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General page; predates the 50th BCS revision · 12 pages

An older preliminary syllabus retained for reference. Its marks distribution differs from the 50th BCS edition.

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SYLLABUS FOR BCS PRELIMINARY TEST 
  
 
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English Language and Literature 
Total Marks: 35 
 Marks  
Distribution  
PART- I : Language 20 
A. Parts of Speech: 
The Noun: 
The Determiner 
The Gender 
The Number 
The Pronoun 
The Verb: 
The Finite: transitive, intransitive 
The Non-finite: participles, infinitives, gerund 
The Linking Verb 
The Phrasal Verb 
Modals  
The Adjective 
The Adverb 
The Preposition 
The Conjunction 
 
B. Idioms & Phrases: 
Meanings of Phrases 
Kinds of Phrases 
Identifying Phrases 
 
C. Clauses: 
The Principal Clause 
The Subordinate Clause: 
The Noun Clause 
The Adjective Clause 
The Adverbial Clause & its types 
 
D. Corrections: 
The Tense 
The Verb 
The Preposition 
The Determiner 
The Gender 
The Number 
Subject-Verb Agreement 
 
E. Sentences & Transformations: 
The Simple Sentence 
The Compound Sentence 
The Complex Sentence 
The Active Voice 
The Passive Voice 
The Positive Degree 
The Comparative Degree 
The Superlative Degree 
 
F. Words: