Kerala Psc English Questions and Answers

50 Kerala Psc English Questions and Answers

1. _____ of those people have

you met before?

(a) How many

(b) How often

(c) How much

(d) How long

2. _____ the dog, the boy ran

away.

(a) Saw (b) Seen

(c) Seeing (d) Sees

3.‘A GRASS WIDOW’ means:

(a) A young widow

(b) Widow who has illicit

relations with men

(c) A working old woman

(d) A woman whose husband

is temporarily away from her

4. ‘Onerous’ means:

(a) Needing to get effort (b)

Nebulous

(c) Not clear

(d) Emotional

5. ‘Throw cold water on’

means:

(a) Reject

(b) Refuse

(c) Discourage

(d) Encourage

6. A period of thousand years.

(a) Century

(b) Millennium

(c) Era

(d) None of these

7. A person having profound

knowledge:

(a) Intelligent

(b) Wise

(c) Scholar

(d) None of these

8. A person who always believe

that the worst will happen is

called____

(a) an optimist

(b) a victim

(c) a pessimist

(d) A villain

9. A polite or gentle way of

saying something nasty.

(a) idiom

(b) phrase

(c) Euphemism

(d) Antonym

10.A specialist in skin and its

ddiseases:

(a) Nephrologist

(b) Dermatologist

(c) Cardiologist

(d) Gynaecologist

11.A stitch in time saves _____

(a) many

(b) some

(c) a lot

(d) nine

12.All his remarks were meant

to ___ the reputation and

honour enjoyed by the minister.

(a) Arrogate

(b) Surrogate

(c) Prorocatory

(d) Derogate

13.An event that will happen

soon:

(a) Imminent

(b) Damsure

(c) Immense

(d) Immutable

14.An honest man is _____

noblest work of God.

(a) a (b) an

(c) the (d) are

15.Are you sure ___ your

success.

(a) about (b) with

(c) of (d) to

16.Camels are peculiarly

adapted ___ life in desert.

(a) for (b) to

(c) by (d) in

17.Choose the correct form of

the word:

(a) Contagious

(b) Contageous

(c) Contegeous

(d) Contegious

18.Choose the mis-spelt word:

(a) Accessible

(b) Permissible

(c) Inimitable

(d) Irresistable

19.Choose the misspelt word:

(a) Superintendent

(b) Persistent

(c) Resistent

(d) Perseverance

20.Choose the opposite of

“Despair”:

(a) Misery (b) Impair

(c) Hope (d) Shame

21.Express one’s opinion

without evidence or full

knowledge:

(a) Specify

(b) Speculate

(c) Concede

(d) Sensing

22.Find the correctly spelt word:

(a) Miscellaneous

(b) Miscalanous

(c) Missellenious

TEST OF GENERAL ENGLISH

(d) Miselenious

23.Find the correctly spelt word:

(a) Occurrence

(b) Occurance

(c) Occurrance

(d) Occurence

24.He always quarrels ___ his

classmates.

(a) with (b) for

(c) at (d) to

25.He congratulated me ____

my success in the selective test.

(a) for (b) upon

(c) on (d) at

26.He discussed the matter

____ the phone.

(a) at (b) over

(c) upon (d) in

27.He disposed ____ his old

car:

(a) off (b) in

(c) on (d) of

28.He filled the glass with

water to the ____.

(a) margin (b) edge

(c) brim (d) rim

29.He insists ___ leaving

immediately.

(a) on (b) at

(c) with (d) none of these

30.He left for Mumbai _____

train.

(a) in (b) from

(c) on (d) by

31.He spends hours looking

___ the birds.

(a) to (b) for

(c) at (d) in

32.He took ____ with his work.

(a) troubles (b) pains

(c) leave (d) rest

33.He was pleased ___ the

boy.

(a) with (b) on

(c) over (d) of

34.He works ____ early

morning.

(a) for (b) by

(c) to (d) from

35.He would not have written

this if he _____ the news.

(a) would not hear

(b) would not have heard

(c) had not been heard

(d) had not heard

36.I am fed up ___ staying this

place:

(a) at (b) on

(c) for (d) with

37.I can write a book ____

grammar

(a) on (b) in

(c) about (d) of

38.I have not slept ____

yesterday.

(a) for (b) from

(c) since (d) by

39.If I meet him _______

(a) I will tell him

(b) I shall tell him

(c) I would tell him

(d) I should tell him

40.If you had helped him, he

___ his work.

(a) could complete

(b) could have completed (c)

completed

(d) none

41.India was dragged ____ the

second World War without the

consent of her people:

(a) to (b) in

(c) into (d) for

42.It _____ rain this evening.

(a) can (b) may

(c) could (d) is

43.It is so dark that _______.

(a) I can’t see nothing

(b) I can see nothing

(c) I couldn’t see nothing

(d) I could see nothing

44.Metals _____ when they

are heated.

(a) contract (b) relax

(c) project (d) Expand

45.Milk is good ___ drink

(a) for (b) to

(c) in (d) of

46.Monkeys live ___ trees.

(a) on (b) in

(c) upon (d) by

47.OFFICIOUS means:

(a) Dealing with the office work

(b) Office routine

(c) To hinder smooth working

(d) Too eager to help or advise

48.People make vine ____

grapes.

(a) for (b) by

(c) from (d) with

49.Pick out the incorrectly spelt

word:

(a) Excellant (b) President

(c) Recommend (d) Comment

50.Science is full ___ wonders.

(a) with (b) by

(c) off (d) of

ANSWERS :1.a 2.c 3.d 4.a 5.c 6.b 7.c 8.c 9.c10.b 11.d 12.d 13.a 14.c 15.c 16.a17.a 18.d 19.c 20.c 21.b 22.a 23.a24.a 25.c 26.b 27.d 28.c 29.a 30.d 31.c 32.b 33.a 34.d

35.d 36.d 37.a 38.c 39.b 40.b 41.c 42.b 43.b 44.d 45.b 46.b 47.d 48.c 49.a 50.d