১০০ দিনে বিসিএস প্রস্তুতি [বিষয়ভিত্তিক]

সিলেবাস

1) Literary Terms and Genres (Metaphor, Simile, Elegy, Alliteration, Personification, Hyperbole, Euphemism, Blank Verse, Ballad, Allegory, Allusion, Tragedy, Comedy, Sonnet, Satire, Ode, Lyric, Irony, etc.), Periods of English Literature (Basic info), Famous Quotation and Characters (All Ages).
2) Writers from Old Age to Neoclassical period. 
সোর্সঃ যেকোনো গাইড বই, An ABC OF English Literature - Dr. M. Mofizar Rahman এবং Live MCQ লেকচার PDF.

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১.

Who is the Father of English Sacred Songs?

ক
ক) Cynewulf
খ
খ) Caedmon
গ
গ) Alfred the Great
ঘ
ঘ) Geoffrey Chaucer

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Caedmon

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Caedmon

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

- Caedmon – ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের প্রথম কবি হিসেবে পরিচিত। Fathers of English Sacred Songs.
- Cynewulf known as The writer of Christ.
- Alfred the Great was a king who reigned England from 871 – 899 and encouraged education. He supervised the compilation of ‘The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’, the earliest prose of English Literature. He is known as ‘The Law Governing’.
- Geoffrey Chaucer: Father of Modern English poetry.
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture.

২.

The Anglo-Saxon Period of English Literature refers to -

ক
ক) 450 - 1077
খ
খ) 460 - 1050
গ
গ) 440 - 1060
ঘ
ঘ) 450 - 1066

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) 450 - 1066

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) 450 - 1066

ঘ

ব্যাখ্যা

The Anglo-Saxon Period or The Old English Period refers to 450 – 1066.
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture.

৩.

Who is not a writer from the Elizabethan Age?

ক
ক) Thomas More
খ
খ) Nicholas Udall
গ
গ) Thomas Kyd
ঘ
ঘ) Ben Jonson

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) Ben Jonson

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) Ben Jonson

ঘ

ব্যাখ্যা

Major writers of the Elizabethan Age:
- William Shakespeare
- Thomas More
- Edmund Spenser
- Nicholas Udall
- Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville
- Thomas Kyd
- Sir Philip Sidney
- Christopher Marlowe
- Francis Bacon
- John Lyly
- Robert Greene
- George Peele
- Thomas Nashe
- Beaumont and Fletcher
- George Chapman
Ben Jonson is a writter from The Jacobean Age.
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture.

৪.

The Neo-Classical Age of English Literature comprises ____ shorter ages.

ক
ক) Two
খ
খ) Three
গ
গ) Four
ঘ
ঘ) Five

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Three

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Three

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

The Neo-Classical Age বা Pseudo-classical Age কে ৩ ভাগে ভাগ করা যায়।
A. The Restoration Age – (1660 – 1700).
B. The Augustan Age – (1700 – 1745).
C. The Age of Sensibility – (1745 – 1798).
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman

৫.

‘Fabian Society’ formed during -

ক
ক) The Modern Age
খ
খ) The Victorian Period
গ
গ) The age of Romanticism
ঘ
ঘ) The Age of Sensibility

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) The Victorian Period

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) The Victorian Period

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Fabian Society, socialist society founded in 1884 in London, having as its goal the establishment of a democratic socialist state in Great Britain.
The Fabians put their faith in evolutionary socialism rather than in revolution.

At the time of founding Fabian Society, Queen Victoria was in UK's throne.

Its founding is attributed to Thomas Davidson, a Scottish philosopher, and its early members included George Bernard Shaw, Sidney Webb, Annie Besant, Edward Pease, and Graham Wallas.
Shaw and Webb, later joined by Webb’s wife, Beatrice, were the outstanding leaders of the society for many years.
In 1889 the society published its best-known tract, Fabian Essays in Socialism, edited by Shaw. It was followed in 1952 by New Fabian Essays, edited by Richard H.S. Crossman.

The Fabians at first attempted to permeate the Liberal and Conservative parties with socialist ideas, but later they helped to organize the separate Labour Representation Committee, which became the Labour Party in 1906. The Fabian Society has since been affiliated with the Labour Party.

Source: Britannica

৬.

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” this is a quotation by -

ক
ক) Rousseau
খ
খ) Voltaire
গ
গ) Dryden
ঘ
ঘ) Cowper

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Rousseau

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Rousseau

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”- is an important quotation by Rousseau.
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture.

৭.

Which one is the first English long poem?

ক
ক) Juliana
খ
খ) Beowulf
গ
গ) The Temptation
ঘ
ঘ) Azax

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Beowulf

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Beowulf

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Beowulf is the first English long poem (the earliest epic). The Author of Beowulf is Anonymous.
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture

৮.

Who is the writer of Christ?

ক
ক) Cynewulf
খ
খ) Caedmon
গ
গ) Roger Bacon
ঘ
ঘ) John Wycliffe

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Cynewulf

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Cynewulf

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

- Cynewulf known as The writer of Christ.
- Caedmon – ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের প্রথম কবি হিসেবে পরিচিত। Fathers of English Sacred Songs.
- John Wycliffe - Father of English prose.
Translated Bible / New Testament into English prose.
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture

৯.

Who translated The Bible into English?

ক
ক) John Wycliffe
খ
খ) Henry of Huntingdon
গ
গ) Thomas Kyd
ঘ
ঘ) Thomas More

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) John Wycliffe

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) John Wycliffe

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

John Wycliffe (1324-84) is called the Father of English prose. He translated The Bible into English from Latin.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman

১০.

Who is known as ‘Wonderful Teacher’?

ক
ক) William of Newbury
খ
খ) Roger Bacon
গ
গ) William Langland
ঘ
ঘ) Edmund Spenser

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Roger Bacon

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Roger Bacon

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Roger Bacon, byname Doctor Mirabilis (Latin: “Wonderful Teacher”), (born c. 1220, Ilchester, Somerset, or Bisley, Gloucester, England — died 1292 in Oxford, English Franciscan philosopher and educational reformer who was a major medieval proponent of experimental science.
Bacon studied mathematics, astronomy, optics, alchemy, and languages. He was the first European to describe in detail the process of making gunpowder, and he proposed flying machines and motorized ships and carriages.
Source: Britannica

১১.

Who is considered as the father of English Modern Poetry?

ক
ক) Edmund Spenser
খ
খ) John Donne
গ
গ) Samuel Butler
ঘ
ঘ) Geoffrey Chaucer

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) Geoffrey Chaucer

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) Geoffrey Chaucer

ঘ

ব্যাখ্যা

Geoffrey Chaucer is the Father of English Modern Poetry. His best writing is Canterbury Tales.
He is also called -
- Father of English Language,
- Father of English literature,
First Humourist in English Literature,
The First great Modernist.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.

১২.

‘The Golden Targe’ was written by -

ক
ক) William Dunbar
খ
খ) John Wyclif
গ
গ) Robert Henryson
ঘ
ঘ) Gavin Douglas

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) William Dunbar

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) William Dunbar

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

‘The Golden Targe’ was written by William Dunbar. Which wears its allegory very lightly and charms with descriptive imagery.
Source: Britannica.

১৩.

Robert Henryson was a/an ____ author.

ক
ক) British
খ
খ) Scottish
গ
গ) Irish
ঘ
ঘ) American

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Scottish

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Scottish

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Robert Henryson, Scottish poet, the finest of early fabulists in Britain. He is described on some early title pages as schoolmaster of Dunfermline—probably at the Benedictine abbey school—and he appears among the dead poets in William Dunbar’s Lament for the Makaris, which was printed about 1508.
Source: Britannica

১৪.

The drama ‘Macbeth’ was written by -

ক
ক) William shakespeare
খ
খ) P. B. Shelly
গ
গ) Christopher Marlow
ঘ
ঘ) John Kyd

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) William shakespeare

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) William shakespeare

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

William Shakespeare was an English dramatist and poet of the sixteenth century. He is known mostly for his plays.
His famous Tragedies are Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra, Titus Andronicus, Timon of Athens.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.

১৫.

Which literary work was written by John Dryden?

ক
ক) All for Love
খ
খ) The Old Bachelor
গ
গ) Love and a battle
ঘ
ঘ) A Holy Life

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) All for Love

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) All for Love

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

John Dryden is the Father of Modern English Criticism.
His famous works are All for Love, The Indian Emperor, Aureng-Zebe, The Mistaken Husband, Absalom and Achitophel, MacFlecknoe, The essay of Dramatic Poesy, The Conquest of Granada, The Medal of John Bays.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ lecture.

১৬.

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is written by -

ক
ক) Charles Dickens
খ
খ) William Shakespeare
গ
গ) Ben Johnon
ঘ
ঘ) John Webster

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) William Shakespeare

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) William Shakespeare

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Much Ado About Nothing, comedy in five acts by William Shakespeare, written probably in 1598–99 and printed in a quarto edition from the author’s own manuscript in 1600.
[Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica]

১৭.

‘Antony and Cleopatra’ is a -

ক
ক) Comedy
খ
খ) Tragedy
গ
গ) Historical Drama
ঘ
ঘ) Poem

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Tragedy

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Tragedy

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Shakespeare's Tragedy: Julius Caesar (1599), Antony and Cleopatra (1606), Titus Andronicus, Romeo and Juliet (1594), Hamlet (1601), Troilus and Cressida, Othello (1604), Macbeth (1605), King lear (1605). Timon of Athens.
The Tempest is a comedy.
Source: LiveMCQ Lecture

১৮.

Who is not a University Wits?

ক
ক) Thomas Kyd
খ
খ) Robert Greene
গ
গ) Thomas Lodge
ঘ
ঘ) William Shakespeare

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) William Shakespeare

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) William Shakespeare

ঘ

ব্যাখ্যা

University Wits:
Elizabethan Period - এর একদল নাট্যকার (Dramatist) - কে একত্রে University Wits বলা হয়।
এই নাট্যকারদের প্রায় সবাই Oxford বা Cambridge University এর গ্রাজুয়েট।
তারা তাদের লেখনীতে গতানুগতিক ধারা পরিহার করে বৈচিত্র্য ও সমসাময়িক আধুনিকতা আনায়ন করেন।

University Wits - রা হচ্ছেনঃ
1. Christopher Marlowe - (Cambridge)
2. Robert Greene - (Cambridge)
3. Thomas Nashe - (Cambridge)
4. Thomas Lodge - (Oxford)
5. George Peele- (Oxford)
6. John Lyly - (Oxford)
7. Thomas Kyd (not university-trained)

University Wits - দের মধ্যে Christopher Marlowe কে Father of Tragedy বলা হয়।
তিনি Blank Verse উন্নতি ঘটান যা প্রায় পরবর্তী ৫০ বছর পর্যন্ত English Theatre কে নতুন ধারা তৈরি করে দেয়।

উৎসঃ এনসিক্লোপিডিয়া ব্রিটানিকা ও An ABC of English Literature - Dr M Mofizar Rahman।

১৯.

‘Volpone’ is a play written by -

ক
ক) Ben Jonson
খ
খ) John Ruskin
গ
গ) Philip Sidney
ঘ
ঘ) Francis Bacon

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Ben Jonson

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Ben Jonson

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

Volpone, in full Volpone; or, The Fox, comedy in five acts by Ben Jonson, performed about 1605/06 and published in 1607.
[Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica]

২০.

‘The Good Morrow’ was written by -

ক
ক) John Webster
খ
খ) Robert Browning
গ
গ) John Henry
ঘ
ঘ) John Donne

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) John Donne

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ঘ

ঘ) John Donne

ঘ

ব্যাখ্যা

John Donne is The Father of Metaphysical Poets.
He is called the Poet of Love and Religious Poet.
His famous poems are: The Good Morrow, The Sun Rising, The Canonization, Twicknam Garden, For Whom The Bell Tolls, The Anatomy of the World (book), The Frea, The Ecstasy, The Funeral etc.
[Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture]

২১.

‘Paradise Lost’ is ____ by John Milton.

ক
ক) an epic
খ
খ) a tragedy
গ
গ) a satire
ঘ
ঘ) a comedy

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) an epic

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) an epic

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

John Milton is a writer of Caroline Age. He is called Epic Poet and also called 'A great master of verse in Puritan Period'.
His famous Epics are Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained.
[Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture]

২২.

‘Holy living’ is a/an -

ক
ক) Poem
খ
খ) Prose
গ
গ) Essay
ঘ
ঘ) Play

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Prose

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Prose

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Jeremy Taylor’s major works are –
- The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living (1650), a sermon in prose.
- The Rule and Exercises of Holy Dying (1651), a sermon in prose.
Source: Live MCQ Lecture and Britannica

২৩.

How many voyages exist in ‘Gulliver’s Travels’?

ক
ক) Two
খ
খ) Three
গ
গ) Four
ঘ
ঘ) Five

সঠিক উত্তর: গ

গ) Four

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: গ

গ) Four

গ

ব্যাখ্যা

Jonathon Swift ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের একজন বিখ্যাত বিদ্রূপাত্মক সাহিত্য রচয়িতা। তাকে Misanthropist বা মনুষ্যদ্বেষী বলা হয়। ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ তার বিখ্যাত সাহিত্য, যা প্রকাশিত হয় ২৮ অক্টোবর, ১৭২৬ সালে। ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ চারটি খন্ডে বিভক্তঃ A voyage to Lilliput, A voyage to Brobdingnag, A voyage to Balnibarbi, A voyage to the country of Houyhnhnms.
Source: Live MCQ Archive

২৪.

‘Captain Hercules Vinegar’ is the pen name of -

ক
ক) Joseph Addison
খ
খ) Henry Fielding
গ
গ) Samuel Richardson
ঘ
ঘ) Daniel Dafoe

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Henry Fielding

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: খ

খ) Henry Fielding

খ

ব্যাখ্যা

Henry Fielding is regarded as the 'Father of Modern English Novel'.
He is famous for Picaresque Novels.
His pen name is Captain Hercules Vinegar.
His famous plays are: Rape Upon Rape, The Temple Beau, The Tragedy of Tragedies, The Modern Husband and his famous Novels are Tom Jones, Amelia, Joseph Andrews.
[Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture]

২৫.

Samuel Johnson is a writer from -

ক
ক) The Augustan period
খ
খ) The Restoration Period
গ
গ) The Age of Sensibility
ঘ
ঘ) The Jacobean Age

সঠিক উত্তর: গ

গ) The Age of Sensibility

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: গ

গ) The Age of Sensibility

গ

ব্যাখ্যা

Dr. Samuel Johnson is a writer from The Age of Sensibility (1745–1798). This is also called The Age of Johnson.
Dr. Samuel Johnson works: - Dictionary (1755),
- The History of Rasselas,
- Prince of Abyssinia (1759),
- Preface to Shakespeare (1765).
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman

২৬.

Which one was written by Samuel Richardson?

ক
ক) Pamela
খ
খ) Captain Singleton
গ
গ) The Miser
ঘ
ঘ) The Camp

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Pamela

উত্তর

সঠিক উত্তর: ক

ক) Pamela

ক

ব্যাখ্যা

Pamela, in full Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, novel in epistolary style by Samuel Richardson, published in 1740 and based on a story about a servant and the man who, failing to seduce her, marries her. Pamela is often credited with being the first English novel. Although the validity of this claim depends on the definition of the term novel, Richardson was clearly innovative in his concentration on a single action.
Source: britannica.com