SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 27 October-2021 Shift-1 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 27 October-2021 Shift-1

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
If you damage the property of others you are under a legal ______ to pay for the repairs.

1. obligation
2. acknowledgement
3. requirement
4. appreciation

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.2 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Make no bones about something

1. Insist on buying only boneless mutton
2. Be frank and open about something
3. Be fussy about bones in one’s soup
4. Take care of one’s health

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.3 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To take for granted

1. To get a scholarship and assignment easily
2. To apply for a loan with low rates of interest
3. To accept without question or objection
4. To accept a sponsorship without much fuss

Correct Answer is: 3

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

1. hatred
2. faithfulness
3. dislike
4. pleasure

Correct Answer is: 2

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’.
While driving down, Girish having to apply for official permission to cross the two states.

1. have to apply
2. had to apply
3. No substitution required
4. had applying

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.6 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
HOPE

1. promise
2. faith
3. trust
4. despair

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.7 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people

1. Vagabond
2. Recluse
3. Guru
4. Saint

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.8 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. objective
2. opportunity
3. explaination
4. contextual

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.9 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
By the way, will you taught me how to speak in English?

1. in English
2. will you taught me
3. how to speak
4. By the way

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.10 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’.
Mani will carry the bundle of clothes in a bucket to dry them out in the sun every day.

1. carries
2. No substitution required
3. carry
4. have carried

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.11 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
As soon the ceremony was over, the champions would walk in a majestic procession.

1. As soon the ceremony was over
2. in a majestic procession
3. would walk
4. the champions

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.12 Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

1. refrigerator
2. talevision
3. machine
4. vacuum-cleaner

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.13 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I completed my learner’s driving test last week. When am I going to get my ______ license?

1. constant
2. permanent
3. final
4. lasting

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.14 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
OMINOUS

1. threatening
2. promising
3. capable
4. favourable

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.15 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
After a long and tiring day, Lata said she was completely ______.

1. exhaust
2. exhausts
3. exhausted
4. exhausting

Correct Answer is: 3

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Q.16 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given group of words.
The study of the origin and meanings of words

1. Embryology
2. Etymology
3. Entomology
4. Epistemology

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.17 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
BARREN

1. fertile
2. empty
3. vacant
4. clear

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.18 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 Principal is going to meeting the senior classes tomorrow.

1. gone to meet
2. going to have met
3. going to meet
4. No substitution required

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.19 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The human brain regulates and coordinates all the voluntary and involuntary moves ______ we make.

1. what
2. whichever
3. whatever
4. which

Correct Answer is: 4

Q.20 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Asking for and giving informations is an important feature of conversations.

1. giving informations
2. feature of conversations
3. is an important
4. Asking for and

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.
The radio was already on. The radio comes (1)______ automatically at 7 o'clock to wake me (2)______. I looked at the clock. (3)______ was already ten past seven. I had to get up quickly. I went into the shower, and I could (4)______ the news on the radio. I couldn't hear it very well, but there was a story on the news about an elephant that had (5)______ from a local circus.
SubQuestion No : 21

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

1. in
2. of
3. on
4. off

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.
The radio was already on. The radio comes (1)______ automatically at 7 o'clock to wake me (2)______. I looked at the clock. (3)______ was already ten past seven. I had to get up quickly. I went into the shower, and I could (4)______ the news on the radio. I couldn't hear it very well, but there was a story on the news about an elephant that had (5)______ from a local circus.
SubQuestion No : 22

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

1. out
2. over
3. at
4. up

Correct Answer is: 4

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.
The radio was already on. The radio comes (1)______ automatically at 7 o'clock to wake me (2)______. I looked at the clock. (3)______ was already ten past seven. I had to get up quickly. I went into the shower, and I could (4)______ the news on the radio. I couldn't hear it very well, but there was a story on the news about an elephant that had (5)______ from a local circus.
SubQuestion No : 23

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

1. That
2. What
3. It
4. Which

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.
The radio was already on. The radio comes (1)______ automatically at 7 o'clock to wake me (2)______. I looked at the clock. (3)______ was already ten past seven. I had to get up quickly. I went into the shower, and I could (4)______ the news on the radio. I couldn't hear it very well, but there was a story on the news about an elephant that had (5)______ from a local circus.
SubQuestion No : 24

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

1. heard
2. hear
3. listen
4. listened

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.
The radio was already on. The radio comes (1)______ automatically at 7 o'clock to wake me (2)______. I looked at the clock. (3)______ was already ten past seven. I had to get up quickly. I went into the shower, and I could (4)______ the news on the radio. I couldn't hear it very well, but there was a story on the news about an elephant that had (5)______ from a local circus.
SubQuestion No : 25

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

1. captured
2. escaped
3. absconded
4. released

Correct Answer is: 2