BCS English

1. What is the abstract noun form of ‘Hero’?
-- Heroism
2. The word 'Lucrative' means?
-- Profitable
3. My friend doesn't like fish, and _______.
-- neither do I
4. The opposite word of 'Wholesale' is
-- retail
5. Choose the correct expression:
The doctor suggested that the patient ______weight.

 --- lose
6. 'To do away with' -means:
-- to get rid of
7. Find out the odd pair:
-- Happy, pleased
8. The word 'survival' is a noun. What is the verb form of it?
-- Survive
.9. Which of the following words has been mis-spelt?
-- occasion
10. The train is running ____ time.
-- on
.11. He succeeded ______ passing the examination.
-- in
12. He made _____ his mind to succeed.
--- up
13. They treated me ______ I were a child.
-- as if
14. One Should be careful about_____ duty.
--- one's
15. They were singing ______ they could.
-- as better than
16.The antonym of joy
--Dismay
17. the synonym of distant
--remote

Pen name & Real name

*1. O. Henry (Olivier Henry)*= William Sydney Porter (American writer)

*2.George Orwell*= Eric Arthur Blair (English novelist, essayist, journalist and critic)

*3.Lewis Carroll*= Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (English writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican deacon and photographer)

*4.Voltaire*= Francois-Marie Arouet (French Enlightenment writer, historian and philosopher)

*5.Pablo Neruda*= Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basoalto (Chilean poet)

*6.Ayn Rand*= Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum (Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter)

*7.Stan Lee*= Stanley Martin Lieber (American comic book writer, editor, publisher, media producer, television host, actor, voice actor)

*8.George Eliot*= Mary Ann Evans (English novelist, journalist and translator)

*9.Joseph Conrad*= Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski (Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England)

*10.Agatha Christie*= Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller (English crime novelist, short story writer, and playwright.)

*11.J.K. Rowling*= Joanne Rowling (British novelist)

*12.Anne Bronte*= Acton Bell (British novelist and poet)

*13.Charlotte Bronte*= Currer Bell (English novelist and poet)

*14.Emily Bronte*= Ellis Bell (English novelist and poet)

*15.Mark Twain*= Samuel Langhorn Clemens (American author and humorist)

*16.* *Anne Rice*= Howard Allen O'Brien (American author)

*17.Lemony Snicket*= Daniel Handler (American novelist)