SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 18 October-2021 Shift-3 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 18 October-2021 Shift-3

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
Gopi’s father asked him not stay out late again.

1. Gopi’s father
2. not stay out
3. late again
4. asked him

Correct Answer is: 2

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

1. End
2. Include
3. Open
4. Exclude

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.3 The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
“You can meet me always you like,” our teacher told us.

1. our teacher told us
2. me always
3. You can meet
4. you like

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.4 Select the most appropriate word which means the same as the group of words given.
Something that is given to counter the effect of poison

1. Antidote
2. Antibiotic
3. Medicine
4. Artichoke

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Let us go to the museum, ______?

1. do we
2. don’t we
3. will we
4. shall we

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Don’t forget post these letters.

1. in posting
2. to post
3. to posting
4. posted

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.7 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
AGREE

1. Distance
2. Support
3. Question
4. Oppose

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.8 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’.
If the world was to end tomorrow why would you spend your day today?

1. when would
2. how would
3. what would
4. No substitution required

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.9 The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
The man whose sitting at the corner table is my uncle.

1. whose sitting
2. is my uncle
3. at the corner table
4. The man

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.10 Choose the correctly spelt word.

1. Sandwish
2. Sandwich
3. Sandwitch
4. Standwich

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.11 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I had to go to the ATM ______ some money.

1. by getting
2. to get
3. to getting
4. for to get

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.12 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 is many food for all of us.

1. is enough food
2. No substitution required
3. are much food
4. are plenty foods

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.13 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Carry on

1. Continue doing something
2. Throw something away
3. Take someone or something away
4. Put something into action

Correct Answer is: 1

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

1. Different
2. Easier
3. Indifferent
4. Loveable

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.15 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Fall for

1. To be supported by
2. To be tricked or fooled by
3. To invite someone
4. To fall down and injure oneself

Correct Answer is: 2

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Q.16 Choose the correctly spelt word.

1. Disendant
2. Decendent
3. Desendent
4. Descendant

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.17 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The workers who returned ______ during the lockdown did not go back to work.

1. hope
2. house
3. office
4. home

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.18 Select the most appropriate word which means the same as the group of words given.
Breathe hard and with difficulty

1. Pant
2. Cough
3. Strangle
4. Choke

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.19 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
OBSTRUCTION

1. Guesswork
2. Construction
3. Destruction
4. Hindrance

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.20 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
Until recently, the village women ______ water from common wells or hand pumps, but now they have water taps.

1. sold
2. fetched
3. bought
4. threw

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.
According to a news report, a former captain of the Indian wheelchair cricket team has now been forced to (1)______ as a labourer to support his family. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, the children he used to (2)______ earlier have stopped coming to him for a few months. Their parents said there was no money to pay for their (3)______. Before the lockdown, he was giving coaching to wheelchair-bound children who were (4)______ in playing cricket. The coach has now returned to his village where his old parents live. He said to the reporter who interviewed him, “These are difficult times, but I know I will be able to (5)______ them,” with a smile on his face.
SubQuestion No : 21

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

1. supervise
2. work
3. employ
4. serve

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.
According to a news report, a former captain of the Indian wheelchair cricket team has now been forced to (1)______ as a labourer to support his family. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, the children he used to (2)______ earlier have stopped coming to him for a few months. Their parents said there was no money to pay for their (3)______. Before the lockdown, he was giving coaching to wheelchair-bound children who were (4)______ in playing cricket. The coach has now returned to his village where his old parents live. He said to the reporter who interviewed him, “These are difficult times, but I know I will be able to (5)______ them,” with a smile on his face.
SubQuestion No : 22

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

1. coach
2. learn
3. teach
4. study

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.
According to a news report, a former captain of the Indian wheelchair cricket team has now been forced to (1)______ as a labourer to support his family. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, the children he used to (2)______ earlier have stopped coming to him for a few months. Their parents said there was no money to pay for their (3)______. Before the lockdown, he was giving coaching to wheelchair-bound children who were (4)______ in playing cricket. The coach has now returned to his village where his old parents live. He said to the reporter who interviewed him, “These are difficult times, but I know I will be able to (5)______ them,” with a smile on his face.
SubQuestion No : 23

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

1. employment
2. training
3. schooling
4. studies

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.
According to a news report, a former captain of the Indian wheelchair cricket team has now been forced to (1)______ as a labourer to support his family. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, the children he used to (2)______ earlier have stopped coming to him for a few months. Their parents said there was no money to pay for their (3)______. Before the lockdown, he was giving coaching to wheelchair-bound children who were (4)______ in playing cricket. The coach has now returned to his village where his old parents live. He said to the reporter who interviewed him, “These are difficult times, but I know I will be able to (5)______ them,” with a smile on his face.
SubQuestion No : 24

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

1. interested
2. encouraged
3. forced
4. asked

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.
According to a news report, a former captain of the Indian wheelchair cricket team has now been forced to (1)______ as a labourer to support his family. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown, the children he used to (2)______ earlier have stopped coming to him for a few months. Their parents said there was no money to pay for their (3)______. Before the lockdown, he was giving coaching to wheelchair-bound children who were (4)______ in playing cricket. The coach has now returned to his village where his old parents live. He said to the reporter who interviewed him, “These are difficult times, but I know I will be able to (5)______ them,” with a smile on his face.
SubQuestion No : 25

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

1. lose
2. overcome
3. excel
4. win

Correct Answer is: 2