positive for the infection, are undergoing treatment.

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

  1. AOption (a)

    implemented

  2. BOption (b)

    supported

  3. COption (c)

    tested

  4. DOption (d)

    rested

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Answer: (a)A.

implemented

Explanation not yet available.

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