English Grammar

41 BCS Question


৪১তম BCS


1. One whose attitude is `eat, drink and be merry’ is __

a
materialistic
b
epicurean
c
cynic
d
stoic

 

 


2. Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore are characters from the novel __

a
The Return of the Native
b
A passage to India
c
Adam Bede
d
David Coperfield

 

 


3. “Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?” Who speaks the famous lines?

a
Caesar
b
Antony
c
Faustus
d
Romeo

 

 


4. ‘Shylock’ is a character in the play __

a
Measure for Measure
b
Romeo and Juliet
c
The Merchant of Venice
d
Twelfth Night

 

 


5. `Vanity Fair’ is a novel written by __

a
D. H. Lawrence
b
William Makepeace Thackeray
c
Joseph Conrad
d
Virgina Woolf

 

 


6. The poem `The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ is written by __

a
W. B. Yeats
b
T. S. Eliot
c
Walter Scott
d
Robert Browning

 

 


7. In Shakespeare’s play Hamlet. Hamlet was prince of __

a
Norway
b
Britain
c
Denmark
d
France

 

 


8. The Character `Alfred Doolittle is taken from Shaw’s play titled __

a
Pygmalion
b
Man and Superman
c
The Doctor's Dilemma
d
Mrs Warren's Profession

 

 


9. `Pip’ is protagonist in Charles Dicken's novel __

a
A Christmas Carol
b
A Tale of Two Cities
c
Oliver Twist
d
Great Expectations

 

 


10. Identify the word that can be used as both singular and plural:

a
wood
b
issue
c
fish
d
light

 

 


11. `To win a prize is my ambition,’. Here "To win a prize" is a/an __

a
adjective phrase
b
noun phrase
c
conjunctional phrase
d
adverb phrase

 

 


12. `I shall help you provided you obey me.’ Here "provided" is a/an __

a
adverb
b
adjective
c
conjunction
d
verb

 

 


13. Which `but’ is a preposition?

a
It is but right to admit our faults.
b
What can we do but sit and wait.
c
We tried hard, but did not succeed.
d
There is no one but likes him.

 

 


14. “Time held me green and dying, though I sang in my chains like the sea.” These lines have been quoted from dylan, Thomas’ poem __

a
The Flower
b
Fern Hill
c
After the Funeral
d
By Fire

 

 


15. Find out the correct passive form of the sentence `Who taught you French?’

a
By whom you were taught French ?
b
By whom French was taught you ?
c
French was taught you by whom ?
d
By whom were you taught French?

 

 


16. The play `The Birthday Party’ is written by __

a
Samuel Beckett
b
Henry Livings
c
Harold pinter
d
Arthur Miler

 

 


17. Select the correct comparative form of the sentence `A string of pearls was not so bright as her teeth.’

a
Her teeth were more brighter than a string of pearls.
b
Her teeth were brighter than a string of pearls.
c
A sting of pearls was brighter than her teeth.
d
A sting of pearls were very brighter than her teeth.

 

 


18. Which one of the following is a common gender?

a
king
b
sovereign
c
emperor
d
queen

 

 


19. `Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ was written by the author of __

a
Lord Jim
b
The Rainbow
c
A Passage to India
d
Ulysses

 

 


20. When Ushashi entered __ the room everybody stopped talking.

a
into
b
no preposition
c
to
d
at

 

 


21. Identify the correct spelling:

a
questinaire
b
questionoir
c
questionnaire
d
questionair

 

 


22. `Come on, it’s time to go home.’ Here `home’ is a/an __

a
noun
b
verb
c
adjective
d
adverb

 

 


23. Choose the word opposite in meaning to 'terse':

a
concise
b
detailed
c
expressive
d
descriptive

 

 


24. What is the noun form of the word `know’?

a
knowing
b
knowledge
c
knowledgeable
d
know

 

 


25. `Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To stove, to seek, to find, and not to yield’ is taken from the poem written by __

a
Robert Browning
b
Mathew Arnold
c
Alfred Tennyson
d
Lord Byron

 

 


26. Who is not a romantic poet?

a
P. B. Shelley
b
S. T. Coleridge
c
John Keats
d
T. S. Eliot

 

 


27. `The old man was tired of walking.’ Here `Walking’ is a/an __

a
present participle
b
adjective
c
common noun
d
gerund

 

 


28. Who is the author of the first scientific romance `The Time Machine?

a
H. G. Wells
b
Samuel Butler
c
George Moore
d
Henry James

 

 


29. `Huffing and puffing, we arrived at the classroom door with only seven seconds to spare.’ In this sentence the verb `arrived’ is __

a
intransitive
b
transitive
c
causative
d
defective

 

 


30. `Give somebody a piece of your mind means to__

a
tell someone that you are very angry with them.
b
say exactly what you feel or think.
c
return or to help somebody return to a normal situation.
d
give somebody mental peace.

 

 


31. `I will not let you go.’ In this sentence `go’ is a/an __

a
infinitive
b
gerund
c
participle
d
verbal noun

 

 


32. `Why, then, it’s none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.’ This extract is taken from the drama __

a
King Lear
b
Macbeth
c
As You Like It
d
Hamlet

 

 


33. `Call me if you have any problem regarding your work.’ Here `regarding’ is a/an __

a
gerund
b
apposition
c
preposition
d
conjunction

 

 


34. `Who’s that?’ In this sentence `that’ is a/an __

a
pronoun
b
conjunction
c
adjective
d
adverb

 

 


35. Which one is a correct sentence?

a
The doctor found my pulse.
b
The doctor took my pulse.
c
The doctor examined my pulse.
d
The doctor saw my pulse.

 

 






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