SSC MTS 2023

QUESTION PAPER - 3

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select
the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be
(2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods,
fertilisers, explosives and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be
(5)______ to the environment.
SubQuestion No : 1
1. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.
(a) at
(b) into
(c) on
(d) in

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select
the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be
(2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods,
fertilisers, explosives and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be
(5)______ to the environment.
SubQuestion No : 2
2. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2
(a) founder
(b) find
(c) founded
(d) found

Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select
the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be
(2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods,
fertilisers, explosives and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be
(5)______ to the environment.
SubQuestion No : 3

3. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 3

 (a) function
(b) instant
(c) immediate
(d) present

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select
the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be
(2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods,
fertilisers, explosives and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be
(5)______ to the environment.
SubQuestion No : 4
4. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4
(a) such
(b) because
(c) but
(d) If

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select
the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Nitrogen is essential to life (1)______ Earth. It is a component of all proteins, and it can be
(2)______ in all living systems. Nitrogen compounds are (3)______ in organic materials, foods,
fertilisers, explosives and poisons. Nitrogen is crucial to life, (4)______ in excess it can also be
(5)______ to the environment.
SubQuestion No : 5
5. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5
(a) harmful
(b) pliable
(c) optimistic
(d) rational

6. Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

PROFUSE
(a) Sufficient
(b) Lush
(c) Plenty
(d) Scant

7. Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word.

ACUTE
 (a) Dark
(b) Clever
(c) Grave
(d) Blunt

8. Choose the most appropriate word that can substitute the given group of words.
Something which lasts forever
(a) Eternal
(b) Temporal
(c) Annual
(d) Peripheral

9. Identify the segment in the sentence which contains the grammatical error.
The mother as well as her children were brought to the police station for interrogation.
(a) her children were brought
(b) to the police station
(c) for interrogation
(d) The mother as well as

10. 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

11. Choose the most appropriate word that can substitute the given group of words.
The art of creating and arranging dances
(a) Geology
(b) Choreography
(c) Seismology
(d) Calligraphy

12. Select the correctly spelt word.

(a) Simultanous
(b) Simultenaous
(c) Simultaneous
(d) Simulteneous
13. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
He has a high paying job, ______________ he never seems to have any money.
(a) yet
 (b) by
(c) from
(d) so

14. Select the option that corrects the incorrectly spelt words in the given sentence.
Ventilaton system is mising in this room.
(a) Ventiltion system is missing in this room.
(b) Ventilation system is mising in this rum.
(c) Ventilation system is missing in this room.
(d) Wentilation system is mesing in this room.

15. In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best
expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.
Fit as a fiddle
(a) To play a melodious tune
(b) In a perfectly healthy condition
(c) A severe and conclusive test
(d) To be a perfect match

16. Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.
A mass of wax cells built by honey bees to store honey
(a) Apiary
(b) Aviary
(c) Honeycomb
(d) Beehive

17. Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

As clear as a bell
(a) To have a tinkling sound
(b) At a very low price
(c) To get fooled
(d) Readily understood

18. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given
sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select No improvement.
In a recession-hit economy, automobiles is the mostly affected sector.
(a) is the most
(b) are the mostly
(c) No improvement
(d) are the most
19. Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment. If there is no need to
substitute it, select No improvement.
The lack of green spaces has led to an increase in pollution levels.
(a) an increasing in
(b) No improvement
(c) a increase on
(d) a increase of

20. 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’.
His grandfather finds a tiny tiger cub in the forest and brought his home.
(a) brings it home
(b) bringing home
(c) bring it home
(d) No substitution required

21. Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.
The laws are strong but never enforced.
(a) Diluted
(b) Abandoned
(c) Imposed
(d) Disregarded

22. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

SINISTER
(a) Pertinent
(b) Saintly
(c) Pleasant
(d) Evil

23. The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error.
Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error,
mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
Details of the housing / services and allowances / has not been announced yet
(a) services and internment
(b) Details of the housing
(c) No error
(d) has not been announced yet

24. Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

GRACEFUL
 (a) Elegant
(b) Dangerous
(c) Pleasant
(d) friendly

25. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error'.
Many people from this village have migrated for searching of work.
(a) No error
(b) Many people from
(c) for searching of work
(d) this village have migrated