PSC General English Question Bank Part 8
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- 141. The expression which denotes ‘unprincipled methods adopted to win support’;
- A) Horse play
B) Horse trading
C) Horse man
D) A dark horse - Answer
- Correct Option : B
- Explanation
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- 142. Select the correctly spelt word:
- A) Voluntier
B) Voluntear
C) Volunteer
D) Volanteer - Answer
- Correct Option : C
- Explanation
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- 143. The idiom that means “Face the problem” is:
- A) Lick the dust
B) Catch the bull by the horns
C) Break the ice
D) The last straw - Answer
- Correct Option : B
- Explanation
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- 144. I would have tickled you, if you ........
- A) tickled me
B) would tickled me
C) had tickled me
D) had been tickled me - Answer
- Correct Option : C
- Explanation
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- 145. Antonym of ‘ Felicitate’
- A) Congratulate
B) Compliment
C) Reprimand
D) Climax - Answer
- Correct Option : C
- Explanation
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- 146. The summary or outline of a book, play etc is known as .....
- A) short story
B) synopsis
C) manuscript
D) none - Answer
- Correct Option : B
- Explanation
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- 147. Find out the meaning of the word ‘duel’ from the alternatives given below.
- A) Combat
B) Double
C) Purpose
D) Dutiful - Answer
- Correct Option : A
- Explanation
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- 148. Spot the error a) The Headmaster said/b) that as the boy behaves/c) very badly/d) he would be sent out of the school
- A) The Headmaster said
B) that as the boy behaves
C) very badly
D) he would be sent out of the school - Answer
- Correct Option : B
- Explanation
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- 149. . . ....... playing football, he plays cricket.
- A) beside
B) besides
C) but
D) also - Answer
- Correct Option : B
- Explanation
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- 150. He took ..... with his work
- A) troubles
B) pains
C) leave
D) rest - Answer
- Correct Option : B
- Explanation
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- 151. Which among the following words means’understand’ fully’?
- A) Apprehend
B) Pretend
C) Discuss
D) Comprehend - Answer
- Correct Option : D
- Explanation
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- 152. It is time .....
- A) I went to bed
B) I got o bed
C) I am going to bed
D) I shall go to bed - Answer
- Correct Option : A
- Explanation
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- 153. He filled the glass with water to the .......
- A) margin
B) edge
C) brim
D) border - Answer
- Correct Option : C
- Explanation
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- 154. Too many cooks spoil..........
- A) the broth
B) the wine
C) the food
D) none of these - Answer
- Correct Option : A
- Explanation
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- 155. You are twenty years old....?
- A) don’t you
B) aren’t you
C) dosen’t it
D) are you - Answer
- Correct Option : B
- Explanation
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- 156. Hand written script of a book
- A) inscription
B) prescription
C) manuscript
D) pictograph - Answer
- Correct Option : C
- Explanation
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- 157. Opposite of the word latter
- A) former
B) before
C) neutral
D) earlier - Answer
- Correct Option : A
- Explanation
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- 158. When I met her last year, .......
- A) she had married since five years
B) she had been married for five years
C) she was married five years ago
D) she had been married since five years - Answer
- Correct Option : B
- Explanation
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- 159. Which of the following is most opposite in meaning to the phrase ‘break down’:
- A) collapse
B) assimilation
C) collection
D) construction - Answer
- Correct Option : D
- Explanation
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- 160. Which word has the equivalent meaning as ‘candour’?
- A) honesty
B) shyness
C) happiness
D) childishness - Answer
- Correct Option : A
- Explanation
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