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Kerala PSC LDC Exam

General English

Practice Test

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1.  He asked me, 'Have you finished reading the newspaper ?

 (A)  He asked me if had l finished reading the newspaper.
 (B)  He asked me if l had finished reading the newspaper.
 (C)  He asked me if l finished reading the newspaper
 (D)  He aske me if l have finished reading the newspaper.




2.  Jerry said, 'I'm studying English a lot at the moment;

 (A)  Jerry said he was studying English a lot at that moment.
 (B)   Jerry said he was studying English a lot at the moment.
 (C)  Jerry said I was studying English a lot at that moment.
 (D)  Jerry said I was studying English a lot at the moment.



3. A ............. of cattle is in the meadow.

 (A)  group
 (B)  herd
 (C)  collection
 (D)  army



4.  A............... of vultures were flying over the dead boad.

 (A)  wake
 (B)  gang
 (C)  pack
 (D)  herd



5.  A................... of owls are seen near my house every night.

 (A)  pride
 (B)  parliament
 (C)  bevy
 (D) school



6.  Jane turned a deaf ear to the advice of her parents, means, jane

 (A)  deadly opposed her parents
 (B)  listened carefully to her parents
 (C)  could not hear what her parents said
 (D)  did not pay attention to her parents




7.  My computer shut down unexpectedly while I was writing that essay, and l had to start again FROM SCRATCH the capitalised words means:

 (A) from where the computer was scratched
 (B)  from the beginning
 (C)  the cat scratched me
 (D)  from the last



8.  I'd get in big trouble if my mom heard me using A FOUR LETTER WORD-the capitalised words means:

 (A)  word with four letters
 (B)  swear word
 (C)  short word
 (D)  good word



9.  The synonym of 'enormous' is

 (A) unsteady
 (B)  heavy
 (C)  huge
 (D)  light



10.  The synonym of  'contrary'is

 (A)  competent
 (B)  opposite
 (C)  same
 (D)  blunder