181
She is a ..................... old lady.

(A) virtual
(B) virtuous
(C) virtually
(D) virtue
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (B) virtuous

182
He was informed ...............the serious condition of his father.

(A) of
(B) about
(C) to
(D) on
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (A) of

183
A person chosen to settle the issue between parties engaged in a dispute is .............

(A) altruist
(B) erudite
(C) arbitrator
(D) accomplice
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (C) arbitrator

184
Choose the correct sentence.

(A) I am thinking of visiting Kovalam
(B) I am thinking to visit Kovalam
(C) I am thinking of to visit Kovalam
(D) I am thinking to visiting Kovalam
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (A) I am thinking of visiting Kovalam

185
'OBSEQUIOUS' means :

(A) Funeral rites
(B) excessively respectful
(C) warm and friendly
(D) dangerous
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (B) excessively respectful



186
If I had time, I .......... the exhibition.

(A) Shall visit
(B) will visit
(C) should have visited
(D) should visit
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (D) should visit

187
It is fourteen years since I ............... him.

(A) see
(B) saw
(C) seen
(D) have been seeing
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (B) saw

188
He ........... madness to escape punishment.

(A) feigned
(B) fanned
(C) feeds
(D) farrowed
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (A) feigned

189
'Mother wit' means :

(A) To speak frankly
(B) A lady who tells comic stories
(C) To be obsessed by something
(D) Natural common sense
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (D) Natural common sense

190
Find out the correctly spelt word :

(A) ocurrence
(B) occurrence
(C) occurrance
(D) occurance
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (B) occurrence



191
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
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (D) aggravated

192
pack : wolves : : .................. : books

(A) group
(B) flight
(C) pile
(D) bunch
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (C) pile

193
"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.
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (A) Mr. Varma advised us not to sleep late and miss the bus.

194
Some of us wanted to stay longer, .............?

(A) didn't we ?
(B) did we ?
(C) didn't us ?
(D) did they ?
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (A) didn't we ?

195
The shopkeeper offered to exchange the goods. The shopkeeper offered to refund the
(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.
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (D) The shopkeeper offered either to exchange the goods or to refund the money.



196
Which of the following is not a compound noun ?

(A) horse-power
(B) master-piece
(C) shoe-maker
(D) cross-examine
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (D) cross-examine

197
I have never known so wet ........summer.

(A) the
(B) an
(C) a
(D) none of these
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (C) a

198
I ......................the examination, but my brother failed.

(A) hold on
(B) got through
(C) went off
(D) gave up
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (B) got through

199
We ............... meet you at ten o'clock.

(A) will have
(B) would have
(C) will
(D) would
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (C) will

200
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.
LD Clerk (Various) 2014 (KKD)

Answer : Option (D) bona fide.