Punjab Educators (PST / SST / EST Hub) English: Vocabulary MCQs

Punjab Educators (PST / SST / EST Hub) 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.