৪৩তম বিসিএস পরীক্ষার প্রস্তুতি: ইংরেজি

আসন্ন ৪৩তম বিসিএস পরীক্ষায় অংশগ্রহণকারী প্রার্থীদের প্রস্তুতির জন্য ইংরেজি সাহিত্য থেকে বেশ কয়েকটি প্রশ্ন দেওয়া হলো। এগুলো তাদের প্রস্তুতির জন্য সহায়ক হবে।

1. ‘Our Sweetest songs are those that tell of a sadest thoughts is a quotation from Shelley’s-

a. Ode to the west Wind b. The cloud

c. Ode to a skylark d. Adonais

Answer: c. Ode to a skylark

2. Shakespeare was born in the year-

a. 1540 b. 1564

c. 1340 d. 1610

Answer: b. 1564

3. A Machiavellian character is—

a. a selfish person b. an honest person

c. a courageous person

d. a judicious person

Answer: a. a selfish person

4. ‘Essays of Elia’ was written by-

a. William Hazlitt b. Emily Dickinson

c. Emily Brontee d. Charles Lamb

Answer: d. Charles Lamb

5. Who wrote ‘Point Counterpoint’?

a. Charls Bronte b. H.G. Wells

c. David Galsworthy

d. Aldous Huxley

Answer: d. Aldous Huxley

6. Francis Bacon is a/an-

a. Novelist b. Dramatist

c. Essayist d. Poet

Answer: c. Essayist

7. ‘The Good Morrow’ is a poem by-

a. Andrew Marvell b. W.B. Yeats

c. P.B Browning d. John Donne

Answer: d. John Donne

8. The author of ‘Songs of Innocence and of Experience’ is-

a. John Lennon b. Richard Mark

c. William Blake d. John Keats

Answer: c. William Blake

9. Who wrote the book ‘Lord Jim: A Tale’?

a. Oscar Wilde b. Joseph Conrad

c. Thomas Hardy d. Rudyard Kipling

Answer:  b. Joseph Conrad

10. Andrew Marvell was a-

a. Metaphysical poet b. Victorian poet

c. Romantic poet d. Modern poet

Answer: a. Metaphysical poet

11. The central idea of ‘Under the greenwood tree’ is that:

a. life in the forest is dangerous

b. urban life is disgusting

c. we all should live simple life

d. life in nature is simple and free

Answer: d. life in nature is simple and free

12. Who wrote’ To the light house’?

a. Jane Austen b. Shakespeare

c. S. T. Coleridge d. Virginia Woolf

Answer:  d. Virginia Woolf

13. ‘A Doll’s House’ is written by—

a. Francis Bacon b. E.M. Forster

c. Henrick Ibsen d. R.K. Narayan

Answer: c. Henrick Ibsen 

14. ‘The Faerie Queene’ is an/an-

a. Elegy b. Epic

c. Sonnet d. Poem

Answer: b. Epic

15. Who is the author of ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’?

a. William Wordsworth

b. S.T. Coleridge

c. Somerset Maugham

d. Sir Walter Scott

Answer: b. S.T. Coleridge

16. ‘Melodrama’ is a kind of play of-

a. violent and sensational themes

b. historical themes

c. philosophical themes

d. pathetic themes

Answer: a. violent and sensational themes

17. William Shakespeare is the author of—

a. King Lear

b. Waiting for Godot

c. Sound of Music

d. Pride and Prejudice

Answer: a. King Lear

18. Which one of the following is first long poem in English?

a. The Wanderer

b. Beowulf

c. The Seafarer

d. Dream of the Road

Answer: b. Beowulf

19. Who said ‘An unexamined life is not worth living’?

a. Socrates b. Plato

c. Aristotle d. Zeno

Answer: a. Socrates

20. Who is the composer of ‘Paradise Lost’?

a. John Keats b. Lord Byron

c. S.T. Coleridge d. John Milton

Answer: d. John Milton

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