SSC MTS 2019 EXAM PAPER : Held on 07 August-2019 Shift-3

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
It take her a long time to get over her failure in the examination. /No error
1. long time to get over
2. her failure in the examination
3. No error
4. It take her a

Correct Answer:  It take her a

Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
My little cousin is ______ a movie.
1. watching
2. looking
3. seeing
4. observing

Correct Answer: watching

Q.3 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.
The inflation rate raised up 8% last month.
1. rose to
2. No Improvement
3. rise to
4. raise up

Correct Answer: rose to

Q.4 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
Morose
1. Cranky
2. Cheerful
3. Prudent
4. Solemn

Correct Answer: Cheerful

Q.5 Choose the most appropriate word that can substitute the given group of words.
The state of growing to maturity.
1. Immigrant
2. Innocence
3. Adolescence
4. Apartheid

Correct Answer: Adolescence

Q.6 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To pull someone's legs
1. Of a kind and sympathetic nature
2. To use all possible methods
3. To play a joke on someone
4. Not a serious information

Correct Answer: To play a joke on someone

Q.7 Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error ’. 
Don’t worry, there is less time for the train to arrive. /No error
1. Don’t worry,
2. there is less time
3. No error
4. for the train to arrive

Correct Answer: there is less time

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. Television in India made a humble beginning in September, 1959. The first television programmes were meant (1)____ schools and rural areas. The first general services on a (2)____ basis started in August, 1965. Colour television came into (3)____ in November, 1982 on the eve of the Ninth Asian Games. Around (4)____ time it became possible to take television programmes to rural areas (5)____ the help of satellites. 

Q.8 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 1.
1. on
2. at
3. to
4. for

Correct Answer:  for

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. Television in India made a humble beginning in September, 1959. The first television programmes were meant (1)____ schools and rural areas. The first general services on a (2)____ basis started in August, 1965. Colour television came into (3)____ in November, 1982 on the eve of the Ninth Asian Games. Around (4)____ time it became possible to take television programmes to rural areas (5)____ the help of satellites.

Q.9 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 2.
1. regular
2. usual
3. proper
4. final

Correct Answer: regular

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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. Television in India made a humble beginning in September, 1959. The first television programmes were meant (1)____ schools and rural areas. The first general services on a (2)____ basis started in August, 1965. Colour television came into (3)____ in November, 1982 on the eve of the Ninth Asian Games. Around (4)____ time it became possible to take television programmes to rural areas (5)____ the help of satellites. 

Q.10 Select the  most appropriate option for blank No. 3.
1. existence
2. establishment
3. creation
4. location

Correct Answer: existence

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. Television in India made a humble beginning in September, 1959. The first television programmes were meant (1)____ schools and rural areas. The first general services on a (2)____ basis started in August, 1965. Colour television came into (3)____ in November, 1982 on the eve of the Ninth Asian Games. Around (4)____ time it became possible to take television programmes to rural areas (5)____ the help of satellites. 

Q.11 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 4.
1. it
2. this
3. those
4. these

Correct Answer: those

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. Television in India made a humble beginning in September, 1959. The first television programmes were meant (1)____ schools and rural areas. The first general services on a (2)____ basis started in August, 1965. Colour television came into (3)____ in November, 1982 on the eve of the Ninth Asian Games. Around (4)____ time it became possible to take television programmes to rural areas (5)____ the help of satellites. 

Q.12 Select the most appropriate option for blank No. 5.
1. from
2. with
3. among
4. for

Correct Answer: with

Q.13 Choose the correctly spelt word.
1. Knoledge
2. Jealusy
3. Odour
4. Langauge

Correct Answer: Odour

Q.14 Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.
Loiter
1. Loaf
2. Hasten
3. Dawdle
4. Repel

Correct Answer: Hasten

Q.15 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.
A study suggests that woman is good at handling emotions than men.
1. women is better
2. No Improvement
3. woman are best
4. women are better

Correct Answer: women are better

Q.16 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.
MS Dhoni has no immediate plto retire.
1. plan to retirement
2. plretiring
3. planning for retire
4. No Improvement

Correct Answer: No Improvement

Q.17 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given  word.
Tangled
1. Orderly
2. Regulated
3. Knotted
4. Organized

Correct Answer: Knotted

Q.18 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
He ______ for a week when his father came.
1. has been ill
2. had been ill
3. is being ill
4. is ill

Correct Answer: had been ill

Q.19 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The air-conditioner has made ceiling fa little ______ in today's world.
1. extinct
2. absurd
3. additional
4. redundant

Correct Answer: redundant

Q.20 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
As clear as a bell
1. To have a tinkling sound
2. At a very low price
3. To get fooled
4. Readily understood

Correct Answer: Readily understood

Q.21 Choose the most appropriate word that can substitute the given group of words.
A person travelling on foot
1. Vagabond
2. Pedestrian
3. Bibliophile
4. Equestrian

Correct Answer: Pedestrian

Q.22 Choose the correctly spelt word.
1. Peirce
2. Necessary
3. Noticeing
4. Permmit

Correct Answer: Necessary

Q.23 Find the part of the given sentence that has an  error in it. If there is no error, choose ‘No error’.
He lost all his hardly earned money. /No error
1. all his
2. hardly earned money
3. No error
4. He lost

Correct Answer: hardly earned money

Q.24 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Proclaim
1. Oppose
2. Produce
3. Declare
4. Conceal

Correct Answer: Declare

Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
They were astonished ______ his failure in the competition.
1. in
2. at
3. on
4. from

Correct Answer: at

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