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TNPSC GROUP-2 EXAM
GENERAL ENGLISH
101) Identify the given sentence:
On seeing the police, the thief ran away.
d)Negative
a)Complex b)Compound c)Simple
102) Identify the given sentence:
The girl who found the purse is my cousin
a)Compound
b)Negative
c)Simple
d)Complex
103) Identify the given sentence:
He was rich but he was not happy
a)Simple b)Compound c)Interrogative d)Complex
104) Identify the given sentence:
He is too small to climb the hill
c)Compound d)Negative
a)Simple b)Complex
105) Identify the given sentence:
Sachin scored a century and the spectators applauded
him
a)Simple b)Complex
c)Positive d)Compound
106) Identify the given sentence:
No other girl in the class is as intelligent as Uma
a)Imperative
b)Superlative c)Positive
d)Comparative
107) Identify the Superlative degree:
a)Australia is the largest island
b)No other island is as large as Australia
c)Australia is larger than any other island
d)Most of the islands are not larger than Australia
108) Identify the Superlative degree:
The Essay on Identifying Organic Compounds Lab
The purpose of washing the test tubes thoroughly is so you don’t mix substances, which can cause your results to be inaccurate. Hypotheses: 1. If the test samples contain Protein, then in the presence of Biuret the color will turn to yellow, green, or lavender. 2. If the test samples contain Carbohydrates, then in the presence of Benedict’s color will turn to “traffic light colors” which consist ...
a)Tom is one of the tallest boys in the group
b)Very few boys in the group are as tall as Tom
c)Tom is taller than most other boys in the group
d)Tom is as tall as Jim
109) Identify the Positive degree:
a)Gandhi is the greatest of all leaders
b)Gandhi is greater than all other leaders
c)No other leader is as great as Gandhi
d)Subhash Chandra Bose is not greater than Gandhi
110) Identify the Positive degree:
a)Manoj is one of the bravest boys in the class
b)Manoj is braver than most other boys in the class
c)Very few boys in the class are so brave as Manoj
d)Manoj is braver than Salim
111) Find out odd word:
a)floppy
b)printer
c)laptop
d)radio
112) Find out odd word:
c)boat
d)ship
a)canoe
b)lorry
NOTE: Others sail on water.
113) Find out odd word:
a)laugh
b)pollute
c)provoke
d)provision
114) Find out odd word:
a)round
b)square
c)rectangle
d)sound
115) Find out odd word:
c)strong
d)beauty
a)weakness b)anger
116) Select the correct plural form for the given word:
Country
a)countrys b)countries
c)countries d)countrees
117) Select the correct plural from for the given word:
Mouse
b)Muses
c)Mices d)Mouses
a)Mice
118) Select the correct plural from for the given word:
Brush
c)Brushies
d)none
a)Brushes b)Brushs
11th April 2010.
119) Select the correct plural from for the given word:
woman
c)womens
d)womans
a)womenes b)women
120) Select the correct plural from for the given word:
child
d)child
a)childs
b)childrens
c)children
121) Comprehension: A bat has wings. It looks like a
mouse. Its eyes are small. It prefers to sleep in dark
corners. But it neither hatches eggs nor lays eggs.
The bat is a/an
a)bird
b)insect
c)mammal
d)none
122) Comprehension: The first man to travel in space
The Term Paper on A Long Way Gone Memoirs Of A Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is written by Ismael Beah. The author of the book was born in Sierra Leone in 1980, and then, eighteen years later, he moved to the United States. His biography doesn't remind the lives of ordinary writers, as, unlike them, his life wasn't very sweet. The book tells the story of his childhood, when in 1991 a civil ...
was a Russian named Yuri Gagarin who in 1961 shot
up to a height of 187 miles and was put into orbit at
18,000 mph. He went once round the earth in 89
minutes and then was slowed down by small rockets
fired in forward direction.
The first man to travel in space was a Russian named
a)Armstrong
b)Kalpana Chawla
d)Neil
c)Yuri Gagarin
123) Comprension: Dolphins are huge mammals. They
are noted for their sharp brain. They are very friendly
and can be trained by human beings to do acrobatics.
Dolphins are
c)lazy d)moody
a)rude
b)friendly
124) Comprehension: Meg helped Jo clear away the
remains of the feast which took half the afternoon, and
left them so tired that they agreed to be contented with
tea and toast for supper.
Meg helped Jo in the
a)kitchen b)hotel
c)part d)office
125) Comprehension:
The silver spots tell us where the cotton has been
hidden and gold spots tell us where the wheat has been
hidden
Wheat spots are marked by
b)silver
c)platinum
d)diamond
a)gold
126) Select the correct sentence:
b)I took pity for him
a)I took pity on him
c)I took pity about him
d)I took pity in him
127) Select the correct sentence:
a)His uncle met with an accident
b)His uncle met for an accident
c)His uncle met on an accident
d)His uncle met in an accident
128) Select the correct sentence:
a)I look forward to meet you
b)I look forward on to meet you
c)I look forward to meeting you
d)I look forward for meeting you
129) Select the correct sentence:
a)I met an European in my school
b)I met a European in my school
c)I met with European in my school
d)I met the European in my school.
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149) Find out the verb
130) Select the correct sentence:
d)sleepiness
a)sleepy
b)sleepless
c)slept
a)The competition for the 1st rank is for Tom and Ram
The Essay on Sentence Composing
1. The conventions of the Kentucky Writing Scoring Rubric are grammar and usage, word choice, correctness, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and abbreviation and documentation. What I would do to teach grammar and usage would be to use Don and Jenny Kilgallon’s book called Sentence Composing for the middle school, which stresses how to combine sentences. It is a somewhat nontraditional ...
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b)The competition for the 1 rank is between Tom
150) Change the verb into noun: Move
and Ram
a)moving b)moment
c)movement d)none
c)The competition for the 1st rank is among Tom and
151) Fill in the blank with the suitable gerund:
Ram
They locked the door before…..out
st
d)The competition for the 1 rank is from Tom and
d)to go
a)went
b)gone
c)going
Ram
152) Fill in the blank with the suitable infinitive:
131) Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone:
……….false evidence is a sin
They went for a…..
c)Giving
d)To be give
a)To give b)To giving
d)scene
a)sow
b)saw c)show
153) Fill in the blank with the suitable gerund:
132) Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone:
I am interested……….
Mr.Daniel is the……of the college
a)to swim b)in swim
c)for swimming
c)Princely d)Principality
a)Principle b)Principal
d)in swimming
133) Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone:
154) Fill in the blank with the suitable infinitive:
The teacher writes on the…..
…….is to improve the body
c)beard
d)bird
a)bored
b)board
a)To run b)To ran c)To be running d)To running
134) Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone:
155) Fill in the blank with the suitable gerund:
Mumbai is a …….city
He is hard of………
c)populist
d)populate
a)populace b)populous
d)none
a)hear
b)to be hearing c)hearing
135) Fill in the blank with a suitable homophone:
156) Fill in the blank with the correct form of tense:
I have lost my…..
When I saw Ram he……..cricket.
a)dairy
b)darn
c)diary
d)damp
a)played
b)will be playing c)is playing
136) Find out the error:
d)was playing
Sekhar is a M.A.
157) Select the correct tense:
a
bcd
The Term Paper on Selecting An Automated Library System For Finnish Research Libraries
1 The Present Situation All Finnish academic libraries and a number of other Finnish research libraries have used the VTLS software during the 90’s. The contract with VTLS Inc. was signed in 1988 and implementation took place during the following years. A uni? ed network called Linnea was created, consisting of the local installations and a common physical union catalogue which all were connected ...
Kiran had been working in a bank for some years
NOTE: Sekhar is an M.A. But Sekhar is a Master of
a)Simple past
b)Past continuous
Arts.
c)Past perfect continuous d)Past perfect
137) Find out the error:
158) Fill in the blank with the correct form of tense:
We discussed about the matter
Nothing can be done until we…..the fact
d
a
b
c
a)know
b)knew c)had known d)have known
NOTE: “About” not necessary
159) Select the correct tense:
138) Find out the error:
I had seen him earlier
Mr.James comes in Italy
a)Past continuous
b)Past perfect
d
a
b
c
c)Past perfect continuous d)Future perfect
139) Find out the error:
160) Select the correct tense:
Earth moves around the sun
She had played carom
b
c
d
a
a)Future perfect
b)Past perfect
c)Present perfect d)Simple present
140) Find out the error:
He is a MLA now
161) Select the correct question tag:
d
ab
c
Barking dog seldom bites,……?
c)isn’t it
d)won’t it
a)does it
b)doesn’t it
141) Identify the sentence pattern:
They have revolutionised the life style
162) Select the correct question tag:
d)SVA
a)SVC
b)ASVC
c)SVO
Uma used to play cricket,……?
a)is it
b)doesn’t she c)didn’t she d)hasn’t she
142) Identify the sentence pattern:
The judge found him guilty
163) Select the correct question tag:
a)SVOA
b)SVOC
c)SVCA
d)SVIODO
A little progress has been made,…..?
a)has it
b)had it
c)hadn’t it
d)hasn’t it
143) Identify the sentence pattern:
They played well in the last match
164) Select the correct question tag:
c)SVO
The Essay on Abstract Word Words Participants Experiment
Method Participants There were 32 (22 female and 10 male) participants in this word recall experiment. Participants were of traditional and nontraditional college-age. The participants were from various academic majors; however, all participants were currently enrolled in one of three sections of an experimental psychology course. All of the experimental psychology students taking part in this ...
d)SVCA
a)SVOA
b)SVAA
I play well,….?
c)didn’t I
d)did I
a)do I
b)don’t I
144) Identify the sentence pattern:
They selected him captain
165) Select the correct question tag:
c)SVOA
d)SVAA
a)SVIODO b)SVOC
I am 12 years old,……?
d)were I
a)am I
b)are I
c)aren’t I
145) Identify the sentence pattern:
Raju played cricket
166) Select the correct voice:
a)SVC
b)SVOA
c)SVO d)SVOC
Circles are drawn neatly
a)Active
b)Personal Passive
146) Change the Adjective into Adverb: Daring
d)none
c)Impersonal Passive
c)dared
d)dares
a)dare
b)daringly
147) Change the noun into verb: Identification
a)identity b)identical
c)identify
d)none
148) Find out the adverb:
c)clearance
d)clearing
a)clearly b)clear
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167) Select the correct passive sentence:
184) Choose the correct antonym for the italicized word:
Nobody taught English as he taught it
He was busy reading the book
b)dull
c)active
d)tired
a)lazy
a)English was not taught by anybody as it was
taught by him
185) Choose the correct antonym for the italicized word:
b)English was taught by nobody as it is taught by him
Distribute the sweets to all
c)English has not been taught as it has been taught by
b)share
c)scatter
d)slowly
a)retain
him
186) Choose the correct prefix: media
d)English was not taught by no one as it had been
b)anti
c)inter
d)tion
a)multi
taught by him
168) Select the correct voice:
187) Choose the correct suffix: wealth
I see a dark cloud
b)re
c)ly
The Term Paper on A modified version of a Stroop experiment using colour-associated and colour neutral words
Abstract: This experiment investigated the Stroop effect comparing response times between naming colour ink printed in colour-associated words and colour neutral words. Previous research of two-process theories which support Stroop's studies [cited in Edgar:2007] found that automatic processes can interfere with controlled processes. To test this interference further, colour-associated words were ...
d)ity
a)y
a)Personal Passive b)Passive
188) Choose the correct suffix: condition
c)Active
d)none
a)al
b)un
c)able
d)ful
169) Select the correct active sentence:
189) Choose the correct prefix: sleep
Smoking is prohibited
b)mis
c)con
d)un
a)a
a)We prohibit smoking
190) Choose the correct suffix: move
b)We are prohibiting smoking
b)ion
c)ly
d)ary
a)ment
c)We have prohibited smoking
191) Match the following words given in Column A with
d)We have been prohibiting smoking
their meanings in Column B and select the correct
170) Fill in the blank with the correct form of voice:
answer from the codes given below:
We……them of the danger
Column A
Column B
a)must be warned
b)should be warned
A)cautious
1)spoiled
c)have been warned
d)must warn
B)remember
2)careful
171) Fill in the blank with the suitable article:
C)ruined
3)awareness
I saw………one-eyed man
D)conscience
4)recollect
c)An
d)the
a)some
b)a
Codes:
172) Fill in the blank with the suitable article:
A
B
C
D
Yesterday…..European called at my office
a) 1
3
4
2
b)some
c)an
d)the
a)a
b) 2
4
1
3
173) Fill in the blank with the suitable article:
c) 2
4
3
1
She never goes out without………umbrella
d) 3
2
1
4
b)the
c)a
d)some
a)an
192) Match the following words given in Column A with
174) Fill in the blank with the suitable article:
their meanings in Column B and select the correct
This is……pen which I lost last week
answer from the codes given below:
b)an
c)a
d)some
a)the
Column A
Column B
175) Fill in the blank with the suitable article:
A)famous
1)inactive
He is…….member of our club
B)shift
2)popular
a)some
b)a
C)passive
3)bargain
c)the
d)an
D)negotiate
4)change
176) Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition:
Codes:
The work must be finished……the end of the week
A
B
C
D
a)over
b)in
c)on
d)by
a) 1
4
3
2
177) Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition:
b) 2
4
1
3
Listen…..what he says
c) 3
1
2
4
d)on
a)for
b)by
c)to
d) 4
2
3
1
178) Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition:
193) Match the following words given in Column A with
The car dashed…….the bus
their meanings in Column B and select the correct
c)on
d)with
a)in
b)against
answer from the codes given below:
179) Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition:
Column A
Column B
……..the man stood the child
A)nap
1)10 years
c)Along
d)Beneath
a)Beside b)Between
B)revolt
2)short sleep
180) Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition:
C)decade
3)pain
Rajan is sitting……..Ravi
D)ache
4)protest
a)besides b)beside
c)at
d)between
Codes:
181) Choose the correct antonym for the italicized word:
A
B
C
D
Nanchalantly he read the paper
a) 1
3
4
2
c)suddenly
a)indifferently
b)eagerly
b) 2
4
1
3
d)strangely
c) 1
4
3
2
182) Choose the correct antonym for the italicized word:
d) 4
3
1
2
All kinds of awful things began to happen
c)crafty
d)mysterious
a)pleasant b)terrible
183) Choose the correct antonym for the italicized word:
Give me food quickly
d)fast
a)urgently b)leisurely
c)slowly
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194) 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)reflect
1)fate
B)destiny
2)great
C)tranquilly
3)think deeply
D)intense
4)peacefully
Codes:
A
B
C
D
a) 3
2
4
1
b) 1
3
2
4
c) 4
3
2
1
d) 3
1
4
2
195) Match the following phrases 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)broke in
1)practised
B)lived out
2)rose from the ground
C)gone back
3)entered by force
D)took off
4)failed to keep up
Codes:
A
B
C
D
a) 1
4
3
2
b) 3
1
4
2
c) 2
4
1
3
d) 3
2
4
1
196) Choose the correct synonym for the italicized word:
Sachin showed a remarkable passion for cricket
c)fashion
d)action
a)disable b)zeal
197) Choose the correct synonym for the italicized word:
The car journey can be wonderfully exciting
c)surprising
d)educative
a)thrilling b)beneficial
198) Choose the correct synonym for the italicized word:
Reminiscences of one’s life is worth recording
d)regard
a)memory b)recollection c)mark
199) Choose the correct synonym for the italicized word:
The pages were crinkly
c)spoiled
d)cancel
a)old
b)wrinkled
200) Choose the correct synonym for the italicized word:
The history sector had blanked out completely
b)book
c)department d)encircle.
a)area
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