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36th BCS Preliminary Test #451

The play 'Candida' is by-----

A: James Joyce
B: Shakespeare
C: G. B. Shaw
D: Arthur Miller
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #452

Choose the correct spelling.

A: ascertain
B: assertain
C: asertain
D: asartain
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36th BCS Preliminary Test #453

The poem 'The Solitary Reaper' is written by -----

A: W. H. Auden
B: W. Wordsworth
C: W. B. Yeats
D: Ezra Pound
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #454

Choose the correct preposition. The tree has been blown---by the storm.

A: away
B: up
C: off
D: out
36th BCS Preliminary Test #455

'The Merchant of Venice' is a Shakespearean play about----

A: a Jew
B: a Moor
C: a Roman
D: a Turk
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #456

Identify the correct synonym for the word 'Magnanimous'.

A: generous
B: unkind
C: revengeful
D: friendly
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #457

Select the correct sentence.

A: The man was tall who stole my bag.
B: The man stole my bag who was tall .
C: The man who stole my bag was tall.
D: The man was tall who is stealing tall my bag.
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #458

Fill in the blank with the correct phrase : -----your shoes before entering the mosque.

A: put out
B: put off
C: put away
D: put on
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36th BCS Preliminary Test #459

Which of the following writers belongs to the romantic period in English literature?

A: A. Tennyson
B: Alexander Pope
C: John Dryden
D: S. T. Coleridge
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #460

Complete the sentence with the correct verb from : 'Neela---- her hand when she was cooking dinner.

A: is burning
B: burnt
C: will burn
D: was burning
36th BCS Preliminary Test #461

In English grammar,-------- deals with formation of sentences.

A: Morphology
B: Etymology
C: Syntax
D: Semantics
Police Station Education Officer #462

By fits and starts means-

A: Irregularly
B: Carefully
C: Regularly
D: Attentively
Police Station Education Officer #463

What is the antonym of "Courage"?

A: Forceful
B: Strength
C: Cowardice
D: Daring
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36th BCS Preliminary Test #464

Verb of 'Number' is-----

A: numder
B: enumerate
C: numbering
D: numerical
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #465

Fill in the blank with the correct phrase : He----arrested if he had tried to leave the country.

A: would
B: could be
C: would have been
D: must be
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #466

Fill in the blank with correct preposition. He is devoid-----commonsense.

A: of
B: from
C: introduction
D: at
36th BCS Preliminary Test #467

The Climax of a plot is what happens-----

A: in the beginning
B: at the height
C: at the end
D: in the confrontation
Police Station Education Officer #468

"Riding for a fall" means-

A: Horse race
B: Pleasure trip
C: Riding fast
D: To act recklessly
Police Station Education Officer #469

What is the meaning of "six of, one and half a dozen of another"?

A: Twelve pieces
B: Negligible difference
C: Thoroughly
D: Countless
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #470

The proper function of the press is surely to----the man in the street with facts.

A: equip
B: deliver
C: proffer
D: provide
36th BCS Preliminary Test #471

'Child is the father of man' is taken from the poem of-----

A: W. Wordsworth
B: s. T. Coleridge
C: P. B. Shelley
D: A. C. Swinbume
36th BCS Preliminary Test #472

What would be the right antonym for 'initiative'?

A: apathy
B: indolence
C: enterprise
D: activity
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Police Station Education Officer #473

What is the single for "A hater of mankind"?

A: Hatred
B: Misanthrope
C: Enemy
D: None of these
36th BCS Preliminary Test #474

London town is found a living being in the works of----

A: Thomas Hardy
B: Charles Dickens
C: W. Congreve
D: D. H. Lawrence
36th BCS Preliminary Test #475

This could have worked if I ----been more cautious.

A: had
B: have
C: might
D: would
Police Station Education Officer #476

One versed is horsemanship is called-

A: Horseman
B: Rider
C: Jockey
D: Lancer
36th BCS Preliminary Test #477

Slow and steady----- the race. (Fill in the gap)

A: win
B: wins
C: has won
D: won
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #478

Identify the correct passive form of 'He is going to open a shop'.

A: He is being gone to open a shop
B: A shop is being gone opened by him
C: A shop will be opened by him
D: A shop is going to be opened by him
36th BCS Preliminary Test #479

Identify the correct sentence?

A: Yesterday, he has gone home
B: Yesterday, he did gone home
C: Yesterday, he had gone home
D: Yesterday, he went home
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #480

Choose the right word to fill the blank : It will be your task to make sure the ----- of traffic is maintained without interruption.

A: circulation
B: flow
C: current
D: procession
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36th BCS Preliminary Test #481

'Man is a political animal'---who said this?

A: Dante
B: Plato
C: Aristotle
D: Socrates
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36th BCS Preliminary Test #482

"A Passage to India" is written by------

A: E. M. Forster
B: Rudyard Kipling
C: Galls Worthy
D: A. H. Auden
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Police Station Education Officer #483

The word "Nuptial" is related to-

A: Marriage
B: Moon
C: Sun
D: Light
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36th BCS Preliminary Test #484

Give the antonym of the word 'transitory'.

A: temporary
B: permanent
C: transparent
D: short-lived
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36th BCS Preliminary Test #485

I have been living in Dhaka----2000.

A: since
B: from
C: after
D: till
Police Station Education Officer #486

Dogs bark, what do assess do?

A: Hum
B: Croak
C: Bray
D: Hiss
36th BCS Preliminary Test #487

'Gitanjali' of Rabindranath Tagore was translated by-----

A: W. B. Yeats
B: Robert Frost
C: John Keats
D: Rudyard Kipling
36th BCS Preliminary Test #488

Who is known as 'the poet of nature ' in English literature?

A: Lord Tennyson
B: John Milton
C: William Wordsworth
D: John Keats
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #489

Choose the right word to fill the blank : I should appreciate it if you could complete this work---Thursday.

A: till
B: untill
C: upto
D: by
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #490

Choose the right word to fill the blank : Two of the children have to sleep in one bed, but the other three have----ones.

A: different
B: separate
C: complete
D: lonely
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #491

The word 'ecological' is related to ----:

A: Demography
B: Pollution
C: Atmosphere
D: Environment
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #492

Choose the right word to fill the blank : The Democratic party's candidate-----defeat in the small hours of the morning.

A: consented
B: agreed
C: accepted
D: granted
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Police Station Education Officer #493

Which of the following phrases means, "to tolerate"?

A: Put up with
B: Put off
C: Put up
D: Put down to
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #494

The correct spelling is -----:

A: Humorious
B: Humorous
C: Humourius
D: Humurious
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Police Station Education Officer #495

The book "Animal Farm" is written by-

A: George B. Shaw
B: George Orwell
C: Charles Dickens
D: Thomas Hardy
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #496

Choose the right word to fill the blank : Since his retirement, Mr. Chowdhury, who was a teacher,-----has written four novels.

A: usually
B: presently
C: already
D: formerly
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Police Station Education Officer #497

"Out and out" means-

A: outside
B: thoroughly
C: to the last
D: not at all
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #498

'Paediatric' relates to the treatment of :

A: Adults
B: Children
C: Women
D: Old people
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26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #499

If we want concrete proof, we are looking for-----.

A: Building material
B: Something to cover a path
C: Clear evidence
D: A cement Mixer
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #500

A person who writes about his own life writes----.

A: A biography
B: A diary
C: A chronicle
D: An autobiography
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