TNPSC GROUP II TEST SERIES

MOCK TEST – 1

GENERAL ENGLISH

28/10/2018

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1) “Life is but an empty dream!”

This line is an extract from the poem

a) Hopes and Dreams b) Is life, but a dream

c) A Psalm of Life d) Laugh and be merry

2) Find the wrongly matched pair

a) Mark twain - Romantic Adventures of milk maid

b) Charles Dickens - Oliver Twist

c) Sir Arthur conan Doyle - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

d) William Wordsworth - The Prelude

3) Who played a significant and convincing role in the poem “Our Local Team”?

a) Captain b) Umpire c) Bowler d) Batsman

4) Which of the following is not a poem?

a) Migrant Bird b) Shilpi

c) Summer Flight d) Beautiful Inside

5) Find out the correct sentence

a) One of the bicycle is defective

b) One of the bicycles is defective

c) One of the bicycles were defective

d) One of the bicycles are defective

6) “One of the boys had been singing well”

Identify the sentence pattern

a) SVC b) SVA

c) SVOC d) SAVC

7) Gokhale gave a motivational speech in Mumbai in July addressing the students

at

a) 1901 b) 1911

c) 1945 d) 1921

8) “And someone asks for seconds

You’ll know you’ve cooked a winner!”

Whose words are these?

a) Emma richards b) David Roth

c) Rudyard kipling d) Anonymous

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9) “Cinquain” means ------------------

a) Kite poem b) half-sonnet poem

c) Marriage poem d) Mournful poem

10) Find the word formed by combining Adjective and verb

a) School boy b) dry clean

c) outrun d) radio-active

11) V.K. Gokok is a -------------------- professor

a) Kanada b) English

c) Bengoli d) Hindi

12) Which of the following is the title of a poem written by Berton Braley

a) Prayer for my daughter b) silent prayer

c) prayer of a sportsman d) where the mind sleeps

13) “Often I have been asked if as a child I had ever dreamt of going into space”

Who said this?

a) Kalpana Chawala b) Sunitha williams

c) Neil Amstrong d) Rakesh Sharma

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14) Carver Invented a process for producing paints and stains from -----------

a) Peanuts b) Soya Beans

c) Sweet potato d) Rubber Tree

15) Identify the theme observed in the poem “A Noiseless patient spider”

a) Love b) Fearful attitude

c) Labour d) Unshakable Faith

16) Replace the underlined British word with its American equivalent, “Vidhya is

eating Chips”

a) Snacks b) French Fries

c) Crisps d) Cookies

17) Select the suitable order of compound words for the blanks in the given passage

from the options given below:

----------------- I used a --------------- table in which there was -------- that took

me to ---------

a) Lifelong, jetblack, looking glass, wonderland

b) Wonderland, jetblack, lifelong, glass

c) Lifelong, looking glass, wonderland, jetblack

d) Lifelong, jetblack, wonderland, looking glass

18) Match the sentences with their patters:

A B

A) Ram went to school 1. S + V + O

B) My father gave me a pen 2. S + V + C

C) He was excited 3. S + V + IO + DO

D) She bought vegetables 4. S + V + A

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 2 3 1 4

(B) 4 3 2 1

(C) 1 3 2 4

(D) 2 1 3 4

19) Fill in the blanks with the most suitable word from the options.

She held the ---------- in her hand.

a) Reigns b) rains

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c) reins d) raigns

20) Fill out the blank with most appropriate word.

Alexander’s hope -------------- the whole of Indian was not materialized due to

his ill health.

a) to conquer b) of conquer

c) of conquering d) conquered

21) Fill in the blank with suitable preposition

He arrived --------- February.

a) at b) on c) in d) along

22) Which one of the sentence has the correct article usages

a) The French is a beautiful Language

b) In France People speak the French

c) I learnt French at school

d) A French is an easy language

23) Match the following :

A B

A) Deter 1. Memories

B) Grim 2. Prevent

C) Reminiscences 3. Scold

D) Chide 4. Fearful

a) a-2, b-1, c-3, d-4 b) a-1, b-4, c-3, d-4

c) a-2, b-4, c-1, d-3 d) a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3

24) Match the following Phrasal verbs :

A B

A) bring out 1. realise

B) bring to 2. restore

C) bring under 3. emphasise

D) bring up 4. subdue

5. rear

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 3 2 4 5

(B) 3 2 4 1

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(C) 3 1 4 5

(D) 3 1 5 4

25) Choose the correct sequence of words from the options given below :

While ---------- to the aetors, the director said, “You realize that ----------- is not

easy. You need ---------- according to the situation ------------- the nature of the

character”.

1) to reveal 2) to act 3) acting 4) speaking

a) 4 3 2 1 b) 3 4 1 2 c) 2 1 4 3 d) 1 2 3 4

26) Find the odd one

a) The good earth b) The Selfish Giant

c) The happy prince d) The Importance of being earnest

27) “It is the human earth that we defile”

Name the poem in which these line occurs

a) Earth b) Migrant Bird

c) No men are Foreign d) Women’s Rights

28) Shakespeare was born on

a) April 26, 1564 b) May 26, 1564

c) August 26, 1564 d) June 26, 1564

29) How much Della had in her hand to buy Jim present?

a) $ 1.87 b) $ 1.78 c) $ 1.77 d) $ 1.98

30) Match the Folk arts, with their states

A) Bihu 1. Gujarat

B) Garba 2. Jammu & kashmir

C) Bangra 3. Assam

D) Rouf 4. Punjab

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 3 1 4 2

(B) 3 1 2 4

(C) 2 4 1 3

(D) 1 3 4 2

31) The author of “Making visible the Invisible” is

a) Rex coker b) Kalpana Sharma

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c) Kamala Das d) Mahema

32) Sonnet is a --------------

a) A lyric b) An Elegy

c) An ode d) A Ballad

33) Find the wrongly matched pair

a) Egret - Water bird

b) Albatross - Sea bird

c) Wagtail - Sparrow-like bird

d) Frisbee - Mountain bird

34) Jane Austein is a famous -----------------

a) Poet b) Cricket player

c) Astronaut d) Novelist

35) “Be a hero in the strife!”

This line belongs to which poet?

a) Walt Whitman b) Douglas Mallock

c) H.W. Longfellow d) James Kirkup

36) In which year, Kalpana Chawla’s path to the Milky way was paved?

a) 1995 b) 1993

c) 1994 d) 1988

37) Identify the villain in the play “Othello”?

a) Olivia b) Pompey

c) Miranda d) Iago

38) Which of the following poem is not written by “Robert Frost”

a) Going for water b) The Road not taken

c) The man he killed d) Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening

39) “How the camel got his hump” is a short story belongs to which Nationality

a) South Arabia b) British

c) America d) Australia

40) Find the correctly matched pair

a) The face of Judas Iscariot - James Harriot

b) A Close encounter - Rob Reilly

c) Sorry, Best Friend - Machinlay kantor

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d) God, this is Charles - Charles

41) Match the following

A) Century is not enough 1. V.V.S Laxman

B) No spin 2. Kuldeep Nayer

C) 281 and beyond 3. Sourav Ganguly

D) beyond the lines 4. Shane warne

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 3 2 1 4

(B) 1 4 3 2

(C) 3 1 4 2

(D) 3 4 1 2

42) ------------- was once a bustling entrepot of trade

a) Milam b) Bhutia

c) Munsiyari d) Bilju

43) What was the element used in bomb dropped on Nagasaki?

a) Platonium b) Uranium-235

c) Krypton d) Uranium-236

44) “Spring has forgotten this garden”

This words are told by --------------- in “The Selfish Giant”

a) Children b) Snow and Frost

c) Birds and Flowers d) Winter

45) ---------- composed the German Requiem

a) Messiaen b) Brahms

c) Tindley d) Caravan

46) Caesar was killed at ----------------

a) Market Place b) Palace

c) Senate house d) Duke’s Court

47) When Trevor came to know that Hughie gave a sovereign to the model, he -------

--

a) Shed tears b) got anger

c) was shocked d) burst into Laughter

48) Match the following :

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A) Lady Anstey 1. Lakshmi Mukundan

B) Tendai 2. Sivasankaran

C) Gunga Ram 3. E.M. Forester

D) Outtha kutty 4. khushwant

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 3 2 1 4

(B) 2 1 4 3

(C) 2 4 1 3

(D) 3 1 4 2

49) Shakespear’s sonnets first appeared in

a) 1609 b) 1611 c) 1671 d) 1680

50) Match the following :

A) Portia 1. The Taming of the shrew

B) Mark Antony 2. Hamlet

C) Bianca 3. The Merchant of Venice

D) Claudius 4. Julius Caesar

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 1 3 4 2

(B) 2 1 3 4

(C) 3 4 1 2

(D) 4 1 2 3

51) Match the underlined words in column A with their parts of speech in column

B.

Column A Column B

a) The king appointed a minister 1) noun

b) Gold is a precius metal 2) verb

c) It is a pleasant metal 3) Adverb

d) He always speaks the truth 4) Adjective

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 1 3 2 4

(B) 2 4 3 1

(C) 2 1 4 3

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(D) 2 3 4 1

52) Change the following verb into noun form : Neglect

a) Negligence b) Neglected

c) Negligible d) Negate

53) Change into superlative degree.

Aerospace engineering is more fascinating subject to the students than other

subjects.

a) Aerospace engineering is the most fascinating subject to the students

b) Aerospace engineering is one of the fascinating subjects to the students

c) Aerospace engineering is the only fascinating subject to the students

d) Aerospace engineering is not the only fascinating subject to the students

54) Match the following:

Phrasal verbs meanings

A) Get over 1. Reach

B) Get through 2. Accessible

C) Get on 3. Pass

D) Get to 4. Recover

5. Manage

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 4 3 5 2

(B) 4 3 2 5

(C) 4 3 5 1

(D) 4 2 1 3

55) Match the following words given under column A with their meanings under

column B.

Column A Column B

a) Grim 1) Brilliance

b) Splendour 2) shine

c) Gleam 3) A view

d) Vista 4) Stern

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 3 1 4 2

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(B) 3 1 2 4

(C) 1 3 4 2

(D) 4 1 2 3

56) Replace the italicized word with past progressive lense from the given options

She absented herself from the school frequently

a) had been absenting b) has been absenting

c) is absenting d) was absenting

57) Comprehension:

Language is the light of mind so, is the Engling language is today’s context. But

ever since, we have become free, some people has protested against the setention of

this language, which has pros and cons to it

Q : “Pros and Cons” means

a) Dreams and reality

b) Like and Dislike

c) Differences and similarities

d) Advantages and Disadvantages

58) Identify the sentence.

His son. The pride of his old age, is dead.

a) Complex b) Compound

c) None d) Simple

59) “In came their slogger”

Which game is mentioned in this line?

a) Football b) Cricket

c) chess d) Wrestling

60) Match the following :

a) Short story in narrative style 1) Music-The Hope Raiser

b) Public address in didactic style 2) A Golden Path

c) Academic speech in oratorical style 3) Flying with the moon on their wings

d) Non-fiction 4) The Model Millionaire

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 3 1 4 2

(B) 4 2 1 3

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(C) 2 4 1 3

(D) 4 1 2 3

61) Match the titles with the lines:

a) The man he killed 1) O Winged seeds

b) Migrant Bird 2) Trust no future

c) A Psalm of life 3) I breed my brood

d) English words 4) off hand like

5) only blood shot eyes

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 2 3 4 5

(B) 5 3 1 2

(C) 5 3 2 1

(D) 4 3 2 1

62) “Was out of work-had sold his traps”

The word “Traps” in this line means

a) Two-wheeled bullock carts

b) Two-wheeled Tractor

c) Two-wheeled horse carriage

d) Two-wheeled bicycle

63) “For Brutus is an honorable Man”

Which poetic device is used by Shakespeare in this line?

a) Irony b) Euphemism

c) Diction d) Epithet

64) “Good Heavens! I gave him a sovereign!” Identify the speaker

a) Alan Trevor b) Hughie

c) Casca d) Shelly

65) A masterpiece of the Egyptians cultural heritage is --------------

a) Freedom statue b) mountain railways

c) Taj Mahal d) A Tomb for a pharaoh

66) “He belongs to the rare breed of Individuals who are gifted to inspire and lead”

Whom does “He” refer to?

a) Charles b) kumar

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c) V.Anand d) Diwakar

67) “Fort Myers” is related to ----------

a) Miami International airport

b) Florida International airport

c) California International airport

d) Hawaii International airport

68) Antony says that Caesar was vanquish not by weapons but by -------

a) Ingratitude b) his ambition

c) cunning plan d) the prophecy

69) The word “aching joy” is an example of

a) Metaphor b) Pragmatics

c) Oxymoron d) Transferred epithet

70) Identify the biography from the following

a) The mystery of language b) My experiments with truth

c) My story d) wings of fire

71) Match the following :

a) The prelude 1) R.K. Narayan

b) The Guide 2) Kushwant singh

c) Two leaves and a bud 3) William wordsworth

d) A Train to pakistan 4) Manohar Malgonkar

e) A bend in ganges 5) Mulkray Anand

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

(A) 3 1 2 5 4

(B) 5 1 3 2 4

(C) 4 3 1 5 2

(D) 3 1 5 2 4

72) What is possessive adjective?

a) They answer the question which

b) They answer to the question whose

c) They answer the question how many

d) They answer the question how much

73) D.H. Lawrence stands for -----------

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a) David Herbert Lawrence

b) Daniel Herbert Lawrence

c) Darwin Hershey Lawrence

d) Don Henderson Lawrence

74) “Don’t let anyone tell you “you can’t do it!” Who said this?

a) Brain Pattern b) Buzz addrin

c) Rakesh Sharma d) Sunita Williams

75) --------- is known as people’s poet, who wrote 11,000 poems

a) F. Joanna b) Edger Albert Guest

c) Stephen Vincent Benet d) Emerson

76) Blend the following words and select the correct codes given below.

a) Lecture 1) Broadcast

b) Technology 2) Music

c) News 3) Wizard

d) Pop 4) Demonstration

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 3 1 4 2

(B) 2 4 3 1

(C) 4 3 1 2

(D) 1 4 2 3

77) Identify the word pair which is different in pronunciation in British English and

American English usage

British English American English

A Cheque check

B Metre Meter

C Schedule Schedule

D Licence License

78) Match the following words in Column A with their meaning in Column B.

Column A Column B

a) Mismerising 1) Spell bind

b) Hypnotize 2) captivating

c) Bedlam 3) deceives

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d) imposter 4) Confusion

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 1 3 4 2

(B) 3 2 4 1

(C) 4 1 3 2

(D) 2 1 4 3

79) Match the following words given under Column A with their Antonyms:

A B

a) Mitigate 1) apparent

b) latent 2) denied

c) Frantic 3) Increase

d) bestowed 4) Calm

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 3 1 4 2

(B) 1 2 3 4

(C) 4 2 1 3

(D) 2 1 3 4

80) Find out the word that has got a wrong prefix.

a) Invincible b) Indelible

c) Malnourished d) Unaccessible

81) Select the correct question tag.

You seem to be well prepared for joining the cause, ------------ ?

a) Are you b) aren’t you

c) don’t you d) do you

82) Choose the correct passive voice of the sentence given below:

Whose broke the glass?

a) By whom the glass was broken

b) By whom was the glass broken

c) who has been broken the glass

d) By whom was the glass break?

83) Match the following words in Column A with their Antonyms in Column B.

Column A Column B

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a) Nightmarish 1) Calm

b) Irate 2) announce

c) unherald 3) aroma

d) stench 4) pleasing

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 4 1 2 3

(B) 1 4 3 2

(C) 2 1 4 3

(D) 1 2 3 4

84) Pick out the Poetic line with relevant titles

a) A Bird has feathers, it is true 1) with a friend

b) Save the sad story of your misery 2) The flying wonder

c) And share my umbrella in the rain 3) The apology

d) I go to the God of wood 4) To India-My native land

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(A) 2 4 3 1

(B) 2 4 1 3

(C) 1 2 3 4

(D) 2 3 4 1

85) Find out the odd pair

a) Johnsy - The Last leaf

b) Phatik - holiday

c) Ivan - The Lottery Ticket

d) Kaanchanai - Reflowering

86) Pick out the poetic line which is not written by walt Whitman

a) Walk the deck my captain lies

b) Till the bridge you will need be formed

c) Ready to run to hiding new

d) Rise up for you the flag is flung

87) ------------ is not a Nobel prize winner

a) Rudyard kipling b) William golding

c) Oscar wilde d) Pearl S. Buck

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88) Find out the poetic line which belongs to Romantic era

a) you blossomed into a nascent loveliness

b) A voice so thrilling ne’er was heard

c) I’ll doze whem I’m sleepy and wake without a knock

d) Be a bush, if you can’t be atree

89) “Believe me for mine honour,

And have respect to mine honour”

Who is the speaker of these lines?

a) Shylock in “The Merchant of Venice”

b) Antony in “Julius Caesar”

c) Antonio in “The Merchant of venice”

d) Brutus in “Julius Caesar”

90) The Poem “Be the Best” is about

a) Being optimistic b) Being contented

c) Self-acceptance d) all the above

91) Select the correct Voice form and fill in the blank:

He remains unperturbed, eventhough he -------------

a) has defeated b) had defeated

c) has been defeated d) was defeated

92) Find the correct sentence where the “present participle form” is used

a) This is a dancing doll

b) Seema is crying now

c) My mother bought me a wet grinder

d) Those are rotten fruits

93) Match the following homophones with their related meanings & select the

answer from the codes given below:

Homophones meanings

a) Pair 1) cut off

b) pear 2) Equal value

c) pare 3) A fruit

d) par 4) Two similar things

(A) (B) (C) (D)

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(A) 3 1 2 4

(B) 4 3 2 1

(C) 4 3 1 2

(D) 1 2 3 4

94) Choose the option that contains the meaning of the given statement:

“Fortune is a fickle goddess; her wheel is always revolving’.

a) Fortune favours the brave

b) one doesn’t remain fortunate forever in life

c) Miseries come in series

d) Look before you leap

95) Fill in the blanks with plurals.

I love ------------, ----------- and ----------

a) flowers, butterflies, sheep

b) flowers, butterfly, sheeps

c) flowers, butterflys, sheeps

d) flowers, butterflies, sheeves

96) Identify the compound sentence:

a) We should work hard to makeup for the lost days

b) We should work hard so that we make up for the lost days

c) we should work hard and make up for the lost days

d) We should work hard for making up for the lost days

97) Select the correct sentence:

a) This is a most unique occasion

b) This is a more unique occasion

c) This is a unique occassion

d) This is an unique occasion

98) If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew

Find out the synonym for the underlined word

a) Muscle b) Blood

c) Strength d) Weakness

99) Amrita Devi’s act of Sacrifice pavey way for

a) Women empowerment b) Deforestation

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c) Chipko movement d) Environmental awareness

100) “I won’t look down No I will not” In whose poem do this line occur?

a) Famida Y. Basheer b) Kamala Das

c) Annie Lousia walker d) Thomas Hardy

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