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Kerala PSC LDC Exam

General English

Practice Test

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1.  He .............. madness to eascape punishment

 (A) feigned
 (B) fanned
 (C) feeds
 (D) farrowed




2. 'Mother wit' means:

 (A) To speak frankly
 (B) A lay who tells comic stories
 (C) To be obsessed by something
 (D) Natural common sense



3.  Find out the correctly spelt word :

 (A) ocurrence
 (B) occurrence
 (C) oocurrance
 (D) occurance



4. The operation ........... his pain , but the injection alleviated it . (Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined )

 (A) acquitted
 (B) departed
 (C) discouraged
 (D) aggravated



5. Pack : wolves ::...........: books

 (A) group
 (B) flight
 (C) pile
 (D) bunch



6.  'Don't sleep late and miss the bus' said Mr. Varma. (Choose the correct reported speech)

 (A) Mr.Varma advised us not  to sleep late and miss the bus
 (B) Mr.Varma advises us not to sleep late and miss the bus
 (C) Mr.Varma advised us to sleep late and miss the bus
 (D)Mr.Varma advised us not  to sleep late and missed the bus




7. Some of us wanted to stay longer...........?

 (A) didn't we ?
 (B) did we ?
 (C) didn't us ?
 (D) did they ?



8.  The shopkeeper  offered to exchange the goods. The shopkeeper offered to refund the money. (combine using 'either -or')

 (A) The shopkeeper offered to either exchange the good or to refund the money
 (B) The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the good or refund to the money
 (C)  The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the good or the money
 (D)  The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the goods or to refund the money



9. Which of the following is not a compound noun ?

 (A) horse-power
 (B) master-piece
 (C) shoe -maker
 (D) cross-examine



10. I have never know so wet ............... summer

 (A) the
 (B) an
 (C) a
(D)  none of those