Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 21 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 21 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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Choose the correct tense form for the following sentence.
If she works hard, she ———— a scholarship.- would get
- would have got
- will get✓
- won't get
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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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In Oscar Wilde's 'The Selfish Giant' the spring season did not come to the giant's garden because
- he built a huge wall around his garden.
- he was very unkind to the spring season.
- he did not allow the children inside the garden✓
- he liked winter season
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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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Our hope lies in the fact that even in the older generation, there a number of persons who are ready to face challenges. Most of the people are proud to see India that bold. In addition, the younger generation is ready to take action in such a complex environment.
Pick out the irrelevant statement :- Indians feel proud to see an India that is bold
- Younger generations are ready to take action in complex environment.
- Indians feel proud to see an India that is timid✓
- Older generations are ready to face the challenges
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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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Identify the sentence pattern.
Brutus is an honourable man.- SVC✓
- SVO
- SVIO
- SVDO
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Pick out the sentence with the wrong usage of articles :
- The cow is a useful animal
- The rose is the sweetest of all flowers
- Let's go to the park
- The banyan is a kind of a fig tree✓
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Beauty lies in the beholder's ————
- Head
- Eyes✓
- Brain
- Ear
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Match the following with correct Antonyms :
(a) brisk 1. happy (b) desperate 2. criticize (c) plaintive 3. hopeful (d) praise 4. dull - (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-2
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-2✓
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-2
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
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Mohiniyattam is a classical dance form from
- Kerala✓
- Bihar
- Kashmir
- Tamilnadu
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The owner of the textile shop brought a
- Computer
- Calculator✓
- Pencil
- Fountain pen
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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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"You Sang, Sir, you say?
Go then, "Says the ant", and dance the winter away"
To whom does the ant say this?- To the fly
- To the cricket✓
- To the spider
- To the bird
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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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Match the following with correct type of sentence :
Column A(a) This pen is blue 1. Interrogative (b) Please help me 2. Exclamatory (c) How are you? 3. Declarative (d) How well she dances! 4. Imperative Column B
- (a)-3 (b)-2 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-2
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-2✓
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
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Match the following homophones with their related meanings and select the answer from the codes given below :
Homophones(a) Piece 1. Calm, undisturbed (b) Peace 2. Light in colour (c) Pail 3. A portion of an object (d) Pale 4. A bucket Meanings
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2✓
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-2
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-2
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3
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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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Identify the sentence which is in the superlative degree.
- All his colleagues are senior to him
- The nearest railway station is two kilometers from here✓
- My knife is sharper than yours
- Of the two evils, choose the less
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