Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 20 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 20 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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Which of the following is a poem by Thomas Hardy?
- English Words
- A Noiseless Patient Spider
- Snake
- The Man He Killed✓
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Fill in the blank with the suitable article.
The hour is ———— unit of time.- An
- The
- A✓
- No article
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William Wordsworth is the poet of ————
- America
- England✓
- Australia
- Japan
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"........ there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in autumn bore rich fruit".
The trees gave fruits in ———— season.- Summer
- Winter
- Spring
- Autumn✓
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Select the correct synonym for the underlined word from the options given below.
His request had been rejected as a battle seemed imminent and every officer was essential.- Important
- Nearing✓
- Avoidable
- Immigrant
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When do we celebrate World Environment Day?
- 5th May
- 5th July
- 5th June✓
- 5th August
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Which of the following lines belong to H.W. Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life"?
- And you O my soul where you stand
- All human roads are dark and dry
- Your minstrel has no wreath to weave for you
- Art is long and time is fleeting✓
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Identify the following sentence "Acquire Knowledge which will be useful to you in later life"
- Compound
- Simple
- Complex✓
- Phrase
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Select the correct sentence from the following :
- Dams has facilitated the Stanley reservoir
- Dam have facilitated the Stanley reservoir
- Dams is facilitated the Stanley reservoir
- The dam has facilitated the Stanley reservoir✓
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State which statement is correct :
- 1. Little Czar was a European brown bear cub
- 2. Little Czar was an Indian brown bear cub
- 3. Little Czar was an American brown bear cub
- 4. Little Czar was a Germanian brown bear cub
- 1✓
- 2
- 3
- 4
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As the coming generation also has its dreams and aspirations for the nation's future it therefore adds something from its side to the national vision.
Write the verb form of the word "aspiration".- aspire✓
- aspiringly
- aspirate
- aspiry
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Identify the speaker :
"________ not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more".- Mark Antony
- Casca
- Calphurnia
- Brutus✓
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Who accompanied Kalpana Chawla to the flight school?
- Father
- Brother✓
- Husband
- Friend
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Autumn is English
in red, yellow and brown
Autumn is Indian
Whenever leaves fall down
Who wrote the above poem?- Nisha Dyrene✓
- William Wordsworth
- D.H. Lawrence
- Mary Botham Howitt
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Match the following
Column A(a) The cry of the children 1. Rudyar Kipling (b) Manliness 2. Elizabeth Browning (c) Women's Rights 3. Annie Louisa Walker (d) A Psalm of Life 4. H.W. Longfellow Column B
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-4✓
- (a)-4 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-2
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Match the phrasal verbs under Column 'A' with their meanings under Column 'B' and select their code :
Column 'A'(a) take over 1. did as a routine (b) went about 2. meet (c) look after 3. assume charge (d) call on 4. take care of Column 'B'
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2✓
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-2
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-4
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Choose the correct Antonym for the underlined word 'Concentrate' from the option given.
- Continual
- Preventable
- Distract✓
- Wise
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Match column A with B, and select the correct answer from the codes given
(a) International + Police 1. Moped (b) Education+ Entertainment 2. Electrocute (c) Motor + Pedal cycle 3. Interpol (d) Electro + execute 4. Edutainment - (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-2✓
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-1
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Name the poem in which the following lines appear.
"O winging words! Like homing bees you borrow
Grown murmurous, the honey of delight"- A Psalm of Life
- Snake
- With a friend
- English words✓
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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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This process goes on and the nation climbs steps of glory and gains higher strength.
Pick out a suitable word from the extract which means "fame".- strength
- steps
- glory✓
- nation
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Find the words that are not related to the underlined word
He just tugged the edges.- 1. joined
- 2. pushed
- 3. pulled
- 4. pasted
- 5. cut
- 1, 2, 4 and 5✓
- 2, 3, 4 and 5
- 1, 2, 3 and 4
- 1, 3, 4 and 5
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Complete the sentence below, choosing the suitable words from the options given.
He is at the ____________ in the organisation.- Herculean Task
- High time
- Hitch hike
- Helm of affairs✓
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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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Pick out the sentence that has an error in articles
- Fight like a hero
- A book you mention is out of print✓
- The darkest cloud has a silver lining
- Twelve inches make a foot
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