43th BCS English questions solution

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43th BCS English Literature questions solution

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

A. A Passage to India

B. Sons and Lovers

C. One Hundred Years of Solitude✓

D. Pride and Prejudice

Explanation: One Hundred Years of Solitude Novel by Gabriel García Márquez.

Language: Spanish

Original title: Cien años de soledad

2. Who wrote the play “The Way of the World?”

A. William Shakespeare 

B. William Congreve✓

C. Ben Johnson

D. Oscar Wilde

3. “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.” Who wrote this?

A. Geoffrey Chaucer

B. John Milton✓

C. Christopher Marlowe

D. P. B. Shelley

4. Who is not a modern poet?

A. W. B. Yeats

B. John Keats✓

C. W. H. Auden

D. T. S. Eliot

5. O' Henry was from-

A. Canada

B. America✓

C. England

D. Ireland

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

A. England

B. France

C. Italy

D. Denmark✓

7. No Second Troy is a-

A. short story

B. poem✓

C. novel

D. drama

8. Who is the author of the novel “The God of Small Things?”

A. Thomas Hardy

B. R. K. Narayan

C. Jhumpa lahiri

D. Arundhati Roy✓

9. “Moby Dick”, a novel, was written by-

A. Herman Melville✓

B. Mark Twain

C. Nathaniel Hawthorne

D. William Faulkner

10. “If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?” - Who wrote this?

A. William Blake

B. Lord Byron

C. S. T. Coleridge

D. P. B. Shelley ✓

11. Who is the poet of the poem “Ozymandias”?

A. P. B. Shelley✓

B. S. T. Coleridge

C. William Wordsworth

D. John Keats

12. The most famous romantic poet of English literature is-

A. John Dryden

B. William Wordsworth✓

C. T.S. Eliot

D. Alexander Pope

13. --- was both a poet and a painter.

A. John Keats

B. Spenser

C. William Blake✓

D. John Donne

14. What kind of play is “Julius Ceasar”?

A. romantic

B. anti-romantic

C. comedy

D. historical✓

15. Who is not an Irish writer?

A. James Joyce

B. D. H. Lawrence✓

C. Oscar Wilde

D. Jonathan Swift

16. Who is the author of ‘Jane Eyre’?

A. Charlotte Brontë✓

B. Jane Austen

C. Emily Brontë

D. Mary Shelley

43th BCS English Grammar questions solution

17. A speech full of too many words is-

A. a big speech

B. maiden speech

C. a verbose speech✓

D. unimportant speech

18. Change the voice: “Nobody trusts a traitor.”

A. A traitor is trusted.

B. A traitor should not be trusted.

C. Everybody hates a traitor.

D. A traitor is not by anybody.✓

19. “A herd of cattle is passing” The underlined word is a/an-

A. adverb

B. adjective

C. collective noun✓

D. abstract noun

20. What is the antonym for the word “deformation?”

A. distortion

B. contortion

C. wholeness✓

D. disfigurement

21. Words inscribed on a tomb is an-

A. epitome

B. episode

C. epithet

D. epitaph✓

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

A. populous✓

B. popularity

C. popular

D. popularize

23. He contemplated marrying his cousin.' Here.“marrying” is a/an-

A. present participle

B. verb

C. gerund✓

D. infinitive

24. The word “to genuflect” means-

A. to be genuine

B. to reflect

C. to bend the knee✓

D. to be flexible

25. Fill in the blank: “She went to New Market---”

A. on feet

B. by walking

C. by foot

D. on foot✓

26. Fill in the gap: Birds fly--- in the sky.

A. at large✓

B. are long

C. at a stitch

D. are long

27. Identify the correct synonym for the word 'magnanimous'.

A. unkind

B. generous✓

C. revengeful

D. friendly

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

A. are acting

B. have acted

C. acted✓

D. could act

29. Identify the correct sentence:

A. The girl burst out tears.

B. The girl burst into tears.✓

C. The girl burst with tears.

D. The girl bursted out tears.

30. The phrase “sine die” means-

A. half-heartedly

B. fixed

C. doubtfully

D. uncertain✓

31. The phrase 'dog days' means-

A. hot weather✓

B. rain-soaked streets

C. cold shower

D. ice storm

32. Which gender is the word ‘orphan’?

A. neuter

B. feminine

C. masculine

D. common✓

33. What is the noun form of the word “laugh”?

A. laughing

B. laughter✓

C. laughingly

D. laughable

34. Identify the word which is spelt incorrectly:

A. fluctuation

B. remission

C. ocassion✓

D. decision

35. Do you have any money --- you?

Fill in the blank with appropriate preposition:

A. to

B. over

C. in

D. on✓