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BCS : English; MCQ Questions & Answer; Word: Definition
BCS : English; MCQ Questions & Answer; Word: Definition
1.’Geriatrics’ is the branch of medicine concerned with the diseases and care of –
a) newly-weds
b) old woman
c) new born babies
Answer: old people
2. A soporific speech is likely to –
a) be incomprehensible
b) appeal primarily to emotion
Answer: put one to sleep
d) stimulate action
3. Photosynthesis takes place in –
a) Roots of the plants
b) stems of the plants
Answer: green parts of the plants
d) all parts of the plants
4. If a person cannot stop taking drugs, he or she is –
a) attached to them
b) committed to them
Answer: addicted to them
d) devoted to them
5. ‘ Such claim needs to be tested empirically’ suggest that
a) The test should be based on assumption
b) The test should be based on idea
Answer: The test should be based on experience
d) The test should be based on calculation
6. We were no more surprised than Rahman is similar to –
a) We were all surprised
Answer: We were less surprised than Rahim
c) Rahman was less surprised than us
d) We were as surprised as Rahman
7. ‘Not once has our neighbour invited us into his house’
a) Our neighbour has invited us into his not once but many times
Answer: Our neighbour has never invited us into his house
c) Occasionally our neighbour invited us into his house’
d) Our neighbour has not always invited us into his house
8. ‘To raise ones brows’ indicates –
a) annoyance
b) disapproval
c) indifference
Answer: surprise
9. A formal composition or speech expressing high praise of somebody –
a) elegy
Answer: eulogy
c) caricature
d) exaggeration
10. ‘Time after twilight and before night’ –
a) Evening
b) dawn
Answer: Dust
d) eclipse
11. Stocking are _ stock.
Answer: long
b)small
c) big
d) short
12. If a substance is cohesive, it needs to –
a) retain heat
b) bend without too much difficulty
Answer: stick together
d) break easily
13. The word ‘EcoloGIcal’ is related to –
a) atmosphere
b) pollution
Answer: environment
d) demography
14. Anything ‘Pernicious’ tends to injure or destroy. Something which has no such harmful effect is –
Answer: innocuous
b) innocent
c) immaculate
d) salutary
15. Many Islands make up-
a) an isles
Answer: an archipelago
c) a peninsula
d) a continent
16. ‘Plebiscite’ is a term related to –
a) medicine
b) technology
c) law
Answer: politics
17. The word ‘parent’ means –
a) father
b) mother
c) father and mother
Answer: father or mother
18. Choose the word that is closest in meaning. The affluent society –
a) evil
Answer: wealthy
c) organized
d) modern
19. When we alleviate something, we –
a) make it worse
b) make it outstanding
c) elevate it
Answer: make it less severe
20. When we ostracize someone, we
a) severely reprimand him
b) bitterly criticize him
Answer: refuse to meet or talk to him
d) punish him severely
21. What do you mean by the word ‘Pedagogue’?
Answer: a school master
b) demagogue
c) insane
d) droll
22. The word ‘Adulteration’ can be best explained as –
a) to mix something intensely
b) to use unusual methods
Answer: to make impure by adding inferior ingredient
d) to mix poison
23. If something does not make sense, it is not –
a) experience
b) nice
Answer: logical
d) funny
24. A dove is the symbol of –
a) anger
Answer: peace
c) fight
d) struggle
25. A broad road boarded with trees is called –
a) boudoir
Answer: boulevard
c) avenue
d) facade
26. Which of the following is close to ‘archipelago’ in meaning –
a) a group of archives
b) archeoloGIcal sites
Answer: a group of islands
d) arch of a building
27. A person who knows several foreign languages well is called –
a) spokesman
b) linguist
c) geoloGIst
Answer: polyglot
28. A poem of fourteen lines is called –
a) elegy
Answer: sonnet
c) ode
d) epic
29. A person who is able to do many different things is called
a) exceptional
b) talented
c) brilliant
Answer: versatile
30. A diseases that can not be occured is called a/an –
Answer: incurable disease
b) uncurable disease
c) incorriGIble disease
d) discurable disease
31. In English literature the word ‘Limerick’ refers to –
a) Lyrical poems of five lines
b) Irony poems of five lines
Answer: Funny poems of five lines
d) elegy of five lines
32. ‘A person in a family who lived a long time ago is called –
Answer: ancestor
b) follower
c) past member
d) successor
33. A way of making a group of people all think about something at the same time to solve a problem is known as –
a) cooperation
b) instruction
c) collaborating
Answer: brainstorming
34. The act of doing deliberate damage to something is called –
a) sabbath
Answer: sabotage
c) saboteur
d) subpar
35. A person who thinks and talks too much about himself is called a/an –
a) selfish
b) egocentric
c) egotism
Answer: egoist
36. A doctor who studies and treats diseases of the nerve is –
a) a pediatrician
b) an oncologist
c) a nephrologist
Answer: an neurologist
37.One who mends shoes is a –
a) carpenter
b) butcher
Answer: cobbler
d) potter
38. The profession of teaching is known as –
a) tutor
Answer: pedagogy
c) linguistic
d) technology
39. The people who carry a coffin at a funeral are called –
a) Undertakes
b) Supporters
Answer: Pallbearers
d) mourners
40. One who is a specialist in heart and its diseases is –
a) a pharmacologist
b) an ophthalmologist
Answer: a cardiologist
d) a neurologist
41. The study of origin of words is called :
a) anthology
b) epitaph
c) vocabulary
Answer: etymology
42. A person who treats mental illness is called –
Answer: a psychiatrist
b) a psychologist
c) a therapist
d) a psychoanalyst
43. A person whose ‘head’ is in the ‘clouds’ is –
a) proud
Answer: day dreamer
c) an aviator
d) useless
44. A man who writes about his own life writes –
a) a chronicle
b) a diary
Answer: an autobiography
d) a biography
45. ‘A mental illness in which somebody has a strong desire, which they cannot control to steal things’ is expressed by –
a) insomnia
Answer: kleptomania
c) anemia
d) amnesia
46. What is the meaning of the underline phrase in the sentence? To look quickly through a book is an important study skill.
Answer: Skim
b) Outline
c) Summarize
d) Paraphrase
47. A sentence is a –
a) group of works
b) collection of words
Answer: group of words that make a complete sense
d) part of paragraph
48.What does ‘CV’ stand for?
a) Curriculum Vital
Answer: Curriculum Vitae
c) Curriculum Value
d) Curriculum Voyage
49. What is the meaning of the word “Deceive”?
a) নিষ্ঠুর
b) দন্ত
c) আকর্ষনীয়
Answer: প্রতারণা
50. What is the meaning of the word “familiar”?
a) পরিবার
Answer: সুপরিচিত
c) নমনীয়
d) টেকসই
51. What is the meaning of the word “Massive”?
a) শক্তি
b) গৌরব
Answer: প্রকান্ড
d) ভদ্র
52. What is the meaning of the word “Ingredient”?
a) অন্যায়
Answer: উপাদান
b) অবশেষ
d) শেষ
53. The word ‘reliance’ means –
a) independence
b) sub-ordination
c) disbelief
Answer: dependence
54. The practice of keeping one wife or husband is called –
Answer: Monogamy
b) Polygamy
c) Polyandry
d) Paramour
55. The word ‘blasphemy’ is related to –
a) appreciation of god and religion
b) Islam
c) Buddhism
Answer: lack of respect to god and religion
56. A person in charge of a museum is a –
a) Librarian
b) Janitor
c) Palmist
Answer: Curator
57. ‘Kindred’ means –
Answer: relationship by birth or descent
b) social relationship
c) distant relationship
d) unaffiliated relationship
58. ‘Take aback’ means –
a) to take something back
b) to return back
Answer: to be surprised
d) to push back
59. The abbreviation GRE stands for –
a) General Reading in English
b) Graduation Reading Examination
c) Grade Reading Examination
Answer: Graduate Record Examination
60. Democracy demands _ to rules.
a) adherence
b) respectful
c) knowledge
Answer: awareness
61. “Hydrophobia” is the fear of –
a) closed place
b) examination
Answer: water
d) grunt
62. The sound of a lamb is –
Answer: bleat
b) roar
c) scream
d) snake
63. The phrase ‘Momentum Theory’ is related to –
a) Politics
b) Culture
Answer: Sports
d) Music
64. Choose the substitute of ‘Incapable of being elected’.
a) worthlers
b) defaulter
Answer: rejected
d) punishment
65. A composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody’s style, usually in a humorous way is –
Answer: Charade
b) Prototyping
c) None of these
66. Penny wise pound –
a) poor
b) rich
c) callous
Answer: foolish
67. Dogs bark. What do horses do?
a) Hum
Answer: Neigh
c) Hiss
d) Croak
68. ‘Penultimate’ means –
a) final
b) ultimate
Answer: last but one
d) penalty
69. The study of religion is –
a) Morphology
b) Phonology
c) etymology
Answer: Theology
70. The science of heredity is –
a) Pathology
Answer: Genetics
c) Hematology
d) Orthopaedics
71. Which one does not GIve negative meaning?
Answer: Judicious
b) Mean
c) Dull
d) Irreverant
72. Which one is not a flower?
a) Magnolia
b) Cosmos
Answer: Cosmic
d) Lily
73. _ is the science of the oriGIn and history of words.
Answer: Etymology
b) Phonetics
c) Rhetoric
d) Prosody
74. A cure for all diseases _
a) Exorcism
b) Incantation
Answer: Panacea
d) Antibiotic
75. Property inherited from one’s father or ancestors_
a) Alimony
Answer: Patrimony
c) Legacy
d) Inheritance
76. One who is neither intelligent nor dull is –
a) commoner
Answer: mediocre
c) tolerable
d) diligent
77. A book containing information on all subjects –
a) Dictionary
b) Appendix
c) Informatics
Answer: Encyclopedia
78. “A free-lance journalist” is –
Answer: an independent journalist
b) an unpaid journalist
c) a journalist belonGIng to another country
d) an unqualified journalist
79.What is the sound made by a goat?
a) Cooing
b) Hooting
Answer: Bleating
d) Squeaking
80. The ‘Gypsies’ are people who –
a) came orGInally from Egypt to England
b) have a settled way of life
Answer: are always on the move
d) steal children to train them in their way of life
81. Words inscribed on a tomb is an –
a) epitome
b) epithet
Answer: epitaph
d) episode
82. A short speech by a player at the end of play’ is called –
a) a memorandum
Answer: an epilogue
c) a prologue
d) a soliloquy
83. Choose the correct meaning of ‘Greek to’ –
a) গ্রীস দেশ
Answer: অজানা
c) বীর
d) যোদ্ধা
84. ‘Theocracy’ is the rule of –
a) Military
b) Nobility
c) Aristocrats
Answer: Church
85. The meaning of ‘feel at home’ –
Answer: Calm & Quite
b) Free & Easy
c) Familiar & Known
d) Proficient & expert
86. A place where everything is perfect –
a) Cosmos
b) Platoon
Answer: Utopia
d) Utilatarian
87. A disease that is transmitted to people through the environment is known as –
a) ContaGIous
Answer: Infectious
c) Incurable
d) Fatal
88. A Machiavellian character is :
a) An honest person
Answer: Scheming person
c) An adventurous person
d) A learned person
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