1. Choose the correct sentence.

a. The matter was informed to the police
b. The matter has been informed of the police
c. The police was informed of the matter
d. The police were informed of the matter

2. Choose the correct sentence.

a. I saw the game
b. I watched the game
c. I enjoyed the game
d. I observed the game

3. Choose the correct sentence.

a. We write by ink
b. We write with ink
c. We write in ink
d. We write under ink

4. Choose the correct sentence.

a. Why you have done this ?
b. Why did you have done this ?
c. Why have you done this ?
d. Why you had done this ?

5. Choose the correct sentence.

a. He knows to swim
b. He knows how to swim
c. He knows swim
d. He is knows to swim

6. One should be careful about ___ duty.

a. his
b. her
c. one's
d. the

7. Choose the correct tense.

a. They are digging the canal for a week
b. They have been digging the canal for a week
c. They had dug the canal for a week
d. They dig the canal for a week

8. Verb of the word 'Danger' is ___.

a. Dangerfull
b. Dangerous
c. Endanger
d. Dangered

9. Noun of the word 'See' is ___ .

a. Sought
b. Seen
c. Scene
d. Sight

10. She argued - me about the marrige .

a. with
b. for
c. to
d. from

11. The boy made good ---- in his studies

a. development
b. advancement
c. progress
d. growth

12. What is the synonym of 'Malice' ?

a. Animosity
b. Affection
c. Kindness
d. Bond

13. What is the antonym of 'Famous' ?

a. Opaque
b. Obscure
c. Illiterate
d. Immature

14. Instead of 'experience' we can say-

a. go through
b. go aside
c. go upon
d. go about

15. 'Out and Out' means-

a. Not at all
b. To be last
c. Man of outside
d. Thoroughly

16. A. stocks, bonds and short-term money market instruments, B. that pools money from many investors and invests in,C. is a professionally managed collective investment scheme, D. a mutual fund, considered a moderately risk-free investment tool,

a. DCBA
b. ACBD
c. BDAC
d. ABCD

17. A. Bangladesh to endure major external shocks and sustain its growth momentum, B. sound economic management has enabled, C. even if it has not been spared from, D. the adverse effecrts of rising petroleum, commodity prices and natural disasters

a. DACB
b. BACD
c. BDAC
d. ADBC

18. A. Delta Brac Housing (DBH) , which will, B. another TK. 100 crore mutual fund, sponsored by, C. the market regulator also gave consent to, C. hit the market in January next year

a. BDAC
b. CBAD
c. ADBC
d. ABCD

19. A. two individuals interact with each other, B. without knowing what the other is doing, C. the simplest strategic problem arises when, D. and each must decide what to do,

a. ABCD
b. ACDB
c. CADB
d. BCAD

20. A. during the hibernation, the animals consume , B. the fats accumulated in the summer , C. and when they awade again , D. they have lost a good deal of weight

a. DACB
b. ACBD
c. BDAC
d. ABCD

21. He threw cold water over the project that the secretary had prepared.

a. rejected
b. encouraged
c. cleared
d. discouraged

22. The prices are going up by 'leaps and bounds'

a. irregularly
b. gradually
c. rapidly
d. systematically

23. He burnt his fingers by interfering in his neighbor's affair.

a. got himself into trouble
b. burnt himself
c. got himself insulted
d. got rebuked

24. No one knew wht to say, but at last I broke the ice.

a. to crack the ice
b. to start quarrelling
c. to start a conversation
d. to end the hostility

25. We kept our finger crossed till the final results were declared.

a. waited expectantly
b. kept praying
c. felt scared
d. kept hopeful

26. The Disparity between the urban and rural 'area has widen' in the last decade .

a. area have widen
b. area have widened
c. areas have widened
d. areas has widened
e. No correction

27. 'Being worked for' the whole day, you should have taken some rest and started the work tomorrow .

a. after having work
b. having worked for
c. working for
d. after being worked for
e. No correction

28. She is worried about his health and 'also me'.

a. also is me
b. are also me
c. so am I
d. is also me
e. No correction

29. 'I have to cut down' my expenses due to the rising inflation .

a. I have to cut off
b. I have to cut on
c. I have to cut out
d. I have to cut for
e. No correction

30. The candidates will be interviewed 'between 10 am to 11 am' .

a. between 10 am to 11 am
b. between 10 am up to 11 am
c. between 10 am for 11 am
d. between 10 am from 11 am
e. No correction

31. which word appears FIRST in the dictionary ?

a. Computer
b. Composer
c. Compress
d. Company

32. Cat is paw as horse is to --

a. Fur
b. Hair
c. shoe
d. Hoof

33. The teacher has no control -- the students.

a. on
b. over
c. with
d. at

34. After having tea, he settled himself -- his arm chair.

a. on
b. into
c. over
d. at

35. He has suffered heavy losses, yet he was rolling --- wealth.

a. for
b. with
c. from
d. in

36. Such remarks are certainly derogatory --- your reputation.

a. of
b. for
c. with
d. to

37. The reward was not commensurate ---- the work done by us.

a. for
b. on
c. with
d. order

38. NIMBLE:(antonym)

a. active
b. prompt
c. slow
d. agile

39. COMIC:

a. fearful
b. zany
c. emotional
d. tragic

40. ONEROUS:(antonym)

a. Complex
b. straight forward
c. plain
d. easy

41. WHIMSICAL:

a. dull
b. grave
c. thought-provoking
d. hardworking

42. VOLATILE:

a. falter
b. erratic
c. fickle
d. steady

43. SOLICIT:

a. give
b. seek
c. bright
d. advice

44. RIGOROUS:

a. scarcity
b. hard
c. hostile
d. alien

45. ZEALOT:

a. humble
b. supporter
c. artistic
d. respect

46. SUBLIME:

a. majestic
b. adore
c. unsaid
d. adverse

47. ABSTAIN:

a. glorify
b. withhold
c. comfort
d. ease

48. I am vexed/at him about what / he has done / No error .

a. vexed
b. about
c. has
d. No error

49. The only good thing / about these pens / are their colour and their size. / No error .

a. good
b. these
c. colour
d. No error

50. The bus collided / but nobody was hurt/ in the accident / No error.

a. collided
b. nobody
c. accident
d. No error

51. My younger brother and / I am interested / in music. /No error .

a. younger
b. interested
c. in music
d. No error

52. It is raining /very heavily since /last night/ No error.

a. raining
b. heavily
c. last night
d. No error

53. Which was the first country to recognise Bangladesh?

a. Bhutan
b. India
c. Poland
d. Bulgaria

54. Fill in the blanks: Every sensible citizen abides -----the law of the country.

a. to
b. for
c. by
d. with

55. Fill in the blanks: Questions will be answered by a ------of experts.

a. panel
b. staff
c. bunch
d. band

56. Fill in the blanks: Fate smiled ----him in all his ventures.

a. at
b. on
c. with
d. above

57. Fill in the blanks: Most of the issues discussed here in the meeting were trivial and only a few were ----

a. interesting
b. significant
c. practical
d. irrelevant

58. Fill in the blanks: Everyone is this universe is accountable to God-----his actions.

a. about
b. for
c. of
d. against

59. Choose the word or phrase which is nearest in meaning to the key word: Submerge

a. to walk on
b. to appear
c. to sink
d. to join together

60. Choose the word or phrase which is nearest in meaning to the key word: Devoid

a. lacking
b. stupid
c. evasive
d. hopeless

61. Choose the word or phrase which is nearest in meaning to the key word: Hybrid

a. pedigreed
b. crossbred
c. hackneyed
d. unusual

62. Choose the word or phrase which is nearest in meaning to the key word: Give up

a. start
b. give
c. receive
d. stop doing

63. Choose the word or phrase which is nearest in meaning to the key word: Lest

a. but
b. unless
c. fear
d. anything but that

64. He lives in a remote colony since August 1989.

a. has been living
b. is living
c. has lived
d. continues to live

65. Do how I say.

a. which
b. as
c. that
d. like

66. Can this machine be adapted in farm work

a. for
b. into
c. by
d. to

67. He did not know the answer and I did not neither.

a. and either did l
b. and neither did I
c. and neither have I
d. and either did have

68. The weather was not good; it was a bit pleasant.

a. fairly
b. to some extent
c. a little
d. rather

69. Choose the correctly spelt word: mustache

a. Mustache
b. moustash
c. Moustache
d. Mostaehe

70. Choose the correctly spelt word:

a. Expettriat
b. Expatriat
c. Expetriate
d. Expatriate

71. Choose the correctly spelt word:

a. Facsism
b. Facism
c. Fascism
d. Fasiom

72. Choose the correctly spelt word:

a. Jeoppadise
b. Jeopardise
c. Jeoarddiz
d. Jeoppardise

73. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words : Needle : Thread

a. Leader : follower
b. Pin : Cushion
c. Bat : Ball
d. Prick : sew

74. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words : Ashes : Fire

a. Building
b. Current : bygone
c. Relics : civilisation
d. Bottle : stopper

75. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words : Shield : Soldier

a. Helmet : rider
b. Book : author
c. Advocate : court
d. Stethoscope : doctor

76. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words : Wet : Dry

a. Worse : worst
b. Scold : praise
c. Weather : temperature
d. Rise : walk

77. Select the lettered pair that has the same relationship as the original pair of words : Heart : Cardiology

a. Civics : polity
b. History : histology
c. Brain : psychology
d. Fossil : palaeontology

78.

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a.


Contrasting with the works of the rationalists
 

b.

In contrast with the rationalists work
 

c.

In contrast to those of the rationalists
 

d.

Unlike the rationalists

79.

The starling, a bird mentioned in one of Shakespeare's plays, was first introduced in the United States in 1890 and has since become a siignificant pest species

a.

was first introduced in the United States in 1890 and has since become
 

b.

were first introduced in the United States in 1890 and has since become
 

c.

was first introduced to the United States in 1890 and would since become
 

d.

was first introduced to the United States in 1890 and since became

80.

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a.


studies, much prized by collectors, have
 

b.

studies, much prized by collectors, has
 

c.

studies, many of them prized by collectors, have
 

d.

studies, many of which are prized by collectors

81.

Precipitation in California is often erratic, and <math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mfrac><mrow><mi>w</mi><mi>h</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>n</mi><mo>&#xA0;</mo><mi>a</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>r</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>v</mi><mi>i</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>g</mi><mo>&#xA0;</mo><mo>,</mo><mo>&#xA0;</mo><mi>t</mi><mi>e</mi><mi>n</mi><mi>d</mi><mi>s</mi><mo>&#xA0;</mo><mi>t</mi><mi>o</mi><mi>f</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>l</mi><mi>l</mi></mrow><mrow/></mfrac></math>in the mountainous northern and easier parts of the state rather than the populous and fertile southern and western ones.

a.

when arriving, tends to fall
 

b.

when arriving, has a tendency of falling
 

c.

when it arrives, it tends in falling
 

d.

when it arrives it tends to fall

82. Passive voice of 'If you're doing something important, you are working to make change happen.'

a. If something important is done, work is done to make change happen.
b. Something important is being done by you, you are making change happen.
c. If something important is being done, work is being done to make change happen.
d. If important work is being done, change is about to happen

83. Which of the following words is correctly spelled word?

a. Parliament
b. Pairlament
c. Parliamente
d. Parlaiment

84. Choose the sentence with appropriate use of some:

a. I want to buy some new shoe.
b. Would you like to buy some apples?
c. Rana has listened to some music.
d. He bought some piece of cheese.

85. Select the sentence with appropriate form:

a. If Salina had the money, she would buy a fast car.
b. If I know the answer, I would tell you.
c. If I was you, I would put your jacket on
d. It would be nice if the weather is better

86. ,By day, hippos enjoy bathing in water to cool , which might have contributed to their reputation for being relatively sluggish and sedentary.

a. which might have contributed to their reputation for being
b. which might contribute to its reputation for being
c. and this might have contributed to their reputation to be
d. a preference that might contribute to their reputation for being

87. Choose the correct pair of words from the following SYMPHONY : COMPOSAR : :

a. Leonardo : music
b. Fresco: painter
c. Colours : pallet
d. Art: appreciation

88. Select the correct spelling of the word

a. Acquaintanc
b. Acquaintance
c. Acqquaintance
d. Accquaintance

89. Antonym of IRASCIBLE is-

a. Determined
b. Placid
c. Reasonable
d. Pliant

90. Antonym of LUMINOUS is-

a. clear
b. dim
c. clever
d. brittle

91. Synonym of EDUCE is-

a. Demand
b. Unlawful
c. ideal
d. elicit

92. Synonym of JOVIAL is-

a. Incredulous
b. merry
c. revolting
d. dizzy

93. Johan argued, "If you know about a crime but don't report it, you are ....... in that crime because you allowed it to happen."

a. acquitted
b. steadfast
c. tenuous
d. complicit

94. With her ..... eyesight, Krystyna spotted a trio of deer on the hillside and she reduced the speed of her car.

a. Inferior
b. Keen
c. Impressionable
d. Ductile

95. After making ...... remarks to the President, the reporter was not invited to return to the White House pressroom.

a. hospitable
b. itinerant
c. enterprising
d. irreverent

96. Giulia soon discovered the source of the .......... smell in the room; a week-old tuna sandwich that one of the children had hidden in the closet.

a. quaint
b. fastidious
c. clandestine
d. fetid

97. After sitting in the sink for several days, the dirty, food- incrusted dishes became -----

a. malodorous
b. imposing
c. prevalent
d. perforated

98. Three wasn't much unity ______the council members.

a. among
b. from
c. for
d. in

99. He has been exampted _____night duty.

a. with
b. for
c. from
d. in

100. The synonym of DECLINE is-

a. Diminish
b. Increase
c. Abandon
d. Postpone

101. identify the correct spelling-

a. Encyclopedia
b. Encyeklopedia
c. Ensyclepedia
d. Encycloopedia

102. My sister is good____english.

a. in
b. with
c. at
d. from

103. One who belive in the power of fate is called-

a. Pessimist
b. Optimist
c. Fatalist
d. Parsimonious

104. Cobber:Leather::

a. Shirt: Boutique
b. Television: Engineer
c. Woodcutter:Furniture
d. Mason:Stone

105. The synonym of CONDONE is-

a. Command
b. Condemn
c. Conceal
d. Accept

106. SCHOLAR:IGNORANT::

a. Hardworking: Lazy
b. Knife:Sword
c. Courage :Bold
d. Luxury : Wealth

107. Passive voice of "Who taught you English" is-

a. By whom was English taught to you?
b. Who was taught English to you?
c. Who was teachers you English
d. By whom is English is taught to you?

108. If we go to the park ______you like to come too?

a. shall
b. are
c. am
d. would

109. A disease which spreads by contact is called-

a. Incurable
b. Contagious
c. Infectious
d. Fatal

110. Choose the word that is spelled correctly-

a. bureaucracy
b. bureacracy
c. bureucracy
d. berocracy

111. Antonym of CARELESS is-

a. Slapdash
b. Careful
c. Haphazard
d. Shy

112. A hater of knowledge and learning is called a-

a. Misogynist
b. Philologist
c. Misologist
d. Bibliophile

113. Liquid:Hydralics-

a. motion:dynamics
b. water:hydroponics
c. data:statics
d. music:eurhythmics

114. Antonym of "Conversant" is-

a. inexperienced
b. unpretentious
c. shy
d. dirty

115. Synonym of "Triumph is-

a. Violence
b. Punish
c. Victory
d. Victim

116. Active voice of "The traitor should be shot dead" is-

a. They should have shot the traitors dead.
b. They shall shoot the traitors dead.
c. They should shoot the traitors dead
d. They shot the traitors dead

117. Choose the correct spelling from the following:

a. Etiquite
b. Etiquette
c. Etikuit
d. Etiket

118. Which word is spelled incorrectly?

a. Conscience
b. Privilege
c. Accomodate
d. Embarrass

119. Find the correctly spelt word

a. Necessary
b. Neccessary
c. Neccesary
d. Nessessity

120. Find the correctly spelt word

a. Anamaly
b. Anamoly
c. Anomoly
d. Anomaly

121. Find the correctly spelt word

a. Millennium
b. Millenium
c. Milenium
d. Milennium

122. The antonym of Kith is-

a. Strangers
b. Outfit
c. Son
d. Relative

123. The antonym of Hospitality is-

a. Complaint
b. Cordiality
c. Coldness
d. Warthful

124. The synonym of Separate is___

a. Interdependent
b. Unite
c. Unconnected
d. Same

125. The synonym of Avert is___

a. Face
b. Permit
c. Confront
d. Pervent

126. The synonym of Confusion is__

a. Intrepidity
b. Stagnation
c. Perusal
d. Commotion

127. Her explanation was so that no one ________ could follow it.

a. eloquent
b. ambiguous
c. transparent
d. coherent

128. _____west end is _____ richest part of______ capital.

a. A/an/the
b. The/a/a
c. The/the/the
d. The/a/the

129. I always wear sunglasses when I go to_____ beach,________ sun bothers my eyes.

a. the/the
b. an/the
c. an/a
d. the/a

130. All the winners ______ prizes tomorrow.

a. will given
b. will be giving
c. will be given
d. will have given

131. Our armed forces are those of any _______ other country in the world.

a. superior than
b. superior to
c. superior from
d. superior of

132. Fish: gills as bird :

a. Wings
b. Beak
c. Feathers
d. Lungs

133. Optimist: hope as pessimist :

a. Anger
b. Fear
c. Doubt
d. Joy

134. Carpenter: hammer as painter :

a. Brush
b. Ladder
c. Easel
d. Canvas

135. Distance: Mile

a. liquid: litre
b. bushel: corn
c. weight: scale
d. frame: television

136. Select the pair which has the same relationship . Indigent: Wealthy

a. angry: rich
b. native: affluent
c. gauche: graceful
d. scholarly: erudite

137.


The performance of our players was rather worst than I had expected.

a. bad as I had expected
b. worse than I had expected
c. worse than expectation
d. worst than was expected

138.

I need not offer any explanation regarding this incident-my behavior is speaking itself.

a. will speak to itself
b. speaks for itself
c. has been speaking
d. speaks about itself

139. The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.

a. to whom I sell
b. to who I sell
c. who was sold to
d. to whom I sold

140.

You need not come unless you want to

a. you don't need to come unless you want to.
b. you come only when you want to.
c. you come unless you don't want to.
d. you needn't come until you don't want to.

141. To be above board

a. to have a good height
b. have no debts
c. to be honest in any business deal
d. try to be beautiful

142. To cry wolf

a. to listen eagerly
b. to give false alarm
c. to turn pale
d. to leep off starvation

143. To drive home

a. to find one's roots
b. to return to place of rest
c. back to original position
d. to emphasis

144. Idioms and phrases . To catch a tarter

a. To trap wanted criminal with great difficulty.
b. To catch a dangerous person.
c. To meet with disaster.
d. to deal with a person who is more than one's match.

145. We must take care of all living species on Earth.

a. All living species on Earth are taken care of by us.
b. All living species on Earth must be taken care of by us.
c. All living species on Earth had been taken care of by us.
d. All living species on Earth will be taken care of by us.

146. It is impossible to do this.

a. Doing this is impossible.
b. This is impossible to be done.
c. This must not be done.
d. This can't be done.

147. Choose the correct active/passive voice from the following sentences:  The waiter filled the glasses with water.

a. The glasses filled with water by the waiter.
b. The glasses were filled with water by the waiter.
c. The waiter was filled the glasses with water.
d. The water were filled in the glasses by waiter.