English MCQs

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United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) #5751

Choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/proverb. To take a leap in the drak----

A: To take risk
B: To hazard one self
C: To do a task secretly
D: To do a hazardous thing without any idea of the result
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5752

What is the meaning of the quotation word in the following sentence : What is the meaning of the word "Craft"?

A: Skill
B: Mural
C: Fabeic
D: Sketch
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5753

What is the meaning of the quotation word in the following sentence : What is the correct meaning of the phrase "sine die"?

A: uncertain
B: unknown
C: fixed
D: changing
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5754

What is the meaning of the quotation word in the following sentence : "Assertive" people are generally more decisive.

A: Docile
B: Articulate
C: Confident
D: Intelligent
Pubali Bank Ltd #5755

Meaning of "Sidre" is -

A: Flood
B: Cyclone
C: Eye
D: Mouth
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5756

What is the meaning of the quotation word in the following sentence : The King rules his subjects "with a high hand".

A: Courageously
B: Sympathetically
C: Harshly
D: Oppressively
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5757

Select the appropriate word having meaning close to the word quotation in each sentence. The meeting has been "postponed" till the next Saturday

A: Put off
B: Put out
C: Put down
D: Put by
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5758

What is the meaning of the quotation word in the following sentence : What is the correct meaning of the idiom of the 'a bed of roses'?

A: an easy comfortable situation
B: a newly laid garden of roses
C: a beautiful object to remember
D: a unique and colorful situation
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5759

Fill in the blanks : We need to protect ------from pollution.

A: environment
B: some environment
C: whole environment
D: the environment
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5760

Select the appropriate word having meaning close to the word quotation in each sentence. He "hardly" knows the basic English Grammar.

A: only
B: cleverly
C: scarcely
D: with dificulty
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5761

Fill in the blanks : It is quite unfortunate that he is still under the ----- that others are sympathizing with him.

A: allusion
B: delusion
C: belief
D: illusion
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5762

Fill in the blanks : ----all the students, Karim is the best.

A: Among
B: Between
C: With
D: Of
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5763

Select the appropriate word having meaning close to the word quotation in each sentence. The cash officer "Misappropriated" the bank's fund.

A: lost
B: wrongly calculated
C: put in the wrong place
D: took for his personal use
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5764

Fill in the blanks : Which -----your favorite novelists?

A: is
B: are
C: will
D: was
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5765

Select the appropriate word having meaning close to the word quotation in each sentence. He "Pretended" it was his car.

A: claimed
B: denied
C: insisted
D: said falsely
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5766

Fill in the blanks : '----- man for himself!' That is the way of the world.

A: Each
B: Every
C: A
D: One
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5767

Fill in the blanks : He readily complied -----my request.

A: with
B: to
C: on
D: for
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5768

Select the appropriate word having meaning close to the word quotation in each sentence. The accused was "discharged" at the end of the trial.

A: put on probation
B: allowed to go free
C: sent home
D: dismissed from his job
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5769

Fill in the blanks : I suppose you would give me the details of the story. -----you don't even speak a word.

A: Besides
B: On the other hand
C: On the contrary
D: Moreover
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5770

Fill in the blanks : No, he is not here. He just -----out.

A: goes
B: went
C: has gone
D: gone
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5771

The study or activity of growing garden plants ----

A: Agriculture
B: Apiculture
C: Horticulture
D: Viniculture
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5772

Very confident in behaviour, or intended to de noticed, especially by being brightly coloured -----

A: Flamboyant
B: Charlatan
C: exhibitionist
D: Novice
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5773

Someone who enjoys or is good at talking with people ----

A: Loudmouth
B: Commentator
C: Conversationalist
D: Orator
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5774

Finding the Alien one from a list of words.

A: Honor
B: Commemorate
C: Observe
D: Delicate
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5775

Someone who attempts to be united with God through prayer -----

A: Pious
B: Saint
C: Honorary
D: Mystic
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5776

The tailoring of globally produced products to make them suitable to local tastes and needs ----

A: Globalization
B: Glocalization
C: Commoditization
D: Localization
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #5777

Find out which word part of the following sentences has an error : The psychological school of behaviorism it was founded by J.B. Watson.

A: The
B: of
C: it
D: founded
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5778

Choose the correct sentence quotation part : Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine, rabies almost always kills "its victims unless inoculated" in the earliest stages of the disease.

A: its victims unless inoculated
B: its victims unless inoculation is done
C: its victims unless they are inoculated
D: the victims unless inoculated
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #5779

Find out which word part of the following sentences has an error : Human being who live longer than one hundred years are a rare.

A: who
B: longer
C: are
D: rare
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #5780

The thieves knew precisely ---------- the collection of priceless jewels was hidden.

A: where
B: then
C: who
D: what
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #5781

Find out which word part of the following sentences has an error : Small animals can survival the desert heat by finding shade during the daytime.

A: survival
B: by finding
C: during
D: daytime
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #5782

Choose the word that best completes the sentence : Noise pollution generally receives less attention than ----- air pollution.

A: does
B: it does
C: over
D: it does over
Dhaka Bank Ltd #5783

Select the quotation word or phrases that needs correction. Volunteers have started "distribution" masks "at" airports "because" of fear "of" SARS.

A: distribution
B: at
C: because
D: of
Dhaka Bank Ltd #5784

Select the quotation word or phrases that needs correction. Please "go over" the instructions "carefully" so that you "can" avoid "to make" mistakes.

A: go over
B: carefully
C: can
D: to make
Dhaka Bank Ltd #5785

Select the quotation word or phrases that needs correction. The farmer "planting" "his" crops "when" the weather "is suitable" for cultivation.

A: planting
B: his
C: when
D: is suitable
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5786

Sentence Correction: Choose the answer that should replace the quotation part. The psychologist William James believed that facial expressions not only provide a visible sign of an "emotion, actually contributing to the feeling itself."

A: emotion, actually also is contributing to the feeling itself
B: emotion but also actually contributing to the feeling itself
C: emotion but also actually contribute to the feeling itself
D: emotion, they also actually contribute to the feeling of it
Dhaka Bank Ltd #5787

Select the quotation word or phrases that needs correction. The "shortest" distance "between" "any" two points "are" a straight line.

A: shortest
B: between
C: any
D: are
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5788

Sentence Correction: Choose the answer that should replace the quotation part. Of all the possible disasters that threaten our agriculture, the possibility of an adverse change in climate "is may be the more difficult for analysis."

A: is may be the more difficult to analysis
B: is probably the most difficult to analyze
C: is may be the more difficult for analysis
D: is probably the more difficult to analyze
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5789

Sentence Correction: Choose the answer that should replace the quotation part. "When one eats in this restaurant, you often find" that the prices are high.

A: When one eats in this restaurant, you often find
B: When you eat in this restaurant, one often finds
C: When you eat in this restaurant, one often find
D: If you eat in this restaurant, you often find
Dhaka Bank Ltd #5790

Select the quotation word or phrases that needs correction. "Too many" managers "at" a meeting "creates" "an" indecision.

A: Too many
B: at
C: creates
D: an
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5791

Sentence Correction: Choose the answer that should replace the quotation part. In addition to having more protein than wheat does, "the protein in rice is higher quality than that in" wheat, with more of the amino acids essential to the human diet.

A: the protein in rice is of higher quality than that of
B: rice has protein of higher quality than that in
C: the protein in rice is higher in quality than it is in
D: rice protein in rice is higher in quality than it is in
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5792

Sentence Correction: Choose the answer that should replace the quotation part. Delighted by the reported earnings for the first quarter of the fiscal year, "it was decided by the company manager to give her staff a raise."

A: it was decided by the company manager to give a raise to her staff
B: the decided of the company manager was to give her staff a raise
C: the company manager decided to give her staff a raise
D: the staff was given a raise by the company manager
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5793

Choose the most appropriate replacement from the options given for the quotation word/words of the following sentences. He quickly "looked" at his watch.

A: searched
B: reached
C: glanced
D: sobbed
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5794

Choose the most appropriate replacement from the options given for the quotation word/words of the following sentences. The opposite meaning of APOSTATE is

A: laggard
B: loyalist
C: martinet
D: predecessor
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5795

Choose the most appropriate replacement from the options given for the quotation word/words of the following sentences. The waiter "put" mango juice into my glass.

A: filled
B: poured
C: reached
D: threw
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #5796

In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence : His 'craven' behavior makes him an object of mockery.

A: indecent
B: cowardly
C: mean
D: silly
Dhaka Bank Ltd #5797

Synonyms : Select a word having similar meaning. IMPERSONATE

A: paste
B: copy
C: help
D: bold
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #5798

Choose the most appropriate replacement from the options given for the quotation word/words of the following sentences. When her dog died, she "cried" very hard for half an hour.

A: yelled
B: screamed
C: sobbed
D: raced
Mercantile Bank Ltd #5799

Choose the most appropriate replacement from the options given for the quotation word/words of the following sentences. The similar meaning of CHASTE is

A: Loyal
B: Timid
C: Curt
D: Pure
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #5800

In each of the following questions, out of the given alternatives, choose the one which best expresses the meaning of the italicized bold part of the sentence : During negotiations, the Managing Director remained 'obdurate'.

A: adamant
B: tough
C: co-operative
D: flexible