TNPSC MOCK TEST 2016 - GENERAL ENGLISH FOR GROUP 2A
Identify the poem from which there lines are: "If you can’t be the sun, be a star;"
The solitary reaper
Where the mind is without fear
A psalm of life
Be the best
Who told the following statement "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much"
Helen Keller
Mahatma Gandhi
Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam
Subash Chandra Bose
"One Life Is Not Enough" is an autobiographical work written by
K. Natwar Singh
Khushwant Singh
Bhagat Singh
Manmohan Singh
Kalpana chawla was born on
March 17, 1962
March 18, 1962
March 19, 1962
March 20, 1962
A sweet singing bird
A tiger
A lion
Horse
A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
What is the Name of the first volume of poems written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow?
Voices of the Night
Ballads
Evangeline
Tales of a Wayside Inn
Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for Literature in which year?
1913
1915
1920
1917
How many acres of land did kesavan nair cultivaed?
Fifty acres
Forty acres
Ten acres
Twenty acres
Personification
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Grain and strain
Binds and sings
Grain and binds
Strain and sings
Sad songs
Happy songs
Positive songs
Negative songs
Thomas Hardy
The poet
The soldier
All the above
Where the mind is without fear
The solitary reaper
A psalm of life
Sonnet No 116
Where Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi Died While Fighting the British Troops?
Gwalior
Delhi
Gujarat
Kolkata
Who is Shylock's daughter in shakespeare's "Merchant of Venice"
Jessica
Portia
Nerissa
Jenifer
Which is One of the most profound musical compositions of all time composed by Olivier Messiaen?
Quartet for the End of Time
The piano
The musics of Nature
Music and its adventures
In Oscar Wilde's "The selfish giant" after how many years the giant came back from his friend's house?
7 years
10 years
5 years
8 years
In which place Gopala Krishna Gokhale gave a speech on 25th July 1911 in Mumbai?
Victoria Hall
Gandhi Hall
In beach
None of the above
Milam Glacier is located in which state in india
Uttarakhand
Punjab
Himachal pradesh
Uttar pradesh
'Yaanai Malai' looks like an elephant when it is viewed from_____
Southwest
Southeast
Northwest
Northeast
What is the height of the gopuram in Brihadeeswarar Temple?
66 Meter
65 Meter
77 Meter
75 Meter
A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
The story "Refugee" belongs to which Nationality?
Chinese
Japanese
French
Irish
A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
A-3, B-1, C-2, D-4
A-2, B-1, C-3, D-4
A-4, B-1, C-2, D-4
A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
"After I had lost the race Yesterday,I remembered my father's advice." Who told these words?
Pangolin
Dassie
Tendai
Grandmother
Mark Antony
Brutus
Julius Caesar
Cassius
Shylock belongs to Which Community in "the Merchant of Venice"
Jewish
Christian
Hindu
Muslim
The classical dance of Telangana is
Perini Thandavam
Bharata Natyam
Manipuri
Kuchipudi
A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
A-1, B-3, C-4, D-2
A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
A-4, B-1, C-3, D-2
“Lumbermen's Poet” is the pet name of which poet?
Douglas Malloch
Walt Whitman
V K Gokak
Rabindranath Tagore
Who poet is called as "Bard of Avon"?
William Shakespeare
Thomas Hardy
Oscar Wilde
William Wordsworth
How many Sonnets had been written by William Shakespeare?
154 sonnets
155 sonnets
160 sonnets
300 sonnets
The Apology
The Flying wonder
With a Friend
Laugh and be Merry
No Men Are Foreign
To cook and eat
To India-My native land
A Tiger in the zoo
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars" Who told these Words?
Oscar Wilde
William Shakespeare
William Wordsworth
Thomas Hardy
Which of the following short stories was not written by Oscar Wilde?
The Model Millionaire
The Selfish Giant
The Happy Prince
The Lottery Ticket
What is the Theme observed in the Sory"Our Local Team"
Good Leadership
Superstitious
Be optimistic
Be fearless
A-2, B-4, C-1, D-2
A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
A-2, B-3, C-1, D-4
A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
Who wrote the Poem "English Words"?
V K Gokak
D.H.Lawrence
Thomas Hardy
H W Longfellow
A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
A-4, B-3, C-1, D-2
A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
subdued
Dafeated
Killed
Emerged
Hardworking
Energetic
Courage
Loyality
disloyal
Dishonest
Imperfect
Encouraged
certain
Uncertain
Exact
Unsuspicious
Choose the suitable Suffix for the Prefix 'dis'
Agree
Code
Possible
React
Choose the suitable Prefix for the Suffix '-able'
Comfort
Reverse
Strong
Clear
Rina borrowed_____pencil from Sunita
A
An
The
None of the above
John likes to play______volleyball
A
An
The
No article needed
Everybody was talking __________ him after the rumours' spread
About
To
Of
With
Of, by, over
In, is, about
Of, in, over
To, of, about
Future continuous
Future Perfect
Future Perfect Continuous
Present Continuous
Didn't they?
Don't they
Does they?
Do they
A movie is going to be watched by us tonight
Tonight we are going to watch movie
Tonight a movie will be watched by us
A movie will be watched by us tonight
Singing
Attraction
Event
Bird
S+V+O+C+A
S+V+O+A
S+V+O+A+A
A+S+V+IO+DO
Form the sentence pattern for: A+S+V+IO+DO
Everywhere people gave the President a welcome
Last month they christened the child, John in the Chruch
Everyday she was late
Everyone relished the dinner in the hotel yesterday
Equipments
Put away
Used all spare
No error
Which one of the following sentence is incorrect?
In all that excitement, I had forgotten to take my present from him
It is important to take pride in whatever we do in life
My parents are not on good terms so we tried to patch things up
He is one of the best players of Singapore and he takes pride of it
Identify the correct sentence:
I had a mind to play.
He came putting on a smart jacket.
The ship was drowned.
I was second in my class.
Find out the odd word from the follwing:
Goat
Sheep
Cow
Dog
Identify the correct Plural form for the word 'Syllabus'
Syllabi
Syllabe
Syllaba
Syllabum
Simple sentence
Compound sentence
Complex sentence
Imperative sentence
Identify the Superlative degree from the following sentences:
My house is the largest one in our neighborhood.
My house is larger than hers.
This house is big.
He is more intelligent than this boy
Declarative
Imperative
Interogative
Exclamatory
Education + entertainment is blended as
Edutainment
Edument
Edutain
Eduenter
'Travelogue' is a blended word of
Travel + catalogue
Travel + logue
Travel + guide
None of the above
Form compound word for 'Adverb + Verb'
Overthrow
Skyblue
Girlfriend
Safegaurd
A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
A-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
A-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
Mention the American english for the British word 'Behaviour'
Behavior
Behaviar
Behavioure
Behaviorr
They took blood from my ____
Vane
Vein
Vain
Vian
What is the Plural form of the Word 'Crisis'
Crises
Creses
Crisess
Cresis
Does she?
Doesn't she?
Did she?
Didn't she?
Pick out the sentence with the wrong usage of articles :
The cow is a useful animal
The rose is the sweetest of all flowers
Let's go to the park
The banyan is a kind of a fig tree
Have been building
Are building
Will be building
Had been building
Identify the odd word among the options
Delicious
Expensive
Industrious
Jubilantly
______warns Caesar about the "Ides of March".
A Soothsayer
Calpurnia
Pompey
Mark Antony
Present Perfect Continuous
Present Continuous
Past Perfect Continuous
Past Continuous
"De Profundis" is an autobiographical work written by
Oscar Wilde
Benjamin Franklin
Annie Besant
Jawaharlal Nehru
Which of the following Poets is not an Indian?
Kahlil Gibran
Famida Y Basheer
Kamala Das
V k Gokak
Who is 'Shilpi'?
Sculptor
Doctor
Lawyer
Engineer
Alice
Lorina
Edith
Ghost
For harvesting
On harvesting
To harvesting
In harvesting
To hear
Hearing
By hearing
On hearing
Which of the following is not a Complex sentence?
Joe waited for the train, but the train was late.
I love roast potatoes, although my mum prefers them mashed.
The big dog barked whenever I knocked on the door.
While the music played, Rachel sneaked in through the side door.
Type of flower
Type of insect
Type of rose
None of the above
Aabraham Lincoln
Walt Whitman
Nelson Mandela
Vijayakanth
Simile
Metaphour
Personification
Allusion
Time's fool
Rosy lips
Cheeks
Love
Which one of the following is an Imperative statement?
Have a good time at the picnic
Jan is a student. She lives in a big city.
Where do you live?
I love you so much!
Mahatma Gandhi
A P J Abdul Kalam
Helen keller
Gopala Krishna Gokhale
Which of the following is not a character in the story "The Merchant of Venice"
Mark Antony
Shylock
Portia
Bassanio
Rudyard Kipling is a well known_____poet
British-born
Indian-born
American-born
Russian-born
Alternate
Altered
Alternative
Adulterated
In thw poem "Going for Water", why did the children have to go to the brook?
To relish the sylvan atmosphere in the dense woods
Because the well wns dry beside the door
To enjoy the natural beauty of the brook
To find whether there is water in the brook
Outhakkutty
Kesavan Nair
Thirumulpad
Kesavan Nair's wife
A-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
A-3, B-4, C-1, D-2
A-2, B-4, C-2, D-1
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