Wednesday, 27 November 2013

TNPSC Group 2 Exam-English-Previous Year Questions Topic wise analysis-Homophones

TNPSC GROUP II ANALYSIS

HOMOPHONES:

TNPSC GROUP – II (RE EXAM) - November – 2012
1.       Fill in the blank with correct ‘Homophone’
           We were surprised to know his …………….
A)   Decent
B)   Descent
C)   Dissent
D)   Descented





           Answer: C





2.       Fill in the blank with the correct ‘Homophone’.
           I don’t want to …………
A)   Loose
B)   Loss
C)   Lose
D)   Louse






Answer: C





3.       Fill in the blank with correct ‘Homophone’.
           He ________ many points in favour of his case.
A)   sighted
B)   cited
C)   sited
D)   sitted






Answer: B






TNPSC GROUP – II EXAM (ORIGINAL QUESTION PAPER) - Year - 2012

4.         Match the following Homophones with their related meanings and select the answer from the codes given below:
            Homophones                                  Meanings
A)   steel                                  1)         rob
B)   steal                                  2)         mark of authentication
C)   seal                                   3)         metal
D)   seal                                   4)         a mammal of the sea

Codes:-

            a          b          c          d
A)        4          1          2          3
B)        2          4          3          1
C)        3          1          4          2
D)        1          3          2          4






            Answer: C





5.         Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
            He ran with ……………. At the sight of the tiger.
A)   Fright
B)   Freight
C)   Fraight
D)   Frait






Answer: A





6.         Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
            India is proud of her ………….. cultures.
A)   divorce
B)   diverse
C)   divers
D)   drivers






Answer: B





7.         Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
            The prices of essential commodities are…………… high.
A)   soreing
B)   souring
C)   sharing
D)   soaring






Answer: D







TNPSC GROUP – II - July – 2011

9.       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





10.     Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
           His voice is ……………..
A)   horse
B)   hoarse
C)   hoarsed
D)   hiss





Answer: B





11.     Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
           My friends ……………….. the potato.
A)   peal
B)   peel
C)   paled
D)   pill





Answer: B






12.     Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
           ……………….. has won finer victories than war.
A)   Piece
B)   Peas
C)   Please
D)   Peace






Answer: D






13.     Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
           Abe smiled, when the warder unlocked the ………………
A)   sell
B)   cell
C)   well
D)   hell






Answer: B


TNPSC GROUP – II - April – 2010

           Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone (Q. 131-135)
14.     They went for a …………
A)   sow
B)   saw
C)   show
D)   scene





Answer: C






15.     Mr. Daniel is the ………… of the college.
A)   Principle
B)   Principal
C)   Princely
D)   Principality






Answer: B






16.     The teacher writes on the …………
A)   bored
B)   board
C)   beard
D)   bird






Answer: B






17.     Mumbai is a ……….. city.
A)   populace
B)   populous
C)   populist
D)   populate






Answer: B






18.     I have lost my ………….
A)   dairy
B)   darn
C)   diary
D)   damp






Answer: C


TNPSC GROUP – II - March – 2009

19.     Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
           I …………… very well about my friend
A)   know
B)   no
C)   now
D)   new






Answer: A






20.     Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
           Either Rajan ………….. Kanna will attend the marriage.
A)   are
B)   air
C)   or
D)   wore






Answer: C






21.     Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
            My mother cooks…………..
A)   rise
B)   raise
C)   rice
D)   rose






Answer: C






22.     Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
           The ……………. rises in the east
A)   son
B)   sun
C)   sin
D)   soon






Answer: B


TNPSC GROUP – II - November – 2007

23.     Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone given below:
A)   sum
B)   some
C)   sale
D)   sail






Answer: B






24.     Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone given below:
           ………………… was a beautiful girl
A)   Sea
B)   She
C)   Sun
D)   Shun






Answer: B






25.     Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone given below:
           The fishes were caught by a ………………….
A)   sail
B)   sale
C)   nett
D)   net







Answer: D






26.     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







27.     Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone given below:
           What is the bus …………… to Madras?
A)   fair
B)   fare
C)   complex
D)   interrogative
          





           Answer: A


TNPSC GROUP V ANALYSIS

TNPSC GROUP – V – 2007

28.     Fill in the blank:
           I got my shirt …………… in blue.
A)   dyed
B)   died
C)   doer
D)   None of these







Answer: A






29.     Fill in the blank:
           Amul ……………… of Gujarat supplies milk.
A)   diary
B)   dairy
C)   daily
D)   None of these






Answer: B






30.     Fill in the blank:
           He gave me a bearer………………
A)   check
B)   chalk
C)   cheque
D)   None of these






Answer: C





31.     Select the suitable word:
           Smoking ………….. our health.
A)   effect
B)   defect
C)   affects
D)   None of these





Answer: C


TNPSC GROUP – V - Year – 2003

32.  Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
        Kala had to ………….. her clothes after losing weight.
A)   altar
B)   alter
C)   adjust
D)   tare





Answer: B






33.  Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
            Sheela has a ……………. for the English language.
A)   flair
B)   flare
C)   flaire
D)   flore






Answer: A







34.  Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
        Some women cover their faces with ……………..
A)   wail
B)   veil
C)   vail
D)   weil






Answer: B





35.  Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
        The doctor’s attempt to save the patient w… in …………
A)   vain
B)   vein
C)   vaine
D)   veine






Answer: A






36.  Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
            Rama has a ……………. Throat today.
A)   sores
B)   soor
C)   soar
D)   sore






Answer: D





37.  Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
        …………….. an example, please.
A)   Cite
B)   Sight
C)   Site
D)   Sites






Answer: A






38.  Fill in the blank with suitable Homophone:
        We must throw all …………….. materials in a bin.
A)   waist
B)   waste
C)   weight
D)   wait






Answer: B






39.  Fill in the blank with suitable Homophone:
        Please …………….. with us for a few minutes.
A)   bear
B)   boar
C)   bare
D)   bore






Answer: A





40.  Fill in the blank with suitable Homophone:
        Eat more ……………… it is good for health
A)   carat
B)   carrot
C)   caratt
D)   carrate








Answer: B

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