University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - D Unit 2004 -2005 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - D (Gha) Unit Admission Question

2004-2005 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

English

Read the following passage and then answer question 1 – 9 by choosing the correct option :

A shirt nowadays may have a complicated history. One may buy it in London and it can have a label saying ‘Made in Bangladesh’ but it may well have been made from Chinese fabric woven from Chinese yarn, spun from Chinese cotton or man made fibre. Why you may wonder, was the shirt not actually cut and sewn in China? We know they have scissors and sewing machines there and millions of nimble fingered operators. After all, many of the other shirts in London shop hangers were indeed made in China. The question is being asked with increasing urgency in China too as well as in Bangladesh, Sri-Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, El-Salvador, Honduras and more than 40 other countries with thriving clothing industries based exports. They are attempting to come to terms with the elimination at the end of 2004 of quotas that have governed their exports to the world’s two biggest markets: America and the European Union. The quotas have restraint some countries exports, but in others have created an industry that might not otherwise have existed.

01. An appropriate title for the passage would be:

A) The history of shirts

B) China’s Quota in the shirt Industry

C) Quotas and the Garments Industry

D) The export Industry

02. An antonym for ‘complicated’ is:

A) complex B) confused

C) sophisticated D) simple

03. An example of a man – made fibre is:

A) silk B) cotton

C) polyester D) linen

04. Nimble – fingered is used as:

A) a modifier B) a nominative

C) a possessive D) an auxiliary

05. A synonym for urgency is :

A) pressing B) preliminary

C) pressurizing D) urge

06. A thriving industry is :

A) one that isn’t doing well

B) one that is picking up

C) one that is doing well

D) one that is closing down

07. The elimination of quotas implies that quotas will be :

A) extended B) terminated

C) simplified D) contested

08. To say the quotas have governed exports to the world’s biggest markets means that they have:

A) Administered exports B) controlled exports

C) diverted exports D) assisted exports

09. Quotas have in some cases restrained exports: in other words, they have sometimes been

A) a help B) a hindrance

C) a stimulant D) a cause of worry

10. The university will build a new dormitory ____ campus.

A) on B) in

C) over D) with

11. Her grades have improved, but only ____

A) in a small amount B) very slightly

C) minimum D) some

12. The correct translation of এটি কিভাবে হয় তা জানি is ____ .

A) I know to doing it B) I know to do it how

C) I know how to do it D) I know about doing it

13. A Machiavellian character is ____ .

A) an honest person B) a cunning person

C) a romantic person D) a wise person

14. Identify the correct antonym of the word ‘reticent’.

A) reserved B) a person who talks less

C) dumb D) talkative

15. Choose the correct passive voice of the following sentence:

All of his friends laughed at him

A) He laughed at all of his friends

B) He was laughed at by all of his friends

C) All his friends had laughed at him

D) All his friends were laughed at by him

16. This book ____ first published in 1985.

A) has been B) was

C) is D) was being

17. Learners of English as a foreign language often fail to ____ between unfamiliar sounds in that language.

A) separate B) differ

C) distinguish D) solve

18. I am trying to calculate _____ .

A) how many money you owe me

B) you owe me how much money

C) you owe me how many money

D) how much money you owe me

19. I want ____ more careful with your homework in future.

A) you be B) you to be

C) that you are D) you will be

20. Choose the correct word: The president said that the ____ stations was very serious.

A) economical B) economic

C) economy D) economics

21. There were ____ reactions after the bill was passed.

A) a mix B) mix

C) mixed D) missed

22. A synonym of ‘functional’ is –

A) practical B) passive

C) peculiar D) pedantic

23. Man does not live by bread alone.

A) Man needs water too

B) Hunger is a relative concept

C) Man needs other things too

D) Man is never content

24. Find the misspelt word.

A) seperate B) raisin

C) psychology D) taming

ANSWER

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