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Kerala PSC LDC Exam

General English

Practice Test

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     Choose the word or words nearest in meaning of the underlined words for questions 1 and 2:

 1. Bernard Shaw was a person who never smoked or drank alcoholic drinks.

 (A) playwright
 (B) dramatist
 (C) teetotaller
 (D) iconoclast




2. I am one who believes that everything will end up well.

 (A) a pessimist
 (B) an optimist
 (C) atheist
 (D) fatalist



3. One word for a person who collects stamps is

 (A) philanthropist
 (B) humanist
 (C) philatelist
 (D) curator



4. Honesty is.......best policy.

 (A) a
 (B) an
 (C) the
 (D) some



5. A trouble-shooter is one who

 (A) provokes people to fight
 (B) helps to settle disputes
 (C) hates women
 (D) hates mankind



6. He had switched off all lights and fans........he went out.

 (A) before
 (B) when
 (C) while
 (D) after




7. The opposite of 'appoint' is

 (A) refuse
 (B) reject
 (C) disappoint
 (D) dismiss



8. The young one of a lion is a

 (A) kitten
 (B) calf
 (C) cub
 (D) kid



9. A synonym for anger is

 (A) ire
 (B) fire
 (C) quarrel
 (D) fight



10. You should have given up smoking if your doctor...........you to.

 (A) advised
 (B) advises
 (C) will advise
 (D) had advised