SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 18 October-2021 Shift-1 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 18 October-2021 Shift-1

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Q.1 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The weather report ______ the fishermen not to go fishing the next day.

1. announced
2. insisted
3. requested
4. advised

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.2 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’.
We had not explored even a tiny fraction of space even after years of space research.

1. are not
2. No substitution required
3. could not
4. have not

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.3 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
ACQUIRE

1. Gain
2. Collect
3. Disperse
4. Earn

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.4 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 tournament have been cancel.

1. No substitution required
2. has been cancel
3. have been cancelled
4. has been cancelled

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.5 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
At beck and call

1. Try to convince others about something
2. Ready to do everything for someone
3. Signal someone to approach
4. Gain an advantage over someone

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.6 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
Make better

1. Increase
2. Delete
3. Improve
4. Change

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.7 Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
It is one of the best books whom I have ever read.

1. It is one of the
2. best books whom
3. No error
4. I have ever read

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Twenty people were buried alive when the building ______.

1. subsided
2. damaged
3. collapsed
4. shook

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.9 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Bear fruit

1. Be creative
2. Put in hard work
3. Produce positive results
4. Accept the truth

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 
Her later short stories are vastly superior than her earlier ones.

1. superior over
2. superior from
3. superior to
4. superior against

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.11 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
AMPLE

1. Sufficient
2. Narrow
3. Short
4. Meager

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.12 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Precede
2. Persuade
3. Possess
4. Persuit

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.13 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I wonder if the postman ______ today.

1. will have come
2. will come
3. come
4. was coming

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.14 Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Each team were wearing a different coloured dress.

1. wearing a
2. different coloured dress
3. Each team were
4. No error

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.15 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
My brother took us ______ a ride in the nature reserve.

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

Correct Answer is: 3

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Q.16 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
CONCISE

1. Edited
2. Modified
3. Lengthy
4. Brief

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.17 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Cube
2. Cubicle
3. Crust
4. Crystle

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.18 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
EXCITED

1. Thrilled
2. Busy
3. Active
4. Bored

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.19 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
The cry of an owl

1. Squawk
2. Hoot
3. Moo
4. Coo

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.20 Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Every morning a shrill noise wake me up.

1. No error
2. wake me up
3. a shrill noise
4. Every morning

Correct Answer is: 2

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. 
The train came out of the jungle and passed fields of sugarcane and villages of mud huts. Children (1)______ and waved to the train, though (2) ______ was no one in it except Suraj, the guard and the (3) ______ driver. Suraj waved back. Usually he (4) ______ in a field, waving; today, he was (5) ______ on a train.
SubQuestion No : 21

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

1. shouted
2. shout
3. shouts
4. shouting

Correct Answer is: 1

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. 
The train came out of the jungle and passed fields of sugarcane and villages of mud huts. Children (1)______ and waved to the train, though (2) ______ was no one in it except Suraj, the guard and the (3) ______ driver. Suraj waved back. Usually he (4) ______ in a field, waving; today, he was (5) ______ on a train.
SubQuestion No : 22

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

1. that
2. there
3. this
4. here

Correct Answer is: 2

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. 
The train came out of the jungle and passed fields of sugarcane and villages of mud huts. Children (1)______ and waved to the train, though (2) ______ was no one in it except Suraj, the guard and the (3) ______ driver. Suraj waved back. Usually he (4) ______ in a field, waving; today, he was (5) ______ on a train.
SubQuestion No : 23

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

1. pump
2. engine
3. car
4. motor

Correct Answer is: 2

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. 
The train came out of the jungle and passed fields of sugarcane and villages of mud huts. Children (1)______ and waved to the train, though (2) ______ was no one in it except Suraj, the guard and the (3) ______ driver. Suraj waved back. Usually he (4) ______ in a field, waving; today, he was (5) ______ on a train.
SubQuestion No : 24

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

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

Correct Answer is: 3

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the options given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank. 
The train came out of the jungle and passed fields of sugarcane and villages of mud huts. Children (1)______ and waved to the train, though (2) ______ was no one in it except Suraj, the guard and the (3) ______ driver. Suraj waved back. Usually he (4) ______ in a field, waving; today, he was (5) ______ on a train.
SubQuestion No : 25

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

1. definitely
2. absolutely
3. actually
4. frequently

Correct Answer is: 3

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