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TNPSC Group 4 2024 – General English Questions 76 to 100

1. But of late, my computer has been behaving badly too,
It so absent minded, that I don't know what to do.
What is the figure of speech used in these lines?

  • A. Simile
  • B. Metaphor
  • C. Personification
  • D. Anaphora
Answer: C. Personification

2. Not hurrying to, nor turning from the goal
Not mourning for the things that disappear.
The figure of speech used in the above lines is ________

  • A. Hyperbole
  • B. Metaphor
  • C. Simile
  • D. Anaphora
Answer: D. Anaphora

3. Speak gently to the little child !
Its love be sure to gain;
Teach it in accents soft and mild:
It may not long remain.
Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines

  • A. abbb
  • B. aabb
  • C. abab
  • D. abba
Answer: C. abab

4. Not a crumb to be found
On the snow-covered ground;
Not a flower could he see,
Not a leaf on tree.
Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines.

  • A. abab
  • B. aabb
  • C. abba
  • D. abaa
Answer: B. aabb

5. The best novel of William Makepeace Thackeray is

  • A. The citadel
  • B. Vanity Fair
  • C. David Copper field
  • D. Malgudi days
Answer: B. Vanity Fair

6. "Let me but live my life from year to year with forward face and unreluctant soul".
What does the word "Unreluctant" refer to?

  • A. Feeling joy
  • B. Understand
  • C. Willing to do something
  • D. Expressing sad
Answer: C. Willing to do something

7. "O'er the rough or smooth, the journey will be joy".
Pick out the contrasting words in the given line.

  • A. journey and joy
  • B. rough and smooth
  • C. O'er and will
  • D. rough and joy
Answer: B. rough and smooth

8. One bit of courage
for the darkening sky;
Which quality is need for the darkening sky?

  • A. grace
  • B. courage
  • C. faith
  • D. brave
Answer: B. courage

9. The collection of fables from Ancient Greece is called _________

  • A. Aristotle's fables
  • B. Aesop's fables
  • C. Shakespeare's fables
  • D. Greek fables
Answer: B. Aesop's fables

10. "A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness"
The phrase "pass into nothingness" means that beautiful things
never ___________

  • A. create unpleasantness between friends
  • B. fade away
  • C. bring happiness
  • D. give us peace
Answer: B. fade away

11. Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes
Like ours, the land our brothers walk upon
Is earth like this, in which we all shall lie.
From which 'Poem' these lines are taken?

  • A. No Men Are Foreign
  • B. The House on Elm Street
  • C. The Spider and The Fly
  • D. The Stick-together Families
Answer: A. No Men Are Foreign

12. "Each a Glimpse and gone forever!"
This line is taken from the poem _________

  • A. Team work
  • B. A tragic story
  • C. Indian seasons
  • D. From a railway carriage
Answer: D. From a railway carriage

13. "So hack and chop
But this alone won't do it
Not so much pain will do it".
Killing a tree cannot be done merely by _______

  • A. Pulling
  • B. Chopping
  • C. Choking
  • D. Jabbing
Answer: B. Chopping

14. "The woods are lovely, dark and deep
But I have promises to keep"
These lines are taken from the poem __________

  • A. A Poison Tree
  • B. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
  • C. On Killing a Tree
  • D. The River
Answer: B. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

15. The young sea gull's parents threaten him in such a way if he didn't flew away

  • A. to starve him
  • B. to never talk to him
  • C. to punish him
  • D. to abandon him
Answer: A. to starve him

16. In Lesson, "Learning the Game" which school gave importance to Cricket?

  • A. Shardhasram Vidhya Mandir
  • B. Sharadhambal Vidhya Mandir
  • C. Shakthi Sharadha Vidyalaya
  • D. Sri Vidyalaya
Answer: A. Shardhasram Vidhya Mandir

17. Which game is mentioned in this lesson "Learning the Game"?

  • A. Foot ball
  • B. Basket ball
  • C. Kabbadi
  • D. Cricket
Answer: D. Cricket

18. The Cat Peter sprang a couple of yards in the air as

  • A. He had a teaspoon of the pain killer
  • B. His tail was caught in the mousetrap
  • C. Tom threw him out of the window
  • D. Aunt gave him a push
Answer: A. He had a teaspoon of the pain killer

19. What is "Cheering Sight" according to Sir.C.V. Raman?

  • A. Rainfed tanks with full of water
  • B. Tanks without water
  • C. River
  • D. Lake
Answer: A. Rainfed tanks with full of water

20. During the last year of the war, Abraham Lincoln become ___________ to his fellow citizens by an attachment of genuine sentiment.

  • A. 'Father Abraham'
  • B. 'Fellow Man'
  • C. 'Abraham, The Great'
  • D. 'The Great Man'
Answer: A. 'Father Abraham'

21. 'The Discovery of India' was written by Nehru in the prison of

  • A. Almora Jail
  • B. Bareilly District Jail
  • C. Central Prison, Naini
  • D. Ahmednagar Fort Prison
Answer: D. Ahmednagar Fort Prison

22. "My profession did not fill me with a whole hearted enthusiasm”.
Who said this?

  • A. Gandhi
  • B. Nehru
  • C. Patel
  • D. Jinnah
Answer: B. Nehru

23. According to the doctrine of lapse, the British could take over the kingdom from an Indian ruler who

  • A. lost the war
  • B. died without a natural heir
  • C. indulged in corruption
  • D. died because of a terrible disease
Answer: B. died without a natural heir

24. When was Nelson Mandela born?

  • A. December 18, 1920
  • B. December 14, 1918
  • C. June 18, 1918
  • D. July 18, 1918
Answer: D. July 18, 1918

25. Mention Abraham Lincoln's father's profession

  • A. Dentist
  • B. Teacher
  • C. Cobbler
  • D. Carpenter
Answer: C. Cobbler
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