Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 12 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 12 of 36
English questions taken from the real TNPSC papers, each with its correct answer in Tamil and English.உண்மையான TNPSC வினாத்தாள்களிலிருந்து எடுக்கப்பட்ட வினாக்கள், ஒவ்வொன்றிலும் சரியான விடையுடன்.
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What does Tagore suggest to lead us to perfection in the poem "Where the mind is without fear"?
- Tireless striving✓
- Equality and harmony
- Religious spirit
- Political dogmas
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Which one of the following is incorrect?
- Furnitures✓
- Scissors
- Pliers
- News
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Fill in the blank with suitable Gerund form of the verb
——— seemed foolish when decisive action was required.- Wait
- Waiting✓
- To wait
- To be wait
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What brings out the munificence of the Chola king who built 'The Brihadeesvarar Temple'?
- The Pillared Cloisters of deities
- The huge and massive size of the Shiva Linga and the Nandhi Statue✓
- The towering Vimanam which echoes the divine Mount Kailash
- The Statues and paintings of the Royal Museum
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A famous celebrity wants to experience a normal day without being recognized, visited a local bookstore.
Which of the following best describes their state?- Ubiquitous
- Ostentatious
- Incognito✓
- Gregarious
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Teachers help me to learn ____________ things.
- Natural
- Bad
- New✓
- Difficult
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Fill in the blank with correct option to complete the sentence :
The clerk who ——— (serve) in police department for Thirty Years, retired from service yesterday.- was serving
- has served
- had served✓
- serves
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"Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit"
What figure of speech can be identified in the aforesaid line from the poem, "Where the Mind is Without Fear"?- Oxymoron
- Synecdoche
- Assonance
- Alliteration✓
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Identify which is the correct singular word and select the answer from the codes given below.
- (a) Crises
- (b) Media
- (a) is a singular word
- (b) is a singular word
- Both (a) and (b) are singular word
- Both (a) and (b) are plural word✓
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Match the words in Column A with the suffix in Column B
Column A(a) frequent 1. –let (b) book 2. –ise (c) capable 3. –ly (d) familiar 4. –ity Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3
- (a)-2 (b)-4 (c)-3 (d)-1
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2✓
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-2
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Choose the appropriate answer
The ———— in Italy are dangerous.- Volcano
- Volcanoes✓
- Volcanos
- Volcanose
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Which of the following is the title of a poem written by Berton Braley?
- Prayer for My daughter
- Prayer of a sportsman✓
- Where the mind is without fear
- Silent Prayer
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———— is the leader of gang in "Holiday".
- Phatik Chakarabarthi✓
- Makhanlal
- Murugan
- Ambi
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Pick out the sentence with the wrong usage of verb
- I am known to them
- Mother cooks food
- We speak English
- Two and two make four✓
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Who was the Governor General of India who wanted to Annex Jhansi under the policy of lapse?
- Warren Hastings
- Charles Canning
- Lord Dalhousie✓
- Richard Wellesley
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Select the correct passive form of the sentence given.
She had already sent the parcel- The parcel has already been sent by her
- The parcel had already been sent by her✓
- The parcel was already sent by her
- The parcel was already sent to her
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In "On the day of Sicilian July, with Etna smoking" The reference to Sicilian July is an example of
- Anaphora
- Metaphor
- Ellipsis
- Allusion✓
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His grandmother gave him a ————.
- sketch
- pen
- pencil✓
- painting box
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Identify the figure of speech in the following sentence.
She accepted it as the kind cruelty of the surgeon's knife.- Euphemism
- Pun
- Oxymoron✓
- Irony
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"Oh, no, no", said the little fly.
What figure of speech is used here?- Assonance
- Alliteration✓
- Anaphora
- Repetition
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According to Dr. Montague, "Women are not only equal in intelligence to men, they have in reserve the genius of humaness, the highest form of intelligence. Man proceeds by analysis to study a problem, whereas women can even grasp it intuitively in its entirety".
What does the above passage imply?- Equality in India
- Role of women in India
- Innate Intelligence of women✓
- About Dr. Montague
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Nehru's "Glimpses of World History" is a collection of —————— letters.
- 196✓
- 204
- 95
- 100
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Choose the correct code to fill in the blanks :
- 1. The manager was known for his positive approach to decision-making, which often led to ___________ result.
- 2. The Chef's dish were not only ___________ in taste but also elaborate in presentation.
- 3. The Chief Guest's speech was so ___________ that it left the audience motivated.
- 4. The Student's decision was based on the ___________ evidence, which made the outcome of the project predictable.
- conclusive, exquisite, excellent, inspiring
- exquisite, excellent, inspiring, conclusive
- excellent, exquisite, inspiring, conclusive✓
- inspiring, conclusive, excellent, exquisite
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A song narrating a popular story is called
- dialogue
- oration
- couplet
- ballad✓
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Which of the following is a suitable salutation for a formal letter?
- Hello
- Dear Sir/Madam✓
- Cheers
- Best regards
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