Tamilnadu Board 10th English Exam 2024 : One Marks Most Important Question with Answers

Explore the essential one-mark questions and their answers for the Tamil Nadu Board 10th English Exam 2024. This comprehensive guide features 100 carefully selected questions, each worth one mark, covering various aspects of English language and literature. Perfect for exam preparation, these concise questions and answers provide valuable insights into key concepts, definitions, synonyms, and antonyms. Mastering these questions can significantly enhance students' readiness and confidence for the exam, ensuring a strong performance in the one-mark section. Get ready to excel in the Tamil Nadu Board 10th English Exam with this invaluable resource.

Choose the appropriate synonyms for the underlined words:

1. Technology is a boon to citizens its special needs.

(a) Joy

(b) curse

(c) blessing

(d) happiness

Ans. (c) blessing

2. David is a competent communication.

(a) Capable

(b) enough

(c) wicked

(d) inadquate

Ans. (a) Capable

3. It has made me more independent.

(a) Self reliant

(b) Stay away

(c) important

(d) indigenous

Ans. (a) Self reliant

4. They continue to grapple with the changes.

(a) settle

(b) fight

(c) move

(d) stop

Ans. (b) fight

5. It would have been frustrating and difficult.

(a) agree

(b) satisfy

(c) irritate

(d) challenging

Ans. (c) irritate

6. I had to rely on someone to type everything.

(a) doubt

(b) surmise

(c) depend on

(d) research

Ans. (c) depend on

7. Assistine Technology has helped atalented mind overcome physical is impairments.

(a) defeat

(b) fail

(c) surrender

(d) lose

Ans. (a) defeat

8. They can control a computer screen with Eye Gaze.

(a) blink

(b) stare

(c) flash

(d) glance

Ans. (d) glance

9. World renowed physicist stephen Hawking is the best example of how ____________ .

(a) famous

(b) Special

(c) affluent

(d) unique

Ans. (d) unique

10. More inclusive may of learning instead of the cloistered existence.

(a) unsecluded

(b) opened

(c) sheltered

(d) apparent

Ans. (a) unsecluded

Choose the appropriate antonyms for the underlined words.

11. Technology has not only made a normal person's life easier.

(a) strange

(b) Simplier

(c) harder

(d) faster

Ans. (c) harder

12. Your refrigerator can order for milk if it is about to be exhausted.

(a) used up

(b) consumed

(c) empited

(d) replenished

Ans. (d) replenished

13. It is essential that much of his spare time is spent in the performing arts.

(a) important

(b) inessential

(c) vital

(d) crucial

Ans. (b) inessential

14. India's disabled are deprived by attitudinal barriers.

(a) dead

(b) Privileged

(c) impoverished

(d) disadvantaged

Ans. (b) Privileged

15. Learning is a Collaborative process.

(a) Separative

(b) Cooperative

(c) continuous

(d) unknown

Ans. (a) Separative

16. Indian innovations are helpful to the disabled.

(a) introduction

(b) alteration

(c) stagnation

(d) findings

Ans. (c) stagnation

17. David is also a keen Sportsman.

(a) enthusiastic

(b) intense

(c) Spirited

(d) reluctant

Ans. (d) reluctant

18. Technology enables me to communicate and be independent.

(a) lively

(b) impartial

(c) dependent

(d) freedom

Ans. (c) dependent

19. Access, acceptance and inclusion are the challenges me face with

(a) exculsion

(b) expulsion

(c) accomplished

(d) experienced

Ans. (a) exculsion

20. In India 2.7 crore people are living with one or the other kind of disability.

(a) inability

(b) infirmity

(c) ability

(d) incapacity

Ans. (c) ability

21. Choose the correct expansion of the abbreivation CCTV.

(a) Closed Channal Television

(b) Charged Channal Television

(c) Closed Circuit Television

(d) Checked Circuit Television

Ans. (c) Closed Circuit Television

22 Choose the correct expansion of IIT

(a) Indian Institute of Teaching

(b) International Institute of Teaching

(c) Indian Institute of Technology

(d) International Institute of Technology

Ans. (c) Indian Institute of Technology

23. Choose the Correct expansion of CBI.

(a) Central Bureau of Investigation

(b) Control Bureau of Investigation

(c) Central Bank of India

(d) Central Bureau of Investors

Ans. (a) Central Bureau of Investigation

24. Choose the correct expansion of MRI

(a) Magnified Resonance Imaging

(b) Magnified Reasoning Imagery

(c) Magnetic Resonace Imaging

(d) Magnetic Resonance Imagery

Ans. (c) Magnetic Resonace Imaging

25. Choose the correct expansion of SIM

(a) Subscriber INformation Module

(b) School Indentification Module

(c) Student Identification Module

(d) Subscriber Indentification Module

Ans. (a) Subscriber INformation Module

26. Choose the correct expansion of GPS.

(a) Global Pointing Structure

(b) Global Position System

(c) Global Positioning System

(d) Global Positioning Structure

Ans. (c) Global Positioning System

27. Choose the correct expansion of BPT

(a) Bachelor of Paratherapy

(b) Bachelor of Psychological Treatment

(c) Bachelor of Physiotherapy

(d) Bachelor of Post Treatment

Ans. (c) Bachelor of Physiotherapy

28. Choose the correct expansion of NEET

(a) National Entrance Cum Eligibility Test

(b) National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test

(c) Native Entrance Cum Equalent Test

(d) Near Entrance Cum Equal Test

Ans. (b) National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test

29. Choose the correct expansion of TNPSC

(a) Tamil Nadu Police Service Commission

(b) TamilNadu Public Service Committee

(c) TamilNadu People Service Committee

(d) TamilNadu Public Service Commission

Ans. (d) TamilNadu Public Service Commission

30. Choose the Correct Expansion of VAT.

(a) Value Audit Trade

(b) Value Added Tax

(c) Value Access Track

(d) Values and Tubes

Ans. (b) Value Added Tax

Fill in the blanks with appropriate Pronouns.

31. _________ is an excellent opportunity.

32. _________ books have been written by a great Indian Writer.

33. He _________ is responsible for the downfall of his life.

34. __________ is your bag you can take it anytime.

35. __________ of these two students can solve this questions.

Ans. 31. This,

32. These,

33. Himself,

34. It,

35. Neither

Join the sentences using 'Relative Pronouns'.

36. I have a book. It is written by Tagore.

Ans. I have a book which is written by Tagore.

37. Kavita is my teacher. She teaches us English.

Ans. Kavita, who is my teacher, teaches us English.

38. This is Varun. His father is an architect.

Ans. This is Varun, whose father is an architect.

Read the following Poetic lines and answer the questions given below.

We were taken from the ore - bed and mine ?

39. Who does 'we' refer to ?

Ans. The pronoun "we" refers to machines. The poem, "The Secret of the Machines" by Rudyard Kipling, explores the concept of machines being created by humans and serving them.

We were Cast and wrought and hammered to desing

40. What do you mean by 'Wrought' ?

Ans. "Wrought" means shaped or beaten into a desired form. In the context of the poem, it refers to the process of hammering and shaping the raw materials obtained from the mines into usable machine parts.

Some water Coal and Oil is all we ask.

And a thousandth of an inch to give us play.

41. What do they ask for ?

Ans. They ask for some water, coal, oil, and a small allowance of space (a thousandth of an inch).

And now if you will set us to our task.

We will serve you four and twenty hours a day.

42. Who will set the task.

Ans. The poem implies that humans will set the task for the machines.

43. How long will they serve ?

Ans. The machines claim they will serve "four and twenty hours a day", which is a poetic way of saying they will serve continuously.

We an pull and haul and push and lift and drive.

We can print and Plough and weave and heat and light.

We can run and race and swin and fly and drive

We can see and hear and count and read and write.

44. Pick out the rhyming words in the above lines.

Ans. The rhyming words are: drive - five, light - write.

45. Write the rhyme scheme of the given stanza.

Ans. The rhyme scheme of the stanza is AABB.

46. Identify the figure of speech employed in the first line of the given stanza.

Ans. The figure of speech employed in the first line is metaphor, comparing machines to being "Children of your brains."

47. Pick out the alliterating words in the second line.

We are nothig more than Children of your brains.

Ans. The alliterating words in the second line are "Cast and wrought."

48. Identify the figure of speech used here.

Rearrange the words in the correct order to make meaningful sentence.

Ans. The figure of speech used here is hyperbole.

49. Who / Assistive Technologist / the / kim / school/ is / at / my

Ans. The correct order to form a meaningful sentence is: Kim is the assistive technologist at my school.

50. Our / technology /life / easier / makes.

Ans. Our technology makes life easier.

Choose the correct synonyms.

51. The Prussian Soldiers were drilling.

(a) Planting

(b) Marching

(c) fighting

(d) Making a hole

Ans. (b) Marching

52. The teacher's great ruler was rapping on the table

(a) tapping

(b) idling

(c) hanging

(d) rolling

Ans. (a) tapping

53. M.Hamel sitting motionless in his chair and gazing

(a) waiting

(b) guarding

(c) staring

(d) grazing

Ans. (c) staring

54. It was the most beautiful language in the World the clearest, the most Logical

(a) Vague

(b) improbable

(c) irrational

(d) reasonable

Ans. (d) reasonable

55. The Oppressors not only wanted the territory.

(a) region

(b) sea

(c) border

(d) sky

Ans. (a) region

56. The birds were chirping.

(a) unchrip

(b) dead

(c) high sound

(d) untweet

Ans. (c) high sound

57. There was a great bustle.

(a) Commotion

(b) laziness

(c) place

(d) stillness

Ans. (a) Commotion

58. The lessons repeated in Unison.

(a) dissent

(b) discord

(c) disagreement

(d) harmony

Ans. (d) harmony

59. I had counted on the Commotion.

(a) quite

(b) ease

(c) annoyance

(d) uproar

Ans. (d) uproar

60. I had the strength to resist and hurried.

(a) lack

(b) cowardice

(c) weakness

(d) stainines

Ans. (c) weakness

Choose the correct Antonyms.

61. His voice trembled.

(a) Shiver

(b) steady

(c) convulse

(d) pulse

Ans. (b) steady

62. But something choked him.

(a) barred

(b) died

(c) over powered

(d) released

Ans. (c) over powered

63. M.Hamel stood up. very pale

(a) stale

(b) healthy

(c) fresh

(d) dried

Ans. (b) healthy

64. He had the Courage to hear every lesson.

(a) spirit

(b) Valore

(c) bravery

(d) Cowardice

Ans. (d) Cowardice

65. On the roof the Pigeons Cooed very low.

(a) weep

(b) bawl

(c) fuss

(d) object

Ans. (d) object

66. "School is dismissed you may go".

(a) outsed

(b) removed

(c) accepted

(d) discharged

Ans. (c) accepted

67. He stopped and leaned his head against the well.

(a) currive

(b) slanted

(c) opposed

(d) straightened

Ans. (d) straightened

68. He wrote as large as he could "Vive la France !".

(a) small

(b) huge

(c) giant

(d) minute

Ans. (a) small

69. The Poor man wanted to give us all he knew

(a) Poverty

(b) Meager

(c) wealthy

(d) striken

Ans. (c) wealthy

70. Nobody paid any attention to them

(a) concentration

(b) ummersion

(c) distraction

(d) thinking

Ans. (a) concentration

Read the poetic lines and answer the questions.

Their hands are ours, and in their lines we read

A labour not diffrent from our own.

71. Who does'their' refer to ?

Ans. 'Their' refers to the hands mentioned in the previous line, likely symbolizing the hands of workers or laborers.

72. What does not differ ?

Ans. The labor mentioned in the second line is not different from our own.

73. What does the poet mean by 'Lines we read' ?

Ans. By 'Lines we read,' the poet means that we can understand and interpret the labor of others by looking at the lines or marks left by their work, just like we can understand our own labor.

They, too, aware of sun and air and water,

Are fed by peaceful harvests, by war's long winter starved?

74. HOW are we fed ?

Ans. We are fed by peaceful harvests, while war causes starvation during its long winters.

75. Mention the reason referred here ?

Ans. The reason referred to here is the difference between the conditions during peaceful times (peaceful harvests) and times of war (war's long winter).

76. What is Common for all ?

Ans. The commonality for all is that beneath all uniforms, there is a single body that breathes, indicating a shared humanity.

Beneath all Uniforms, a single body breathes,

Like ours: the land our brothers walk upon.

77. Pick out the alliterations used in the given lines ?

Ans. The alliterations used in the given lines are "Uniforms" and "single body."

78. What is the figure of speech applied in the above lines ?

Ans. The figure of speech applied in the above lines is metaphor, where uniforms symbolize the external differences between people while the single body represents the shared humanity underneath those differences.

79. What is found beneath all Uniform ?

Ans. Beneath all uniforms, a single body breathes, indicating that despite external differences, we are all human beings with common experiences and needs.

80. What does Uniform refers to ?

Ans. 'Uniform' refers to the external appearances or distinctions that people may have, such as uniforms worn by soldiers or workers, which can hide the shared humanity that exists beneath them.

What is the Plural form of the underlined words in the given sentence.

81. Mary took a seat in her chair.

Ans. Mary took seats in her chairs.

82. On a leaf, he noticed a gleaning green beetle.

Ans. On leaves, he noticed gleaming green beetles.

83. Place the shoe on the Appropriate foot.

Ans. Place the shoes on the Appropriate feet.

84. This table has a lot of dust on it.

Ans. These tables have a lot of dust on them.

85. We found the box empty.

Ans. We found the boxes empty.

Choose the appropriate phrasal verb for the underlined word.

86. Children wear new clothes on festival days.

(a) Put off

(b) Put on

(c) put for

(d) put out

Ans. (b) Put on

87. Try and you will succeed

(a) go for

(b) go away

(c) go far

(d) go through

Ans. (d) go through

88. The time to submit the project is very short.

(a) Knuckle free

(b) Knuckle up

(c) Knuckle under

(d) Knuckle down

Ans. (d) Knuckle down

89. The bomb will explode at any time

(a) blow out

(b) blow off

(c) blow up

(d) blow on

Ans. (c) blow up

90. Continue your work sincerely.

(a) carry on

(b) carry of

(c) carry over

(d) carry out

Ans. (a) carry on

Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb.

91. Mathematics _________ a branch of study.

92. Neither food nor water _________ found here.

93. Gulliver's Travels _________ an excellent story.

94. Butter milk _________ good for health.

95. There _________ ten dogs in my street.

Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative.

96. I like _________ reason [drinking/ drink]

97. We wish she continues _________ healthy [being, be].

98. _________ finished the work, the manager decided to return home. [have/ having].

99. Children love _________ chocolates [eat/ eating].

100. _________ the scissors I returned it to her [using/having used].

Ans. 91. is,

92. is,

93. is,

94. is,

95. are

96. drinking,

97. to be,

98. Having,

99. eating,

100. Having used

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