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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