SPSC - Lecturer English 2002 Past Paper with Answers

Practice the SPSC - Lecturer English 2002 past paper with 101 solved MCQs, answers and topic coverage.

101 solved MCQs across 2 approved papers

A new language which develops in situations where speakers of different languages need to communicate but do not share a common language is?Answer: Pidgin Which is the largest library of the world?Answer: Library of Congress (USA) ____ is the study of meaning as communicated by a speaker and interpreted by a listener?Answer: Pragmatics Name the first novel in the history of English Literature?Answer: Robinson Crusoe Choose the correct answer: A fair weather friend always tries to fish in troubled waters of his friends and benefactors.Answer: To get benefit in bad situation Identify the odd one among the following: Counting, Affixation, Compounding, ReduplicationAnswer: Counting Ezra Pound is regarded as the leader of which literary movement?Answer: Imagism "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is categorized as a _______ novel.Answer: Domestic I’ll be ______ their cat while they are away on holiday.Answer: Looking after Daud usually has good ideas but he is certainly ______ beans with this one.Answer: Out of Dell Hymes was an ______?Answer: Anthropologist Which one of the following is not a Shakespearean play?Answer: The Spanish Tragedy ______ average, the unemployment rate has been going up 1 percent a year.Answer: On Identify the correct sequence of the phonetic laws?Answer: Grimm, Grassman, Verner Keats’ poetry is best known for its?Answer: Sensuousness Theatre of Absurd was inspired by which philosophical movement?Answer: Existentialism I wish I had her knack ______ cooking.Answer: For Your guess is as good as mine means?Answer: To have no idea The word Syntax is a Greek word meaning?Answer: Systematic arrangement The performance of plays was banned in England in 1642 by ______?Answer: Puritans What is the phonetic description of the word “Fuchsia”?Answer: None What are Velar Sounds?Answer: /k/ and /g/n/ An adjective which means “Indented teach” is spelt as?Answer: Didactic Find the correct Analogy of “Petal :: Flower”?Answer: Engine :: Car Synonym of “Hoax” is?Answer: Trick Something_____happened or they would be here by now.Answer: Must have Antonym of “Cosset” is?Answer: Neglect You know they do not allow_____in there.Answer: Eating and drinking What is the phrasal meaning of “Call it a day”?Answer: To stop because one does not want to do any more _____is a work written to defend a writer’s opinion or to elaborate and clarify a problem.Answer: Essay