SSC MTS 2019 EXAM PAPER : Held on 07 August-2019 Shift-1 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2019 EXAM PAPER : Held on 07 August-2019 Shift-1

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
Captivity
1. Liberty
2. Imprisonment
3. Cheer
4. Offense

Correct Answer: . Liberty

Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
When are you ______ to write to your friend?
1. gone
2. going
3. goes
4. go

Correct Answer: going

Q.3 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
Approve
1. Agree
2. Reject
3. Appeal
4. Confirm

Correct Answer: Reject

Q.4 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Cut one short
1. To chop something
2. To interrupt someone
3. To act quickly
4. To be rude

Correct Answer: To interrupt someone

Q.5 Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
Do not let the opportunity slip away and you will repent. /No error
1. No error
2. and you will repent
3. Do not let the
4. opportunity slip away

Correct Answer: and you will repent

Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No Improvement.
You must apologise with him for this.
1. No Improvement
2. from
3. of
4. to

Correct Answer: to

Q.7 Choose the most appropriate word that can substitute the given group of words.
One who is unable to read or write.
1. Illiterate
2. Incomprehensible
3. Frugal
4. Illegible

Correct Answer: Illiterate

Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Man ______ a strong desire to accumulate wealth.
1. have
2. had
3. is having
4. has

Correct Answer: has

Q.9 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To take one's hat off
1. To fool someone
2. To feel hot
3. To please someone
4. To admire someone

Correct Answer: To admire someone

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Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Marconi ______ the radio.
1. discovered
2. invented
3. built
4. assembled

Correct Answer: invented

Q.11 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Forgive
1. Forget
2. Accuse
3. Pardon
4. Compel

Correct Answer: Pardon

Q.12 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I ______ him to use my bike to go to the office.
1. granted
2. allowed
3. admonished
4. sanctioned

Correct Answer: allowed

Q.13 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Agile
1. Dull
2. Stiff
3. Quick
4. Rigid

Correct Answer: Quick

Q.14 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No Improvement.
He lives in this remote colony since 2001.
1. has been living
2. continues to live
3. have been living
4. No Improvement

Correct Answer: has been living

Q.15 Choose the most appropriate word that can substitute the given group of words.
Yearly celebration of a date or an event
1. Gala
2. Anniversary
3. Carnival
4. Bash

Correct Answer: Anniversary

Q.16 Choose the correctly spelt word.
1. Convenience
2. Konvenience
3. Convinience
4. Conveniense

Correct Answer: Convenience

Q.17 Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
The funding for the project will be entirely born on the centre. /No error
1. No error
2. born on the centre
3. The funding for the project
4. will be entirely

Correct Answer: born on the centre

Q.18 Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
I did not see anybody in the auditorium. /No error
1. No error
2. see anybody
3. I did not
4. in the auditorium

Correct Answer: No error

Q.19 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No Improvement.
He not only speaks Hindi fluently but English as well as.
1. No Improvement
2. but also English
3. as well as English
4. but English too as well

Correct Answer: but also English

Q.20 Choose the correctly spelt word.
1. Axhilarate
2. Exhilarate
3. Axilarate
4. Exilarate

Correct Answer: Exhilarate

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. The Narmada River, (1)______ called the Rewa was previously known (2)____ Nerbudda. It is a river in central India along (3)______ the Godavari and the Krishna. It is also (4)____ as the "Life Line of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh" for its huge (5)______ to these states. The Narmada rises from Amarkantak Plateau near Anuppur district.

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.
1. but
2. or
3. also
4. and

Correct Answer: also

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. The Narmada River, (1)______ called the Rewa was previously known (2)____ Nerbudda. It is a river in central India along (3)______ the Godavari and the Krishna. It is also (4)____ as the "Life Line of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh" for its huge (5)______ to these states. The Narmada rises from Amarkantak Plateau near Anuppur district.

Q.22 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.
1. by
2. as
3. so
4. even

Correct Answer: as

Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. The Narmada River, (1)______ called the Rewa was previously known (2)____ Nerbudda. It is a river in central India along (3)______ the Godavari and the Krishna. It is also (4)____ as the "Life Line of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh" for its huge (5)______ to these states. The Narmada rises from Amarkantak Plateau near Anuppur district.

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 3.
1. to
2. with
3. by
4. beside

Correct Answer: with
Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. The Narmada River, (1)______ called the Rewa was previously known (2)____ Nerbudda. It is a river in central India along (3)______ the Godavari and the Krishna. It is also (4)____ as the "Life Line of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh" for its huge (5)______ to these states. The Narmada rises from Amarkantak Plateau near Anuppur district.

Q.24 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.
1. told
2. said
3. known
4. spoken

Correct Answer: known
Comprehension:
In the following passage some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. The Narmada River, (1)______ called the Rewa was previously known (2)____ Nerbudda. It is a river in central India along (3)______ the Godavari and the Krishna. It is also (4)____ as the "Life Line of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh" for its huge (5)______ to these states. The Narmada rises from Amarkantak Plateau near Anuppur district.

Q.25 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.
1. donation
2. reformation
3. irrigation
4. contribution

Correct Answer: contribution