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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: 26 July 2022 Shift 1)·General English
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Question 1141

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

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

The ability to relax and rejuvenate promotes wellness.

  1. AOption (a)

    update

  2. BOption (b)

    replenish

  3. COption (c)

    suppress

  4. DOption (d)

    revive

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Answer: (a)A.

update

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Question 1142

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'.

Amoeba is a microscopic single-celled organism found in pond water.

  1. AOption (a)

    organisms founding in

  2. BOption (b)

    No improvement required 

  3. COption (c)

    organism find in 

  4. DOption (d)

    organisms found with

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Answer: (a)A.

organisms founding in

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Question 1143

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 students was given the task of penning down a short write-up.

  1. AOption (a)

     given the task of penning 

  2. BOption (b)

     The students was

  3. COption (c)

    down a short write-up

  4. DOption (d)

     No error

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Answer: (a)A.

 given the task of penning 

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Question 1144

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Tidy

  1. AOption (a)

    Muddy

  2. BOption (b)

    Orderly

  3. COption (c)

    Petty

  4. DOption (d)

    Nominal

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Answer: (a)A.

Muddy

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Question 1145

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

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

We have to relie on meaningful contont now.

  1. AOption (a)

    We have to relie on meaningful content now. 

  2. BOption (b)

    We have to rely on meaningful cuntent now.

  3. COption (c)

    We have to rely on meaningful contont now. 

  4. DOption (d)

    We have to rely on meaningful content now.

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Answer: (a)A.

We have to relie on meaningful content now. 

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Question 1146

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.

When it's your idea, you want to (1) ______ about it all the time. I've had this problem on more than a few occasions now. I know there shouldn't be any shame in (2) ______ your work, but it's such a task to draw the line. In my case, since my work is all things related to social media, this problem gets even (3) ______ convoluted. Long story short, I hate that I (4) ______ have to worry about when it's okay to promote, and when it's (5) ______

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

  1. AOption (a)

    customise

  2. BOption (b)

    express

  3. COption (c)

    talk

  4. DOption (d)

    meet

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Answer: (a)A.

customise

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Question 1147

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.

When it's your idea, you want to (1) ______ about it all the time. I've had this problem on more than a few occasions now. I know there shouldn't be any shame in (2) ______ your work, but it's such a task to draw the line. In my case, since my work is all things related to social media, this problem gets even (3) ______ convoluted. Long story short, I hate that I (4) ______ have to worry about when it's okay to promote, and when it's (5) ______

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

  1. AOption (a)

    leaning

  2. BOption (b)

    demoting

  3. COption (c)

    asking

  4. DOption (d)

    promoting

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Answer: (a)A.

leaning

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Question 1148

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.

When it's your idea, you want to (1) ______ about it all the time. I've had this problem on more than a few occasions now. I know there shouldn't be any shame in (2) ______ your work, but it's such a task to draw the line. In my case, since my work is all things related to social media, this problem gets even (3) ______ convoluted. Long story short, I hate that I (4) ______ have to worry about when it's okay to promote, and when it's (5) ______

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

  1. AOption (a)

    least

  2. BOption (b)

    less

  3. COption (c)

    more

  4. DOption (d)

    most

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Answer: (a)A.

least

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Question 1149

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.

When it's your idea, you want to (1) ______ about it all the time. I've had this problem on more than a few occasions now. I know there shouldn't be any shame in (2) ______ your work, but it's such a task to draw the line. In my case, since my work is all things related to social media, this problem gets even (3) ______ convoluted. Long story short, I hate that I (4) ______ have to worry about when it's okay to promote, and when it's (5) ______

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

  1. AOption (a)

    occasionally

  2. BOption (b)

    constantly

  3. COption (c)

    rarely

  4. DOption (d)

    never

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Answer: (a)A.

occasionally

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Question 1150

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.

When it's your idea, you want to (1) ______ about it all the time. I've had this problem on more than a few occasions now. I know there shouldn't be any shame in (2) ______ your work, but it's such a task to draw the line. In my case, since my work is all things related to social media, this problem gets even (3) ______ convoluted. Long story short, I hate that I (4) ______ have to worry about when it's okay to promote, and when it's (5) ______

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

  1. AOption (a)

    not

  2. BOption (b)

    none

  3. COption (c)

    nothing

  4. DOption (d)

    no

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Answer: (a)A.

not

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SSC MTS Previous Year Paper (Held on: 26 July 2022 Shift 2)·General English
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Question 1151

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

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

I tried to tell him to think of the good times, that every cloud has a silver lining.

  1. AOption (a)

    Doing something with thoroughness and passion

  2. BOption (b)

    Don’t cry over what has happened as it cannot be fixed

  3. COption (c)

    Treat people the same way as you want to be treated

  4. DOption (d)

    Every difficult situation has a hopeful aspect to it

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Answer: (a)A.

Doing something with thoroughness and passion

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Question 1152

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

Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Expository

  1. AOption (a)

    Illustrative

  2. BOption (b)

    Temperamental

  3. COption (c)

    Obligatory

  4. DOption (d)

    Dubious

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Answer: (a)A.

Illustrative

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Question 1153

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

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

The first printed ______ of this book came in 1933.

  1. AOption (a)

    excretion

  2. BOption (b)

    insertion

  3. COption (c)

    addition

  4. DOption (d)

    edition

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Answer: (a)A.

excretion

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Question 1154

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Pull someone’s legs

  1. AOption (a)

    To tease someone

  2. BOption (b)

    To protect someone

  3. COption (c)

    To wish someone luck

  4. DOption (d)

    To make someone angry

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Answer: (a)A.

To tease someone

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Question 1155

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.

A person who produces beautiful handwriting

  1. AOption (a)

    stenographer

  2. BOption (b)

    Philosopher

  3. COption (c)

    Calligrapher

  4. DOption (d)

    Typographer

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Answer: (a)A.

stenographer

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Question 1156

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

He certainly failed to console the new king.

  1. AOption (a)

    Agitate

  2. BOption (b)

    Coordinate

  3. COption (c)

    Satiate

  4. DOption (d)

    Gratify

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Agitate

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Question 1157

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

Select the correctly spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Simultanous

  2. BOption (b)

    Simultenaous

  3. COption (c)

    Simultaneous

  4. DOption (d)

    Simulteneous

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

Simultanous

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Question 1158

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.

His successful as a lawyer / grew so fast that he soon had / enough money to buy a house.

  1. AOption (a)

    No error

  2. BOption (b)

    grew so fast that he soon had

  3. COption (c)

     enough money to buy a house

  4. DOption (d)

    His successful as a lawyer

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Correct answer

Answer: (a)A.

No error

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Question 1159

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.

A state of perfect balance

  1. AOption (a)

    Equilibrium

  2. BOption (b)

    Extempore

  3. COption (c)

    Medieval

  4. DOption (d)

    Irrelevant

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Answer: (a)A.

Equilibrium

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Question 1160

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Admirable

  1. AOption (a)

    Blameworthy

  2. BOption (b)

    Practical

  3. COption (c)

    Reasonable

  4. DOption (d)

    Tolerant

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Answer: (a)A.

Blameworthy

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