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Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation #351

Select the word/phrase that is/are closest in meaning to the word(s) quotation. Mr. Rahim 'deals in' diamonds.

A: do business
B: costly
C: amuggling
D: understands
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Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation #352

Select the word/phrase that is/are closest in meaning to the word(s) quotation. A taxi 'ran into' the back of a bus.

A: caught up
B: passed
C: met
D: collided
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Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation #353

Select the word/phrase that is/are closest in meaning to the word(s) quotation. The manager 'looked into' the matter.

A: take decision
B: ivestigate
C: neglect
D: ignore
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Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation #354

Select the word/phrase that is/are closest in meaning to the word(s) quotation. As this is his first job, he will have to 'put up with' the inconvenience.

A: endure
B: adapt
C: overcome
D: avoid
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Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank #355

কোনটি জোড়া শব্দ গঠনে সহায়তা করে?

ক: উপসর্গ ও অনুসর্গ
খ: প্রত্যয় ও অব্যয়
গ: কারক ও বিভক্তি
ঘ: সন্ধি ও সমাস
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Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank #356

Select the option that best match the quoted phrase : Feeling "irritable" may be a side effect of too much medication.

A: Drowsy
B: Grouchy
C: Silly
D: Dizzy
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Janata Bank Ltd #357

Choose the one which best replaces the highlighted phrase : How religious intolerance can blight social peace and harmony can be gauged from events 'take place around' the globe.

A: taken place over
B: took place around
C: taking place around
D: taken place in
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Janata Bank Ltd #358

Choose the one which best replaces the highlighted phrase : How can one mobilize support from colleagues without 'being cordially' to them ?

A: being cordially for
B: been cordially to
C: cordially being to
D: being cordial to
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Janata Bank Ltd #359

Choose the one which best replaces the highlighted phrase : For every citizen it is mandatory to help the civic administration for 'keep up the city clean'.

A: for upkeep clean the city
B: for clean and keep the city
C: to keep the city clean
D: for keeping of the city cleanliness
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Janata Bank Ltd #360

Choose the one which best replaces the highlighted phrase : He failed in his attempt to disperse the mob before the miscreants 'sets the fire on the bus'.

A: setting fire on the bus
B: set the bus on fire
C: set fire on the bus
D: set the fire on to the bus
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Janata Bank Ltd #361

Choose the one which best replaces the highlighted phrase : The two brothers were 'so much similar in' appearance that nobody believed that they were twins.

A: very much similar in
B: so much similar at
C: so different from
D: so different in
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Janata Bank Ltd #362

The meaning of the phrase, 'to smell a rat' is :

A: To see signs of plague epidemic
B: To get bad smell of a dead rat
C: To suspect foul dealing
D: To be in a bad mood
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Uttara Bank Ltd #363

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
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Uttara Bank Ltd #364

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
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Uttara Bank Ltd #365

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

A: pedigreed
B: crossbred
C: hackneyed
D: unusual
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Uttara Bank Ltd #366

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
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Uttara Bank Ltd #367

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

A: lacking
B: stupid
C: evasive
D: hopeless
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Agrani Bank Ltd #368

The underlined phrase in the sentence 'swimming in the river' is hard. is a/an -

A: verb
B: adjective
C: adverb
D: noun
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Southeast Bank Ltd #369

The idiomatic phrase 'cash cow' means :

A: a cow bought on cash payment
B: a source of steady profit
C: a cow that can be readily encashed
D: a source of intermittent gain
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City Bank Ltd #370

Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. We have to enact strict laws to protect 'migratory' birds from hunters.

A: mobile
B: native
C: temporary
D: nomad
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City Bank Ltd #371

Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. Most of the participants did not expect the victory of 'a dark horse' like him.

A: a mischievous person
B: a strong person
C: an unknown person
D: an illiterate
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City Bank Ltd #372

Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. The manager 'looked into' the matter.

A: Take decision
B: Investigate
C: Neglect
D: Taking care
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City Bank Ltd #373

Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. As this is his first job, he will have to 'put up with' the inconvenience.

A: endure
B: adapt
C: overcome
D: avoid
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City Bank Ltd #374

Select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/words quotation. Mr. Akask 'deals in ' pearls.

A: Do business
B: Costly
C: Smuggling
D: Understands
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #375

Select the word or phrase that is most closely opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: DISCORDANT

A: harsh
B: different
C: harmonious
D: separate
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #376

Select the word or phrase that is most closely opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: PROFOUND

A: superficial
B: obscure
C: intense
D: hidden
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #377

Select the word or phrase that is most closely opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: PUNCTILIOUS

A: former
B: careless
C: observant
D: moderate
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #378

Select the word or phrase that is most closely opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: MOISTURE

A: Dryness
B: delicate
C: dampness
D: defect
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Mercantile Bank Ltd #379

Select the word or phrase that is most closely opposite in meaning to the capitalized word: APPLAUD

A: request
B: criticise
C: pray
D: flatter
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Sonali Bank Ltd #380

The phrase 'Get the axe' means :

A: Buy an axe
B: Attack someone
C: cut off relationsip
D: lose the job
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Exim Bank Ltd #381

Find out the meaning of the following idioms/phrases. 'Black Sheep'

A: Illiterate person
B: Sheep black in color
C: Person of bad character
D: All of a, b, c
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Exim Bank Ltd #382

Find out the meaning of the following idioms/phrases. 'Now and then'

A: Always
B: In future
C: Regularly
D: Rarely
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Exim Bank Ltd #383

Find out the meaning of the following idioms/phrases. 'Weal and Woe'

A: Joy and sorrow
B: Out and out
C: To and fro
D: Kith and kin
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Exim Bank Ltd #384

Find out the meaning of the following idioms/phrases. 'Hard and Fast'

A: Quick
B: Solid
C: Rigid
D: Difficult
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Exim Bank Ltd #385

Find out the meaning of the following idioms/phrases. 'At Large'

A: Vast
B: Disorder
C: Often
D: Free
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Trust Bank Ltd #386

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. GIST :

A: artificial manner
B: trivial point
C: informal procedure
D: eccentric method
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Trust Bank Ltd #387

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. EMIT :

A: Absord
B: demand
C: mistake
D: prevent
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Trust Bank Ltd #388

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. ALLY :

A: mediator
B: felon
C: adversary
D: inventor
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Trust Bank Ltd #389

You are to choose the 'one' word or phrase that 'best keep the meaning' of the original sentence, if it is substituted for the quotation word or phrase. Floors and walls must be specially constructed to make a building 'soundproof.'

A: solid and sturdy
B: officially complete
C: impermeable to noise
D: architecturally attractive
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Trust Bank Ltd #390

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. TRACTABILITY :

A: infertility
B: implausibility
C: incorrigibility
D: impenetrability
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Trust Bank Ltd #391

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters. REPULSION :

A: combination
B: elongation
C: attraction
D: oscillation
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Bank Asia Ltd #392

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. ------for elementary grade students to sit still for extended periods of time.

A: Why it is difficult
B: that it is difficult
C: It is difficult
D: Difficulty
Trust Bank Ltd #393

You are to choose the 'one' word or phrase that 'best keep the meaning' of the original sentence, if it is substituted for the quotation word or phrase. In mathematics the term solid describes a geometic 'figure' with three dimensions.

A: angle
B: shape
C: triangle
D: equation
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Bank Asia Ltd #394

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Because their instructors are highly trained professionals, -----many efforts at innovative teaching within community colleges.

A: there
B: there are
C: that there are
D: and are
Trust Bank Ltd #395

You are to choose the 'one' word or phrase that 'best keep the meaning' of the original sentence, if it is substituted for the quotation word or phrase. After years of research Charless Drew devised procedure preserving plasma.

A: transporting
B: saving
C: reusing
D: labeling
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Bank Asia Ltd #396

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. If everybody liked the same kind of tea, ----only one kind of tea.

A: that
B: it would
C: there would be
D: would be
Bank Asia Ltd #397

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. A good college history textbook includes ----about history.

A: every student knowing
B: should every student know
C: in that every student should know
D: what every student should know
Bank Asia Ltd #398

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. Before paper was invented, people wrote on ---could lay their hands on : silk, palm, leaves or clay tablets.

A: which they
B: what
C: whatever
D: whatever they
Premier Bank Ltd #399

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite is meaning to word in capital letters. ANIMOSITY

A: Hostility
B: Antagonison
C: Harmony
D: Spurious
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Premier Bank Ltd #400

Choose the lettered word or phrase that is most nearly opposite is meaning to word in capital letters. BONA FIDE

A: Genuine
B: Counterfeit
C: Honest
D: Gallant
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