1. Will you mind ____ the accounts one more time?

a. checking
b. to check
c. checked
d. check

2. It is you who ___ to blame .

a. am
b. is
c. are
d. was

3. Fill in the blanks : Physics ----my favourite subject.

a. have
b. were
c. is
d. are
e. None of these

4. Fill in the blanks : No man can ----alone.

a. ives
b. living
c. have been live
d. live
e. None of these

5. Fill in the blanks : I have ----interest in matter.

a. no
b. any
c. none
d. nothing
e. None of these

6. Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. As this is his first job, he will have to 'put up with' the inconvenience.

a. endure
b. adapt
c. overcome
d. avoid
e. None of these

7. Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. The manager 'looked into' the matter.

a. Take decision
b. Investigate
c. Neglect
d. Taking care
e. None of these

8. Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. Mr. Akask 'deals in ' pearls.

a. Do business
b. Costly
c. Smuggling
d. Understands
e. None of these

9. Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. Most of the participants did not expect the victory of 'a dark horse' like him.

a. a mischievous person
b. a strong person
c. an unknown person
d. an illiterate
e. None of these

10. Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. We have to enact strict laws to protect 'migratory' birds from hunters.

a. mobile
b. native
c. temporary
d. nomad
e. None of these

11. If a purple fabric is on rack three and a brown fabric is on rack four , the green fabric must be on which of the following racks?

a. Two
b. Five
c. Six
d. Seven

12. which of the following are colors of fabrics that CANNOT be on racks two , three and four respectively ?

a. Purple , red, green
b. Purple, brown , brown
c. Brown , Brown , purple
d. Red, red, green

13. If the four red fabrics are on four consecutive racks , the green fabric and one of the brown fabrics could be on which of the following racks respectively?

a. Two and three
b. Three and four
c. Five and six
d. Six and seven

14. Ten fabrics of different colors are displayed on ten racks in a cloth store. The racks are placed one after another and numbered consecutively from one to ten. Each rack contains fabric of a single color. One fabric is green , two fabrics are brown , three fabrics are purple and remaining four fabrics are red. If a purple fabric is on rack two and red fabrics are on racks three and four , the green fabric must be on which of the following racks?

a. Five
b. Six
c. Seven
d. Eight

15. If Lalit does not serve with Kalam or Iftekhar, which of the following cannot be true?

a. Farid serves with Iftekhar
b. Gaffar serves with Helal .
c. Helal serves with Kalam .
d. Iftekhar serves with Kalam .

16. If exactly two people serve on football committee, which pair of the following cannot be on that committee ?

a. Gaffar , Kalam
b. Helal , Gaffar
c. Jalil , kalam
d. None of the given pairs

17. The membership of two committees , football committee and cricket committee , must be drawn exclusively form a group of seven people . Farid, Gaffar , Helal , Iftekhar , Jalil , Kalam and Lalit. * Each of the seven people must serve on a committee. * No one can serve on both committees. * Farid cannot be on a committee with Gaffar or with Jalil. * Helal cannot serve on a committee with Iftekhar. If Helal serves on football committee, which of the following must be true?

a. Farid serves on football committee
b. Gaffar serves on cricket committee
c. Iftekhar serves on cricket committee
d. Kalam serves on football committee

18. Please make a thorough appraisal of the proposal.

a. detailed
b. exhaustive
c. exclusive
d. hasty

19. The houses on this side of the road are more shabby than those in the other side.

a. elegant
b. tattered
c. poor
d. sleek

20. He is an avid reader and has recently purchased a lot of books.

a. ardent
b. apathetic
c. keen
d. solitary

21. The sole purpose of lerning to fight is for you to be able to thwart a blow.

a. impede
b. exonerate
c. stop
d. attract

22. The total damage on account of the flood is an astounding figure.

a. astoishing
b. significant
c. puny
d. absolute

23. He sure is a superb swordsman, parrying blows with dexterity.

a. dodging
b. sending
c. making
d. using

24. When you see the problem from both perspectives, you'II find yourself quite ambivalent about the solution ---no longer willing to accept the seemingly obvious.

a. decided
b. hesitant
c. ready
d. sure

25. I understand if you cannot help; but to impede, that's just deplorable!

a. officiate
b. postpone
c. delay
d. hinder

26. Contrary to our initial fear that the impact of the project would be disatrous, we now have reason to believe that this will have salutary effects.

a. confounded
b. beneficial
c. surprising
d. negative

27. There is no reason for you to chide him over such a small issue!

a. attack
b. loathe
c. reprimand
d. help

28. Fill in the gap : The traditional method of rice cultivation leads -----a yield -----about 700 kg/acre of Amon paddy.

a. to, for
b. to, of
c. on, of
d. for, of

29. Fill in the gap : It was a ---moment when the entire nation acknowledged the sacrifice of the fighters of the Liberation War.

a. crucial
b. historic
c. subtle
d. poignant

30. Fill in the gap : The committee needs to take action on the extent of his verbal abuse; for which he had already been---many times before.

a. crucial
b. historic
c. subtle
d. poignant

31. Fill in the gap : It is -----to see the privileged, well-housed and well-fed, criticizing the needs of the poor.

a. preposterous
b. wondrous
c. critical
d. unusal

32. Fill in the gap : All the branch managers of different locations came prepared on ----from the regional head about the meeting.

a. explanation
b. intimation
c. account
d. requirement

33. Fill in the gap : It is only your ----belief that your plan alone will succeed!

a. optimistic
b. presumptuous
c. accepted
d. relifious

34. Fill in the gap : One can hardly expect a plan for contingencies, from one with such ----outlook.

a. diverse
b. varied
c. pedantic
d. archaic

35. Fill in the gap : Despite the --- of many critiques, many writers believe the current music culture is a means of ----the different emotions of the contemporary society.

a. Skepticism, deciphering
b. antipathy, identifying
c. criticism, unlocking
d. enthusiasm, evaluating

36. Fill in the gap : In the informal hearing, we did even not stand a chance in the face of the ----lie he told.

a. blatant
b. unashamed
c. plausible
d. convincing

37. Fill in the gap : It is yet be ingrained in people who are ----, to believe that all men are equal and we must not discriminat

a. democratic
b. narrow-minded
c. intolerant
d. sensitive

38. Fill in the gap : A lot of times people's superiority complex is a result of one's ----.

a. pride
b. arrogance
c. ineptitude
d. calibre

39. Fill in the gap : It is not necessarily your opponent, but rather, your own actions that -----your reputation.

a. blemishes
b. affects
c. highlights
d. changes

40. Fill in the gap : The situation can only be ----by------handling the parties involved.

a. Handled, properly
b. settled, emphatically
c. resolved, carefully
d. managed, tactfully

41. Fill in the gap : ------my better judgment, I ----your terms of contract.

a. Despite, choose
b. With, allow
c. Against, accept
d. In accordance with, acknowledge

42. Fill in the gap : People ----to work hard when you ----certain conditions on them.

a. tend, refrain
b. refuse, impose
c. try, invoke
d. strive, place

43.

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a.


a
 

b.

b
 

c.

c
 

d.

d
 

e.

e

44.

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a.

a
 

b.

b
 

c.

c
 

d.

d
 

e.

e

45.

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a.


a
 

b.

b
 

c.

c
 

d.

d
 

e.

e

46.

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a.

a
 

b.

b
 

c.

c
 

d.

d
 

e.

e

47.

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a.


a
 

b.

b
 

c.

c
 

d.

d
 

e.

e

48.

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a.


a
 

b.

b
 

c.

c
 

d.

d
 

e.

e

49. Temporary work may not be appropriate for people which crave security. Which correctin should be made to the sentecne

a. insert a comma after work
b. relpace for with four
c. insert a comma after prople
d. replace which with who
e. no correctionj is necessary

50. Some temporary agencies offer health insurance and other benefits to workers, but others don't Which correction should be made to the sentence?

a. Insert which after agencies
b. Remove the comma aftr worker's
c. Insert a comma after insrance
d. Replace their' with they re
e. No correction is necessary

51. On the other hand if want to attend a computer seminar, lie in the first day of summer or visit Aunt Grace on Columbus day, you can easily take the day off Which correction should be made to the sentence?

a. Remove the cmma after day
b. Change Columbus day to Columbus Day
c. Change summer to Summer
d. Remove the comma after seminar
e. Replace if with since

52. The variety of working in a different place every day or week stimulate many workers. Which is the best way to write the underlined portion of this sentence /

a. stimulate
b. will be stimulating
c. stimulating
d. stimulates
e. None

53. If you are looking for a job or plan to reenter the working world, you might find the job hunt a difficult task. if you rewrite the sentence begining with "Looking for a job or " the next word should be__

a. finding
b. being
c. looking
d. reentering
e. None of these

54. Your advice is no different from the other friends.

a. not different from
b. no diffrent from that of the
c. not different from he
d. no different to
e. No improvement

55. Wondering in the slums brought her in against the realities of poverty.

a. she, no I
b. her, not me
c. her, nor I
d. she, but me
e. No improvement

56. What tribute shall we pay to uor leader that he would appreciated?

a. would appreciated
b. have appreciated
c. should appreciate
d. could appreciate
e. No improvemnt

57. I have already read this book twice.

a. I already twice have read this book
b. I twice have already read this book
c. I have twice already read this book/
d. I have been reading the book
e. No improvement

58. Automobile prooduction in come countries ____

a. has been rather eratic recently
b. have taken stumps and rises in recent years
c. has been erratically latelly
d. are going up and down all the time
e. None of these

59. Many of the international problems we are facing now__

a. linguistic incompetency
b. are beacause of not understanding themeselve
c. are the result of misunderstading
d. lack of the intelligent capabilities of misunderstanding
e. None of these

60. She wanted to server some coffee to her guests however___

a. She had not much suger
b. there was not a great amount of suger
c. she did not have much suger
d. She was lacking in amount of suger
e. None of these

61. The professor said that____

a. the students can turn over the reports on Monday
b. the reports om Monday could be received from the students by him
c. the students could hand in thier reports on Monday
d. the students will turn in their reports on Monday
e. None of these

62. I wish you would tell me____

a. Who is being lived next door
b. Who does live in the next door
c. Who lives next door
d. who was living next door
e. None of these