TNPSC General English Model Test [1] - Part 3 ( 51-75 Questions) - TNPSC Portal

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Questions Prepared by Sarala Dhavamanoharan

51. Match the Antonym 
               Column A                 Column B
    a) Mitigate               1. Apparent
    b) Latent                   2 .Denied
    c) frantic                   3. Increase
    d)Bestowed              4. Calm 
    1. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
    2. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
    3. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
    4. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
    
    
52. Replace the underlined word with its American equivalent : I bought a packet of  Crisps
    
    1. Candies
    2. Cookies
    3. Snacks 
    4. Chips
    
    
53. Choose the correct synonym : He leaped about in joy upon realizing his true nature 
    
    1. jumped 
    2. Walked
    3. left
    4. helped
    
    
54. Choose the appropriate prefix for’ loyal’
    
    1. il
    2. mis
    3. in
    4. dis
    
    
55. Match the Sentence pattern
    a) Kala bought a book from the shop           1. SVAA
    b) He painted the gate brown                        2.SVIODO
    c)My friend gifted me a book                        3. SVOA
    d) She danced beautifully yesterday              4. SVOC
    
    1. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
    2. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
    3. a-3, b-1, c-2, d-3
    4. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
    
    
56. And hymns in the cosy parlour, the tinkling piano our guide--- : The figure of speech employed here is
    
    1. Metaphor
    2. Onomatoepia
    3. oxymoron
    4. anaphora
    
    
57. ‘It’ in the following lines stand for ------- “O,no! it is an ever fixed mark, That looks on tempests and is never shaken
    
    1. Light
    2.  time
    3.  love
    4. storm
    
    
58. O captain! My captain! Our fearful trip is done :  The fearful trip refers to ---------
    
    1. A journey of war
    2. an adventurous voyage
    3. the death of the captain
    4. the end of civil war
    
    
59. The reddest flower would look as pale as snow : The poet compares the flowers to
    
    1. Pale
    2. red
    3. snow
    4. children
    
    
60. Choose the correct passive voice : Post this letter
    
    1. This letter has to post 
    2. this letter will be posted 
    3. You should post this letter
    4. let this letter be posted
    
    
61. Match the antonyms
    
    a) delicate                        1. Initially
    b) eventually                  2. Clear
    c) copius                          3. Rough
    d) obscure                     4. Meagre
    
    1. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
    2.  a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
    3. a-3, b-4, c-2, d-1
    4. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
    
    
62. Match the prefixes to form a compound word
    a) fore                                 1.plan
    b) un                                   2.Pone
    c)pre                                   3.cast
    d) post                                4.happy
    
    1. a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
    2. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
    3. a-3, b-1, c-4, d-2
    4. a-3, b-4, c-1, d-2
    
    
63. Fill with suitable peposition :  Everyone laughed ------- him
    
    1. On
    2. about
    3. by
    4. at
    
    
64. Choose the base word that doesnot form a derivative with the suffix’--------ity’
    
    1. local
    2. special 
    3. timid
    4. excel
    
    
65. which of the following is the correct prefix for the word effectual ?
    
    1. un
    2. dis
    3. mis
    4. in
    
    
66. ”And I thought of the albatross “ :   What is an albatross ?
    
    1. A humming bird
    2. a fish 
    3. a sea animal
    4. a sea bird 
    
    
67. If this be error and upon me prov’d             I never writ, nor no man ever lov’d    :   Who is the poet ?
    
    1. Keats
    2. Wordsworth
    3. Robert Frost
    4. Shakespeare
    
    
68. Identify the complex sentence
    
    1. I didn’t get up early so I missed the bus
    2. This mango is too sour to eat
    3. Balu goes to school but his sister stays at home
    4. If it rains, the match will be postponed
    
    
69. Select the correct synonym for the underlined word : It is an invidious thing
    
    1. Uncommon
    2. unhealthy
    3. important
    4.  unjust
    
    
70. Select the correct active voice : The wounded boy was being helped by the strangers
    
    1. Is helped
    2. would help
    3. had been helped 
    4. were helping
    
    
71. Choose the correct passive voice :  Who broke the glass ?
    
    1. By whom the glass was broken
    2. who has been  broken the glass
    3. By whom  was the glass break?
    4. By whom  was the glass broken
    
    
72. O captain! My captain ! our fearful trip is done : The fearful trip refers to -----------
    
    1. Journey of life
    2. adventurous voyage 
    3. the death of the captain
    4. end of civil war 
    
    
73. "But once within the wood, we paused          Like gnomes that hid us from the moon " : In the above quoted lines gnomes mean ------------
    
    1. Fire flies
    2. a large African antelope
    3. Small two winged flies
    4. Dwarfs
    
    
74. “ The hunger and  the mortal strife for bread old age and youth alike mistaught “ :           The word strife means
    
    1. Fight
    2. quarrel
    3. riot
    4. struggle
    
    
75. -----my man hood is cast down in the flood of rememberance. : Find the figure of speech
    
    1. Anaphora
    2. oxymoron
    3. simile
    4. Metaphor
    
    

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