TNTET 2026 | Paper 2 | English Questions & Answers

 

தமிழ்நாடு ஆசிரியர் தகுதித் தேர்வு 2026 | தாள் 2 | ஆங்கிலம் பாட வினாக்கள் மற்றும் விடைகள் 

TNTET 2026 | Paper II | English Questions & Answers 

05-07-2026 அன்று நடைபெற்ற பணியில் உள்ள ஆசிரியர்களுக்கான சிறப்பு ஆசிரியர் தகுதி தேர்வு தாள் 2 வினாத்தாள் விடைகள்

ENGLISH (Questions 61 - 90)

​61. Repetition of two or more consonant sounds is called as

• ​Answer: (C) Alliteration
• ​Explanation: Alliteration is a literary device where the same consonant sound is repeated at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

​62. Given below are two statements on Finite verbs. (Statement I: Finite verbs are used in the present tense and past tense. Statement II: Finite verbs are usually gerunds, infinitives or participle.)

• ​Answer: (C) Statement I is true but Statement II is false
• ​Explanation: Finite verbs change their form according to tense, person, and number, so Statement I is true. Gerunds, infinitives, and participles are non-finite verbs, making Statement II false.

​63. What is an acronym?

• ​Answer: (B) An acronym is an abbreviation form of a phrase and can be read as a word.
• ​Explanation: Unlike initialisms (like FBI, read letter-by-letter), acronyms are formed from the first letters of a phrase and pronounced as a single word (e.g., NASA, RADAR).

​64. An ______ is a word that describes a noun.

• ​Answer: (C) Adjective
• ​Explanation: An adjective is a part of speech that modifies or describes a noun or a pronoun.

​65. What is the expansion of EMI?

• ​Answer: (C) Equated Monthly Instalment Scheme
• ​Explanation: EMI stands for Equated Monthly Instalment, which is a fixed payment amount made by a borrower to a lender at a specified date each calendar month.

​66. Choose the correct expansion for PDF.

• ​Answer: (B) Portable Document Format
• ​Explanation: PDF stands for Portable Document Format, a file format developed by Adobe to present documents independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

​67. Match the words in column 'A' with their meanings in column 'B'.

• ​Answer: (A) 1-III, 2-I, 3-IV, 4-II
• ​Explanation:
  1. • ​Physician - III. Medical practitioner
  2. • ​Restore - I. bring back
  3. • ​Repent - IV. regret
  4. • ​Ambush - II. surprise attack

​68. What are the three main types of Dependent Clauses?

• ​Answer: (A) Adjective, Adverb and Noun
• ​Explanation: Dependent (subordinate) clauses function within a sentence as either nouns (noun clauses), adjectives (adjective/relative clauses), or adverbs (adverbial clauses).

​69. ______ is used to emphasize a feeling or idea. Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.

• ​Answer: (B) Repetition
• ​Explanation: Repetition is a literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable or emphatic.

​70. "Thro scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea"... Identify the figure of speech employed here.

• ​Answer: (C) Personification
• ​Explanation: The "rainy Hyades" (a group of stars) are described as "vexing" (troubling/irritating) the sea, giving human emotions/actions to inanimate objects, which is personification.

​71. Which poem was recited by Mr. Sanyal at the tea shop?

• ​Answer: (B) Panraksha
• ​Explanation: This is from the story "The Attic" by Satyajit Ray, where Mr. Sanyal recites a poem named 'Panraksha' (Keeping of a Promise) by Rabindranath Tagore.

​72. Choose the correct tense form for the given sentence. "Saran ______ a poem for two hours when his friends arrived."

• ​Answer: (C) had been writing
• ​Explanation: The action was ongoing for a duration ("for two hours") up to a specific point in the past ("when his friends arrived"). Therefore, the Past Perfect Continuous tense ('had been writing') must be used.

​73. "Remember, no men are foreign and no countries strange". "Remember, no men are strange, no countries foreign". What is the Literary Device employed here?

• ​Answer: (A) Repetition
• ​Explanation: These lines from James Kirkup's poem "No Men Are Foreign" use 'Repetition' by repeating phrases and structures to reinforce the core theme of global brotherhood.

​74. Co-ordinate conjunctions are used to connect the Independent clauses in

• ​Answer: (D) Compound Sentences
• ​Explanation: A compound sentence contains at least two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).

​75. An example of contraction is

• ​Answer: (A) you've
• ​Explanation: A contraction is a shortened form of a word or group of words, with the omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe. 'You've' is the contracted form of 'you have'.

​76. Which of the following is the correct order of a good speech?

• ​Answer: (C) Introducing the topic, elaborating the main points and summarizing the views
• ​Explanation: A standard effective speech structure comprises an Introduction (introducing the topic), Body (elaborating the main points), and Conclusion (summarizing the views/thanking the audience).

​77. Re-arrange the jumbled sentences (Gulliver's Travels).

• ​Answer: (D) 2, 4, 1, 3
• ​Explanation: The chronological sequence of events is:
  • ​(2) Gulliver dragged himself along the shore.
  • ​(4) Gulliver was really hungry.
  • ​(1) Gulliver promptly fell asleep because his drink had a sleeping draught.
  • ​(3) Gulliver was lodged in an old and disused temple.

​78. The title of the poem 'Sea Fever' means

• ​Answer: (B) the poet's deep wish to be at sea
• ​Explanation: In John Masefield's poem "Sea Fever," the term represents an uncontrollable passion, urge, or strong desire to return to sailing on the sea.

​79. Given below are two statements regarding Phrase and Clause. (Statement I: Phrase - A phrase is a group of words with a finite verb in it. Statement II: Clause - A clause is a group of words with an infinite verb in it.)

• ​Answer: (B) Both Statement I and Statement II are false
• ​Explanation: A phrase does not contain a finite verb, while a clause must contain a subject and a finite verb. Therefore, both definitions given are swapped/incorrect.

​80. What does "The world is a stage" mean?

• ​Answer: (B) Metaphor
• ​Explanation: It directly states that one thing is another for comparison ("World = Stage") without using comparison words like 'as' or 'like'. Thus, it is a metaphor.

​81. "The kittens fur is like a velvet coat" is an example of:

• ​Answer: (B) Simile
• ​Explanation: A simile compares two different things explicitly using comparison words such as "like" or "as". Here, fur is compared to a velvet coat using "like".

​82. In Public Speaking skills, the information should not be

• ​Answer: (C) Controversial
• ​Explanation: While information in public speaking should ideally be purposeful, exciting, and structured, unnecessary/unsubstantiated controversial data should be avoided unless it serves a balanced educational/rhetorical purpose.

​83. In a certain code language, if pen means Eraser, Eraser means Book, Book means Scale, Scale means Sharpener, Sharpener means Duster and Duster means Table, then what is the name of the object that is used to clean the black board in that language?

• ​Answer: (C) Table
• ​Explanation: A blackboard is normally cleaned by a 'Duster'. According to the given code language, "Duster means Table". Therefore, the object is called a Table.

​84. Choose the word that has the same relationship as the pair on the left. mango : sweet : : lime : ?

• ​Answer: (B) sour
• ​Explanation: The relationship is item to its characteristic taste. A mango tastes sweet, while a lime tastes sour.

​85. A Review helps the reader to

• ​Answer: (B) Decide whether to read or watch something
• ​Explanation: Book, film, or product reviews provide critical evaluations that aid potential readers or viewers in deciding whether to invest their time and money in that work.

​86. Match the professions with their relevant job descriptions.

• ​Answer: (B) a-iii, b-iv, c-ii, d-i
• ​Explanation:
  • ​a. Pathologist - iii. Studies diseases
  • ​b. Ornithologist - iv. Studies birds
  • ​c. Geologist - ii. Studies the matter that constitutes the earth
  • ​d. Linguist - i. Studies language and their structure

​87. Ooty was the summer capital of the ______ during the British rule.

• ​Answer: (D) Madras Presidency
• ​Explanation: During British colonial rule, Udhagamandalam (Ooty) served as the official summer capital of the Madras Presidency.

​88. A Cinquain poem should have ______ lines and the finished poem should have only ______ words.

• ​Answer: (C) 5, 11
• ​Explanation: A traditional American Cinquain (invented by Adelaide Crapsey) consists of 5 lines following a strict syllable count (2-4-6-8-2) total of 22 syllables, or word-count variant containing exactly 5 lines and 11 words (1-2-3-4-1 words per line).

​89. Choose the suitable comparative degree of 'bad'.

• ​Answer: (C) worse
• ​Explanation: The degrees of comparison for the irregular adjective 'bad' are: Bad (Positive), Worse (Comparative), Worst (Superlative).

​90. "Animal Farm" is:

• ​Answer: (D) A Allegorical Novella
• ​Explanation: Written by George Orwell, "Animal Farm" is a classic satirical and allegorical novella that uses a group of barnyard animals to mirror the events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917.