17th BCS English Questions & Answers with Explanation / English for BCS Examination / BCS Examination Previous Questions and Answers

17th BCS English Questions

1.To read between the lines means:

a) to grasp the hidden meaning

b) to concentrate

c) to suspect

d) to read carefully

2.‘Razzmatazz’ means:

a) A well-planned programme

b) A musical instrument

c) A musical activity

d) A noisy activity

3.The best passive form of the sentence ‘We don’t like idle people’:

a) Idle people are not liked by us

b) Idle people are not of our liking

c) Idle people are not like us

d) We are not liked by idle people

4.The correct sentence is:

a) The Nile is longest river in the Africa

b) Nile is longest river in Africa

c) The Nile is the longest river in Africa

d) The Nile is longest river in Africa

5.Which pair are literary collaborators?

a) Shelly and Keats

b) Eliot and Pound

c) Yeats and Eliot

d) Pope and Dryden

6.Browning composed which of the following poems?

a) The Scholar Gipsy

b) Two Voices

c) Oneone

d) Andrea del Sarto

7.The synonym for ‘efface’:

a) exhaust

b) rub out

c) cut out

d) improve

8.When a person says he’s ‘all in’, it means:

a) He has got everything

b) He is very tired

c) He has arrived

d) He has finished packing

9.‘Bill of fare’ refers to:

a) A price list

b) A chart of bus fare

c) A list of dishes at a restaurant

d) A valuable document

10.A ‘bull market’ means share prices are:

a) moving

b) static

c) falling

d) rising

11.‘Blue chips’ are:

a) Risky industrial shares

b) Plastic money tokens

c) Safe industrial shares

d) Government securities

12.‘Blockbuster’ means:

a) A device for execution

b) An obstacle

c) A powerful explosive

d) A large stone

13.The synonym of ‘Franchise’:

a) Frankness

b) Privilege

c) Utility

d) French

14.‘Equivocation’ means:

a) Free expression

b) Two contrary statements

c) A true statement

d) Equal job opportunity

15.The antonym of ‘Sluggish’:

a) animated

b) heavy

c) slow

d) dull

16.The antonym for ‘inimical’:

a) angry

b) hostile

c) friendly

d) indifferent

17.The correct spelling:

a) Humourious

b) Humourous

c) Humorious

d) Humorous

18.The proverb completion: "Handsome is that handsome ______":

a) thinks

b) says

c) works

d) does

19.The right word to fill the gap: "Give her a telephone number to ring ______ she gets lost.":

a) whether

b) in case

c) unless

d) perhaps

20.The correctly punctuated sentence:

a) Maria my student is, on leave today

b) Maria, my student. is on leave today

c) Maria my student, is on leave today

d) Maria, my student, is on leave today

21.The correct sentence:

a) A new cabinet has been sworn a Dhaka

b) A new cabinet has been sworn in Dhaka

c) A new cabinet has sworn in Dhaka

d) A new cabinet has been sworn by in Dhaka

17th BCS English Questions & Answers

Answers

1. a) to grasp the hidden meaning

   
   

2. d) A noisy activity

   
   

3. a) Idle people are not liked by us

   
   

4. c) The Nile is the longest river in Africa

   
   

5. a) Shelly and Keats

   
   

6. d) Andrea del Sarto

   
   

7. b) rub out

   
   

8. b) He is very tired

   
   

9. c) A list of dishes at a restaurant

   
   

10. d) rising

    
    

11. c) Safe industrial shares

    
    

12. c) A powerful explosive

    
    

13. b) Privilege

    
    

14. b) Two contrary statements

    
    

15. a) animated

    
    

16. c) friendly

    
    

17. d) Humorous

    
    

18. d) does

    
    

19. b) in case

    
    

20. d) Maria, my student, is on leave today

    
    

21. b) A new cabinet has been sworn in Dhaka