English model test-09

1. Choose the correct synonym for-"Extempore"___

a. Planned
b. Improvise
c. Impromptu
d. Immediate

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Impromptu

Explanation:
Extempore এ অর্থ হলাে পূর্ব চিন্তা বা পূর্বপ্রস্তুতি ছাড়া। এটি বাক্যে adjective এবং adverb হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়। planned (adj)-পরিকল্পিত; improvise (v)- তাৎক্ষলিকভাবে প্রস্তুত করা; impeomptu (adj. and adv)- পূর্বপ্রস্তুতি ছাড়া উপস্থিতমতাে; Immediate (adj)- তাৎক্ষণিক।
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2. "Menacing"

a. Encouraging
b. Alarming
c. Promising
d. Auspicious

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Alarming

Explanation:
Menacing এর অর্থ হলাে ভীতিকর বা বিপজ্জনক। Encouraging (adj)-উৎসাহবাঞ্জক; Alarming (adj)- উদ্বেগজনক বা বিপজ্জনক; Promising (adj)-- সম্ভাবনাময় বা প্রতিশ্রুতিপূর্ণ; Auspisious (adj)- শুভলক্ষণযুক্ত বা মাঙ্গলিক।
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3. Choose the correct antonym for___"Oblige"

a. Bind
b. Require
c. Bother
d. Censure

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Bother

Explanation:
Oblige (v)-এর অর্থ হলাে বাধ্য করা। Bind (v)- বাঁধা; Require (v)- দরকার পড়া/হওয়া বা আবশ্যক হওয়া; Bother (v)-বিরক্ত হওয়া বা অসুবিধা ঘটানাে; Censure (v)- সমালােচনা করা।
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4. Select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the given sentence. "We were no more surprised than Rahman."

a. we were less surprised than Rahmad.
b. We were all surprised
c. RAhman was less surprised than us
d. We were as surprised as Rahman

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. We were as surprised as Rahman

Explanation:
প্রদত্ত বাক্যটির "We were no more surprised than Rahman." অর্থ হলাে আমরা রহমানের চেয়ে বেশি বিস্মিত হইনি। We were as surprised as Rahman -এর বাক্যটির নিহিতার্থ হলে; আমরা রহমানের মতই বিস্মিত হয়েছি।
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5. "Not once has our neighbour invited us into his house."

a. Our neighbour has invited us into his house not once but many times.
b. Our neighbour has never invited us into his house.
c. Occasionaly our neighbour has invited us into his house.
d. Our neighbour has not always invited us into his house.

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Our neighbour has never invited us into his house.

Explanation:
প্রদত্ত বাক্যটির অর্থ হলাে আমাদের প্রতিবেশী আমাদেরকে তার বাসায় একবারও নিমন্ত্রণ করেনি।
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6. Choose a suitable word/phrase to fill in the blanks of the given sentences:
Taravellers __ their reservation well in advance if they want to visit the St. Martins island.

a. had better to get
b. had to better get
c. had better get
d. had better got

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. had better get

Explanation:
had better, would rather ইত্যাদির পরে verb-এর base form বসে।
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7. Travellers ___ their reservation well in advance if they want to visit the St. Martins island.

a. had better get
b. had to better get
c. had better to get
d. had better got

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. had better get

Explanation:
had better, would rather ইত্যাদির পরে verb-এর base form বসে।
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8. After food has been dried or canned ___ for later consumption.

a. it should be stored
b. that it should be stored
c. should be stored
d. which should be stored

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. it should be stored

Explanation:
প্রদত্ত বাক্যে complexe sentence-এর structure অনুসৃত হয়েছে। Food এর pronoun হচ্ছে it.
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Choose the word/phrase that best retains the meaning of the underlined word/phrase in the given sentence:

9. Despite being a brilliant scientist, he does not seem to get his ideas across.

a. make his ideas understood
b. get his ideas down pat
c. summaries his ideas
d. put together his ideas

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Answer: a. make his ideas understood

Explanation:
get (something) across to somebody- এর অর্থ হলাে কোন কিছু (কাউকে) বােঝানা বা উপলব্ধি করানাে।
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10. What may be considered courteous in one culture may be arrogant in another.

a. flimsy
b. coarse
c. gracious
d. friendly

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. gracious

Explanation:
Courteoue (adj.)- ভদ্র , নম্র সজ্জনসুলভ। flimsy- হালকা ও পাতলা বা ফিনফিনে; Coarse (adj.)- অমার্জিত, ভদ্র Gracious (adj.)- সদয়, ভদ্র বা সৌজন্যময়; Friendly (adj.)- বন্ধুসুলভ, প্রীতিপূর্ণ।
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11. Identify the incorrect word/phrase indicated by (a), (b), (d), or (d) in the following sentences:

Every (a) man or women should (b) vote for (c) the candidate of their (d) choice.

a. Every
b. should vote
c. for
d. their

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. their

Explanation:
Every/Everty ইত্যাদি বাক্যের subject হিসেবে বসলে এদের Pronoun হিসেবে সর্বদা his/her ব্যবহৃত হবে।
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12. A doctor may be able to diagnose (a) a problem perfect (b) but he may not be able to find a drug to which (c) the patient will respond (d).

a. to diagnose
b. perfect
c. to which
d. will respond

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. perfect

Explanation:
প্রদত্ত বাক্যে perfect এর পরিবর্তে perfectly হবে।
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13. According to experts a good way to (a) improve (b) listening skills is by (c) watch (d) television specially news and documentaries.

a. to
b. improve
c. by
d. watch

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. watch

Explanation:
প্রদত্ত বাক্যে watch এ পরিবর্তে watching বসবে। কারন preposition এরপরে verb এর সাথে ing যােগ হয়।
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Choose the pair of words that expresses a relationship similar to that of the given pair:

14. Words: writer

a. Laws : policeman
b. Butter : baker
c. Chalk : black board
d. Joy : emotion

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Butter : baker

Explanation:
একজন writer বিভিন্ন শব্দ ব্যবহার করে নাটক, প্রবন্ধ, উপন্যাস, এবং কবিতা রচনা করেন। একইভাবে একজন baker (রুটি প্রস্তুতকারী) butter দিয়ে খাদ্য সামগ্রী প্রস্তুত করেন।
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15. Patron : support

a. Spouse : divorce
b. Artist : imitation
c. Counselor : advice
d. Restaurant : customer

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Counselor : advice

Explanation:
একজন Patron (পৃষ্ঠপােষ) - Support (সাহায্য প্রদান/পৃষ্ঠপােষকতা) করেন আবার একজন Counselor (উপদেশ দাতা/পরামর্শ) Advice (উপদেশ/পরামর্শ) প্রদান করেন।
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16. Heart : human

a. Wall : brick
b. Hand: Child
c. Kitchen : house
d. Engine : car

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Engine : car

Explanation:
Heart ছাড়া human অচল। একইভাবে, Engine ছাড়া car ও অচল। (এখানে ব্যাক্তি/বস্তু -এর সাথে অবিচ্ছেদ্য অঙ্গ/অংশ এর সম্পর্ক বিদ্যমান)।
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17. Choose the meaning of the the given expression:"No News is good news"

a. It is likely that we expect bad news
b. It is likely to have bad news
c. It is likely that nothing bad has happened
d. It is unlikely that another had has happened

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. It is likely that nothing bad has happened

Explanation:
প্রদত্ত বাক্যে নিহিতার্থ হলাে কোন সংবাদ না পাওয়া অর্থ কোন খারাপ ঘটনা ঘটেনি। সুতরাং কোন সংবাদ না পাওয়াটাই একটা সুসংবাদ। (অর্থাৎ খারাপ ঘটনা ঘটলে তা জানা যেত)।
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18. A bird in hand is worth teo in the bush.

a. Take what you have got readily available rather than expecting better in future
b. The seen is better than the unseen
c. Promises are better than actuals
d. It is not good beating about the bush

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Take what you have got readily available rather than expecting better in future

Explanation:
প্রদত্ত বাক্যের মর্মার্থ হলাে নিজের নিয়ন্ত্রনে অধিকারে থাকা সামান্য জিনিস বা সম্পদ নিয়ন্ত্রণের বাইরে থাকা অধিক জিনিস বা সম্পদের চেয়ে শ্রেয়তর।
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19. The sentence "Who would have thought Shylock was so unkind?" expresses ___

a. hyperbole
b. interrogation
c. command
d. wonder

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. wonder

Explanation:
hyperbole- অতিরনঞ্জন; interrogation- প্রশ্ন; Command-আদেশ; Wonder-বিস্ময়। প্রদত্ত বাক্য দ্বারা বিস্ময় (wonder)- প্রকাশ করা হয়েছে।
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20. "To raise one's brows" indicates __

a. annoyance
b. disapproval
c. surprise
d. indifference

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. surprise

Explanation:
annoyance (noun)- বিরক্তি ; Disapproval (noun)-অনুমোদন ; Indifference (noun) - ঔদাসিন্য ; Surprise (noun) "To raise one's brows" দ্বারা Surprise (বিস্ময়) প্রকাশ বােঝায়।
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21. Who wrote 'The Birthday Party?

a. James Joyce
b. G. B Shaw
c. Harold Pinter
d. Jane Austen

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Harold Pinter

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22. Nobel Prize winner in literature 'Harold Pinter' is from

a. US
b. Australia
c. UK
d. Canada

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. UK

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23. The Asian Drama গ্রন্থের রচয়িকা কে?

a. অমর্ত্য
b. গুণার মিরডাল
c. মাইকেল লিফটন
d. উইলিয়াম রষ্টো

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. গুণার মিরডাল

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24. Who is the author of 'India Wins Freedom'?

a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. J.L neheru
c. Abul Kalam Azad
d. Moulana Akram Khan

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Abul Kalam Azad

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25. Who wrote the "Wuthering Heights'?

a. Thomas Hardy
b. Jane Austen
c. Emily Bronne
d. D.H Lawrence

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Emily Bronne

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26. Epics are divided into __ types.

a. Six
b. two
c. four
d. five

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Answer: b. two

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27. Choose the correct antonym 'Cynical'

a. pessimistic
b. Gullible
c. Equivocal
d. Liberal

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Gullible

Explanation:
Cynical- অবিশ্বাসী, pessimistic- হতাশাপ্রবণ , Gullible- অতিবিশ্বাসপ্রবণ, Equivocal- দ্যরথবোধক, Liberal- উদার
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28. A hard nut to crack is-

a. one who is very obstinate
b. very difficult child
c. problem that is hard to be solved
d. a walnut or a fruit

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Answer: c. problem that is hard to be solved

Explanation:
যে problemটি solve করা কঠিন সেটি বােঝাতে a hard nut to crack ব্যবহৃত হয়। এখানে obstinate এর অর্থ একগুয়ে বা জেদি; walnut এর অর্থ আখরােট।
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29. What is the Antonym of 'PROFOUND'?

a. obscure
b. superficial
c. intense
d. hidden

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Answer: b. superficial

Explanation:
Profound—সুগভীর। Obscure—অস্পষ্ট। Superficial—ভাসা ভাসা, intense—তীব্র, প্রচণ্ড । Hidden-লুকানো ।
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30. What is the Antonym of 'TRANSMIT'?

a. show
b. reply
c. televise
d. withhold

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Answer: d. withhold

Explanation:
Transmit— প্রেরণ । show— দেখানাে। reply-উত্তর। televise– টেলিভিশন দিয়ে সম্প্রচার। withholdধরে রাখা ।
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31. Fill in the blank with appropriate word :
She availed herself ___ the opportunity.

a. for
b. from
c. with
d. of

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. of

Explanation:
Avail oneself of অর্থ (সুযােগ) গ্রহণ করা; (সুযােগের সদ্ব্যবহার করা। শূন্যস্থানে of বসিয়ে বাক্যটির বাংলা : সে সুযােগের সদ্ব্যবহার করল।
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32. Choose the Correct spelling-

a. Diaroea
b. Diarhorea
c. Diarrhoea
d. Diarroea

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Diarrhoea

Explanation:
সঠিক spelling হচ্ছে diarrhoea (উদরাময়)।
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33. A sneering person who always finds faults-

a. Cynic
b. Cupid
c. Kleptomaniac
d. Crone

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Cynic

Explanation:
বিদ্রুপকারী ব্যক্তি (sneering) সর্বদা অন্যের দোষ ধরে বলে তাকে cynic (ছিদ্রান্বেষী) বলে।
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34. Differentiate is -

a. noun
b. adjective
c. verb
d. adverb

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. verb

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35. The padma abounds ___ hilsha fish.

a. with
b. in
c. on
d. of

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. with

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