PSC GENERAL ENGLISH - 01

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The feminine gender of 'bachelor':

widower✔X

widow✔X

spinster✔X

nun✔X

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One who does not believe in God:

pagan✔X

atheist✔X

charlatan✔X

pedant✔X

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The phrase 'let off' means:

to excuse from penalty✔X

to extinguish✔X

to refuse✔X

to explain clearly✔X

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He goes ....... school at 9 a.am. every day.

to✔X

with✔X

for✔X

by✔X

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I was delighted ....... his unexpected arrival.

at✔X

for✔X

of✔X

with✔X

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The idiom ''from hand to mouth'' means:

live without saving money✔X

face the problem✔X

donate one's assets✔X

none of these✔X

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He is senior ....... me, though he is younger.

than✔X

from✔X

in✔X

to✔X

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She was accustomed ....... the moods of her husband.

of✔X

to✔X

with✔X

about✔X

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The synonym of 'audacious':

useless✔X

foolish✔X

bold✔X

crazy✔X

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The collective noun for 'cattle':

bunch✔X

bevy✔X

hive✔X

herd✔X

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One who studies insects:

archaeologist✔X

entomologist✔X

botanist✔X

curator✔X

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People make wine ....... grapes.

for✔X

by✔X

from✔X

with✔X

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I can't help you ....... you tell me the truth.

unless✔X

if✔X

but✔X

as if✔X

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He ....... his father.

takes after✔X

give out✔X

pass by✔X

turn over✔X

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Choose the misspelt word:

analize✔X

argument✔X

assistant✔X

comparative✔X

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....... the dog, the boy ran away.

Saw✔X

Seen✔X

Seeing✔X

Sees✔X

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The idiom 'to hit the nail on the head' means:

say exactly the right thing✔X

apply unfair tactics✔X

kill somebody✔X

apologize✔X

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Choose the misspelt word:

accessible✔X

permissible✔X

inimitable✔X

irresistable✔X

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The police accused him ....... murder.

with✔X

by✔X

for✔X

of✔X

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The collective noun for 'mountains':

block✔X

chain✔X

cluster✔X

constellation✔X

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To lead somebody to do something:

persuade✔X

placate✔X

persecute✔X

pretend✔X

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He would not have written this if he ....... the news.

would not hear✔X

would not have heard✔X

had not been heard✔X

had not heard✔X

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He discussed the matter ....... the phone.

at✔X

over✔X

upon✔X

in✔X

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The opposite of 'indigenous':

exotic✔X

aboriginal✔X

allopathic✔X

superfluous✔X

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To make something more important than it really is:

excess✔X

elaborate✔X

stress upon✔X

exaggerate✔X

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