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46th BCS English Questions & Answers

1. Which of the following words can be used as a verb?

ক) mobile

খ) sugar

গ) media

ঘ) sand

Answer: ঘ) sand

2. In which sentence ‘like’ is used as a preposition?

ক) He likes to eat fish

খ) He laughs like his father does

গ) He climbed the tree like a cat

ঘ) Like minded people are necessary to start a business

Answer: গ) He climbed the tree like a cat

3. He died following the incident. The underlined word is a/an-

ক) adjective

খ) adverb

গ) noun

ঘ) preposition

Answer: ঘ) preposition

4. Writing a diary is a very good practice to develop the writing skill. The underlined part is a/an-

ক) noun phrase

খ) verbal phrase

গ) adjective phrase

ঘ) adverbial phrase

Answer: ক) noun phrase

5. Fill in the blank with the correct word.

_____ he lay on the ground groaning.

ক) Injured

খ) Injuring

গ) Having injured

ঘ) Be injured

Answer: ক) Injured

6. Find out the meaning of the following phrase: By and large.

ক) very large

খ) on the whole

গ) far away

ঘ) the largest one

Answer: খ) on the whole

7. Choose the best alternative for the underlined. He went back on his promise of voting for me.

ক) withdrew

খ) forgot

গ) reinforced

ঘ) support

Answer: ক) withdrew

8. ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ means-

ক) bring out a cat from a bag

খ) let a cat move at large

গ) reveal a secret carelessly

ঘ) take a pre-caucious steps

Answer: গ) reveal a secret carelessly

9. He is a man to depend on. The underlined part is ____

ক) a noun phrase

খ) an adjective phrase

গ) an adverbial phrase

ঘ) a prepositional phrase

Answer: খ) an adjective phrase

10. His dream that he will be a B.C.S cadre finally came true. The underlined part is –

ক) a noun clause

খ) an adjective clause

গ) an independent clause

ঘ) a co-ordinate clause

Answer: ক) a noun clause

11. Which of the following is a correct simple sentence?

ক) All that glitters is not gold

খ) All’s well that ends well

গ) Do or die

ঘ) I saw an old man walking past me

Answer: ঘ) I saw an old man walking past me

12. Which is the correct complex form of the sentence? ‘A corrupt man cannot win the respect of others.’

ক) A man who is corrupt cannot respect others.

খ) A man does not respect others who are corrupt.

গ) A man who is corrupt cannot win the respect of others.

ঘ) A man who can win the respect of others cannot be corrupt.

Answer: গ) A man who is corrupt cannot win the respect of others.

13. Find out the correct positive form of the sentence: ‘Who else is the better player than Zaman in the team’?

ক) Is there any other player in this team who is as good as Zaman?

খ) Who is the best player than Zaman in this team?

গ) Is there any other players in this team who is as good as Zaman?

ঘ) Are there any other player in this team who are as good as Zaman?

Answer: ক) Is there any other player in this team who is as good as Zaman?

14. Fill in the blank with the correct word:

The submarine dipped to avoid ______ by the enemy plane.

ক) see

খ) seeing

গ) being seen

ঘ) seen

Answer: গ) being seen

15. In fear of ______ he escaped elsewhere.

ক) arresting

খ) arrested

গ) being arrested

ঘ) having arrested

Answer: গ) being arrested

16. I didn’t follow who passed by me. It _____ Shajib.

ক) were

খ) must be

গ) might be

ঘ) was

Answer: গ) might be

17. Samin is my colleague. I _______ him for ten years.

ক) know

খ) knew

গ) have known

ঘ) have been known

Answer: গ) have known

18. The snow swirls ______ the valley.

ক) up

খ) in

গ) down

ঘ) through

Answer: গ) down

19. There is a coffee shop ______ the street.

ক) at

খ) on

গ) before

ঘ) across

Answer: ঘ) across

20. Identify the correct sentence:

ক) He has said to me that I will go but you will stay there in Dhaka.

খ) He has told me that he will go but I will stay here in Dhaka.

গ) He has told me that I would go but you would stay there in Dhaka.

ঘ) He has told me that he would go but I would stay here in Dhaka.

Answer: খ) He has told me that he will go but I will stay here in Dhaka.

21. Identify the correct sentence:

ক) The room was darkened by switching off all the lights.

খ) The room was darkened switching off all the lights.

গ) The room was darkened to switch off all the lights.

ঘ) Switching off all the lights the room was darkened.

Answer: ক) The room was darkened by switching off all the lights.

22. Identify the correct sentence:

ক) Had you been there on time, you could have had the information.

খ) If you had been there on time, you could have the information.

গ) If you had been there on time, you might get the information.

ঘ) Had been you there, you could have got the information.

Answer: ক) Had you been there on time, you could have had the information.

23. Identify the correct sentence:

ক) There are trees on the both sides of the road.

খ) There are trees on both the sides of the road.

গ) There are trees, on both side of the road.

ঘ) There are trees on either sides of the road.

Answer: খ) There are trees on both the sides of the road.

24. The antonym of ‘boisterous’ is ______

ক) noisy

খ) quit

গ) unruly

ঘ) cheerful

Answer: খ) quit

25. ‘Plagiarism’ means ____

ক) the act of using someone else's idea as one’s own.

খ) the act of planning everything beforehand.

গ) the act of playing a musical instrument.

ঘ) the art of dealing with forgery.

Answer: ক) the act of using someone else's idea as one’s own.

26. The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities are –

ক) London and Manchester

খ) London and Paris

গ) Paris and New York

ঘ) Paris and Geneva

Answer: খ) London and Paris

27. The line ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ occurs in Shakespeare’s play –

ক) Hamlet

খ) Macbeth

গ) Othello

ঘ) King Lear

Answer: ক) Hamlet

28. Who of the following compiled an English Dictionary?

ক) Samuel Johnson

খ) T.S. Eliot

গ) John Dryden

ঘ) William Congreve

Answer: ক) Samuel Johnson

29. Which is not a poetry form?

ক) Sonnet

খ) Ballad

গ) Tale

ঘ) Epic

Answer: গ) Tale

30. ‘I am a man more sinned against than sinning’. This is uttered by –

ক) Horatio

খ) Hamlet

গ) King Lear

ঘ) Macbeth

Answer: গ) King Lear

31. Which event influenced the literature of the Romantic period?

ক) French Revolution

খ) Industrial Revolution

গ) Russian Revolution

ঘ) Hundred Years’ War

Answer: ক) French Revolution

32. The author of A Farewell to Arms is –

ক) Somerset Maugham

খ) Ernest Hemingway

গ) D. H. Lawrence

ঘ) Jane Austen

Answer: খ) Ernest Hemingway

33. Who is the most famous satirist in English literature?

ক) Alexander Pope

খ) Jonathan Swift

গ) John Dryden

ঘ) William Wordsworth

Answer: খ) Jonathan Swift

34. Which period is known as “The Golden Age of English Literature”?

ক) The Victorian Age

খ) The Elizabethan Age

গ) The Eighteenth Century

ঘ) The Restoration period

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) The Elizabethan Age

35.Which novel is written by an Indian novelist?

ক) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

খ) The Return of the Native

গ) Things Fall Apart

ঘ) Heart of Darkness

সঠিক উত্তর: ক) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness

No.	Answer & English Explanation	Bangla Explanation
1	ঘ) sand – "Sand" can be used as a verb meaning to smooth a surface using sandpaper.	"Sand" একটি ক্রিয়া হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হতে পারে, যার অর্থ হলো কোনো কিছুকে মসৃণ করা বা ঘষা, যেমন বালি ব্যবহার করে।
2	গ) He climbed the tree like a cat. – Here, "like" is used as a preposition to compare his action to that of a cat.	এখানে "like" শব্দটি একটি preposition হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে, যার মাধ্যমে তুলনা করা হয়েছে।
3	ঘ) preposition – "Following" shows a relationship in time, functioning as a preposition.	"Following" একটি preposition যা সময় নির্দেশ করে, যেমন ঘটনার পরে।
4	ক) noun phrase – "Writing a diary" is a noun phrase functioning as the subject of the sentence.	"Writing a diary" একটি noun phrase, যা বাক্যে subject হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
5	ক) Injured – A past participle used as an adjective to describe the subject.	"Injured" একটি past participle, যা বিশেষণ হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
6	খ) on the whole – "By and large" means generally or overall.	"By and large" এর অর্থ হলো সার্বিকভাবে বা মোটামুটি।
7	ক) withdrew – "Went back on" means to withdraw or not keep a promise.	"Went back on" মানে প্রতিশ্রুতি ভঙ্গ করা বা পিছিয়ে আসা।
8	গ) reveal a secret carelessly – This idiom means to accidentally expose a secret.	"Let the cat out of the bag" অর্থ গোপন কথা অসাবধানতাবশত ফাঁস করে ফেলা।
9	খ) an adjective phrase – "To depend on" modifies "man", so it acts like an adjective.	"To depend on" শব্দগুচ্ছটি "man" কে বর্ণনা করছে, তাই এটি একটি adjective phrase।
10	ক) a noun clause – "That he will be a BCS cadre" is functioning as the object of "dream".	"That he will be a BCS cadre" অংশটি "dream" এর object হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে, তাই এটি noun clause।
11	ঘ) I saw an old man walking past me – This is a simple sentence with one main clause.	এটি একটি simple sentence, কারণ এতে মাত্র একটি main clause আছে।
12	গ) A man who is corrupt cannot win the respect of others. – This is the complex form, including a relative clause.	এটি একটি complex sentence কারণ এতে একটি relative clause রয়েছে: "who is corrupt"।
13	ক) Is there any other player in this team who is as good as Zaman? – This is the correct positive form.	এটি একটি সঠিক positive form যেখানে তুলনা করা হয়েছে সমতুল্যতার ভিত্তিতে।
14	গ) being seen – "To avoid being seen" is a passive construction.	"Being seen" একটি passive form, যা এখানে সঠিক ব্যবহার।
15	গ) being arrested – "In fear of being arrested" is the correct passive form.	"Being arrested" অর্থাৎ গ্রেপ্তার হওয়ার ভয়ে – এটি সঠিক passive গঠন।
16	গ) might be – "Might be" expresses possibility in the past.	"Might be" ব্যবহার করা হয় সম্ভাবনার জন্য, যা অতীতে ঘটেছে।
17	গ) have known – "Have known" indicates an action continuing from past to present.	"Have known" নির্দেশ করে অতীত থেকে বর্তমান পর্যন্ত চলমান সম্পর্ক।
18	গ) down – "Swirls down the valley" is the correct directional preposition.	"Down the valley" মানে উপত্যকা বরাবর নিচে ঘুরছে।
19	ঘ) across – "Across the street" means on the other side or opposite.	"Across the street" মানে রাস্তাটির অপর পাশে।
20	খ) He has told me that he will go but I will stay here in Dhaka. – This is grammatically and logically correct.	এটি সঠিক reported speech, এবং Tense এবং Pronoun যথাযথভাবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
21	ক) The room was darkened by switching off all the lights. – Passive construction is correctly used here.	এখানে passive form ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে যা সঠিক এবং অর্থপূর্ণ।
22	ক) Had you been there on time, you could have had the information. – Correct third conditional form.	এটি একটি third conditional sentence, যা অতীতের অনুপস্থিত ঘটনার কথা বলে।
23	খ) There are trees on both the sides of the road. – "Both the sides" is the correct expression.	"Both the sides" সঠিক গঠন যা রাস্তার দুই পাশে গাছ বোঝায়।
24	খ) quit – "Boisterous" means noisy; its antonym is "quit" (quiet).	"Boisterous" মানে চাঞ্চল্যপূর্ণ/চিৎকারপূর্ণ; এর বিপরীত শব্দ quiet।
25	ক) the act of using someone else's idea as one’s own. – Plagiarism means intellectual theft.	"Plagiarism" হলো অন্যের কাজ বা ভাবনা নিজের নামে চালিয়ে দেয়া।
26	খ) London and Paris – These are the two cities in "A Tale of Two Cities".	London এবং Paris হলো A Tale of Two Cities উপন্যাসের দুটি শহর।
27	ক) Hamlet – This famous line is from Shakespeare’s "Hamlet".	"Frailty, thy name is woman" উক্তিটি Shakespeare এর Hamlet নাটক থেকে নেওয়া।
28	ক) Samuel Johnson – He compiled the first major English dictionary.	Samuel Johnson ইংরেজি ভাষার প্রথম গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অভিধান রচয়িতা।
29	গ) Tale – Unlike sonnet, ballad, or epic, "tale" is not a specific poetry form.	Tale হলো গল্প, এটি poetry form নয়।
30	গ) King Lear – This quote is from the play "King Lear".	"I am a man more sinned against than sinning" উক্তিটি King Lear নাটক থেকে।
31	ক) French Revolution – The Romantic period was heavily influenced by the ideals of the French Revolution.	French Revolution এর আদর্শ রোমান্টিক সাহিত্যকে গভীরভাবে প্রভাবিত করেছিল।
32	খ) Ernest Hemingway – He is the author of "A Farewell to Arms".	Ernest Hemingway "A Farewell to Arms" উপন্যাসের লেখক।
33	খ) Jonathan Swift – He is best known for satire in English literature.	Jonathan Swift ইংরেজি সাহিত্যে সবচেয়ে বিখ্যাত satirist।
34	খ) The Elizabethan Age – This age is known for literary greatness, especially Shakespeare.	Elizabethan Age কে ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের Golden Age বলা হয়।
35	ক) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Written by Indian author Arundhati Roy.	Arundhati Roy এর লেখা, এটি একটি ভারতীয় উপন্যাস।