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Exam Held on October 05, 2021
Staff Selection Commission (SSC) MULTI-TASKING STAFF
(MTS) Recruitment Exam 2020
Time: 60 min
Questions: 100
PART 1 : English Language
Que:-1. Select the most appropriate synonym of the
given word.
ndulgence
(A) Accuracy
(B) Leniency ✔
(C) Diligence
(D) Attentiveness
Que:-2. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
given idiom.
By the same token
(A) Use the same password
(B) Use the same ticket
(C) In the same way ✔
(D) In the same bus
Que:-3. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
the blank.
Today, banking in a seamless world ............. a
distinct reality.
(A) are
(B) was
(C) have
(D) is ✔
Que:-4. Identify the segment in the sentence which
contains a grammatical error.
Have you decided what you what to become when you
grown up.
(A) when you grown up ✔
(B) to become
(C) Have you decided
(D) what you want
Que:-5. Select the most appropriate Antonym of the
given word.
Sly
(A) Thick
(B) Slow
(C) Honest ✔
(D) Stiff
Que:-6. Identify the segment in the sentence which
contains a grammatical error. Seldom has the discoveries of the world's
greatest discoverers, like Copernicus or Galileo, been forgotten.
(A) like Copernicus or Galileo
(B) of the world's greatest discoverers
(C) been forgotten
(D) Seldom has the discoveries ✔
Que:-7. Select the Incorrectly spelt word.
(A) Obvious
(B) Queer
(C) Hesitete ✔
(D) Dealer
Que:-8. Select the Incorrectly spelt word.
(A) Outhority ✔
(B) Condition
(C) Meddle
(D) Edible
Que:-9. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
the blank.
The ................ for a vaccine could take up to a
year.
(A) chase
(B) pursuit
(C) track
(D) search ✔
Que:-10. 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'.
I can't live at a place which is far from the sea.
(A) No substitution required ✔
(B) hasn't lived
(C) can't lived
(D) couldn't being live
Que:-11. Select the most appropriate synonym of the
given word.
Protest
(A) Support
(B) Assist
(C) Object ✔
(D) Favour
Que:-12. Select the most appropriate one-word
substitution for the given words.
One who interferes in the affairs of others, often for
selfish reasons.
(A) Interloper ✔
(B) Interpreter
(C) Foreigner
(D) Stranger
Que:-13. Select the most appropriate Antonym of the
given word.
Narrow
(A) Wide ✔
(B) Firm
(C) Tight
(D) Solid
Que:-14. Select the most appropriate meaning of the
given idiom.
To get on the nerves
(A) To soothe
(B) To have an illness
(C) To give medicine
(D) To irritate ✔
Que:-15. Select the most appropriate one-word
substitution for the given group of words.
Restore (someone) to health or normal life after
imprisonment, addiction, or illness
(A) Refurbish
(B) Renovate
(C) Reinstate
(D) Rehabilitate ✔
Que:-16. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
the blank.
I hope your parents ................ soon.
(A) are recovering
(B) recover ✔
(C) should recover
(D) are recover
Que:-17. 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.
There are many birds in the verandah today. Hema,
please feed those.
(A) fed those
(B) No substitution required
(C) fed them
(D) feed them ✔
Que:-18. Identify the segment in the sentence which
contains a grammatical error.
We do hope you are enjoy this online course in art and
craft.
(A) in art and craft
(B) you are enjoy
(C) We do hope
(D) this online course
Que:-19. 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'.
During the winter months the bears go without food by
nearly six to seven months.
(A) No substitution required
(B) from almost
(C) for almost ✔
(D) for quite
Que:-20. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
the blank.
Many ................ tales evoke the memory of Akbar
and Birbal.
(A) populous
(B) popular ✔
(C) populated
(D) populist
Directions (Q.Nos. 21-25) 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.
One day while the magistrate was walking (1) .........
a market he saw a crowd outside a poultry shop. (2).. enquiring what the matter
was (3) ............ learnt that a peasant had accidentally (4) ........... a
heavy sack on a chicken, (5) ......... it to death.
Que:-21. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
the blank no. 1.
(A) along
(B) over
(C) through ✔
(D) aside
Que:-22. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
the blank no. 2.
(A) Whereas
(B) How
(C) On ✔
(D) So
Que:-23. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
the blank no. 3.
(A) she
(B) he ✔
(C) they
(D) him
Que:-24. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
the blank no. 4.
(A) selected
(B) dropped ✔
(C) picked
(D) filled
Que:-25. Select the most appropriate option to fill in
the blank no. 5.
(A) creeping
(B) covering
(C) crushing ✔
(D) crumbling
PART 4: General Knowledge & General Awareness
Que:-76. Who was made the Nawab of Bengal following
the Battle of Plassey?
(A) Mir Jafar ✔
(B) Alivardi Khan
(C) Sirajuddaulah
(D) Mir Qasim
Que:-77. The Kodava community of Coorg worships
weapons during the..........festival.
(A) Madai
(B) Kailpodh ✔
(C) Thaipusam
(D) Bhagoriya
Que:-78. How many colours does sunlight consist of?
(A) Three
(B) Two
(C) Seven ✔
(D) Five
Que:-79. The Kamakhya Temple is located in
(A) Guwahati ✔
(B) Kohima
(C) Imphal
(D) Agartala
Que:-80. The monthly maintenance amount of ...........
payable by children to parents, set by the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents
and Senior Citizens Bill, 2007, was removed by the Maintenance and Welfare of
Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019.
(A) 10000 ✔
(B) 5000
(C) 12000
(D) 8000
Que:-81. Which of the following concepts implies that
sustainable development should take a holistic approach towards notions of
progress and give equal importance to non-economic aspects of wellbeing?
(A) Gross Domestic Product
(B) Gross National Product
(C) Gross National Happiness ✔
(D) Net National Product
Que:-82. Which of the following books is written by
Rajendra Prasad?
(A) India Divided ✔
(B) An Autobiography: Towards Freedom
(C) The Discovery of India
(D) Glimpses of World History
Que:-83. Which of the following books was written by
James Mill, a Scottish economist, in 1817?
(A) Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
(B) A Passage to India
(C) The History of British in India ✔
(D) The Great Mutiny
Que:-84. What was India's rank in the Human
Development Index-2019 released by the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP)?
(A) 141
(B) 132
(C) 112
(D) 129 ✔
Que:-85. Moved by the Swadeshi Movement, ..........
painted his famous image of Bharat Mata portraying her as an ascetic figure
(A) Satyendranath Tagore
(B) Abanindranath Tagore ✔
(C) Jyotirindranath Tagore
(D) Dwijendranath Tagore
Que:-86. Hafiz (Hafez) was a .......... century poet
whose collection of poems is known as 'Diwan' or 'Diwan-e-Hafiz'.
(A) 14th ✔
(B) 15th
(C) 16th
(D) 17th
Que:-87. Which of the following diseases is not caused
by ingesting polluted water?
(A) Typhoid
(B) Cholera
(C) Rabies ✔
(D) Meningitis
Que:-88. Who is the first Indian cricketer to have
twin centuries in his maiden appearance as a Test opener?
(A) Shikhar Dhawan
(B) MS Dhoni
(C) Virat Kohli
(D) Rohit Sharma ✔
Que:-89. Zinc + Sulphuric acid → Zinc sulphate +............
(A) Hydrogen ✔
(B) Nitrogen
(C) Carbon
(D) Chlorine
Que:-90. Who among the following is a professional
football player?
(A) Boris Gelfand
(B) Sadio Mane ✔
(C) Peter Svidler
(D) Magnus Carlsen
Que:-91. Which of the following is not a natural
acid-base indicator?
(A) Geranium flowers
(B) Red cabbage leaves
(C) Petunia flowers
(D) Thyme leaves ✔
Que:-92. The Buxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal is
threatened by the ongoing
(A) dolomite mining ✔
(B) copper mining
(C) magnetite mining
(D) hematite mining
Que:-93. Which of the following princely states was
annexed by the British under the pretext of 'misgovernment of the Nawab'?
(A) Udaipur
(B) Awadh ✔
(C) Nagpur
(D) Satara
Que:-94. Which of the following statements about the
Reserve Bank of India is Incorrect?
(A) In 1931, the Indian Central Banking Enquiry
Committee revived the issue of the establishment of the Reserve Bank of India
as the Central Bank for India.
(B) The Reserve Bank of India commenced operations in
1935.
(C) In 1929, the Hilton Young Commission recommended
the establishment of a central bank to be called the ‘Reserve Bank of India'. ✔
(D) The Reserve Bank of India Act was enacted in 1934.
Que:-95. As per the Companies Act, 2013, dividend
declared by a company but not paid or claimed within ............. days from
the date of declaration is to be transferred to the Unpaid Dividend Account
(A) 120
(B) 60
(C) 30 ✔
(D) 90
Que:-96. Which of the following is a snow-fed river?
(A) Yamuna ✔
(B) Godavari
(C) Kaveri
(D) Narmada
Que:-97. Where was the first Jute mill set-up at
Kolkata in 1859?
(A) Sreerampur
(B) Mesra
(C) Howrah
(D) Rishra ✔
Que:-98. Which of the following Acts was enacted in
British India in the year 1878?
(A) Indian Contract Act
(B) Transfer of Property Act
(C) Vernacular Press Act ✔
(D) East India Stock Dividend Redemption Act
Que:-99. Which of the following statements is
incorrect?
(A) Pure metals have a shining surface.
(B) Metals are good conductors of heat.
(C) Metals have high melting points.
(D) Lead and mercury are best conductors of heat. ✔
Que:-100. ................, a festival of the Galo
tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, is celebrated in April every year.
(A) Doljatra
(B) Ali Ai Ligang
(C) Mopin ✔
(D) Me Dam Me Phi
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