Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 32 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 32 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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Match the following words given under column A with their antonyms under column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below :
Column A(a) Serenity 1. Shallow (b) Profound 2. Ugly (c) Chase 3. Anxiety (d) Charming 4. Withdraw Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2✓
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3
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Pick out the words in alliteration in the below line?
'And heaven a surer heritage'- Surer, heritage
- Heaven, heritage✓
- Heritage, heritage
- And, heritage
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When did Ramayya's wife notice the jewel in the story "The Nose Jewel"?
- While sweeping the floor✓
- While washing the floor
- While dusting the floor
- While mopping the floor
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Harmonic cacophony to oblivious ears
Identify the figure of speech used in the given line- onomatopoeia
- oxymoron✓
- personification
- alliteration
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Match column A with column B
Column A(a) His trip 1. was gifted to her (b) The house 2. was not fed properly (c) The doll 3. was sponsored by his company (d) The camel 4. was dressed up beautifully Column B
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2✓
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-2
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-4
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Select the correct tense.
She is singing now.- Simple Present Tense
- Present Continuous Tense✓
- Present Perfect Tense
- Present Perfect Continuous Tense
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Passage : A rural community lacked access to reliable internet and digital devices. Local schools struggled to integrate technology into their curriculum and small businesses found it difficult to compete with online retailers. Community leaders proposed setting up a shared digital center, but residents feared the potential for increased surveillance and data misuse.
Question : Based on the passage, which of the following statements are most likely true?- (a) The digital divide is primarily an urban phenomenon.
- (b) The community is experiencing both economic and educational disadvantages.
- (c) There is complete agreement on the need for a digital center.
- (d) Concerns about privacy are hindering efforts to bridge the digital divide.
- Both (b) and (d)✓
- Both (a) and (b)
- Both (a) and (d)
- Both (b) and (c)
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Name the poet who wrote the poem "On Killing a Tree".
- William Wordsworth
- Mark Twain
- Dr. Gieve Patel✓
- Mary Botham Howitt
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Identify the compound sentence.
- We should work hard to make up for the lost days
- We should work hard so that we make up for the lost days
- We should work hard and make up for the lost days✓
- We should work hard for making up for the lost days
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Which of the following phrases can be quoted as an example for sound images from the poem "Sea Fever"?
- 1. Wheels kick
- 2. Seagulls cry
- 3. Clouds flying
- 4. Running tide
- 5. Sails shaking
- 6. Wind's song
- 1, 2 and 3
- 3, 5 and 6
- 2, 4 and 6✓
- 3, 4 and 5
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Match the British English words with their American equivalents :
British English American English(a) Jam 1. Fall (b) nappy 2. Antenna (c) Aerial 3. Jelly (d) Autumn 4. Diaper - (a)-3 (b)-2 (c)-4 (d)-1
- (a)-2 (b)-4 (c)-3 (d)-1
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-1✓
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-4 (d)-3
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My heart was so light
That I sang day and Night
For all nature looked gay
"You sang, sir, you say?"
Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines- a a b c
- a a b b✓
- a b b a
- a b b b
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Choose the option which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word.
The creature seemed to be tottering with fear.- dancing
- motionless✓
- jumping
- running
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That is how Gandhi became a leader par excellence : that made Churchill the greatest and the most successful war time leader.
Choose a word from the passage that means "by way of special eminence".- traits
- hurdles
- par excellence✓
- hazards
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Match Column A with Column B. Select the correct code given below :
Column A(a) Sickle 1. walk softly (b) Gaol 2. a tool used for cutting grass and crops (c) Muskie 3. prison (d) tread 4. a type of rose that smells like musk Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1✓
- (a)-3 (b)-2 (c)-4 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
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Who wrote the following motivational poem, "You can't be that, No, You can't be that"?
- Hope Spencer
- Dale Carnegi
- Brian Patten✓
- Rupert Brooke
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The passage implies that the long-term sustainability of e-sevai primarily relies on;
- increasing the number of physical e-sevai centers
- focussing solely on urban areas
- bridging the digital divide and maintaining a robust infrastructure✓
- reducing the number of available online services
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Choose the correct article.
This has got to stop immediately; Justice Mathematics said in ———— stern voice, rapping ———— hammer for silence in ———— court.- a, the, a
- the, a, the
- a, the, the✓
- a, a, the
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________ is not a Nobel Prize winner.
- Rudyard Kipling
- William Golding
- Oscar Wilde✓
- Pearl S. Buck
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Choose the correct alternative from the options given below :
He used to visit us every week, but —————— now.- rarely comes✓
- was rarely coming
- has rarely come
- had rarely come
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Choose the correct question tag for the sentence given below.
Let's all go to the beach this evening, ___________.- do we?
- don't we?
- shall we?✓
- aren't we?
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Identify the poet who wrote the following lines :
"We ran as if to meet the moon
That slowly dawned behind the trees".- Norman Nicholson
- Jack Prelutsky
- Robert Frost✓
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Match the following :
Column A(a) Walt Whitman 1. Chemmeen (b) Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai 2. The Merchant of Venice (c) William Shakespeare 3. O Captain My Captain (d) Oscar Wilde 4. The Selfish Giant Column B
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-2 (c)-1 (d)-3✓
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Choose the correct combination for the compound word 'Water bottle"
- Verb + Noun
- Adjective + Noun
- Noun + Noun✓
- Adverb + Noun
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In the lesson "Yaanai Malai", the lesson-writer Manohar Devadoss says, "Sometimes landscapes can speak to us". This expression is purely
- a baseless illusion
- an exaggerated hyberbola
- a subjective impression✓
- an objective interpretation
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