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2016
GENERAL ENGLISH WITH GENERAL STUDIES
Time Allowed: 3 Hours]
Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
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This Booklet has a cover (this page) which should not be opened till the invigilator gives signal to open
it at the commencement of the exam~nation. As soon as the signal is received you should tear the right
side of the booklet cover carefully to open the booklet. Then proceed to answer the questions.
This Question Booklet contains 200 questions. Prior to attempting to answer the candidates are
requested to check whether all the questions are there in series without any omission and ensure there
are no blank pages in the question booklet. In case any defect in the Question Paper is noticed it shall
be reported to the Invigilator within first 10 minutes.
Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks.
You must wnte your Register Number in the space provided on the top right side of this page. Do not
write anything else on the Question Booklet.
An Answer Sheet will be supplied to you separately by the Invigilator to mark the answers.
You will also encode your Register Number, Subject Code, Question Booklet SL No. etc. with Blue or
Black Ball point pen in the space provided on the side 2 of the Answer Sheet. If you do not encode
properly or fail to encode the above information, action will be taken as per commission's notification.
Each question comprises four responses (A), (B), (C) and (D). You are to select ONLY ONE correct
response and mark in your Answer Sheet. In case, you feel that there are more than one correct
response, mark the response which you consider the best. In any case, choose ONLY ONE response for
each question. Your total marks will depend on the number of correct responses marked by you in the
Answer Sheet.
In the Answer Sheet there are four circles @, @ , and@ against each question. To answer the
questions you are to mark with Blue or Black ink Ball point pen ONLY ONE circle of your choice for
each question. Select one response for each question in the Question Booklet and mark in the Answer
Sheet. If you mark more. than one answer for one question, the answer will be treated as wrong. e.g. If
for any item,@ is the correct answer, you have to mark as follows :
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You should not remove or tear off any sheet from this Question Booklet. You are not allowed to take
this Question Booklet and the Answer Sheet out of the Examination Hall during the examination.
After the examination is concluded. you must hand over your Answer Sheet to the Invigilator. You are
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Do not tick-mark or mark the answers in the Question booklet.
!TAMIL VERSION OF INSTRUCTIONS IS PROVIDED ON THE BACK COVER OF THIS BOOKLET!
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1.
Match the words under Column 'A' with the suitable infinitives under Column 'B' and select
the right option from the codes given below:
Column A
(a)
1.
to wear
(b)
to learn
(c)
English is easy
3.
to follow
(d)
4.
to carry
2.
Column B
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
\)It(
(B)
(C)
(D)
Choose the statement that takes the question tag 'should they'?
(A)
(B)
(C)
3.
4.
(A)
Mahatma Gandhi
(C)
\Jl'!f'
(D)
Edwin C. Bliss
H. W. Longfellow
(C)
(B)
bringing water
(D)
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5.
Choose the option that contains the name of speaker and the play from which these lines are
taken:
'The quality of mercy is not strain'd
6.
(A)
(C)
Choose the correct tense of the verb given in bracket from the options given below:
When I reached the station, the train
7.
(A)
has left
(C)
left
(leave).
(B)
leaves
~ had left
8.
(A)
did it?
(C)
don't it?
(D)
do it?
'1fl'f'
9.
~doesn't it?
(B)
My Several Worlds
(D)
(B)
My Faithful Dog
(C)
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10.
Choose the correct Synonym of the un:derlined word from the options given below :
They reflect the m unjf)cence of the Cholas.
(A)
paucity
(B)
miserliness
(C)
atrocity
\j}iJi'f
11.
12.
Richard III
(B)
Henry V
\JP!"
Charles II
(D)
King John
Russia
(B)
China
(C)
France
13.
generosity
TheU.S.A
Julius Caesar
The Merchant of Venice
(C)
Macbeth
(D)
King Lear
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14.
Complete the blank in the given sentence with the suitable option given below :
Walt Whitman is - - - - - - p o e t .
~
(C)
15.
an American
(B)
an Australian
a British
(D)
a Scottish
V.K Gokak
~ H.W. Longfellow
16.
Douglas Malloch
(D)
Rabindranath Tagore
Identify the sentence in which the comparative form of the adjective is used.
(A)
'1J'f'
17.
(B)
(C)
(D)
Identify the words which blend to form the word Interpol and choose the correct answer from
the codes given below.
(A)
Inter+ police
(B)
Information+ police
~ International+ police
(D)
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18.
(B)
(D)
19.
20.
(a)
Be the best
1.
Thomas Hardy
(b)
Manliness
2.
D.H. Lawrence
(c)
The Piano
3.
Rudyard Kipling
(d)
4.
Douglas Malloch
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(C)
(D)
D.H. Lawrence
(B)
William Wordsworth
William Shakespeare
F. Joanna
(D)
i::
(A)
\Jll!f
21.
Column B
Name the poet who describes the search for water in his poem. "Going for water".
(A)
Lord Tennyson
(C)
Wilfred Owen
(B)
Robert Browning
~Robert Frost
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22.
Match the chaxacters in Column 'A' with the relevant titles with Column 'B'
Column A
23.
(a)
Morissot
1.
(b)
Noodle Vendor
2.
Two friends
(c)
Djinn
3.
The refugee
(d)
Cornish Ogre
4.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Jiff
(B)
(C)
(D)
Othello
(B)
Coriolanus
Dr. Faustus
(D)
24.
Column B
Timon of Athens
25.
(A)
Mark Antony
(C)
Decius Brutus
Octavius Caesar
Identify the sentence that contains the passive form of the verb:
(A)
(B)
.Jll!f
(D)
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26.
Choose the option containing the right sequence of articles that would complete the passage
given below :
- - - - - Mettur dam is - - - - - o l d multipurpose project o f - - - - - South
Indian state of Tamil Nadu across
Cauvery river.
(A)
'1J1f'
27.
(C)
(D)
no article, a, the, an
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(C)
a big circle
family members and friends
memorable days
I
(D)
28.
dead people
29.
(A)
To hunt
(C)
Hunted
~Hunting
(D)
Hunt
Fill in the blank with the suitable participial form of the verb
I saw the storm----(A)
had approached
(C)
was approach
'1Jilf'
approaching
(D)
approaches
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Compound
(B)
Complex
~Simple
(D)
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32.
33.
The line, "The evil that men do lives after them" occurs in the play
-Jiff'
Julius Caesar
(B)
As YOU like it
(C)
Twelfth Night
(D)
Saki
(C)
Mackinlay Kantor
(B)
Zai Whitaker
, L e o Tolstoy
(C)
34.
None of these
Stratford
(B)
Stanford
Cumberland
(D)
Stratfort
(B)
(C)
.Jl11)
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35.
Match the patterns given under Column A with the compound words under Column Band
select the answer from the codes given below:
Column A
36.
ColumnB
(a)
Verb+ Noun
1.
Dining table
(b)
Gerund + Noun
2.
Newspaper
(c)
Noun+Noun
3.
Sunrise
(d)
Noun+ Verb
4.
Playmate
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
'1Jlf
(B)
(C)
(D)
In Oscar Wilde's "The Model Millionaire" The wedding present from the 'Old beggar' to
Hughie was a cheque for
37.
(A)
(C)
~
(D)
A Psalm of Life
~ Bethebest
38.
(B)
(D)
Sonnet No : 116
Ben Jonson
(C)
Marlow
(D)
John Keats
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39.
Match the prefixes under Column 'A' with the words under Column 'B' and select the answer
from the codes given below:
Column B
Column A
(a)
mal
1.
claim
(b)
un
2.
nutrition
(c)
mis
3.
aware
(d)
pro
4.
spell
(a)
\,/!!(' 2
(b)
(c)
(d)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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40.
Choose the suitable Question tag from the list given below:
Our team will win the match, - - - - - (A)
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41.
will it?
(B)
don't it?
won'tit?
(D)
doesn't it?
Match the words under Column 'A' with the suffixes under Column 'B' and select the answer
from the codes given below:
Column A
ColumnB
(a)
Hero
1.
less
(b)
Hope
2.
ist
(c)
Art
3.
cracy
(d)
Demo
4.
lSID
(a)
\JI(( 4
(b)
(c)
(d)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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43.
Fill in the blank with the correct tense form of the verb from the options given below.
The cabinet
(decide) on the bill next week
(A)
has decided
(C)
decided
had decided
44.
(A)
Rabindranath Tagore
(C)
Sarojini Naidu
~ A.P.J. Abdulkalam
(D)
R.K Narayan
45.
(B)
(C)
(D)
Match the following homophones with their related meanings and select the answer from the
codes given below :
Meanings
Homophones
(a)
Counsel
1.
route
(b)
Council
2.
rough
(c)
Course
3.
advice
(d)
Coarse
4.
administrative body
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
\J8)3
(A)
(C)
(D)
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46.
\)J'f'
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'National Institution'
(B)
'Stylish Institution'
(C)
'Popular Institution'
(D)
'Global Institution'
48.
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Vacation
(B) Vocation
(C)
Package
(D)
Permission
49.
50.
(A)
of
(B)
at
\?'f'
on
(D)
beside
India
(C)
China
~ TheU.S.A
(D)
France
Choose the correct 'antonym' of the underlined word from the given options :
Similarly Women's marvellous power is lying dormant.
(A)
sluggish
(B)
(C)
unused
\fil'!)'
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passive
active
51.
(B)
Decius Brutus
Marcus Brutus
(D)
Cassius
(A)
tp("
52.
Match the characters listed under Column A with the stories they appear in listed under
Column B
Column B
Column A
(a)
Makhan Lal
1.
Reflowering
(b)
Matilda
2.
Holiday
(c)
Row th er
3.
(d)
Vera
4.
The Necklace
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(B)
~2
(D)
53.
\Jlif"
(C)
between
(B)
among
with
(D)
besides
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54.
\,/!ff'
(C)
55.
Shylock
(B)
Antonio
Portia
(D)
Bassanio
The attainment of a developed status by 2020 does not mean that we can then rest on our
laurels.
'rest on one's laurels' means------
(D)
heavy
(B)
dirty
brightly
(D)
value
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57.
(C)
56.
(B)
Match the patterns under Column A with the corresponding sentences under Column Band
select the answer from the codes given below.
Column A
Column B
(a)
SVCA
1.
(b)
S VIO DO
2.
(c)
SVC
3.
(d)
S VDO IO
4.
She is a teacher
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(B)
~ 3
(D)
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58.
Rabindranath Tagore
(B)
William Wordsworth
(C)
H.W. Longfellow
\J1I'!"
59.
William Shakespeare
Of the following poets, who was known as the 'People's Poet' for having contributed
11,000 poems to English Literature?
(A)
\,/Jiff'
60.
(C)
F. Joanna
(D)
Rudyard Kipling
Rob Reilly
(B)
Rudyard Kipling
(C)
Robert Frost
..p'
61.
RexCoker
Which of the following characters is not from the drama, "Julius Caesar"?
(A)
Gasca
(B)
Cassius
~Antonia
(D)
Amelius Lepidus
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63.
Which of the words given below can be placed after the word Spell to form a compound word?
(A)
work
(C)
fine
(B)
word
..,' bound
159
(C)
134
(B)
156
~154
II
64.
65.
66.
(A)
an astronaut
(C)
her neighbour
(D)
a flight instructor
a doctor
Work is worship
(C)
Art is long
(B)
an
$a
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(B)
the
(D)
no article
t=
67.
.Jli1{
68.
Match the poets under Column A with the lines from their works under Column B
Column B
Column A
(a) Robert Frost
Let us, then, be up and doing
1.
(b) Ii.W. Longfellow
2.
It isn't by size that you win or you fail
(c) William Shakespeare
3.
Like gnomes that hid us from the moon
(d) Douglas Malloch
4.
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks
VJ!(
(B)
(C)
(D)
69.
70.
(a)
3
1
4
2
(b)
1
2
3
4
(c)
4
4
1
3
(d)
2
3
2
1
Match the characters under Column A with their utterances given under Column B :
Column A
(a)
(c)
Brutus
Portia
Antony
(d)
Shylock
(A)
(B)
(a)
3
1
(b)
..Jli'/'4
(D) 1
i::
1.
2.
3.
4.
(b)
1
4
3
2
(c)
2
3
2
4
Column B
Most learned judge ! A sentence ! come, prepare
For Brutus, as you know, was Caesar's angel!
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes
Not tbat I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more
(d)
4
2
1
3
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71.
$
(C)
72.
KamalaDas
(B)
Rabindranath Tagore
R.K Narayan
(D)
Sarojini Naidu
Match the following words given under Column A with the blended words under Column B
and select the answer from the codes given below :
Column A
(a)
1.
Medicare
(b)
Medical+ Care
2.
Mobike
(c)
Motor + Bike
3.
Motel
(d)
Motor+ Hotel
4.
Moped
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(A)
(B)
(C) 2
.Jl!ff
73.
74.
Column B
has left
for Mumbai
(A)
Sangeetha
(C)
for Mumbai
last night
D
last night
75.
(A)
SVO
(C)
SVA
(B)
SVOA
~SVC
The selfish giant saw a little boy standing under a - - - - - - in a corner of the
garden.
(A)
Rock
(C)
Fountain
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Tree
(D)
Plant
76.
77.
(A)
A simple sentence
(C)
A compound sentence
.J}JI!'
A complex sentence
(D)
A negative sentence
When Trevor informed Hughie that he had clearly explained Hughie's condition to the old
model, Hughie-----(A)
78.
(B)
Praised him
(D)
Smiled at him
Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word from the options given :
.... Seek to restore the harmony of bygone days.
79.
(A)
Future
(B)
Present
t/ll!!f
Olden
(D)
Modern
.JJff
(C)
80.
A simple sentence
(B)
A compound sentence
A complex sentence
(D)
An exclamatory sentence
(B)
(C)
(D)
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