১. Who is the author of the book ‘Of Human Bondage’?

ক. Charles Dickens

খ. D. H. Lawrence

গ. Jane Austen

ঘ. Somerset Maugham

২. ‘Everyman in His Humour’ is a drama by—

ক. Ben Jonson খ. John Marstan

গ. John Dryden ঘ. None of these

৩. ‘Hero and Leander’ is a poem written by—

ক. Christopher Marlowe

খ. William Shakespeare

গ. Ben Jonson

ঘ. John Dryden

৪. ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ and ‘Burmese Days’ are written by—

ক. George Eliot খ. Arundhati Roy

গ. Geoffrey Hill ঘ. George Orwell

৫. ‘Julian and Maddalo’ and ‘The Devil’s Walk’ are by—

ক. John Keats খ. Wordsworth

গ. P.B. Shelley ঘ. Lord Byron

৬. Which one is the correct sentence?

ক. Much of it is true.

খ. Much of it are true.

গ. Many of it are true.

ঘ. A few of it is true

৭. She sat there hopefully waiting for the phone to ring. The underlined word expresses:

ক. fear খ. request

গ. expectation ঘ. joy

৮. Divide — mangoes — Rajib, Rakesh and Ranju.

ক. no article, among

খ. the, among

গ. the, between

ঘ. no article, between

৯. If the police had helped us—

ক. we could catch the robbers

খ. we can catch the robbers

গ. we could have caught the robbers

ঘ. we would catch the robbers

১০. There is still no cure — the common cold.

ক. to খ. of

গ. for ঘ. on

১১. The phrase ‘in full swing’ means—

ক. very active খ. very busy

গ. very lazy ঘ. very slow

১২. Identify the word that can be used as both singular and plural:

ক. cliff খ. city

গ. wolf ঘ. cod

১৩. What is the verb form of the word ‘critic’.

ক. critically খ. criticism

গ. criticize ঘ. critical

১৪. Which of the following words is spelt incorrectly?

ক. luminary খ. skeptical

গ. cavil ঘ. recalcitrent

১৫. Change the voice: ‘Without effort one can gain nothing?’

ক. without effort nothing can gain.

খ. without effort nothing can be gained.

গ. without effort nothing can gained.

ঘ. without effort nothing can be gain.

১৬. Which gender is the word ‘neighbour’?

ক. common খ. feminine

গ. masculine ঘ. neuter

১৭. Heaven helps those who help themselves. The underline part is a/an—

ক. noun clause খ. adjective clause

গ. adverbial clause ঘ. none

১৮. ‘Adam consented to the eating of the fruit.’ Here ‘eating’ is a/an—

ক. Participle খ. gerund

গ. verb ঘ. infinitive

১৯. The antonym of ‘Judicious’ is —

ক. unwise খ. criminal

গ. temporary ঘ. punitive

২০. ‘The French army was defeated at Waterloo.’ The underlined word is a/an—

ক. adverb খ. adjective

গ. collective noun ঘ. abstract noun

উত্তর : ১.ঘ, ২.ক, ৩.ক, ৪.ঘ, ৫.গ, ৬.ক, ৭.গ, ৮.খ, ৯.গ, ১০.গ, ১১.ক, ১২.ঘ, ১৩.গ, ১৪.ঘ, ১৫.খ, ১৬.ক, ১৭.খ, ১৮.খ, ১৯.ক, ২০.গ।

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