University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - B Unit 2000- 2001 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - B (Kha) Unit Admission Question

2000 - 2001 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

DU B Unit (2000-2001) – English Questions

English

Read the passage carefully, then answer questions 1 to 8 according to the information given in the passage.

Strange spaces of silence seem to separate one period of activity from another. There was Sapho anda little group of women all writing poetry on a Greek island before the birth of Christ. A long silencefollowed. Then about the year 1,000, we find a certain court lady writing a very long and beautiful novel in Japan. But in England in the sixteenth century, when the dramatists and poets were most active, the women were dumb. Elizabethan literature is exclusively masculine. Then, at the end of the eighteenth century and at the beginning of the nineteenth century. we find women again writing— this time in England-with extraordinary frequency and success.

01. ‘Silence’ relates to-

a. peace                                           b. general inactivity

c. writing                                         d. noiselessness

02. ‘Spaces’ means-

a. open skies                                  b. gaps

c. long distances                           d. horizon

03. ‘Activity’ refers to-

a. business                                      b. interaction

c. operation                                    d. writing

04. ‘Exclusively’ means-

a. mainly                                          b. solely

c. exactly                                          d. chiefly

05. ‘certain’ means-

a. little known                               b. unspecified

c. famous                                         d. unknown

06. ‘Frequency’ is a-

a. noun                                             b. adverb

c. adjective                                     d. verb

07. ‘Dumb’ means-

a. inability to speak                                     b. gentle

c. did not write anything                           d. remained indoor

08. ‘masculine’ means-

a. manly                                                           b. very strong

c. of male writers                                         d. of brave people

09. Finish the sentence: If there was a concert today ___

a. I would go                                                   b. I would be going

c.  I would have gone                                  d. I would be going

10. The correct translation of  ‘সাকিব সুন্দর গান গাইতে পারে’ is

a. Sakib can sing nicely

b. Sakib can sing good

c. Sakib can sing well

d. Sakib is a good singer

11. Jashim looks sick.

a. He has suffered from fever for the last three days

b. He has been suffering from fever for the last three days

c. He has suffered with fever for the last three days

d. He has been suffering with fever for the last three days

12. Which of the following words is misspelt?

a. Receive                                        b. Belief

c. Deciet                                           d. Preview

13. Which phrase contains words that are opposite to each other in meaning?

a. death and dishonor                                b. beauty and youth

c. conflict and resolution                           d. chastity and purity

14. Finish the following sentence: “If there is a will, -“.

a. there is a way

b. there must be ways

c. there is no problem

d. there should be will power to

15. Choose the word closest in meaning to anxiously:

a. worriedly                                    b. unhappily

c. slowly                                           d. hesitantly

16. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate preposition: Is there anything good ____ television this evening?

a. for                                                 b. upon

c. in                                                    d. on

17. Choose the word that means the opposite of ‘reluctantly’.

a. unwillingly                                  b. not willingly

c. eagerly                                         d. not eagerly   

18. Which sentence is correct?

a. Not looking where he was going, a car hit him

b. Not looking where he was going, a car had hit him

c. Not looking where he was going, he was hitted by a car

d. Not looking where he was going, he was hit by a car

19. Choose the most appropriate word: 2a equals 10, and ____ a equals 5.

a. eventually                                                  b. thus

c. therefore                                                    d. thereby

20. Which one of the following sentence is correct?

a. One of my friends are a lawyer

b. One of my friends is a lawyer

c. One of my friend are a lawyer

d. One of my friend is a lawyer’s

21. What is the meaning of doubtful in the following sentence? Because of a long ‘drought,’  farmers are doubtful about the prospect of a good yield.

a. fearful                                                          b. pessimistic

c. debating                                                      d. uncertain

22. The passive of “who taught you French?”  is

a. By whom you were taught French

b. By whom French was taught you?

c. French was taught you by whom?

d. By whom were you taught French?

23. The wedding guest stood and listened to the Ancient Mariner because

a. the Mariner was very insistent

b. the guest was frightened by the Mariner’s appearance

c. the guest felt pity for the old Mariner

d. the mariner spoke very strangely  

24. Which one of the following statements is wrong?

a. Jerry was a honest

b. Jerry was a liar

c. Jerry was very hard-working

d. jerry invented a story about his mother

25. In ‘The Ancient Mariner’  the ship of Death carried away

a. all the dead sailors                 

b. the souls of the cruel sailors

c. the souls of the dead sailors

d. all the sailor except the old sailor

ANSWERS

01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13
b	b	d	b	c	a	c	a	a	c	b	c	c
14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
a	a	d	c	d	c	b	d	d	d	b	c