TNPSC Group IV
Analysis
SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX:
TNPSC – VAO – Original
Question Paper - 2007
1. Identify
the complex sentence:
A)
Before going home, meet your class
teacher
B)
Before you go home, meet your class
teacher
C)
Meet your class teacher, then go home
D)
Before meeting your class teacher,
don’t go home
Answer: D
2. Identify
the complex sentence:
A)
I am glad of his recovery from his
illness
B)
He recovered from his illness and so I
am glad
C)
I am glad that he had recovered from
his illness
D)
I am glad in the event of his recovery
from illness
Answer: D
3. Identify
the compound sentence:
A)
If you do not hurry, you will, miss the
train
B)
You must hurry or you will miss the
train
C)
Unless you hurry, you will miss the
train
D)
Being not hurry, you will miss the
train
Answer: B
4. Identify
the simple sentence:
A)
The judge found that he was guilty
B)
The judge found him guilty
C)
The judge found him when he was guilty
D)
Although he was innocent, the judge
found that he was guilty.
Answer: B
5. Identify
the complex sentence:
A)
He reached the station and bought a
ticket
B)
Though it rained, they continued their
play
C)
Inspite of his illness, he came to work
D)
That is your book
Answer: B
6. Identify
the compound sentence:
A)
On hearing the news, he wrote to me
B)
He heard the news and he wrote to me
C)
As soon as he heard the news, he wrote
to me
D)
Hearing the news, he wrote to
Answer: B
TNPSC GROUP – IV (TYPIST) -
Original Question Paper – 2008
7. Identify the given sentence:
It is the force which makes things fall by their weight.
A)
Simple
B)
Compound
C)
Complex
D)
None of these
Answer:
C
8. Identify the given sentence:
The match was cancelled owing to heavy rain.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Compound sentence
C)
Complex sentence
D)
None of these
Answer:
9. Identify the given sentence:
Walk fast or you will miss the train.
A)
Simple sentence
B)
Compound sentence
C)
Complex sentence
D)
None of these
Answer:
B
10. Identify the simple sentence:
A)
This is a matter which is
great important
B)
This is a great matter
which is important
C)
This is a matter of great
importance
D)
This is a great matter and
iUs important
Answer:
C
11. Identify the Complex sentence:
A)
Just as he entered the
room, the power failed
B)
He entered the room, soon
the power failed
C)
In his entering the room,
the power failed
D)
He entered the room just
then the power failed
Answer:
A
12. Identify the Compound sentence:
A)
On your treating her well,
she will obey you.
B)
Unless you treat her well
she won’t obey you
C)
You must treat her well,
then she will obey you
D)
If you treat her well, she
will obey you
Answer:
C
TNPSC – Group IV – Surveyor
Exam Original Question Paper
August –
2008
13. Identify the given sentence:
She is weak but she attends office.
A)
simple sentence
B)
complex sentence
C)
compound sentence
D)
none of these
Answer:
C
14. Identify the given sentence:
God will bless you, if you help the poor
A)
complex sentence
B)
simple sentence
C)
compound sentence
D)
none of these
Answer:
A
15. Identify the sentence pattern:
He wanted to win the prize and so he worked hard.
A)
complex sentence
B)
compound sentence
C)
simple sentence
D)
none of these
Answer:
D
16. Identify the simple sentence:
A)
This is the place where we
can stay
B)
This is the place and we
can stay here
C)
This is the place of our stay
D)
This is where we can stay
Answer:
C
17. Identify the complex sentence:
A)
Rani was ill and so she was
given an injection
B)
As Rani was ill, she was
given an injection
C)
On account of her illness,
Rani was given an injection
D)
Rani being ill, was given
an injection
Answer:
B
18. Identify the given sentence:
Before going to bed, I say my prayers.
A)
simple sentence
B)
complex sentence
C)
compound sentence
D)
none of these
Answer:
D
TNPSC Group IV – Original
Question Paper – 2008
19. Identify the sentence given below:
We start to school, when it is 9.00 a.m.
A)
Compound sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Simple sentence
D)
None of these
Answer:
B
20. Identify the Simple sentence:
A)
When I saw the dog, I
started to run.
B)
As soon as I saw the dog, I
started to run.
C)
At the sight of the dog, I
started to run.
D)
I saw the dog and I started
to run.
Answer:
C
21. Identify the Complex sentence:
A)
He is carrying a box and it
is heavy.
B)
He is carrying a heavy box.
C)
The box is too heavy for
him to carry.
D)
He is carrying a box, which
is heavy.
Answer:
D
22. Identify the Compound sentence:
A)
As he was honest, he got
the award.
B)
He was honest and so he got
the award.
C)
Due to his honesty, he got
the award.
D)
On account of his honesty,
he got the award.
Answer:
B
23. Identify the sentence given below:
The wall is too high for him to cross.
A)
Compound sentence
B)
Complex sentence
C)
Simple sentence
D)
None of these
Answer:
C
TNPSC Group IV – (Special
Exam) – Original Question Paper – 2011
24. Identify the Complex sentence:
A)
I make a promise only to
keep it
B)
I make a promise and I will
keep it
C)
If I make a promise, I will
keep it
D)
I make a promise so I will
keep it.
Answer:
C
25. Which of the
following endings is correct to form the correct Complex sentence?
A)
his guilt
B)
as he was guilty
C)
but he was guilty
D)
so he was guilty
Answer:
D
26. Identify the Simple sentence:
A)
Cross this line or you will
die
B)
Cross this line to escape
death
C)
Cross this line so that you
will live
D)
Cross this line and you will
win
Answer:
B
27. Identify the Compound sentence:
A)
He lost more than he could
afford
B)
Does he wish me to go?
C)
I called him but there was
no response
D)
Locking the door she went
out.
Answer:
C
TNPSC – GROUP – IV – ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER – 2012
28. Identify
the sentence:
He
is certain to be late so why to wait for him?
A)
Simple
B)
Compound
C)
Complex
D)
None of these
Answer: B
29. Identify
the sentence:
In
the event of his failure, he will give up further attempts.
A)
None
B)
Compound
C)
Complex
D)
Simple
Answer: D
30. Identify the sentence:
His son, the pride of his old age, is dead.
A)
Complex
B)
Compound
C)
None
D)
Simple
Answer:
D
31. Identify the sentence:
That he is unreliable is well known:
A)
Simple
B)
Compound
C)
Complex
D)
None of these
Answer:
C
32. Identify the Compound sentence:
A)
Unless you do as I do, you
will regret it.
B)
Can you tell me the time of
his arrival?
C)
Favio sat beside him and
pulled out his cell phone
D)
This is a machine which is
used for sewing.
Answer: C
33. Identify the Simple sentence:
A)
The problem is too
difficult to solve.
B)
The problem is so difficult
that I cannot solve it.
C)
The problem is very
difficult and so I cannot solve it.
D)
As the problem is very
difficult, I cannot solve it.
Answer:
A
34. Identify the Simple sentence:
A)
He went to the place, where
his father lived
B)
He went to his father’s
native place.
C)
He went to a place and his
father lived there
D)
He went to the native place
where his father lived
Answer:
B
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