Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 33 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 33 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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If I ———— the Principal of my school. I would abolish examinations.
- am
- was
- were✓
- will be
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Fill out the blank with the suitable option given below :
I went there ___________- to examine personally the situation
- to examine the situation personally✓
- personally examining the situation
- examining personally the situation
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"Dust thou art, to dust returnest" This allusion is taken from ———— book.
- The Quran
- The Bhagavad Gita
- The Bible✓
- Guru Granth Sahib
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Identify the person who fought for the preservation of many important forests, like the Bharatpur, Bird sanctuary and Silent Valley.
- Medha Patkar
- Zai Whitaker
- Dr. Salim Ali✓
- Arundhathi Roy
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Choose the correct meaning for the phrase
"Look After"- Watch out
- Investigate the matter
- See carefully
- Take care of✓
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Pick out the odd word
- complete
- bake
- spend
- back✓
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Passage : First, water is heated. Then, it boils. Next, steam is produced. Finally, the steam cools and condenses.
Question : Which of the following statements accurately describes the sequence of events in the passage?- (a) Steam is produced before the water boils.
- (b) Water is heated before it boils.
- (c) Steam cools and condenses after it is produced.
- (d) The process starts with the cooling and condensing of steam.
- (a) and (d)
- (d) and (b)
- (c) and (a)
- (b) and (c)✓
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Name the poem in which the following lines appear :
No nightingale did ever chaunt
More welcome notes to weary bands.- A Psalm of life
- Going for water
- Ode to a nightingale
- The Solitary Reaper✓
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And I Sunned it with smiles
Identify the alliteration in the given line.- I – it
- And – with
- Sunned – smile✓
- Sunned – with
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Complete the following sentence using a suitable form of the passive voice :
In primitive times, stone implements ---------- to kill animals.- was employed
- were employed✓
- will be employed
- had been employed
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Choose the correct option with the right words in sequence :
You can —————— see the mountains on a —————— sunny day.- prettily, pretty
- clearly, clear✓
- bright, brightly
- true, truly
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“Let my head be shattered to pieces” is an
- Interrogative sentence
- Affirmative sentence
- Imperative sentence✓
- Exclamatory sentence
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Choose the suitable prefix to form a meaningful word from the given root word.
Significant- un
- pre
- in✓
- de
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What figure of speech is the following?
Life is compared to pathless wood with the word 'like'.- Metaphor
- Simile✓
- Personification
- Hyperbole
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"The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done" –
The figure of speech used by Walt Whitman in these lines is ——————.- Oxymoron
- Personification
- Simile
- Metaphor✓
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Kalpana Chawla died on
- Feb 3, 2003, Space Shuttle India Disaster
- Feb 1, 2005, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
- Feb 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster✓
- Feb 4, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
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"Not loth to have excuse to go,
Because the autumn eve was fare"
What does "loth" mean?- hate, dislike✓
- love
- affection
- angry
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Choose the option with the suitable article.
Give me ---------- one rupee note.- a✓
- an
- the
- no article
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Saruli figures in
- Farmer
- The Sun Beam
- After the Storm✓
- Kari, the Elephant
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Find out the error part in the given sentence.
I found an one rupee coin / in the playground / while playing- I found an one rupee coin✓
- in the playground
- while playing
- All are incorrect
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Convert the exclamatory sentence :
"Had she known it earlier" into an assertive sentence.- (a) She knew it earlier
- (b) I wish she had known it earlier
- (c) Knowing this earlier is beneficial
- (d) She should have known it earlier
- (a)
- (b)✓
- (c)
- (d)
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Match the poems with the poets
(a) A Noiseless patient spider 1. Annie Lousia Walker (b) A Tiger in the Zoo 2. James Kirkup (c) No men are foreign 3. Leslie Norris (d) Women's Rights 4. Walt Whitman - (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1✓
- (a)-4 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-4
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Match Column A with Column B
Column A(a) Aunt Polly 1. Eyeing the Teaspoon Greedily (b) Peter 2. Stopped coming to school (c) Tom 3. Water treatment (d) Becky Thatcher 4. Incurable experimenter Column B
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-2✓
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-1
- (a)-3 (b)-2 (c)-1 (d)-4
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Match the following :
(a) Autumn 1. Faucet (b) Nappy 2. Fall (c) Tap 3. Diaper (d) Pavement 4. Side walk - (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-2 (c)-1 (d)-3
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4✓
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-4
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A mirror of his changing moods
Mention the figure of speech employed in this line- Simple
- Allusion
- Anaphora
- Metaphor✓
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