Kerala PSC English Grammar Questions and Answers

1. One word for ‘show in the form of a picture’ is____
Answer: depict

2. This is Sita. She's ___ homemaker.
a. a
b. an
c. the
d. None of the above

Answer: a

3. ___ I had known how much I would disappoint him, I wouldn\'t have done it.
Answer: If

4. When the door bell rang, she _____ a letter.
a. writes
b. will write
c. was writing
d. has written

Answer: was writing

5. .He did not eat the cake; she did not eat it_________________________
Answer: either

6. it is impossible to separate belief___________________emotion.
Answer: from

7. He took revenge ______________ his foes.
Answer: on

8. Aperson who undertakes a commercial venture is a?an ________ .
Answer: Entrepreneur

9. Replace the word in blod letters with the right phrase chosen from those given below : I cannot TOLERATE his behaviour.
Answer: put up with

10. .I will give you my telephone number _______to contact me.
Answer: in case you need)

11. Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word ‘ENRICH’:
Answer: Diminish

12. She will complete the project tomorrow-------------?
Answer: .Won’t she

13. The students as well as the teacher -----------reading
Answer: Are

14. Scientists hope to achieve a break ----------------- in the search for a cure for cancer
Answer: Through

15. She is clever
Answer: Is She?

16. My uncle ………… to London ten years ago.
Answer: has gone

17. The wrongly spelt word is
Answer: glaciology

18. . ........ wins this civil war there will be little rejoicing at the victory.
Answer: Whoever

19. Please don’t interfere ______ my personal affairs.
Answer: in

20. Why are you ______?
Answer: angry
21. He was ____ for murder
Answer: hanged

22. Raju is ____ engineer
a. a
b. an
c. the
d. None of the above

Answer: an

23. I need_________rice
Answer: some

24. He did not eat the cake; she did not eat it ________
a. nor
b. or 
c. either
d. neither

Answer: either

25. _____ is a synonym of ‘hostile
a. Disobedient
b. Unhappiness 
c. Credible
d. Unfriendly

Answer: Unfriendly

26. if it rains, we______________________ the game.
Answer: shall postpone

27. Fill in the blanks with suitable article ............. college has........ new look.
Answer: the, a

28. A child whose father is dead:
Answer: orphan

29. A group of boys .......... singing since the morning.
Answer: has been

30. When was ______ radio invented?
Answer: the

31. Which of the following is correctly spelt.
Answer: Connoisseur

32. The passive voice from of "They copmpleted the project" is "
Answer: The project was completed by them

33. Ab initio means ___________
Answer: from the beginning

34. The reported speech of "He said, I have done my home work" is :
Answer: He said that he had done his home work

35. I Am late _?
Answer: aren\'t I

36. The meaning of euthanasia
Answer: mercy killing

37. Pick out the correctly spelt word:
a. fourty 
b. seperate
c. secretary 
d. criculum

Answer: secretary

38. The court .........cognisance of the criminal's words.
Answer: -took

39. He’s married _______ Jane.
Answer: by

40. She’ll be there ______ you.
Answer: for
41. ____ are you working for
Answer: what

42. I\'ll give him ______ news.
Answer: the

43. The synonym of admit is
a. conclude
b. conceive
c. confess
d. confuse

Answer: confess

44. He works eight hours ________ day.
a. a
b. an 
c. one
d. the

Answer: a

45. _______________he borrow the money yesterday?
Answer: Did

46. My mother asked me _________________I had not finished the work.
Answer: why

47. The opposite of extravagance is:
Answer: miserliness

48. "All that ______________is not gold"
Answer: glitters

49. The announcement of the results_____________ awaited.
Answer: is

50. She lives in Mumbai,________________________________-
Answer: doesn\'t she?

51. Inscription on a gravestone is called
Answer: epitaph

52. The opposite of the word 'persuade' is :
Answer: dissuade

53. Vishnu is the _____________ boy in his class
Answer: tallest

54. Identify the word correctly spelt.
Answer: Settlement

55. If you had worked hard, you _________ a first class
Answer: would have got

56. Which is known as the land of “rivers and distributories” ??
Answer: Bangladesh

57. Choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the word ‘SQUANDER’:
Answer: Waste

58. Who wrote the play ‘All’s well that ends well’ ?
Answer: Shakespeare

59. If I were a bird, I...
Answer: can fly and see many places.

60. Where’s my calculator? I put it on the desk a minute ago and now ——
Answer: it’s disappeared
61. There ____ a lot of water in the well
Answer: is

62. Have you_________________________ money on you?
Answer: any

63. She had a passion_________________________ dance.
Answer: for

64. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of verbs.Raju enjoys ------- the dramas of Shakespeare.
Answer: reading

65. .Fill in the blanks with suitable question tag: Children play football ............?
Answer: don\'t they

66. Politics itself .......... a dirty game.
Answer: is

67. Rahul is fond of eating chocolates. Find out the gerund in the sentence:
Answer: eating

68. If you had been more polite, ___________
Answer: he would have agreed

69. You can trust her. She ____________ not cheat you.
Answer: will

70. . "Rama ans Krishna are brothers". In this sentence 'and' is :
Answer: Conjuction

71. The tiger is one of the _____________ animal.
Answer: strongest

72. Which is the mostly spoken language in Asia?
Answer: Mandarin

73. Substance that prevents putrefaction:
Answer: Antiseptic

74. The word ‘Tacit’ means—
Answer: Silent

75. Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blank in the sentence— Trust …… God, and do your duty.
Answer: In

76. Hisaddiction …………alcohol is sure to ruin his future.
Answer: To

77. He was sorry .....late last night.
Answer: about coming

78. She opened the door ______.
Answer: None of these

79. People would spend more time at home, if
Answer: there were no restaurants.

80. After this he made no _______ statement.
Answer: further
81. A new series of hundred rupee notes ____ been issued
Answer: has

82. ___horse is a noble animal
Answer: the

83. ______ lion is the king of beasts
Answer: the

84. Sorry, I am extremely _____ in this matter
Answer: helpless

85. Neither of them ______ invited to the party.
a. had
b. will
c. were
d. was

Answer: was

86. The patient was breathing ______ difficulty
a. on
b. against
c. with
d. of

Answer: with

87. ____________cricket is my favourite pass time.
Answer: playing

88. They neglected the teacher's
Answer: advice

89. A duke's wife is known as :
Answer: duchess

90. When I arrived at the school, the bell______________________________
Answer: had rung

91. .Choose the antonym of the word 'rigid'
Answer: flexible

92. .Choose the correct word to replace the phrase given below: Having the power to know everything
Answer: omniscient

93. . The cattle .......... grazing in the field.
Answer: are

94. If you had gone there, you _______ the clear picture of the incident.
Answer: should have got

95. Nothing was known about him __________ ?
Answer: was it

96. .I _________him seven years ago
Answer: Met

97. .Which Asian country was ruled by Taliban from 1996 to 2001 ??
Answer: Afghanistan

98. Which of the following is not a language skill?
Answer: Thinking

99. .All love him(Change to passive voice)
Answer: He is loved by all

100. One of the boys …………… a thief
Answer: has