উন্মুক্ত বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় -English

1. To give someone the cold shoulder means -

a. Bury someone in freezing cold

b. Deny someone comforting clothes

c. Serve cold meat to someone

d. Ignore or show indifference

2. I wonder where he may be now - বাকাটির অনুবাদ কোনটি?

a. সে এখন কোথায় আছে তাই ভাবছি

b. আমি অবাক সে কোথায় আছে

c. আমি জানি সে কোথায় আছে

d. আমি জানি সে এখন কোথায় আছে

3. ‘ঢাকা কি জন্য বিখ্যাত ?’

a. What is Dhaka famous for?

b. Why Dhaka is famous ?

c. What Dhaka is famous for?

d. What for Dhaka is famous ?

4. 'সে অঙ্কে কাঁচা'- বাক্যটির সঠিক ইংরেজি অনুবাদ কোনটি?

a. He is weak in mathematics.

b. He is bad in mathematics

c. He is backward in mathematics.

d. He is raw in mathematics

5. We haven't been to Cox's Bazar ____ almost ten years.

a. for

b. from

c. to

d. since

6. The area is ___ close circuit television survey.

a. into

b. about

c. over

d. under

7. 'Among' is a preposition that is used when _____ people are involved.

a. two

b. more than two

c. two or more than two

d. three and four

8. If I meet him, I ____ give him your message.

a. could

b. will

c. should

d. would

e. Test Yourself

9. She . . . . (leave) for Dhaka yesterday. (Tense)

a. leaves

b. is leaving

c. has been leaving

d. left

10. He..... (write) to me every month. (Tense)

a. is writing

b. writes

c. has been writing

d. had been writing

11. Select the wrongly spelt word?

a. Calandar

b. Career

c. Callous

d. Carriage

12. 'Boot leg' means to ____

a. distribute

b. import

c. smuggle

d. export

13. No one can ____ that he is clever.

a. defy

b. deny

c. admire

d. denounce

14. Do not ____ what you can do today.

a. put off

b. put up

c. put on

d. put to

15. Which one is the correct synonym of 'Extempore' ____

a. immediate

b. scripted

c. impromptu

d. planned

16. Which one is correct?

a. Omnious

b. Extencion

c. Hesitation

d. Mischievous

e. Test Yourself

17. 'Achilles' heel' means

a. a strong point

b. a serious idea

c. a weak point

d. a permanent solution

18. Which of the following is in plural form?

a. datum

b. radius

c. analysis

d. media

19. We smell something ____

a. burning

b. burned

c. burn

d. burns

e. Test Yourself

20. The boys have gone _____ fishing.

a. a

b. an

c. the

d. no article

21. Nobody should intrude ____ other's personal matter.

a. in

b. into

c. to

d. with

22. "To end in smoke' means _____

a. to see fire

b. to come to nothing

c. to create fire

d. to go through suffering

23. Nobody knocked him down, it was an ____

a. occurance

b. event

c. incident

d. accident

24. What is the antonym of the word "transitory"?

a. temporary

b. permanent

c. transparent

d. short-lived

25. The train running _____ time.

a. in

b. with

c. on

d. to

26. Choose the best translation of the sentence 'কর্তৃপক্ষ তাকে তিরষ্কার করলো -

a. The authorities criticized him.

b. The authorities took him to book.

c. The authorities took him to task.

d. The authorities gave reins to him.

27. Each of the sons followed ___ father's trade.

a. their

b. her

c. his

d. whose

28. The French refers to -

a. The French people

b. The French Language

c. The French manners

d. The French society

29. 'Pass away' means-

a. Disappears

b. Die

c. Erase

d. Fall

30. Noureen will discuss the issue with Nasir ____ phone.

a. in

b. over

c. by

d. on

31. The idiom 'put up with' means -

a. Stays together

b. Tolerate

c. Keep trust

d. Protect

32. 'An ordinance' is ____

a. a book

b. an arms factory

c. a law

d. a newspaper journal

33. Shakespeare is known mostly for his ________

a. poetry

b. novels

c. autobiography

d. drama

34. A person who writes about his own life writes.

a. A diary

b. An autobiography

c. A chronicle

d. A biography

35. Which of the following sentences is correct?

a. I forbade him from going

b. I forbade him to go.

c. I forbade him not to go.

d. None

36. 'Pediatric' relates to the treatment of -

a. Adults

b. Old people

c. Women

d. Children

37. What is the synonym of ‘incredible’?

a. Thinkable

b. Unthinkable

c. Unbelievable

d. Unthinking

38. What is the noun of the word 'Waste'?

a. Waste

b. Wasting

c. Wasteful

d. Wastage

39. What is the verb of the word 'Shortly'?

a. Shorten

b. Short

c. Shorter

d. Shortness

40. Choose the correct one.

a. Mispell

b. Mispel

c. Misspell

d. Misspel

41. Give my ______ to him.

a. warm compliment

b. best compliment

c. compliments

d. heartiest compliment

42. 'Out and out' means -

a. Not at all

b. Man of outside

c. To be last

d. Thoroughly

43. Which is the noun of the word 'beautiful'?

a. Beautify

b. Beauty

c. Beautifully

d. Beauteous

44. He has assured me ______ safety.

a. for

b. with

c. at

d. of

45. Choose the correct sentence.

a. The rich is not always happy.

b. Rich is not always happy

c. The rich is not happy always.

d. The rich are not always happy.

46. 'A rolling stone gathers no moss'. Here 'rolling' is -

a. Gerund

b. Participle

c. Verbal noun

d. Adjective

47. What is the verb of the word 'Ability'?

a. Ably

b. Enable

c. Ableness

d. Able

48. Choose the correct sentence.

a. He was hanged for murder.

b. He has been hunged for murder.

c. He had been hunged for murder.

d. He have been hung for murder.

49. He has been ill ____ Friday last.

a. in

b. since

c. from

d. on

50. 'May Allah help you'. What kind of sentence is this?

a. Optative

b. Assertive

c. Imperative

d. Exclamatory