LDC EXAM REPEATED ENGLISH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: KERALA PSC PREVIOUS ENGLISH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS :: LDC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2017
(a) Maid
(b) Warden
(c) Matron
(d) Midwife
27. Raju bought ____ flowers to decorate the
hall.
(a) flocks of
(b) heaps of
(c) bunches of
(d) clumps of
28. Which word is correctly spelt?
(a) Traverse
(b) Traverce
(c) Traverze
(d) Traverrse
29. _____ is a very good form of exercise.
(a) Running
(b) The run
(c) To run
(d) Is running
30. He is always ____ in replying the letters.
(a) fast
(b) swift
(c) immediate
(d) prompt
31. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘ENMITY’:
(a) Important
(b) Unnecessary
(c) Friendship
(d) Likeness
32. Rajiv Gandhi _____ Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister.
(a) acceded
(b) receded
(c) exceeded
(d) succeeded
33. Woman who trained to help other women in child birth:
(a) Matron
(b) Midwife
(c) Nurse
(d) Concubine
34. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word ‘RESERVED’:
(a) Popular
(b) Companionable
(c) Likeable
(d) Talkative
35. Arbiter means:
(a) Priest
(b) Despot
(c) Very bitter
(d) Appointed by two parties to settle a dispute
36. Point out the nearest antonym of the word ‘Nominal’:
(a) Minimal
(b) Exorbitant
(c) Large
(d) Costly
37. I expect my friend ____ the third of next
month.
(a) from
(b) in
(c) by
(d) at
38. Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Ineligible
(b) Inelligibal
(c) Inelligible
(d) Inegibil
39. Two dozen oranges ____ only twenty
rupees.
(a) cost
(b) costing
(c) costs
(d) costed
40. I met a lot of people ____ my stay in New
York.
(a) at
(b) by
(c) during
(d) till
41. Substance that prevents putrefaction:
(a) Antidote
(b) Antiseptic
(c) Antonym
(d) Anaemic
42. I dislike ____ to my house.
(a) his coming
(b) he coming
(c) him coming
(d) None of these
43. He ____ reply to your letter as soon as
possible.
(a) has
(b) could
(c) has been
(d) will
44. When I opened the envelope, I was delighted to find a cheque ___ Rs.1000.
(a) by
(b) at
(c) in
(d) for
45. Students looked very bored _____ the
lesson.
(a) while
(b) for
(c) during
(d) None of these
46. The river divides the city ____ two parts.
(a) with
(b) by
(c) between
(d) into
47. Nobody believed Smitha at first but he____ to be right.
(a) came out
(b) turned out
(c) worked out
(d) carried out
48. Money isn’t the solution ____ every problem.
(a) to
(b) with
(c) in
(d) by
49. Extreme old age when a man behaves
like a fool:
(a) Imbecility
(b) Senility
(c) Dotage
(d) Superannuation
50. Select the correctly spelt word:
(a) Disiplin
(b) Discipline
(c) Disciplin
(d) Dissipline
Answers:
25(d) 26 (c) 27(c) 28 (a) 29 (a) 30(d) 31(c)32(d) 33(b) 34(d) 35(d) 36(b) 37(c) 38(a) 39(a) 40(c) 41(b) 42(a) 43(d) 44(d)45(c) 46(d) 47(b) 48(a) 49(c) 50(b)