General English Questions and Answers for Kerala PSC Exams

General English Questions and Answers for Kerala PSC Exams: General English is an important topic for all psc examinations. Here can get some important English question and answers for Kerala PSC exams.

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General English Questions and Answers – Fill in the blanks

1. I am waiting ___ my brother | Ans: for
2. It never occurred __ me to ask him such a question | Ans: to
3. I am not satisfied __ your explanation | Ans: with
4. He has been ill __ one week | Ans: for
5. Please look __ this world in the dictionary for me | Ans: up
6. We should be prepared __ the worst | Ans: for
7. Are you familiar __ the works of Dickens | Ans: with
8. He has too much confidence __ his students | Ans: in
9. Is there any cure __ cancer | Ans: for
10. Are you fond __ English | Ans: of
11. What is the penalty __ the violation of an agreement | Ans: for
12. I shall be grateful __ you for all your advice | Ans: to
13. They have proved themselves unworthy __ the trust people placed in them | Ans: of
14. He always finds excuses __ his inability to work | Ans: for
15. He has recovered __ his illness | Ans: from
16. The boy feels ashamed __ his conduct | Ans: of
17. She has been unconscious __ hours | Ans: for
18. He is clever __ carpenter | Ans: at
19. This train is bound __ Calcutta | Ans: for
20. His income is not sufficient __ his needs | Ans: for
21. They are not capable __ doing it | Ans: of
22. Most of the people easily yield __ temptations | Ans: to
23. Indian became independent | Ans: in
24. Can you suggest __ me an eye-specialist | Ans: to
25. We are not interested __ whatever you say | Ans: in
26. The minister held a long discussion __ the problem with his colleagues | Ans: about
27. There is provision __ unemployment pension in India | Ans: for
28. I remind him __ the earlier offer | Ans: of
29. I was not informed __ his arrival | Ans: of
30. He is an adept __ the art of cooking | Ans: with
31. This chair is not identical __ his needs | Ans: with
32. The desire __ knowledge is a good sign of learning | Ans: for
33. In spite of the great anxiety of his presents, the boy got __ in the examination | Ans: through
34. She ____ for eight hours last night | Ans: slept
35. ‘Elucidate’means – To make something cleared by explaining
36. The opposite of ‘Encouraged’ is : Discouraged
37. A ___ of puppies | Ans: litter
38. Raju could not get ____ sugar | Ans: any
39. An expert in choice of food : Gourmet
40. The word meaning ‘tolerate’ is : endure
41. I shall go there ____ you like it or not | Ans: whether
42. One who speaks less : Reticent
43. We are driving ____ a tunnel : through
44. The opposite of ‘Wholesale’: Retail
45. I am content ___ what I have | Ans: with
46. An animal who preys on other animals: Predator
47. A group of people ___ waiting outside to see you : is
48. He has ten toes ___ his feet : on
49. A place for sick people who need long periods of treatment or rest : Sanatorium
50. The former minister is under a cloud now. ‘Under a cloud’ means: Under suspicion
51. I look forward to _____ you again : seeing
52. Use the collective noun – Fish : Shoal
53. The weather has turned very – : warm
54. Policemen riding on motor cycles as guards to a VIP : Outriders
55. The antonym of ‘Professional’: Amateur
56. The meaning of ‘Rivalled’: Competed
57. One word for a collection of ships? – Fleet
58. I have lost my __ of Keys? – Bunch
59. The hunter was attacked by a __ of wolves – Were
60. I feel __ about what happened – Bad
61. I want to meet the artist __ has painted this picture – Who
62. I met __ European tourist at the hotel – a
63. Cows __ grass – Eat
64. Sandeep speaks English __ – well
65. You may sit __ – When you are tired.
66. Stubborn means? – Obstinate
67. The opposite of the word SYNTHETIC is – Natural
68. An unmarried woman is called – Spinster
69. Bibliophile means – One who loves books.
70. A man whose wife is dead is called – Widower

General English Questions – One word substitutes

1. The original inhabitants of a country – Aborigines
2. The boy at the state of growth between boyhood and youth – Adolescent
3. The science or philosophy of beauty – Aesthetics
4. One who holds the belief that nothing is known about the existence of God – Agnostic
5. A state of body in which the cells are specially sensitive to certain substances – Allergy
6. A foreigner – Alien
7. A person who loves others – Altruist
8. A warlike or masculine woman – Amazon
9. One who does things for pleasure and not for money – Amateur
10. One having the faculty of using both his hands; a double dealer  – Ambidextrous
11. A proclamation; general pardon of the offenses of subjects against the government – Amnesty
12. Having the power of living in two elements, air and water – Amphibious
13. One who excites/ignites disorder in a state – Anarchist
14. The science which treats the internal structure of organized bodies, as elucidated by dissection – Anatomy
15. A substance which has the power of depriving one of feeling or sensation. – Anesthetic
16. Any error which implies the misplacing of persons or events in time – Anachronism
17. A work of art, the name of whose author is not known or acknowledged. – Anonymous
18. A scientist who studied the development of man from his earliest beginnings – Anthropologist
19. A place where aquatic are kept – Aquarium
20. A plant that grows in water – Aquatic
21. A person chosen or appointed by parties in controversy to decide their differences. – Arbitrator
22. One skilled in the science of antiquities – Archaeologist
23. The rule of the nobility; the rich and the sophisticated of the society – Aristocracy
24. A place where weapons are manufactured and stored – Arsenal
25. One who is skilled in the science of the celestial bodies, their nature, magnitudes, etc – Astronomer
26. One who does not profess faith of God – Atheist
27. Biography or memoirs of a person written by himself – Autobiography
28. The government of an absolute monarch – Autocracy
29. Personal observations : in medical science, post-Mortum examinations – Autopsy
30. A building for the keeping, rearing and breeding of birds – Aviary

Common grammar mistakes in English

Wrong Words	Correct Words
I lost my luggages	I lost my luggage
He both speaks Hindi and Malayalam	He speaks both Hindi and Malayalam
I should meet the staff members	I should meet the members of the staff
When three years old my father died	When I was three years old, my father died
Chitra sings good	Chitra sings well
I met my cousin brother last week	I met my cousin last week
I should never interfere your life	I should never interfere with your life
My ear is paining	My ear is paining me
He told to her story	He told her the story
Kerala is beautiful state	Kerala is a beautiful state
All of the trees did not have any fruit	None of the trees had any fruit
We will go and enjoy	We will go and enjoy ourselves