33th BCS questions solution

33th BCS questions and answers

1. The expression ‘take into account’ means_

A. count numbers
B. consider
C. think seriously
D. assess

Answer : B

2. Choose the best translation of ‘কর্তপক্ষ তাকে তিরস্কার করল’ from the alternative below_

A. The authorities criticised him
B. The authorities took him to book
C. The authorities gave reins to him
D. The authorities took him to task

Answer : D

3. ‘Such claim needs to be tested empirically’ suggest that-

A. The test should be based on assumption
B. The test should be based on idea
C. The test should be based on experience
D. The test should be based on calculation

Answer : C

4. The idiom ‘put up with’ means –

A. stay together
B. tolerate
C. keep trust
D. protect

Answer : B

5. In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar to –

A. driving a car
B. when one drives a car
C. the driving of a car
D. when we drive a car

Answer : A


6. Pick appropriate preposition for the following sentence:
 Noureeneen will discuss the issue with Nasir ___ phone

A. in
B. over
C. by
D. on

Answer : B

7. Put appropriate preposition for the below:
Some writer sink __ oblivion in course of time.

A. on
B. from
C. under
D. into

Answer : D

8. “Call to mind” means_

A. fantasize
B. attend
C. remember
D. request

Answer : C

9. “Pass away” means

A. disappear
B. die
C. erase
D. fall

Answer : B

10. Pick the word that is synonymous with ‘authoritarian’

A. autocratic
B. senior
C. elderly
D. potential

Answer : A

11. The word “permissive” implies_

A. humble
B. law-abiding
C. liberal
D. submissive

Answer : C

12. Pick the correct part to fill in the following sentence:
Each of the sons followed __ father’s trade.

A. their
B. her
C. whose
D. his

Answer : D

13. ‘Subject – verb agreement’ refers to –
A. person only
B. number, person and gender
C. number and person
D. number only

Answer : C

14. The only error in the sentence, ‘One of the recommendation made by the committee was accepted by the authorities’ is –

A. recommendation
B. was
C. accepted by
D. committee

Answer : A

15. ‘The French’ refers to –

A. The French people
B. the French Language
C. the French manners
D. the French society

Answer : A

16. If a person cannot stop taking drugs, he or she is –

A. attached to them
B. committed to them
C. addicted to them
D. devoted to them

Answer : C

17. The word ‘officialese’ means –

A. plural number of official
B. language used in offices
C. plural number of offices
D. vague expressions

Answer : B

18.  The verb ‘Succumb’ means –

A. achieve
B. submit
C. win
D. conqur

Answer : B

19. Fill in the blank with appropriate part:- We look forward ____ a response from you.

A. to receiving
B. to receive
C. in receiving
D. for receiving

Answer : A

20. If a part of a speech or writing breaks the theme, it is called –

A. pomposity
B. digression
C. exaggeration
D  anti-climax

Answer: B