SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 11 October-2021 Shift-3 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 11 October-2021 Shift-3

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
HEFTY

1. handsome
2. generous
3. slight
4. liberal

Correct Answer is: --

Q.2 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
SMUDGE

1. stain
2. sweet
3. trash
4. mud

Correct Answer is: --

Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The quarantine period for travellers by road into this State has been ______ to 28 days.

1. advanced
2. increased
3. expanded
4. enlarged

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.4 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given words.
The first people to live in an area

1. Provincial
2. Native
3. Colonial
4. Local

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.5 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Fit as a fiddle

1. To be in excellent health and good working order
2. About to buy a good musical instrument
3. Ready to start playing a fiddle
4. To have an expensive musical instrument

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
After she received an overripe papaya, Vidya exclaimed that she would never ever ______fruits online.

1. order
2. ordered
3. orders
4. ordering

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.7 Select the MISSPELT word.

1. Eminent
2. Tolarance
3. Weary
4. Happiness

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.8 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Elbow grease

1. Oil on the shirt sleeve
2. Too much cream on hands
3. Stain on a car glass
4. A lot of physical effort

Correct Answer is: 4

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 substitution required’.
Keep pets can be very comforting for most people.

1. Keeping pet
2. Keeps pet
3. No substitution required
4. Keeping pets

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.10 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
According to the meteorology department, yesterday Assam had the heavier rainfall of the decade.

1. yesterday Assam had
2. the heavier rainfall of the decade
3. According to
4. the meteorology department

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.11 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
After the rain the roads was wet and waterlogged in some places.

1. After the rain
2. wet and waterlogged
3. in some places.
4. the roads was

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.12 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The Minister’s office ______ press statement that the Webinar which had been held on the previous day had received an excellent response.

1. have issue
2. issues
3. issued
4. will issued

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.13 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’.
At first, we cruised in the local river beside trying anything more adventurous.

1. already
2. before
3. No substitution required
4. earlier

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.14 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
There was very poor receptivity due from technological glitches; nonetheless, the online class was continued.

1. There was very poor receptivity
2. the online class was continued
3. due from technological glitches
4. nonetheless

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.15 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution required’.
The doctor asked the patient what he had ate the previous night.

1. No substitution required
2. had he eaten
3. had he ate
4. he had eaten

Correct Answer is: 4

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Q.16 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The patient’s family had to go through a lot of trouble to______ her into a hospital.

1. join
2. admit
3. access
4. permit

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.17 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
PRIORITY

1. dignity
2. formality
3. paucity
4. precedence

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.18 Select the MISSPELT spelt word.

1. Business
2. Dreadful
3. Emergensy
4. Inflammable

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.19 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given words.
Special words and phrases used by particular groups of people, especially in their work

1. Dialogue
2. Elocution
3. Conversation
4. Jargon

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.20 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
FATIGUE

1. strength
2. control
3. weakness
4. threat

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.
Lin Piao used to absent himself (1)______ classes very often and one day (2)______ principal of the college made up his (3)______ to expel him. So he sent for the (4)______ man. Lin arrived just (5)______ the principal was about to go for lunch. "Is this the time to come?" said the principal, sternly.
SubQuestion No : 21

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.

1. from
2. in
3. for
4. to

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.
Lin Piao used to absent himself (1)______ classes very often and one day (2)______ principal of the college made up his (3)______ to expel him. So he sent for the (4)______ man. Lin arrived just (5)______ the principal was about to go for lunch. "Is this the time to come?" said the principal, sternly.
SubQuestion No : 22

Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.

1. a
2. an
3. some
4. the

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.
Lin Piao used to absent himself (1)______ classes very often and one day (2)______ principal of the college made up his (3)______ to expel him. So he sent for the (4)______ man. Lin arrived just (5)______ the principal was about to go for lunch. "Is this the time to come?" said the principal, sternly.
SubQuestion No : 23

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.

1. brain
2. thought
3. mind
4. head

Correct Answer is: 3

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.
Lin Piao used to absent himself (1)______ classes very often and one day (2)______ principal of the college made up his (3)______ to expel him. So he sent for the (4)______ man. Lin arrived just (5)______ the principal was about to go for lunch. "Is this the time to come?" said the principal, sternly.
SubQuestion No : 24

Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.

1. immature
2. young
3. youthful
4. childish

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.
Lin Piao used to absent himself (1)______ classes very often and one day (2)______ principal of the college made up his (3)______ to expel him. So he sent for the (4)______ man. Lin arrived just (5)______ the principal was about to go for lunch. "Is this the time to come?" said the principal, sternly.
SubQuestion No : 25

Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.

1. also
2. why
3. how
4. as

Correct Answer is: 4