University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - A Unit 2018- 2019 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
2018- 2019 Session
English Questions' Answers with Explanation
DU A Unit (2018-19) English Questions
1The world has seen many Diasporas, but scholars have been studying the phenomenon ___ great interest ____ recent decades.
a) with, in
b) with, for
c) of, in
d) in, for
2Bangladesh has been one of the _____ in formulating and implementing a National Drug Policy in the face of the massively powerful and ____ global pharmaceutical industry.
a) colonists, lucrative
b) pioneers, lucrative
c) followers, unprofitable
d) followers, secondary
3Succeeding in college often is a challenge for students, ____ most colleges provide services designed to help students.
a) moreover
b) in addition
c) therefore
d) as a result
4The woman sees the cat out in the rain; ____, the cat is gone by the time the woman goes outside.
a) however
b) and
c) even if
d) after all
5The work was finished ____ time and ____ budget.
a) off, on
b) in, with
c) within, with
d) on, within
6The troops mustered in front of the garrison. Here, the word ‘muster’ means:
a) to find courage
b) to summon
c) to gather
d) to come
7The child sat mute in the corner of the park. Here, ‘mute’ is a/an:
a) noun
b) adjective
c) adverb
d) verb
8Where ____ when you met him?
a) does he live
b) was he living
c) was he live
d) is he living
9Which one is the correct spelling?
a) chauffeur
b) chauffar
c) chaffeur
d) chuffeur
10Snorkeling is one kind of _____.
a) diving
b) driving
c) walking
d) shooting
11What is the meaning of the proverb, ‘The pot calling the kettle black’?
a) be your own
b) never leave your root
c) take your decision by your own conscience
d) do not criticize somebody for a fault that you possess yourself
12My father ____ live in Gazipur.
a) use to
b) was use to
c) used to
d) was used to
13What does B.C.E. stand for?
a) before Christ ear
b) before the Christ era
c) before the common era
d) before common era
14The train ____ late three times this week.
a) is
b) has been
c) have been
d) is being
15It ___ hardly an understatement to say that online searching ____ changed dramatically with the development of the Web.
a) is, was
b) has been, has
c) is, has
d) was, has
16“What surprised me was how ____ and reacted exactly like you”, said the banker to me.
a) did he look
b) does he look
c) he looked
d) could he look
17 If you ___ the environmental damage that plastic bags cause, the cost difference ___ really negligible.
a) consider, will
b) will consider, is
c) would consider, will
d) consider, is
18 The rising numbers of icebergs are in turn increasing the tsunami hazards ____ occur when they break away from a glacier and trigger a tidal wave.
a) whom
b) whose
c) which
d) who’s
19 Choose the correct sentence (according to punctuation):
a) I can recite lists of coordination conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs any time of the day or night; therefore, I am idolized by my friends.
b) I can recite lists of coordination conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs any time of the day, or night, therefore, I am idolized by my friends.
c) I can recite lists of coordination conjunctions, and conjunctive adverbs any time of the day or night; therefore, I am idolized by my friends.
d) I can recite lists of coordination conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs any time of the day or night, therefore, I am idolized by my friends.
20 The correct translation of “সমাজ বিরোধীরা এখনো ধরা ছোঁয়ার বাইরে।”
a) The anti-socials are still at large.
b) The anti-socials are still now at large.
c) The anti-socials are at large.
d) The anti-socials are till at large.
21 Which would you ____ have, ice or coffee?
a) rather
b) prefer
c) could
d) better
22 My mother has been in hospital; I wonder how she _____.
a) is getting on
b) gets on
c) has got across
d) is getting away
23 He advised me ____ the doctor.
a) that I see
b) to see
c) seeing
d) see
24 By the time they arrive, ______.
a) he’ll have left
b) he’ll leave
c) he leaves
d) he left
25 How many times _____ not to do that?
a) have I told you
b) have I told
c) haven’t I told
d) I told you
Answer-Key with Brief Explanations
a) with, in
b) pioneers, lucrative
c) therefore
a) however
d) on, within
c) to gather
b) adjective
b) was he living
a) chauffeur
a) diving
d) do not criticize somebody for a fault that you possess yourself
c) used to
b) before the Christ era
b) has been
c) is, has
c) he looked
d) consider, is
c) which
a) I can recite lists of coordination conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs any time of the day or night; therefore, I am idolized by my friends.
a) The anti-socials are still at large.
a) rather
a) is getting on
b) to see
a) he’ll have left
a) have I told you
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