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221.
Who is not a modern poet?
  • A W. B. Yeats
  • B W. H. Auden
  • C John Keats
  • D T. S. Eliot
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

John Keats was a Romantic poet (early 19th century). The others are major Modernist figures (late 19th and early 20th centuries).

222.
Who is the author of the novel 'The God of Small Things'?
  • A Thomas Hardy
  • B Jhumpa Lahiri
  • C R. K. Narayan
  • D Arundhati Roy
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

The God of Small Things is the debut novel of Indian writer Arundhati Roy which won the Booker Prize in 1997.

223.
Which of the following novels is not written by an English writer?
  • A A Passage to India
  • B Sons and Lovers
  • C One Hundred Years of Solitude
  • D Pride and Prejudice
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

One Hundred Years of Solitude was written by Colombian novelist Gabriel García Márquez. The others were written by English authors.

224.
A speech full of too many words is-
  • A a big speech
  • B maiden speech
  • C a verbose speech
  • D an unimportant speech
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

'Verbose' means using more words than needed. Therefore a speech with too many words is a verbose speech.

225.
Who is the poet of the poem "Ozymandias"?
  • A P. B. Shelley
  • B William Wordsworth
  • C S. T. Coleridge
  • D John Keats
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

Ozymandias is a famous sonnet written by English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

226.
'Moby Dick' a novel was written by –
  • A Herman Melville
  • B Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • C Mark Twain
  • D William Faulkner
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

Moby-Dick; or The Whale is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville.

227.
'If Winter comes can Spring be far behind?' Who wrote this?
  • A William Blake
  • B S. T. Coleridge
  • C Lord Byron
  • D P. B. Shelley
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

This is the famous concluding line of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ode to the West Wind".

228.
O' Henry was from –
  • A Canada
  • B America
  • C England
  • D Ireland
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

O. Henry was the pen name of William Sydney Porter a famous American short-story writer known for his surprise endings.

229.
Where is the setting of the play 'Hamlet'?
  • A England
  • B Italy
  • C France
  • D Denmark
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

The setting for Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet" is the royal castle of Elsinore in Denmark.

230.
The word 'to genuflect' means –
  • A to be genuine
  • B to reflect
  • C to bend the knee
  • D to be flexible
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

'To genuflect' means to lower one's body by bending one knee to the ground typically in worship or as a sign of respect.

231.
Fill in the blank: She went to New Market _.
  • A on foot
  • B on feet
  • C by foot
  • D by walking
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

The correct and idiomatic phrase for walking somewhere is 'on foot'.

232.
Fill in the gap: Birds fly ___ in the sky.
  • A random
  • B at large
  • C at a stitch
  • D are long
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

The phrase 'at large' means free or unconfined. The sentence means birds fly freely in the sky.

233.
Who is the author of 'Jane Eyre'?
  • A Charlotte Brontë
  • B Emily Brontë
  • C Jane Austen
  • D Mary Shelley
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

Jane Eyre is a famous novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë published in 1847.

234.
The most famous romantic poet of English literature is –
  • A John Dryden
  • B Alexander Pope
  • C William Wordsworth
  • D T. S. Eliot
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

William Wordsworth is considered one of the leading figures and pioneers of the English Romantic Movement in literature.

235.
Identify the correct synonym for the word 'magnanimous'.
  • A unkind
  • B generous
  • C revengeful
  • D friendly
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'Magnanimous' means generous or forgiving especially toward a rival or less powerful person. 'Generous' is the closest synonym.

236.
Choose the right form of verb: It is high time we (act) on the matter.
  • A are acting
  • B acted
  • C have acted
  • D could act
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'It is high time' is followed by a subject and a verb in past simple tense to express something should already have been done.

237.
What is the noun form of the word 'laugh'?
  • A laughing
  • B laughable
  • C laughter
  • D laughingly
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

The noun form of the verb 'laugh' is 'laughter' which means the action or sound of laughing.

238.
Identify the word which is spelt incorrectly:
  • A fluctuation
  • B remission
  • C ocassion
  • D decision
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

The correct spelling is 'occasion' (with double 'c' and single 's'). 'ocassion' is incorrectly spelt.

239.
Change the voice: 'Nobody trusts a traitor.'
  • A A traitor is trusted.
  • B A traitor should not be trusted.
  • C Everybody hates a traitor.
  • D A traitor is not trusted by anybody.
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

In passive voice 'a traitor' becomes the subject. 'Nobody' becomes 'not... by anybody'. So the correct passive form is 'A traitor is not trusted by anybody.'

240.
___ was both a poet and a painter.
  • A John Keats
  • B Spenser
  • C William Blake
  • D John Donne
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

William Blake was a prominent Romantic Age figure renowned for both his visionary poetry and his intricate paintings and engravings.