Name of PostTypist, LD Typist, Reporter Gr II & Confidential Assistant Gr II
DepartmentKEAEC, KSCSC & Legislature Secretariat
Question Code16/2023
Category Nos.022/2022, 205/2022, 257/2022 & 262/2022
Kerala PSC Examination held on22/02/2023
QN : 1
To go down in flames means :
(A) To fight a difficult situation
(B) To fail suddenly and spectacularly
(C) To jump into fire
(D) To die
QN : 2
Complete the sentence :
No sooner had they finished the work ————————
(A) than it started raining
(B) that it started raining
(C) when it started raining
(D) then it started raining
QN : 3
Fill in the blanks with suitable question tag :
Don’t destroy it, ————————
(A) will you?
(B) won’t you?
(C) don't you?
(D) do you?
QN : 4
The teacher said to the boy, “Why were you absent yesterday”?
Which of the following statements is correct?
(A) The teacher said to the boy why he was absent yesterday.
(B) The teacher asked the boy why he was absent the previous day.
(C) The teacher asked the boy why he was been absent the previous day.
(D) The teacher asked the boy why he had been absent the previous day.
QN : 5
Every man, woman and child ———————— equal before law.
(A) are
(B) were
(C) is
(D) none of the above
QN : 6
The Latin word inter alia means :
(A) an assumed or additional name
(B) and the rest of such things
(C) in the place of another thing
(D) among other things
QN : 7
Identify the correct statement :
(A) I left by the time she revealed the surprise.
(B) I had left by the time she revealed the surprise.
(C) I had left by the time she had revealed the surprise.
(D) I have left by the time she revealed the surprise.
QN : 8
Fill in the blanks using the antonym of the underlined word :
He took medicine to alleviate the pain but it only served to ———————— the pain.
(A) assuage
(B) adumbrate
(C) aggravate
(D) abate
QN : 9
I would rather you ———————— the money wisely.
(A) use
(B) used
(C) had used
(D) have used
QN : 10
The noun form of the verb adulterate is :
(A) Adultery
(B) Adulterating
(C) Adulteration
(D) Adultering
QN : 11
Change into Passive Voice :
We saw them work late into the night.
(A) They were seen working late into the night.
(B) They had been seen working late into the night.
(C) They working late into the night was seen by us.
(D) They were been working late into the night.
QN : 12
Rewrite the sentence using hardly :
There is almost nothing in his bank account.
(A) There is hardly nothing in his bank account.
(B) There is hardly anything in his bank account.
(C) There is hardly something in his bank account.
(D) There is almost hardly something in his bank account.
QN : 13
Choose the right spelling of the word :
(A) Heamorrhage
(B) Haemorhage
(C) Heamorrage
(D) Haemorrhage
QN : 14
Fill in the blanks :
If I ———————— taller, I ———————— the University basketball team.
(A) am, will lead
(B) was, would lead
(C) were, would lead
(D) were, would have led
QN : 15
Complete the figurative expression :
The police investigating the case seem to be ———————— the wrong tree.
(A) barking up
(B) barking at
(C) throwing at
(D) jumping at
QN : 16
Choose the correct sentence :
(A) The disciples said, Lord save us. We are perishing!
(B) The disciples said, “Lord, save us. We are perishing”!
(C) The disciples said, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
(D) The disciples said, “lord, save us! we are perishing!”
QN : 17
Complete using the appropriate phrasal verb :
We decided to wait till the storm ————————
(A) blows out
(B) blows over
(C) blows off
(D) blow away
QN : 18
I met ———————— European man on the trip.
(A) an
(B) the
(C) a
(D) none of the above
QN : 19
Rearrange the jumbled sentence in the correct order :

(P) from health to the economy, security to social protection
(Q) the impact of COVID – 19
(R) are exacerbated for women and girls
(S) across every sphere
(A) PQRS
(B) SPQR
(C) SRPQ
(D) QSRP
QN : 20
Choose the correct order of adjectives :
My mother bought ———————— jacket for me.
(A) a/new/denim/very pretty
(B) a/new/very pretty/denim
(C) a/very pretty/new/denim
(D) a/denim/new/very pretty