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1. The groom arrived at the community center exactly ––––time.
a. in b. for
c. by d. on
2. Misuse of –––– energy has –––– destruction.
A. solar, shown B. renewable, increase
C. nuclear, cause D. atomic, wreaked
3. A man –––– by a speeding bus while he was crossing the road.
A. was run over B. was run down
C. had been run D. has been run over
4. What is the meaning of the expression “bottom of my heart”?
A. close to my heart
B. core of my heart
C. lower part of my heart
D. close to my liver
5. The word ‘desperation’ is a/an
A. adjective B. verb
C. adverb D. noun
6. The synonym of ‘embellish’ is-
A. adorn B. shock
C. impoverish D. Destroy
7. The correct translation of “রবিবার হতে বৃষ্টি হচ্ছিল।”
A. It was raining from Sunday.
B. It has been raining from Sunday.
C. It had been raining since Sunday.
D. It rained since Sunday.
8. The verb of ‘beauty’ is-
A. beautician B. beautify
C. beautiful D. beautification
9. Why is the poet so sad to see the daffodils in “The Daffodils?”
A. The poet is sad because the flowers have not bloomed fully.
B. The poet is sad because winter will soon arrive.
C. The poet is sad because the flowers remind him of his own death.
D. The poet is sad because flowers bring very hot weather.
10. Choose the correct spelling.
A. indegenus B. indigionus
C. indigenous D. indigeneous
11. The idiom ‘let things slide’ means-
A. ignore B. lose gradually
C. reveal a secret D. set free
Choose the correct sentence :
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A. The jury are arguing among themselves.
B. The jury is arguing among themselves.
C. The jury has argued among themselves.
D. The jury has been arguing among themselves.
13.
A. He suspicioned that something was wrong.
B. He suspicious that something is wrong.
C. He suspected that something was wrong.
D. He suspect that something is wrong.
14. EXCITE : CALM
A. retain: compose B. agitate : trouble
C. upset : perturb D. stimulate : cool down
15. DELAY : EXPEDITE
A. related : halt B. block : obstruct
C. drag : procrastinate D. detain : dispatch
16. I would have brought a mule if you — me before.
A. tell B. told
C. had told D. telling
17. Give the correct passive form of “My teacher embodies all the good qualities.”
A. All the good qualities are embodied by my teacher.
B. All the good qualities are embodied in my teacher.
C. All the good qualities are embodied to my teacher.
D. All the good qualities are embodied on my teacher.
18. He said, “Honesty is the best policy”.
A. He said that honesty is the best policy.
B. He said that honesty was the best policy.
C. He said that honesty had been the best policy.
D. He told that honesty is the best policy.
19. Which one is the antonym ‘pacific’?
A. calm B. Agitated
C. Zealous D. courageous
20. Which is not a singular number?
A. agenda B. datum
C. every D. each
21. Which mood is used to express a wish?
A. subjective B. Imperative
C. Indicative D. None of the
22. Who was the author of the famous storybook ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’?
A. Rudyard Kipling
B. Lewis Carroll
C. H. G. Wells
D. John Keats
23. How many lines does a sonnet have?
A. 10 B. 12
C. 14 D. vary
24. Who wrote ‘Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise’?
A. Browning B. Marx
C. Thonas Gray D. Kipling
25. Which is the first Harry Potter book?
A. HP and the Goblet of Fire
B. HP and the Philosopher’s stone
C. HP and the Chamber of Secrets
D. HP and the Valley of Death
26. In which century were Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales written?
A. fourteenth B. fifteenth
C. sixteenth D. seventeenth
27. What nationality was Robert Louis Stevenson, writer of ‘Treasure Island’?
A. Scottish B. Welsh
C. English D. Irish
28. ‘Jane Eyre’ was written by which Bronte sister?
A. Anne B. Charlotte
C. Emily D. Charles
29. What is the book ‘Lord of the Flies’ about?
A. a road trip around the USA
B. a season of killer flies
C. Schoolboys an a desert island
D. French
30. In the book’ The Lord of the Rings’, who or what is Bilbo?
A. dwarf B. wizard
C. troll D. hobbit
31. The following taboo phrases were used by which writer?
“I fart at thee”, “shit on your head’, “dirty bastard”
A. Ben Johnson
B. Earnest Hemingway
C. William Shakespeare
D. Henry James
32. Who wrote the crime novel “Ten Little Niggers”?
A. Sir Arthur Connan Doyle
B. Irvin Welsh
C. Agatha Christine
D. Emile Zola
33. Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism?
A. art for intellect’s sake
B. art for God’s sake
C. art for the masses
D. art for art’s sake
34. Which thinker had a major impact on early-twentieth-century writers, leading them to reimagine human identity in radically new ways?
A. Sigmund Freud B. Sir James Frazer
C. Friedrich Nietzsche D. all
35. Which scientific or technological advance did not take place in the first fifteen years of the twentieth century?
A. Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity
B. wireless communication across the Atlantic
C. the creation of the internet
D. the invention of the airplane
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