SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 22 October-2021 Shift-1 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 22 October-2021 Shift-1

::GENERAL ENGLISH::


Q.1 The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
There is no one else in this house; I can feel the presence.

1. in this house
2. There is
3. I can feel the presence
4. no one else

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.2 Select the most appropriate word which means the same as the group of words given.
Overflow or fill an area with excess water, as in a flood

1. Inundate
2. Storm
3. Cover
4. Supersede

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.3 The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
I will join you tomorrow if I will have time.

1. if I
2. will have time
3. you tomorrow
4. I will join

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.4 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. 
ABUSE

1. Terminate
2. Use
3. Close
4. Harm

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. 
Suman and his friend often coming here to read books.

1. often have been coming here
2. are often coming here
3. often are coming here
4. often come here

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.6 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
There is no problem with your bike; it’s in good ______.

1. health
2. condition
3. size
4. conduct

Correct Answer is: 2

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 Sports Committee was asked to give an explanation for dropping the boy into the school team.

1. from
2. in
3. No substitution required
4. away

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.8 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Make out

1. Understand someone or something with difficulty
2. Invent an explanation for something
3. Become friends again with someone
4. Run away from a difficult situation

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.9 Choose the correctly spelt word.

1. Nusence
2. Newsanse
3. Newsence
4. Nuisance

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.10 The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
You look very tired; you would go to bed now.

1. You look
2. to bed now
3. you would go
4. very tired

Correct Answer is: 3

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

1. Reject
2. Stop
3. Permit
4. Disallow

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.12 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Pick and choose

1. Start all over again after a crisis
2. Select only the best from choices
3. Question someone on a topic
4. Start a quarrel or a fight over something

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.13 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
I am sure that there isn’t ______ on this campus now.

1. nobody
2. no one
3. somebody
4. anybody

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.14 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
After many years of ______ the world’s first test tube baby was born in 1978.

1. success
2. experience
3. service
4. research

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.15 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
If you had come to the match yesterday with us, you ______ watching it.

1. had enjoyed
2. would enjoy
3. should have enjoyed
4. would have enjoyed

Correct Answer is: 4

 

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Q.16 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. 
ALIKE

1. Ordinary
2. Similar
3. Same
4. Different

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.17 Choose the correctly spelt word.

1. Illegible
2. Illejible
3. Ilegibel
4. Illijible

Correct Answer is: 1

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

1. Disprove
2. Contest
3. Continue
4. Disclose

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’.
I asked my friend that when would she return from her trip.

1. when she would
2. that when she was returning
3. so when would she
4. No substitution required 

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.20 Select the most appropriate word which means the same as the group of words given.
Move ahead or forward steadily and gradually

1. Forego
2. Parade
3. Forge
4. Forerun

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. 
Today, nearly every Indian has a mobile phone. From the time the first (1)______ was made in India using a mobile phone on July 31, 1995, a lot of (2)______ have taken place in the use of mobile phones in the last twenty-five years or so. The number of mobile phone users is (3)______ to have recorded a growth of three thousand times during this period. Initially, the call rates were expensive and the cost of early devices was high – very few people could (4)______ a mobile phone. However, mobile phone usage has risen sky high because of these reasons: the call rates have fallen (5)______ and smartphones have made the internet accessible in our palms.
SubQuestion No : 21

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

1. part
2. call
3. step
4. piece

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. 
Today, nearly every Indian has a mobile phone. From the time the first (1)______ was made in India using a mobile phone on July 31, 1995, a lot of (2)______ have taken place in the use of mobile phones in the last twenty-five years or so. The number of mobile phone users is (3)______ to have recorded a growth of three thousand times during this period. Initially, the call rates were expensive and the cost of early devices was high – very few people could (4)______ a mobile phone. However, mobile phone usage has risen sky high because of these reasons: the call rates have fallen (5)______ and smartphones have made the internet accessible in our palms.
SubQuestion No : 22

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

1. promotions
2. changes
3. lies
4. facts

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. 
Today, nearly every Indian has a mobile phone. From the time the first (1)______ was made in India using a mobile phone on July 31, 1995, a lot of (2)______ have taken place in the use of mobile phones in the last twenty-five years or so. The number of mobile phone users is (3)______ to have recorded a growth of three thousand times during this period. Initially, the call rates were expensive and the cost of early devices was high – very few people could (4)______ a mobile phone. However, mobile phone usage has risen sky high because of these reasons: the call rates have fallen (5)______ and smartphones have made the internet accessible in our palms.
SubQuestion No : 23

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

1. summed up
2. reported
3. doubted
4. considered

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. 
Today, nearly every Indian has a mobile phone. From the time the first (1)______ was made in India using a mobile phone on July 31, 1995, a lot of (2)______ have taken place in the use of mobile phones in the last twenty-five years or so. The number of mobile phone users is (3)______ to have recorded a growth of three thousand times during this period. Initially, the call rates were expensive and the cost of early devices was high – very few people could (4)______ a mobile phone. However, mobile phone usage has risen sky high because of these reasons: the call rates have fallen (5)______ and smartphones have made the internet accessible in our palms.
SubQuestion No : 24

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

1. afford
2. sell
3. use
4. produce

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. 
Today, nearly every Indian has a mobile phone. From the time the first (1)______ was made in India using a mobile phone on July 31, 1995, a lot of (2)______ have taken place in the use of mobile phones in the last twenty-five years or so. The number of mobile phone users is (3)______ to have recorded a growth of three thousand times during this period. Initially, the call rates were expensive and the cost of early devices was high – very few people could (4)______ a mobile phone. However, mobile phone usage has risen sky high because of these reasons: the call rates have fallen (5)______ and smartphones have made the internet accessible in our palms.
SubQuestion No : 25

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

1. unevenly
2. evenly
3. occasionally
4. drastically

Correct Answer is: 4

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