Bangladesh Bank AD-2014
Direction: Choose the one which best replaces the highlighted phrase.
1. No sooner had he entered the room when the lights went out and everybody began to scream.
1. No sooner had he entered the room when the lights went out and everybody began to scream.
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2.
They feel very proudly that their team had won the match
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3.
The man who has committed such a serious crime must get the mostly severe punishment
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4.
The orator had been left the auditorium before the audience stood up.
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Before I could stop him, the boy was throwing the box down the stairs.
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Direction: Select from the word that most closely opposite to the word given in capital letters
6. GRANDIOSE
6. GRANDIOSE
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7.
DISCORDANT
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8.
INSOUCIANCE
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9.
USURP
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10.
DELETERIOUS
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Direction: select from the alternatives the word that conveys the same meaning as the word given in capital letters
11. HALCYON
11. HALCYON
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12.
OBDURATE
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13.
INDOLENT
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14.
VENERATE
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15.
ENIGMATIC
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Direction: Choose the one that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom/phrase
16. I have a bone to pick with you in this matter.
16. I have a bone to pick with you in this matter.
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17.
They set the two friends by the ear and then enjoyed the fun.
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18.
The Bill was passed by the Parliament in the teeth of opposition.
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19.
Harassed by repeated acts of injustice, he decided to put his foot down.
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20.
He was in a brown study and did not seem to catch my point.
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