Kerala Psc General English Practice No -15

1. Arrears best means:
Answer :- unpaid debts

2. Cry of an elephant:
Answer :- Trumpet

3. Cynophobia means fear of ____:
 Answer :- dogs

4. Dying without having made a will:
 Answer :- intestate

5. ‘A GRASS WIDOW’ means :
Answer :- A woman whose husband is temporarily away from her

6. Papparazzi means:
Answer :- Reporters of yellow journals

7. A bird in hand is better than two in the ______:
Answer :- bush

8. The opposite of ‘Advance’:
Answer :- Retreat

9. ‘Throw cold water on’ means:
Answer :- Discourage

10. Able to use the left hand and right hand equally well:
Answer :- Ambidextrous

11. I have not slept ____ yesterday.
Answer :- since

12. The antonym of ‘PARSIMONIOUS’:
Answer :- Generous

13. The collective noun for ‘monkeys’:
Answer :- troop

14. The idiom ‘To eat the humble pie’ means:
Answer :- To apologize in a humble manner

15. OFFICIOUS means:
Answer :- Too eager to help or advise

16. We deal ___ imported clothes:
Answer :- in

17. The meaning of “Complement”:
Answer :- make complete

18. ‘Ipso jure’ means:
Answer :- By the law

19. Science is full ___ wonders.
Answer :- of

20. You gained an advantage ____ me.
Answer :- over

21. Fortune favours the____.
Answer :- brave

22. This house needs repainting, ______?
Answer :- doesn’t it

23. If he ______ here, he could explain it in detail.
Answer :- were

24. The meaning of ‘Momentous’:
Answer :- Important

25. One who leaves one’s country and settles in another.
Answer :- Emigrant

26. Scientific study of eye and its diseases:
Answer :- Ophthalmology

27. I will send you the money ___ the end of the month.
Answer :- at

28. The synonym of ‘Ambiguous’:
Answer :- Unclear

29. Keep quiet, _____?
Answer :- will you

30. Leather goods are made in:
Answer :- Tannery

31. Mother agreed _____ come home with us.
Answer :- to

32. Neem is famous all ______ the world:
Answer :- over

33. One should work hard, if ______ wants to pass the examination.
Answer :- one

34. The opposite of ‘Benevolent’?
Answer :- Malevolent

35. Pride goes before a _____:
Answer :- fall

36. A statue was erected _____ honour of the great man.
Answer :- in

37. The noun form of ‘invest’:
Answer :- investment

38. You should adapt yourself ____ the conditions of this place:
Answer :- to

39. One who lives for pleasure is called:
Answer :- Hedonist

40. Divide the sweets _____ the three boys:
Answer :- among

41. Few people knew that answer, _____ they?
Answer :- did

42. The room was filled ____ smoke.
Answer :- with

43. The synonym of ‘Serious’:
Answer :- Grave

44. The power of reading the thoughts of others:
Answer :- Telepathy

45. A person who has difference of opinion:
Answer :- Dissenter

46. Indifference to pleasure or pain:
Answer :- Stoicism

47. Give the meaning of the phrase get at.
Answer :- reach

48. The phrase ‘Root out’ means:
Answer :- Destroy completely

49. The meaning of ‘Duel’:
Answer :- Combat

50. The opposite of ‘Gather’:
Answer :- Disperse

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