SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 20 October-2021 Shift-3 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 20 October-2021 Shift-3

::GENERAL ENGLISH::


Q.1 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
The cry of a goat

1. Bleat
2. Bray
3. Croak
4. Yelp

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.2 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Bear the brunt

1. Be first to try something
2. Confront a powerful rival
3. Know what is going on
4. Suffer the worst of something

Correct Answer is: 4

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

1. Sufficient
2. Lush
3. Plenty
4. Scant

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.4 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Preferance
2. Predict
3. Preface
4. Predominant

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’.
The workers has called up the strike.

1. has called off
2. No substitution required
3. have called up
4. have called off

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.6 Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
One of the apples that you have picked up are rotten.

1. that you have picked up
2. No error
3. are rotten
4. One of the apples

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.7 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Behind closed doors

1. Do something alone
2. Be in prison
3. Be away from others
4. Do something secretly

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
In the morning I leave my house ______ eight o'clock.

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

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.9 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
DISTANT

1. Remote
2. Removed
3. Isolated
4. Near

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.10 Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Hundred and fifty rupees seem a high price for this little vase.

1. seem a high price
2. for this little vase
3. No error
4. Hundred and fifty rupees

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.11 Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
This is one trip whom I will never forget.

1. No error
2. This is one trip
3. never forget
4. whom I will

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.12 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I am sure that my seeds ______ by next week

1. are growing
2. will grow
3. grow
4. grew

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.13 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
Rub out writing

1. Erase
2. Abolish
3. Break
4. Demolish

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.14 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 
The accused has been tortured before he was brought to the court.

1. was being tortured
2. has tortured
3. had tortured
4. had been tortured

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.15 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. Multiple
2. Murmur
3. Muddel
4. Mumble

Correct Answer is: 3

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

1. Block
2. Allow
3. Open
4. Push

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.17 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Millions of people ______ during the acute famine of Odisha.

1. hungered
2. starved
3. damaged
4. collapsed

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.18 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The trek manager ______ that the trekkers rest for a while before the climb.

1. insisted
2. informed
3. told
4. warned

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.19 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 game of cricket is governed by strict laws like other sports where there are merely rules.

1. unlike
2. such like
3. No substitution required
4. quite like

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.20 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
ELEGANT

1. Graceful
2. Intelligent
3. Common
4. Rough

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. 
Suraj waved to a passing train, and kept waving (1)______ only the spiralling smoke remained. He (2)______ waving to trains. He wondered (3)______ the people in them, and about (4)______ they were going and what it (5)______ be like there. And when the train had passed, Suraj was lonely.
SubQuestion No : 21

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

1. while
2. when
3. until
4. after

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. 
Suraj waved to a passing train, and kept waving (1)______ only the spiralling smoke remained. He (2)______ waving to trains. He wondered (3)______ the people in them, and about (4)______ they were going and what it (5)______ be like there. And when the train had passed, Suraj was lonely.
SubQuestion No : 22

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

1. liked
2. likes
3. is liking
4. was liking

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. 
Suraj waved to a passing train, and kept waving (1)______ only the spiralling smoke remained. He (2)______ waving to trains. He wondered (3)______ the people in them, and about (4)______ they were going and what it (5)______ be like there. And when the train had passed, Suraj was lonely.
SubQuestion No : 23

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

1. of
2. about
3. for
4. to

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. 
Suraj waved to a passing train, and kept waving (1)______ only the spiralling smoke remained. He (2)______ waving to trains. He wondered (3)______ the people in them, and about (4)______ they were going and what it (5)______ be like there. And when the train had passed, Suraj was lonely.
SubQuestion No : 24

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

1. where
2. why
3. how
4. when

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. 
Suraj waved to a passing train, and kept waving (1)______ only the spiralling smoke remained. He (2)______ waving to trains. He wondered (3)______ the people in them, and about (4)______ they were going and what it (5)______ be like there. And when the train had passed, Suraj was lonely.
SubQuestion No : 25

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

1. should
2. would
3. can
4. will

Correct Answer is: 2

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