Here is the part 6 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
1
Recently he has been ‘giving himself airs’. (‘Giving himself airs’ means:)
Answer
D. behaving arrogantly
2
——— is an illusion usually associated with deserts.
Answer
A. Mirage
3
To be ——— I think you did not do the right thing.
Answer
C. frank
4
Being awarded an Oscar marked a —— in her life.
Answer
B. milestone
5
Good restaurants serving pure vegetarian food are very hard to ———.
Answer
A. come by
6
If you want to save money, you must ——— the shopping you do.
Answer
A. cut down on
7
The closest meaning of the word ‘mania’.
Answer
C. madness
8
Having been born in a good family, she is ——— rich to beg.
Answer
B. too
9
It is possible to satisfy one’s —————— by doing some extra work.
Answer
B. wants
10
If ‘GOAL’ means object of effort, then ‘GAOL’ means:
Answer
C. a prison
11
I escaped by the skin of my ————.
Answer
B. teeth
12
I hope I ———— succeed.
Answer
A. will
13
They come to her every day ———?
Answer
D. don’t they
14
She has always had ———— distrust of strangers.
Answer
C. a deep
15
The word ‘mock’ means
Answer
C. ridicule
Aim: Give suitable prepositions
16
I have invited him ——— the wedding .
Answer
B. to
17
He was involved ——— the conspiracy .
Answer
A. in
18
The statement is not relevant —————— the context .
Answer
A. to
19
I am obliged ——— you for your help .
Answer
D. to
20
I parted ——— my friend at the station .
Answer
B. from
21
The miser does not part ——— money .
Answer
D. with
22
The teacher is popular ——— the students .
Answer
A. with
23
They supply us ——— rice .
Answer
B. with
24
They supply rice —— us .
Answer
A. to
25
The principal served a notice ———— me .
Answer
C. at
Aim: Find out the error
26
(A) Higher we go / (B) the cooler / (C) we feel. / (D) no error
Answer
(A) Higher we go
27
(A) He speaks / (B) an excellent / (C) English. / (D) no error
Answer
(B) an excellent
28
(A) My father / (B) enjoys / (C) a very good health. / (D) no error
Answer
(C) a very good health
29
(A) He / (B) behaves as if / (C) he was a king. / (D) no error
Answer
(C) he was a king
Aim: Rewrite as directed
30
You must shut these doors. (Change into passive)
Answer
D. These doors must be shut.
31
“I took it home with me”, she said. (Change into indirect speech)
Answer
A. She said that she had taken it home with her.
32
Choose the correct sentence.
Answer
D. He finished his work yesterday.
33
Change into indirect speech: ‘Oh dear! I’ve lost my purse’, she said.
Answer
B. She exclaimed that she had lost her purse.
34
Choose the correct sentence:
Answer
B. The committee is in session.
35
The opposite of ‘vice’ is:
Answer
C. virtue
36
The idiom ‘storm in the tea cup’ means:
Answer
B. big fuss over trivial matter
37
The mansion was ‘pulled down’ to make way for a housing complex. The words italicised means:
Answer
C. demolished
38
Most of the people in India live ‘from hand to mouth’. The closest meaning to this idiom is:
Answer
C. without any provision for the future.
39
The phrase ‘bag and baggage’ means:
Answer
C. completely
40
Which among the following words means “understand fully”?
Answer
D. Comprehend
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