Kerala PSC Sales Assistant KSCCF Ltd/ Junior Assistant/ Cashier -KSEB/ Kerala Ceramics/ Excise Circle Inspector English Paper 2016
Choose the antonym of the Capital Letter word from the sentence –
After months of drought the farmers began to DESPAIR that they would lose everything.
(a) inspire
(b) desperate
(c) hope
(d) hurry
Choose a suitable interpretation for the idiom ‘to blaze a trail’
(a) to set fire
(b) to blow one’s trumpet
(c) to be annoying
(d) to initiate work
Jessie waited with ___________breath for news of her success
(a) bated
(b) batton
(c) baited
(d) battled
Find the appropriate reported speech for the following –
“Keep quiet” said the mother to the child.
The mother aksed the child __________
(a) for keeping quiet
(b) to keep quiet
(c) should keep quiet
(d) that it should have kept quiet
The universe ___________continusously ever since the beginning of time and the galaxies ________ away from one another at great speed.
(a) has expanded, moved
(b) expanded, has been moving
(c) had been expanding, had moved
(d) has been expanding, have been moving
Give a one word substitute for
A person who does not believe in God
(a) altruist
(b) atheist
(c) theist
(d) amateur
It is obvious from the leader’s mumbling that he does not have a flair ____________publi speaking
(a) in
(b) to
(c) for
(d) by
Correct the statement
Each of the boys were given a pen
(a) Each of the boys are given a pen
(b) Each of the boys was given a pen
(c) Each of the boys give a pen
(d) Each of the boys were given pens
Choose the word which is spelt correctly ?
(a) accommodation
(b) accomodation
(c) accommadation
(d) accommodation
Change the voice
Did the blast terrify the children?
(a) Was the blast terrified by the children ?
(b) Was the children terrified by the blast ?
(c) Were the children terrifying by the blast ?
(d) Were the children terrified by the blast ?
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