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Q2421.Choose the most appropriate synonym for word: رنجش

Easy
A Anguish
B Forbearance
C All of a sudden
D None of these
Vocabulary PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: A

رنجش' کا قریب ترین انگریزی مترادف 'Anguish' ہے۔

Q2422.Choose the best Urdu translation of word Acknowledge

Easy
A علم رکھنا
B تسلیم کرنا
C بات ماننا
D ان میں سے کوئی نہیں
Sentence & Error Correction PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

Acknowledge' translates to 'تسلیم کرنا' in Urdu.

Q2423.Match the following English proverb with Urdu equivalent: All are not saint that goes to church:

Easy
A بغل میں چھری منہ میں رام رام
B ہیں بجتاتھ سے ن ای تال
C آگے دوڑ پیچھے چھوڑ
D ان میں سے کوئی نہیں
Idioms & Phrases PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: A

The Urdu equivalent is 'بغل میں چھری منہ میں رام رام' (a knife under the arm, but 'Ram Ram' on the lips), describing hidden hypocrisy.

Q2424.Complete the sentence: A:___? B: I'm going to study in the library.

Easy
A what do you usually do at the weekend
B what are you doing now
C I am watching TV
D None of these
Sentence & Error Correction PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

What are you doing now' fits naturally as the question prompting this response.

Q2425.Choose the right option to complete the indirect narration of the direct speech given in the quotation marks "Can you help me?" The old man wondered if _____.

Easy
A he could help me
B I can help him
C I could help him
D None of these
Voice & Narration PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: C

Reported yes/no questions use 'if/whether' plus the modal shifted to past: 'he could help me.'

Q2426.Choose the right option to complete the indirect narration of the direct speech given in quotation marks: "Why is he crying?" Ahmad wants to know____.

Easy
A Why he was crying
B Why was he crying
C Why he is crying
D None of these
Voice & Narration PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: C

Reported wh-questions retain normal word order with tense unchanged if still relevant: 'why he is crying.'

Q2427.Fill in the blank Identifying and analogous expression:Impious ___:Indignant:irked

Easy
A Irreverent
B Irk some
C Furibus
D None of these
Sentence & Error Correction PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: A

Following the degree-of-intensity pattern, 'Irreverent' completes the analogous pair.

Q2428.Change the voice of the following sentence. Wrong meals have been served to us.

Easy
A ey served us wrong meal.
B They served wrong meal to us.
C They have served us wrong meal.
D None of these
Voice & Narration PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: D

Active voice: 'They have served us wrong meals.'

Q2429.Give the correct indirect answer of the following direct sentence: The lawyer said to the witness, "Speak as I tell you"

Easy
A The lawyer told the witness to speak as he told him.
B The lawyer directed the witness to speak as he told him.
C The lawyer suggested the witness to speak as he told him.
D None of these
Voice & Narration PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

Reported speech: 'The lawyer directed the witness to speak as he told him.'

Q2430.Translate into English: ذلت آمیز

Easy
A Reputable
B Honorable
C Ignominious
D None of these
Vocabulary PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: C

ذلت آمیز' کا انگریزی ترجمہ 'Ignominious' ہے۔

Q2431.Pick out the correct sentence.Aslam and I am project partners.

Easy
A Aslam and I am the project partners.
B I and Aslam are project's partners.
C I and Aslam were project partners.
D None of these
Sentence & Error Correction PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

The corrected sentence should read: 'I and Aslam are project's partners' (subject-verb agreement fixed).

Q2432.Give the correct Indirect answer of the following direct sentence: "What losses"cried he " have I suffered"

Easy
A He exclamid that he suffered heavy losses
B He exclaimed that he suffered heavy losses
C He exclaimed with sorrow that he had suffered heavy losses
D None of these
Voice & Narration PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: C

Reported exclamatory speech: 'He exclaimed with sorrow that he had suffered heavy losses.'

Q2433.Select one word that best matches the given explanation: Not interesting, funny, etc, because of being used too often

Easy
A Simple
B Hackneyed
C Dip
D None of these
Vocabulary PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

Hackneyed' describes something overused and unoriginal.

Q2434.Pick out the word followed by the appropriate preposition and fill in the blank space. The plague..............in London that summer and hundreds die.

Easy
A Break down
B Broke out
C Break off
D ne of these
Prepositions & Conjunctions PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

Broke out' is the correct phrasal verb meaning to occur suddenly (of a disease/disaster).

Q2435.Change to indirect speech: Fatima said." I am now in the medical college"

Easy
A Fatima told that she is.now in the medical college
B Fatima told that she was then in the medical college
C Fatima told that she was in a medical college now
D None of these
Voice & Narration PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

Reported speech: 'Fatima told that she was then in the medical college.'

Q2436.Choose the best meaning of the idiomatic phrase: To turn the tables

Easy
A to turn someone
B to turn the situation to one;s own side
C to reverse the condition completely
D None of these
Idioms & Phrases PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: C

To turn the tables' means to reverse a situation completely, gaining the advantage.

Q2437.Change the voice of the following sentence: Are they blaming us for nothing?

Easy
A Are we being blamed
B Are we blamed
C Do we blamed
D None of these
Voice & Narration PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: A

Passive voice: 'Are we being blamed for nothing?'

Q2438.Give the meaning of Idiom: Spick and Span

Easy
A meanwhile
B neat and clean
C in the meantime
D None of these
Idioms & Phrases PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

Spick and span' means neat and clean.

Q2439.Choose the pair of words that best express a relationship similar to that expressed in the original question: MANACLE: MALEFACTOR

Easy
A Urbane: Fanatic
B Muzzle: Dog
C Train: Tether
D None of these
Analogy & Comprehension PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

A Manacle restrains a Malefactor (wrongdoer); similarly, a Muzzle restrains a Dog.

Q2440.Complete the following proverbial/ idiomatic phrase with correct option. Every cloud has a......................

Easy
A shining lining
B silver lining
C rainy lining
D None of these
Idioms & Phrases PPSC 2021

Correct Answer: B

The proverb is 'Every cloud has a silver lining.'