PSC EXAM LD CLERK PATHANAMTHITTA 2005 OLD QUESTION PAPER

LD CLERK PATHANAMTHITTA-2005

1.A trusted person to whom one speaks about one’s private affairs:

A.Confessor

B.Listener

C.Confidant

D.Trustee

Ans:C

2.A literary work published after its author ‘sdeath:

A.Proxy

B.Plagiarism

C.Posthumous

D.Proletarian
Ans:C

3.The murder of a newborn child by or with consent of  a parent:

A.Patricide

B.Homicide

C.Genocide

D.None of the above

Ans:D

4.The opposite of abound is:

A.Increase

B.Lack

C.Pure

D.Cancel

Ans:B

5.The opposite of ‘abide’is:

A.Vacate

B.Remain

C.Follow

D.Wait

Ans:A

6.The opposite of ‘abide’is:

A.Vacate

B.Remain

C.Follow

D.Wait

Ans:A

6.The opposite of’vernacular’is:

A.Native

B.Foreign

C.Indigenous

D.None of the above

Ans:B

7.’Take after’means:

A.Overcome

B.Run after

C.Resemble

D.Go behind

Ans:C

8.’Get the better of’means:

A.Win

B.Improve

C.Do better than

D.None of the above

Ans:A

9.’A bolt from the blue’means:

A.Very rarely

B.Suddenly

C.Thunder

D.None of the above

Ans:D

10.The accident took place two days………….

A.Since

B.Ago

C.Back

D.Before

Ans:B

11.Hardly had he stood up----------the teacher asked him to sit down?

A.When

B.But

C.Than

D.And

Ans:A

12.The meeting has been -------------to 4 p.m.tomorrow?

A.Preponed

B.Advanced

C.Suspended

D.Continued

Ans:B

13.Put………the light,please

A.Out

B.Off

C.On

D.Up

Ans:A

14.The ----------of directors of the company met yesterday.

A.Group

B.Team

C.Board

D.None of these

Ans:C

15.He has great reputation------------honesty.
A.In

B.For

C.About

D.Of

Ans:B

16.The girl apologized --------------her mother

A.For

B.At

C.To

D.None of the above

Ans:C

17.Leela has been appointed as a substitute…………..Mary.

A.Of

B.For

C.With

D.Against

Ans:B

18.’Gradual’means:

A.Rapid

B.Abrupt

C.Sudden

D.Steady

Ans:D

19.’Immediate’means:

A.Distant

B.Remote

C.Near

D.Sudden

Ans:D

20.’Latent’means:

A.Obvious

B.Apparent

C.Manifest

D.Concealed

Ans:D