LD CLERK KOZHIKODE 2014

1.She is a -------------old lady

A.Virtual

B.Virtuous

C.Virtually

D.Virtue

Ans:B

2.He was informed -------------the serious condition of his father

A.Of

B.About

C.To

D.On

Ans:A

3.A person chosen to settle the issue between parties engaged in a dispute is-------------

A.Altruist

B.Erudite

C.Arbitrator

D.Accomplice

Ans:C

4.Choose the correct sentence.

A.I am thinking of visiting Kovalam

B.I am thinking to visit Kovalam

C.I am thinking of to visit Kovalam

D.I am thinking to visiting Kovalam

Ans:A

5.’OBSEQUIOUS’,means:

A.Funeral rites

B.Excessively respectful

C.Warm and friendly

D.Dangerous

Ans:B

6.If I had time,I----------- the exhibition.

A.Shall visit

B.Will visit

C.Should have visited

D.Should visit

Ans:D

7.It is fourteen years since I---------him.

A.See

B.Saw

C.Seen

D.Have been seeing

Ans:B

8.He -------------madness to escape punishment

A.Feigned

B.Fanned

C.Feed

D.Farrowed

Ans:A

9.’Mother wit’means:

A.To speak frankly

B.A lady who tells comic stories

C.To be obsessed by something

D.Natural common sense

Ans:D

10.Find out the correctly spelt word:

A.Occurence

B.Occurrence

C.Occurrance

D.Occurance

Ans:B

11.The operation----------his pain,but the injection alleviated it.(Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined)

A.Acquitted

B.Departed

C.Discouraged

D.Aggravated

Ans:D

12.Pack:Wolves::---------:Books

A.Group

B.Flight

C.Pile

D.Bunch

Ans:C

13.”Don’t sleep late and miss the bus”said Mr.Varma(Choose the correct reported speech)

A.Mr.Varma advised us not to sleep late and miss the bus

B.Mr.Varma advises us not to sleep late and miss the bus

C.Mr.Varma advised us not to sleep late and miss the bus

D.Mr.Varma advised us not to sleep late and missed the bus

Ans:A

14.Some of us wanted to stay longer………………?

A.Didn’t we?

B.Did we?

C.Didn’t us?

D.Did they?

Ans:A

15.The shopkeeper offered to exchange the goods.The shopkeeper offered to refund the money.(Combine using ‘either-or’)

A.The shopkeeper offered to either exchange the goods or to refund the money

B.The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the goods or refund to the money

C.The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the goods or the money

D.The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the goods or to refund the money

Ans:D

16.Which of the following is not a compound noun?

A.Horse-power

B.Master-piece

C.Shoe-maker

D.Cross-examine

Ans:D

17.I have never known so wet---------------summer.

A.The

B.An

C.A

D.None of these

Ans:C

18.I--------------the examination,but my brother failed

A.Hold on

B.Got through

C.Went off

D.Gave up

Ans:B

19.We---------meet you at ten o’clock.

A.Will have

B.Would have

C.Will

D.Would

Ans:C

20.For all her reticence and modesty,it was clear that she was a --------------expert in her field.

A.Bon mot

B.Bon vivant

C.Priori

D.Bona fide

Ans:D