Sentence Completion MCQs

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30th BCS Preliminary Test #51

One of the four sentences given in each question is grammatically wrong. That alternative is your answer:

A: He has no desire for fame
B: I intend to go to Rajshahi
C: He is too miserly to part with his money
D: He has invited me for dinnner
34th BCS Preliminary Test #52

Botany is to plants as Zoology is to ----

A: Flowers
B: Rivers
C: Mountains
D: Animals
35th BCS Preliminary Test #53

This could have worked if I ----been more far-sighted.

A: had
B: have
C: might
D: would
30th BCS Preliminary Test #54

Of the four alternatives given under each sentence, find the one that best fits into the blank space :- The horror movie scared them out of their----

A: wits
B: seats
C: lives
D: funds
30th BCS Preliminary Test #55

The people who carry a coffin a funeral are called-----

A: undertakers
B: supporters
C: pallbearers
D: mourners
36th BCS Preliminary Test #56

The romantic age in English literature began with the publication of ------.

A: Preface to Shakespeare
B: Preface to Lyrical Ballads
C: Preface to Ancient Mariners
D: Preface to Dr. Johnson
35th BCS Preliminary Test #57

The film was directed in the director's usual ----style.

A: confusion
B: idiosyncratic
C: personifying
D: purifying
36th BCS Preliminary Test #58

Teacher said, 'The earth--round the sun'.

A: moves
B: moved
C: has moved
D: will be moving
35th BCS Preliminary Test #59

The play Arms and the man is by-----

A: James Joyce
B: Arthur Miller
C: Samuel Beckett
D: George Bernard Shaw
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #60

The Arabian Nights-----still a great favourite.

A: has
B: are
C: is
D: were
36th BCS Preliminary Test #61

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

A: James Joyce
B: Shakespeare
C: G. B. Shaw
D: Arthur Miller
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #62

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 #63

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

A: Morphology
B: Etymology
C: Syntax
D: Semantics
36th BCS Preliminary Test #64

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

A: in the beginning
B: at the height
C: at the end
D: in the confrontation
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #65

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 #66

'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 #67

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 #68

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

A: had
B: have
C: might
D: would
36th BCS Preliminary Test #69

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

A: since
B: from
C: after
D: till
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #70

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
Police Station Education Officer #71

His house is adjacent _____ mine.

A: with
B: against
C: to
D: beside
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #72

As the sun ---, I decided to go out.

A: Has shone
B: Shine
C: Shines
D: Was shining
Police Station Education Officer #73

Museums, _____ art of various kinds, attract most visitors.

A: to feature
B: feature
C: which featuring
D: which feature
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #74

The lights have been blown-----by the strong wind

A: Out
B: Away
C: Up
D: Off
36th BCS Preliminary Test #75

Credit tk 5000---- my account.

A: in
B: with
C: against
D: to
Police Station Education Officer #76

_____ is good to take a walk in the park.

A: If the sun is not too hot
B: When the sun is not too hot
C: Why the sun is not too hot
D: Does the sun in not too hot
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #77

No one can----- that he is clever.

A: Deny
B: Defy
C: Denounce
D: Discard
37th BCS Preliminary Test #78

"A rolling stone gathers no moss" The complex form of the sentence is ----

A: Since a stone is rolling, it gathers no moss.
B: Though a stone rolls, it gathers no moss.
C: A stone what rolls gathers no moss.
D: A stone that rolls gathers no moss.
Police Station Education Officer #79

_____ the polar icecaps melt many coastal cities and islands could be submerged.

A: For
B: However
C: If
D: Although
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #80

He gave up ----football when he got married.

A: Of playing
B: To play
C: Playing
D: Play
Police Station Education Officer #81

Since 1995, Fatema _____ in Dhaka.

A: live
B: lived
C: has lived
D: is living
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #82

He divided the money------the two children.

A: Over
B: In between
C: Among
D: Between
37th BCS Preliminary Test #83

The mother sat "vigilantly" beside the sick baby. Here 'vigilantly' is------

A: a noun
B: an adverb
C: an adjective
D: none of the three
31st BCS Preliminary Test #84

Omnipotent----

A: Feeble
B: Supreme
C: Impotent
D: Vulnerable
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #85

Do not make a noise while your father-----?

A: Is sleeping
B: Has slept
C: Asleep
D: Is being asleep
26th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Education) #86

He has been ill ---- Friday last.

A: From
B: On
C: In
D: Since
37th BCS Preliminary Test #87

Complete the following sentence choosing the appropriate option: It's raining cats and dogs, so----

A: Watch out for falling animals.
B: Make sure you take an umbrella.
C: Keep your pets inside.
D: Keep the windows open.
31st BCS Preliminary Test #88

In each of the following questions, out of the four alternative, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence : A formal composition or speech expressing high praise of somebody---

A: elegy
B: eulogy
C: caricature
D: exaggeration
37th BCS Preliminary Test #89

This is the book "I lost". Here 'I lost' is----

A: A noun clause
B: An adverbial clause
C: An adjective clause
D: None of the three
31st BCS Preliminary Test #90

Equity-----

A: Uprightness
B: Justice
C: Integrity
D: Bias
31st BCS Preliminary Test #91

Fill in the blank in the following sentence by selecting the most appropriate alternative : He is quite ---- in dealing with people.

A: unsubtle
B: imprudent
C: diplomatic
D: impolite
37th BCS Preliminary Test #92

The repetition of beginning consonant sound is know as------

A: personification
B: onomatopoeia
C: alliteration
D: rhyme
37th BCS Preliminary Test #93

P.B. Shelley's Adonais' is an elegy on the death of------

A: John Milton
B: A. T. Coleridge
C: John Keats
D: Lord Byron
37th BCS Preliminary Test #94

othello gave Desdemona----as a token of love :

A: Ring
B: Handkerchief
C: Pendant
D: Bangles
37th BCS Preliminary Test #95

"Gerontion" is a poem by -----

A: T. S. Eliot
B: W. B. Yeats
C: Mathew Arnold
D: Robert Browning
35th BCS Preliminary Test #96

In the 18th Century the Mughal Empire begun to-----

A: discriminate
B: disintegrate
C: differentiate
D: dislocate
37th BCS Preliminary Test #97

'Restoration period' in English literature refers to -----

A: 1560
B: 1660
C: 1760
D: 1866
35th BCS Preliminary Test #98

The 'climax' of a plot is what happens------

A: in the beginning
B: at the end
C: at the height
D: in the confrontation
35th BCS Preliminary Test #99

Women are too often-----by family commitments.

A: confused
B: controlled
C: contaminated
D: constrained
35th BCS Preliminary Test #100

Riders to the Sea is -----

A: an epic poem
B: a novella
C: a one-act play
D: a theatrical adaptation of a poem