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TNPSC Group 4 2024 – General English Questions 26 to 50

1. I drive past the house almost every day.
The house seems to be a bit brighter.
Who does 'I' refer to?

  • A. The House
  • B. The Tree
  • C. The Poet
  • D. The Ghost
Answer: C. The Poet

2. Strong is she in her faith and beliefs.
"Persistence is the key to everything" says she.
Who does "She" refer to here?

  • A. The poet
  • B. Today's woman
  • C. Mother
  • D. Daughter
Answer: B. Today's woman

3. "And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow – rover"
Bring out the meaning of the word "rover"

  • A. jumping
  • B. running
  • C. wandering
  • D. breaking
Answer: C. wandering

4. "Let us learn to walk with a smile and a song.
No matter if things do sometimes go wrong"
What does the poet expect everyone to learn?

  • A. To be sad
  • B. To be cheerful
  • C. To be courageous
  • D. To be mournful
Answer: B. To be cheerful

5. What kind of creatures does this planet earth also belong to?

  • A. Longest
  • B. Tallest
  • C. Highest
  • D. Tiniest
Answer: D. Tiniest

6. The poet yearns to go by a _______ to the lonely sea.

  • A. a long boat
  • B. a big boat
  • C. a tall ship
  • D. an aeroplane
Answer: C. a tall ship

7. Choose the best option :
"Speak gently to the little child!
Its love be sure to gain"
These lines are from David Bates' poem _________

  • A. Team Work
  • B. Your Space
  • C. Special Hero
  • D. A Tragic Story
Answer: B. Your Space

8. "Our love is everlasting
I just wanted you to know
That you're my special hero
and I wanted to tell you so"

These lines are taken from the poem ________

  • A. The Spider and the Fly
  • B. The Ant and the Cricket
  • C. No Men are Foreign
  • D. Special Hero
Answer: D. Special Hero

9. She's a lioness, don't mess with her
She'll not spare you if you're a prankster

Identify the poet who wrote the lines given above.

  • A. John Keats
  • B. Rakhi Narian Shirke
  • C. Henry Van Dyke
  • D. Rudyard Kipling
Answer: B. Rakhi Narian Shirke

10. Match the poems with the poets :
(a) No Men Are Foreign 1. Rudyard Kipling
(b) I am every woman 2. Nadia Bush
(c) The secret of the machines 3. James Falconer Kirkup
(d) The House on Elm Street 4. Rakhi Narian Shirke

  • A. 2 4 3 1
  • B. 4 3 2 1
  • C. 3 4 1 2
  • D. 2 1 4 3
Answer: C. 3 4 1 2

11. "That's one small step for a man,
One giant leap for mankind"
Who said these words?

  • A. Mahatma Gandhi
  • B. Christopher Columbus
  • C. Neil Armstrong
  • D. Amerigo Vespucci
Answer: C. Neil Armstrong

12. William Shakespeare's birth place was

  • A. Yorkshire
  • B. Stratford-Upon-Avon
  • C. London
  • D. Durban
Answer: B. Stratford-Upon-Avon

13. The phrase written by the French master on the black board before
dismissing the class in Alphonse Daudet's The Last Lesson is

  • A. Vive La France
  • B. In Cognito
  • C. Bon voyage
  • D. In Toto
Answer: A. Vive La France

14. When Peter thrust his finger into the tiny hole ________

  • A. the flowing of water stopped
  • B. he heard a splashing noise
  • C. water started flowing more
  • D. the dike broke into pieces
Answer: A. the flowing of water stopped

15. Who is Sherlock Holmes?

  • A. Novelist
  • B. Poet
  • C. Detective
  • D. Fiction writer
Answer: C. Detective

16. Read the statement carefully what does it try to prove here?
"If any of you fellows think there is anything coming to you from me, come and take it"

  • A. A brave fears no evil
  • B. A brave fears no happy
  • C. A calmness brings a victory
  • D. A fearless ends in vain
Answer: A. A brave fears no evil

17. Sir Issac Newton died at the age of

  • A. 75
  • B. 90
  • C. 85
  • D. 80
Answer: C. 85

18. The author speaks about the river?
_______ in the lesson "My Reminiscence".

  • A. Ganges
  • B. Yamuna
  • C. Vaigai
  • D. Brahmaputra
Answer: A. Ganges

19. Ruskin Bond was awarded _______ for this contribution to Indian literature.
Fill up the blank with suitable answer.

  • A. Pulitzer prize
  • B. Sahitya Akademi award
  • C. Padmabhusan
  • D. Padma Vibhusan
Answer: B. Sahitya Akademi award

20. Choose the correct answer:
In "The Nose Jewel" - The Diamond jewel belonged to

  • A. Ramayya's wife
  • B. Kuppayi
  • C. Meenakshi Ammal
  • D. Meenakshi Ammal's daughter
Answer: D. Meenakshi Ammal's daughter

21. On 4, July 1943 _______ took leadership of the INA (India National Army)

  • A. Rash Behari Bose
  • B. Nehru
  • C. Subash Chandra Bose
  • D. Patel
Answer: C. Subash Chandra Bose

22. _______ was the first deaf, blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree.

  • A. Stephen Hawking
  • B. David
  • C. Helen Keller
  • D. Alisha
Answer: C. Helen Keller

23. Kalpana Chawla was posthumously awarded

  • A. Congressional space medal of honour
  • B. Congress space medal of honour
  • C. Congress space medal of service
  • D. Congressional space medal of service
Answer: A. Congressional space medal of honour

24. "The book of Indian birds" is written by

  • A. Dr. Sarojini Naidu
  • B. Dr. Salim Ali
  • C. Dr. Subbulakshmi
  • D. Dr. Khan
Answer: B. Dr. Salim Ali

25. Match the following words and phrases given in Column A with their meanings in Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) Fond of 1. Confine
(b) Look at 2. Conclude
(c) Lock up 3. Affectionate
(d) Finish off 4. See

  • A. 4 3 2 1
  • B. 3 1 4 2
  • C. 3 4 1 2
  • D. 1 4 3 2
Answer: C. 3 4 1 2

26. The true elixir of life is

  • A. the commonest of all liquids
  • B. lies near our hands
  • C. the plain water
  • D. all the above
Answer: D. all the above
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