LD CLERK PATHANAMTHITTA SOLVED PAPER 2012

1.Use the correct tense of the words in brackets  and fill in the gaps:

When Raju reached the hall,the meeting------(have)already------------(begin)

A.Have,begun

B.Has,begun

C.Had,begun

D.Have,beginning

Ans:C

2.While in Mumbai,he---------at a five star  hotel

A.Put in

B.Put up

C.Put about

D.Put by

Ans:B

3.Let us have a cup of tea--------------

A.Can we?

B.Shan’t we?

C.Should we?

D.Shall we?

Ans:D

4.I congratulate you----------your success

A.On

B.For

C.In

D.By

Ans:A

5.Which is the word equal in meaning to’pester’?

A.Disturb

B .Follow

C.Interfere

D.Interrupt

Ans:A

6.’He replied that he will come’which is the incorrect word in the Sentence?

A.He

B.Replied

C.Come

D.Will

Ans:D

7.Which of the following is correctly spelt?

A.Castastrophy

B.Catastrophe

C.Catostophe

D.Catestrophe

Ans:B

8.Opposite word of’shallow’?

A.Hollow

B.Hidden

C.Deep

D.Near

Ans:C

9.’Censure’has the meaning

A.Charge

B.Blame

C.Condemn

D.Attack

Ans:B

10.----------------knowledge is a dangerous thing

A.A little

B.Little

C.A few

D.Some

Ans:A

11.------------man wishes to be happy

A.Each

B.Any

C.Every

D.All

Ans:C

12.’Numismatics’is the study of-------------

A.Desert

B.Seeds

C.Comets

D.Coins

Ans:D

13.This is the man------------------purse was lost in the bus

A.Who

B.Whom

C.Which

D.Whose

Ans:D

14.As you sow,--------------your reap

A.As

B.That

C.So

D.Thus

Ans:C

15.Which of the following do not belong to he group:

A.Govern

B.Act

C.Nourish

D.Appoint

Ans:C

16.Which of the following words came in to English from Malayalam?

A.Copra

B.Road

C.Book

D.Mango

Ans:A

17.He died -----------his own hands

A.Of

B.By

C.From

D.With

Ans:B

18.In which of the following words’en’is not used as a prefix?

A.Enlist

B.Encourage

C.Engulf

D.Envy

Ans:D

19.Which of the following is wrongly paired?

A.Warden wardress

B.Master mistress

C.Widower widow

D.Fox vixen

Ans:A

20.’Chicken hearted’means:

A.Honestly

B.Friendly

C.Fearfully

D.Merrily

Ans:C