TNPSC Group 2 2024 Preliminary Examination
General English Questions 51 to 75
51.
To win, run as fast as the wind
Identify the figure of speech in the given line.
Identify the figure of speech in the given line.
Answer:
C.
Simile
52.
Which of the given option is a Metaphor?
Answer:
C.
His words are pearls of wisdom
53.
Courage isn't a brilliant dash,
A daring deed in a moment's flash;
It isn't an instantaneous thing
Born of despair with a sudden spring
Write the Rhyme scheme of the poem.
A daring deed in a moment's flash;
It isn't an instantaneous thing
Born of despair with a sudden spring
Write the Rhyme scheme of the poem.
Answer:
C.
AABB
54.
Speak gently to the young, for they
Will have enough to bear -
Pass through this life as best they may,
'T is full of anxious care!
Write the Rhyme Scheme of the given stanza.
Will have enough to bear -
Pass through this life as best they may,
'T is full of anxious care!
Write the Rhyme Scheme of the given stanza.
Answer:
A.
ABAB
55.
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
The rhyming words in the above lines are
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
The rhyming words in the above lines are
Answer:
D.
flying, crying
56.
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking
Pick out the figure of speech given in the above poetic line.
Pick out the figure of speech given in the above poetic line.
Answer:
C.
Alliteration
57.
"I must go down to the seas again, to the
Vagrant gypsy life"
Gypsy life means __________.
Vagrant gypsy life"
Gypsy life means __________.
Answer:
B.
A Wandering Man's Life
58.
"But we ants never borrow;
We ants never lend"
Why do you think ants neither borrow nor lend?
We ants never lend"
Why do you think ants neither borrow nor lend?
Answer:
C.
Ants are wise and hard working
59.
You were the dad chosen for me
The author's dad was chosen by __________.
The author's dad was chosen by __________.
Answer:
C.
God
60.
Then my computer caught a virus, and fell very sick,
So I had to call in a doctor, double quick.
Why did the poet call the doctor?
So I had to call in a doctor, double quick.
Why did the poet call the doctor?
Answer:
A.
as the computer fall very sick
61.
"And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over"
The above lines are in the poem __________.
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over"
The above lines are in the poem __________.
Answer:
B.
Sea Fever
62.
Autumn is English
in red, yellow and brown
Autumn is Indian
Whenever leaves fall down
Who wrote the above poem?
in red, yellow and brown
Autumn is Indian
Whenever leaves fall down
Who wrote the above poem?
Answer:
A.
Nisha Dyrene
63.
"And one day, my naughty computer actually gobbled a worm,
And behaved so erratically that it made me squirm".
The poet was made to squirm because of the __________ behaviour of the computer.
And behaved so erratically that it made me squirm".
The poet was made to squirm because of the __________ behaviour of the computer.
Answer:
C.
erratic
64.
Every soul that touches yours
Be it the slightest contact
Who wrote the above lines?
Be it the slightest contact
Who wrote the above lines?
Answer:
C.
George Eliot
65.
Who was chirping at the edge of the woods?
Answer:
D.
Birds
66.
On the way to his home, Peter stopped to pick __________ or to listen to the __________.
Answer:
B.
Blue flowers, the rabbits' soft tread
67.
The setting of the play 'The Dying Detective' is in __________.
Answer:
D.
Sherlock Holmes' bedroom
68.
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a __________ writer.
Answer:
C.
British
69.
State which statement is correct :
(1) Little Czar was a European brown bear cub
(2) Little Czar was an Indian brown bear cub
(3) Little Czar was an American brown bear cub
(4) Little Czar was a Germanian brown bear cub
(1) Little Czar was a European brown bear cub
(2) Little Czar was an Indian brown bear cub
(3) Little Czar was an American brown bear cub
(4) Little Czar was a Germanian brown bear cub
Answer:
A.
1
70.
Who brought up Sir Isaac Newton?
Answer:
B.
Grandmother
71.
Beauty lies in the beholder's __________.
Answer:
B.
Eyes
72.
"My Reminiscences" was written by __________.
Answer:
D.
Rabindranath Tagore
73.
"Great Leaders have something in them which inspires a whole people and makes them do great deeds". Who quotes this?
Answer:
C.
Jawaharlal Nehru
74.
When was Subash Chandra Bose born?
Answer:
A.
January 23, 1897
75.
Helen Keller's Autobiography was named __________.
Answer:
B.
The Story of my Life