Embedded & WH Question- Exercise -1 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

Topic: WH & Embedded Question

Rules:

• WH Question: WH word + Auxiliary verb + Subject + Principal verb + extension + ?

  • Example: Where does he live?

• Embedded Question: Principal clause + WH word + Subject + verb + extension. (Embedded question এ WH word এর পরে assertive sentence এর গঠন (subject+verb) হয়।)

  • Example: Do you know where he lives? (Not 'where does he live')

Questions:

1. I asked him ---

a) Why you have done this

b) Why did you have done this

c) Why you had done this

d) Why have you done this

2. Select the correct sentence.

a) Where have you born?

b) Where had you born?

c) Where were you born?

d) Where are you born?

3. Choose the correct sentence:

a) do you know what is his name?

b) do you know what was his name?

c) do you know what his name is?

d) do you know what his name was?

4. Nobody knows why --- postponed until next week.

a) the meeting

b) was the meeting

c) did the meeting

d) the meeting was

5. Choose the correct sentence.

a) Who belongs to the book?

b) Whom does the book belong?

c) To who the book belongs?

d) Who does the book belong to?

6. Do you know when ---

a) DU was founded

b) was DU founded

c) had DU been founded

d) DU founded

7. What time ---?

a) begins the film

b) does begin the film

c) does the film begin

d) does the film begins

8. I don't know ---

a) who is he

b) who is he

c) who he is

d) who he is

(Note: Options appear duplicated in source, standard structure is 'who he is')

9. Who --- was coming to see me this morning?

a) you said

b) did you say

c) you did say

d) did you say that

10. Where ---?

a) did you cut your hair

b) have you cut your hair

c) did you have cut your hair

d) did you have your hair cut

11. This police officer stopped us and asked us where ---

a) were we going

b) are we going

c) we are going

d) we were going

12. Do you know?

a) who is he

b) who he is

c) whose he

d) who's is he

13. How much --- to buy the ticket for the match?

a) it cost

b) it does cost

c) does it cost

d) it costs

14. I often wonder how ---

a) you are get on

b) are you get on

c) you are getting on

d) are you getting on

15. Can you tell me where ---? Which of the following is the best clause in the above sentence?

a) Does Mr Ali live

b) Mr. Ali does live

c) Mr Ali lives

d) lives Mr Ali

16. Please let me know why --- the class.

a) you didn't attend

b) didn't you attend

c) you didn't attend to

d) you didn't go

Answers With Explanation:

1. c) Why you had done this (In embedded questions or indirect speech, the subject comes before the verb (Assertive order). 'Asked' is past, so 'have' becomes 'had'. Embedded question-এ subject এর পরে verb বসে এবং reporting verb past হলে tense পরিবর্তন হয়।)

2. c) Where were you born? (Born is a passive verb (from 'bear') and is usually used with 'was/were'. 'Have/Had born' is incorrect for birth (active voice meaning). 'জন্মগ্রহণ করা' অর্থে always passive voice (was/were born) ব্যবহৃত হয়।)

3. d) do you know what his name was? (Note: Option 'c' "what his name is" is also grammatically correct if the context is present. However, the source key points to 'd'. In embedded questions, the structure is WH + Subject + Verb. এমবেডেড প্রশ্নে WH word এর পর Subject বসে।) 

4. d) the meeting was (Embedded clause structure: Subject (the meeting) + Verb (was). এমবেডেড প্রশ্নে আগে Subject পরে Verb বসে।)

5. d) Who does the book belong to? (Standard question format: WH + Aux + S + V + Prep? Or "To whom does...". Here option 'd' is correct conversational English. 'Belong to' is the correct phrase. কার অধিকার বুঝাতে belong to বসে।)

6. a) DU was founded (Embedded question after 'Do you know': WH (when) + Subject (DU) + Verb (was founded). Embedded question-এ subject আগে বসে।)

7. c) does the film begin (Direct question format: WH + Auxiliary (does) + Subject (the film) + Main Verb (begin). সাধারণ প্রশ্নে Auxiliary verb সাবজেক্টের আগে বসে।)

8. c) who he is (Embedded clause structure: WH + S + V. এমবেডেড ক্লজে Subject আগে বসে।)

9. b) did you say (Question structure: Who (Subject of coming) + did you say (embedded reporting verb) + was coming...? বাক্যের মাঝে 'did you say' বসিয়ে প্রশ্ন করা হয়েছে।)

10. d) did you have your hair cut (Causative structure with 'Have': Have + Object + V3. "Where did you have your hair cut?" (চুল কাটিয়েছিলে)। নিজে না করে অন্যকে দিয়ে করানো বুঝাতে Causative verb বসে।)

11. d) we were going (Indirect speech with past reporting verb 'asked': 'are' becomes 'were'. Order: Subject + Verb. Reporting verb past হওয়ায় tense পরিবর্তন হয়েছে এবং assertive structure হয়েছে।)

12. b) who he is (Embedded question: WH + S + V. এমবেডেড প্রশ্নে Subject আগে বসে।)

13. c) does it cost (Direct question structure: Aux + S + V. সাধারণ প্রশ্ন, তাই Auxiliary verb আগে বসবে।)

14. c) you are getting on (Embedded question after 'wonder': S + V. Wonder এর পরে assertive structure বসে।)

15. c) Mr Ali lives (Embedded question: Where + S (Mr Ali) + V (lives). এমবেডেড ক্লজ, তাই Subject আগে বসবে।)

16. a) you didn't attend (Embedded question: Why + S + V. এমবেডেড ক্লজ, তাই Subject আগে বসবে।)

WH QUESTION & EMBEDDED QUESTION

Questions

1. Where ..............? (কোথায় তোমার জন্ম হয়েছিল?) [রাজশাহী কৃষি উন্নয়ন ব্যাংক (কর্মকর্তা, ২য় শ্রেণি)-১০, সহকারী সচিব (আইন, ড্রাফটিং)-০৫]

A. were you born

B. are you born

C. have you been born

D. did you born

Ans: A

(Explanation: Questions about birth are typically in the passive voice and past tense because the event (being born) happened in the past. "Where were you born?" is the standard correct form.)

2. Choose the correct sentence. [তুমি পুরাতন গাড়িটা কেন কিনলে?] [সাইফার অফিসার (প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়)-৯৯]

A. Why you bought the old car?

B. Why did you buy the old car?

C. Why you did buy the old car?

D. Why do you bought the old car?

Ans: B

(Explanation: In Wh-questions in the Past Simple tense, the auxiliary verb "did" comes before the subject, and the main verb returns to its base form. Structure: Wh + did + Subject + Verb (base form). "Why did you buy...?")

3. Can you tell me where —? Which of the following is the best clause in the above sentence? [14th BCS, জাতীয় সংসদের প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তা ও প্রটোকল অফিসার-০৬, BSMRSTU (গ) 11-12]

A. Does Mr. Ali live

B. Mr. Ali does live

C. Mr. Ali lives

D. lives Mr. Ali

Ans: C

(Explanation: This is an Embedded Question. When a question is part of a larger sentence (after "Can you tell me"), the word order changes from question format to statement format (Subject + Verb). The auxiliary "does" is removed. "...where Mr. Ali lives".)

4. Which of the following sentences is not correct? [ডাক ও টেলিযোগাযোগ মন্ত্রণালয়ের হিসাবরক্ষণ কর্মকর্তা-০৫]

A. Where did he went?

B. What does he want?

C. What are they doing?

D. What do they do?

Ans: A

(Explanation: In Past Simple questions using "did", the main verb must be in the base form. "Where did he go?" would be correct. "Went" is incorrect because double past marking is not allowed.)

5. Choose the correct sentence. [আবহাওয়া অধিদপ্তরের অধীলে সহকারী আবহাওয়াবিদ-০০]

A. What you passed your BA examination?

B. Please tell me why have you come to me

C. What time did you go to bed last evening?

D. Why you are angry with your brother?

Ans: C

(Explanation:

• A: Incorrect structure ("When did you pass...?" or "Have you passed...?").

• B: Embedded question error (should be "why you have come").

• C: Correct Past Simple question structure: Wh + did + Subject + Verb.

• D: Incorrect word order (should be "Why are you...").)

6. Choose the correct sentence. [বইটা কার?] [NU (বিজ্ঞান) 13-14, DU (D) 14-15, (A) 16-17 (C) 19-20]

A. Who belongs to the book?

B. Whom does the book belong?

C. To who the book belongs?

D. Who does the book belong to?

Ans: D

(Explanation: The verb "belong" takes the preposition "to". In questions, the preposition often goes to the end. Structure: Who + auxiliary (does) + Subject (the book) + Verb (belong) + to? "Who does the book belong to?")

7. Which one is the sentence? [সেখানে কি ঘটেছে?] [RU C 19-20]

A. What happened there?

B. What was happened there?

C. What did happen there?

D. Did anything happened there?

Ans: A

(Explanation: When "What" is the subject of the question, no auxiliary "did" is needed for the Past Simple. We simply use the past form of the verb. "What happened there?" is the correct standard form.)

8. What surprised me the most was how — and reacted exactly like you, said the banker to me. [DU (A) 18-19]

A. did he look

B. does he look

C. he looked

D. could he look

Ans: C

(Explanation: This is an embedded clause after "how". The word order should be Subject + Verb. "how he looked".)

9. Do you know when —? (তুমি কি জানো কবে/কখন ঢাবি প্রতিষ্ঠা করা হয়েছিল?) [JU (B) 17-18]

A. DU was founded

B. was DU founded

C. had DU been founded

D. DU founded

Ans: A

(Explanation: Embedded question structure: Subject + Verb. Also, "founded" requires passive voice here (was founded). "...when DU was founded".)

10. Please let me know why — the class. (আমাকে বল ক্লাসে যাওনি কেন) [DU (A) 17-18]

A. you didn't attend

B. didn't you attend

C. you didn't attend to

D. you didn't go

Ans: A

(Explanation: Embedded question format: Subject ("you") + Verb ("didn't attend"). "why you didn't attend".)

11. I often wonder how —. (আমি প্রায়ই ভাবি তুমি কিভাবে চলছো) [DU (A) 15-16, BRUR (D) 17-18]

A. you are get on

B. are you get on

C. you are getting on

D. are you getting on

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "how you are getting on".)

12. Choose the correct sentence: (বাড়িটা কার?) [DU (B-EE) 15-16]

A. Whose does the house belong to?

B. To whom does the house belong to?

C. Who does the house belong to?

D. Who belongs to the house?

Ans: C

(Explanation: Similar to Q6. "Who does the house belong to?" is the standard modern structure. Option A is redundant ("Whose" implies possession, "belong to" also implies possession). B repeats the preposition "to" (To whom... to).)

13. Which one of the following sentences is correct? (তুমি কি জানো বাড়িটা কার?) [DU (D) 15-16]

A. Do you know who the house belongs to?

B. Do you know whom does the house belong to?

C. Do you know to whom the house belongs to?

D. Do you know who the house belong to?

Ans: A

(Explanation: Embedded question structure: "...who the house belongs to". Subject "the house" is singular, so verb is "belongs".)

14. I don't remember —. (আমি তার নাম মনে করতে পারি না।) [DU (A) 15-16]

A. what is her name

B. her name is what

C. what her name is

D. is what her name

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded question: Wh-word + Subject + Verb. "what her name is".)

15. When — here? (তুমি কখন এখানে পৌঁছেছো/তুমি কখন এখানে এলে?) [JU (A) 14-15]

A. have you get

B. did you get

C. you get

D. had you get

Ans: B

(Explanation: "When" usually asks for a specific past time, requiring the Past Simple. "When did you get here?")

16. Why — return the money? (তুমি টাকা ফেরত দাওনি কেন?) [DU (A) 14-15]

A. you did not

B. you

C. did you not

D. you didn't

Ans: C

(Explanation: In a direct question, the auxiliary verb comes before the subject. "Why did you not..." (or "Why didn't you..."). Option A and D are statement word order. Option C maintains the question word order.)

17. I do not know —. [আমি জানি না সে কোথায় থাকে] [DU (A) 11-12, JnU (B) 11-12]

A. where does he live

B. where is he live

C. where he does live

D. where he lives

Ans: D

(Explanation: Embedded question: Wh + Subject + Verb. "where he lives".)

18. When — Penicillin? (ফ্লেমিং কখন পেনিসিলিন আবিষ্কার করেছিলেন?) [DU (A) 14-15]

A. did Fleming invent

B. Fleming invented

C. Fleming invents

D. has Fleming invented

Ans: A

(Explanation: Inventions in the past with "When" require Past Simple question format: When + did + Subject + Verb.)

19. Choose the correct sentence. [বলতে পার কি কয়টায় সিনেমা শুরু হয়?] [DU (D) 06-07]

A. Can they tell you what time does the movie start?

B. Can they say you what time the movie starts?

C. Can they tell you when time the movie starts?

D. Can they tell you what time the movie starts?

Ans: D

(Explanation: "Can they tell you..." introduces an embedded question. The embedded part uses statement order: "what time the movie starts".)

20. Choose the correct sentence from the following. [NU (বিজ্ঞান) 12-13]

A. Where you think this story took place?

B. Where did you think did this story take place?

C. Where do you think this story took place?

D. Where do you think this story take place?

Ans: C

(Explanation: This is a complex question. The main question is "Where do you think...?". The second part is a clause functioning as the object of "think", so it takes statement order and tense: "this story took place".)

21. Could you tell me —? (আমাকে বলতে পারবেন কি বাস স্টপটি কোথায়?) [COU (B) 17-18]

A. where is the bus stop

B. the bus stop is where

C. where the bus stop is

D. is where the bus stop

Ans: C

(Explanation: Indirect question structure: Wh + Subject + Verb. "where the bus stop is".)

22. Which sentence is correct? [এটা কোথায় ঘটেছিল?] [RU (A1) 17-18]

A. Where did it happen?

B. Where it happened?

C. Where was it happened?

D. Where happened it?

Ans: A

(Explanation: Standard Past Simple question: Wh + did + Subject + Verb base form. "Where did it happen?")

23. Why — use the medieval Bengali legend in the poem? [CU (A) 17-18]

A. the poet

B. is the poet

C. does the poet

D. do every poet

Ans: C

(Explanation: The subject "the poet" is singular. The auxiliary verb for Present Simple question is "does".)

24. Which one is the correct sentence? [BSMRSTU (E) 17-18]

A. Tell me why have you done this?

B. Tell me why you have done this.

C. Tell me why did you done this?

D. Tell me why do done this you?

Ans: B

(Explanation: Indirect command/question: "Tell me" + embedded clause (Subject + Verb). "why you have done this".)

25. Which one is correct? [আমাকে বলতে পারো কি সে কখন আসে?] [BRRU (E) 16-17]

A. Can you tell me what the time of his arrival?

B. Can you tell me what is the time he will arrive?

C. Can you tell me what the time of his arrival is?

D. Can you tell me what is the time of his arrival?

Ans: C

(Explanation: Indirect question: Wh-phrase ("what the time of his arrival") + Verb ("is"). The subject of the embedded clause is "the time of his arrival". So, "what the time... is" is the strict grammatical order, though D is often heard colloquially.)

26. What (to speak) to her about last night? (গতরাত্রে তার সাথে কি ব্যাপারে কথা বলেছিলে?) [KU (BBA) 15-16]

A. What have you spoken to her about last night?

B. What you spoke to her about last night?

C. What did you speak to her about last night?

D. Had you spoken to her about last night?

Ans: C

(Explanation: "Last night" requires Past Simple. Structure: What + did + Subject + Verb. "What did you speak...")

27. How long — to cross the Atlantic by ship? (জাহাজে আটলান্টিক মহাসাগর পার হতে কত সময় লাগে?) [BSMRSTU E 18-19]

A. is it

B. does it need

C. does it take

D. does it want

Ans: C

(Explanation: The idiomatic verb for duration is "take". "How long does it take...?")

28. Choose the sentence. (আমাকে বলো তুমি কেমন আছো?) [BSMRSTU (E) 18-19]

A. Tell me how are you?

B. Tell me how you are?

C. Tell me how you are.

D. How are you tell me.

Ans: C

(Explanation: Indirect question implies a statement structure within the sentence. "Tell me how you are." (ends with a period, not a question mark, as the main sentence is imperative).)

29. How much — to buy the ticket for the match? [MBSTU (D) 16-17]

A. it cost

B. it does cost

C. does it cost

D. it costs

Ans: C

(Explanation: Question format: Auxiliary + Subject + Verb. "does it cost".)

30. 'When —?' I'm sure. More than 100 years ago. [BSMRSTU (G) 18-19]

A. did the telephone invent

B. has the telephone invented

C. was invented the telephone

D. was the telephone invented

Ans: D

(Explanation: Passive voice question (the telephone was invented). Question order: Wh + Auxiliary + Subject + V3. "When was the telephone invented?")

31. Which one is incorrect sentence? [বাংলাদেশ মেরিন একাডেমি (বি) ১৪-১৭]

A. Why do you do it?

B. Why did you do it?

C. Why will you do it?

D. Why you do it?

Ans: D

(Explanation: Option D "Why you do it?" lacks the auxiliary verb (do/did/will). A correct question must have an auxiliary before the subject.)

32. A: Do you know —? (তুমি জানো কি সে কে?) [CU (খ) 05-06] B: No. I've never seen him before. (না। আমি তাকে আগে কখনো দেখিনি)

A. who is he

B. who he's

C. who's he

D. who he is

Ans: D

(Explanation: Embedded question: "...who he is".)

33. Can anybody tell me — (কেউ বলতে পার কি সে দেখতে কেমন লম্ব?) [BSMRSTU (D) 15-16]

A. How tall does she look?

B. How tall she looks?

C. How tall is she look?

D. How tall is she looking?

Ans: B

(Explanation: Embedded question format: Subject + Verb. "How tall she looks".)

34. What time —? (ফিল্ম কয়টায় শুরু হয়?) [COU (A) 15-16]

A. begins the film

B. does begin the film

C. does the film begin

D. does the film begins

Ans: C

(Explanation: Present Simple question: Auxiliary (does) + Subject (the film) + Base Verb (begin). "does the film begin".)

1. Which of the following sentences is correct? [16th BCS, 27th BCS, দুর্নীতি দমন ব্যুরোর পরিদর্শক-০৩, RU 09-10, DU (C) 12-13, প্রাথমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক (করতোয়া)-১৩, IU (D) 17-18, সরকারী মাধ্যমিক সহকারী শিক্ষক-১৯]

A. Why you have done this?

B. Why did you have done this?

C. Why have you done this?

D. Why you had done this?

Ans: C

(Explanation: In a direct question using the Present Perfect Tense, the auxiliary verb comes before the subject. Structure: Wh + Have/Has + Subject + V3. Correct: "Why have you done this?")

2. Choose the correct sentence. (তুমি কি জানো সে কোথায় থাকে?) [DU (D) 01-02, BRUR (BBA) 08-09, খাদ্য পরিদর্শক-০৯, ৪র্থ বিজেএস (সহকারী জজ)-০৯, সমাজসেবা অধিদপ্তরের প্রবেশন অফিসার-১৩, প্রত্নতত্ত্ব অধিদপ্তরের এস্টিমেটর-১৯]

A. Do you know where does he live?

B. Do you know where he lives?

C. Do you know where does he lives?

D. Do you know does he lives where?

Ans: B

(Explanation: This is an Embedded Question. When a question (Where does he live?) is inside another sentence (Do you know...), the word order changes to statement form: Subject + Verb. The auxiliary "does" is removed. Correct: "...where he lives".)

3. Choose the correct interrogative: [দুর্যোগ ব্যবস্থাপনা অধিদপ্তরের অফিস সহকারী-১৯]

A. Where you come from?

B. Where you came from?

C. Where do you come from?

D. Where from you come?

Ans: C

(Explanation: Standard Present Simple question structure: Wh + Do/Does + Subject + Verb. Correct: "Where do you come from?")

4. He asked me - [দুর্যোগ ব্যবস্থাপনা ও ত্রাণ মন্ত্রণালয়ের অডিটর-১৯]

A. when I go there

B. when did I go there

C. when I were there

D. when I have gone there

Ans: C

(Explanation: In indirect speech reported in the past ("He asked me"), the tense usually shifts back. The original question was likely "When did you go there?" (Past Simple). This shifts to Past Perfect ("when I had gone there") or stays Past Simple ("when I went there"). Option C "when I were there" is grammatically incorrect (should be "was" or "went"), but based on common errors in local exam keys, it is often the intended answer for "when I went/was there". Ideally, the answer should be "when I went there".)

5. Choose the correct sentence. [১৩তম প্রভাষক নিবন্ধন-১৬]

A. I know what does he want?

B. I know what does he wants?

C. I know what does he want.

D. I know what he wants.

Ans: D

(Explanation: Embedded question after "I know". Structure: Subject + Verb. Correct: "I know what he wants.")

6. Choose the correct sentence. [পররাষ্ট্র মন্ত্রণালয়ের প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তা-১৯]

A. He asked me why did I go there.

B. He asked me why have you gone there.

C. He asked me why I had done it.

D. He asked me why I had do it.

Ans: C

(Explanation: Indirect speech structure: Wh + Subject + Verb. Tense shifts from Past Simple ("Why did you do it?") to Past Perfect ("why I had done it").)

7. Why — done this? (তুমি এটা কেন করেছ?) [পরিসংখ্যান ব্যুরোর ডেটা এন্ট্রি অপারেটর-১৬, দুদকের অফিস সহায়ক-১৯]

A. you have

B. did you have

C. have you

D. you had

Ans: C

(Explanation: Present Perfect Question: Wh + Have + Subject + V3. Correct: "Why have you done this?")

8. Write down the correct sentence: [জনস্বাস্থ্য প্রকৌশল অধিদপ্তর (এস্টিমেটর)-১৮]

A. Tell me why have you come here?

B. What time did you go to bed last night?

C. Why you are angry with me?

D. When you passed your Diploma Examination?

Ans: B

(Explanation:

• A: Incorrect embedded question (should be "why you have come").

• B: Correct Past Simple question structure.

• C: Missing auxiliary (should be "Why are you...").

• D: Missing auxiliary (should be "When did you pass...").)

9. Select the correct sentence. (কোথায় তোমার জন্ম হয়েছিল?) [একটি বাড়ি একটি খামার প্রকল্পের মাঠকর্মী-১৮]

A. Where have you born?

B. Where were you born? [JnU (B) 15-16]

C. Where had you born?

D. Where are you born?

Ans: B

(Explanation: Questions about birth use the passive voice in the Past Simple. Correct: "Where were you born?")

10. We don't know how did the thief made an escape. [স্ট্যান্ডার্ড ব্যাংক লি. (TAO)-১৮]

A. how the thief did make

B. how the thief does make

C. how the thief made

D. how was the thief made

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded question structure: Subject + Verb. "We don't know how the thief made an escape.")

11. I wish you would tell me —. (তুমি যদি আমাকে বলতে পাশের বাড়িতে কে থাকে) [সিটি ব্যাংক (MTO)-১৮]

A. who is being lived next door

B. who does live next door

C. who lives next door

D. who was living next door

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded question where "Who" is the subject. Correct: "who lives next door".)

12. Can you tell me why did you not speak the truth? [স্ট্যান্ডার্ড ব্যাংক (TAO)-১৮]

A. why did you not speak

B. that why did you not speak

C. Why you did not speak

D. why you not speak

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "Can you tell me why you did not speak...?")

13. Would you please tell us — [ডাক, টেলিযোগাযোগ ও তথ্যপ্রযুক্তি মন্ত্রণালয়ের সহকারী প্রোগ্রামার-১৭]

A. when the next bus comes

B. when comes the next bus

C. when does the next bus come

D. when the next bus does come

Ans: A

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "...when the next bus comes".)

14. I'd like to know — (আমি জানতে চাই সে কেন চলে গেল।) [রেলপথ মন্ত্রণালয়ের উপ-সহকারী প্রকৌশলী-১৭]

A. why did he leave

B. why he left

C. why have he left

D. why did he left

Ans: B

(Explanation: Embedded question in Past Simple: Subject + Verb (past form). "...why he left".)

15. Why — angry with me yesterday? [BAPEX-17, বাংলাদেশ ট্যুরিজম বোর্ড (হিসাবরক্ষক)-১৭]

A. were you

B. was you

C. you were

D. have you been

Ans: A

(Explanation: "Yesterday" requires Past Simple. The subject "you" takes "were". Correct: "Why were you angry...?")

16. Do you know —? (জানো/জানেন আমি কে?) [পোস্টমাস্টার জেনারেল/পোস্টাল অপারেটর-১৬]

A. who I am?

B. who am I?

C. who I was?

D. who I shall

Ans: A

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "Do you know who I am?")

17. I asked him —. (আমি তাকে জিজ্ঞেস করলাম তার নাম কি) [RU (B) 12-13, BRUR (A) 13-14, উপজেলা পোস্টমাস্টার-১৬]

A. what is his name

B. what was his name

C. what his name is

D. what his name was

Ans: D

(Explanation: Indirect speech requires tense shift (is -> was) and statement order. Correct: "...what his name was".)

18. What you (to do) last night? [গতরাত্রে কি করেছিলে?] [৯ম প্রভাষক নিবন্ধন-১৩, IU (G) 14-15]

A. What did you do last night?

B. What you did last night?

C. What had you done last night?

D. What have you done last night?

Ans: A

(Explanation: "Last night" indicates Past Simple. Question structure: Wh + did + Subject + Verb. Correct: "What did you do...?")

19. Select the correct sentence. [তুমি কি জান তুমি কার সাথে কথা বলছ?] [ইসলামিক ফাউন্ডেশনের ম্যানেজার-১৬]

A. Do you know who are you talking to?

B. Do you know whom you are talking to?

C. Do you know you are talking to who?

D. Do you know are you talking to whom?

Ans: B

(Explanation: Embedded question. "Whom" is the object of "to". Structure: Whom + Subject + Verb. Correct: "Do you know whom you are talking to?")

20. Nobody knows why — postponed until next week. [বা.. এনার্জি বিগুঃ কর্পোরেশন (সিনিয়র অফিসার)-১১]

A. the meeting

B. was the meeting [RU (B-Law) 15-16, (C) 16-17]

C. did the meeting

D. the meeting was

Ans: D

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "...why the meeting was postponed...")

21. Nobody knows why — postponed until next week. [নর্থ ওয়েস্ট পাওয়ার জেনাঃ কোম্পানি (সিনিয়র অফিসার)-১১]

A. is the meeting

B. was the meeting

C. did the meeting

D. the meeting was

Ans: D

(Explanation: Same as above. Correct: "...why the meeting was postponed".)

22. When — to her? (তুমি কখন তার সাথে কথা বলেছিলে?) [হাউজ বিল্ডিং ফিন্যান্স কর্পোরেশন (অফিসার)-১১]

A. you talked

B. talked you

C. did you talk

D. did you talked

Ans: C

(Explanation: Past Simple Question: When + did + Subject + Base Verb. Correct: "When did you talk...?")

23. Where ..............? (কোথায় তোমার জন্ম হয়েছিল?) [রাজশাহী কৃষি উন্নয়ন ব্যাংক (কর্মকর্তা, ২য় শ্রেণি)-১০, সহকারী সচিব (আইন, ড্রাফটিং)-০৫]

A. were you born

B. are you born

C. have you been born

D. did you born

Ans: A

(Explanation: Standard expression: "Where were you born?")

24. Choose the correct sentence. [তুমি পুরাতন গাড়িটা কেন কিনলে?] [সাইফার অফিসার (প্রতিরক্ষা মন্ত্রণালয়)-৯৯]

A. Why you bought the old car?

B. Why did you buy the old car?

C. Why you did buy the old car?

D. Why do you bought the old car?

Ans: B

(Explanation: Past Simple Question: Wh + did + Subject + Base Verb. Correct: "Why did you buy...?")

25. Can you tell me where —? Which of the following is the best clause in the above sentence? [14th BCS, জাতীয় সংসদের প্রশাসনিক কর্মকর্তা ও প্রটোকল অফিসার-০৬, BSMRSTU (গ) 11-12]

A. Does Mr. Ali live

B. Mr. Ali does live

C. Mr. Ali lives

D. lives Mr. Ali

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "...where Mr. Ali lives".)

26. Which of the following sentences is not correct? [ডাক ও টেলিযোগাযোগ মন্ত্রণালয়ের হিসাবরক্ষণ কর্মকর্তা-০৫]

A. Where did he went?

B. What does he want?

C. What are they doing?

D. What do they do?

Ans: A

(Explanation: Incorrect because "did" is followed by the past tense "went". It should be the base verb "go". Correct: "Where did he go?")

27. Choose the correct sentence. [আবহাওয়া অধিদপ্তরের অধীলে সহকারী আবহাওয়াবিদ-০০]

A. What you passed your BA examination?

B. Please tell me why have you come to me

C. What time did you go to bed last evening?

D. Why you are angry with your brother?

Ans: C

(Explanation:

• A: Missing auxiliary.

• B: Incorrect embedded order ("why you have come").

• C: Correct Past Simple question.

• D: Incorrect order ("Why are you...").)

28. Choose the correct sentence. [বইটা কার?] [NU (বিজ্ঞান) 13-14, DU (D) 14-15, (A) 16-17 (C) 19-20]

A. Who belongs to the book?

B. Whom does the book belong?

C. To who the book belongs?

D. Who does the book belong to?

Ans: D

(Explanation: "Who does the book belong to?" is the correct structure. "Belong" requires "to".)

29. Which one is the sentence? [সেখানে কি ঘটেছে?] [RU C 19-20]

A. What happened there?

B. What was happened there?

C. What did happen there?

D. Did anything happened there?

Ans: A

(Explanation: "What" is the subject, so no "did" is needed. Correct: "What happened there?")

30. What surprised me the most was how — and reacted exactly like you, said the banker to me. [DU (A) 18-19]

A. did he look

B. does he look

C. he looked

D. could he look

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded clause after "how": Subject + Verb. "...how he looked...")

31. Do you know when —? (তুমি কি জানো কবে/কখন ঢাবি প্রতিষ্ঠা করা হয়েছিল?) [JU (B) 17-18]

A. DU was founded

B. was DU founded

C. had DU been founded

D. DU founded

Ans: A

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb (Passive). "...when DU was founded".)

32. Please let me know why — the class. (আমাকে বল ক্লাসে যাওনি কেন) [DU (A) 17-18]

A. you didn't attend

B. didn't you attend

C. you didn't attend to

D. you didn't go

Ans: A

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "...why you didn't attend...")

33. I often wonder how —. (আমি প্রায়ই ভাবি তুমি কিভাবে চলছো) [DU (A) 15-16, BRUR (D) 17-18]

A. you are get on

B. are you get on

C. you are getting on

D. are you getting on

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "...how you are getting on".)

34. Choose the correct sentence: (বাড়িটা কার?) [DU (B-EE) 15-16]

A. Whose does the house belong to?

B. To whom does the house belong to?

C. Who does the house belong to?

D. Who belongs to the house?

Ans: C

(Explanation: "Who does the house belong to?" is the standard correct form.)

35. Which one of the following sentences is correct? (তুমি কি জানো বাড়িটা কার?) [DU (D) 15-16]

A. Do you know who the house belongs to?

B. Do you know whom does the house belong to?

C. Do you know to whom the house belongs to?

D. Do you know who the house belong to?

Ans: A

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "...who the house belongs to?")

36. I don't remember —. (আমি তার নাম মনে করতে পারি না।) [DU (A) 15-16]

A. what is her name

B. her name is what

C. what her name is

D. is what her name

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded question: Wh + Subject + Verb. "...what her name is".)

37. When — here? (তুমি কখন এখানে পৌঁছেছো/তুমি কখন এখানে এলে?) [JU (A) 14-15]

A. have you get

B. did you get

C. you get

D. had you get

Ans: B

(Explanation: Past Simple question: When + did + Subject + Verb. "When did you get here?")

38. Why — return the money? (তুমি টাকা ফেরত দাওনি কেন?) [DU (A) 14-15]

A. you did not

B. you

C. did you not

D. you didn't

Ans: C

(Explanation: Formal Direct Question: Auxiliary + Subject + Not. "Why did you not return...?" Option D is often acceptable informally as "Why didn't you...", but C represents the formal non-contracted structure.)

39. I do not know —. [আমি জানি না সে কোথায় থাকে] [DU (A) 11-12, JnU (B) 11-12]

A. where does he live

B. where is he live

C. where he does live

D. where he lives

Ans: D

(Explanation: Embedded question: Subject + Verb. "...where he lives".)

40. When — Penicillin? (ফ্লেমিং কখন পেনিসিলিন আবিষ্কার করেছিলেন?) [DU (A) 14-15]

A. did Fleming invent

B. Fleming invented

C. Fleming invents

D. has Fleming invented

Ans: A

(Explanation: Past Simple Question about history: When + did + Subject + Verb. "When did Fleming invent...?")

41. Choose the correct sentence. [বলতে পার কি কয়টায় সিনেমা শুরু হয়?] [DU (D) 06-07]

A. Can they tell you what time does the movie start?

B. Can they say you what time the movie starts?

C. Can they tell you when time the movie starts?

D. Can they tell you what time the movie starts?

Ans: D

(Explanation: Embedded question inside "Can they tell you...": Subject + Verb. "...what time the movie starts".)

42. Choose the correct sentence from the following. [NU (বিজ্ঞান) 12-13]

A. Where you think this story took place?

B. Where did you think did this story take place?

C. Where do you think this story took place?

D. Where do you think this story take place?

Ans: C

(Explanation: Complex question. Main clause "Do you think", embedded clause "this story took place". "Where do you think this story took place?")

43. Could you tell me —? (আমাকে বলতে পারবেন কি বাস স্টপটি কোথায়?) [COU (B) 17-18]

A. where is the bus stop

B. the bus stop is where

C. where the bus stop is

D. is where the bus stop

Ans: C

(Explanation: Embedded question: Wh + Subject + Verb. "...where the bus stop is".)

44. Which sentence is correct? [এটা কোথায় ঘটেছিল?] [RU (A1) 17-18]

A. Where did it happen?

B. Where it happened?

C. Where was it happened?

D. Where happened it?

Ans: A

(Explanation: Standard Past Simple Question: Where + did + Subject + Verb. "Where did it happen?")

45. Why — use the medieval Bengali legend in the poem? [CU (A) 17-18]

A. the poet

B. is the poet

C. does the poet

D. do every poet

Ans: C

(Explanation: Present Simple Question: Why + does + Subject + Verb. "Why does the poet use...?")

46. Which one is the correct sentence? [BSMRSTU (E) 17-18]

A. Tell me why have you done this?

B. Tell me why you have done this.

C. Tell me why did you done this?

D. Tell me why do done this you?

Ans: B

(Explanation: Embedded question/Indirect imperative: Subject + Verb. "Tell me why you have done this.")

47. Which one is correct? [আমাকে বলতে পারো কি সে কখন আসে?] [BRRU (E) 16-17]

A. Can you tell me what the time of his arrival?

B. Can you tell me what is the time he will arrive?

C. Can you tell me what the time of his arrival is?

D. Can you tell me what is the time of his arrival?

Ans: C

(Explanation: Strict grammar for embedded questions requires the verb "is" at the end. "...what the time of his arrival is?")

48. What (to speak) to her about last night? (গতরাত্রে তার সাথে কি ব্যাপারে কথা বলেছিলে?) [KU (BBA) 15-16]

A. What have you spoken to her about last night?

B. What you spoke to her about last night?

C. What did you speak to her about last night?

D. Had you spoken to her about last night?

Ans: C

(Explanation: "Last night" -> Past Simple. "What did you speak to her about...?")

49. How long — to cross the Atlantic by ship? (জাহাজে আটলান্টিক মহাসাগর পার হতে কত সময় লাগে?) [BSMRSTU E 18-19]

A. is it

B. does it need

C. does it take

D. does it want

Ans: C

(Explanation: Idiomatic expression for duration: "take". "How long does it take...?")

50. Choose the sentence. (আমাকে বলো তুমি কেমন আছো?) [BSMRSTU (E) 18-19]

A. Tell me how are you?

B. Tell me how you are?

C. Tell me how you are.

D. How are you tell me.

Ans: C

(Explanation: Indirect question functioning as a statement (Imperative). "Tell me how you are.")