LD CLERK ALAPPUZHA SOLVED PAPER 2014

1.Which of the following is correctly spelt?

A.Conoisseur

B.Connoiseur

C.Connoisseur

D.Conoiseur

Ans:C

2.Instription on a gravestone is called:

A.Epilogue

B.Epitaph

C.Obituary

D.Prologue

Ans:B

3.’Cape diem’means:

A.Enjoy the present day

B.Best day

C.Unrestricted authority

D.Hated thing

Ans:A

4.The Opposite of the word’Persuade’is:

A.Impersuade

B.Unpersuade

C.Impersuade

D.Dissuade

Ans:D

5.The Prime Minister ‘winds up’means:

A.Begins

B.Ends

C.Continues

D.None of these

Ans:B

6.Which among the following is a verb?

A.Canvas

B.Envelope

C.Canvass

D.Advice

Ans:C

7.The word’Clandestine’means:

A.Clear

B.Tiresome

C.Doubtful

D.Secret

Ans:D

8.A bridge was being built by them”/

The active voice of the sentence is:

A.They were building a bridge

B.They are building  a bridge

C.They had built a bridge

D.They was building a bridge

Ans:A

9.He said,”I bought a house in Mumbai”.The indirect speech of the sentence is:

A.He said that he bought a house in Mumbai

B.He said that he was bought a house in Mumbai

C.He said that he had bought a house in Mumbai

D.He said that he has bought a house in Mumbai

Ans:C

10.He is as ---------------as a bee

A.Tricky

B.Greedy

C.Fresh

D.Nimble

Ans:D

11.He took revenge-------------his foes

A.For

B.On

C.By

D.In

Ans:B

12.He admitted his-----------

A.Guilty

B.Innocent

C.Guilt

D.Happy

Ans:c

13.If you had been more polite,------------

A.He would have agreed

B.He could agree

C.He would agree

D.He has agreed

Ans:A

14.We----------------all yesterday.

A.Have worked

B.Were worked

C.Has worked

D.Worked

Ans:D

15.I am not at all satisfied---------------

A.Aren’t I

B.Am I

C.Are I

D.Amn’t I

Ans:B

16.”It is a very wonderful opportunity”.The sentence is---------------

A.Imperative

B.Exclamatory

C.Assertive

D.Interrogative

Ans:C

17.Choose the incorrect part of the sentence

Much water(1)/has flown(2)/under(3)/the bridge(4)

Ans:B

18.The feminine gender of ‘milkman’is:

A.Milkmaid

B.Milkwoman

C.Milklady

D.Milkgirl

Ans:A

19.The idiom ‘hot under the collar’means:

A.Satisfied

B.Angry

C.Happy

D.Confused

Ans:B

20.”Complete the saying”.Well begun is-----------

A.Full completed

B.Just started

C.Not started

D.Half done

Ans:D