Language Proficiency in English Q & A for Degree level Exams (KAS)
Kerala Administrative Service (KAS ) Exam is conducted by the Kerala Public Service Commission (KPSC). The Kerala Public Service Commission recruits for the post of KAS Officer (Junior Time Scale) Trainee STREAM-1, STREAM-2, STREAM-3 via the Kerala Administrative Service (KAS). For a career in the Kerala Administrative Service, the KPSC GPE is the entry stage. Language Proficiency in English test is a part of the syllabus with 20 questions and 20 marks.
- The meaning of idiom ‘leave no stone unturned’
(a) examine everything (b) do anything
(c) search everywhere (d) try all means
Answer: d
- Express one’s opinion without evidence or full knowledge:
(a) Specify (b) Speculate
(c) Concede (d) Sensing
Answer: c
- Last year my uncle ____ a laptop from England.
(a) purchase (b) bring
(c) brought (d) send
Answer: c
- Metals _____ when they are heated.
(a) contract (b) relax
(c) project (d) Expand
Answer: d
- Choose the opposite of “Despair”:
(a) Misery (b) Impair
(c) Hope (d) Shame
Answer: c
- The government rejected all the demands (Replace the
word underlined with the right phrase)
(a) put out (b) made out
(c) turned down (d) gave out
Answer: c
- She has not fully recovered ____ the shock.
(a) against (b) of
(c) from (d) off
Answer: c
- I shall avail _____ of your advice.
(a) him (b) me
(c) yourself (d) myself
Answer: d
- My book is the old one; _____ is the torn one:
(a) Your (b) Yours
(c) The book of you (d) The book of your
Answer: b
- ‘Hobson’s choice’ means:
(a) Lion’s share (b) the best choice
(c) The last chance
(d) Choice of taking what is available or nothing at all
Answer: d
- The collective noun for ‘poems’:
(a) Anthology (b) Bouquet
(c) Cluster (d) Garland
Answer: a
- List of headings of the business to be transacted in a meeting.
(a) Schedule (b) Proceedings
(c) Excerpts (d) Agenda
Answer: d
- One who does not believe in God:
(a) Pagan (b) Atheist
(c) Charlatan (d) Pedant
Answer: b
- The phrase ‘Let off’ means:
(a) to excuse from penalty (b) extinguish
(c) refuse (d) to explain clearly
Answer: a
- The meaning of ‘Brevity’:
(a) Exaggeration (b) Conciseness
(c) Elaboration (d) Length
Answer: b
- A Baker’s dozen means:
(a) Twelve (b) Charity
(c) Thirteen (d) Allowance
Answer: c
- Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the key word ‘CHARISMA’:
(a) Candour (b) Enormous excitement
(c) Fraudulent use of power
(d) Magnetic appeal
Answer: d
- Which is correctly spelt?
(a) Adolecence (b) Adolescance
(c) Adolesence (d) Adolescence
Answer: d
- When the boys _____ in the field, they heard an explosion.
(a) were playing (b) played
(c) have been playing (d) had been playing
Answer: a
- Leela said ‘I wrote a letter’ (Change into indirect speech):
(a) Leela said that she wrote a letter
(b) Leela said that she has written a letter
(c) Leela said that she had written a letter
(d) Leela said that she was writing a letter
Answer: c
- The opposite of the word ‘Praise’:
(a) Scold (b) Hate
(c) Condemn (d) Accuse
Answer: c
- A person who treats mental diseases is called:
(a) Physicist (b) Cardiologist
(c) Psychologist (d) Psychiatrist
Answer: d
- I can’t help you _____ you tell me the truth.
(a) unless (b) if
(c) but (d) as if
Answer: a
- The feminine gender of ‘Colt’:
(a) Filly (b) Hind
(c) Goose (d) Ewe
Answer: a
- Persisting tirelessly:
(a) indefatigable (b) invincible
(c) infallible (d) impregnable
Answer: a
- I can write a book ____ grammar
(a) on (b) in
(c) about (d) of
Answer: a
- You should adapt yourself ____ the conditions of this place:
(a) in (b) on
(c) about (d) to
Answer: d
- A decision on which one cannot go back:
(a) Infrangible (b) Infallible
(c) Irrevocable (d) Incorrigible
Answer: c
- The first person who _____ the question will be awarded
the prize.
(a) answer (b) answered
(c) answers (d) answering
Answer: c
- You throw it away,_____?
(a) do you (b) isn’t you
(c) aren’t you (d) don’t you
Answer: d
31. He is ___ for his evil deeds.
(a) famous (b) noted
(c) celebrated (d) notorious
Answer: d
- A polite or gentle way of saying something nasty.
(a) Idiom (b) Phrase
(c) Euphemism (d) Antonym
Answer: c
- The word opposite in meaning to the word ‘VINDICATION’:
(a) Justification (b) Exoneration
(c) Accusation (d) Support
Answer: c)
- Which of the following words spelt correctly?
(a) Cermonius (b) Ceremonious
(c) Ceremonius (d) Ceremonus
Answer: b
- ‘Neck and crop’ means:
(a) Swiftly (b) Profoundly
(c) Totally and completely (d) Softly
Answer: c
- Arathy could not ———what they were saying.
(a) get around (b) make out
(c) get in (d) put into
Answer: b
- Choose the appropriate word that has the similar meaning
as the word ‘Authentic’:
(a) Brilliant (b) Charming
(c) Accurate (d) Wonderful
Answer: c
- The opposite of ‘AFFINITY’:
(a) Infinity (b) Love
(c) Hatred (d) Ability
Answer: c
- They cancelled the tour due to ____ weather.
(a) irrational (b) intermittent
(c) inevitable (d) inclement
Answer: d
- The synonym of ‘Precarious’:
(a) Nervous (b) Studious
(c) Dangerous (d) Unusually clever
Answer: c
- The police have made head away with their investigation.
Here ‘head away’ means
(a) made progress (b) met with problem
(c) got into trouble (d) confusion
Answer: a
- ‘Bon Voyage’ means:
(a) Have a pleasant journey
(b) A false step
(c) A great work (d) Manner of operation
Answer: a
- The sentence similar in meaning to ‘if you don’t try, she will
take it away’.
(a) Unless you try, she will take it away
(b) Although you try, she will take it away
(c) Despite you try, she will take it away
(d) Eventhough you try, she will take it away
Answer: a
- They work ——— night and sleep by day.
(a) by (b) on
(c) during (d) no preposition needed
Answer: c
- Sorry, he can’t attend the call. He ——— a bath.
(a) has (b) is taking
(c) has been (d) had
Answer: b
- He filled the glass with water to the ____.
(a) margin (b) edge
(c) brim (d) rim
Answer: c
- I met — European at the party.
(a) an (b) a
(c) the (d) no article needed
Answer: b
- I asked the carpenter to repair the broken curtain. The word
‘broken’ is a:
(a) past participle (b) present participle
(c) past (d) infinitive
Answer: a
- Mohan has visited all the cities in Kerala since he _____
working in the road transport.
(a) had (b) has been
(c) having (d) had been
Answer: b
- Each of the students _____ done well.
(a) are (b) have
(c) were (d) has
Answer: d
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