PSC PREVIOUS QUESTION 14

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ENGLISH TEST 14

1.       Which of these words is rightly spelt?
(a)Carnivel (b)Festivel (c)Marvel (d)Grammer

2.       Honesty is .... best policy
(a)the (b)a (c)not (d)never

3.       The speaker adjourned the House ....
(a)bonafide (b)in camera (c)sine die (d)faux pas

4.       I was very angry .... what he said
(a)with (b)at (c)in  (d)about

5.       A person who wants to abolish wars
(a)ascetic (b)prophet (c)pacifist (d)cynic

6.       Emolument means
(a)remuneration (b)assessment (c)involvement (d)connected

7.       A ..... stone gathers to moss
(a)Lying (b)Setting (c)Crawling (d)rolling

8.       “Gift of the gab” means
(a)an unexpected gain (b)fluency of speech (c)thought provoking oration (d)none of these

9.       He prefers coffee .... tea
(a)than (b)for (c)to (d)at

10.   Which one is in the plural form?
(a)Mouse (b)Oxen (c)Radius (d)Crisis

11.   Give the opposite of “transparent”
(a)Dull (b)Opaque (c)Hard (d)Solid

12.   An office for which no salary is paid
(a)sinecure (b)epicurean (c)extempore (d)honorary

13.   There is a .... of mountains
(a)chain (b)class (c)group (d)cluster

14.   Alcohol is injurious ..... health
(a)in (b)to (c)with (d)for

15.   Which part of the sentence has an error?
Can you (a)/ repair my watch (b)/ until Monday? (c)/ No error (d)

16.   Our electricity was .... for about ten hours today.
(a)cut out (b)cut down (c)cut off (d)cut up

17.   Find the correctly spelt word
(a)previlege (b)privelege (c)previlige (d)privilege

18.   Choose the one which best expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
They objected my proposal.
(a)My proposal objected them (b)My proposal was objected by them (c)My proposal was objected to by them (d) Their proposal was objected by me

19.    The terrorist were arrested for their ..... activities
(a)subservient (b)subsidiary (c)subordinate (d)subversive

20.   Add suitable tag. Sujith is very friendly,........?
(a)isn’t Sujith (b)aren’t he (c)is he (d)isn’t he

ANSWERS

1.       C

2.       A

3.       C

4.       B

5.       C

6.       A

7.       D

8.       B

9.       C

10.   B

11.   B

12.   D

13.   A

14.   B

15.   C

16.   C

17.   A

18.   C

19.   D

20.   D

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