Name of PostCommon Preliminary Examination Stage 1
DepartmentField Officer in KFDC Ltd, Assistant in Universities, Sub Inspector of Police (Trainee) in Police
Question Paper Code31/2023
Category No.321/2022,486/2022,669/2022 to 673/2023
Kerala PSC Examination held on29/04/2022
QN : 1
Identify the type of sentence given below :
How strange she looks !
[A] Interrogative sentence
[B] declarative sentence
[C] Imperative sentence
[D] Exclamatory sentence
QN : 2
The driver in that bus ____________ like your brother.
[A] looks
[B] looked
[C] look
[D] is looking
QN : 3
Did Alan get __________________ job he applied for ?
[A] a
[B] an
[C] the
[D] none of the above
QN : 4
Use the appropriate question tag :
She has never seen him, ________________
[A] hasn’t she ?
[B] haven’t she ?
[C] has she ?
[D] have she ?
QN : 5
Choose the correct tense form :
She _________ __________ him before you introduced them.
[A] has met
[B] had met
[C] have met
[D] was meeting
QN : 6
“Rose is the most beautiful flower” is an example of ______________ degree of comparison.
[A] Superlative
[B] Negative
[C] Positive
[D] Comparative
QN : 7
Choose the correct preposition :
Amit waited for her _____________ the entrance.
[A] at
[B] on
[C] in
[D] over
QN : 8
The baby __________ want to drink milk. He wants to sleep instead.
[A] isn’t
[B] wasn’t
[C] doesn’t
[D] hasn’t
QN : 9
Correct the following sentence :
The old woman has slept for twelve hours last night.
[A] was sleeping
[B] is sleeping
[C] slept
[D] no change
QN : 10
The tank has _______________ water but not enough to water the plants in the garden.
[A] a little
[B] little
[C] few
[D] very few
QN : 11
Choose the synonym of the word ‘woe’ from the following words.
[A] distress
[B] candid
[C] childish
[D] illusion
QN : 12
Which of the following word is an antonym of the word ‘mad’ ?
[A] descent
[B] reveal
[C] sane
[D] rigid
QN : 13
The phrasal verb, ‘beef up’ means
[A] To add something
[B] To make something bigger
[C] To keep quiet
[D] To distribute equal
QN : 14
Choose the suitable collective noun.
A _______________ of fish.
[A] company
[B] bevy
[C] school
[D] bundle
QN : 15
Find out the correct spelling of the word.
[A] Encyclopaedia
[B] Encyclopaediya
[C] Ensyclopaedia
[D] Encyclopeedia
QN : 16
Idiom ‘Go on a wild goose chase’ means
[A] To do something pointless
[B] Ignore someone
[C] Close association
[D] Talk incessantly
QN : 17
What does the word, ‘Ad hoc’ mean ?
[A] From the beginning
[B] For a specified purpose
[C] Adding something to your talk
[D] Change of attitude
QN : 18
Study of mountains is termed as
[A] Ornithology
[B] Pathology
[C] Orology
[D] Genocide
QN : 19
Find the word that best fits into the blank space.
Ann ____________________ a sum of Rs. 500 out of the bank every weekend.
[A] extracts
[B] draws
[C] obtains
[D] pulls
QN : 20
Out of the given words, one word is misspelt. Find the misspelt word.
[A] outright
[B] othering
[C] omlette
[D] offspring