SSC MTS Practice Test -2 - SSC MTS / SSC GD MCQ

In the following sentence, a part of the sentence is underlined. Below are given alternatives to the underlined part, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose the option ‘No improvement’.

Q. A thorough examination was made in the painting, to observe the clues for the treasure map. 

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

I could think of nothing else all month: Would they let me go to the Christmas party, or not?
I was cunning. I ___________ the ground. I told my mother about the ___________achievements of Zhenya Ryazanova, for whom the party was being given. I said that Zhenya was doing very well at school, that she was almost top of the class and was always being held up as an example to us. And that she wasn’t just a little girl, but a very serious woman: she was already sixteen.  In short, I didn’t waste any time. And then, one fine morn­ing I was called into the living room and told to stand in front of the big mirror and try on a white dress with a blue sash; I understood that I had won. I would be going to the party. After that, preparations began in____________: I took oil from the icon lamp in Nanny’s room and _____________it on my eyebrows every evening to make them grow thicker in time for the ball; I ____________a corset my older sister had thrown away and then hid it under the mattress; I rehearsed sophisticated poses and enigmatic smiles in front of the mirror. My family expressed surprise. “Why’s Nadya looking so idiotic?” people kept asking. “I suppose she’s at that awkward age. Oh well, she’ll grow out of it.”

Q. I ___________the ground

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

I could think of nothing else all month: Would they let me go to the Christmas party, or not?
I was cunning. I ___________ the ground. I told my mother about the ___________achievements of Zhenya Ryazanova, for whom the party was being given. I said that Zhenya was doing very well at school, that she was almost top of the class and was always being held up as an example to us. And that she wasn’t just a little girl, but a very serious woman: she was already sixteen.  In short, I didn’t waste any time. And then, one fine morn­ing I was called into the living room and told to stand in front of the big mirror and try on a white dress with a blue sash; I understood that I had won. I would be going to the party. After that, preparations began in____________: I took oil from the icon lamp in Nanny’s room and _____________it on my eyebrows every evening to make them grow thicker in time for the ball; I ____________a corset my older sister had thrown away and then hid it under the mattress; I rehearsed sophisticated poses and enigmatic smiles in front of the mirror. My family expressed surprise. “Why’s Nadya looking so idiotic?” people kept asking. “I suppose she’s at that awkward age. Oh well, she’ll grow out of it.”

Q. about the _______achievements

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

I could think of nothing else all month: Would they let me go to the Christmas party, or not?
I was cunning. I ___________ the ground. I told my mother about the ___________achievements of Zhenya Ryazanova, for whom the party was being given. I said that Zhenya was doing very well at school, that she was almost top of the class and was always being held up as an example to us. And that she wasn’t just a little girl, but a very serious woman: she was already sixteen.  In short, I didn’t waste any time. And then, one fine morn­ing I was called into the living room and told to stand in front of the big mirror and try on a white dress with a blue sash; I understood that I had won. I would be going to the party. After that, preparations began in____________: I took oil from the icon lamp in Nanny’s room and _____________it on my eyebrows every evening to make them grow thicker in time for the ball; I ____________a corset my older sister had thrown away and then hid it under the mattress; I rehearsed sophisticated poses and enigmatic smiles in front of the mirror. My family expressed surprise. “Why’s Nadya looking so idiotic?” people kept asking. “I suppose she’s at that awkward age. Oh well, she’ll grow out of it.”

Q. began in __________

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

I could think of nothing else all month: Would they let me go to the Christmas party, or not?
I was cunning. I ___________ the ground. I told my mother about the ___________achievements of Zhenya Ryazanova, for whom the party was being given. I said that Zhenya was doing very well at school, that she was almost top of the class and was always being held up as an example to us. And that she wasn’t just a little girl, but a very serious woman: she was already sixteen.  In short, I didn’t waste any time. And then, one fine morn­ing I was called into the living room and told to stand in front of the big mirror and try on a white dress with a blue sash; I understood that I had won. I would be going to the party. After that, preparations began in____________: I took oil from the icon lamp in Nanny’s room and _____________it on my eyebrows every evening to make them grow thicker in time for the ball; I ____________a corset my older sister had thrown away and then hid it under the mattress; I rehearsed sophisticated poses and enigmatic smiles in front of the mirror. My family expressed surprise. “Why’s Nadya looking so idiotic?” people kept asking. “I suppose she’s at that awkward age. Oh well, she’ll grow out of it.”

Q. Nancy's room and _______it 

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

I could think of nothing else all month: Would they let me go to the Christmas party, or not?
I was cunning. I ___________ the ground. I told my mother about the ___________achievements of Zhenya Ryazanova, for whom the party was being given. I said that Zhenya was doing very well at school, that she was almost top of the class and was always being held up as an example to us. And that she wasn’t just a little girl, but a very serious woman: she was already sixteen.  In short, I didn’t waste any time. And then, one fine morn­ing I was called into the living room and told to stand in front of the big mirror and try on a white dress with a blue sash; I understood that I had won. I would be going to the party. After that, preparations began in____________: I took oil from the icon lamp in Nanny’s room and _____________it on my eyebrows every evening to make them grow thicker in time for the ball; I ____________a corset my older sister had thrown away and then hid it under the mattress; I rehearsed sophisticated poses and enigmatic smiles in front of the mirror. My family expressed surprise. “Why’s Nadya looking so idiotic?” people kept asking. “I suppose she’s at that awkward age. Oh well, she’ll grow out of it.”

Q. I ________a corset

Choose the word SIMILAR in meaning to the given word.

Knave

Choose the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the given word.

Extenuating

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute for the phrase.

Extreme fear of heights.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute for the phrase.

Q. Someone who is incapable of making any mistakes.

GIven below are some alternatives which may be used to improve the sentence by replacing the words in underline. You may choose one out of options 1,2,3, and 4. 

Q. I have no respect for the cannons which do not allow poors to enter the temples. 

GIven below are some alternatives which may be used to improve the sentence by replacing the words in underline. You may choose one out of options 1,2,3, and 4. 

Q. Raju was under the allusion that Babu will lend him money

GIven below are some alternatives which may be used to improve the sentence by replacing the words in underline. You may choose one out of options 1,2,3, and 4. 

Q. The Triple Talaq bill has yet to obtain Rajya Sabha's ascent.

GIven below are some alternatives which may be used to improve the sentence by replacing the words in underline. You may choose one out of options 1,2,3, and 4. 

Q. India and Pakistan should work for an amiable settlement of the border problem.

In the following sentence, three words or phrases have been in underline. One underline part in the sentence is not acceptable in Standard English. Choose the inappropriate word. If there are no errors in the underline parts, mark (4) i.e. ‘No error’ as the answer.

Q. The students have been asked to illicit on the psychological emotions portrayed in the novel at the climax.

In the following sentence, three words or phrases have been in underline. One underline part in the sentence is not acceptable in Standard English. Choose the inappropriate word. If there are no errors in the underline parts, mark (4) i.e. ‘No error’ as the answer.

Q. The woman was punished for transgresion and shamed in front of the whole city.

In the following question, a word has been written in 4 different ways out of which only one correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

In the following question, a word has been written in 4 different ways out of which only one correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

The following sentences form a paragraph.They are numbered as P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in correct order.

P. He is known to have taken up many reforms during his era. 
Q. Alauddin Khalji, who was one of the greatest rulers of the Delhi Sultanate, ruled between 1296 and 1316 A.D. 
R. Alauddin successfully employed a policy of market control in which the price of every single item was fixed.
S. Of those, one thing, which stands out, is the market control policy.

The following sentences form a paragraph.They are numbered as P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentences and choose the alternative that arranges them in correct order.

P. Egoism is a pathological by-product of modern reason, a rationally evaluated perspective for which the only entity in the world that matters is one’s own self. 
Q. If it extends and encompasses several persons, then we have communitarian egoism.
R. All other persons are entirely worthless, without any value. And it comes in two forms.
S. If the self coincides with one person, we obtain individual egoism. 

The question below consists of a set of labeled parts. Out of the options given, select the most logical order of the parts to form a coherent sentence.

A. on social media, 
B. personality gets amplified 
C. a politically aligned 
D. in an exponential manner
E. a deliberate lie by 

The question below consists of a set of labeled parts. Out of the options given, select the most logical order of the parts to form a coherent sentence.

A. the central themes of 
B. the multiple attacks from social media
C. accuracy and fairness are 
D. to uphold these principles despite 
E. journalism, and legacy media tries 

Direction: In the question below are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I, and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusion logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

Statements:
All Toffee are Sweets.
Some Biscuit are Sweets.

Conclusions:
I. Some Sweets are Toffee.
II. No Toffee is Biscuit.

In the following question, select the number which can be placed at the sign of question mark ? From the given alternatives.

In a certain code language, "SUN" is written as "54" and "PUT" is written as "57". How is "CAT" written in that code language?

If in a coded language ADEQUATE is coded as CGJXWDYL. How is then BENJAMIN coded as?

In the following question, select the missing number from the given series.

125, 136, 148, 161, 175, ?