Practice test

Wbcs preliminary 2015 ( ইংলিশ ) sectional test 01 - Test Set 1

Review 25 exam-focused questions with detailed explanations, then start the interactive test when you are ready.

25 questions

Questions and explanations

  1. Question 1

    Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below:

    The singer was not in voice.
    1. Lost voice
    2. To sing well
    3. Had a caugh
    4. Sang well
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  2. Question 2

    Fill in the blank with the correct word:

    __________ his illness, he attended the function.
    1. Inspite
    2. Due
    3. As of
    4. Despite
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  3. Question 3

    Fill in the blank with the correct word:

    The stream was _________ by the waterfall.
    1. Fed
    2. Fed up
    3. Filled
    4. Fulled
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  4. Question 4

    Fill in the blank with the correct word:

    A _______ Star was seen in the sky.
    1. Strengthening
    2. Shooting
    3. Shunting
    4. Staring
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  5. Question 5

    'Puts one in mind' means
    1. Resolved
    2. Decided
    3. Reminds
    4. Received
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  6. Question 6

    'Book' may be used with
    1. Trousers
    2. Insects
    3. Ticket
    4. Painting
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  7. Question 7

    Choose the correct meaning of the word from the alterenatives given below:

    Genre
    1. A grand tour
    2. A specific category
    3. A chauffeur
    4. A long List
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  8. Question 8

    Put in a correct Participle in the blank space

    Mary ____________ we were freed from anxiety.
    1. Having arrived
    2. Rolling
    3. Tattered
    4. Being arrived
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  9. Question 9

    Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underline below:

    The crowd felt stupefied by the lecture.
    1. Engulfed
    2. Entertained
    3. Enthused
    4. Encouraged
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  10. Question 10

    Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word underline below:

    The silence of the children was sinister.
    1. Catnap
    2. Cacophony
    3. Coarse
    4. Cruelty
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  11. Question 11

    'Hand and glove' means
    1. Arrogance
    2. Enemy
    3. Maintain a distance
    4. Intimate terms
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  12. Question 12

    Use suitable auxiliary verb to fill in the blank space:

    Mother says you __________ to go to the market at once.
    1. Have
    2. Are
    3. Shall
    4. Will
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  13. Question 13

    Fill in the space with an Infinitive:

    _______ ________ fault is easy.
    1. to begin
    2. to bury
    3. to read
    4. to find
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  14. Question 14

    There was a ________ on the midnight train (Insert correct phrasal verb)
    1. Hold up
    2. Hold on
    3. Hold
    4. Hold out
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  15. Question 15

    Insert correct adverb phrase in the blank space:

    Do this in a short time, in a _________ manner.
    1. Former
    2. Swift
    3. Brave
    4. Unwise
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  16. Question 16

    Insert proper proposition in the sentence:

    He hinted _________ some loss treasure.
    1. of
    2. for
    3. with
    4. at
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  17. Question 17

    Fill in the blank with the correct word:

    You had better ________ permission.
    1. Want
    2. Ask
    3. Call
    4. Order
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  18. Question 18

    Fill in with relative pronoun the blank space below:

    Who _________ saw her did not pity her?
    1. What
    2. Which
    3. That
    4. Such
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  19. Question 19

    Fill in with relative pronoun the blank space below:

    The sun, __________ rays give life to the earth, was regarded by the ancients as a god.
    1. That
    2. Whose
    3. Which
    4. Whom
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  20. Question 20

    Select the correct meaning of the idiom underlined below:

    No one dare call in question his honesty.
    1. Honesty of purpose
    2. Test
    3. Flatter
    4. Challange
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  21. Question 21

    'Approval' may be expressed by the following Interjection:
    1. Ha !
    2. Hush !
    3. Bravo !
    4. Hurrah !
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  22. Question 22

    A person on the verge of death of an illness is:
    1. Seriously ill
    2. Terminally ill
    3. Sporadically ill
    4. None of the above
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  23. Question 23

    An endocrinologist deals with:
    1. Teeth
    2. Glands
    3. Epidemics
    4. Heart
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  24. Question 24

    A stoic person can:
    1. Entice
    2. Endure
    3. Excite
    4. Enable
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  25. Question 25

    Insert proper preposition in the sentence:

    Here is the watch _________ you asked _______.
    1. which, for
    2. that, for
    3. for, from
    4. this, for
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