University Admission Test English - Dhaka University - D Unit 2014 -2015 Session English Questions' Answers with Explanation

University Admission Test English

Dhaka University - D (Gha) Unit Admission Question

2014-2015 Session

English Questions' Answers with Explanation

English

Read the following passage carefully and then answer Questions (1-5):

A second green revolution is imminent in Asia. It will not be the same as the first one, since it will not depend on a few miracle varieties of wheat or rice but on adapting existing seeds to different environmental conditions. The second revolution promises to bring similar benefits though-this time to poor lands and poorer farmers that were not covered by the first green revolution. Such lads are poor because they are prone to floods, droughts and salinity. New seeds have been developed which can survive flooding and tolerate drought and saline conditions better.

01. The best title for the passage is:

A) Agriculture miracle is Asia

B) New Seeds Being Planted in Asia

C) Second Green Revolution in Asia

D) Adapting Farming to Environmental Conditions in Asia

02. An antonym of ‘imminent’ is:

A) pending B) forthcoming

C) eminent D) distant

03. The tone of this passage is:

A) pessimistic B) hopeful

C) suggestive D) skeptical

04. To be ‘prone’ is to be ____.

A) vulnerable B) ready

C) organized D) equipped

05. The title suggests that the key to the second green revolution will be to come up with seed varieties that are:

A) adaptable B) susceptible

C) changeable D) variable

Which of the following sentences are correct? (6-10)

06. A) The two parties have different views to democracy.

      B) The two parties has different views of democracy. 

      C) The two parties have different views of democracy.

      D) The two parties differing on democracy.

07. A) The country has adopted a new industrial policy.

      B) The country has adapted a new industrial policy.

      C) The country has effected the new industrial policy.

      D) The country has affected new industrial policy.

08. A) Over a billion people using Microsoft Windows operating systems.

B) Over a billion people uses Microsoft Windows operating systems.

C) Over a billion people use Microsoft Windows operating systems.

D) Over a billion peoples use Microsoft Windows operating systems.

09. A) Whom does the book belong?

      B) Who does the book belong to?

      C) To whom do the book belong?

      D) By whom does the book belong?

10. A) Where have you born?

      B) Where are you born?

      C) Where were you born?

      D) Where had you born?

Choose the word that is closest meaning to the word in italics (11-12)

11. The private hospital business is booming in Bangladesh.

A) flourishing B) bursting

C) improving D) filling

12. The government has also decided to concentrate on improving the quality of healthcare.

A) focus B) conceptualize

C) strike D) deliberate

Answer the questions according to the instruction provided (13-14)

13. The verb form of trauma is:

A) traumatic B) traumatically

C) traumatized D) traumatize

14. A radiologist is most often employed in:

A) power plants B) workshops

C) finances D) hospitals

Fill in the blanks (Questions: 15-21)

15. Let’s discuss ____ the ways of improving the basic skills of English.

A) about B) on

C) No preparation needed D) of

16. One-third of students ____ present in the class.

A) is B) are

C) remains D) do not

17. Each of the students who filled out the admission form ____ the test.

A) have appeared at B) has appeared at

C) are appearing at D) is appearing

18. To discover is ____ about something that already exists, but to invent is ____ something new.

A) to know, to find B) to create, to learn

C) to learn, to create D) to find, to know

19. ‘Well’ is usually an adverb and so describes ____, but when it refers to health it can be an adjective and describe ____.

A) Adjectives, Verbs B) Nouns, Pronouns

C) Adjectives, Nouns D) Verbs, Nouns

20. Much as Rome ____ roads through Europe in the years of the Roman Empire, Britain ____ railways and strung telegraph wires in India.

A) had built, built B) built, built

C) builds, is building D) has built, was building

21. We are moved not by the fall of ____ great man but the elevation to heroism of what we had taken to be ____ little man.

A) a, the B) the, the

C) open D) written

 22. What is the proper antonym for ‘waver’?

A) determine B) sway

C) vary D) develop

23. Choose the correct translation of the following sentence- ‘মির মশারফ হোসেন ছিলেন বিচিত্রধর্মী লেখক’:

A) Mir Musharraf Hussain was a miscellaneous writer.

B) Mir Musharraf Hussain was a versatile writer.

C) Mir Musharraf Hussain wrote descriptively.

D) Mir Musharraf Hussain was a wonderful writer.

24. Choose the correct spelling:

A) mongose B) monngose

C) mongoose D) mongosse

25. What is the synonym of the word ‘tacit’?

A) spoken B) implicit

C) avid D) none of the above

ANSWER

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