University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - B Unit 2022- 2023 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - B (Kha) Unit Admission Question

2022 - 2023 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

DU B Unit (2022-2023) – English Questions

DU – B Unit (2022-23) – English Questions (1 – 15)

(All questions appear first; a consolidated answer-key with brief explanations comes after the question-set.)

Fill in the gaps (1 – 5)

1. She has happily been married ___ the poet for the last ten years.  a) with  b) by  c) to  d) into

2. It was the first time that ______ the book.  a) I read  b) I was reading  c) I had read  d) I have read

3. The accident not only ____ his leg but also ___ joints.  a) breaks, dislocate  b) broke, dislocated  c) broke, dislocating  d) breaking, dislocating

4. I don’t mind ______ negative feedback if it is true.  a) accept  b) accepting  c) to accept  d) of accepting

5. You should not _____ at strangers that way.  a) stare  b) glance  c) see  d) observe

6. Choose the best option to complete the sentence: The bus_________.  a) arrived late this evening.  b) arrived this evening late.  c) was arrived late this evening.  d) has arrived this evening late.

7. Write the correct indirect speech: My grandfather said, “I will have a glass of milk at night.”  a) My grandfather said that he will have a glass of milk at night.  b) My grandfather told that he can have a glass of milk at night.  c) My grandfather said that he would have a glass of milk at night.  d) My grandfather said that he might have a glass of milk at night.

8. Choose the correct sentence:  a) She felt humiliated at her own lack of insight.  b) She feel humiliated at her own lack of insight.  c) She feels humiliate at her own lack of insight.  d) She feels humiliating at her own lack of insight.

9. Because of its global status and colonial history, English is often considered to have _____.  a) monopoly  b) hegemony  c) sanctimony  d) equanimity

10. Which of the following uses of the preposition ‘but’ is correct?  a) I am sure no one but he would do such a thing.  b) He does not seem to be interested in anything but play with toys.  c) I cannot but to admire the beauty of the mountain summit.  d) There is no alternative but to walk all the way home.

11. Find the correct sentence-form.  a) How long have you been here for?  b) I have know him for the beginning of the year.  c) They have known each other six months.  d) This is the worst tsunami since ten years.

12. Which of the following sentences contains an adverb?  a) I was delighted to see them happy.  b) He told me that he was going on a tour.  c) I love slow-paced music.  d) And they lived happily ever after.

13. The synonym of the word ‘progress’ is —  a) Performance  b) Regression  c) Advancement  d) Enhancement

14. Find the correctly spelt word —  a) Nausea  b) Spacesuite  c) Mandetory  d) Diseminate

15. Identify the type of sentence: “So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.”  a) Declarative  b) Imperative  c) Compound  d) Complex

ANSWERS

Answer-Key with Brief Explanations

Q	Ans	Key Point
1	c	married to (passive construction).
2	c	Past-perfect links two past events: first-time had read.
3	b	Parallel past simple: broke … dislocated.
4	b	don’t mind + gerund → accepting.
5	a	stare at = gaze fixedly.
6	d	Present perfect (has arrived) connects past action with present evening.
7	c	Reported speech: will → would.
8	a	Correct tense & participle: felt humiliated.
9	b	Linguistic dominance = hegemony.
10	d	Fixed pattern no alternative but to + verb; others misuse but.
11	a	Correct present perfect question form; others wrong tense/prepositions.
12	d	happily modifies lived → adverb present.
13	c	Advancement is closest in sense to progress.
14	a	Only Nausea is spelled correctly (others: spacesuit, mandatory, disseminate).
15	b	Starts with base verb let giving a command → imperative.