Pairs of Words Exercise -Difference Between Words - Exercise -1 for University Admission Test, Job Application Test, BCS Exam and Any Competitive Examination

Pairs of Words Exercise

Group A

1. Frequent closures of universities badly — academic progress. [40th BCS]

A. effect

B. effects

C. affect

D. affects

Ans: C

2. A lot of people have been — by the flood. [RU (A) 14-15]

A. affected

B. suffered

C. effected

D. died

Ans: A

3. Wars — everybody, and their destructive — last for generation. [JnU 15-16]

A. affects, effects

B. effect, affect

C. affect, effects

D. affect, effect

Ans: C

4. Choose the correct sentence.

A. The Sidr effected our country

B. The Sidr affect our country

C. The Sidr affected our country

D. The Sidr effect our country

Ans: C

5. One of the — of globalization is cultural —. [DU B 11-12]

A. affects, surprise

B. effect, shock

C. effects, assault

D. effect, confusion

Ans: C

6. Smoking — our health. (ধূমপান আমাদের স্বাস্থ্যের ক্ষতি করে)

A. effect

B. effects

C. affecting

D. affects

Ans: D

7. The flood did not — us that much, thank goodness. [IU B 02-03, JnU (B) 17-18]

A. effect

B. affected

C. effecting

D. affect

Ans: D

8. The — of pollution in the cities should not be overlooked by the authorities. [DU (D) 96-97]

A. affect

B. affects

C. effect

D. effects

Ans: D

9. The way our society is structured — all human relationships. [CU (C1) 13-14]

A. effective

B. affects

C. effects

D. effecting

Ans: B

10. His belief that he could do this, is his —. [BRUR (C) 15-16] He suffered from the — that he was another Napoleon. [RU (D) 11-12]

A. illusion

B. imagination

C. delusion

D. alluson

Ans: C

(Note: Delusion = False belief/mental disorder. Illusion = False perception of reality).

11. He was unable to — to the play in my speech. [DU (B-Elective) 14-15]

A. illusion

B. allusion

C. elision

D. insinuation

Ans: B

(Note: Allude to = mention indirectly).

12. A troupe of — has gone to entertain the soldiers. [DU (D) 00-01]

A. artists

B. artistes

C. artisans

D. artificers

Ans: B

(Note: Artiste = professional entertainer).

13. Have you ever — abroad?

A. gone

B. been

C. been to

D. went to

Ans: B

(Note: Been).

14. Have you ever — England?

A. been to

B. been in

C. went to

D. went on

Ans: A

15. What does the sentence, "I have been to Chittagong" imply? [KU (জীববিজ্ঞান স্কুল) 11-12]

A. I went to Chittagong

B. I lived in Chittagong

C. I have gone to Chittagong

D. I know all about Chittagong

Ans: A

(Note: Implies I visited).

16. "My sister has been to London" indicates that — [JnU (H) 10-11]

A. My sister is permanently living in London.

B. My sister always goes to London.

C. My sister goes to London very often.

D. My sister has gone to London at least once.

Ans: D

17. Have you ever — the Sunderbans?

A. looked, on

B. been, to

C. seen, or

D. traveled, within

Ans: B

18. Camping — usually provide facilities for entertainment. [DU (B) 11-12]

A. site

B. sight, in

C. sites, for

D. sites, at

Ans: C

19. A sacred — attracts many visitors who require service. [CU (D) 12-13]

A. cite

B. sight

C. side

D. site

Ans: D

20. You must not forget to — your references when you write a paper. [RU (E) 11-12] To — is to make a reference to a specific source. [SUST (A) 13-14]

A. cite

B. site

C. sight

D. siete

Ans: A

21. In the sense of dead body, we may use the word — [DU (A & D) 10-11, NU (ক) 13-14]

A. Corps

B. Corpse

C. Crops

D. Cropse

Ans: B

22. The — of the camel was found lying by the side of the canal.

A. carcass

B. corps

C. corpeess

D. corpse

Ans: B

(Note: The text indicates B, but 'carcass' (A) is typically for animals. 'Corpse' (D) is for humans. Assuming B is a typo in source or meant to be D/A contextually).

23. Our little puppy was — in the river.

A. sank

B. sunk

C. drown

D. drowned

Ans: D

24. The little boy —. [JKKNIU (A) 12-13, (I) 16-17]

A. drowned

B. is drowned

C. was drowned

D. none of them

Ans: C

25. The Titanic — during its first voyage. [IU (B) 10-11]

A. drowned

B. wreck

C. sank

D. lost

Ans: C

26. She has — her hair a beautiful shade of brown.

A. colored

B. given

C. dried

D. dyed

Ans: D

27. She — her parents and got married. [BSMRSTU (D) 17-18]

A. defied

B. denied

C. denounced

D. applied

Ans: A

(Note: Defied = disobeyed).

28. No one can — that he is clever. [RU (B) 16-17]

A. Defy

B. Deny

C. Denounce

D. Die

Ans: B

29. To discover is — about something that already exists, but to invent is — something. [DU D 14-15]

A. to learn, to create

B. to create, to learn

C. to find, to know

D. learn about, discover

Ans: A

30. Alexander Fleming — penicillin.

A. discovered

B. invented

C. made

D. invention

Ans: A

31. The — of radium brought much fame to Madame Curie. [JnU (D) 09-10]

A. detection

B. use

C. discovery

D. invention

Ans: C

32. According to European historians, Columbus — America. [DU (D) 04-05]

A. invented

B. discovered

C. found

D. founded

Ans: B

33. The president said the — situation was very serious. [Ulab (B) 06-07] The minister said that the — situation was very serious.

A. economical

B. economic

C. economy

D. economics

Ans: B

34. The — condition of our family is bad. [COU (B) 09-10]

A. economic

B. economical

C. economy

D. none of the above

Ans: A

35. Do not be too —. [KU (A) 11-12]

A. economical

B. economic

C. economizing

D. none of them

Ans: A

36. By asking many questions, the instructor tried to — information from the students. [JnU (B) 11-12]

A. elicit

B. illicit

C. illicit

D. ignore

Ans: A

37. Can you — the hidden meaning of the poem? [RU (A) 09-10]

A. elicit

B. take

C. tell

D. illicit

Ans: A

38. The sale of — drugs is prohibited in our country. [RU (F) 09-10]

A. illcit

B. elicit

C. ban

D. expire

Ans: A

(Note: Spelling: Illicit).

39. He is — for the post.

A. eligible

B. illegible

C. illegal

D. legitimate

Ans: A

40. Current students are not — to apply for this award. [BU (D) 13-14]

A. allegeable

B. illegible

C. eligible

D. illegal

Ans: C

41. Your handwriting is —. I cannot read what you have written. [JnU (Business) 10-11]

A. inexact

B. eligible

C. illegible

D. legible

Ans: C

42. The fire in the museum resulted in — damage. [BU (B) 12-13]

A. intensive

B. expensive

C. extensive

D. abrasive

Ans: C

43. — research is needed to prove this to be true. [BU (A) 14-15]

A. Extensive

B. Huge

C. Immense

D. Live

Ans: A

44. He intends to — in the country for two months. [RU 06-07]

A. live

B. stay

C. stop

D. halt

Ans: B

45. Find out the correct sentence.

A. You should not lose your heart.

B. You should not loss your heart.

C. You should not loose your heart.

D. You should not lost your heart.

Ans: A

46. I hope he doesn't — his job. [BSMRSTU (D) 17-18]

A. lost

B. loose

C. lose

D. fail

Ans: C

47. How would you — your temper over such a trivial matter. [RU (B) 16-17]

A. loose

B. loss

C. lose

D. lost

Ans: C

48. He is a man of — morals. [NU 11-12]

A. loose

B. lose

C. lost

D. loosing

Ans: A

49. The man (loose) his tie. [CU (A) 04-05]

A. lose

B. loosed

C. loosened

D. louse

Ans: C

50. He prefers to wear — clothing when exercising. [JnU (B) 07-08]

A. lost

B. loose

C. lose

D. loosed

Ans: B

Group B

1. She does not want to — her peace of mind. [RU (A, বিজোড়) 15-16] / I took a map with me, as I didn't want to — my way on the journey. [RU (Law) 11-12]

A. lost

B. loose

C. lose

D. loss

Ans: C

2. The fat man is trying hard to — weight. [DU (D) 14-15] / I want to — some weight. [CU (D) 10-11, Sonali Bank-14, BRUR (E) 16-17]

A. loss

B. loosen

C. loose

D. lose

Ans: D

3. Antibiotics — the growth of bacteria. [RU (K) 17-18]

A. inhabit

B. inhibit

C. structure

D. overturn

Ans: B

(Note: Inhibit = prevent/slow down).

4. He was — in a car accident. [RU (Law) 11-12]

A. hurt

B. wounded

C. died

D. injured

Ans: D

5. It is a surprising — for an ambitious social worker to draw. [IU (E) 07-08]

A. morale

B. moral

C. morals

D. spirits

Ans: B

(Note: Moral = lesson).

6. After the victory, the — of the troops was very high. [RU (লোকপ্রশাসন) 09-10]

A. morale

B. moral

C. critic

D. none

Ans: A

(Note: Morale = spirit/confidence).

7. The story has no —. [JU (A) 13-14]

A. morale

B. principal

C. principle

D. moral

Ans: D

8. No — figures are available about the bus accident causalities. [CU (E) 09-10]

A. precised

B. precise

C. persecute

D. persuade

Ans: B

9. The — character in the movie is a middle-aged woman. [BU (B) 12-13]

A. principles

B. principal

C. principle

D. princepal

Ans: B

10. The government will — the guilty parties for polluting the waters. [NU 14-15]

A. persecute

B. prosecute

C. persuade

D. pitfall

Ans: B

(Note: Prosecute = take legal action).

11. The condition of the workers is —. [RU (E) 11-12]

A. pitiful

B. pitiable

C. piteous

D. pitiless

Ans: B

12. Fill in the blank. I'm — tired. [DU (BBA) 97-98] / Maria was — tired after the long walk in the beach. / Marry was — different from her sister, Miranda.

A. quit

B. quite

C. quiet

D. quiete

Ans: B

(Note: Quite).

13. Lynda had to — eating apples after the orthodontist put braces on her teeth. [KU (S) 12-13]

A. quiet

B. quit

C. quite

D. none

Ans: B

(Note: Quit).

14. The discovery of penicillin was a — event. [RU (B, advanced) 12-13]

A. sensual

B. sensational

C. sensory

D. sensible

Ans: B

15. Be careful, he is a very — man. [RU (E, বিজোড়) 13-14]

A. sensational

B. sensitive

C. sensible

D. sensuous

Ans: B

16. I think he would listen to your logic because he is a — man. [RU (B, বিজোড়) 14-15]

A. sensual

B. sensitive

C. sensible

D. sensuous

Ans: C

17. You should not say things that might make a highly — person upset. [BRUR (ঘ) 11-12]

A. sensational

B. sensible

C. noble

D. sensitive

Ans: D

18. The discovery of penicillin was a — event/discovery. [DU (D) 17-18, (A) 10-11]

A. sensitive

B. sensational

C. sensible

D. sensual

Ans: B

19. I spent — with the patient. (আমি রোগীর সাথে কিছু সময় কাটালাম) [21 BCS, MBSTU (C) 11-12, RU 09-10, (গ) 13-14, "সহকারী পরিচালক (পাসপোর্ট)-১০, IU (H) 14-15, (C) 15-16, Medical 15-16] / I spent — with my grandfather.

A. some times

B. some time

C. sometime

D. some

Ans: B

(Note: Some time = a period of time).

20. I hope to meet you — in January.

A. sometimes

B. sometime

C. some time

D. Some what

Ans: B

(Note: Sometime = at an indefinite point).

21. I shall — the gift when he brings it. [RU (C) 09-10]

A. accept

B. except

C. excess

D. want

Ans: A

22. The professor was given — to materials in the research library. [BU (D) 14-15]

A. access

B. excess

C. time

D. allusion

Ans: A

23. My friend is an — writer. [RU (A, বিজোড়) 13-14]

A. imaginary

B. imaginative

C. imaginable

D. imagination

Ans: B

24. Children are always afraid of — fear. [RU (A) 10-11]

A. imaginative

B. tertiary

C. ordinary

D. imaginary

Ans: D

25. Everything is going to be —. [DU (C) 11-12] / Everything was —.

A. alright

B. allright

C. al right

D. all right

Ans: D

(Note: Standard spelling).

26. He is — to please his boss. [RU (science) 09-10]

A. jealous

B. zealous

C. zeal

D. zest

Ans: B

27. Don't touch that wire! It's —. [JU 10-11]

A. alive

B. live

C. lively

D. living

Ans: B

(Note: Live wire).

28. Children like to watch science — movies.

A. fraction

B. faction

C. traction

D. fiction

Ans: D

29. The recipe for vegetable soup has a number of different —. [JnU (D) 09-10]

A. parts

B. components

C. ingredients

D. elements

Ans: C

30. John — me yesterday that he was getting married in the spring. [CU (D) 06-07]

A. told

B. said

C. spoke

D. asked

Ans: A

31. Someone — tickets are free.

A. said me

B. said me that

C. told me

D. told to me

Ans: C

32. He — me that he was not feeling well. [IU (C) 10-11]

A. said

B. told

C. related

D. described

Ans: B

33. Can you hear what he is —? [IU (Law) 11-12]

A. saying

B. speaking

C. telling

D. talking

Ans: A

34. Julia is very good at languages, she — four languages very well. [NU (ক) 06-07]

A. speaks

B. communicates

C. talks

D. writes

Ans: A

35. I wish I could — several languages.

A. talk

B. speak

C. communicate

D. say

Ans: B

36. Rahim — English fluently. [RU 08-09]

A. says

B. tells

C. speaks

D. talks

Ans: C

37. We may order a — place.

A. quite

B. quiet

C. quiete

D. quit

Ans: B

38. The family looked for a — place.

A. quite

B. quiet

C. quit

D. none

Ans: B

39. They booked a — in the hotel. [KU (C) 09-10]

A. suit

B. suitor

C. suite

D. suet

Ans: C

40. Select the correct sentence.

A. He is dressed in a nice suit

B. She stayed in an expensive suit of the hotel.

C. He won the law suite

D. He wore a black suit for the occasion.

Ans: D

41. The engineer inspected the — and gave his approval for the factory. [CGDF 19]

A. site

B. cite

C. sight

D. side

Ans: A

42. The — chosen for the construction of the building is in the heart of the city. [RU (E) 11-12]

A. sight

B. side

C. cite

D. site

Ans: D

43. Our school building has a good —.

A. sight

B. site

C. sight

D. siete

Ans: B

44. A horse-rider has to adjust the saddle and — before riding. [BRUR (E) 15-16]

A. manes

B. reins

C. reigns

D. rains

Ans: B

45. The students have free — to the teachers. [শিক্ষক নিবন্ধন-১২]

A. excess

B. access

C. excees

D. axcess

Ans: B

46. Which one is correct?

A. The ship sunk in the ocean.

B. The ship was drowned in the ocean.

C. The ship goes under the ocean.

D. The ship was sunk in the ocean.

Ans: D

(Note: 'The ship sank' is usually preferred as 'sink' is intransitive, but D is the best option among the choices if passive is required).

47. Man did not know that the earth moves round the sun until it was —. [33 BCS (সংশোধিত)]

A. discovered

B. hypothesized

C. experimented

D. invented

Ans: A

Group C

1. Man did not know how to make a fire until it was —

A. invented

B. discovered

C. taught

D. necessitated

Ans: B

2. You must be careful if you — a bicycle in a city. [RU (B) 18-19]

A. ride

B. take

C. go

D. drive

Ans: A

3. He was sent to the prison for his — [RU (B) 18-19]

A. vice

B. crime

C. guilt

D. sin

Ans: B

4. I do not — his address. [DU (D) 98-99]

A. recall

B. remember

C. remind

D. recollect

Ans: B

5. The — of Cox's Bazar is charming.

A. Scenes

B. Scenario

C. Scenery

D. Scenic

Ans: C

6. Refugees should receive — treatment. [CU (D) 10-11]

A. humane

B. human

C. humanly

D. humanish

Ans: A

7. Charitable agencies have appealed — aid.

A. human

B. humane

C. humanistic

D. humanitarian

Ans: D

8. It is a(n) — to argue with your friends. [CU (D) 10-11]

A. fault

B. error

C. mistake

D. slip

Ans: C

9. His parents seemed very —. [BRUR (A) 15-16]

A. amiability

B. amiably

C. amiable

D. amicable

Ans: C

10. Copying in the examination is an — act.

A. immortal

B. amoral

C. immoral

D. moral

Ans: C

11. Choose the correct sentence.

A. Chameli is an imaginary type of girl.

B. She is an imaginable girl.

C. She is an imaginative girl.

D. She is a imagining girl.

Ans: C

12. Shafiq was — television in the sitting room. [CU (D) 02-03]

A. seeing

B. looking

C. watching

D. viewing

Ans: C

13. I had a terrible —, the train broke down on the way. [KU (ব্যবসায়) 10-11]

A. journey

B. travel

C. voyage

D. drive

Ans: A

14. The — Board has deleted a number of scenes. [BU (B) 12-13, NU (মানবিক) 12-13]

A. Censor

B. Censer

C. Censor

D. Censur

Ans: C

(Note: Option A and C often appear identical in source texts, 'Censor' is the correct spelling).

15. People have to — to circumstances. [DU (B) 14-15]

A. adopt

B. adept

C. adapt

D. edept

Ans: C

16. The strength of Achilles was on his —. [DU (D) 17-18]

A. hill

B. heal

C. hell

D. heel

Ans: D

17. His legal — is Sheela. [JnU (A) 17-18]

A. hare

B. heir

C. hair

D. here

Ans: B

18. Seeing the black snake, the children — [DU (A) 13-14]

A. shouted

B. yelled

C. cried

D. screamed

Ans: D

19. We were having a friendly — about cricket. [JU (C) 14-15]

A. gossip

B. chat

C. whisper

D. report

Ans: B

20. She held the — in her hands. [JnU (B) 17-18]

A. Rays

B. Reigns

C. Rains

D. Rein

Ans: D

21. The students are not prepared — the examination.

A. to listen

B. to work

C. to take

D. to give

Ans: C

22. We should — opportunities as they rise. [JnU (B) 17-18]

A. cease

B. size

C. sneeze

D. seize

Ans: D

23. I decided not to take the course because — too easy.

A. it

B. its

C. itse

D. it's

Ans: D

24. When he asks me the questions, just — the answers quickly in my ear and he will never know. [BU (D) 15-16]

A. whisper

B. talk

C. shut

D. yell

Ans: A

25. I — him my pen for a few minutes to write a letter. [RU (B-Law) 09-10]

A. bought

B. lent

C. sold

D. borrow

Ans: B

26. The students had free — to the Principal.

A. exess

B. axcess

C. acxess

D. access

Ans: D

27. We didn't — the programme to be such a huge success. [BU (D) 14-15]

A. except

B. expect

C. access

D. accept

Ans: B

28. I suffer from no — about my capabilities. [RU (A, বিজোড়) 13-14]

A. doubts

B. hallucination

C. imaginations

D. illusions

Ans: D

29. A person who is accused of a crime is entitled to a — trial. [DU (D) 17-18]

A. fair

B. fair

C. fare

D. fame

Ans: A

30. The boat — in the Padma.

A. drowned

B. sunk

C. sank

D. sink

Ans: C

31. He exported 500 — of jute.

A. bails

B. baels

C. bells

D. bales

Ans: D

32. Telling lies is a very bad — [মাদকদ্রব্য নিয়ন্ত্রণ অধিদপ্তর উপপরিদর্শক-০৫]

A. habit

B. custom

C. inclination

D. desire

Ans: A

33. Is there any — why he can't get a job?

A. answer

B. purpose

C. cause

D. reason

Ans: D

34. The danger is —. [RU (A2) 19-20]

A. eminence

B. eminent

C. prominent

D. imminent

Ans: D

35. I enjoyed a — evening at home. [CU (F) 05-06]

A. quite

B. quiet

C. quiet

D. quit

Ans: B

36. Have you gone to Kuakata? [BU (B) 14-15]

A. Have you gone to Kuakata?

B. Have you been to Kuakata?

C. Have you ever gone Kuakata?

D. Did you ever go to Kuakata?

Ans: B

37. Have you ever — London? [প্রাথমিক শিক্ষক-০৯]

A. been to

B. been on

C. gone to

D. went on

Ans: A

38. Choose the correct sentence. [JU (C) 12-13]

A. I've never be to America.

B. I've never been to America.

C. I never been to America.

D. I never was to America.

Ans: B

39. Identify the correct sentence. [তুমি কি কখনো কুয়াকাটা গিয়েছ?] [BU (B) 14-15]

A. Have you ever went to Kuakata?

B. Did you ever been to Kuakata?

C. Have you ever been to Kuakata?

D. Have you ever go to Kuakata?

Ans: C