As you requires I am here giving you answer key for General English paper of TNPSC Village Administrative Officer (VAO) exam Feb 2016.

TNPSC Exam Feb 2016 Paper :

2. Choose the statement that takes the question tag 'should they'?
(A) People could not be rude to one another, -------
(B) People should be rude to one another, -------
(C) People must be rude to one another, ----'------
d)eople should not be rude to one another, -------

'I thought how paltry, how vulgar.
What a mean act'? What is referred to as a 'mean act'?
a)hrowing a log at the snake (B) killing the albatross
(C) bringing water (D) allowing the snake to leave

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
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven'.
(A) Shylock from 'The Merchant of Venice' (B) Brutus from 'Julius Caesar'
(C) Antony from 'Julius Caesar' ~ Po1-tia from 'The Merchant of Venice'

6. Choose the correct tense of the verb given in bracket from the options given below:
When I reached the station, the train (leave).
(A) has left (B) leaves
(C) left D) had left


7. Fill in the blank with the correct question tag:
The sun sets in the west, -------
(A) did it?
(C) don't it?
B)doesn't it?
(D) do it?

8. Of the following works, which is not that of Pearl S. Buck?
(A) The Good Earth (B) My Several Worlds
C)The Happy Prince (D) The Child Who Never Grew

9. In which poem do the following lines occur?
"And kingdoms may forget their kings
And dogs forget their bites"
(A) A Tiger in the Zoo
(C) No Men are Foreign
(B) My Faithful Dog
D)The Flying Wonder

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
D) generosity

11. Which of the following works is not a drama by Shakespeare?
(A) Richard III
(B) Henry V
C)Charles II
(D) King John

12. Identify the nationality of the author of story. 'The Last Leaf
(A) Russia
(B) China
(C) France
D)TheU.S.A