SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 13 October-2021 Shift-3 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 13 October-2021 Shift-3

::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 substitution required’.
Prema’s exceptional good looks always distinguish her from the rest of her sisters.

1. distinguishing
2. No substitution required
3. distinguishes
4. are distinguish

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.2 Select the most appropriate ANT ONYM of the given word.
BRIGHT

1. Colourful
2. Bleak
3. Charming
4. Active

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.3 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Receive
2. Conceive
3. Seive
4. Perceive

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.4 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
A person who knows everything

1. Omnipresent
2. Omniscient
3. Omnipotent
4. Omnivorous

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.5 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A rotten apple

1. A time when things are left to spoil
2. A single bad person or thing in a group
3. A single moment when things change
4. A tree which gives poor produce

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.6 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
Scientific study of mind and behaviour

1. Philosophy
2. Astrology
3. Neurology
4. Psychology

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.7 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’.
The children have been quarrelling all the time, are they?

1. have they
2. haven’t they
3. aren’t they
4. No substitution required

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.8 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Rohit said that he would save me from been scold by father.

1. said that
2. he would
3. save me
4. been scold

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.9 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
INEXPENSIVE

1. Costly
2. Attractive
3. Cheap
4. Unaffordable

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.10 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Giving a false alarm

1. A situation when people ring an alarm bell to frighten everybody just for fun
2. A situation when people wrongly think that something bad is going to happen
3. A situation when people don’t think that something is good and the opposite happens
4. A situation when things go wrong and everything bad happens

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.11 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Both Renu and her sister is very tall and are in the basketball team.

1. in the basketball team
2. is very tall
3. and her sister
4. and are

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.12 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
______ it was snowing we decided to carry on driving in the mountains.

1. However
2. If
3. Unless
4. Though

Correct Answer is: 4

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.’
Aren’t it difficult to drive a car in a crowded city?

1. No substitution required
2. Hasn’t
3. Isn’t
4. Hadn’t

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.14 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
NATIVE

1. Resident
2. Heavenly
3. Free
4. Alien

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.15 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Most countries are now beginning to show a ______ in their economy and there’s a sense of relief.

1. downturn
2. setback
3. growth
4. dismay

Correct Answer is: 3

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Q.16 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
We were not able to watched the movie due to lockdown.

1. able to watched
2. the movie
3. were not
4. due to

Correct Answer is: 1

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

1. Discover
2. Reveal
3. Search
4. Prepare

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.18 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The Registrar informed the candidate that the last date ______ submission of forms was over.

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

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.19 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
My joy knew no ______ when I met my family after five years.

1. pleasure
2. attention
3. sadness
4. bounds

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.20 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Tuition
2. Grammar
3. Defination
4. Allergy

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.
For the past few months Twinkle and Himanshu Kalia have been relentlessly (1)______ to ensure that Covid patients and those suspected to (2)______ reach the hospital by providing them ambulance service. Twinkle and her husband (3)______ drive two of their fleet of 10 private ambulances. Twinkle herself caught the virus (4)______ driving patients to hospitals or funeral grounds. But she did not (5)______ her work and started working once she was fit.
SubQuestion No : 21

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

1. working
2. worked
3. works
4. work

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.
For the past few months Twinkle and Himanshu Kalia have been relentlessly (1)______ to ensure that Covid patients and those suspected to (2)______ reach the hospital by providing them ambulance service. Twinkle and her husband (3)______ drive two of their fleet of 10 private ambulances. Twinkle herself caught the virus (4)______ driving patients to hospitals or funeral grounds. But she did not (5)______ her work and started working once she was fit.
SubQuestion No : 22

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

1. had affected
2. have affected
3. be affected
4. be affect

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.
For the past few months Twinkle and Himanshu Kalia have been relentlessly (1)______ to ensure that Covid patients and those suspected to (2)______ reach the hospital by providing them ambulance service. Twinkle and her husband (3)______ drive two of their fleet of 10 private ambulances. Twinkle herself caught the virus (4)______ driving patients to hospitals or funeral grounds. But she did not (5)______ her work and started working once she was fit.
SubQuestion No : 23

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

1. herself
2. themselves
3. itself
4. ourselves

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.
For the past few months Twinkle and Himanshu Kalia have been relentlessly (1)______ to ensure that Covid patients and those suspected to (2)______ reach the hospital by providing them ambulance service. Twinkle and her husband (3)______ drive two of their fleet of 10 private ambulances. Twinkle herself caught the virus (4)______ driving patients to hospitals or funeral grounds. But she did not (5)______ her work and started working once she was fit.
SubQuestion No : 24

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

1. since
2. for
3. while
4. because

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.
For the past few months Twinkle and Himanshu Kalia have been relentlessly (1)______ to ensure that Covid patients and those suspected to (2)______ reach the hospital by providing them ambulance service. Twinkle and her husband (3)______ drive two of their fleet of 10 private ambulances. Twinkle herself caught the virus (4)______ driving patients to hospitals or funeral grounds. But she did not (5)______ her work and started working once she was fit.
SubQuestion No : 25

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

1. escape
2. redeem
3. continue
4. abandon

Correct Answer is: 4