Civil Service
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10 sample questions for the Civil Service, with the correct answer and an explanation for each. No account needed. Try each one before you open the answer.
Sections covered on the exam: Word Relationships, Spellingrules, Grammarforms, Importanceofcommunicationskills, Pluralformsandexceptions, Analogies, Synonyms, Reading Comprehension, Purposesforwriting, Writingdevices, Typesofpassage, Respondingtoliterature, Mathematics, Numbersandclassifications, Howemployeescommute, Clerical Skills, Sampleforms, Quarter, Government Service Application (Excerpt).
Question 1 · Word Relationships
Which of the following words follows the “i before e” part of the rule (the letters do not come after c)?
Answer: C. Believe
“Believe” places i before e, and the pair does not follow c. “Receive” and “ceiling” follow the “except after c” part of the rule, and “seize” is an exception to the rule.
Question 2 · Pluralformsandexceptions
Choose the correct plural form for “analysis.”
Answer: C. Analyses
Words ending in “-is” often change to “-es” in plural form. “Analysis” becomes “analyses.”
Question 3 · Analogies
Ignorance is to misunderstanding as preparation is to:
Answer: C. Confidence
Ignorance can lead to misunderstanding, while preparation leads to confidence: a cause-and-effect relationship.
Question 4 · Mathematics
Which of the following is a prime number?
Answer: B. 7
A prime number has only two factors: 1 and itself. 7 is only divisible by 1 and 7.
Question 5 · Howemployeescommute
Refer to the circle graph in Question 78. Which of the following statements is true based on the chart?
Answer: B. Half of the employees commute by car
Car commuting is 50%, which is half of all employees. Walk (5%) is less than train (15%), bus (20%) and bicycle (10%) differ, and public transport is 35%, not 75%.
Question 6 · Clerical Skills
Answer from memory (list in Question 98). What is the correct alphabetical order of the original list?
Answer: C. Envelopes, Notebooks, Pens, Stapler, Tape
Alphabetical order by first letter: Envelopes (E), Notebooks (N), Pens (P), Stapler (S), Tape (T). The distractor that lists Tape before Stapler is out of order, because S comes before T.
Question 7 · Pluralformsandexceptions
Which of the following is a correct plural form of a compound noun?
Answer: B. Sisters-in-law
In compound nouns like “sister-in-law,” the plural is formed on the main noun, which is “sister.”
Question 8 · Analogies
Exercise is to health as pollution is to:
Answer: D. Disease
Exercise promotes health; pollution contributes to disease. Both pairs show cause-effect relationships.
Question 9 · Respondingtoliterature
Refer to the excerpt in Question 159. Which response BEST reflects a deep interpretation of the excerpt?
Answer: B. She feels betrayed and is masking it with sarcasm.
Her tone and the context imply emotional hurt, which she disguises through sarcasm—an example of layered meaning in literature.
Question 10 · Quarter
Refer to the circle graph in Question 178. If 400 total items were ordered, how many were folders?
Answer: B. 60
15% of 400 = 0.15 × 400 = 60 items
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