TNPSC Group 4 2019
General English Questions 51 to 75
51.
Complete the following sentence using a suitable form of the passive voice.
The certificates ————— (issue) to the students last week.
The certificates ————— (issue) to the students last week.
Answer:
A.
were issued
52.
Pick out the correct option :
The convenor ————— the meeting last week.
The convenor ————— the meeting last week.
Answer:
D.
convened
53.
Pick out the correct answer :
The teacher with some students ————— the seminar.
The teacher with some students ————— the seminar.
Answer:
A.
attends
54.
Fill in the blanks with a suitable question tag :
The conductor will not give you change for Rs. 10, —————?
The conductor will not give you change for Rs. 10, —————?
Answer:
B.
Will he
55.
Fill up the blank with preposition :
The work will be over ————— this evening.
The work will be over ————— this evening.
Answer:
B.
by
56.
Choose the correct answer from the options given :
Park your car ————— the tree.
Park your car ————— the tree.
Answer:
D.
beside
57.
Choose the correct meaning of the idiom ‘A Cukoo in the nest’
Answer:
C.
an unwelcome intruder
58.
Match the words with their meanings and choose the correct code from below :
Column A Column B
(a) teetotaller 1. using both hands skillfully
(b) ambidextrous 2. without a date
(c) sine die 3. genuine
(d) bonafide 4. refuses alcohol
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Column A Column B
(a) teetotaller 1. using both hands skillfully
(b) ambidextrous 2. without a date
(c) sine die 3. genuine
(d) bonafide 4. refuses alcohol
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Answer:
D.
4 1 2 3
59.
Choose the correct “Antonym” for the underlined word from the options given:
Hughie’s pictures were eagerly sought after.
Hughie’s pictures were eagerly sought after.
Answer:
D.
indifferently
60.
Match the words from Column A with correct opposite word from Column B :
Column A Column B
(a) appropriate 1. insufficient
(b) adequate 2. put wrong
(c) rectified 3. unsuitable
(d) preferred 4. rejected
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Column A Column B
(a) appropriate 1. insufficient
(b) adequate 2. put wrong
(c) rectified 3. unsuitable
(d) preferred 4. rejected
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Answer:
A.
3 1 2 4
61.
Which word given below cannot have the suffix ‘—ism’?
I. regional
II. secular
III. rational
IV. response
I. regional
II. secular
III. rational
IV. response
Answer:
A.
IV
62.
Match Column A with Column B :
Column A Column B
(a) –archy 1. Bureau
(b) –cracy 2. Social
(c) –ist 3. Path
(d) –ology 4. Hier
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Column A Column B
(a) –archy 1. Bureau
(b) –cracy 2. Social
(c) –ist 3. Path
(d) –ology 4. Hier
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Answer:
D.
4 1 2 3
63.
The correct plural form of the compound noun ‘daughter-in-law’ is
Answer:
C.
daughters-in-law
64.
Identify the simple sentence from the given options given below
Answer:
A.
Ramu is too poor to buy a bicycle
65.
Pick out the complex sentence from the given options
Answer:
B.
If we don't win, we shall die
66.
Identify the sentence which is incorrect superlative degree
Answer:
A.
Latha is one of the most brilliant students in the class
67.
Identify the sentence pattern.
The Company Chairperson promised them better salary.
The Company Chairperson promised them better salary.
Answer:
D.
S V IO DO
68.
Fill in the blanks with correct homophones
Due to this ————— handwriting, he is not ————— for the post.
Due to this ————— handwriting, he is not ————— for the post.
Answer:
B.
illegible/eligible
69.
Which one of the following sentences has an error in it?
I. My Father is a honest man
II. My Father is an honest man
III. My Father is one of the honest men
IV. My Father is honest
I. My Father is a honest man
II. My Father is an honest man
III. My Father is one of the honest men
IV. My Father is honest
Answer:
A.
I
70.
Which one of the following statement has error?
Answer:
A.
One should keep his promises
71.
Find out the odd word :
Answer:
D.
Beyond
72.
Pick out the right option and complete the line of the poem
"The cry of the children",
For, all day, the wheels are —————, —————
"The cry of the children",
For, all day, the wheels are —————, —————
Answer:
A.
droning, turning
73.
He must be killed,
For in Sicily the black, black snakes are —————, the gold are —————
Choose the right option and complete the above sentence.
For in Sicily the black, black snakes are —————, the gold are —————
Choose the right option and complete the above sentence.
Answer:
C.
innocent, venomous
74.
Who said this? Choose the right option
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the
closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us"
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the
closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us"
Answer:
B.
Helen Keller
75.
"I won't look down. No I will not. With speed of wings I hasten past. Name the poem
from which the above lines have been taken
from which the above lines have been taken
Answer:
C.
Migrant Bird