42nd BCS English Questions & Answers with Explanation / English for BCS Examination / BCS Examination Previous Questions and Answers

42th BCS English Questions Solutions

1. What is the correct indirect form of: He said, “You had better see a doctor”.

A. He advised him to see a doctor.

B. He advised that he should see a doctor.

C. He suggested that he had seen a doctor.

D. He proposed to see a doctor.

2. Identify the word that remains same in plural form:

A. Deer

B. Horse

C. Elephant

D. Tiger

3. Which word is correct?

A. Furnitures

B. Informations

C. Sceneries

D. Proceeds

4. যদি ICE: COLDNESS হয়, তবে EARTH:?

A. Weight

B. Jungle

C. Sea

D. Gravity

5. To doctor an animal means:

A. To treat it

B. To sterilize it

C. To poison it

D. To cure it

6. The word flying in the sentence ‘Look at the flying bird’ is a:

A. Gerund

B. Participle

C. Verbal noun

D. Gerundal infinitive

7. Identify the determiner in the sentence ‘Bring me that book’

A. Bring

B. Me

C. That

D. Book

8. What is the meaning of musk?

A. A form of drama

B. A face cover

C. A substance used in making perfume

D. A disguise

9. Identify the correct spelled one:

A. Caesarean

B. caeserean

C. Ciserian

D. Scissorian

10. What is the function of a topic sentence?

A. To introduce the topic

B. To analyse the topic

C. To present the main Idea

D. To expand the Idea

11. Who wrote Dr. Zivago?

A. Maxim Gorky

B. Boris Pastornak

C. Fyodor Dostoevsky

D. Leo Tolstoy

12. Would you please find out Bangladesh--- the map.

A. In

B. On

C. Over

D. At

13. Hasan has read most of the --- of Shakespeare:

A. Poem

B. Play

C. Drama

D. Works

14. Complete the sentence: If I were you, I --- take the money:

A. Shall

B. Will

C. Would

D. May

15. Go and catch the falling star. Here the falling is:

A. An adverb

B. A preposition

C. An adjective

D. A verb

16. Film in the gap with the correct form of verb:

The police --- informed yesterday.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were

17. Giving someone the cold shoulder means:

A. To torture somebody

B. To harm someone

C. To appreciate someone

D. To ignore somebody

18. September on Jessore Road is written by:

A. Madhusudan Dutt

B. Allen Ginsberg

C. Kaiser Huq

D. Vikram Seth

19. Liza had given me two:

A. Pair of jean

B. pairs of jean

C. Pair of jeans

D. Pairs of jeans

20. অনুকম্প‌ শব্দের ইংরেজি কোনটি?

A. Clemency

B. Enthral

C. Erudition

D. Fathom

42th BCS English Questions Solutions

1. What is the correct indirect form of: He said, “You had better see a doctor”.

A. He advised him to see a doctor.✓

B. He advised that he should see a doctor.

C. He suggested that he had seen a doctor.

D. He proposed to see a doctor.

2. Identify the word that remains same in plural form:

A. Deer✓

B. Horse

C. Elephant

D. Tiger

3. Which word is correct?

A. Furnitures

B. Informations

C. Sceneries

D. Proceeds✓

4. যদি ICE: COLDNESS হয়, তবে EARTH:?

A. Weight

B. Jungle

C. Sea

D. Gravity✓

5. To doctor an animal means:

A. To treat it

B. To sterilize it✓

C. To poison it

D. To cure it

6. The word flying in the sentence ‘Look at the flying bird’ is a:

A. Gerund

B. Participle✓

C. Verbal noun

D. Gerundal infinitive

7. Identify the determiner in the sentence ‘Bring me that book’

A. Bring

B. Me

C. That✓

D. Book

8. What is the meaning of musk?

A. A form of drama

B. A face cover

C. A substance used in making perfume✓

D. A disguise

9. Identify the correct spelled one:

A. Caesarean✓

B. caeserean

C. Ciserian

D. Scissorian

10. What is the function of a topic sentence?

A. To introduce the topic

B. To analyse the topic

C. To present the main Idea✓

D. To expand the Idea

11. Who wrote Dr. Zivago?

A. Maxim Gorky

B. Boris Pastornak✓

C. Fyodor Dostoevsky

D. Leo Tolstoy

12. Would you please find out Bangladesh--- the map.

A. In

B. On✓

C. Over

D. At

13. Hasan has read most of the --- of Shakespeare:

A. Poem

B. Play

C. Drama

D. Works✓

14. Complete the sentence: If I were you, I --- take the money:

A. Shall

B. Will

C. Would✓

D. May

15. Go and catch the falling star. Here the falling is:

A. An adverb

B. A preposition

C. An adjective✓

D. A verb

16. Film in the gap with the correct form of verb:

The police --- informed yesterday.

A. is

B. are

C. was

D. were✓

17. Giving someone the cold shoulder means:

A. To torture somebody

B. To harm someone

C. To appreciate someone

D. To ignore somebody✓

18. September on Jessore Road is written by:

A. Madhusudan Dutt

B. Allen Ginsberg✓

C. Kaiser Huq

D. Vikram Seth

19. Liza had given me two:

A. Pair of jean

B. pairs of jean

C. Pair of jeans

D. Pairs of jeans✓

20. অনুকম্প‌ শব্দের ইংরেজি কোনটি?

A. Clemency✓

B. Enthral

C. Erudition

D. Fathom

42th BCS English Questions' Answers with Explanation

No.	Answer	Explanation (Bangla)
1	A. He advised him to see a doctor.	“Had better” এর indirect formে “advised” ব্যবহৃত হয়। তাই সঠিক উত্তর হলো "He advised him to see a doctor."
2	A. Deer	“Deer” শব্দটি একবচন এবং বহুবচনে একই থাকে।
3	D. Proceeds	“Furnitures”, “informations”, “sceneries” ভুল plural ফর্ম। “Proceeds” অর্থ আয় বা লভ্যাংশ, যা সঠিক plural noun।
4	D. Gravity	“ICE: COLDNESS” সম্পর্কের মতো “EARTH: GRAVITY” – অর্থাৎ পৃথিবী যেমন আকর্ষণ বা মহাকর্ষ প্রকাশ করে।
5	B. To sterilize it	পশুকে “to doctor” মানে তাকে নির্বীজ (sterilize) করা।
6	B. Participle	“Flying” এখানে participle, কারণ এটি “bird” কে বর্ণনা করছে (adjective এর কাজ করছে)।
7	C. That	“That” হলো determiner যেটি “book” কে নির্দিষ্ট করছে।
8	C. A substance used in making perfume	“Musk” এক ধরনের সুগন্ধি পদার্থ যা পারফিউম তৈরিতে ব্যবহৃত হয়।
9	A. Caesarean	সঠিক বানান “Caesarean” (C-section অর্থেও ব্যবহৃত হয়)।
10	C. To present the main idea	Topic sentence লেখার মূল উদ্দেশ্য হলো মূল ভাব প্রকাশ করা।
11	B. Boris Pasternak	“Doctor Zhivago” উপন্যাসটি লিখেছেন রুশ লেখক বোরিস পাস্তেরনাক।
12	B. On	“on the map” হলো সঠিক preposition – “Bangladesh on the map.”
13	D. Works	শেক্সপিয়ারের অনেক রচনার মধ্যে “works” সবচেয়ে সঠিক শব্দ।
14	C. Would	If I were you, I would… → এটি hypothetical sentence, তাই past subjunctive tense ব্যবহার হয়।
15	C. An adjective	“Falling” এখানে “star” শব্দকে বর্ণনা করছে, তাই এটি adjective (participle adjective)।
16	D. Were	“Police” হলো collective noun, কিন্তু plural হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে, তাই verb হবে “were informed”।
17	D. To ignore somebody	“To give someone the cold shoulder” মানে কাউকে উপেক্ষা করা।
18	B. Allen Ginsberg	“September on Jessore Road” কবিতাটি আমেরিকান কবি অ্যালেন গিন্সবার্গ লিখেছেন।
19	D. Pairs of jeans	“Jeans” plural noun, তাই “two pairs of jeans” সঠিক উত্তর।
20	A. Clemency	“অনুকম্পা” বা ক্ষমাশীলতা মানে ইংরেজিতে “Clemency”।