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    English LDC Previous Questions from year 2013 - Part 1

    English Kerala PSC LDC Previous Questions from year 2013


    Check out the objective questions and answers asked previously on LD Clerk examinations. These questions are from LDC previous year question papers from the year 2013 and centers of examinations are Trivandrum, Kollam and Pathanamthitta. Answer key's are added after each section.


    Trivandrum - (218 / 2013) 


    1. I am familiar _____________ this locality.
    (A) of              (B) in                    (C) with                    (D)   at


    2. Vishnu is the _____________ boy in his class
    (A) tall              (B ) tallest          (C) taller                   (D) long


    3. "Don't play at night" is a/an ______________ sentence.
    (A) affirmative  (B) negative   (C) imperative (D) interrogative


    4. Nothing was known about him __________ ?
    (A) was it     (B) wasn't it   (C) isn't it  (D) is it


    5. He is __________ honest man.
    (A) a             (B) an           (C) the            (D) none of these


    6. You can trust her. She ____________ not cheat you.
    (A) will    (B) would         (C) ought       (D) could


    7. We __________ each other for five years.
    (A) knew        (B) known      (C) knows       (D) have known


    8. She __________ succeeded if she had worked hard.
    (A) will have    (B) will be          (C) would have      (D) would


    9. The match ___________ by their team.
    (A) win       (B) has been won     (C) has won         (D) won


    10. Of the two sisiters, Gayathri and Theertha, Gayathri is __________ attarctive
    (A) more     (B) most          (C) much           (D) very


    11. The feminine gender of 'nephew' is __________
    (A) nephrite    (B) nephritic    (C) niece     (D) nephritis


    12. The adjective of 'please' is _________
    (A) pleasure  (B) pleasant    (C) pleasantly      (D) pleasantness


    13. The antonym of 'curiosity' is ___________
    (A) anxiety   (B) clarity       (C) desire       (D) inquisitiveness


    14. The antonym of 'barbarian' is ___________
    (A) civilized   (B) uncultered  (C) foreigner   (D) fool


    15. The authority turned down the proposal. The italicized phrase means ______.
    (A) proceed    (B) stopped  (C) rejected     (D) continued


    16. Aperson who undertakes a commercial venture is a?an ________ .
    (A) Entrepreneur    (B) Businessman  (C) Shopkeeper    (D) Manager


    17. Translate the proverb "Pride goes before a fall" into malayalam.
    (A) പതിà´°ിà´²്à´²ാà´¤്à´¤ à´•à´¤ിà´°ിà´²്à´² (B) അഹങ്à´•ാà´°ം ആപത്à´¤ാà´£്
    (C) à´¨ിà´§ി à´•ാà´•്à´•ുà´¨്à´¨ à´­ൂà´¤ം (D) à´¨ാà´Ÿോà´Ÿുà´®്à´ªോൾ നടുà´µേ à´“à´Ÿà´£ം


    18.  Identify the word correctly spelt.
    (A) Setlement   (B) Settlemeant (C) Settlement (D) Settilment


    19. Ab initio means ___________
    (A) from the beginning   (B) till the end (C) expansion of initials (D) first alphabet


    20. "Arts college" is a/an _________ word .
    (A) simple      (B) complex       (C) compund   (D) attributive


    Answers : 

      1. C           2. B           3. B           4. A          5. B
      6. A           7. D           8. C           9. B        10. A
    11. C          12. B         13. A        14. A        15. C
    16. A         17. B         18. C         19. A        20. C

    Kollam - (154 / 2013)


    21. "The moon shines at night" is an example of :
    (A) imperative sentence    (B) interrogative sentence
    (C) declarative sentence    (D) exclamatory sentence


    22. "Rama ans Krishna are brothers". In this sentence 'and' is :
    (A) Conjuction  (B) Interjection  (C) Pronoun  (D) Adjective


    23. The passive voice of "People speak English all over the word" is :
    (A) English was spoken all over the world
    (B) English is spoken all over the world
    (C) English has spoken all over the world
    (D) English had spoken all over the world


    24. The reported speech of "He said, I have done my home work" is :
    (A) He said that he has done his home work
    (B) Ge said that he was done his home work
    (C) He said that he has done his home work
    (D) He said that he had done his home work


    25. Pick out the singular form from the given words.
    (A) stadia     (B) data      (C) criteria     (D) radius


    26. Which of the following is a one word for "the custom of having only one wife" ?
    (A) polygamy    (B) Monogamy    (C) Bigamy    (D) Bachelor


    27. The word nearest in meaning to the word 'endeavour' is :
    (A) attempt      (B) debate        (C) expand        (D) disclose


    28. Which of the following is the word opposite in meaning to the word 'amateur' ?
    (A) artificial    (B) rough    (C) professional    (D) selfish


    29. Choose the incorrectly spelt word
    (A) recommend     (B) reccommend    (C) vacation   (D) psychology


    30. In the following sentense there is an error. Identify the part marked (A), (B), (C) or (D),
    where there is the error. Mark that part as your answer :

    would you mind to tell me / what you were doing / after you completed / your studies
                      (A)                                            (B)                  (C)                                 (D)


    31. ___________ person who died yesterday was a heart patient.
    (A) A         (B) An         (C) Some         (D) The


    32. She sang welll, ____________
    (A) did she ?       (B) didn't she ?        (C) does she ?         (D) doesn't she ?


    33. The school is now assembled _____________ the morning prayer
    (A) for          (B) to          (C) with           (D) in


    34. We cannot go out now because it :
    (A) will be raining       (B) was raining    (C) is raining      (D) had been raining


    35. She often _____________ to church
    (A) go          (B) is going       (C) was going      (D) goes


    36. I have ______________ pens than you.
    (A) many            (B) less         (C) fewer        (D) much


    37. The tiger is one of the _____________ animal.
    (A) strongest       (B) stronger        (C) large         (D) strong


    38. Neither Seena nor Reena _____________ well
    (A) swim         (B)  swims        (C) is swimming         (D) are swimming


    39. Success often depends on your ability to ______________ yourself to changing circumstances.
    (A) adopt         (B) adequate      (C) adept        (D) adapt


    40. Replace the word in blod letters with the right phrase chosen from those given below :
    I cannot TOLERATE his behaviour.
    (A) put on      (B) put up          (C) put up with      (D) put off


    Answers : 

    21. C           22. A           23. B           24. D        25. D
    26. B           27. A           28. C           29. B        30. A
    31. D           32. B           33. A           34. C        35. D
    36. B           37. A           38. B           39. D        40. C


    Pathanamthitta - (162 / 2013)


    41. He is ____________ unique politician.
    (A) an          (B) some      (C) a           (D) any


    42. Neither of them ___________ the answer.
    (A) was knowing     (B) know     (C) is knowing       (D) knows


    43. Mumbai is the seaport ____________ to Europe.
    (A) nearby       (B) nearest        (C) near        (D) next


    44. None of the people arrive in time for the meeting, ____________ ?
    (A) didn't they       (B) have they      (C) don't      (D) did they


    45. The synonym of "absurd" is :
    (A) unconscious     (B) conscious      (C) foolish     (D) sensible


    46. Which is correctly spelt ?
    (A) pronounciation     (B) lieutenant      (C) occured    (D) occurrance


    47. The antonym of "brave" is :
    (A) timid        (B) courageous       (C) bold      (D) daring


    48. A ____________ of lios.
    (A) pride        (B) parliament      (C) gang        (D) herd


    49. If you had worked hard, you _________ a first class
    (A) will get      (B) may get       (C) would have got      (D) might get


    50. Seema prefers saree _____________ churidhar.
    (A) than           (B) more than    (C) to                (D) better than

    51. Which of the following is wrongly spelt ?
    (A) recured     (B) paralleled     (C) budgeted     (D) preferred


    52. Plural of Son in law is :
    (A) Sons in laws   (B) Sons in law    (C) Son in laws      (D) Sons and laws


    53. That work is __________ for any man to do single handed.
    (A) more than enough       (B) much more    (C) very much     (D) too much


    54. I hope you will excuse ____________ early.
    (A) my leaving     (B) my leave     (C) me leaving     (D) me leave


    55. How long you ____________ here ?
    (A) you wait      (B) you been waiting    (C) you are waiting    (D) you waited


    56. "Opus magnum" means :
    (A) a great work     (B) grateful      (C) in reality        (D) magnitude


    57. One who compiles dictionaries is called a :
    (A) Dictator      (B) CAlligrapher     (C) Linguist     (D) Lexicographer


    58. You ____________ ask permission.
    (A) will better    (B) would better     (C) had better    (D) have better


    59. This is the house _____________ I was born.
    (A) were      (B) which        (C) when      (D) where


    60. We should always _____________ the meaning of new words in the dictionary.
    (A) look ino      (B) look up      (C) look over      (D) look after


    Answers : 

    41. C           42. D           43. B          44. D          45. C
    46. B           47. A           48. A          49. C          40. C
    51. A           52. B           53. D          54. A          55. B
    56. A           57. D           58. C          59. D          50. B

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