Question bank for TNPSC-GROUP-IV

General English with General studies.

2013 Examination Paper

1. Read the passage and choose the option that indicates the idea contained in the passage:
For the sake of enjoying literature it is not necessary for us to be indifferent towards many other affairs of social life.
A) literature render’s us disinterested in social affairs
B) we enjoy literature only when we ignore other affairs of social life
C) literature includes developing in one social awareness too
D) literature alienates man from the society

2.After all, winners don’t do different things. They do things differently. Pick out the right antonym for the word “different”.
A) dissimilar
B) similar
C) indifferent
D) constant

3. Identify the work which is not an autobiography:

4. Identify the incorrect statement.
A) listening to the music agitates our minds.
B) music console and smoothes our aching hearts
C) music refreshes and rejuvenates our minds
D) music strengthens our hopes

5. “Specific goals are better than general ones. Self choose choose and goals are better than assigned ones. choose goals that are challenging but reachable”.
In this context, the opposite of the word ‘assigned’ is
A) challenging
B) specific
C)self-chosen
D) given

6.After all, winners don’t do different things they do things. differently.
The above lines suggest

A) all winners are different
B) winners two different things
C) winners do differently
D) losers don’t do different things.

7.Which place is described in the Ahthushi Deshpande’s travelogue ‘To the land of snow’?
A) Raipur
B) Munsiyari
C) Surat
D) Manipur

8.The only people who were pleased to stay in the selfish giant’s garden were__________

a) Spring and Summer
b) The Snow and the Frost
c) The birds and the animals
d) The trees and flowers

9.”Like a golden swarm of the fireflies you came” Identify the figure of speech employed in the poetic lines:

10. The story “Caught sneezing” is adapted from the story written by____
A) O’Henry
B) Robert Frost
C) Bonnie Chamberlain
D)Oscar Wilde

Answers :

1. …. C 2. …. B 3. …. D 4. …. A 5. …. C 6. …. C 7. …. B 8. …. B 9. …. D 10. …. D