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41st BCS Preliminary Test #12701

Select the correct comparative form of the sentence 'A string of pearls was no so bright as her teeth.'

A: her teeth were more brighter than a string of pearls.
B: Her teeth were brighter than a string of pearls.
C: A sting of pearls was brighter than her teeth.
D: A string of pearls were very brighter than her teeth.
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12702

Which one of the following is not the synonym of 'corruption"?

A: Bribery
B: Extortion
C: Nepotism
D: Despotism
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41st BCS Preliminary Test #12703

Come on, it's time to go home.' Here 'home' is a / an

A: noun
B: verb
C: adjective
D: adverb
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Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12704

A place for keeping bees is -

A: Apiary
B: Nest
C: Den
D: Aerie
Payra Port Authority (Various Posts) #12705

Which is the lowest unit in English grammatical hierarchy?

A: Morphemes
B: Clause
C: Words
D: Sentence
Dhaka WASA (Sub Assistant Engineer) #12706

The word disinterested means-

A: lack of interest
B: Indifferent
C: Callous
D: Neutral
Dhaka WASA (Sub Assistant Engineer) #12707

New programs will be—— next week in Bangladesh Television.

A: Telecast
B: Published
C: Telecasted
D: Broadcasted
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12708

Huffing and puffing, we arrived at the classroom door with only seven seconds to spare.' In this sentence the verb 'arrived' is

A: intransitive
B: transitive
C: causative
D: defectie
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12709

Verb of the word ‘Simplification' is?

A: Simply
B: Simple
C: Simplify
D: Similar
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12710

Which one of the following is a common gender?

A: king
B: sovereign
C: emperor
D: queen
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Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12711

Choose the correct meaning of 'Greek to'?

A: গ্রীস দেশে
B: অজানা
C: বীর
D: যোদ্ধা
Payra Port Authority (Various Posts) #12712

Classic is a book which people praise and don't read' is quoted by

A: Mark Twain
B: Jonathan Swift
C: Francis Bacon
D: Oscar Wilde
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Payra Port Authority (Various Posts) #12713

The meaning of the word 'Schadenfreude' is

A: Sudden attack
B: Malicious enjoyment
C: Malicious program
D: Bad object
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12714

To win a prize is my ambition.' The underlined part of the sentence is a/an

A: adjective phrase
B: noun phrase
C: conjunctional phrase
D: averb phrase
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12715

Choose the word opposite in meaning to 'terse':

A: concise
B: detailed
C: expressive
D: descriptive
Payra Port Authority (Various Posts) #12716

There is no use —— buying the book.

A: in
B: for
C: to
D: of
Payra Port Authority (Various Posts) #12717

The concert is being played in the open air on Sunday. Underlined words means

A: everywhere
B: somewhere
C: There
D: outside
Payra Port Authority (Various Posts) #12718

Their job as advisers was to pour oil in troubled waters. The underlined words mean

A: make things damper
B: mix things better
C: calm things down
D: pick things up
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12719

The Nobel prize of Literature in 2019 is awarded to -

A: Orhan Pamuk
B: Svetlina Alexcivich
C: Peter Handke
D: V S Nypaul
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12720

‘Theocracy' is the rule of?

A: Military
B: Nobility
C: Aristocrats
D: Church
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12721

Which of the following is incorrect?

A: Tallest
B: Largest
C: Biggest
D: A, B or C
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12722

Who's that?' In this sentence 'that' is a/an

A: pronoun
B: conjunction
C: adjective
D: adverb
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Statistical Assistant) #12723

Choose the correct one?

A: mispel
B: misspell
C: mispell
D: misspel
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Statistical Assistant) #12724

The correct meaning of the word ‘deliberate’ is?

A: willingly
B: known
C: intentional
D: familiar
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12725

The meaning of 'Posterity' is -

A: Prosperity
B: Present Time
C: Later Generation
D: Possession
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12726

What is the noun form of the word 'know'?

A: Knowing
B: Knowledge
C: Knowledgeable
D: known
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Payra Port Authority (Various Posts) #12727

During the war, many families tried to ——— as much food and supplies as they could.

A: horde
B: hone
C: hoard
D: hail
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12728

Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield' is taken from the poem written by-

A: Robert Browning
B: Mathew Arnold
C: Alfred Tennyson
D: Lord Byron
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41st BCS Preliminary Test #12729

Give somebody a piece of your mind' means to-

A: tell someone that you are very angry with them.
B: say exactly what you feel or think.
C: return or to help somebody return to a normal situation.
D: give somebody mental peace.
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12730

Why, then, 'tis none to you, for there is nothing eighter good or bad, but thinking makes it so.' This extract is taken from the drama.

A: King Lear
B: Macbeth
C: As You Like it
D: hamlet
Government Job and Other Recruitment Exams #12731

All I can say at the moment is: Long —— the company!

A: live
B: lives
C: lived
D: living
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12732

I shall help you provided you obey me.' Here the underlined word is a/an.

A: adverb
B: adjective
C: conjunction
D: verb
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Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12733

’আমার ক্ষুধা নেই’ Translate into English?

ক: I'm not hungry
খ: I have no appetite
গ: I have no hunger
ঘ: I'm full
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Statistical Assistant) #12734

I am desperate? All I need really is someone to-

A: take me an hand
B: show me a hand
C: give me a hand
D: put me a hand
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Statistical Assistant) #12735

What is the appropriate meaning of the word ‘Flout’?

A: Crucial
B: Disobey
C: Diminish
D: Flatter
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12736

Choose the synonym of 'Stubborn'?

A: Deceitful
B: Obdurate
C: Sly
D: Swindler
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41st BCS Preliminary Test #12737

Which 'but' is a preposition?

A: It is but right to admit our faults.
B: What can we do but sit and wait?
C: We tried hard, but did not succeed.
D: There is no one but likes him.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Statistical Assistant) #12738

Would you mind -------.

A: to open the door
B: opened the door
C: opens the door
D: opening the door
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12739

The meaning of the 'Feel at home'?

A: Calm & Quiet
B: Proficient & Expert
C: Familiar & Known
D: Free & Easy
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12740

'Howl' is the sound of

A: Apes
B: Dogs
C: Jackals
D: Tigers
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Statistical Assistant) #12741

Which of the word is wrong in spelling?

A: pneumonia
B: dyspepsia
C: diarrhea
D: chalera
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Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12742

A place for keeping dogs is known as?

A: Hutch
B: Kennel
C: Sty
D: Stable
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12743

Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore are characters from the novel

A: David Copperfield
B: The Return of the Native
C: A passage to India
D: Adam Bede
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12744

In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hamlet was prince of

A: Norway
B: Britain
C: Denmark
D: France
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Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Statistical Assistant) #12745

He parted -------- his friends in tears.

A: with
B: against
C: beside
D: from
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (Statistical Assistant) #12746

The passive form of ‘he pleases us’?

A: we were pleased with him
B: we are pleased with him
C: we are pleased by him
D: we will be pleased by him
Anti-Corruption Commission (Assistant Director) #12747

What is the meaning of 'draw up'?

A: Draft
B: Finish
C: Interpret
D: Final
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12748

One whose attitude is 'eat, drink and be merry' is-

A: Materialistic
B: epicurean
C: cynic
D: stoic
Directorate of Narcotics Control (CPI) #12749

What is the meaning of 'a white lie'?

A: Harmful lie
B: Useless lie
C: Harmless lie
D: Irrelevant lie
41st BCS Preliminary Test #12750

Time held me green and dying though I sang in my chains like the sea.' These lines have been quoted from Dylan Thomas' poem-

A: The Flower
B: Fern Hill
C: After the Funeral
D: By Fire