45th BCS English Questions & Answers with Explanation / English for BCS Examination / BCS Examination Previous Questions and Answers

45th BCS English questions and answers

She insisted on _____ leaving the house.

ক) he

খ) him

গ) himself

ঘ) his

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ) his

The phrase ‘Achilles heel’ means–

ক) a strong point

খ) a strong solution

গ) a weak point

ঘ) a permanent solution

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) a weak point

He does not adhere __ any principle.

ক) by

খ) in

গ) at

ঘ) to

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ) to

Millennium is a period of –

ক) 100 year

খ) 1000 year

গ) 1 million year

ঘ) 1 billion year

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) 1000 year

Identify the passive form of the following sentence: “Who has broken this Jug?”

ক) By whom has this Jug been broken?

খ) By whom has this Jug broken?

গ) By whom this Jug has been broken?

ঘ) Whom has this Jug been broken?

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) By whom has this Jug been broken?

Who is not a Victorian Poet?

ক) Alfred Tennyson

খ) Robert Browning

গ) William Wordsworth

ঘ) Matthew Arnold

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) William Wordsworth

Which of the following novels was written by George Orwell?

ক) 1984

খ) Brave New World

গ) A Clockwork Orange

ঘ) For Whom the Bell Tolls

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) 1984

Identify the correct sentence:

ক) She speaks English like English

খ) She speaks the English like English

গ) She speaks the English like the English

ঘ) She speaks English like the English

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ) She speaks English like the English

When one makes a promise, one must not go ________ on it.

ক) forward

খ) back

গ) by

ঘ) around

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) back

I can’t put up with him anymore. Here, “put up with” means:

ক) To protect

খ) To terminate

গ) To tolerate

ঘ) To prevent

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) To tolerate

The poem ”To his Coy Mistress” was written by–

ক) Andrew Marvell

খ) John Donne

গ) George Herbert

ঘ) Henry Vaughan

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) Andrew Marvell

The synonym of ‘altitude’ is –

ক) height

খ) width

গ) length

ঘ) depth

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) height

The character, Elizabeth Bennett, appears in the novel–

ক) Pride and Prejudice

খ) Tess of the D’Urbervilles

গ) Wuthering Heights

ঘ) Jane Eyre

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) Pride and Prejudice

This could have worked if I _______ been more far-sighted.

ক) have

খ) had

গ) might

ঘ) would

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) had

What may be considered courteous in one culture may be arrogant in another. Here the underlined word, “arrogant” means—

ক) rude

খ) gracious

গ) coarse

ঘ) pretentious

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) rude

Don Juan was composed by—

ক) W.B. Yeats

খ) E.B. Browning

গ) George Gordon Byron

ঘ) Alexander Pope

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) George Gordon Byron

Identify the imperative sentence:

ক) Shut up!

খ) Shahin is playing football.

গ) I shall cook dinner now.

ঘ) What is your name?

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) Shut up!

“Black Death” is the name of a—

ক) fever

খ) black fever

গ) plague pandemic

ঘ) death of black people

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) plague pandemic

‘Ulysses’ is a poem written by—

ক) Robert Browning

খ) Wordsworth

গ) S.T. Coleridge

ঘ) Alfred Tennyson

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ) Alfred Tennyson

Who wrote the poem ‘Ozymandias’?

ক) Thomas Hardy

খ) Robert Frost

গ) P.B. Shelley

ঘ) Edmund Spenser

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) P.B. Shelley

Clym Yeobright is the protagonist of the novel—

ক) David Copperfield

খ) Adam Bede

গ) A Passage to India

ঘ) The Return of the Native

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ) The Return of the Native

The train is running ______ forty miles an hour.

ক) on

খ) to

গ) at

ঘ) for

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) at

He divided the money ______ the two children.

ক) between

খ) over

গ) among

ঘ) in between

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) between

No one can ______ that he is clever.

ক) defy

খ) deny

গ) admire

ঘ) denounce

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) deny

Choose the right form of verb:

The boy (to lie) on the floor yesterday.

ক) lies

খ) lied

গ) lay

ঘ) layed

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) lay

She played on the flute. Passive form is—

ক) The flute was played by her.

খ) The flute was played on by her.

গ) The flute was played to her.

ঘ) The flute was being played by her.

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) The flute was played on by her.

Antonym for Adieu__________.

ক) Farewell

খ) Good bye

গ) Hello

ঘ) Valediction

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) Hello

‘Walk fast lest you should miss the train’. This is a—

ক) Simple sentence

খ) Compound sentence

গ) Complex sentence

ঘ) Interrogative sentence

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) Complex sentence

A number of singers in a church is called—

ক) Choir

খ) Cast

গ) Claque

ঘ) Clump

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) Choir

Put the right word in the blank.

“He reached the _________ of his literary career.”

ক) abattoir

খ) acme

গ) admonish

ঘ) abdicate

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) acme

Anger may be compared ______ fire.

ক) to

খ) within

গ) against

ঘ) into

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) to

Choose the correct sentence:

ক) He discussed the matter.

খ) He discussed about the matter.

গ) He discussed on the matter.

ঘ) None of the above

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) He discussed the matter.

Identify the correctly spelt word.

ক) Horroscope

খ) Pneumonia

গ) Occassion

ঘ) Embarass

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) Pneumonia

Desdemona is a character in the following Shakespearean play:

ক) Macbeth

খ) Othello

গ) Hamlet

ঘ) King Lear

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) Othello

Meteorology is related to –

ক) concrete slabs

খ) motor vehicles

গ) weather forecasting

ঘ) motor neurone disease

সঠিক উত্তর: গ) weather forecasting