1. Which word is similar to ‘appal’?
a) deceive
b) confuse
c) dismay
d) solicit
Answer: dismay
2. ‘Attested’ -এর বাংলা পরিভাষা কোনটি?
a) সত্যায়িত
b) প্রত্যয়িত
c) সত্যায়ন
d) সংলগ্ন/সংলাগ
Answer: সত্যায়িত
Explanation: Attested' শব্দের সঠিক ও প্রচলিত বাংলা পরিভাষা হলো 'সত্যায়িত'। এর অর্থ হলো কোনো দলিলের অনুলিপিকে মূল কপির সাথে মিলিয়ে সত্য বলে প্রত্যয়ন করা।
3. A man whose wife has died is called a –
a) widow
b) widower
c) spinster
d) bachelor
Answer: widower
Explanation: A man whose wife has died is called a 'widower'. A woman whose husband has died is a 'widow'.
4. Tennyson’s ‘In Memoriam’ is an elegy on the death of –
a) John Milton
b) John Keats
c) Arthur Henry Hallam
d) Sydney Smith
Answer: Arthur Henry Hallam
Explanation: "In Memoriam A.H.H." is a long poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, written as an elegy for his close Cambridge friend Arthur Henry Hallam, who died suddenly.
5. Identify the word which is spelt incorrectly :
a) consciencious
b) perseverance
c) convalescence
d) maintenance
Answer: consciencious
6. ‘You look terrific in that dress! ‘ The word ‘terrific’ in the above sentence means –
a) excellent
b) funny
c) very ugly
d) horrible
Answer: excellent
Explanation: In informal usage, 'terrific' means extremely good or excellent. It is a positive term here, contrasting with its literal meaning of 'causing terror'.
7. Identify the word which remains the same in its plural form :
a) aircraft
b) intention
c) mouse
d) thesis
Answer: aircraft
Explanation: 'Aircraft' is a noun that has the same form for both singular and plural. Other examples include sheep, deer, and fish.
8. dentify the correct passive form, “People thought that the despot was corrupt”
a) The despot had been thought to be corrupt.
b) It was thought that the despot was corrupt.
c) The despot was thought to be corrupt.
d) The despot is thought to be corrupt.
Answer: The despot was thought to be corrupt.
Explanation: Complex sentence-এর Passive করার ক্ষেত্রে দুটি পদ্ধতি আছে। এখানে Personal Passive-এর নিয়ম অনুযায়ী Subordinate clause-এর subject (The despot) সামনে এসেছে, এরপর Tense অনুযায়ী be verb (was) + V3 (thought) + to be + adjective (corrupt) বসেছে। অপশন (খ)-ও সঠিক হতে পারত (It was thought that...), তবে (গ) বেশি প্রচলিত এবং direct structure.
9. ‘After lunch we went for a leisurely stroll’. Here ‘leisurely’ is a /an-
a) adverb
b) adjective
c) noun
d) conjunction
Answer: adjective
Explanation: 'Leisurely' শব্দটি 'stroll' (noun)-কে মডিফাই করছে। Noun-কে মডিফাই করে বলে এটি Adjective। যদিও শেষে 'ly' আছে, কিন্তু Noun (Leisure) + ly = Adjective হয়।
10. “… I cannot but conclude the Bulk of your Natives, to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that Nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the Earth”. the statement occurs in
a) Robinson Crusoe
b) A Doll’s House
c) Vanity Fair
d) Gulliver’s Travels
Answer: Gulliver’s Travels
Explanation: এই উক্তিটি Jonathan Swift-এর বিখ্যাত স্যাটায়ার 'Gulliver’s Travels'-এর। ব্রবডিংন্যাগ (Brobdingnag) এর রাজা গালিভারের কাছ থেকে ইংল্যান্ডের ইতিহাস শোনার পর এই মন্তব্যটি করেছিলেন।
11. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. ‘Selina knocked it _______ the park with her performance in culinary art.
a) outside
b) out of
c) inside
d) off
Answer: out of
Explanation: 'Knock it out of the park' একটি Idiom যার অর্থ অসাধারণ ভালো কিছু করা বা দারুণ সাফল্য অর্জন করা।
12. Choose the synonym for ‘fright’:
a) placidity
b) composure
c) apprehension
d) equanimity
Answer: apprehension
Explanation: Fright অর্থ ভয়, আতঙ্ক বা শঙ্কা। Apprehension অর্থও শঙ্কা বা ভয় (ভবিষ্যতে খারাপ কিছু ঘটার ভয়)। বাকি শব্দগুলোর অর্থ প্রশান্তি বা স্থিরতা (Placidity, Composure, Equanimity)।
13. “Rubiyat of Khayyam” is attributed to
a) Edward FitzGerald
b) Scott Fitzgerald
c) Thomas Fitzgerald
d) William Fitzgerald
Answer: Edward FitzGerald
Explanation: ফারসি কবি ওমর খৈয়ামের রুবাইয়াত (চতুষ্পদী কবিতা) ইংরেজিতে অনুবাদ করে বিশ্বজুড়ে জনপ্রিয় করেন Edward FitzGerald. তাঁর অনূদিত গ্রন্থটির নাম "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam".
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14. ‘We work every day except Friday’. In this sentence ‘except’ is a/an
a) adjective
b) noun
c) preposition
d) pronoun
Answer: preposition
Explanation: এখানে 'except' শব্দটি Noun (Friday)-এর পূর্বে বসে বাক্যের অন্য অংশের সাথে সম্পর্ক স্থাপন করছে এবং 'ব্যতীত' বা 'ছাড়া' অর্থ প্রকাশ করছে। তাই এটি Preposition.
15. “Who’s that?” In this sentence “that” is a/an-
a) pronoun
b) conjunction
c) adjective
d) adverb
Answer: pronoun
Explanation: Here, "that" is a demonstrative pronoun, standing in for "that person".
16. “Why, then, ’tis none to you, for there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so”. This extract is taken from the drama-
a) King Lear
b) Macbeth
c) As You Like It
d) Hamlet
Answer: Hamlet
Explanation: This famous philosophical line is spoken by Prince Hamlet to Rosencrantz in Act II, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's "Hamlet".
17. Identify the correct spelling
a) questionaire
b) questionoir
c) questionnaire
d) questionair
Answer: questionnaire
Explanation: The correct spelling for the set of printed or written questions with a choice of answers is 'questionnaire'.
18. Who is not a romantic poet?
a) P. B. Shelley
b) S. T. Coleridge
c) John Keats
d) T. S. Eliot
Answer: T. S. Eliot
Explanation: T. S. Eliot was a leading figure of the Modernist movement in poetry. Shelley, Coleridge, and Keats were major poets of the Romantic era.
19. Identify the word that can be used as both singular and plural:
a) wood
b) issue
c) fish
d) light
Answer: fish
Explanation: 'Fish' can be both singular and plural (referring to multiple fish of the same species). 'Fishes' is used to refer to multiple species of fish.
20. ‘I will not let you go’. In this sentence ‘go’ is a/an-
a) infinitive
b) gerund
c) participle
d) verbal noun
Answer: infinitive
Explanation: The verb 'let' is followed by a bare infinitive (an infinitive without 'to'). Here, 'go' is a bare infinitive.
21. ‘Call me if you have any problems regarding your work’. Here ‘regarding’ is a/an-
a) gerund
b) apposition
c) preposition
d) conjunction
Answer: preposition
Explanation: In this context, 'regarding' functions as a preposition, meaning 'about' or 'concerning'.
22. ‘Come on, it’s time to go home’. Here ‘home’ is a/an-
a) noun
b) verb
c) adjective
d) adverb
Answer: adverb
Explanation: In the phrase "go home," 'home' functions as an adverb of place, indicating the direction or destination of the action 'go'.
23. A retired officer lives next door. Here ”retired” word is used as a/an :
a) Gerund
b) adverb
c) preposition
d) participle
Answer: participle
Explanation: Here, 'retired' is a past participle used as an adjective to describe the noun 'officer'.
24. 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
Explanation: 'Money' is an uncountable noun. 'A little' is used with uncountable nouns to mean a small amount. 'A few', 'many', and 'quite a few' are used with countable nouns.
25. The sun went down. The ”down” word is used here as a/an :
a) preposition
b) adverb
c) noun
d) conjuction
Answer: adverb
Explanation: Here 'down' modifies the verb 'went', indicating the direction of the action. It functions as an adverb of place.
