TNPSC GROUP 2 / 2A

GENERAL ENGLISH | FREE TEST SERIES

UNIT TEST - 08: 27.03.2022 Duration: 90 Minutes

INFINITIVE-GERUND-PARTICIPLE, ON KILLING A TREE, 100 QNS | 100 MARKS

THE RIVER, A BIRTHDAY LETTER ,MAHATMA GANDHI

1) When Gandhiji returned to India from South Africa? 9) “On Killing a tree” is a poem taken from the
a) 1918 b)1910 c)1915 d) 1905 collection _______

2) Gandhi married in the year ________ a)Treasure b) Environment c) Poems d) Literature

a)1880 b)1882 c)1889 d)1887 10) Louder, faster, brawling, leaping,

3) Who was the political Guru of Gandhi? What is meant by ‘brawling’?

a)Rabindranath Tagore b)Jawaharlal Nehru a)Silence b) Moving fastly

c)Gopala Krishna Gokhale d)Sardar Vallabhai Patel c) a noisy quarrel d) peace and calm

11) Find the figure of speech:

4) Newspaper started by Gandhi in South Africa _
It takes much time to kill a tree
a)New India b)National Herald
a)Oxymoron b) Alliteration
c)Kesari d) Indian Opinion
c) Simile d) Onomatopoeia
5) “Natal Indian Congress” was founded in the year
12) What is needed to kill a tree?
a)1893 b)1895 c)1894 d) 1890
(a) a simple jab (b) hacking
6)Slogan of Mahatma Gandhi
(c) choking (d) pulling out the root entirely
a)Jai Hind b) Inquilab Zindabad
13) Identify the figure of speech:
c)DO or Die d) Vande Mataram
On you rush through rough and smooth
7) According to Gandhi, “ My experiment in
a)Antithesis b) Onomatopoeia
_______would be instantly successful if I could secure
women’s help” c) Simile d) Personification
a)truth b)non-violence c)freedom d) suffering 14) Famous works by [Link] Patel
8) Caroline Ann Bowles was ______ poet a) Evening b) The Lamb
a)Russian b) Indian c)English d) American c) Forensic Medicine d) Both A & C

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15) In the poem 'The River', the poet compares the flow 20) Find the sentence which does not contain alliterated
of the river with different__________________. words?

a)Stages of nature b) stages of human life a) Through the flowers and foliage glancing

c) stages of tree d) stages of world b) Just like mortal prime

16) Name the author of the Poem “ On Killing A Tree” c) On you rush through rough and smooth

a) Norman Littleford b) Caroline Ann Bowles d) Sea that line hath never sounded

c) Gieve Patel d) Robert Frost 21) Find the rhyme scheme:

17) Find the figure of speech: River, river! Brimming river!

The bleeding bark will heal. Broad and deep, and still as time;

a)Assonance b) Personification Seeming still, yet still in motion,

c) Repetition d) Anaphora Tending onward to the ocean,

18) Find the alliterated words. Just like mortal prime.

The Source,white and wet a)abcde b) abccb c)abbcc d) abcbb

a)the-source b) white-wet 22) Nationality of Gieve Patel:

c) source-white d) wet-source a)American b) Indian c) British d) Russian

19) Match the word with their meaning: 23) Match the word with their meaning:

WORD MEANING WORD MEANING

a) foliage 1. hitting something lightly from the a) jab 1. very small

side
b) crust 2. covered with scales
b) headlong 2 third person singular form of ‘have’
c) leprous 3. hard outer portion
c) hath 3. with the head first and the rest of the
body following d) miniature 4. to poke

d) glancing 4. cluster of leaves, flowers (a) (b) (c) (d)

(a) (b) (c) (d) (A) 1 2 3 4

(A) 1 2 3 4 (B) 2 1 3 4

(B) 2 1 3 4 (C) 4 3 2 1

(C) 4 3 2 1 (D) 4 3 1 2

(D) 2 1 4 3

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24) Find the figure of speech: 32) Who was the political Guru of Mahatma Gandhiji?

And pulled out – snapped out A. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

a)Antithesis b) Repetition
B. Dayanand Saraswati
c) Personification d) Oxymoron
C. Ravindra Nath Tagore
25) Identify the figure of speech

River, river, little river! D. None of the above

a)Simile b) Epithet c)Anaphora d) Assonance 33) “If non-violence is the law of our being, the future
is with women”. Who said this?
26) Whose poetic lines are these?
a)Bharathiyar b)Nehru c)Netaji d)Gandhiji
Slowly consuming the earth, Rising out of it,
feeding Upon its crust 34) Who gave the title “Mahatma “ to Gandhi?
a) Norman Littleford b) Caroline Ann Bowles a)Rabindranath Tagore b)Jawaharlal Nehru
c)Edgar A Guest d) Gieve Patel
c)Gopala Krishna Gokhale d)Netaji
27) Who said this?
35) Fill in the blank with the correct alternative:
“ To call women the weaker sex is a libel, it is man’s
_________ the scissors I returned it to her
injustice to woman”
a)Using b) Having used c)having d)Used
a)Indira Gandhi b)Jawaharlal Nehru
36) Whose words are thse?
c)Kamal Das d)Gandhiji
For the desire to hide anything means that you are
afraid, and fear is a bad thing and unworthy of you.
28) Sabarmati Ashram is located at which place in
India? a)Mahatma Gandhi b) Gieve Patel

a)Rajkot b) Ahmedabad c)Pathankot d) Baroda c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Indira Gandhi

29) Find the odd man out. 37) What does the phrase ‘great drama’ refer to?

a) The Little Ladybird b) Forensic Medicine a)Writing letter b) sermonizing

c) Tales of the Factories d) Chapter on Churchyard c) Indian Freedom movement d) Delivering speeches

30) Chocking is done in the absence of : 38)Find the synonym for the udnerlined word
(a) earth (b) air (c) water (d) sunlight
you will grow up a child of the light, unafraid and
31) When Nehru began writing letters to his younger serene
daughter?
a)Peaceful b) disrescpect c) bravery d) Valuable
a)1918 b) 1928 c) 1930 d) 1922

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39) Nehru was the ______ prime Minister of 46) Fill in the blank with a suitable Gerund
Independent India
______tigers is a popular sport in this country.
a)First b) Second c) Third d) Fourth
a) To hunt b) hunting c) hunted d)hunt
40) “You must be the change you wish to see int his
world” Who said this? 47) Find the correct sentence where the ‘present
participle form’ is used .
a) Jawaharlal Nehru b)Gieve Patel
a) This is a dancing doll
c)Mahatma Gandhi d)Rabindranath Tagore
b)Seema is crying now
41) Name the underlined word corretcly. c) My mother bought a wet grinder
The dancing parrots entertained the crowd d) These are rotten fruits
a)Gerund b) Participle c) Infinitive d) Past perfect 48) In which of the following sentence infinitive is
used?
42) Find out the sentence where Gerund is used
a)Walking is a good exercise
a) Sujatha is wealthy but she is not generous
b) Reading story books gives pleasure
b) We sat on the floor
c) To err is human
c) Writing is always better than to read
d) Can you teach painting?
d) She is a teacher and a singer
49) Fill in the blank with the option containing an
43) Fill in the Blank with correct Infinitive or Gerund
infinitive:
or Participle
She refused …………’no’ for an answer
They learned how ___________ in space without
gravity a) take b) taking c) to take d)having taken
a)survive b) to survive c) Having survived d) surviving 50) Find out the sentence where gerund is used
44) Identify the Gerund ‘Swimming is a Good a)She is a dancer and singer
Exercise. Ramu saw a man running along the road
to catch the bus’ b) To jump is fun

a) Swimming b) the Road c) Running d) to catch c) Playing chess is my hobby

45) Identify the gerund form from the options given d)My son likes to eat ice cream
below:
51) Fill in the Blank with correct Infinitive or Gerund
a) Keeping left is always safe or Participle

b) To find fault with others is easy These are my ______ Shoes

c) David wants to study Biology a) having walked b) walking c) to walk d)walk

d) He likes to read Science Fiction 52) Match the word with their meaning:

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WORD MEANING a) Leelawati b) Putlibai

a) sermon 1. extremely attracted c)Sharda Bai d) Kusuma Devi

b) fascinated 2. holy and deserving respect 59) Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi
c) deed 3. ceremony in which a priest a)Discovery of India
gives a talk
b)Towards Freedom
d) sacred 4. Noble act

(a) (b) (c) (d) c)The Story of My Experiments with Truth

(A) 1 2 3 4 d)Mystery of Language

(B) 3 1 4 2 60) I would sweep them out of existence if I had the

Power. What does “them” refer to?
(C) 4 1 2 3
a)truth b)superstitious practices c)morality d) integrity
(D) 4 3 1 2
61) Name the author of the Poem “ The River”
53) Who was called as architect of Modern India?
a) Norman Littleford b) Caroline Ann Bowles
a)Mahatma GAndhi b) Nelson Mandela
c) Gieve Patel d) Robert Frost
c) Jawaharlal Nehru d) Netaji
62) Match the word with their meaning:
54) "Glimpses of World History” published in the
year WORD MEANING

a)1935 b) 1920 c) 1942 d) 1925 a) eternity 1. going in a particular way

55) Gieve Patel conducting a poetry workshop in b) tending 2. life continuing without end
_________ after death

a) St. Xavier's High School b) Rishi Valley School c) swelling 3. acting quickly and without
thought
c) King's New School d) The Asian School
d) impetuous 4. becoming greater in intensity
56) O ’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Figure of speech used n the above line
(A) 1 2 3 4
a)Imagery b) Epithet c)Metaphor d) Alliteration
(B) 2 1 3 4
57) we had been brutes without you. Angels are
painted fair to look like you. Who said this? (C) 4 3 2 1

a)Gandhiji b) Gieve Patel c) Nehru d)Otway (D) 2 1 4 3

58) What was the name of the mother of Mahatma

Gandhi?

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63) Broad and deep, and still as time; Seeming still, 68) What is considered as one-sided affair according to
yet still in motion. Nehru?

What is broad and deep? a)Sermonizing b) Writing letter

a)time b) river c)rocks d) ocean c) Talking & Discussing d) Birthday gift

64) Tending onward to the ocean, Just like mortal 69) Fill in the Blank with correct Infinitive or Gerund
prime or Participle

What does the poet mean by ‘mortal prime’? The ______ sailboat washed up on shore

a)child phase of life a)wrecked b) wrecking c) to wrek d)having wrecked

b) man in best age of his life 70) Fill in the Blank with correct Infinitive or Gerund
or Participle
c)man in the adult phase of life
______ on the flute, Krishna returned it
d) the man in sad phase of his life
a)played b) having played c) play d)to play
65) Find the figure of speech:
71) Fill in the Blank with correct Infinitive or Gerund
Out of the anchoring earth or Participle
a)Alliteration b) Personification ________out of the kingdom, the king hid himself in a
c) Metaphor d) Oxymoron forest

66) Nehru lived between _____ a) driving b) to drive c) driven d)having drived

(A) 1889-1950 (B) 1876-1966 72) Fill in the Blank with correct Infinitive or Gerund
(C) 1889-1964 (D) 1880-1955 or Participle

67)Match the word with their antonyms: He lacked the strenth ________

WORD MEANING a) of resisting b) resist c) to resist d)having resisted

a) wide 1. ignoble 73) Fill in the Blank with correct Infinitive Gerund and
Participle.
b) noble 2. narrow
---------- is a healthy habit. I like daily------------
c) honour 3. coward
(A) walking, to walk (B) to walk, having walk,
d) brave 4. dishonour
(C) walk, walking, (D) to walk, walk
(a) (b) (c) (d)
74) What cannot be stopped even by the high walls of
(A) 1 2 3 4 prisons?

(B) 3 1 4 2 a)Materialisitc b) Mind & Spirit

(C) 4 1 2 3 c) Birthday present d) Giving advice

(D) 2 1 4 3

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75) Who was the ceaseless crusader of Women’s 83) What is related to the death of roots?
equality? a) pulling out b) scorching
c) choking d) all of the above
a)Rabindranath Tagore b)Nehru c)Netaji d)Gandhiji
84) In the poem “ On Killing A Tree” according to the
76)Whose poetic lines are these? poet the root was hidden inside the soil for ________

“Broad and deep, and still as time” a) Centuries b) ages c)years d)months
a) Edgar A Guest b)John Keats 85) Bright you sparkle on your way;
c) Gieve Patel d) Caroline Ann Bowles O’er the yellow pebbles dancing,
77) Identify the figure of speech: Through the flowers and foliage glancing,
Sea that line hath never sounded, Like a child at play.
Sea that sail hath never rounded
Pick out the rhyming words.
a)Oxymoron b) Simile c)Anaphora d) Epithet
a)bright-way b) way-play
78) Where does the strength of a tree lie in?
a) leaves b) root c) flowers d) fruit c)foliage-flowers d) yellow-play

79) O‟er the yellow pebbles dancing, through the 86) "Glimpses of World History” collection of how
flowers and foliage glancing‟ many letters?

Pick out the rhyming words. a)195 b) 200 c) 196 d) 198

A) flowers, foliage B) O‟er, through 87) From which prison did Nehru write this letter?

C) dancing, glancing D) the, the a)Vellore Jail b) Naini Prison

80) Seeming still, yet still in motion c) Cellular Jail d) Lucknow Prison

. Pick out the words in alliteration from the above line 88) What helps the ordinary men and women to
become heroes?
a)seeming-yet b) yet-still
a)Geography b) Politics c) History d) economics
c)seeming-still d) still-motion
89) Which historical character inspired young Indira?
81) Caroline Ann Bowles lived between
a)Nelson Mandela b) Joan of Arc
a)1780-1845 b) 1786-1854
c) Isaac Newton d) Aristotle
c)1802 -1896 d) 1885-1925
90) Bapuji is in prison, but the magic of his message
82) Find the figure of speech. has stolen the hearts of India‟s millions.

Through the flowers and foliage glancing, Who is referred as “Bapuji‟ here.

Like a child at play. (A) Nehru (B) Gandhiji

(C) Nethaji (D) Nelson Mandela
a)Antithesis b) Repetition c)Metaphor d) Simile

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91) The poor and the oppressed free and [Link] 95) Match Column A with Column B to form gerunds
the antonyms for the undelined word in sentences :

a)Subdue b) freedom c) valiant d) unworthy Column A Column B

92) Match the word with their synonym: A. Eating too much 1. is forbidden

WORD MEANING B. Swimming 2. is dangerous

a) brave 1. personal C. Playing on the street 3. is bad for health

b) wide 2. valuable D. Walking on the roof 4. is a pleasant hobby

c) worthy 3. broad (a) (b) (c) (d)

d) private 4. valiant (A) 3 4 2 1

(a) (b) (c) (d) (B) 4 3 2 1

(A) 1 2 3 4 (C) 3 4 1 2

(B) 4 3 2 1 (D) 2 1 4 3

(C) 4 1 2 3 96) Who wrote the book „GLIMPSES OF WORLD

HISTORY‟
(D) 2 1 4 3
(A) Indira Gandhi (B) Sarojini Naidu
93) --------------- a long distance, I felt tired
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru (D) Gandhi
a) having walked b) walking c) to walk d)walk
97) Over rocks, by rose-banks, sweeping Like
94) Match the words under Column ‘A’ with the impetuous youth.
suitable infinitives under Column ‘B’
Which stage of man is compared here?
Column A Column B
a)Childhood b) youth c)adulthood d) eternity
A. The parcel was heavy 1. to wear
98) From which station in South Africa Gandhi was
B. These clothes are comfortable 2. to learn thrown out of the train?
C. English is easy 3. to follow a) Pietermaritzburg b) Johannesburg
D. Her speech was difficult 4. to carry c)Durban d) Natel
(a) (b) (c) (d) 99) Fill in the blank with correct infinitive:
(A) 1 2 3 4 The astronauts managed _______ their training in
(B) 4 3 2 1 record time

(C) 4 1 2 3 a)complete b) completed c)to complete d) completing

(D) 2 1 4 3 100) What does the word “unruffled” mean?

a)Not nervous b) calm c)respectful d) brave act

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