CIVIL SERVICE EXAM TRIAL

Keep abreast means __________.

• If you keep abreast of things, you stay uninformed about developments.

• If you keep abreast of things, you stay informed about developments.

• If you keep abreast of things, you stay informed about things.

• If you keep abreast of things, you stay informed about life.

Answer explanation

Keep abreast means __________.

to follow the developments of someone or something

Derring-do means?

• If a person shows derring-do, they show unwillingness..

• If a person shows derring-do, they show shyness.

• If a person shows derring-do, they show great courage.

• If a person shows derring-do, they show pettiness.

Answer explanation

Derring-do means?

brave action taken

There are times when you must decide and "take the bull by the horns."

• make the right decision

• make a bold decision

• make the wrong decision

• make a final decision

Answer explanation

take the bull by the horns.

deal bravely and decisively with a difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant situation.

I shouldn't go outside without a raincoat because "it's raining cats and dogs.“

• it's just started to rain

• it's raining very heavily

• it's going to rain

• it's raining a little

Answer explanation

it's raining cats and dogs.

it rains a lot at a particular moment in time

A pretty penny means _____________.

• If something costs a pretty penny, it is very expensive.

• If something costs a pretty penny, it is very inexpensive.

• If something costs a pretty penny, it is very precious.

• If something costs a pretty penny, it is very unimportant

Answer explanation

A pretty penny means _____________

to be very expensive

Neither Kath nor Greyshier _______ the crime yesterday.

• witness

• witnesses

• witnessed

• witnessing

Answer explanation

Neither Kath nor Greyshier witnessed the crime yesterday

PAST TENSE

Benson _______ rather not invest his savings in the stock market.

• must

• has to

• could

• would

Answer explanation

Benson would rather not invest his savings in the stock market.

used to indicate what one wants or prefers to do, have

UCPC Savings Bank will upgrade ______ computer systems next week.

• there

• their

• its

• it’s

Answer explanation

UCPC Savings Bank will upgrade its computer systems next week

belonging to or associated with a thing previously mentioned or easily identified

Mr. Mel always feed his flock of _______ early in the morning.

• sheeps

• sheep

• ships

• ship

Answer explanation

Mr. Mel always feed his flock of sheep early in the morning

Flock: The word 'flock' is a collective noun that is used to refer to a group of species generally birds or sheep.

Mary Ann ___________ three thousand words for her essay.

• have wrote

• has wrote

• have written

• has written

Answer explanation

Mary Ann has written three thousand words for her essay

She has written is sentence is in Present Perfect tense which expresses an action that is completed at the time of speaking