১.
Who is called the 'Revolutionary Poet'?
ব্যাখ্যা
Percy Bysshe Shelley believed that only revolution can change our society. So that he is called “Revolutionary Poet”.
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Source: Live MCQ lecture
১৪০ দিনে ৫১তম বিসিএস প্রস্তুতি
মোট প্রশ্ন২৩
সিলেবাস
Writers from Romantic Period and Victorian Period.
গুরুত্বপূর্ণ লেখকগণের সম্পর্কে ভালভাবে পড়তে হবে এবং অপেক্ষাকৃত কম গুরুত্বপূর্ণ (বিসিএসের জন্য) যারা আছেন তাঁদের প্রধান সাহিত্যকর্মগুলো সম্পর্কে ধারণা রাখলেই চলবে।
ক) গুরুত্বপূর্ণ লেখকগণ (William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron / Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Jane Austen, Charles Lamb, William Blake, Sir Walter Scott, Alfred Lord Tennyson, R.L Stevenson, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold, Oscar Wilde, William Hazlitt, Edward Fitzgerald, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, John Stuart Mill, Charles Robert Darwin, Karl Marx)
খ) অপেক্ষাকৃত কম গুরুত্বপূর্ণ লেখকগণ (Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, Herman Melville, Gustave Flaubert, Kenneth Grahame, George Robert Gissing, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Cardinal Newman)
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১৪০ দিনে ৫১তম বিসিএস প্রস্তুতি
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২.
“Lyrical Ballads” is a collection of-
ব্যাখ্যা
The period began in 1798 with the publication of “Lyrical Ballads” is a collection of romantic poems by William Wordsworth and S.T. Coleridge.
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Source: Live MCQ lecture
৩.
The ‘Lyrical Ballads’ opens with-
ব্যাখ্যা
The initial poem, Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,” concerns a supernatural curse; the final one, Wordsworth’s “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey,” features a changing relationship to the natural world.
Source: encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/lyrical-ballads
Source: encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/lyrical-ballads
৪.
'Ignorance is not innocence but sin' is taken from-
ব্যাখ্যা
Ignorance is not innocence but sin.
The Inn Album.
-Robert Browning
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The Inn Album.
-Robert Browning
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৫.
Which one is written by G.B. Shaw?
ব্যাখ্যা
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950: He was a modern dramatist, famous for his 'drama of ideas'. Famous works are: Arms and the Man, You Never Can Tell, Mrs. Warren' Profession.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M MofizarLecture
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr M MofizarLecture
৬.
Which one is not a character of 'Pride and Prejudice'?
ব্যাখ্যা
'Pride and Prejudice' is a famous Novel of Jane Austen. Important characters of 'Pride and Prejudice' are Mrs Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Bennet.
Source: Britannica
Source: Britannica
৭.
Which one is not true about S.T. Coleridge?
ব্যাখ্যা
William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850): A “Poet of nature”, Also called the “Lake poet”.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834): He is called the “poet of Supernaturalism”. He is also called the “Lake poet” and “Opium Eater”.
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834): He is called the “poet of Supernaturalism”. He is also called the “Lake poet” and “Opium Eater”.
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৮.
Which is not written by William Wordsworth?
ব্যাখ্যা
William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850): Major Works: Lyrical Ballad (1798), The Daffodils, The prelude (1850), Lucy poem, Tintern Abbey, The Solitary Reaper, The Excursion. Mansfield Park is written by Jane Austen
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Source: Live MCQ lecture
৯.
‘A thing of beauty is a joy for ever’ is taken from-
ব্যাখ্যা
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
-- Endymion by John Keats
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
-- Endymion by John Keats
১০.
Charlotte Bronte is the author of-
ব্যাখ্যা
Charlotte Bronte is a Victorian novelist.
Famous Works: Jane Eyre, Shirley, The Professor etc.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
Famous Works: Jane Eyre, Shirley, The Professor etc.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
১১.
Which of the following is not a work of Jane Austen?
ব্যাখ্যা
Jane Austen (1775 – 1817): Major works: Pride and prejudice (1797), Sense and Sensibility (1798 – 98), Mansfield park (1814), Emma (1816).
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
১২.
Who wrote ‘The Essay of Elia’?
ব্যাখ্যা
Charles Lamb:
English poet and essayist.
Work: Essay: The Essay of Elia, The Lost Essay of Elia, Tales from Shakespeare.
Poem: The Old Familiar Faces.
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English poet and essayist.
Work: Essay: The Essay of Elia, The Lost Essay of Elia, Tales from Shakespeare.
Poem: The Old Familiar Faces.
Source: Live MCQ lecture
১৩.
Who wrote 'To Mercy pity peace and loves, All Pray in Their Distress'?
ব্যাখ্যা
To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
All pray in their distress;
And to these virtues of delight
Return their thankfulness.
For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is God, our father dear,
And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love
Is Man, his child and care.
-The Divine Image
By - WILLIAM BLAKE
The Divine Image is part of Songs of Innocence.
Songs of Innocence was first published in 1789 followed by the publication of Songs of Experience in 1794. William Blake mostly wrote romantic poetry and prophetic works.
The Divine Image portrays an ideal world. The poem presents four traditional Christian virtues (Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love), which exist in the human heart and connect it with God.
১৪.
Which of the writers was a famous critic?
ব্যাখ্যা
William Hazlitt was a famous critic. Jane Austen was a novelist. Charles Lamb was a poet and essayist. William Wordsworth was a poet.
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Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and LiveMCQ lecture
১৫.
‘The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam’ is translate by-
ব্যাখ্যা
Edward Fitzgerald (1809-83): The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859), translated into English from Persian.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
১৬.
‘Utilitarianism’ is written by-
ব্যাখ্যা
John Stuart Mill (1806-73):
On Liberty
Utilitarianism
The Subjection of Women
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On Liberty
Utilitarianism
The Subjection of Women
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
১৭.
Charles Robert Darwin is the author of-
ব্যাখ্যা
Charles Robert Darwin (1809-82) is a writer of The Victorian Period. His major works are:
The origin of Species (1859)
The Descent of Man (1871)
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
The origin of Species (1859)
The Descent of Man (1871)
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
১৮.
Which one is written by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell?
ব্যাখ্যা
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is popularly known as Mrs. Gaskell. Her major works are: Mary Barton, Cranford, Ruth, North and South, Sylvia’s Lovers.
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
Source: An ABC of English Literature - Dr. M Mofizar Rahman
১৯.
Which one is not Shelly’s work?
ব্যাখ্যা
Percy Bysshe Shelley: Major works: Prometheus Unbound (1820), Adonais (1821), A Defense of poetry (1820), Ode to the West Wind, To a skylark, The Revolt of Islam, Alastor, Ozymandias, Queen Mab, The cloud. ‘Ode to Autumn’ is written by John Keats.
Source: Live MCQ lecture
Source: Live MCQ lecture
২০.
Whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens?
ব্যাখ্যা
Mark Twain (1835 – 1910):
His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Famous Works: The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica & An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.
His real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
Famous Works: The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn.
Source: Encyclopedia Britannica & An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.
২১.
Source of the quote 'One half of the world cannot understand the pleasure of others' is-
ব্যাখ্যা
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasure of others.
-Emma.
-Jane Austen
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-Emma.
-Jane Austen
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২২.
John Keats’ major work-
ব্যাখ্যা
John Keats (1795 – 1821): Major Works: Endymion (1818), Hyperion (1820), Lamia, Ode to a Nightingale, Ode to Autumn, Ode to psyche, The eve of St. Agnes.
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Source: Live MCQ lecture
২৩.
Which one is written by Charles lamb?
ব্যাখ্যা
In 1807 Lamb and his sister published Tales from Shakespeare, a retelling of the plays for children, and in 1809 they published Mrs. Leicester’s School, a collection of stories supposedly told by pupils of a school in Hertfordshire.
Source: Britannica
Source: Britannica