PSC PREVIOUS QUESTION 9

FORTUNE

Academy for career and competitive exams

ENGLISH TEST 9

1.       The study of origin and history of words
(a)Entomology (b)Ethology (c)Etymology (d)Ethnology

2.       The antonym of CREDIT
(a)discredit (b)honesty (c)failure (d)debit

3.       The synonym of ALTERNATIVE
(a)choice (b)One by one (c)Opposite (d)foreign

4.       Slow and steady wins the ……
(a)match (b)fight (c)race (d)stuggle

5.       Spinster means
(a)orphan (b)unmarried woman (c)widow (d)maid

6.       Some rules are very rigid. Others are ……
(a)unrigid (b)hard and fast (c)loose (d)flexible

7.       “There is no smoke without fire” means
(a)There is a cause for everything that happens (b)Smoke and fire go together (c)Even the best kept secret comes out as time passes (d)Arrive at your own conclusion

8.       A large majority of students ……. absent  from the college yesterday
(a)were (b)was (c)has been (d)had been

9.       Your son had promised to call you to USA, ………?
(a)didn’t he (b)did he (c)hadn’t he (d)had he

10.   What you have done ……. no excuse.
(a)admits (b)admits to (c)admits about (d)admits of

11.   Although  the Rajput army was out numbered, the brave general refused to …….
(a)give way (b)give over (c)give in (d)give out

12.   Sheela has two brothers. She does not like …. of them.
(a)neither (b)any (c)either (d)none

13.   Choose the correctly spelt word
(a)governer (b)autumn (c)independance (d)attendence

14.   Never deviate …… the path of truth.
(a)from (b)by (c)at (d)in

15.   Life story written by a person himself is called
(a)Biography (b)life story (c)philosophy (d)Autobiography

16.   A religious discourse
(a)prayer (b)sermon (c)hymn (d)speech

17.   He is a prince …… disguise
(a)in (b)at (c)on (d)by

18.   “make out” means
(a)invent (b)compensate (c)understand (d)destroy
Find out which part of the sentence has an error. If there is no error answer is ‘d’

19.   Myself and Gopalan (a)/ will take care of (b) / the function on Sunday (c)/ No error (d)

20.   On holiday (a) / Sudha prefers reading (b) / than going out visiting friends (c) / No error (d)

ANSWERS

1.       C

2.       D

3.       A

4.       C

5.       B

6.       D

7.       A

8.       B

9.       C

10.   A

11.   C

12.   C

13.   B

14.   A

15.   D

16.   B

17.   A

18.   C

19.   A

20.   C

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