University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - C Unit 2015- 2016 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - C (Ga) Unit Admission Question

2015 - 2016 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

DU C Unit (2015-2016) – English Questions

ENGLISH

Read the following passage and answer questions 1- 5 : 

Many young people know that conservation is necessary. Boy scouts in many countries study man and nature. These ‘conservation volunteers’ spend their spare time planting trees, building bridges, and so on. Some girls in a town in United States cleaned the banks of their river, and a group of boys in a village in Bangladesh mended a wooden bridge on a canal and cleaned the canal of debris. Actors, singers and writers in many countries have spoken about conservation. The popular English rock band, the Beatles and the singer Cliff Richard, have made records on conservation. The money from the sale of the records has helped conserve wild animals. 

01. Choose the appropriate title for the passage above : 

A) Saving Man and Nature 

B) Man and Animals 

C) Cleaning River Banks and Canals 

D) Conservation Volunteers 

E) Singer, Writers and Actors 

02. What do Boy Scouts pursue? 

A) They look after animals 

B) They mend bridges on canals 

C) They study man and nature 

D) They plant trees 

E) They clear river banks  

03. What is common between the girls in United States and the boys in Bangladesh? 

A) They live in two different countries  

B) They do voluntary work 

C) They work as cleaning experts 

D) They do conservation work to pass exam 

E) They work at conservation full time 

04. What did the Beatles and Cliff Richard achieve ? 

A) They made records 

B) They popularized their genre 

C) They helped conserve wild animals 

D) They conserved nature and wild animals  

E) They made a lot of money 

05. ‘Spare time’ means 

A) Make time B) Extra time 

C) Siesta time D) Extended time

E) Too much time 

Find the correct sentence (Questions 6 – 7) 

06. A) She had faith in and hopes for the future. 

      B) She had faith and hopes for the future.

      C) She had faith and hopes in the future. 

      D) She had faith and hopes in future. 

      E) She had faith for and hopes future .

07. A) She was interested in both plants and animals.

      B) She was interested both in plant and animals.

      C) She was interested both in plants but also in animals .

      D) She was interesting in both plants and animals. 

      E) She was interested in plants, animals, both. 

08. Select the pair that best expresses a relationship similar to that expressed in the pair FISH : SCALES  

A) plane : wings B) bird : feathers 

C) cat : claws D) snake : fangs

E) song : notes 

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words (Questions 9 – 12) 

09. _______ all his attempts to solve the problems, he failed. 

A) After B) Because 

C) Before D) Despite

E) During 

10. We were _____ friends in that strange country. 

A) among B) upon 

C) looking D) between

E) into 

11. My dog is smarter than______ 

A) their B) theirs 

C) your D) her

E) we 

12. Let your _____ be your guide. 

A) information B) conscience 

C) data  D) hands

E) legs 

13. ‘He hardly works’ In this statement ‘hardly’ means – 

A) very hard  B) rather 

C) perhaps D) rarely

E) remarkably 

14. Find the synonym of the word ‘ Collapse’  

A) Miracle B) Wonder 

C) Rise D) Debacle

E) Lapse 

15. Find the antonym for the word ‘Infatuation’ : 

A) Apathy B) Fascination 

C) Love D) Interest

E) Likeness 

16. Which of the following word is spelt correctly? 

A) Restaurant B) Restaurent 

C) Restaurant D) Resorent

E) Restourent   

Choose the correct prepositions (Questions 17 – 19) 

17. He lives ______ his sister’s money. 

A) with B) for 

C) on D) from

E) of 

18. We were surprised ______ his failure.

A) for B) about 

C) at D) of

E) on 

19. He died ____ illness. 

A) of B) on 

C) by D) with

E) in 

20. What does the word ‘Obese’ mean? 

A) Fat B) Slim 

C) Healthy D) Emaciated

E) serious 

ANSWERS

01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10
C	C	E	D	C	A	A	B	D	A
11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
B	B	D	D	A	A	C	C	A