University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - D Unit 2005 -2006 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - D (Gha) Unit Admission Question

2005-2006 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

English

Read the following passage and then answer questions 1 – 5 by choosing the correct option:

The Victorian cult of death is quite unique in English history. Never before or since have the English been so obsessed with the rites and rituals of deaths. Funerals and mourning: a whole language of dress, objects and social formalities grew up around it.

Queen Victoria herself set an example of irreproachable widowhood for her subjects to follow. After Prince Albert’s death in 1861, she remained in mourning for over ten years. To the end of her life she preferred to wear black. Many people thought she carried things too far; it was with great difficulty that she was persuaded to re-enter public in 1871.

01. An appropriate title for the passage would be :

A) Black obsession B) Language of mourning

C) After Prince Albert D) Victorian Rites

02. A synonym of obsessed would be :

A) fixated B) frenzied

C) frantic D) fazed

03. A close substitute for ‘irreproachable’ would be :

A) Irresponsible B) irksome

C) unshakable D) none of the above

04. The noun form of persuaded :

A) persuasion B) persecution

C) perseverance D) persistence

05. Rites signify :

A) practices B) regulations

C) law D) habits

06. I am going away ____ the end of the month.

A) in B) at

C) for D) into

07. Choose the correct meaning of the underlined expression:

Psychiatrists encourage their patients not to get upset about trivial matters.

A) unexpected B) unusual

C) unimportant D) uncertain

08. I’m so tired! ____ I finish this test, I’m having nap/

A) Now that B) Every time

C) Once D) Until

09. You should try to cut ____ on coffee. You drink far too much of it.

A) out B) up

C) down D) off

10. The clerk checked us ____ and gave us our keys.

A) in B) over

C) out D) down

Questions 11 – 15 Try to choose the appropriate option to fill in the gaps in the following sentences:

The Indian subcontinent (11) clearly marked by the long British (12), just as Britain’s history shows the result of its lengthy association (13) India. Whether all of (14) has been for better or worse is (15) impossible to say.

11. A) had been B) have been

      C) has been D) has had been

12. A) interaction B) presence

      C) policy D) development

13. A) for B) through

      C) with D) over

14. A) those B) these

      C) this D) that

15. A) around B) almost

      C) about D) above

16. The island is a colony: however, in most matters it is ____ and receives no orders from the mother colony.

A) autonomous B) dependent

C) distant D) submissive

17. Which of the following is the correct spelling.

A) excessive B) excesive

C) axcesive D) exccessive

18. The time is ripe for a revolt means that.

A) it is too late for a revolt

B) it is the right time for a revolt

C) the revolt is underway

D) the revolution is about to begin

19. The term ‘en route’ means –

A) Through the route B) Through the way

C) On the way D) In the way

20. Which is the best translation of the sentence –

 ‘সকালে পাখিরা কিচিরমিচির করে’?

A) Birds cry at dawn

B) Birds shout at dawn

C) Birds twitter at dawn

D) Birds howl at dawn

21. The correct antonym of the word ‘amazing’ is ____.

A) deceitful B) clever

C) ordinary D) shocking

22. The correct active voice of ‘That house has not been lived in for years.’

A) No one has been living in that house for years.

B) No one ever lived in that house for years.

C) Nobody has for years lived in that house.

D) Nobody had been living for years in that house.

23. Mr. Roberts is a noted chemist ____

A) as well as an effective teacher

B) and too a very effective teacher

C) but he teaches very good in addition

D) however he teaches very good also

24. Choose the correct sentences :

A) The man that said that was fool

B) The man who said that was a fool

C) The man, that said that, was a fool

D) The man which said that was a fool

25. ‘Blue Chips’ are ____

A) securities issue by the government

B) industrial shares considered to be a safe investment

C) industrial shares considered to be a risky investment

D) flat plastic counters used as money tokens

ANSWER

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