1. The word 'Plebiscite' is a term related to —
a)
Law
b)
Politics
c)
Administration
d)
Medicine
Answer:
Politics
2. Which of the following is the correct plural form of 'Locus'?
a)
Locusses
b)
Locuseses
c)
Loci
d)
Locuses
Answer:
Loci
3. 'Had I known you were coming, I ___ to the station.'
a)
would go
b)
would have gone
c)
will go
d)
had gone
Answer:
would have gone
4. Who is the author of 'Jane Eyre'?
a)
Emily Bronte
b)
Charlotte Bronte
c)
Anne Bronte
d)
Jane Austen
Answer:
Charlotte Bronte
5. Identify the correctly spelled word:
a)
Humurous
b)
Humorouss
c)
Humaorous
d)
Humorous
Answer:
Humorous
6. Which word is similar to 'Appal'?
a)
Solicit
b)
Confuse
c)
Dismay
d)
Deceive
Answer:
Dismay
7. 'The Old Man and the Sea' was written by —
a)
Ernest Hemingway
b)
Mark Twain
c)
Herman Melville
d)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Answer:
Ernest Hemingway
8. The word 'Panegyric' means —
a)
Elaborate praise
b)
A curse
c)
Criticism
d)
Medicine
Answer:
Elaborate praise
9. Who wrote the play 'The Way of the World'?
a)
William Shakespeare
b)
Ben Jonson
c)
Oscar Wilde
d)
William Congreve
Answer:
William Congreve
10. 'Geriatrics' is the branch of medicine concerned with the diseases and care of —
a)
Children
b)
Old people
c)
Women
d)
Newborn babies
Answer:
Old people
11. What is the antonym of 'Honorific'?
a)
Soothing
b)
Humiliating
c)
Ritualistic
d)
Honorary
Answer:
Humiliating
12. Who wrote the novel 'The Golden Ash'?
a)
Nadine Gordimer
b)
Virginia Woolf
c)
Edith Wharton
d)
Toni Morrison
Answer:
Edith Wharton
13. "To be, or not to be, that is the question" — is a famous soliloquy from:
a)
Othello
b)
Macbeth
c)
Hamlet
d)
King Lear
Answer:
Hamlet
14. A 'Pilgrim' is a person who undertakes a journey to a —
a)
New country
b)
Holy place
c)
Foreign land
d)
Remote village
Answer:
Holy place
15. Which of the following words is in singular form?
a)
Formulae
b)
Data
c)
Radius
d)
Media
Answer:
Radius
16. 'To genuflect' means —
a)
To bend the knee
b)
To be genuine
c)
To reflect
d)
To bend the elbow
Answer:
To bend the knee
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17. Fill in the blank: 'I finally killed the fly ___ a fly swatter.'
a)
by
b)
with
c)
through
d)
from
Answer:
with
18. Identify the correctly spelled word:
a)
Questionnare
b)
Questionairee
c)
Questionaire
d)
Questionnaire
Answer:
Questionnaire
19. 'To keep one's head' means —
a)
To believe in oneself
b)
To save oneself
c)
To keep calm
d)
To be self-respecting
Answer:
To keep calm
20. Change the voice: 'Who is calling me?'
a)
By whom am I being called?
b)
By whom I am being called?
c)
Whom am I called by?
d)
Who is being called by me?
Answer:
By whom am I being called?
21. Who is the author of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'?
a)
William Wordsworth
b)
S.T. Coleridge
c)
Lord Byron
d)
P.B. Shelley
Answer:
S.T. Coleridge
22. 'Moby Dick', a novel, was written by —
a)
Herman Melville
b)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
c)
Mark Twain
d)
Ernest Hemingway
Answer:
Herman Melville
23. 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope is a/an —
a)
Epic
b)
Mock-heroic poem
c)
Ballad
d)
Elegy
Answer:
Mock-heroic poem
24. Which of the following is not a poetic tradition?
a)
The Comic
b)
The Epic
c)
The Occult
d)
The Tragic
Answer:
The Occult
25. 'Adela Quested' and 'Mrs. Moore' are characters from the novel —
a)
A Passage to India
b)
Heart of Darkness
c)
Kim
d)
Of Human Bondage
Answer:
A Passage to India
26. Fill in the gap: 'Birds fly ___ in the sky.
a)
random
b)
at large
c)
at a stretch
d)
long way
Answer:
at large
27. 'Let us begin by looking at the minutes of the meeting.' Here 'minutes' means —
a)
Brief period
b)
Time
c)
Measurement
d)
Written record
Answer:
Written record
28. The word 'Substantial' means —
a)
Efficient
b)
Significant
c)
Exorbitant
d)
Adaptive
Answer:
Significant
Explanation:
বি.দ্র. context অনুযায়ী এটি 'প্রভূত' বা 'তাৎপর্যপূর্ণ' বোঝায়
29. Who wrote the picaresque novel 'Tom Jones'?
a)
Samuel Richardson
b)
Henry Fielding
c)
Tobias Smollett
d)
Laurence Sterne
Answer:
Henry Fielding
30. 'Patience is its own reward' — Here 'Patience' is a/an:
a)
Common Noun
b)
Proper Noun
c)
Abstract Noun
d)
Collective Noun
Answer:
Abstract Noun