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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
The following line is from the play Julius Caesar.
"O judg'ment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts"
The figure of speech employed in the above line is- Antithesis
- Personification✓
- Metaphor
- Oxymoron
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2017TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2017
'I received love ..... That woman died'
This line expresses the love enjoyed by- Tagore
- R.K. Narayan
- Kamala Das✓
- Deepa Agarwal
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2024TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2024
Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence.
I painted the car blue.- SVOC✓
- SVC
- SVA
- SVOA
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
Choose the correct verb form from the options given below.
Dogs usually __________ cats.- chased
- chase✓
- are chasing
- were chasing
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
Passage : Digital platforms enhance citizen access to government services. Online portals reduce bureaucratic delays. This implies increased transparency and efficiency. Streamlined processes foster public trust.
Question : Which of the following can be best inferred from the passage?- (a) E-governance increases bureaucratic delays.
- (b) E-governance potentially increases transparency.
- (c) Streamlined processes can build public trust.
- (d) Digital platforms reduce citizen access to services.
- (a) and (b)
- (b) and (d)
- (b) and (c)✓
- (a) and (d)
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2017TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2017
Who says these words?
"Brutus is an honourable man".- Julius Caesar
- Mark Antony✓
- Cleopatra
- Calphurnia
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2022TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2022
Fill in the blank with suitable gerund.
He asked me in ____________ this form.- Filling✓
- Filled
- To fill
- Too filling
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2013TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2013
'Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arm
Quite vanquished him'
Identify the speaker who uttered these words.- Antony✓
- Antonio
- Brutus
- Bassanio
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2014TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2014
For Brutus is an honorable man.
Which poetic device is used by Shakespeare in this line?- Irony✓
- Euphemism
- Diction
- Epithet
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2014TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2014
The first organized activity that I saw in New York, on the very evening of September 11th 2001 was singing.
The author here is trying to stress the point that- Music is a part of "art and entertainment"
- Music is amusement
- Music is a past time
- Music is one of the ways in which we express feelings✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Find out the odd word among the following- sojourn
- countenance
- species
- recreate✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Match the following :List I List II (a) Takazhi Sivasankaran Pillai 1. Sonnet 116 (b) William Shakespeare 2. Kuttichovan (c) Douglas Malloch 3. Is Life but a dream? (d) Lewis Carroll 4. Be the Best - (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3✓
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-4 (d)-3
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2016TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2016
"Now drops that floated on the pool
Like pearls, and now a silver blade".
What figure of speech can you find in the underlined part of the above lines?- Personification
- Metonymy
- Metaphor✓
- Transferred epithet
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
"Everything must yield to the paramount duty of finishing this war". These are the words of- Subash Chandra Bose
- Nelson Mandela
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Abraham Lincoln✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2024TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2024
Every soul that touches yours
Be it the slightest contact
Who wrote the above lines?- William Shakespeare
- Robert Frost
- George Eliot✓
- John Masefield
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Which of the following works is not a poem?- Be the Best
- Manliness
- Swept Away✓
- The Man He Killed
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2024TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2024
Add a prefix to the word 'Natural' to complete the sentence.
His job is to investigate ———— natural phenomenas.- in
- non
- super✓
- pro
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2014TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2014
What is the theme highlighted in the lesson, 'The Mark of Vishnu'?- Patriotism
- Friendship
- Integration
- Superstition✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2016TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2016
Fill in the blanks with the most suitable word from the options.
She held the ___________ in her hand.- reigns
- rains
- reins✓
- raigns
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2013TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2013
Choose the statement that takes the question tag shouldn't they?- students should not be allowed to use the library everyday,
- students must be allowed to use the library everyday,
- students could be allowed to use the library everyday,
- students should be allowed to use the library everyday,✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2024TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2024
But the gladdest sort of people, when the busy day is done,
Are the brothers and the sisters who together share their fun.
Who wrote the above poem?- D.H. Lawrence
- Edgar Albert Guest✓
- William Wordsworth
- Mary Botham Howitt
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
Identify the meaning of the underlined word in this poetic line :
"If you can't be a muskie, then just be a bass".- a small stream
- an edible fish
- a small box
- a type of rose✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2016TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2016
Which one of the following compound nouns is wrong?- Coat – of – mails✓
- Governors – general
- Runners – up
- Grown – ups
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2013TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2013
Identify the sentence which does not contain an adjective :- He is an early riser
- The early bird was rewarded
- He rises early✓
- They came by an early train
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2013TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2013
Identify the sentence pattern :
Brutus is an honourable man.- S V C A
- S V O C
- S V C✓
- S V IO DO
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