SSC MTS Previous Year Question Papers (9 Aug 2019) Shift 2 | SSC MTS Mock Test Series 2025 - SSC MTS / SSC GD PDF Download

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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word to ?ll in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
His old car ______ on the highway.
Ans
1. broke down
2. broke out
3. broke in
4. broke up
Question ID : 2390871796
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
The driver of the car probably holds the key to ______ the crime.
Ans
1. solved
2. solving
3. solution
4. solves
Question ID : 2390871784
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
You are sure to _____ if you don’t keep to the path.
Ans
1. get lost
2. got lose
3. get lose
4. got lost
Question ID : 2390871783
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Section : General English
Q.4 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'.
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word to ?ll in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
His old car ______ on the highway.
Ans
1. broke down
2. broke out
3. broke in
4. broke up
Question ID : 2390871796
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
The driver of the car probably holds the key to ______ the crime.
Ans
1. solved
2. solving
3. solution
4. solves
Question ID : 2390871784
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
You are sure to _____ if you don’t keep to the path.
Ans
1. get lost
2. got lose
3. get lose
4. got lost
Question ID : 2390871783
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Section : General English
Q.4 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'.
For the past six months, she is searching for a job.
Ans
1. has been searching
2. had been searching
3. has searching
4. No substitution required
Question ID : 2390871776
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.5 Select the correctly spelt word.
Ans
1. Lubrisent
2. Lubricant
3. Lubrecant
4. Lubricent
Question ID : 2390871793
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.6 Select the meaning of the given idiom.
All and sundry
Ans
1. All eager
2. By all means
3. All included
4. All in agreement
Question ID : 2390871790
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.7 Select the synonym of the given word.
Remember
Ans
1. Review
2. Retell
3. Reign
4. Recall
Question ID : 2390871786
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.8 Select the meaning of the given idiom.
Chip off the old block
Ans
1. Having interest in antique furniture
2. Looking after parents
3. Resembling parents
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word to ?ll in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
His old car ______ on the highway.
Ans
1. broke down
2. broke out
3. broke in
4. broke up
Question ID : 2390871796
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
The driver of the car probably holds the key to ______ the crime.
Ans
1. solved
2. solving
3. solution
4. solves
Question ID : 2390871784
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
You are sure to _____ if you don’t keep to the path.
Ans
1. get lost
2. got lose
3. get lose
4. got lost
Question ID : 2390871783
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Section : General English
Q.4 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'.
For the past six months, she is searching for a job.
Ans
1. has been searching
2. had been searching
3. has searching
4. No substitution required
Question ID : 2390871776
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.5 Select the correctly spelt word.
Ans
1. Lubrisent
2. Lubricant
3. Lubrecant
4. Lubricent
Question ID : 2390871793
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.6 Select the meaning of the given idiom.
All and sundry
Ans
1. All eager
2. By all means
3. All included
4. All in agreement
Question ID : 2390871790
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.7 Select the synonym of the given word.
Remember
Ans
1. Review
2. Retell
3. Reign
4. Recall
Question ID : 2390871786
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.8 Select the meaning of the given idiom.
Chip off the old block
Ans
1. Having interest in antique furniture
2. Looking after parents
3. Resembling parents
4. Having old fashioned values
Question ID : 2390871789
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 9
Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.1.
Ans
1. an
2. the
3. one
4. a
Question ID : 2390871778
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 10
Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.2.
Ans
1. access
2. assess
3. ascent
4. assent
Question ID : 2390871779
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word to ?ll in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
His old car ______ on the highway.
Ans
1. broke down
2. broke out
3. broke in
4. broke up
Question ID : 2390871796
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
The driver of the car probably holds the key to ______ the crime.
Ans
1. solved
2. solving
3. solution
4. solves
Question ID : 2390871784
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
You are sure to _____ if you don’t keep to the path.
Ans
1. get lost
2. got lose
3. get lose
4. got lost
Question ID : 2390871783
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Section : General English
Q.4 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'.
For the past six months, she is searching for a job.
Ans
1. has been searching
2. had been searching
3. has searching
4. No substitution required
Question ID : 2390871776
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.5 Select the correctly spelt word.
Ans
1. Lubrisent
2. Lubricant
3. Lubrecant
4. Lubricent
Question ID : 2390871793
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.6 Select the meaning of the given idiom.
All and sundry
Ans
1. All eager
2. By all means
3. All included
4. All in agreement
Question ID : 2390871790
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.7 Select the synonym of the given word.
Remember
Ans
1. Review
2. Retell
3. Reign
4. Recall
Question ID : 2390871786
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.8 Select the meaning of the given idiom.
Chip off the old block
Ans
1. Having interest in antique furniture
2. Looking after parents
3. Resembling parents
4. Having old fashioned values
Question ID : 2390871789
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 9
Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.1.
Ans
1. an
2. the
3. one
4. a
Question ID : 2390871778
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 10
Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.2.
Ans
1. access
2. assess
3. ascent
4. assent
Question ID : 2390871779
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 11
Q.11 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.3.
Ans
1. grew
2. raised
3. blew
4. ?red
Question ID : 2390871780
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 12
Q.12 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.4.
Ans
1. for
2. at
3. of
4. to
Question ID : 2390871781
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 13
Q.13 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.5.
Ans
1. has made
2. is making
3. made
4. makes
Question ID : 2390871782
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.14 Select the synonym of the given word.
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Q.1 Select the most appropriate word to ?ll in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
His old car ______ on the highway.
Ans
1. broke down
2. broke out
3. broke in
4. broke up
Question ID : 2390871796
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.2 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
The driver of the car probably holds the key to ______ the crime.
Ans
1. solved
2. solving
3. solution
4. solves
Question ID : 2390871784
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.3 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in the blank and make a grammatically correct
sentence.
You are sure to _____ if you don’t keep to the path.
Ans
1. get lost
2. got lose
3. get lose
4. got lost
Question ID : 2390871783
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Section : General English
Q.4 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'.
For the past six months, she is searching for a job.
Ans
1. has been searching
2. had been searching
3. has searching
4. No substitution required
Question ID : 2390871776
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 1
Q.5 Select the correctly spelt word.
Ans
1. Lubrisent
2. Lubricant
3. Lubrecant
4. Lubricent
Question ID : 2390871793
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.6 Select the meaning of the given idiom.
All and sundry
Ans
1. All eager
2. By all means
3. All included
4. All in agreement
Question ID : 2390871790
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.7 Select the synonym of the given word.
Remember
Ans
1. Review
2. Retell
3. Reign
4. Recall
Question ID : 2390871786
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
Q.8 Select the meaning of the given idiom.
Chip off the old block
Ans
1. Having interest in antique furniture
2. Looking after parents
3. Resembling parents
4. Having old fashioned values
Question ID : 2390871789
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 9
Q.9 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.1.
Ans
1. an
2. the
3. one
4. a
Question ID : 2390871778
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 10
Q.10 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.2.
Ans
1. access
2. assess
3. ascent
4. assent
Question ID : 2390871779
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 11
Q.11 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.3.
Ans
1. grew
2. raised
3. blew
4. ?red
Question ID : 2390871780
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 12
Q.12 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.4.
Ans
1. for
2. at
3. of
4. to
Question ID : 2390871781
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 4
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.
It was when she started reading books as a child that Dervla Murphy, Ireland’s foremost travel-
writer, ?rst developed (1)______ interest in and love for travel. Her father was the county librarian
in Waterford, and Dervla had (2)______ to a wide variety of books which (3)______ her
imagination for distant lands and her determination (4)______ see them for herself. Even as a
child she would cycle widely in her native Waterford, and as a young adult she (5)______ cycling
trips to Europe whenever possible.
SubQuestion No : 13
Q.13 Select the most appropriate option to ?ll in blank No.5.
Ans
1. has made
2. is making
3. made
4. makes
Question ID : 2390871782
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.14 Select the synonym of the given word.
Impolite
Ans
1. Intelligent
2. Rude
3. Irrelevant
4. Brave
Question ID : 2390871785
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 2
Q.15 Select the most appropriate word to ?ll in the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
Owing to all the recent negative turn of events in her life, she strongly felt ______ forces
must be at work.
Ans
1. angelic
2. helpful
3. evil
4. haunting
Question ID : 2390871795
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.16 Select the word which means the same as the group of words given.
A contest between two people to settle a point of honour
Ans
1. duo
2. dual
3. duel
4. duet
Question ID : 2390871792
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.17 Select the correctly spelt word.
Ans
1. Supplemantry
2. Supplimantry
3. Supplementary
4. Supplimentry
Question ID : 2390871794
Status : Answered
Chosen Option : 3
Q.18 Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error from the given
options.
Its a good idea to read up on a company before going for an interview.
Ans
1. read up on a company
2. an interview