৩৭তম বিসিএস (English Language and Literature)

৩৭তম বিসিএস (English Language and Literature)

১। Which of the following words is in singular form? 

উত্তরঃ radius. 

 ২। Choose the correct sentence: 

উত্তরঃ All of it depends on you.

৩। “A rolling stone gathers no moss” The complex form of the sentence is― 

উত্তরঃ A stone that rolls gathers no moss. 

৪। A chart was appended to the report. Here ‘appended’ means― 

উত্তরঃ joined. 

৫। The mother sat vigilantly beside the sick baby. Here ‘vigilantly’ is― 

উত্তরঃ an adverb. 

৬। The new offer of job was alluring. Here ‘alluring’ means― 

উত্তরঃ tempting. 

৭। “Who planted this tree here”? The correct passive voice of this sentence is― 

উত্তরঃ By whom was this tree planted here? 

৮। Frailty the name is women. Here ‘Frailty’ is:

উত্তরঃ A noun.

৯। Education is enlightening. Here ‘enlightening’ is― : 

উত্তরঃ A participle. 

১০। Choose the appropriate prepositions in the blank of the following sentence: 

The family doesn’t feel ― going out this season. 

উত্তরঃ like.

১১। Fill in the blank with appropriate use of tense: 

I couldn’t mend the computer myself, so I ― at a shop. 

উত্তরঃ had it mended. 

১২। Use the appropriate artilcle― 

 I saw ― one-eyed man when I was walking on the road. 

উত্তরঃ a. 

 ১৩। The word ‘omnivorous’ means: 

উত্তরঃ eating all types of food. 

১৪। Complete the following sentence choosing the appropriate option: 

It’s raining cats and dogs, so― 

 উত্তরঃ Make sure you take an umbrella. 

১৫। The phrase ‘Achilles heel’ means: 

উত্তরঃ A weak point. 

১৬। He worked with al sincerity. The underlined phrase is―

উত্তরঃ An adverbial phrase. 

১৭। This is the book I lost. Here ‘I lost’ is― 

উত্তরঃ An adjective clause. 

১৮। Which do you think is the nearest in meaning to ‘proviso’:

উত্তরঃ stipulation. 

১৯। Cassandra is a night owl, so she doesn’t usually get up until about: 

উত্তরঃ 11 a.m. 

২০। Select the word that is the most closely opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: DELETERIOUS

উত্তরঃ harmless.

২১। “Gerontion” is a poem by― 

উত্তরঃ T.S. Eliot. 

২২। Fill in the blank. 

‘ ― ’ is Shakespeare’s last play. 

উত্তরঃ Tempest. 

২৩। Who has written the poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”? 

উত্তরঃ Thomas Gray. 

২৪। Who has written the play ‘Volpone’? 

উত্তরঃ Ben Jonson. 

২৫। Shakespeare composed much of his plays in what sort of verse? 

উত্তরঃ Lambic pentameter.

২৬। The repetition of beginning consonant sound is known as― 

উত্তরঃ alliteration. 

২৭। Which of the following is not a poetic tradition? 

উত্তরঃ The Comic. 

২৮। What is a funny poem of five lines called?

উত্তরঃ Limerick. 

২৯। Who wrote “Biographia Literaria”? 

উত্তরঃ S.T. Coleridge. 

৩০। Robert Browning was a – poet. Fill in the gap with appropriate word. 

উত্তরঃ Victorian.

৩১। Othello gave Desdemona ― as a token of love: 

উত্তরঃ Handkerchief. 

 ৩২। P.B. Shelley’s ‘Adonais’ is an elegy on the death of―

উত্তরঃ John Keats. 

৩৩। The comparison of unlike things using the words like on as is known to be― 

উত্তরঃ simile.

৩৪। ‘Restoration period’ in English Literature refers to― 

 উত্তরঃ 1660. 

৩৫। ‘The Sun Also Rises’ is a novel written by― 

উত্তরঃ Charles Dickens.

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