TNPSC General English - Match the Poems and Poets
Exam Duration: 45 Mins Total Questions : 30
The poem 'Biking' is written by
- (a)
Gayathri Phalajam
- (b)
Suraj
- (c)
Judith Micholl's
- (d)
Oscar Wilde
'Night' the poem has been written by
- (a)
Oscar Wilde
- (b)
Thomson
- (c)
William Blake
- (d)
Wilson
'Bower' means
- (a)
Lighted area
- (b)
busy area
- (c)
shop area
- (d)
shady area
Match:
a) Miracle | 1.greed |
b) Obscure | 2.hateful |
c) Ripe | 3.Magical happening |
d) Avarice | unclear |
e) disgusting | fully grown |
- (a)
a b c d e 3 4 5 1 2 - (b)
a b c d e 1 2 3 4 5 - (c)
a b c d e 2 3 4 5 1 - (d)
a b c d e 4 5 1 2 3
people eat the bitter leaves and the roasted flowers of neem with a litter faggery to symbolize
- (a)
having magic spell
- (b)
bad things teach a lesson
- (c)
bitter experiences lead in good way
- (d)
acceptance of good with bad
'Linnet' means
- (a)
a small brown and grey bird
- (b)
a white bird
- (c)
a small bird
- (d)
a mother bird
"Where the mind is without fear" poem was written by
- (a)
Wordsworth
- (b)
Tagore
- (c)
L.Burns
- (d)
Robert Brown
Which year the American Civil War held between the Northern and Southern States of U.S.A?
- (a)
1859
- (b)
1858
- (c)
1819
- (d)
1860
"Be the Best" poem is written by
- (a)
Seagul
- (b)
Morgan
- (c)
Madrid
- (d)
Douglas Malloch
'No men are foreign is written by'
- (a)
Gandhiji
- (b)
Tagore
- (c)
Nivetha Sister
- (d)
James Kirkup
How much percentage of civilians died in the IInd World War?
- (a)
50%
- (b)
30%
- (c)
40%
- (d)
60%
Match the poets and poems:
a) Land of our birth, we pledge to the |
1.Ruskin Bond |
b) A Tiger in the zoo | 2.Emma Richards |
c) To Cook and eat | 3.Leslie Norris |
d) Gur Local Team | 4.Rudyard Kipling |
- (a)
a b c d 1 2 3 4 - (b)
a b c d 4 3 2 1 - (c)
a b c d 2 1 4 3 - (d)
a b c d 3 4 1 2
Match the poets and poems:
a) Where the minds is without fear |
1.Grace |
b) Keep your spirits high |
2.tagore |
c) Be the best | 3.hope Spencer |
d) Granny please comb my hair |
4.Douglas Mallach |
- (a)
a b c d 1 2 4 3 - (b)
a b c d 2 3 1 4 - (c)
a b c d 2 3 4 1 - (d)
a b c d 4 1 2 3
Match the following:
Poems | Poets |
a) Granny | 1.Dipit Bhatia |
b) With a friend | 2.Grace Nichols |
c)Inclusion | 3.Vivian Gould |
d)Hopes and dreams | 4.Audrey Heller |
- (a)
a b c d 3 4 1 2 - (b)
a b c d 1 2 3 4 - (c)
a b c d 3 1 4 2 - (d)
a b c d 2 4 1 3
I want to climb the highest tree study stars and their mystery where does the poet want to climb
- (a)
Mountain
- (b)
Wall
- (c)
The highest tree
- (d)
House
Who salutes the crowd?
- (a)
umpire
- (b)
bowler
- (c)
fielder
- (d)
batting hero
Which period Khalil Gibran belongs to
- (a)
1883-1931
- (b)
1881-1959
- (c)
1861-1899
- (d)
1806-1861
Which period Thomas Hardy belongs to
- (a)
1819-1892
- (b)
1807-1882
- (c)
1898-1943
- (d)
1840-1928
"Think me not unkind and rude
that I walk alone in grove and glen;"
these lines occur in
- (a)
The Apology
- (b)
My Native Land
- (c)
With a Friend
- (d)
Laugh and be Merry
Robert Frost belongs to
- (a)
America
- (b)
Russia
- (c)
Italy
- (d)
germany
John Masefield belongs to
- (a)
Washington
- (b)
Ledbury
- (c)
Lebanon
- (d)
Brooklyn
Kamala Das belongs to
- (a)
U.S.A
- (b)
U.K
- (c)
India
- (d)
Canda
Elizabeth Barrett Browning belong to
- (a)
U.K
- (b)
U.S.A
- (c)
Germany
- (d)
Italy
Ralph Waldo Emerson belongs to
- (a)
U.S.A
- (b)
U.K
- (c)
Rome
- (d)
Russia
William Shakespeare belongs to
- (a)
U.S.A
- (b)
U.K
- (c)
Canada
- (d)
Africa
Walt Whitman belongs to
- (a)
U.S.A
- (b)
U.K
- (c)
Germany
- (d)
Italy
Rabindranath Tagore belongs to
- (a)
India
- (b)
Italy
- (c)
Germany
- (d)
Russia
"Where is that glory, where that reference now
thy eagle pinion is chained down at last, "
these lines occur in
- (a)
To India-My Native land
- (b)
The flying wonder
- (c)
A tiger in the zoo
- (d)
No men are foreign
"A labor not different from our own
Remember they have eyes like ours that wake or sleep"
These lines occur in
- (a)
With a friend
- (b)
Earth
- (c)
Is life, but a dream
- (d)
No man are foreign
'Intricate' means
- (a)
Carefully designed
- (b)
action
- (c)
very old
- (d)
tells a story