1. The best word that stands for an abstract noun is—
a)
Beauty
b)
Boat
c)
Sell
d)
Sonnet
Answer:
Beauty
Explanation:
Abstract noun = অনুভূতি, গুণ, ধারণা ইত্যাদি যা চোখে দেখা যায় না
2. Which is not a form of poetry?
a)
Tale
b)
Epic
c)
Balled
d)
Sonnet
Answer:
Tale
Explanation:
Tale = গল্প, narrative, কিন্তু কবিতা নয়
3. William Shakespeare was born in—
a)
1493
b)
1616
c)
1564
d)
1664
Answer:
1564
4. “To be or not to be, that is the question” is a famous soliloquy from—
a)
Macbeth
b)
King Lear
c)
Othello
d)
Hamlet
Answer:
Hamlet
Explanation:
এটি Hamlet-এর একটি বিখ্যাত মনোরম আলোচনা (soliloquy)
5. Who is known as ‘the poet of nature’ in English literature?
a)
Lord Tennyson
b)
William Wordsworth
c)
John Milton
d)
John Keats
Answer:
William Wordsworth
6. “The Tale of Two Cities” is written by—
a)
George Eliot
b)
Jane Austen
c)
Thomas Hardy
d)
Charles Dickens
Answer:
Charles Dickens
Explanation:
Charles Dickens = বিখ্যাত ইংরেজি ঔপন্যাসিক
7. Choose the correct sentence.
a)
I have little friends in Bangladesh.
b)
I have few friend in Bangladesh.
c)
I have a little friends in Bangladesh.
d)
I have a few friends in Bangladesh.
Answer:
I have a few friends in Bangladesh.
Explanation:
‘Few’ / ‘A few’ = গণনা যোগ্য noun এর জন্য ‘A few friends’ → কিছু বন্ধু আছে, grammatically correct
8. Had I known you were waiting outside, I —
a)
had invited you to come in
b)
would be inviting you to come in
c)
would invite you to come in
d)
would have invited you to come in
Answer:
would have invited you to come in
Explanation:
Third conditional → structure: If + past perfect, would have + past participle
9. ‘জিনিসের দাম হু হু করে বাড়ছে।’—এর সঠিক ইংরেজি অনুবাদ কোনটি?
ক)
The price of essential goods is rising by leaps and bounds.
খ)
The price of essential goods is rising by leap and bound.
গ)
The price of essential goods is rising leaps and bound.
ঘ)
The price of essential good leaps and bounds.
উত্তর:
The price of essential goods is rising by leaps and bounds.
ব্যাখ্যা:
Idiom: by leaps and bounds = দ্রুত, বড় আকারে বৃদ্ধি
10. Choose the correct sentence.
a)
He was hunged for murder.
b)
He was hanged for murder.
c)
He has been hunged for murder.
d)
He had been hunged for murder.
Answer:
He was hanged for murder.
11. Corruption is one of the worst evils. (Positive)
a)
Very few evils is as bad as corruption.
b)
No other evils are as bad as corruption.
c)
No other evil is as bad as corruption.
d)
Very few evils are as bad as corruption
Answer:
No other evil is as bad as corruption.
12. Which one of the following is wrongly spelled?
a)
anaesthesia
b)
lieutenant
c)
diarrhoea
d)
facination
Answer:
facination
13. Making a good result in the exam needs a lot of hard work. Here 'making' is a—
a)
present participle
b)
adjective
c)
pronoun
d)
gerund
Answer:
gerund
14. Choose the correct sentence.
a)
One thirds of the students are absent.
b)
One third of the students are absent.
c)
One thirds of the student are absent.
d)
One third of the student are absent
Answer:
One third of the students are absent.
15. The synonym of the word 'Narcissism' is:
a)
Selfishness
b)
Notorious
c)
Dignity
d)
Self-effacing
Answer:
Selfishness
16. The correct indirect speech of He said to me, "Never move very fast"
a)
He forbade me to move very fast.
b)
He requested me not move very fast.
c)
He said to me that I should not move very fast.
d)
He told me don't move very fast
Answer:
He forbade me to move very fast.
17. Choose the correct answer.
a)
A drowning man catches to a straw.
b)
A drowning man catches about a straw.
c)
A drowning man catches with a straw.
d)
A drowning man catches at a straw.
Answer:
A drowning man catches at a straw.
18. Which of the following is grammatically correct?
a)
I prefer walking to riding.
b)
I do not know to write.
c)
He gave me a open to write.
d)
He gave me a lot of information's
Answer:
I prefer walking to riding.
19. Which of the words means 'a cure for all diseases'?
a)
Exorcism
b)
Incantation
c)
Panacea
d)
Antibiotic
Answer:
Panacea
20. He asked me whether I would help him. In this sentence the underlined part is-
a)
a prepositional phrase
b)
an adjective clause
c)
an adverbial clause
d)
a noun clause
Answer:
a noun clause