PSC PREVIOUS QUESTION 1

FORTUNE  Academy for career and competitive exams ENGLISH TEST 1

 

1.       Write the verbal form of ‘choice’
(a)Choise   (b)Choice   (c)Choose  (d)none of these

2.       Select the past tense of ‘go’
(a)goed   (b)gone   (c)goes  (d)went

3.       Select the synonym of ‘disrespect’
(a)suspect   (b)revise   (c)irreverence  (d)appreciate

4.       Give the meaning of the phrase ‘go on’
(a)continue   (b)liberate   (c)dominate  (d)depart

5.       The workers went out of the factory to … …… hold a protest rally.
(a)en masse   (b) en route  (c)impasse  (d)defacto

6.       Give the antonym of ‘benevolent’
(a)bonafide   (b) fertile  (c)ugly  (d)malevolent

7.       The murder of a human being
(a)regicide   (b) homicide  (c)suicide  (d)infanticide

8.       A dictator tyrannises ……… people
(a)at   (b)with   (c)over (d)by

9.       Reena speaks Kannada, …….?
(a)don’t she   (b) did she  (c)doesn’t she  (d)does she

10.   Choose the wrongly spelt word.
(a)campeign   (b)camphor   (c)calorie  (d) bribe

11.   When the chief guest at last came, the audience ……..
(a)is leaving   (b) had already left  (c) already left  (d)was already left

Point out which part of the sentence has an error

12.   None of my friends(a)/ are applying (b)/ for this job (c)/ No error (d)

13.   He returned back (a)/ when he sensed (b) / that there was danger (c)/ No error (d)

14.   Mr. Robert is ……….. European
(a)a   (b) an  (c)the  (d)none of these

15.   ‘POTA’ is a/an
(a)antonym   (b)acronym   (c) synonym (d)homonym

16.   Translate this passage from English ……… Hindi
(a) to  (b)for   (c) into (d)none of these

17.   Lion’s share means
(a)the part of a lion   (b) major part  (c)food of a lion  (d)prey

18.   They discussed ………. the unemployment problem in Kerala.
(a) about  (b)over   (c)of  (d)no preposition is needed

19.   Water ……. at 100 degree celcius
(a)will boil   (b) will be boiled  (c) boils (d)boiling

20.   He walks as if he ……….. mad.
(a)were   (b)was   (c)is  (d)none of these

ANSWERS

1.       C

2.       D

3.       C

4.       A

5.       A

6.       D

7.       B

8.       C

9.       C

10.   A

11.   B

12.   B

13.   A

14.   A

15.   B

16.   C

17.   B

18.   D

19.   C

20.   A

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