University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - A Unit 2012- 2013 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation
- Fakhruddin Babar
- May 19
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University Admission Test English
Dhaka University - A (Ka) Unit Admission Question
2012 - 2013 Session
English Questions' Answers with Explanation
DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-2013
Read the passage and answer questions 1-5:
Cats are carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae. They cannot chew their food, and their teeth are adapted to stab, anchor, and cut flesh. All cats except the cheetah have strong, sharp, retractile claws. They are not adapted for long chases but prowl their prey on padded feet and try to overwhelm it in short dash or pounce. Big cats roam over a large area, usually alone but sometimes in family groups, for example, a pride of lions can contain as many as 37 individuals. Cats generally are nocturnal animals, the retina of their eyes made extra sensitive to light by a layer of guanine, which causes the eyes to shine in the dark. Tigers are largest of the cats. They are identified by their characteristic striped coat. They inhabit forests and grasslands in Asia where populations have suffered from haunting, deforestation, and demand for tiger parts in traditional medicine.
1. Cats are carnivorous, but human beings are
(A) herbivorous ✔
(B) omnivorous
(C) farinaceous
(D) cadaverous
2. The synonym of ‘prowl’ is
(A) dive
(B) chase
(C) ornate
(D) stalk ✔
3. ‘Cats are nocturnal animals’ means
(A) cats have predatory eyesight
(B) cats are sensitive to smell
(C) cats haunt during daytime
(D) cats are active at night ✔
4. A group of lions is called ‘pride of lions’, what is a group of dogs called?
(A) a pack of dogs ✔
(B) a colony of dogs
(C) a flock of dogs
(D) a cluster of dogs
5. ‘retractile claws’ in the passage means
(A) claws the are extra sharp
(B) claws that can change shape
(C) claws that can move inwards ✔
(D) claws that are sensitive to feelings
6. Choose the correct spelling
(a) indegenus
(b) indigeneous
(c) Indigenous ✔
(d) indigeneous
7. The synonym of ’embellish’ is
(a) adorn ✔
(b) shock
(c) impoverish
(d) destroy
8. The verb of ‘beauty’ is
(a) beautician ✔
(b) beautify
(c) beautiful
(d) beautification
9. The idiom ‘let things slide’ means
(a) ignore ✔
(b) lose gradually
(c) reveal a secret
(d) set free
10. Why is the poet so sad to see the daffodils in ‘The Daffodils’?
(a)The poet is sad because the flowers have not bloomed fully.
(b)The poet is sad because winter will come soon.
(c) The poet is sad because the flowers remind him of his own death. ✔
(d) The poet is sad because flowers bring very hot weather.
11. The correct translation of `রবিবার হইতে বৃষ্টি হইতাছিলো”
(a) It was raining from Sunday.
(b) It has been raining from Sunday.
(c) It had been raining since Sunday. ✔
(d) It rained since Sunday.
12. The word ‘constraint’ means
(a) freedom
(b) limitation ✔
(c) plentiful
(d) endless
13. The word ‘desperation’ is a/an
(a) adjective
(b) verb
(c) adverb
(d) noun ✔
14. Why were the daffodils in Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ dancing?
(A) The poet was daydreaming.
(B) The flowers had cheerful company.
(C) The sea waves beside them had gone wild
(D) There was a strong wind. ✔
15. The expression ‘to look after’ means
(a) to take care ✔
(b) to follow
(c) to imitate
(d) to gaze
16. The antonym of ‘stubborn’ is
(A) agreeable ✔
(B) obstinate
(C) difficult
(D) irritable
17. What is the meaning of the expression “bottom of my heart”?
(A)close to my heart
(B) core of my heart ✔
(C) lower part of my heart
(D)close to my liver
Questions 18-27: Fill in the blank/blanks:
18. He —– prefers—–speak very little.
(a) doesn’t, to
(b) himself, to ✔
(c) himself, for
(d) does, for
19. It —- heavily when he—up.
(a) has snowed, woke
(b) snows, wake
(c) was snowing, woke ✔
(d) is snowing, wakes
20. Misuse of — energy has—-destruction.
(a) solar. shown
(b) renewable, increase
(c) nuclear, cause
(d) atomic, wreaked ✔
21. There is — milk in the bottle.
(a) very few
(b) any
(c) very little ✔
(d) many
22. I have —– him to give—–smoking.
(a) said, up
(b) talked, for
(c) told, up ✔
(d) told, in
23. The groom arrived at the community centre exactly—–time.
(a) in
(b) for
(c) by
(d) on ✔
24. He hates—-kept—–
(a) to be, waiting ✔
(b) being kept, wait
(c) to be, to wait
(d) to, waiting
25. I’d like——information, please.
(a) an
(b) some ✔
(c) few
(d) piece
26. Yoga is——a good exercise for—–breathing.
(a) taken, controlling
(b) treated, considerable
(c) not, slowly
(d) considered, controlling ✔
27. A man—–by a speeding bus while he was crossing the road.
(a) was run over ✔
(b) was run down
(c) had been run
(d) has been run over
Questions 28-30: Choose the correct sentence:
28. Choose the correct sentence:
(a) It is you who is to pay.
(b) It is you who are to leave. ✔
(c) It is you who is late.
(d) It is you who has won the prize.
29. Choose the correct sentence:
(a) He suspicioned that something wrong.
(b) He suspicious that something is wrong.
(c) He suspected that something was wrong. ✔
(d) He suspect that something is wrong.
30. Choose the correct sentence:
(a) The jury are arguing among themselves. ✔
(b)The jury is arguing among themselves.
(c)The jury has argued among themselves.
(d)The jury has been arguing among themselves.
Answer-Key with Brief Explanations
# | সঠিক উত্তর | ব্যাখ্যা (বাংলা) |
1 | A herbivorous | Carnivorous = মাংসাশী, বিপরীত herbivorous = শাকাশী। |
2 | D stalk | Prowl = চুপিচুপি পিছু নেওয়া/ঘুরে-বেড়ানো— stalk শব্দের সমার্থক। |
3 | D cats are active at night | Nocturnal মানে রাত্রি-চর। |
4 | A a pack of dogs | কুকুরের সমষ্টি = pack. |
5 | C claws that can move inwards | Retractile = ভেতরে গুটিয়ে নিতে পারে। |
6 | C Indigenous | শুদ্ধ বানান। |
7 | A adorn | Embellish = সজ্জিত করা। |
8 | B beautify | ‘Beauty’-এর ক্রিয়াপদ beautify (সুন্দর করা)। |
9 | A ignore | Let things slide = গা ছাড়া/অবহেলা করা। |
10 | C ফুল তাকে নিজ মৃত্যুর কথা মনে করায় | কবি ফুল দেখে নশ্বরতার বেদনায় উদাস। |
11 | C It had been raining since Sunday. | Past perfect continuous + since. |
12 | B limitation | Constraint = বাধা/সীমা। |
13 | D noun | ‘Desperation’ হলো বিশেষ্য। |
14 | D There was a strong wind | বাতাসে দোলায় নাচছিল। |
15 | A to take care | Look after = দেখাশোনা করা। |
16 | A agreeable | Stubborn (একগুঁয়ে)-এর বিপরীত agreeable (সহযোগী/সহজে মানে)। |
17 | B core of my heart | “অনন্ত হৃদয়-গভীর থেকে”। |
18 | B himself, to | He himself prefers to speak very little. |
19 | C was snowing, woke | যখন সে জাগল তখন ভারী তুষার পড়ছিল → past cont. + simple past। |
20 | D atomic, wreaked | Wreak destruction = ধ্বংস ডেকে আনা। |
21 | C very little | অগণন (milk) + স্বল্পতা = very little. |
22 | C told, up | Tell + object + to give up (ত্যাগ করা)। |
23 | D on | ঠিক সময় = on time. |
24 | A to be, waiting | Passive infinitive + gerund: He hates to be kept waiting. |
25 | B some | Information অগণন; ‘some’ ব্যবহার। |
26 | D considered, controlling | Yoga ধরা হয় শ্বাস-নিয়ন্ত্রণের ভাল ব্যায়াম। |
27 | A was run over | গাড়ি চাপা = run over (passive)। |
28 | B It is you who are to leave. | Relative clause-এ who-র পরে ‘you’ অনুযায়ী plural verb are। |
29 | C He suspected that something was wrong. | গতকালের সন্দেহ → simple past + that-clause. |
30 | A The jury are arguing among themselves. | ‘Jury’ collective; ব্যক্তির ভিতরে মতভেদ বোঝাতে plural verb are+ among themselves. |
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