General English for PSC University Asst. Exam.
General English is an important part of University Asst examination. Study meanings, spellings, grammar, usage , pro-nouns, Correct usage of Articles – Prepositions – Direct and Indirect Speech – Active and passive Voice – Correction in Sentences – Grammar – Agreement of Subject and Verb – Confusing Adjectives and Adverbs – Comparison of Adjectives – Vocabulary – Gender – Singular and Plural – Synonyms – Antonyms – One word Substitute – Problem Concerning Words – Idioms and their Meanings- etc and its right usage to be familiar with English language to get maximum marks. Try MOCK EXAM in this platform to evaluate your test writing efficiency.
- If you had invited him he _____ come.
(a) would
(b) will
(c) would have
(d) was
Answer: c
- My younger brother has just _____ a letter from his girl friend.
(a) receive
(b) received
(c) to receive
(d) receiving
Answer: b
- Raju is displeased _____ his wife.
(a) on
(b) with
(c) by
(d) to
Answer: b
- Which is not correctly matched?
(a) Asses-bray
(b) Cattle- trumpet
(c) Dogs- bark
(d) Frogs- croak
Answer: b
- I assured him_____ my support.
(a) from
(b) of
(c) by
(d) with
Answer: b
- We ran as ____ as we could.
(a) quickly
(b) the most quickly
(c) most quickly
(d) more quickly
Answer: a
- Equal in rank , merit or quality:
(a) Chum
(b) Contemporary
(c) Peer
(d) Colleague
Answer: c
- The plural of ‘leaf’:
(a) Lives
(b) Leafs
(c) Leaves
(d) Leafes
Answer: c
- Murder of a king:
(a) Matricide
(b) Genocide
(c) Regicide
(d) Homicide
Answer: c
- Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) Coincidence
(b) Coincidense
(c) Coinsidence
(d) coincidance
Answer: a
- The phrase ‘Root out’ means:
(a) Destroy completely
(b) Form roots
(c) Give strong support
(d) Search for something
Answer: a
- Papparazzi means:
(a) Hater of women
(b) Male features appears in women
(c) Reporters of yellow journals
(d) Photographers
Answer: d
- A bird in hand is better than two in the
(a) town
(b) village
(c) bush
(d) river
Answer: c
- The idiom ‘To make both ends meet’:
(a) To compromise with the enemy
(b) To live with one’s salary
(c) To confess
(d) To keep one’s promise
Answer: b
- The judge finds him guilty ___ murder.
(a) with
(b) by
(c) at
(d) of
Answer: d
- The word “Extempore” means:
(a) Exquisite
(b) Dear
(c) Perfect
(d) without preparation
Answer: d
- The word “Delicacy” means:
(a) Shy
(b) Weakness
(c) Sensitive
(d) Thin
Answer: b
- The doctor gave him an injection to _____ the temperature.
(a) put down
(b) get down
(c) bring down
(d) take down
Answer: c
- I am fond of ____ to jass.
(a) listening
(b) listen
(c) to listen
(d) None of these
Answer: a
- Would you mind ____ the window.
(a) close
(b) to close
(c) closing
(d) None of these
Answer: c
- Either of the alternatives ___ good.
(a) are
(b) is
(c) have
(d) will
Answer: b
- We shall be ready ___ a few minutes.
(a) in
(b) on
(c) at
(d) by
Answer: a
- The antonym of ‘Diffident’ is:
(a) Confident
(b) Afraid
(c) Difficult
(d) Indifferent
Answer: a
- Which one of the following words spelt correctly?
(a) Coreography
(b) Choriography
(c) Choreography
(d) Chariography
Answer: c
- The girl ____ fainted.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) will
(d) was
Answer: a
- Choose the correctly spelt word:
(a) annihilate
(b) anihilate
(c) annihillate
(d) anihillate
Answer: a
- Deliberate damage to property:
(a) Masochism
(b) Vandalism
(c) Censure
(d) Nepotism
Answer: b
- The sound made by Ducks:
(a) Quack
(b) Coo
(c) Mew
(d) Bray
Answer: a
- ‘To leave no stone unturned’ means:
(a) To keep clean and tidy
(b) To try utmost
(c) To work enthusiastically
(d) To change the things
Answer: b
- The opposite of ‘Tentative’:
(a) Immediate
(b) Urgent
(c) Developed
(d) Final
Answer: d
- In a democracy everyone _____ obey the laws of the country.
(a) can
(b) ought to
(c) may
(d) could
Answer: b
- Everybody claims to be right, _____?
(a) isn’t it
(b) don’t they
(c) aren’t they
(d) won’t they
Answer: b
- The opposite of ‘derange’ is:
(a) Arrange
(b) Disarrange
(c) Disorder
(d) Dislocate
Answer: a
- A book fell _____ the shelf:
(a) off
(b) down
(c) onto
(d) along
Answer: a
- Is there _____ hospital in your village.
(a) the
(b) an
(c) a
(d) and
Answer: c
- _____ enough food for all?
(a) Are there
(b) Is there
(c) Where there
(d) Were there
Answer: b
- Sheela swam _____ the river.
(a) on top of
(b) beneath
(c) across
(d) over
Answer: c
- Idleness and luxury _____ poverty andwant.
(a) bring in
(b) bring out
(c) bring up
(d) bring forth
Answer: d
- List and explanation for several words:
(a) Agendum
(b) Glossary
(c) Appendix
(d) Addendum
Answer: b
- The meaning of ‘Lethargy’:
(a) Danger
(b) Energy
(c) Enthusiasm
(d) Dullness
Answer: d
- Neither the students nor the teacher _____come.
(a) are
(b) have
(c) was
(d) has
Answer: d
- The illicit partner of a married man or woman:
(a) Bride
(b) Fiance
(c) Spinster
(d) Paramour
Answer: d
- Political leaders should think of the people _____ they are accountable.
(a) to who
(b) to whom
(c) who
(d) which
Answer: b
- Something that cures any evil or trouble:
(a) Manna
(b) Elixir
(c) Panacea
(d) Potion
Answer: c
- A lot of time _____ wasted.
(a) has
(b) was
(c) are
(d) have been
Answer: b
- Few girls know his house, _____?
(a) do they
(b) did they
(c) don’t they
(d) didn’t they
Answer: a
- Select the word opposite in meaning to ‘right’:
(a) Incorrect
(b) Mistake
(c) Sin
(d) Wrong
Answer: d
- When Raju reached the hall , the meeting ____ already ____.
(a) have, begun
(b) has, begun
(c) had, begun
(d) have, beginning
Answer: c
- Which of the following words is wrongly spelt?
(a) Efficient
(b) Reverance
(c) Dilemma
(d) Privilege
Answer: b
- A system of naming things:
(a) Horticulture
(b) Miniature
(c) Genocide
(d) Nomenclature
Answer: d
Prof. K Raveendra Nathan Nair
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