Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 15 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 15 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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Summer comes
in a blaze of heat
with sunny smiles
and dusty feet
Name the season mentioned in the above line- Winter
- Spring
- Rainy
- Summer✓
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Choose the correct tense :
Tomorrow will be Sunday.- Simple future tense✓
- Future continuous tense
- Future perfect tense
- Future perfect continuous tense
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Ruskin Bond was honoured with ———— for his contribution to Indian literature.
- Bharat Ratna
- Sahitya Ratna
- Sahitya Bharat
- Sahitya Akademi✓
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Life is but an empty dream!
This line is an extract from the poem.- Hopes and Dreams
- Is life, but a dream
- A Psalm of life✓
- Laugh and be merry
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In Julius Caesar, Antony says, "The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones;" This means
- The evil that men do is forgotten after their death
- The evil that men do is remembered after their death✓
- The good that men do is balanced with the evil they do
- The good that men do is remembered after their death
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"Only bloodshot eyes betray
Deep pride, then reverence"
Which poem has these lines?- An Apology✓
- Snake
- Shilpi
- Laugh and be Merry
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What is the theme observed in the poem 'migrant bird'?
- universal brotherhood and unrestricted freedom✓
- restricted freedom
- cross border terrorism
- enmity
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Choose the correct antonym :
The diligence and persistence of such groups have resulted in some states initiating legislation.- disinterest✓
- abundance
- halt
- introducing
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Then the spring came and all over the country, there were little blossoms and little birds.
Which season represents the arrival of the blossoms?- Winter
- Summer
- Spring✓
- Autumn
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The following line is from the poem "Why don't you join the others? What a peculiar child you are!".
- Is life but a dream
- Punishment in kindergarten✓
- Be glad your nose is on your face
- Snake
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Which of the following is a short story?
- Be the Best
- The Tears of the Desert✓
- The Flying Wonder
- The Man He Killed
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Complete the sentence with a suitable question tag.
Please close the door, ——————- will you?✓
- will he?
- can you?
- should you?
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In which of the following does Ivan Dmitritch appear?
- The Selfish Giant
- The Last Leaf
- The Lottery Ticket✓
- The Open Window
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"My computer has always been so brainy and smart
It seems to know mountains of information by heart"
The figure of speech used in the above lines is- Simile
- Hyperbole✓
- Repetition
- Anaphora
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Match the correct suffix with the root words
(a) popular 1. let (b) sensible 2. ling (c) book 3. ity (d) duck 4. ise - (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-2✓
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-4 (d)-3
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-2
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Identify the odd word among the options
- delicious
- expensive
- industrious
- jubilantly✓
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Identify the sentence pattern of the following :
Raghu was ill last month.- SVOA
- SVAA
- SVA
- SVCA✓
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"Be a hero in the strife" - In whose poem this line comes?
- Shakespeare
- Walt Whitman
- Wordsworth
- H.W. Longfellow✓
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Whose message is this?
"Listen to the sounds of nature... Take good care of our fragile planet".- Abdul Kalam
- Kalpana Chawla✓
- Saralabehn
- Sunita Williams
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Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign
Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
... ... ... ... ... ...
Of air that is everywhere our own,
Remember, no men are foreign, no countries strange.
What literary device is used here?- Metaphor
- Repetition✓
- Epithet
- Simile
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Fill in the blanks with a suitable article.
The value of —————— Euro is determined according to the conversion rate fixed by eleven European countries in terms of their own currencies.- the
- an
- a✓
- no article
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"Broad and deep, and still as time;
Seeming still, yet still in motion"
The given lines are taken from the poem- The Comet
- A Poison tree
- The River✓
- Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening
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Fill out the blank with suitable preposition given below :
The book comprises —————— seven lessons.- of
- no preposition✓
- for
- in
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Choose the correct sequence of articles that would complete the passage, from the options given.
—— days went by with no one showing up to claim —— dog. When Goldy was feeling all better. We played Frisbee and football in —— yard. He was —— very smart dog.- a the the a
- the a the a
- the the the a✓
- a a the a
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Join the sentences given below. Choosing the correct relative pronoun furnished in brackets :
I know the girl. She is a famous sportsperson (whom/who)- I know the girl whom is a famous sportsperson
- I know the girl who she is a famous sportsperson
- I know the girl who is a famous sportsperson✓
- I know the girl whom she is a famous sportsperson
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