(Date of exam taken: 26.02.2021)
[ This was a special BCS held for the health cadres i.e. participants from Medical Institutes.]
1. What is the correct indirect form of: He said, “You had better see a doctor”.
a) He advised him to see a doctor.
b) He advised that he should see a doctor.
c) He suggested that he had seen a doctor.
d) He proposed to see a doctor.
Ans: a) He advised him to see a doctor.
[ had better = উচিৎ; You had better see a doctor = তোমার একজন ডাক্তার দেখানো উচিৎ। উপদেশমূলক বাক্য হওয়ায় sub এর পর advised বসবে এবং to এর পর বাক্যের বাকি অংশ অপরিবর্তিত থাকবে (sub+ v2 + obj+ to +v1 + remaining part).]
2. Identify the words that remain same in plural form:
a) deer
b) horse
c) elephant
d) tiger
Ans: a) deer
[ deer, salmon, dozen, hundred – এই ধরনের শব্দে plural হিসেবে s/es যোগ করতে হয় না।]
3. Which is correct?
a) Furnitures
b) Informations
c) Sceneries
d) Proceeds
Ans: d) Proceeds
[ Proceeds (noun) = the profits or returns from a sale / investment.
Proceed (verb)= to move or go forward.
Furniture, Information, scenery are uncountable noun. Scenery might be used as countable in some other languages. However, in English it is uncountable.]
4. To doctor an animal means:
a) To treat it
b) To sterilize it
c) To poison it
d) To cure it
Ans: b) To sterilize it
[ to doctor something = to change/ modify / alter something. to doctor an animal এর অর্থ বিড়াল বা ছাগল ইত্যাদিকে খাসি করা। To sterilize অর্থ নিষ্ফলা করে তোলা বা প্রাণির কোনো অঙ্গ অপসারণের মাধ্যমে তাকে বন্ধ্যা করে ফেলা। তাই সঠিক উত্তর অপশন b.]
5. The word, ‘flying’ in the sentence “Look at the flying bird” is a:
a) Gerund
b) Participle
c) Verbal noun
d) Gerundial infinitive
Ans: B) Participle
[ Look at the flying bird= উড়ন্ত পাখিটার দিকে খেয়াল করো।
Verb+ing Adjective এর মতো কাজ করলে সেটি participle.
Verb+ ing Noun এর মতো কাজ করলে সেটি gerund.]
6. Identify the determiner in the sentence ‘Bring me that book’.
a) Bring
b) Me
c) That
d) Book
Ans: c) That
[ Determiner, Noun এর পূর্বে বসে noun এর অর্থকে নির্দিষ্ট করে। Examples: much, little, less, many, few, a few etc.]
7. What is the meaning of ‘Musk’?
a) A form of drama
b) A substance used in making perfume
c) A face cover
d) A disguise
Ans: b) A substance used in making perfume
[ Musk = কস্তুরি, মৃগনাভি
(There is a renowned cosmetics brand named “Musk”. Sometimes finding a similarity might help you getting the right answer)
অন্যদিকে, Mask = A face cover]
8. Identify the correct spelling:
a) Caesarean
b) Cesarian
c) Ciserian
d) Scissorian
Ans: a) Caesarean
[ Caesarean = The person/doctor who performs a surgical procedure during the giving birth of a baby. (ধারনা করা হয় রোমান সম্রাট Julius Caesar এর জন্ম হয়েছিল মাতৃগর্ভ থেকে কৃত্রিমভাবে এবং এটি ছিল এ ধরনের প্রথম (গর্ভ কেটে) কোন সন্তান জন্মদান। তাই Julius Caesar এর নামানুসারে Caesarean শব্দটি চলে আসছে)]
9. What is function of a topic sentence?
a) To introduce the topic
b) To analyse the topic
c) To present the main idea
d) To expand the idea
Ans: c) To present the main idea
[ A topic sentence is a sentence that introduces a paragraph by presenting the topic that will be the main focus of that paragraph. A topic sentence is usually the first line of a paragraph.]
10. Would you please find out Bangladesh ___ the map.
a) In
b) On
c) Over
d) At
Ans: b) On
[ কোন কিছুর উপর বোঝাতে on ব্যবহৃত হয়, যেমন- on the page, on the screen.]
11. Complete the sentence: If I were you, I ___ take the money.
a) shall
b) will
c) would
d) may
Ans: c) would
[ If I were you, I would take the money= আমি যদি তোমার জায়গায় থাকতাম তাহলে আমি টাকাটা নিতাম। Second Conditional এর ব্যবহার এখানে।
If + sub + verb 2 হলে পরবর্তী অংশে modal auxiliary- would / could বসে। ]
12. Go and catch the falling star. Here the ‘falling’ is –
a) An adverb
b) An adjective
c) A preposition
d) A verb
Ans: b) An adjective
[ An adjective is a word that modifies a noun to make the sentence clearer and more specific. এখানে falling, noun (star) এর আগে বসে noun কে মডিফাই করেছে।]
13. Fill in the gap with the correct form of verb: The police ___ informed yesterday.
a) Is
b) Are
c) Was
d) Were
Ans: d) Were
[ কিছু কিছু noun আছে যেগুলো দেখতে singular মনে হয় কিন্তু আসলে তারা plural noun, যেমন- Police, Cattle, Poultry ইত্যাদি। Army শব্দটি অন্যদিকে singular noun যার plural form হচ্ছে armies.]
14. “Giving someone the cold shoulder” means-
a) To torture somebody
b) To harm someone
c) To appreciate someone
d) To ignore somebody
Ans: d) To ignore somebody
[ Giving someone the cold shoulder means to ignore someone or treat someone in an unfriendly way.
Example:
** I thought she really liked me, but the next day she gave me the cold shoulder.]
15. Liza had given me two _____
a) Pair of jean
b) Pairs of jean
c) Pair of jeans
d) Pairs of jeans
Ans: d) Pairs of jeans
[ The plural of ‘pair’ is pairs. This is a recent exertion; the plural ‘pair’ was previously used in early 19th century.]
16. Hasan has read most of the ____ of Shakespeare.
a) Poem
b) Play
c) Drama
d) Works
Ans: d) Works
[ Most of the- এর পর plural countable noun বসে। এখানে শুধুমাত্র works (সাহিত্যকর্ম) plural form- এ আছে।]
17. “September one the Jessore Road” is written by:
a) Madhusudan Dutt
b) Allen Ginsberg
c) Kaiser Huq
d) Vikram Seth
Ans: b) Allen Ginsberg
[ “September on Jessore Road” is a 152-line poem by American poet and activist Allen Ginsberg, inspired by the plight(দুর্দশা) of the East Bengali refugees from the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Ginsberg wrote it after visiting the refugee camps along the Jessore Road in West Bengal in India. It was first published in The New York Times on November 14, 1971.]
18. ‘A Passage to India’ is written by:
a) E.M. Forster
b) Nirad C. Chaudhury
c) Rudyard Kipling
d) Walt Whitman
Ans: a) E.M. Forster
[ ‘A Passage to India’ is a 1924 novel by English author E. M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster, 1879 – 1970) set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 920s. Time magazine included the novel in its “All Time 100 Novels” list. The novel is based on Forster’s experiences in India.]
19. Who wrote Dr. Zivago?
a) Maxim Gorky
b) Boris Pasternak
c) Fyodor Dostoevsky
d) Leo Tolstoy
Ans: b) Boris Pasternak
[ Russian author Boris Pasternak (1890- 1960), author of “Doctor Zhivago” was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1958. Earlier, the book was refused publication in Soviet Union. The manuscript (পান্ডুলিপি) was smuggled to Italy and finally, was published in 1957. The government he resisted for so long prevented him from ever seeing that prize in his lifetime. In 1989 Pasternak’s son Yevgeny accepted the award on his father’s behalf.]
20. “For God’s sake, hold your tongue and let me love” occurs in a novel by:
a) Jane Austen
b) Somerset Maugham
c) Syed Waliullah
d) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: d) Rabindranath Tagore
[ “For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love” লাইনটি John Donne এর কবিতা ‘The Canonization’ থেকে নেওয়া হয়েছে। পরবর্তীতে রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর তাঁর উপন্যাস ‘শেষের কবিতা’য় বাংলা ও ইংরেজি উভয় ভাষাতেই এই লাইনটি ব্যবহার করেন।]
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