All English Vocab MCQs asked in SSC MTS 2023
| Idioms/Phrases Questions asked in SSC MTS 2023 | ||
| S.No | Idioms/Phrases | Meaning |
| 1. | Let sleeping dogs lie | Leave an existing situation as it is |
| 2. | Call the shots | To be in a position to make decisions that influences a
situation |
| 3. | Sell the hot cakes | Quick sell out |
| 4. | Hits the nail on the head | Does something right |
| 5. | The company was on thin ice | In a precarious or risky situation |
| 6. | Cup of Tea | Something one likes/excels in |
| 7. | To play devil’s advocate | To argue, just for the sake of it |
| 8. | Ins and outs | Full details |
| 9. | Call it a day | To stop working |
| 10. | Running around in circles | Putting efforts into something that does not give a worthwhile
result |
| 11. | Spill the beans | To reveal a secret information unintentionally |
| 12. | Face the music | To accept criticism or punishment for something you have done |
| 13. | By leaps and bounds | Rapidly |
| 14. | A baker’s dozen | A group of 13 |
| 15. | A blessing in disguise | Something good that isn’t recognized at first |
| 16. | To stab you in the back | Betray someone |
| 17. | Go for a song | At a cheap rate |
| 18. | Smash hit | An outstanding success |
| 19. | Barking up the wrong tree | To be mistaken, to be looking for solutions in the wrong place |
| 20. | To cut someone some slack | To not manage someone very strictly or critically |
| 21. | Beat around the bush | To avoid addressing a topic correctly |
| 22. | All eyes and ears | To be attentive |
| 23. | Blessing in disguise | Something that seems bad but provides some benefit |
| 24. | Fight fire with fire | To fight against an opponent by using the same methods or weapons that the opponent uses |
| 25. | In the fast lane | A life filled with excitement |
| 26. | Cost an arm and a leg | Be expensive |
| 27. | Stone’s throw | A very short distance |
| 28. | Bury the hatchet | To end a quarrel and become friendly |
| 29. | In a nutshell | Very briefly, giving only the main points |
| 30. | Day and night | Continuously |
| 31. | Sly as a fox | Smart and clever |
| 32. | To get cold feet | To be afraid |
| 33. | Raining cats and dogs | To rain very heavily |
| 34. | Break the ice | To say something that makes people who are meeting for the first time more comfortable |
| 35. | To keep one’s temper | To remain calm |
| 36. | Biggest fish to fry | Having something more important to take care of |
| 37. | Back against the wall | Stuck in a difficult circumstance with no escape |
| 38. | A storm in a teacup | Much excitement over something trivial |
| 39. | A ball of fire | An active and energetic person |
| 40. | The best of both world | All the advantages of two different situations and none of the disadvantages |
| 41. | Get your act together | Get organized and do things better |
| 42. | Back to square one | Having to start all over again |
| 43. | Hit the nail on thebed | Something that is exactly right |
| 44. | Keep your ear to the ground | To pay attention to everything that is happening around you and to what people are saying |
| 45. | Be like chalk and cheese | To be completely different from each other |
| 46. | Straight from the horse’s mouth | Directly from the person involved |
| 47. | On cloud nine | Very happy |
| 48. | By fair means or foul | To get one’s way with honesty or dishonesty |
| 49. | Blows his own trumpet | Praises himself |
| 50. | As phony as a three- dollar bill | Something that is fake |
| 51. | The whole nine yards | Everything, all the way |
| 52. | Cost you an arm and a leg | A large amount of money |
| 53. | From scratch | From the beginning |
| 54. | Into hot water | Into trouble |
| 55. | On the same page | Be in agreement |
| 56. | Have egg on your face | To be made to look foolish or embarrassed |
| 57. | Turn a blind eye | Pretend not to notice |
| 58. | Bite the dust | To suffer a defeat |
| 59. | To bite the bullet | Accept a difficult situation bravely |
| 60. | Pay an arm and a leg for something | Pay a lot of money for something |
| 61. | Stuck to his guns | To stand firm against all difficulties and challenges |
| 62. | In a nutshell | Very briefly, giving only main points of something |
| 63. | The world is your oyster | You can do anything you wish or go anywhere you want |
| 64. | Put on ice | To postpone something |
| 65. | To cross swords | To fight |
| 66. | Wearing her heart on her sleeve | To openly and freely express one’s emotions |
| 67. | Get mixed up | Get confused |
| 68. | Putting all your eggs in one basket | To risk all one has on the success or failure of one thing |
| 69. | Cool as a cucumber | Stays calm and composed |
| 70. | Bone to pick | To be angry about something and want to discuss it |
| 71. | Grasping at straws | Desperate attempt to succeed |
| 72. | Out of the blue | Completely unexpected |
| 73. | Castles in the air | Unrealistic & impossible plan |
| 74. | Ill at ease | To be worried and not relaxed |
| 75. | Beat around the bush | To avoid talking about what is important |
| 76. | Let the cat out of the bag | Reveal a secret |
| 77. | Where there is a will, there is a way | If you have a strong
determination to do something, you can achieve that |
| 78. | When pigs fly | Something that is impossible |
| 79. | On cloud nine | Very happy |
| 80. | By the skin of your teeth | By a very narrow margin |
| 81. | Run-of-the-mill | Average |
| 82. | The apple of one’s eye | Very dear |
| 83. | Bigger fish to fry | To have other, more important things to do |
| 84. | Keep someone at arm’s length | To avoid becoming too close or friendly with someone |
| 85. | All’s fair in love and war | Used to describe a situation in which people do not follow the usual rules of behavior and do things that are normally considered unfair |
| 86. | Bitten off more than he could chew | To try to do something that is too difficult for you |
| 87. | Quaking in his boots | To tremble with fear |
| 88. | Cry over spilt milk | To express regret about
something that has already happened or cannot be changed |
| 89. | Beating around the bush | To avoid getting to the point of an issue |
| 90. | Sweat of his brow | Hard work |
| 91. | Child’s play | Something very easy |
| 92. | Spill the beans | To tell a secret |
| 93. | Throw caution to the wind | Take a risk |
| 94. | Keep an eye on | Watch and take care |
| 95. | Like a cakewalk | Very easy |
| 96. | Beauty of it | Good points |
| 97. | Once in a blue moon | Very rarely |
| 98. | Hard to swallow | Difficult to believe |
| 99. | Easier said than done | More difficult to do than to talk about |
| 100. | All of a sudden | Quickly and unexpectedly |
| 101. | Icing on the cake | Something extra that makes a good thing even better |
| 102. | Keeps his word | To uphold one’s promise |
| 103. | Seventh heaven | To be extremely happy |
| 104. | Break a leg | Perform well |
| OWS Questions asked in SSC MTS 2023 | ||
| S.No | Phrases | OWS |
| 1. | Selling, purchasing, and using an illegally copied product is a criminal offence. | Pirated |
| 2. | A cage made for birds / A place for keeping the birds in a confined space | Aviary |
| 3. | One man with absolute power | Autocracy |
| 4. | The scientific study of insects | Entomology |
| 5. | To go away suddenly and secretly in order to escape from somewhere | Abscond |
| 6. | Put an end to | Abolish |
| 7. | Study of sound and sound waves | Acoustics |
| 8. | A creature which depends on other | Parasite |
| 9. | A number which is used to divide another number | Divisor |
| 10. | The action of formally accusing a public official of a serious offence | Impeachment |
| 11. | A place of burial | Cemetery |
| 12. | A person who loves to collect books | Bibliophile |
| 13. | Group of bees | Swarm |
| 14. | A man whose wife is dead | Widower |
| 15. | Say something in order to convey information | Speak |
| 16. | A person who is known for his hatred towards the entire mankind | Misanthrope |
| 17. | A thing which happens every 2 years | Biennial |
| 18. | A poem of lamentation on the death of someone loved and admired | Elegy |
| 19. | A lover of books | Bibliophile |
| 20. | Unpleasant | Nasty |
| 21. | Killing of one’s own father | Patricide |
| 22. | Life history | Biography |
| 23. | The study of religion | Theology |
| 24. | An examination of a body after death | Post Mortem |
| 25. | A person who feeds on human death | Cannibal |
| 26. | One who does not believe in the existence of God | Atheist |
| 27. | Hundreds of people were removed from a place by the government recently due to a war-like situation | Evacuated |
| 28. | The killing of a king | Regicide |
| 29. | One who has love for mankind or one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare | Philanthropist |
| 30. | A person living in solitude like a saint for religious practices | Hermit |
| 31. | A person who avoids sensory pleasures and physical comforts | Ascetic |
| 32. | One who lends money to others at a very high rate of interest | Usurer |
| 33. | That which can’t be read | Illegible |
| 34. | Fear of closed spaces | Claustrophobia |
| 35. | Actual application | Practice |
| 36. | Replacing something with something else | Change |
| 37. | A small shop that sells fashionable clothes | Boutique |
| 38. | Pause indecisively | Hesitate |
| 39. | Endless period of time | Eternity |
| 40. | A person who is kept captive for fulfilment of demands of money or conditions | Hostage |
| 41. | Spreads by physical touch or contact | Contagious |
| 42. | The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their arrangement | Chronology |
| 43. | A person who regards the whole world as his country | Cosmopolitan |
| 44. | One who looks at the dark side of life | Pessimist |
| 45. | Powder by crushing | Grind |
| 46. | A place where water is collected and stored for future use | Reservoir |
| 47. | Not fit for eating | Inedible |
| 48. | One who is all powerful | Omnipotent |
| 49. | Copying someone else’s work and trying to submit it as your own | Plagiarism |
| 50. | Easily set on fire | Inflammable |
| 51. | Glass container in which it has fishes | Aquarium |
| 52. | Fail to function normally | Malfunction |
| 53. | A person who is skilled in making map | Cartographer |
| 54. | Afrais of closed space | Claustrophobia |
| Antonym Questions asked in SSC MTS 2023 | ||
| S.No | Word | Antonym |
| 1. | Feud | Harmony |
| 2. | Admired | Despised |
| 3. | Attracted | Repulsed |
| 4. | Empathetic | Merciless |
| 5. | Stern | Lenient |
| 6. | Wisdom | Stupidity |
| 7. | Initial | Terminal |
| 8. | Guilty | Innocent |
| 9. | Ecstacy | Despair |
| 10. | Break | Mend |
| 11. | Forthcoming | Past |
| 12. | Crude | Refined |
| 13. | Humility | Arrogance |
| 14. | Idle | Diligent |
| 15. | Humane | Cruel |
| 16. | Amazing | Ordinary |
| 17. | Enormous | Tiny |
| 18. | Annoy | Gratify |
| 19. | Incoherent | Lucid |
| 20. | Lively | Sombre |
| 21. | Periodic | Irregular |
| 22. | Nonchalant | Caring |
| 23. | Clumsy | Graceful |
| 24. | Authentic | False |
| 25. | Fame | Shame |
| 26. | Cheap | Expensive |
| 27. | Strengthen | Debilitate |
| 28. | Dishevelled | Tidy |
| 29. | Dense | Sparse |
| 30. | Amiable | Unfriendly |
| 31. | Demolish | Construct |
| 32. | Harmony | Conflict |
| 33. | Anxiety | Calmness |
| 34. | Distinct | Vague |
| 35. | Often | Rarely |
| 36. | Divergent | Similar |
| 37. | Align | Disrupt |
| 38. | Detrimental | Beneficial |
| 39. | Reputable | Notorious |
| 40. | Carnal | Spiritual |
| 41. | Extend | Curtail |
| Synonym Questions asked in SSC MTS 2023 | ||
| S.No | Word | Synonym |
| 1. | Facilitate | Enabled |
| 2. | Repulsive | Disgusting |
| 3. | Fragile | Brittle |
| 4. | Hesitate | Falter |
| 5. | Peculiar | Strange |
| 6. | Obsession | Fascination |
| 7. | Amicable | Friendly |
| 8. | Insist | Persist |
| 9. | Diminish | Weaken |
| 10. | Elegant | Graceful |
| 11. | Design | Fabricate |
| 12. | Cordial | Friendly |
| 13. | Ancient | Antique |
| 14. | Defeat | Setback |
| 15. | Distinguished | Dignified |
| 16. | Obvious | Clear |
| 17. | Determined | Decisive |
| 18. | Cynical | Pessimistic |
| 19. | Grief | Pain |
| 20. | Energetic | Vibrant |
| 21. | Secrecy | Mystery |
| 22. | Hope | Wish |
| 23. | Trivial | Minor |
| 24. | Hazard | Accident |
| 25. | Laconic | Concise |
| 26. | Troubles | Complications |
| 27. | Barbed | Spiteful |
| 28. | Perir | Danger |
| 29. | Enchanted | Appealing |
| 30. | Glimpse | Glance |
| 31. | Mild | Gentle |
| 32. | Pretend | Feign |
| 33. | Tedious | Dreary |
| 34. | Manacled | Fettered |
| 35. | Plunge | Dive |
| 36. | Committed | Engaged |
| 37. | Magnificent | Glorious |
| 38. | Grit | Courage |