TNPSC GROUP 4 & VAO
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TEST NO: 5 DATE: 10.12.2017
TOTAL QUESTIONS: 50 TIME: 45 MINS
GENERAL ENGLISH
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1. Find the homonyms 9. Nationality of the story “The Open window”_______
He ________ the result before hand
A) France B) Burma C) India D) None of the above
A) Knew B) new C) knwe D) none of the above
B) Burma
A)Knew
10. Whose works is “Gitanjali”?
2. Match the following suffixes
Column A Column B A) Rabindranath Tagore B) Shakespeare
A. migrate 1.ment C) Walt whiteman D) None of the above
B. suit 2.ern
C. south 3.ion A) Rabindranath Tagore
D. manage 4.able
11. Match the poet with the poem
A) 3,2, 1, 4 B) 3,4, 2, 1 C)1, 3, 2 ,4 D) 4, 1, 2 ,3
Column A Column B
B) 3, 4, 2, 1
a. Migrant bird 1. Vivian Mould
b. Discovery 2. Dipti Bhatia
3. Find the odd one out c. Inclusion 3. GayatriPahlajani
d. With a friend 4. Famida Y. Basheer
A) Earth-Kalil Gibran B) Don’t Quit – Edgar A.
Guest A) 2, 1, 4, 3 B) 1, 2, 3, 4 C) 2, 3, 4, 1 D) 4, 3, 2, 1
C) Snake- D.H Lawrence D) Sonnet no.116- V.K. Gokak
D) 4, 3, 2, 1
D) sonnet no.116- V.K. Gokak
12. Helen Keller”s Nationality?
4. Walt Whiteman belongs to which period
A) England B) America C) Canada D) India
A) Romanticism B) English Renaissance
C) Modernism D) None of the above
B) America
A)Romanticism
13. Fill the blanks with the suitable option given below
The shape of the Moon ------- from the new moon to full
5. “Women’s Right” who is the poet?
moon and ------- from the full moon to new moon –
A) Walt Whiteman B) Gandhi
A) wanes, waxes B) waxes, wanes
C) Annie Louisa Walker D) Thomas Hardly
C) moves, shades D) none of the above
C) Annie Louisa Walker
B) waxes, wanes - The shape of the Moon waxes from the
new moon to full moon and wanes from the full moon to
6. Do you ________ the answer? ________ I don’t
new moon.
A) No Know B) Know No C) No Knew D) Know Non
14. In the Following who is American Poet?
B) Know No
A)D.H.Lawrence B)F.Jonna C)Kamala Das D)Walt Whitman
7. H. W. Longfellow’s poem
D)Walt Whitman
A) A psalm of life B) Leaves of grass
C) The flying wonder D) All the above 15. The poet of "Bat" is
A) A psalm of life A)Randall Jareli B)Emma Richards
C)Jack Prelutsky D)Vivian Mould
8. Which of the following is a poem?
A)Randall Jareli
A) The Selfish Giant B) Julius Ceasar
16. -------------- people ---------- away their time in spreading
C)Swept away D) Don’t Quit
scandals
D) Don’t Quit
A)while, vile B)know, no C)vile, while D)no, know
C)vile, while
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(1) (2) (3) (4)
A) 4 3 2 1
17. The Poem "To India my native land" is work of poet
B) 3 4 2 1
C) 2 1 4 3
A)V.K.Gokak B)Kamala Das
D) 1 2 3 4
C)Rabindranath Tagore D)Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
C) 2 1 4 3
D)Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
24. The Woodlanders was written by
18. Match the poem given in column I with poets given in
column II A)Thomas Hardy B)William Shakespeare
C)H.W.Longfellow D)D.H.Lawerence
Column I Column II
a.The Piano 1. Stephen Vincent Benet A)Thomas Hardy
b. O Captain, My Captain 2. V.K. Gokak
c. English words 3. D.H.Lawrence
25. Match the column I with suitable suffixes in column II
4. The Flying Wonder 4. Walt Whitman
Column I Column II
(1) (2) (3) (4)
a. part 1. est
A) 4 3 2 1
b.tall 2. ion
B) 3 4 2 1
c. introduce 3.ial
C) 2 1 3 4
4. child 4.ish
D) 1 2 3 4
(1) (2) (3) (4)
B) 3 4 2 1
A) 4 3 2 1
B) 3 1 2 4
19. The Author of Going for Water belongs to C) 2 1 3 4
D) 1 2 3 4
A)UK B)USA C)India D)Japan
B) 3 1 2 4
B)USA
26. Which one of the folowing is a work of poet Douglas
20. The suitable prefix for " lighten " is
Mollach?
A)ex B)en C)did D)co
A)Be the Best B)The man he Killed
C)A tiger in the zoo D)No men are foreign
B)en
A)Be the Best
21. The Nationality of Archibald Lampman is
27. The poet of "Nine Gold Medals" is
A)Canada B)UK C)Lebanan D)India
A)A)Lewis Carol B)David Roth
A)Canada
C)Ralph Waldo Emerson D)D.H.Lawrence
22. In the following, who is Nobel Prize winner? B)David Roth
A)Jane Austin B)H.W.Longfellow 28. Choose the suitable Homophones There is no entry -------
C)V.K.Gokak D)Rudyard Kipling to visit the health ------- at chennai
D)Rudyard Kipling A)fair,fare B)fare,fair C)fare,fare D)fair,fair
B)fare,fair
23. Match the poem given in column I with poets given in
column II
29. In the following , who is Indian Born Poet?
Column I Column II
a. Inclusion 1. Kamala Surayya A)Khalil Gibran B)William Wordsworth
b. Punishment in Kindergarten 2. Dipti Bhatia C)Rudyard Kipling D)H.W.Long fellow
c. Discovery 3. Grace Nichols
d. Granny, Granny please comb my hair 4. Gayatri Pahlajani C)Rudyard Kipling
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30. The Author of "The Piano Lesson" is 38. V.K.Gokak is
A)Rob Reilly B)D.H.Lawrence C)Kamala Das D)F.Joanna A)Tamil Poet B)Kannada poet C)Telugu Poet D)Hindi Poet
A)Rob Reilly B)Kannada poet
39. The poet of" With a Friend" is
31. Elizabeth Barrett Browning belongs to
A)Douglas Molloch B)John Masefield
A)UK B)USA C)Canada D)Scottish C)Robert Frost D)Vivian Mould
A)UK D)Vivian Mould
32. Choose the perfect prefix. The defectors were ------- 40. Whose autobiography is "My Several world : A personal
breifed at the airport by immigration officials. record"?
A)Pearl S Buck B)Oscar Wilde
A)sub B)ir C)de D)is C)William WordsWorth D)William Shakesphere
C)de A)Pearl S Buck
33. The poem Collection "Voices of the Night" is work of
41. Which one of the folowing is a work of poet Leslie Norris ?
A)H.W.Longfellow B)D.H.Lawrence
C)Annie Louisa Walker D)Pearl S Buck A)A tiger in the zoo B)The man he Killed
C)A tiger in the zoo D)No men are foreign
A)H.W.Longfellow
A)A tiger in the zoo
34. The ------ --------- was beautifully decorated with Jasmine
42. Which one of the folowing is a work of poet Douglas
A)braid, bride B)bride,braid Mollach?
C)bridegroom, bride D)bride, bridegroom
A)Be the Best B)The man he Killed
B)bride,braid C)A tiger in the zoo D)No men are foreign
A)Be the Best
35. Choose the correct option Don't do --------- legal activities
43. In the following, which one is Shakespeare's tragedy ?
A)mis B)anti C)co D)il
A)Romeo and Juliet B)King John
D)il
C)Venus and Adonis D)A Lover's Complaint
36. The poem "The Apology" is a work of A)Romeo and Juliet
A)Lewis Carol B)Kalil Gibran
44. William Shakespeare is
C)Ralph Waldo Emerson D)D.H.Lawrence
A)English poet B)Latin Poet C)French Poet D)Greek Poet
C)Ralph Waldo Emerson
A)English poet
37. Match the poem given in column I with poets given in
column II
45. Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai was honoured with -----
Column I Column II
A)Jnapith Award B)Nobel Prize
a.The Piano 1. Stephen Vincent Benet
C)Sahitya Academi Award D)Oscar Award
b. O Captain, My Captain 2. V.K. Gokak
c. English words 3. D.H.Lawrence
C)Sahitya Academi Award
4. The Flying Wonder 4. Walt Whitman
(1) (2) (3) (4)
A) 4 3 2 1
B) 3 4 2 1
C) 2 1 3 4
D) 1 2 3 4
B) 3 4 2 1
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46. Who is called as "Bard of Avon"?
A)Thomas Hardy B)William Shakesphere
C)William Wordsworth D)Jane Austen
B)William Shakesphere
47. The Nationality of author of the poem "The Flying
Wonder " is
A)USA B)UK C)India D)Africa
A)USA
48. Choose the prefix and suffix for the word "construct"
A)mis,ion B)dis,al C)mis,ed D)mis,ly
A)mis,ion
49. The poet of "Bat" is
A)Randall Jareli B)Emma Richards
C)Jack Prelutsky D)Vivian Mould
A)Randall Jareli
50. Choose the appropriate prefix for ‘loyal’
A)il B)mis C)dis D)in
C)dis
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