Kerala PSC English Questions and Answers 2020
PSC English Questions and Answers Part 1 (1-20)
1) Hundred dollars _____ a high price to pay.
a) is
b) are
c) has
d) have
Answer: is
2) Tom received rich _____ for his recitation.
a) complements
b) compliance
c) complimance
d) compliments
Answer: compliments
3) Children hardly ever speak English, _____?
a) don’t they?
b) didn’t they?
c) do they?
d) did they?
Answer: do they?
4) One of the pupils _____ selected for the competition
a) are
b) were
c) is
d) have
Answer: is
5) A student who stays away from school without telling his/her parents:
a) liar
b) truant
c) escapist
d) dreamer
Answer: truant
6) Plural form of ‘analysis’:
a) analysises
b) analyseses
c) analysis
d) analyses
Answer: analyses
7) I had better _____ now
a) is walking
b) has been walking
c) walked
d) walks
Answer: is walking
8) She _____ the books on the table.
a) laid
b) lay
c) lie
d) lied
Answer: laid
9) When we were young, we _____ play most of the time
a) can
b) could
c) may
d) might
Answer: could
10) Nobody should be deprived _____ the opportunities to come up in life.
a) for
b) with
c) to
d) of
Answer: of
11) If you went there, you :
a) could see it
b) can see it
c) could have seen it
d) could have see it
Answer: could see it
12) The idiom “Swan song” means:
a) A musical performance
b) the last public performance of an artist or athlete
c) song of a swan
d) first public performance of an artist or athlete
Answer: the last public performance of an artist or athlete
13) Antonym of the word, ‘Idiocy’:
a) Foolishness
b) Stupidity
c) Sagacity
d) Quixotry
Answer: Sagacity
14) Everybody has attended the conference, _____?
a) Didn’t they
b) Have they
c) Hasn’t they
d) Haven’t they
Answer: Haven’t they
15) Choose the synonym of ‘Embezzle’?
a) Misappropriate
b) Balance
c) Remunerate
d) Clear
Answer: Misappropriate
16) Arun’s father’s eldest brother is his favourite _____
a) uncle
b) parent
c) cousin
d) aunt
Answer: uncle
17) ‘Don’t play at night’ is a/an ______ sentence.
a) affirmative
b) negative
c) imperative
d) interrogative
Answer: imperative
18) You can trust her. She _____ not cheat you
a) will
b) would
c) ought
d) could
Answer: will
19) The match _____ by their team
a) win
b) has been won
c) has won
d) won
Answer: has been won
20) The feminine gender of nephew’ is _____
a) nephrite
b) nephritic
c) niece
d) nephritis
Answer: niece
PSC English Questions and Answers Part 2 (21-40)
21) The antonym of barbarian is _____
a) civilized
b) uncultured
c) foreigner
d) fool
Answer: civilized
22) A person who undertakes a commercial venture is a/an _____
a) Entrepreneur
b) Businessman
c) Shopkeeper
d) Manager
Answer: Entrepreneur
23) The passive voice of “People speak English all over the world” is :
a) English was spoken all over the world
b) English is spoken all over the world
c) English has spoken all over the world
d) English had spoken all over the world
Answer: English is spoken all over the world
24) The word nearest in meaning to the word ‘endeavour’ is:
a) attempt
b) debate
c) expand
d) disclose
Answer: attempt
25) She sang well, _____
a) did she?
b) didn’t she?
c) does she?
d) doesn’t she?
Answer: didn’t she?
26) She often _____ to church.
a) go
b) is going
c) was going
d) goes
Answer: goes
27) Success often depends on your ability to _____ yourself to changing circumstances.
a) adopt
b) adequate
c) adept
d) adapt
Answer: adapt
28) Neither of them _____ the answer.
a) was knowing
b) know
c) is knowing
d) knows
Answer: knows
29) Which is correctly spelt?
a) pronounciation
b) lieutenant
c) occured
d) Occurrance
Answer: lieutenant
30) If you had worked hard, you _____ a first class.
a) will get
b) may get
c) would have got
d) might get
Answer: would have got
31) Plural of Son-in-law is:
a) Sons -in-laws
b) Sons-in-law
c) Son-in-laws
d) Sons and laws
Answer: Sons-in-law
32) “Opus-magnum” means:
a) a great work
b) grateful
c) in reality
d) magnitude
Answer: a great work
33) We should always _____ the meaning of new words in the dictionary.
a) look into
b) look up
c) look over
d) look after
Answer: look up
34) Inscription on a gravestone is called?
a) epilogue
b) epitaph
c) obituary
d) prologue
Answer: epitaph
35) Which among the following is a verb?
a) canvas
b) envelope
c) canvass
d) advice
Answer: canvass
36) He is as _____ as a bee.
a) tricky
b) greedy
c) fresh
d) nimble.
Answer: nimble
37) Find the synonym of the word manifest
a) Custom
b) Display
c) Humble
d) Soft
Answer: Display
38) Pick out the singular form from the given words.
a) Dishes
b) Batches
c) Class
d)Mice
Answer: Class
39) Rewrite the sentence using the correct article. I shall finish my work in _____ hour.
a) an
b) the
c) a
d) to
Answer: an
40) This is the _____ news. Use the correct adjective.
a) late
b) early
c) last
d) latest
Answer: latest
PSC English Questions and Answers Part 3 (41-60)
41) ‘I wish it wasn’t raining’ means:
a) It is raining
b) It isn’t raining
c) It will rain
d) It wasn’t raining
Answer: It is raining
42) She lives in Mumbai _____
a) isn’t she?
b) doesn’t she?
c) don’t she?
d) is she?
Answer: doesn’t she?
43) It is impossible to separate belief _____ emotion
a) with
b) to
c) for
d) from
Answer: from
44) Many people _____ the poor.
a) looked ahead to
b) looked forward to
c) looked on to
d) looked down on
Answer: looked down on
45) _____ is a synonym of ‘hostile’.
a) Unfriendly
b) Credible
c) Unhappiness
d) Disobedient
Answer: Unfriendly
46) The older he got _____ he became.
a) more happier
b) happier
c) the happier
d) the happy
Answer: the happier
47) You’d better _____ in time
a) reach
b) reaches
c) reached
d) to reach
Answer: reach
48) I prefer chocolates _____ nuts.
a) than
b) to
c) less than
d) more than
Answer: to
49) Rahul usually _____ newspaper in the morning.
a) read
b) reads
c) has read
d) reading
Answer: reads
50) Karthik speaks English in fluenty, _____?
a) does he
b) do he
c) doesn’t he
d) don’t he
Answer: doesn’t he
51) Tom asked the stranger, ‘where did you go’? The sentence can be reported as Tom asked the stranger:
a) where he has gone
b) where he had gone
c) where he went
d) where do you go
Answer: where he had gone
52) Choose the meaning of the given idiom “To pick holes”?
a) To find some reason to quarrel
b) To destroy something
c) To eat some part of an item
d) To criticize some one
Answer: To criticize some one
53) The bomb _____ near the busy vegetable market
a) put out
b) went off
c) put across
d) got away
Answer: went off
54) We live in _____ big house with a white door.
a) the
b) a
c) at
d) an
Answer: the
55) Dutch courage means:
a) Courage of Dutch people
b) Courage to travel sea
c) Courage induced by alcohol
d) Courage induced by friends
Answer: Courage induced by alcohol
56) Robert was Inattentive _____ he had a car accident
a) because of
b) so
c) due to
d) even through
Answer: so
57) One word has been misspelt. Find the misspelt word.
a) Psychologist
b) Psychaitrist
c) Physiologist
d) Psychoanalyst
Answer: Psychaitrist
58) Which of the following is SIMILAR in meaning of the word “bestowed”?
a) conferred
b) accommodated
c) trusted
d) withdrawn
Answer: conferred
59) Choose the word which can be substituted. The custom of having more than one husband at the same time.
a) Polyandry
b) Polygamy
c) Debauchery
d) Bigamy
Answer: Polyandry
60) The rider _____ his horse to victory
a) road
b) rode
c) rod
d) rid
Answer: rode
PSC English Questions and Answers Part 4 (61-80)
61) He ordered his servant _____
a) That he go home
b) to go home
c) that go home
d) that he should go home
Answer: to go home
62) One who hates mankind is:
a) Optimist
b) Pessimist
c) Misanthropist
d) Rationalist
Answer: Misanthropist
63) (d) 78. A fish out of water means:
a) to be in an uncomfortable position
b) to be in comfortable position
c) to be in an easy way
d) none of these
Answer: to be in an uncomfortable position
64) Those with _____ you associate should be honest
a) who
b) whose
c) whom
d) what
Answer: whom
65) No one is late today, _____?
a) are they
b) is he
c) isn’t he
d) aren’t they
Answer: are they
66) No sooner _____ than the meeting began.
a) did
b) do
c) has
d) had
Answer: had
67) He _____ some usefull tips. Choose the correct phrasal verb.
a) put up with
b) put in
c) put aside
d) put forward
Answer: put forward
68) Complete the sentence using the appropriate idiom:
The Manager insisted that the agreement must be made
a) On cloud nine
b) Once in a blue moon
c) To make both ends meet
d) In black and white
Answer: In black and white
69) Noun form of ‘educate’ is:
a) education
b) educational
c) educationist
d) educator
Answer: education
70) The passive form of ‘she was correcting our papers’ is :
a) Our papers were being corrected by her
b) Our papers was being corrected by her
c) Our papers was corrected by her
d) Our papers were corrected by her
Answer: Our papers were being corrected by her
71) Pick out the correctly spelt word:
a) Travalogue
b) Travlogue
c) Travologue
d) Travelogue
Answer: Travelogue
72) Which is the correct sentence?
a) Wait here until he comes
b) Wait here until he does not come
c) Wait here until he does not comes
d) Wait here until he come
Answer: Wait here until he comes
73) The young one of a deer is called:
a) foal
b) fawn
c) calf
d) kid
Answer: fawn
74) Fill in the blank with a suitable question tag: I am healthy _____?
a) amn’t I?
b) are I?
c) aren’t I?
d) am I?
Answer: aren’t I?
75) Select the word similar in meaning to the word ‘SERENE’:
a) meak
b) calm
c) feeble
d) solemn
Answer: calm
76) Find out the one word for the following: ‘Murder of a King’
a) Regicide
b) Genocide
c) Patricide
d) Assassination
Answer: Regicide
77) The word ‘drudgery’ means:
a) hard and dull work
b) easy work
c) light work
d) none of these
Answer: hard and dull work
78) The idiom ‘lingua franca’ means:
a) language of France
b) common language
c) language
d) global language
Answer: common language
79) He practice cricket and foot ball regularly is a:
a) simple sentence
b) complex sentence
c) compound sentence
d) compound complex
Answer: compound sentence
80) Everyone likes sweets _____? Pick out the right tag
a) doesn’t they?
b) does they?
c) don’t they?
d) do they?
Answer: don’t they?
PSC English Questions and Answers Part 5 (81-100)
81) The plural form of spoonful:
a) spoonful
b) spoonfuls
c) spoonsful
d) none of these
Answer: spoonfuls
82) ‘Release the prisoner’. The passive form is:
a) The prisoner is released
b) Let the prisoner be released
c) The prisoner released
d) Let be the prisoner released
Answer: Let the prisoner be released
83) She was angry _____ him
a) on
b) upon
c) with
d) for
Answer: with
84) I think I am right _____?
a) aren’t I?
b) am I?
c) doesn’t I?
d) don’t I?
Answer: aren’t I?
85) Place where the rabbit live in:
a) hole
b) burrow
c) den
d) kennel
Answer: burrow
86) The feminine noun of ‘lord’:
a) king
b) queen
c) princess
d) lady
Answer: lady
87) She is one of the girls _____ know the answer.
a) whose
b) who
c) whom
d) that
Answer: who
88) A scientific study of diseases:
a) Pharmacology
b) Phonology
c) Dermatology
d) Pathology
Answer: Pathology
89) Find out the correct sentence:
a) This book is your’s
b) This book is yours
c) This book is your
d) None of these
Answer: This book is yours
90) Pick out the one word of ‘absence of law and order’
a) Anarchy
b) Autocracy
c) Rationalism
d) Monarch
Answer: Anarchy
91) Give the noun form of the adjective ‘atrocious’
a) Atricity
b) Atritivity
c) Atrocity
d) None of these
Answer: None of these
92) Which is a pronoun?
a) On
b) But
c) Each
d) An
Answer: Each
93) Find out the odd one:
a) relish
b) flavour
c) odour
d) savour
Answer: odour
94) The antonym of ‘proper’ is:
a) disproper
b) improper
c) unproper
d) inproper
Answer: improper
95) Find the odd word out:
a) Glare
b) Gleam
c) Gloze
d) Glow
Answer: Gloze
96) Find out the antonym: SHALLOW
a) Broad
b) Long
c) Wide
d) Deep
Answer: Deep
97) Ten thousand rupees _____ a large sum. (Supply appropriate verb)
a) are
b) is
c) was
d) has
Answer: is
98) Tom Said, “I am leaving for Madras tomorrow”. (Report the sentence)
a) Tom said to he was leaving for Madras the next day.
b) Tom said that he was leaving for madras tomorrow.
c) Tom said he is leaving for Madras the previous day.
d) Tom said that he was leaving for Madras the next day.
Answer: Tom said that he was leaving for Madras the next day
99) I _____ a lot of friends, while I was working in Bombay.
a) met
b) was meeting
c) meets
d) meet
Answer: met
100) The Opposition party _____ a strike.
a) call on
b) call at
c) call for
d) call off
Answer: call for
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