University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - D Unit 2001 -2002 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - D (Gha) Unit Admission Question

2001-2002 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

English

Read the passage reproduced below carefully and answer (Question 1 – 5):

We are now living in the second great epoch of discovery and invention. Since the seventeenth century, the discovery of steam power, gas, electricity, and radiation have resulted in the invention of innumerable appliances and instruments of the work that have made life easy for us. The new technology, in fact, has transformed the simple agricultural communities of earlier centuries into complex and impersonal societies. The technological revolution has also had a decisive influence on all our habits and thought processes. Moreover, it has led to the spread of capitalism and an increase in the amount of wealth. Machines have also become much more important in our lives because of the technological revolution. Finally, it is true to say, the process has concentrated wealth and power in the hands of those who own the machines, that is to say, the capitalists.

01. A synonym for ‘epoch’ is ____.

A) generation B) society

C) era D) event

02. Innumerable is used here as a ____.

A) noun B) adjective

C) gerund D) participle

03. The new technology has transformed the agricultural communities; in other words, they have been ____.

A) changed partially B) changed completely

C) modified D) ignored

04. An antonym of ‘impersonal’ is ____.

A) friendly B) large

C) spread out D) unfriendly

05. A suitable title for the passage would be ____.

A) man and machines

B) the rise of capitalism

C) consequences of the technological revolution

D) the spread of science

10. Two bostile countries

A) have friendly relationships

B) support each other

C) are each other’s enemy

D) are in good terms with each other

12. Which word is incorrectly spelled?

A) Committee B) Ocassion

C) Indecision D) Exercise

13. Identify the correct sentence.

A) I do not know where he lives

B) I do not know where does he live

C) I did not know where he has been lived

D) I do not know where he has been lived

14. Complete the sentence: Where ____?

A) did you cut your hair

B) have you cut your hair

C) did you have cut your hair

D) did you have cut your hair

15. Complete the sentence. If I were you, I ____ that shirt. It’s much too expensive.

A) won’t buy B) don’t buy

C) wouldn’t buy D) am not going to buy

16. The antonym of ‘hazardous’ is ____.

A) certain B) risky

C) safe D) dear

17. Choose the correct sentence.

A) Less people get American visas nowadays

B) Less peoples get American visas nowadays

C) Few peoples get American visas nowadays

D) Fewer people get American visas nowadays

18. What is the synonym for ‘insular’?

A) inferring B) open minded

C) helpful D) closed

19. Choose the correct sentence.

A) I don’t like to discuss about politics

B) I don’t like to discuss politics

C) I don’t like discuss politics

D) I don’t like discussing in politics

20. Complete the sentence. I will phone you when I ____ the news.

A) am getting B) get

C) will get D) will be getting

21. Complete the sentence. Is there any mild in that jug? Not….

A) none B) many

C) much D) some

22. Complete the sentence. There can be no invention ____ an inventor.

A) except B) nor

C) without D) before

23. Select the right form of the verb:

 We often ____ a victim to circumstances.

A) fallen B) left

C) did fall D) fall

24. Which is the correct translation of – চিঠিটা ডাকে ফেলতে ভুলে যেও না?

A) Do not be oblivious of putting the letter to the mail box

B) Mail the letter, do not forget

C) Remember not to forget mailing the letter

D) Do not forget to mail the letter

25. Which is the correct sentence?

A) She and her sister fights everyday

B) Everyday she and her sister fights

C) She fights with her sister everyday

D) Both sisters fights each other everyday

ANSWER

01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13
C	B	B	A	C	–	–	–	–	C	–	B	A
14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
D	C	C	D	D	B	B	C	C	D	D	C