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''For solitude sometimes is best society, And short retirement urges sweet return.'' These lines are taken from -
A Paradise lost by John Milton
B I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth
C The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
D Divine Comedy Poem by Dante
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17 Aug 2026
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What is the function of paragraph introducers?
A To conclude the ideas
B to establish the topic focus of the paragraph
C To present examples or details
D to provide a smooth transition between different s...
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17 Aug 2026
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English BCS
What is the feminine of “Traitor”?
A Traitores
B Traitoress
C Traitrix
D Traitress
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English BCS
Which literary work is the first romance in prose?
A Beowulf
B Morte d’ Arthur
C Le'Amor
D Lycidas
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17 Aug 2026
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English BCS
''Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink.'' These li...
A P.B. Shelley
B John Keats
C S.T. Coleridge
D Robert Frost
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English BCS
'Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested' is quoted by-
A Francis Bacon
B G. B. Shaw
C Paul Samuelson
D Thomas Kyd
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English BCS
Those who do not complain are never pitied. The underlined is a/an-
A Principal Clause
B Adjective clause
C Adverb clause
D Noun clause
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The longest Period of English Literature is-
A The Renaissance Period
B The Middle English Period
C The Anglo-Saxon Period
D The Anglo-Norman Period
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English BCS
The tragedy of William Shakespeare is-
A Twelfth Night
B Julius Caesar
C As You Like It
D The Tempest
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English BCS
“Do not read the letter.” The correct passive voice of this sentence is-
A The letter is not shut.
B The letter did not be read.
C The letter be not read.
D Let not the letter be read.
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17 Aug 2026
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English BCS
We have just an hour before returning to our place. This underlined connector expresses
A Reason
B Purpose
C Timing
D Alternative
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The novel 'Amelia' is written by -
A Samuel Johnson
B D. H Lawrance
C Henry Fielding
D James Joyce
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The writer of 'Pilgrim's Progress' is-
A Robert Greene
B Thomas Gray
C John Bunyan
D Andrew Marvell
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“Are you sure that we are awake? It seems to me that yet we sleep, we dream.” - These lines are taken from -
A Paradise Regained
B Stairway To Heaven
C A Midsummer Night's Dream
D Of Dream
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17 Aug 2026
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Choose the word opposite in meaning to “insidious”-
A straightforward
B equivocal
C subtle
D ambiguous
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17 Aug 2026
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Select the correct comparative form of the sentence. 'Chittagong is the biggest port of Bangladesh.'
A Any other port is bigger than Chittagong.
B Chittagong is as big as other port in Bangladesh.
C Chittagong is not so big as any other port in Bang...
D Chittagong is bigger than any other port in Bangla...
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English BCS
Fill in the blank with appropriate use of tense: Neither the teacher nor the students present.
A are
B is
C has been
D had
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English BCS
Which of the following periods is called the Golden age of English literature?
A Romantic Period
B Middle English Period
C Victorian Period
D Elizabethan Period
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English BCS
In English literature, the time frame of 1745 to 1785 is known as -
A The Age of Sensibility
B The Augustan Period
C The Restoration Period
D Commonwealth Period
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17 Aug 2026
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Which is the correct option? “That was book I’ve ever read!”
A scariest
B the scariest
C the most scary
D the scaryest
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17 Aug 2026
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