TNPSC Group 4 2024

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

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

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

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

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

• A. Longest
• B. Tallest
• C. Highest
• 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

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

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

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

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

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

12. William Shakespeare's birth place was

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

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

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

15. Who is Sherlock Holmes?

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

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

17. Sir Issac Newton died at the age of

• A. 75
• B. 90
• C. 85
• D. 80

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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