38 TH BCS MCQ ENGLISH QUESTION AND SOLUTION
Bcs is Bangladesh civil service.The 38 th bcs preliminary question and solution english part is given below.
৩৮ তম বিসিএস প্রিলিমিনারি প্রশ্নের সমাধান ইংরেজি অংশ।
38 th bcs preliminary question in solution english part.
১. Who is the author of ‘Man and Superman’?
(ক) G. B. Shaw
(খ) Thomas Hardy
(গ) Ernest Hamingway
(ঘ) Charles Dickens
উত্তরঃ ক) G. B. Shaw.
২. The most famous satirist in English literature is –
(ক) Jonathan Swift
(খ) Alexander Pope
(গ) Joseph Addison
(ঘ) Richard Steel
উত্তরঃ ক) Jonathan Swift.
৩. What is the plural form of the word ‘louse’?
(ক) louses
(খ) lices
(গ) licess
(ঘ) lice
উত্তরঃ ঘ) lice.
৪. Choose the correct sentence:
(ক) He refrained to take any drastic action
(খ) He refrained from taking any drastic action
(গ) He refrained on taking any drastic action
(ঘ) He refrained in taking any drastic action
উত্তরঃ খ) He refrained from taking any drastic action.
৫. Which word is closest in meaning to ‘Franchise’?
(ক) privilege
(খ) utility
(গ) frankness
(ঘ) superficial
উত্তরঃ ক) privilege.
৬. ‘Once in a blue moon’ means-
(ক) always
(খ) nearly
(গ) hourly
(ঘ) very rarely
উত্তরঃ ঘ) very rarely.
৭. ‘Jacobean Period’ of Wnglish Literature refers to–
(ক) 1558-1603
(খ) 1625-1649
(গ) 1649-1660
(ঘ) 1603-1625
উত্তরঃ ঘ) 1603-1625.
৮. A retired officer lives next door. Here, the underlined word in used as a/an:
(ক) Gerund
(খ) adverb
(গ) participle
(ঘ) preposition
উত্তরঃ গ) participle.
৯. Choose the appropriate preposition in the blank of the following sentence: Eig t men were concerned ___ the plot.
(ক) at
(খ) with
(গ) for
(ঘ) in
উত্তরঃ গ) for.
১০. Fill in the gap with the right tense: W en water ____ it turns into ice.
(ক) will freeze
(খ) freezes
(গ) would freeze
(ঘ) froze
উত্তরঃ খ) freezes.
১১. Which one is the correct antonym of ‘frugal’?
(ক) Extraordinary
(খ) spendthrift
(গ) economical
(ঘ) authentic
উত্তরঃ খ) spendthrift.
১২. Choose the meaning of the idiom- ‘Take the bull by the horns’.
(ক) To challenge the enemy with courage
(খ) Force the enemy to submit
(গ) Out of one’s wit
(ঘ) Surrender before the enemy
উত্তরঃ ক) To challenge the enemy with courage.
১৩. Fill in the blank with the correct quantifier. I still have ___ money.
(ক) a few
(খ) quite a few
(গ) a little
(ঘ) many
উত্তরঃ গ) a little.
১৪. Select the right compound structure of the sentence: “Though he is poor, he is honest”.
(ক) He is poor and honest
(খ) As he is poor, he is honest
(গ) Since he is poor, he is honest
(ঘ) He is poor but honest
উত্তরঃ ঘ) He is poor but honest.
১৫. Where do the following lines occur in? “ Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea …..”
(ক) Kubla Khan
(খ) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
(গ) The Nightingle
(ঘ) The Dungeon
উত্তরঃ খ) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
১৬. ‘For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.’ This line is written by –
(ক) John donne
(খ) Emily Dickinson
(গ) T.S. Eliot
(ঘ) Mathew Arnold
উত্তরঃ ক) John donne.
১৭. Fill in the blank: Tourists ___ their reservations well in advance if they want or fly to Cox’s Bazar.
(ক) better to had get
(খ) had better to get
(গ) had better got
(ঘ) had better get
উত্তরঃ গ) had better got.
১৮. The sun went down. The underlined word is used here as a/an:
(ক) preposition
(খ) noun
(গ) adverb
(ঘ) conjunction
উত্তরঃ গ) adverb.
১৯. Which one of the following words is in singular form?
(ক) agenda
(খ) oases
(গ) radius
(ঘ) formulae
উত্তরঃ গ) radius.
২০. Identify the right passive voice of ‘It is impossible to do this’.
(ক) This is impossible to be done
(খ) Doing this is impossible
(গ) This is must be done
(ঘ) This can’t be done
উত্তরঃ ক) This is impossible to be done.
২১. Of the following authors, who wrote as epic?
(ক) Jane Mansfield
(খ) William Cowper
(গ) John Milton
(ঘ) William Shakespeare
উত্তরঃ গ) John Milton.
২২. The literary term ‘euphemism’ means-
(ক) vague idea
(খ) a sonnet
(গ) wise saying
(ঘ) in offensive expression
উত্তরঃ ঘ) in offensive expression .
২৩. ‘Mutton’ is a/an
(ক) Common noun
(খ) Material noun
(গ) Abstract noun
(ঘ) Proper noun
উত্তরঃ খ) Material noun.
২৪. Reading is an excellent habit. Here, the underlined was is a-
(ক) Verbal noun
(খ) Participle
(গ) Gerund
(ঘ) Verb
উত্তরঃ গ) Gerund.
২৫. Which one of the following words is an example of a distributive pronoun?
(ক) either
(খ) such
(গ) that
(ঘ) any
উত্তরঃ ক) either.
২৬. Who is not a Victorian poet?
(ক) Mathew Arnold
(খ) Alexander Pope
(গ) Robert Browning
(ঘ) Alfred Tennyson
উত্তরঃ খ) Alexander Pope.
২৭. A speech of too many word is called-
(ক) A big speech
(খ) Maiden speech
(গ) An unimportant speech
(ঘ) A verbose speech
উত্তরঃ ঘ) A verbose speech.
২৮. ‘Strike while the iron is hot’ is an example of –
(ক) Noun clause
(খ) Adverbial clause
(গ) Adjective clause
(ঘ) Subordinate clause
উত্তরঃ খ) Adverbial clause.
২৯. The play ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ is written by-
(ক) Thomas Kyd
(খ) Christopher Marlowe
(গ) Shakespeare
(ঘ) Ben Jonson
উত্তরঃ ক) Thomas Kyd.
৩০. Who among the following Indian English writers is a famous novelist?
(ক) Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
(খ) R. K. Narayan
(গ) Nissim Exekiel
(ঘ) Kamala Das
উত্তরঃ খ) R. K. Narayan.
৩১. The word ‘Panegyric’ means
(ক) Criticism
(খ) curse
(গ) elaborate praise
(ঘ) high sound
উত্তরঃ গ) elaborate praise.
৩২. Select the correctly spelt word:
(ক) hetarogeneous
(খ) heterogeneous
(গ) hetrogeneous
(ঘ) hetroganeous
উত্তরঃ খ) heterogeneous.
৩৩. ‘Among’ is a preposition that is used when __ people are involved.
(ক) more then two
(খ) two
(গ) two or more than two
(ঘ) four only
উত্তরঃ ক) more then two.
৩৪. Which period is known as “The golden age of English literature”?
(ক) The Victorian age
(খ) The Elizabethi age
(গ) The Restoration
(ঘ) The Elighteenth Century
উত্তরঃ খ) The Elizabethi age.
৩৫. Which one in the correct indirect narration? “Why have you beaten my dog”? he said to me.
(ক) He demanded me why had I beaten his dog
(খ) He asked me why I have had beaten his dog
(গ) He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog
(ঘ) He enquired me why had I had beaten his dog
উত্তরঃ গ) He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog.
৩৬. The novelist has a hold of —- in writing .
(ক) style
(খ) tradition
(গ) history
(ঘ) manner
উত্তরঃ ক) style.
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