SSC MTS Exam - 2023
General English Test Questions
TEST -18
Date : 15/05/2023
Marks: 25 Marks Time:30 Minutes
1. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Give someone a taste of their own medicine
A. Sell something back to someone
B. Mistreat someone in the same way they have treated others
C. Show someone their faults
D. Make fun of someone
2. The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that
contains a grammatical error.
Uttar Pradesh / accounts for about 16 per cent / of the / country population.
A. of the
B. country population
C. Uttar Pradesh
D. accounts for about 16 per cent
3. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
We are ______ to the true legacy of humanism, and we must never forget this.
A. Heirs
B. Hair
C. Hares
D. Here
4. Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain
an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find
any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
You have to understood what normal political rhetoric looks like.
A. understood what normal
B. political rhetoric looks like
C. No error
D. You have to
5. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
Community leaders were baffled by the sudden arrival of the President.
A. flustered
B. composed
C. thwarted
D. confused
6. Select the option that rectifies the incorrectly spelt words in the given sentence.
Our webcite is no longer avaialbale to the users.
A. Our webcite is no longer available to the users.
B. Our websight is no longer availbale to the users.
C. Our website no longer available to the users.
D. Our website is no longer availbale to the users.
7. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case
no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
I has no doubts that there is a lesson which stands to be learnt from Alice's misfortune.
A. have no doubt that there is a lesson
B. have had no doubts that their is a lesson
C. am having no doubts that there are a lesson
D. No improvement required
8. Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
He was on cloud nine after passing the test.
A. Very depressed
B. Very happy
C. Not educated
D. Busy at work
9. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any
error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Discrimination at the basis / of gender is not / acceptable in this office.
A. of gender is not
B. acceptable in this office
C. No error
D. Discrimination at the basis
10. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no
improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.
Viren examined careful all the possibilities of data theft.
A. carefully examined
B. No improvement required
C. examine careful
D. careful examined
11. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The RTE Act bears many similarities to the US's No Child Left Behind Act, ______ school accountability, assessment standards and teacher training.
A. startling
B. responding
C. including
D. concluding
12. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
I think it is quite ______ that your parents still hold hands.
A. adorable
B. adorably
C. adore
D. adores
13. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Slim
A. Flashy
B. Rosy
C. Skinny
D. Moody
14. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the sentence. In case no
improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.
You are not supposed to touch these books.
A. off touching these
B. No improvement required
C. on touched that
D. to touch this
15. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Sporadic
A. Infrequent
B. Ample
C. Methodical
D. Regular
16. Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of
words.
A game in which no one wins
A. Hung
B. Lapse
C. Null
D. Draw
17. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Evident
A. Obvious
B. Distinct
C. Hidden
D. Apparent
18. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case
no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
The district woken up to a thick blanket of snow this morning as the winter entered its
most bitter phase.
A. wake up to a
B. No improvement required
C. awaken up to an
D. woke up to a
19. Select the correctly spelt word.
A. Beneficial
B. Benificial
C. Beneifical
D. Benificail
20. Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case
no improvement is needed, select ‘No improvement required’.
The community members as well as teachers are presently into the bus station.
A. are presently on
B. are present at
C. No improvement required
D. is present at
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and
select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon
as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut, (2) ______ last in the village, they realised that the
wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks
left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow and the road was only (4)
______ by the fact that it was higher than the rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow
over the fields and the line where sky and earth met could not be (5) ______.
SubQuestion No : 21
21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
A. when
B. we’re
C. where
D. what
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and
select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon
as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut, (2) ______ last in the village, they realised that the
wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks
left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow and the road was only (4)
______ by the fact that it was higher than the rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow
over the fields and the line where sky and earth met could not be (5) ______.
SubQuestion No : 22
22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.
A. an
B. the
C. one
D. a
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and
select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon
as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut, (2) ______ last in the village, they realised that the
wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks
left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow and the road was only (4)
______ by the fact that it was higher than the rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow
over the fields and the line where sky and earth met could not be (5) ______.
SubQuestion No : 23
23. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3.
A. exposed
B. highlighted
C. covered
D. made
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and
select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon
as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut, (2) ______ last in the village, they realised that the
wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks
left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow and the road was only (4)
______ by the fact that it was higher than the rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow
over the fields and the line where sky and earth met could not be (5) ______.
SubQuestion No : 24
24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.
A. anguished
B. distinguished
C. crushed
D. extinguished
Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and
select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon
as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut, (2) ______ last in the village, they realised that the
wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks
left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow and the road was only (4)
______ by the fact that it was higher than the rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow
over the fields and the line where sky and earth met could not be (5) ______.
SubQuestion No : 25
25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.
A. seen
B. seeing
C. saw
D. see
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