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43rd BCS English Questions

1. Which of the following novels is not written by an English writer?

A. A Passage to India

B. Sons and Lovers

C. One Hundred Years of Solitude

D. Pride and Prejudice

2. Who wrote the play “The Way of the World?”

A. William Shakespeare 

B. William Congreve

C. Ben Johnson

D. Oscar Wilde

3. “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.” Who wrote this?

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. John Milton

C. Christopher Marlowe

D. P. B. Shelley

4. Who is not a modern poet?

A. W. B. Yeats

B. John Keats

C. W. H. Auden

D. T. S. Eliot

5. O' Henry was from-

A. Canada

B. America

C. England

D. Ireland

6. Where is the setting of the play ‘Hamlet’?

A. England

B. France

C. Italy

D. Denmark

7. No Second Troy is a-

A. short story

B. poem

C. novel

D. drama

8. Who is the author of the novel “The God of Small Things?”

A. Thomas Hardy

B. R. K. Narayan

C. Jhumpa lahiri

D. Arundhati Roy

9. “Moby Dick”, a novel, was written by-

A. Herman Melville

B. Mark Twain

C. Nathaniel Hawthorne

D. William Faulkner

10. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” - Who wrote this?

A. William Blake

B. Lord Byron

C. S. T. Coleridge

D. P. B. Shelley

11. Who is the poet of the poem “Ozymandias”?

A. P. B. Shelley

B. S. T. Coleridge

C. William Wordsworth

D. John Keats

12. The most famous romantic poet of English literature is-

A. John Dryden

B. William Wordsworth

C. T.S. Eliot

D. Alexander Pope

13. --- was both a poet and a painter.

A. John Keats

B. Spenser

C. William Blake

D. John Donne

14. What kind of play is “Julius Ceasar”?

A. romantic

B. anti-romantic

C. comedy

D. historical

15. Who is not an Irish writer?

A. James Joyce

B. D. H. Lawrence

C. Oscar Wilde

D. Jonathan Swift

16. Who is the author of ‘Jane Eyre’?

A. Charlotte Brontë

B. Jane Austen

C. Emily Brontë

D. Mary Shelley

17. A speech full of too many words is-

A. a big speech

B. maiden speech

C. a verbose speech

D. unimportant speech

18. Change the voice: “Nobody trusts a traitor.”

A. A traitor is trusted.

B. A traitor should not be trusted.

C. Everybody hates a traitor.

D. A traitor is not by anybody.

19. “A herd of cattle is passing” The underlined word is a/an-

A. adverb

B. adjective

C. collective noun

D. abstract noun

20. What is the antonym for the word “deformation?”

A. distortion

B. contortion

C. wholeness

D. disfigurement

21. Words inscribed on a tomb is an-

A. epitome

B. episode

C. epithet

D. epitaph

22. What is the adjective form of the word ‘people’?

A. populous

B. popularity

C. popular

D. popularize

23. He contemplated marrying his cousin.' Here.“marrying” is a/an-

A. present participle

B. verb

C. gerund

D. infinitive

24. The word “to genuflect” means-

A. to be genuine

B. to reflect

C. to bend the knee

D. to be flexible

25. Fill in the blank: “She went to New Market---”

A. on feet

B. by walking

C. by foot

D. on foot

26. Fill in the gap: Birds fly--- in the sky.

A. at large

B. are long

C. at a stitch

D. are long

27. Identify the correct synonym for the word 'magnanimous'.

A. unkind

B. generous

C. revengeful

D. friendly

28. Choose the right form of verb: It is high time we (act) on the matter.

A. are acting

B. have acted

C. acted

D. could act

29. Identify the correct sentence:

A. The girl burst out tears.

B. The girl burst into tears.

C. The girl burst with tears.

D. The girl bursted out tears.

30. The phrase “sine die” means-

A. half-heartedly

B. fixed

C. doubtfully

D. uncertain

31. The phrase 'dog days' means-

A. hot weather

B. rain-soaked streets

C. cold shower

D. ice storm

32. Which gender is the word ‘orphan’?

A. neuter

B. feminine

C. masculine

D. common

33. What is the noun form of the word “laugh”?

A. laughing

B. laughter

C. laughingly

D. laughable

34. Identify the word which is spelt incorrectly:

A. fluctuation

B. remission

C. ocassion

D. decision

35. Do you have any money --- you?

Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition:

A. to

B. over

C. in

D. on

43rd BCS English Questions and Answer

1. Which of the following novels is not written by an English writer?

A. A Passage to India

B. Sons and Lovers

C. One Hundred Years of Solitude✓

D. Pride and Prejudice

Explanation: One Hundred Years of Solitude Novel by Gabriel García Márquez.

Language: Spanish

Original title: Cien años de soledad

2. Who wrote the play “The Way of the World?”

A. William Shakespeare 

B. William Congreve✓

C. Ben Johnson

D. Oscar Wilde

3. “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.” Who wrote this?

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. John Milton✓

C. Christopher Marlowe

D. P. B. Shelley

4. Who is not a modern poet?

A. W. B. Yeats

B. John Keats✓

C. W. H. Auden

D. T. S. Eliot

5. O' Henry was from-

A. Canada

B. America✓

C. England

D. Ireland

6. Where is the setting of the play ‘Hamlet’?

A. England

B. France

C. Italy

D. Denmark✓

7. No Second Troy is a-

A. short story

B. poem✓

C. novel

D. drama

8. Who is the author of the novel “The God of Small Things?”

A. Thomas Hardy

B. R. K. Narayan

C. Jhumpa lahiri

D. Arundhati Roy✓

9. “Moby Dick”, a novel, was written by-

A. Herman Melville✓

B. Mark Twain

C. Nathaniel Hawthorne

D. William Faulkner

10. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” - Who wrote this?

A. William Blake

B. Lord Byron

C. S. T. Coleridge

D. P. B. Shelley ✓

11. Who is the poet of the poem “Ozymandias”?

A. P. B. Shelley✓

B. S. T. Coleridge

C. William Wordsworth

D. John Keats

12. The most famous romantic poet of English literature is-

A. John Dryden

B. William Wordsworth✓

C. T.S. Eliot

D. Alexander Pope

13. --- was both a poet and a painter.

A. John Keats

B. Spenser

C. William Blake✓

D. John Donne

14. What kind of play is “Julius Ceasar”?

A. romantic

B. anti-romantic

C. comedy

D. historical✓

15. Who is not an Irish writer?

A. James Joyce

B. D. H. Lawrence✓

C. Oscar Wilde

D. Jonathan Swift

16. Who is the author of ‘Jane Eyre’?

A. Charlotte Brontë✓

B. Jane Austen

C. Emily Brontë

D. Mary Shelley

17. A speech full of too many words is-

A. a big speech

B. maiden speech

C. a verbose speech✓

D. unimportant speech

18. Change the voice: “Nobody trusts a traitor.”

A. A traitor is trusted.

B. A traitor should not be trusted.

C. Everybody hates a traitor.

D. A traitor is not by anybody.✓

19. “A herd of cattle is passing” The underlined word is a/an-

A. adverb

B. adjective

C. collective noun✓

D. abstract noun

20. What is the antonym for the word “deformation?”

A. distortion

B. contortion

C. wholeness✓

D. disfigurement

21. Words inscribed on a tomb is an-

A. epitome

B. episode

C. epithet

D. epitaph✓

22. What is the adjective form of the word ‘people’?

A. populous✓

B. popularity

C. popular

D. popularize

23. He contemplated marrying his cousin.' Here.“marrying” is a/an-

A. present participle

B. verb

C. gerund✓

D. infinitive

24. The word “to genuflect” means-

A. to be genuine

B. to reflect

C. to bend the knee✓

D. to be flexible

25. Fill in the blank: “She went to New Market---”

A. on feet

B. by walking

C. by foot

D. on foot✓

26. Fill in the gap: Birds fly--- in the sky.

A. at large✓

B. are long

C. at a stitch

D. are long

27. Identify the correct synonym for the word 'magnanimous'.

A. unkind

B. generous✓

C. revengeful

D. friendly

28. Choose the right form of verb: It is high time we (act) on the matter.

A. are acting

B. have acted

C. acted✓

D. could act

29. Identify the correct sentence:

A. The girl burst out tears.

B. The girl burst into tears.✓

C. The girl burst with tears.

D. The girl bursted out tears.

30. The phrase “sine die” means-

A. half-heartedly

B. fixed

C. doubtfully

D. uncertain✓

31. The phrase 'dog days' means-

A. hot weather✓

B. rain-soaked streets

C. cold shower

D. ice storm

32. Which gender is the word ‘orphan’?

A. neuter

B. feminine

C. masculine

D. common✓

33. What is the noun form of the word “laugh”?

A. laughing

B. laughter✓

C. laughingly

D. laughable

34. Identify the word which is spelt incorrectly:

A. fluctuation

B. remission

C. ocassion✓

D. decision

35. Do you have any money --- you?

Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition:

A. to

B. over

C. in

D. on✓

43rd BCS English Questions and Answer with Explanation

No.	Answer	Explanation (Bangla)
1	C. One Hundred Years of Solitude	এই উপন্যাসটি গ্যাব্রিয়েল গার্সিয়া মার্কেজ নামক কলম্বিয়ান লেখক লিখেছেন। এটি স্প্যানিশ ভাষায় লেখা হয়েছে। ইংরেজ লেখক লিখেননি।
2	B. William Congreve	"The Way of the World" নাটকটি উইলিয়াম কনগ্রিভ রচিত একটি Restoration Comedy।
3	B. John Milton	"Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n" এই লাইনটি মিল্টনের মহাকাব্য Paradise Lost থেকে নেওয়া।
4	B. John Keats	জন কিটস একজন রোমান্টিক যুগের কবি ছিলেন, আধুনিক কবি নন।
5	B. America	ও'হেনরি একজন আমেরিকান ছোটগল্পকার ছিলেন। তাঁর আসল নাম ছিল উইলিয়াম সিডনি পোর্টার।
6	D. Denmark	শেক্সপিয়রের ট্রাজেডি ‘Hamlet’ নাটকের প্রেক্ষাপট ডেনমার্ক।
7	B. poem	"No Second Troy" ডব্লিউ. বি. ইয়েটস রচিত একটি বিখ্যাত কবিতা।
8	D. Arundhati Roy	“The God of Small Things” উপন্যাসটি লিখেছেন অরুন্ধতী রায়, যা বুকার প্রাইজ পেয়েছে।
9	A. Herman Melville	“Moby Dick” উপন্যাসটি হারম্যান মেলভিলের লেখা, এটি একটি তিমিকে কেন্দ্র করে লেখা ক্লাসিক আমেরিকান উপন্যাস।
10	D. P. B. Shelley	"If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" - এই লাইনটি শেলির কবিতা Ode to the West Wind থেকে নেওয়া।
11	A. P. B. Shelley	“Ozymandias” একটি বিখ্যাত সনেট যা শেলি রচনা করেন।
12	B. William Wordsworth	রোমান্টিক যুগের সবচেয়ে প্রভাবশালী কবি উইলিয়াম ওয়ার্ডসওয়ার্থ।
13	C. William Blake	ব্লেক ছিলেন কবি ও চিত্রশিল্পী, তিনি "Songs of Innocence and Experience" এর জন্য পরিচিত।
14	D. historical	“Julius Caesar” একটি ঐতিহাসিক নাটক যা শেক্সপিয়র রচনা করেছেন।
15	B. D. H. Lawrence	ডি. এইচ. লরেন্স ইংরেজ হলেও তিনি আইরিশ নন। অন্য তিনজন সবাই আইরিশ লেখক।
16	A. Charlotte Brontë	“Jane Eyre” উপন্যাসটি চার্লট ব্রন্টে রচনা করেন।
17	C. a verbose speech	“Verbose” মানে অতিরিক্ত শব্দ বা বাক্য ব্যবহার করে বলা। তাই এটি শব্দবহুল বক্তব্য বোঝায়।
18	D. A traitor is not trusted by anybody.	বাক্যটি Active: Nobody trusts a traitor. Passive করলে হবে: A traitor is not trusted by anybody.
19	C. collective noun	“A herd” মানে গরুর একটি দল। এটি একটি collective noun।
20	C. wholeness	“Deformation” মানে বিকৃতি। এর বিপরীত অর্থ “Wholeness” বা অক্ষততা।
21	D. epitaph	কবরফলকে লেখা কথা বা বাণীকে বলে “epitaph”।
22	A. populous	‘People’ থেকে তৈরি বিশেষণ হল ‘populous’ যার অর্থ ঘনবসতিপূর্ণ।
23	C. gerund	“marrying” এখানে একটি noun এর কাজ করছে, তাই এটি gerund।
24	C. to bend the knee	“Genuflect” মানে হাঁটু গেড়ে নম্রতা প্রকাশ করা বা শ্রদ্ধা জানানো।
25	D. on foot	"She went to New Market on foot" অর্থাৎ সে হেঁটে নিউ মার্কেট গিয়েছিল।
26	A. at large	“at large” মানে স্বাধীনভাবে বা উন্মুক্তভাবে, যেমন—পাখিরা মুক্তভাবে আকাশে ওড়ে।
27	B. generous	“Magnanimous” মানে উদারমনা বা উদার। তাই সঠিক synonym হলো "generous"।
28	C. acted	"It is high time" এর পর সাধারণত past tense ব্যবহৃত হয়।
29	B. The girl burst into tears.	“Burst into tears” একটি phrase যার মানে হঠাৎ কান্না শুরু করা।
30	D. uncertain	“Sine die” মানে নির্দিষ্ট দিন ছাড়া বা অনির্দিষ্টকালের জন্য।
31	A. hot weather	“Dog days” বলতে প্রচণ্ড গরমের দিনগুলো বোঝায়।
32	D. common	“Orphan” ছেলে বা মেয়ে—উভয় লিঙ্গের জন্য ব্যবহারযোগ্য, তাই এটি common gender.
33	B. laughter	“Laugh” এর noun form হচ্ছে “laughter”।
34	C. ocassion	সঠিক বানান: occasion। এখানে ভুল বানান দেওয়া হয়েছে।
35	D. on	"Do you have any money on you?" অর্থাৎ তোমার কাছে কোনো টাকা আছে কি?