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Vocabulary — 186 previous-year questions — page 8 of 8
Every Vocabulary question TNPSC has asked in the papers we hold, under English, with the correct answer marked in Tamil and English. Explanations are free with an account.ஆங்கிலம் பாடத்தின் கீழ், எங்களிடம் உள்ள வினாத்தாள்களில் TNPSC கேட்ட அனைத்து வினாக்களும், சரியான விடை குறிக்கப்பட்டு. விளக்கங்கள் இலவசக் கணக்கில் கிடைக்கும்.
- 186questionsவினாக்கள்
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Find out the word that has got a wrong prefix.
- Invincible
- Indelible
- Malnourished
- Unaccessible✓
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Which question type illustrates a point or focuses attention on an idea or principle?
Choose from the options given below.- Rhetorical✓
- Funnel
- Inference
- Divergent
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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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Find out the British English equivalent of "fall"
- Winter
- Summer
- Spring
- Autumn✓
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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 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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American English equivalent for 'puncture' is —.
- flat-out
- blast-out
- blow-out✓
- crash out
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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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"Oscar Wilde had a brilliant wit" Here the word "wit" refers to
- Sarcastic humour
- Intelligence✓
- Humorous expression
- Melancholic vision
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