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Question Code : 063/2018  Civil. Police Officer (Armed Police Battalion)/Women Police Constable (Armed Police Battalion) Medium of Question : English   QUESTION BOOKLET ALPHACODE A    Date of Test : 22/07/2018

61. Which among the following is the verb form of ‘Courage’ ?
 (A) Courageous
 (B) Encourage
 (C) Courage
 (D) Bravery

62. Pick out the faminine word of ‘Horse’.
 (A) Bitch
 (B) Mule
(C) Mare
 (D) Roe

63. Change the sentence into indirect speech “What is your name ?” asked the policeman.
 (A) The policeman asked me what my name was.
 (B) The policeman asked me what was my name.
 (C) The policeman asked me whether what my name is.
 (D) The policeman asked me what is my name
.
64. Raju has ______ motives in collecting funds for poor people.
 (A) monitary
(B) monetary 
(C) montiary
 (D) monitory

65. We were _____ Bangalore for three years
. (A) in
 (B) at
 (C) on
 (D) of

66. Pick out the opposite word of ‘alleviate’.
 (A) aggrevate
(B) aggregate
(C) adoption
 (D) aggravate

67. Choose the meaning of the idiom ‘Bone of Contention’.
 (A) unexpected and unpleasant
(B) subject of dispute or quarrel
(C) with ideas too advanced
(D) zenith of anger or excitement

68. Pick out the synonym of ‘whet’.
 (A) scrape
(B) breathe
(C) sharpen 
(D) kill

69. The girls as well as the teacher ______ visited the orphanage.
 (A) has
(B) have 
(C) was
(D) is

70. Find out the adverb. Ramu is so weak but he runs fast.
 (A) weak
(B) runs
 (C) Ramu
(D) fast
 71. Let us sing a song. ______ ? 
(A) doesn’t we
(B) don’t we
(C) shall we
 (D) don’t us

 72. ______ pen you want is out of stock.
 (A) An
 (B) The
 (C) A
(D) None

73. Pick out the passive form of ‘Sita has bought a pen’.
 (A) A pen was bought by Sita
(B) A pen is bought by Sita
 (C) A pen has been bought by Sita
 (D) A pen has been buying by Sita

74. Spot the one word for a person punished for the mistake of others
. (A) Adept
 (B) Iconoclast
 (C) Scapegoat
 (D) Eccentric

75. The meaning of the phrasal verb ‘call on’.
 (A) shout
(B) visit 
 (C) cancel
 (D) remember

76. Choose the correct sentence.
 (A) Jeena had passed the examination in 1997
. (B) Jeena have passed the examination in 1997
. (C) Jeena passed the examination in 1997.
 (D) Jeena was passed the examination in 1997.

77. ______ you touch the ceiling ?
 (A) Shall
 (B) Can
 (C) Will
(D) Would

78. Choose the correct spelling.
 (A) bouquit
 (B) bouquet
 (C) boquet
(D) bauquet

79. Complete the following sentence : If you worked hard, _______ .
 (A) you will pass the examination
 (B) you had passed the examination
 (C) you would pass the examination 
 (D) you would have passed the examination

80. Translate the following sentence into Malayalam : “Simi has been dancing since morning.”
 (A) സിമി ഡാൻസ് കളിച്ചു കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നു
(B)സിമി ഡാൻസ് കളിച്ചു
(C)സിമി ഡാൻസ് കളിച്ചു കൊണ്ടേയിരിക്കുന്നു
(D)സിമി ഡാൻസ് കളിക്കും