TNPSC Gr IIA General English Answers with Explanation · 1. Fill in the blanks with correct option...

TNPSC Gr2A GENERAL ENGLISH ANSWERS WITH EXPLANATIONS

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TNPSC Gr IIA General English Answers with Explanation

1. Fill in the blanks with correct option “LECDEM” in the blended form of

Ans: Lecture and Demonstration

Explanation: Blending words is the combination of two words by taking the

starting or ending letters of the words.

2. Choose the correct sentence which has no error

a. Geetha’s father is a MLA

b. Geetha’s father is the MLA

c. Geetha’s father is an MLA

d. Geetha’s father is MLA

Correct Sentence: c. Geetha’s father is an MLA

b. sentence can be written as Geetha’s father is the X village MLA.

Explanation: MLA starts with vowels sound “em”

3. Select the correct sentence

a. Cakes are softer than cookies

b. Cakes are more soft than cookies

c. Cakes are softer then cookies

d. Cakes are soft than cookies

Ans: a. Cakes are softer than cookies

Explanation:

Positive Comparative

A is as soft as B B is softer than A

A is not so soft as B B is not softer than A

Word Positive Comparative Superlative

Soft Soft Softer Softest


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4. Join the sentences given below. Choosing the correct relative pronoun furnished

in brackets:

I know the girl. She is a famous sportsperson. (Whom/ Who)

Ans: I know the girl who she is a famous sportsperson.

Explanation:

Who He warns me who is the principal of the school

Whom I wrote a letter whom I had met last week

Whose I bought a pen whose is writing fine

Where I went to a market where I bought vegetables

When I went to Chennai last week when I bought the pen

That I Went to buy vegetables that are fresh

Which The vegetables, which I bought are fresh

5. “Dancing bird” is a compound word formed by Combining.

a. Noun + Gerund

b. Adjective + Gerund

c. Gerund + Noun

d. Preposition + Noun

Ans: Gerund + Noun

Noun + Gerund Bull Fighting

Adjective + Gerund Beautiful Fighting

Preposition + Noun Not Found

6. A sonnet is written in a single stanza consisting of ___________ lines.

Ans: 14 lines

Explanation:

A sonnet is an expressive thought or idea made up of 14 lines with formal syllables

Sonnet 116 is an example for Sonnet which was written by William Shakespeare


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7. A giant knocked down the wall with

a. a big axe

b. spade

c. crowbar

d. rod

Ans: a. a big axe

Explanation:

The question is related with the story “Selfish Giant” which was written by Oscar

Wilde. The story is about the Selfishness of the Giant who was handling the

Garden.

'It is your garden now, little children,' said the Giant, and he took a great axe and

knocked down the wall.

8. Caesar’s wife __________ forbids him to go to Senate House.

a. Calphurnia

b. Octavia

c. Cleopatra

d. Helena

Ans: a. Calphurnia

Explanation:

Characters:

Mark Antony – Julius Caesar’s Friend

Brutus – Who killed the Julius Caesar

Calphurnia – Caesar’s Wife

9. Yaanai Malai appears to have a ________ shape to view from Madurai.

Ans: Pyramidal


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Explanation:

Some points about Yaanai Malai:

a solid rocky hill, The monolith, Yaanai Malai looks like an elephant only when it

is viewed from the southwest, pyramidal shape

10. The _________ asked Hughie to earn Ten Thousands of his own to Marry Laura.

Ans: Retired Colonel

Explanation:

The question was asked from story “Modern Millionaire”. The story is about

Hughie who was multi-talented and intelligent whereas not the profession and

unemployed. The Hughie wished to marry Laura Merton who was the daughter of

Retired Colonel. He demanded the Hughie to earn Ten Thousands Pennies to

marry his daughter.

11. Hughie wanted to marry

Ans: Laura Merton

Explanation:

The question was asked from story “Modern Millionaire”. The story is about

Hughie who was multi-talented and intelligent whereas not the profession and

unemployed. The Hughie wished to marry Laura Merton who was the daughter of

Retired Colonel. He demanded the Hughie to earn Ten Thousands Pennies to

marry his daughter.

12. The rope like thing around my neck was

Ans: Kari’s trunk

Explanation:

The Author, Dhan Gopal Mukherjee felt something like a rope around my neck

which is the Kari, Elephant’s trunk


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13. Who said the following lines?

“Man is born free but is everywhere in chains”.

Ans: Rousseau

Explanation:

"The Social Contract" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. One man thinks himself the

master of others, but remains more of a slave than they are."

14. Who said this?

“If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women”.

Ans: Gandhiji

Explanation: The following lines were taken from Gandhiji Philosophy under

Woman's Status And Role In Society

15. Match the following

Ans:

a. We got interrupted power supply, didn’t we?

b. Shreya draws well, doesn’t she

c. Swarna cannot run fast, can she?

d. The bus is early today, isn’t it?

Explanation:

For notes http://www.careerwiz.in/question-tag-notes-1/

16. Fill in the blanks with correct article

Prem is _____________ strongest boy in the class

Ans: the

Explanation: For Superlative degree, article “the” should be used


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17. Choose the correct sentence from the given option

a. The cat hid upon the door

b. The cat hid on the door

c. The cat hid behind the door

d. The cat hid within the door

Ans: c. The cat hid behind the door

Explanation:

On - ம��

Upon – ேம�

Behind – ��னா�

Within - உ�ள

18. Find out the sentences where gerund is used.

a. He agreed to buy a computer – Infinitive

b. To walk is a good exercise – Infinitive

c. She is a singer and dancer – General

d. I enjoy writing stories for children – Gerund

Ans: d. I enjoy writing stories for children – Gerund

19. The painting of a __________ King welcomes you to the Durbar Hall in

Thanjavur

Ans: Maratha

Explanation:

The Thanjavur Maratha Palace Complex, also known as Aranmanai is the

residence of Bhonsle family who ruled the Tanjore from 1674 to 1855.


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a. Petrol – Gasoline

b. Lorry – Truck

c. Flat – Apartment

d. Lift – Elevator

Explanation: All are based on American and British English

21. Baron Hausberg gave Hughie and Laura a ____________ for 10 Thousand

pounds.

Ans: Cheque

Explanation:

Baron Hausberg – An old begger

On the outside was written, 'A wedding present to Hugh Erskine and Laura

Merton, from an old beggar,' and inside was a cheque for £10,000.

22. _______________ arrival changed the life of Helen Keller

Ans: Anne Sullivan’s

Explanation: Anne Sullivan, was an American teacher, best known for being the

instructor and lifelong companion of Helen Keller.

23. Anne Sullivan came to teach Helen Keller at the age of

Ans: 20

Explanation:

She received her education as a student of the Perkins School for the Blind where

upon graduation she became a teacher to Keller when she was 20


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a. Walt Whitman – O Captain My Captain

b. Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai – Chemmeen

c. William Shakespeare – The Merchant of Venice

d. Oscar Wilde – The Selfish Giant


a. The Little boy – The Selfish Giant

b. Ivan – The Lottery Ticket

c. Monsieur Sauvage – Two Friends

d. Johnsy – The Last Leaf


a. Punishment in Kindergarden – Kamala Das

b. Nine Gold Medals – David Roth

c. Where the mind is without fear – Rabindranath Tagore

d. Flying wonder – Stephen Vincent Benet

27. Which of the following sentence is wrong?

a. Teach me to fish I will live for life time

b. One never knows what the future will bring

c. All that glitters is not gold.

d. We has been living in this house since 1995.

Ans: d. We has been living in this house since 1995.

Explanation: The correct sentence

We have been living in this house since 1995


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28. Pick out the correct passive form of the verb

We should help the poor

Ans: should be helped

Explanation: The poor should be helped

29. If I _______ the Principal of my school, I would abolish examination

Ans: were

Explanation:

type if clause main clause

I If I study, I will pass the exam.

II If I studied, I would pass the exam.

III If I had studied, I would have passed the exam.

30. Here ____________ Laika into Space

Ans: Goes

Explanation: The Sentence is in the form of Simple Present tense

31. “On the day of Sicilian July, with Etna Smoking”.

What type of Allusion is used here?

Ans: Geographical Allusion

Explanation: On the peak hot day in July in Sicily (a place in Italy )

32. Find out the figures of speech in the following lines:

“Laugh till the game is played”.

Ans: Metaphor

Explanation: http://www.careerwiz.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Figure-of-

speech.pdf


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33. Helen Keller speaks about the word _____________ in “The Mystery of

Language”.

Ans: Water

Explanation: “At this well, Anne Sullivan revealed the mystery of language to 7‐

year‐old Helen Keller by spelling the word w‐a‐t‐e‐r into her hand as water flowed

over the other hand.”


a. Antonio – Merchant of Venice

b. Portia – Ladyof Belmont

c. Shylock – Money Lender

d. Bassanio – Antonio’s Friend

35. In the battle of Sambre Caesar Defeated

Ans: The Nervi

Explanation: The battle of the Sambre (July 57 B.C.) was the most important

battle of Caesar's campaign against the Belgae in 57 B.C. and saw his army

recover after being ambushed to inflict a crushing defeat on three Belgic tribes led

by the Nervii.

36. Who says these words?

“Brutus is an honourable man”.

Ans: Mark Antony

Explanation: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/julius_caesar/julius_caesar.3.2.html

37. In “The Merchant of Venice” Portia disguises herself as a ___________

Ans. Doctor of Law


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Explanation:

Portia is an extraordinarily rich heiress of Belmont constrained by her father’s

will to accept in marriage whichever suitor successfully passes the test of the three

caskets.


Kari – Five Months old

The boy – From writer’s village

The Author – Nine years old

Kari’s food – weighed forty pounds

Explanation:

Kari the elephant was five months old when he was given to me to be taken care

of. I was nine years old then. We grew together. That is probably why I never found

out how tall he was. Kari needed forty pounds of twigs a day to chew and play

with.

39. Match the phrases their suitable clauses

a. Despite his sickness, he attended the school

b. On seeing the snake, she ran away

c. By working hard, Kalam became a great scientist.

d. Observing my skill, the teacher appreciated me

40. Transform the following sentence into comparative degree

Wordsworth is one of the greatest English Poets.

Ans: Wordsworth is greater than many other English Poets.

Explanation:

Superlative

London is one of the

biggest city in England

Comparative

London is bigger than

most other city in

England

Positive

Very few cities in

England are so big as

London


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41. “Binary + Digit” the blended form of this word is

Ans: Bit

Explanation

Binary + Digit

42. Match the poets with their periods

a. Wordsworth – 1770- 1850

b. Shakespeare – 1564-1616

c. Walt Whitman – 1819 – 1892

d. D.H. Lawrence – 1885-1930

Explanation:

http://www.careerwiz.in/to-which-period-the-poets-belong/

43. A 24-hour journey in a UP Roadways bus is not the most comfortable way to

get to Munsiyari. The Journey of the author was

Ans: the most uncomfortable

Explanation: not the most comfortable

44. Choose the correct answer for the question from the given paragraph:

For three days our path first takes us upstream along the Goriganga, and then

into the shrouded Milam Valley where the narrow gorges afford few views.

Which river is mentioned here?

Ans: Goriganga

Explanation: upstream along the Goriganga

45. Mark Antony with his__________ wins the public over his side

Ans: Eloquence

Explanation: fluent or persuasive speaking or writing


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46. Which of the following is a poem by Thomas Hardy?

a. English Words – William Shakespeare

b. A noiseless patient spider – Walt Whitman

c. Snake – D. H. Lawrence

d. The Man he killed – Thomas Hardy

47. William Wordsworth is the poet of

Ans: England

Explanation:

http://www.careerwiz.in/nationality-the-poet/

48. Kalpana Chawla was born on

Ans: 1st of July 1961

Explanation:

Born On: July 1st, 1961

Born In: Karnal in Haryana

Died On: February 1st, 2003

Career: Astronaut, Aeronautic Engineer

49. _____________ is the main character in “Neem Tree”.

Ans: Malar

Explanation:

http://www.careerwiz.in/characters-quotes-lines/

50. Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai describes__________ as an arch diplomat.

Ans: Outhakkutty

Explanation:

http://www.careerwiz.in/characters-quotes-lines/


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51. Choose the sentence which has no error

a. I place great confidence on you.

b. I place great confidence in you

c. I place great confidence of you

d. I place great confidence with you

Ans: b. I place great confidence in you

Explanation:

I have confidence in you, and I know you will do well.

52. Choose the correct pattern for the sentence

SVCA – He is a professor with a lot of experience

Explanation:

SVOA – He is conducting tuition centre with a lot of experience

SVIODO- He gave him coaching materials

53. Find the odd one of the following words.

a. honour – high respect

b. wonderful - extremely good

c. brave - bold

d. excellent – Marvelous

Ans: c. brave – bold

54. The plural form of ‘alumna’ is

Ans: Alumnae

More example:

Lacuna – Lacunae


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55. Which of the following lines belongs to “William Shakespeare”?

a. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks

But bears it out even to the edge of the doom

------ Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

b. But O heart! Heart! Heart

O the bleeding drops O red!

------ O Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman

c. For I’m off to outer space tomorrow morning

------- Off To Outer Space Tomorrow Morning by Norman Nicholson

d. The music in my heart I bore

Long after it was heard no more

------- Solitary reaper by William Wordsworth

Ans:

a. Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks

But bears it out even to the edge of the doom

------ Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare

56. Which one of the following poems speaks about “True Love”?

Ans: Sonnet No: 116

Explanation:

http://www.careerwiz.in/what-is-the-theme-observed-in-the-literary-works/


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57. “Kari, the elephant” was written by

Ans; Dhan Gopal Mukherji

Explanation:

http://ncert.nic.in/ncerts/l/geah102.pdf

58. __________ was educated at free Stratford Grammar School

Ans: Shakespeare

Explanation:

http://www.careerwiz.in/about-the-dramatists/

59. “ Do you confess the bond?”

Who is asked to confess?

Ans: Antonio

Explanation:

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/merchant/merchant.4.1.html

60. ______________ radiation may be one reason why the house sparrow is

disappearing

Ans: Cell phone

Explanation:

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/where-have-the-sparrows-

gone/article6408162.ece

61. Who said these words while dying

“Remember, the struggle to save the forest is not easy But we must not give it up.

It must go on”.

Ans: Saralabehn


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Explanation;

Sarala Behn was an English Gandhian social activist whose work in the Kumaon

region of uttrakhand, India helped create awareness about the environmental

destruction in the Himalayan forests of the state.

62. From which play these lines occur

“The quality of mercy is not strain’d

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath”.

Ans: The merchant of Venice

Explanation:

http://shakespeare.mit.edu/merchant/merchant.4.1.html

63. It __________ heavily since last night

Ans: has been raining

Explanation:

Actions that started in the past and continue in the present

64. Pick out the correct active form of the verb.

A poem has been written by Gopi

Ans: has written

65. Match the sentences with their patterns

a. They elected him leader – SVOC

b. He wore his new uniform – SVO

c. He was excited – SVC

d. She went to Chennai – SVA


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66. Fill in the blanks with correct Homophone

The police tried to ________ information from the bootlegger who sells _______

liquor.

Ans:

Elicit – evoke or draw out

Illicit – forbidden by law

67. Act – act in the living present!

What is the figure of speech employed here?

Ans: Repetition

Explanation: Act is repeated twice

68. “Don’t give up, though pace seems slow”

What is the figure of speech employed here?

Ans: Assonance

Explanation: resemblance of sound between syllables of nearby words, arising

particularly from the rhyming of two or more stressed vowels, but not consonants

(e.g. sonnet, porridge ), but also from the use of identical consonants with different

vowels (e.g. killed, cold, culled ).

In this sentence: Though and slow

69. ZIP is an example for

Ans: Acronym

Explanation: ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Program

70. What were the source of inspiration to the Wright Brothers?

Ans: Birds


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71. In whose poem the following lines occur:

“No nightingale did ever chaunt

More welcome notes to Weary bands”

Ans: William Wordsworth

Explanation:

Poem: Solitary Reaper

72, What are the 3R’s related to Environment awareness

Ans: Reduce, Recycle and Reuse

Explanation:

73. We can harvest __________ water to meet the increasing water demand.

Ans: Rain

Explanation:


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74. Who was the only poet honoured with the title “Poet Laureate of Michigan”?

Ans: Edgar A. Guest

Explanation:

The last poet laureate in Michigan was Edgar A. Guest, a journalist whose verses

"presented a deeply sentimental view of everyday life

75. Match the correct suffix with the root words

a. Popular – Popularise

b. sensible – Sensibility

c. book – booklet

d. duck – duckling

76. Choose the correct pair to fill in the correct articles in the blank:

________ road to success is not __________ bed of roses. Gandhi became ________

leader par excellence; that made Churchill _________ greatest and the most

successful wartime leader.

Ans: the, a, a, the

77. Choose the correct question tag:

I am a student

Ans: ain’t


a. Autumn – Fall

b. Nappy – Diaper

c. Tap – Faucet

d. Pavement – sidewalk

Explanation: All are based on American English and British English


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79. “My mind has found an adult peace” whose mind has found peace?

Ans: Kamala Das

Explanation:

http://www.english-for-students.com/Punishment-in-Kindergarten.html

80. “Be a hero in the strife” – In whose poem this line occurs?

Ans: H.W. Longfellow

Explanation:

http://www.potw.org/archive/potw232.html

81. In whose poem the following lines occur:

“It isn’t by size that you win or you fail

Be the best of whatever you are”

Ans: Douglas Malloch

Explanation: https://www.great-inspirational-quotes.com/be-the-best-of-

whatever-you-are.html

82. Whose words are these?

“I too possess a body and mind, a heart and soul – just like you”

Ans: Gaia

83. In which year did H.W. Longfellow publish his first volume of poems?

Ans: In 1839

Explanation: In 1839 Longfellow published the sentimental prose romance

Hyperion and his first volume of poetry, Voices of the Night.

84. Whose message is this?

“Listen to the sounds of nature… Take good care of our fragile planet”


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Ans: Kalpana Chawla

Explanation: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/take-care-of-our-fragile-planet-

kalpana-chawla/1/207028.html

85. The long poem by Shakespeare is

Ans: Venus and Adonis

Explanation: http://www.shakespeareforalltime.com/poems/

86. Who said this?

“O Woman! Lovely Woman!

Angles are painted fair to look like you;”

Ans: Otway

Explanation: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_Otway

87. Who says these words?

“There is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for

his ambition.”

Ans: Brutus

Explanation:

Words from Julius Caesar

88. Find the opposite meaning for word in bold form.

Lakshmibai is the most famous Indian woman to have defied the British

Ans: Accepted

Explanation: openly resist or refuse to obey.


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89. Match the synonym with their meanings

a. coarse – Rough

b. Invidious – Unjust

c. Exodus – Mass movement from one place

d. Jostle – Push roughly in a crowd

90. Match the correct suffix

a. Announce – announcement

b. exception – exceptional

c. wash – washable

d. clear – clearance

91. ‘I haven’t answered your questions, _____________?

Use suitable question tag in the blank.

Ans: have I?

92. At the battle of __________ the forces of cassius and Brutus are defeated.

Ans: Philippi

Explanation: https://classicalstudies.org/annual-meeting/146/abstract/site-battle-

philippi-42-bce

93. ___________- is one of the Triumvirs.

Ans: Amelius Lepidus

Explanation:

Octavius- nephew of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Amelius Lepidus, united as

triumvirs, oppose the forces raised by Brutus and Cassius.


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94. The good is often interred with their bones. So let it be with Caesar. These are

the words of ________

Ans: Mark Antony

95. “………. There were twelve peach-trees that in the spring broke out into

delicate blossoms pink and pearl, and in autumn bore rich fruit”.

The trees gave fruits in ___________ season

Ans: Autumn

Explanation: in autumn bore rich fruit

96. Whose father is “Banarsi Dass”?

Ans: Kalpana Chawla

Explanation: http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/kalpana-chawla.html

97. What is the theme of the story, “The Mark of Vishnu”?

Ans: Superstition

Explanation: http://www.careerwiz.in/what-is-the-theme-observed-in-the-

literary-works/

98. ‘I received love….. That woman died’

This line expresses the love enjoyed by

Ans: Kamala Das

Explanation: http://download.nos.org/srsec302new/302EL6.pdf

99. Who is Gaia?

Ans: Earth

Explanation: http://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Gaia.html


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100. “Why do you swear by your ancestors, Uncle Kesavan?”

Here “you” refers to

Ans: Uncle Kesavan

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