Master Kerala PSC in 5-Minute Sessions

"'Mother wit' means: (A) To speak frankly (B) A lady who tells comic stories (C) To be obsessed by something (D) Natural common sense"

"Find out the correctly spelt word: (A) ocurrence (B) occurrence (C) occurrance (D) occurance"

"The operation ______ his pain, but the injection alleviated it. (Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underlined) (A) acquitted (B) departed (C) discouraged (D) aggravated"

"pack : wolves :: ______ : books (A) group (B) flight (C) pile (D) bunch"

""Don't sleep late and miss the bus", said Mr.Varma. (Choose the correct reported speech) (A) Mr. Varma advised us not to sleep late and miss the bus. (B) Mr. Varma advises us not to sleep late and miss the bus. (C) Mr. Varma advised us to sleep late and miss the bus. (D) Mr. Varma advised us not to sleep late and missed the bus."

"Some of us wanted to stay longer, ______ ? (A) didn't we? (B) did we? (C) didn't us? (D) did they?"

"The shopkeeper offered to exchange the goods. The shopkeeper offered to refund the money. (Combine using 'either-or') (A) The shopkeeper offered to either exchange the goods or to refund the money. (B) The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the goods or refund to the money. (C) The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the goods or the money. (D) The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the goods or to refund the money."

"Which of the following is not a compound noun ? (A) horse-power (B) master-piece (C) shoe-maker (D) cross-examine"

"I have never known so wet ______ summer. (A) the (B) an (C) a (D) none of these"

"I ______ the examination, but my brother failed. (A) hold on (B) got through (C) went off (D) gave up"

"We ______ meet you at ten o'clock. (A) will have (B) would have (C) will (D) would"

"For all her reticence and modesty, it was clear that she was a ______ expert in her field. (A) bon mot (B) bon vivant (C) priori (D) bona fide"