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47th BCS 2025 Preliminary Exam | English Section MCQs with Answers 📚✅
📌 Includes:
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Grammar & Sentence Correction
Idioms & Phrases
Literature & Famous Quotes
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MCQ with Answers (36–70)
৩৬। A speech made without any previous thought, preparation or practice is called—
(ক) free speech
(খ) extempore speech ✅
(গ) maiden speech
(ঘ) rousing speech
৩৭। Which one has the identical singular and plural form?
(ক) Memorandum
(খ) Stimulus
(গ) Dice ✅
(ঘ) Oasis
৩৮। Select the sentence in which fast is an adverb:
(ক) Don't drive so fast! ✅
(খ) Technology is expanding at a fast pace.
(গ) Muslims fast during Ramadan.
(ঘ) Ushashi went on a 24-hour fast to detox.
৩৯। It was a cowardly attack on a defenceless man. Here cowardly is—
(ক) adverb
(খ) adjective ✅
(গ) noun
(ঘ) conjunction
৪০। The river flows past the village. Here past is—
(ক) noun
(খ) verb
(গ) adverb
(ঘ) preposition ✅
৪১। Ihana sleeps only for four hours a night. The verb sleeps is—
(ক) causative
(খ) intransitive ✅
(গ) transitive
(ঘ) factitive
৪২। He started teaching Hamlet. Here teaching is—
(ক) participle
(খ) infinitive
(গ) verbal noun
(ঘ) gerund ✅
৪৩। She was married — a rich man.
(ক) with
(খ) to ✅
(গ) of
(ঘ) off
৪৪। Which gender is the word sibling?
(ক) Masculine
(খ) Feminine
(গ) Neuter
(ঘ) Common ✅
৪৫। Find out the correctly spelt word:
(ক) reminiscence ✅
(খ) reminescence
(গ) remeniscence
(ঘ) reminicence
৪৬। Idiom smell a rat means—
(ক) detect bad smell
(খ) be in a bad mood
(গ) suspect something wrong ✅
(ঘ) see hidden meaning
৪৭। Synonym of inclement—
(ক) affable
(খ) mild
(গ) rough ✅
(ঘ) genial
৪৮। Tell me frankly why you did this. The underlined part is—
(ক) adjective clause
(খ) noun clause ✅
(গ) adverbial clause
(ঘ) adverbial phrase
৪৯। The prefix non- can be added to—
(ক) office
(খ) regular ✅
(গ) partisan
(ঘ) obey
৫০। Passive form of I heard her sing.
(ক) She was heard sing by me.
(খ) She was heard to be sung by me.
(গ) She was heard sung by me.
(ঘ) She was heard to sing by me. ✅
৫১। Which sentence is correct?
(ক) One of my sisters are a nurse.
(খ) One of my sister is a nurse.
(গ) One of my sisters is a nurse. ✅
(ঘ) One of my sister's are a nurse.
৫২। Select the right determiner: She works as — FBI analyst.
(ক) a
(খ) an ✅
(গ) the
(ঘ) none of the above
৫৩। We met Medha carrying a bouquet of red roses. Here carrying is—
(ক) gerund
(খ) infinitive
(গ) verbal noun
(ঘ) participle ✅
৫৪। Five years have passed since his father died. → Simple form—
(ক) His father has died five years ago.
(খ) His father died five years ago. ✅
(গ) His father has died for five years.
(ঘ) His father died since five years.
৫৫। Antonym of controversy—
(ক) contention
(খ) bickering
(গ) unanimity ✅
(ঘ) dispute
৫৬। For God's sake hold your tongue, and let me love. → Poem—
(ক) To His Coy Mistress
(খ) The Canonization ✅
(গ) The Definition of Love
(ঘ) The Sun Rising
৫৭। The one-act play Riders to the Sea was written by—
(ক) G. B. Shaw
(খ) Oscar Wilde
(গ) J. M. Synge ✅
(ঘ) John Galsworthy
৫৮। Neither a borrower nor a lender be... → From Shakespeare’s—
(ক) Macbeth
(খ) King Lear
(গ) Measure for Measure
(ঘ) Hamlet ✅
৫৯। Elegiac poem Thyrsis composed by—
(ক) Thomas Gray
(খ) Matthew Arnold ✅
(গ) John Milton
(ঘ) P. B. Shelley
৬০। Essay Tradition and the Individual Talent by—
(ক) George Orwell
(খ) Aldous Leonard Huxley
(গ) T. S. Eliot ✅
(ঘ) Francis Bacon
৬১। Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought. → Poem—
(ক) To a Skylark ✅
(খ) Ode to the West Wind
(গ) Adonais
(ঘ) The Cloud
৬২। Brave New World authored by—
(ক) E. M. Forster
(খ) Virginia Woolf
(গ) Aldous Leonard Huxley ✅
(ঘ) Graham Greene
৬৩। Good fences make good neighbors. Written by—
(ক) Robert Graves
(খ) Ezra Pound
(গ) Robert Frost ✅
(ঘ) Carl Sandburg
৬৪। Cowards die many times before their deaths... → From—
(ক) Julius Caesar ✅
(খ) Romeo and Juliet
(গ) The Tempest
(ঘ) Twelfth Night
৬৫। Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. → From Tennyson’s—
(ক) Morte d'Arthur
(খ) The Lotos-Eaters
(গ) Tithonus
(ঘ) Locksley Hall ✅
৬৬। Samson Agonistes written by—
(ক) Christopher Marlowe
(খ) Henrick Ibsen
(গ) John Milton ✅
(ঘ) Arthur Miller
৬৭। Waiting for Godot playwright—
(ক) Jean Genet
(খ) Samuel Beckett ✅
(গ) Harold Pinter
(ঘ) Tom Stoppard
৬৮। ’Tis strange but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction. → From—
(ক) Mark Twain
(খ) Robert Herrick
(গ) Lord Byron ✅
(ঘ) Franz Kafka
৬৯। Heart of Darkness written by—
(ক) Joseph Conrad ✅
(খ) Doris Lessing
(গ) John Osborne
(ঘ) Thomas Hardy
৭০। Shooting an Elephant written by—
(ক) Francis Bacon
(খ) George Orwell ✅
(গ) Joseph Addison
(ঘ) Charles Lamb
📘 Appropriate Prepositions with Examples ✨
Learning prepositions is very important in English. Here are some useful examples from the video 👇
✔️ All citizens should abide by the rules.
✔️ A greedy man is eager for riches.
✔️ He does not care for anybody.
✔️ I am grateful to him for his kind help.
✔️ Napoleon was ambitious for power.
✔️ My father prevented me from going to the cinema.
✔️ The headmaster ordered the clerk to dispose of the file.
✔️ Hard work results in success.
✔️ Lay by something for the rainy day. 🌧️
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