Subject English
Appropriate English Usage
Instruction: For each question, choose the appropriate ad usual answer from the perspective of a typical day to day conversation.
401. When are you planning to come back?
(a) List Friday
(b) By bus
(c) With my friend
(d) Day after tomorrow
(e) None of these
Ans. d
402. For how long did you watch TV last night?
(a) Watched TV
(b) Drama
(c) approximately three
(d) Nothing
(e) None of these
Ans. c
403. Where did you spend your last weekend?
(a) I played chess
(b) I had a good lunch
(c) I watched a drama
(d) Red Shirt
(e) None of these
Ans. d
404. What is his brother’s age?
(a) A businessman
(b) 5 feet tall
(c) Very handsome
(d) 18 years
(e) None of these
Ans. d
405. Who was standing with you?
(a) My friend
(b) near my house
(c) On a stone
(d) A stick
(e) None of these
Ans. a
Fill in the Gaps
Instruction: Select the word(s)/phrase(s) in the gap(s) in each sentence.
406. If I ___ not met you, I would still be living in Delhi now.
(a) have
(b) had
(c) were
(d) did
(e) None of these
Ans. b
407. The branch of the tree is ____ high for the boy ____ climb.
(a) so, that
(b) too, to
(c) so, very
(d) very, to
(e) None of these
Ans. b
408. I do not like a person who hankers ____ wealth.
(a) for
(b) to
(c) so, very
(d) after
(e) None of these
Ans. d
409. _____ the fact that she was exhausted, she continued to study.
(a) Despite of
(b) Despite
(c) In spite
(d) In spite that
(e) None of these
Ans. b
410. Where discipline is concerned, I must put my foot ____.
(a) down
(b) Despite
(c) in
(d) off
(e) None of these
Ans. a
Fill in the Gaps
Instruction: For each question, select the word/phrase that appropriately fill in the gap.
411. The court is adjourned today. It will ____ from next Sunday.
(a) readjourn
(b) remove
(c) resume
(d) restart
(e) None of these
Ans. c
412. The robber ____ a huge log on to the street, as barricade, to force the vehicles to stop.
(a) felled
(b) fell
(c) felled
(d) blocked
(e) None of these
Ans. b
413. Whenever I meet him, I see him talking over the phone as though he ____ a big merchant.
(a) feigned
(b) is
(c) has been
(d) were
(e) None of these
Ans. d
414. When I reached there it ____ in torrents.
(a) Was raining
(b) raining
(c) is raining
(d) has been raining
(e) None of these
Ans. a
415. A number of the students ____ jointed together to form a club for hockey fans.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) is
(d) are
(e) None of these
Ans. b
416. Either the manger or his assistants ___ the company’s personnel needs.
(a) reviews
(b) review
(c) are reviewing
(d) is reviewed
(e) None of these
Ans. c
Meaning of the underlined word
Instruction: For each question, select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/phrase underlined.
417. Rana decided to pursue his career developmental field in lieu of sitting in his father’s business.
(a) In a accordance
(b) undermining
(c) instead of
(d) along with
(e) None of these
Ans. c
418. The supervision showed great enthusiasm and appreciation contrary to what the labors had expected.
(a) in support of
(b) objection
(c) opposition
(d) complement
(e) None of these
Ans. c
419. 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
Ans. a
420. What is the plural of ‘Mouse’?
(a) mouse
(b) mouses
(c) mice
(d) mices
(e) None of these
Ans. c
421. What is the superlative degree of ‘bad’?
(a) most bad
(b) baddest
(c) worse
(d) worst
(e) None of these
Ans. d
422. Which on the following is a conjunction ?
(a) or
(b) very
(c) to
(d) out
(e) None of these
Ans. a
423. What is the past participle from of the verb ‘understand’?
(a) understand
(b) understood
(c) understanded
(d) understood
(e) None of these
Ans. b
424. Which of the following is a proper noun?
(a) Man
(b) group
(c) run
(d) Dhaka
(e) None of these
Ans. d
Analogy
Instruction: Choose the pair that best expresses the relationship similar to the one expressed by the pair in the capital letters.
425. ELECTRICITY : WIRE
(a) car : highway
(b) fluid : Pipe
(c) river : bank
(d) light : bulb
(e) None of these
Ans. b