BCS 15th Preliminary Question Bank Quiz and Solution English 1993

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Who wrote ‘Beauty is truth,truth is beauty’?

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	Wordsworth
	Eliot
	Keats
	Shakespeare

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The ‘poet laureate’ is-

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	the Court poet of England
	a classical poet
	a winner of the Nobel prize in poetry
	the best poet of the country

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What is the meaning of the word ‘intrepid’?

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	belligerent
	fearless
	arrogant
	questioning

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The word ‘plurality’ means-

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	The holding of more than one office at a time
	Chaos and confusion
	Men and women
	The letter ‘S’

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Which of the following school of litarary writings is connected with a medical theory?

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	Comedy of manners
	Comedy of Humours
	Heroic Tragedy
	Theater of the Absurd

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Are you doing anything special the week-end?

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	in
	for
	at
	on

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People always remember patriots--Which of the following is the best passive form of the above sentence?

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	The patriots will always be remembered by people
	The patriots are always being remembered
	The patriots are always remembered by the people
	People are always remembered by the patriots

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Many islands make up-

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	an isles
	a peninsula
	an archipelago
	continent

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The first English Dictionary was completed by-

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	Samuel Butler
	Sir Thomas Browne
	Samuel Johnson
	Izaak Walton

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

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	The essential point
	The last line of a book
	The final step
	The end of a road

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What is the antonym of ‘famous’?

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	Immature
	Illiterate
	Obscure
	Opaque

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‘Predict’ relates to the treatment of-

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	adults
	women
	old people
	children

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

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	they all
	all of whom
	who all
	all of them

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

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	The Victorian Age
	The Restoriation Age
	The Georgian Age
	The Augustan Age

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plebiscite is a term related to--

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	Technology
	medicine
	Law
	Politics

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`Boot leg’ means to-

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	smuggle
	distribute
	import
	export

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The speaker failed to make the audience--to him patiently.--Which of the following is the best form of pronoun in the above sentence?

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	to listen
	listening
	listened
	listen

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What is the synonym of ‘incredible’?

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	Unthinkable
	Unlikely
	Unbelievable
	Unthinking

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Which of the following is a correct sentence?

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	He was too clever not to miss the point
	He was so clever to miss the point
	He was too clever to grasp the point
	He was too clever to miss the point

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Who of the following was both a poet and painter?

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	Keats
	Donne
	Blake
	Spenser

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