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MCQ
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What is the synonym of 'Authoritarian'?
Autocratic
Democratic
Elderly
Potential
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552
MCQ
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'The Merchant of Venice' is a Shakespearean play about —
A Jew
A Moor
A Roman
A Merchant
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553
MCQ
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Who wrote the picaresque novel 'Tom Jones'?
Henry Fielding
Samuel Richardson
Tobias Smollett
Laurence Sterne
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554
MCQ
General
What is the antonym of 'Venerate'?
Respect
Love
Condemn
Admire
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555
MCQ
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'Giving someone the cold shoulder' means —
To satisfy someone
To ignore someone
To help someone
To punish someone
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556
MCQ
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Choose the appropriate preposition: 'I have no control ___ him.'
with
over
on
at
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557
MCQ
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'To win a prize is my ambition.' The underlined part (To win a prize) is a/an —
Noun phrase
Adjective phrase
Adverbial phrase
Prepositional phrase
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558
MCQ
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Who wrote the play 'She Stoops to Conquer'?
Edmund Burke
Oliver Goldsmith
Samuel Johnson
Richard Sheridan
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559
MCQ
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A speech full of too many words is —
A verbose speech
A maiden speech
A big speech
An eloquent speech
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560
MCQ
General
Choose the correct preposition:
'He is devoid ___ common sense.'
from
of
at
with
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561
MCQ
General
Who is the author of 'The Origin of Species'?
Charles Darwin
Lamarck
Mendel
Aristotle
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562
MCQ
General
Which of the following is the correct spelling?
Bureaucracy
Bueraucracy
Bureaucracy
Beuracracy
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563
MCQ
General
'A speech full of too many words' is —
A big speech
A maiden speech
A verbose speech
An eloquent speech
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564
MCQ
General
'The Diamond Necklace' was written by —
Guy de Maupassant
Leo Tolstoy
Anton Chekhov
O' Henry
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565
MCQ
General
The word 'Substantial' means —
Significant
Efficient
Exorbitant
Adaptive
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566
MCQ
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Who wrote the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
Daniel Defoe
Jonathan Swift
Samuel Richardson
Henry Fielding
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567
MCQ
General
What is the synonym of the word 'Compete'?
Concede
Compromise
Contest
Collaborate
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568
MCQ
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'Moby Dick', a novel, was written by —
Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Mark Twain
Ernest Hemingway
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569
MCQ
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Choose the word or phrase which is nearest in meaning to the word 'Acronym'
similar meaning
word formed from an abbreviation
poem of sorrow
pen name used by an author
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570
MCQ
General
'Write' and 'right' are-
Synonymous
Homonymous
Homophonous
Syntactic
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571
MCQ
General
Choose the best answer, NASA is.....
an acronym
an initialism
an antonym
an abbreviation
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572
MCQ
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Assonance refers to the repetition of similar vowel sounds.
the flash of a hand
burning broom
cawing crow
buzzing bell
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573
MCQ
General
'There is no one so poor as a wealthy miser.' This is an example of-
paradox
synecdoche
consonance
caesura
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574
MCQ
General
Which one is a Metaphor?
He is the star of the family.
He is as good as his brother.
She sang like a cuckoo.
The boy takes after his father.
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575
MCQ
General
Man proposes, God disposes.
Oxymoron
Antithesis
Pun
Irony
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576
MCQ
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If a part of a speech or writing breaks the theme, it is called-
pomposity
digression
exaggeration
anti-climax
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577
MCQ
General
'The Bench found him guilty' Here 'Bench' is-
Synecdoche
Metonymy
Simile
Metaphor
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578
MCQ
General
The sentence 'Who would have thought Shylock was so unkind '?
hyperbole
interrogation
command
wonder
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579
MCQ
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Apparently contradictory words appearing in conjunction is called-
hyperbole
paradox
oxymoron
antithesis
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580
MCQ
General
Kicking the bucket is a humorous......for dying.
dictum
incantation
euphemism
addendum
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581
MCQ
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I raised my head at the rustling of the leaves. 'Rustling' is an example of -
Homophone
Rhyme
Metonymy
Onomatopoeia
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582
MCQ
General
'Time waits for none' is an example of-
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Personification
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583
MCQ
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The word 'Paradoxical' refers to-
similar
consistent
opposite
contradicts
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584
MCQ
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A graphic novel is a novel in the form of-
a poem
a comic strip
a audiop clip
a video clip
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585
MCQ
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Metaphor, simile, synecdoche, personification, hyperbole and pun are types of:
ornamental language
figurative language
literal language
fictional language
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586
MCQ
General
'An Austrian army awfully arrayed' is an example of-
alliteration
assonance
reiteration
consonance
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587
MCQ
General
'Mina's lovely voice was music to our ears' is an example of-
metaphor
metonym
simile
symbol
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588
MCQ
General
'The child shows the man, as morning shows the day'- here the sentence contains-
Personification
Hyperbole
Simile
Allegory
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589
MCQ
General
. Which work is associated with Ben Jonson
The Sun Rising
Volpone
The Duchess of Malfi
) To His Coy Mistress
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590
MCQ
General
০৩. Who of the following is called the ‘Poet of the poets’?
Edmund Spenser
John Milton
Geoffrey Chaucer
Thomas Kyd
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591
MCQ
General
. ‘Every Man in His Humour’ is written by-
Ben Jonson
William Shakespeare
Christopher Marlowe
George Bernard Shaw
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592
MCQ
General
০৫. ‘Paradise Lost’ attempted to-
Justify the ways of man to God.
Explain why good and evil are necessary
Show that the satan and God have equal power
) Justify the ways of God to man
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593
MCQ
General
. The motto of Neo-Classical literature was:
Art for art’s sake
Art for society’s sake
Power to the people
literature for kings
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594
MCQ
General
It is many years since I ___ my village.
Leave
Left
Had left
Have left
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595
MCQ
General
The antonym of the word ‘Alien’ is-*
new comer
native
adverse
foreigner
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596
MCQ
General
The synonym of the ‘Prudent’ is-*
Unwise
Insightful
Injudicious
Impolite
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597
MCQ
General
‘The noun form of ‘Universal’ is-*
Universalty
University
Universiality
Universality
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598
MCQ
General
Who is the Author of Dejection: An Ode? *
William Shakespeare
John Keats
S.T. Coleridge
P.B. Shelley
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599
MCQ
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‘A tale of two cities’ is mainly a-*
Gothic novel
Historical novel
Crime novel
Pastoral novel
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600
MCQ
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‘To err is human, to forgive divine’; is written by-
Tennyson
Milton
Alexander Pope
W. Blake
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