Previous year questionsமுந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள்
English — 898 previous-year questions — page 36 of 36ஆங்கிலம் — 898 முந்தைய ஆண்டு வினாக்கள் — page 36 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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Complete the sentence given below, choosing the most appropriate words from the options given.
____________, I was born on exactly the same day as my wife.- as if
- frighteningly
- my 'eye!'
- funnily enough✓
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Choose the right answer among these :
Which are the following statements are true according to Nadia Bush?- 1. The house seems to be alive at day.
- 2. The poet was often tempted to go inside the house.
- 3. Besides the house, there was a tree.
- 4. The tree is growing faster.
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only✓
- 3 and 4 only
- 1 and 3 only
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Which of the following is not a poem?
- The Piano
- Migrant Bird
- Hiroshima✓
- Shilpi
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Find out the British English equivalent of "fall"
- Winter
- Summer
- Spring
- Autumn✓
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But I know no better spectacle
Than a comet in full flight.
What do you mean by 'spectacle' here?- unusual event that attracts attention✓
- usual situation that attracts distraction
- expected event that attracts attention
- unexpected situation that attracts distraction
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Choose the correct 'Synonym' by matching column 'A' and 'B'.
(a) Champing 1. Confusing (b) Perplexing 2. Listening, heading (c) Thronging 3. Munching, chewing (d) Hearkening 4. Crowding - (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2✓
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
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Which of the following is not a poem?
- Shilpi
- Be the Best
- Off to Outerspace Tomorrow Morning
- Flying with the moon on their wings✓
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Select the correct meaningful sentence from the following :
- The wages of sin are death
- His wages is Rs. 1,000 a day
- Measles are a disease
- Politics has divided the country✓
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Which of the following clearly describes an 'adhoc' committee?
- A committee that meets regularly
- A committee formed for a specific purpose and dissolved after that purpose is achieved✓
- A committee with a permanent layout
- A committee that oversees all organisational activities
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____________ is a prolonged talking by a senator or senators for the purpose of delay, in the hope of forcing the majority to give up the proposal being debated.
- Election
- Caucus
- Filibuster✓
- Ratification
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Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the options :
We will have to find ---------- sources of energy in the future.- alternate
- altered
- alternative✓
- adulterated
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Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition
Birds were seen moving ———— one place to another place ———— the change in seasons.- from, with✓
- to, for
- to, to
- for, for
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Who among the Indian writers was credited to have established an educational institution which is now called by the name Viswabharati University?
- Madan Mohan Malaviya
- R.K. Narayan
- Rabindranath Tagore✓
- Swami Vivekananda
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"They do not realize I can fulfill any ambition
They do not realize among them walks a magician"
The speaker of these lines points out that present day youth.- Do not want to be different
- Want to trail the beaten track
- Do not wish to exhibit their hidden potentialities
- Are capable of working wonders✓
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Translate :
பறவைகள் பறக்கின்றன
Choose the correct English translation from the options which best conveys the meaning of the given sentence.- The birds are flying✓
- Birds fly
- The birds were flying
- The birds will fly
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"Man is born free but is everywhere in chains". Who made this famous statement?
- Voltaire
- Jacques Rousseau✓
- Descartes
- Napoleon
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American English equivalent for 'puncture' is —.
- flat-out
- blast-out
- blow-out✓
- crash out
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Annie Louisa Walker is a well-known ________ poet.
- Canadian - born
- American - born
- British - born✓
- Australian - born
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Match the following idiomatic expressions under column A with their core meaning under Column B
Choose the right code :
Column A Column B(a) I can ride a motor cycle 1. Asking for permission (b) No one can be right all the time 2. Theoretical possibility (c) Can I use your mobile phone, please? 3. Ability (d) Anyone can make mistakes 4. Possibility - (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-2✓
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-2
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3
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Match the patterns given under Column A with the compound words under Column B and select the answer from codes given below.
Column A(a) Gerund + Noun 1. Sunset (b) Noun + Verb 2. Worksheet (c) Verb + Noun 3. Upstairs (d) Preposition + Noun 4. Bleaching powder Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-3
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-2
- (a)-3 (b)-2 (c)-1 (d)-4✓
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
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Choose the correct sentence from the given option.
- The cat hid upon the door
- The cat hid on the door
- The cat hid behind the door✓
- The cat hid within the door
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"She left India as a student, but she would see the nation of her birth, all of it, from hundreds of miles above' –
George W.Bush spoke these lines about whom?- Kalpana Chawla✓
- Sunita Williams
- Meena Alexander
- Chitra Diwakaruni
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"Oscar Wilde had a brilliant wit" Here the word "wit" refers to
- Sarcastic humour
- Intelligence✓
- Humorous expression
- Melancholic vision
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