35 TH BCS MCQ ENGLISH QUESTION AND SOLUTION

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 ৩৫ তম বিসিএস প্রিলিমিনারি প্রশ্নের ইংরেজি অংশ। 

35 th bcs preliminary question in solution english part. 

১. Cricket enjoys a huge ___ in Bangladesh. 

(ক) fall out 

(খ) following 

(গ) follow 

(ঘ) Follow on 

উত্তরঃ খ) following । 

২.  Who wrote the following lines: “all at once I saw/a crowd, a host of golden daffodils”? 

(ক) Keats 

(খ) Herrick 

(গ) Shelley 

(ঘ) Wordsworth 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) Wordsworth। 

৩. What would be the right synonyms for “initiative”? 

(ক) enterprise 

(খ) Apathy 

(গ) indolence 

(ঘ) activity 

উত্তরঃ ক) enterprise। 

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

(ক) Mistress 

(খ) Master 

(গ) Mister 

(ঘ) Mastery 

উত্তরঃ খ) Master। 

৫. Who among the following writers is not a Nobel Laureate? 

(ক) Toni Morrison 

(খ) T.S Eliot 

(গ) Grahame Greenc 

(ঘ) William Faulkner 

উত্তরঃ গ) Grahame Greenc। 

৬. The correct passive form of “You must shut these doors” is

(ক) These must be shut doors 

(খ) Shut the doors you must 

(গ) Shut must be the doors 

(ঘ) These doors must be shut 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) These doors must be shut। 

৭. The film was directed in the director’s usual— style. 

(ক) personifying 

(খ) idiosyncratic 

(গ) Confusion 

(ঘ) purifying 

উত্তরঃ খ) idiosyncratic। 

৮. Which word is the determiner in the sentence “Will it take much time?” 

(ক) much 

(খ) Will 

(গ) take 

(ঘ) time 

উত্তরঃ ক) much। 

৯. The play Arms and the Man is by 

(ক) James Joyce 

(খ) Arthur Miller 

(গ) Samuel Beckett 

(ঘ) George Bernard Shaw 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) George Bernard Shaw। 

১০. “He was a rather disagreeable man” Here the underline word is a/an 

(ক) Noun 

(খ) Adverb 

(গ) Adjective 

(ঘ) Preposition 

উত্তরঃ গ) adjective। 

১১. The “climax” of a plot is what happens

(ক) in the confrontation 

(খ) at the end 

(গ) In the beginning 

(ঘ) at the height 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) at the height। 

১২. Choose the pair of words that expresses a relationship similar to that of ‘Harm’ : Da age

(ক) Sweet : Sour 

(খ) Stout: Weak 

(গ) Injure : Incapacitate 

(ঘ) Hook : Crook 

উত্তরঃ গ) Injure : Incapacitate। 

১৩. Othello is a Shakespeare’s play about

(ক) A Moor 

(খ) A Roman 

(গ) A Turk 

(ঘ) A Jew 

উত্তরঃ ক) A Moor। 

১৪. In the 18th Century the Mughal Empire begun to

(ক) disintegqrate 

(খ) differentiate 

(গ) Discriminate 

(ঘ) dislocate 

উত্তরঃ ক) disintegrate। 

১৫.  Being fat does not necessarily kill you, but it ___ the risk that you will suffer from nasty diseases. 

(ক) encourages 

(খ) increases 

(গ) emphasizes 

(ঘ) involves 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) involves। 

১৬. The poem ‘’Isle of Innisfree” is written by

(ক) W.H Auden 

(খ) Ezra Pound 

(গ) W.B. Yeats 

(ঘ) Dylan Thomas 

উত্তরঃ গ) W.B. Yeats। 

১৭. “Riders to the Sea is”——– 

(ক) a one-act play 

(খ) a novella 

(গ) An epic poem 

(ঘ) a theatrical adaptation of a poem 

উত্তরঃ ক) a one-act play। 

১৮.  “It is time to review the protocol on testing nuclear weapons”. Here the underlined word means

(ক) Problems 

(খ) Summary of rules 

(গ) Procedures 

(ঘ) Record of rules 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) Record of rules। 

১৯. ___ amazing song haunted me for a long time. 

(ক) These 

(খ) Thus 

(গ) That 

(ঘ) Those 

উত্তরঃ গ) That। 

২০.  Let us begin by looking at the minutes of the meeting. Here the underlined word means 

(ক) Time record 

(খ) written record 

(গ) time frame 

(ঘ) written analysis 

উত্তরঃ খ) written record। 

২১. The noise level in Dhaka city has increased exponentially. Here the underlined word means—- 

(ক) rapidly 

(খ) shockingly 

(গ) steadily 

(ঘ) Amazingly 

উত্তরঃ ক) rapidly। 

২২. Which of the following writers belong to the Elizabethan period? 

(ক) John Dryden 

(খ) Christopher Marlowe 

(গ) Alexander Pope 

(ঘ) Samuel Beckett 

উত্তরঃ খ) Christopher Marlowe। 

২৩. Women are too often —- by family commitments. 

(ক) contaminated 

(খ) controlled 

(গ) constrained 

(ঘ) Confused 

উত্তরঃ গ) constrained। 

২৪. “To be, or not to be, that is the question” – is a famous dialogue from

(ক) Hamlet 

(খ) Othello 

(গ) Romeo and Juliet 

(ঘ) Macbeth 

উত্তরঃ ক) Hamlet। 

২৫. Class relations and societal conflict is the key understanding of

(ক) Feminism 

(খ) Structuralism 

(গ) Formalism 

(ঘ) Marxism 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) Marxism। 

২৬. Societies living in the periphery are always ignored, Here the underlined word means

(ক) Offshore areas 

(খ) remote places 

(গ) backward regions 

(ঘ) marginal areas 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) marginal areas। 

২৭. The idiom “A stitch in time saves nine”— refers the importance of—- 

(ক) Saving lives 

(খ) time tailoring 

(গ) timely action 

(ঘ) saving time 

উত্তরঃ গ) timely action। 

২৮. Which is the correct sentence? 

(ক) He insisted in seeing her 

(খ) He insisted for seeing her 

(গ) He insisted on seeing her 

(ঘ) He insisted to be seeing her 

উত্তরঃ গ) He insisted on seeing her। 

২৯. The phrase “nouveau riche” means— 

(ক) Well off 

(খ) New rich 

(গ) New high class 

(ঘ) Rich rich 

উত্তরঃ খ) New rich। 

৩০. What would be the best antonym of “hibernate”? 

(ক) sluggishness 

(খ) liveliness 

(গ) Dormancy 

(ঘ) democracy 

উত্তরঃ খ) liveliness। 

৩১. I am in the process of collecting material for my story. The underlined word is a/an

(ক) Noun 

(খ) Adjective 

(গ) Adverb 

(ঘ) Verb 

উত্তরঃ ক) Noun। 

৩২. Depression is often hereditary. The e word is a/an— 

(ক) Adverb 

(খ) Noun 

(গ) Adjective 

(ঘ) Verb 

উত্তরঃ গ) Adjective। 

৩৩. Find the odd-man-out —– 

(ক) James Joyce 

(খ) Thomas Hardy 

(গ) Joseph Conrad 

(ঘ) George Eliot 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) George Eliot। 

৩৪. Find the odd-man-out- 

(ক) The bluest eye 

(খ) As I lay Dying 

(গ) Sula 

(ঘ) A Mercy 

উত্তরঃ খ) As I lay dying |

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English is the most important subject in bcs.The importance literature given here

1.oh lift me as a wave a leaf acloud.I fall upon the thorns of life!  I bleed!  From p.b.shelley 's poem------ode to the west mind.

2.The romantic age in english literature began with------preface to lyrical ballads

3.He prayeath best who loveth best ---- said this line is S.T.Coleridge.