PSC LDC General English Model Questions
Aim: Find out the error in the sentences given.
1
(A) No boy in the class / (B) is so tall / (C) as Raju. / (D) no error
Answer
(A) No boy in the class
2
(A) Raju is / (B) taller than / (C) any boy in the class./(D) no error
Answer
(C) any boy in the class
3
(A) Very few / (B) boy in the class / (C)are so tall as Raju. / (D) no error
Answer
(B) boy in the class
4
(A) Raju is taller than / (B) most students / (C) in the class. /(D) no error
Answer
(B) most students
5
(A)The price of rice(B) is higher / (C) than wheat. / (D) no error
Answer
(C) than wheat
Aim: Pick out the most effective word from the choices.
6
I found your diary after you —— the house.
Answer
B. had left
7
Sydney Carton , proposed to Lucio , but she ——— the offer of marriage .
Answer
A. turned down
8
If he had applied for the post —————.
Answer
C. he will have got it
9
We must ———— the lost time by hurrying up.
Answer
A. make up for
10
A daily is a paper that ——— every day.
Answer
A. comes out
11
Please ——— the lights before going to bed.
Answer
B. put out
13
If the work men had not been tired, they ——— the work.
Answer
A. would have completed
14
Hardly ——— see the picture .
Answer
C. can I
Aim: Choose the correct word which very closely fits each definition.
15
One who hates mankind is a ———— .
Answer
B. misanthrope
16
A cartographer makes ————.
Answer
A. maps
17
A place where coins are made is called —————-—.
Answer
C. mint
18
The study of human races is —-——-——.
Answer
C. Anthropology
19
Murder of one’s father is called —————-——.
Answer
D. patricide
20
A person who knows many languages is called ——————.
Answer
D. multi lingual
21
A journey by sea is called ——————.
Answer
A. voyage
22
The study of the origin and history of words is ———.
Answer
A. Etymology
Aim: Use prepositions wherever necessary
23
I am grateful ——— you for your help .
Answer
B. to
24
Please excuse me ——— the delay .
Answer
C. for
25
He is inconsistent ——— his actions .
Answer
A. in
26
Independent ——— help, he solved the problem .
Answer
B. of
27
He is incapable ——— any action .
Answer
A. of
28
The food is infected ——— germs .
Answer
D. with
29
Sweets are injurious ——— health .
Answer
B. to
30
I inspired him ——— hope .
Answer
A. with
31
They imposed a heavy fine ———— the driver .
Answer
C. on
32
You should adhere ———— the discipline of the college.
Answer
A. to
Aim: Fill up the blanks using the words given in the choices
33
We must explore ————— sources of energy as our supply of fossil fuel has been ————.
Answer
C. natural, exhausted
34
The activities of the association have —— from the ———— objectives set for it in the initial years.
Answer
C. details, grand
35
The hunter was attacked by a _________ of wolves.
Answer
C. pack
36
He has a good ——— over the ancient language too.
Answer
D. information
37
The construction of the house has been ————— because of the ————— of the cement in the market.
Answer
A. held, non availability
Aim: Rewrite as directed
38
Amy and her brother Tom are known for their ‘tall talk’. (The idiom means)
Answer
D. boastful talk
39
The idiom ‘a brain wave’ means:
Answer
D. sudden inspiration
40
The offer’ holds good’ for two days. (‘Holds good’ means:)
Answer
B. will be valid
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