University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - B Unit 2019- 2020 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - B (Kha) Unit Admission Question

2019 - 2020 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

DU B Unit (2019-2020) – English Questions

English

01. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation. 

a. My aunt who lives in Sylhet, is a doctor

b. My aunt, who lives in Sylhet, is a doctor

c. My aunt, who lives in Sylhet   is, doctor

d. My aunt, who lives in Sylhet is a doctor

02. Change into reported form: She said to me, why don’t you come on Monday?

a. She told me to go on Monday

b. She said me why did not she go on Monday

c. She asked me why I did not go on Monday

d. She asked me not go that day.

03. Coleridge’s poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a-

a. lyric    b. sonnet        c. ode      d. Balled

04. The poet William  Blake has compared the schoolboy to-

a. a prisoner  b. a great scholar        

c. a caged bird         d. a barve warrior

05. In the sentence, the rescuers snatched the children from a perfect storm; the bold-faced phrase means-

a. gusty wind               b. the worst situation    

c. grave illness         d. a great challenge

06. The word Emancipation  means –

a. advocate             b. liberation         c. engage                d. Portrait

07. We have not been given ____ update on the patient’s condition.

a. same   b. none      c. any           d. Much

08. There is a liberation sculpture ____ Art building of the University of Dhaka.

a. before          b. in front of you          c. beside      d. at the back  

09. People lauded Mandela’s humanity, kindness and dignity. In this sentence, the present form of the      bold-faced word is-

a. laude       b. led            c. lead        d. Laud

10. The word diaspora is related to-

a. appearance           b. concentrate    c. entrance  d.  Migration

11. Choose the best interrogative form of: Everyone hates acid-throwing.

a. Do anyone like acid-throwing?

b. Is there anyone who can hate acid-throwing?

c. Who dose accept acid-throwing?

d. Does anyone like acid-throwing?

12. An elected member can take the decision. The bold-faced world is used as a/an-

a. verb   b. adverb      c. conjunction      d. adjective

13. Choose the correct spelling from the following. 

a. Assurance          b. Asurrance           c. Assurrance  d. Assurrence

14. The synonym of the word ‘Original’ is –

a. amusing          b. artificial        c. true          d. accumulates 

15. Shubho ate four pieces of Hilsha fish at dinner. The passive form of the sentence is-

a. Four pieces of Hilsha fish at dinner were ate by Shubo

b. At dinner four pieces of Hilsha fish Shubo ate

c. Four pieces of Hilsha fish were eating by Shubo at dinner

d. At dinner four pieces of Hilsha fish were eaten by Shubo

16. ‘Orpheus’ parents were-

a. Apollo and Muse Calliope       b. Jupiter and Athena

c. Hercules and Athena                 d. Venus and Apollo

ANSWERS

Q.N	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ans	b	c	d	c	b	b	c	b	d	d	d	d	a	c	d	a

Elective English

Elective English

Read the following passage and answer questions (1-4) using information from it:

International efforts to protect animals often aim to prevent animals from going extinct or losing their natural habitats. Many countries prohibit imports of ivory through laws that commonly include the African Elephant conservation Act of 1989 . But ivory remains in demand in various parts of the world. According to a 2013 report from the Los Angeles Times, in 2012, at least 25,000 African elephants were slaughtered by criminal gang’s eager to market the lucrative ivory from their tusks. The poachers’ take has risen to alarming levels over the last twelve years, with about one in 17 wild elephants being felled in 2012, by some estimates. Elephant populations have fallen from 5 million a century ago to fewer than 420,000 today. The situation is equally worse for other species. In United States, 623 animal species are listed as either endangered or threatened. This includes 85 mammalian species such as bear. Foxes. Ocelots, otters, panthers, rats and whales. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Produces a ‘red list’ of animal and plant specks that are endangered around the world. I however, the mountain gorillas in Eastern Africa arc making a comeback with a 26 percent increase in population after many years of conservation efforts. Such successes arc due to the fact that there are more protected areas in the world, including wildlife refuges and reserves.

01. Producing ‘red lists’ can help to –

a. motivate the hunters             b. combat the situation

 c. save the world                 d. rescue African animals

02. The world poacher stands for –

a. illegal hunter           b. faulty receiver      

c. injured animal         d. faulty methods

03. Choose the best way to preserve pare species –

a. apprehending culprits             b. promoting surveys   

c. establishing sanctuaries        d. building awareness  

04. The most suitable title for this paragraph is –

a. Stop killing animals                    b. animals are in jeopardy

c. Save animals, save morality      d. Animals’ endangerment  

05. ‘Sarcasm’ is –

a. a belief in everything that is

b. a special kind of body movement

c. a belief that nothing in this world is of any value

d. an ironical remark or comment

06. If someone is saturnine he/she is –

a. an extremist          b. brilliant           c. satiric   d. serious

07. ‘Magnum oous’ is a Latin expression that refers to 

a. a person’s habit of working

b. a magnificent operation  

c. a person’s greatest work

d. invaluable source of information

08. ‘Biman Bangladesh – your home in the air’ is an example of –

a. metaphor    b. simile   c. metonym      d. oxymoron  

09. She is always running down her neighbor’ is closest in meaning to –

a. She is always winning over her neighbor

b. She is always facing problem with her neighbor

c. She is always criticizing her neighbor

d. She is always earning more than her neighbor

10. The quote, ‘Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower’ is by –

a. George Herbert                b. William Shakespeare         

c. George Orwell  d. Albert Camus

11. If somebody is ‘supine in the face of racial injustice’, he/she –

a. stands firm against it     b. fails to protest it  

c. supports it                 d. protests it strongly

12. choose the correct spelling –

a. Cameraderi          b. Camaradry         

c. Camaraderie          d. Cameradeire 

13. ‘Cul-de-sac’ means –

a. impasse            b. turmoil       c. a dark street       d. a curve

14. The synonym of ‘Belligerent’ is –

a. friendly         b. flexible           c. pugnacious        d. repugnant

15. After____suspended for misbehavior, the student requested reconsideration. 

a. having been          b. having          c. have         d. was

16. ‘Take with a grain of salt’ means –

a. not to take something too seriously

b. not to harm anyone

c. not to injure someone

d. not to feel insulted by someone

17. If Vertex: Pyramid then-

a. Strand: Hair     b. Frame: Picture       

c. Summit: Mountain       d. Rung: Ladder

18. Even though the surface of the ocean seems smooth, as we look at it, it is ___ at the floor.

a. unreal           b. disproportionate          c. irregular    d. unsteady

19. The book that does not fall into the same category-

a. Frankenstein         b. The Great Gatsby       c. Misery        d. The Shining

20. The antonym of the word Equanimity is –

a. agitation      b. aplomb        c. ataraxy      d. assurance

21. The pursuit for ambition fills one with ____ towards the task undertaken. Which of the following is not a correct answer?

a. enthusiasm      b. fervor        c. conviction  d. apathy    

22. The sagacity of Mohsin is known to all. Here sagacity means –

a. good looks  b. hypocrisy      c. intelligence  d. sportiness

23. Guilt about neglecting their children makes parents____ in the toy shop.

a. irreparable          b. overindulges       c. irresponsible  d. overrated 

24. When the disease is at the latent stage it is almost impossible to determine its existence by –

a. through examination          b. mere observation      

c. a scrutiny                                d. a rigorous checkup  

25. The ‘odd one’ is:

a. Brilliant      b. Luminescent       c. Bright       d. Brittle

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Ans	c	a	c	c	d	d	c	a	c	d	b	c	A
Que	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ans	c	a	a	c	c	c	a	d	c	c	b	d