Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission - English paper - Part 1

1. Match the following root 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. Stooped 1. lived
b. Dwelt 2. yearly celebration
c. Anniversary 3. stomach pain
d. Colic 4. bent
Codes a b c d
3 4 1 2
  4 1 2 3
  2 3 4 1
  1 3 2 4
 
 

2. Comprehension
There were two friends in the village of Bhuthapandy. The elder was Kandhan, a cunning man and the younger was Rangan a very simple man.
Select the correct answer:
Rangan was cunning man  Rangan was a wise man
  Rangan was a Playful man  Rangan was a very simple man 
 

3. Comprehension:
Mulla’s parents were humble and ordinary. Mulla was also like that. Books were costly in those days. So, Mulla worked hard in the rich man’s house and read books there.
Books were …………in those days
Cheap  very cheap  costly  more costly 
 

4. Comprehension:
The tench is a large fish found in water of lakes, rivers and marshes. Its skin secretes a lot of slime, It was formerly known as doctor fish.
The name of the fish referred here is
Doctor  tench  Slime  Large 
 

5. Comprehension:
The liver is the largest organ in our body and its weighs one and half kilos. It performs more than 500 jobs, some them essential to life.
The largest organ in our body is the ………..
intestine  heart  liver  rib 
 

6. Comprehension:
Elephants are found in India and in Africa. The African elephant differs in some points from the Indian, being large with longer tusks and bigger ears.
Elephants are ……………… animals.
domestic  wild  bold  shy 
 

7. Find out the error:
He Know me well
Find out the error:
He
  Know   me   well 
 

8. Find out the error:
The baby is cry
The  baby  is  cry 
 

9. Find out the error
Call a boy Standing outside
Call   a  boy   Standing outside 
 

10. Select the correct plural from:
Flower
Flowers  Floweries  Floweris  Flowes 
 

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Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission - English paper - Part 2

11. Select the correct sentences:
Water flows from the hill  Water flows down the hill  Water flows beside the hill  Water flows for the hill 
 

12. Select the correct sentences:
I want to improve my knowledge in English  I want to improve my knowledge for English  I want to improve my knowledge on English  I want to improve my knowledge of English 
 

13. Select the correct sentence:
Drinking lot of water is good to health  Drinking lot of water is good for health  Drinking lot water is good of health  Drinking lot water is good to health 
 

14. Select the correct sentences (Indirect speech):
The teacher said to Mallika, “What is your father?”
The teacher asked Mallika what her father was  The teacher requested Mallika what her father was  The teacher ordered Mallika what her father was  The teacher said to Mallika what her father was 
 

15. Select the correct impersonal passive sentence:
Nobody closed the door
The door is not closed  The door was not closed  The door won’t be closed  The door didn’t closed 
 

16. Identify the sentence:
Being busy, I could not attend the function
complex  compound  simple  negative 
 

17. Identify the sentence:
On seeing the mother the baby laughed.
Compound  interrogative  complex  simple 
 

18. Identify the sentence:
If there is pain, take this tablet
simple  complex  compound  imperative 
 

19. Identify the sentence:
The Sun had set and the stars appeared
Simple  complex  Compound  imperative 
 

20. Select the correct question tag:
I am in your way, …………….
am I ?  will I?  did I ?  am n’t I?
 
 

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TNPSC - English paper Multiple Choice Test- Part 3

21. Identify the sentence pattern:
They announced the results
S.V. O.  S. V. A .
  S. V. C.  S. V. A.C. 
 

22. Identify the sentence pattern:
My teacher taught the English:
S.V.O.  S. V. I. D. O.  S. V. C. O.  S. V. D. O. I. O. 
 

23. Identify the sentence pattern:
She laughed loudly:
S. V. A.  S. V. O.  S. V. C.  S. V. I. O. 
 

24. Identify the sentence pattern
He appeared angry.
S. V. O.  S. V. C.  S. V. A.  S.V. D. O. 
 

25. Identify the sentence pattern:
The baby is crying.
S. O. V.  S. V. I. O
  S. V. I. O
  S. V. 
 

26. Fill in the blank with correct article
My sister will come in …….. day or two
the  an  a  some 
 

27. Fill in the blank with correct article.
…………cow is a useful animal.
A  The  An  Some 
 

28. Fill in the blank with correct article.
Rajan is waiting for …………. Hour
at  the  an  a 
 

29. Fill in the blank with correct article.
Yesterday I met …………. European
an  a  the  some 
 

30. Fill in the blank with correct preposition:
My mother is ………….. the kitchen
on  at  by  in 
 

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TNPSC - English Objective Paper - Part 4

31. Select the correct prefix:
Danger
ing  en  ed  er 
 

32. Select the correct suffix:
Small
ed  ly  er  ing 
 

33. Select correct suffix
beauti
ion  ly  ing  ful. 
 

34. Select the prefix:
Cover
dis  un  in  ly  Both (A) dis (B) un
 

35. Select the correct prefix:
un  re  mis  en 
 

36. Choose the correct antonym:
United Nation lives on.
grows  survives  exists  dies 
 

37. Choose the correct antonym:
It is very deep sleep
Sound  nap  disturbed  shallow 
 

38. Choose the correct antonym:
Night descended dark and cold.
increased  ascended  decreased  moved 
 

39. Choose the correct antonym:
It was an ancient Indian prince who first developed music
modern  old  historical  past time 
 

40. Fill in the blank (infinitive):
…………. In the right side of the road is dangerous.
To walk  To be walk  To walking  Walking 
 

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TNPSC - English paper Online Test- Part 5

41. Fill in the blank (infinitive)
Kale likes………….. in the air.
flying  to fly  to be fly  was flying 
 

42. Fill in the blank (gerund):
…………. is good for health
Will swin  Will be swimming  Swimming  Swam 
 

43. Fill in the blank (gerund)
Kala does not like ………….. in the streets.
playing  played  will play  was playing 
 

44. Fill in the bland (participle):
I have ……….. breakfast in the morning
eaten  ate  will eat  will be eating 
 

45. Select the correct tense:
P.M visits flood victims.
present perfect  simple present  Present continuous  simple past 
 

46. Select the correct tense:
The stars are shining
present continuous  simple future  past perfect  past continuous 
 

47. Select the correct tense
I had passed the exam.
present perfect  past perfect  simple past  simple future 
 

48. Select the correct tense:
At 10 O’ clock tomorrow I shall be travelling to Agra.
future continuous  past continuous  present perfect  present continuous 
 

49. Select the correct tense:
Several prisoners have broken out the jail.
simple past  simple present  present continuous  present perfect 
 

50. Find out the error :
We sat by the ground
We   sat   by   the ground  
 

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TNPSC - practice English paper Online Test- Part 6

51. Find out the error:
Either Meena nor Kamal attended the function.
Either Meena   nor   Kamal attended   the function. 
 

52. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
I …………… very well about my friend.
Know  no  now  new 
 

53. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
Either Rajan ………….. Kannan will attend the marriage.
are  air  or  wore 
 

54. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
My mother cooks ………..
rise  raise  rice  rose 
 

55. Fill in the blank with correct Homophone:
The ……….. rises in the east.
son  sun  sin  soon 
 

56. Change the verb into adverb:
Grace
gracious  gracefully  graciously  none of these 
 

57. Change the following noun into verb:
Obedience
obey  obediently  obedient  none of these 
 

58. Find out the adjective
danger  dangerous  dangerously  be danger 
 

59. Find out the verb:
hurrying  hurryly  hurry  hurried 
 

60. Identify the sentence:
Do not scold me in public, or I will not obey.
complex  simple  negative  compound 
 

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TNPSC - Previous year model English paper - Part 7

61. Identify the positive degree:

No other girl in the class is to tall as Sylvia  Sylvia is taller than any other girl in the class  Slyvia is the tallest girl in the class  Jancy is not taller than Sylvia 
 

62. Identify the positive degree:
Akbar was one of the mightiest kings  Akbar was mightier than most other kings  Very few kings are as mighty as Akbar  Mango is one of sweetest fruits 
 

63. Identify the comparative degree
John is the cleverest boy  John is cleverer than any other boy  No other boy is so clever as john  Kamala is as tall as Vimala 
 

64. Identify the superlative degree:
Mango is one of the sweetest fruits  Very few fruits are as sweet as mango  Asha is as wise as Priya  Priya is not wise than Asha. 
 

65. Identify the superlative degree:
India is more powerful than Pakistan  Pakistan is not as a powerful as India  India is one of the most powerful countries  Very few countries are so 
 

66. Find out the Noun:
glitter  shine  Star  lighting 
 

67. 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
Codes:
a b c d
4 1 2 3  2 3 4 1  2 1 3 4  3 4 1 2 
 

68. 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
Codes:
a b c d
4 1 2 3  3 4 1 2  2 3 4 1  3 2 1 4 
 

69. Match the following countries given in Column A with their 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
Codes:
a b c d
2 4 1 3  3 2 4 1  4 3 1 2  4 2 3 1 
 

70. Fill in the blank with correct article.
This is ………………. Ink pot which I bought yesterday.
The  a  an  some 
 

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TNPSC - Previous year practice English paper - Part 8

71. Fill in the blank with correct article.
John like to eat ………….. apples
an  the  a  some 
 

72. Identify the odd word:
Granite  Dynamite  Radium  Radio 
 

73. Identify the odd word:
Rose  Lotus  Jasmine  Grass 
 

74. Identify the odd word:
Table  Chair  Bench  Goat 
 

75. Identify the odd word:
Sparrow  Crow  Cow  Dove 
 

76. Select the correct plural form:
Ox
Oxs  Oxes  Oxen  none of these 
 

77. Select the correct plural form:
Fish
Fishs  Fishies  Fish  Fishers 
 

78. Select the correct plural form
Baby
Babys  Babies  Babyes  Babis 
 

79. Select the correct plural from:
Child
Childs  Children  Childes  Childish 
 

80. Choose correct antonym:
The Warder unlocked the cell.
Closed  opened  shielded  blocked 
 

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TNPSC - Previous year English paper - Part 9

81. Choose the correct synonym:
The waves would easily engulf the land
cover  encircle  destroy  swallow up. 
 

82. Choose the correct synonym:
Perhaps there are several other bodies
many  some  a few  a lot of 
 

83. Choose the correct synonym:
Can you distinguish between a planed and a star?
differ  resemble  differentiate  similarity 
 

84. Choose the correct synonym
The cubs are born
cub  young ones  cats  lions 
 

85. Choose the correct synonym:
We meet in an hour of grief and challenge
Joy  bliss  sad  sorrow 
 

86. Select the correct question tag:
It is raining………….
is it?  does it ?  isn’t it?  may it? 
 

87. Select the correct question tag:
does she?  is she?  will she?  doesn’t she? 
 

88. Select the correct question tag:
He cannot understand English ………….
Can he?  does he?  will he?  Can’t he? 
 

89. Select the correct question tag:
John sings well, ……………
does he?  doesn’t he?  won’t he?  shall he? 
 

90. Select the correct tense:
AS we were climbing up the hill, we saw a cave.
Present continuous  past continuous  future continuous  future perfect 
 

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Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission - English paper - Part 10

91. Choose the correct tense:
Veda …………….. a car
bought  has bought  have bought  will be buying 
 

92. Choose the correct tense:
We …………. to Cochin last summer
go  will go  gone  went 
 

93. Choose the correct tense:
While I …………. For the bus a car came
am waiting  will wait  have wait  was waiting 
 

94. Choose the correct tense:
Mani …………… English
teaches  taught  has been teaching  was taught 
 

95. Choose the correct tense:
He …… in the army during the freedom struggle
has served  served  has been serving  will serve 
 

96. Fill in the blank with correct preposition:
Ruby came ………… day break
in  by  into  at 
 

97. Fill in the blank with correct preposition:
My uncle came …………. a weak.
before  with  after  in 
 

98. Fill in the blank with correct preposition:
A cake was shared ……….. two sisters
with  between  by  for 
 

99. Fill in the blank with correct prepositions:
He has been working …………… 1984
for  from  since  about 
 

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UP P.S.C General Studies Solved Paper 2011 - Online Test - Part 1

1. The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent is found at-
Lothal  Harappa  Mehrgarh  Mundigak 
 

2. During the Rig Vedic period Niska was an ornament of-
Ear  Neck  Arm  Wrist 
 

3. Which of the following were regarded as the hub of Aryan culture during the later Vedic period ?
Anga, Magadh  Kosal, Videha  Kuru, Panchal  Matsya, Surasena 
 

4. Who among the following was the first to take initiative for water resource management in the Girnar region ?
Chandragupta Maurya  Asoka  Rudradaman  Skandagupta 
 

5. That Lumbini was the birth place of Gautama Buddha, is confirmed by an inscription of-
Asoka  Kanishka  Harsha  Dharmapala 
 

6. Who among the following Gupta Kings had another name Devagupta ?
Samudragupta  Chandragupta II  Kumaragupta  None of the above 
 

7. Kumaradevi, a queen of Govinda Chandra Gahadavala, constructed Dharma-Chakra Jina Vihara at-
Bodha Gaya  Rajgrih  Kushinagar  Sarnath 
 

8. Which of the following dynasties frequently assigned to the ladies high ranking positions in administration ?
Chola  Chalukya  Pala  Sena 
 

9. Who among the following Rajput rulers is known to have written a book on music ?
Jayachandra Gahadavala  Prithviraj Chauhan  Rana Kumbha  Man Singh 
 

10. Which Sultan of Delhi was a contemporary of the Mongol leader Chengiz Khan ?
Iltutmish  Razia  Balban  Alauddin Khalji 
 

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UP P.S.C General Studies Solved Paper 2011 - Part 2

11. Who among the following was the continuing link between Sher Shah and Akbar in the field of land revenue administration ?
Birbal  Todar Mal  Bhagwan Das  Bhar Mal 
 

12. With which medieval ruler would you associate the statement ‘I would have lost the empire just for a handful of millet’ ?
Alauddin Khalji  Muhammad Tughlaq  Sher Shah  Aurangzeb 
 

13. The Maratha King became a nonentity and the Peshwa the virtual ruler from the time of-
Balaji Vishwanath  Baji Rao I  Balaji Rao  Madnav Rao I 
 

14. Thomas Roe was received in audience by Jehangir at-
Agra  Ajmer  Delhi  Fatehpur Sikri 
 

15. Which one of the following musical instruments was mastered by Aurangzeb ?
Sitar  Pakhawaj  Veena  None of the above 
 

16. Which son of Aurangzeb revolted against his father, weakening the latter’s position against the Rajputs ?
Azam  Akbar  Muazzam  Kam Baksh 
 

17. Who were the first Europeans to come to India for trade ?
Dutch  English  French  Portuguese 
 

18. What did the Act V of 1843 make illegal ?
Child marriage  Infanticide  Sati  Slavery 
 

19. Who among the following was the leader of the revolution of 1857 in Assam ?
Diwan Maniram Dutta  Kandarpeshwar Singh  Purandar Singh  Piali Barua 
 

20. Which of the following Acts transferred the Government of India from East India Company to the Crown ?
Government of India Act 1858  Indian Councils Act 1861  Royal Titles Act 1876  Indian Councils Act 1892 
 

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UP P.S.C General Studies Solved Paper 2011 - Part 3

21. The first meeting of Indian National Congress was held at-
Bombay  Poona  Madras  Calcutta 
 

22. The paper ‘Indian Mirror’ was published during 1861 from-
Bombay  Calcutta  Madras  Pondicherry 
 

23. Name the organization formed by Surendranath Banerjee which merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886-
East India Association  London India Society  Indian Association  Indian National Conference 
 

24. Who among the following introduced the Vernacular Press Act ?
Lord Lytton  Lord Ripon  Lord Curzon  Lord Hastings 
 

25. The President of Surat Session of Indian National Congress, 1907 was-
R. B. Ghosh  B. G. Tilak  Annie Besant  G. K. Gokhale 
 

26. Who among the following had started Indian Home Rule Society in London ?
Annie Besant  Bal Gangadhar Tilak  Shyamji Krishna Varma  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi 
 

27. The first Trade Union was founded in India in the year 1918 by-
N. M. Joshi  B. P. Wadia  V. V. Giri  S. A. Dange 
 

28. Who resigned from the membership of Viceroy’s Executive Council as a protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre ?
Mahatma Gandhi  Rabindranath Tagore  Shankaran Nair  Jamnalal Bajaj 
 

29. Who had opposed the Champaran Satyagraha of Mahatma Gandhi ?
Rabindranath Tagore  N. G. Ranga  Rajkumar Shukla  Rajendra Prasad 
 

30. In which one of the following languages was the first issue of the Journal Ghadar published ?
Urdu  Hindi  English  Marathi 
 

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UP P.S.C General Studies Question Paper 2011 - Part 4

31. Who was the author of the book ‘Bandi Jiwan’ ?
Dinabandhu Mitra  Hema Chandrakar  Ram Prasad Bismil  Sachindra Sanyal 
 

32. Consider the following events connected with Indian National Movement :
1. Gandhi-Irvin Pact
2. Execution of Bhagat Singh
3. Karachi Session of Indian National Congress, 1931
4. Martyrdom of Chandra Shekhar Azad
Find the correct chronological order of the events from the codes given
below-
Codes :
4, 1, 2, 3  1, 2, 3, 4  2, 3, 4, 1  4, 1, 3, 2 
 

33. 33. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists : List-I
(a) Annie Besant
(b) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Ambika Charan Majumdar
List-II
1. Home Rule Movement
2. Champaran Satyagraha
3. Lucknow Session of Indian
National Congress, 1916
4. Lahore Session of Indian
National Congress, 1929
Codes :
(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 2 4 3  1 2 3 4  4 3 2 1  3 2 1 4 
 

34. Who among the following said about the Act of 1935 "a car which has brake but no engine" ?
Jawahar Lal Nehru  C. Rajgopalachari  Mahatma Gandhi  S. C. Bose 
 

35. Who formed the Radical Democratic Party in 1940 ?
Indrasen  M. N. Roy  Somendranath Tagore  Shachindranath Sanyal 
 

36. Who started the individual Satyagraha ?
Mahatma Gandhi  Pattabhi Sitaramayya  Jawahar Lal Nehru  Vinoba Bhave 
 

37. Who among the following called the movements of Gandhiji as ‘political blackmail’ ?
Lord Chelmsford  Lord Wavel  Lord Linlithgow  Lord Montague 
 

38. Muslim League observed the ‘Direct Action Day’ on-
12 August 1942  16 August 1943  16 August 1946  14 August 1947 
 

39. Arrange in chronological order the following events which occurred during post-independence period :
1. Liberation of Goa
2. Dalai Lama fled to India
3. Chou En-Lai visited India
4. India visit of Khrushchev and Bulganin
Select the correct answer from the codes given below-
Codes :
1, 3, 2, 4  2, 1, 4, 3  3, 4, 1, 2  4, 2, 3, 1 
 

40. Who among the following were responsible for the creation of Ratha monuments at Mamallapuram ?
Cholas  Pallavas  Pandyas  Chalukyas 
 

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