Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 26 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 26 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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Read the two sentences and select the correct pair.
- 1. Why do you come here to appeal to my humanity?
- 2. Go to the war department.
- Declarative and interrogative
- Interrogative and imperative✓
- Interrogative and exclamatory
- Interrogative and assertive
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What is word for word translation called?
- Literary translation
- Literal translation✓
- Administrative translation
- Machine translation
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Choose the correct question tag from the list given below.
Lets go home ?- Will you
- Shall we✓
- Do we
- Shouldn't you
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What are the 3 R's related to Environmental awareness?
- Reduce, Recycle and Reuse✓
- Resourcefulness, Responsibility and Respect
- Rights, Respect and Responsibility
- Reading, Writing and Arithmetic
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"The highest result of education is tolerance". Who made this statement?
- Rabindranath Tagore
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
- Helen Keller✓
- Oscar Wilde
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We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine.
Who does 'We' refer to?- Human beings
- Ore-bed
- Mine
- Machines✓
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We can harvest ———— water to meet the increasing water demand.
- sea
- rain✓
- river
- lake
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Which two words blend together to form the new word vitamin?
- Vita + amin
- Vital + amin✓
- Vital + amine
- Vita + amine
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Match the poems under Column 'A' with the authors under Column 'B' and select the correct code.
Column A(a) A Psalm of Life 1. Lewis Carroll (b) Is Life But a Dream 2. H.W. Longfellow (c) Going for water 3. Kamala Das (d) Punishment in Kindergarten 4. Robert Frost Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-1
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3✓
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What is the height of Shiva linga in the sanctum sanctorum of the Brihadeeswarar Temple?
- 8.7 metres✓
- 8.5 metres
- 8.8 metres
- 8.9 metres
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Choose the correct verb form to fill the following statement :
“If she had studied well, she __________ in the examination”.- would have passed✓
- would passed
- would pass
- would be passed
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Choose the correct option that contains the appropriate words in the right sequence :
They do the English exercises —————— because they think English is an —————— subject.- hardly, hard
- slow, slowly
- easily, easy✓
- eagerly, eager
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Read the passage and choose the correct answer
Ivan Dmitritch, a middle-class man who lived with his family on an income of twelve hundred a year and was very well satisfied with his lot, ...
Ivan Dmitritch's income was ————.- 12000
- 1200✓
- 120
- 12
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Match the titles with the lines :
Column A(a) The Man he killed 1. O Winged seeds (b) Migrant bird 2. Trust no future (c) A Psalm of life 3. I breed my brood (d) English words 4. Off-hand like 5. Only blood shot eyes Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-5
- (a)-5 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-2
- (a)-5 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1✓
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What is the significance of the following day 5th June?
- World Health Day
- World Peace Day
- World Integration Day
- World Environment Day✓
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Choose the best antonym for the underlined word
Such men as Baron are very rare- Uncommon
- Dear
- Common✓
- Difficult
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The Acronym of the term 'DGTD' is
- Direct General Telecommunication Department
- District Grant Tax Department
- Digital Government Tele Department
- Directorate General of Technical Development✓
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Select the grammatically correct sentence :
- (a) My son is fond of music
- (b) My son is fond to music
- (c) My son is fond in music
- (d) My son is fond with music
- (b) and (c) are correct
- Only (d) is correct
- (a) and (d) are correct
- Only (a) is correct✓
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"It was really only a little 'linnet' singing out side the window"
What does the word "linnet" indicate?- seed
- dragon fly
- bird✓
- lizard
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Transform the following sentence into comparative degree.
Wordsworth is one of the greatest English poets.- Wordsworth is greater than many other English poets✓
- Very few English poets are as great as Wordsworth
- No other English poet is as great as Wordsworth
- Wordsworth is greater than any other English poet
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Match the poems with the poets :
(a) Earth 1. D.H. Lawrence (b) Snake 2. H.W. Longfellow (c) A Psalm of life 3. Khalil Gibran (d) Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face 4. Jack Prelutsky - (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-4✓
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-2
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
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"The brave little voyagers face many dangers and hardships while travelling long, long distances"
Who are the brave little Voyagers?- Cricketers
- Butterflies
- Children
- Birds✓
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Pick out the sentence :
Which is of the pattern SVC :- I donated a computer.
- This computer is sleek.✓
- We take notes.
- I met him.
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Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves ——— ?
Select the most accurate of the four given contexts for the above questions- Caesar would not have enslaved his country men, if he had been alive
- Caesar would have enslaved his country men if he had been alive✓
- Caesar would have made his country men free if he had been alive
- Caesar would have killed his country men if he had been alive
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You let me play once in your garden today you shall come with me to my garden
The Giant's final journey was to- the paradise✓
- his friend's palace
- the king's palace
- the neighbouring village
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