BCS 40th Preliminary Question Bank Quiz and Solution English Language and Literature 2019

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Question 1

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Identify the word which is spelt incorrectly:

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consciencious

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Question 2

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‘Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, ‘Tis woman’s whole existence’- This is taken from the poem of-

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Lord Byron

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Question 3

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Which word is similar to ‘appal’ ?

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dismay

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Question 4

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William Shakespeare was born in -

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1564

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Question 5

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‘The old order changeth, yielding place to new’- This line is extracted from Tennyson’s poem-

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Morte d’ Arthur

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Question 6

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A man whose wife has died is called a ---

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widower

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Question 7

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‘Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too’- Who wrote this?

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John Keats

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Question 8

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someone who is capricious is-

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known for sudden changes in attitude or behaviour

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Question 9

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Which one of the following words is masculine

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lad

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Identify the determiner in the following sentence: ‘I have no news for you’

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Question 11

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Which word means the opposite of ‘dearth’ ?

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abundance

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Question 12

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‘Sweet Helen’ make me immortal with a kiss’ The sentence has been taken from the play-

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Doctor Faustus

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Question 13

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‘You look terrific in that dress!’ The word ‘terrific’ in the above sentence means-

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excellent

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Question 14

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Fill in the blank: You may go for a walk if you feel ___ it.

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Question 15

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‘He ran with great speed’ The underlined part of the sentence is a -

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adverb phrase

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Question 16

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‘We must not be late, else we will miss the train’ This is a -

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compound sentence

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Question 17

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‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’- Who said this?

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Lady Macbeth

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Question 18

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Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’ is an elegy on the death of-

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Arthur Henry Hallam

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Question 19

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‘Please write to me at the above address’. The word ‘above’ in this sentence is a/an-

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adjective

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Question 20

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The word ‘sibling’ means-

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a brother or sister

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Question 21

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Who is the central character of ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Bronte?

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Heathcliff

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Question 22

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The saying ‘enough is enough’ is used when you want-

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something to stop

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Question 23

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An extra message added at the end of a letter after it is signed is called-

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postscript

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Question 24

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In which sentence is the word ‘past’ used as a preposition?

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Tania was a wonderful singer, but she’s past her prime.

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Question 25

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‘What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet’- Who said this?

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Juliet

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Question 26

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‘Ulysses’ is a novel written by-

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James Joyce

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Question 27

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‘The Rape of the Lock’ by Alexander Pope is a/an-

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mock-heroic poem

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Question 28

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Fill in the blank: As she was talking, he suddenly broke __, saying, ‘That’s a lie!’

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Question 29

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Change the voice: ‘Who is calling me?’

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By whom am I being called?

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Question 30

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Indentify the word which remains the same in its plural form:

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aircraft

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Question 31

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Who wrote the poem ‘The Good-Morrow’?

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John Donne

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Question 32

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Which of the following is not an American poet?

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W. B. Yeats

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Question 33

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Who translated the ‘rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ into English?

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Edward Fitzgerald

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Question 34

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‘A lost opportunity never returns’ Here ‘lost’ is a __

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participle

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Question 35

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The short story ‘The Diamond Necklace’ was written by-

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Somerset Maugham

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