TNPSC GROUP-II Exam Original Question Paper- April 2010-Part 7

TNPSC GROUP-II Exam Original Question Paper- April 2010-Part 7

151. Fill in the blank with the suitable gerund:

         They locked the door before ……….. out

A)    went

B)    gone

C)    going

D)    to go

Answer: C

152. Fill in the blank with the suitable infinitive:

         ………….. false evidence is a sin

A)    To give

B)    To giving

C)    Giving

D)    To be give

Answer: A

153. Fill in the blank with the suitable gerund:

         I am interested ………….

A)    to swim

B)    in swim

C)    for swimming

D)    in swimming

Answer: D

154. Fill in the blank with the suitable infinitive:

         …………. is to improve the body

A)    To run

B)    To ran

C)    To be running

D)    To running

Answer: A

155. Fill in the blank with the suitable gerund:

         He is hard of ………….

A)    hear

B)    to be hearing

C)    hearing

D)    none

Answer: C

Fill in the blank with the correct form of tense (Q. 156-160)

156. When I saw Ram he ………. cricket.

A)    played

B)    will be playing

C)    is playing

D)    was playing

Answer: D

157. Kiran had been working in a bank for some years

A)    Simple past

B)    Past continuous

C)    Past perfect continuous

D)    Past perfect

Answer: C

158. Nothing can be done until we ………. the fact

A)    know

B)    knew

C)    had known

D)    have known

Answer: A

159. I had seen him earlier

A)    Past continuous

B)    Past perfect

C)    Past perfect continuous

D)    Future perfect

Answer: B

160. She had played carom

A)    Future perfect

B)    Past perfect

C)    Present perfect

D)    Simple present

Answer: B

         Select the correct question tag (Q. 161-165)

161. Barking dog seldom bites, …………?

A)    does it

B)    doesn’t it

C)    isn’t it

D)    won’t it

Answer: A

162. Uma used to play cricket, …………?

A)    is it

B)    doesn’t she

C)    didn’t she

D)    hasn’t she

Answer: B

163. A little progress has been made ……….?

A)    has it

B)    had it

C)    hadn’t it

D)    hasn’t it

Answer: D

164. I play well, …………?

A)    do I

B)    don’t I

C)    didn’t I

D)     did I

Answer: B

165. I am 12 years old, …………?

A)    am I not

B)    are I

C)    aren’t I

D)    were I

Answer: A

166. Select the correct voice:

         Circles are drawn neatly

A)    Active

B)    Personal Passive

C)    Impersonal Passive

D)    None

Answer: C

167. Select the correct passive sentence:

         Nobody taught English as he taught it

A)    English was not taught by anybody as it was taught by him

B)    English was taught by nobody as it is taught by him

C)    English has not been taught as it has been taught him

D)    English was not taught by no one as it had been taught by him

Answer: A

168. Select the correct voice:

         I see a dark cloud

A)    Personal Passive

B)    Passive

C)    Active

D)    None

Answer: C

169. Select the correct active sentence:

         Smoking is prohibited

A)    We prohibit smoking

B)    We are prohibited smoking

C)    We have prohibited smoking

D)    We have been prohibiting smoking

Answer: A

170. Fill in the blank with the correct form voice:

         We ………. Them of the danger

A)    must be warned

B)    should be warned

C)    have been warned

D)    must warn

Answer: D

         Fill in the blank with the suitable article (Q. 171-176)

171. I saw ………….. one-eyed man

A)    some

B)    a

C)    An

D)    The

Answer: B

172. Yesterday ……….. European called at my office

A)    a

B)    some

C)    an

D)    the

Answer: C

173. She never goes out without ……….. umbrella

A)    an

B)    the

C)    a

D)    some

Answer: A

174. This is ………… pen which I lost last week

A)    the

B)    an

C)    a

D)    some

Answer: A

175. He is ………. Member of our club

A)    some

B)    a

C)    the

D)    an

Answer: B

176. The work must be finished ………. the end of the week

A)    over

B)    in

C)    on

D)    by

Answer: D