PSC LD CLERK EXAM 2003 KOZHIKODE QUESTION PAPERS

KOZHIKODE

1.Employment opportunities------------becoming rare these days.

A.Were

B.Have

C.Are

D.is

Ans:C

2.Cows---------grass

A.Eats

B.Has eaten

C.Eat

D.Eating

Ans:C

3.He is my--------brother

A.Older

B.Elder

C.Elderly

D.Senior

Ans:B

4.The correctly spelt word below is-------------

A.Vaccum

B.Vacum

C.Vaqum

D.Vacuum

Ans:D

5.Nobody phoned while I was away……….?

A.Did they

B.Did any

C.Didn’t they

D.Isn’t it

Ans:A

6.The exact opposite of ‘fresh’ is:

A.Unused

B.Stale

C.Vigorous

D.Recent

Ans:B

7.’Spinster’,means:

A.Widow

B.Orphan

C.Unmarried women

D.Maid

Ans:C

8.The Prime Minister called --------the President

A.At

B.On

C.Of

D.With

Ans:B

9.’Calamity’means

A.Disaster

B.Danger

C.Being calm

D.Lameness

Ans:A

10.The word’advice’is a --------

A.Verb

B.Adjective

C.Preposition

D.Noun

Ans:D

11.India-------------her independence in 1947

A.Has won

B.Won

C.Wins

D.Havewon

Ans:B

12.All his money---------spent on the house

A.Were

B.Have

C.Has

D.Was

Ans:D

13.If he had challenged me,I --------him a lesion

A.Would teach

B.Will teach

C.Would have taught

D.Would have been taught

Ans:C

14.’Please come in is a/an -----------Sentence

A.Imperative

B.Assertive

C.Interrogative

D.Exclamatory

Ans:A

15.’POTA’is a/an-----------

A.Antonym

B.Acronym

C.Synonym

D.Homonym

Ans:B

16.Neither the soldiers nor their commander---------to blame.

A.Is

B.Are

C.Am

D.Was

Ans:A

17.The Speaker adjourned the house.

A.Sine die

B.Bonafide

C.In Camera

D.A priori

Ans:A

18.’Slow and steady wins the------------

A.Match

B.Fight

C.Race

D.Struggle

Ans:C

19.One day you’ll repent------your sins.

A.For

B.Of

C.At

D.On

Ans:B

20.The nation was shocked -------the news of Gandhiji’s assassination.

A.At

B.By

C.Of

D.During

Ans:B