Tnpsc General English Part-c

TNPSC GENERAL ENGLISH Part-C Authors and their Literary Works

1. Match the Poems with the Poets 1. A psalm of Life – H.W. Longfellow 2. Be the Best – Douglas Malloch 3. The cry of the children – Elizabeth Barret Browning 4. The Piano – D.H.Lawrence 5. Manliness – Rudyard Kipling 6. Going for water – Robert Frost 7. Earth – Khalil Gibran 8. The Apology – Ralph Waldo Emerson 9. Be Glad your Nose is on your face – Jack Prelutsky 10.The Flying Wonder – Stephen Vincent Benet 11.Is Life But a Dream – Lewis carol 12.Be the Best – Douglas mallock 13.O captain My Captain – Walt Whitman 14.Snake – D.H.Lawrence 15.Punishment in Kindergarten – Kamala Surayya 16.Where the Mind is Without fear – Rabindranath Tagore 17.The Man He Killed – Thomas Hardy 18.Nine Gold Medals – David Roth 2. Which Nationality the story belongs to? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

The selfish Giant – Ireland The Lottery Ticket – Russia The Last Leaf – U.S.A How the Camel got its Hump – India Two Friends – France The Refugee – China The Open Window – Myanmar(Burma)

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TNPSC GENERAL ENGLISH 3. Identify the Author with the short story 1. The selfish Giant – Oscar Wilde 2. The Lottery Ticket – Anton Chekhov 3. The Last Leaf – O’Henry 4. How the Camel got its Hump – Rudyard Kipling 5. Two Friends – Guy De Maupassant 6. Refugee – Pearl . S. Buck 7. The Open Window – Saki (Hector Hugh Munro) 8. A Man who Had no Eyes – Mackithlay Kanton 9. The Tears of the Desert – Paulo Coelho 10. Sam – Tammy Ruggles 11. The Piano – Rob Reilly 12. The face of Judas Iscariot – Bonnie chamberlain 13. Swept Away – Susannah Hickling 14. A close encounter – Rex Coker 15. Caught Sneezing – Oscar Wilde 16. The Wooden Bowl – Usha Bansal

17.Swami and the sum – R.K. Narayan 5.Which Nationality the Poet belongs to ?          

1. Robert Frost – America 2. Archibald Lampman – Canada 3. D.H. Lawrence – Britain 4. Rudyard Kipling – British Indian 5. Kamala Das – India 6. Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Britain 7. Famida Y. Basheer – India 8. Thomas Hardy – Britain 9. Khalil Gibran – America & Lebanon 10. Edgar A. Guest – America 11. Ralph Waldo Emerson – America 12. Jack Prelutsky – America 13. F. Joanna – America 14. Stephen Vincent Benet – America 15. William Shakespeare - British 16. William Wordsworth – British 17. H.W. Long Fellow – America 18. Annie Louisa walker – Britain & Canada 19. Walt Whitman – America 20. V.K. Gokak – India

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Kamala Das – India V.K. Gokak – India Famida Y. Basheer – India Rudyard Kipling – British Indian William Shakespeare - British William Wordsworth – British D.H. Lawrence – Britain Thomas Hardy – Britain Elizabeth Barrett Browning – Britain Annie Louisa walker – Britain & Canada Archibald Lampman – Canada Robert Frost – America Walt Whitman – America Edgar A. Guest – America Ralph Waldo Emerson – America Jack Prelutsky – America H.W. Long Fellow – America Stephen Vincent Benet – America F. Joanna – America Khalil Gibran – America & Lebanon

TNPSC GENERAL ENGLISH 11. Match the Characters with Relevant Story Title: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

The Selfish Giant – 3 (Giant, Little boy(god), Children) How the camel got its hump – 5 (Camel, Dog, Djinn(Incharge,all deserts), Horse, Ox) The Lottery ticket – 2 (Ivan Dmitritch, Masha) The Last Leaf – 4(Sue, Johnsy, Behrman(Painter), Doctor) Two friends – 5( Monseiur Morrissot(Watch Maker), M. Sauvage(Drapper), Colonel Dumoulin,Prussian Officers and soldiers) Refugee – 5 (Refugees, Oldman, Grandson, Passerby, Noodle vendor) Open window – 5 (Frampton Nuttel(young man), Vera(naughty girl), Mrs.Sappleton, Three Men(Mr.Sappleton husband and 2 brothers), Bertie(Dog)) Reflowering – 8 ( Rowther(Blind OldMan), Appa, Amma, Ambi, Kolappan, Gomathi, Chettiyar, Murugan) The Necklace – 4 (Matilda, Mr.Loisel(petty cerk), Mme. Forestier(Matilda Friend), Members of the cabinet)

10.Holiday – 5( Phatik Chakrabarthi, Makanlal(younger brother), Mr & Mrs. Bhisvambar(Maternal Uncle of phatik and Aunt), Widowed Lady)

16. What is the theme observed in the Literary works? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Snake – Kindness towards all living things. The Mark of Vishnu – Superstitious beliefs and their dangerous outcome. Greedy Govind – One should never be greedy. Our Local Team – Team Spirit, Leader should lead. Where the mind is without fear – Be fearless in freedom. Keep your spirits high – Be optimistic, hopeful, courageous and confident to achieve success. Always say Goodbye to fears, sorrows and sufferings. 7. Be the best – Be the best whatever you are. your size is not important to win 8. Bat – 9. The Piano –Memories of childhood days 10. The Model Millionaire – Be kind to others. Good deeds are always rewarded 11. The Cry of the Children – The sufferings of child workers. 12. Migrant bird – Human beings are more selfish and narrow minded than a little bird

13.Shilpi- Knowledge and skills are essential for every profession. 18. To Which period the Poets belong: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) – Elizabeth age, Jacobean period. Walt Whitman (1819-1892) – Transcendentalism, 19th century. William Wordsworth ( 1770-1850) – The romantic era, Romanticism H.W.Longfellow (1807-1882) – Modern age. Annie Louisa Walker(1836-1907) – Modern age.

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D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) – Modern age. 3

TNPSC GENERAL ENGLISH 19. Matching the Poets and Poems 1. Discovery – Gayatri Pahlajani 2. Biking – Judith Micholls 3. Inclusion – Dipti Bhatia 4. Granny, Granny, please comb My Hair – Grace Nicholas 5. With a Friend – Vivian Gould 6. To cook and Eat – Emma Richards 7. Bat – Randall Jarell 8. To India – My Native Land – Henry Louis Vivian Derozlo 9. A tiger in the Zoo – Leslie Norris 10.No men are foreign – James Kirkup 11.Laugh and be Merry – John Masefield 12.Earth – Khalil Gibran 13.The Apology – Ralph Waldo Emerson 14.The Flying Wonder – Stephen Vincent Benet 15.Off to outer space tomorrow morning – Norman Nicholson 16.Be the best – Doughlas Malloch 17.Is life, but a dream – Lewis carrol 18.Women’s rights – Annie Louisa Walker 19.The Nation united – Walt Whitman 20.English words – V.K.Gokak 21.Snake – D.H.Lawrence 22.The man he killed – Thomas Hardy

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4.Whose Auto biography / Biography is this? 6.Characters, Quotes, Important Lines from the following works of Indian Authors: 7.Drama Famous lines, characters, quotes from (Julius Caesar - The Merchant of Venice) 8.Match the Places, Poet, Dramatist, Painter with suitable option Match the following Folk Arts with the Indian State / Country Match the Author with the Relevant Title/Character About the Poets 13. About the Dramatists 14. Mention the Poem in which these lines occur 15. Various works of the following Authors – Famous Quotes – Who said this?

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Nature centered Literary works and Global issue Environment and Conservation

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