ASSISTANT GRADE 2



EXAMINATION : ASSISTANT GRADE 2
BEVERAGES CORPORATION (KERALA)

71. The bus pass is ....... foraycar:
(a) valuable
(b) employable
(c) valid
(d) tucked

72. A philatelist collects ....
(a) clocks
(b) antiques
(c) coins
(d) stamps

73. No one could understand ...... ·
(a) What did he say
(b) What was hc saying
(o) what he did say
(d) what he was saying

74. We have been trying to slove the problem.......
(a) since two days
(b) during two days
(c) for two days
(d) from two days
75. The fear of high places ....... quite common
(a) are
(b) is
(c) are being
(d) were

76. If she were selected. She ..... a good secretary
(a) will make
(b) can make
(c) would make
(d) may have made

77. Either the pen or the paper ...... defective.
(a) Are
(b) were
[c) is
(d) isn‘t

78. Find the word that is rightly spelt
(a) moskitoes
(b) mosqwitoes
(u) mosquitose
(d) mosquitoes

79. Choose the correctly spelt word
(at) refrigerator
(b) refrigerator
(c) refregeratur
(d) rafrigerator

80. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the word plead
(a) set out
(b) conclude
(c) intend
(d) beg for


81. The closest meaning of the word ulcer is
(a) outer part
(b) open sore
(c) star
(d) centre

82. Find the word that is opposite in meaning to the word permit
(a) allow
(b) disagree
(c) obstruct
(d) forbid

83. Choose the wrongly spelt word
(a) permenant
(b) affection
(c) aifeotation
(d) conscientious

84. Select the word opposite in meaning to ever
(a) never
(b) always
(c) sometimes
(d) rarely

85. Comatose best means
(a) extremelyfat
(b) dull mind
(o) enormous
(d) deeply unconscious

86. Choose the oorreet preposition for the sentence
I admit l am very fond ........ him
(a) of
(b) off
(o) with
(d) by

87. The suitcase is made .... leather
(a) with
(b) about
(c) of
(d) at

88. You won‘t tell them what has happend ,.............?
(a) wont you
(b) wouldn‘t you
(c) isnt‘it
(d) will you

894 Change into indirect speech. He said ''I have passed the examination."
(a) He said that he had passed the examination
(b) He said that he has been passing the examination
(c) He said that he is passing the examination
(d) He said that he was passed the examination

90. They have bought a new car......?
(a) isn‘t it
(b) is it not
(c) have they
(d) haven‘t they

91. I will complete the course in .... year
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) same

92. While walking .... the small door I hurt my head
(a) between
(b) through
(c) by
(d) along

93. Which of these chairs did you sit.......?
(a) them
(b) in
(c) on
 (d) by

94. If DONKEY:BRAYS then WOLF:
(a) cries
(b) roars
(e) howls
(d) whiness

95. The thief was caught .... The suitable idiom is
(a) red handed
(b) blue handed
(c) green handed
(d) yellow handed

96. The idiom it‘s all Greek and Latin to me means
(a) Something l understand
(b) Something l don‘t understand
(e) Something simple
(d) something easy

97. l was all eyes to see what he would do. The word italicised mean.
(a) more than apair of eyes
(b) eagerly watching
(e) eagerly searching
(d) eagerly hesitating

98. Beware of that wolf in sheeps skin the closest meaning to this idiom is
(a) hypocrite
(b) hippoerite
(c) hippocrete
(d) hypoerete

99. The phrase black sheep means
(a) sheep that is black
(b) good person
(c) misfit
(d) sheep that is bad

100. Just now my hands are full. My hands are full closely means,
(a) My hands are tilledwith something
(b) I am very busy
(e) I can‘t keep my hand free
(d) My hands are chained.

ANSWERS
71. C ,72.(D), 73.(D), 74.(C), 75.(B), 76.(C), 77-(C), 78-(D), 79-(A), 80-(D), 81(B), 82-(D). 83-(A), 84.(A), 85-(D), 86-(A), 87.(C), 88.(D), 89.(A), 90.(D), 91.(A), 92.(B), 93.(C), 94.(C), 95.(A), 96.(B), 97 (B),98.(A), 99.(C), 100.(B).


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Spell Check - 03



• Tuition
• Licence
• Anaemia
• Commemorate
• Vacuum
• Satellite
• Correspondence
• Acceptance
• Average
• Anruutlly
• Deceive
• Vacation
• Repellent (Repellant)
• Ceremony
• Cemetery
• Comprehension
• 'lwelfth
• Foreign
• Exaggerate
• Hand Kerchief
• Descendant
• Agreeable
• Memories
• Irresistible
• Scenery
• League
• Enfranchise
• Hypocrisy
• Gymnasium
• Questionnaire
• Colleague
• Oecurred
• Preferable
• Possession
• Sincerely
• Soldier
• Necessary
• Dialogue
• Abbreviate
• Comprehension
• Permanent
• Pyorrhoea
• Regrettable
• Repetition
• Souvenir
• Veterinary
• Temporary
• Buffoon
• Buffet


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Foreign Words and its Meanings



•AIias (Latin)- otherwise, at another time.
•Agenda (Latin) - things to be done.
•Anno Domini - In the yearof our Lord. ,
•Aide - de - Camp (French) - Field Assistant,MiIitary Assistant.
•Ad va Iorem - According to value.
•Bona fide - Genuine,in good faith.
•Beaumonde (French) - high society
•Carte blanche — Full discretionary powers.
•Coup d’etat - An abrupt change of Govt.by force.
•Chanteuse (French) - Female singer.
•Dies non - A day on which no legal business is done.
•Demarsche (French) - Diplomatic approach.
•Double entendre (French) - Expression with double meaning.
•Ex - Officio — By virtue of one’s office.
•Ex - Gratia — As an act of grace. 
•Faux pas - A false step,An embrassing error.
•Laissez - faire - A policy of non - interference bythe state.
•Locus standi - Right to interfere.
•Pari passu - With equal pace.
•Pro forma - for the sake of form.
•Prima facie - on the very first view.
•Sine die - withoutany definite date.
•Status quo - As it was in the beginning.

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Spell Check - 02









• Discipline

• Material
• Diarrhoea
• Accumulate
• Condernn
• Reverence
• Abundance
• Acceleration
• Auspicioue
• Together
• Coneeive
• Bouquet
• Councillor
• Descent
• Casualty
• Catalogue
• Ninety
• Fuliilrnent
• February
• Aggregate
• Arithmetic
• Annihilate
• Agreement
• Martyr
• lrreparahle
• Secretary
• Jeopardize
• Calendar
• Truly
• Governor
• Bulldozer
• Millennium
• Pageant
• Occasion
• Persisvent
• Reference
• Serviceable
• Skeleton
• Surgeon
• Schedule
• Definite
• Embarrassed
• Extrawtgance
• Indefatigable
• Moustache
• Psuedonyrn
• Remitted
• Rapprochement
• Teetotaller
• Vigorous

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Spell Check - 01



• Accommodation
• Quorum
• Restaurant
• Attendance
• Accustomed
• Ascetic
• Ammunition
• Receive
• Bourgeois
• Lieutenant
• Diagnosis
• Bureaucracy
• Committee
• Ninth
• Journalism
• Etiquette
• Guarantee (Guarai
• Privilege
• Accurate
• Marriageable
• Straight
• Grammar
• Noticeable
• Machinery
• Buownt
• Honour
• Jewellery
• Manoeuvrable
• Billionairc
• Panacea
• Parliament
• Preferred
• Psychology
• Vomiting
• Succeed
• Programme
• Secretariat
• Fascinate
• Dilemma
• Pronunciation
• Pneumonia
• Desperate
• Hygiene
• Memorandum
• Rigorous
• Referee
• Rhythm
• Separate
• Volunteer
• Vegetarian

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ASSISTANT GRADE II



ASSISTANT GRADE II
KERALA STATE HOUSING BOARD
Date of Test: 28/07/2012

1. ‘Being tired, he fell asleep’. This sentence, when changed into the compound form. becomes
(a) As he was tired, he fell asleep
(b) He was tired and fell asleep
(c) Tiredness made hini fall asleep
(d) When he was tired, he fell asleep


2. ________ of the three boys should meet me
(a) Any 
(b) Either
(c) Neither 
(d) Some


3. My uncle has worked in Chennai ..... twenty years
(a) for 
(b) since
(o) till 
(d) from


4, The manager wanted to know .... done the job
(a) how had I 
(b) how I had
(c) how would I have
(d) how l have 


5, Everyone had warned me about the weather before I went to Delhi. 
     This sentenee,when changed into the passive voice form,becomes:


(a) Everyone had been warned about the weather before I went to Delhi
(b) I was warned about the weather before I went to Delhi.
(c) I had been warned about the weather before I went to Delhi
(d) I had been warned about the weather before I had gone to Delhi


6. Identify the correct sentence 
(a) It hasapointedlongstemwith tiny pink flowers
(b) It has a long pointed stem with tiny pink flowers
(c) It has a pointed long stem with pink tiny flowers
(d) It has a long pointed stem with pink tiny flowers


7. They won’t .....
(a) allow to smoke
(b) allow to smoking
(c) allow to smoking
(d) allow smoking


8. Sreekutty is ...... of the two girls in our class 
(a) the smarter 
(b) the smartest 
(c)tl1e more smarter 
(d) the most smartest 


9. Everyone was present yesterday ......... 
(a) was it? 
(b) wasnlt it?
(c) were they? 
(d) werent they? 


10. Carry an umbrella lest it .... rain 
(a) may 
(b) will 
(c) should 
(d) can 


11. Chicken pox is a...... disease 
(a) contiguous 
(b) contagious
(c) continuous 
(d) catching


12. One who lives for pleasure is called a .....
(a) hedonist 
(h) sadist
(0) masochist 
(d) heathen


13. The ‘opposite’ of the word ‘oriental’ is ............
(a) Disoriented 
(b) Spurious
(c) Occidental 
(d) Eastern


14. Identity the word which comes closest in meaning to ‘tacit’
(a) silent 
(b) sudden
(e) clear 
(d) open


15. Which of the following words is correctly spelt?
(a) Vacuum 
(b) Botony
(c) Vaccancy 
(d) Separate


16. The expression ‘vox populi, vox doe’ means:
(a) The more. the merrier
(h) The voice ofthe people is the voice of God.
(c) Population explosion is a serious th rest io humanity
(d) Man Proposes, but God disposes


17. ‘He left India for good' may be translated into Malayalam as:
(a) 
(b)
(c)
(d)


18.Identify the correct match:
(a) Gander - Guose
(b) Fox - Colt
(c) Duke - Lady 
(d) Dog - filly


19.The plural form of ‘Son-in-Law' is ....
(21) Son-in-laws 
(b)Sons-in-laws
(0) Sons-in-law 
(d) None of the above


20, A ..... of wolves:
(a) pack
(b) league
(c) herd 
(d) litter



ANSWERS

  1. B
  2. A
  3. A
  4. B
  5. D
  6. B
  7. D
  8. B
  9. D
  10. C
  11. B
  12. A
  13. D
  14. C
  15. D
  16. B
  17. C
  18. A
  19. C
  20. A

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ASSISTANT GRADE II

ASSISTANT GRADE II EXAM CONDUCTED ON 23/02/08
71.Would you mind ---------the door?
Answer:Shutting

72.I wish he-------settle the issue soon
Answer:would

73.The approximate meaning of 'run on the mill'
Answer:Ordinary

74.Midhun said"Do you enjoy cricket"(Change into Indirect Speech)"
Answer:Midhun asked me if I enjoyed cricket.

75.One must always be careful in -------dealing with others
Answer:One's

76.Rahul is very rich.He can buy a car (Combine using 'enough')
Answer:Rahul is rich enough to buy a car

77.Meaning of the phrase"Ad hoc"
Answer:formed for some special purpose

78.Everyone looked up to him. (change into Passive voice)
Answer:He was looked up to by everyone.

79.This juice is made -----fresh oranges.
Answer:from

80.Our Chief Minister is a person of long experience in politic. (Use one word for the words in bold)
Answer:Veteran

81. The mis-spelt word among the following:
Synonym, Synagogue, Symposiam, Symptom
Answer:Symposiam

82.When the police interrogated the thief, he made a clean breast of everything (Meaning of the idiom in bold)
Answer:Confessed

83.It is five years--------I retired
Answer:Since

84.The bundle is so heavy that I cannot lift it.(Use 'too' instead of 'So that')
Answer:The bundle is too heavy for me to lift

85.The word which is nearest in meaning of the word"profound"
Answer:Deep


86. The Government has decided to --------all unauthorised buildings
Answer:pull down

87.-------you apolgize, he won't forgive you.
Answer:Unless

88.Themother as well as her three children----------taken to the hospital.
Answer:was

89.The old man was too weak to travel ------himself.
Answer:by

90.Roshan was so absorbed-----------his work that he didn't even raise his head.
Answer:in

91.It----------heavily when I woke up yesterday.
Answer:was raining

92.Mahathma Gandhi appealed to the people to ---------the cruelties of British authorities.
Answer:put up with

93.Opposite of the word "Rigid"
Answer:Flexible

94.Few students knew the answer,-----
Answer:did they

95.The word which is nearest in meaning of the word "economical"
Answer:Thrifty

96.If the driver--------the brake, the car would have hit the old man.
Answer:had not appled

97.There weren't any hotels nearby , ---------?
Answer:were there

98.It was with great difficulty he gained entry to the auditorium, but he made a sudden ---------
Answer:exit

99.The thieves not only robbed the travellers-----, beat them up.
Answer:but also

100.I--------him the truth, if i were you.
Answer:would tell

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General English Set - 04


1. 'A bone of contention' means
(a) a critical test
(b) a cause of quarrel
(c) a misfit person
(d)none of this

2. It is high time we ....... a job.

(a) get
(b) got
(c) have got
(d) had got

3.This is the first time I ...... a car

(a) drive
(b) am driving
(c) have driven
(d) had driven

4. You had better ...... a doctor.

(a) consult
(b) to consult
(c) to have consult
(d) none of this

5. I would rather you ...... with me.

(a) come
(b) came
(c) have come
(d) had come

6. Walk fast lest you ..... miss the train.

(a) should
(b) might
(c) may
(d) shall

7. She helped me ..... the floor.
(a) to clean

(b) cleaning
(c) clean
(d) cleaned

8. Would you mind my ..... a cigarette?

(a) smoking
(b) smoke
(c) to smoke
(d) smoked

9. She insisted on ..... a new computer.

(a) buy
(b) to buy
(c) buying
(d) buys

10. Would you like ...... a cigarette?

(a) smoke
(b) to smoke
(c) smoking
(d) smoked

11.I can't fancy ..... there.
(a) go

(b) to go
(c) going
(d) none of this

12. Had you driven carefully ........

(a) the accident would have happened
(b) the accident would not happen
(c) the accident would not have happened
(d)none of this

13. Hardly had Mary reached home..... the rain started.

(a) when
(b) then
(c) than
(d) while

14. No sooner did Mary reached home ...... the rain started.

(a) when
(b) then
(c) than
(d)  while

15. As soon as Mary reached home, it .....

(a) rain
(b) rains
(c) will rain
(d) would rain

16. 'Gamophobiya' means

(a) fear of women
(b) fear of marriage
(c) love for marriage
(d) none of this

17. Please put out the candle. Here 'put out' means.

(a) stay
(b) tolerate
(c) extinguish
(d) submit

18. the opposit of 'Zenith' is

(a) acme
(b) peak
(c) nadir
(d) hell

19. 'Artiste' means

(a) an expert in fine art
(b) an expert in performing art
(c) an artful person
(d) none of this

20. 'Artful' means

(a) innocent
(b) intelligent
(c) cunning
(d) none of this

ANSWERS
  1. (b) a cause of quarrel
  2. (b) got
  3. (c) have driven
  4. (a) consult
  5. (b) came
  6. (a) should
  7. (c) clean
  8. (a) smoking
  9. (c) buying
  10. (b) to smoke
  11. (c) going
  12. (c) the accident would not have happened
  13. (a) when
  14. (c) than
  15. (c) will rain
  16. (b) fear of marriage
  17. (c) extinguish
  18. (c) nadir
  19. (b) an expert in performing art
  20. (c) cunning




















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