PSC General English Question Bank Part 9

PSC General English Questions Part 9

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• 161. Water is composed ------- hydrogen and oxygen.
• A) of
  B) with
  C) by
  D) to
• Answer
• Correct Option : A
• Explanation

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• 162. He’s got a car ------- a motorbike.
• A) as if
  B) as well as
  C) even
  D) as far as
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 163. There won’t be any trouble ------?
• A) will there
  B) shall there
  C) won’t there
  D) can’t there
• Answer
• Correct Option : A
• Explanation

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• 164. Fish is reared in :
• A) stream
  B) river
  C) sea
  D) aquarium
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 165. Which word is wrongly spelt?
• A) flopy
  B) flossy
  C) floridly
  D) fluently
• Answer
• Correct Option : A
• Explanation

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• 166. “Are you happy”? This is an ----- sentence
• A) assertive
  B) imperative
  C) exclamatory
  D) interrogative
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 167. “vis-a-vis” means:
• A) direct
  B) opposite
  C) private
  D) personal
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 168. Which of the following is a correct plural form
• A) notary publics
  B) notaries public
  C) woman doctors
  D) man servants
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 169. The antonym of ‘deficit’ is
• A) credit
  B) debit
  C) surplus
  D) inflate
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 170. We won’t go out unless it ----- raining.
• A) stopping
  B) is stopped
  C) is stop
  D) stops
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 171. Choose the correctly spelt word from the alternatives
• A) changd
  B) foriegn
  C) autumn
  D) begining
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 172. I advised him ------
• A) not resign his job
  B) to not to resign his job
  C) not to resign his job
  D) to don’t resign his job
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 173. Select the correct sentence
• A) You will have to examine tomorrow by them
  B) You will have to be examined tomorrow
  C) You will have been examined tomorrow by them
  D) None of these
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 174. “Where have you been all day? I have been looking for you high and low”. Here ‘high and low’ means.
• A) anywhere
  B) wherever
  C) when ever
  D) every where
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 175. The meaning of ‘From hand to mouth’ is
• A) remained firm
  B) very nearly
  C) sad exactly the right thing
  D) live without saving money
• Answer
• Correct Option : D
• Explanation

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• 176. No other girl in her class is as clever as Anjana. Use the superlative form of ‘clever’ and write the sentence
• A) Anjana is cleverer than any other girl in the class.
  B) Anjana is the cleverest girl in the class
  C) Anjana is a cleverst girl in the class
  D) Anjana is cleverer to any other girl in the class
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 177. The clouds would disperse. That is our Hope. Our Hope was cheering . Combine the sentences without changing the meaning
• A) The clouds would disperse is our cheering hope.
  B) We hope that the clouds would disperse
  C) Our hope,that the clouds would disperse,was cheering
  D) our cheering hope is that the clouds would disperse
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 178. Hand written copy of a book is called :
• A) typescript
  B) manuscript
  C) transcription
  D) prescription
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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• 179. A few girls know his house -----?
• A) do they
  B) did they
  C) don’t they
  D) didn’t they
• Answer
• Correct Option : C
• Explanation

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• 180. Neither the students nor the teacher ------ come.
• A) are
  B) has
  C) was
  D) have
• Answer
• Correct Option : B
• Explanation

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