Secretariat assistant spreliminary exam 2004 previous question papers Englsih and mental ability

1. To surprise somebody greatly:

(A)Appraise

(B)Antonyms

(C) Astonish

(D)Reveal

Ans: Astonish

2. To make something more important that it really :

(A)Excess

(B)Elaborate

(C)Stress upon

(D) Exaggerate

Ans: Exaggerate

3. Express one's opinion without evidence or full knowledge:

(A)Specify

(B)Speculate

(C)Concede

(D)Sensing

Ans: Speculate

4. An event that will happen soon :

(A)imminent

(B)Damnsure

(C)Immense

(D)Immutable

Ans: imminent

5. To lead somebody to do something:

(A)Persuade

(B)Placate

(C)Persecute

(D)Perpend

Ans: Persuade

6. One word does not belong to the group. Find it out

(A)Violet

(B)Blue

(C)Magenda

(D)Green

Ans: Magenda

7.One word does not belong to the group. Find it out.

(A)Cucumber

(B) Carrot

(C)Brinjal

(D)Ladies finger

Ans: Carrot

8.One word does not belong to the group. Find it out.

(A)Yaswanth Sinha

(B)Jaswant Singha

(C)Shatrugnan Sinha

(D)Manmohan Singh

Ans: Shatrugnan Sinha

9.One word does not belong to the group. Find it out.

(A)Cancel

(B)Nullify

(C)Void

(D)Confirm

Ans: Confirm

10.One word does not belong to the group. Find it out'

(A)G. Sankarakuruppu

(B)O.N.V. Kuruppu

(C)S.K.Pottekkadu

(D)Takazhi Sivasankara Pillai

Ans: O.N.V. Kuruppu

11 Pather Panjali: Sathyajith Ray; Athithi:

(A)K.. P. Kumaran

(B)M.T. Vasudevan Nair

(C)T.V. Chandran

(D)P.A Backer

Ans: K.. P. Kumaran

12.       Pareekkutty: Madhu; Chemban Kunju:

(A)P.J.Antony

(B)Jose Prakash

(C)Govindankutty

(D)Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair

Ans: Kottarakara Sreedharan Nair

13. Bangladesh: Dhaka; Austria:

(A)Canberra

(B)Lapaz

(C)Santiago

(D)Vienna

Ans: Vienna

14.A, E, J, O, __, __

(A)M,Q

(B)S,X

(C)T,Y

(D)U,Z

Ans: T,Y

15.ADH, BEI, CFJ, __

(A)DGL

(B)DHK

(C) EHL

(D)FIJ

Ans: EHL (DGK)

16.Veluthampi Dalawa ---- a brave fight against British Army.

(A)Put up

(B)Put off

(C)Put in

(D)Put down

Ans: Put up

17.The train was coming, the supervisor --- the workers to stop working on rail.

(A) Called off

(B)Called in

(C)Called away

(D)Called out

Ans: Called out

18.It ---rain this evening.

(A)Can

(B)May

(C)Could

(D)Is

Ans: May

19. ________ the suspected cause for earthquakes is the construction of dams.

(A)Most of

(B)Only

(C)One of

(D)None of these

Ans: One of

20. There were ________ telephone booths around, so that the old one is closed.

(A)Few

(B)A little

(C)A few

(D)Little

Ans: A few