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

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English Language Questions (17th BCS)

To read between the lines means:

a) to grasp the hidden meaning

b) to concentrate

c) to suspect

d) to read carefully

‘Razzmatazz’ means:

a) A well-planned programme

b) A musical instrument

c) A musical activity

d) A noisy activity

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

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

Which pair are literary collaborators?

a) Shelly and Keats

b) Eliot and Pound

c) Yeats and Eliot

d) Pope and Dryden

Browning composed which of the following poems?

a) The Scholar Gipsy

b) Two Voices

c) Oneone

d) Andrea del Sarto

The synonym for ‘efface’:

a) exhaust

b) rub out

c) cut out

d) improve

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

‘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

A ‘bull market’ means share prices are:

a) moving

b) static

c) falling

d) rising

‘Blue chips’ are:

a) Risky industrial shares

b) Plastic money tokens

c) Safe industrial shares

d) Government securities

‘Blockbuster’ means:

a) A device for execution

b) An obstacle

c) A powerful explosive

d) A large stone

The synonym of ‘Franchise’:

a) Frankness

b) Privilege

c) Utility

d) French

‘Equivocation’ means:

a) Free expression

b) Two contrary statements

c) A true statement

d) Equal job opportunity

The antonym of ‘Sluggish’:

a) animated

b) heavy

c) slow

d) dull

The antonym for ‘inimical’:

a) angry

b) hostile

c) friendly

d) indifferent

The correct spelling:

a) Humourious

b) Humourous

c) Humorious

d) Humorous

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

a) thinks

b) says

c) works

d) does

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

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

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

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