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Literature — 352 previous-year questions — page 9 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.
- 352questionsவினாக்கள்
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Who uttered the line "I craved the law" in "The Merchant of Venice"?
- Portia
- Shylock✓
- Antonio
- Bassanio
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Choose the correct answer
"Good-bye, little one, and may you grow up into a brave soldier in India's service." - Here "little one" refers to- Young Lakshmi Bai
- Joan of Arc
- Young Indira✓
- Young Natchiyar
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Which of the following is not a poem?
- A Psalm of life
- The Mark of Vishnu✓
- The Cry of the Children
- The Man He Killed
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Who among the following poets found the weekly newspaper "Long Islander"?
- Walt Whitman✓
- D.H. Lawrence
- Thomas Hardy
- A.L. Walker
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We can't all be captains,
We've got to be crew,
Who is the poet of this line?- Douglas Malloch✓
- Lewis Caroll
- Randall Jarell
- Brian Paltern
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Many of Pearl S. Buck's books have ___________ background.
- American
- Chinese✓
- Scottish
- Burmese
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To win, run as fast as the wind
Identify the figure of speech in the given line.- Personification
- Metaphor
- Simile✓
- Anaphora
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Pick out the poem which is written by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- The Apology✓
- With a friend
- Snake
- Women's rights
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So I had to call in a doctor, double quick.
Which of the following poetic device is used in the given line?- Simile
- Metaphor
- Alliteration✓
- Hyperbole
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——— is a classical dance form from the State of Kerala.
- Kuchipidi
- Bharatanatyam
- Kathakali✓
- Manipuri
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Thomas Hardy sets many of his novels in the background of
- Wessex✓
- Lake area
- London
- West Minister Abbey
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Helen Keller's Autobiography was named ————.
- My Story
- The Story of my Life✓
- Experiments with my Life
- My Life
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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a ———— writer.
- Irish
- American
- British✓
- French
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Identify the figure of speech in these lines.
Faster than a cheetah
With a tail that's miles long
Bigger than a mountain
So powerful and strong.- Imagery
- Anaphora
- Consonance
- Simile✓
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Rowther was promoted as ———— in "Reflowering".
- Assistant
- Personal Assistant
- Clerk
- Manager✓
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"Great Leaders have something in them which inspires a whole people and makes them do great deeds". Who quotes this?
- Dr. C.N. Annadurai
- Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru✓
- Abraham Lincoln
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For simple sheep; and such are Daffodils ...
With the green world they live in;
and clear rills ...
The above lines were written by ____________.- W.B. Yeats
- Percy Bysshe Shelley
- John Keats✓
- William Wordsworth
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Tantia Tope, a childhood friend helped to fight against the British for which of the following celebrities.
- Helen Keller
- Rani of Jhansi✓
- Subash Chandra Bose
- Nelson Mandela
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Which of the following statements are true about the play 'The Tempest'?
- (i) 'The Tempest' was written in 1500.
- (ii) It is considered to be one of the last plays of William Shakespeare.
- (iii) It is believed that the play 'The Tempest' was based on an actual wreck of a ship.
- (ii) only
- (i) and (ii) only
- (ii) and (iii) only✓
- (i) and (iii) only
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Find out the figures of speech in the following lines :
"Laugh till the game is played"- Simile
- Metaphor✓
- Allusion
- Oxymoron
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Match the poems with their poets :
(a) English Words 1. D.H. Lawrence (b) Snake 2. V.K. Gokak (c) The Man he killed 3. Elizabeth Barret Browning (d) The cry of the children 4. Thomas Hardy - (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3✓
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-1
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-2
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And so, I missed my chance with one of the lords of life.
And I have something to expiate;
A Pettiness
These lines appear in- A Noiseless Patient Spider
- Snake✓
- A Panoramic View
- The Man he Killed
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Pangolin figures in
- The Anteater and the Dassie✓
- The Neem Tree
- Reflowering
- The Necklace Holiday
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What is the nationality of Robert Frost?
- British
- Canadian
- American✓
- French
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Who is the author of the autobiography 'Wings of Fire'?
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam✓
- R.K. Narayan
- Vikram Seth
- Ruskin Bond
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