University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - B Unit 2020- 2021 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - B (Kha) Unit Admission Question

2020 - 2021 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

DU B Unit (2020-2021) – English Questions

The expression “to commence” means — a) to start  b) incorporate  c) to defend  d) to focus

1. Make an appropriate question for the statement “The class will begin at 8 : 30 a.m.” a) When will the class held? b) Where will the class be held? c) When the class will begin? d) At what time will the class begin?

2. Choose the correct spelling. a) ntijen  b) Antegen  c) Antigen  d) Antygen

3. The Peace movement tends to oppose the _____ of dangerous technologies and weapons of mass destruction. a) extermination  b) smuggling  c) minimization  d) proliferation

4. Shilpi insisted me ___ my going home. a) from  b) on  c) to  d) in

5. Change into reported speech: “I’ll have a cup of tea,” my friend said, “because I’m not hungry.” a) My friend said that he will have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry. b) My friend said that he would have had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry. c) My friend said that he had had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry. d) My friend said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.

6. His friend accused him of spilling the beans. The phrase means — a) cooking beans  b) buying coins  c) revealing secrets  d) spilling a bag of beans

7. “It has made it possible for people all over the planet to reach out and touch someone.” — Here it refers to — a) NASA  b) WWW  c) Microchip  d) Pacemaker

8. Poetry in every language celebrates beauty and truth. ________. a) So does art.  b) So as art.  c) As well as art.  d) Why not art?

9. “A mechanical organization” should not be related to a — a) workshop  b) warehouse  c) butcher shop  d) university

10. Which idiom is not associated with “a positive attitude”? a) sour grapes  b) get-up-and-go  c) shot in the arm  d) rose-tinted glasses

11. The early-20th-century Bangladeshi diaspora in Britain was chiefly a _____ phenomenon. a) non-professional  b) specific-region-based  c) predominant  d) well-planned

12. “Elizabeth unwillingly undertook the sea voyage.” — Passive form: a) The sea voyage was undertaken by Elizabeth unwillingly. b) The sea voyage is undertaken by Elizabeth unwillingly. c) Unwillingly by Elizabeth, the sea voyage undertaken. d) The sea voyage had undertaken by Elizabeth unwillingly.

13. _____ is not a synonym of the word snarl. a) Confusion  b) Intricacy  c) Disarray  d) Disentangle

14. In “There are several likely reasons why Asians are not prioritized in medical research,” the underlined word is used as a — a) conjunction  b) noun  c) verb  d) adjective

ANSWERS

Answer-Key with Brief Explanations

Q	Ans	Explanation
1	a	Commence is a formal verb meaning “to start.”
2	d	A wh-question seeking exact time needs “At what time will the class begin?” (correct word order & auxiliary).
3	c	Antigen is the only correctly spelled scientific term.
4	d	Proliferation = rapid spread/expansion of technologies or weapons; peace movements oppose that.
5	b	Insist on + gerund/possessive-gerund: “insisted on my going.”
6	d	Reporting future “will have” → past future “would have”; rest of clause unchanged because “because he wasn’t hungry” is already past.
7	c	Idiom spill the beans = reveal a secret.
8	b	The sentence describes global, instant contact — hallmark of the World Wide Web (WWW).
9	a	Inversion for agreement: “So does X.” So + auxiliary + subject.
10	d	Universities are organic, flexible institutions, not “mechanical organizations.”
11	a	Sour grapes conveys negative, resentful attitude, opposite to “positive attitude.”
12	b	Early migration was largely from the Sylhet region—hence “specific-region-based.”
13	a	Correct passive: object → subject + was + V3 + by + agent (+ adverb).
14	d	Disentangle is the opposite of snarl (a tangle); the others are near-synonyms (confusion, disorder).
15	c	Prioritized functions as the main verb in passive voice (“are prioritized”), not an adjective.