Bcs English model test-17

1. The synonym for 'Obdurate'-

a. Deceitful
b. Stubborn
c. Sly
d. Swindler

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Stubborn

Explanation:
Obdurate এবং Stubborn অর্থ হলাে - একগুঁয়ে।
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2. The antonym for 'Recalcitrant'-

a. Compliant
b. Passive
c. Indifferent
d. Careful

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Compliant

Explanation:
Recalcitrant - শৃঙ্খলা ভঙ্গকারী/ অবাধ্য, Compliant - বাধ্য, Indifferent- উদাসীন।
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3. 'Razzmatazz' means __

a. A musical instrument
b. A well-planned programme
c. A noisy activity
d. A musical activity

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. A noisy activity

Explanation:
'Razzmatazz'- শােরগােলপূর্ণ (A noisy activity)।
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4. Choose the correct meaning: He raised his eyebrow at my exploration

a. Show surprise or disapproval
b. Show agreement
c. Show happiness
d. Show indifference

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Show surprise or disapproval

Explanation:
To raise one's eye-brow- বিস্মিত হওয়া
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5. The expression 'Lingua Franca' means-

a. The common Language
b. The First Language
c. International Language
d. The French Language

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Answer: a. The common Language

Explanation:
'Lingua Franca' - বহু ভাষাভাষী অঞ্চলের common language.
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6. "I'll have a cup of tea" my father said, "because I'm not hungry."-
Which of the following sentences is the correct indirect speech?

a. My father said that he will have a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.
b. My father said that he would have had a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.
c. My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.
d. My father said that he had a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.

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7. He parted ___ his friends in tears.

a. With
b. from
c. against
d. beside

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. from

Explanation:
part from - বিচ্ছিন্ন /আস্থা হওয়া, part with- দান/বিতরণ করা।
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8. The children were entrusted ___ the care of their uncle.

a. With
b. for
c. to
d. at

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. to

Explanation:
entrusted to- কাউকে অন্য কারাে দায়িত্ব প্রদান করা
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9. Just now he ___ his dinner but he says he'll see you when he's finished.

a. Is having
b. Had
c. Was having
d. Has had

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Has had

Explanation:
Just now থাকলে present perfect tense হয়।
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10. ___ is not the only thing that tourists want to see.

a. A scenery
b. Scencries
c. Scenery
d. The sceneries

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Answer: c. Scenery

Explanation:
Scenery শব্দটি সব সময় singular হয় কিন্তু scenario শব্দটি singular/plural উভয়ই হয়।
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11. I have ___ interest in the matter.

a. Not
b. Any
c. None
d. No

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. No

Explanation:
have যদি মূল verb হয় তাহলে বাক্যে negative করার সময় পরবর্তী noun এর পরে no বসে। have যদি auxiliary হয় তাহলে not হয়। যথা: I have not gone there.
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12. He gave up ___ football when he got married.

a. To play
b. Playing
c. Play
d. Of playing

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Playing

Explanation:
Preposition এর পরে verb-এর সাথে ing যােগ করতে হয়। তবে, enjoy, stop, mind, find, suggest এর পর verb + ing হয়।
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13. As the sun ___ I decided to go out.

a. Shines
b. Has shone
c. Shine
d. Was shining

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Was shining

Explanation:
অর্থই এখানে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ। যেহেতু সূর্য কিরণ দিচ্ছিল সেহেতু আমি বাইওে যাওয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছিলােম।
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14. Don't make a noise while your father ___

a. Is being asleep
b. Is sleeping
c. Has slept
d. Asleep

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Answer: b. Is sleeping

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15. I am looking for someone who ___ play the piano.

a. Able
b. Can be able to
c. Is able
d. Can

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Can

Explanation:
can এবং able একসাথে বসে না। able/is able- এর পরে to বসে।
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16. I opened the door as soon as I ___ the bell.

a. Have heard
b. was hearing
c. Heard
d. Am heard

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Heard

Explanation:
as soon/ as যুক্ত অতীত কালের দুটি বাক্যেও মধ্যে একটি বাক্য past indefinite হলে অন্যটিও past indefinite হয়।
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17. Tell me ___ that.

a. Whom told you
b. That told you
c. Who told you
d. Told you

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Answer: c. Who told you

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18. Water boils ___ you heat is to 100° Centigrade.

a. unless
b. Though
c. until
d. If

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. If

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19. I have read the book __ you lent me.

a. That
b. Whom
c. Whose
d. what

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. That

Explanation:
ব্যাক্তি, প্রাণী ও বস্তু বুঝাতে that বসে।
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20. What There are __ dangerous drivers.

a. A very lot of
b. A very much of
c. A lot of
d. Very much of

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. A lot of

Explanation:
অধিক সংখ্যা বা পরিমাণ বুঝাতে a lot of হয়। a lot of এর পর verb হয় plural
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21. The author of the famous book “The Judgment' is-

a. Anthony Mascarenhas
b. Kuldip Nayer
c. R. Venkatarman
d. Armtya Sen

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Answer: b. Kuldip Nayer

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22. Which phrase would best describe 'The Cuckoo'?

a. 'the scavenger of nature'
b. 'a bird that does not sleep at night'
c. 'the harbinger of spring'
d. 'the queen of the forest'

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Answer: c. 'the harbinger of spring'

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23. "The waves besides them danced” (from” I wandered lonely as a could” is an example of :

a. metaphor
b. Metonymy
c. simile
d. personification

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Answer: d. personification

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24. Among the following who is not a poet?

a. Matthew Arnold
b. John Donne
c. Robert Frost
d. Doris Lessing

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Answer: d. Doris Lessing

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25. Who was not awarded the novel Prize?

a. John Galsworthy
b. Orhan Pamuk
c. Winston Churchill
d. Elizabeth Barrett

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Answer: d. Elizabeth Barrett

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26. In the sense of dead body, we may use the word-

a. Corps
b. Corpse
c. Crops
d. Cropse

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Answer: b. Corpse

Explanation:
Corpse (মৃতদেহ) dead body (মৃতদেহ)-এর সমার্থক শব্দ। Corps- দুই বা ততােধিক ডিভিশন নিয়ে গঠিত সামরিক বাহিনী; Crops- ফসল বা শস্য এবং d অপশনের বানানটি ভুল।
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27. Which of the following is a correct sentence?

a. One of my friends are a lawyer
b. One of my friends are lawyer
c. One of my friends is a lawyer
d. One of my friend is a lawyer

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Answer: c. One of my friends is a lawyer

Explanation:
One of + noun বা pronoun-এর plural form + verb-এর singular form বসে। a অপশনের বাক্যে verb are এবং d অপশনের বাক্যে one of-এর পর singular noun (friend) থাকায় বাক্য দুটি ভুল। সুতরাং 'One of my friends is a lawyer' বাক্যটি সঠিক।
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(28-31)Select the appropriate meaning of the given word.

28. Meager

a. Too small
b. Bright
c. Partial
d. Merge

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Too small

Explanation:
Meager অর্থ নগণ্য; সংখ্যায় অল্প অর্থাৎ too small । তাছাড়া Merge অর্থ একত্রীকরণ, Bright-উজ্জ্বল এবং Partial অর্থ আংশিক।
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29. Rage

a. Anger
b. Heavy
c. Style
d. Humid

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Answer: a. Anger

Explanation:
Rage অর্থ ক্রোধ যার একই অর্থবােধক শব্দ হলাে Anger (ক্রোধ) ।
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30. Flout

a. Crucial
b. Diminish
c. Disobey
d. Flatter

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Disobey

Explanation:
Flout অর্থ তাচ্ছিল্য করা; অবজ্ঞার সাথে উড়িয়ে দেয়া। আর Disobey অর্থ অগ্রাহ্য করা। সুতরাং শব্দ দুটি একে অপরের সমার্থক শব্দ। অন্য দিকে crucial—অত্যন্ত গুরুত্বপূর্ণ, diminish-হাস করা এবং flatter-তােষামােদ করা ।
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31. Impediment

a. Anarchy
b. Dislort
c. Ominous
d. Barrier

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Answer: d. Barrier

Explanation:
Impediment (প্রতিবন্ধকতা)-এর সমার্থক শব্দ হলাে barrier (বাধা; প্রতিবন্ধকতা)। Anarchy, Distort এবং Onuinous শব্দের অর্থ যথাক্রমে অরাজকতা, বিকৃত এবং অশুভ।
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32. Emancipate

a. Liberate
b. Complex
c. Coordinate
d. Emulate

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Answer: a. Liberate

Explanation:
Einancipate (মুক্তি দেয়া)-এর সমার্থক শব্দ হলাে liberate (মুক্ত করা)। অপরদিকে complex অর্থ জটিল, coordinate অর্থ সহযােগিতা করা আর emulate অর্থ সমকক্ষ হতে চেষ্টা করা।
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33. The students __ a protest march against the college authorities.

a. carried on
b. staged
c. caused
d. walked out

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Answer: a. carried on

Explanation:
Carry on অর্থ চালিয়ে যাওয়া যা শূন্যস্থানের জন্য যথাযথ। অন্য তিনটি শব্দের অর্থ : মঞ্চে পরিবেশন করা (stage); ঘটানাে (cause) এবং ধর্মঘট করা (walk out)
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34. __ the situation infuriated him, he did his best to hide his anger.

a. Because
b. Though
c. As
d. Since

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Though

Explanation:
বাক্যের শূন্যস্থানে contrast (বৈপরীত্য) প্রকাশ করে এমন শব্দ প্রয়ােজন। Option-এর word গুলাের মধ্যে though দ্বারা contrast প্রকাশ পায়। বাক্যটির অর্থ : যদিও পরিস্থিতি তাকে ক্রুদ্ধ করেছিল তবুও সে তার ক্রোধ লুকানাের সর্বোচ্চ চেষ্টা করেছিল।
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35. We better __ the schedule of the exam.

a. to check
b. checked
c. check
d. checking

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. check

Explanation:
Had better-এর স্থলে শুধু better ব্যবহার করা যায় । আবার better অধিক অর্থেও ব্যবহার করা যায়। উদাহরণ- It better makes sence। সুতরাং সঠিক উত্তর check ।
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