TNPSC Group II Exam-Origial Question Paper November 2007-Part 8

TNPSC Group-II Exam-Origial Question Paper November 2007-Part 8

176. 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

177. Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone given below:

         What is the bus ………… to Madras?

A)    fair

B)    fare

C)    cheque

D)    check

Answer: A

178. Identify the given sentence:

         The baby saw the mother and he laughed

A)    simple

B)    compound

C)    complex

D)    interrogative

Answer: B

179. Identify the given sentence:

         Though he is old he is healthy

A)    complex

B)    simple

C)    interrogative

D)    compound

Answer: D

180. Identify the Simple sentence:

A)    Mr. Aravindan came up in life

B)    If there is pain, take this tablet

C)    The baby saw the mother and he laughed

D)    He is very old, yet he is healthy

Answer: A

181. Select the correct synonym for the underlined word:

         A week later the train began

A)    started

B)    opened

C)    continued

D)    commenced

Answer: A

182. Select the correct antonym for the underlined word:

         Night descended dark and cold

A)    increased

B)    ascended

C)    decreased

D)    moved

Answer: A

183. Select the correct antonym for the underlined word:

         Pieter heard the sound of water trickling

A)    dripping

B)    flowing

C)    gushing

D)    running

Answer: A

184. Select the correct antonym for the underlined word:

         Pieter had indeed done a heroic thing

A)    timid

B)    ugly

C)    strong

D)    brave

Answer: D

185. Select the correct antonym for the underlined word:

         “Come in!” shouted  Abe

A)    voiced

B)    cried

C)    called

D)    quietened

Answer: D

186. Select the correct antonym for the underlined word:

         “I don’t know, Sir.” replied the warder

A)    asked

B)    answered

C)    told

D)    complained

Answer: A

187. Select the correct antonym for the underlined word:

         I didn’t know I was so popular

A)    familiar

B)    unattractive

C)    ordinary

D)    unknown

Answer: C

188. Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition:

         We get news ………….. papers

A)    by

B)    from

C)     in

D)    With

Answer: B

189. Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition:

         Aruna waited ………………… me

A)    with

B)    to

C)    for

D)    by

Answer: C

190. Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition:

         The parrot is ……………. The cage

A)    with

B)    by

C)    for

D)    in

Answer: D

191. Select the correct plural form for the given word:

         Ox

A)    oxen

B)    oxes

C)    ox

D)    ox’s

Answer: A

192. Select the correct plural form for the given word:

         Mango

A)    mango’s

B)    mangoful

C)    mangobar

D)    mangoes

Answer: D

193. Select the correct plural form for the given word:

         Child

A)    childhood

B)    childes

C)    children

D)    none of these

Answer: C

194. Select the correct plural form for the given word:

         Speaker

A)    speaks

B)    speakers

C)    speakman

D)    None of these

Answer: B

195. Select the correct plural form for the given word:

         Disease

A)    Diseasous

B)    Diseaseful

C)    Diseases

D)    None of these

Answer: C

196. Find out the odd word:

A)    held

B)    clothed

C)    dressed

D)    shabby

Answer: D

197. Find out the odd word:

A)    costly

B)    expensive

C)    extravagant

D)    moderate

Answer: D

198. Find out the odd word:

A)    Monsoon

B)    North pole

C)    South pole

D)    Equator

Answer: A

199. Find out the odd word:

A)    travel

B)    hotel

C)    journey

D)    voyage

Answer: B

200. Find out the odd word:

A)    bull

B)    cow

C)    calf

D)    pull

Answer: D