TNPSC Group 2 2024 Preliminary Examination
General English Questions 51 to 75
1.
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.
A.
Personification
B.
Metaphor
C.
Simile
D.
Anaphora
Answer:
C.
Simile
2.
Which of the given option is a Metaphor?
A.
Life is like a chocolate box
B.
Raj is like his twin brother
C.
His words are pearls of wisdom
D.
The bus is slow as a snail
Answer:
C.
His words are pearls of wisdom
3.
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.
A.
ABAB
B.
ABBA
C.
AABB
D.
AAAB
Answer:
C.
AABB
4.
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.
A.
ABAB
B.
ABBA
C.
AABB
D.
ABAA
Answer:
A.
ABAB
5.
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
A.
windy, white
B.
spray, spume
C.
clouds, gulls
D.
flying, crying
Answer:
D.
flying, crying
6.
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.
A.
Metaphor
B.
Simile
C.
Alliteration
D.
Hyperbole
Answer:
C.
Alliteration
7.
"I must go down to the seas again, to the
Vagrant gypsy life"
Gypsy life means __________.
Vagrant gypsy life"
Gypsy life means __________.
A.
A Sea Captain's Life
B.
A Wandering Man's Life
C.
A Historian's Life
D.
An Explorer's Life
Answer:
B.
A Wandering Man's Life
8.
"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?
A.
Ants are not wise and hard working
B.
Ants are lazy
C.
Ants are wise and hard working
D.
Ants are wise and silly
Answer:
C.
Ants are wise and hard working
9.
You were the dad chosen for me
The author's dad was chosen by __________.
The author's dad was chosen by __________.
A.
Mother
B.
Neighbours
C.
God
D.
Friends
Answer:
C.
God
10.
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?
A.
as the computer fall very sick
B.
as the computer fall down
C.
as the computer got hurt
D.
as the computer fall asleep
Answer:
A.
as the computer fall very sick
11.
"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 __________.
A.
A Thing of Beauty
B.
Sea Fever
C.
Lessons in Life
D.
Making Life Worthwhile
Answer:
B.
Sea Fever
12.
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?
A.
Nisha Dyrene
B.
William Wordsworth
C.
D.H. Lawrence
D.
Mary Botham Howitt
Answer:
A.
Nisha Dyrene
13.
"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.
A.
absent-minded
B.
dreadful
C.
erratic
D.
hasty
Answer:
C.
erratic
14.
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?
A.
William Shakespeare
B.
Robert Frost
C.
George Eliot
D.
John Masefield
Answer:
C.
George Eliot
15.
Who was chirping at the edge of the woods?
A.
Cow
B.
Monkey
C.
Dog
D.
Birds
Answer:
D.
Birds
16.
On the way to his home, Peter stopped to pick __________ or to listen to the __________.
A.
Blue flowers, the water falls
B.
Blue flowers, the rabbits' soft tread
C.
Yellow flowers, the rabbits' soft tread
D.
Yellow flowers, the water falls
Answer:
B.
Blue flowers, the rabbits' soft tread
17.
The setting of the play 'The Dying Detective' is in __________.
A.
Victor Savage's house
B.
A New York city apartment
C.
Dr. Watson's House
D.
Sherlock Holmes' bedroom
Answer:
D.
Sherlock Holmes' bedroom
18.
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a __________ writer.
A.
Irish
B.
American
C.
British
D.
French
Answer:
C.
British
19.
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
A.
1
B.
2
C.
3
D.
4
Answer:
A.
1
20.
Who brought up Sir Isaac Newton?
A.
Grandfather
B.
Grandmother
C.
Father
D.
Mother
Answer:
B.
Grandmother
21.
Beauty lies in the beholder's __________.
A.
Head
B.
Eyes
C.
Brain
D.
Ear
Answer:
B.
Eyes
22.
"My Reminiscences" was written by __________.
A.
Kamala Markandaya
B.
Ernest Hemingway
C.
Toru Dutt
D.
Rabindranath Tagore
Answer:
D.
Rabindranath Tagore
23.
"Great Leaders have something in them which inspires a whole people and makes them do great deeds". Who quotes this?
A.
Dr. C.N. Annadurai
B.
Gandhi
C.
Jawaharlal Nehru
D.
Abraham Lincoln
Answer:
C.
Jawaharlal Nehru
24.
When was Subash Chandra Bose born?
A.
January 23, 1897
B.
January 23, 1891
C.
January 26, 1901
D.
January 23, 1895
Answer:
A.
January 23, 1897
25.
Helen Keller's Autobiography was named __________.
A.
My Story
B.
The Story of my Life
C.
Experiments with my Life
D.
My Life
Answer:
B.
The Story of my Life