PSC PREVIOUS QUESTION 4

FORTUNE

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ENGLISH TEST 4

1.       Pandemonium means

(a)Noisy disorder   (b) Great joy  (c)Big crowd    (d)Musical instrument

2.       Antonym of adversity
(a)Affliction   (b)Diversity   (c)Prosperity    (d)calamity

3.       One who has no death
(a)Stable   (b)Permanent   (c)Perpetual    (d)immortal

4.       Talking disrespectfully of sacred things is called
(a)Demagogue   (b)Blasphemy   (c)Atheism    (d)Apostate

5.       The new secretary started work ……… last week
(a)since   (b)from   (c)till    (d)to

6.       Choose the correctly spelt word
(a)Bourgeois   (b)Fourty   (c)Milenium    (d)Superintendant

7.       Vanity thy name is ………
(a)Money   (b)Flower   (c)Woman    (d)Beauty

8.       Which one of the following is in singular form?
(a)Data   (b)crises   (c)Indices    (d)Antenna

9.       The young one of Kangaroo
(a)foal   (b)pup   (c)fawn    (d)joey

10.   Let us play tennis, …………?
(a)will you   (b) shall we  (c)are you    (d)shall us

11.   I ………. him yesterday.
(a)have written   (b)had written   (c)wrote    (d)write

12.   Nocturnal relates to
(a)night time   (b)day time   (c) evening   (d)after noon

13.   He is angry ……. me for not helping him.
(a)on   (b)with   (c)of    (d)upon

14.   ‘Bolt from the blue’ means
(a)ups and downs   (b)critical moments   (c)punishments    (d)sudden shocks

15.   The phrase ‘go on’ means
(a)finish   (b)continue   (c)liberate    (d)interrupt

16.   Ramesh is senior …….. Suresh.
(a)than   (b)for   (c)to    (d)by

17.   The country needs a ……….. government to tackle the challenges it faces today.
(a)stationary   (b)stagnant   (c)sustained    (d)stable

18.   The police ……….. on duty
(a)are   (b)is   (c)was    (d)have

19.   I watch television ……… I have nothing to do.
(a)when   (b)where   (c)then    (d)now

20.   Metals ………… when they are heated.
(a)contract   (b)relax   (c)project    (d)expand

ANSWERS

1.       A

2.       C

3.       D

4.       B

5.       B

6.       A

7.       C

8.       D

9.       D

10.   B

11.   C

12.   A

13.   B

14.   D

15.   B

16.   C

17.   D

18.   A

19.   A

20.   D

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