Every English question the Punjab PSC asked between 2015 and 2026 — 109 questions, sorted by topic, each with a worked answer and the exam it came from.
3 of these 109 were set in more than one exam — the Commission reuses this topic, which is the argument for working through it rather than skimming it.
Free to read, with the worked answer and the exam each one came from. The book prints this topic in the order the Commission favours, so these are the ones to know first.
Comprise already carries the sense of "consist of", so it takes its object directly: the whole comprises the parts. "Comprised of" is wrong, "consisted" needs "of" after it, and in (b) the parts are wrongly made to comprise the whole.
The main clause is in the past — "It was of utmost importance" — so the time clause must be past too: "after the felony was discovered". > "is discover" is not even a proper verb form > a present or future tense would clash with "was"
'Who is the man in the funny hat over there?' is a correctly formed direct question. An indirect question keeps statement order, so (b) should read 'Can you tell me what your name is?'. Option (c) needs a subject pronoun: 'My team and I drove through the desert.' In (d) a superlative takes 'the', and 'backside' is misused for 'at the back of'.
A sentence with 'only' is changed into the negative form with 'none but': 'None but a millionaire can afford such extravagance' keeps the sense that a millionaire alone can afford it. Options (a), (c) and (d) alter the meaning.
'Failed to notice' simply means 'did not notice'. So the equivalent sentence is 'He did not notice me when he came in.' The other options either reverse the meaning or scramble the time clause.
An exclamatory sentence starting with 'what a' turns assertive with 'there was a great..'. So 'O what a fall was there, my countrymen!' becomes 'There was a great fall, my countrymen.' Options (a) and (b) alter the meaning. Option (d) is still an exclamation.
The exclamation 'Shame on you to..' becomes an assertive sentence with 'It is shameful of you to..': 'It is shameful of you to use a poor cripple so.' Option (b) reverses the meaning. Option (c) is still an exclamation. Option (d) says nothing about shame.
The exclamation implies that a great deal could be achieved if men were wise. The assertive form supplies the understood subject: 'Great things might be done if men were wise.' Options (a) and (c) turn it into a wish about men's wisdom. Option (d) is still an exclamation.
To change a comparative sentence to the positive degree, use 'not.. as' and reverse the two terms. So 'He was greater than Aurangzeb' becomes 'Aurangzeb was not so great as he.' Options (a) and (c) change the meaning, saying Aurangzeb was not great at all. Option (b) reverses the comparison altogether.
'If only ...' shows a wish that is against the facts. As an assertive sentence it is rewritten with 'I wish'. So 'If only I knew more people!' → 'I wish I knew more people.' Options (a), (b) and (c) change 'more people' to 'all people' or 'everyone'. That alters the meaning.
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See the printed book →The Commission set 109 English questions across 16 papers between 2015–2026. That is the whole set, not a sample — every one of them is in the book, and the 10 most-asked are on this page free.
Yes. 3 of these 109 were set in more than one exam, which is why they are worth working rather than reading. Each question here carries a badge showing how many sittings asked it.
Here. Every question on this page is a solved MCQ: the four options as printed, the correct answer, and a worked explanation in plain English — not just a letter. The rest of the 109 are in the book, in the same form.
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The questions are on screen rather than in a downloadable file, so they stay current and correct. The printed book has all 109 of these plus the rest of the English section, and every buyer gets the whole thing online as well.
The exams behind these questions, most first. A paper here is a sitting: a question set in two papers of the same sitting counts once.
| Exam | Year | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Extra Assistant Conservator of Forests in the the Department of Forest and Wild | 2019 | 32 |
| Punjab Civil Services (Prelims) — CSAT | 2015 | 20 |
| Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination-2018 Mains Examinat | 2018 | 14 |
| Punjab Civil Services (Executive Branch) of Register C for Recruitment Process Y | 2024 | 9 |
| District Programme Officer | 2017 | 9 |
| Punjab Civil Services (Executive Branch) to Be Filled From Registe | 2017 | 8 |
| Punjab Civil Services(Executive Branch) of Register C From Amongst t | 2017 | 8 |
| Punjab Civil Services (Prelims) — CSAT | 2025 | 7 |
| Draftsman Architect (Group-B) | 2026 | 6 |
| Principal | 2020 | 4 |
| Head Master Head Mistress | 2020 | 4 |
| Block Primary Education Officer | 2020 | 4 |