24th BCS questions solution

24th BCS questions and answers

Choose the correct alternative and mark its letter on your answer sheet:

1. There are ---dangerous drivers.
A. a very lot of
B. very many of
C. very much of
D. a lot of

Answer : D

2. I have read the book ---you lent me.
A. that
B. whom
C. whose
D. what

Answer : A

3. Water boils ___ you heat it to 100 Centigrade.
A. unless
B. until
C. if
D. although

Answer : C

4. Tell me ___ that.
A. whom told you
B. that told you
C. who told you
D. told you

Answer : C

5. I opened the door as soon as I __ the bell.
A. have heard
B. was hearing
C. am heard
D. heard

Answer : D

6. I am looking for someone who __ play the piano.
A. able to
B. is able
C. can be able to
D. can

Answer : D

7. Don’t make a noise while your father __.
A. is being asleep
B. is sleeping
C. asleep
D. has slept

Answer : B

8. As the sun ___, I decided to go out.
A. shines
B. has shone
C. shine
D. was shining

Answer : D

9. He gave up ____ football when be got married.
A. to play
B. playing
C. play
D. of playing

Answer : B

10. ‘Razzmatazz’ means:
A. A musical instrument
B. A well-planned programme
C. A noisy activity
D. A musical activity

Answer : C

11. I have ____ interest in the matter.
A. not
B. any
C. none
D. no

Answer : D

12. ---is not the only thing that tourists want to see.
A. A scenery
B. Sceneries
C. The sceneries
D. Scenery

Answer : D

13. Just now he __ his dinner but he says he’ll see you when he’s finished.

A. is having
B. has had
C. was having
D. had

Answer : B

14. The children were entrusted __ the care of their uncle.

A. with
B. for
C. to
D. at

Answer : A

15. He parted __his friends in tears.
A. with
B. from
C. against
D. beside

Answer : B

16. ‘I’ll have a cup of tea’, my father said, ‘Because I’m not hungry.’ Which of the following sentences is the correct indirect speech?
A. My father said that he will have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
B. My father said that he would have had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
C. My father said that he would have a cup fo tea because he wasn’t hungry.
D. My father said that he had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.

Answer : C

17. The expression ‘Lingua France’ means:
A. The common language
B. The first language
C. International language
D. The French language

Answer : A

18. Choose the correct meaning: He raised his eyebrow at my exploration.
A. Show surprise or disapproval
B. Show agreement
C. Show happiness
D. Show indifference

Answer : A

19. The antonym for ‘Recalcitrant’-
A. Complaint
B. Passive
C. Indifferent
D. Careful

Answer : A

20. The synonym for ‘Obdurate’-
A. Deceitful
B. Stubborn
C. Sly
D. Swindler

Answer : B