11th BCS English Preliminary

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1. What is the synonym of “Incite”?

K.  Instigate       L.  Permit

M.  Urge               N. Deceive

2. What is the antonym of “Honorary”?

K.  Official         L.  Honorable

M.   Salaried        N. Literary

3. What is the verb of the word “Ability”

K.  Ableness        L.  Able

M. Ably                  N. Enable

4. Fill in the blank: “He has assured me - safety.”

K. with                 L.  at

M. for                    N.  of

5. “May Allah help you”. What kind of sentence is this?

K.  Optative            L. Imperative

M.  Assertive             N. Exclamatory

6. A rolling stone gathers no moss. What part of speech is “rolling”?

K. Gerund                 L. Verbal noun .

M.  Participle               N. Adjective

7. “He has been ill ---- Friday last,” Fill In the blank.

K.  since                    L.  in

M.  from                      N. on

8. Which is the noun of the word ‘beautiful’?

K.  Beautious              L.  Beauty

M. Beautifully               N. Beautify

9. Hold water’ means — .

K. Keep water                  L.  Drink water

M. Bear examination        N. store water

10. ‘Out and out’ means — .

K. Not at all                     L. Thoroughly

M. To be last                     N. Man of outside

11. Choose the correct sentence —

K. Rich is not always happy

L. The rich is not always happy

M. The rich is not happy always

N. The rich are not always happy

12. Choose the correct sentence - .

K. He had been hunged for murder

L. He has been hunged for murder

M. He has been hunged for murder

N. He was hunged for murder

13. ‘Syntax’ means — .

K. Manner of speech             L. Sentence building

M. Supplementary                   N. Synchronizing act

14. Who is the poet of the ‘Victoriaan Age’?

K.  Helen Keller                       L. Mathew Arnold

M. Shakespeare                       N. Robert Browining

15. Who is the author of ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’?

K. Charles Dickens                  L. Homer

M. Lord Tennyson                    N. Ernest Hemingway

16. ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ was stated by —

K. Disraeli                                L. Emerson

M. Gladstone                            N. Shakespeare