Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 3 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 3 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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“Envy is ignorance and imitation is suicide”.
These are the words of- Robert Frost
- Khalil Gibran
- F. Joanna
- Ralph Waldo Emerson✓
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State which statement is correct
I gave Rosy a pen.
In the pattern of the sentence,- "Rosy" is the Direct object
- "Rosy" is the Indirect object✓
- "Rosy" is the subject
- "Rosy" is the Adjunct
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A 24-hour journey in a UP Roadways bus is not the most comfortable way to get to Munsiyari. The Journey of the author was
- the most uncomfortable✓
- the most comfortable
- comfortable
- more comfortable
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Match the poetic lines under column A with the figures of speech under column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Column A(a) You are the mouth and lips of eternity 1. Alliteration (b) About the fun of flying 2. Onomatopeia (c) In the boom of the tingling strings 3. Metaphor (d) The ship has weather'd every rack... 4. Personification Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3✓
- (a)-1 (b)-4 (c)-3 (d)-2
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A poem of two lines is called a
- Couplet✓
- Monologue
- Ballad
- Ode
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Select the correct option to complete the given sentence :
If the sun had not been bright ----------------.- the pictures would have come out well
- the pictures would not have come out well✓
- the pictures would have been come out well
- the pictures would come out well
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Fill in the blank with the suitable word.
He tried to ---------- votes by showing the leaders portrait.- Canvas
- Canvass✓
- Confess
- Converse
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The knocking softens, fades to a mild judicious tap.
What is the knocking sound?- Knocking at the door
- Carving of the statue✓
- Hitting the ball
- Boxing at the nose
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H.W. Longfellow's poem "The Psalm of Life" is a piece of
- Prayer
- Encomium
- Appeal
- Advice✓
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Who said the following line?
"Man is born free but is everywhere in chains".- Rabindranath Tagore
- Rousseau✓
- Subash Chandra Bose
- Abraham Lincoln
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Identify the correct sentence for the pattern S V IO DO A?
- She prepared me coffee quickly✓
- She walked with her mother slowly
- Mani shouted in the hall loudly
- I shall meet you at the railway the next day
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Freedom and power bring responsibility. That responsibility rests upon this assembly. Before the birth of freedom we have endured all the pains of labour and our hearts are heavy with the memory of sorrow. But the past is now over and the future beckons to us now. The ambition of the greatest man is to wipe every tear. As long as tears are there, so long our work will not be over.
Which statement is correct?- India became rich after Independence
- Ignorance, poverty, inequality of opportunity are eradicated
- Our work will not be over till we wipe every tear✓
- Freedom means to live a life as we like
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The term 'Matronymic' means ____________
- A name from the name of a mother✓
- Patronymic
- A name after famous personalities
- Maiden name
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Identify the sentence with adverb.
- That day he arrived late✓
- Generally speaking, we receive what we deserve
- The sweet mango is fit to eat
- Everybody wishes to enjoy life
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We believe that as a nation and as people we need to shed our cynicism and initiate concrete action to realise the second vision. Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word.
- stop
- instruct
- install
- begin✓
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Transform the following sentence into a negative sentence.
"He is too shrewd to be cheated"- (a) He is not shrewd enough to be cheated
- (b) He is so shrewd that he cannot be cheated
- (c) He is not too shrewd to be cheated
- (d) He is shrewd
- (a)
- (b)✓
- (c)
- (d)
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Choose the correct 'Synonym' by matching Column A and B :
(a) Affluent 1. Widen (b) Dilate 2. Spire (c) Smacks 3. Wealthy (d) Summit 4. Drive - (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2✓
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-2
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Shanthini Govindan is an author of
- Crime Stories
- Historical Sketches
- Children's Literature✓
- Religious Stories
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At last by starvation and famine made bold.
What is the meaning of the word "famine"?- Hurriedly
- Mouthful of grain
- Miserly
- Extreme scarcity of food✓
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Mr. Loisel is working in the office of the Board of ————.
- Education✓
- Electricity
- Sericulture
- Medicine
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Choose the option containing the correct sequence of words suiting the given passage :
The benefit of —————— is not only —————— our body but also —————— us happy in —————— our health always.- 1. to keep
- 2. to develop
- 3. exercising
- 4. maintaining
- 4 3 2 1
- 3 2 1 4✓
- 1 2 3 4
- 2 4 3 1
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In Oscar Wilde's 'The Selfish Giant' only one little boy did not run away on seeing the giant because
- he was blind
- he was lame
- he was afraid
- he did not see the giant coming✓
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Identify the compound word that is :
Gerund + Noun- Cry baby
- Sun rise
- Bleaching powder✓
- Sun set
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"Twisting, withering
And then it is done".
Choose the right answer :
Death of the tree is ————.- Painful✓
- Difficult
- Joyful
- Fast
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In a legal context, which of the following sentences use the word 'right' appropriately?
- (a) Turn right at the next intersection
- (b) It is your right to remain silent
- (c) The answer is right in front of you
- (d) He wanted to right the wrong he did to his sister
- (a) and (c)
- only (b)✓
- only (c)
- (c) and (d)
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