Kerala PSC LD Clerk Exam General English Page -363

Kerala PSC LDC Exam

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1. A person who knows many languages is called

(A) illiterate
(B) literate
(C) bilingual
(D) multi-lingual

2. A work published after a writer's death is

(A) memorial
(B) moments
(C) post-death
(D) posthumous

3. A person who is indifferent to pleasure and pain

(A) stoic
(B) sceptic
(C) ascetic
(D) cynic

4. The summary or outline of a book, play etc is known as

(A) synonym
(B) syndrome
(C) syntax
(D) synopsis

5. Dried food, hay etc for horses and farm animals is called

(A) fodder
(B) freak
(C) flora
(D) fauna

6. One who does not believe in the existence of God is called an

(A) agnostic
(B) occulist
(C) atheist
(D) egoist

7. A place where coins are made is called

(A) clock
(B) drapery
(C) mint
(D) granary

8. One word for the condition of self-government

(A) autocracy
(B) automaton
(C) autonomy
(D) autogamy

9. A trusted person to whom one speaks about one's private affairs

(A) confessor
(B) listener
(C) confidant
(D) trustee

10. The murder of a new-born child by or with consent of a parent

(A) patricide
(B) homicide
(C) genocide
(D) none of the above