PSC General English Question Bank Part 8

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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