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Literature — 352 previous-year questions — page 6 of 15
Every Literature question TNPSC has asked in the papers we hold, under English, with the correct answer marked in Tamil and English and the exam and year each one comes from. Explanations are free with an account.ஆங்கிலம் பாடத்தின் கீழ், எங்களிடம் உள்ள வினாத்தாள்களில் TNPSC கேட்ட அனைத்து வினாக்களும், சரியான விடை குறிக்கப்பட்டு. விளக்கங்கள் இலவசக் கணக்கில் கிடைக்கும்.
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Match the following :
Quote/LineList I List II (a) "I was born a farmer" 1. Kamala Surayya (b) "Nations are built by the imagination and untiring enthusiastic efforts of generations" 2. Kesavan Nair (c) "..... You cannot believe darling, can you that I lived in such a house" 3. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (d) "Into that heaven of freedom, My Father let my country awake" 4. Rabindranath Tagore Author/Character
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4✓
- (a)-2 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-3
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-1
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2013TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2013
Choose the option denoting the speaker and the play from which these lines are taken :
"It droppeth as a gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath"- Brutus in 'Julius Caesar'
- Mark Antony in 'Julius Caesar'
- Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'✓
- Shylock in 'The Merchant of Venice'
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
——— was the pianist and director of the music division at the Boston conservatory- Messiaen
- Zubin mehta
- Dr. Karl Paulnack✓
- Ilayaraaja
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2013TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2013
Choose the option containing the name of the author and the work in which these lines occur :
I was then too young to read
And my blood turned cold like the moon- Dr. A.P.J. Kalam in 'Vision For The Nation'
- Dr. Neeraja Raghavan in 'The Sun Beam'
- Kamala Das in 'My Grandmother's House'✓
- Rabindranath Tagore in 'Where the Mind is Without Fear'
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2024TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2024
"And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over"
The above lines are in the poem –- A Thing of Beauty
- Sea Fever✓
- Lessons in Life
- Making Life Worthwhile
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2017TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2017
'Kari, the elephant' was written by ————.- R.K. Narayan
- Dhan Gopal Mukherji✓
- Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai
- Dr. Neeroja Raghavan
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
In Oscar Wilde's short story "The model millionaire" who was actually Baron Hausberg?- A beggar
- A poor man
- A rich man✓
- A middle – class man
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2017TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2017
Who said this?
"If non-violence is the law of our being, the future is with women".- Bharathiyar
- Gandhiji✓
- Nethaji
- Nehru
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
Who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the character "Sherlock Holmes"?- (a) Dr. Watson
- (b) Dr. Ainstree
- (c) Inspector Smith
- (d) Joseph Bell
- (a) and (c)
- (b) only
- (c) and (d)
- (d) only✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Match the following :List I List II (a) Randall Jarell 1. The Neem Tree (b) Indira Anandakrishnan 2. Nobel Prize (c) Tagore 3. Bombay (d) Rudyard Kipling 4. Bat - (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3✓
- (a)-1 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-3
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-2
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-2
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2017TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2017
Match the poets in Column A with their periods in Column BList I List II (a) Wordsworth 1. 1819 – 1892 (b) Shakespeare 2. 1770 – 1850 (c) Walt Whitman 3. 1885 – 1930 (d) D.H. Lawrence 4. 1564 – 1616 - (a)-2 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-3✓
- (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-2 (d)-1
- (a)-4 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-1
- (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
________ warns Caesar about the “Ides of March”.- A Soothsayer✓
- Calpurnia
- Pompey
- Mark Antony
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2017TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2017
Act - act in the living present !
What is the figure of speech employed here?- Anaphora
- Alliteration
- Repetition✓
- Apostrophe
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2022TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2022
'The Discovery of India' is written by Nehru in the prison of- Central Prison, Naini
- Bareilly District Jail
- Almora Jail
- Ahmednagar Fort Prison✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2022TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2022
"A thing of beauty is a joy forever"
is a short piece taken from the poem ————- Endymion✓
- The Solitary Reaper
- Ode to the West Wind
- Kubla Khan
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2022TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2022
Choose the correct answer :
One day the author was standing on the line which separates the ———— desert from the valley of the Nile in Egypt.- Sahara
- Libyan✓
- Thar
- Gobi
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2016TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2016
In Oscar Wilde's "The Model Millionaire" Hughie could marry Laura provided- he lent a thousand pounds to Laura's father
- he gifted Laura ten thousand pounds
- he came into possession of ten thousand pounds✓
- he borrowed ten thousand pounds
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2014TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2014
Citizens of those border states –
Brothers of her brother's sons
What is mentioned through the line “Brothers of her brother's sons”?- National brotherhood
- Regional brotherhood
- Universal brotherhood✓
- Interstate brotherhood
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2022TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2022
Ruskin Bond was honoured with ———— for his contribution to Indian literature.- Bharat Ratna
- Sahitya Ratna
- Sahitya Bharat
- Sahitya Akademi✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2014TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2014
Life is but an empty dream!
This line is an extract from the poem.- Hopes and Dreams
- Is life, but a dream
- A Psalm of life✓
- Laugh and be merry
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2014TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2014
"Only bloodshot eyes betray
Deep pride, then reverence"
Which poem has these lines?- An Apology✓
- Snake
- Shilpi
- Laugh and be Merry
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
What is the theme observed in the poem 'migrant bird'?- universal brotherhood and unrestricted freedom✓
- restricted freedom
- cross border terrorism
- enmity
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
The following line is from the poem "Why don't you join the others? What a peculiar child you are!".- Is life but a dream
- Punishment in kindergarten✓
- Be glad your nose is on your face
- Snake
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Which of the following is a short story?- Be the Best
- The Tears of the Desert✓
- The Flying Wonder
- The Man He Killed
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2016TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2016
In which of the following does Ivan Dmitritch appear?- The Selfish Giant
- The Last Leaf
- The Lottery Ticket✓
- The Open Window
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