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Kerala PSC LDC Exam

General English

Practice Test

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1.  Select the word similar in meaning to the word 'SERENE'

 (A) meak
 (B) calm
 (C) feeble
 (D) solemn



2. Change the following sentence into indirect speech: She said 'Are you ready?

 (A) She said that whether I am ready
 (B) She asked that whether I was ready
 (C) She asked whether I was ready
 (D) She asked whether I am ready



3. Fill in the blank well as his friend ............... present.

 (A) were
 (B) are
 (C) was
 (D) is



4. Find out the one word for the following: 'Murder of king'

 (A) Regicide
 (B) Genocide
 (C) Patricide
 (D) Assassination



5. Fill int he blank with a suitable phrasal verb: Quinine is............ the bark of a plant called Synchona.

 (A) made of
 (B) made by
 (C) made with
 (D) made from



6. Pick out the correct relative pronoun from the following: The man ................ came yesterday was her uncle.

 (A) which
 (B) who
 (C) whom
 (D) that




7.  change the voice: "The fan rotated by an engine."

 (A) An engine rotated the fan
 (B) An engine was rotated  the fan
 (C) An engine is rotated the fan
 (D) An engine has rotated  the fan



8. "Don't make noise" the teacher asked the students. The reported speech of his sentence is:

 (A) the teacher asked the students don't make noise
 (B) the teacher asked the students to make noise
 (C) the teacher asked the students not to make noise
 (D)the teacher asked the students make not noise



9. Pick out the rightly spelt word:

 (A) commitee
 (B) comitte
 (C) commette
 (D) committee



10. The word 'drudgery' means:

 (A) hard and dull work
 (B) easy work
 (C) light work
 (D) none of these