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18th BCS Preliminary Test #151

According to the passage salt flats were located in ---

A: Rome
B: Tiber
C: Ostia
D: Salaria
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20th BCS Preliminary Test #152

Anger, even when it is --- has one virtue, it overcomes ----.

A: sinful --- sloth
B: inevitable --- desire
C: unnecessary --- malice
D: intense --- hate
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17th BCS Preliminary Test #153

A 'bull market' means, that share prices are ---

A: Falling
B: Rising
C: Moving
D: Static
20th BCS Preliminary Test #154

The passive form of the sentence ' some children were helping the wounded man'---

A: The wounded man was helped by some children
B: The wounded man was helping some children
C: The wounded man was being helped by some children
D: The wounded man was to be helped by some children
20th BCS Preliminary Test #155

The word 'Euphemism' means ---

A: stating one thing like another
B: description of a disagreeable thing by an agreeable name
C: contrast of words is made in the same sentence
D: a statement is made emphatic by overstatement
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18th BCS Preliminary Test #156

Salarium is a Latin word that means ---

A: Salt
B: Salary
C: Soldiers
D: the Salt Road
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18th BCS Preliminary Test #157

A seventeen year old is not -- to vote in an election.

A: old enough
B: as old enough
C: enough old
D: enough old as
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16th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #158

the synonym of 'genesis' is ---

A: introduction
B: preface
C: beginning
D: foreword
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20th BCS Preliminary Test #159

Few people would care to take the negative side of the proposition that the women of the world are --- and ---.

A: admired --- provoked
B: oppressed --- scorned
C: rebuked --- regaled
D: slighted --- celebrated
21st BCS Preliminary Test #160

Lengthen --------- Prolong

A: stretch --------- extend
B: distance --------- reduce
C: draw out --------- shorten
D: reach out --------- cut short
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #161

Eager --------- Indifferent

A: concerned --------- careful
B: anxious ---------nervous
C: enthusiastic --------- halfhearted
D: devoted --------- dedicated
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #162

As they waited Rahim argued against war ----

A: while his brother discusses the effects of pollution.
B: while his brother discussed the effects of pollution.
C: while his brother was discussing the effects of pollution.
D: while had brother discussed the effects of pollution.
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #163

He divided the money --- the two children.

A: among
B: between
C: in between
D: over
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #164

Delay ---------Retard

A: postpone --------- promote
B: adjourn --------- start
C: slow down --------- hold up
D: defer --------- accelerate
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #165

The team is --- eleven players.

A: made of
B: made up of
C: made up
D: made
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #166

The Olympic games were watched by --- billions people all over the world.

A: exactly
B: usually
C: truly
D: literally
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16th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #167

The word 'homogeneous' means ---

A: of the same kind
B: of the same place
C: of the same race
D: of the same density
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20th BCS Preliminary Test #168

Which of the following best describes the author's personal attitude toward rumor ?

A: Excited enthusiasm
B: Morbid curiosity
C: Acute indignation
D: Philosophical interest
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20th BCS Preliminary Test #169

----glass is, for all practical, a solid, its molecular structure is that of a liquid.

A: Because
B: Since
C: Although
D: If
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #170

Submissive --------- Disobedient.

A: comply --------- conform
B: heed ---------acquiesce
C: observe --------- defy
D: obey --------- hearken to
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20th BCS Preliminary Test #171

An intensive search was conducted by the detective to locate those criminals, who ----.

A: have had escaped
B: had escaped
C: are escaping
D: have been escaping
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #172

We need two hundred dollars ---- this to pay for everything.

A: as well
B: also
C: beside
D: besides
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #173

My wife reminded me ----.

A: of my appointment
B: to go my appointment
C: to my appointment
D: my appointment
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #174

The author thinks that true learning will lead to ----

A: personal understanding of the ideas of writers
B: discovery of unknown world
C: revelation of the mysteries of the world
D: better expressive powers
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #175

Please--- the necessity of arriving early.

A: emphasise about
B: emphasise to
C: emphasise on
D: emphasise
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20th BCS Preliminary Test #176

The author suggests that rumors usually

A: alarm their hearers
B: are hardy in their growth
C: are disheartening
D: can be suppressed by censorship
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #177

At least one of the students --- full marks every time.

A: get
B: are getting
C: gets
D: have got
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20th BCS Preliminary Test #178

The author is mainly concerned with ---

A: the nature of rumor
B: the fascination of rumors
C: rumor as primitive man's newspaper
D: the breeding places of rumor
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #179

The Parthenon is said ---- erected in the Age of Pericles.

A: to have become
B: to have begun
C: to have been
D: to have had begun
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #180

Which of the following best describes the author's attitude towards learning ?

A: learning is not a matter of reading extensively
B: learning is not something to be demonstrated in examinations
C: learning is a matter of promoting creativity in students
D: learning is matter of menorization
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #181

The ministers arrived---a decision last night.

A: to
B: at
C: on
D: by
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #182

The government gave ---the demands of the people.

A: in to
B: in
C: to
D: over to
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #183

A reward has been announced for the employees who ---- hard.

A: have worked
B: has worked
C: will be work
D: have had worked
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #184

The English took them for Egyptian's means -----

A: The English took them to the Egyptians
B: The English considered them to be Egyptians
C: The English were taken in by the Egyptians
D: The English brought them as far as Egypt
21st BCS Preliminary Test #185

The tree has been blown --- by the strong wind.

A: away
B: up
C: off
D: out
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22nd BCS Preliminary Test #186

Assert ---- Dissent.

A: Affirm --- Object
B: Reject --- Disapprove
C: Acknowledge --- Recognize
D: Endorse --- Ratify
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #187

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

A: clear evidence
B: building material
C: a cement mixer
D: something to cover a path
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #188

I don't mind --- with the cooking but I am not going to wash the dishes.

A: to get
B: in getting
C: for getting
D: get
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22nd BCS Preliminary Test #189

Government has been entrusted _____ elected politicians.

A: with
B: for
C: to
D: at
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #190

Choose the correct meaning of the following words "Gullible"

A: foolish
B: willing to believe anything or anyone
C: simple
D: easily deceived
24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #191

She is beautiful but she is --- her mother.

A: most beautiful
B: less beautiful
C: as beautiful
D: not so beautiful as
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22nd BCS Preliminary Test #192

Vacillate ---- Hesitate.

A: Persevere --- Waiver
B: Impulsive --- Deliberate
C: Obstinate --- Accommodating
D: Irresolute --- Indecisive
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #193

No one can --- that he is clever.

A: defy
B: admire
C: deny
D: denounce
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22nd BCS Preliminary Test #194

Submission ------ Yielding.

A: Subjection --- Liberation
B: Restrain --- Indulge
C: Compliant --- Acquiescent
D: Restriction --- Relaxation
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24th BCS Preliminary Test #195

There are ---dangerous drivers.

A: a very lot of
B: very many of
C: very much of
D: a lot of
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21st BCS Preliminary Test #196

He fantasized --- winning the lottery.

A: with
B: from
C: after
D: about
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22nd BCS Preliminary Test #197

Distort ---- Twist.

A: Straighten --- Bend
B: Deform --- Reform
C: Harmonize --- Balance
D: Observe --- Blur
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24th BCS Preliminary Test (Canceled) #198

Choose the correct meaning of the following words "Viable"

A: possible
B: that can be done
C: capable
D: that will work
24th BCS Preliminary Test #199

Tell me --- that.

A: whom told you
B: that told you
C: who told you
D: told you
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22nd BCS Preliminary Test #200

In spite of my requests, he did not _____

A: give in
B: fall in
C: get off
D: give forth
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