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49th BCS English Questions
49th BCS Preli (Special)
Pick the correctly spelt word.
a) Conscintious
b) concientious
c) Consientious
d) conscientious
They talked about going on a vacation'. Here 'going' is a/an-
a) participle
b) infinitive
c) verbal noun
d) gerund.
Which gender is the noun 'neighbour'?
a) Masculin
b) Feminine
c) Neuter
d) Common
Someone sneezed loudly at the back of the hall. In this sentence the verb 'sneezed' is
a) causative
b) transitive
c) intransitive
d) factitive
A person who leaves his/her own country to settle permanently in another is called a/an
a) immigrant
b) expatriate
c) emigrant
d) migrant
Identify the word that can be used as both singular and plural.
a) light
b) shot
c) criterion
d) cannon
Identify the correct passive form, "people thought that the despot was corrupt"
a) The despot had been thought to be corrupt
b) It was thought that the despot was corrupt
c) The despot was thought to be corrupt
d) The despot is thought to be corrupt
After lunch we went for a leisurely stroll' Here 'leisurely' is a/an-
a) adverb
b) adjective
c) noun
d) conjunction
We know that the earth is a planet' The underlined part is a/an-
a) noun clause
b) adjective clause
c) adverbial clause
d) principle clause
Select the sentence in which 'better' is an adverb
a) We're helping for better weather tomorrow
b) Sound travels better in water than in air
c) It's hard to decide which one is better
d) He joined the gym to better his health.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. "Selina knocked it [blank] the park with her performance in culinary art"
a) outside
b) out of
c) inside
d) out
The idiom 'icing on the cake means-
a) a slice of the cake
b) an attractive but unnecessary addition
c) an attractive service
d) an attractive and essential enhancement
Choose the synonym for 'fright':
a) placidity
b) apprehension
c) composure
d) equanimity
We work everyday except Friday. In this sentence except is a/an-
a) adjective
b) noun
c) preposition
d) pronoun
Which sentence is correct?
a) The picture was hanged on the wall
b) The picture was hung on the wall
c) The picture was hanged on the wall
d) The picture had hanged on the wall
The novel Wuthering Heights was penned by the author under the penname
a) Ellise Bellet
b) Ellis Bell
c) Ellis Belle
d) Una Elis
The play "Englishmen for My Money" was written by-
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) William Haughton
c) Thomas Kyd
d) Ben Johnson
"- I cannot but conclude the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the Earth"- the statement occurs in-
a) Robinson Crusoe
b) Vanity Fair
c) A Doll's House
d) Gulliver's Travels
"Rubiyat of Khayyam" is attributed to
a) Edward FitzGerald
b) Thomas Fitzgerald
c) Scott Fitzgerald
d) William Fitzgerald
Who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"?
a) Claire Clairmont
b) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
c) Marry Wollstonecraft
d) Mary Shelley
ANSWER
01.D | 02.D | 03.D | 04.B | 05.C | 06.D | 07.C | 08.B | 09.A | 10.B
11.B | 12.B | 13.C | 14.C | 15.B | 16.C | 17.C | 18.D | 19.A | 20.B
49th BCS English Questions and Answers
01. Pick the correctly spelt word.
a) Conscintious
b) concientious
c) Consientious
d) conscientious
Correct Answer: d) conscientious
Explanation: "Conscientious" (বিবেকবান) শব্দটির সঠিক বানান এটি।
02. They talked about going on a vacation'. Here 'going' is a/an-
a) participle
b) infinitive
c) verbal noun
d) gerund.
Correct Answer: d) gerund.
Explanation: Preposition "about"-এর পর verb-এর সাথে 'ing' যুক্ত হয়ে gerund (going) বসেছে, যা বাক্যে noun-এর কাজ করছে।
03. Which gender is the noun 'neighbour'?
a) Masculin
b) Feminine
c) Neuter
d) Common
Correct Answer: d) Common
Explanation: 'Neighbour' (প্রতিবেশী) বলতে পুরুষ বা নারী উভয়কেই বোঝায়, তাই এটি common gender।
04. Someone sneezed loudly at the back of the hall. In this sentence the verb 'sneezed' is
a) causative
b) transitive
c) intransitive
d) factitive
Correct Answer: b) transitive (Note: The provided answer key lists B, though grammatically "sneeze" is an intransitive verb as it does not take a direct object).
Explanation: ব্যাকরণগতভাবে 'sneeze' একটি intransitive verb কারণ এর কোনো object থাকে না (এখানে loudly হলো adverb)। তবে প্রদত্ত উত্তরপত্রে এটি transitive হিসেবে দেওয়া আছে।
05. A person who leaves his/her own country to settle permanently in another is called a/an
a) immigrant
b) expatriate
c) emigrant
d) migrant
Correct Answer: c) emigrant
Explanation: নিজের দেশ ছেড়ে অন্য দেশে স্থায়ীভাবে বসবাস করতে যাওয়া ব্যক্তিকে 'emigrant' (দেশত্যাগী) বলে। অন্যদিকে, অন্য দেশ থেকে নিজের দেশে আসা ব্যক্তিকে 'immigrant' বলে।
06. Identify the word that can be used as both singular and plural.
a) light
b) shot
c) criterion
d) cannon
Correct Answer: d) cannon
Explanation: 'Cannon' (কামান) শব্দটি singular এবং plural উভয় ফর্মেই ব্যবহৃত হতে পারে (cannons-ও হয়, তবে cannon-ও বহুবচন হিসেবে ব্যাপকভাবে গ্রাহ্য)।
07. Identify the correct passive form, "people thought that the despot was corrupt"
a) The despot had been thought to be corrupt
b) It was thought that the despot was corrupt
c) The despot was thought to be corrupt
d) The despot is thought to be corrupt
Correct Answer: c) The despot was thought to be corrupt
Explanation: "People thought that..." যুক্ত বাক্যের passive সাধারণত "It was thought that..." অথবা "The subject (the despot) was thought to be..." উভয়ভাবেই করা যায়। অপশনগুলোর মধ্যে 'c' অধিকতর প্রচলিত।
08. After lunch we went for a leisurely stroll' Here 'leisurely' is a/an-
a) adverb
b) adjective
c) noun
d) conjunction
Correct Answer: b) adjective
Explanation: 'stroll' (হাঁটা) একটি noun, আর noun-কে modify করার কারণে 'leisurely' এখানে adjective হিসেবে কাজ করছে।
09. We know that the earth is a planet' The underlined part is a/an-
a) noun clause
b) adjective clause
c) adverbial clause
d) principle clause
Correct Answer: a) noun clause
Explanation: "that the earth is a planet" clause-টি transitive verb "know"-এর object হিসেবে বসেছে, তাই এটি একটি noun clause।
10. Select the sentence in which 'better' is an adverb
a) We're helping for better weather tomorrow
b) Sound travels better in water than in air
c) It's hard to decide which one is better
d) He joined the gym to better his health.
Correct Answer: b) Sound travels better in water than in air
Explanation: এখানে 'better' শব্দটি 'travels' verb-টিকে modify করছে, তাই এটি একটি adverb। অপশন (a)-তে এটি adjective এবং (d)-তে verb হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত।
11. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. "Selina knocked it [blank] the park with her performance in culinary art"
a) outside
b) out of
c) inside
d) out
Correct Answer: b) out of
Explanation: "Knock it out of the park" একটি বহুল প্রচলিত idiom, যার অর্থ কোনো কাজে অসাধারণ সাফল্য অর্জন করা বা অসাধারণ পারফর্ম করা।
12. The idiom 'icing on the cake means-
a) a slice of the cake
b) an attractive but unnecessary addition
c) an attractive service
d) an attractive and essential enhancement
Correct Answer: b) an attractive but unnecessary addition
Explanation: "Icing on the cake" idiom-টির অর্থ হলো এমন কোনো বিষয় যা একটি ভালো পরিস্থিতিকে আরও আকর্ষণীয় করে তোলে, তবে তা অপরিহার্য বা আবশ্যক নয়।
13. Choose the synonym for 'fright':
a) placidity
b) apprehension
c) composure
d) equanimity
Correct Answer: c) composure (Note: The provided answer key lists C, but "composure" is actually an antonym. The correct synonym for fright is "apprehension").
Explanation: 'Fright' শব্দের অর্থ ভয় বা শঙ্কা। এর সমার্থক শব্দ হওয়া উচিত 'apprehension' (উদ্বেগ/ভয়)। তবে প্রদত্ত উত্তরপত্রে 'composure' দেওয়া আছে যা আসলে এর বিপরীত শব্দ (শান্ত ভাব)।
14. We work everyday except Friday. In this sentence except is a/an-
a) adjective
b) noun
c) preposition
d) pronoun
Correct Answer: c) preposition
Explanation: এখানে 'except' শব্দটি 'Friday' noun-এর আগে বসে বাক্যের অন্য অংশের সাথে এর সম্পর্ক স্থাপন করেছে, তাই এটি preposition।
15. Which sentence is correct?
a) The picture was hanged on the wall
b) The picture was hung on the wall
c) The picture was hanged on the wall
d) The picture had hanged on the wall
Correct Answer: b) The picture was hung on the wall
Explanation: ছবি বা কোনো বস্তু ঝোলানোর ক্ষেত্রে 'hang'-এর past/past participle form হলো 'hung'। অন্যদিকে, ফাঁসি দেওয়ার ক্ষেত্রে 'hanged' ব্যবহৃত হয়।
16. The novel Wuthering Heights was penned by the author under the penname
a) Ellise Bellet
b) Ellis Bell
c) Ellis Belle
d) Una Elis
Correct Answer: c) Ellis Belle (Note: The provided answer key lists C, but Emily Brontë's actual pen name was "Ellis Bell").
Explanation: Emily Brontë তাঁর বিখ্যাত উপন্যাস "Wuthering Heights" লিখেছিলেন তাঁর ছদ্মনাম 'Ellis Bell' ব্যবহার করে। প্রদত্ত উত্তরপত্রে বানানটি 'Ellis Belle' দেওয়া আছে।
17. The play "Englishmen for My Money" was written by-
a) Christopher Marlowe
b) William Haughton
c) Thomas Kyd
d) Ben Johnson
Correct Answer: c) Thomas Kyd (Note: The provided answer key lists C, though the actual author is William Haughton).
Explanation: "Englishmen for My Money" (১৫৯৮) নাটকটি রচনা করেছেন ইংরেজ নাট্যকার William Haughton। তবে প্রদত্ত উত্তরপত্রে Thomas Kyd দেওয়া আছে।
18. "- I cannot but conclude the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the Earth"- the statement occurs in-
a) Robinson Crusoe
b) Vanity Fair
c) A Doll's House
d) Gulliver's Travels
Correct Answer: d) Gulliver's Travels
Explanation: বিখ্যাত এই ব্যঙ্গাত্মক উক্তিটি Jonathan Swift-এর "Gulliver's Travels"-এর Brobdingnag-এর রাজার মুখ থেকে উচ্চারিত হয়েছিল।
19. "Rubiyat of Khayyam" is attributed to
a) Edward FitzGerald
b) Thomas Fitzgerald
c) Scott Fitzgerald
d) William Fitzgerald
Correct Answer: a) Edward FitzGerald
Explanation: ওমর খৈয়ামের "রুবাইয়াত"-এর সবচেয়ে বিখ্যাত ইংরেজি অনুবাদক হলেন Edward FitzGerald।
20. Who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Women"?
a) Claire Clairmont
b) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
c) Marry Wollstonecraft
d) Mary Shelley
Correct Answer: b) Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin
Explanation: নারীবাদী দর্শনের অন্যতম আদি প্রবক্তা Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) তাঁর বিখ্যাত গ্রন্থ "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (১৭৯২) রচনা করেন।


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