1. The plural form of the word ”louse”?
a) louses
b) lice
c) lices
d) licess
Answer: lice
Explanation: 'Louse' is a noun with an irregular plural form, which is 'lice'. Similarly, mouse becomes mice.
2. Which word is closest in meaning to ”Franchise”?
a) ttility
b) frankness
c) privilege
d) superficial
Answer: privilege
3. Choose the correct sentence?
a) He refrained to take any drastic action
b) He refrained to taking any drastic action
c) He refrained i taking any drastic actions
d) He refrained from taking any drastic action
Answer: He refrained from taking any drastic action
4. Once in a Blue Moon means —
a) always
b) very rarely
c) nearly
d) hourly
Answer: very rarely
5. Jacobean Period of English Literature refers to —
a) 1558-1603
b) 1625-1649
c) 1603-1625
d) 1649-1660
Answer: 1603-1625
6. Choose the appropriate preposition in the blank of the following sentence : Eight men were concerned ____ the plot.
a) at
b) with
c) in
d) for
Answer: in
7. A retired officer lives next door. Here ”retired” word is used as a/an :
a) Gerund
b) adverb
c) preposition
d) participle
Answer: participle
8. Fill in the gap with the right tense : When water ____ it turns into ice.
a) will freeze
b) freezes
c) would freeze
d) froze
Answer: freezes
9. Which one is the correct antonym of ”frugal”?
a) Extraordinary
b) spendthrift
c) economical
d) authentic
Answer: spendthrift
10. Fill in the blank with the correct quantifier. I still have ____ money.
a) a few
b) quite a few
c) many
d) a little
Answer: a little
11. Select the right compound structure of the sentence : ”Though he is poor, he is honest”
a) He is poor and honest
b) As he is poor, he is honest
c) He is poor but honest
d) Since he is poor, he is honest
Answer: He is poor but honest
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12. Where do the following lines occur in? ”Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide sea ……”
a) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
b) Kubla Khan
c) The Nightingle
d) The Dungeon
Answer: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
13. For God’s sake hold your tongue, and let me love. This line is written by —-
a) Emily Dickinson
b) T.S Eliot
c) Mathew Arnold
d) John Donne
Answer: John Donne
14. Fill in the blank : Tourists ____ their reservations well in advance if they want to fly to Cox’s Bazar.
a) better to had get
b) had better to get
c) had better got
d) had better get
Answer: had better get
15. The sun went down. The ”down” word is used here as a/an :
a) preposition
b) adverb
c) noun
d) conjuction
Answer: adverb
16. Identify the right passive voice of ”It is impossible to do this”.
a) Doing this is impossible
b) This is impossible to be done
c) This is must be done
d) This can’t be done
Answer: This is impossible to be done
17. The literary term ”euphemism” means-
a) vague idea
b) in offensive expression
c) a sonnet
d) wise saying
Answer: in offensive expression
18. Mutton is a/an-
a) Common noun
b) Abstract noun
c) Materiel noun
d) Proper noun
Answer: Materiel noun
19. Who is not a Victorian poet?
a) Mathew Arnold
b) Alexander Pope
c) Robert Browning
d) Alfred Tennyson
Answer: Alexander Pope
20. A speech of too many words is called—
a) A big speech
b) Maiden speech
c) An unimportant speeech
d) A verbose speech
Answer: A verbose speech
