TNPSC Group 2 General English: Figures of Speech – No Men are Foreign
Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Group 2 or Combined Civil Service Examination II has 3 tier examination for the selection process. For Preliminary Examination is an objective type (Written Examination) with a maximum of 300 marks. TNPSC Group 2 Prelims examination – General English/ General Tamil portion topic has 50% of total marks. Candidates who are preparing for the TNPSC Group 2 General English Part are more important and you can score maximum marks in this part.
The General English portion is of 3 Parts – Part A: Grammar, Part B: Poem, and Part C: Literature. Part B Poem topic study materials PDF are readily available and given below for those who preparing for TNPSC Group 2 Exam.
Group 2 General English – Poem No Men are Foreign Appreciation and Figure of Speech topic question and answers solutions PDF given below,
The poet reminds us of how all people are similar and part of the brotherhood of men. By the end of the poem, we get to know how it is unnatural to fight against ourselves.
Based on the understanding of the poem, read the following lines and answer the questions given below.
1. Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon Is earth like this, in which we all shall
a. What is found beneath all uniforms?
Ans: Beneath all the uniforms we could find same kind of body which breaths.
b. What is the same for every one of us?
Ans: Land or earth is the same for every one of us
c) Where are we all going to lie finally?
Ans: We are all going to lie in the earth finally.
2. They, too, are aware of sun and air and water,
Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war’s long winter starv’d.
a. What is common for all of us?
Ans: The sun, air and water are common for all of us.
b. How are we fed?
Ans: We are fed with the produce of the harvests
c. Mention the season referred here
Ans: Winter season is referred to here.
3. Their hands are ours, and in their lines, we read A labour not different from our
a. Who does ‘their’ refer to?
Ans: ‘Their’ refers to enemy soldiers.
b. What does the poet mean by ‘lines we read’?
Ans: ‘Lines we read’ means their way of life.
The work the enemy soldiers do is not different from our work.
4. Let us remember, whenever we are told To hate our brothers, it is ourselves
That we shall dispossess, betray, condemn.
a. Who tells us to hate our brothers?
Ans: The king or the man on the top tells us to hate our brothers.
b. What happens when we hate our brothers?
Ans: When we hate our brothers we hate ourselves.
c. What do we do to ourselves?
Ans: When we hate our brothers we betray and condemn ourselves.
5. Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence
Of air that is everywhere our own,
Remember, no men are foreign, and no countries strange.
a. What outrages the innocence?
Ans: The fire and dust which come out due to war outrage the innocence.
b. Who are not foreign?
Ans: Men are not foreign to us.
c. What is not strange?
Ans: Countries are not strange.
TNPSC Group 2 General English: Figures of Speech
1. Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes,
Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon.
a) Identify the words in alliteration.
Ans: Beneath, body, breathes.
b) Identify the figure of speech employed here.
Ans: Simile.
2. Remember they have eyes like ours that wake
Or sleep and strength that can be won.
a) Who does the word ‘they’ refer to?
Ans: ‘They’ refers to people of different countries.
b) How can we win the people?
Ans: We can win the people by love and kindness.
3. Our hells of fire and dust outrage the innocence
Ans: a) Metaphor.
4. Their hands are ours, and in their lines, we read.
a) Identify the figure of speech used in this line.
Ans: Metaphor.
b) Whose hands are referred to here?
Ans: Other people’s (neighbours) hands are referred to here
Important links for TNPSC Group 2 General English Study Materials:
- Click Here For TNPSC Group 2 General English Part B Poem – The House on Elm Street
- For Complete Part B Poem Figures of Speech – TNPSC Gr 2 General English Study Materials