50th BCS preliminary

'Helena said I took the laptop home with me.' Its indirect form is-

'It is no good falling in love at first sight'. Here the word "falling" is a/an -

In which of these poems did Matthew Arnold express a pessimistic worldview, reflecting on a world full of conflicts and lacking in joy, evincing an implicit criticism of Victorian era's aggressive spirit?

Candidates are required to get ______ the centre before 09:00 AM.

The killing of albatross in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was indicative of -

Which novel chronicles intense, destructive love fueling multigenerational cruelty & obsession?

Which of these is not characteristic of English Romantic Poetry?

In William Shakespeare's play As You Like It, the Seven Ages of Man speech was delivered by-

The book that she recommended turned out to be very helpful. Here the underlined clause is a-

What is the antonym of 'percipience'?

Identify the sentence where 'up' functions as a noun-

Which one is a coordinating conjunction?

Themes like racial prejudice, oppressive power dynamics, unbridgeable gulf between Eastern & Western cultures, etc. are best exemplified in-

A very large building in which aircraft are housed is called a/an-

'You will need a variety of skills, including leadership, endurance etc.' In this sentence the word 'including' is a –

A synonym of the word 'crepuscular' is-

'Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments; love is not love/Which alters when it alteration finds'. Lines taken from a sonnet by _____.

The saying 'Every cloud has its silver lining' means:

Identify the incorrect spelling:

In Gulliver's Travels, which of these traits Swift does not show in his depiction of the land of the Lilliput?

The lines 'A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,/A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread -and Thou/ Beside me singing in the Wilderness... 'are taken from a famous translation work by-

'The villagers believed that he was an honest leader.' Passive form of this sentence is:

Which play is filled with nonsensical conversations, meaningless dialogues, and characters who often become forgetful?

An element required in a paragraph for smooth flow of ideas is called a-

'Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity' is a statement ascribed to-

Which of these works contains a defence of the right of freedom of speech and expression?

'To have a shot' means:

What gender is the word 'monarch'?

Which functions both as a transitive and an intransitive verb?

তারাশঙ্কর বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের 'কবি' গ্রন্থটিতে কোন্ বিষয়টি প্রাধান্য পেয়েছে?