ব্যাংক নিয়োগ প্রস্তুতি ⎯ লং কোর্স

• Correct Sentence: "If only you had gone to the meeting when you were in town."

- "If only..." দিয়ে বাক্য শুরু হলে,
- তা দিয়ে আক্ষেপ (wish/regret) বা বাস্তবে যা হচ্ছে না, সেটা হলে ভালো হতো, এই রকম অনুভূতি প্রকাশ পায়।
- এটি একটি Subjunctive mood, যেখানে Past tense বা perfect tense ব্যবহৃত হয়, যদিও বক্তব্যটি বর্তমান কালের অর্থ প্রকাশ করে।

- "If only you had gone to the meeting when you were in town. "
- "তুমি যখন শহরে ছিলে তখন যদি তুমি মিটিং-এ যেতে"

• Other Options:
ক) has gone
- Present perfect tense, বর্তমান সময় বোঝায়। ভুল।

খ) goes
- Present simple tense। নিয়মিত কাজ বোঝায়, কিন্তু এখানে অতীতের আফসোস করা হচ্ছে।

ঘ) was gone
- “was gone” মানে “চলে গিয়েছিল”, কিন্তু এটি passive tone এর মতো লাগে এবং grammatically incorrect এখানে।

Source: A Passage to the English Language by S.M. Zakir Hussain, cambridge.org (if-only).

• Complete Sentence: If I see her, I will tell her about the news.
Bangla: যদি আমি ওকে দেখি, আমি খবরটির কথা বলব।

• Conditional Structure:  If + present simple, will + base verb.

• বাক্যটি if দিয়ে শুরু হয়েছে এবং present indefinite tense হওয়ায় এর পরবর্তী অংশ Future indefinite tense হয়েছে।
- If I see her (Present indedinite).
- I will tell her about the news (Future indefinite).

• Other Options:
ক) told
- Past tense, কিন্তু এখানে ভবিষ্যৎ সম্ভাবনার কথা বলা হয়েছে - তাই ভুল।

গ) could tell
- এটি second conditional-এর অংশ হতে পারে (unreal or imaginary), কিন্তু প্রশ্নে তা বলা হয় নি।

ঘ) am telling
- Present continuous tense - সময় ও structure অনুযায়ী সঠিক নয়।

Source: A Passage to the English Language by S.M. Zakir Hussain.

• Correct Answer: খ) would have.

- This is a third conditional, used to express past regret or unreal past events.
- Structure: If + had + past participle, would have + past participle
- If they had invited us, we would have gone.
- Bangla: যদি তারা আমাদের আমন্ত্রণ জানাতো, তাহলে আমরা যেতাম।

• Other Options:
ক) will have
- Future perfect tense — ভবিষ্যতের ক্ষেত্রে ব্যবহৃত হয়, এখানে অতীতের আফসোস প্রকাশ করা হয়েছে।

গ) had
- শুধু "had gone" হলে অর্থপূর্ণ হতো, কিন্তু এখানে "would have" structure দরকার।

ঘ) would
- অসম্পূর্ণ structure — "would have gone" না লিখলে অর্থ স্পষ্ট নয়।

Source: A Passage to the English Language by S.M. Zakir Hussain.

• Correct Answer: ক) boils.

• Complete Sentence: If water reaches 100°C, it boils.
- This is a zero conditional sentence, used for universal truths or scientific facts.
- Structure: If + Present Simple, Present Simple
- If water reaches 100°C, it boils.
- Bangla: যদি পানি ১০০°সে তাপমাত্রায় পৌঁছায়, তবে তা ফুটে উঠে।

Other Options:
খ) will boil
- এটি First Conditional structure - ভবিষ্যতের সম্ভাবনা বোঝায়, যা এখানে প্রযোজ্য নয়।

গ) would boil
- এটি Second Conditional - কল্পনাপ্রসূত অবস্থা বোঝায়, কিন্তু এটি বাস্তব বিজ্ঞানভিত্তিক সত্য।

ঘ) boiled
- Past tense - এখানে বর্তমানের সাধারণ সত্য বলা হয়েছে, তাই ভুল।

Source: A Passage to the English Language by S.M. Zakir Hussain.

• Correct Answer: খ) Perseverance.

Correct spelling is Perseverance – meaning continued effort despite difficulties.

• Perseverance (Adj)
- Bangla Meaning: অধ্যবসায়, নিরন্তর প্রচেষ্টা এবং সংকল্প। 
- English Meaning:  continued effort to do or achieve something.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: ক) Keyboard : Pianist.

• Stethoscope
- Bangla Meaning: হৃদবীক্ষণ যন্ত্র; স্টেথিস্‌কোপ; রোগীর হৃদস্পন্দন ও শ্বাসপ্রশ্বাসক্রিয়া পরীক্ষা করার জন্য ডাক্তার যে যন্ত্র ব্যবহার করেন।
- English Meaning: a medical device that allows a doctor to listen to your heart, lungs, or other part of your body.

• Doctor
- Bangla Meaning: চিকিৎসক, ডাক্তার।
- English Meaning: a person with a medical degree whose job is to treat people who are ill or injured.

• Other Options:
ক) Keyboard : Pianist
• Keyboard
- Bangla Meaning: কীবোর্ড; পিয়ানো বা কম্পিউটারের বোতামযুক্ত ইনপুট যন্ত্র।
- English Meaning: a musical instrument having keys like a piano, or the set of keys on this type of instrument: Steve plays keyboards.

• Pianist
- Bangla Meaning: পিয়ানোবোদক।
- English Meaning: someone who plays the piano.

• Explanation:
- Just as a doctor uses a stethoscope, a keyboard is used by a pianist.
- This forms a clear Tool : Professional User analogy.

খ) Microscope : Engineer 
• Microscope
- Bangla Meaning: আণুবীক্ষণ যন্ত্র।
- English Meaning: a device that uses lenses to make very small objects look larger.
• Engineer
- Bangla Meaning: প্রকৌশলী।
- English Meaning: a person whose job is to design or build machines, engines, or electrical equipment, or things such as roads, railways, or bridges, using scientific principles.
• Engineers rarely use microscopes in their core profession. This pair is weak and inconsistent with the analogy.

গ) Chalk : Scientist 
• Chalk
- Bangla Meaning: চুনাপাথর; ; চুনাপাথর বা এই জাতীয় পদার্থ দিয়ে তৈরি লেখা ও আঁকার খড়ি।
- English Meaning: a type of soft, white rock, or a similar substance.

• Scientist
- Bangla Meaning: বিজ্ঞানী।
- English Meaning: an expert who studies or works in one of the sciences.
- Chalk is more closely associated with teachers, not scientists.

ঘ) Scalpel : Artist 
• Scalpel
- Bangla Meaning: শল্যবিদদের ছোট হালকা ছুরি।
- English Meaning: a very sharp knife that is used for cutting through skin and flesh during an operation.

• Artist
- Bangla Meaning: শিল্পী।
- English Meaning: someone who paints, draws, or makes sculptures.
- A scalpel is used by surgeons, not artists. This breaks the tool-user analogy.

• Finally, Analogical সম্পর্ক অনুসারে এখানে পেশা এবং পেশার সাথে জড়িত যন্ত্রের ব্যবহার হয়েছে।
→ Stethoscope : Doctor :: Keyboard : Pianist.
→ Both are examples of Tool : Professional user

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: গ) Manoeuvre (British spelling).

- British English: Manoeuvre.
- American English: Maneuver.
Meaning: A carefully planned or skillful movement or action.

Manoeuvre
- Bangla Meaning: চাল; সাময়িক চাল; রণকৌশল।
- English Meaning: a movement that needs care or skill, a clever action, usually done to trick someone.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

সঠিক উত্তর: খ) Angry : Calm ও ঘ) Transparent : Opaque
অপশনে দ্বৈত উত্তর থাকায় প্রশ্নটি বাতিল করা হলো। 
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• Barren
- Bangla Meaning: অনুর্বর, অনুৎপাদী, ধাতুনির্মিত নল।
- English Meaning: unable to produce plants or fruit.
• Fecund
- Bangla Meaning: উর্বরা; ফলশালী; সন্তানোৎপাদী।
- English Meaning: able to produce a lot of crops, fruit, babies, young animals, etc.
- This is an Antonym Pair - Barren and Fecund are opposites.

• Options:
ক) Fertile : Productive 
• Fertile
- Bangla Meaning: উর্বর।
- English Meaning: Capable of producing offspring, seeds, or fruit.
• Productive
- Bangla Meaning: উত্পাদনশীল, ইতিবাচক ফলাফল।
- English Meaning: resulting in or providing a large amount or supply of something.
- These two are similar in meaning, not opposites.

খ) Angry : Calm 
• Angry
- Bangla Meaning: ক্রুদ্ধ; রুষ্ট।
- English Meaning: having a strong feeling against someone who has behaved badly.
• furious
- Bangla Meaning: উচণ্ড; উন্মত্ত; ক্রোধোন্মত্ত; ক্ষিপ্ত; উৎকট; অসংযত।
- English Meaning: exhibiting or goaded by anger.

গ) Silent : Quiet 
• Silent
- Bangla Meaning: নিস্তব্ধ, চুপ, নীরব।
- English Meaning: without any sound, without talking.
• Quiet
- Bangla Meaning: শান্ত, চুপচাপ, সামান্য, কম কাজ বা হইচই এবং কতিপয় মানুষ, শান্ত, শান্ত।
- English Meaning: making very little noise.
- These are synonyms, not opposites.

ঘ) Transparent : Opaque 
• Transparent
- Bangla Meaning: স্বচ্ছ।
- English Meaning: allowing light through so that objects can be clearly seen through it.
• Opaque
- Bangla Meaning: অস্বচ্ছ; অনচ্ছ।
- English Meaning: difficult to understand or know about.
- This is a perfect antonym pair, just like Barren : Fecund.

- Final Analogy Type:
→ Barren : Fecund is an Antonym.
→ So, Transparent : Opaque এবং Angry : Calm
→ বিপরীতার্থ (Antonyms) — are the best fit.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: গ) Harass.

- Correct spelling is Harass - meaning to trouble or annoy persistently.

গ) Harass
- Bangla Meaning: হয়রানি প্রতিরোধ।
- English Meaning: to repeatedly annoy or upset someone over a period of time.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: খ) Appetite.

• Water : Thirst :: Food : Appetite.

• Water
- Bangla Meaning: পানি।
- English Meaning: a clear liquid, without color, taste, or smell, that falls from clouds as rain and is necessary for animal and plant life.
• Thirst
- Bangla Meaning: তৃষ্ণা; পিপাসা।
- English Meaning: the need or desire to drink something, esp. water.

• Appetite
- Bangla Meaning: ক্ষুধা, ক্ষিদে।
- English Meaning: the feeling that you want to eat food.

• Relationship:
• Water satisfies thirst → Food satisfies appetite.

• Other Options :
ক) Medicine
- Bangla Meaning: ওষুধ, ঔষধ, ওষুধ।
- English Meaning: the treatment of illness or injury.
- No logical connection to “food” as satisfying a need or desire like “appetite”.

গ) Meal
- Bangla Meaning: আহার, ভোজন, খাবার।
- English Meaning: an occasion when food is served or eaten.
- “Meal” is a form of food, not the desire for food like “appetite”.

ঘ) Nutrition
- Bangla Meaning: পুষ্টি, খাদ্য গ্রহণ এবং ব্যবহার করার প্রক্রিয়া, বা এর বৈজ্ঞানিক অধ্যয়ন।
- English Meaning: the substances that you take into your body as food and the way that they influence your health. 
- Nutrition is the effect or benefit of food, not a desire that food satisfies.

• Final Analogy Type:
• Cause → Effect (Satisfier → Need).

→ Water satisfies thirst.
→ Food satisfies the appetite.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: গ) Foot.

• Glove : Hand :: Sock : Foot

•  Glove
- Bangla Meaning: দস্তানা।
- English Meaning: a piece of clothing that is worn on the hand and wrist for warmth or protection, with separate parts for each finger.
•  Hand
- Bangla Meaning: হাত।
- English Meaning: the part of the body at the end of the arm that is used for holding, moving, touching, and feeling things.

•  Foot
- Bangla Meaning: পায়ের পাতা, চরণতল, ফুট, পাদদেশ।
- English Meaning: the part of the leg below the ankle that is used for standing and walking.
- A sock is specifically made to be worn on the foot.
- Relationship:
• A glove is worn on the hand, just as a sock is worn on the foot.

• Other Options:
ক) Arm
- Bangla Meaning: বাহু
- English Meaning: a human upper limb; especially: the part between the shoulder and the wrist.
- A sock is not worn on the arm; this breaks the analogy.

খ) Shoe
- Bangla Meaning: জুতা।
- English Meaning: one of a pair of coverings for your feet.
- A shoe covers the sock, not equivalent to the “hand” in the glove analogy.

ঘ) Leg
- Bangla Meaning: পা।
- English Meaning: one of the parts of a human or animal body that is used for standing or walking.
- A sock may partly cover the leg, but its primary fit is on the foot.

•  Final Analogy Type:
- Clothing : Body Part Worn On.

•  Glove : Hand → Glove is worn on the hand.
•  Sock : Foot → Sock is worn on the foot.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: খ) If I had known earlier!

- “আমি যদি আগেই জানতাম!”
Structure: If + past perfect → main clause (optional with would/could/should + have + past participle).
- It correctly reflects an unreal condition in the past - something that did not happen.

• Incorrect Options:
ক) If I would know earlier!
- Grammatically incorrect. In conditional sentences, “would” is not used in the if-clause.

গ) If I knew earlier!
- This is a present unreal structure. But the Bengali sentence expresses past regret, so it's incorrect.

ঘ) I should know it earlier!
- “Should know” implies present obligation or mild advice, not past regret. Also, the verb tense is incorrect for expressing something that didn’t happen in the past.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: ক) Mistake.

• Cacophony
- Bangla Meaning: শ্রুতিকটু শব্দ; অমিল।
- English Meaning: harsh or jarring sound.
• Sound
- Bangla Meaning: শব্দ।
- English Meaning: something that you can hear or that can be heard.

• Blunder
- Bangla Meaning: সাঙ্ঘাতিক ভুল।
- English Meaning: a serious mistake, usually caused by not taking care or thinking.
• Mistake
- Bangla Meaning: ভুল; ত্রুটি।
- English Meaning: an action, decision, or judgment that produces an unwanted or unintentional result.

• Analogical Relation:
- Cacophony is a harsh type of sound, just as -
- Blunder is a serious type of mistake.

• Other Options:
খ) Confess
- Bangla Meaning: অপরাধ বা কোনো ভুল কাজ করে ফেলে স্বীকার করা।
- English Meaning: to admit that you have done something wrong or something that you feel guilty or bad about.

গ) Intelligence
- Bangla Meaning: শেখার, বোঝার এবং বিচার করার ক্ষমতা বা যুক্তির উপর ভিত্তি করে মতামত দেওয়ার ক্ষমতা।
- English Meaning: he ability to understand and learn well, and to form judgments and opinions based on reason.

ঘ) Speech
- Bangla Meaning: বক্তৃতা / কথা।
- English Meaning: the ability to talk, the activity of talking.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: গ) যা হয়েছে তা হয়েছে।

Explanation: This is an idiomatic expression; closest meaning in Bangla is “যা হয়েছে তা হয়েছে”.

Let bygones be bygones (Phrase)
- Bangla Meaning: কারো কোন কাজের জন্য বা মতবিরোধের জন্য ক্ষমা করা এবং তা ভুলে যাওয়া।
- English Meaning: to forgive someone for something done or for a disagreement and to forget about it.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: গ) Temperature.

• Compass
- Bangla Meaning: পরিসর; দিক নির্ণয় যন্ত্র।
- English Meaning: a device for determining directions.

• Direction
- Bangla Meaning: দিক।
- English Meaning: the position towards which someone or something moves or faces.

• Thermometer
- Bangla Meaning: থার্মোমিটার, তাপমাপক যন্ত্র।
- English Meaning: a device used for measuring temperature, especially of the air or in a person's body.

• Temperature
- Bangla Meaning: তাপমাত্রা।
- English Meaning: the measured amount of heat in a place or in the body.

• Analogy Relation:
- Just like a compass measures direction,
- A thermometer measures temperature.

• Other Options:
ক) Mercury
- Bangla Meaning: পারদ, পারা।
- English Meaning: a chemical element that is a heavy, silver-coloured metal, liquid at normal temperatures.
- It is part of the thermometer, but not what the thermometer measures.

খ) Heat
- Bangla Meaning: তাপ, গরম, উত্তাপ, গরম, ব্যবস্থাপনা যা কোনো ভবনকে উষ্ণ রাখে, গরম।
- English Meaning: the quality of being hot or warm, or the temperature of something.
- Related to temperature but broader; not the specific quantity measured.

ঘ) Weather
- Bangla Meaning: আবহাওয়া।
- English Meaning: the conditions in the air above the earth such as wind, rain, or temperature, especially at a particular time over a particular area.
- Affected by temperature but not measured directly by a thermometer.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: খ) No matter how hard they try, they won’t succeed.

- “যতই চেষ্টা করুক” → No matter how hard they try.
- “পারবে না” = won’t succeed.
- Perfect future-tense structure, idiomatic and grammatically natural.
- “তারা যতই চেষ্টা করুক, সফল হতে পারবে না।”
- No matter how hard they try, they won’t succeed.

• Other options:
ক) However they try, they cannot succeed.
- সঠিক অনুবাদ নয়।
- "However they try" is not a common idiomatic form.

গ) Though they try, they didn’t succeed.
- Tense দুই ধরণের ব্যবহার হয়েছে - “try” is present, “didn’t” is past.

ঘ) Though they will try, they won’t succeed.
- Grammatically সঠিক নয় "though they will try" is not idiomatic; better expressed with “even if” or “no matter how”.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: ক) Waste.

- Abstinence is the opposite of Indulgence,
- So, Economy is the opposite of Waste.

• Abstinence
- Bangla Meaning: পরিহার।
- English Meaning: The practice of abstaining from something.

• Indulgence
- Bangla Meaning: প্রশ্রয়; আশকারা; লাই; অনুবর্তন; পরিতোষণ; সন্তোষসাধন।
- English Meaning: the act of having something enjoyable.

• Economy
- Bangla Meaning: মিতব্যয়িতা, সাশ্রয়, অর্থনীতি।
- English Meaning: thrifty and efficient use of material resources : frugality in expenditures, the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period.

• Waste
- Bangla Meaning: অপচয়িত হওয়া।
- English Meaning: an unnecessary or wrong use of money, substances, time, energy, abilities, etc.

• Other Options:
খ) Luxury
- Bangla Meaning: বিলাসবহুল, বিলাসিতা।
- English Meaning: something expensive that is pleasant to have but is not necessary.
- Not a direct antonym of "economy" - luxury is about lifestyle, not spending habits.

গ) Spending
- Bangla Meaning: খরচ; অতিবাহন; অতিপাত; নির্বাহ।
- English Meaning: the money that is used for a particular purpose.
- Related to economy but not its opposite.

ঘ) Frugality
- Bangla Meaning: সাবধান; মিতব্যয়ী; হিসাবি; সামান্য মূল্যের।
- English Meaning: the quality of being careful when using money or food.
- Synonym of “Economy,” not its opposite.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: ঘ) এখনই আমাদের মনোভাব বদলানো উচিত।

• Original Sentence: “It is high time we changed our attitude.”
- It is high time → এখনই সময় / এখনই উচিত,
- we changed → past tense is used, but it implies present need. তাই, এই অংশের সঠিক অনুবাদ হবে,
- "বদলানো উচিত" = implies strong necessity/urgency.
- our attitude → আমাদের মনোভাব,
- This is a common English idiom.
- Though it uses past tense ("changed"), it means something should be done now, implying urgency.

• Other Options :
ক) "এখনই আমাদের মনোভাব পরিবর্তন করার সময়।"
- Too literal. এটিতে উচিত অর্থ প্রকাশ পায় নি।

খ) "এখন আমাদের মনোভাব পরিবর্তন করা উচিৎ হবে।"
- Suggests future possibility (“উচিৎ হবে”), which is not correct.
- The original sentence calls for immediate action.

গ) "আমাদের মনোভাব পরিবর্তন করাই উচিত ছিল।"
- Past regret - “ought to have” - is not intended here. অতীত কালের অর্থ প্রকাশ করছে। যা ভুল।
- Changes the meaning completely.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.

• Correct Answer: খ) Generosity.

• Novice
- Bangla Meaning: শিক্ষানবিস, শিক্ষার্থী, অপটু।
- English Meaning: a person who is beginning to learn a job or an activity and has little or no experience or skill in it.

• Experience
- Bangla Meaning: অভিজ্ঞতা, অভিজ্ঞতা, অনুভব করা।
- English Meaning: the process of getting knowledge or skill that is obtained from doing, seeing, or feeling things, or something that happens which has an effect on you.
•  A novice does not have experience.

• Miser
- Bangla Meaning: কৃপণ; অর্থপিশাচ; বখিল; কঞ্জুস।
- English Meaning: someone who has a strong wish to have money and hates to spend it.

• Generosity
- Bangla Meaning: উদারতা; মহত্ত্ব; সহৃদয়তা।
- English Meaning: a willingness to give help or support.
- A miser does not have generosity.

Analogy Pattern:
A novice lacks experience, just as a miser lacks generosity.
This is a lack or opposite relationship.

• Other Options:
ক) Wealth
- Bangla Meaning: বিশাল সম্পদ; বিশাল সম্পদের মালিকানা বা অধিকার; বিত্ত।
- English Meaning: a large amount of money or valuable possessions that someone has.

গ) Frugality
- Bangla Meaning: মিতব্যয়িতা।
- English Meaning: the quality of being careful when using money or food.

ঘ) Money
- Bangla Meaning: টাকা; অর্থ; টাকাকড়ি; টাকাপয়সা।
- English Meaning: something generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment.

• Final Analogy: Novice : Experience :: Miser : Generosity.

Source: Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Accessible Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary.