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421.
Which period is known as "The golden age of English literature"?
  • A The Victorian age
  • B The Elizabethan age
  • C The Restoration age
  • D The Eighteenth Century
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

The Elizabethan Age (1558–1603) is called the Golden Age for flourishing drama and poetry.

422.
Which one is the correct indirect narration? "Why have you beaten my dog?" he said to me.
  • A He demanded me why had I beaten his dog
  • B He asked me why I have had beaten his dog
  • C He enquired me why had I had beaten his dog
  • D He demanded of me why I had beaten his dog
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

'Demanded of me' is correct reporting structure. Present perfect → past perfect.

423.
Who is the author of "Man and Superman"?
  • A G.B. Shaw
  • B Thomas Hardy
  • C Ernest Hemingway
  • D Charles Dickens
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

Man and Superman is a four-act drama by George Bernard Shaw (1903).

424.
The most famous satirist in English literature is —
  • A Jonathan Swift
  • B Alexander Pope
  • C Joseph Addison
  • D Richard Steel
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

Jonathan Swift is the foremost English satirist known for 'Gulliver's Travels' and 'A Modest Proposal'.

425.
Among is a preposition that is used when _ people are involved.
  • A two
  • B more than two
  • C two or more than two
  • D four only
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'Among' is for more than two people/things. For two items 'between' is used.

426.
Frailty thy name is women. Here "Frailty" is:
  • A A noun
  • B An adjective
  • C An adverb
  • D A verb
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

'Frailty' is the name of the quality being addressed — it functions as a noun in this line from Shakespeare's Hamlet.

427.
Correct sentence: He insisted there.
  • A on my going
  • B is to go
  • C over going
  • D to go
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

'insist on' + gerund. 'On my going' is correct with possessive pronoun before gerund.

428.
Professor Razzak was a scholar repute.
  • A in
  • B of
  • C after
  • D by
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'A scholar of repute' is a phrase meaning 'a reputed scholar'.

429.
'David Copperfield' is a/an novel.
  • A Victorian
  • B Elizabethan
  • C Romantic
  • D Modern
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens was published in 1850 during the Victorian era.

430.
'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' is written by —
  • A William Wordsworth
  • B Thomas Gray
  • C John Keats
  • D W. B. Yeats
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

This famous elegy is written by Thomas Gray.

431.
John Smith is good Mathematics.
  • A at
  • B in
  • C of
  • D after
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

'Good at' is used to express competence in a subject.

432.
Shakespeare's 'Measure for Measure' is a successful—
  • A tragedy
  • B comedy
  • C tragi-comedy
  • D melodrama
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'Measure for Measure' is a Shakespeare comedy (though often called a dark comedy or problem play).

433.
Teacher said 'The earth___round the sun'.
  • A moves
  • B moved
  • C has moved
  • D will be moving
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

Universal truths in indirect speech remain in present tense regardless of reporting verb tense.

434.
The romantic age in English literature began with the publication of .
  • A Preface to Shakespeare
  • B Preface to Lyrical Ballads
  • C Preface to Ancient Mariners
  • D Preface to Dr. Johnson
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

The Romantic age began with Wordsworth and Coleridge's 'Lyrical Ballads' (1798).

435.
In English grammar deals with formation of sentences.
  • A Morphology
  • B Etymology
  • C Syntax
  • D Semantics
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

Syntax is the branch of grammar dealing with sentence structure and word arrangement.

436.
Which of the following books is written by Thomas Hardy?
  • A Vanity Fair
  • B The Return of the Native
  • C Pride and Prejudice
  • D Oliver Twist
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'The Return of the Native' is a famous novel by Thomas Hardy.

437.
The idiom 'A stitch in time saves nine' refers to the importance of—
  • A saving lives
  • B timely action
  • C saving time
  • D time tailoring
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

The proverb emphasises taking prompt action to prevent a bigger problem later.

438.
'Frailty the name is woman' is a famous dialogue from –
  • A Christopher Marlowe
  • B John Webster
  • C W. Shakespeare
  • D T. S. Eliot
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

This quote is from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' — a soliloquy by Hamlet.

439.
The poem 'The Solitary Reaper' is written by –
  • A W. H. Auden
  • B W. Wordsworth
  • C W. B. Yeats
  • D Ezra Pound
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'The Solitary Reaper' is a famous lyrical ballad by William Wordsworth.

440.
'The Merchant of Venice' is a Shakespearean play about___.
  • A a Jew
  • B a Moor
  • C a Roman
  • D a Turk
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

The main character Shylock is a Jewish moneylender.