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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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Question 101

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'.

Please consult a doctor before you take any medicine.

  1. AOption (a)

    consulting

  2. BOption (b)

    consulted

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    consults

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Answer: (a)A.

consulting

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Question 102

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.

People sometimes asks me / why carbon dioxide / is important for the climate.

  1. AOption (a)

    is important for the climate

  2. BOption (b)

    why carbon dioxide

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    People sometimes asks me

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Answer: (a)A.

is important for the climate

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Question 103

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 snowstorm in that region will effect thousand of travellers.

  1. AOption (a)

    would affecting thousand

  2. BOption (b)

    will effect thousands

  3. COption (c)

    No improvement required

  4. DOption (d)

    will affect thousands

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Answer: (a)A.

would affecting thousand

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Question 104

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

HARMONY

  1. AOption (a)

    Peace

  2. BOption (b)

    Discord

  3. COption (c)

    Tranquility

  4. DOption (d)

    Goodwill

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Answer: (a)A.

Peace

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Question 105

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

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Sagacious

  1. AOption (a)

    Dull

  2. BOption (b)

    Profound

  3. COption (c)

    keen

  4. DOption (d)

    Intelligent

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Answer: (a)A.

Dull

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Question 106

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

We had hundreds of courageous scientists.

  1. AOption (a)

    diffident

  2. BOption (b)

    gutsy

  3. COption (c)

    audacious

  4. DOption (d)

    valiant

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Answer: (a)A.

diffident

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Question 107

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Thus, ______ of their purpose, the three knights tried another plan.

  1. AOption (a)

    involved

  2. BOption (b)

    foiled

  3. COption (c)

    toiled

  4. DOption (d)

    failed

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Answer: (a)A.

involved

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Question 108

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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Segregate

  1. AOption (a)

    Submerge

  2. BOption (b)

    Isolate

  3. COption (c)

    Nullify

  4. DOption (d)

    Integrate

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Answer: (a)A.

Submerge

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Question 109

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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.

Abraham also had one sister, of who not much has been recorded.

  1. AOption (a)

    of what

  2. BOption (b)

    of whose

  3. COption (c)

    of whom

  4. DOption (d)

    No substitution required

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Answer: (a)A.

of what

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Question 110

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Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Obtrusive

  1. AOption (a)

    Pervasive

  2. BOption (b)

    Exclusive

  3. COption (c)

    Prominent

  4. DOption (d)

    Modest

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Answer: (a)A.

Pervasive

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Question 111

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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.

A man tends to one / of the horses after it’s / training at a stud farm.

  1. AOption (a)

    of the horses after it’s

  2. BOption (b)

    A man tends to one

  3. COption (c)

    No error

  4. DOption (d)

    training at a stud farm

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Answer: (a)A.

of the horses after it’s

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Question 112

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Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Change of heart

  1. AOption (a)

    To narrowly escape disaster

  2. BOption (b)

    An unfair attack

  3. COption (c)

    Different opinion about someone or something

  4. DOption (d)

    Very similar in appearance

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Answer: (a)A.

To narrowly escape disaster

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Question 113

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

Fifty people have been taken into polise custoudy.

  1. AOption (a)

    Fivety people have been taken into polise custody.

  2. BOption (b)

    Fiffty people have been taken into polis custoudy

  3. COption (c)

    Fifity people have been taken into police custoudy.

  4. DOption (d)

    Fifty people have been taken into police custody.

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Answer: (a)A.

Fivety people have been taken into polise custody.

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Question 114

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Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

  1. AOption (a)

    Swimming

  2. BOption (b)

    Borowing

  3. COption (c)

    Sovereign

  4. DOption (d)

    Preserve

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Answer: (a)A.

Swimming

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Question 115

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Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

One who hates mankind

  1. AOption (a)

    Altruist

  2. BOption (b)

    Compere

  3. COption (c)

    Malevolent

  4. DOption (d)

    Misanthrope

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Answer: (a)A.

Altruist

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Question 116

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Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

In all cases, we have to ______ the facts from the various reports and documents.

  1. AOption (a)

    Instil

  2. BOption (b)

    Repel

  3. COption (c)

    Standstill

  4. DOption (d)

    Distil

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Answer: (a)A.

Instil

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Question 117

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Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

Someone who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

  1. AOption (a)

    Believer

  2. BOption (b)

    Iconoclast

  3. COption (c)

    Humanitarian

  4. DOption (d)

    Misanthrope

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Answer: (a)A.

Believer

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Question 118

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Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

One who collects stamps

  1. AOption (a)

    Numismatist

  2. BOption (b)

    Narcissist

  3. COption (c)

    Philatelist

  4. DOption (d)

    Collector

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Answer: (a)A.

Numismatist

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Question 119

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The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.

Concern above rising pollution / led to the / formulation of / various action plans.

  1. AOption (a)

    Concern above rising pollution

  2. BOption (b)

    formulation of

  3. COption (c)

    led to the

  4. DOption (d)

    various action plans

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Answer: (a)A.

Concern above rising pollution

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Question 120

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

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

An eye wash

  1. AOption (a)

    In writing

  2. BOption (b)

    A pretence

  3. COption (c)

    Avoid talking

  4. DOption (d)

    A rare event

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Answer: (a)A.

In writing

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