35th BCS Preliminary Exam

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">1.   Cricket enjoys a huge — in Bangladesh.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> follow on                                             </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> fall out<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> follow                                                  </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> following<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">2.   Who wrote the following lines : "All at once I saw/a crowd, a host of golden daffodils"?</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Wordsworth                                        </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Herrick         <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Shelley                                                </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Keats<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">3.   What would be the right synonym for "initiative"?</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> apathy                                                 </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> indolence       <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">c</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> enterprise                                            </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> activity<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">4.   Which of the following words can be used as a verb?</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">      </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">Mister                                                  </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">b</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Master          <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Mistress                                              </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Mastery<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">5.   Who among the following writers is not a Nobel Laureate?</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> T.S. Eliot                                             </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Toni Morrison<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">c</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Grahame Greene                                 </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> William Faulkner<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">6.   The correct passive form of "You must shut these doors" is—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> These must be shut doors                     </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Shut must be the doors<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Shut the doors you must                       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> These doors must be shut<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">7.   The film was directed in the director's usual— style.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Confusion                                            </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">b</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> idiosyncratic  <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> personifying                                         </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> purifying<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">8.   Which word is the determiner in the sentence "Will it take much time?"</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> will                                                      </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> take            <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">c</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> much                                                   </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> time<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">9.   The play <i>Arms and the Man </i>is by—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> James Joyce                                         </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Arthur Miller<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Samuel Beckett                                    </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> George Bernard Shaw<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">10.   'He was a rather <u>disagreeable</u> man.' Here the underlined word is a/an—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Noun                                                   </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">b</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Adjective       <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Adverb                                                </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Preposition<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">11.   This could have worked if I — been more far-sighted.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> had                                                      </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> have             <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> might                                                   </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> would<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">12.   The 'climax' of a plot is what happens—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> in the beginning                                     </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> at the height<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">c</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> at the end                                             </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> in the confrontation<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">13.   Choose the pair of words that expresses a relationship similar to that of "Harm : Damage"—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Sweet : Sour                                         </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">b</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Stout : Weak<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Injure : Incapacitate                              </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Hook : Crook<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">14.   <i>Othello </i>is a Shakespeare's play about—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> A Jew                                                  </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> A Roman       <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> A Turk                                                 </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> A Moor<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">15.   In the 18th Century the Mughal Empire begun to—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> discriminate                                          </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">b</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> disintegrate   <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> differentiate                                         </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> dislocate<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">16.   Being fat does not necessarily kill you, but it— the risk that you will suffer from nasty diseases</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> increases                                              </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> emphasizes    <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> encourages                                           </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> involves<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">17.   The poem "Isle of Innisfree" is written by—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Dylan Thomas                                      </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Ezra Pound   <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> W.H.Auden                                         </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> W.B.Yeats<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">18.   <i>Riders to the Sea </i>is—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> an epic poem                                       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> a one-act play<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">c</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> a novella                                             </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> a theatrical adaptation of a poem<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">19.   "It is time to review the <u>protocol</u> on testing nuclear weapons". Here the underlined word means—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Record of rules                                   </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Summary of rules<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Procedures                                         </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Problems<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">20.   — amazing song haunted me for a long time.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> These                                                 </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Those<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Thus                                                  </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> That<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">21.   Let us beging by looking at the <u>minutes</u> of the meeting. Here the underlined word means —</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> time record                                         </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> time frame     <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">c</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> written record                                     </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> written analysis<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">22.   The noise level in Dhaka city has increased <u>exponentially.</u> Here the underlined word mean—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> amazingly                                            </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> shockingly     <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> steadily                                               </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> rapidly<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">23.   Which of the following writers belong to the Elizabethan period?</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Christopher Marlowe                           </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> John Dryden<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Alexander Pope                                  </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Samuel Beckett<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">24.   Women are too often — by family commitments.</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> confused                                             </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> controlled      <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> contaminated                                       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> constrained<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">25.   "To be, or not be, that is the question"— is a famous dialogue from—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <i>Othello            </i>                                    </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <i>Romeo and Juliet</i><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">c</span><i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Hamlet               </span></i><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">                                 </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> <i>Macbeth</i><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">26.   Class relations and societal conflict is the key understanding of—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Feminism                                              </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Formalism     <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Structuralism                                        </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Marxism<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">27.   Societies living in the <u>periphery</u> are always ignored. Here the underlined word means —</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> offshore areas                                     </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">b</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> marginal areas<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> remote places                                      </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> backward regions<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">28.   The idiom "A stitch in time saves nine"— refers the importance of—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> saving lives                                          </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">b</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> timely action  <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> saving time                                          </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> time tailoring<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">29.   Which is the correct sentence?</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> He insisted on seeing her                    </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> He insisted in seeing her<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> He insisted for seeing her                   </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> He insisted to be seeing her<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">30.   The phrase "nouveau riche" means —</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Riche rich                                          </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Well off          <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> New high class                                  </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> New rich<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">31.   What would be the best antonym of "hibernate"?</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> dormancy                                          </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">b</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> liveliness        <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> sluggishness                                      </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> democracy<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">32.   I am in the process of collecting <u>material</u> for my story. The underlined word is a/an —</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Verb                                                 </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Adjective<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Adverb                                             </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">d</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Noun<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">33.   Depression is often <u>hereditary.</u> The underlined word is a/an —</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Adverb                                             </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">b</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Adjective       <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Noun                                                </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Verb<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">34.   Find the odd-man-out —</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">a</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> George Eliot                                      </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Thomas Hardy<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">C</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Joseph Conrad                                  </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> James Joyce<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 27.0pt; text-indent: -27.0pt;"> <b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">35.   Find the odd-man-out—</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">       </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">A</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> The Bluest Eye                                </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">B</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> Sula              <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.3in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.3in;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .3in; text-indent: -.3in;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;">      </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">c</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> As I Lay Dying                                 </span><span style="font-family: ProshnaP; font-size: 11pt;">D</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 11pt;"> A Mercy<o:p></o:p></span></div> </div>

35th BCS Preliminary Exam

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