Kerala PSC LD Clerk Expected English Questions 2017

LD Clerk Expected English Grammar Questions 2017
Part 1 (25 Questions) 

1. Plural form of 'belief' is:
(a) believes
(b) beliefs(p)
(c) beliefes
(d) belief

2. Plural form of 'Terminus' is :
(a) termini(p)
(b) terminuse
(c) terminii
(d) terminus

3. Plural form of 'ox' is :
(a) oxes
(b) ox
(c) oxen(p)
(d) none of these

4. Plural form of 'sheaf' is :
(a) sheafs
(b) sheaves(p)
(c) sheafes
(d) sheaf

5. Plural form of 'dwarf' is :
(a) dwarf
(b) dwarfs(p)
(c) dwarevs
(d) dwarfes

6. Everybody has a bad back,...........?
(a) Have they?
(b) don't they?(p)
(c) hasn't he?
(d) none of these

7. Let me ask him ,................?
(a) will he?
(b) shall we?
(c) will you?(p)
(d) shall I?

8. Have some more rice, ...............?
(a) will you?(p)
(b) haven't you?
(c) can't you?
(d) do you?

9. You ought to help your brother ...........?
(a) shouldn't you?(p)
(b)ought you?
(c) can't you?
(d) none of these

10. He used to go there,..................?
(a) usedn't he?
(b) didn't he?(p)
(c) did he?
(d) none of these

11. Measles that ........... fast can be cured
(a) spread
(b) spreads(p)
(c) spreading
(d) have spread

12. The jury ............. in their opinion
(a) has divided
(b) has been divided
(c) divided
(d) are divided(p)

13. A pair of pants ............ for my son.
(a) has bought
(b) has been bought(p)
(c) have been bought
(d) are bought

14. Where .............. the gentry of this town?
(a) are(p)
(b) is
(c) has been
(d) have

15. My grandfather and guardian ............ dead
(a) has
(b) are
(c) is(p)
(d) have

16. John Byred invented...........television
(a) a
(b) the(p)
(c) an
(d) no article needed.

17. He works in ............. Calicut university
(a) a
(b) the
(c) an
(d) no article needed.(p)

18. This race will be ............. ultimate test of your skill
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the(p)
(d) no article needed.

19. The lecturer is going to .............school now
(a) an
(b) a
(c) the(p)
(d) no article

20. Redwine gives me ................. headache
(a) an
(b) a(p)
(c) the
(d) no article

21. Before the first world war, he .......... the army
(a) joined
(b) had joined(p)
(c) has joined
(d) was joined

22. He ................ working as lecturer when he got IAS
(a) was
(b) had been(p)
(c) were
(d) have been

23. When you called me, I ..................
(a) have been driving
(b) was driving(p)
(c) had been driving
(d) none of these

24. By the time you come back, the work ............
(a) will finish
(b) will have finished
(c) will be finished
(d) will have been finished(p)

25. This is the second time, I .............. Kerala
(a) visited
(b) have visited(p)
(c) would visit

(d) had visited

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