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Literature — 352 previous-year questions — page 11 of 15
Every Literature question TNPSC has asked in the papers we hold, under English, with the correct answer marked in Tamil and English. Explanations are free with an account.ஆங்கிலம் பாடத்தின் கீழ், எங்களிடம் உள்ள வினாத்தாள்களில் TNPSC கேட்ட அனைத்து வினாக்களும், சரியான விடை குறிக்கப்பட்டு. விளக்கங்கள் இலவசக் கணக்கில் கிடைக்கும்.
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What is the name of the Commander whose forgiveness Abraham Lincoln sought for being rude to him?
- Colonel Scott✓
- Colonel Henry
- Colonel James
- Colonel Wilson
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The author of the story, 'The Mark of Vishnu'. Khuswant Singh belongs to which state – choose the option.
- Kerala
- Tamil Nadu
- Karnataka
- Punjab✓
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In Oscar Wilde's "The Selfish Giant", The dead body of the Giant is covered with
- Pink blossoms
- White blossoms✓
- Pearl blossoms
- Blue blossoms
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And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking
Pick out the figure of speech given in the above poetic line.- Metaphor
- Simile
- Alliteration✓
- Hyperbole
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"Come you back unto the fireside and be comrade with your kin"
This line is taken from the poem ____________.- The Poison Tree
- The River
- The Stick-Together Families✓
- Life
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Which one of the following poems speaks about 'True Love'?
- A Psalm of life
- Be the Best
- Sonnet No : 116✓
- The Solitary Reaper
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"If one should come too close to earth
The atmosphere will Shake,
With shockwave reaching to the ground
Causing the land to quake".
Mention the rhyme scheme of the stanza.- a a b b
- a b a b
- a b c b✓
- a b b b
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Fill in the blanks in the following line with the correct word :
"The quality of ——— is not strain'd".- rain
- mercy✓
- bond
- majesty
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"The highest result of education is tolerance". Who made this statement?
- Rabindranath Tagore
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Helen Keller✓
- Oscar Wilde
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Match the poems under Column 'A' with the authors under Column 'B' and select the correct code.
Column A(a) A Psalm of Life 1. Lewis Carroll (b) Is Life But a Dream 2. H.W. Longfellow (c) Going for water 3. Kamala Das (d) Punishment in Kindergarten 4. Robert Frost Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-1
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3✓
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Match the titles with the lines :
Column A(a) The Man he killed 1. O Winged seeds (b) Migrant bird 2. Trust no future (c) A Psalm of life 3. I breed my brood (d) English words 4. Off-hand like 5. Only blood shot eyes Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-5
- (a)-5 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-2
- (a)-5 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1✓
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Match the poems with the poets :
(a) Earth 1. D.H. Lawrence (b) Snake 2. H.W. Longfellow (c) A Psalm of life 3. Khalil Gibran (d) Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face 4. Jack Prelutsky - (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-4✓
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-2
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
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"The brave little voyagers face many dangers and hardships while travelling long, long distances"
Who are the brave little Voyagers?- Cricketers
- Butterflies
- Children
- Birds✓
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Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves ——— ?
Select the most accurate of the four given contexts for the above questions- Caesar would not have enslaved his country men, if he had been alive
- Caesar would have enslaved his country men if he had been alive✓
- Caesar would have made his country men free if he had been alive
- Caesar would have killed his country men if he had been alive
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In the battle of Sambre Caesar defeated
- The Nervi✓
- The Romans
- Brutus
- Cassius
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Why did Brutus kill Julius Caesar, according to Brutus own defense?
- Because Caesar was ambitious✓
- Because Brutus loved Caesar less
- Because Brutus loved Rome less
- Because Caesar was valiant
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Hughie wanted to marry
- Laura Hausberg
- Trevor Merton
- Baron Hausberg
- Laura Merton✓
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O! ye wheels! (breaking out in a mad moaning)
Stop! be silent for to-day!
The figure of speech used here is- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification✓
- Hyperbole
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'Jai Hindh' – whose inspiring words of salutation are these?
- Gokhale
- Subhash Chandra Bose✓
- Bala Gangadara Tilak
- Mahatma Gandhi
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Fill in the blanks :
Anthropomorphism means ————.- Human character
- Non-human character
- Non-human character with Human traits✓
- Human traits with Human character
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"How beautiful you are, Earth, and how sublime
How perfect your obedience to the light and how – noble is your submission to the sun"
What is the figure of speech used in the above lines?- Personification✓
- Metaphor
- Metonymy
- Simile
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Who told the following statement?
"Tolerance is the highest result of education".- Dr. Abdul Kalam
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Helen Keller✓
- Subash Chandra Bose
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Identify the statement that best explains the use of metaphor in "laugh till the game is played; and be you merry, my friend".
- laughter is compared to a merry-making game
- game is compared to a merry friendship
- life is compared to laughter and merry making
- life is compared to a game✓
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Identify the figure of speech employed in the following lines.
"The bleeding bark will heal".- Personification✓
- Simile
- Metaphor
- Oxymoron
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At the Battle of ———— the forces of Cassius and Brutus are defeated.
- Rome
- Sambre
- Philippi✓
- Waterloo
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