46th BCS Preliminary

[Exam date: April 26, 2024]

1. Which of the following words can be used as a verb?

(A) mobile
(B) sugar
(C) media
(D) sand

2. In which sentence is ‘like’ used as a preposition?

(A) He likes to eat fish.
(B) He laughs like his father does.
(C) He climbed the tree like a cat.
(D) Like-minded people are necessary to start a business.

3. He died following the incident. The underlined word is a/an—

(A) adjective
(B) adverb
(C) noun
(D) preposition

4. Writing a diary is a very good practice to develop the writing skill. The underlined part is a/an—

(A) noun phrase
(B) verbal phrase
(C) adjective phrase
(D) adverbial phrase

5. Fill in the blank with the correct word: … he lay on the ground groaning.

(A) Injured
(B) Injuring
(C) Having injured
(D) Be injured

6. Find out the meaning of the following phrase: ‘By and large’

(A) very large
(B) on the whole
(C) far away
(D) the largest one

7. Choose the best alternative for the underlined: He went back on his promise of voting for me.

(A) withdrew
(B) forgot
(C) reinforced
(D) support

8. ‘Let the cat out of the bag’ means—

(A) bring out a cat from a bag
(B) let a cat move at large
(C) reveal a secret carelessly
(D) take a pre-cautious steps

9. He is a man to depend on. The underlined part is—

(A) a noun phrase
(B) an adjective phrase
(C) an adverbial phrase
(D) a prepositional phrase

10. His dream that he will be a B.C.S cadre finally came true. The underlined part is—

(A) a noun clause
(B) an adjective clause
(C) an independent clause
(D) a co-ordinate clause

11. Which of the following is a correct simple sentence?

(A) All that glitters is not gold.
(B) All’s well that ends well.
(C) Do or die.
(D) I saw an old man walking past me.

12. Which is the correct complex form of the sentence? ‘A corrupt man cannot win the respect of others.’

(A) A man who is corrupt cannot respect others.
(B) A man does not respect others who are corrupt.
(C) A man who is corrupt cannot win the respect of others.
(D) A man who can win the respect of others cannot be corrupt.

13. Find out the correct positive form of the sentence: ‘Who is the better player than Zaman in the team’?

(A) Is there any other player in this team who is as good as Zaman?
(B) Who is the best player than Zaman in this team?
(C) Is there any other players in this team who is as good as Zaman?
(D) Are there any other player in this team who are as good as Zaman?

14. The submarine dipped to avoid … by the enemy plane.

(A) see
(B) seeing
(C) being seen
(D) seen

15. In fear of … he escaped elsewhere.

(A) arresting
(B) arrested
(C) being arrested
(D) having arrested

16. I didn’t follow who passed by me. It … Shajib.

(A) were
(B) must be
(C) might be
(D) was

17. Samin is my colleague. I … him for ten years.

(A) know
(B) knew
(C) have known
(D) have been known

18. The snow swirls … the valley.

(A) up
(B) in
(C) down
(D) through

19. There is a coffee shop … the street.

(A) at
(B) on
(C) before
(D) across

20. Identify the correct sentence:

(A) He has said to me that I will go but you will stay there in Dhaka.
(B) He has told me that he will go but I will stay here in Dhaka.
(C) He has told me that I would go but you would stay there in Dhaka.
(D) He has told me that he would go but I would stay here in Dhaka.

21. Identify the correct sentence:

(A) The room was darkened by switching off all the lights.
(B) The room was darkened switching off all the lights.
(C) The room was darkened to switch off all the lights.
(D) Switching off all the lights the room was darkened.

22. Identify the correct sentence:

(A) Had you been there on time, you could have had the information.
(B) If you had been there on time, you could have the information.
(C) If you had been there on time, you might get the information.
(D) Had been you there, you could have got the information.

23. Identify the correct sentence:

(A) There are trees on the both sides of the road.
(B) There are trees on both the sides of the road.
(C) There are trees, on both sied of the road.
(D) There are trees on either sides of the road.

24. The antonym of ‘boisterous’ is—

(A) noisy
(B) quiet
(C) unruly
(D) cheerful

25. ‘Plagiarism’ means—

(A) The act of using someone else’s idea as one’s own.
(B) The act of planning everything beforehand.
(C) The act of playing a musical instrument.
(D) The art of dealing with forgery.

26. The two cities in A Tale of Two Cities are—

(A) London and Manchester
(B) London and Paris
(C) Paris and New York
(D) Paris and Geneva

27. The line ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ occurs in Shakespeare’s play—

(A) Hamlet
(B) Macbeth
(C) Othello
(D) King Lear

28. Who compiled an English Dictionary?

(A) Samuel Johnson
(B) T. S. Eliot
(C) John Dryden
(D) William Congreve

29. Which is not a poetry form?

(A) Sonnet
(B) Ballad
(C) Tale
(D) Epic

30. ‘I am a man more sinned against than sinning.’ This is uttered by—

(A) Horatio
(B) Hamlet
(C) King Lear
(D) Macbeth

31. Which event influenced the literature of the Romantic period?

(A) French Revolution
(B) Industrial Revolution
(C) Russian Revolution
(D) Hundred Years’ War

32. The author of ‘A Farewell to Arms’ is—

(A) Somerset Maugham
(B) Ernest Hemingway
(C) D. H. Lawrence
(D) Jane Austen

33. Who is the most famous satirist in English literature?

(A) Alexander Pope
(B) Jonathan Swift
(C) John Dryden
(D) William Wordsworth

34. Which period is known as ‘The Golden Age of English Literature’?

(A) The Victorian Age
(B) The Elizabethan Age
(C) The Eighteenth century
(D) The Restoration period

35. Which novel is written by an Indian novelist?

(A) The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
(B) The Return of the Native
(C) Things Fall Apart
(D) Heart of Darkness

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