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

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MCQWho wrote the poem ‘The Good-Morrow’?
MCQ‘The old order changeth, yielding place to new’- This line is extracted from Tennyson’s poem-
MCQWho is the central character of ‘Wuthering Heights’ by Emily Bronte?
MCQ‘Where are the songs of Spring? Aye, where are they? Think not of them, thou hast thy music too’- Who wrote this?
MCQ‘All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand’- Who said this?
MCQThe short story ‘The Diamond Necklace’ was written by-
MCQ‘Ulysses’ is a novel written by-
MCQWho translated the ‘rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ into English?
MCQ‘Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart, ‘Tis woman’s whole existence’- This is taken from the poem of-
MCQ‘What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet’- Who said this?
MCQ‘Sweet Helen’ make me immortal with a kiss’ The sentence has been taken from the play-
MCQTennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’ is an elegy on the death of-
MCQWilliam Shakespeare was born in -
MCQWhich of the following is not an American poet?
MCQ‘The Rape of the Lock’ by Alexander Pope is a/an-
MCQAn extra message added at the end of a letter after it is signed is called-
MCQChange the voice: ‘Who is calling me?’
MCQ‘We must not be late, else we will miss the train’ This is a -
MCQ‘He ran with great speed’ The underlined part of the sentence is a -
MCQThe saying ‘enough is enough’ is used when you want-
MCQ‘A lost opportunity never returns’ Here ‘lost’ is a __
MCQIdentify the determiner in the following sentence: ‘I have no news for you’
MCQIndentify the word which remains the same in its plural form:
MCQWhich word means the opposite of ‘dearth’ ?
MCQWhich word is similar to ‘appal’ ?
MCQA man whose wife has died is called a ---
MCQWhich one of the following words is masculine
MCQsomeone who is capricious is-
MCQ‘You look terrific in that dress!’ The word ‘terrific’ in the above sentence means-
MCQIdentify the word which is spelt incorrectly:
MCQFill in the blank: You may go for a walk if you feel ___ it.
MCQFill in the blank: As she was talking, he suddenly broke __, saying, ‘That’s a lie!’
MCQThe word ‘sibling’ means-
MCQIn which sentence is the word ‘past’ used as a preposition?
MCQ‘Please write to me at the above address’. The word ‘above’ in this sentence is a/an-