38th BCS exam questions and answers English part

1. The is the plural form of the word "louse"?

 louses

 lice

 lices

 licess

2. Choose the correct sentence?

 He refrained to take any drastic action

 He refrained to taking any drastic action

 He refrained i taking any drastic actions

 He refrained from taking any drastic action

3. Which word is closest in meaning to "Franchise"?

 ttility

 frankness

 privilege

 superficial

4. "Once in a blue moon" means ---

 always

 very rarely

 nearly

 hourly

5. "Jecobean Period" of English Literature refers to ---

 1558-1603

 1625-1649

 1603-1625

 1649-1660

6. A retired officer lives next door. Here "retired" word is used as a/an :

 Gerund

 adverb

 preposition

 praticiple

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

 at

 with

 in

 for

8. Fill in the gap with the right tense : When water --- it turns into ice.

 will freeze

 freezes

 would freeze

 froze

9. Which one is the correct antonym of "frugal"?

 Extraordinary

 spendthrift

 economical

 authentic

10. Choose the meaning of the idiom --- "Take the bull by the horns."

 To challenge the enemy with courage

 Force the enemy to submit

 Out of one's wit

 Surrender before the enemy

11. Fill in the blank with the correct quantifier. I still have --- money.

 a few

 quite a few

 many

 a little

12. Select the right compound structure of the sentence : "Though he is poor, he is honest"

 He is poor and honest

 As he is poor, he is honest

 He is poor but honest

 Since he is poor, he is honest

13. Where do the following lines occur in? "Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide,k wide sea ......"

 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

 Kubla Khan

 The Nightingle

 The Dungeon

14. "For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love." This line is written by ----

 Emily Dickinson

 T.S Eliot

 Mathew Arnold

 John Donne

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

 better to had get

 had better to get

 had better got

 had better get

16. The sun went down. The "down" word is used here as a/an :

 preposition

 adverb

 noun

 conjuction

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

 agenda

 oases

 radius

 formulae

18. Identify the right passive voice of "It is impossible to do this".

 Doing this is impossible

 This is impossible to be done

 This is must be done

 This can't be done

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

 John Milton

 Jane Mansfield

 William Cowper

 William Shakespeare

20. The literary term "euphemism" means---

 vague idea

 in offensive expression

 a sonnet

 wise saying

21. "Mutton" is a/an

 Common noun

 Abstract noun

 Materiel noun

 Proper noun

22. Reading is an excellent habit, Here, the "Reading" word is a -----

 Verbal noun

 Praticiple

 Verb

 Greund

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

 such

 either

 that

 any

24. Who is not a Victorian poet?

 Mathew Arnold

 Alexander Pope

 Robert Browning

 Alfred Tennyson

25. A speech of too many words is called---

 A big speech

 Maiden speech

 An unimportant speeech

 A verbose speech

26. "Strike while the iron is hot" is an example of ----

 Noun clause

 Adjective clause

 Adverbial clause

 Subordinate clause

27. The play "The Spanish Tragedy" is written by----

 Thomas Kyd

 Christopher Marlowe

 Shakespeare

 Ben Jonson

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

 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

 R.K. Narayan

 Nissim Ezekiel

 Kamala Das

29. The word "Panegyric" means

 Criticism

 elaborate prasie

 curse

 high sound

30. Select the correctly spelt word :

 heterogeneous

 hetarogeneous

 hetrogeneous

 hetroganeous

31. Which period is known as "The golden age of English literature ?

 The Victorian age

 The Elizabethen age

 The Restoration age

 The Eighteenth Century

32. Which one in the correct indirect narration? "Why have you beaten my dog"? he said to me.

 He demanded me why had I beaten his dog

 He asked me why I have had beaten his dog

 He enquired me why had I had beaten his dog

 He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog

33. Who is the author of "Man and Superman"?

 G.B. Shaw

 Thomas Hardy

 Ernest hemingway

 Charles Dickens

34. The most famous satirist in English literature is ---

 Jonathan Swift

 Alexander Popy

 Joseph Addison

 Richard Steel

35. "Among" is a preposition that is used when ----- people are involved.

 two

 more than two

 two or more than two

 four only

36. The novelist has a hold of ---- in writing.

 manner

 history

 tradition

 style