TNPSC Group II 2009 Exam Paper- Part 4

TNPSC Group II 2009 Exam Paper- Part 4 

151. Find out the error:

a) We/A 

b) Sat/B 

c) By/C 

d) The ground/D 

Answer: c

152. Find out the error:

a) Either Meena/A 

b) Nor/B 

c) Kamala attended/C 

d) The function/D 

Answer: a

153. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:

I ………… very well about my friend

a) Know

b) No

c) Now

d) New

Answer: a

154. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:

Either Rajan ……….. Kannan will attend the marriage

a) Are

b) Air

c) Or

d) Wore

Answer: c

155. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:

My mother cooks …………..

a) rise

b) raise

c) rice

d) rose

Answer: c

156. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:

The ………… rises in the east

a) son

b) sun

c) sin

d) soon

Answer: b

157. Change the verb into adverb:

grace

a) gracious 

b) gracefully 

c) graciously 

d) None of these 

Answer: c

158. Change the following noun into verb:

Obedience

a)  obey 

b) obediently 

c) obedient 

d) None of these 

Answer: a

159. Find out the adjective

a)  danger 

b) dangerous 

c)  dangerously 

d)  be danger 

Answer: b

160. Find out the verb:

a) Hurrying 

b) hurrily 

c) Hurry

d) hurried

Answer: c

161. Identify the sentence:

Do not scold me in public, or I will not obey

a)  complex 

b)  simple 

c)  negative 

d) Compound 

Answer: d

162. Identify the positive degree:

a) No other girl in the class is so tall as Sylvia

b) Sylvia is taller than any other girl in the class

c) Slyvia is the tallest girl in the class 

d) Jancy is not taller than Sylvia 

Answer:  a

163. Identify the positive degree:

a) Akbar was one of the mightiest kings 

b) Akbar was mightier than most other kings 

c) Very few kings are as mighty as Akbar 

d) Mango is one of the sweetest fruits 

Answer:  c

164. Identify the comparative degree

a) John is the cleverest boy 

b) John is cleverer than any other boy 

c) No other boy is so clever as John 

d) Kamala is as tall as Vimala 

Answer:  b

165. Identify the superlative degree:

a)  Mango is one of the sweetest fruits 

b) Very few fruits are as sweet as mango 

c) Asha is as wise as priya 

d) Priya is not wise than Asha 

Answer:  a

166. Identify the superlative degree:

a) India is more powerful than pakistan 

b) Pakistan is not as powerful as India 

c)  India is one of the most powerful countries 

d) Very few countries are so powerful as India

Answer:  c

167. Find out the Noun:

a) glitter 

b)shine

c)star

d)lighting

Answer:  c

168. Match the following words given in Column A with their antonyms in Column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Column A                 Column   B

a. far                           1. Include

b. melt                         2. Attract

c. exclude                   3. Near

 d. repel                      4.Condense

a) 4 2 1 3

b) 1 3 4 2 

c)  3 4 1 2

d) 4 1 3 2 

Answer: c

169. Match the following words given in Column A with their meanings in Column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Column A                 Column   B

a. glitter                      1.delightfully

b. slowly                      2. Including

c. joyfully                     3. Shine

d. adding                    4. Gradually

a) 4 2 1 3

b) 1 3 4 2 

c)  3 4 1 2

d) 4 1 3 2 

Answer: c

170. Match the following countries given in Column A with their people in Column B and select the correct answer from the codes given below:

Column A                 Column   B

Countries                   People

a. The U.K                  1. Irish

b. The U.S.A.             2. British

c. Ireland                     3. French

d. France                    4. American

a) 4 2 1 3

b) 1 3 4 2 

c)  3 4 1 2

d) 2 4 1 3 

Answer: d

171. Fill in the blank with correct article.

This is ………. Ink pot which I bought yesterday

a)the

b)an

c)a

d)some

Answer: a

172. Fill in the blank with correct article.

John likes to eat ……… apples

a)an

b)the

c)a

d)some

Answer:  b

173. Identify the odd word:

a)  Granite 

b) Dynamite 

c) Radium 

d)radio

Answer: d

174. Identify the odd word:

a) rose

b)lotus

c)jassmine

d)grass

Answer: d

175. Identify the odd word:

a)table

b)chair

c)bench

d)goat

Answer: d

176. Identify the odd word:

a)sparrow

b)crow

c)cow

d)dove

Answer:  c

177. Select the correct plural form:

Ox

a)  Oxs 

b)oxes

c)oxen

d)none of these

Answer:  c

178. Select the correct plural form:

Baby

a)  Babys 

b) Babies 

c)  Babyes 

d) Babis 

Answer:  b

179. Select the correct plural form:

Fish

a)fishes

b)fishy

c)fish

d)fishs

Answer:  c

180. Select the correct plural form:

Child

a)childrens

b)children

c)childish

d)child

Answer:   b

181. Choose the correct antonym:

The warder unlocked the cell

a) closed 

b) opened 

c) shielded 

d) Locked 

Answer: d

182. Choose the correct synonym:

The waves would easily engulf the land

a) cover 

b) encircle 

c) destroy 

d) Swallow up 

Answer: d

183. Choose the correct synonym:

Perhaps there are several other bodies

a) many 

b) some 

c) A few

d) A lot of 

Answer: a

184. Choose the correct synonym.

Can you distinguish between a planet and a star?

a) differ 

b) resemble 

c) differentiate 

d) Similarity 

Answer: c

185. Choose the correct synonym:

The cubs are born

 a) cub

b) Young ones 

c) cats 

d) Lions 

Answer:   b

186. Choose the correct synonym:

We meet in an hour of grief and challenge

 a) joy

b) bliss 

c) gay 

d) Sorrow

Answer:   d

187. Select the correct question tag:

It is raining, ………….

a) Is it? 

b) Does it? 

c) Isn’t it? 

d) May it? 

Answer:   c

188. Select the correct question tag:

My mother cooks well, …………..

a) Does she? 

b) Is she? 

c) Will she? 

d) Doesn’t she? 

Answer:   d

189. Select the correct question tag:

He cannot understand English, ………..

a) Can he? 

b) Does he? 

c) Will he? 

d) Can’t he? 

Answer:   a

190. Select the correct question tag:

John sings well, …………….

a) Does he? 

b) Doesn’t he? 

c) Won’t he? 

d) Shall he? 

Answer:   b

191. Select the correct tense:

As we were climbing up the hill, we saw a cave

a) Present continuous 

b) Past continuous 

c) Future continuous 

d) Future perfect 

Answer:   b

192. Choose the correct tense:

Veda ……….. a car

  

a) bought 

b) Has bought 

c) Have bought 

d) Will be buying 

Answer:   a

193. Choose the correct tense:

We ………….. to Cochin last summer

a) go

b) will go

c) gone

d) went

Answer:   d

194. Choose the correct tense:

While I ………… for the bus a car came

a) Am waiting 

b) Will wait 

c) Have wait 

d) Was waiting 

Answer:   d

195. Choose the correct tense:

Mani ……….. English

a) teaches 

b) taught 

c) Has been teaching

d) Was taught 

Answer:   a

196. Choose the correct tense:

He …………. In the army during the freedom struggle

a) Has served 

b) Served 

c) Has been serving 

d) Will serve 

Answer:   b

197. Fill in the blank with correct preposition:

Ruby came ………… daybreak

  

a)in

b)by

c)into

d)at

Answer:    d

198. Fill in the blank with correct preposition:

My uncle came ……….. a week

a)before

b)with

c)after

d)in

Answer:   c

199. Fill in the blank with correct preposition:

A cake was shared ………. Two sisters

  

a)with

b)between

c)by

d)for

Answer:   c

200. Fill in the blank with correct preposition: 

He has been working ……… 1984

  

a) for 

b) from 

c) since 

d) about 

Answer:   c