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English questions taken from the real TNPSC papers, each with its correct answer in Tamil and English and the exam and year it was asked in.உண்மையான TNPSC வினாத்தாள்களிலிருந்து எடுக்கப்பட்ட வினாக்கள், ஒவ்வொன்றிலும் சரியான விடையுடன், எந்தத் தேர்வில் எந்த ஆண்டு கேட்கப்பட்டது என்பதுடன்.
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
Complete the sentence given below, choosing the most appropriate words from the options given.
____________, I was born on exactly the same day as my wife.- as if
- frighteningly
- my 'eye!'
- funnily enough✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
Choose the right answer among these :
Which are the following statements are true according to Nadia Bush?- 1. The house seems to be alive at day.
- 2. The poet was often tempted to go inside the house.
- 3. Besides the house, there was a tree.
- 4. The tree is growing faster.
- 1 only
- 2 and 3 only✓
- 3 and 4 only
- 1 and 3 only
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
Which of the following is not a poem?- The Piano
- Migrant Bird
- Hiroshima✓
- Shilpi
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Find out the British English equivalent of "fall"- Winter
- Summer
- Spring
- Autumn✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2024TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2024
But I know no better spectacle
Than a comet in full flight.
What do you mean by 'spectacle' here?- unusual event that attracts attention✓
- usual situation that attracts distraction
- expected event that attracts attention
- unexpected situation that attracts distraction
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
Choose the correct 'Synonym' by matching column 'A' and 'B'.List I List II (a) Champing 1. Confusing (b) Perplexing 2. Listening, heading (c) Thronging 3. Munching, chewing (d) Hearkening 4. Crowding - (a)-3 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-2✓
- (a)-2 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-4
- (a)-1 (b)-2 (c)-3 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Which of the following is not a poem?- Shilpi
- Be the Best
- Off to Outerspace Tomorrow Morning
- Flying with the moon on their wings✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
Select the correct meaningful sentence from the following :- The wages of sin are death
- His wages is Rs. 1,000 a day
- Measles are a disease
- Politics has divided the country✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
Which of the following clearly describes an 'adhoc' committee?- A committee that meets regularly
- A committee formed for a specific purpose and dissolved after that purpose is achieved✓
- A committee with a permanent layout
- A committee that oversees all organisational activities
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
____________ is a prolonged talking by a senator or senators for the purpose of delay, in the hope of forcing the majority to give up the proposal being debated.- Election
- Caucus
- Filibuster✓
- Ratification
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the options :
We will have to find ---------- sources of energy in the future.- alternate
- altered
- alternative✓
- adulterated
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
Fill in the blanks with suitable preposition
Birds were seen moving ———— one place to another place ———— the change in seasons.- from, with✓
- to, for
- to, to
- for, for
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
Who among the Indian writers was credited to have established an educational institution which is now called by the name Viswabharati University?- Madan Mohan Malaviya
- R.K. Narayan
- Rabindranath Tagore✓
- Swami Vivekananda
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2014TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2014
"They do not realize I can fulfill any ambition
They do not realize among them walks a magician"
The speaker of these lines points out that present day youth.- Do not want to be different
- Want to trail the beaten track
- Do not wish to exhibit their hidden potentialities
- Are capable of working wonders✓
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2025TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2025
Translate :
பறவைகள் பறக்கின்றன
Choose the correct English translation from the options which best conveys the meaning of the given sentence.- The birds are flying✓
- Birds fly
- The birds were flying
- The birds will fly
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2016TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2016
"Man is born free but is everywhere in chains". Who made this famous statement?- Voltaire
- Jacques Rousseau✓
- Descartes
- Napoleon
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2016TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2016
American English equivalent for 'puncture' is —.- flat-out
- blast-out
- blow-out✓
- crash out
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Annie Louisa Walker is a well-known ________ poet.- Canadian - born
- American - born
- British - born✓
- Australian - born
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
Match the following idiomatic expressions under column A with their core meaning under Column B
Choose the right code :
Column A Column BList I List II (a) I can ride a motor cycle 1. Asking for permission (b) No one can be right all the time 2. Theoretical possibility (c) Can I use your mobile phone, please? 3. Ability (d) Anyone can make mistakes 4. Possibility - (a)-3 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-2✓
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-2 (d)-4
- (a)-4 (b)-3 (c)-1 (d)-2
- (a)-2 (b)-1 (c)-4 (d)-3
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2022TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2022
Match the patterns given under Column A with the compound words under Column B and select the answer from codes given below.
Column AList I List II (a) Gerund + Noun 1. Sunset (b) Noun + Verb 2. Worksheet (c) Verb + Noun 3. Upstairs (d) Preposition + Noun 4. Bleaching powder Column B
- (a)-2 (b)-4 (c)-1 (d)-3
- (a)-1 (b)-3 (c)-4 (d)-2
- (a)-3 (b)-2 (c)-1 (d)-4✓
- (a)-4 (b)-1 (c)-2 (d)-3
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2017TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2017
Choose the correct sentence from the given option.- The cat hid upon the door
- The cat hid on the door
- The cat hid behind the door✓
- The cat hid within the door
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2015TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2015
"She left India as a student, but she would see the nation of her birth, all of it, from hundreds of miles above' –
George W.Bush spoke these lines about whom?- Kalpana Chawla✓
- Sunita Williams
- Meena Alexander
- Chitra Diwakaruni
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Asked inகேட்கப்பட்டதுTNPSC Group 2 / 2A · 2018TNPSC குரூப் 2 / 2A · 2018
"Oscar Wilde had a brilliant wit" Here the word "wit" refers to- Sarcastic humour
- Intelligence✓
- Humorous expression
- Melancholic vision
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