English Grammar & Literature MCQ Practice

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English Grammar and Literature play a crucial role in BCS, Bank, NTRCA, Primary, and other competitive examinations. In this blog post, you will find a carefully prepared MCQ practice set covering grammar, vocabulary, idioms, narration, voice change, and English literature—along with correct answers.

✍️ MCQ Questions

 ১. Advertising is___  

ক) Count noun

খ) adjective

গ) verb

ঘ) non-count noun

২. Fahima has___enemies, but they can do her____hatm.

ক) no,   little

খ) many, many

গ) little,  much

ঘ) a few, little

৩. The moon has hidden her face behind the cloud. Here the moon is ___ gender?

ক) masculine

খ) feminine

গ) common

ঘ) none

৪. The nightingale is a singing bird. In this sentence 'singing' is a/an___

ক) participle

খ) adverb

গ) gerund

ঘ) verbal noun

৫.I'll be with you  in____

ক) one quarter of an hour

খ) a quarter of an hour

গ) a quarter of one hour

ঘ) quarter of an hour

৬. Where the word 'Near' is used as preposition?

ক) My school  is near the mosque.

খ) Draw  near and listen.

গ) She is a near relation.

ঘ) Death nears woth the passage of time.

৭.  His conduct is bad, and his honesty is not ___ suspicion.

ক) above

খ) on

গ) under

ঘ) in

৮. He said to me, "Do you know me?"

Identify the correct indirect speech.

ক)  He asked me if I know him.

খ) He asked me do I know him.

গ)  He asked me if I knew him.

ঘ) He asked me did I know him.

৯. Breathe one's last' means:

ক)  breathe in the open air

খ)  become successful

গ) to pass away

ঘ) to laugh

১০. A  strom  has uprooted the tree.(select passive form)

ক) The tree has been uprooted by a strom.

খ) The tree is  uprooted by a strom.

গ) The tree has been uprooted for a strom.

ঘ) The tree has uprooted by a strom.

১১. We  must listen to his words.. (Change the voice)

ক) His words must be listened to.

খ) His words should  be listened to.

গ) His words ought to be listened to.

ঘ) His words may  be listened to.

১২. Don't  make a noise while your little sister __.

ক) is sleeping

খ) has slept

গ) asleep

ঘ) is being slept

১৩. Studying  lots of books (make) a person  knowledgeable and wise.

ক) make

খ) making

গ) makes

ঘ) is made

১৪. He is so dishonest that he cannot speak the truth (Simple)

ক)He is too dishonest that he cannot speak the truth

খ) He is too dishonest to be spoken the truth.

গ) He is too dishonest to speak the truth  

ঘ) He is very dishonest and cannot  speak the truth.

১৫.The line 'Frailty,  thou name is woman'  occurs in Shakespeare's play ----

ক)  Macbeth

খ) Hamlet

গ) Othello

ঘ) king Lear

১৬. Which period is known as "The Golden age of English Literature'?

ক)  The Victorian age

খ) The Elizabeth age

গ)  The Eighteen century

ঘ) The Restorian period

১৭.The opposite gender of 'teacher' is -

ক) Miss

খ)  Madam

গ). Sir

ঘ)  None

১৮. A person who sells fruits and vegetables---

ক) a green grocer

খ) a vegetarian

গ) a hawker

ঘ) a vegetable man

১৯. Select  the correct sentence.

ক) He was dressed in a nice suite.

খ) He stayed in an expensive suit of the hotel.

গ) I won the law suite in court.

ঘ) He wore a black suit for the occasion.

২০. ‘To have full hands’ means----

ক) To be in a lot of troubles.

খ) To be fully occupied.

গ) To lead  an easy life.

ঘ) To be rice.

২১. 'PANDEMONIUM' means----

ক) order

খ) calm

গ) commotion

ঘ) peace

২২.  choose the correct spelling----

ক) Contiguous

খ) Conteguous

গ) Contiguoous

ঘ) Coantiguous

২৩ .Bangladesh is progressing  by leaps and bounds.  .Here 'by leaps and bounds ' means ---

ক) aimlessly

খ) rapidly

গ) slowly  

ঘ) steadily

২৪. 'Faerie Queene' is a/an____

ক) Play

খ) Short story

গ) Epic

ঘ) Novel

২৫. ‘Better to reign in Hell, than serve in heaven’ is from?

ক) Geoffrey Chaucer

খ) Marlowe

গ) Milton

ঘ) Shelley  

উত্তর:

১. (ঘ)  ২. (ঘ)  ৩. (খ)  ৪. (ক)  ৫. (খ)  ৬. (ক) ৭. (ক) ৮. (গ) ৯. (গ) ১০. (ক) ১১. (ক) ১২. (ক) ১৩. (গ) ১৪. (গ) ১৫. (খ) ১৬. (খ) ১৭. (ঘ) ১৮. (ক) ১৯. (ঘ) ২০. (খ) ২১. (গ) ২২.( ক) ২৩. (খ) ২৪. (গ) ২৫. (গ) 

BCS ও চাকরি প্রস্তুতি: গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ৩০টি মডেল প্রশ্ন-উত্তর

১. Which one is the noun of the word ‘brief’?
ক) Brevity
খ) Briefly
গ) Briefing
ঘ) Brief

২. The word ‘Paradigm’means—
ক) proof
খ) parallel
গ) advice
ঘ) example

 

৩. —15 August 1975, Bangabandhu was brutally killed.
ক) In
খ) At
গ) By
ঘ) On

৪. The Mayor of Dhaka has decided to go through with his plan of evicting the street hawker. Here ‘go through’ means—
ক) Review
খ) Change
গ) Implement
ঘ) Reject

৫. Never catch the Jatika. Make it passive.
ক) Let the Jatika never be caught.
খ) Let not the Jatika ever be caught.
গ) Never the Jatika be caught by you.
ঘ) The Jatika is caught by you.

৬. The submarine dipped to avoid ---by the enemy plane.
ক) being seen
খ) seen
গ) having seen
ঘ) seeing

 

৭. If I had much money, I -----------.
ক) will help the distressed people.
খ) would help the distressed people.
গ) would have helped the distressed people.
ঘ) would have been helped the distressed people.

৮. The South Pole is too cold for human beings to live in. It is a----
ক) simple sentence
খ) complex sentence
গ) compound sentence
ঘ) multiple sentence

৯. The highway patrol stopped our car and asked us where----
ক) were we are going
খ) are we going
গ) we are going
ঘ) we were going

১০. Which of the following sentences is correct one?
ক) Paper is made of wood.
খ) Paper is made by wood
গ) Paper is made from wood.
ঘ) Paper is made on wood.

 

১১. In spite of being a prolific writer, he never achieves high esteem from the critics. Here ‘prolific’ means -
ক) scholarly
খ) professional
গ) prosaic
ঘ) fertile

১২. Antonym of ‘DESOLATE’ is—
ক) Abandoned
খ) Disfigured
গ) Isolated
ঘ) Populous

১৩. The country is progressing by leaps and bounds. Here ‘by leaps and bounds’ means—
ক) aimlessly
খ) slowly
গ) rapidly
ঘ) steadily

১৪. Every cloud has a silver lining. This statement expresses—
ক) possibility
খ) hope
গ) sunshine
ঘ) amazement

 

১৫. A medicine or substance that controls the effects of a poison or disease is called a/an—
ক) anaesthesia
খ) panacea
গ) placebo
ঘ) antidote

১৬. Select the correct word.
ক) Blasphemy
খ) Blusphemy
গ) Blasphame
ঘ) Blasphamy

১৭. Which spelling is correct?
ক) surveilance
খ) survelience
গ) surveillance
ঘ) sarveillance

১৮. Which one is the synonym of ‘SAVAGE’?
ক) civilized
খ) wild
গ) popular
ঘ) precious

 

১৯. To look quickly through a book is an important study skill. Here the idiom ‘look quickly through’means—
ক) skim
খ) outline
গ) paraphrase
ঘ) summarize

২০. ‘Fast track’means—
ক) a direct path to achieve something.
খ) a stable path to achieve something.
গ) a steady path to achieve something.
ঘ) a quick path to achieve something.

বিষয়ভিত্তিক মডেল টেস্ট-এর উত্তর

১. ক। ২. ঘ। ৩. ঘ। ৪. ক। ৫. খ। ৬. ক। ৭. খ। ৮. ক। ৯. ঘ। ১০. গ।
১১. ঘ। ১২. ঘ। ১৩. গ। ১৪. খ। ১৫. ঘ। ১৬. ক। ১৭. গ। ১৮. খ। ১৯. ক। ২০. ঘ।

২৭ তম বিসিএস প্রশ্নব্যাংক ও ব্যাখ্যাসহ সমাধান 27th BCS Preli Question 

১. A baby cat is called—
ক) Catty
খ) Kitten
গ) Cat child
ঘ) Tiny cat

২. A man who catches fish as a hobby is called a/an—
ক) fisherman
খ) angler
গ) hunter
ঘ) fishmonger

 

৩. Fallow: Field
ক) observant: spectator
খ) unconscious: sleeper
গ) unemployed: worker
ঘ) renovated: house

৪. A ‘canto’ is—
ক) an act of a play
খ) a part of a play
গ) a chapter of a novel
ঘ) a diversion of an epic

৫. ‘The Good Earth’ deals with
ক) Irish life
খ) Bengali life
গ) Chinese life
ঘ) English life

৬. ‘PEDAGOGUE’ is related to—
ক) politics
খ) marriage
গ) disease
ঘ) education

 

৭. Which one is not correct plural form?
ক) Loci
খ) Foci
গ) Radi
ঘ) Focuses

৮. In order to improve farming methods, we need—
ক) machine
খ) machinery
গ) machineries
ঘ) a machinery

৯. Choose the correct sentence.
ক) Between you and I, I doubt that he will come.
খ) Between you and I, I doubt that he would come.
গ) Between you and me, I doubt that he will come.
ঘ) Between you and I, I doubt that he would come.

১০. The Canterbury Tales, written in about 1386, is alive and—as it was nearly 600 years ago.
ক) appealed
খ) appeal
গ) appealing
ঘ) the appeal of

 

১১. Although Sraboni is younger than her sister, Sraboni is the—of the two.
ক) tallest
খ) taller
গ) most tall
ঘ) more taller

১২. Give me a telephone number to ring—I get lost.
ক) unless
খ) whether
গ) perhaps
ঘ) in case

১৩. The correct noun of ‘break’ is—
ক) broker
খ) breakable
গ) breaking
ঘ) breach

১৪. Which ‘up’ in the following sentences is adverb?
ক) The up train will come soon.
খ) Our system should be up by the noon.
গ) They live up in the mountain.
ঘ) We had our ups and downs of fortune.

 

১৫. Nobody—you know the truth.
ক) Without
খ) but
গ) that
ঘ) beside

১৬. Choose the correct passive form: ‘Why did your brother write such a letter?’
ক) Why was such a letter written by your brother?
খ) Why such a letter was written by your brother?
গ) Why such a letter was written by your brother.
ঘ) Why was such a letter been written by your brother?

১৭. The scenery of Cox’s Bazar—charming.
ক) was
খ) is
গ) were
ঘ) are

১৮. Which one is correct?
ক) I am used to steer on the left.
খ) I used to driving on the left
গ) I am used to drive on the left.
ঘ) I am used to driving on the left.

১৯. The intricate directions were difficult to follow. Here ‘intricate’ means—
ক) vague
খ) unusual
গ) complicated
ঘ) routine

 

২০. ‘to nurse a grudge’ means—
ক) to bear ill will
খ) to look after carefully
গ) to be feverish
ঘ) to be ready to cure

মডেল টেস্ট এর উত্তর

১. খ। ২. খ। ৩. গ। ৪. ঘ। ৫. গ। ৬. ঘ। ৭. গ। ৮. খ। ৯. গ। ১০. গ।
১১. খ। ১২. ঘ। ১৩. ঘ। ১৪. গ। ১৫. খ। ১৬. ক। ১৭. খ। ১৮. ঘ। ১৯. গ। ২০. ক।

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