1. Which novel chronicles intense, destructive love fueling multigenerational cruelty & obsession?
a) Jane Eyre
b) Emma
c) Wuthering Heights
d) Persuasion
Answer: Wuthering Heights
Explanation: 'Wuthering Heights' is a famous novel in world literature written by Emily Bronte
2. In which of these poems did Matthew Arnold express a pessimistic worldview, reflecting on a world full of conflicts and lacking in joy, evincing an implicit criticism of Victorian era's aggressive spirit?
a) Scholar Gipsy
b) Rugby Chapel
c) Dover Beach
d) Immortality
Answer: Dover Beach
Explanation: Matthew Arnold in his poem 'Dover Beach'He expresses a pessimistic view of the modern world.
3. In William Shakespeare's play 'As You Like It', the Seven Ages of Man speech was delivered by -
a) Oliver
b) Orlando
c) Jacques
d) Rosalind
Answer: Jacques
Explanation: As You Like It is a famous comedy play written by William Shakespeare, the most influential writer of the Elizabethan Period and the famous English playwright. Jaques is one of the main characters in this play.
4. The villagers believed that he was an honest leader." Passive form of this sentence is :
a) He was believed to be an honest leader.
b) He was believed to have been an honest leader.
c) He has been believed to be an honest leader.
d) He was believed he was an honest leader.
Answer: He was believed to be an honest leader.
Explanation: Acknowledge, assume, believe, claim, feel,The rule for converting a sentence with verbs like find, know, presume, estimate, report, think, say, understand from active to passive is: Indirect object + tense/sub as per be verb + past participle form of verb + to be + direct object.
5. Identify the incorrect spelling:
a) dilettantes
b) cromulent
c) homonym
d) accubation
Answer: dilettantes
Explanation: Among the explanation options is the misspelling dilettante
6. Which is the correct form: dilettante (a non-professional art-literary enthusiast).
a) What is the antonym of 'percipience'?
b) shrewdness
c) dullness
d) discerning
Answer: dullness
Explanation: 'Percipience' means foresight, keen insight. Among the words given in the options as its antonym, the correct one is dullness (stupidity, stupidity).
7. A synonym of the word 'crepuscular' is
a) nocturnal
b) cathemeral
c) diurnal
d) twilit
Answer: twilit
Explanation: synonym of the word 'crepuscular' is twilit
8. Which of these works contains a defence of the right of freedom of speech and expression?
a) Holy Living and Holy Dying
b) Areopagitica
c) The religion of the Medici
d) Free Man's Worship
Answer: Areopagitica
Explanation: 'Holy Living and Holy Dying' by Jeremy Taylor is an exegesis of religious morality and the ideals of Christian life.
9. The lines 'A Book of Verses underneath the Bough,/ A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread-and Thou/ Beside me singing in the Wilderness ... ' are taken from a famous translation work by-
a) Scott Fitzgerald
b) Edward Fitz Gerald
c) William Fitzgerald
d) Gerald FitzGerald
Answer: Edward Fitz Gerald
Explanation: The verse in question is taken from the 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'. Ruabiyat is a Persian word meaning quatrain or four-line poem.
10. Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments; love is not love/Which alters when it alteration finds'. Lines taken from a sonnet by -.
a) Spencer
b) Petrarch
c) Shakespeare
d) Women
Answer: Shakespeare
Explanation: Let me not to the marriage of true minds sonnet by Shakespeare.
11. Identify the complex sentence:
a) Either you do it or you will be fined
b) Unless you do it, you will be fined
c) Do it or I shall fine you
d) You have to do it, otherwise I wil fine you
Answer: Unless you do it, you will be fined
Explanation: Here only complex sentence is, unless you do it, you will be dined.
12. Identify the complex sentence.
a) Unless you do it, you will be fined
b) Either you do it or you will be fined
c) Do it or I shall fine you
d) You have to do it, otherwise I wil fine you
Answer: Unless you do it, you will be fined
Explanation: Here the complex sentence is Unless you do it, you will be fined.
13. 'You will need a variety of skills, including leadership, endurance etc.' It this sentence the word 'including' is a
a) conjunction
b) gerund
c) participle
d) preposition
Answer: preposition
Explanation: The words Following, excluding, including are basically participle prepositions
14. In Gulliver's Travels, which of these traits Swift does not show in his depiction of the land ot the Lilliput?
a) pride
b) lies
c) peace & wisdom
d) silly rules
Answer: peace & wisdom
Explanation: Peace & Wishdom
15. What gender is the word 'monarch'?
a) masculine
b) feminine
c) neuter
d) common
Answer: common
Explanation: The word Monarch basically refers to both male and female rulers. That is, it is a common gender.
16. Which functions both as a transitive and intransitive verb?
a) sleep
b) arrive
c) break
d) the
Answer: break
Explanation: Break
17. Among the explanation options, only the verb 'break' is transitive.
a) Helena said, "I took the laptop home with me." Its indirect form is-
b) Helena said that she took the laptop home with her
c) Helena said that she had taken the laptop home with her
d) Helena confirmed that she has taken the laptop home with her
Answer: Helena said that she had taken the laptop home with her
Explanation: If the reporting verb is in the past tense, the reported tense is: If the speech is past indefinite in direct speech, it is converted to past perfect in indirect speech. Here too, the reporting verb 'said' (past), so the reported speech is past perfect, i.e. Helena said that she had taken the laptop home with her correct indirect form.
18. An element required in a paragraph for smooth flow of ideas is called a-.
a) transition sentence
b) topic sentence
c) supporting sentence
d) concluding sentence
Answer: transition sentence
Explanation: Transition sentence is basically a sentence or A group of words that connects one idea or clause of a paragraph to the next idea or clause so that the flow of writing continues.
19. The book that she recommended turned out to be very helpful. Here the underlined clause is a-
a) relative clause
b) noun clause
c) adverbial clause
d) independent clause
Answer: relative clause
Explanation: Relative cause
20. 'that she recommended' in the sentence given in the explanation The part just before it, The book, modifies the noun, and acts as an adjective. So it is an adjective clause or relative clause.
a) The saying 'Every cloud has its silver lining' means:
b) bad weather is often replaced by good weather
c) clouds often have shining surroundings
d) every difficult situation has a more hopeful aspect though not apparent at the beginning
Answer: every difficult situation has a more hopeful aspect though not apparent at the beginning
Explanation: 'Every cloud has its silver lining' This is a popular proverb in the English language. It basically means: No matter how difficult the situation is, there is a silver lining.
21. Which one is a coordinating conjunction?
a) since
b) lest
c) as
d) So
Answer: So
Explanation: So
22. Candidates are required to get___ the centre before 09:00 AM.
a) at
b) to
c) in
d) into
Answer: to
Explanation: The phrasal verb 'get to' is usually used to mean to reach somewhere
23. To have a shot' means :
a) to open fire
b) to make a try
c) to take a photograph
d) to test a gun
Answer: to make a try
Explanation: The idiomatic expression 'To have a shot' means to try something
24. It is no good falling in love at first sight." Here the word 'falling' is a/an-
a) participle
b) infinitive
c) gerund
d) verbal noun
Answer: gerund
Explanation: Verbs are joined by the -ing suffix to form a verb. And when it acts as a noun, it is called a gerund.
25. A person who is always dissatisfied is called-
a) felon
b) herotic
c) malcontent
d) surrogate
Answer: malcontent
Explanation: A person who is always dissatisfied is called Malcontent.
26. The word 'herbivorous' means: eating-
a) all types of food
b) only meal
c) grass and plants
d) only flowers
Answer: grass and plants
Explanation: Herbivorous means herbivorous. That is, the correct answer is grass and plants.
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27. Which is the correct spelling of the following?
a) greatfulness
b) gratefullness
c) gratefulness
d) greatfollness
Answer: gratefulness
Explanation: The correct spelling is gratefulness.
28. I don't mind___ with the cooking but I am not going to wash the dishes.
a) to help
b) helping
c) help
d) for helping
Answer: helping
Explanation: If another verb is placed after the verb Mind, ing is added to it. That is, helping is correct here. Also, with a view to, look forword to, (be/get) used to, worth, if another verb is placed after these verbs, ing is added to it.
29. Who is considered to be the father of English prose?
a) P.B. Shelley
b) Francis Bacon
c) Geoffrey Chaucer
d) King Alfred the Great
Answer: King Alfred the Great
Explanation: The first prose writer of English literature was King Alfred the Great. The collection was called: Anglo Saxon Chronicle. Therefore, Alfred the Great is called the Father of English Prose.
30. Felicitation' means-
a) feeling bad
b) reading books
c) expression of good wish
d) conduct something
Answer: expression of good wish
Explanation: Felicitation means to show respect or congratulate, i.e. expression of good wish
31. Jaws of Death' is an example of-
a) personification
b) metaphor
c) satire
d) simile
Answer: metaphor
Explanation: When a person, animal, or thing is compared to something else without using like or as, it is called a metaphor.
32. A song embodying religion and sacred emotions-
a) lyrics
b) ode
c) hymn
d) ballad
Answer: hymn
Explanation: A song of religious emotion and sacred contemplation is called a hymn.
33. Which pair of word is different?
a) calendar, calender
b) love, affection
c) sharp, blunt
d) fair, fare
Answer: sharp, blunt
Explanation: Sharp, Blunt
34. Invidious' is opposite to
a) envious
b) charitable
c) offensive
d) hateful
Answer: charitable
Explanation: Invidious means hateful. Its opposite meaning is charitable.
35. He went to___ hospital because he had__ heart attack.
a) the, no articleno
b) no article, a
c) the, a
d) no article, have
Answer: no article, a
Explanation: When places like University, College, School, Hospital, Market, Prison, Court etc. are used for the purpose for which they were built (e.g.: school/college- for education, hospital- for treatment, market- for marketing, court- for litigation), the article is not placed before them.
36. These flowers are not - to Bangladesh, because these are not found here.
a) ingenuous
b) exigent
c) indigenous
d) tributary
Answer: indigenous
Explanation: Indigenous- indigenous, ingenious- intelligent
37. Let the cat out of the bag' means—
a) reveal a secrat carelessly
b) bring out a cat from a bag
c) let a cat move at large take a precautious step
d) precautious step
Answer: reveal a secrat carelessly
Explanation: The idiom "Let the cat out of the bag" means to (unintentionally) reveal a secret, i.e. reveal a secret carelessly.
38. A synonym of the word 'Bellicose' is-
a) bigotry
b) averase
c) belligerent
d) assuage
Answer: belligerent
Explanation: Bellicose means quarrelsome, warlike. Among the words given in the options as its synonym, the correct one is belligerent.
39. Which of the word can be used as masculine and feminine?
a) gander
b) spinster
c) spouse
d) actor
Answer: spouse
Explanation: Spouse means husband/wife. It is used in both masculine and feminine senses.
40. Identify the correct spelling:
a) collateral
b) colaterral
c) collateral
d) colatteral
Answer: collateral
Explanation: Correct spelling: collateral means parallel.
41. Choose the plural number:
a) news
b) physics
c) syllabi
d) girl
Answer: syllabi
Explanation: Syllabi
42. Among the explanation options, only the word syllabi is plural, the singular of which is syllabus.
a) The synomym of ambition is
b) indifference
c) desire
d) aimlessness
Answer: desire
Explanation: Indifference means indifference; Desire means desire, wish; Aimlessness means aimlessness; Ambition means intense desire
43. What is the verb of 'Peace'
a) Impeace
b) Peace-Loving
c) Pacify
d) Painful
Answer: Pacify
Explanation: The verb form of Peace is pacify, which means to calm down.
44. The antonym of 'patriot is-
a) all
b) Traitor
c) Criminal
d) accused
Answer: Traitor
Explanation: The opposite word of Patriot is traitor
45. The word 'parent' means -
a) father
b) mother
c) father or mother
d) father and mother
Answer: father or mother
Explanation: The word "parent" does not refer to a specific person, such as a father or mother.
46. Fill in the blank: 'Each of the ladies told own story."
a) its
b) her
c) their
d) hers
Answer: her
Explanation: Even if there is a plural noun or determiner after each of, the verb will be singular.
47. Noun form of the word 'beautiful' is:
a) beautify
b) beauteous
c) beautifully
d) beauty
Answer: beauty
Explanation: In English, the noun form of the word "Beautiful" is "Beauty", and its verb form is "Beautify".
48. This is the book I lost. Here 'I lost' is-
a) noun clause
b) an adverbial clause
c) an adjective clause
d) none of these
Answer: an adjective clause
Explanation: If a clause comes after a noun and qualifies the noun, then it is called an adjective clause.
49. Put the appropriate preposition for the sentence below. Some writers sink__oblivion in course of time.
a) in
b) by
c) to
d) into
Answer: into
Explanation: Sink into oblivion means to be forgotten or forgotten
50. We met Medha carrying a bouquet of red roses.' Here 'carrying' is a/an-.
a) gerund
b) infinitive
c) verbal noun
d) participle
Answer: participle
Explanation: When Verb + ing acts as a verb and an adjective, it becomes a present participle.
