TEST 6 REVISION- TNPSC GENERAL ENGLISH TEST BATCH (2026)

Identify the correct active voice transformation of the given text:
“The modified protocol guidelines have been officially approved by the district collector.”
A) The district collector officially approved the modified protocol guidelines.
B) The district collector has officially approved the modified protocol guidelines.
C) The district collector is officially approving the modified protocol guidelines.
D) The district collector will officially approve the modified protocol guidelines.

Choose the option that offers the contextually and grammatically accurate English translation of the given Tamil administrative sentence containing a specific combination of Present Perfect Tense in the Passive Voice:
“கணக்குத் தணிக்கை ஆட்சேபனைகளுக்கான இணைப்பு ஆவணங்கள் அனைத்தும் நிர்வாகத் துறையினால் ஏற்கனவே அரசிதழில் வெற்றிகரமாக வெளியிடப்பட்டுள்ளன.”
A) The administrative department had already successfully published all the enclosure documents for audit objections in the gazette.
B) All the enclosure documents for audit objections have already been successfully published in the gazette by the administrative department.
C) All the enclosure documents for audit objections are successfully published in the gazette by the administrative department.
D) The administrative department will have successfully published all the enclosure documents for audit objections in the gazette.

Identify the correct combination of tense and voice for the following sentence:
“The affidavit enclosures had been validated by the senior clerk before the verification counter closed.”
A) Past Perfect Tense, Active Voice
B) Past Continuous Tense, Passive Voice
C) Present Perfect Tense, Passive Voice
D) Past Perfect Tense, Passive Voice

Transform the following Compound sentence into a Complex sentence containing an Adverbial Clause of Time:
“M. Hamel mounted his chair and then he spoke to us in a very gentle and solemn tone.”
A) Having mounted his chair, M. Hamel spoke to us in a very gentle and solemn tone.
B) M. Hamel mounted his chair so that he could speak to us in a very gentle and solemn tone.
C) As soon as M. Hamel mounted his chair, he spoke to us in a very gentle and solemn tone.
D) M. Hamel mounted his chair, yet he spoke to us in a very gentle and solemn tone.

In James Thurber’s “The Night the Ghost Got In”, who did the grandfather shoot at, thinking they were deserters from Meade’s army?
A) The narrator, James
B) The local police officer
C) The next-door neighbor
D) The reporter from the local newspaper

Read the line from Lewis Carroll’s poem “The Crocodile” and identify the correct meaning of the underlined word:
“How cheerfully he seems to grin, / And pour the waters of the Nile / On every golden scale!”
A) To weep silently due to exhaustion.
B) To roar loudly to frighten
C) To yawn out of complete boredom.
D) To smile widely, masking a deceptive and predatory nature. surrounding prey.

Transform the following Interrogative sentence into a valid Declarative statement:
“Did the young seagull not feel the heat because he had not eaten since the previous nightfall?”
A) The young seagull felt the heat because he had not eaten since the previous nightfall.
B) The young seagull did not feel the heat because he had not eaten since the previous nightfall.
C) Not eating since the previous nightfall made the young seagull feel the heat.
D) Frightened by his parents, the young seagull forgot about the heat and the nightfall.

Choose the correct spelling from the options given below:
A) Reconnaissence
B) Reconaisance
C) Reconnaissance
D) Reconnaisance

Select the accurate official translation for the administrative term “Ex-post facto approval”
A) முன்முடிவு ஒப்புதல்
B) பின்னேற்பு ஒப்புதல்
C) தற்காலிக ஒப்புதல்
D) கொள்கை அளவிலான ஒப்புதல்

Fill in the blank with the most precise phrasal verb to preserve the structural semantics:
“The grandfather refused to believe that the local police department would _________ his house just because they heard heavy footsteps in the dining hall.”
A) look after
B) call off
C) set out
D) break into

Read the following lines from Robert Louis Stevenson’s poem “From a Railway Carriage” and identify the figure of speech:
“And ever again, in the wink of an eye, / Painted stations whistle by.”
A) Oxymoron
B) Hyperbole
C) Simile
D) Onomatopoeia

Read the line from William Makepeace Thackeray’s poem “A Tragic Story” and find the missing word based on the text:
“And round and round, and out and in,
All day the puzzled __________ did spin;”
A) soldier
B) king
C) sage
D) teacher

Choose the option that displays the correct usage of the confusable words/homophones ‘Stationary’ and ‘Stationery’:
A) The technical support vehicle remained stationary while we bought administrative paper from the stationery shop.
B) The technical support vehicle remained stationery while we bought administrative paper from the stationary shop.
C) The technical support vehicle remained stationery while we bought administrative paper from the stationery shop.
D) The technical support vehicle remained paper while we bought administrative vehicle from the paper shop.

In official correspondence, which type of letter is strictly written using highly formalized structural formats, explicit department references, and objective parameter evaluations?
A) Personal Letter
B) Informal Letter
C) Business or Official Letter
D) Social Letter

Translate the given passive sentence into English, focusing on the past perfect active layout required for the transformation:
“மாற்றுத்திறனாளி மாணவர்களுக்கான புதிய மென்பொருள் பதிப்புகள் தணிக்கைக் குழுவினரால் முழுமையாகச் சோதிக்கப்பட்டிருந்தன.”
A) New software versions for differently-abled students have been tested by the audit committee.
B) The audit committee was thoroughly testing the new software versions for differently-abled students.
C) The audit committee had thoroughly tested the new software versions for differently-abled students.
D) The audit committee will thoroughly test the new software versions for differently-abled students.

Find the word that forms a correct compound word when joined with the root word “Rain”:
A) Light
B) Walking
C) Running
D) Fall

Choose the statement that is correctly structured as an Imperative Sentence:
A) Can you please check if the quarterly audit enclosures are attached?
B) Do not touch the specialized eye-gaze tracking cameras without authorization.
C) How magnificently the crew of INSV Tarini navigated across the globe!
D) The young seagull was too terrified to spread his wings.

Translate “Statutory Warning” into its standard Tamil official match:
A) சட்டப்பூர்வ எச்சரிக்கை
B) தற்காலிக எச்சரிக்கை
C) அவசர அறிவிப்பு
D) நிர்வாக எச்சரிக்கை

Read the passage and deduce the correct inference:
The young seagull’s mother flew across to him with a piece of fish. But when she was just opposite to him, she halted, her wings motionless, the piece of fish in her beak almost within reach of his beak. Maddened by hunger, he dived at the fish.
The mother’s sudden halt was structurally designed to:
A) Tease the young seagull because she wanted to consume the fish alone.
B) Force the young seagull to overcome his psychological fear of flight through natural instinct.
C) Protect her own wings from getting damaged by the strong wind current near the ledge.
D) Teach the young seagull how to dive underwater to catch maritime prey.

Choose the correct synonym for the word ‘Whetted’ as used in John Masefield’s “Sea Fever” (“like a whetted knife”):
A) Sharpened
B) Blunt
C) Rusted
D) Curved

Identify the correct combination of tense and voice for the following sentence:
“The official gazette notifications are being printed by the department team right now.”
A) Present Continuous Tense, Active Voice
B) Present Continuous Tense, Passive Voice
C) Present Perfect Tense, Passive Voice
D) Past Continuous Tense, Passive Voice

Choose the correct spelling for the word meaning ‘an official counting of population’:
A) Census
B) Sensus
C) Cencus
D) Sencus

Fill in the blank with the appropriate collocation:
“The Prime Minister requested the department heads to _________ attention to the welfare programs of rural artisans.”
A) make
B) take
C) build
D) pay

In the prose text “Tech Bloomers”, what specific software system allows David to control his computer, generate texts, and type out his assignments using his eye movements?
A) Dragon Dictate
B) Liberator Text Reader
C) ECO2 with ECOpoint
D) Audio Braille Module

Identify the type of sentence structure:
“Although Aditya had won the prize forty years ago, he felt a deep sense of guilt upon visiting Sasanka Sanyal’s village.”
A) Simple Sentence
B) Compound Sentence
C) Complex Sentence
D) Imperative Sentence

What does the idiom “at the eleventh hour” signify?
A) Early in the morning before business hours begin.
B) At the very last possible moment before a deadline.
C) During the official midnight shifts of administrative bureaus.
D) Exactly one hour before the noon lunch break.

Translate the given department term into its accurate Tamil official counterpart: “Public Relations Department”
A) மக்கள் தொடர்புத் துறை
B) பொதுப்பணித் துறை
C) வருவாய்த் துறை
D) தணிக்கைத் துறை

Choose the correct spelling from the options:
A) Questionairre
B) Questionaire
C) Questionnaire
D) Questionary

What the antonym of the word ‘Solemn’ is as observed in “The Last Lesson”?
A) Puzzled
B) Grave
C) Serious
D) Frivolous

Fill in the blank space in the following official memo layout option:
“All employees must note that submission of the quarterly audit enclosure is _________ for verification loops.”
A) optional
B) compulsory
C) seasonal
D) loose

Choose the correct spelling:
A) Commemoration
B) Comemoration
C) Commemmorataion
D) Comemoraition

Turn the following statement into an Imperative request format: “You need to sign the attendance log before entering the hall.”
A) Sign the attendance log before entering the hall.
B) Please sign the attendance log before entering the hall.
C) Why haven’t you signed the attendance log before entering the hall?
D) You must sign the attendance log before entering the hall.

Read the line from William Makepeace Thackeray’s poem “A Tragic Story” and answer the question:
“And though his efforts never slack, / And though he twist, and twirl, and tack,”
The word ‘tack’ in this context refers to:
A) A small metallic pin used to hold paper sheets together.
B) To sew pieces of leather onto a heavy suit.
C) To cut down a piece of rope with a sharp knife.
D) To abruptly alter physical direction while turning around.

Translate “Adjournment Sine Die” into its correct administrative Tamil match:
A) அவசரக் கூட்டம்
B) தற்காலிக ஒத்திவைப்பு
C) காலவரம்பற்ற ஒத்திவைப்பு
D) நிகழ்ச்சி நிரல் முடிவு

Change the following Interrogative structure into an Assertive statement:
“Can any country prosper without empowering its women workforce?”
A) No country can prosper without empowering its women workforce.
B) Every country can prosper without empowering its women workforce.
C) Prospereity of a country depends on checking women workforce?
D) Women workforce must empower a country to prosper.

Identify the correct sentence pattern for the following text:
“M. Hamel taught French very passionately that morning.”
A) S V O A A
B) S V C A A
C) S V IO DO A
D) S V O C A

Read the text and identify the logical inference:
Navigating the world in INSV Tarini required the all-women crew to handle severe storms, operational repairs, and mechanical challenges inside unpredictable marine ecosystems without any external physical support units.
This passage suggests that the crew possessed:
A) High levels of psychological resilience and technical self-reliance.
B) Complete immunity from global weather changes.
C) Advanced automated robotic systems that performed all tasks.
D) Financial incentives that outweighed their structural hardships.

Choose the correct phrasal verb to fill the blank space:
“The technical team was forced to _________ the system launch after the power grid failed unexpectedly.”
A) set out
B) call off
C) bring up
D) pass away

Identify the correct spelling variant:
A) Millenium
B) Millenniam
C) Millennium
D) Milennium

Translate the given English sentence containing a combination of Past Perfect Continuous Tense and Active Voice into Tamil:
“The administrative department had been issuing warnings regarding the audit delayed file submissions before the manager intervened.”
A) மேலாளர் தலையிடுவதற்கு முன்பாகவே, தணிக்கை கோப்பு சமர்ப்பிப்பு தாமதம் குறித்து நிர்வாகத் துறை தொடர்ந்து எச்சரிக்கைகளை வழங்கிக் கொண்டே இருந்தது.
B) மேலாளர் தலையிட்டுக் கொண்டிருக்கும் போது நிர்வாகத் துறை எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்தது.
C) மேலாளர் தலையிட்ட பிறகு நிர்வாகத் துறையினால் எச்சரிக்கைகள் வழங்கப்பட்டன.
D) நிர்வாகத் துறை தணிக்கை கோப்புகளை சரிபார்க்க மேலாளருக்கு உத்தரவிட்டது.

In the poem “Teamwork” by Edgar Albert Guest, what is the central parameter necessary for winning any collective game or institutional project?
A) Individual stellar performance that eclipses peers.
B) Investing heavy capital assets into modern infrastructure fields.
C) Relying entirely on the mechanical strategy codes of the supervisor.
D) Coordinating your personal efforts to work in harmony with the entire team.

Transform the following Interrogative structure into a Declarative statement:
“Can any bureaucrat approve an allotment without checking the legal deeds?”
A) Every bureaucrat can approve an allotment without checking the legal deeds.
B) Deeds must be checked before an allotment is approved by a bureaucrat.
C) Approving an allotment without checking the legal deeds is done by bureaucrats?
D) No bureaucrat can approve an allotment without checking the legal deeds.

Select the correct meaning for the idiom “a cat on a hot tin roof”:
A) Extremely calm and composed under pressure.
B) Very anxious, nervous, and restless.
C) Highly efficient in completing manual tasks.
D) Showing complete indifference to corporate issues.

Translate the following term into official Tamil: “Quorum”
A) குறைந்தபட்ச உறுப்பினர்கள் எண்ணிக்கை
B) தணிக்கைக் குழு அறிக்கை
C) அரச நடைமுறை வழக்கம்
D) மாற்று நிதி ஒதுக்கீடு

Read the lines from the poem “Sea Fever” and answer the question:
“And the quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.”
What does the word ‘trick’ metaphorically mean in this nautical text?
A) A magical illusion performance conducted on the ship’s desk.
B) A deceptive strategy deployed to bypass coast guard filters.
C) The period of duty or watch on a voyage; life’s long journey itself.
D) A mechanical failure occurring inside the steering console.

Choose the correct spelling option:
A) Aknowledgment
B) Acknowlegment
C) Acknowledgegment
D) Acknowledgement

Identify the sentence that is grammatically incorrect regarding subject-verb agreement (Concord) :
A) Either the manager or the clerks are responsible for the audit delay.
B) The crew of INSV Tarini was praised by the entire nation.
C) Economics are a very challenging subject for many competitive exam aspirants.
D) Every one of the students in M. Hamel’s class was silent that morning.

Change the following active voice sentence into passive voice:
“The technical support unit successfully installed the new eye-gaze communication equipment yesterday.”
A) The new eye-gaze communication equipment was successfully installed by the technical support unit yesterday.
B) The technical support unit has successfully installed the new eye-gaze communication equipment yesterday.
C) The new eye-gaze communication equipment is successfully installed by the technical support unit yesterday.
D) New eye-gaze communication equipment will be successfully installed by the technical support unit.

Choose the accurate compound word configuration for “Kitchen + Garden”:
A) Kitchengarden
B) Kitchen-garden
C) Kitchening garden
D) Garden kitchen

Read the lines from the poem “I Dream of Spices” and answer the question:
“Muthu saved his pocket money / To buy a pocketful of spices…”
What type of compound word is ‘pocketful’?
A) Noun + Noun
B) Noun + Adjective
C) Noun + Verb
D) Adverb + Noun

What was Sasanka Sanyal’s immediate reaction when Aditya offered him one hundred and fifty rupees as compensation for his lost silver medal in “The Attic”?
A) He accepted the cash gratefully to fix his broken house.
B) He left the village immediately without saying a word.
C) He became violent and attacked the tea shop owner.
D) He refused the money and demanded his physical silver medal back to preserve his self-respect.

Choose the correct spelling for the word meaning ‘unintentional error’:
A) Inadverdant
B) Inadverdent
C) Inadvertant
D) Inadvertent

Transform this statement into an Imperative prohibition: “You must not reveal the password protocol details to anyone.”
A) Why are you revealing the password protocol details to anyone?
B) Kindly reveal the password protocol details to anyone.
C) Do not reveal the password protocol details to anyone.
D) Revealing the password protocol details to anyone is banned.

Transform this statement into an Imperative prohibition: “You must not reveal the password protocol details to anyone.”
A) Why are you revealing the password protocol details to anyone?
B) Kindly reveal the password protocol details to anyone.
C) Do not reveal the password protocol details to anyone.
D) Revealing the password protocol details to anyone is banned.

Fill in the blank space with the correct lexical element:
“The research team used a __________ format to compile data from various rural tech aid experimental hubs.”
A) loose
B) standardized
C) seasonal
D) passing

In James Thurber’s “The Night the Ghost Got In”, what did the narrator’s mother do to attract the attention of the neighbors when she thought burglars were inside the house?
A) She blew a loud metallic whistle from the balcony window.
B) She started playing a loud musical instrument in the attic.
C) She called the police department head using an emergency wire.
D) She threw a heavy shoe through the window of her neighbor’s bedroom panel.

In “The Last Lesson”, what did M. Hamel write in bold letters on the new copies brought for the class that morning?
A) France, Alsace, France, Alsace
B) Vive la France
C) German Only
D) Freedom of Language

Choose the sentence that exhibits the correct contextual usage of the words ‘Advice’ and ‘Advise’:
A) The technical consultant gave valuable advice, and he decided to advise the team to upgrade their server software.
B) The technical consultant gave valuable advise, and he decided to advice the team to upgrade their server software.
C) The technical consultant gave valuable advice, and he decided to advice the team to upgrade their server software.
D) The technical consultant gave valuable advise, and he decided to advise the team to upgrade their server software.

Find the right chronological sequence of events based on “His First Flight”:
1. He dived at the piece of fish held by his mother.
2. His brothers and sister successfully flew away the previous day.
3. He felt his wings spread outwards as he fell into space.
4. He was terrified and stood alone on the ledge.
A) 2 — 1 — 4 — 3
B) 4 — 2 — 3 — 1
C) 2 — 4 — 1 — 3
D) 4 — 1 — 2 — 3

Complete the statement with the correct grammatical option:
“If the young seagull _________ his wings earlier, he would not have starved on the ledge.”
A) would spread
B) had spread
C) spreaded
D) will spread

Identify the sentence that represents a grammatically correct Complex structure containing a Noun Clause:
A) Franz saw the crowd in front of the bulletin-board and ran to the school.
B) That an order had come from Berlin was known to almost everyone in the village.
C) Although M. Hamel was strict, the village elders respected his forty years of service.
D) He wanted to read the notification, yet he did not stay back at the town hall.

Read the following stanza from John Masefield’s “Sea Fever” and choose the best definition for the underlined word:
“And a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.”
What does the poet mean by the word ‘yarn’ in this text?
A) A spool of colored thread used for repairing sails.
B) A specialized type of marine navigation rope.
C) A cheerful story or long tale shared among sailors.
D) A traditional dance performed during a long voyage.

Select the option that accurately transforms the given Declarative statement into an Imperative command:
“You must append all department-related enclosures to the affidavit document before filing it.”
A) Can you append all department-related enclosures to the affidavit document before filing?
B) Append all department-related enclosures to the affidavit document before filing.
C) How brilliantly you appended all department-related enclosures to the affidavit!
D) Appending all department-related enclosures to the affidavit document is necessary.

Choose the correct spelling from the options given below:
A) Comensurrate
B) Comensurate
C) Commensurrate
D) Commensurate

Choose the accurate official translation for the technical administrative term “Allotment Order”
A) ஒதுக்கீட்டு ஆணை
B) தணிக்கை ஆணை
C) பின்னேற்பு ஆணை
D) கொள்கை விளக்க ஆணை

Fill in the blank space with the most appropriate idiom to describe the physical and structural situation of the character:
“The young seagull was left ____________ when he saw his family soaring away, leaving him isolated on the rocky ledge without food or safety.”
A) on cloud nine
B) down in the dumps
C) high and dry
D) under a cloud

Read the line from the poem “Courage” by Edgar Albert Guest and answer the question:
“It isn’t a thing that you can wear / Like your best broadcloth suit…”
What does the metaphor ‘broadcloth suit’ signify?
A) An expensive piece of armor used in old battles.
B) An external, temporary show or superficial pretense.
C) A highly prized academic robe worn during prize days.
D) The formal dress uniform of administrative officers.

In “The Attic”, why did Sasanka Sanyal recite a poem by Rabindranath Tagore when Aditya visited the tea shop?
A) To show off his brilliant memory to the local village crowd.
B) To practice his recitation before moving to his new house.
C) To entertain the tea shop owner, Nagen uncle, for free tea.
D) To subtly remind Aditya of his presence and the past act of theft.

Choose the correct antonym for the word ‘Enslaved’ as used in “The Last Lesson”:
A) Subjugated
B) Emancipated / Liberated
C) Shackled
D) Bound

In official correspondence, when drafting a formal letter to a government department head, what is the most appropriate salutation to maintain professional standards?
A) Dear Friend
B) Respected Sir / Madam
C) Hey Chief
D) To whomsoever it may concern

Find the correct matching pair of singular and plural nouns
A) Crisis — Crises
B) Phenomenon — Phenomenas
C) Matrix — Matrixes
D) Criterion — Criterions

Read the passage and choose the most logical inference:
In “Empowered Women Navigating the World”, the crew of INSV Tarini noted that they did not use any chemical or artificial means to preserve food during their global expedition. They relied entirely on raw items and standard traditional cooking steps, even when facing rough seas in the South Pacific.
What can be logically inferred from this text?
A) The crew was completely cut off from all modern technical tools.
B) The navigation ship had severe mechanical space constraints for storing modern electronics.
C) Fresh food supplies were delivered to them daily by tracking satellites.
D) The expedition prioritized eco-friendly, self-reliant, and sustainable survival techniques.

Identify the correct sentence pattern of the text given below based on standard syntax parsing rules:
“Last week, the department team issued the modified protocol guidelines to all branches.”
A) A S V O A
B) A S V IO DO
C) A S V DO IO
D) A S V C A

Choose the option that displays the correct spelling of the word meaning ‘a set of letters or records’:
A) Correspondence
B) Corespondence
C) Correspondenst
D) Corespondenst

Translate the given English sentence containing a combination of Future Perfect Tense and Passive Voice into the most appropriate Tamil administrative format:
“All financial deeds will have been verified by the audit team before the validation loop concludes tomorrow.”
A) நாளை சரிபார்ப்புச் சுற்று முடிவடைவதற்கு முன்பாக தணிக்கைக் குழுவினால் அனைத்து நிதிப் பத்திரங்களும் சரிபார்க்கப்பட்டிருக்கும்.
B) நாளை தணிக்கைக் குழு நிதிப் பத்திரங்களைச் சரிபார்க்கும்.
C) தணிக்கைக் குழு நேற்று அனைத்து நிதிப் பத்திரங்களையும் சரிபார்த்து முடித்தது.
D) நிதிப் பத்திரங்கள் அனைத்தும் நாளை தணிக்கைக் குழுவிற்கு அனுப்பப்படும்.

Complete the sentence by choosing the correct phrasal verb:
“The administrative board decided to __________ the annual conference because the regional transport grids broke down due to heavy rain.”
A) bring up
B) set out
C) call off
D) pass away