University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - D Unit 2006 -2007 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - D (Gha) Unit Admission Question

2006-2007 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

English

Choose the correct option :

01. The girl takes ____ her mother.

A) with B) after

C) to D) for

02. He has been entrusted ____ new responsibilities.

A) with B) for

C) to D) at

03. As soon as he became rich he cast ____ his old friends.

A) aside B) off

C) to D) upon

04. Burrowing animals provide paths for water in soil, and so do the roots of plants ____.

A) decaying and they dying

B) when they die and decay

C) They die and decay

D) when they will die and decay

05. Not until a student has mastered algebra, ____ the principles of geometry, trigonometry and physics.

A) He can begin to understand

B) can he begin to understand

C) he begins to understand

D) begins to understand

06. He hopes to provide ____ service.

A) uninterrupted B) uninterrupt

C) uninterrupting D) un-interrupted

07. It ____ five days since he ____ missing.

A) was, has been B) was, was

C) has been, went D) has been, is

08. I ____ twenty kilometers to work everyday.

A) make B) do

C) commute D) go

09. ____ sixteen years I lived with a lie.

A) after B) before

C) for D) since

10. The correct spelling is ____.

A) Conscince B) Consciense

C) Consience D) Conscience

11. ‘To meet one’s Waterloo’ means ____ .

A) to die fighting

B) to meet one’s final defeat

C) to meet a strong adversary

D) to fulfill a strong desire

12. He visits us now and again. Here ‘now and again’ stands for –

A) everyday B) occasionally

C) many times D) often

13. Which is the best translation of the sentence? সে অত্যন্ত ধূর্ত মানুষ।

A) He is an extremely intelligent man

B) He is a very clever man

C) He is an extremely deceitful man

D) He is a shrewd man

14. The correct antonym for the word ‘ominous’ is –

A) auspicious B) potent

C) unlucky D) spacious

15. The captain, ____, had a score of thirty.

A) Joy and me B) Joy and myself

C) Joy and I D) Joy and us

16. The thief who broke into our house was ____ by our pet dog.

A) bited B) biten

C) bitten D) bitted 

17. Identify the incorrect part of the sentence:

 She would A) much rather B) to exercise moderately C) than D) strenuously.

18. When I finally arrived at the party at 10 pm, Mita was annoyed with me because I was late and she ____ for a very long time.

A) had been waiting B) waited

C) is waiting D) has waiting

19. Choose the correct sentence.

A) Can they tell you what time does the movie start?

B) Can they say you what time the movie starts?

C) Can they tell you when time the movie starts?

D) Can they tell you what time the movie starts?

20. If I found a lost dog, I ____ it to its owner.

A) would return B) will return

C) will returning D) will have returned

Read the following passage and then answer question 21 – 25:

Men are notoriously insensitive to the emotional world around them. At least, that is the impression circulated by a thousands women’s magazine. And a study by two researchers at the university of Melbourne, in Australia, confirms that men are, Indeed, less sensitive to emotion than women, with one important and suggestive exception. Men are extremely sensitive to the anger of other men.

21. The most suitable title for this passage would be:

A) women’s magazines and men

B) men and women relationship

C) anger and men

D) recent research on human emotion

22. Notoriously is used as ____ .

A) an adverb B) a noun

C) an adjective D) gerund

23. The passage suggests that ____ .

A) In general, men are more sensitive than women

B) In general, women are more sensitive than men

C) Men and women are equally sensitive

D) Men are never as sensitive as women

24. A suggestive exception is one that is:

A) exceptional B) extreme

C) thought provoking D) puzzling

25. Which meaning of ‘extremely’ is most appropriate here?

A) unreasonably B) unacceptably

C) very D) severely

ANSWER

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