English model test-08

Time starts from now

1. Pick appropriate preposition for the following sentence:- Noureen will discuss the issue with Nasir ___ phone.

a. over

b. by

c. on

d. in

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. over

Explanation: কোনাে কিছুর মাধ্যমে (by means of sth) অর্থে preposition over ব্যবহৃত হয়। যেমন: over the phone, over the radio.
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2. Put appropriate proposition for the sentence below:- Some writers sink ___ oblivion course of time.

a. on

b. from

c. under

d. into

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. into

Explanation: Sink into oblivion-এর অর্থ হচ্ছে: বিস্তৃতিতে হারিয়ে যাওয়া। এখানে into হচ্ছে appropriate preposition।
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3. "Call to mind" means __

a. fantasize

b. attend

c. remember

d. request

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. remember

Explanation: Call to mind একটি Phrasal verb যার অর্থ স্মরণ করা (remember)। আবার Fantasize অর্থ কল্পনা করা, Attend অর্থ উপস্থিত থাকা, মনযােগ দেওয়া, request অর্থ অনুরােধ করা।
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4. 'Pass away' means __

a. disappear

b. die

c. erase

d. fall

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. die

Explanation: Pass away এর অর্থ মারা যাওয়া (die)। এখানে Disappear অর্থ অদৃশ্য হওয়া; Erase অর্থ মুছে ফেলা; Fall অর্থ পড়ে যাওয়া।
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5. Pick the word that is synonymous with 'authortarian'.

a. autocratic

b. senior

c. elderly

d. potential

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. autocratic

Explanation: Authoritarian (adj) এর অর্থ কর্তৃত্বপরায়ণ বা প্রভুত্বপরায়ণ। Autocrate (adj) দ্বৈরতান্ত্রিক বা একনায়কসুলভ; Senior (adj) বয়ােজ্যষ্ঠ; Elderly (adj) বয়ােজ্যষ্ঠ Potential (adj).- রক্ষণশীল
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6. The word 'permissive' implies __

a. humble

b. law-abiding

c. liberal

d. submission

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. liberal

Explanation: Permissive- এর অর্থ অনুমতিদায়ক বা উদার। Humble- বিনয়ী; law-abiding- আইন মান্যকারী; liberal-স্বাধীন বা উদার; submissive-অনুগত।
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7. Pick the correct part to fill in the gap of the following sentence:
Each of the sons followed ___ father's trade.

a. their

b. her

c. whose

d. his

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. his

Explanation: Each of the sons- এ 'sons' masculine হওয়ায় 3rd person singular possessive 'his' সঠিক উত্তর।
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8. 'Subject- Verb Agreement' refers to-

a. person only

b. number, person, gender

c. number and person

d. number only

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. number and person

Explanation: Subject এবং verb এর মধ্যকার Agreement 'Number' এবং 'person' অনুযায়ী হয়।
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9. The only error in the setence "One of the recommendation made by the committee was accepted by the authorities'' is---

a. recommendation

b. was

c. accepted by

d. committee

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. recommendation

Explanation: One of এর পরে count noun plural হয়। recommendations হবে।
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10. 'The French' refers to---

a. the French people

b. the French language

c. the French manners

d. the French society

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. the French people

Explanation: শুধু 'French' এর অর্থ ফরাসি ভাষা আর 'The French' এর অর্থ ফরাসি জাতি (The French people)
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11. If a person cannot stop taking drugs, he or she is___

a. attached to them

b. committed to them

c. addicted to them

d. devoted to them

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. addicted to them

Explanation: Addicted to অর্থ মন্দ/খারাপ কোন কিছুতে আসক্ত।
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12. The word 'officials' means---

a. plural number of official

b. language used in offces

c. plural number of office

d. vague expression

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. language used in offces

Explanation: Officialese (d) অর্থ আমলা বা কর্মকর্তাদের লেখায় ব্যবহৃত ভাষা।
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13. The verb 'succumb' means___

a. achieve

b. conquer

c. submit

d. Win

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. submit

Explanation: N/A
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14. Fill in the blank with the appropriate part:-- We look forward ___ a response from you.

a. to receiving

b. to receive

c. in receiving

d. for receiving

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. to receiving

Explanation: Look forward এরপর সব সময় proposition 'to' ব্যবহৃত হয়। এজন্য look forward to এর পর verb এর সাথে 'ing' যােগ করতে হয়।
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15. If a part of speech or writing breaks the theme, it is called ___

a. pomposity

b. digression

c. exaggeration

d. anti-climax

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. digression

Explanation:কোনাে বক্তব্য (speech) বা লেখার (writing) মূল বিষয়বস্তু (theme) থেকে বিচ্যুতি ঘটে তাহলে তাকে Digression অর্থ মূল্য প্রসঙ্গ থেকে বিচ্যুতি বা অপ্রাসঙ্গিকতা।
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16. The expression 'take into account' means ___

a. count numbers

b. think seriously

c. consider

d. assess

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. consider

Explanation: Take into account একটি phrasal verb এর অর্থ বিবেচনা করা (consider)। Count numbers অর্থ সংখ্যা গণনা করা; think seriously অর্থ গভীরভাবে চিন্তা করা; assess (v) অর্থ মূল্যায়ন করা।
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17. Choose the best translation of 'কতৃপক্ষ তাকে তিরস্কার করলো' from the alternative below ___

a. The autorities criricised him

b. The authorities took him to book

c. The authorities gave reins to him

d. The authorities took him to task

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. The authorities took him to task

Explanation: Take to task অর্থ তিরস্কার করা।
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18. "Such claim needs to be tested empirically" suggests that ___

a. The test should be based on assumption

b. The test should be based on idea

c. The test should be based on experience

d. The test should be nased on calculation

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. The test should be based on experience

Explanation: Empirically (adv) শব্দের অর্থ 'বাস্তব অভিজ্ঞতার উপর ভিত্তি করে (based on experience)
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19. The idiom "put up with" means---

a. stay together

b. tolerate

c. keep trust

d. protect

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. tolerate

Explanation: "Put up with" অর্থ সহ্য করা (tolerate); protect অর্থ রক্ষা করা।
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20. In many ways, riding a bicycle is similar to -

a. driving a car

b. when one drives a car

c. the driving of a car

d. when we drive a car

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. driving a car

Explanation: এটি একটি Parallelism সংক্রান্ত প্রশ্ন।এখানে প্রথম বাক্যের subject 'ing'; participle দ্বারা শুরু হয়েছে (Riding a bicycle). তাই similar to এর পরেও 'ing' Participle (driving) বসবে৷
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21. Who wrote the short story of "The gift of the Magi'?

a. William Wordsworth

b. Jane Austen

c. Nixon

d. O'Henry

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. O'Henry

Explanation: N/A
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22. Who wrote war and peace?

a. W.H Auden

b. Thomas Hardy

c. Robert Lewis Stevenson

d. Leo Tolstoy

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Leo Tolstoy

Explanation: N/A
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23. History of the II world war is written by-

a. Nixon

b. Churchill

c. Rosevelt

d. Stalin

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Nixon

Explanation: N/A
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24. According to most of the crities who is not romantic poet?

a. T. S Eliot

b. Rabindranath

c. William Wordsworth

d. John Keats

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. T. S Eliot

Explanation: N/A
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25. Who is the author of the Old Man and The Sea?

a. J. Melvile

b. George Orwell

c. Charles Dickens

d. E. Hemingway

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. E. Hemingway

Explanation: N/A
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26. The opposite meaning of 'DEFAULT'-

a. unlimited

b. principal

c. payment

d. evasion

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. payment

Explanation:
Default— ঋণ খেলাপি, unlimited— সীমাহীন, Principal – মূলধন, Payment— পরিশােধ, Ecasion— পরিহার।
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27. To cry wolf-

a. to overcome someone

b. to turn pale

c. to ruin overself

d. to give false alarm

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. to give false alarm

Explanation: To cry toolf— বাঘ আসছে, বাঘ আসছে বলে চিল্কার করা। অর্থাৎ ভুল হুঁশিয়ারি দেয়া বা to give false alarm. অন্য option-গুলাে হলাে to overcome someone— কাউকে অতিক্রম করা, to turn pale— বিবর্ণ হয়ে যাওয়া; to ruin overself— নিজেই নিজের ধ্বংস করা।
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28. Find the opposite word of 'Anomalous”?

a. Antagoist

b. Analogous

c. Enemy

d. Common

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Common

Explanation: Anomalous (নিয়মবহির্ভূত; কোনাে-না-কোনােভাবে স্বাভাবিক থেকে ভিন্ন)-এর বিপরীত শব্দ Common.
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29. Fill in the gap with appropriate word : I hoped he __ arrived safely.

a. has

b. had

c. is

d. would have

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. had

Explanation: কোনাে কিছু হয়ে থাকবে বােঝাতে বা আশা ব্যক্ত করতে বাক্যটি past perfect tense-এ হবে কেননা hoped, past tense-এ আছে। সুতরাং শূন্যস্থানে had বসবে।
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30. Identify the correct sentence-

a. If anyone calls, take her name

b. If anyone calls, take their name

c. If anyone calls, take his name

d. If anyone calls, take their names

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. If anyone calls, take their names

Explanation: Anyone-এর possessive adjectioe হলাে her/his । কিন্তু বাক্যটি দ্বারা পুরুষ বা নারী বােঝা না গেলে their ব্যবহার করতে হবে আর their-এর পর name না বসে names বসবে। সুতরাং সঠিক বাক্য if anyone calls, take their names
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31. Choose the correct spelling.

a. Ametuer

b. Amature

c. Amateur

d. Amatuer

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Amateur

Explanation: সঠিক spelling হচ্ছে Amateur (অপেশাদার)।
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32. Choose the correct spelling.

a. Borucracy

b. Bureaucracy

c. Burocracy

d. Bureaucrasy

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Bureaucracy

Explanation: N/A
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33. "Beauty is truth." Here 'Beauty'is —

a. a pronoun

b. a common noun

c. an abstract noun

d. a collective noun

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. an abstract noun

Explanation: N/A
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34. “Walking is a good exercise.” Here 'walking’ is a/an

a. Verb

b. Gerund

c. Infinitive

d. Participle

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Gerund

Explanation: N/A
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35. You should attend __ your lessons.

a. in

b. on

c. to

d. at

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. to

Explanation: N/A
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English model test-08

1. Pick appropriate preposition for the following sentence:- Noureen will discuss the issue with Nasir ___ phone.

Answer and explanation

Answer: a. over

2. Put appropriate proposition for the sentence below:- Some writers sink ___ oblivion course of time.

Answer and explanation

Answer: d. into

3. "Call to mind" means __

Answer and explanation

Answer: c. remember

4. 'Pass away' means __

Answer and explanation

Answer: b. die

5. Pick the word that is synonymous with 'authortarian'.

Answer and explanation

Answer: a. autocratic

6. The word 'permissive' implies __

Answer and explanation

Answer: c. liberal

7. Pick the correct part to fill in the gap of the following sentence: Each of the sons followed ___ father's trade.

Answer and explanation

Answer: d. his

8. 'Subject- Verb Agreement' refers to-

Answer and explanation

Answer: c. number and person

9. The only error in the setence "One of the recommendation made by the committee was accepted by the authorities'' is---

Answer and explanation

Answer: a. recommendation

10. 'The French' refers to---

Answer and explanation

Answer: a. the French people

11. If a person cannot stop taking drugs, he or she is___

Answer and explanation

Answer: c. addicted to them

12. The word 'officials' means---

Answer and explanation

Answer: b. language used in offces

13. The verb 'succumb' means___

Answer and explanation

Answer: c. submit

14. Fill in the blank with the appropriate part:-- We look forward ___ a response from you.

7. Pick the correct part to fill in the gap of the following sentence:
Each of the sons followed ___ father's trade.