Practice test

Wbcs preliminary 2016 ( 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

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

    People responded to the leader's speech with shouts of ecstasy.
    1. Despondency
    2. Despair
    3. Disagreement
    4. Displeasure
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  2. Question 2

    Put in a correct participle in the blank space.

    The sea __________, we went for sail.
    1. being rough
    2. disturbed
    3. being kind
    4. being smooth
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  3. Question 3

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

    Quintessential
    1. Most typical example
    2. Most wanted thing
    3. Most popular
    4. Most utilized
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  4. Question 4

    In a moment of hurry, the files have been by Hamilton. (Insert correct phrasal verb)
    1. cast about
    2. cast out
    3. cast up
    4. cast aside
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  5. Question 5

    Insert proper preposition in the sentence.

    I prevailed _______ him to join our group.
    1. on
    2. upon
    3. beside
    4. along with
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  6. Question 6

    Select the correct meaning of the idiom underline below:

    There's no love lost between them.
    1. A void
    2. Not on good terms
    3. Challenge
    4. Quarrel
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  7. Question 7

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

    The appearance of the stranger was forbidding.
    1. Warm
    2. Kind
    3. Friendly
    4. Amiable
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  8. Question 8

    Select the correct meaning of the idiom underline below:

    The belief witchcraft is losing ground.
    1. Becomning less acceptable
    2. Becoming popular
    3. Becoming powerful
    4. Losing principle
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  9. Question 9

    'Surprise' may be expressed by the following interjection:
    1. Hush!
    2. Alas!
    3. Ha!
    4. Bravo!
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  10. Question 10

    An ophthalmologist deals with
    1. Kidney
    2. Liver
    3. Eyes
    4. Heart
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  11. Question 11

    Memorabilia refers to
    1. memorable things.
    2. memories of war.
    3. memories of object collected because of their links with people or events.
    4. memories of the past
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  12. Question 12

    Choose an expression similar in meaning to the word underline below:

    Imbroglio
    1. Cacophony
    2. Confession
    3. A confused situation
    4. Candid admission
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  13. Question 13

    Fill in the blank with the correct word or expression:

    He talked to his horse __________ the horse could understand his grief.
    1. as though
    2. with a feeling that
    3. feeling that
    4. assuming
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  14. Question 14

    Choose an expression similar in meaning to the underline word.

    A misanthrope is a person who
    1. dislikes women
    2. dislikes other people
    3. dislikes children
    4. dislikes Nature
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  15. Question 15

    Use suitable auxiliary verb to fill in the blank space:

    She _________ sit for hours listening to the wireless.
    1. will
    2. would
    3. can
    4. could
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  16. Question 16

    Fill in the blank with an infinitive:

    __________ is worth ambition.
    1. To borrow
    2. To reign
    3. To repent
    4. To cry
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  17. Question 17

    Fill in the blank with relative pronoun.

    He is here, __________ is fortunate.
    1. who
    2. whose
    3. which
    4. that
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  18. Question 18

    Edmund Burke had a wonderful gift of the gab.

    Gift of the gab means:
    1. Intelligence
    2. Humanity
    3. Eloquence
    4. Goodness
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  19. Question 19

    'Mellifluous' means:
    1. Sweet-sounding
    2. Cacophonic
    3. Loud
    4. Irritating
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  20. Question 20

    Fill in the blank with appropriate participle.

    The ________ door awakened the dog.
    1. creaking
    2. old
    3. new
    4. waving
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  21. Question 21

    The expression 'to take stock of' means:
    1. To question
    2. To argue
    3. To survey
    4. To manipulate
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  22. Question 22

    Fill in the blank with an appropriate preposition.

    The crew were _________ the ship for a month.
    1. on board
    2. aboard
    3. on
    4. off
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  23. Question 23

    Fill in the blank with an appropriate participle.

    Weather _________, there will be a garden party at Government House tomorrow.
    1. allowing
    2. permitting
    3. happening
    4. favourable
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  24. Question 24

    Fill in the blank with a suitable word.

    This is the _________ Post Office to my house.
    1. farthest
    2. next
    3. nearest
    4. closest
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  25. Question 25

    Fill in the blank with a suitable word.

    I can't walk any _________.
    1. farther
    2. further
    3. distance
    4. far
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