1. Helena said, "I took the laptop home with me." Its indirect form is-
a) Helena said that she took the laptop home with her
b) Helena said that she had taken the laptop home with her
c) Helena confirmed that she has taken the laptop home with her
d) Helena told that she had the laptop taken home with her
Answer: Helena said that she had taken the laptop home with her
Explanation: Reporting verb past হলে এবং reported speech past indefinite হলে indirect speech-এ তা past perfect-এ পরিণত হয়; তাই 'had taken'।
2. 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: 'It is no good'-এর পরে verb+ing বসে Gerund হিসেবে; তাই এখানে 'falling' একটি gerund।
3. In which of these poems did Matthew Arnold express a pessimistic worldview, reflecting on a world full of conflicts and lacking in joy...?
a) Scholar Gipsy
b) Dover Beach
c) Rugby Chapel
d) Immortality
Answer: Dover Beach
Explanation: Matthew Arnold-এর 'Dover Beach' কবিতায় আনন্দহীন ও সংঘাতপূর্ণ বিশ্ব নিয়ে pessimistic (হতাশাবাদী) দৃষ্টিভঙ্গি প্রকাশ পেয়েছে।
4. কোনটি সঠিক বানান?
a) Gazete
b) Gazzete
c) Gaggete
d) Gazette
Answer: Gazette
Explanation: সঠিক বানান 'Gazette' (সরকারি ঘোষণাপত্র/journal)।
5. Candidates are required to get __ the centre before 09:00 AM.
a) at
b) to
c) in
d) into
Answer: to
Explanation: 'Get to' phrase-টির অর্থ কোনো স্থানে পৌঁছানো; তাই preposition হিসেবে 'to' সঠিক।
6. The killing of albatross in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was indicative of-
a) a trigger-happy Mariner
b) the essential irrationality of man
c) a superstitious Mariner
d) the Mariner as a skillful fowler
Answer: the essential irrationality of man
Explanation: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner-এ কারণ ছাড়াই albatross হত্যা মানুষের essential irrationality (মৌলিক অযৌক্তিকতা)-র প্রতীক।
7. 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) Religio Medici
d) A Free Man's Worship
Answer: Areopagitica
Explanation: John Milton-এর 'Areopagitica' গ্রন্থটি বাক্স্বাধীনতা ও মুদ্রণ-স্বাধীনতার (freedom of the press) পক্ষে লেখা।
8. Which novel chronicles intense, destructive love fueling multigenerational cruelty & obsession?
a) Wuthering Heights
b) Jane Eyre
c) Emma
d) Persuasion
Answer: Wuthering Heights
Explanation: 'Wuthering Heights' (লেখক Emily Bronte) তীব্র ও ধ্বংসাত্মক প্রেম এবং multigenerational নিষ্ঠুরতার কাহিনি।
9. Which of these is not characteristic of English Romantic Poetry?
a) Ordinary life
b) Everyday language
c) Expression of feelings rather than action or plot
d) Inane and gaudy phraseology
Answer: Inane and gaudy phraseology
Explanation: Wordsworth 'inane and gaudy phraseology' বর্জন করেছিলেন; তাই এটি English Romantic Poetry-র বৈশিষ্ট্য নয়।
10. 'To have a shot' means:
a) to open fire
b) to take a photograph
c) to make a try
d) to test a gun
Answer: to make a try
Explanation: 'To have a shot' idiom-টির অর্থ চেষ্টা করা (to make a try)
11. In William Shakespeare's play As You Like It the Seven Ages of Man speech was delivered by-
a) Jaques
b) Oliver
c) Orlando
d) Rosalind
Answer: Jaques
Explanation: Shakespeare-এর As You Like It নাটকে বিষণ্ণ চরিত্র Jaques বিখ্যাত 'Seven Ages of Man' বক্তৃতাটি দেন।
12. 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: 'that she recommended' clause-টি 'book' noun-টিকে modify করছে, তাই এটি একটি relative clause
13. What gender is the word 'monarch'?
a) masculine
b) eminine
c) neuter
d) common
Answer: common
Explanation: 'Monarch' রাজা বা রানি—উভয়কেই বোঝাতে পারে, তাই এটি common gender।
14. What is the antonym of 'percipience'?
a) shrewdness
b) dullness
c) discerning
d) astutene
Answer: dullness
Explanation: 'Percipience' মানে তীক্ষ্ণ অন্তর্দৃষ্টি; তাই এর antonym হলো 'dullness' (বোধশক্তির অভাব)।
15. Identify the sentence where 'up' functions as a noun-
a) He turned the volume up.
b) Business confidence is on the up.
c) We live just up the road.
d) Our system should be up by afternoon.
Answer: Business confidence is on the up.
Explanation: 'Business confidence is on the up'—এখানে 'up' শব্দটি noun হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
16. Which one is a coordinating conjunction?
a) Since
b) Least
c) as
d) so
Answer: so
Explanation: 'So' একটি coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS); অন্যদিকে since, lest ও as হলো subordinating conjunction।
17. Themes like racial prejudice, oppressive power dynamics, unbridgeable gulf between Eastern & Western cultures, etc. are best exemplified in-
a) Shadow of the Moon by MM Kaye
b) Bhowani Junction by John Masters
c) Kim by Rudyard Kipling
d) A Passage to India by EM Forster
Answer: A Passage to India by EM Forster
Explanation: E.M. Forster-এর 'A Passage to India' racial prejudice ও প্রাচ্য-প্রতীচ্যের সাংস্কৃতিক দূরত্ব সবচেয়ে ভালোভাবে ফুটিয়ে তোলে।
18. A very large building in which aircraft are housed is called a/an-
a) terminal
b) aerodrome
c) hanger
d) hangar
Answer: hangar
Explanation: 'Hangar' হলো উড়োজাহাজ রাখার বড় ভবন; আর 'hanger'-এ জামাকাপড় ঝোলানো হয়।
19. 'You will need a variety of skills, including leadership, endurance etc.' In this sentence the word 'including' is a-
a) conjunction
b) gerund
c) participle
d) preposition
Answer: preposition
Explanation: এখানে 'including' একটি তালিকা যুক্ত করছে, তাই এটি একটি preposition
20. A synonym of the word 'crepuscular' is-
a) twilit
b) nocturnal
c) diurnal
d) cathemeral
Answer: twilit
Explanation: 'Crepuscular' মানে গোধূলি-সম্পর্কিত; তাই এর synonym হলো 'twilit'
21. 'Let me not to the marriage of true minds/Admit impediments...' Lines taken from a sonnet by-
a) Spencer
b) Petrarch
c) Shakespeare
d) Donne
Answer: Shakespeare
Explanation: পঙ্ক্তিগুলো Shakespeare-এর Sonnet 116 ('Let me not to the marriage of true minds')-এর অংশ।
22. The saying 'Every cloud has its silver lining' means:
a) bad weather is often replaced by good weather
b) clouds often have shining surroundings
c) every difficult situation has a more hopeful aspect though not apparent at the beginning
d) clouds and sunshine go hand in hand
Answer: every difficult situation has a more hopeful aspect though not apparent at the beginning
Explanation: 'Every cloud has a silver lining' প্রবাদটির অর্থ—প্রতিটি কঠিন পরিস্থিতিরও একটি আশাব্যঞ্জক দিক থাকে, যদিও শুরুতে তা বোঝা যায় না।
23. Identify the incorrect spelling:
a) diletante
b) homonym
c) cromulent
d) accubation
Answer: diletante
Explanation: সঠিক বানান 'dilettante'; তাই 'diletante' বানানটি ভুল।
24. In Gulliver's Travels, which of these traits Swift does not show in his depiction of the land of the Lilliput?
a) pride
b) lies
c) peace & wisdom
d) silly rules
Answer: peace & wisdom
Explanation: Gulliver's Travels-এ Lilliput-এ pride, lies ও silly rules দেখানো হয়েছে; peace & wisdom মূলত Houyhnhnm-দের বৈশিষ্ট্য, Lilliput-এর নয়।
25. Identify the compound 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 will fine you
Answer: Either you do it or you will be fined
Explanation: Compound sentence-এ দুটি independent clause যুক্ত থাকে; 'Either you do it or you will be fined'-এ 'or' দিয়ে তা যুক্ত হয়েছে।
26. The lines 'A Book of Verses underneath the Bough...' are taken from a famous translation work by-
a) Scott Fitzgerald
b) Edward Fitzgerald
c) William Fitzgerald
d) Gerald Fitzgerald
Answer: Edward Fitzgerald
Explanation: পঙ্ক্তিগুলো 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam'-এর, যা অনুবাদ করেন Edward Fitzgerald
27. 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: Passive form হবে: 'He was believed to be an honest leader.'
28. Which functions both as a transitive and an intransitive verb?
a) sleep
b) arrive
c) break
d) die
Answer: break
Explanation: 'Break' verb-টি transitive (break a glass) ও intransitive (the glass broke)—উভয়ভাবেই ব্যবহৃত হয়।
29. Which play is filled with nonsensical conversations, meaningless dialogues, and characters who often become forgetful?
a) Pygmalion
b) The Skin Game
c) Waiting for Godot
d) Candida
Answer: Waiting for Godot
Explanation: Samuel Beckett-এর 'Waiting for Godot' একটি absurdist নাটক, যেখানে অর্থহীন ও বিস্মৃতিপূর্ণ সংলাপ থাকে।
30. An element required in a paragraph for smooth flow of ideas is called a-
a) transition sentence
b) supporting sentence
c) topic sentence
d) concluding sentence
Answer: transition sentence
Explanation: Paragraph-এ ভাবের মসৃণ প্রবাহ (smooth flow) বজায় রাখতে transition sentence ব্যবহৃত হয়।
31. 'Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feeling...' is a statement ascribed to-
a) Coleridge
b) William Wordsworth
c) TS Eliot
d) IA Richards
Answer: William Wordsworth
Explanation: উক্তিটি William Wordsworth-এর (Preface to Lyrical Ballads থেকে গৃহীত)।
