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BCS Question: English -15

The Speaker failed to make the audience ---- to him patiently. Which of the following is the correct verb from in the blank above?

1. To listen         b) listening           c) listened         d) listen

Ans:-          d) listen

My uncle has three sons, ----- work in the same office. Which of the following is the best form of pronoun in the above sentence?

1. All of them            b)  Who all            c) they all             d) all of whom

Ans:-            d) all of whom

What is the meaning of the word ‘intrepid’?

1. Arrogant           b)  belligerent           c)  questioning            d)  fearless

Ans:-       d)  fearless

What is the meaning of the expression ‘bottom line’?

1. The final step        b)  The end of the road        c)  The last line of a book        d)  The essential point

Ans:-     d)  The essential point

The word ‘plurality’ means –

1. The letter ‘S’          b)  Men and women           c)  Chaos and confusion            d)  The holding of more than one office at one time

Ans:-        d)  The holding of more than one office at one time

“Bootleg” means to ----.

1. Distribute             b)  export               c)  import             d)  smuggle

Ans:-         d)  smuggle

‘Pediatric’ relates to the treatment of ----.

1. Adults             b)  children               c)  old people               d)  women

Ans:-         b)  children

Which of the following is a correct sentence?

1. He was too clever not to miss the point                              b)   He was so clever  to miss the point  c)  He was too clever  to miss the point                               d)  He was clever to grasp the point   

Ans:-     c)  He was too clever  to miss the point 

The ‘Poet Laureate’ is –

1. The best poet of the country                                 c)   a winner of the Noble Prize in poetry
2. the court poet of England                                      d)  a classical poet

Ans:-     b)    the court poet of England 

Which of the flowing school of literary writings is connected with a medical theory?

1. Comedy of Manners     b)   Theater of the Absurd      c)  Heroic Tragedy     d)  Comedy of Humours

Ans:-   d)  Comedy of Humours     

Who of the following was both a poet and painter?

1. Keats                        b)  Donne                        c)  Blake                      d)  Spenser  

Ans:-       c)  Blake                     

Are you doing anything special------ the week-end? 

1. In                       b)  for                        c)  on                        d)  at  

Ans:-      d)  at

What is the synonym of ‘Incredible’?

1. Unbelievable           b)  Unthinkable                c)  Unlikely             d)  Unthinking

Ans:-     a)   Unbelievable

What is the antonym of ‘Famous’?

1. Opaque                 b)  Illiterate                  c)  Obscure                d)  Immature

Ans:-   c)  Obscure

‘Plebiscite’ is a term related to –

1. Medicine                b)  Technology                c)  Law                d)  Politics

Ans:-      d)  Politics

People always remember patriots. Which of the following is the best Passive from of the above sentence?

1.  The patriots will always be remembered by people.
2. The patriots are always being remembered.
3. People are always remembered by the patriots.
4. The patriots are always remembered by the people.

Ans:-     d)  The patriots are always remembered by the people.

Who wrote ‘Beauty is truth’ truth is beauty?

1. Shakespeare          b)  Wordsworth            c)  Keats            d)  Eliot

Ans:-     c)  Keats

Which of the following ages in literary history is the latest?

1. The Augustan Age       b)  The Victorian Age      c)  The Georgian Age       d)  The Restoration Age

    Ans:-    c)  The Georgian Age      

Many islands make up –

1. an isles          b)  an archipelago          c) a peninsula          d)  a continent

Ans:-   b)  an archipelago

The first English Dictionary was compiled by –

1. Izaak Walton           b)  Samuel Johnson            c)  Samuel Butler            d)  Sir Thomas Browne

Ans:-     b)  Samuel Johnson