161
Which of the following is correctly spelt ?

(A) Conoisseur
(B) Connoiseur
(C) Connoisseur
(D) Conoiseur
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (C) Connoisseur

162
Inscription on a gravestone is called :

A) epilogue
(B) epitaph
(C) Obituary
(D) prologue
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (B) epitaph

163
Carpe diem' means :

(A) Enjoy the present day
(B) best day
(C) unrestricted authority
(D) hated thing
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (A) Enjoy the present day

164
The opposite of the word 'persuade' is :

(A) Impersuade
(B) unpersuade
(C) inpersuade
(D) dissuade
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (D) dissuade

165
The Prime Minister winds up the Srilankan visit. Here 'winds up' means :

(A) begins
(B) ends
(C) continues
(D) none of these
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (B) ends

166
Which among the following is a verb ?

(A) canvas
(B) envelope
(C) canvass
(D) advice
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (C) canvass

167
The word 'clandestine' means :

(A) clear
(B) tiresome
(C) doubtful
(D) secret
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (D) secret

168
The 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
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (A) They were building a bridge

169
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
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (C) He said that he had bought a house in Mumbai

170
He is as ................... as a bee.

(A) tricky
(B) greedy
(C) fresh
(D) nimble
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (D) nimble

171
He took revenge .................... his foes.

(A) for
(B) on
(C) by
(D) in
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (B) on

172
He admitted his ........

(A) guilty
(B) innocent
(C) guilt
(D) happy
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (C) guilt

173
If you had been more polite, ...............

(A) he would have agreed
(B) he could agree
(C) he would agree
(D) he has agreed
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (A) he would have agreed

174
We ---------- all yesterday.

(A) have worked
(B) were worked
(C) has worked
(D) worked
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (D) worked

175
I am not at all satisfied,----------

(A) aren't I
(B) am I
(C) are I
(D) amn't I
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (B) am I

176
"It is a very wonderful opportunity". The sentence is

(A) imperative
(B) exclamatory
(C) assertive
(D) interrogative
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (C) assertive

177
Choose the incorrect part of the sentence.
Much water (1) / has flown (2) / under (3) / the bridge (4)

(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (B) 2

178
The feminine gender of 'milkman' is :

(A) milkmaid
(B) milkwoman
(C) milklady
(D) milkgirl
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (A) milkmaid

179
The idiom 'hot under the collar' means:

(A) satisfied
(B) angry
(C) happy
(D) confused
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (B) angry

180
''Complete the saying'' well begun is.............

(A) full Completed
(B) just started
(C) not started
(D) half done
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (ALP)

Answer : Option (D) half done