BCS 41th Question Bank English 2021

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Question 1

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In Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hamlet was prince of---

Answer:

Denmark

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20/03/2021 - 00:49

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Question 2

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'Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?' Who speaks the famous lines?

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Faustus

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20/03/2021 - 10:42

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Question 3

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'Vanity Fair' is a novel written by ---

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William Makepeace Thackeray

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20/03/2021 - 12:32

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Question 4

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Who is the author of the first scientific romance 'The Time Machine'?

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H. G. Wells

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20/03/2021 - 11:26

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Question 5

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'To win a prize is my ambition. ' The underlined part of the sentence is a/an ---

Answer:

noun phrase

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20/03/2021 - 00:22

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Question 6

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When Ushashi entered ____ the room everybody stopped talking.

Answer:

into

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20/03/2021 - 13:09

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Question 7

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'I shall help you provided you obey me.' Here the underlined word is a/an---

Answer:

conjunction

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Question 8

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'Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield' is taken from the poem written by ---

Explanation:

Please see this from: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/alfred-tennyson

Answer:

Alfred Tennyson

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20/03/2021 - 00:01

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Question 9

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'Who's that?' In this sentence 'that' is a/an ---

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pronoun

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Question 10

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Identify the correct spelling: (Questionaire)

Answer:

Questionnaire

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Question 11

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Which one of the following is a common gender?

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sovereign

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Question 12

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Select the correct comparative form of the sentence 'A string of pearls was not so bright as her teeth.'

Answer:

Her teeth were brighter than a string of pearls.

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20/03/2021 - 00:45

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Question 13

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Choose the word opposite in meaning to 'terse':

Explanation:

The meaning of 'terse' is summary or concise.

Answer:

descriptive

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Question 14

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Which 'but' is a preposition?

Answer:

What can we do but sit and wait?

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20/03/2021 - 13:12

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Question 15

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'The old man was tired of walking.' Here 'walking' is a/an ---

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gerund

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20/03/2021 - 12:51

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Question 16

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One whose attitude is 'eat, drink and be merry' is ---

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epicurean

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Question 17

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Identify the word that can be used as both singular and plural:

Explanation:

The plural of fish is usually fish.

Answer:

fish

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Question 18

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What is the noun form of the word 'know'?

Explanation:

Knowledge is the fact of knowing about something.

Answer:

Knowledge

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20/03/2021 - 00:33

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Question 19

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'Lady Chatterley's Lover' was written by the author of ---

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The Rainbow

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Question 20

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Adela Quested and Mrs. Moore are characters from the novel ---

Answer:

A passage to India

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20/03/2021 - 12:15

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Question 21

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'Huffing and puffing, we arrived at the classroom door with only seven seconds to spare. ' In this sentence the verb 'arrived' is ---

Answer:

Intransitive

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20/03/2021 - 13:54

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Question 22

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Who is not a romantic poet?

Answer:

T. S. Eliot

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20/03/2021 - 13:20

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Question 23

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'Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea. ' These lines have been quoted from Dylan Thomas' poem ---

Answer:

Fern Hill

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20/03/2021 - 13:40

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Question 24

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'Call me if you have any problems regarding your work.' Here 'regarding' is a/an ---

Answer:

Preposition

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20/03/2021 - 14:16

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Question 25

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'Why, then, 'tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.' The extract is taken from the drama ---

Explanation:

Please see the Hamlet's No fear Chapter (Act 2 Scene 2)

Answer:

Hamlet

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19/03/2021 - 23:37

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Question 26

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The play 'The Birthday Party' is written by ---

Answer:

Harold Pinter

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20/03/2021 - 13:28

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Question 27

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The Character 'Alfred Doolittle' is taken from Shaw's play titled ---

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Pygmalion

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Question 28

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'Shylock' is a character in the play ---

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The Merchant of Venice

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Question 29

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The poem 'The Love song of J. Alfred Prufrock' is written by ---

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T. S. Eliot

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20/03/2021 - 11:11

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Question 30

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Find out the correct passive form of the sentence 'Who taught you French?'

Answer:

By whom were you taught French?

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20/03/2021 - 00:41

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Question 31

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'Give somebody a piece of your mind' means to ---

Explanation:

Popular Idiom of English

Answer:

Tell someone that you are very angry with them.

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Question 32

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Which one is a correct sentence? (The doctor saw my pulse.)

Answer:

The doctor examined my pulse.

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Question 33

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'Pip' is the protagonist in Charles Dickens' novel ---

Answer:

Great Expectations

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Question 34

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'Come on, it's time to go home.' Here 'home' is a/an ---

Answer:

noun

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20/03/2021 - 13:50

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Question 35

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'I will not let you go.' In this sentence 'go' is a/an ---

Answer:

infinitive

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20/03/2021 - 12:56

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