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TNPSC Group 2A General English - Previous Year Questions and Answers

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1. The period of William Wordsworth is

A1770-1850 B1807-1882 C 1836-1907 D1840-1928

2. Which one of the following poems has not been written by the poet 'H.W. Longfellow'?

ABe The Best BA Psalm of Life C Tales of a Wayside Inn DHiawatha

3. 'Ahimsa' means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering.
The above is a quote by

ARabindranath Tagore BAbdul Kalam C Swami Vivekananda DMahatma Gandhiji

4. Identify the poem in which this line occurs.
'I often contemplate my Childhood Mom'

AThe Flying Wonder BSonnet for my Incomparable Mother C In Search of a Friend DLaugh and be Merry

5. Identify the correct degree.
No other metal is as useful as iron.

AComparative BPositive C Superlative DNone of these

6. Find out the odd word.

ABless BPraise C Raise DTalkative

7. Abandoned Bhutia villages dot our path and I increasingly get the feeling that we are traversing a long- forgotten route. On the fourth day we cross the ghost villages of Burfu and Bilju before we reach Milam.
' Ghost Villages' are

Avillages full of ghosts Bvillages ruled by ghosts C villages without people Dvillages often visited by ghosts

8. Select the correct option to complete the given sentence.
If you do not submit your assignment today,

Athe teacher will have punished you. Bthe teacher will punish you. C the teacher punished you. Dthe teacher had punished you.

9. Identify the part containing an error.
One of the boys look happy in my class.
a b c d

AOne of the boys Blook C happy Din my class

10. Match the characters given under Column A with the titles given under Column B:
Column A Column B
(a) Vera 1. Holiday
(b) Old man 2. Open window
(c) Phatik 3. Lottery Ticket
(d) Masha 4. The Refugee
(a) (b) (c) (d)

A2 4 1 3 B2 1 3 4 C 3 2 4 1 D3 2 1 4

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