DSSSB MTS (09 June 2024)

Question 1:

Direction :- The following sentence has been divided into parts that contains an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options.

The number of students / attending their classes / are constantly decreasing / in our university.

• are constantly decreasing

• attending their classes

• The number of students

• in our university

Question 2:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.

It was an horrible day at the office for Roy, but he didn't allow it to spoil his evening plans.

• horrible day at the office

• were a horrible day at office

• was a horrible day at the office

• No substitution

Question 3:

Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.

The MNC is about to be bankrupt, according to reliable sources.

• take bankrupt

• go bankrupt

• come bankrupt

• give bankrupt

Question 4:

Select the appropriate adverb for the underlined word in the sentence.

We considered in brief the long term solution to the problem.

• briefless

• briefly

• briefness

• brief

Question 5:

Direction :- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes.

Select a suitable title for the passage.

• Sunflower

• The Beauty of the Sunflower

• The Uses of the Sunflower

• Sunflower Seeds

Question 6:

Direction :- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes.

Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Ornamental

• Blank

• Empty

• Decorated

• Unembellished

Question 7:

Direction :- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes.

Identify the tone of the passage.

• Humorous

• Descriptive

• Laudatory

• Motivating

Question 8:

Direction :- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes.

Which of the following facts is mentioned in the given passage?

• Oil from sunflower seeds is only meant for human consumption.

• Sunflower seeds have no other use except for making oil.

• Sunflowers can be grown anywhere.

• The sunflower's leaves, flowers and seeds have many uses.

Question 9:

Direction :- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

The common sunflower is valuable from an economic as well as from an ornamental point of view. The leaves are used as fodder, the flowers yield a yellow dye, and the seeds contain oil and are used for food. The sweet yellow oil obtained by compression of the seeds is considered equal to olive or almond oil for table use. Sunflower oil cake is used for stock and poultry feeding. The oil is also used in soap and paints and as a lubricant. The seeds may be eaten dried, roasted or ground into nut butter and are common in birdseed mixes.

Identify the main theme of the passage.

• The sunflower seeds have varied uses.

• Sunflower seeds can be consumed by humans as well as animals.

• Sunflower oil is better than almond or olive oil.

• The sunflower's leaves, flower and seeds have varied economic and ornamental uses.

Question 10:

Directions :- Choose the correct form of the following words as the given part of speech out of the four options:

Above as noun:

• The heavens are above

• Analyse the above sentence

• Our blessings come from above

• The moral law is above the civil