SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 05 October-2021 Shift-2 ::GENERAL ENGLISH::

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SSC MTS 2020 EXAM PAPER : Held on 05 October-2021 Shift-2

::GENERAL ENGLISH::

Q.1 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
ZEALOUS

1. Eager
2. Indifferent
3. Anxious
4. Annoyed

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
We would be grateful if you ______ let us know what medicine we should take for this ailment.

1. may
2. could
3. should
4. shall

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.3 Identify the segment in the sentence that contains a grammatical error.
If there had not been such a long queue I could have returned back by 11 am.

1. I could have returned back
2. If there had not been
3. such a long queue
4. by 11 am

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.4 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
This is the ground which is ______ to be the highest cricket ground in the world.

1. cleared
2. considered
3. concealed
4. covered

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’.
The languages he can speak are English, Hindi, Marathi and Kannada.

1. No substitution required
2. is speaking are
3. can speak is
4. will speak are

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.6 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given words.
A person who compiles dictionaries

1. Cartographer
2. Lexicographer
3. Calligrapher
4. Cryptographer

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.7 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Aparna said she was sorry she had ______ to bring the book I had asked for.

1. forgets
2. forgotten
3. forget
4. forgot

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.8 Identify the segment in the sentence that contains a grammatical error.
Will you listen me when I tell you the details?

1. Will you
2. the details
3. listen me
4. when I tell you

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.9 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Keep someone in the loop

1. Make them do exercises regularly
2. Save all their numbers
3. Give them all the information
4. Take good care of them

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.10 Identify the segment in the sentence that contains a grammatical error.
I ordered an online gift for my friend at her birthday.

1. for my friend
2. at her birthday
3. an online gift
4. I ordered

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.11 Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Of the old school

1. School in an old age home
2. School one attended long ago
3. Old fashioned in thought
4. Old dilapidated building

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.12 Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
SLEEK

1. Dull
2. Easy
3. Smooth
4. Flat

Correct Answer is: --

Q.13 Select the MISSPELT word.

1. Territory
2. Fascination
3. Embroidary
4. Interrogation

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.14 Select the MISSPELT word.

1. Clothes
2. Trousers
3. Germent
4. Ironing

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.15 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 club are organising a two-day yoga and meditation camp for beginners.

1. is organising
2. No substitution required
3. can be organising
4. will organised

Correct Answer is: 1

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Q.16 Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
Several peoples’ homes were badly ______ during the floods.

1. drowned
2. damaged
3. drained
4. deluged

Correct Answer is: 2

Q.17 Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If no substitution is required, select ‘No substitution required’.
Once Birbal was forbidden for attending the king’s free lunch.

1. from attending
2. in attending
3. No substitution required
4. to be attending

Correct Answer is: 1

Q.18 Select the most appropriate one-word substitution for the given words.
Cinema show in the afternoon

1. Screening
2. Movie
3. Matinee
4. Film

Correct Answer is: 3

Q.19 Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
LAX

1. Needy
2. Negligent
3. Careful
4. Deprived

Correct Answer is: --

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

1. Anxious
2. Stretchable
3. Worried
4. Relaxed

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.
A poet visited Tenali Raman hoping to impress him with some poems he had written. Raman asked (1)______ to leave the poems with him and promised to read them (2)______. The man, however, insisted on (3)______ out the poems to him. As the poet droned (4)______ Raman fell asleep. When he woke up, the poet asked: “Sir, shall I read the (5)______ again?"
SubQuestion No : 21

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

1. them
2. him
3. her
4. his

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.
A poet visited Tenali Raman hoping to impress him with some poems he had written. Raman asked (1)______ to leave the poems with him and promised to read them (2)______. The man, however, insisted on (3)______ out the poems to him. As the poet droned (4)______ Raman fell asleep. When he woke up, the poet asked: “Sir, shall I read the (5)______ again?"
SubQuestion No : 22

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

1. later
2. lately
3. after
4. next

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.
A poet visited Tenali Raman hoping to impress him with some poems he had written. Raman asked (1)______ to leave the poems with him and promised to read them (2)______. The man, however, insisted on (3)______ out the poems to him. As the poet droned (4)______ Raman fell asleep. When he woke up, the poet asked: “Sir, shall I read the (5)______ again?"
SubQuestion No : 23

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

1. reading
2. rehearsing
3. recounting
4. reciting

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.
A poet visited Tenali Raman hoping to impress him with some poems he had written. Raman asked (1)______ to leave the poems with him and promised to read them (2)______. The man, however, insisted on (3)______ out the poems to him. As the poet droned (4)______ Raman fell asleep. When he woke up, the poet asked: “Sir, shall I read the (5)______ again?"
SubQuestion No : 24

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

1. in
2. out
3. on
4. up

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.
A poet visited Tenali Raman hoping to impress him with some poems he had written. Raman asked (1)______ to leave the poems with him and promised to read them (2)______. The man, however, insisted on (3)______ out the poems to him. As the poet droned (4)______ Raman fell asleep. When he woke up, the poet asked: “Sir, shall I read the (5)______ again?"
SubQuestion No : 25

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

1. pages
2. rhymes
3. poems
4. verses

Correct Answer is: 3