TNPSC Group 4 2016 Question Paper General English Questions 1-25

1. Match the underlined words in Column A with their parts of speech in Column B and select the correct answer from the options given below:

Column A	Column B
(a) He walks quickly	1. Subject
(b) Reena taught him Hindi	2. Object
(c) Rani ate ice cream	3. Verb
(d) Radha is a doctor	4. Compliment

A. 3 1 2 4

B. 1 2 3 4

C. 4 1 2 3

D. 2 1 4 3

Answer: A. 3 1 2 4

2. Choose correct prepositions from the options given :
__________the cupboard, very__________the wall, there is a narrow gap, __________which
a few charts have been kept.

A. into, behind, near

B. behind, near, into

C. into, near, behind

D. near, behind, into

Answer: B. behind, near, into

3. Identify the sentence pattern :
One of the boys had been singing well.

A. SVC

B. SVO C

C. SVA

D. S VIO DO

Answer: C. SVA

4. Which of the following phrasal verbs suits the given sentence?
__________ your bad habits.

A. get back

B. give in

C. give up

D. get on

Answer: C. give up

5. Identify the incorrect sentence from the following:

A. Apples are not so sweet as Mangoes

B. Mangoes are sweeter than Apples

C. Japanese are the industrious people in the world

D. Gold is costlier than silver

Answer: C. Japanese are the industrious people in the world

6. Find out the correct sentence :

A. One of the bicycle is defective

B. One of the bicycles is defective

C. One of the bicycle are defective

D. One of the bicycles were defective

Answer: B. One of the bicycles is defective

7. Find out the correct question tag:
"She goes to school by van"

A. is she?

B. aren't they?

C. are they?

D. doesn't she?

Answer: D. doesn't she?

8. Which of the following sentences is wrong?

A. Dad polished his shoes yesterday

B. Subhash has cut the vegetables just now

C. The police have catch the motorcyclist for speeding

D. The ripe fruit has fallen from the tree

Answer: C. The police have catch the motorcyclist for speeding

9. Choose the correct 'Synonym' of the underlined word from the given options.
Sivasubramania Iyer's wife was very conservative.

A. traditional

B. ideal

C. liberal

D. formal

Answer: A. traditional

10. What is "Possessive Adjectives"?

A. They answer the question which

B. They answer to the question whose

C. They answer the question How many

D. They answer the question How much

Answer: B. They answer to the question whose

11. Match the following identifying the phrase to complete the sentence and mark the correct code:

Column A	Column B
(a) The cream Cake is	1. harder and harder
(b) The new sweets are	2. more expensive
(c) The new waiters are	3. so costly
(d) It is getting	4. better

A. 1 3 4 2

B. 3 2 1 4

C. 2 3 4 1

D. 4 2 1 3

Answer: C. 2 3 4 1

12. Find out the sentence where gerund is used :

A. Sujatha is wealthy but she is not generous

B. We sat on the floor

C. Writing is always better than to read

D. She is a teacher and a singer

Answer: C. Writing is always better than to read

13. "If you can't be a highway, just be a trail,
If you can't be the Sun, be a Star;
It is not the size that you win or you fail
Be the Best of whatever you are! ....."
The Rhyme Scheme in the above given lines is .....

A. aa

B. abab

C. abc

D. aab

Answer: B. abab

14. The Giant's final journey was to

A. his friends palace

B. his son's home

C. to the neighbouring village

D. the paradise

Answer: D. the paradise

15. "The attainment of a developed status by 2020 does not mean that we can then rest on our
laurels"
Laurels mean

A. failures

B. rewards

C. wealth

D. criticisms

Answer: B. rewards

16. "To my immediate right the Nanda Pal glacier slopes down sharply ___________
ofcourse for the fact that ends in a cold and menacing snout-with icy waters flowing below".
In the given passage the word menacing means

A. threatening

B. pacifying

C. attracting

D. repelling

Answer: A. threatening

17. Match the British English words under Column A with their American English equivalents under Column B and choose the correct code.

Column A	Column B
(a) chips	1. garbage can
(b) dustbin	2. jelly
(c) jam	3. guy
(d) fellow	4. french fries

A. 1 4 3 2

B. 3 4 1 2

C. 2 4 3 1

D. 4 1 2 3

Answer: D. 4 1 2 3

18. The American English equivalent of the word 'washbasin' is

A. zee

B. wash room

C. wash tank

D. sink

Answer: D. sink

19. The first step in the road to success, according to Edwin C Bliss, is to

A. believe that success is not a bed of roses

B. steering clear of pitfalls

C. set yourself clear goals

D. start devoting time and energy

Answer: C. set yourself clear goals

20. Gopala Krishna Gokhale was

A. a freedom fighter

B. a thespian

C. the first President of India

D. the first Prime Minister of India

Answer: A. a freedom fighter

21. "Or, all day, we drive the wheels of iron
In the factories, round and round"
In which poem do these lines occur?

A. The Cry of the Children

B. Migrant Bird

C. Shilpi

D. Going for water

Answer: A. The Cry of the Children

22. Which of the following is not a poem?

A. The power of Laughter

B. No Men are Foreign

C. A Tiger in the Zoo

D. My Grandmother's House

Answer: A. The power of Laughter

23. "I won't look down. No I will not
With speed of wings I hasten past".
In whose poem do the following lines occur?

A. Famida Y. Basheer

B. Kamala Surrayya

C. Archibald Lampman

D. Rudyard Kipling

Answer: A. Famida Y. Basheer

24. The Poem 'Laugh and be Merry' is written by

A. H. W. Longfellow

B. Robert Frost

C. Ralph Waldo Emerson

D. John Masefield

Answer: D. John Masefield

25. What is the theme observed in the story "The mark of Vishnu"?

A. Upholding patriotism

B. Quest for freedom

C. Abolition of communism

D. Riddance of superstition

Answer: D. Riddance of superstition

TNPSC Group 4 2016

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