Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 23 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 23 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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When was Subash Chandra Bose born?
- January 23, 1897✓
- January 23, 1891
- January 26, 1901
- January 23, 1895
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In Oscar Wilde's 'The Selfish Giant', the giant returned to his castle after seven years because
- he had urgent business at home
- his business with his friend was over✓
- his friend was sick
- he was not well
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And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
The rhyming words in the above lines are- windy, white
- spray, spume
- clouds, gulls
- flying, crying✓
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Pick out the correct passive form of the verb.
We should help the poor.- must be helped
- will be helped
- should be helped✓
- shall be helped
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Choose the correct 'synonyms' by matching column 'A' and 'B'.
(a) Mourn 1. Pinnacle (b) Veil 2. Search (c) Crown 3. Anguish (d) Quest 4. Conceal - (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-2✓
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
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Find out the meaning of the underlined word in the following lines from Sonnet No. 116 :
"Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit Impediments .......- Obstacles✓
- Victory
- Success
- Happiness
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Identify the rhyme scheme used in the following poetic lines
Whose woods these are I think I know;
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.- a b a b
- a a b b
- a a b a✓
- a b b a
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In which poem does the following lines occur?
Ready to run to hiding new.
With laughter when she found us soon.- Solitary Reaper
- Earth
- Going for water✓
- The Apology
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Choose the appropriate answer for the noun + verb pattern
- Chessmen
- Knee deep
- Sunset✓
- Iron box
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Match the name of the characters in Column A with their characteristics in Column B.
Column A(a) M. Hamel 1. Student (b) Franz 2. Teacher (c) Hauser 3. Blacksmith (d) Wachter 4. Old man Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3✓
- (a)-1 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-3
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-2
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1
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Steady throb Then staccato rhythm Harmonic cacophony to oblivious ears. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
- Mellifluous music
- Rowing notes
- Melodious but noisy music✓
- Irregular and jarring notes
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Find out the sentence where gerund is used.
- He agreed to buy a computer
- To walk is a good exercise
- She is a singer and dancer
- I enjoy writing stories for children✓
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The adventures of Tom Sawyer is a ____________.
- Short Story
- Novel✓
- Fiction
- Tale
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Paulnack was the director of the music division at ----------.
- The Boston Conservatory✓
- The Philharmonic Royal
- The France School of Arts
- The Manhattan Academy
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The British English word Mobile Phone in American English is called
Choose the right option- Mobile
- Cell Phone✓
- Smart Phone
- Touch Phone
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Match the sentences with their patterns.
(a) They elected him leader 1. SVA (b) He wore his new uniform 2. SVO (c) He was excited 3. SVC (d) She went to Chennai 4. SVOC - (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-4 (d)-3
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-1✓
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———— is the main character in 'The Neem Tree'.
- Malar✓
- Vera
- Masha
- Lalitha
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Choose the correct pair to fill in the correct articles in the blank :
———— road to success is not ———— bed of roses. Gandhi became ———— leader par excellence ; that made Churchill ———— greatest and the most successful wartime leader.- the the the a
- a a a the
- the a a the✓
- the some a the
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Select the correct sentence from the following :
- Veena was the cleverest girl in the class✓
- Babu is the most poor boy in the class
- The girls are active than boys
- She went home most disappointed than her friends
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Choose the appropriate stem word with which The Suffix "Ship" can combine.
- Craftsman✓
- Secret
- Bright
- Metal
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The figure of speech used in the following poetic line,
"O Ye Wheels" from the poem "The Cry of the Children" of Elizabeth Barrett Browning is- Simile
- Metaphor
- Personification✓
- Allusion
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Find out the appropriate Superlative degree for the following sentence :
Very few boys in the class are as tall as Ramu.- Ramu is the tallest boy in the class.
- Ramu is a tall boy in the class.
- Ramu is one of the tallest boys in the class.✓
- No other boy in the class is as tall as Ramu.
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Identify the word pair which is different in pronunciation in British English and American English usage :
- cheque - check
- metre - meter
- schedule - schedule✓
- licence - license
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The good is often interred with their bones. So let it be with Caesar. These are the words of ————.
- Caesar
- Cassius
- Brutus
- Antony✓
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Which of the following lines belongs to "William Shakespeare"?
- Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks But bears it out even to the edge of the doom✓
- But O heart ! heart ! heart O the bleeding drops O red !
- For I'm off to outer space tomorrow morning
- The music in my heart I bore Long after it was heard no more
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