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Kerala PSC LDC Exam

General English

Practice Test

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1.  Which of the following words are wrongly paired ?

 (A) Hunter-Huntress
 (B) Bridegroom-Bride
 (C) Sultan-Sultana
 (D) Bull-Bully




2.  'Thieves broke into her house' -here the phrase'broke into' means

 (A) begin suddenly
 (B) enter by force
 (C) collapse
 (D) split into parts



3.  'Panorama' has the meaning

 (A) wild and noisy disorder
 (B) wide sight without interruption
 (C) whatever happens by chance
 (D) what cannot be understood



4.  Choose the correctly spelt word:

 (A) enemity
 (B) enmity
 (C) enimity
 (D) enemety



5.   Give one word for -A person who is bad in spelling:

 (A) Cacographist
 (B) Lexicographer
 (C) Calliographist
 (D) Bibliophile



6.  The idiom 'dog's life means:

 (A) a happy life
 (B) a free life
 (C) a miserable life
 (D) an easy life




7.  The ought to have repaired the bridge ago. The passive from is:

 (A) They ought to have been repaired the bridge
 (B) The bridge ought to have been repaired long ago
 (C) The bridge ought to have been repaired by them long ago
 (D) The bridge ought to have been repaired long ago by them



8. The cow is grazing ............. the farm

 (A) on
 (B) in
 (C) at
 (D) of



9.  The idiom 'par excellence' means.....................

 (A) far below
 (B) average
 (C) above average
 (D) above all



10. Birds of the same feather

 (A) fly together
 (B) nest together
 (C) flock together
 (D) feed together