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Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10251

When a character speaks his thoughts aloud it is called__

A: aside
B: negative capability
C: monody
D: soliloquy
Assistant Director of Anti-Corruption Commission #10252

"He managed to persuade her to go. " If you rewrote the sentence beginning with "He succeeded" what should the next words in the sentence be?

A: to persuade her to go
B: in persuasion of her to go
C: in persuading her to go
D: to convince her to go
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10253

Khadija prefers mutton __ beef.

A: of
B: on
C: to
D: by
Assistant Director of Anti-Corruption Commission #10254

" It was difficult for us to find your address." If you rewrote the sentence beginning with " We had" what should the next words in the sentence be?

A: difficulty to fined your address
B: difficulty for us to find your address
C: difficulty in finding your address
D: to find your address in difficulty
Assistant Director of Anti-Corruption Commission #10255

"In some months of the year, insects are real nuisance, especially mosquitoes". which correction should be made to this sentence?

A: replace "in" with "at"
B: insert "the" before "mosquitoes"
C: remove "comma" after "year"
D: change "are" to "is"
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10256

When something is out of its time is called __

A: anacreontic
B: anachronism
C: analogous
D: anagram
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10257

If we want concrete proof, we are looking for__

A: clear evidence
B: building material
C: a cement mixer
D: someting to cover path
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10258

The antonym of bondage is __

A: liberty
B: thraldom
C: enslavement
D: serfdom
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Assistant Director of Anti-Corruption Commission #10259

It was "she not me" who put forth the attractive preposition.

A: she, not I ,
B: her, not me,
C: her, not I,
D: she, but me,
Assistant Director of Anti-Corruption Commission #10260

"The prize competition was "touted"as a showcase for new technology, but instead the competition was marred by disqualifications and disputes." The underlined word can be best substituted with which of the following words?

A: conceived
B: heralded
C: disappointing
D: promising
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10261

Determine the subjunctive mood__

A: Napoleon died at St. Helena
B: Take care of your health
C: If we started now we would be in time
D: The child is alive
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10262

The meaning 'First language' is __

A: Improtant
B: Main
C: Natural
D: Official
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10263

I don't know what she is talking __

A: for
B: with
C: on
D: about
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10264

which one is the wrong sentence?

A: Part of Holland are under sea level
B: Look in the cupboard under the sink
C: I think the cat's under the bed
D: The whole village is under water
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10265

Monotheism means__

A: monolithic
B: belief in a single god
C: belief in a gaint -like god
D: belief in a single - headed god
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10266

Freedom is not a __ but our birth right.

A: illusion
B: sin
C: gift
D: presentation
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10267

You were __ make such a silly mistake.

A: too follish to
B: too intelligent to
C: too rash to
D: too wise to
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10268

'To come out' means __

A: to become visible
B: to walk into the stage
C: to moves to wards the land
D: to return to one's normal state
Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd #10269

Select the option that best expresses the meaning of the Underlined Word/Phrase. He always "to make hay while the sun shines".

A: To make a good harvest
B: To make a good use of the solar energy
C: To use all available techniques to fight
D: To make a good use of the opportunity
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Government Job and Other Recruitment Exams #10270

'Habitual fact' is expressed is __

A: All the tense
B: Present indefinite tense only
C: past indefinite tense only
D: Future indefinite tense only
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10271

Proforma means _

A: in favour of a form
B: like a form
C: format of a book
D: standard document
Primary School Assistant Teacher Recruitment Examination #10272

Diamond cuts Diamonds - এর অনুবাদ কোনটি?

ক: সঙ্গ দেখে লোক চেনা যায়
খ: সত্‍সঙ্গে সঙ্গে স্বর্গবাস
গ: সঙ্গদোষে নষ্ট
ঘ: মানিকে মানিক চেনে
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10273

The synonym of 'nap' is

A: waking
B: soothe
C: suppress
D: slumber
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Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10274

Metamorphosis means __

A: metaphorical
B: imaginative description
C: a kind o metal work
D: process of complete change into something different
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10275

she is a " beautiful " lady.The underlined word is __

A: Adverb
B: Conjunction
C: Noun
D: Adjective
Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd #10276

Select the option that best expresses the meaning of the Underlined Word/Phrase. Prices of essential goods are rising "by leaps and bounds".

A: Slowly
B: At a rate less than inflation
C: Quickly
D: Every month
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Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10277

'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever' quotation from Keat's __

A: The Eve of St. Agnes
B: Ode on a Grecian
C: Endymion
D: Ode to West Wind
Government Job and Other Recruitment Exams #10278

The past participle of tear is __

A: teared
B: tore
C: tored
D: torn
Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd #10279

Select the option that best expresses the meaning of the Underlined Word/Phrase. He has gone to the United States Of America "for good".

A: For higher study
B: Forever
C: For traveling
D: In search of fortune
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Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10280

Which is the correct active form ?

A: It is time to shut the up shop
B: It is time to shop the shut up
C: It is the shop time to shut up
D: It is time to shut up the shop
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10281

which one is a 'conversion ' of a simple sentence into complex?

A: To his eternal disgrace, the betrayed his country
B: He must work very hard and make up for the lost time
C: He confessed that he was guilty
D: We must eat,or we cannot live
Government Job and Other Recruitment Exams #10282

The past participle of beat is __

A: beat
B: bit
C: bitten
D: beaten
Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd #10283

Select the option that best expresses the meaning of the Underlined Word/Phrase. Many teenagers are "going to the dogs" because of excessive use of social networking sites in the intrnet.

A: Getting spoiled
B: Preferring dogs as pets
C: Making new friends
D: playing Farm Ville
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Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd #10284

Select the option that best expresses the meaning of the Underlined Word/Phrase. Though his answer was "a shot in the dark", it was a correct one.

A: Guessed one
B: Clever one
C: Informed one
D: Quick one
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Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10285

The verb 'comment' takes the preposition ___ after it.

A: with
B: of
C: by
D: on
Ministry of Home Affairs Jail Overseer Exam Date: 26. 08. 2005 #10286

The verb 'associate' takes the preposition __ after it.

A: about
B: in
C: upon
D: with
Assistant Director (Mass Communication Training) #10287

Select the right form of the verb in the sentence. We often ______ a victim of circumstances.

A: fallen
B: felt
C: did fall
D: fall
Assistant Information Officer Examination Date: 18.09.2005 #10288

Where do you put___?

A: On
B: it
C: out
D: up
Assistant Information Officer Examination Date: 18.09.2005 #10289

Starvation Started us ___ the face.

A: In
B: On
C: at
D: of
Assistant Information Officer Examination Date: 18.09.2005 #10290

Hold water Means____

A: Keep water
B: Drink water
C: Bear examination
D: Store water
Assistant Information Officer Examination Date: 18.09.2005 #10291

He is deaf____my request.

A: of
B: on
C: to
D: from
Government Job and Other Recruitment Exams #10292

The main purpose of the passage is to____

A: frighten people
B: draw attention to health
C: remain people of death
D: make life easy
Government Job and Other Recruitment Exams #10293

The meaning of word 'morbidity' is_____

A: Chearfulness
B: melancholy
C: joyful
D: happiness
Assistant Information Officer Examination Date: 18.09.2005 #10294

Actual meaning of the word 'principal' is ___

A: Standard
B: forceful
C: formative
D: foremost
Government Job and Other Recruitment Exams #10295

Which phrase contains words opposed to each other in meaning?

A: hopes and aspirations
B: heat and warmth
C: reproduction and death
D: bullets and bayonets
District Election Officer and Assistant Secretary in Election Commission Secretariat #10296

Which is the correct sentence ?

A: Let he and I go
B: Let I and he go
C: Let me and he go
D: Let him and me go
39th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Health Cadre) #10297

when we want to mean a government by the richest class we use the term __

A: Oligarchy
B: Plutocracy
C: Cryptocracy
D: Aristocracy
District Election Officer and Assistant Secretary in Election Commission Secretariat #10298

Fill in the blanks. The sun ----- set, we reached home.

A: had
B: having
C: has
D: was
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39th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Health Cadre) #10299

Love for the whole world is called __

A: philanthropy
B: misogyny
C: benevolence
D: misanthropy
39th (Special) BCS Preliminary Test (Health Cadre) #10300

The word ' culinary ' is related to

A: printing
B: cooking
C: dress
D: musical instruments