SSC MTS 2019 EXAM PAPER : Held on 16 August-2019 shift-3 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2019 EXAM PAPER : Held on 16 August-2019 Shift-3

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 Select the most appropriate antonym of the word.
AFFLUENCE
1. Prosperity
2. Luxury
3. Poverty
4. Richness

Correct Answer: . Poverty

Q.2 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Get a foot in the door
1. To have a chance to do something
2. To block the path
3. To be injured
4. To be lucky

Correct Answer: To have a chance to do something

Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct sentence.
A babysitter is somebody who looks ________ other people’s children.
1. for
2. on
3. over
4. after

Correct Answer: after

Q.4 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
A person who rides in horse races, especially as a profession
1. Jockey
2. Chauffer
3. Champion
4. Cowboy

Correct Answer: Jockey

Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement The child smile on her mother.
1. No improvement
2. smiled at
3. is smiling over
4. smiles on

Correct Answer: smiled at

Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct sentence.
The car-park was full, so we ________ to look for another place to park.
1. having
2. had
3. has
4. have

Correct Answer: had

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. Venus is the planet closest to the Earth. It shines very (1)______ in the night sky. The surface temperature (2)______ Venus is about 400 degrees Celsius. The atmosphere (3)______ very dense. Its surface cannot be observed directly (4)______ the planet is permanently covered with a thick (5)______ of clouds. Venus has active volcanoes and mountains higher than the Everest.

Q.7 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
1. loudly
2. heavily
3. brightly
4. cheerfully

Correct Answer: brightly

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. Venus is the planet closest to the Earth. It shines very (1)______ in the night sky. The surface temperature (2)______ Venus is about 400 degrees Celsius. The atmosphere (3)______ very dense. Its surface cannot be observed directly (4)______ the planet is permanently covered with a thick (5)______ of clouds. Venus has active volcanoes and mountains higher than the Everest.

Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.
1. around
2. over
3. on
4. above

Correct Answer: on

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. Venus is the planet closest to the Earth. It shines very (1)______ in the night sky. The surface temperature (2)______ Venus is about 400 degrees Celsius. The atmosphere (3)______ very dense. Its surface cannot be observed directly (4)______ the planet is permanently covered with a thick (5)______ of clouds. Venus has active volcanoes and mountains higher than the Everest.

Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
1. was
2. is
3. are
4. were

Correct Answer: is

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. Venus is the planet closest to the Earth. It shines very (1)______ in the night sky. The surface temperature (2)______ Venus is about 400 degrees Celsius. The atmosphere (3)______ very dense. Its surface cannot be observed directly (4)______ the planet is permanently covered with a thick (5)______ of clouds. Venus has active volcanoes and mountains higher than the Everest.

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Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
1. because
2. so
3. though
4. but

Correct Answer: because

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. Venus is the planet closest to the Earth. It shines very (1)______ in the night sky. The surface temperature (2)______ Venus is about 400 degrees Celsius. The atmosphere (3)______ very dense. Its surface cannot be observed directly (4)______ the planet is permanently covered with a thick (5)______ of clouds. Venus has active volcanoes and mountains higher than the Everest.

Q.11 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
1. slab
2. folds
3. layer
4. pads

Correct Answer: layer

Q.12 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
The children _____ over the property of their father.
1. quarrelled
2. approved
3. confiscated
4. enjoyed

Correct Answer: quarrelled

Q.13 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
Each of these players have been warned not to repeat the silly mistakes.
1. Each of these players
2. the silly mistakes
3. warned not to repeat
4. have been

Correct Answer: have been

Q.14 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
She gave important evidence and I found her to be a sensible and ________ witness.
1. credible
2. imposing
3. conclusive
4. unlikely

Correct Answer: credible

Q.15 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
By and large
1. All inclusive
2. By choice
3. In general
4. In short

Correct Answer: In general

Q.16 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement
He is living in this house for the past fifteen years before he shifted abroad.
1. has been living
2. No improvement
3. had been living
4. was lived

Correct Answer: had been living

Q.17 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement She told the children not to stop the work.
1. don’t stop
2. not stop
3. No improvement
4. not stopping

Correct Answer: No improvement

Q.18 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
We have been staying at the hotel since the last ten days.
1. since the
2. We have been
3. last ten days
4. staying at the hotel

Correct Answer: since the

Q.19 Select the correctly spelt word.
1. Surrander
2. Priviledge
3. Fasinate
4. Desperate

Correct Answer: Desperate

Q.20 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
Policy of racial discrimination
1. Inequality
2. Segregation
3. Apartheid
4. Supremacy

Correct Answer: Apartheid

Q.21 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
A soyabean processing unit is going to set up soon in our village.
1. A soyabean processing unit
2. is going
3. to set up
4. soon in our village

Correct Answer: to set up

Q.22 Select the most appropriate antonym of the word.
ILLICIT
1. Prohibited
2. Lawful
3. Illegal
4. Illegible

Correct Answer: Lawful

Q.23 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
BENEFICIAL
1. Worthless
2. Harmful
3. Advantageous
4. Adverse

Correct Answer: Advantageous

Q.24 Select the correctly spelt word.
1. Tendency
2. Tyeranny
3. Twelth
4. Tommorow

Correct Answer: Tendency

Q.25 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
DUBIOUS
1. Certain
2. Doubtful
3. Definite
4. Sure

Correct Answer: Doubtful