43 TH BCS MCQ ENGLISH QUESTION AND SOLUTION

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43 th bcs preliminary question in solution english part. 

১. Who is not an Irish writer? 

(ক) Oscar Wilde 

(খ) James Joyce 

(গ) Jonathan Swift 

(ঘ) D. H. Lawrence 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) D. H. Lawrence. 

২. ‘A herd of cattle is passing.’ The underlined word is 

(ক) adverb 

(খ) adjective 

(গ) collective noun 

(ঘ) abstract noun 

উত্তরঃ গ) collective noun. 

৩. What is the antonym for the word ‘deformation’? 

(ক) distortion 

(খ) contortion 

(গ) wholeness 

(ঘ) disfigurement 

উত্তরঃ গ) wholeness. 

৪. Words inscribed on a tomb is an- 

(ক) epitome 

(খ) epithet 

(গ) episode 

(ঘ) epitaph 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) epitaph. 

৫. The phrase ‘dog days’ means- 

(ক) hot weather 

(খ) cold shower 

(গ) rain-soaked streets 

(ঘ) ice storm 

উত্তরঃ ক) hot weather. 

৬. Which gender is the word ‘orphan’? 

(ক) neuter 

(খ) feminine 

(গ) common 

(ঘ) masculine 

উত্তরঃ গ) common. 

৭. What is the noun form of the word ‘laugh’? 

(ক) laughing 

(খ) laughable 

(গ) laughter 

(ঘ) laughingly 

উত্তরঃ গ) laughter. 

৮. Identify the word which is spelt incorrectly: 

(ক) fluctuation 

(খ) remission 

(গ) ocassion 

(ঘ) decision 

উত্তরঃ গ) ocassion. 

৯. Change the voice: ‘Nobody trusts a traitor.’ 

(ক) A traitor is trusted 

(খ) A traitor should not be trusted 

(গ) Everybody hates a traitor 

(ঘ) A traitor is not trusted by anybody 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) A traitor is not trusted by anybody. 

১০. Who wrote the play ‘The Way of the World’? 

(ক) William Shakespeare 

(খ) William Congreve 

(গ) Ben Jonson 

(ঘ) Oscar Wilde 

উত্তরঃ খ) William Congreve. 

১১. ‘Better to reign in Hell. then serve in Heav’n’. -Who wrote this? 

(ক) Geoffrey Chaucer 

(খ) Christopher Marlowe 

(গ) John Milton 

(ঘ) P. B. Shelley 

উত্তরঃ গ) John Milton. 

১২. Who is not a modern poet? 

(ক) W. B. Yeats 

(খ) W. H. Auden 

(গ) John Keats 

(ঘ) T. S. Eliot 

উত্তরঃ  গ) John Keats. 

১৩. Who is the author of the novel ‘The God of Small Things’? 

(ক) Thomas Hardy 

(খ) Jhumpa Lahiri 

(গ) S.R.K. Narayan 

(ঘ) Arundhati Roy 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) Arundhati Roy. 

১৪. ‘Moby Dick’, a novel. was written by- 

(ক) Herman Melville 

(খ) Nathaniel Hawthorne 

(গ) Mark Twain 

(ঘ) William Faulkner 

উত্তরঃ ক) Herman Melville. 

১৫. ‘If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind’? -Who wrote this? 

(ক) William Blake 

(খ) S.T. Coleridge 

(গ) Lord Byron 

(ঘ) T. P. B. Shelley 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) T. P. B. Shelley. 

১৬. O’ Henry was from- 

(ক) Canada 

(খ) America 

(গ) England 

(ঘ) Ireland 

উত্তরঃ খ) America. 

১৭. Where is the setting of the play ‘Hamlet’? 

(ক) England 

(খ) Italy 

(গ) France 

(ঘ) Denmark 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) Denmark. 

১৮. What is the adjective form of the word ‘people’? 

(ক) populous 

(খ) popular 

(গ) popularity 

(ঘ) popularize 

উত্তরঃ ক) populous. 

১৯. ‘He contemplated marrying his cousin.’ Here ‘marrying’ is a/an 

(ক) present participle 

(খ) gerund 

(গ) verb 

(ঘ) infinitive 

উত্তরঃ খ) gerund. 

২০. ‘No Second Troy’ is a- 

(ক) short story 

(খ) novel 

(গ) poem 

(ঘ) drama 

উত্তরঃ গ) poem. 

২১. The word ‘to genuflect’ means- 

(ক) to be genuine 

(খ) to reflect 

(গ) to bend the knee 

(ঘ) to be flexible 

উত্তরঃ গ) to bend the knee. 

২২. Fill in the blank: ‘She went to New Market ______’ 

(ক) on foot 

(খ) on feet 

(গ) by foot 

(ঘ) by walking 

উত্তরঃ ক) on foot. 

২৩. What kind of play is ‘Julius Caesar’? 

(ক) romantic 

(খ) anti-romantic 

(গ) comedy 

(ঘ) historical 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) historical. 

২৪. Fill in the gap: Birds fly ___in the sky. 

(ক) random 

(খ) at large 

(গ) at a stitch 

(ঘ) are long 

উত্তরঃ খ) at large. 

২৫. Who is the author of ‘Jane Eyre’? 

(ক) Charlotte Bronte 

(খ) Emily Bronte 

(গ) Jane Austen 

(ঘ) Mary Shelley 

উত্তরঃ ক) Charlotte Bronte. 

২৬. Which of the following novels is not written by an English writer? 

(ক) A Passage to India 

(খ) Sons and Lovers 

(গ) One Hundred Years of Solitude 

(ঘ) Pride and Prejudice 

উত্তরঃ গ) One Hundred Years of Solitude. 

২৭. A speech full of too many words is- 

(ক) a big speech 

(খ) maiden speech 

(গ) a verbose speech 

(ঘ) an unimportant speech 

উত্তরঃ গ) a verbose speech. 

২৮. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Ozymandias’? 

(ক)  P. B. Shelley 

(খ) William Wordsworth 

(গ) S.T. Coleridge 

(ঘ) Johan Keats 

উত্তরঃ ক) P. B. Shelley. 

২৯. The most famous romantic poet of English literature is 

(ক) Johan Dryden 

(খ) Alexander Pope 

(গ) William Wordsworth 

(ঘ) T. S. Eliot 

উত্তরঃ গ) William Wordsworth. 

৩০. Identify the correct synonym for the word ‘magnanimo’ 

(ক)  unkind 

(খ) generous 

(গ) revengeful 

(ঘ) friendly 

উত্তরঃ খ) generous. 

৩১. Choose the right form of verb: It is high time we (act) on the matter. 

(ক) are acting 

(খ) acted 

(গ) have acted 

(ঘ) could act 

উত্তরঃ খ) acted. 

৩২. _____ was both a poet and a painter. 

(ক) John Keats 

(খ) Spenser 

(গ) William Blake 

(ঘ) John Donne 

উত্তরঃ গ) William Blake. 

৩৩. Identify the correct sentence: 

(ক) The girl burst out tears 

(খ) The girl burst into tears 

(গ) The girl burst with tears 

(ঘ) The girl bursted out tears 

উত্তরঃ খ) The girl burst into tears. 

৩৪. The phrase ‘sine die’ means- 

(ক) half-heartedly 

(খ) doubt fully 

(গ) fixed 

(ঘ) uncertain 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) uncertain. 

৩৫. Do you have any money __ you? Fill  in the blank with appropriate preposition. 

(ক) to 

(খ) over 

(গ) in 

(ঘ) on 

উত্তরঃ ঘ) on.

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