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Kerala PSC LDC Exam

General English

Practice Test

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1. While my mother was cooking dinner, she............... her fingers.

 (A) burnt
 (B) was burning
 (C) had burnt
 (D) was burnt



2. The king as well as his courtiers.............. hanged to death.

 (A) are
 (B) was
 (C) were
 (D) is



3. The old man spoke ............. and so we could not hear him.

 (A) very boldly
 (B) very sweetly
 (C) very softly
 (D) very kindly



4. Many passengers............. at the airport yesterday by the police

 (A) were detained
 (B) has been detained
 (C) was detained
 (D) are detained



5. "To be in hot soup' means:

 (A) to pour hot soup for someone
 (B) to get into trouble
 (C) to drink a cup of hot soup
 (D) to fall into hot soup



6. The men who stood under the tree died as they were struck by:

 (A) Lighting
 (B) Lightning
 (C) Lightening
 (D) Light




7. Nowadays farmers use tractors instead of ............ of  plough their their fields.

 (A) ox
 (B)  oxes
 (C)  oxens
 (D) oxen



8. The word  that is right spelt is:

 (A) accomodation
 (B) miscellaneous
 (C) ourrence
 (D) atittude



9.  The opposite of the word notorious is:

 (A) clever
 (B) skillful
 (C) famous
 (D) efficient



10. To strike the iron while it is hot' means to:

 (A) damage the iron while it is hot
 (B) not do something at the proper time
 (C) do something at the proper time
 (D) wait because the iron is not