TNPSC Subordinate Combined Exam English Paper 2011 – General English

(a)    As he was sick, he did not attend the class

(b)   Though he was sick, he attended the class

(c)    When he was sick, he attended the class

(d)   He was sick, yet he attended the class

(a)    If I were a bird. I would fly

(b)   I am a bird. So I will fly

(c)    Being a bird. I will fly

(d)   Because I am a bird. I will fly

(a)    He worked hard, but he could not succced

(b)   Climbing the hill I saw the dog

(c)    Lalloo was so tired and he took rest

(d)   While I was returning home I met Uma

(a)    He was sick and so he remained at home

(b)   Though he was sick, he did not remain at home

(c)    Being sick he remained at home

(d)   His sickness made him stay at home

(a)    We must eat or we cannot live

(b)   Unless you dance well you cannot win

(c)    The news is too good to be true

(d)   I have nowhere to sit

(a)    Very few poets of the world were as great as Kamban

(b)   Apple is costlier than mango

(c)    Ravi is more intelligent than Murugan

(d)   Tagore is greater than most other Indian poets.

(a)    You don’t know him better than I do

(b)   Very few animals are as useful as the cow

(c)    This is the most useless of all my bags

(d)   Australia is the largest island in the world.

(a)    My father is the richest man in the town

(b)   No other man in the town is so rich as my father

(c)    Kolkata is bigger than any other city in India

(d)   Kolkata is the biggest city in India

Iron is the most useful of all metals.

(a)    Positive degree

(b)   Superlative degree

(c)    Comparative degree

(d)   None of these

The Eiffel tower is taller than Qutb Minar.

(a)    Comparative degree

(b)   Superlative degree

(c)    Positive degree

(d)   None of these