Bcs English model test-13

1. Dhaka is becoming one of the ___ cities in Asia.

a. more busy
b. most busiest
c. busy
d. busiest

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. busiest

Explanation:
the +superlative (busiest) হবে।
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2. He had written the book before he ___

a. retired
b. had retired
c. will be retired
d. has retired

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. retired

Explanation:
Subject + past perfect tense + before + subject + past indefinite tense
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3. Rizvi requested Rini ___ telephone to attend the meeting.

a. over
b. through
c. by
d. with

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. by

Explanation:
The telephone/the phone/the mobile ইত্যাদি থাকলে on/ over হয়। কিন্তু telephone/phone এর আগে the না থাকলে by হবে।
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4. The word “precedence" means -

a. example
b. priority
c. elderly
d. case

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. priority

Explanation:
Precedence অর্থ অগ্রাধিকার (priority)
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5. "To get along with” means -

a. to adjust
b. accompany
c. to interest
d. to walks

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. to adjust

Explanation:
To get along with একটি idiom যার অর্থ খাপ খাওয়ানো (to adjust)
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6. The prices of rice are -

a. raising
b. risen
c. rising
d. raised

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. rising

Explanation:
দাম বৃদ্ধি পাওয়া অর্থে rise হবে। Rise যেহেতু intransitive verb তাই এর passive form হবে না।
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7. “If winter comes, can spring be far behind?” These lines were written by -

a. Shelley
b. Frost
c. Eliot
d. Keats

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Shelley

Explanation:
উপরিউক্ত চরণটি P. B Shelley ’র বিখ্যাত কবিতা ‘Ode to the West Wind থেকে উদ্ধৃত।
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8. The verb of the word "short” is-

a. enshort
b. shorted
c. shorten
d. shorting

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. shorten

Explanation:
Adjective এর পরে suffix ‘en' যােগ করে verb গঠন করা | যেমন- Galat- shorten, widen, harden, soften, strengthen, broaden ইত্যাদি।
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9. "Light” is to “dark” as “cold” is to-

a. hot
b. heat
c. cool
d. winter

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. hot

Explanation:
Light (আলাে) এর বিপরীত dark (অন্ধকার) আর cold (ঠাণ্ডা) এর বিপরীত hot (গরম)।
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10. Many prefer donating money ___ distributing clothes.

a. than
b. but
c. without
d. to

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. to

Explanation:
Prefer to – অধিকতর পছন্দ করা।
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11. We were waiting for the bus. The underlined part is-

a. a noun phrase
b. an infinitive phrase
c. a prepositional phrase
d. a verb phrase

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. a prepositional phrase

Explanation:
Preposition দিয়ে শুরু হলে সেটি prepositional phrase. A preposition phrase is a group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with noun or preposition.
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12. The word “disinterested” means -

a. lack of interest
b. indifferent
c. callous
d. neutral

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. neutral

Explanation:
Disinterested অর্থ নিরপেক্ষ (neutral). disinterested- নিরপেক্ষ, indifferent -উদাসীন, callous -অনুভূতিহীন এবং neutral -নিরপেক্ষ।
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13. Julia has been ill __ three months.

a. for
b. about
c. in
d. since

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. for

Explanation:
নির্দিষ্ট সময় (Period of time বুঝাতে for অর্থাৎ যাবৎ বা ধরে হলে for আর অনির্দিষ্ট সময় (Point of time বুঝাতে since ব্যবহৃত হয়।
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14. Who did write first English dictionary?

a. Boswell
b. Ben Jonson
c. Samuel Johnson
d. Milton

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Samuel Johnson

Explanation:
Samuel Johnson (১৭০৯-১৭৮৪) প্রথম ইংরেজি অভিধান প্রণয়ন করেন যা ১৭৫৫ সালে প্রকাশিত হয়। তিনি ১৭৬৪ সালে ইংরেজি সাহিত্য ক্লাব প্রতিষ্ঠা করেন।
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15. New programs will be ___ next week in Bangladesh Television.

a. telecast
b. published
c. telecasted
d. broadcasted

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. telecast

Explanation:
টেলিভিশনের অনুষ্ঠান সম্প্রচার করাকে telecast আর রেডিওর অনুষ্ঠান সম্প্রচার করাকে broadcast বলে। telecast- এর Present, Past এবং Past participle একই রকম।
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16. The word “electorate' means-

a. election office
b. a body of votes
c. many election
d. candidates

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. a body of votes

Explanation:

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17. "Animal Farm" was written by ___

a. George Orwell
b. Stevenson
c. Swift
d. Mark Twain

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. George Orwell

Explanation:
George Orwell (1903-1950). বিখ্যাত রচনার মধ্য রয়েছে - The animal farm, Nineteen Eighty Four ইত্যাদি . তার আসল নাম Eric Blair.
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18. There is no alternative ___ training.

a. for
b. to
c. than
d. of

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. to

Explanation:

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19. Which sentence is correct?

a. This is an unique case.
b. This is a unique case.
c. This is a very unique case.
d. This is the most unique case.

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. This is a unique case.

Explanation:
unique এর সাথে কোন adverb বা Adjective বসে না । Vowel দিয়ে গঠিত শব্দের উচ্চারণ ইউ হলে 'a' এবং 'আ । হলে 'an' বসে।
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20. I cannot ___ to pay such high prices.

a. able
b. but
c. try
d. afford

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. afford

Explanation:
Negative/Interrogative - বাক্যে can/could/be able to -এর পর সামর্থ বুঝাতে afford বসে। বাক্যটির অর্থঃ আমি এমন উচ্চ মূল্য পরিশোধ করতে পারি না। cannot+verb base form(afford)
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21. Tiger : Zoology::Mars :

a. Astrology
b. Cryptology
c. Astronomy
d. Telescopy

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Astronomy

Explanation:
প্রাণী (Tiger) সম্পর্কিত আলােচনা প্রাণিবিদ্যায় (Zoology) থাকে আর গ্রহ (Mars - মঙ্গল গ্রহ) সম্পর্কিত আলােচনা জ্যোতির্বিদ্যাতে (Astronomy)।
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22. Break: repair :: Wound

a. Hurt
b. Plaster
c. Fix
d. Heal

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Heal

Explanation:
কোনাে কিছু ভেংঙ্গে (Break) গেলে মেরামত (repair) করা হয়, শরীরের কোনাে অংশ ক্ষত বা আহত (wound) হলে আরােগ্য করা (heal)হয়।
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23. Frightened: Scream::Angry:

a. Cry
b. Shiver
c. Shout
d. Sneer

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Shout

Explanation:
ভীত (Frightened) হলে তীব্র চিৎকার (Scream) এবং রাগ (Angry) হলে চিৎকার (Shout) করা বুঝায়।
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24. He ___ consciousness as a result of his head hitting the car's dashboard.

a. failed
b. lost
c. broke
d. passed

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. lost

Explanation:
জ্ঞান হারানো- Lose consciousness.
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25. Only after I ___ home, did I remember my doctor's appointment.

a. going
b. go
c. went
d. gone

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. went

Explanation:
Sequence of Tense অনুযায়ী দুটি Clause ই একই Tense এ হবে।
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26. When they had their first child, they put ___ a large sum for his education.

a. aside
b. beside
c. outside
d. under

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. aside

Explanation:
বাক্যটির অর্থ- যখন তাদের প্রথম সন্তান হল তখন তারা তার লেখাপড়ার জন্য অনেক টাকা সঞ্চয় করল । Put aside অর্থ সঞ্চয় করা।
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27. A famous short story of Maupassant is-

a. Gift of the Magi
b. The Diamond Necklace
c. Tropic of Center
d. The Prince

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. The Diamond Necklace

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28. Who wrote the book “Cancer Ward'-

a. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
b. Alexander Pope
c. Leo Tolstoy
d. Boris Pasternak

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Alexander Solzhenitsyn

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29. Goethe is the greatest poet in-

a. Russia
b. England
c. Germany
d. French

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Germany

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30. What type book "The Woman 'is-

a. Novel
b. Story
c. Essay
d. Dram

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Novel

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31. EXPAND : VOLUME

a. ascend : flight
b. proliferate : number
c. bend : flexibility
d. deflect : heading

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. proliferate : number

Explanation:
Volume (কণ্ঠস্বর বা আওয়াজ) কে যেমন বৃদ্ধি করা যায় (expand) তেমনি number (সংখ্যা)-কেও বৃদ্ধি করা যায় (proliferate) ।
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32. COWARD : BRAVE

a. philanthropist : selfish
b. martyr: impatient
c. traitor : careful
d. hero: cynical

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. philanthropist : selfish

Explanation:
Coward (ভীরু) এবং Brave (সাহসী) পরস্পর বিপরীতার্থক। ঠিক তেমনি philanthropist (লােকহিতৈষী) এবং selfish (স্বার্থপর)ও পরস্পর বিপরীতার্থক।
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Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word (33-34).

33. Parallelism

a. Obliquity
b. Disparity
c. Contrast
d. Divergence

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Divergence

Explanation:
a. Obliquity- তির্যকতা
b. Disparity- বৈসাদৃশ্য [may be]
c. Contrast - বৈসাদৃশ্য [may be], কিন্তু দুটি উত্তর এক, তাই অন্য উত্তর পেলে ভাল।
d. Divergence – বিকিরণ [match], এক হবার বিপরীত অর্থে-বিকিরিত হচ্ছে।
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34. Debonair

a. Balmy
b. Awkwark
c. Windy
d. Good-looking

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Windy

Explanation:
Debonair - ভদ্র, Balmy- সুবাসিত, Awkwark- বেমানান, Good-looking- ভালো দেখতে, Windy- অহংকারী
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35. One who hates mankind-

a. Misanthrope
b. Philanthropist
c. Lover
d. Hatter

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Misanthrope

Explanation:
hates mankind- Misanthrope, loves mankind - Philanthropist.
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