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মোট প্রশ্ন: 20
1.
The speaker failed to make the audience to him patiently.
  • A to listen
  • B listening
  • C listened
  • D listen
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

'Make' causative takes bare infinitive: make + object + base verb. 'listen' is correct.

2.
Which literary age is the latest?
  • A The Augustan Age
  • B The Victorian Age
  • C The Georgian Age
  • D The Restoration Age
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

Chronological order: Restoration (1660-1700) Augustan (1700-1745) Victorian (1837-1901) Georgian (1910-1936). Georgian is latest.

3.
The first English dictionary was compiled by –
  • A Izaak Walton
  • B Samuel Johnson
  • C Samuel Butler
  • D Sir Thomas Browne
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

Samuel Johnson published 'A Dictionary of the English Language' in 1755.

4.
My uncle has three sons work in the same office.
  • A All of them
  • B Who all
  • C They all
  • D All of whom
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

'All of whom' = non-restrictive relative clause. 'Whom' refers to 'three sons' as object of 'of'.

5.
Best passive form of 'People always remember patriots'.
  • A The patriots will always be remembered by people
  • B The patriots are always being remembered
  • C People are always remembered by the patriots
  • D The patriots are always remembered
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

Simple present passive: am/is/are + past participle. 'By people' omitted as it is obvious.

6.
What is the meaning of 'intrepid'?
  • A Arrogant
  • B Belligerent
  • C Questioning
  • D Fearless
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

'Intrepid' = resolutely fearless or dauntless.

7.
What is the meaning of 'bottom line'?
  • A The final step
  • B The end of a road
  • C The last line of a book
  • D The essential point
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

'Bottom line' idiom = the most important or fundamental point.

8.
The word 'plurality' means –
  • A The letter S
  • B Men and women
  • C Chaos and confusion
  • D The holding of more than one office at a time
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

'Plurality' in ecclesiastical/political context = holding more than one office simultaneously.

9.
'Pediatric' relates to the treatment of –
  • A Adults
  • B Children
  • C Old people
  • D Women
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'Pediatrics' = medical care of infants children and adolescents.

10.
'Boot leg' means to –
  • A Distribute
  • B Export
  • C Import
  • D Smuggle
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

'Bootleg' = to make or distribute something (especially alcohol or recordings) illegally.

11.
Are you doing anything special the weekend?
  • A In
  • B For
  • C On
  • D At
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

British English: 'at the weekend'. American English: 'on the weekend'. 'At' is preferred.

12.
Which sentence is correct?
  • A He was too clever not to miss the point
  • B He was to clever to miss the point
  • C He was too clever to miss the point
  • D He was too clever to grasp the point
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

'Too + adjective + to + verb' has negative implication. So clever he would NOT miss the point.

13.
The 'Poet Laureate' is –
  • A The best poet of the country
  • B A Nobel Prize winner in poetry
  • C The Court Poet of England
  • D A classical poet
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

Poet Laureate = official court poet appointed by the British monarch.

14.
Which literary school is connected with a medical theory?
  • A Comedy of Manners
  • B Theater of the Absurd
  • C Heroic Tragedy
  • D Comedy of Humours
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

Comedy of Humours based on ancient Greek medical theory of four humours (blood phlegm bile).

15.
Who was both a poet and painter?
  • A Keats
  • B Donne
  • C Blake
  • D Spenser
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

William Blake was a great Romantic poet AND visual artist/painter.

16.
Synonym of 'incredible'?
  • A Unbelievable
  • B Unthinkable
  • C Unlikely
  • D Unthinking
সঠিক উত্তর: Option A

'Incredible' = impossible to believe. Synonym: 'Unbelievable'.

17.
Antonym of 'famous'?
  • A Opaque
  • B Illiterate
  • C Obscure
  • D Immature
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

'Famous' = widely known. Antonym: 'Obscure' = not known to many.

18.
'Plebiscite' is a term related to –
  • A Medicine
  • B Technology
  • C Law
  • D Politics
সঠিক উত্তর: Option D

A plebiscite = direct vote by the electorate on a political question.

19.
Who wrote 'Beauty is truth truth beauty'?
  • A Shakespeare
  • B Wordsworth
  • C Keats
  • D Eliot
সঠিক উত্তর: Option C

From Keats's 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'.

20.
Many islands make up –
  • A An isles
  • B An archipelago
  • C A peninsula
  • D A continent
সঠিক উত্তর: Option B

'Archipelago' = a chain or cluster of islands.