TNPSC General English - Character Quotes Important Lines from the Works on Indian Authors
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
Thirmalpad visited the spot and changed the lease to
- (a)
Kuttimappillai
- (b)
Outhakkutty
- (c)
Kuttichavan
- (d)
Kesavan Pillai
Kesavan Nair toyed with the idea of selling one of the
- (a)
Dogs
- (b)
Buffaloes
- (c)
Houses
- (d)
Milk cows
The Landlord was
- (a)
Thirumulpad
- (b)
Sivasankara Menon
- (c)
Kuttichovan
- (d)
Outhakkutty
Who wrote the poem "Punishment in Kindergarten"?
- (a)
Kamala Das
- (b)
Rudyard Kipling
- (c)
David Roth
- (d)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A ....... coloured frocked woman caused, throwing words at the poet.
- (a)
blue
- (b)
red
- (c)
black
- (d)
white
The children ........ at the poet.
- (a)
laughed
- (b)
worried
- (c)
cried
- (d)
teased
How does the Poet Kamala feel in her Grandmother's House?
- (a)
Love in abundance
- (b)
Lonely
- (c)
Boring
- (d)
No care taking
To peer through 'blind eyes' of windows, according to the poet 'blind eyes' means?
- (a)
Blind eyes of poet
- (b)
Blind eyes of grandma
- (c)
Brightness in a opened house
- (d)
Darkness of a closed house
Sum from the arithmetic book was dictated to Swaminathan by...
- (a)
Samuel
- (b)
Krishna
- (c)
Shanker
- (d)
his father
"Father, will you tell me if the mangoes were ripe"?
- (a)
Krishna
- (b)
Shankar
- (c)
Swaminathan
- (d)
Samuel
While reading the sum, Swami felt as he had stepped into
- (a)
Swimming pool
- (b)
Spinning wheel
- (c)
Fearful maze
- (d)
Merry-go-round
"Verygood, simplify it further" said by
- (a)
His Father
- (b)
Swaminathan
- (c)
Krishna
- (d)
Rama
The Character 'Swami' was created by the author
- (a)
Rabindranath Tagore
- (b)
Deepa Agarwal
- (c)
R.K Narayan
- (d)
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam
How old was Kari, when he was given to the author?
- (a)
Nine months old
- (b)
Six years old
- (c)
five years old
- (d)
five months old
Kari pushed the author into the...........
- (a)
village
- (b)
forest
- (c)
water
- (d)
sand
When Saruli saw the rows of lofty pines stretched on the ground, got .....................
- (a)
happy
- (b)
angry
- (c)
stunned
- (d)
worried
"Suppose ............ suppose all the trees fell down wouldn't the forest disappear?" Who says this?
- (a)
Saruli
- (b)
Lal Singh
- (c)
Jaman
- (d)
D.F.O
Pine trees can be tapped for its .......
- (a)
branches
- (b)
leaves
- (c)
resin
- (d)
roots
The contractors pay a lot of money for ....... the trees
- (a)
tapping
- (b)
watering
- (c)
growing
- (d)
fertilizing
"Keep it up"! The resin tappers will not trouble you again. Who said this to whom?
- (a)
D.F.O to Saruli
- (b)
Mother to Saruli
- (c)
Contractors to Saruli
- (d)
Lal Singh to Saruli
'Why don't we choose some other place? Who asked this?
- (a)
Malar
- (b)
Teacher
- (c)
Principal
- (d)
Nila
"I appreciate your love for the tree" who said this to whom?
- (a)
Principal to Malar
- (b)
Teacher to Malar
- (c)
Nila to Malar
- (d)
Grandmother to Malar
The Character 'Malar' is reflected in the story of .....
- (a)
The Neem Tree
- (b)
The Golden Path
- (c)
Swept Away
- (d)
A Close Encounter
Grandmother told Tendai that scaly anteaters were the symbols of...........
- (a)
Good luck
- (b)
Bad luck
- (c)
Flag
- (d)
Nation
In the first race, climbed to the very top of the Kopje.......was the winner
- (a)
Dassie
- (b)
Pangolin
- (c)
Pantheon
- (d)
Antenna
Pangolin came up......, but happily hailed Dassie as the winner:
- (a)
singing and dancing
- (b)
puffing and panting
- (c)
jumping and struggling
- (d)
laughing and talking
Who came first in the slopping down race?
- (a)
Pangolin
- (b)
Pantheon
- (c)
Antenna
- (d)
Dassie
"There is more than one way to do a thing." Who said this to whom?
- (a)
Father's advice to Pangolin
- (b)
Pangolin to Dassie
- (c)
Dassie to Pangolin
- (d)
Father's advice to Dassie
The fresh smell of the leaves and the crackle of the wind as it blew through the tree made the butterfly feel like
- (a)
Dancing
- (b)
Rolling
- (c)
Thundering
- (d)
Humming
Inside the Sunbeam, the butterfly could see lots of ........
- (a)
Flowers
- (b)
Leaves
- (c)
Light
- (d)
Tiny particles
