PSC PREVIOUS QUESTION 3

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ENGLISH TEST 3

1.       One word for a number of ants:
(a) group              (b)  colony           (c) fleet            (d)bunch

choose the words nearest in meaning of the underlined words for questions 2 and 3

2.       My friend’s house is within a stone’s throw from our college.
(a) far away              (b) three kilometres away            (c) very close            (d) none

3.       She was accused of foeticide
(a) destruction of foetus      (b) killing mother     (c) killing mother    (d) none

4.       Collage is
(a) University     (b)  colleague   (c) destruction    (d) a form of art

5.       The story told by our teacher was really a ghost in the arm for the students
the meaning of the underlined words
(a)  bullet in the arm   (b)  encouraging stimulus     (c) dangerous one   (d) terrible

6.       Yesterday night I saw a stranger hanging ………….. our house
(a)about   (b)near  (c)around  (d)on

7.       Choose the correctly spelt word
(a)kedney   (b)kidny  (c)kidney  (d)kidni

8.       My neighbour is a horticulturalist. The meaning of the underlined word is
(a)gentleman   (b)who cultivates paddy  (c)farmer  (d)who grows flowers and fruits

9.       I want to meet the teacher …………… is in charge of the library.
(a)which   (b)whom  (c)who  (d)whose

10.   …………… it was raining heavily, he went out without an umbrella.
(a)although   (b)when  (c)in spite of  (d)if

11.   The theatre will be closed until ………… notice.
(a)farther   (b)further  (c)later  (d)separate

12.   There is no …………… without a thorn.
(a)flower   (b)fruit  (c)jasmine  (d)rose

13.   This is the book ………… he borrowed from the library.
(a)who   (b)which  (c)what  (d)where

14.   The opposite of ‘equal’ is
(a)unequal   (b)inequal  (c)disequal  (d)non equal

15.   We continued our journey ………… it stopped raining.
(a)after   (b)while  (c)as soon as  (d)where

16.   ‘Amphibian’ means
(a)an animal lives in water   (b)an animal lives in forest  (c)an animal lives alone  (d)an animal lives both in land and water

17.   The audience went out of the town hall ……….. in protest against the speech made by the chief guest.
(a)en route   (b) en masse (c)impasse  (d)de facto

18.   The correct spelling of the word that means ‘personal mannerism’ is
(a)idiosyncrasy   (b)idiosimcrasy  (c)idiosyncrisy  (d)idiosincrisy

19.   If you had suggested I ……….. accepted it.
(a)would accept   (b)shall accept  (c)would have accepted  (d)will accept

20.   He has been working in the college ………… 1995
(a)from   (b)since  (c)till  (d)before

ANSWERS

1.       B

2.       C

3.       A

4.       D

5.       B

6.       A

7.       C

8.       D

9.       C

10.   A

11.   B

12.   D

13.   B

14.   A

15.   C

16.   D

17.   B

18.   A

19.   C

20.   B

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