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Literature — 352 previous-year questions — page 4 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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Which of the following statements are true about Jawaharlal Nehru?
- (i) He wrote the book "Glimpses of Indian History".
- (ii) He was the First Prime Minister of India.
- (iii) He is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian Nation-state.
- (i) only
- (ii) and (iii) only✓
- (i) and (ii) only
- (i) and (iii) only
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Which among the following is an example for onamatopoeic words?
- clip - clopped✓
- tongue - twister
- ambitious
- entertainment
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Who speaks the following lines in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice".
"The quality of mercy is not strained
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath".- Antonio
- Shylock
- Portia✓
- Duke
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"Most learned judge ! A sentence ! come prepare" – Quoted by whom in "The Merchant of Venice".
- Antonio
- Bassanio
- Shylock✓
- Portia
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Name the poem in which the following lines appear.
“Only bloodshot eyes betray
Deep pride, the reverence
Ho! God in Man's image”- Snake
- Migrant Bird
- Shilpi✓
- Be the Best
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Match the following :
Characters(a) The Little Boy 1. The Last Leaf (b) Ivan 2. Two Friends (c) Monsieur Sauvage 3. The Lottery Ticket (d) Johnsy 4. The Selfish Giant Title
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-2
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-4✓
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-1
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"You must tell him to be sure and come here tomorrow"
Who said this to whom in "The selfish giant"?- The giant said this to the children✓
- The children said this to the giant
- The giant said this to the little boy
- The giant said this to his friend
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In the poem, "The Solitary Reaper', Wordsworth addresses this song to one 'Solitary Highland Lass'. What does the poet mean by the word, 'Highland'?
- England
- Ireland
- Scotland✓
- Iceland
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Pick out the title that does not belong to the writer Pearl S. Buck.
- The Good Earth
- My Several Worlds
- Far and Near Stories
- The Last Leaf✓
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"And, what is more, you'll be a man, My son"
The above lines are from the poem- The Piano
- Shilpi
- Migrant Bird
- Manliness✓
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"Here 'tis, most reverend Doctor, here it is".
Who is the speaker and who is the listener?- Bassanio to Duke
- Shylock to Duke
- Shylock to Portia✓
- Portia to Shylock
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Who among the following is the author of the story, "The Wooden Bowl"?
- Leo Tolstoy✓
- Oscar Wilde
- Guy de Maupassant
- R.K. Narayan
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What is the speciality of the 'Vimanams' of the Brihadeesvarar temple?
- Built of teak wood
- Built with a special kind of mortar
- Built with stones with bonding and notching
- Built up without the use of mortar✓
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"That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;"
Identify the figure of speech used here.- Metaphor
- Personification
- Imagery✓
- Onomatopoeia
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Which is the native town of Portia of 'The Merchant of Venice'?
- Venice
- Belmont✓
- Sicily
- Rome
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Who said this?
"O Woman! Lovely Woman!
Angels are painted fair to look like you ;"- Otway✓
- Annie Louisa Walker
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- Kamala Das
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Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
"In every land is common life
That all can recognize and understand"
These lines are taken from the poem- With a friend
- No men are foreign✓
- My native land
- To India
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Identify the poetic works of 'Robert Frost'.
- 1. The Road Not Taken
- 2. The Jungle Book
- 3. Mending Wall
- 4. Treasure Island
- 1 only
- 1 and 2 only
- 1 and 3 only✓
- 2 and 4 only
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Sherlock Holmes is a detective who features in the fiction of
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Arthur Conan Doyle✓
- Ruskin Bond
- Mark Twain
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"Success does not mean the absence of failures
.............................................
It means winning the war, not every battle"
It is a famous quote of- Swamy Viyekananda
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Edwin C. Bliss✓
- Gandhiji
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What is the title of H.W. Longfellow's volume of poems which included "A Psalm of Life"?
- Hiawatha
- Tales of a Wayside-Inn
- Evangeline
- Voices of the Night✓
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In the story "How the camel got its hump" ——— is incharge of the desert.
- Lion
- Ox
- Horse
- Djinn✓
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"Ready to run to hiding new with laughter when she found us soon".
The above lines are taken from- Going for water✓
- A Psalm of life
- Be the Best
- The Solitary Reaper
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Who has uttered these words?
"Friends Romans, Countrymen
Lend me your ears".- Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'.
- Mark Antony in 'Julius Caesar'✓
- Cassius in 'Macbeth'
- Casca in 'Macbeth'.
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"My Reminiscences" was written by ————.
- Kamala Markandaya
- Ernest Hemingway
- Toru Dutt
- Rabindranath Tagore✓
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