SSC MTS Tier 1 Previous Year Paper 2019 | General English

 

SSC MTS Exam 2 August Shift 1

1. Select the correctly spelt word.

• Hotiness

• Haughtyness

• Haughtiness

• Hautiness

2. Select the correctly spelt word.

• Gramar

• Gramer

• Grammar

• Grammer

3. Her parents always _______ her in her studies.

• encouraged

• interested

• impressed

• expected

4. antonym of :  FERTILE

• barren

• civilized

• sane

• tough

5. OWS (one word substitution) : One who pretends to be what he is not (like swara bhaskar)

• director

• hypocrite

• creator

• acrobat

6. antonym of : ACUTE

• dark

• clever

• grave

• blunt

7. synonym of : DEEPEN

• soothe

• neutralize

• relieve

• intensify

8. Idiom : "The ball is in one's court"

• to be responsible for further action

• to pass the responsibility to another

• to be fearful of taking any action

• to risk everything in one venture

9. The entry gates were closed _______ we could enter in.

• till

• before

• after

• until

10. Error: I told the tailer to made a newdress for me.

• dress for me

• I told the tailer

• No error

• to made a new

11. Error: The lady standing in the corner is fat.

• corner is fat

• No error

• standing in the

• The lady

12. Sentence Improvement: Please tell the story in a nutshell.

• at a nutshell

• in the nutshell

• in nutshells

• No improvement

13. Sentence Improvement: He did not like the novel, nor I did.

• nor did I

• No improvement

• nor I like it

• nor did I likes it

14. OWS: A place where nuns live and work

• convent

• dormitory

• hostel

• quarter

15. Error: It was not possible for we to understand her.

• for we

• to understand her

• it was not possible

• No error

16. ________ you like some water ?

• Do

• Would

• Shall

• Can

17. Synonym: COURAGE

• meekness

• valour

• humility

• timidity

18. We must start now ________ it will be too late.

• until

• unless

• or

• but

Cloze test: 

Humanity can be (19)_______ as the quality of being human: the peculiar nature (20)_______ man, by which he is distinguished (21)_________ other beings. Being human (22)_________ not mean that an individual possesses humanity. On of the (23)______________ outstanding examples of extraordinary humanity in a human being has been portayed beautifully by Mother Teresa.

19. select the most appropriate option

• define

• defining

• defined

• defines

20. select the most appropriate option

• of

• in 

• at

• to

21. select the most appropriate option

• along

• for

• by

• from

22. select the most appropriate option

• had

• does

• has

• did

23. select the most appropriate option

• more

• many

• most

• much

24. Sentence improvement: The father with his children were expected to attend the function.

• are

• have

• No improvement

• was

25. Idiom : "Bend over backwards"

• to express sudden shock

• to exert a lot of effort towards some end

• to end all activities

• to confess to a crime