TNPSC GROUP II
ANALYSIS
HOMOPHONES:
TNPSC GROUP – II (RE EXAM) - November
– 2012
1. Fill
in the blank with correct ‘Homophone’
We
were surprised to know his …………….
A)
Decent
B)
Descent
C)
Dissent
D)
Descented
Answer:
C
2. Fill in the
blank with the correct ‘Homophone’.
I don’t want
to …………
A)
Loose
B)
Loss
C)
Lose
D)
Louse
Answer:
C
3. Fill
in the blank with correct ‘Homophone’.
He
________ many points in favour of his case.
A)
sighted
B)
cited
C)
sited
D)
sitted
Answer:
B
TNPSC GROUP – II EXAM
(ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER) - Year - 2012
4. Match the following Homophones with their
related meanings and select the answer from the codes given below:
Homophones Meanings
A)
steel 1) rob
B)
steal 2) mark of authentication
C)
seal 3) metal
D)
seal 4) a mammal of the sea
Codes:-
a b c d
A) 4 1 2 3
B) 2 4 3 1
C) 3 1 4 2
D) 1 3 2 4
Answer:
C
5. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
He
ran with ……………. At the sight of the tiger.
A)
Fright
B)
Freight
C)
Fraight
D)
Frait
Answer: A
6. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
India
is proud of her ………….. cultures.
A)
divorce
B)
diverse
C)
divers
D)
drivers
Answer: B
7. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
The
prices of essential commodities are…………… high.
A)
soreing
B)
souring
C)
sharing
D)
soaring
Answer: D
TNPSC GROUP – II - July –
2011
9. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
I
went to the shop to buy some …………..
A)
floor
B)
flow
C)
flour
D)
four
Answer:
C
10. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
His
voice is ……………..
A)
horse
B)
hoarse
C)
hoarsed
D)
hiss
Answer:
B
11. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
My
friends ……………….. the potato.
A)
peal
B)
peel
C)
paled
D)
pill
Answer:
B
12. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
………………..
has won finer victories than war.
A)
Piece
B)
Peas
C)
Please
D)
Peace
Answer:
D
13. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
Abe
smiled, when the warder unlocked the ………………
A)
sell
B)
cell
C)
well
D)
hell
Answer:
B
TNPSC GROUP – II - April –
2010
Fill
in the blank with a suitable homophone (Q. 131-135)
14. They
went for a …………
A)
sow
B)
saw
C)
show
D)
scene
Answer:
C
15. Mr.
Daniel is the ………… of the college.
A)
Principle
B)
Principal
C)
Princely
D)
Principality
Answer:
B
16. The
teacher writes on the …………
A)
bored
B)
board
C)
beard
D)
bird
Answer: B
17. Mumbai is a ……….. city.
A)
populace
B)
populous
C)
populist
D)
populate
Answer: B
18. I have lost my ………….
A)
dairy
B)
darn
C)
diary
D)
damp
Answer: C
TNPSC GROUP – II - March –
2009
19. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
I
…………… very well about my friend
A)
know
B)
no
C)
now
D)
new
Answer:
A
20. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
Either
Rajan ………….. Kanna will attend the marriage.
A)
are
B)
air
C)
or
D)
wore
Answer:
C
21. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
My mother cooks…………..
A)
rise
B)
raise
C)
rice
D)
rose
Answer:
C
22. Fill
in the blank with correct Homophone:
The
……………. rises in the east
A)
son
B)
sun
C)
sin
D)
soon
Answer:
B
TNPSC GROUP – II - November –
2007
23. Fill in the
blank with a suitable homophone given below:
A) sum
B) some
C) sale
D) sail
Answer: B
24. Fill in the
blank with a suitable homophone given below:
………………… was
a beautiful girl
A) Sea
B) She
C) Sun
D) Shun
Answer: B
25. Fill in the
blank with a suitable homophone given below:
The fishes
were caught by a ………………….
A) sail
B) sale
C) nett
D) net
Answer: D
26. Fill in the
blank with a suitable homophone given below:
Children
were playing in the ………………….
A) beech
B) beach
C) speak
D) speaks
Answer: B
27. Fill in the
blank with a suitable homophone given below:
What is the
bus …………… to Madras?
A) fair
B) fare
C) complex
D) interrogative
Answer:
A
TNPSC GROUP V
ANALYSIS
TNPSC GROUP – V – 2007
28. Fill
in the blank:
I
got my shirt …………… in blue.
A)
dyed
B)
died
C)
doer
D)
None of these
Answer:
A
29. Fill
in the blank:
Amul
……………… of Gujarat supplies milk.
A)
diary
B)
dairy
C)
daily
D)
None of these
Answer:
B
30. Fill
in the blank:
He
gave me a bearer………………
A)
check
B)
chalk
C)
cheque
D)
None of these
Answer:
C
31. Select
the suitable word:
Smoking
………….. our health.
A)
effect
B)
defect
C)
affects
D)
None of these
Answer:
C
TNPSC GROUP – V - Year – 2003
32. Fill in the blank
with correct Homophone:
Kala had to
………….. her clothes after losing weight.
A) altar
B) alter
C) adjust
D) tare
Answer: B
33. Fill in the blank
with correct Homophone:
Sheela has
a ……………. for the English language.
A) flair
B) flare
C) flaire
D) flore
Answer: A
34. Fill in the blank
with correct Homophone:
Some women
cover their faces with ……………..
A) wail
B) veil
C) vail
D) weil
Answer: B
35. Fill in the blank
with correct Homophone:
The doctor’s
attempt to save the patient w… in …………
A) vain
B) vein
C) vaine
D) veine
Answer: A
36. Fill in the blank
with correct Homophone:
Rama has a
……………. Throat today.
A) sores
B) soor
C) soar
D) sore
Answer: D
37. Fill in the blank
with correct Homophone:
…………….. an
example, please.
A) Cite
B) Sight
C) Site
D) Sites
Answer: A
38. Fill in the blank
with suitable Homophone:
We must throw
all …………….. materials in a bin.
A) waist
B) waste
C) weight
D) wait
Answer: B
39. Fill in the blank
with suitable Homophone:
Please ……………..
with us for a few minutes.
A) bear
B) boar
C) bare
D) bore
Answer: A
40. Fill in the blank
with suitable Homophone:
Eat more ………………
it is good for health
A) carat
B) carrot
C) caratt
D) carrate
Answer: B
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