SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 26 October-2021 Shift-1
::GENERAL ENGLISH::
Q.1 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blank.
The pen I ______ five years ago is still writing well.
1. have bought
2. bought
3. has bought
4. buy
Correct Answer is: 1
Q.2 Select the most appropriate word which means the same as the group of words given.
Force someone through fear to do or not to do something
1. Intimidate
2. Control
3. Subjugate
4. Murder
Correct Answer is: 3
Q.3 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Play safe
1. Avoid risks and take precautions
2. Do something following rules
3. Play a game steadily
4. Play a game without getting hurt
Correct Answer is: 1
Q.4 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Feel the pinch
1. Maintain total silence
2. Be in an agitated state of mind
3. Listen carefully
4. Face financial difficulties
Correct Answer is: 4
Q.5 Choose the correctly spelt word.
1. Readiater
2. Radieter
3. Redieter
4. Radiator
Correct Answer is: 4
Q.6 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’.
Anshima was too exhausted to continue the race.
1. much exhausted to
2. No substitution required
3. too exhausted for
4. so exhausted to
Correct Answer is: 2
Q.7 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
One of the rooms in the new house had not yet been completed.
1. is not yet been completed
2. are not yet been completed
3. has not yet been
4. have not yet been
Correct Answer is: 3
Q.8 The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
While he was running along the garden path, he has tripped over a big stone.
1. While he was running
2. long the garden path
3. he has tripped
4. over a big stone
Correct Answer is: 3
Q.9 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The development of solar energy is of ______ interest, as it is a possible substitute for oil.
1. compound
2. usual
3. global
4. simple
Correct Answer is: 3
Q.10 Select the most appropriate word which means the same as the group of words given.
A shortage of vitamins, minerals, etc. needed for good health
1. Deficiency
2. Nutrition
3. Defect
4. Disease
Correct Answer is: 1
Q.11 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
BARRIER
1. Advocate
2. Obstacle
3. Hindrance
4. Opening
Correct Answer is: 4
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’.
Anant went to the park every evening to exercise at his friends.
1. in exercising between
2. to exercise with
3. No substitution required
4. on exercise along
Correct Answer is: 2
Q.13 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
CLEAR
1. Doubt
2. Open
3. Dim
4. Known
Correct Answer is: 1
Q.14 Choose the correctly spelt word.
1. Saround
2. Surround
3. Sarrrund
4. Surrond
Correct Answer is: 2
Q.15 The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
My sister prefers tea than coffee in the afternoon after lunch.
1. tea than coffee
2. in the afternoon
3. after lunch
4. My sister prefers
Correct Answer is: 1
Q.16 The given sentence contains a grammatical error. Identify the segment that contains the error.
If I am you, I wouldn’t take the risk of going to the market.
1. the risk of
2. If I am you
3. I wouldn’t take
4. going to the market
Correct Answer is: 2
Q.17 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank.
The ______ of an atom of oxygen is different from that of an atom of hydrogen.
1. value
2. procedure
3. structure
4. position
Correct Answer is: 3
Q.18 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
BANISH
1. Paint
2. Scrape
3. Exile
4. Invent
Correct Answer is: --
Q.19 Select the most appropriate words to fill in the blank.
The effects of the fuel price hike ______ severely even now.
1. were being felt
2. are being felt
3. has been felt
4. is being felt
Correct Answer is: 3
Q.20 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
DISCOVER
1. Shut
2. Close
3. Find
4. Search
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 mobile phone that you have may be called “the little computer”. Do you know why? It has been claimed that it is thousands of times more powerful (1)______ the computers that powered NASA’s moon missions in the 1960s. Thus, the present-day smart phones are much (2)______ but more powerful than the computers of about sixty years ago. Now a standard smart phone has (3)______ replaced computers for many households because many internet services are now (4)______ on the smart phone. In its early years, mobile internet was (5)______ used only for email. Moreover, monthly data use per subscriber had risen from 2.7 GB in 2016 to 10.4 GB in 2019, but data prices had fallen from `152 per GB to a mere ten rupees during the same period.
SubQuestion No : 21
Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 1.
1. for
2. than
3. from
4. then
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 mobile phone that you have may be called “the little computer”. Do you know why? It has been claimed that it is thousands of times more powerful (1)______ the computers that powered NASA’s moon missions in the 1960s. Thus, the present-day smart phones are much (2)______ but more powerful than the computers of about sixty years ago. Now a standard smart phone has (3)______ replaced computers for many households because many internet services are now (4)______ on the smart phone. In its early years, mobile internet was (5)______ used only for email. Moreover, monthly data use per subscriber had risen from 2.7 GB in 2016 to 10.4 GB in 2019, but data prices had fallen from `152 per GB to a mere ten rupees during the same period.
SubQuestion No : 22
Q.22 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 2.
1. harder
2. sharper
3. smaller
4. bigger
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 mobile phone that you have may be called “the little computer”. Do you know why? It has been claimed that it is thousands of times more powerful (1)______ the computers that powered NASA’s moon missions in the 1960s. Thus, the present-day smart phones are much (2)______ but more powerful than the computers of about sixty years ago. Now a standard smart phone has (3)______ replaced computers for many households because many internet services are now (4)______ on the smart phone. In its early years, mobile internet was (5)______ used only for email. Moreover, monthly data use per subscriber had risen from 2.7 GB in 2016 to 10.4 GB in 2019, but data prices had fallen from `152 per GB to a mere ten rupees during the same period.
SubQuestion No : 23
Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 3.
1. effectively
2. faithfully
3. productively
4. predictably
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 mobile phone that you have may be called “the little computer”. Do you know why? It has been claimed that it is thousands of times more powerful (1)______ the computers that powered NASA’s moon missions in the 1960s. Thus, the present-day smart phones are much (2)______ but more powerful than the computers of about sixty years ago. Now a standard smart phone has (3)______ replaced computers for many households because many internet services are now (4)______ on the smart phone. In its early years, mobile internet was (5)______ used only for email. Moreover, monthly data use per subscriber had risen from 2.7 GB in 2016 to 10.4 GB in 2019, but data prices had fallen from `152 per GB to a mere ten rupees during the same period.
SubQuestion No : 24
Q.24 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.
1. unavailable
2. accessible
3. inaccessible
4. expensive
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 mobile phone that you have may be called “the little computer”. Do you know why? It has been claimed that it is thousands of times more powerful (1)______ the computers that powered NASA’s moon missions in the 1960s. Thus, the present-day smart phones are much (2)______ but more powerful than the computers of about sixty years ago. Now a standard smart phone has (3)______ replaced computers for many households because many internet services are now (4)______ on the smart phone. In its early years, mobile internet was (5)______ used only for email. Moreover, monthly data use per subscriber had risen from 2.7 GB in 2016 to 10.4 GB in 2019, but data prices had fallen from `152 per GB to a mere ten rupees during the same period.
SubQuestion No : 25
Q.25 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.
1. efficiently
2. primarily
3. importantly
4. secondarily
Correct Answer is: 2
