English Mock Test

General English Mock Test for all PSC exams.

Try to answer these questions by selecting one of the options.

1. The opposite of ‘abide’ is :

(a) vacate

(b) remain

(c) follow

(d) wait

2. No letters ......... by the postman this evening.

(a) have been delivered

(b) is delivered

(c) has been delivered

(d) was delivered

3. He ......... from Chennai last week.

(a) has returned

(b) returned

(c) had returned

(d) will have returned

4. They are always late ,.........

(a) Isn’t it?

(b) Aren’t they?

(c) Are they?

(d) Is it?

5. The opposite of ‘Artless’ is:

(a) embroidered

(b) crafty

(c) circumlocuted

(d) plain

6. This boy is afraid ......... the dog.

(a) of

(b) with

(c) in

(d) by

7. Geriatrician is a doctor specializing in:

(a) medical care and treatment of old people

(b) heart disease

(c) Parkinson’s disease

(d) children’s disease

8. ......... do you get up in the morning ?

(a) At what

(b) When

(c) What

(d) Where

9. The opposite of "encounter" is :

(a) confront

(b) avoid

(c) oppose

(d) face

10. The more you get, ......... you spend.

(a) the more

(b) more

(c) the most

(d) much

11. She asked me ......... I could type.

(a) that

(b) who

(c) if

(d) did

12. The clerk ......... helped us didn’t expect anytihing in return.

(a) who

(b) whom

(c) which

(d) that

13. I shall say what .........

(a) I liked

(b) I would like

(c) I had liked

(d) I like

14. The passive voice of the sentence - "Some one has locked the room" is :

(a) The room is being locked

(b) The room has been locked

(c) The room is locked.

(d) The room locked.

15. I have been reading this book ......... the beginning of the year.

(a) for

(b) while

(c) since

(d) when

16. The antonym for ‘valuable’ is:

(a) invaluable

(b) cheap

(c) unvaluable

(d) non-valuable

17. The meaning of ‘jaunt’ is :

(a) disease

(b) tired

(c) a short trip

(d) a long trip

18. Opposite of the word ‘veteran’:

(a) experienced

(b) young

(c) novice

(d) simple

19. The opposite of the word ‘sharp’ is:

(a) bent

(b) crooked

(c) blunt

(d) broken

20. Hardly had I reached home ......... it began to rain.

(a) when

(b) than

(c) soon

(d) then