English Test for IBA Admission Preparation

Full Marks: 60
Time: 50 Minutes

Select the correct sentence from the following

1. (A) Do not repeat this mistake once again.

(B) Do not repeat this mistake.
(C) Do not repeat this mistake again
(D) Do not repeat this mistake again and again.
(E) Do not repeat these mistakes again.

2. (A) I know that you been sixty on your last birthday.

(B) I know that you had been sixty on your last birthday.
(C) I know that you have been sixty on you last birthday.
(D) I know that you are sixty on your last birthday.
(E) I know that you were sixty on your last birthday.

3. (A) He is taller than me. (B) He is more tall than. (C) He is more tall than me
(D) He is taller than I. (E) I am less tall than him.

4. (A) I already twice have read this book (B) I have already read this book twice.
(C) I have read already twice this book (D) I twice have already read this book.
(D) I have read this book already twice.

5. (A) The mobile phone set is almost same as mine.

(B) The mobile phone set is almost same like me.
(C) The mobile phone set is almost same like mine.
(D) The mobile phone set is almost same like myself.
(E) The mobile phone set is almost same like mine.

6. (A) Habib and myself stayed home (B) I and Habib stayed home.
(C) Habib and me stayed home. (D) Myself and Habib stayed home.
(D) Habib and l stayed home.

Find the best replacement for the underlined words below each sentence

7. Because of his throat ailment, the tenor has not and never will sing again.
(A) had not and never will sing. (B) has not sung and apparently never will sing
(C) has not and never would sing (D) has not sung and never will sing
(E) had not and never will sing

8. The government requires that these form should be submitted before the end of the financial year.
(A) that these forms should be submitted (B) that these forms be submitted
(C) for these forms to be submitted (D) these forms submission
(E) these forms should be submitted

9. It is difficult to prevent crimes against property as those that are against a person.
(A) these that are against (B) it is to prevent those against
(C) those against (D) it is against (E) preventing those against
10. I knew that l made a mistake when that peculiar smile spread across her face.
(A) That l make a mistake when (B) that l made a mistake, when
(C) that l made a mistake; when (D) that l had made a mistake when
(E) that l and made a mistake as

11. The teacher always has loyal students and they loved him.
(A) how loved him (B) and they loving him.
(C) which loved him (D) who love him (E) None of these.

Instruction: Underlined parts of the following sentences may contain error(s) in grammar, diction, usage
or idiom. Choose the underlined portion that is incorrect. If there is no error then select (E).

12. The reason for my prolonged absence from class was because I was ill for three weeks.
A B C D
13. Since we were caught completely unaware, the affect of the Managing Director’s remark
A B
was startling; some were shocked, but others were angry.
C D
14. Everyone expected to do well in the exam because all had worked so hard for it No error.
A B C D E
15. I was not surprised by you coming home after such a long time as it was expected,
A B C D
No error.
E
16. Whom did you talk to at the help desk at the MBA office? No error.
A B C D E
17. I found him sleeping when I first came in the room. No error.
A B C D E
18. Mr. Tafsir Uddin, my favorite teacher, said that I could improve my reading
A B C
comprehension score if I had spent more time reading English Newspapers. No error.
D E
19. Dresses of those kind are not liked by young women, short dresses are preferred. No error.
A B C D E
20. Everyone who visits Dhaka is appalled by its dirtiness, which is mainly a result of lenient
A B C
execution of their laws. No error
D E
21. Students do not object to his delivering the lecture as long as he does not make subjective
A B
evaluation about them. No error.
C D E
22. She sat down besides the terrified boy and tried to assure him that she is not going to abandon
A B C D
him. No error E
Instruction: Each sentence is followed by five alternative versions of the underlined portion. Select the
alternative that you consider as most appropriate. Answer A is same as the original version.

23. The boy showed more interest in video games than either studies or sports.
(A) either studies or sports (B) in either studies or in sports
(C) either in studies or sports (D) in either studies or sports
(E) either studies or in sports

24. Certain old cars hold a particular fascination for those people who belief in they will find it challenging
to repair it.
(A) who belief in they will find it challenging to repair it
(B) who believe they will find it challenging to repair it
(C) who believe in finding it challenging to repair it
(D) who believe to find it challenging to repair it
(E) who believe they find it challenging to repair it

25. The board reviewing the curriculum have found numerous courses that have become outdated and
others that have become redundant in a changing world.
(A) The board reviewing the curriculum have found numerous courses that have become outdated,
and others that have become redundant in a changing world.
(B) The board is reviewing the curriculum have found numerous courses that have become outdated,
and others that have become redundant in a changing world.
(C) The board reviewing the curriculum has found numerous courses that became outdated, and others
have become redundant in a changing world.
(D) The board reviewing the curriculum has found numerous courses that became outdated, and others
that have become redundant in a changing world.
(E) The board reviewing the curriculum has found numerous courses that have become outdated, and
others that have become redundant in a changing world.

Sentence Correction Instruction: For each of the following questions, the underlined part of the
sentence may contain problems in grammar, construction, word choice, and/or punctuation. Part or
whole of each sentence is underlined. Given are five alternatives of phrasing the underlined section.
Alternative (A) always repeats the underlined section exactly. Choose the best answer choice.

26. The end of the eighteenth century saw the emergence of prize-stock breeding, with individual bulls and
cows receiving awards, fetching unprecedented prices, and excited enormous interest whenever they
were put on show.
A) excited B) it excited C) exciting
D) would excite E) it had excited

27. There are now many kinds of dictionaries, such as a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms, a
biographical dictionary, and a geographical dictionary with pronunciations given.
A) with pronunciations given B) that has pronunciations given C) with pronunciations' given
D) that have pronunciations given E) that do have pronunciations given

28. Possible long-term consequences of the "greenhouse effect," the gradual warming of the Earth's climate,
may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level.
A) may include melting the polar ice caps and a rising sea level
B) may include the melting of polar ice caps and the rising sea level
C) may include polar ice caps that are melting and sea levels that are rising
D) include melting the polar ice caps and sea levels that are rising
 E) include melting of the polar ice caps and a rise in sea level

29. A new hair-growing drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, as the drug's maker
charges for another product with the same active ingredient.
A) as B) than C) that D) of what E) at which

30. Although the term "psychopath" is popularly applied to an especially brutal criminal, in psychology it
is someone who is apparently incapable of feeling compassion or the pangs of conscience.
A) it is someone who is B) it is a person C) they are people who are
D) it refers to someone who is E) it is in reference to people

Choose the best antonym- (Q31-Q40)

31. Mishap- (a) misfortune (b) accident (c) deride (d) appease (e) boon

32. Mirth- (a) Hilarity (b) enthusiasm (c) Imposter (d) Glee (e) Lugubriousness

33. Mendacity- (a) Deceit (b) Treachery (c) benevolence (d) integrity (e) magnanimity

34. Limpid- (a) Sheer (b) Crystalline (c) Equivocal (d) Lucid (e) florid

35. Forlorn- (a) Desolate (b) Popular (c) lonely (d) Extrovert (e) None of these

36. Flout- (a) Gibe (b) Conform (c) gainsay (d) Gall (e) None of these

37. Garner- (a) amass (b) hoard (c) stockpile (d) disperse (e) None of these

38. Gargantuan- (a) Colossal (b) Minuscule (c) loquacious (d) Effusive (e) Altruist

39. Hackneyed- (a) Stale (b) Trite (c) clichéd (d) germinal (e) Stunning

40. Immutable-(a) Perpetual (b) undisputed (c) Constant (d) Indifferent (e) Uncertain

Choose the best synonym (Q41-Q50)

41. Flippancy- (a) Garrulousness (b) gravity (c) levity (d) flexibility (e) lassitude

42. Impetuous- (a) Prudent (b) scrupulous (c) meticulous (d) Foolhardy (e) fussy

43. Impute- (a) impeach (b) culminate (c) impair (d) compute (e) mutilate

44. Incidental- (a) Ancillary (b) major (c) Kernel (d) accidental (e) significant

45. Genealogy- (a) Lineage (b) Linear (c) sitology (d) analogy (e) None of these

46. Glib- (a) Fluent (b) worthless (c) deceptive (d) disrespect (e) mock

47. Gullible- (a) Palpable (b) culpable (c) guileless (d) Naïve (e) Indolent

48. Falter- (a) Hesitate (b) Fail (c) Succeed (d) Spontaneous (e) None of these

49. Misgivings- (a) Qualms (b) Misdemeanor (c) Bad behavior (d) Wrong intuition (e) Misinterpreted
50. Malign- (a) Assign (b) Align (c) Vilify (d) Tease (e) Mock

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words

51. If the ___________ president dies, the vice president will be in charge until the senate elects a new
president.

(a) Incumbent (b) Former (c) Missive (d) Inured (e) Insipid

52. The actress got __________ with ___________ messages after her spectacular stage performance.

(a) Inundated, laudatory (b) Intimidated, menacing (c) Intervened, praising (d)Idolized, sycophanting (e)None
of these

53. Many passengers often _________ the rickshaw pullers for a few bucks which is a very bad practice.

(a) Criticize (b) Inveigh (c) Inveterate (d) Jostle (e) collate

54. The apparently __________ Everest was first ________ in 1953.

(a) Insurmountable, intervened (b) Insuperable, Vanquished (c) Impenetrable, conquered (d) Invincible,
climbed (e) None of these

55. People of the city _______ help from the neighbor cities to fight their _________ ruler.

(a) Invoked, iniquitous (b) Wanted, lurid (c) Needed, maladroit (d) Asked, intrepid (e) None

Analogy

56. Corrigible: Amend=

(a) Intangible: Feel (b) Insolent: Insolence (c) Ineffable: Describe (d) Culpable: Indict (e) Inexorable: Defame

57. Infirmity: Robustness=

(a) Forswear: Forgo (b) Foment: Instigate (c) Tired: Lassitude (d) Invalidate: Validity (e) Irreverence: Respect

58. Gregarious: Extrovert=

(a) Hermit: Glutton (b) Consecrated: Cursed (c) Laud: Laudatory (d) Hedonist: Haughty (e) Grouse: Complain

59. Hoax: Hoodwink=

(a) Idiosyncrasy: Eccentricity (b) Coax: Dwindle (c) Pacify: Instigate (d) Implausible: Believe (e) Fop: Cloth

60. Munificent: Magnanimous =

(a) Maverick: Insurgent (b) Matriarch: Monarch (c) Impugn: Insinuation (d) Lavish: Impecunious (e) None