Lower Division Clerk Questions

English Model Questions and Answers for PSC LDC Exam preparation.

1. He was accused of bringing money into the country in ……………. Of foreign exchange rules.

(a)anticipation

(b)compensation

(c)perpetration

(d)violation

Answer: (d)violation

2. Today students should be reconciled ………….. the way things are changing.

(a)with

(b)to

(c)for

(d)at

Answer: (a)with

3. The country’s economic growth was adversely ……………. By political instability.

(a)reflected

(b)effected

(c)affected

(d)expected

Answer: (c)affected

4. Find out the word which is spelt incorrectly.

(a)Visually

(b)Passengers

(c)Handicapped

(d)Alternatives

Answer: (d)Alternatives

5. She has the ……………. To this property.

(a)wright

(b)write

(c)rite

(d)right

Answer: (d)right

6. A group of judges is known as:

(a)A swarm

(b)A bunch

(c)A bench

(d)A gosling

Answer: (c)A bench

7. John ………… the news paper when the phone rang.

(a)was rang

(b)had been reading

(c)read

(d)is reading

Answer: (a)was rang

8. The opposite word of ‘barbarous’?

(a)Improved

(b)Cordial

(c)Civilized

(d)Modified

Answer: (c)Civilized

9. Have you ever ………….. go to Chennai?

(a)gone

(b)been

(c)went

(d)go

Answer: (b)been

10. The plural of radius is …………

(a)radiuses

(b)radie

(c)radii

(d)radius

Answer: (c)radii

11. One who has a compulsive desire to steal:

(a)Poacher

(b)Kleptomaniac

(c)Plagiarist

(d)Pilferer

Answer: (b)Kleptomaniac

12. If they really tried, they ………… the prize.

(a)will win

(b)could win

(c)should won

(d)can won

Answer: (b)could win

13. Find out the word which is correctly spelt?

(a)Inconvenienced

(b)Inconvinienced

(c)Inconvineinced

(d)Inconvenneinced

Answer: (a)Inconvenienced

14. She has been supporting her family ………….. her husbands death.

(a)on

(b)at

(c)from

(d)since

Answer: (d)since

15. Auspicious means:

(a)Religious

(b)Lucky

(c)Fulfilling

(d)Normal

Answer: (b)Lucky

16. I was annoyed ………… John for arriving late.

(a)on

(b)about

(c)with

(d)for

Answer: (c)with

17. The synonym of ‘dignitary’ is:

(a)Vanity

(b)Status

(c)Official

(d)Kindly

Answer: (c)Official

18. The antonym of ‘egoism’ is ………….

(a)obscure

(b)artruism

(c)malevolent

(d)sinnerism

Answer: (b)artruism

19. If I ……………., I would get a new job.

(a)were you

(b)was you

(c)am you

(d)will you

Answer: (a)were you

20. No news …………. Good news these days.

(a)is

(b)were

(c)are

(d)none

Answer: (a)is