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