TNPSC Group 2 2017 Preliminary Examination
General English Questions 1 to 25
1.
Match the correct suffix with the root words
| (a) popular | 1. let |
| (b) sensible | 2. ling |
| (c) book | 3. ity |
| (d) duck | 4. ise |
Answer:
A.
4 3 1 2
2.
Choose the correct pair to fill in the correct articles in the blank :
___________ road to success is not ___________ bed of roses. Gandhi became ___________ leader par excellence ; that made Churchill ___________ greatest and the most successful wartime leader.
___________ road to success is not ___________ bed of roses. Gandhi became ___________ leader par excellence ; that made Churchill ___________ greatest and the most successful wartime leader.
Answer:
C.
the a a the
3.
Choose the correct question tag :
I am a student
I am a student
Answer:
B.
ain't I?
4.
Choose the sentence which has no error.
Answer:
B.
I place great confidence in you
5.
Choose the correct pattern for the sentence:
He is a professor with a lot of experience.
He is a professor with a lot of experience.
Answer:
C.
SVCA
6.
Find the odd one of the following words.
Answer:
A.
honour
7.
The plural form of 'alumna' is
Answer:
B.
alumnae
8.
Which of the following sentence is wrong?
Answer:
D.
We has been living in this house since 1995
9.
Pick out the correct passive form of the verb.
We should help the poor.
We should help the poor.
Answer:
C.
should be helped
10.
If I ___________ the Principal of my school. I would abolish examinations.
Answer:
C.
were
11.
Fill in the blanks with correct option Lecdem is the blended form of
Answer:
B.
Lecture and demonstration
12.
Choose the correct sentence which has no error
Answer:
C.
Geetha's father is an MLA
13.
Select the correct sentence
Answer:
A.
Cakes are softer than cookies
14.
Join the sentences given below. Choosing the correct relative pronoun furnished in brackets :
I know the girl. She is a famous sportsperson (whom/who)
I know the girl. She is a famous sportsperson (whom/who)
Answer:
C.
I know the girl who is a famous sportsperson
15.
Dancing bird is a compound word formed by combining
Answer:
C.
Gerund + Noun
16.
Match the following:
| (a) Autumn | 1. Faucet |
| (b) Nappy | 2. Fall |
| (c) Tap | 3. Diaper |
| (d) Pavement | 4. Side walk |
Answer:
C.
2 3 1 4
17.
"My mind has found an adult peace" whose mind has found peace?
Answer:
B.
Kamala Das
18.
"Be a hero in the strife" - In whose poem this line comes?
Answer:
D.
H.W. Longfellow
19.
In whose poem the following lines occur :
"It isn't by size that you win or you fail
Be the best of whatever you are"
"It isn't by size that you win or you fail
Be the best of whatever you are"
Answer:
A.
Douglas Malloch
20.
Which of the following lines belongs to "William Shakespeare"?
Answer:
A.
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks
But bears it out even to the edge of the doom
But bears it out even to the edge of the doom
21.
Which one of the following poems speaks about "True Love"?
Answer:
C.
Sonnet No : 116
22.
'Kari, the elephant' was written by _______________
Answer:
B.
Dhan Gopal Mukherji
23.
_______________ was educated at free Stratford Grammar School.
Answer:
C.
Shakespeare
24.
Here _______________ Laika into space.
Answer:
D.
goes
25.
"On the day of Sicilian July, with Etna Smoking".
What type of allusion is used here?
What type of allusion is used here?
Answer:
C.
Geographical allusion