PPSC Accounts Officer (BS-17) English: Vocabulary MCQs

Practice Vocabulary MCQs for PPSC Accounts Officer (BS-17) English — topic-wise sets with solved answers.

PPSC Accounts Officer (BS-17) English: Vocabulary MCQs — sample questions

  1. Question 1

    Q1. Mood is considered a type of which effect?

    • A) Writing
    • B) Expression
    • C) Presentation
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Expression

    Explanation: 'Expression' is grammatically correct and completes the sentence according to standard English usage tested in LAT, USAT, and FPSC papers.

  2. Question 2

    Q2. Incision : Scalpel :: ______ : ______

    • A) Furrow : Plow
    • B) Cut : Saw
    • C) Hospital : Patient
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Furrow : Plow

    Explanation: The blank is correctly filled with 'Furrow : Plow' because this is the standard preposition or word choice in formal English for this construction.

  3. Question 3

    Q3. khamosh' Translate the best English translation of the word.

    • A) Introvert
    • B) Futile
    • C) Ingenuous
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Introvert

    Explanation: 'Introvert' is grammatically correct and completes the sentence according to standard English usage tested in LAT, USAT, and FPSC papers.

  4. Question 4

    Q4. The performance of our players was ____ either

    • A) bad as I had expected
    • B) worse than I had expected
    • C) worse than expectation
    • D) worst than was expected

    Answer: worse than I had expected

    Explanation: Comparative degree "worse than" is required when comparing two things, and indirect speech after "either" needs a comparative clause with a subject and verb.

  5. Question 5

    Q5. The departmental store is open ____ eight to eleven.

    • A) From
    • B) By
    • C) Between
    • D) During

    Answer: From

    Explanation: "From … to" is the correct prepositional pair to express a time range with a start point.

  6. Question 6

    Q6. "Queer" means:

    • A) Unusual
    • B) Applaud
    • C) Derogate
    • D) Scorn

    Answer: Unusual

    Explanation: "Queer" primarily means strange or unusual; it is an adjective describing something out of the ordinary.

  7. Question 7

    Q7. I went ____ to my family.

    • A) Strait
    • B) directly
    • C) Rightly
    • D) None of these

    Answer: directly

    Explanation: The blank is correctly filled with 'directly' because this is the standard preposition or word choice in formal English for this construction.

  8. Question 8

    Q8. Our team played _____.

    • A) well
    • B) well done
    • C) badly
    • D) in a good way

    Answer: well

    Explanation: An adverb, not an adjective, modifies a verb; "well" is the correct adverb form to modify the verb "played."

  9. Question 9

    Q9. ______ she is a good runner but I have not seen her running.

    • A) Possibly
    • B) Apparently
    • C) Doubtfully
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Apparently

    Explanation: The blank is correctly filled with 'Apparently' because this is the standard preposition or word choice in formal English for this construction.

  10. Question 10

    Q10. Diana would have got up earlier if _______.

    • A) she knew the train left at 6.30
    • B) the alarm clock went off on time
    • C) you had woken her up
    • D) she could sleep well

    Answer: you had woken her up

    Explanation: A Type 3 conditional requires "had + past participle" in the if-clause; "if you had woken her up" correctly fulfills the condition for the past perfect.

  11. Question 11

    Q11. This work is ____ his capacity:

    • A) beyond
    • B) under
    • C) over
    • D) in

    Answer: beyond

    Explanation: "Beyond one's capacity" is the fixed prepositional phrase meaning something exceeds what one is capable of doing.

  12. Question 12

    Q12. Ayesha's art of fiction is so ____, as her mother and grandparents are renowned artists.

    • A) Popular
    • B) Famed
    • C) Innate
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Innate

    Explanation: The blank is correctly filled with 'Innate' because this is the standard preposition or word choice in formal English for this construction.

  13. Question 13

    Q13. Ice is to white as coal is to ____.

    • A) Red
    • B) Black
    • C) Brown
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Black

    Explanation: The blank is correctly filled with 'Black' because this is the standard preposition or word choice in formal English for this construction.

  14. Question 14

    Q14. Choose the analogy of words written in capital letters. Speak: Stammer

    • A) Walk: Stagger
    • B) Strut: Walk
    • C) Speech: Stage
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Walk: Stagger

    Explanation: 'Walk: Stagger' is grammatically correct and completes the sentence according to standard English usage tested in LAT, USAT, and FPSC papers.

  15. Question 15

    Q15. The green-eyed monster means:

    • A) Hatred
    • B) Jealousy
    • C) Love
    • D) Live

    Answer: Jealousy

    Explanation: Shakespeare coined "green-eyed monster" in Othello to symbolize jealousy, and the phrase has retained this meaning.

  16. Question 16

    Q16. Select one word that best matches the given explanation. Not interesting, funny, etc., because of being used too often

    • A) Simple
    • B) Hackneyed
    • C) Dip
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Hackneyed

    Explanation: 'Hackneyed' is grammatically correct and completes the sentence according to standard English usage tested in LAT, USAT, and FPSC papers.

  17. Question 17

    Q17. Ambiguous means:

    • A) Crystal
    • B) Obstacle
    • C) Hazy
    • D) Obnoxious

    Answer: Hazy

    Explanation: "Ambiguous" means open to more than one interpretation, and "hazy" captures the sense of being unclear or vague.

  18. Question 18

    Q18. These cattle is mine. Choose below the correct answer.

    • A) These cattle are mine
    • B) These cattles are mine
    • C) These cattles is mine
    • D) None of these

    Answer: These cattle are mine

    Explanation: 'These cattle are mine' is grammatically correct and completes the sentence according to standard English usage tested in LAT, USAT, and FPSC papers.

  19. Question 19

    Q19. The students in our school are ____ in other schools.

    • A) smarter
    • B) Smarter than
    • C) Smarter than those
    • D) more smarter than

    Answer: Smarter than those

    Explanation: When comparing students of one school to those of another, "those" is needed as a pronoun substitute to avoid an illogical comparison between students and schools.

  20. Question 20

    Q20. Bull: Cow :: Cock: __________

    • A) Hen
    • B) Duck
    • C) Chick
    • D) None of these

    Answer: Hen

    Explanation: The blank is correctly filled with 'Hen' because this is the standard preposition or word choice in formal English for this construction.

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