Saturday 7 July 2012

TNPSC -Group IV Exam 2008 Paper-Part 7


TNPSC -Group IV Exam 2008 Paper-Part 7
151. Find out the odd word (Noun):
A)    soft
B)    softness
C)    soften
D)    softly

Answer: D

152. Find out the odd word (Adverb):
A)    use
B)    useful
C)    usefully
D)    usefulness

Answer: A

153. Identify the odd word (Noun):
A)    brush
B)    comb
C)    mirror
D)    oil

Answer: C

154. Select the correct plural form of
         ‘Datum’
A)    datums
B)    datas
C)    data
D)    datum

Answer: C

155. Select the correct plural form of
         ‘Woman-doctor’
A)    women doctor
B)    women doctors
C)    woman doctors
D)    woman doctor

Answer: B

156. Select the correct plural form of
         ‘Scarf’
A)    scarfs
B)    scarffs
C)    scarffes
D)    scarves

Answer: A

157. Select the correct plural form of
         ‘Louse’
A)    lice
B)    louses
C)    louses
D)    louse

Answer: A

158. Select the correct plural form of
         ‘Woman-hater’
A)    women-hater
B)    women haters
C)    woman-haters
D)    woman-hater

Answer: C

159. Select the correct plural form of
         ‘Half’
A)    halfs
B)    halves
C)    halffs
D)    halfes

Answer: B

160. Select the correct plural form of
         ‘News’
A)    newses
B)    newsis
C)    newsess
D)    news

Answer: D

161. Fill in the blank with correct ‘Homophone’:
         The orator used to ………… quotations from John Milton.
A)    cite
B)    site
C)    sight
D)    sighte

Answer: A

162. Fill in the blank with correct ‘Homophone’:
         Ramesh Krishnan wanted to take up a …………. in engineering.
A)    coarse
B)    course
C)    cores
D)    corps

Answer: B

163.       Fill in the blank with correct ‘Homophone’:
         My sister is very ………… in English.
A)    week
B)    weak
C)    wig
D)    wick

Answer: B

164. Find the error in the given sentence:
         Lata  prefers  dancing  than singing
           (A)        (B)            (C)                (D)
        
Answer: D

165. Find the error in the given sentence:
         My teacher  has  a ten years old  son
(A)           (B)            (C)                 (D)

Answer: C

166. Find the error in the given sentence:
         Earth  revolves  around  the sun
(A)           (B)             (C)          (D)
        
Answer: D

167. Find the error in the given sentence:
         The teacher with her students  go  for a picnic  every month
(A)                           (B)            (C)                   (D)
        
Answer: A

168. Find the error in the given sentence:
         One of my friend  is  a rich  man
(A)              (B)    (C)      (D)
        
Answer: A

169. Find the error in the given sentence:
         We  returned back  from Madurai  yesterday
(A)            (B)                        (C)                    (D)
        
Answer: B

170. Read the following passage and answer the question given below:
In 1920, after some thirty nine years of problems with disuse, high costs and politics the Panama canal was officially opened, finally linking the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans by allowing ships to pass through the fifty mile canal zone instead of travelling some seven thousand miles around Cape Horn.
Mention the length of the Panama canal.
A)    39 miles
B)    1,920 miles
C)    7,000 miles
D)    50 miles

Answer: D

171. Name the correct tense form of the underlined word/words:
         By the end of 2008 Shyamala will have become a doctor.
A)    future tense
B)    future continuous tense
C)    future perfect tense
D)    future perfect continuous tense

Answer: A

172. Select the correct voice form and fill in the blank:
         A century …………. by Dhoni in the match held recently.
A)    scored
B)    was scored
C)    will be scored
D)    can be scored

Answer: B

173. Select the correct voice form and fill in the blank:
         What ………… must be endured.
A)    cannot be cured
B)    must not be cured
C)    could not be cured
D)    may not be cured

Answer: A

174. Select the correct voice form of the verb given in bracket:
         The college ………….. (reopen) after Pongal
A)    reopen
B)    will have reopened
C)    will be reopened
D)    will have been reopened

Answer: C

175. Select the correct voice form and fill in the blank:
         The note books ………… by the teacher now.
A)    are being corrected
B)    were being corrected
C)    is being corrected
D)    has been corrected

Answer: A

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