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48th BCS English Questions
48th BCS Preli (Special)
Doctor Faustus is-
a) a comedy
b) a historical novel
c) a tragedy
d) an absurd play
John Keats wrote
a) Ode to the West Wind
b) Tintern Abbey
c) Ode on a Grecian urn
d) The ancient Mariner
The passive form of the sentence, "Who did the work?" is-
a) By whom the work was done?
b) Whom had the work done by?
c) By whom was the work done?
d) Who was the work done?
She succeeded [blank] her good work.
a) because
b) because of
c) since
d) as
Choose the correct sentence.
a) He resembles like his father
b) He resembles with his father
c) He resembles his father
d) He resembles similar to his father
Who composed paradise Lost?
a) John Donne
b) John Keats
c) John Dryden
d) John Milton
What is the meaning of 'French leave?
a) Leave on holidays
b) spending time in France
c) Leave without permission
d) Emergency leave
She works hard. What part of speech is the underlined word?
a) Adjective
b) Adverb
c) Verb
d) Noun
The synonym of the word 'spectacular' is-
a) ugly
b) spacious
c) spatial
d) breathtaking
What type of sentence is 'Do or die'.
a) Complex
b) Simple
c) Compound
d) Exclamatory
Charles Dickens was an English
a) poet
b) playwright
c) politician
d) novelist
He as well as his parents [blank] spending vacation abroad.
a) are
b) is
c) will
d) can
These books [blank] me.
a) belongs to
b) belong to
c) are belonged by
d) belongs by
কোনটি অশুদ্ধ বানান?
a) Pneumonia
b) Dyspepsia
c) Gastitris
d) Diarrhoea
[blank] others is a great deed.
a) To help
b) Help
c) To helping
d) To have helped
Lord of the Flies was written by
a) William Shakespeare
b) William Woradsworth
c) William Golding
d) T.S. Eliot
Do you know the solution [blank] the problem?
a) of
b) for
c) shout
d) to
What does the idiom "take someone to task" mean?
a) To give someone a task to do
b) To praise someone for his task
c) To rebuke someone
d) To appoint someone
Choose the correct spelling.
a) Repeatition
b) Repeatation
c) Repetition
d) Ripitetion
I love reading books and [blank] football.
a) to play
b) play
c) playing
d) to have played
Choose the correct sentence.
a) Where have you born?
b) Where are you born?
c) Where were you born?
d) Where did you born?
ANSWER
01.B | 02.B | 03.C | 04.C | 05.C | 06.D | 07.C | 08.B | 09.D | 10.C | 11.D | 12.B | 13.B | 14.C
15.A | 16.C | 17.D | 18.C | 19.C | 20.C | 21.C
48th BCS English Questions and Answers
01. Doctor Faustus is-
a) a comedy
b) a historical novel
c) a tragedy
d) an absurd play
Correct Answer: c) a tragedy (Note: The provided answer key lists B, but this is factually incorrect).
Explanation: Christopher Marlowe রচিত 'Doctor Faustus' একটি বিখ্যাত tragedy বা বিয়োগান্তক নাটক।
02. John Keats wrote
a) Ode to the West Wind
b) Tintern Abbey
c) Ode on a Grecian urn
d) The ancient Mariner
Correct Answer: c) Ode on a Grecian urn (Note: The provided answer key lists B, but 'Tintern Abbey' was written by Wordsworth).
Explanation: রোমান্টিক কবি John Keats-এর একটি বিখ্যাত কবিতা হলো 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'।
03. The passive form of the sentence, "Who did the work?" is-
a) By whom the work was done?
b) Whom had the work done by?
c) By whom was the work done?
d) Who was the work done?
Correct Answer: c) By whom was the work done?
Explanation: 'Who' যুক্ত Active voice-কে passive করতে 'By whom' বসে এবং এরপর বাক্যের গঠন interrogative (auxiliary verb + subject + verb-এর V3) হয়।
04. She succeeded [blank] her good work.
a) because
b) because of
c) since
d) as
Correct Answer: b) because of (Note: The provided answer key lists C, but 'since' is a conjunction and grammatically incorrect here).
Explanation: 'her good work' একটি noun phrase। Noun phrase-এর পূর্বে prepositional phrase হিসেবে 'because of' (কারণে) বসে। 'because', 'since', বা 'as' conjunction হিসেবে পুরো clause-এর পূর্বে বসে।
05. Choose the correct sentence.
a) He resembles like his father
b) He resembles with his father
c) He resembles his father
d) He resembles similar to his father
Correct Answer: c) He resembles his father
Explanation: 'Resemble' (সদৃশ হওয়া বা দেখতে একই রকম হওয়া) একটি transitive verb, তাই এর পর কোনো preposition (যেমন: to, with, like) বসে না, সরাসরি object বসে।
06. Who composed paradise Lost?
a) John Donne
b) John Keats
c) John Dryden
d) John Milton
Correct Answer: d) John Milton
Explanation: 'Paradise Lost' হলো John Milton রচিত ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের অন্যতম শ্রেষ্ঠ মহাকাব্য (epic)।
07. What is the meaning of 'French leave?
a) Leave on holidays
b) spending time in France
c) Leave without permission
d) Emergency leave
Correct Answer: c) Leave without permission
Explanation: 'French leave' একটি বহুল প্রচলিত idiom, যার অর্থ হলো কারও অনুমতি ছাড়া বা কাউকে না জানিয়ে কর্মস্থল বা স্থান ত্যাগ করা।
08. She works hard. What part of speech is the underlined word?
a) Adjective
b) Adverb
c) Verb
d) Noun
Correct Answer: b) Adverb
Explanation: এই বাক্যে 'hard' শব্দটি 'works' verb-টিকে modify করছে বা কাজের ধরন বোঝাচ্ছে, তাই এটি Adverb।
09. The synonym of the word 'spectacular' is-
a) ugly
b) spacious
c) spatial
d) breathtaking
Correct Answer: d) breathtaking
Explanation: 'Spectacular' শব্দের অর্থ চমৎকার, জাঁকালো বা দর্শনীয়। এর সঠিক সমার্থক শব্দ হলো 'breathtaking'।
10. What type of sentence is 'Do or die'.
a) Complex
b) Simple
c) Compound
d) Exclamatory
Correct Answer: c) Compound
Explanation: 'Do' এবং 'die'—এই দুটি independent clause 'or' নামক coordinating conjunction দ্বারা যুক্ত হওয়ায় এটি একটি Compound sentence।
11. Charles Dickens was an English
a) poet
b) playwright
c) politician
d) novelist
Correct Answer: d) novelist
Explanation: Charles Dickens ছিলেন ভিক্টোরিয়ান যুগের একজন বিশ্ববিখ্যাত ঔপন্যাসিক (novelist)। তাঁর রচিত বিখ্যাত উপন্যাসের মধ্যে রয়েছে Oliver Twist, Great Expectations ইত্যাদি।
12. He as well as his parents [blank] spending vacation abroad.
a) are
b) is
c) will
d) can
Correct Answer: b) is
Explanation: 'as well as' দ্বারা দুটি subject যুক্ত হলে প্রথম subject অনুযায়ী verb নির্ধারিত হয়। এখানে প্রথম subject 'He' (singular) অনুযায়ী verb 'is' বসবে।
13. These books [blank] me.
a) belongs to
b) belong to
c) are belonged by
d) belongs by
Correct Answer: b) belong to
Explanation: 'Belong to' অর্থ কারও অধিকারে থাকা। 'These books' (plural) বাক্যের subject হওয়ায় verb-এর plural form 'belong to' বসবে।
14. কোনটি অশুদ্ধ বানান?
a) Pneumonia
b) Dyspepsia
c) Gastitris
d) Diarrhoea
Correct Answer: c) Gastitris
Explanation: সঠিক বানানটি হবে 'Gastritis', যার অর্থ পাকস্থলীর প্রদাহ। অন্য অপশনগুলোর বানান সঠিক রয়েছে।
15. [blank] others is a great deed.
a) To help
b) Help
c) To helping
d) To have helped
Correct Answer: a) To help
Explanation: বাক্যের subject হিসেবে এখানে infinitive (To + verb-এর base form) ব্যবহৃত হবে। 'To help others is a great deed' অর্থ হলো 'অন্যকে সাহায্য করা একটি মহৎ কাজ'।
16. Lord of the Flies was written by
a) William Shakespeare
b) William Woradsworth
c) William Golding
d) T.S. Eliot
Correct Answer: c) William Golding
Explanation: 'Lord of the Flies' হলো নোবেলজয়ী ব্রিটিশ লেখক William Golding রচিত একটি বিখ্যাত রূপকধর্মী উপন্যাস (allegorical novel)।
17. Do you know the solution [blank] the problem?
a) of
b) for
c) shout
d) to
Correct Answer: d) to
Explanation: 'Solution'-এর পর appropriate preposition হিসেবে সাধারণত 'to' ব্যবহৃত হয় (যেমন: solution to the problem)।
18. What does the idiom "take someone to task" mean?
a) To give someone a task to do
b) To praise someone for his task
c) To rebuke someone
d) To appoint someone
Correct Answer: c) To rebuke someone
Explanation: "Take someone to task" একটি idiom, যার অর্থ হলো কাউকে কোনো ভুলের জন্য তিরস্কার করা, বকা দেওয়া বা জবাবদিহি করা (rebuke/scold)।
19. Choose the correct spelling.
a) Repeatition
b) Repeatation
c) Repetition
d) Ripitetion
Correct Answer: c) Repetition
Explanation: 'Repetition' (পুনরাবৃত্তি) শব্দটির সঠিক বানান এটি। এর root word হলো 'repeat', কিন্তু noun form-এ 'e' ব্যবহৃত হয়।
20. I love reading books and [blank] football.
a) to play
b) play
c) playing
d) to have played
Correct Answer: c) playing
Explanation: 'and' দ্বারা যুক্ত দুটি verb বা phrase-এর গঠন একই রকম থাকতে হয়, যাকে Parallelism বলে। এখানে 'reading'-এর সাথে সামঞ্জস্য রেখে 'playing' বসবে।
21. Choose the correct sentence.
a) Where have you born?
b) Where are you born?
c) Where were you born?
d) Where did you born?
Correct Answer: c) Where were you born?
Explanation: জন্মগ্রহণের বিষয়টি সবসময় past indefinite tense এবং passive voice-এ (be born) প্রকাশ করা হয়। তাই 'Where were you born?' বাক্যটি গঠনগতভাবে সঠিক।
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