SSC MTS 2016 Re-Exam Paper : Held on 09-OCT-2017 Shift-3 (General English)

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SSC MTS 2016 Re-Exam Paper : Held on 09-OCT-2017 Shift-3

(General English)

QID : 251 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

However, the essential services (1)/ and critical staff in a government (2)/ will be on duty today. (3)/ No Error (4)

Options:

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

Correct Answer: 2

QID : 252 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

Mumbai were crawling at a (1)/ snail’s pace yesterday, is slowly (2)/ returning to normalcy. (3)/ No Error (4)

Options:

1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4

Correct Answer: 1

QID : 253 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Turn the AC ______ before you leave the office

Options:

1) out
2) off
3) down
4) in

Correct Answer: off

QID : 254 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

I dislike eating in a ______ restaurant.

Options:

1) noiseful
2) noising
3) noised
4) noisy

Correct Answer: noisy

QID : 255 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Perish

Options:

1) Energize
2) Revive
3) Refresh
4) Decease

Correct Answer: Decease

QID : 256 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Nudge

Options:

1) Allow
2) Leave alone
3) Poke
4) Withdraw

Correct Answer: Poke

QID : 257 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Panic

Options:

1) Calm
2) Contentment
3) Confidence
4) Frenzy

Correct Answer: Frenzy

QID : 258 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Auspicious

Options:

1) Bright
2) Happy
3) Unlucky
4) Timely

Correct Answer: Unlucky

QID : 259 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Spare

Options:

1) Necessary
2) Free
3) Option
4) Surplus

Correct Answer: Necessary

QID : 260 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Remarkable

Options:

1) Famous
2) Odd
3) Rare
4) Normal

Correct Answer: Normal

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QID : 261 - In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Between the devil and the deep sea

Options:

1) Go fishing and cause trouble
2) Between two great difficulties
3) Speaking sharply
4) To begin working seriously

Correct Answer: Between two great difficulties

QID : 262 - In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

A child’s play

Options:

1) Very innocent
2) Very annoying
3) Something that is very easy
4) Very irritating

Correct Answer: Something that is very easy

QID : 263 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

To conform to a set of rules (an) regulations without a real voice in their formulation.

Options:

1) and
2) to
3) but
4) No improvement

Correct Answer: and

QID : 264 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

It includes a (decision of the status) of British and EU migrants resident in their respective territories.

Options:

1) decision to the status
2) decision on the status
3) decision of the status
4) No improvement

Correct Answer: decision on the status

QID : 265 - In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A man who remains unmarried.

Options:

1) Widowed
2) Councilor
3) Bachelor
4) Propeller

Correct Answer: Bachelor

QID : 266 - In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A supreme ruler.

Options:

1) Patriarch
2) Anarchic
3) Monarch
4) Matriarch

Correct Answer: Monarch

QID : 267 - In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

Options:

1) Sicondary
2) Secondiry
3) Secondary
4) Secondory

Correct Answer: Secondary

QID : 268 - In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

Options:

1) Strength
2) Strenth
3) Stringth
4) Strentgh

Correct Answer: Strength

QID : 269 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The greatest

P: is to meet the
Q: needs of the society
R: challenge for education

Options:

1) PRQ
2) PQR
3) QRP
4) RPQ

Correct Answer: RPQ

QID : 270 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

The increase of the

P: shrinking of forest area
Q: has led to the
R: population of our country

Options:

1) QRP
2) PRQ
3) QPR
4) RQP

Correct Answer: RQP

QID : 271 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.

we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that

Options:

1) taught
2) brought
3) thought
4) sort

Correct Answer: taught

QID : 272 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.

into _______ or castes and that certain races

Options:

1) faces
2) races
3) cases
4) braces

Correct Answer: races

QID : 273 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.

this belief is called racism or _______.

Options:

1) atheist
2) agnostic
3) apartheid
4) proteid

Correct Answer: apartheid

QID : 274 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.

were treated very _______.

Options:

1) lovely
2) nicely
3) sincerely
4) badly

Correct Answer: badly

QID : 275 - In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.

it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.

Options:

1) tomorrow
2) today
3) present
4) weekday

Correct Answer: today