Tnpsc Group 2 Exam Previous Questions and Answer Key 2022 – General English

Tnpsc Group 2 Exam Previous Questions and Answer Key 2022 – General English

COMBINED CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION-II (INTERVIEW POSTS AND NON-INTERVIEW POSTS) IN GROUP-II AND IIA SERVICES

1. Summer comes

in a blaze of heat

with sunny smiles

and dusty feet.

Name the season mentioned in the above line

(a) Winter (b) Spring (c) Rainy (d) Summer

2. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”

is a short piece taken from the poem ———-

(a) Endymion (b) The Solitary Reaper (c) Ode to the West Wind (d) Kubla Khan

3. The Poem “On Killing a Tree” is written by

(a) Norman Littleford (b) Caroline Ann Bowles

(c) Edgar Albert Guest (d) Gieve Patel

4. Complete the following poetic line by choosing the correct option given below.

“We can Print and Plough and weave and ————”

(a) Fly and dive (b) Read and write (c) Weight and size (d) Heat and light

5. Speak gently to the erring-know,

They may have toiled in vain;

Find out the meaning of the word “toiled” from the given poetic lines

(a) Emphasise (b) Worried (c) Worked hard (d) Rough

6. “Speak gently-let not harsh words mar

The good we might do Here!

The poet’s appeal is not to speak ——– Words.

(a) Impolite (b) Polite (c) Perplexing (d) Clear

7. And ever again, in the wink of an eye,

Painted stations whistle by

“Wink of an eye” in the above lines mean

(a) Very neat (b) Very smooth (c) Very smart (d) Very quick

8. “You Sang, Sir, you say?

Go then, “Says the ant”, and dace the winter away”

To whom does the ant say this?

(a) To the fly (b) To the cricket (c) To the spider (d) To the bird

9. “My computer has always been so brainy and smart

It seems to know mountains of information by heart”

The figure of speech used in the above lines is

(a) Smile (b) Hyperbole (c) Repetition (d) Anaphora

10. “O’er the yellow pebbles dancing”

Identify the figure of speech

(a) Oxymoron (b) Onomatopoeia (c) imagery (d) Anaphora

11. My heart was so light

That I sang day and Night

For all nature looked gay

“You sang, sir, your say”?

Mention the rhyme scheme employed in the above lines.

(a) a a bc (b) a a b b (c) a b b a (d) a b b b

12. “Though our smoke may hide the

Heavens from your eyes,

It will vanish and the stars will shine again,

Because, for all our power and weight and size,

We are nothing more than children of your brain!”

What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza?

(a) a a b b (b) a b a b (c) a b a a (d) a b c d

13. “It’s the stick-together family that wins the joys of earth,”

who wins the joys of the earth?

(a) Nuclear family (b) Traditional family (c) Orthodox family (d) The family that stays together

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below (Q.NO.14-18).

I pray to you to make me learn. More than that, Teacher, teach me how I can learn to learn.

As you prepare me for the wide world in which I need to “fend” for myself and for others, onetime learning will not be good enough. I will have to have the ability to learn newer and more difficult things. Some of it I will need to learn very quickly. In all this, what will become critical is the process of learning itself, more than just what I am able to learn. Help me to learn newer ways to learn, And that will make learning a joy for me.

14. Choose the correct meaning for the underlined word

I need to fend for myself.

(a) look into (b) look after (c) get into (d) put up

15. Who does “you” refer to?

(a) Teacher (b) Boy (c) Girl (d) God

16. Teachers help me to learn ———– things.

(a) Natural (b) Bad (c) New (d) Difficult

17. Choose the correct Antonym for the underlined word from the options given.

I will need to learn Quickly.

(a) Slowly (b) Rapidly (c) Badly (d) Newly

18. What kind of Learning brings joy to you?

(a) Newer way (b) Difficult way (c) Bad way (d) Ancient way

19. Ruskin Bond was honoured with ———– for his contribution to Indian literature.

(a) Bharat Ratna (b) Sahitya Ratna (c) Sahity Bharat (d) Sahitya Akademi

20. “This Bengal sky-full of light,

This South Breeze-This flow of the river…”

Which river is mentioned here in Tagore’s reminiscence?

(a) Brahmaputra (b) Damodar (c) Cauveri (d) Ganges

21. Nathaniel Hawthorne was ———— writer

(a) A Turkish (b) An English (c) An Irish (d) An American

22. Choose the correct answer:

William Temple Hornaday was an American ———-

(a) Zoologist (b) Conservationist (c) Taxidermist (d) All the above

23. Peter stopped the water by

(a) Keeping the mud over the hole (b) Keeping his finger in the hole

(c) Keeping a stone in the hole (d) Keeping wooden piece in the hole

24. Match the name of the characters in Column A with their characteristics in Column B.

Column A Column B

a. M.Hamel 1.Student

b. Franz 2. Teacher

3. Hauser 3. Blacksmith

4. Wachter 4. Old man

a b c d

a. 2 1 4 3

b. 1 4 2 3

c. 4 1 3 2

d. 2 3 4 1

25. What game did Ferdinand play with Miranda in the Island?

(a) Carrom (b) Hide and Seek (c) Cards (d) Chess

26. The lesson “His First Flight” is about a

(a) Pilot (b) Seagull (c) Parrot (d) Pigeon

27. The first book of Helen Keller was translated into how many languages?

(a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 30 (d) 50

28. Assertion (A): At Bangkok Conference A34 point resolution was passed.

Reason (R): Indian National Army was made subordinate to the Indian Independence League.

(a) (A) True, (R) False

(b) (A) True, (R) True, but (R) is not the correct explanation for (A)

(c) (A) True, (R) True and (R) is the correct explanation for (A)

(d) (A) False, (R) False

29. “The Discovery of India’s written by Nehru in the prison of

(a) Central Prison, Naini (b) Bareilly District Jail

(c) Almora Jail (d) Ahmednagar Fort Prison

30. Nehru’s “Glimpses of World History” is a collection of ———– letters

(a) 196 (b) 204 (c) 95 (d) 100

31. Mahatma Gandhiji was inspired and influenced by

(a) Tolstoy’s “Civil disobedience” (b) John Ruskin’s “Unto this Last”

(c) Thoreau’s “The Kingdom of God” (d) John’s “The Struggle”

32. Which two words blend together to form the new word vitamin?

(a) Vita + amin (b) Vital + amin (c) Vital + amine (d) Vita + amine

33. Choose the correct sentence from the following:

(a) My son is fond in music (b) My son is fond on music

(c) My son is fond of music (d) My son is fond to music

34. “Oh, no, no”, said the little fly.

What figure of speech is used here?

(a) Assonance (b) Alliteration (c) Anaphora (d) Repetition

35. Identify the correct simple sentence:

(a) He confessed that he was guilty (b) He confessed his guilt

(c) He confessed being guilty (d) He made his confession as he was guilty

36. Select the simple sentence from the following sentence:

(a) As there was a heavy downpour the match was cancelled.

(b) Due to heavy downpour the match was cancelled

(c) Heavy downpour the match was cancelled

(d) There was a heavy downpour the match was cancelled

37. Which among the given options is the correct one?

(a) Either Rhyan or his sisters have to be invited

(b) Either Rhyan or his sisters has to be invited

(c) Either Rhyan or his sisters was to be invited

(d) Either Rhyan or his sisters is to be invited

38. Find out the blended form of Breakfast + Lunch

(a) Breaklunch (b) Blunch (c) Breakunch (d) Brunch

39. Which part of the given sentence is wrong

I saw an helicopter fly above the lake

(a) An helicopter (b) The lake (c) Fly above (d) I saw

40. Fill in the blank with suitable gerund.

He asked me in ———- this form

(a) Filling (b) Filled (d) To fill (d) Too filling

41. Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word from the option given below:

He was the spoilt child of Affluent parents.

(a) Poor (b) Useless (c) Intelligent (d) Wealthy

42. Choose the correct meaning for the phrase

“Look After”

(a) Watch out (b) Investigate the matter (c) See carefully (d) Take care of

43. Fill in the blanks with the correct tense form of the verb from the options given below:

In two years’ Time I ———– (earn) my degree

(a) Have earned (b) Shall have earned (c) Shall earn (d) Have been earning

44. Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition from the options given below:

The government built a bridge ———- the river.

(a) Between (b) Above (c) Across (d) Along

45. Fill the blank with the suitable article:

The hour is ———— unit of time

(a) An (b) The (c) A (d) No article

46. “If one should come too close the earth

The atmosphere will Shake,

With shockwave reaching to the ground

Causing the land to quake”.

Mention the rhyme scheme of the stanza

(a) a a b b (b) a b a b (c) a b c b (d) a b b b

47. Choose the correct synonyms for the underlined word

Ramayya’s heart was in a Flutter

(a) Stay (b) Flab (c) Lull (d) Calm

48. Find out the correct meaning of the underlined word.

He loved to tear food that way, scraping his beak now and again to Whet it.

(a) To weld (b) To sharpen (c) To Moisture (d) To heat

49. Choose the correct meaning of the phrase:

Cast Down

(a) Release (b) Dejected (c) Continue (d) Appeal

50. Match the following:

Column A Column B

a. garb 1. Act of helping

b. plaintive 2. Moving Slowly

c. Ministrations 3. Sounding sad

d. lanquid 4. Clothes

a b c d

a. 3 4 2 1

b. 4 3 1 2

c. 4 3 2 1

d. 3 4 1 2

51. It forgets to “Save” my work, and store it away

And instead, makes it vanish in the most dreadful way

Mention the title of the poem for the above lines.

(a) Special Hero (b) My computer needs a break

(c) Lesson in Life (d) A thing of beauty

52. “I respect you and you respect

I think of you and you think of me”

The above lines are written by

(a) John Keats (b) George Eliot (c) Shanthini Govindan (d) Bridgette Bryant & Daniel Ho

53. “Broad and deep, and still as time;

Seeming still, yet still in motion”

The given lines are taken from the poem

(a) The comet (b) A poison tree (c) The river (d) Stopping by woods on a snowy evening.

54. Shanthini Govindan is an author of

(a) Crime Stories (b) Historical Sketches (c) Children’s Literature (c) Religious Stories

55. Sherlock Holmes is a detective who features in the fiction of

(a) Nathaniel Hawthorne (b) Arthur Conan Doyle (c) Ruskin Bond (d) Mark Twain

56. Robert Frost received ———– Pulitzer Prizes

(a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 8 (d) 5

57. The poet John Masefield was appointed by Queen Elizabeth as

(a) Minister for Human Resources (b) Poet Laureate

(c) Bard of Avon (d) Speaker of English Parliament

58. Fill in the blanks:

Anthropomorphism means ———-

(a) Human character (b) Non-human character

(c) Non-human character with Human traits. (d) Human traits with human character

59. We were taken from the ore-bed and the mine.

Who does “We” refer to?

(a) Human beings (b) Ore-bed (c) Mine (d) Machines

60. “That hears the sweetest music and that finds the finest mirth;”

Identify the figure of speech used here.

(a) Metaphor (b) Personification (c) Imagery (d) Onomatopoeia

61. “Twisting, withering

And then it is done”.

Choose the right answer:

Death of the tree is ——–

(a) Painful (b) Difficult (c) Joyful (d) Fast

62. At last by starvation and famine made bold. What is the meaning of the word “famine”?

(a) Huriiedly (b) Mouthful of grain (c) Miserly (d) Extreme scarcity of food

63. In the morning glad I see

My foe outstretched beneath the tree

How did the poet feel in the morning?

(a) Angry (b) Sad (c) Soft (d) Glad

64. “Through the flowers and foliage glancing

Like a child at play”.

Mention the figure of speech used in the above lines.

(a) Imagery (b) Simile (c) Epithet (d) Metaphor

65. All of the sights of the hill and plain

Fly as thick as driving rain;

The figure of speech used in the above line is

(a) Simile (b) Oxymoron (c) Repetition (d) Metaphor

66. Pick out the words in alliteration in the below line?

“And heaven a surer heritage”

(a) Surer, heritage (b) Heaven, heritage (c) Heritage, heritage (d) And, heritage

67. So I had to call in a doctor, double quick.

Which of the following poetic device is used in the given line?

(a) Simile (b) Metaphor (c) Alliteration (d) Hyperbole

68. Choose the correct answer:

“Good-bye, little one, and may you grow up into a brave soldier in India’s service.”

– Here “little one” refer to

(a) Young Lakshmi Bai (b) Joan of Arc (c) Young Indira (d) Young Natchiyar

69. When did Ramayya’s wife notice the jewel in the story “The Nose Jewel”?

(a) While sweeping the floor (b) While washing the floor

(c) While dusting the floor (d) While mopping the floor

70. What was the expected arrival time of the train in the story – The Woman on platform 8?

(a) One O’Clock (b) Twelve O’Clock (c) Two O’Clock (d) Eleven O’Clock

71. Choose the correct answer:

One day the author was standing on the line which separates the ———– desert from the valley of the Nile in Egypt.

(a) Sahara (b) Libyan (c) Thar (d) Gobi

72. Match Column A with Column B

Column A Column B

a. Aunt Polly 1. Eyeing the Teaspoon Greedily

b. Peter 2. Stopped coming to school

c. Tom 3. Water treatment

d. Becky Thatcher 4. Incurable experimenter

a b c d

a. 1 2 3 4

b. 4 1 3 2

c. 4 3 2 1

d. 3 2 1 4

73. The common link between Ramkant Achrekar and Sachin Tendulkar was both started playing cricket at the age of

(a) 12 (b) 17 (d) 11 (d) 10

74. When Watson returns with Mrs. Hudson to Holmes apartment, he sees

(a) Holmes had died (b) Savage had escaped

(c) Holmes was sitting up in bed (d) Smith was already there

75. Who was the President of United States of America from the year 1861 to 1865?

(a) Franklin (b) John.F.Kennady (c) Abraham Lincoln (d) George Bush

76. The African National Congress (ANC) was founded in 1912 to oppose

(a) Discrimination (b) Suppression (c) Violation of Human rights (d) All the above

77. Who was the Governor General of India who wanted to Annex Jhansi under the policy of lapse?

(a) Warren Hastings (b) Charles Canning (c) Lord Dalhousie (d) Richard Wellesley

78. Dr.Salim Ali was introduced to the serious study of birds by

(a) W.S.Millard (b) EHA (c) Norman Boyd Kinnear (d) Amiruddin

79. Kalpana Chawla died on

(a) Feb 3, 2003, Space Shuttle India Disaster (b) Feb 1, 2005, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

(c) Feb 1, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster (d) Feb 4, 2003, Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster

80. The British English word Mobile Phone in American English is called ———–

(a) Mobile (b) Cell Phone (c) Smart Phone (d) Touch Phone

81. The Dialogue is too long:

Replace the underlined word with it’s American

(a) Dilog (b) Dialog (c) Dylogue (d) Dyalog

82. Pick the compound word that is not a combination of Verb + noun

(a) Watch man (b) Play ground (c) Motor Cycle (d) Call taxi

83. Match the patterns given under Column A with the compound words under Column B and select the answer from codes given below.

Column A Column B

a. Gerund + Noun 1. Sunset

b. Noun + Verb 2. Worksheet

c. Verb + Noun 3. Upstairs

d. Preposition + Noun 4. Bleaching powder

a b c d

a. 2 4 1 3

b. 1 3 4 2

c. 3 2 1 4

d. 4 1 2 3

84. Which one of the following is incorrect?

(a) Furnitures (b) Scissors (c) Pliers (d) News

85. Choose the correct meaning of the phrase:

Given to

(a) Withdraw (b) Accustomed to (c) Progress (d) Escape

86. Complete the sentence choosing an option from those given below:

I saw ———– one rupee coin lying on the ground

(a) An (c) The (c) A (d) No article

87. Select the correct sentence:

(a) The ship with it’s crew are sailing good. (b) The ship with it’s crew is sailing good

(c) The chip with it’s crew is sailing good (d) The ship with it’s crews is sailing good.

88.Fill in the blank with correct option to complete the sentence:

The clerk who ———- (serve) in police department for Thirty Years, retired from service yesterday.

(a) was serving (b) Has served (c) Had served (d) Serves

89. Choose the correct Antonym for the underlined word from the options given:

She shouted intuitively

(a) Apparent (b) Natural (c) Artificial (d) Spontaneous

90. Identify the pattern of the following sentence.

Venu grew tired after the match

(a) SVOC (b) SVAA (c) SVIODO (d) SVCA

91. State which statement is correct:

I gave Rosy a pen.

In the pattern of the sentence,

(a) “Rosy” is the Direct Object (b) “Rosy” is the Indirect object

(c) “Rosy” is the subject (d) “Rosy” is the Adjunct

92. Fill in the blank with suitable Gerund form of the verb ———- seemed foolish when decisive action was required.

(a) Wait (b) Waiting (c) Tow wait (d) To be wait

93. Fill in the blank with the correct tense form of the verb from the options given below:

The Doctor ———- the operation tomorrow.

(a) Perform (b) Will perform (c) Performed (d) Performing

94. Choose the correct question tag from the list given below:

Lets go home?

(a) Will you (b) Shall we (c) Do we (d) Shouldn’t you

95. Choose the correct question tag from the options given below:

Gopi isn’t our guide ———?

(a) Is he? (b) Is she? (c) Isnt he? (d) Isnt she?

96. Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition.

He was born ——– 1960

(a) In (b) on (c) At (d) Since

97. “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”

The above line is written by

(a) John Keats (b) John Kennedy (c) John Smith (d) William Wordsworth

98. Remembr, no mean are strange, no countries foreign

Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes

…. …. …. …. … … …

Of air that is everywhere our own,

Remember, no men are foreign, no countries strange.

What literary device is used here?

(a) Metaphor (b) Repetition (c) Epithet (d) Smile

99. Choose the correct Antonym for the underlined word from the options given:

Lessons repeated in Unison

(a) Agreement (b) Alliance (c) Unity (d) Disunity

100. Match the words with correct antonyms

Column A Column B

a. Initiate 1. Sorrow

b. Delight 2. Measurable

c. Unkempt 3. Conclude

d. Infintie 4. Clean

a b c d

a. 4 2 3 1

b. 3 4 1 2

c. 1 2 4 3

d. 3 1 4 2