SSC MTS 2019 EXAM PAPER : Held on 13 August-2019 Shift-1

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 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. Rashi hasn't eaten everything from yesterday. 
1. anything since
2. something for
3. nothing along
4. No improvement

Correct Answer: anything since

Q.2 Select the correctly spelt  word.
1. Essentail
2. Essencial
3. Essential
4. Essensial

Correct Answer: Essential

Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the   blank and make a grammatically correct sentence.
The vase broke _________ pieces when Simran dropped it.
1. from
2. in
3. among
4. into

Correct Answer: into

Q.4 Select the most appropriate antonym of the word.
Confront
1. Avoid
2. Oppose
3. Encounter
4. Meet

Correct Answer: Avoid

Q.5 Select the most appropriate antonym of the word.
Quell
1. Agitate
2. Deny
3. Reduce
4. Entire

Correct Answer: Agitate

Q.6 Select the most      appropriate word to fill in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
Be careful not to drop this glass case; it's very ________.
1. fragile
2. rigid
3. smooth
4. hard

Correct Answer: fragile

Q.7 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Fundamental
1. Trivial
2. Extra
3. Secondary
4. Basic

Correct Answer: Basic

Q.8 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Cry over spilt milk
1. cry too much over a petty issue
2. regret about something that happened and cannot be changed
3. unnecessarily worry about the future
4. complain about being forced to drink milk

Correct Answer: regret about something that happened and cannot be changed

Q.9 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 new traffic signals is not clear visible from a distance  
1. No improvement
2. are not clearly
3. is not clearly
4. are not clear

Correct Answer: are not clearly

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. Rama was a naughty boy (1)______ lived in the village of Tenali. His mother did not (2)______ what to do with him since he (3)______ to study or do any work. One day (4)______ took him to see a Guru. She told the (5)______ man that she wanted him to take Rama under his guardianship. 

Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
1. who
2. which
3. he
4. that

Correct Answer: who

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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.  Rama was a naughty boy (1)______ lived in the village of Tenali. His mother did not (2)______ what to do with him since he (3)______ to study or do any work. One day (4)______ took him to see a Guru. She told the (5)______ man that she wanted him to take Rama under his guardianship. 

Q.11 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.
1. knowing
2. know
3. knew
4. knows

Correct Answer: know

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. Rama was a naughty boy (1)______ lived in the village of Tenali. His mother did not (2)______ what to do with him since he (3)______ to study or do any work. One day (4)______ took him to see a Guru. She told the (5)______ man that she wanted him to take Rama under his guardianship. 

Q.12 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
1. wished
2. reminded
3. refused
4. denied

Correct Answer: refused

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. Rama was a naughty boy (1)______ lived in the village of Tenali. His mother did not (2)______ what to do with him since he (3)______ to study or do any work. One day (4)______ took him to see a Guru. She told the (5)______ man that she wanted him to take Rama under his guardianship. 

Q.13 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
1. her
2. they
3. she
4. he

Correct Answer: she

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. Rama was a naughty boy (1)______ lived in the village of Tenali. His mother did not (2)______ what to do with him since he (3)______ to study or do any work. One day (4)______ took him to see a Guru. She told the (5)______ man that she wanted him to take Rama under his  guardianship.

Q.14 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
1. lonely
2. lazy
3. learned
4. lively

Correct Answer:  learned

Q.15 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Far cry from
1. To be very different from
2. To be sad about past things
3. To be away from dear ones
4. To cry over small things

Correct Answer: To be very different from

Q.16 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Detain
1. Delay
2. Advance
3. Permit
4. Allow

Correct Answer: Delay

Q.17 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the givensentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement. Shakiba is a smallest of the two girls.
1. the smaller
2. the small
3. more small
4. No improvement

Correct Answer: the smaller

Q.18 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
The development of real estate has ________ impacted the environment.
1. narrowly
2. positively
3. conveniently
4. adversely

Correct Answer: adversely

Q.19 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
London is _____ European city.
1. a
2. No article
3. an
4. the

Correct Answer: a

Q.20 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
A large bundle bound for storage or transport
1. Bunch
2. Bale
3. Bevy
4. Barrel

Correct Answer: Bale

Q.21 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Grandmother was knitting a sweater for his grand-daughter.
1. sweater for his
2. Grandmother was
3. grand-daughter
4. knitting a

Correct Answer: sweater for his

Q.22 Identify the segment in the      sentence which contains the grammatical error.
They have been living in Boston from ten years.
1. in Boston
2. been living
3. They have
4. from ten years

Correct Answer: from ten years

Q.23 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
One who studies the evolution of mankind
1. Sociologist
2. Archaeologist
3. Dermatologist
4. Anthropologist

Correct Answer: Anthropologist

Q.24 Select the correctly spelt word.
1. Scienctific
2. Scientific
3. Scientefic
4. Sceintific

Correct Answer: Scientific

Q.25 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Sakshi is as smarter as any other child in the class.
1. in the class
2. as smarter as
3. Sakshi is
4. any other child 

Correct Answer: as smarter as

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