1. Cricket enjoys a huge ___ in Bangladesh.
a)
Follow on
b)
Fall out
c)
Follow
d)
Following
Answer:
Following
2. What would be the right synonym for 'initiative '?
a)
Apathy
b)
Indolence
c)
Enterprise
d)
Activity
Answer:
Enterprise
3. Which of the following words can be used as a verb?
a)
Mister
b)
Master
c)
Mistress
d)
Mastery
Answer:
Master
4. The correct passive form of 'You must shut these doors' is -
a)
These must be shut doors
b)
Shut the doors you must
c)
Shut must be the doors
d)
These doors must be shut
Answer:
These doors must be shut
5. The film was directed in the director's usual ___ style.
a)
Confusion
b)
Idiosyncratic
c)
Personifying
d)
Purifying
Answer:
Idiosyncratic
6. Which word is the determiner in the sentence 'will it take much time?'
a)
Will
b)
Take
c)
Much
d)
Time
Answer:
Much
7. 'He was a rather disagreeable man.' Here the word disagreeable is a / an-
a)
Noun
b)
Adjective
c)
Adverb
d)
Preposition
Answer:
Adjective
8. This could have worked if I been more far-sighted.
a)
Had
b)
Have
c)
Might
d)
Would
Answer:
Had
9. In the 18th Century the Mughal Empire bagun to -
a)
Discriminate
b)
Disintegrate
c)
Differentiate
d)
Dislocate
Answer:
Disintegrate
10. Being fat does not necessarily kill you,but it ___ the risk that you will suffer from nasty diseases.
a)
Increases
b)
Emphasizes
c)
Encourages
d)
Involves
Answer:
Increases
11. 'It is time to review the protocol on testing nuclear weapons '. Here the word protocol means-
a)
Record of rules
b)
Summary of rules
c)
Procedures
d)
Problems
Answer:
Record of rules
12. ___ amazing song haunted me for a long time.
a)
These
b)
Those
c)
Thus
d)
That
Answer:
That
13. Let us begin by looking at the minutes of the meeting. Here the word minutes means -
a)
Time record
b)
Time frame
c)
Written record
d)
Written analysis
Answer:
Written record
14. The noise level in Dhaka city has increased exponentially. Here the word exponentially means -
a)
Amazingly
b)
Shockingly
c)
Steadily
d)
Rapidly
Answer:
Rapidly
15. Women are too often ___ by family commitments.
a)
Confused
b)
Controlled
c)
Contaminated
d)
Constrained
Answer:
Constrained
16. Societies living in the periphery are always ignored. Here the word periphery means-
a)
Offshore areas
b)
Marginal areas
c)
Remote places
d)
Backward regions
Answer:
Marginal areas
17. The idiom 'A stitch in time saves nine'-
a)
Saving lives
b)
Timely action
c)
Saving time
d)
Time tailoring
Answer:
Timely action
18. Which is the correct sentence?
a)
He insisted on seeing her.
b)
He insisted for seeing her
c)
He insisted in seeing her
d)
He insisted to be seeing her
Answer:
He insisted on seeing her.
19. The phrase ' nouveau riche ' means -
a)
Riche rich
b)
Well off
c)
New high class
d)
New rich
Answer:
New rich
20. What would be the best antonym ' hibernate '?
a)
Dormancy
b)
Liveliness
c)
Sluggishness
d)
Democracy
Answer:
Liveliness
21. I am in the process of collecting material for any story. The word material is a/an-
a)
Verb
b)
Adjective
c)
Adverb
d)
Noun
Answer:
Noun
22. Depression is often hereditary. Here the word hereditary is a/an-
a)
Adverb
b)
Adjective
c)
Noun
d)
Verb
Answer:
Adjective