40 TH BCS MCQ ENGLISH QUESTION AND SOLUTION

40 th bcs preliminary examination held in 3 may 2019.The part is all English question and literature.

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40 th bcs preliminary question in solution english part. 

১. ‘Please write to me at the above address’. The word ‘above’ in this sentence is a/an- 

(ক) noun 

(খ) adjective 

(গ) pronoun 

(ঘ) adverb 

উত্তরঃ খ) adjective. 

২. In which sentence is the word ‘past’ used as a preposition? 

(ক) Tania was a wonderful singer, but she’s past her prime. 

(খ) Writing letters is a thing of the past 

(গ) I look back on the past without regret 

(ঘ) I called out to him as he ran past 

উত্তরঃ ক) Tania was a wonderful singer, but she’s past her prime. 

৩. The word ‘sibling’ means- 

(ক) a brother 

(খ) a brother or sister 

(গ) a sister

(ঘ) an infant 

উত্তরঃ খ) a brother or sister. 

৪. Fill in the blank: As she was talking, he suddenly broke __, saying, ‘That’s a lie!’ 

(ক) off 

(খ) down 

(গ) in 

(ঘ) into 

উত্তরঃ গ) in. 

৫. Fill in the blank: You may go for a walk if you feel ___ it. 

(ক) like 

(খ) about 

(গ) on 

(ঘ) for 

উত্তরঃ ক) like. 

৬. Identify the word which is spelt incorrectly: 

(ক) perseverance 

(খ) convalescence 

(গ) maintenance 

(ঘ) consciencious 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) consciencious. 

৭. ‘You look terrific in that dress!’ The word ‘terrific’ in the above sentence means- 

(ক) funny 

(খ) very ugly 

(গ) horrible 

(ঘ) excellent 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) excellent. 

৮. someone who is capricious is-

(ক) easily irritated 

(খ) wise and willing to cooperate 

(গ) known for sudden changes in attitude or behaviour 

(ঘ) exceedingly conceited and arrogant 

উত্তরঃ গ) known for sudden changes in attitude or behaviour. 

৯. Which one of the following words is masculine 

(ক) mare 

(খ) pillow 

(গ) lad

 (ঘ) pony 

উত্তরঃ গ) lad. 

১০. A man whose wife has died is called a — 

(ক) widow 

(খ) widower 

(গ) spinster 

(ঘ) bachelor 

উত্তরঃ খ) widower.

১১. Which word is similar to ‘appal’ ? 

(ক) deceive 

(খ) dismay 

(গ) confuse 

(ঘ) solicit 

উত্তরঃ খ) dismay. 

১২. Which word means the opposite of ‘dearth’ ? 

(ক) abundance 

(খ) lack 

(গ) poverty 

(ঘ) shortage 

উত্তরঃ ক) abundance. 

১৩. Indentify the word which remains the same in its plural form

(ক) intention 

(খ) mouse 

(গ) aircraft 

(ঘ) thesis

 উত্তরঃ গ) aircraft. 

১৪. Identify the determiner in the following sentence: ‘I have no news for you.’ 

(ক) have

(খ) news 

(গ) for 

(ঘ) no 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) no. 

১৫. ‘A lost opportunity never returns.’ Here ‘lost’ is a __ 

(ক) gerund

(খ) participle 

(গ) verbal noun 

(ঘ) gerundial infinitive 

উত্তরঃ খ) participle. 

১৬. The saying ‘enough is enough’ is used when you want- 

(ক) something to stop 

(খ) something to continue 

(গ) something to continue until it’s enough 

(ঘ) to tell instructions are clear 

উত্তরঃ ক) something to stop. 

১৭. ‘He ran with great speed.’ The underlined part of the sentence is a – 

(ক) noun phrase 

(খ) adjective phrase 

(গ) participle phrase 

(ঘ) adverb phrase 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) adverb phrase. 

১৮. ‘We must not be late, else we will miss the train.’ This is a – 

(ক) complex sentence 

(খ) simple sentence 

(গ) compound sentence 

(ঘ) interrogative sentence 

উত্তরঃ গ) compound sentence. 

১৯. Change the voice: ‘Who is calling me?’ 

(ক) By whom am I being called? 

(খ) By whom am I called? 

(গ) By whom I am called? 

(ঘ) Whom am I called by? 

উত্তরঃ ক) By whom am I being called? 

২০. An extra message added at the end of a letter after it is signed is called- 

(ক) postscript 

(খ) NB 

(গ) corrigendum 

(ঘ) RSVP

উত্তরঃ ক) postscript. 

২১. ‘The Rape of the Lock’ by Alexander Pope is a/an- 

(ক) epic 

(খ) ballad 

(গ) elegy 

(ঘ) mock-heroic poem 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) mock-heroic poem. 

২২. Which of the following is not an American poet? 

(ক) Robert Frost 

(খ) W. B. Yeats 

(গ) Emily dickinson 

(ঘ) Langston Hughes 

উত্তরঃ খ) W. B. Yeats. 

২৩. William Shakespeare was born in – 

(ক) 1616 

(খ) 1664 

(গ) 1564

(ঘ) 1493

 উত্তরঃ গ) 1564. 

২৪. Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’ is an elegy on the death of- 

(ক) Arthur Henry Hallam 

(খ) John Milton 

(গ) John Keats 

(ঘ) Sydney Smith 

উত্তরঃ ক) Arthur Henry Hallam. 

২৫. ‘Sweet Helen’ make me immortal with a kiss.’ The sentence has been taken from the play-

(ক) Romeo and Juliet 

(খ) Caesar and Cleopatra 

(গ) Doctor Faustus 

(ঘ) Antony and Cleopatra 

উত্তরঃ গ) Doctor Faustus.

২৭. ‘What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sw et’- Who said this? 

(ক) Romeo

(খ) Portia 

(গ) Rosalind 

(ঘ) Juliet 

উত্তরঃ ক) Romeo. 

২৮. ‘Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, ‘Tis woman’s whole existence.’- This is taken from the poem of- 

(ক) P. B. Shelley 

(খ) Lord Byron 

(গ) John Keats

(ঘ) Edmund Spenser 

উত্তরঃ খ) Lord Byron. 

২৯. Who translated the ‘rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ into English? 

(ক) Thomas Carlyle 

(খ) D. G. Rossetti 

(গ) Edward Fitzgerald 

(ঘ) William Thackeray 

উত্তরঃ গ) Edward Fitzgerald. 

৩০. ‘Ulysses’ is a novel written by- 

(ক) James Joyce 

(খ) Joseph conrad 

(গ) Thomas Hardy 

(ঘ) Charles Dickens 

উত্তরঃ ক) James Joyce. 

৩১. The short story ‘The Diamond Necklace’ was written by- 

(ক) Guy de Maupassant 

(খ) Somerset Maugham 

(গ) O Henry

 (ঘ) George Orwell 

উত্তরঃ ক) Guy de Maupassant. 

৩২. ‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand.’- Who said this? 

(ক) Macbeth 

(খ) Lady Macbeth 

(গ) Lady Macduff

(ঘ) Macduff

উত্তরঃ খ) Lady Macbeth. 

৩২. ‘Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too’.- Who wrote this? 

(ক) William Wordsworth 

(খ) Robert Browning 

(গ) Samuel Coleridge 

(ঘ) John Keats 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) John Keats. 

৩৩. Who is the central character of ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Bronte? 

(ক) Heathcliff 

(খ) Mr. Earnshaw 

(গ) Catherine 

(ঘ) Hindley Earnshaw 

উত্তরঃ ক) Heathcliff. 

৩৪. ‘The old order changeth, yielding place to new.’- This line is extracted from Tennyson’s poem- 

(ক) The Lotos-Eaters 

(খ) Morte d’ Arthur 

(গ) Tithonus

(ঘ) Locksley Hall 

উত্তরঃ খ) Morte d’ Arthur. 

৩৫. Who wrote the poem ‘The Good-Morrow’? 

(ক) George Herbert 

(খ) Andrew Marvell 

(গ) John Donne 

(ঘ) Henry Vaughan 

উত্তরঃ গ) John Donne. 

৩৬. সঠিক বানান কোনটি? 

(ক) Indwling 

(খ) Induelling 

(গ) Indweling 

(ঘ) Indwelling 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) Indwelling.

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