1. We work everyday except Friday". In this sentence 'except' is a/an-
a) Adjective
b) Preposition
c) Noun
d) Pronoun
Answer: Preposition
Explanation: here the word except is used as a preposition before the noun 'Friday'.
2. A person who leaves his/her won country to settle permanently in another country is called a/an-
a) Immigrant
b) Expatriate
c) Emigrant
d) Migrant
Answer: Emigrant
Explanation: A person who leaves his country to live permanently in another country is called an emigrant.
3. Which gender is the word 'neighbour'?
a) Masculine
b) Feminine
c) Neuter
d) Common
Answer: Common
Explanation: Words that refer to both men and women are called common gender.
4. Which one has the identical singular and plural form?
a) Memorandum
b) Stimulus
c) Dice
d) Oasis
Answer: Dice
Explanation: among the words given in this option, only Dice has identical singular and plural forms.
5. He started teaching Hamlet". Here 'teaching' is a/an-?
a) Participle
b) Infinitive
c) Verbal Noun
d) Gerund
Answer: Gerund
Explanation: When a verb is joined with ing and functions as a verb and a noun at the same time, it is called a gerund.
6. Select the synonym for 'inclement
a) Affable
b) Mild
c) Rough
d) Genial
Answer: Rough
Explanation: 'Inclement' means- fierce, severe. Among the words given in the option, the correct synonym is Rough.
7. Doctor Faustus' is-?
a) Comedy
b) Tragedy
c) Historical Novel
d) An Absurd Play
Answer: Tragedy
Explanation: 'The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus'.
8. What is the meaning of 'French Leave'?
a) Leave on holidays
b) Spending time in France
c) Leave without permission
d) Emergency Leave
Answer: Leave without permission
Explanation: The meaning of the French idiom 'leave' is - Leave without permission (unauthorized departure, taking a vacation without permission).
9. Do you know the solution ___ the problem?
a) of
b) about
c) for
d) to
Answer: to
Explanation: To is used as a preposition after solution to indicate a solution to a problem or issue.
10. The two cities in 'A Tale of Two Cities' are-
a) London and Edinburgh
b) London and Paris
c) Paris and Tokyo
d) Paris and Geneva
Answer: London and Paris
Explanation: 'A Tale of Two Cities' is a novel written by the famous English novelist Charles Dickens, which was first published on 26 November 1859.
11. She insisted on - leaving the house.
a) he
b) himself
c) him
d) his
Answer: his
Explanation: Insist on-এর পরে sb doing sth বোঝাতে শূন্যস্থানে pronoun-এর possessive form বসবে। কারণ শূন্যস্থানের পরে leaving the home একটি noun phrase.
12. He does not adhere ___ any principle.
a) by
b) on
c) at
d) to
Answer: to
Explanation: Adhere (to stay) is followed by to as the appropriate preposition.
13. Millennium is a period of:
a) 100 year
b) 1000 year
c) 1 million year
d) 1 billion year
Answer: 1000 year
Explanation: Millennium means a thousand years. A period of 100 years is called a centenary.
14. Who is not a Victorian poet?
a) Alfred Tennyson
b) Robert Browning
c) William Wordsworth
d) Matthew Arnold
Answer: William Wordsworth
Explanation: Poet of Nature William Wordsworth is the brightest star of the Romantic era.
15. The synonym of 'altitude' is
a) height
b) width
c) length
d) depth
Answer: height
Explanation: Altitude means height. Width, length, depth mean width, length and depth respectively.
16. I can't put up with him anymore. Here 'put up with' means:
a) To protect
b) To tolerate
c) To terminate
d) To prevent
Answer: To tolerate
Explanation: The phrasal verb 'Put up with' means to tolerate.
17. The synonym for 'panoramic' is-
a) Scenic
b) Narrow
c) Limited
d) Restricted
Answer: Scenic
Explanation: Panoramic means scenic or pictorial, detailed, beautiful, etc. The synonyms of Panoramic are picturesque, scenic, etc.
18. The antonym for 'Slothful' is-
a) Playful
b) Sluggish
c) Energetic
d) Quarrelsome
Answer: Energetic
Explanation: Slothful means lazy, inactive. Its antonym from the given options is energetic, which means active, vigorous.
19. What is the plural form of 'Sheep'?
a) Sheep
b) Sheepes
c) Sheep
d) Sheepses
Answer: Sheep
Explanation: Sheep means sheep. The singular plural form of Sheep is the same.
20. Which gender is the word 'orphan'?
a) Neuter
b) Feminine
c) Common
d) Masculine
Answer: Common
Explanation: The word orphan means that the child's parents are dead. The word orphan refers to an orphaned child, gender is not important in the case of a child. Therefore, the word orphan is common gender.
21. What is the noun form of the word 'laugh'?
a) laughing
b) laughable
c) laughter
d) laughingly
Answer: laughter
Explanation: The word Laugh is a verb, which means to laugh. The noun, adjective, and adverb of Laugh are laughter, laughable/laughing, laughingly, respectively.
22. Words inscribed on a tomb is an-
a) Epitome
b) Epithet
c) Epitaph
d) Episode
Answer: Epitaph
Explanation: Words inscribed on a tomb is an epitaph. That is, if an inscription is carved on a stone or somewhere, it is called an epitaph.
23. Nawar has read most of the __ of Shakespeare.
a) poem
b) drama
c) play
d) works
Answer: works
Explanation: 'Most of' is followed by a plural count noun. Among the options given in the question, only works (literary works) is in the plural form.
24. What is the noun form of the word 'know'?
a) Knowing
b) Knowledge
c) Knowledgeable
d) Known
Answer: Knowledge
Explanation: The adjective form of Know 'Knowing' and 'Known' are the past participle and adjective form.
25. Identify the correct spelling:
a) Questionaire
b) Questionnore
c) Questionnaire
d) Questionair
Answer: Questionnaire
Explanation: the only correctly spelled word is questionnaire; which means questions.
26. Love for the whole world is called-
a) Philanthropy
b) Misogyny
c) Benevolence
d) Misanthropy
Answer: Philanthropy
Explanation: A philanthropist is someone who is a humanitarian, who has love for all people.
27. The word 'sibling' means-
a) brother
b) sister
c) brother or a sister
d) an infant
Answer: brother or a sister
Explanation: The word sibling in Bengali means a child of the same parents; brother or sister. So sibling means a brother or sister.
28. Once in a blue moon' means-
a) always
b) very rarely
c) nearly
d) hourly
Answer: very rarely
Explanation: Once in a blue moon means very rarely or almost never.
29. Which one of the following is a feminine gender?
a) Drake
b) Stag
c) Mare
d) Bull
Answer: Mare
Explanation: options, only mare is feminine /and the masculine is stallion.
30. Choose the correctly spelled word :
a) Fluorescent
b) Flurescent
c) Flourecent
d) Flourescint
Answer: Fluorescent
Explanation: Correct spelling- Fluorescent, meaning luminous.
31. Rana seems to be happy with his achievement, -?
a) wasn't he?
b) doesn't he
c) isn't he?
d) has he?
Answer: doesn't he
Explanation: The tag of an affirmative statement with a third person singular subject and s or es is negative, i.e. doesn't.
32. They suffered much - tornedo had hit their village. Fill in the blank
a) as it
b) since
c) until
d) let alone
Answer: since
Explanation: If Past indefinite tense is before Since, then Past perfect tense is after Since. Until and let alone are not compatible here.
33. If he __ more careful, he would not make such mistakes.
a) is
b) was
c) were
d) has been
Answer: were
Explanation: In the case of 2nd conditional, if the verb be is placed in the If- part, it will always be were.
34. It's time you __ your mistakes.
a) have realized
b) would realized
c) realized
d) will realized
Answer: realized
Explanation: In the compound sentence It is time, It is high time, the past form of subject + verb is placed after them. So Here is the correct answer.
35. Except __ Sunny, everybody was present.
a) from
b) then
c) for
d) off
Answer: for
Explanation: Except for is used to mean excluding or excluding something. Also, the use of for or then, from is irrelevant here.
36. The phrase 'far and wide' means-?
a) with absolute accuracy
b) by the large amount
c) over a large area
d) sometimes but not regularly
Answer: over a large area
Explanation: The idiom 'Far and wide' means over a large area, everywhere.
37. He looks - a famous film star.
a) as
b) like
c) similar
d) same
Answer: like
Explanation: Look like is used to indicate similarity in appearance or external form with someone. Similar is followed by to and same is followed by as.
38. Romeo and Juliet' is a famous __ by William Shakespeare.
a) tragedy
b) novel
c) comedy
d) shown
Answer: tragedy
Explanation: William Shakespeare's famous tragedy is Romeo and Juliet.
39. To 'hit the roof means-?
a) to be very angry
b) to be very happy
c) to climb very high
d) to do something dangerous
Answer: to be very angry
Explanation: 'Hit the roof' means- to be very angry, i.e. to be very angry / Sentence usage: The teacher hit the roof when the students started making noise.
40. Choose the correct translation of: এখন এগারোটা বেজে পনেরো মিনিট।
a) It's fifteen minutes past eleven.
b) It is now fifteen minutes past eleven.
c) It is now fifteen minutes with eleven,
d) It is now fifteen minutes to eleven.
Answer: It is now fifteen minutes past eleven.
Explanation: The correct translation of 'It is now fifteen minutes past eleven' is: It is now fifteen minutes past eleven.
41. As a last ___, he appealed to the President for mercy.
a) solution
b) force
c) point
d) resort
Answer: resort
Explanation: A last resort is an idiom. Which means: the last attempt after all efforts have failed, the last resort. 'As a last resort, he begged the President for forgiveness' - option (d) is correct here.
42. He is widely regarded - one of the leading figures in quantum computing.
a) to
b) as
c) with
d) for
Answer: as
Explanation: regard ... as is used to mean to consider someone or something in some way. Here, the sentence is completed by inserting as in the given blank.
43. He said, "You are a fool." (to indirect speech)
a) He said that you are a fool
b) He said that I was a fool
c) He called me a fool
d) He said that the man was a fool
Answer: He said that I was a fool
Explanation: If in direct speech there are words like fool, liar, coward, etc., then in indirect speech there is called instead of said.
44. Find the common noun__?
a) flock
b) bunch
c) city
d) Dhaka
Answer: city
Explanation: A noun that refers to a person, object, animal or place is called a common noun. For example: river, city, country etc.
45. He was aware __ the fact. (Choose the correct preposition)
a) from
b) of
c) to
d) with
Answer: of
Explanation: Aware of is used to mean being aware of something.
46. Identify the correct sentence:
a) They will hold a meeting after a week.
b) They will hold a meeting in a week.
c) They held a meeting in a week.
d) They will be holding a meeting after a week.
Answer: They will hold a meeting in a week.
47. The explanation is that in a week is correct to mean 1 week from now.
a) The cow lives on grass' means-?
b) The cow lives on the grassland.
c) Grass is the main fodder for cows.
d) The cow lives by a grassy land.
Answer: Grass is the main fodder for cows.
Explanation: The cow lives on grass means that the cow lives by eating grass, meaning that the cow's main food is grass.
48. It was happened last night- this wrong, sentence can correctly be rewritten:
a) Last night it was happened.
b) It happened last night.
c) It was happened in the last night.
d) It had happened last night.
Answer: It happened last night.
Explanation: Since "Last night" is in the past indefinite tense, it follows the past form + extension rule of subject + verb, meaning "It happened last night".
49. Which of the following is an adjective?
a) Confident
b) Confidant
c) Confidence
d) Confidante
Answer: Confident
Explanation: Here, confident is an adjective.
50. The antonym of Legal is?
a) inlegal
b) illegal
c) Unlegal
d) ilegal
Answer: illegal
Explanation: The antonym of legal is illegal.
