PSC LDC General English Model Questions & Answers [Part 2]
Here is the part 2 of the PSC LD Clerk General English Model Questions and answers. You may also download the PDF document of the questions and answers.
PSC LDC General English Model Questions
Aim: Fill up the blanks using suitable choices:
1. There is a beggar at the gate ,————— ?
(A) isn’t it
(B) is it
(C) is there
(D) isn’t there
Ans: (D) isn’t there
2. One should love one’s country ,————— ?
(A) shouldn’t one
(B) shouldn’t he
(C) should one
(D) should he
Ans: (A) shouldn’t one
3. My uncle and guardian ——— a doctor
(A) is
(B) are
(C) were
(D) am
Ans: (A) is
4. Neither he nor I ———— the rules.
(A) knows
(B) has known
(C) know
(D) has
Ans: (C) know
5. We should all help ————-—
(A)each other
(B) one another
(C)each
(D) none of these
Ans: (B) one another
6. Of my two daughters she is ———.
(A) elder
(B) eldest
(C) the elder
(D) the eldest
Ans: (C) the elder
7. The Orator and the Statesman ———— killed in the accident.
(A) was
(B) were
(C) has
(D) none of these
Ans: (B) were
8. A great many —————-— failed the test.
(A) boy
(B) boys
(C) girl
(D) none of these
Ans: (B) boys
9. More than one attempt ———— made to break the door.
(A) have been
(B) has been
(C) were
(D) have
Ans: (B) has been
10. The question has been ———— discussed .
(A) many
(B) much
(C) a few
(D) none of these
Ans: (B) much
Aim: Re-write as directed
11. She is making tea. (Turn into passive)
(A) Tea is made by her
(B) Tea is being made by her
(C) She makes tea.
(D) none of these
Ans: (B) Tea is being made by her
12. They have completed the work. (Turn into passive)
(A) They have been completed by the work.
(B) The work have been completed by them.
(C) The work has been completed by them
(D) none of these
Ans: (C) The work has been completed by them
13. He helped me. (Turn into passive)
(A) He was helped me.
(B) I am helped by him.
(C) I was helped by him.
(D) none of these
Ans: (C) I was helped by him.
14. Bird: Cage (Select the pair that best expresses similar relationship)
(A) thief: prison
(B) animals: Zoo
(C) antique: museum
(D) crime: punishment
Ans: (C) antique: museum
15. The trekkers set up the hill at a ——— pace. (Use the antonym of ‘sluggish’)
(A) slow
(B) quick
(C) dull
(D) brisk
Ans: (D) brisk
16. Choose the wrongly spelled word:
(A) annihilate
(B) anomalous
(C) deprecate
(D) eupheimism
Ans: (D) eupheimism
17. He said to Ahmed, “I’ll be late”. (Change to indirect)
(A) She said to Ahmed that I’ll be late.
(B) She told Ahmed that she will be late.
(C) She told Ahmed that she’d be late.
(D) She told Ahmed that she could be late.
Ans: (C) She told Ahmed that she’d be late.
18. Tom, ‘who is a friend of mine’, is coming with me. (Substitute the underlined part if required)
(A) my friend
(B) a friend of mine
(C) a neighbour friend of mine
(D) no improvement
Ans: (A) my friend
19. Everyone in the village respected Hughes. He was shot at. (Combine these two sentences with ‘whom’)
(A) Everyone in the village whom respected Hughes and he was shot dead.
(B) Hughes whom everyone respected was shot dead.
(C) Everyone whom in the village respected Hughes was shot dead.
(D) Hughes whom everyone was respected and was shot dead.
Ans: (B) Hughes whom everyone respected was shot dead.
20. The inspector saw what Hasan was doing. He called out to him. (Combine these two sentences with ‘who’)
(A) The inspector who saw what Hasan was doing , called out to him.
(B) The inspector saw what who Hasan was doing and called out to him.
(C) Who the inspector saw what Hasan was doing, called out to him.
(D) none of these.
Ans: (A) The inspector who saw what Hasan was doing , called out to him.
21. Only the brave deserve the fair. (Change into negative without changing its meaning)
(A) Only the brave does not deserve the fair.
(B) Not only the brave deserve the fair.
(C) None but the brave deserve the fair.
(D) none of these
Ans: (C) None but the brave deserve the fair.
Aim: Find out the error.
22. (A) I / (B) have / (C) a work to do. / (D) no error.
Ans: (C) a work to do
23. (A) He / (B) gave me / (C) good advices. / (D) no error.
Ans: (C) good advices
24. (A) Please give / (B) me / (C) a paper. / (D) no error.
Ans: (C) a paper
25. (A) I / (B) have / (C) some luggages. / (D) no error .
Ans: (C) some luggages
26. (A) He / (B) bought / (C) some furnitures. / (D) no error.
Ans: (C) some furnitures
27. (A) He / (B) heard / (C) a good news. / (D) no error.
Ans: (C) a good news
28. (A) He / (B) imported / (C) some machineries. / (D) no error.
Ans: (C) some machineries
29. (A) He / (B) gave me / (C) some informations. / (D) no error.
Ans: ((C) some informations
30. (A) This / (B) is / (C) a fine scenery. / (D) no error.
Ans: (C) a fine scenery
31. (A) Second one / (B) from the left / (C is my cousin / (D) no error.
Ans: (A) Second one
32. (A) I, he and you / (B) are / (C) friends / (D) no error.
Ans: (A) I, he and you
Aim: Use correct tense forms:
33. He usually ——— with a pen. Now he ——— a pencil.
(A) writes , uses
(B) is writing uses
(C) writes , is using
(D) is writing , is using
Ans: (C) writes , is using
34. He ——— his father two months ago.
(A) has visited
(B) have visited
(C) visited
(D) visits
Ans: (C) visited
35. She would have come if he ———— her.
(A) invited
(B) invites
(C) had invited
(D) will invite
Ans: (C) had invited
36. If you smoke like this, it ——— your health.
(A) would spoil
(B) will spoil
(C) would have spoilt
(D) might spoil
Ans: (B) will spoil
37. If he had money he ——— a watch.
(A) would have bought
(B) will buy
(C) would buy
(D) bought
Ans: (C) would buy
Aim: Use suitable prepositions
38. The book you are looking —— is here.
(A) for
(B) at
(C) out
(D) about
Ans: (A) for
39. I saw him in Chennai two months ———
(A) before
(B) since
(C) ago
(D) for
Ans: (C) ago
40. Sam was very clever ——— cooking .
(A) in
(B) at
(C) with
(D) on
Ans: (B) at
