SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 05 October-2021 Shift-1 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 05 October-2021 Shift-1

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. dealer
2. hesitete
3. queer
4. obvious

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Today, banking in a seamless world ______ a distinct reality.

1. was
2. have
3. is
4. are

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.3 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given words.
One who interferes in the affairs of others, often for selfish reasons

1. stranger
2. interpreter
3. interloper
4. foreigner

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.4 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To get on the nerves

1. To irritate
2. To give medicine
3. To have an illness
4. To soothe

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.
During the winter months the bears go without food by nearly six to seven months.

1. No substitution required
2. for quite
3. from almost
4. for almost

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.6 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. edible
2. meddle
3. condition
4. outhority

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.7 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
PROTEST (v.)

1. favour
2. support
3. assist
4. object

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The ______ for a vaccine could take up to a year.

1. search
2. chase
3. pursuit
4. track

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I hope your parents______ soon.

1. are recovering
2. recover
3. should recover
4. are recover

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Many ______ tales evoke the memory of Akbar and Birbal.

1. populist
2. populated
3. populous
4. popular

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.11 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Have you decided what you want to become when you grown up.

1. what you want
2. when you grown up
3. Have you decided
4. to become

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.12 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Seldom has the discoveries of the world’s greatest discoverers, like Copernicus or Galileo, been forgotten.

1. Seldom has the discoveries
2. been forgotten
3. of the world’s greatest discoverers
4. like Copernicus or Galileo

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.13 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
By the same token

1. In the same bus
2. Use the same ticket
3. Use the same password
4. In the same way

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.14 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
INDULGENCE

1. leniency
2. attentiveness
3. accuracy
4. diligence

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.15 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
We do hope you are enjoy this online course in art and craft.

1. this online course
2. We do hope
3. in art and craft
4. you are enjoy

Correct Answer is: 4

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Q.16 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
NARROW

1. tight
2. wide
3. firm
4. solid

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.17 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’. I can't live at a place which is far from the sea.

1. hasn't lived
2. No substitution required
3. can't lived
4. couldn't being live

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.18 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words. Restore (someone) to health or normal life after imprisonment, addiction, or illness

1. rehabilitate
2. reinstate
3. renovate
4. refurbish

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.19 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
SLY

1. thick
2. stiff
3. honest
4. slow

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.20 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’. There are many birds in the verandah today. Hema, please feed those.

1. feed them
2. fed them
3. fed those
4. No substitution required

Correct Answer is: 1

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.
One day while the magistrate was walking (1)______ a market he saw a crowd outside a poultry shop. (2)______ enquiring what the matter was (3)______ learnt that a peasant had accidentally (4)______ a heavy sack on a chicken, (5)______ it to death.
SubQuestion No : 21

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

1. along
2. through
3. over
4. aside

Correct Answer is: 2

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.
One day while the magistrate was walking (1)______ a market he saw a crowd outside a poultry shop. (2)______ enquiring what the matter was (3)______ learnt that a peasant had accidentally (4)______ a heavy sack on a chicken, (5)______ it to death.
SubQuestion No : 22

Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

1. So
2. Whereas
3. How
4. On

Correct Answer is: 4

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.
One day while the magistrate was walking (1)______ a market he saw a crowd outside a poultry shop. (2)______ enquiring what the matter was (3)______ learnt that a peasant had accidentally (4)______ a heavy sack on a chicken, (5)______ it to death.
SubQuestion No : 23

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.

1. him
2. she
3. they
4. he

Correct Answer is: 4

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.
One day while the magistrate was walking (1)______ a market he saw a crowd outside a poultry shop. (2)______ enquiring what the matter was (3)______ learnt that a peasant had accidentally (4)______ a heavy sack on a chicken, (5)______ it to death.
SubQuestion No : 24

Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

1. dropped
2. filled
3. selected
4. picked

Correct Answer is: 1

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.
One day while the magistrate was walking (1)______ a market he saw a crowd outside a poultry shop. (2)______ enquiring what the matter was (3)______ learnt that a peasant had accidentally (4)______ a heavy sack on a chicken, (5)______ it to death.
SubQuestion No : 25

Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

1. creeping
2. crushing
3. covering
4. crumbling

Correct Answer is: 2