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SSC MTS 2019 EXAM PAPER : Held on 14 August-2019 Shift-2 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2019 EXAM PAPER : Held on 14 August-2019 Shift-2

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Be on cloud nine
1. To be in a state of extreme happiness
2. To be able to climb higher
3. To dream of clouds
4. To think about something unrealistically

Correct Answer: To be in a state of extreme happiness

Q.2 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The mother as well as her children were brought to the police station for interrogation.
1. her children were brought
2. to the police station
3. for interrogation
4. The mother as well as

Correct Answer: her children were brought

Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct sentence.
I tried to contact her two or three times but ________ time there was no reply.
1. each
2. both
3. all
4. any

Correct Answer: each

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. Section : General English Thomas was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. His wife (1)_______him up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Thomas (2)_______ took his television set (3)______ the table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family (4)______ out of the house. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea waves (5)_____.

Q.4 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.1.
1. wake
2. awake
3. woke
4. awoke

Correct Answer: wake

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. Thomas was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. His wife (1)_______him up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Thomas (2)_______ took his television set (3)______ the table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family (4)______ out of the house. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea waves (5)_____.

Q.5 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.2.
1. exactly
2. faithfully
3. patiently
4. hurriedly

Correct Answer: hurriedly

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. Thomas was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. His wife (1)_______him up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Thomas (2)_______ took his television set (3)______ the table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family (4)______ out of the house. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea waves (5)_____.

Q.6 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.3.
1. of
2. at
3. by
4. off

Correct Answer: off

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. Thomas was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. His wife (1)_______him up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Thomas (2)_______ took his television set (3)______ the table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family (4)______ out of the house. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea waves (5)_____.

Q.7 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.4.
1. pressured
2. rushed
3. driven
4. pressed

Correct Answer: rushed

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. Thomas was the manager of a cooperative society in Katchall. His wife (1)_______him up at 6 a.m. because she felt an earthquake. Thomas (2)_______ took his television set (3)______ the table and put it down on the ground so that it would not fall and break. Then the family (4)______ out of the house. When the tremors stopped, they saw the sea waves (5)_____.

Q.8 Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank No.5.
1. falling
2. growing
3. breaking
4. rising

Correct Answer: rising

Q.9 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
INTEGRATION
1. Separation
2. Unification
3. Segregation
4. Division

Correct Answer: Unification

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 improvement Do you mind to lending me your umbrella ?
1. to lend me
2. lending me
3. No improvement
4. lend me

Correct Answer: lending me

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Q.11 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
The study of human societies and cultures and their development
1. Anthropology
2. Zoology
3. Etymology
4. Physiology

Correct Answer: Anthropology

Q.12 Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
The stage of growth between boyhood and youth
1. Infancy
2. Childhood
3. Adulthood
4. Adolescence

Correct Answer: Adolescence

Q.13 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
he master did not know who of the servants had broken the glass.
1. the glass
2. who of the servants
3. had broken
4. The master did not know

Correct Answer: who of the servants

Q.14 Select the correctly spelt word.
1. Temparary
2. Threshold
3. Temparature
4. Tachnique

Correct Answer: Threshold

Q.15 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
ACCLAIM
1. Censure
2. Praise
3. Blame
4. Criticism

Correct Answer: Praise

Q.16 Select the wrongly spelt word.
1. Journey
2. Condemn
3. Anxiety
4. Dimond

Correct Answer: Dimond

Q.17 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
The idea of Satyagraha ________ the power of truth.
1. impressed
2. emphasized
3. created
4. insisted

Correct Answer: emphasized

Q.18 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement He does not tell lies, doesn’t he ?
1. does he
2. isn’t he
3. No improvement
4. didn’t he

Correct Answer: does he

Q.19 Select the most appropriate antonym of the word.
CURTAIL
1. Reduce
2. Decrease
3. Enlarge
4. lessen

Correct Answer: Enlarge

Q.20 Select the most appropriate word to fill in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
When we talk of ‘globalization’ we often refer to an economic system that has ________ in the last 50 years or so.
1. proceeded
2. emerged
3. derived
4. flowed

Correct Answer: emerged

Q.21 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement Have you ever being by New York?
1. No improvement
2. ever being at
3. ever been to
4. never been with

Correct Answer: ever been to

Q.22 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Give someone the cold shoulder
1. To display superiority
2. To serve cold food
3. To involve in a verbal dispute
4. To ignore someone

Correct Answer: To ignore someone

Q.23 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank and make a grammatically correct sentence. Chris and I play tennis together regularly, but ________ of us can play very well.
1. both
2. either
3. none
4. neither

Correct Answer: neither

Q.24 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
You are not expect to do the work alone.
1. not expect
2. to do
3. work alone
4. You are

Correct Answer: not expect

Q.25 Select the most appropriate antonym of the word.
AMBIGUOUS
1. Strange
2. Uncertain
3. Clear
4. Indefinite

Correct Answer: Clear