37TH BCS QUESTION

 37 TH BCS ENGLISH QUESTION

01.              Which of the following words is in singular form?

a.     formulae b. agenda    c. oases                 d. radius

ans: d. radius

02.             Choose the correct sentence:

a. All of id depending on you  b. All of it are depending on you

c. All of it depends on you         d. All of it are depended on you

Ans: c. All of it depends on you

03.     “A rooling some gathers no moas” The complex form of the sentence is --         

          a. Since a stone is rooling, it gathers no moss.

          b. Though a stone rolls, it gathers no moss.

          c. A stone what rools gathers no moss

          d. A stone that rolls gathers no moss.

Ans: A stone that rolls gathers no moss

04.     A Chard was appended to the report. Here ‘appended’ means—

          a. changed   b. removed  c. joined      d. shortened

Ans: c. joined

05.     The mother sat vigilantly beside the sick baby. Here vigilantly’ is—

          a. a noun     b. an adverb            c. an adjective    d. none of these

Ans: b. an adverb

06.     The new offer of job was alluring, Here ‘alluring’ means—of this sentence is---

          a. unexpected       b. tempting c. disappointing   d. ordinary

          Ans: b. tempting

07.     “Who planted this tree here”? The correct passive voice of this sentence is---

          a. By who the tree was planted here?

          b. Who the tree had been planted hereby?

          c. The tree was planted here by whom?

          d. By whom had the tree been planted here?

          Ans: a. By who the tree was planted here?

08.     Fraility the name is women. Here ‘Fraility’ is:

          a. A noun   b. An adjective               c. An adverb                  d. A verb

          Ans: a. A noun   

09.     Education is enlightening. Here ‘enlightening’ is:

          a. A gerund b. A participle      c. An infinitive     d. A finite verb

Ans: a. A gerund

10.     Choose the appropriate prepositions in the blank of the following sentence:

          The family doesn’t feel ____ going outing this season.

a.     in     b. on        c. like           d. of

Ans: c. like

 11.     Fill in the blank with appropriate use of tense I couldn’t mend the computer myself, so I ___ at a shop

          a. had it mended   b. had it mend      c. did it mend       d. had mended

          Ans: a. had it mended

12.     Use the appropriate article—

          I saw ___ one eyed man when I was walking on the road.

          a. a    b. an  c. the d. no article is needed

          Ans: a. a

13.     The word ‘Omnivorous’ means:

          a. eating all types of food        b. eating only fruits

          c. eating only meat                  d. eating grass and plants only

          Ans: a. eating all types of food

14.     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.

Ans: b. Make sure you take an umbrella.

15.     The phrase ‘Achilles’ heel’ means:

          a. A strong point            b. A weak point

          c. A permanent solution d. A serous idea

          Ans: b. A weak point

16.     He worked with all sincerity. The underlined phrase is---

          a. A noun phrase            b. An adjective phrase  

c. An infinitive phrase     d. An adverbial phrase

          Ans: d. An adverbial phrase

17.     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

          Ans: c. An adjective clause

18.     Which do you think is the nearest in meaning to ‘proviso’

          a. Sanction  b. substitute         c. stipulation        d. directive

          Ans: c. stipulation

19.     Cassandra is a night owl, so she doesn’t usually get up until about:

          a. 11 a.m     b. 11 p.m    c. 7 a.m       d. 7 p.m

          Ans: d. 7 p.m

20.     Select the word that is the most closely opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: DELETERIOUS

          a. toxic        b. spurious c. harmless  d. lethal

          Ans: c. harmless

 21.     “Gerontion” is a poem by---

          a. T.S. Eliot                    b. W.B. Yeats      

c. Mathew Arnold          d. Robert Browning

Ans: a. T.S. Eliot

22.     Fill in the blank. ___ is Shakespeare’s last play.

          a. As you like it    b. Macbeth  c. Tempest  d. Othello

          Ans: c. Tempest

23.     Who has written to poem “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”?

          a. Thomas Gray   b. P.B. Shelley      c. Robert Frost     d. Y.B. Yeats

          Ans: a. Thomas Gray

24.     Who has written the play ‘Volpone’?

          a. John Webster             b. Ben Jonson

          c. Christopher Marlowe d. William Shakespeare

          Ans: b. Ben Jonson

25.     Shakespeare composed much of this plays in what sort of verse?  

          a. Alliterative verse        b. Sonnet form

          c. Lambic pentameter     d. Dactylic Hexameter

          Ans: c. Lambic pentameter

26.     The repetition of beginning consonant sound is know as—

          a. personification b. onomatopoeia

          c. alliteration        d. rhyme

          Ans: c. alliteration

27.     Which of the following is not a poetic tradition?

          a. The Epic b. The Comic        c. The Occult        d. The Tragic

          Ans: b. The Comic

28.     What is the funny poem of five lines called?

          a. Quartet   b. Limerick c. Sixtet      d. Haiku

          Ans: b. Limerick

29.     Who wrote “Biographia Literaria”?

          a. Lord Byron       b. P.B. Shelley

          c. S.T. Coleridge   d. Charles Lamb

          Ans: c. S.T. Coleridge

30.     Robert Browning was a ___ poet. Fill in the gap with appropriate word.

          a. Romantic          b. Victoriam                   c. Modern   d. Elizathan

          Ans: b. Victoriam        

31.     Othello gave Desdemona___ as a token of love:

          a. Ring        b. Handkerchief    c. Pendant   d. Bangles

          Ans: b. Handkerchief

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

          a. John Milton      b. S.T. Coleridge 

          c. John Keats        d. Lord Byron

          Ans: c. John Keats

33.     The comparison of unlike using the words like on as is known to be—

          a. metaphor          b. simile      c. alliteration        d. personification

          Ans: b. simile

34.     ‘Restoration period’ in English literature refers to---

          a. 1560       b. 1660       c. 1760        d. 1866

          Ans: b. 1660

35.     ‘The Sun Also Rises’ is a novel written by---

          a. Charles Dicknes                   b. Hermanne Melville

          c. Earnest Hemingway              d. Thomas Hardy

          Ans: c. Earnest Hemingway