English Reading Comprehension Previous Year Questions 2026 | SSC MTS

English Reading Comprehension - MOST IMPORTANT SSC MTS Previous Year Questions

Practice real questions from previous year exams of SSC MTS.

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Q1

Cloze Test on Swami Vivekananda's Chicago Speech

"I am proud to (1) .......... to a religion which has taught the word both tolerance (2) ......... universal acceptance," he declared (3) ......... September 11, 1893. "We believe not only in universal toleration, (4) ......... we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the (5) ......... of all religious and all nations of the earth."

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

🎯 SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Shift-II)
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Q2

Cloze Test on Swami Vivekananda's Chicago Speech

"I am proud to (1) .......... to a religion which has taught the word both tolerance (2) ......... universal acceptance," he declared (3) ......... September 11, 1893. "We believe not only in universal toleration, (4) ......... we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the (5) ......... of all religious and all nations of the earth."

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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Q3

Cloze Test on Swami Vivekananda's Chicago Speech

"I am proud to (1) .......... to a religion which has taught the word both tolerance (2) ......... universal acceptance," he declared (3) ......... September 11, 1893. "We believe not only in universal toleration, (4) ......... we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the (5) ......... of all religious and all nations of the earth."

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

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Q4

Cloze Test on Swami Vivekananda's Chicago Speech

"I am proud to (1) .......... to a religion which has taught the word both tolerance (2) ......... universal acceptance," he declared (3) ......... September 11, 1893. "We believe not only in universal toleration, (4) ......... we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the (5) ......... of all religious and all nations of the earth."

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.

🎯 SSC MTS 04/05/2023 (Shift-II)
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Q5

Cloze Test on Swami Vivekananda's Chicago Speech

"I am proud to (1) .......... to a religion which has taught the word both tolerance (2) ......... universal acceptance," he declared (3) ......... September 11, 1893. "We believe not only in universal toleration, (4) ......... we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the (5) ......... of all religious and all nations of the earth."

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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Q6

Cloze Test Passage 1

Salvador Dali (1) ______________ a prominent Spanish surrealist painter (2) ______________ in Figueres, Catalonia, on 11 May 1904. Dali's father was strict in the education of his children unlike (3) ______________ mother. Dali had a brother named Salvador (4) ______________ was born nine months before him and died of gastroenteritis. When he was five, Dali was taken to his brother's grave and was told that he was his brother's (5) ______________.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.

🎯 SSC MTS 02/05/2023 (Shift-I)
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Q7

Cloze Test Passage 1

Salvador Dali (1) ______________ a prominent Spanish surrealist painter (2) ______________ in Figueres, Catalonia, on 11 May 1904. Dali's father was strict in the education of his children unlike (3) ______________ mother. Dali had a brother named Salvador (4) ______________ was born nine months before him and died of gastroenteritis. When he was five, Dali was taken to his brother's grave and was told that he was his brother's (5) ______________.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 2.

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Q8

Cloze Test Passage 1

Salvador Dali (1) ______________ a prominent Spanish surrealist painter (2) ______________ in Figueres, Catalonia, on 11 May 1904. Dali's father was strict in the education of his children unlike (3) ______________ mother. Dali had a brother named Salvador (4) ______________ was born nine months before him and died of gastroenteritis. When he was five, Dali was taken to his brother's grave and was told that he was his brother's (5) ______________.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.

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Q9

Cloze Test Passage 1

Salvador Dali (1) ______________ a prominent Spanish surrealist painter (2) ______________ in Figueres, Catalonia, on 11 May 1904. Dali's father was strict in the education of his children unlike (3) ______________ mother. Dali had a brother named Salvador (4) ______________ was born nine months before him and died of gastroenteritis. When he was five, Dali was taken to his brother's grave and was told that he was his brother's (5) ______________.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 4.

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Q10

Cloze Test Passage 1

Salvador Dali (1) ______________ a prominent Spanish surrealist painter (2) ______________ in Figueres, Catalonia, on 11 May 1904. Dali's father was strict in the education of his children unlike (3) ______________ mother. Dali had a brother named Salvador (4) ______________ was born nine months before him and died of gastroenteritis. When he was five, Dali was taken to his brother's grave and was told that he was his brother's (5) ______________.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 5.

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Q11

Cloze Test Passage 3

You may wonder if anyone would (1) ______ to be diagnosed before they are even aware they have Alzheimer’s (2) ______? A recent survey shows that, indeed, they would. (3) ______ three-quarters of the respondents said they would want (4) ______ if they had Alzheimer’s disease, even if they were not yet experiencing (5) ______.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

🎯 SSC MTS 19/05/2023 (Shift-III)
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Q12

Cloze Test Passage 3

You may wonder if anyone would (1) ______ to be diagnosed before they are even aware they have Alzheimer’s (2) ______? A recent survey shows that, indeed, they would. (3) ______ three-quarters of the respondents said they would want (4) ______ if they had Alzheimer’s disease, even if they were not yet experiencing (5) ______.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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Q13

Cloze Test Passage 3

You may wonder if anyone would (1) ______ to be diagnosed before they are even aware they have Alzheimer’s (2) ______? A recent survey shows that, indeed, they would. (3) ______ three-quarters of the respondents said they would want (4) ______ if they had Alzheimer’s disease, even if they were not yet experiencing (5) ______.

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

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Q14

Cloze Test Passage 3

You may wonder if anyone would (1) ______ to be diagnosed before they are even aware they have Alzheimer’s (2) ______? A recent survey shows that, indeed, they would. (3) ______ three-quarters of the respondents said they would want (4) ______ if they had Alzheimer’s disease, even if they were not yet experiencing (5) ______.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

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Q15

Cloze Test Passage 3

You may wonder if anyone would (1) ______ to be diagnosed before they are even aware they have Alzheimer’s (2) ______? A recent survey shows that, indeed, they would. (3) ______ three-quarters of the respondents said they would want (4) ______ if they had Alzheimer’s disease, even if they were not yet experiencing (5) ______.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

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Q16

Cloze Test Passage 4

By the (1) __________ we reach puberty, the world has reached us and (2) __________ us to a greater extent than we realize. (3) __________ family, friends, school, and society in general (4) __________ by word and example-how to be. But people (5) __________ leaders at that moment when they decide for themselves how to be.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 1.

🎯 SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Shift-I)
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Q17

Cloze Test Passage 4

By the (1) __________ we reach puberty, the world has reached us and (2) __________ us to a greater extent than we realize. (3) __________ family, friends, school, and society in general (4) __________ by word and example-how to be. But people (5) __________ leaders at that moment when they decide for themselves how to be.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 2.

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Q18

Cloze Test Passage 4

By the (1) __________ we reach puberty, the world has reached us and (2) __________ us to a greater extent than we realize. (3) __________ family, friends, school, and society in general (4) __________ by word and example-how to be. But people (5) __________ leaders at that moment when they decide for themselves how to be.

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

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Q19

Cloze Test Passage 4

By the (1) __________ we reach puberty, the world has reached us and (2) __________ us to a greater extent than we realize. (3) __________ family, friends, school, and society in general (4) __________ by word and example-how to be. But people (5) __________ leaders at that moment when they decide for themselves how to be.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 4.

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Q20

Cloze Test Passage 4

By the (1) __________ we reach puberty, the world has reached us and (2) __________ us to a greater extent than we realize. (3) __________ family, friends, school, and society in general (4) __________ by word and example-how to be. But people (5) __________ leaders at that moment when they decide for themselves how to be.

Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank number 5.

🎯 SSC MTS 18/05/2023 (Shift-I)