SSC MTS 2016 Re-Exam Paper : Held on 09-OCT-2017 Shift-3 (General English)
SSC MTS 2016 Re-Exam Paper : Held on 09-OCT-2017 Shift-3
(General English)
QID : 251 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
However, the essential services (1)/ and critical staff in a government (2)/ will be on duty today. (3)/ No Error (4)
Options:
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 2
QID : 252 - In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
Mumbai were crawling at a (1)/ snail’s pace yesterday, is slowly (2)/ returning to normalcy. (3)/ No Error (4)
Options:
1) 1
2) 2
3) 3
4) 4
Correct Answer: 1
QID : 253 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
Turn the AC ______ before you leave the office
Options:
1) out
2) off
3) down
4) in
Correct Answer: off
QID : 254 - In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.
I dislike eating in a ______ restaurant.
Options:
1) noiseful
2) noising
3) noised
4) noisy
Correct Answer: noisy
QID : 255 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Perish
Options:
1) Energize
2) Revive
3) Refresh
4) Decease
Correct Answer: Decease
QID : 256 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Nudge
Options:
1) Allow
2) Leave alone
3) Poke
4) Withdraw
Correct Answer: Poke
QID : 257 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
Panic
Options:
1) Calm
2) Contentment
3) Confidence
4) Frenzy
Correct Answer: Frenzy
QID : 258 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Auspicious
Options:
1) Bright
2) Happy
3) Unlucky
4) Timely
Correct Answer: Unlucky
QID : 259 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Spare
Options:
1) Necessary
2) Free
3) Option
4) Surplus
Correct Answer: Necessary
QID : 260 - In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.
Remarkable
Options:
1) Famous
2) Odd
3) Rare
4) Normal
Correct Answer: Normal
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QID : 261 - In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Between the devil and the deep sea
Options:
1) Go fishing and cause trouble
2) Between two great difficulties
3) Speaking sharply
4) To begin working seriously
Correct Answer: Between two great difficulties
QID : 262 - In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
A child’s play
Options:
1) Very innocent
2) Very annoying
3) Something that is very easy
4) Very irritating
Correct Answer: Something that is very easy
QID : 263 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
To conform to a set of rules (an) regulations without a real voice in their formulation.
Options:
1) and
2) to
3) but
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: and
QID : 264 - Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
It includes a (decision of the status) of British and EU migrants resident in their respective territories.
Options:
1) decision to the status
2) decision on the status
3) decision of the status
4) No improvement
Correct Answer: decision on the status
QID : 265 - In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
A man who remains unmarried.
Options:
1) Widowed
2) Councilor
3) Bachelor
4) Propeller
Correct Answer: Bachelor
QID : 266 - In the following question, out of the four given alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
A supreme ruler.
Options:
1) Patriarch
2) Anarchic
3) Monarch
4) Matriarch
Correct Answer: Monarch
QID : 267 - In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
Options:
1) Sicondary
2) Secondiry
3) Secondary
4) Secondory
Correct Answer: Secondary
QID : 268 - In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.
Options:
1) Strength
2) Strenth
3) Stringth
4) Strentgh
Correct Answer: Strength
QID : 269 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
The greatest
P: is to meet the
Q: needs of the society
R: challenge for education
Options:
1) PRQ
2) PQR
3) QRP
4) RPQ
Correct Answer: RPQ
QID : 270 - Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
The increase of the
P: shrinking of forest area
Q: has led to the
R: population of our country
Options:
1) QRP
2) PRQ
3) QPR
4) RQP
Correct Answer: RQP
QID : 271 - 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.
For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.
we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that
Options:
1) taught
2) brought
3) thought
4) sort
Correct Answer: taught
QID : 272 - 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.
For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.
into _______ or castes and that certain races
Options:
1) faces
2) races
3) cases
4) braces
Correct Answer: races
QID : 273 - 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.
For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.
this belief is called racism or _______.
Options:
1) atheist
2) agnostic
3) apartheid
4) proteid
Correct Answer: apartheid
QID : 274 - 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.
For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.
were treated very _______.
Options:
1) lovely
2) nicely
3) sincerely
4) badly
Correct Answer: badly
QID : 275 - 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.
For centuries of human existence, we have believed or are rather _______ to believe that humanity has by nature, been divided into _______ or castes and that certain races are superior to others in terms of physical or intellectual endowments. The discrimination that follows this belief is called racism or _______.Since time immemorial, society has been divided into various classes and communities. In countries like India, there was a caste system. It was believed that God had created people of a particular caste only to do one kind of job. So the castes were developed along occupational lines. The people who performed low-key jobs were treated very _______. This attitude has been so strongly ingrained in the Indian psyche that it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.
it continues to exist even _______, to some measure.
Options:
1) tomorrow
2) today
3) present
4) weekday
Correct Answer: today
