Match the words in Column A with the suffixes in Column B
Column A Column B
a) astonish 1. – ful
b) potential 2. – ment
c) ferocious 3. – ness
d) success 4. – ity
a b c d
a) 1 4 3 2
b) 3 4 2 1
c) 2 4 3 1
d) 2 4 1 3

Pick out the sentence with the wrong usage of articles :
a) The cow is a useful animal b) The rose is the sweetest of all flowers
c) Let’s go to the park d) The banyan is a kind of a fig tree

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions :
The most popular therapy …………. getting rid ……….. hiccups is to have someone to scare you when you least expect it.
a) to, away b) on, to c) off, for d) for, of

Fill in the blank with a suitable question tag: Let’s go for a walk, ………… ?
a) should we? b) shall we? c) can we? d) could we?

Choose the correct form of the verb to fill in the blank :
They ……………. the bridge for several months.
a) have been building b) are building c) will be building d) had been building

‘Car park’ in British English is ………….. in American English.
a) Parking space b) Parking fees c) Parking plot d) Parking lot

Find out the British English equivalent of “fall”
a) Winter b) Summer c) Spring d) Autumn

“The present seems all dreary
The future very grim
The underlined words mean ……….. and ……………. respectively.
a) confusing and dark b) dear and lovely
c) boring and sad d) damp and week

Match the poem under Column ‘A’ with the authors under Column ‘B’ and select the code :
Column A Column B
a) A Psalm of Life 1. Lewis Carroll
b) Is Life but a Dream 2. H.W. Longfellow
c) Going for water 3. Kamala Das
d) Punishment in Kindergaraten 4. Robert Frost
a b c d
a) 2 3 1 4
b) 2 3 4 1
c) 4 2 3 4
d) 2 1 4 3

Which of the following is not a poem?
a) Shilpi
b) Be the Best
c) Off to Outerspace Tomorrow Morning
d) Flying with the moon on their wings

Which of the following is a short story?
a) Be the Best b) The Tears of the Desert
c) The Flying Wonder d) The Man He Killed

Pangolin figures in
a) The Anteater and the Dassie b) The Neem Tree
c) Reflowering d) The Necklace Holiday

Who uttered the line “I craved the law” in The Merchant of Venice”?
a) Portia b) Shylock c) Antonio d) Bassanio

Match the following :
Column A Column B
a) Randal Jarell 1. The Neem Tree
b) Indira Ananda Krishnan 2. Nobel Prize
c) Tagore 3. Bombay
d) Rudyard Kipling 4. Bat
a b c c
a) 4 1 2 3
b) 1 4 2 3
c) 4 1 3 2
d) 1 3 4 2

Mohiniyattam is a classical dance form from
a) Kerala b) Bihar c) Kashmir d) Tamilnadu

Which of the following works is not poem?
a) Be the Best b) Manliness c) Swept Away d) The Man He Killed

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
“There was never mystery
But’tis figured in the flowers;
Was never secret history
But birds tell it in the bowers”
These lines are taken from the poem
a) My Native Land b) To India
c) The Apology d) Laugh and be Merry

Mr. Pneumonia figures in ……………….
a) The last Leaf b) The Selfish Giant c) The Lottery Ticket d) The Open Window

What is the title of H.W. Longfellow’s volume of poems which included “A Psalm of Life”?
a) Hiawatha b) Tales of a Wayside-Inn
c) Evangeline d) Voices of the Night

Match the following :
Quote/Line – Author/Character
a) “I was born a farmer” – 1. Kamala Surayya
b) “Nations are built by the imagination and
untiring enthusiastic efforts of goverations” – 2. Kesavan nair
c) …… You cannot believe darling, can you that
I lived in such a house – 3. A.P.J. AbdulKalam
d) “Into that heaven of freedom,
My Father let my country awake” -4. Rabindranath Tagore
a b c d
a) 2 1 4 3
b) 2 3 4 4
c) 2 4 1 3
d) 2 3 4 1

In Oscar Wilde’s “The Model Millionaire” what did Hughie do in Alan Trevor’s absence?
a) Hughie spoke to the beggar b) Hughie gave the beggar some money
c) Hughie enjoyed a smoke d) Hughie was dreaming

In Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Selfish Giant’ only one little boy did not run away on seeing the giant because
a) he was blind b) he was lame
c) he was afraid d) he did not see the giant coming

“The habit of co-operation once required will continue with you all your life” Which among the options best conveys the meaning of the above passage?
a) The author insists on hard work
b) The author states the importance of team work
c) The author insists on friendship
d) The author reiterates the importance of good behaviour

“No matter what happened, I always insisted on their being themselves”. What does the writer mean by this statement? Choose the right option from the following.
a) The writer wants human beings to be day dreamers
b) The writer wants human beings to be in their own world
c) The writer wants human beings to be calm
d) The writer wants human beings to be individuals and not to imitate others

What is a refrain?
a) The first line of a poem that is repeated in al stanzas
b) The repetitions of a line or lines within a poem, at given intervals
c) The first line and the last line are one and the same in the last stanza
d) The last two lines of the first stanza and the last two lines of the last stanza are one and same

Match the phrases with their meanings
(a) On account of 1. In the middle of
(b) In the midst of 2. To put up with
(c) To bear with 3. To get used to
(d) To be accustomed to 4. Owing to
A) 4 3 2 1 B) 4 1 3 2 C) 4 1 2 3 D) 3 1 2 4

Match the words and phrases with their meanings
(a) Call for 1. To take care of
(b) Break for 2. Improve
(c) Pick up 3. To start suddenly
(d) Look after 4. Demand
A) 4 3 2 1 B) 1 2 3 4 C) 4 3 1 2 D) 4 1 2 3

“And then he screamed fiendishly”
Look for the appropriate synonym for the underlined word from the options given below
A)falsely B) loudly C) wickedly D) foolishly

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word
He worshipped me with utmost reverence
A. Disrespect B. Respect C. Pretext D. False

Choose the correct antonym for the underlined word from the options.
Dyslexic children have problems only in the area of language – not in thinking.
A) Disabled B) Adyslexic C) Dull D) Intelligent

Her friends remember how incessantly talked about designing and flying planes.
Select the correct antonym for the above underlined word from the given options
A) Occasionally B) Often C) Always D) Usually

Match the correct prefix with the root words
(a) Em 1. Mission
(b) Ultra 2. Tension
(c) Hyper 3. Violet
(d) Over 4. Power
(e) Inter 5. Lock
A) 4 3 1 5 2 B) 3 1 4 5 2 C) 3 4 2 5 1 D) 4 3 2 5 1

Find out the suitable prepositions to fill in the following passage.
Business territory was developed ________ response _______ teachers asking ______ multimedia resources designed specifically _______ classrooms.
A) In to the in B) In to for for C) For in to for D)To for in to

Fill in the blanks with the suitable articles.
____________ apple per day keeps ______ doctor away.
A) An, a B) A, the C) An, the D) The, a

Fill in the blanks with suitable prepositions choosing the correct option. I was sleeping ______ a friend house ______ a village suddenly I was awakened ______a rumbling and thumping ______the roof.
A) in by on at B) on in at by
C) at in by on D) by at on in

Choose the option containing the right sequence of articles that would complete the passage given below:
________ Mettur dam is ________ old multipurpose project of _____ South Indian state of Tamil Nadu across _________ Cauvery river.
A) A, an, no article, the B) The, an, the, the
C) An, a, the, no article D) No article, a, the, an

What kind of figure of speech is applied in the following poetic line?
‘Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere O my soul’
(A) Simile (B) Metaphor (C) Personification (D) Oxymoron

Identify the figure of speech in the following poetic line·.
And hymns in the cosy parlour, the tinkling piano our guide
(A) Oxymoron (B) Onomatopoeia (C) Hyperbole (D) Simile

Will no one tell me what she sings?
Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow …… “She” refers to
(A) the poet’s mother (B) the poet’s sister
(C) the poet’s daughter (D) the solitary reaper

“Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn”
Whom does ‘he’ refer to here?
(A) The poet (B) The soldier
(C) An enemy soldier (D) A friend

Who wrote this line? “Life is but an empty dream!”
(A) William Wordsworth (B) H.W. Longfellow
(C) Robert Frost (D) William Shakespeare

In whose poem the following lines occur:
“No Nightingale did ever Chaunt
More welcome notes to Weary bands”.
(A) Robert Frost (B) John Keats
(C) William Wordsworth (D) Robert Bridges

Who said these words?
“A nation without a vision is like a ship cruising on high seas without aim or direction”.
(A) Gandhiji (B) Rajiv Gandhi
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Indra Gandhi

What is the name of the British born poetess who wrote “Women’s Rights“?
(A) Elizabeth Barret Browning (B) Emily Dickinson
(C) Sarojini Naidu (D) Annie Lousia Walker

Among the following poems which one is written by Rudyard Kipling?
(A) The cry of the children (B) Migrant bird
(C) Manliness (D) Going for water

Which Nationality does the short story writer ‘Guy de Maupassant’ belong to?
(A) Europe (B) America (C) France (D) India

Find out the odd pair from those given below :
(A) Two friends — Guy de Maupassant
(B) The Refugee — Pearl S Buck
(C) Open Window — O’Henry
(D) The Lottery Ticket — Anton Chekhov

Find the unmatched pair from the following options :
(A) A close encounter – Rex Coker
(B) The model Millionaire – Oscar Wilde
(C) Swept away – Susannah Hickling
(D) Caught sneezing-Tammy Ruggles

The autobiography, “Playing it, my way” is written by
(A) Viswanath Anand (B) Dony (C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) P.T. Usha

Robert Frost who wrote the poem “Going For Water” is from
(A) The United States of America (B) England
(C) India (D) France

The district known for turmeric production in Tamilnadu is
a) Coimbatore b) Erode c) Kanniyakumari d) Salem

The Tamilian who presided over the 1920 Nagpur congress conference was
a) Salem Vijaya Raghavachariar b) G. Subramania Aiyar
c) B. Anantha Charlu d) S. Srinivasa Iyengar

The Black board scheme was introduced by
a) Secondary Education commission 1953 b) Kothari Commission 1964-66
c) New Education Policy 1986 d) National Education Policy 1992

Right to information Act introduced in Tamilnadu in
a) 2005 b) 1994 c) 1995 d) 1997

The elected members of Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu is
a) 15 b) 16 c) 17 d) 18

When was Kamaraj appointed as the President of ‘Tamilnadu Congress Committee’?
a) 1920 b) 1930 c) 1940 d) 1950

In Tamilnadu ‘ Women Police’ system was introduced in
a) 1970 b) 1976 c) 1973 d) 1975

4 Men or 12 boys can do a piece of work in 40 days. In how many days will 3 men and 11 boys complete this work ?
a) 12 days b) 15 days c) 24 days d) 32 days

A and B undertake to do a piece of work for Rs. 200. A can do it in 6 days and B in 8 days. With the help of C they finish it in 3 days. How much is paid to C ?
a) Rs. 50 b) Rs. 150 c) Rs. 75 d) Rs. 25

A certain sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 1500 in 3 years and to Rs. 1800 in 6 years. What is the rate of interest per annum ?
a) 8 1/3% b) 8 2/3% c) 7 2/3% d) 6 1/3%

A sum of money invested at compound interest amounts to Rs.10,800 in 3 years and to Rs.12,960 in 4 years . Find out the rate percent per annum
a) 10% b) 20% c) 25% d) 15%

J2Z, K4X, I7V, ?, H16R, M22P
a) I11T b) L11S c) L12T d) L11T

If TRIANGLE is coded as SSHBMHKF then SQARE would be coded as
a) RRIASF b) RPVBSF c) RRTBQF d) RPVBSD

The sum of two number is 36 and their HCF is 4. How many pairs of such numbers are possible
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4

The greatest number which can divide 1356, 1868 and 2764 leaving the same remainder 12 in each case is
a) 64 b) 124 c) 156 d) 260

The percentage of sugar content in Honey is
a) 90 % b) 85% c) 75% d) 100%

The length of a large intestine is about
a) 7m b) 1.4m c) 1.5m d) 2.5m

In some Xerophytes, the leaves are reduced to spines one such xerophytes is
a) Bougainvillea b) Opuntia c) Grass d) Passion flower

Who is the father of bacteriology
a) Louis Pasteur b) Leewvenhoek c) Robert Koch d) Paul enrich

How many times does a normal human being breathe per minute
a) 16-20 b) 15-16 c) 16-18 d) 16-19

Which of the following places are not associated with deciduous forest
a) Punjab b) kerala c) Tamil Nadu d) Orissa

The other name for potassium hydroxide?
a) Quick lime b) caustic potash c) slaked lime d) Soda

Indian population growth between 1991-2001 is
a) 20.42% b) 21.34 % c) 19.34 % d) 22.34%

Which of the following are bounded by two membranes made of proteins
a) Centrioles b) Ribosome c) Miltochondria d) Colgi Apparatus

In which year education was included in the concurrent list through the constitutional amendment.
a) 1978 b) 1976 c) 1980 d) 1986

Which nationality does the poet D.H. Lawrence belong to?
(A) India (B) Germany (C) Britain (D) Canada

Which of the following stories is not written by an Indian writer?
(A) Reflowering (B) Holiday
(C) Kaanchanai (D) The Necklace

“My mind has found an adult peace” whose mind has found peace?
(A) Robert Frost (B) Kamala Das
(C) Annie Louisa Walker (D) Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Match the folk arts under Column A with their states under Column B :
Column A Column B
(a) Bihu 1. TamilNadu
(b) Dandya Das 2. Maharashtra
(c) Kolattam 3. Assam
(d) Tamasha 4. Gujarat
(A) 4 3 2 1 (B) 3 4 1 2 (C) 2 1 3 4 (D) 1 2 3 4

Who built the Talagiriswara temple at Panaimalai ?
a)Parameswara Varman b) Nandi Varman II
c) Narasimha Varman II d) Mahendra Varman

Which Alwar was the contemporary of Nandivarman II?
a)Poikai Alwar b) Peyi Alwar
c) Tirumangai Alwar d) Boothathu Alwar

Which king defeated the Pandia king Sriyallaban at Thellar?
a) Nandi Varman III b) Nandi Varman II
c) Nandivarman I d) Raja Simhan

In the Pallava administration the division ‘Rashtras’ referred to
a)Kottam b) Mandalam c) Nadu d) UR

Who built the Talagiriswara temple at Panaimalai ?
a) Parameswara Varman b) Nandi Varman II
c) Narasimha Varman II d) Mahendra Varman

Which Alwar was the contemporary of Nandivarman II?
a) Poikai Alwar b) Peyi Alwar
c) Tirumangai Alwar d) Boothathu Alwar

Which king defeated the Pandia king Sriyallaban at Thellar?
a) Nandi Varman III b) Nandi Varman II
c) Nandivarman I d) Raja Simhan

In the Pallava administration the division ‘Rashtras’ referred to
a) Kottam b) Mandalam c) Nadu d) UR

In whose reign was Devaram compiled?
a) Sri Maran b) Sundara Pandian c) Raja Raja Chola d) Rajendra Chola

Which was the capital of the kanishka?
a) Peshawar b) Pataliputhra c) Patna d) Kanauj

Who was the first Delhi Sultan to make a war on South India?
a) Firoz Tughlaq b) Qutb-ud-din Aibek c) Balban d) Alauddin Khilji

Which one of the following is more suitable to represent data on a family budget ?
a) Bar diagram b) Multiple bar diagram
c) Percentage bar diagram d) Pie diagram

The mean age of a group of 100 children is 10 years and the mean age of 25 of them is 8 years and that of another 65 is 11 years then the mean age of the remaining 10 children is
a) 7.5 years b) 8.0 years c) 8.5 years d) 9.0 years

The average temperature for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was 36 c. The average temperature for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday was 38 c . If the temperature for
Thursday was 37 c, what was the temperature on Monday ?
a) 30 b) 31 c) 37 d) 33

There are 100 people on a line. Rajesh is 37th person and priya is the 67th person . If a person on line is chosen at random, then probability that the person is standing between Rajesh and Priya is
a) 1/100 b) 29/100 c) 3/10 d) 31/100

If t is the standard deviation of x,y,z then the standard deviation of x+5, y+5, z+5 is
a) 1/3 b) t+5 c) t d) xyz

R K Dorendra Singh, who passed away recently, was the Chief Minister of which state?
a) Arunachal Pradesh b) Nagaland
c) Manipur d) Assam

Which district of Manipur has been declared as the first Open Defecation Free (ODF) district of the state?
a) Senapati b) Thoubal c) Chandel d) Bishnupur

Which country to host the multi-nation counter-terrorism exercise “Peace Mission 2018”?
a) Russia b) India c) China d) Tajikistan

Which city hosted the 2018 International Buddhist Conference?
a) Dharmshala b) Varanasi c) Kathmandu d) Lumbini

Who clinched the 2018 Barcelona Open tennis tournament?
a) Dominic Thiem b) Rafael Nadal
c) Kei Nishikori d) Stefanos Tsitsipas