Bcs English model test-11

Choose the one that best exprsses the meaning of the given word:

1. IMPROVEMENT

a. Promotion
b. Advancement
c. Betterment
d. Preference

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Betterment

Explanation:
Improvement- উন্নতি বা উল্কর্ষ সাধন,
Promotion-পদোন্নতি,
Advancement-অগ্রসরতা,
Betterment -উন্নতি,
Preference -অগ্রাধিকার।
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2. AMICABLE

a. Interesting
b. Loving
c. Affectionate
d. Friendly

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Friendly

Explanation:
Amicable- বন্ধুত্বপূর্ণ,
Friendly-বন্ধুভাবাপন্ন।
amiable- নম্র ও সৌহার্দ্যপূর্ণ।
Loving - স্নেহশীল;
Affectionate - স্নেহময়
Interesting - আকর্ষণীয়
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Choose the opposite in meaning to the given word:

3. LIABILITY-

a. Treasure
b. Debt
c. Assets
d. Property

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Assets

Explanation:
Liability (দায়) এর বিপরীত Assets (সম্পদ)।
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4. HATE-

a. Admire
b. Abhor
c. Concern
d. Loathe

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. Admire

Explanation:
Hate - ঘৃণা করা
Admire - প্রশংসা করা
Abhor - ঘৃণা করা
Concern -উদ্বেগ
Loathe-ঘৃণা করা
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In each of the following questions, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence:

5. A song embodying religious and sacred emotions

a. Lyric
b. Ode
c. Hymn
d. Ballad

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Hymn

Explanation:
Hymn (ঈশ্বরের প্রতি বন্দনা সূচক গান বা কবিতা) is a lyric poem or song sung in praise of god or hero by chorus to express religious and sacred emotions.
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6. Time after twilight and before night -

a. Evening
b. Dawn
c. Dusk
d. Eclipse

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Dusk

Explanation:
গােধূলির পরবর্তী সময় এবং রাতের পূর্ববর্তী সময়কে Dusk (সন্ধ্যার প্রাক্কাল) বলে। Evening - সন্ধ্যা; Dawn - প্রভাত; Eclipse- সূর্যগ্রহণ।
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Fill in the blank In the following sentences by selecting the most appropriate alternative from among the four choices given:

7. Parliamentary democracy demands discipline and __ to the rules.

a. adherence
b. knowledge
c. respectful
d. awareness

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. adherence

Explanation:
and দ্বারা যুক্ত শব্দগুলােকে সমার্থক হতে হবে। discipline (নিয়মানুবর্তিতা)শব্দটি noun। সুতরাং পরের শব্দটিও noun (adherence - দৃঢ়ভাবে লেগে থাকা) হতে হবে।
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8. Reason is the highest faculty __ on human by their creator.

a. entrusted
b. bestowed
c. endowed
d. conferred

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. bestowed

Explanation:
bestow on/upon অর্থ প্রদান করা ৷
entrust - বিশ্বাস স্থাপন করা ।
endow- টাকা বা সম্পত্তি দান করা।
Confer- খেতাব বা উপাধি প্রদান করা।

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9. Rishan walks as if he __ lame.

a. had been
b. is
c. were
d. has

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. were

Explanation:
As if/as though এর ক্ষেত্রে to be verb এর জায়গায় সবসময় were বসে।
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10. One of the four sentences given in question is grammatically wrong. That alternative is your answer:

a. Neither you nor I am in a sound position.
b. Laziness is detrimental for success
c. He begged the favour of my granting him leave
d. Your action is not in conformity with the law

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Laziness is detrimental for success

Explanation:
detrimental to - ক্ষতিকর
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11. One of the four sentences given in question is grammatically wrong. That alternative is your answer:

a. He has no desire for fame.
b. I intend going to Rajshahi.
c. He is too miserly to part with his money.
d. He has invited me for dinner.

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. I intend going to Rajshahi.

Explanation:
intend verb টির পর infinitive (to+verb এর present form) হয়
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Each of the following Idioms is followed by some alternatives. Choose the one which best expresses its meaning:

12. To keep one's head -

a. to be self respectful
b. to save oneself
c. to keep calm
d. none of these

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. to keep calm

Explanation:
To keep one's head অর্থ মাথা ঠান্ডা রাখা (to keep calm)
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13. To put the cart before the horse -

a. to offer a person what he cannot eat
b. to force a person to do something
c. to raise obstacle
d. to reverse the natural order of things

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. to reverse the natural order of things

Explanation:
To put the cart before the horse অর্থ স্বাভাবিক নিয়মের বিরুদ্ধাচরণ করা (to reverse the natural order of things)
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14. To read between the lines -

a. to concentrate
b. to suspect
c. to read carefully
d. to grasp the hidden meaning

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. to grasp the hidden meaning

Explanation:
To read between the lines অর্থ অব্যক্ত অর্থ আবিষ্কার করা (to grasp the hidden meaning)
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In each of the following questions. a sentence has been given in Active (or Passive) voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive (or Active) voice :

15. I know him.

a. He is known by me
b. He was known to me
c. He is known to me
d. He has been known by me

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. He is known to me

Explanation:
know verb by এর পরিবর্তে to preposition নেয় (Passive -sub+am/is/are+verb এর past participle+to+obj)
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16. A lion may be helped even by a little mouse.

a. A little mouse may even help a lion
b. Even a little mouse may help a lion
c. A little mouse can even help a lion
d. Even a hide mouse ought to help a lion

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Even a little mouse may help a lion

Explanation:
Active voice এ even শব্দটি subject এর আগে বসবে।
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17. Choose the correctly spelt word:

a. Liesure
b. Leisure
c. Leasure
d. Lesiure

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Leisure

Explanation:
Leisure - অবসর
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18. Choose the correctly spelt word:

a. Superceed
b. Superseed
c. Supecede
d. Supersede

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. Supersede

Explanation:
Supersede - স্থলাভিষিক্ত হওয়া
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Of the four alternatives given under each sentence, find the one that best fits into the blank space:

19. The horror movie scared them out of their__

a. wits
b. seats
c. lives
d. funds

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. wits

Explanation:
Out of one's wits একটি idiom যার অর্থ অত্যন্ত বিচলিত
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20. The people who carry a coffin at a funeral are called__

a. undertakers
b. supporters
c. mourners
d. pallbearers

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. pallbearers

Explanation:
যারা coffin বা শবাধার বহন করে বা কফিন বহনকারীদের সঙ্গে হেঁটে যায় তাদেরকে বলা হয় pallbearers (The people who walk beside or help to carry the coffin at a funeral).
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21. Who is well known for his translation of “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" into English?

a. Rose Macaulay
b. Edward Fitzgerald
c. George Bernard Shaw
d. D. H Lawrence

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Edward Fitzgerald

Explanation:

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22. From which word was the name "England' introduced?

a. Engpol
b. Angkle
c. Angul
d. Anggole

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. Anglisko

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23. From which word did the word English come?

a. Angul
b. Anglisko
c. Angilty
d. Engpolsky

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Anglisko

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24. When did the Renaissance take place?

a. 16th century
b. 17th century
c. 15th +century
d. 18th century

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. 16th century

Explanation:

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25. How long did the Renaissance Period exist?

a. from 1400-1660
b. from 1550-1700
c. from 1400-1600
d. from 1500-1660

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. from 1500-1660

Explanation:

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26. To complete the sentence 'Call __ a doctor, we need

a. for
b. at
c. by
d. in

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. in

Explanation:
Call for- দাবি করা, call at- কোথাও সামান্য সময়ের জন্য থামা, call in- ডেকে আনা, call by- যাওয়ার পথে কারাে সাথে দেখা করা। ডাক্তার ডেকে আনা বােঝাতে বাক্যের শূন্যস্থানে in হবে।
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27. The adjective form of the word 'agree' is

a. disagree
b. agreement
c. agreeable
d. agree

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. agreeable

Explanation:
Agree (রাজি হওয়া) এর adjective form হলো agreeable (সম্মত) এবং noun form হলাে agreement (ঐক্য বা বােঝাপড়া)। Disagree (ভিন্নমত পােষণ করা) যা agree-এর বিপরীতার্থক শব্দ।
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28. In the sentence 'copying is prohibited in the examination.''copying' is a/an-

a. noun
b. adverb
c. verb
d. adjective

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Answer and explanation

Answer: a. noun

Explanation:
Verb এর ing form (copy+ing) যখন বাক্যে verb-এর subject হিসেবে কাজ করে তা noun (Gerund) Copying (নকল করা) is এর subject । তাই সঠিক উত্তর a.
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29. To complete the sentence 'I was there that time' we need

a. in
b. by
c. on
d. at

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. at

Explanation:
At that time- ঐ সময়ে। I was there at that time আমি ঐ সময়ে সেখানে ছিলাম।
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30. The drama 'Macbeth' was written by__

a. G.B. Shaw
b. William Shakespeare
c. Ben Jonson
d. Christopher Marlowe

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. William Shakespeare

Explanation:
ইংরেজি সাহিত্যে Bard of Avon নামে খ্যাত William Shakespeare (1564-1616). তার বিখ্যাত বিয়ােগান্ত নাটক Macbeth যা তিনি 1605 সালে রচনা করেন।
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31. Who of the following is not a poet?

a. William Wordsworth
b. Charles Dickens
c. John Keats
d. Alfred Tennyson

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Answer and explanation

Answer: b. Charles Dickens

Explanation:
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের একজন বিখ্যাত novelist যিনি খুব দ্রুত সাহিত্য জগতে সফলতা পান। Charles Dickens-এর দুটি বিখ্যাত উপন্যাস David Copperfield, The Tale of Two Cities. William Wordsworth (1770-1850), John Keats (1795–1821) এবং Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) এ তিনজনই ইংরেজি সাহিত্যের খ্যাতনামা কবি।
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32. Which of the following words is not related to crying?

a. weeping
b. lamenting
c. stinking
d. screaming

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Answer and explanation

Answer: c. stinking

Explanation:
Cry- আর্তনাদ করা, lament- শােক করা, scream– আর্তনাদ করা, Stink- দুর্গন্ধ ছড়ানাে, যা cry শব্দের সাথে অসংগতিপূর্ণ।
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33. The phrase 'out and out means__

a. thoroughly
b. not at all
c. at the end
d. always

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Answer: a. thoroughly

Explanation:
Out and out- অর্থ সম্পূর্ণরূপে যার সমার্থক শব্দ thoroughly (সম্পূর্ণরূপে)। Not at all- মােটেই না, at the end- অবশেষে, alaways- সর্বদা।
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34. People from all walks of life all ended the meaning. The underlined words is a/an__

a. adjective
b. verb
c. adverb
d. noun

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Answer: d. noun

Explanation:
Determiner (all)-এর পর এবং preposition (of) এর পূর্বে noun বসে। সেই অর্থে প্রশ্লোক্ত বাক্যে walks শব্দটি noun হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হয়েছে।
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35. The word 'solar' is related to

a. earth
b. noon
c. star
d. sun

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Answer and explanation

Answer: d. sun

Explanation:
Solar (সৌর বা সূর্যসংক্রান্ত) শব্দটি sun (সূর্য) এর সাথে সম্পর্কিত।
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