MPSC Typist (Ordinary Grade), Heads of Department — 10 December 2020 — question paper

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MPSC Typist (Ordinary Grade), Heads of Department — 10 December 2020

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Complete original Series II question PDF and 75 individually reviewed question cards with KSLC study answers and explanations. Source option-order and transcription repairs applied where needed. No authenticated matching official key was established; these independently worked answers follow reasonable examination intent with qualifications where appropriate. No currently excluded questions in this reviewed set. Original source PDF unchanged. Examination: 10 December 2020.

After initial setback, all ____ programmes were successful due to the initiative of the new dynamic team
1. consequent
2. consequently
3. subsequently
4. subsequent
Pillar to post
1. main supports of a building
2. to keep changing one’s plans frequently
3. calmly and patiently wait for someone
4. be sent from one place to another
Call a spade a spade
1. avoid commenting on a controversial issue
2. speak plainly and frankly
3. use indirect language to avoid offence
4. stop discussing an uncomfortable subject
At arm's length
1. at a distance
2. length of an arm
3. very near
4. insult
By leaps and bounds
1. very slowly
2. by taking large jumps
3. very rapidly
4. with great difficulty
Choose the word opposite in meaning to “despise.”
1. love
2. hate
3. like
4. need
Choose the word opposite in meaning to “prominent.”
1. rash
2. project
3. deep
4. inconspicuous
Choose the word opposite in meaning to “sane.”
1. saint
2. listen
3. crazy
4. cloudy
An ____ of ants
1. army
2. swarm
3. colony
4. herd
Choose the collective noun that completes the sentence: A ____ of sheep.
1. herd
2. hard
3. school
4. flock
Choose the collective noun that completes the sentence: A ____ of experts.
1. group
2. team
3. panel
4. board
Choose the collective noun for an organized company of dancers: A ____ of dancers.
1. troupe
2. choir
3. orchestra
4. pack
Choose the collective noun that completes the sentence: A ____ of crooks.
1. troop
2. gang
3. class
4. bunch
Choose the correct question tag: Let’s go for a walk, ____.
1. should we
2. can we
3. shall we
4. do we
Choose the correct question tag: You never say where you are going, ____.
1. do you
2. did you
3. don’t you
4. have you
Choose the correct question tag: There is little we can do about it, ____.
1. was there
2. has there
3. isn’t there
4. is there
Choose the correct question tag: There weren’t any issues, ____.
1. weren’t they
2. weren’t there
3. were they
4. were there
Choose the correct question tag: We live in a tiny flat, ____.
1. don’t we
2. do we
3. doesn’t we
4. does we
Choose the correct preposition: This is a comfortable house to live ____.
1. in
2. at
3. on
4. by
Choose the correct preposition: I haven’t been to the theatre ____ a long time.
1. for
2. since
3. during
4. from
They are walking ____ the mall, moving in its direction without saying that the mall is their destination.
1. over
2. to
3. by
4. towards
Choose the correct preposition: I don’t like flying, so I went to Paris ____ bus.
1. by
2. at
3. in
4. on
Choose the correct preposition: I haven’t seen you ____ ages.
1. for
2. since
3. in
4. from
Choose the word that best completes the sentence: It is not ____ for a person to be confined solely to the pursuit of wealth.
1. possible
2. healthy
3. easy
4. common
Choose the word that best completes the sentence: He ____ her that she would pass.
1. assured
2. insured
3. ensured
4. assume
____ his being innocent of the crime, the judge sentenced him to one year imprisonment
1. In the event of
2. In spite of
3. In case of
4. On account of
The ____ chosen for the construction of the building is in the heart of the city
1. cite
2. sight
3. site
4. slight
By selling a pen for Rs.60, a person gets 20% profit; cost price
1. Rs.50
2. Rs.80
3. Rs.120
4. Rs.160
Reciprocal of 3^-2
1. -8
2. -9
3. 9
4. 8
Father's monthly income Rs.10000, mother's Rs.5000, expenditure Rs.12000; monthly saving
1. Rs.3000
2. Rs.5000
3. Rs.10000
4. Rs.15000
A train moves 48 km at 80 km/h; time
1. 36 hrs
2. 36 minutes
3. 36 sec
4. none
1/10 + 1/100
1. 2/10
2. 2/100
3. 11/100
4. 11/10
2 - 1.02 - 0.98
1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
HCF of 10, 100 and 1000
1. 10
2. 100
3. 1000
4. 10000
sqrt(125) × sqrt(5)
1. 5
2. 10
3. 25
4. 625
LCM of 2, 4 and 8
1. 2
2. 4
3. 8
4. 64
(x^b/x^c) × (x^c/x^a) × (x^a/x^b)
1. x^(a+b+c)
2. x^abc
3. 0
4. 1
If 2, b and 8 are in continued proportion, b
1. 2
2. 4
3. 8
4. 16
Mean proportional between 2 and 32
1. 2
2. 64
3. 8
4. 32
A number is tripled and 3 added to give 33; number
1. 11
2. 10
3. 12
4. 6

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