38th BCS questions solution

38th BCS English questions solution

Literature

1. Who is not a Victorian poet?

A. Mathew Arnold
B. Alexander Pope
C. Robert Browning
D. Alfred Tennyson

Ans: B

2. The play “The Spanish Tragedy” is written by—

A. Thomas Kyd
B. Christopher Marlowe
C  Shakespeare
D. Ben Jonson

Ans: A

3. Who among the following Indian English writers is a famous novelist?

A. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
B. R.K. Narayan
C. Nissim Ezekiel
D. Kamala Das

Ans: B

4. Which period is known as “The golden age of English literature ?

A.The Victorian age
B. The Elizabethan age
C. The Restoration age
D. The Eighteenth Century

Ans: B

5. Who is the author of “Man and Superman”?

A. G.B. Shaw
B. Thomas Hardy
C. Ernest Hemingway
D  Charles Dickens

Ans: A

6. The most famous satirist in English literature is —

A. Jonathan Swift
B. Alexander Pope
C. Joseph Addison
D. Richard Steel

Ans: A

7. Of the following authors, who wrote an epic?

A. John Milton
B. Jane Mansfield
C. William Cowper
D. William Shakespeare

Ans: A

8. “For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love.” This line is written by —

A. Emily Dickinson
B. T.S Eliot
C. Mathew Arnold
D. John Donne

Ans: D

9. Where do the following lines occur in? “Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide, wide sea ……”

A. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
B. Kubla Khan
C. The Nightingale
D. The Dungeon

Ans: A

10. “Jecobean Period” of English Literature refers to —

A. 1558-1603
B. 1625-1649
C. 1603-1625
D. 1649-1660

Ans: C

Grammar

11. The is the plural form of the word “louse”?

A. louses
B. lice
C. lices
D. licess

Ans: B

12. Choose the correct sentence?

A. He refrained to take any drastic action
B. He refrained to taking any drastic action
C. He refrained in taking any drastic actions
D. He refrained from taking any drastic action

Ans: D

13. Which word is closest in meaning to “Franchise”?

A. utility
B. frankness
C. privilege
D. superficial

Ans: C

14. “Once in a blue moon” means —

A. always
B. very rarely
C. nearly
D. hourly

Ans: B

15. A retired officer lives next door. Here “retired” word is used as a/an :

A. Gerund
B. adverb
C. preposition
D. participle

Ans: D

16. Choose the appropriate preposition in the blank of the following sentence : Eight men were concerned — the plot.

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

Ans: D

17. Fill in the gap with the right tense : When water — it turns into ice.

A. will freeze
B. freezes
C. would freeze
D. froze

Ans: B

18. Which one is the correct antonym of “frugal”?

A. Extraordinary
B. spendthrift
C. economical
D. authentic

Ans: C

19. Choose the meaning of the idiom — “Take the bull by the horns.”

A. To challenge the enemy with courage
B. Force the enemy to submit
C. Out of one’s wit
D. Surrender before the enemy

Ans: A

20. Fill in the blank with the correct quantifier. I still have — money.

A. a few
B. quite a few
C. many
D. a little

Ans: D

21. Select the right compound structure of the sentence : “Though
he is poor, he is honest”

A. He is poor and honest
B. As he is poor, he is honest
C. He is poor but honest
D. Since he is poor, he is honest

Ans: C

22. Fill in the blank : Tourists —- their reservations well in advance if they want to fly to Cox’s Bazar.

A. better to had get
B. had better to get
C. had better got
D. had better get

Ans: D

23. The sun went down. The “down” word is used here as a/an :

A. preposition
B. adverb
C. noun
D. conjuction

Ans: B

24. Identify the right passive voice of “It is impossible to do this”.

A. Doing this is impossible
B. This is impossible to be done
C. This is must be done
D. This can’t be done

Ans: B

25. The literary term “euphemism” means—

A. vague idea
B. in offensive expression
C. a sonnet
D. wise saying

Ans: B

26. “Mutton” is a/an

A. Common noun
B. Abstract noun
C. Materiel noun
D. Proper noun

Ans: C

27. Reading is an excellent habit, Here, the “Reading” word is a —–

A. Verbal noun
B. Participle
C. Verb
D. Gerund

Ans: D

28. Which one of the following words is an example of a distributive pronoun?

A. such
B. either
C. that
D. any

Ans: B

29. “Among” is a preposition that is used when —– people are involved.

A. two
B. more than two
C. two or more than two
D. four only

Ans: B

30. The novelist has a hold of —- in writing.

A. Style
B. manner
C. history
D. tradition

Ans: A

31. The word “Panegyric” means.

A. Criticism
B. elaborate praise
C. curse
D. high sound

Ans: B

32. Select the correctly spelt word :

A. heterogeneous
B. hetarogeneous
C. hetrogeneous
D. hetroganeous

Ans: A

33. Which one in the correct indirect narration? “Why have you beaten my dog”? he said to me.

A. He demanded me why had I beaten his dog
B. He asked me why I have had beaten his dog
C. He enquired me why had I had beaten his dog
D. He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog

Ans: D

34. A speech of too many words is called—

A. A big speech
B. Maiden speech
C. An unimportant speech
D. A verbose speech

Ans: D

35. “Strike while the iron is hot” is an example of —-

A. Noun clause
B. Adjective clause
C. Adverbial clause
D. Subordinate clause

Ans: C

36. Which one of the following words is in singular form?

A. agenda
B. oases
C. radius
D. formulae

Ans: C