TNPSC TRB TET ENGLISH 100 QUESTION AND ANSWER

TNPSC TRB TET ENGLISH 100 QUESTION AND ANSWER - PART 10

TNPSC TRB TET ENGLISH 100 QUESTION AND ANSWER | 201-300

Reorganized English Language and Literature Quiz

I. Literature and Authors

Which state is the poet V.K. Gokak associated with?
- Answer: Karnataka (901)
Who is the author of the prose piece, "Those Three Bears"?
- Answer: Ruskin Bond (903)
"The Wings of Fire" is the autobiography of which prominent Indian figure?
- Answer: Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (907)
Who wrote the story "The Model Millionaire"?
- Answer: Oscar Wilde (909)
Identify the author of the autobiography "Playing it, my way."
- Answer: Sachin Tendulkar (911)
"My Experiments with Truth" is the autobiography of which historical leader?
- Answer: Mahatma Gandhiji (924, 977)
Kalpana Chawla, the astronaut, was born in which country and specific location?
- Answer: India, in Haryana (Karnal) (929, 930)
Oscar Wilde is the author of "The Selfish Giant."
- Answer: True (963)
Who is the character referred to as 'an amazing model' in Oscar Wilde's 'The Model Millionaire'?
- Answer: Baron Hausberg (940)
The nationality of the author of 'The Lottery Ticket' is Russian.
- Answer: True (943)
Which poet wrote the lines: "For the soul is dead that slumbers / And things are not what they seem / Dust thou art to dust returnest / Was not spoken of the soul"?
- Answer: H.W. Longfellow (945)
The poem 'Going For Water' was written by which American poet?
- Answer: Robert Frost (979)
Pearl S. Buck, renowned for her book 'The Good Earth', had a background linked to which country?
- Answer: Chinese (980)
In O. Henry's 'The Last Leaf', the character 'Johnsy' was from which US state?
- Answer: California (990)
Identify the poet of the lines: "It isn't by size that you win or you fail- Be the best of whatever you are!"
- Answer: Douglas Malloch (991)
"A man who had no eyes" is a story written by:
- Answer: Mackinlay Kantor (997)
Which two short stories were written by Oscar Wilde?
- Answer: The Selfish Giant, The Happy Prince (976)
In Kushwant Singh's story "The Mark of Vishnu," what is a Phannyar?
- Answer: A snake (999)
Match the characters to their respective story titles:
- (a) Djinn - How the camel got his hump
- (b) Ivan Dmitritch - The Lottery Ticket
- (c) Sue - The Last Leaf
- (d) Framton Nuttel - The Open Window
- Answer: (a) Djinn, (b) Ivan Dmitritch, (c) Sue, (d) Framton Nuttel (1000)

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Identify the type of sentence: "Please leave your footwear outside the hall."
- Answer: Imperative (912)
Complete the sentence with the correct verb form: "The Queen bee with her workers ________ over the hive."
- Answer: presides (913)
In the sentence "Have anyone seen my purse?", which word contains the error?
- Answer: Have (914)
Provide the suitable past tense of the verb 'bite' for the sentence: "The street dog ________ a small boy ten minutes ago."
- Answer: bit (915)
Select the compound sentence from the options.
- Answer: Man proposes, but God disposes. (916)
Complete the conditional sentence: "If we had saved rain water more in ponds and lakes ________."
- Answer: We could have survived the drought. (917)
What is the correct plural form of 'Ox'?
- Answer: Oxen (918)
Identify the sentence pattern: "Surprisingly, Meena presented Aru a gold watch."
- Answer: ASVIODO (Adverbial, Subject, Verb, Indirect Object, Direct Object) (919)
Add the correct question Tag: "They came by car ________?"
- Answer: didn't they? (920)
Find the synonym for "indispensable" in the sentence: "Everyone has an indispensable role to play."
- Answer: essential (921)
What is the meaning of "slew" in the line: "As he was ambitious, I slew him"?
- Answer: killed (922)
Complete the poetic line: "If you can't be the sun, ________."
- Answer: be a star (923)
Complete the sentence with the correct verb: "Lalitha has ________ medical leave and is expected to join duty next Monday."
- Answer: taken (927)
Form a new word by blending 'splash' and 'spatter'.
- Answer: Splatter (931)
Select the correct plural form of 'alumna'.
- Answer: alumnae (934)
Identify the sentence that contains a Complement.
- Answer: My aunt remained a spinster all her life (935)
Which word from the list does not form its plural by adding '-ves'?
- Answer: proof (936)
Identify the compound word with the incorrect plural form.
- Answer: drops-out (937)
What is the correct plural form of 'aquarium'?
- Answer: aquaria (944)
What is the correct plural form of 'Oasis'?
- Answer: Oases (951)
Identify the sentence type: "Considering the difficulties of his position, he has acted admirably."
- Answer: Simple (955)
Identify the word that is the 'Odd one out' in a group (assuming the others are compound words or similar patterns).
- Answer: tell tale (956)
Identify the sentence with a grammatical error.
- Answer: You must listen what I say (The correct phrase is "listen to what I say") (957)
What is the American English equivalent for the British English word "Crisps"?
- Answer: Chips (958)
Choose the synonym for "abominable": "Her enthusiasms were abominable."
- Answer: contemptible (959)
Find the word that is a combination of 'Noun + Noun'.
- Answer: school girl (960)
Complete the idiom: 'born with a silver ________ in one's mouth.'
- Answer: spoon (961)
Identify the sentence pattern: "The rook appears dark."
- Answer: SVC (Subject, Verb, Complement) (965)
The phrase 'going back on his word' means:
- Answer: acting against one's words (970)
What is the meaning of 'connect immediately'?
- Answer: establish a rapport with others (971)
Identify the meaning of "flesh and blood" in the context of: "Books serve as friends better that those of flesh and blood."
- Answer: real and living (972)
Convert the sentence "Japan is one of the wealthiest countries in Asia" to the Positive Degree of comparison.
- Answer: Very few countries in Asia are as wealthy as Japan. (973)
Choose the correct tense form: "I shall ring you up as soon as I ________."
- Answer: arrive (974)
Fill in the blank with a suitable article: "________ harder you work, the greater are the chances of your success."
- Answer: The (975)
Choose the option that conveys the meaning of the statement: "Fortune is a fickle goddess; her wheel is always revolving."
- Answer: One doesn't remain fortunate for ever in life (982)
Choose the option that means the same as: "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."
- Answer: Hasty action result in disaster. (983)
Add the correct question tag: "Let's complete the work immediately ________?"
- Answer: shall we (984)
Fill in the blank with the suitable verb form: "Rita ________ in the garden when her mother called her."
- Answer: was playing (985)
Fill in the blank with the suitable preposition: "Shivani is gifted ________ an amazing memory power."
- Answer: with (986)
Fill in the blank with the suitable phrasal verb: "I just had to ________ the orders of my employer."
- Answer: carry out (987)
Fill in the blank with the suitable phrasal verb: "I am exactly like my mother. I think I have ________ her."
- Answer: taken after (948)
Fill in the blank with a suitable phrasal verb: "Children must be ________ with love and care."
- Answer: brought up (981)
The family looked for a double bedroom ________ for three days.
- Answer: suite (988)

III. Figures of Speech and Poetic Devices

Identify the figure of speech in the line: "Dust thou art to dust returnest."
- Answer: allusion (932)
Identify the figure of speech in the lines: "Have you noticed how some people, May seem plain as plain can be?"
- Answer: Simile (933)
What is the rhyme scheme of the following stanza?
- "If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew / To serve your turn long after they are gone, / And so hold on when there is nothing in you / Except the will which says to them; 'Hold on!'"
- Answer: abab (939)
What is the figure of speech employed in the line: "A new discovered Treasure."
- Answer: Metaphor (950)
What is the rhyme scheme of the following lines?
- "For Oh, Say the Children, 'We are weary, / And we cannot run or leap- / If we cared for any meadows, it were merely / To drop down in them and sleep'"
- Answer: abab (952)
Identify the figure of speech in the line: "The reddest flower would look as pale as snow."
- Answer: Simile (968)
Identify the figure of speech employed in the line: "Let me not to the marriage of true minds."
- Answer: Metaphor (969)
In the quoted lines from 'Going for water' by Robert Frost: "A slender tinkling fall that made", which figure of speech is used?
- Answer: Personification (994)
Which poetic line differs in figure of speech from the others (based on an original multiple choice question)?
- Answer: You were the dawn and sunlight filled the spaces. (928)

IV. General Knowledge and Quotations

In whose biography is the statement found: "The wife is not the husband's slave but his companion and his help mate"?
- Answer: Mahatma Gandhi (902)
Who gave the advice: "The only thing to kill is impatience and rashness, because it makes you act without applying thought"?
- Answer: Viswanathan Anand (904)
In which district does the "Girl Star" - Anita Kushwaha, live?
- Answer: Bihar (905)
Who stated that the two-fold duty of students is acquiring knowledge and acquiring character?
- Answer: Gopala Krishna Gokhale (906)
What is considered a masterpiece of Egyptian cultural heritage?
- Answer: A Tomb for a Pharaoh (908)
In the short story, "The Summer Flight," where did Kumar enjoy his life?
- Answer: United States (910)
Rani Lakshmibai travelling 24 hours at a stretch with her child on her back speaks of her:
- Answer: dynamism and bravery (925)
Why do the children want the wheels to stop (in the relevant poem)?
- Answer: they are very weary and tired. (926)
What was the warning on the notice-board put up by "The selfish giant" in his garden?
- Answer: Trespassers will be prosecuted (938)
According to Dr. Karl Paulnack, what is music?
- Answer: is the basic need of human survival (941)
The statement: "Throughout his life, he has been filled with the conviction that there is a silver lining to every cloud and that good shall ultimately prevail," indicates that the person is:
- Answer: He has been an optimist throughout his life (942)
Which poem features the lines: "And let the guerdon of my labour be / My fallen country! One kind wish from you!"
- Answer: To India - My Native Land (946)
What was Subash Chandra Bose popularly known as?
- Answer: Nethaji (947)
When does a Geode split?
- Answer: it is broken with a stone (953)
Which of the following is not a poem?
- Answer: The Tears of the Desert (954)
Who said: "'Ahimsa' means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for suffering. Who but woman, the mother of man."
- Answer: Mahatma Gandhi (966)
Thakazhi Sivsankara Pillai is a celebrated contemporary writer in which language?
- Answer: Malayalam (967)
Who uttered the words: "But mercy is above this sceptered sway" (from The Merchant of Venice)?
- Answer: Portia (964)
Who delivered the message to Indian children: "The journey matters as much as the goal. Listen to the sounds of nature. Take good care of our fragile planet"?
- Answer: Kalpana Chawla (962)
Who stated the way to success: "Take up one idea, Make that one idea your life-think of it dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain muscles every part of your body, be full of that idea and leave every other idea alone"?
- Answer: Swami Vivekananda (978)
The poem 'Beautiful inside' conveys what idea?
- Answer: a golden heart lies concealed within the rough appearance (989)
Which animal is described as "locked in a concrete cell, His strength behind bars" in the poem?
- Answer: A Tiger (992)
Who is referred to as a DJ (Disc Jockey) in the quote: "I told them: I'm not going to be a DJ"?
- Answer: Disc Jockey (993)
In which poem does the line occur: "We can't all be captains, we've got to be crew"?
- Answer: Be the Best (995)
To which location does the trekking take place in the story "To the land of snow"?
- Answer: Milam (996)
Identify the wrong pair of Author - Work from the list.
- Answer: H.W. Longfellow - Snake (998)