English - 39th BCS Preliminary Questions

‘A Christian Carol’ is a _____ by Charles Dickens.

a)      Ballad

b)      Sketch story

c)       Historical novel

d)      Short novel

Ans. d [39th BCS]

‘To be, or not to be that is the question’ is a famous soliloquy from _____.

a)      Macbeth

b)      King Lear

c)       Othello

d)      Hamlet

Ans. d [39th BCS]

A person who believes that laws and governments are not necessary is known as –

a)      a militant

b)      an anarchist

c)       a terrorist

d)      an extremist

Ans. b [39th BCS]

He went to _____ hospital because he had _____ heart attack.

a)      no article, an

b)      a, an

c)       the, no article

d)      no article, a

Ans. d [39th BCS]

The word ‘florid’ indicates-

a)      flour

b)      foliage

c)       floor

d)      flower

Ans. d [39th BCS]

Complete the following sentence:

‘Had I known you were waiting outside, I _____ .

a)      had invited you to come in

b)      would invite you to come in

c)       would be inviting you to come in

d)      would have invited you to come in

Ans. d [39th BCS]

Cricket is a kind of play. It is also a kind of _____ .

a)      insect

b)      food

c)       bird

d)      flower

Ans. a [39th BCS]

A soporific speech is likely to _____ .

a)      be incomprehensible

b)      appeal primarily to emotions

c)       put on to sleep

d)      stimulate action

Ans. c [39th BCS]

Select the word with right spelling-

a)      Schizophrenia

b)      Seizophrania

c)       Scizophrenia

d)      Schizophrania

Ans. a [39th BCS]

Love for the whole world is called-

a)      philanthropy

b)      misogyny

c)       benevolence

d)      misanthropy

Ans. a [39th BCS]

When we want to mean a government by the richest class we use the term-

a)      Oligarchy

b)      Plutocracy

c)       Cryptocracy

d)      Aristocracy

Ans. b [39th BCS]

Hospitals _____ the sick.

a)      Operate

b)      Treat

c)       Admit

d)      Nurse

Ans. b [39th BCS]

Which spelling is correct?

a)      Lieaftenant

b)      Leaftenant

c)       Leiftenant

d)      Lieutenant

Ans. d [39th BCS]

The warning of the authority falls on deaf ears. Here warning does the function of-

a)      Adverb

b)      Adjective

c)       Verb

d)      Noun

Ans. d [39th BCS]

The word ‘culinary’ is related to

a)      Printing

b)      Cooking

c)       Dress

d)      Musical instruments

Ans. b [39th BCS]

Identify the correct passive from: ‘Do you know them?’

a)      Are they known by you?

b)      Would they be known by you?

c)       Are they known with you?

d)      Are they known to you?

Ans. d [39th BCS]

‘Panacea’ means –

a)      Cure-all

b)      Pancreatic

c)       Widespread disease

d)      Gland

Ans. a [39th BCS]

What is the plural number of ‘ovum’?

a)      Ovams

b)      Ovumes

c)       Ovums

d)      Ova

Ans. d [39th BCS]

Which pair is different?

a)      False, True

b)      Sharp, Blunt

c)       Love, Affection

d)      Abundance, Scarcity

Ans. c [39th BCS]

‘There was a small reception following the wedding’. The word ‘following’ in the sentence above is a/an-

a)      Preposition

b)      Adjective

c)       Adverb

d)      Noun

Ans. a [39th BCS]

Which of the following words has been formed with a prefix?

a)      Amoral

b)      Authentic

c)       Amnesia

d)      Aspersions

Ans. a [39th BCS]

‘Geriatrics’ is the branch of medicine concerned with the diseases and care of-

a)      Newly-weds

b)      Old woman

c)       Newborn babies

d)      Old people

Ans. d [39th BCS]

Which word will fill the below pair?

Finger : Hand :: Leaf :

a)      Flower

b)      Twig

c)       Tree

d)      Branch

Ans. b [39th BCS]