TNPSC GROUP-II EXAM - Original Question Paper – 2011-Part 8

TNPSC GROUP-II EXAM - Original Question Paper–2011-Part 8

176. Fill in the blank with a suitable participle:

         The teacher scolded the boy ……….. in the classroom.

A)    play

B)    played

C)    playing

D)    was playing

Answer: C

177. Fill in the blank with a gerund:

         He did not like ……….. late.

A)    to work

B)    having worked

C)    working

D)    was working

Answer: C

178. Fill in the blank with a suitable infinitive:

         He showed me how ……… a fuse.

A)    to fix

B)    fixing

C)    to be fixed

D)    having fixed

Answer: A

179. Fill in the blank with a suitable participle:

         ………… sick, he did not attend school

A)    Be

B)    Being

C)    Is being

D)    Was being

Answer: B

180. Fill in the blank with a suitable participle:

         This is a work already ……….. by him.

A)    finish

B)    finished

C)    finishing

D)    to finish

Answer: B

181. 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

182. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:

         His voice is ………

A)    horse

B)    hoarse

C)    hoarsed

D)    hiss

Answer: B

183. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:

         My friends ……….. the potato.

A)    peal

B)    peel

C)    paled

D)    pill

Answer: B

184. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:

         ……….. has won finer victories than war.

A)    Piece

B)    Peas

C)    Please

D)    Peace

Answer: D

185. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:

         Abe smiled, when the warder unlocked the ………..

A)    sell

B)    cell

C)    well

D)    hell

Answer: B

186. Comprehension:

River Amazon of South America has the greatest flow and is navigable for two thousand miles. It is longer than Yangtze river, also known as the lifeline of China. However, the Amazon river is not as long as the Nile of Africa. The Nile is the longest river system of the world.

Which river is known as the lifeline of China?

A)    Amazon

B)    Nile

C)    Hwang Ho

D)    Yangtze

Answer: D

187. Comprehension:

Napoleon was the son of the Italian noble man. He was born in the Island of Corsica in 1769. He joined the French army. By the time Napoleon reached the age of 26, he was already a General. In 1793, he supported the French Revolution.

When and where was Napoleon born?

A)    Napoleon was born in 1679 in Italy.

B)    Napoleon was born in 1769 in France.

C)    Napoleon was born in the Island of Corsica  in 1769.

D)    Napoleon was born in Europe in 1926.

Answer: C

188. Comprehension:

Interior decoration is not a modern invention. The Persians were the pioneers in making carpets. Akbar, the great Mughal ruler of India patronized this art. Even today we can see a few samples of mats manufactured during the Mughal period in the Metro Museum of Art in New York. U.S.A

Mughal period mats can be seen in

A)    Persia

B)    Tamil Nadu

C)    North India

D)    New York

Answer: D

189. Comprehension:

   Jesse Owens walked over to Luz Long’s room to thank him. They sat in his quarters and talked for two hours about athletics. Ourselves, the world situation. A dozen other things. When he got up to leave, we both knew that a real friendship had been formed. Luz would go out to the stadium the next day trying to beat him if he could

         Where did they sit and discuss a dozen other things?

A)    Stadium

B)    Indoor stadium

C)    Hostel

D)    Quarters

Answer: D

190. Comprehension:

Beverages or bottled drinks like Mirinda, Fanta and Pepsi contain chemicals which are harmful to our general health. Natural cold beverages like buttermilk and coconuts are cheaper and harmless. They make us healthy also.

Which of the following statements is correct

A)    Beverages are harmful to our health

B)    Beverages are harmless to our health

C)    Natural beverages make us unhealthy

D)    Natural beverages are costlier than bottled beverages

Answer: A

191. Find out the odd word. (adjective)

A)    Invert

B)    Invertebrate

C)    Inversion

D)    Invest

Answer: A

192. Find out the odd word. (adverb)

A)    Successfully

B)    Success

C)    Successful

D)    Successor

Answer: A

193. Find out the odd word. (verb)

A)    Nationalize

B)    Nationalist

C)    Nationality

D)    Nationalization

Answer: A

194. Find out the odd word. (noun)

A)    Decoration

B)    Decorate

C)    Decorative

D)    Decorous

Answer: A

195. Find out the odd word. (noun)

A)    Oppose

B)    Opposed

C)    Opposite

D)    Opposition

Answer: D

196. Select the correct plural form of ‘Clock’.

A)    Clocks

B)    Clock

C)    Clockes

D)    Clockies

Answer: A

197. Select the correct plural form of ‘Swine’.

A)    Swiness

B)    Swins

C)    Swine

D)    Swineses

Answer: C

198. Select the correct plural form of ‘Theif’.

A)    Thiefs

B)    Thieves

C)    Thiefes

D)    Thief

Answer: B

199. Select the correct plural form of ‘Medium’.

A)    Media

B)    Mediums

C)    Medias

D)    Mediums

Answer: A

200. Select the correct plural form of ‘Wolf’.

A)    Wolfs

B)    Wolves

C)    Wolf

D)    Wolfes

Answer: B