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50th BCS English Questions
'Helena said I took the laptop home with me.' Its indirect form is-
a) Helena said that she took the laptop home with her
b) Helena said that she had taken the laptop home with her
c) Helena confirmed that she has taken the laptop home with her
d) Helena told that she has the laptop taken home with her
'It is no good falling in love at first sight'. Here word "falling" is a/an.
a) participle
b) infinitive
c) gerund
d) verbal noun
Candidates are required to get - the centre before 09:00 am.
a) at
b) to
c) in
d) into
To have a shot means:
a) to open fire
b) to take a photograph
c) to make a try
d) to test a gun
The book that she recommended turned out to be very helpful. Here the undelined clause is a.
a) relative clause
b) noun clause
c) adverbial clause
d) independent clause
What gender is the word 'monarch'?
a) masculine
b) feminine
c) neuter
d) common
What is the antonym of 'percipience'?
a) shrewdness
b) dullness
c) discerning
d) astuteness
Identify the sentence where 'up' functions as a noun.
a) He turned the volume up.
b) Business confidence is on the up.
c) We live just up the road.
d) Our system should be up by afternoon.
Which one is a coordinating conjunction?
a) since
b) lest
c) so
d) as
A very large building in which aircraft are housed is called a/an.
a) terminal
b) aerodrome
c) hanger
d) hangar
You will need a variety of skills, including leadership, endurance etc. In this sentence the word 'including' is a-
a) participle
b) preposition
c) conjunction
d) gerund
A synonym of the word 'crepuscular' is -
a) nocturnal
b) diurnal
c) cathemeral
d) twilit
The sauing 'Every cloud has its silver lining' means:
a) bad weather is often replaced by good weather
b) clouds often have shining surroundings
c) every difficult situation has a more hopeful aspect though not aparent at the beginning
d) clouds and sunshine go hand in hand
Identify the incorrect spelling:
a) diletante
b) homonym
c) cromulent
d) accubation
Identify the compound sentence
a) Either you do it or you will be fined
b) Unless you do it, you will be fined
c) Do it or I shall fine you
d) You have to do it, otherwise I will fine you
'The villagers believed that he was an honest leader'. Passive form of this sentence is:
a) He was believed to be an honest leader
b) He was believed to have been an honest leader
c) He has been believed to be an honest leader
d) He was believed he was an honest leader
Which functions both as a transitive and an intranstive verb?
a) sleep
b) arrive
c) break
d) die
An element required in a paragraph for smooth flow of ideas is called a-
a) transtion sentence
b) topic sentence
c) supporting sentence
d) concluding sentence
In which of these poems did Matthew Arnold express a pessimistic worldview, reflecting on a world full of conflicts and lacking in joy evincing an implicit criticism of Victorian era's aggressive spirit?
a) Scholar Gipsy
b) Dover Beach
c) Rugby Chapel
d) Immortiallty
The killing of albatross in The Rime of the Anclent Mariner was indicative of-
a) a trigger happy Mariner
b) the essential irrationality of man
c) a superstitious Mariner
d) the Mariner as a skillful fowler
Which of these works contains a defence of the right of freedom of speech and expression?
a) Holy Living and Holy Dying
b) Areopagitica
c) Religio Medici
d) A Free Man's Worship
Which novel chronicles intense, destructive love fueling multigenerational cruelty & obsession?
a) Jane Eyre
b) Emma
c) Wuthering Heights
d) Persuasion
Which of these is not characteristice of English Romantice Poetry?
a) Expression of feelings rather than action or plot
b) Inane and guady phraseology
c) Ordinary life
d) Everyday language
In William Shakespeare's play As You Like It, the Seven Ages of Man speech was delivered by -
a) Orlando
b) Jaques
c) Oliver
d) Rosalind
'Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility' is a statement ascribed to-
a) Cloeridge
b) TS Eliot
c) IA Richards
d) William Wordsworth
Themes like racial prejudice, oppressive power dynamics, unbridgeable gulf between Eastern & Western cultures, etc. are best exemplified in.
a) Kim by Rudyard Kipling
b) Shadow of the Moon by MM Kaye
c) Bhowani Junction by John Masters
d) A Passage to India by EM Forster
Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments; love is not love/Which alters when it alteration finds'. Lines taken from a sonnet by
a) Spencer
b) Petrarch
c) Shakespeare
d) Donne
In Gulliver's Travels, which of these traits Swift does not show in his depicion of the land of the Lilliput?
a) pride
b) peace & wisdom
c) lies
d) silly rules
The lines 'A Book of Verse underneath the Bough, / A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness...' are taken from a famous translation work by.
a) Scott Fitzgerald
b) William Fitzgerald
c) Edward Fitzgerald
d) Gerald Fitzgerald
Which play is filled with nonsensical conversation, meaningless dialogues, and characters who often become forgetful?
a) Pygmalion
b) Waiting for Godot
c) The Skin Game
d) Candida
ANSWER
01.B | 02.C | 03.B | 04.C | 05.A | 06.D | 07.B | 08.B | 09.D | 10.D
11.D | 12.D | 13.C | 14.A | 15.A.C.D | 16.A | 17.C | 18.A | 19.B | 20.B
21.B | 22.C | 23.D | 24.C | 25.B | 26.D | 27.C | 28.C | 29.B | 30.C
Answers with Explanation
01. 'Helena said, 'I took the laptop home with me.' Its indirect form is-
a) Helena said that she took the laptop home with her
b) Helena said that she had taken the laptop home with her
c) Helena confirmed that she has taken the laptop home with her
d) Helena told that she has the laptop taken home with her
Correct Answer: b) Helena said that she had taken the laptop home with her
Explanation: Direct speech-এর past indefinite tense ("took"), indirect speech-এ past perfect tense ("had taken")-এ রূপান্তরিত হয়।
02. 'It is no good falling in love at first sight'. Here word "falling" is a/an.
a) participle
b) infinitive
c) gerund
d) verbal noun
Correct Answer: c) gerund
Explanation: "It is no good" phrase-টির পর verb-এর সাথে 'ing' যুক্ত হয়ে gerund বসে, যা বাক্যে noun-এর কাজ সম্পন্ন করে।
03. Candidates are required to get [blank] the centre before 09:00 am.
a) at
b) to
c) in
d) into
Correct Answer: b) to
Explanation: কোনো গন্তব্যে বা স্থানে পৌঁছানো বোঝাতে "get to" (arrive at) ব্যবহৃত হয়।
04. To have a shot means:
a) to open fire
b) to take a photograph
c) to make a try
d) to test a gun
Correct Answer: c) to make a try
Explanation: "To have a shot" একটি ইংরেজি idiom, যার অর্থ হলো কোনো কিছু করার চেষ্টা করা (to attempt or try to do something)।
05. The book that she recommended turned out to be very helpful. Here the undelined clause is a.
a) relative clause
b) noun clause
c) adverbial clause
d) independent clause
Correct Answer: a) relative clause
Explanation: "that she recommended" clause-টি পূর্ববর্তী noun "The book"-কে modify করছে, তাই এটি একটি relative clause বা adjective clause।
06. What gender is the word 'monarch'?
a) masculine
b) feminine
c) neuter
d) common
Correct Answer: d) common
Explanation: "Monarch" শব্দটি দিয়ে রাজা বা রানী (king or queen) উভয়কেই বোঝানো যায়, তাই এটি common gender।
07. What is the antonym of 'percipience'?
a) shrewdness
b) dullness
c) discerning
d) astuteness
Correct Answer: b) dullness
Explanation: "Percipience" শব্দের অর্থ তীক্ষ্ণ বুদ্ধিমত্তা বা গভীর অন্তর্দৃষ্টি। এর সঠিক বিপরীত শব্দ "dullness" বা নির্বুদ্ধিতা।
08. Identify the sentence where 'up' functions as a noun.
a) He turned the volume up.
b) Business confidence is on the up.
c) We live just up the road.
d) Our system should be up by afternoon.
Correct Answer: b) Business confidence is on the up.
Explanation: এখানে "up" শব্দটির আগে article "the" বসেছে এবং এটি preposition "on"-এর object হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে, তাই এটি noun।
09. Which one is a coordinating conjunction?
a) since
b) lest
c) so
d) as
Correct Answer: c) so (Note: The provided answer key lists D, but grammatically 'so' is the correct answer).
Explanation: 'So' হলো একটি coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS-এর অংশ), যা দুটি independent clause-কে যুক্ত করে। 'Since', 'lest' এবং 'as' হলো subordinating conjunctions।
10. A very large building in which aircraft are housed is called a/an.
a) terminal
b) aerodrome
c) hanger
d) hangar
Correct Answer: d) hangar
Explanation: বিমান রাখার বিশাল আচ্ছাদিত ঘরকে ইংরেজিতে "hangar" বলা হয়। অন্যদিকে "hanger" মানে কাপড় ঝোলানোর বস্তু।
11. You will need a variety of skills, including leadership, endurance etc. In this sentence the word 'including' is a-
a) participle
b) preposition
c) conjunction
d) gerund
Correct Answer: b) preposition (Note: The provided answer key lists D).
Explanation: বাক্যে "including" শব্দটি preposition হিসেবে কাজ করছে, যা এর পরের noun-গুলোর সাথে বাক্যের অন্য অংশের সম্পর্ক স্থাপন করেছে।
12. A synonym of the word 'crepuscular' is -
a) nocturnal
b) diurnal
c) cathemeral
d) twilit
Correct Answer: d) twilit
Explanation: "Crepuscular" শব্দের অর্থ গোধূলিকালীন বা twilight-সম্পর্কিত। এর সমার্থক শব্দ হলো "twilit"।
13. The sauing 'Every cloud has its silver lining' means:
a) bad weather is often replaced by good weather
b) clouds often have shining surroundings
c) every difficult situation has a more hopeful aspect though not aparent at the beginning
d) clouds and sunshine go hand in hand
Correct Answer: c) every difficult situation has a more hopeful aspect though not aparent at the beginning
Explanation: এই প্রবাদটির অর্থ হলো— চরম হতাশা বা কঠিন বিপদের মধ্যেও একটি আশার আলো বা ইতিবাচক দিক লুকিয়ে থাকে।
14. Identify the incorrect spelling:
a) diletante
b) homonym
c) cromulent
d) accubation
Correct Answer: a) diletante
Explanation: সঠিক বানানটি হবে "dilettante" (ডাবল 't' হবে), যার অর্থ শিল্পের অপেশাদার অনুরাগী।
15. Identify the compound sentence
a) Either you do it or you will be fined
b) Unless you do it, you will be fined
c) Do it or I shall fine you
d) You have to do it, otherwise I will fine you
Correct Answer: a, c, d (Multiple correct options as per key: 15.A.C.D)
Explanation: Compound sentence-এ independent clause-গুলো coordinating conjunction (যেমন- or, otherwise) দিয়ে যুক্ত থাকে। Option A, C এবং D-তে এই নিয়ম মানা হয়েছে।
16. 'The villagers believed that he was an honest leader'. Passive form of this sentence is:
a) He was believed to be an honest leader
b) He was believed to have been an honest leader
c) He has been believed to be an honest leader
d) He was believed he was an honest leader
Correct Answer: a) He was believed to be an honest leader
Explanation: "People/villagers believed that..." যুক্ত বাক্যের passive form সাধারণত "He was believed to be..." দিয়ে শুরু হয়।
17. Which functions both as a transitive and an intranstive verb?
a) sleep
b) arrive
c) break
d) die
Correct Answer: c) break
Explanation: "Break" verb-টি object-সহ (transitive: He broke the glass) এবং object ছাড়া (intransitive: The glass broke) দুইভাবেই ব্যবহার করা যায়।
18. An element required in a paragraph for smooth flow of ideas is called a-
a) transtion sentence
b) topic sentence
c) supporting sentence
d) concluding sentence
Correct Answer: a) transtion sentence
Explanation: Paragraph-এ একটি বাক্য বা ধারণার সাথে অন্যটির সুশৃঙ্খল ও মসৃণ সংযোগ (smooth flow) তৈরি করতে transition sentence ব্যবহৃত হয়।
19. In which of these poems did Matthew Arnold express a pessimistic worldview, reflecting on a world full of conflicts and lacking in joy evincing an implicit criticism of Victorian era's aggressive spirit?
a) Scholar Gipsy
b) Dover Beach
c) Rugby Chapel
d) Immortiallty
Correct Answer: b) Dover Beach
Explanation: "Dover Beach" কবিতায় Matthew Arnold ভিক্টোরিয়ান যুগের মানুষের ধর্মবিশ্বাসের অভাব এবং আধুনিক জীবনের সংঘাত নিয়ে তার হতাশাবাদী দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি প্রকাশ করেছেন।
20. The killing of albatross in The Rime of the Anclent Mariner was indicative of-
a) a trigger happy Mariner
b) the essential irrationality of man
c) a superstitious Mariner
d) the Mariner as a skillful fowler
Correct Answer: b) the essential irrationality of man
Explanation: অ্যালবাট্রস পাখিটিকে কোনো কারণ ছাড়াই হত্যা করা হয়েছিল, যা প্রকৃতির প্রতি মানুষের সহজাত অযৌক্তিকতা বা irrationality নির্দেশ করে।
21. Which of these works contains a defence of the right of freedom of speech and expression?
a) Holy Living and Holy Dying
b) Areopagitica
c) Religio Medici
d) A Free Man's Worship
Correct Answer: b) Areopagitica
Explanation: John Milton-এর লেখা "Areopagitica" হলো বাকস্বাধীনতা ও সংবাদমাধ্যমের স্বাধীনতার (freedom of the press) পক্ষে একটি ঐতিহাসিক গদ্য রচনা।
22. Which novel chronicles intense, destructive love fueling multigenerational cruelty & obsession?
a) Jane Eyre
b) Emma
c) Wuthering Heights
d) Persuasion
Correct Answer: c) Wuthering Heights
Explanation: Emily Brontë রচিত "Wuthering Heights" উপন্যাসে Heathcliff ও Catherine-এর তীব্র, ধ্বংসাত্মক প্রেম এবং বংশপরম্পরায় এর নিষ্ঠুর প্রভাব বর্ণিত হয়েছে।
23. Which of these is not characteristice of English Romantice Poetry?
a) Expression of feelings rather than action or plot
b) Inane and guady phraseology
c) Ordinary life
d) Everyday language
Correct Answer: b) Inane and guady phraseology (Note: Provided key lists D, but factually B is the trait they rejected).
Explanation: রোমান্টিক কবিরা "inane and gaudy phraseology" (অর্থহীন ও আড়ম্বরপূর্ণ শব্দগুচ্ছ) প্রত্যাখ্যান করে সাধারণ মানুষের everyday language ব্যবহারের পক্ষে ছিলেন।
24. In William Shakespeare's play As You Like It, the Seven Ages of Man speech was delivered by -
a) Orlando
b) Jaques
c) Oliver
d) Rosalind
Correct Answer: b) Jaques (Note: Provided key lists C, but factually Jaques delivers it).
Explanation: শেক্সপিয়রের "As You Like It" নাটকে বিখ্যাত "All the world's a stage" বা Seven Ages of Man মনোলগটি Jaques চরিত্রটি প্রদান করে।
25. 'Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility' is a statement ascribed to-
a) Cloeridge
b) TS Eliot
c) IA Richards
d) William Wordsworth
Correct Answer: d) William Wordsworth (Note: Provided key lists B, but the quote belongs to Wordsworth).
Explanation: এটি উইলিয়াম ওয়ার্ডসওয়ার্থ-এর বিখ্যাত উক্তি, যা তিনি "Lyrical Ballads"-এর Preface-এ কবিতার সংজ্ঞায়নে ব্যবহার করেছেন।
26. Themes like racial prejudice, oppressive power dynamics, unbridgeable gulf between Eastern & Western cultures, etc. are best exemplified in.
a) Kim by Rudyard Kipling
b) Shadow of the Moon by MM Kaye
c) Bhowani Junction by John Masters
d) A Passage to India by EM Forster
Correct Answer: d) A Passage to India by EM Forster
Explanation: E.M. Forster-এর "A Passage to India" উপন্যাসে ব্রিটিশ শাসনমলে ভারতীয় ও ব্রিটিশদের মধ্যকার সাংস্কৃতিক ব্যবধান এবং বর্ণবৈষম্যের চিত্র নিপুণভাবে ফুটে উঠেছে।
27. Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments; love is not love/Which alters when it alteration finds'. Lines taken from a sonnet by
a) Spencer
b) Petrarch
c) Shakespeare
d) Donne
Correct Answer: c) Shakespeare
Explanation: বিখ্যাত এই লাইনগুলো উইলিয়াম শেক্সপিয়রের লেখা Sonnet 116 থেকে নেওয়া হয়েছে, যা প্রকৃত ভালোবাসার অপরিবর্তনশীলতা নিয়ে রচিত।
28. In Gulliver's Travels, which of these traits Swift does not show in his depicion of the land of the Lilliput?
a) pride
b) peace & wisdom
c) lies
d) silly rules
Correct Answer: b) peace & wisdom (Note: Provided key lists C).
Explanation: Lilliputian-রা ছিল ক্ষুদ্র, অহংকারী (pride) এবং অর্থহীন নিয়মের অনুসারী (silly rules)। লেখক তাদের মধ্যে "peace & wisdom" বা শান্তি ও প্রজ্ঞার চিত্র ফুটিয়ে তোলেননি।
29. The lines 'A Book of Verse underneath the Bough, / A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread and thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness...' are taken from a famous translation work by.
a) Scott Fitzgerald
b) William Fitzgerald
c) Edward Fitzgerald
d) Gerald Fitzgerald
Correct Answer: c) Edward Fitzgerald (Note: Provided key lists B).
Explanation: বিখ্যাত এই লাইনগুলো ওমর খৈয়ামের "রুবাইয়াত"-এর ইংরেজি অনুবাদ থেকে নেওয়া, যা Edward FitzGerald অনুবাদ করেছিলেন।
30. Which play is filled with nonsensical conversation, meaningless dialogues, and characters who often become forgetful?
a) Pygmalion
b) Waiting for Godot
c) The Skin Game
d) Candida
Correct Answer: b) Waiting for Godot (Note: Provided key lists C).
Explanation: Samuel Beckett-এর "Waiting for Godot" একটি Absurd drama, যেখানে চরিত্রগুলোর কথোপকথন অর্থহীন (nonsensical) এবং উদ্দেশ্যহীনভাবে তারা অপেক্ষা করতে থাকে।
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