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Dhaka University Admission Tests- English Questions

A (Ka)UNIT

 

 

 

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

 

Read the following passage and answer the questions below (1-6)

Recently, significant problems regarding energy use have emerged. Enormous amounts of pollutants are being emitted from power plants, factories, and automobiles, which are worsening the condition of the earth.

This environmental degradation is a dear result of acid rain, increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, and other forms of air pollution. Acid rain and air pollution, for instance, are devastating forests, crops, and lakes over wide areas all over the world. Since the 1950s, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have increased by 13%, setting the stage for global warming. As atmospheric temperature rise, grain output may significantly decrease, making it more difficult for farmers to keep pace with the growth of population. In urban areas, air pollution is taking a toll on the buildings and human health.

To reduce the amount of environmental damage in cities, developed countries- have devised technology to control the harmful emissions. However, as these countries already have an abundance of vehicles that continue to grow in number, the efficacy of these measures is diminished. Since cars and other vehicles create more air pollution than any other human activity, the most effective means to reduce pollution is to decrease the number of vehicles. A major shift away from automobile usage in urban areas may be possible with the aid of urban planning.

 

1. The passage is about:
A)The role of pollutants in increasing air pollution all over the world. ✔
A)Hazardous effects of air pollution and the role of urban planners in improving living conditions.
B)The devastating effect of acid rain on forest resources, crops and water bodies.
C)The extensive use of cars and vehicles is diminishing the growth of a risk-free society.

 

 

2. The word ‘pollutants’ in the passage is a/an
A) adjective
B) adverb
C) verb
D) noun ✔

 

 

3. The word ’emitted’ can be replaced by:
A) engaged
B) discharged
C) derived ✔
D) reduced

 

 

4. What happens with the increase in the atmospheric temperature?
A) The weather becomes very pleasant.
B) It causes flooding in urban areas
D) Crop production is reduced
D) Urban areas become overpopulated. ✔

 

 

5. “taking a toll” on the passage means:
A) being expensive
B) causing a barrier
C) causing damage ✔
D) ringing a bell

 

 

6. An antonym of ‘efficacy’ is:
A) Uselessness ✔
B) representation
C) reproduction
D) efficiency

 

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

7. The correct spelling is:
A) Intuishon
B) intusion
C) intution
D) intuition ✔

 

 

8. Since I——for our lunch, I——-to attract the waiter’s attention.
A) Paid, tried ✔
B) paid, will be trying
C) pay, tried
D) was paying, tried

 

 

9. We——-a cat, but one day it just disappeared.
A) would have
B) have
C) used to have ✔
D) do have

 

 

10. I—–at six o’clock, but——to be up by five.
A) normally get up—–I have sometime
B) normally get up ——sometimes I have ✔
C) get normally up——sometimes
D) get normally up —— I sometime have

 

 

11. The antonym of “sporadic” is –
A) occasional
B) intermittent
C) frequent ✔
D) isolated

 

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

12. “Illuminate” means
A) deviant
B) brighten ✔
C) illegal
D) deceptive

 

 

13. When—— here?
A) have you get
B) did you get ✔
C) you get
D) had you get

 

 

14. Why ——-return the money?
A) you did not
B) you
C) did you not ✔
D) you did’t

 

 

15. High school students should not be——- as being immature or naive.
A) helped
B) directed
C) taught
D) categorized ✔

 

 

16. Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity——–the foundation of the possibility of time travel.
A) Will lay
B) laying
C) laid ✔
D) lay

 

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

17. Although the telescope——–into space in 1990, its inception was almost a half-century earlier.
A) launched
B) launching
C) was launched ✔
D) launch C

 

 

18. There is still no way to wholly escape——-the effects on the layers of gases enveloping the earth.
A) in
B) of
C) from ✔
D) at C

 

 

19. The 32,000-word novel ‘The Time Machine’——H.G. Wells, popularized time travel.
A) into
B) of
C) by ✔
D) in

 

 

20. The U.S. Congress restored the Medal of Honor was first presented in 1965 to a woman—–name few of us have heard.
A) which
B)who
C) whose ✔
D)whom

 

 

21. Dr Mary Edwards Walker was a surgeon, soldier, ——fighter for women’s rights.
A) With
B. and ✔
C) of
D) also

 

22. Because of discrimination——-women, she was required to work as a nurse rather than a doctor.
A) for
B) of
C) against ✔
D) with

 

 

23. A good teacher is one who can help his/her student——errors in their work and suggest ways to—– them.
A) identify/rectify ✔
B) commit, overcome
C) find, resist
D) eliminate, perpetuate

 

 

24. We need to do more to——– the poor flood victims.
A) reach out to
B) live up to
C) put up with
D) make up for ✔

 

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

25. In some countries, much of the natural environment has been transformed——– farmland —–a subsequent loss of species richness.
A) out of, along with
B) into, with ✔
C) into, as a result of
D) away from, resulting from

 

 

26. Students should learn, in an environment——-pressure and with the freedom to choose what they want to learn.
A) soaked in
B) deprived of
C) devoid of ✔
D) regardless of

 

 

27. We have to——-our political differences and come together to ——a joint fight against poverty and corruption.
A) cover, venture ✔
B) rise over, pull off
C) mend, prevail
D) transcend, lead

 

 

28. Teaching can be a tough job, particularly when you have to ——aggressive and unruly students.
A) cope on
B) deal with ✔
C) handle to
D) work out

 

 

29. ———the importance of zoos as tourist attractions, until recently there has been little research to investigate the nature, attitudes and motivations of zoo visitors.
A) Despite ✔
B) Although
C) In spite
D) Given

 

 

30. I haven’t been feeling very well—–
A) of late
B) not long ago
C) currently
D) by now ✔

 

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-2013

 

Read the passage and answer questions 1-5:

Cats are carnivorous mammals of the family Felidae. They cannot chew their food, and their teeth are adapted to stab, anchor, and cut flesh. All cats except the cheetah have strong, sharp, retractile claws. They are not adapted for long chases but prowl their prey on padded feet and try to overwhelm it in short dash or pounce. Big cats roam over a large area, usually alone but sometimes in family groups, for example, a pride of lions can contain as many as 37 individuals. Cats generally are nocturnal animals, the retina of their eyes made extra sensitive to light by a layer of guanine, which causes the eyes to shine in the dark. Tigers are largest of the cats. They are identified by their characteristic striped coat. They inhabit forests and grasslands in Asia where populations have suffered from haunting, deforestation, and demand for tiger parts in traditional medicine.

 

1. Cats are carnivorous, but human beings are
(A) herbivorous ✔
(B) omnivorous
(C) farinaceous
(D) cadaverous

 

2. The synonym of ‘prowl’ is
(A) dive
(B) chase
(C) ornate
(D) stalk ✔

 

3. ‘Cats are nocturnal animals’ means
(A) cats have predatory eyesight
(B) cats are sensitive to smell
(C) cats haunt during daytime
(D) cats are active at night ✔

 

4. A group of lions is called ‘pride of lions’, what is a group of dogs called?
(A) a pack of dogs ✔
(B) a colony of dogs
(C) a flock of dogs
(D) a cluster of dogs

 

5. ‘retractile claws’ in the passage means
(A) claws the are extra sharp
(B) claws that can change shape
(C) claws that can move inwards ✔
(D) claws that are sensitive to feelings

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-2013

 

6. Choose the correct spelling
(a) indegenus
(b) indigeneous
(c) Indigenous ✔
(d) indigeneous

 

7. The synonym of ’embellish’ is
(a) adorn ✔
(b) shock
(c) impoverish
(d) destroy

 

8. The verb of ‘beauty’ is
(a) beautician ✔
(b) beautify
(c) beautiful
(d) beautification

 

9. The idiom ‘let things slide’ means
(a) ignore ✔
(b) lose gradually
(c) reveal a secret
(d) set free

 

10. Why is the poet so sad to see the daffodils in ‘The Daffodils’?
(a)The poet is sad because the flowers have not bloomed fully.
(b)The poet is sad because winter will come soon.
(c) The poet is sad because the flowers remind him of his own death. ✔
(d) The poet is sad because flowers bring very hot weather.

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-2013

 

11. The correct translation of `রবিবার হইতে বৃষ্টি হইতাছিলো”
(a) It was raining from Sunday.
(b) It has been raining from Sunday.
(c) It had been raining since Sunday. ✔
(d) It rained since Sunday.

 

12. The word ‘constraint’ means
(a) freedom
(b) limitation ✔
(c) plentiful
(d) endless

 

13. The word ‘desperation’ is a/an
(a) adjective
(b) verb
(c) adverb
(d) noun ✔

 

14. Why were the daffodils in Wordsworth’s ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’ dancing?
(A) The poet was daydreaming.
(B) The flowers had cheerful company.
(C) The sea waves beside them had gone wild
(D) There was a strong wind. ✔

 

15. The expression ‘to look after’ means
(a) to take care ✔
(b) to follow
(c) to imitate
(d) to gaze

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-2013

 

16. The antonym of ‘stubborn’ is
(A) agreeable ✔
(B) obstinate
(C) difficult
(D) irritable

 

17. What is the meaning of the expression “bottom of my heart”?
(A)close to my heart
(B) core of my heart ✔
(C) lower part of my heart
(D)close to my liver

 

Questions 18-27: Fill in the blank/blanks:

18. He —– prefers—–speak very little.
(a) doesn’t, to
(b) himself, to ✔
(c) himself, for
(d) does, for

 

19. It —- heavily when he—up.
(a) has snowed, woke
(b) snows, wake
(c) was snowing, woke ✔
(d) is snowing, wakes

 

20. Misuse of — energy has—-destruction.
(a) solar. shown
(b) renewable, increase
(c) nuclear, cause
(d) atomic, wreaked ✔

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-2013

 

21. There is — milk in the bottle.
(a) very few
(b) any
(c) very little ✔
(d) many

 

22. I have —– him to give—–smoking.
(a) said, up
(b) talked, for
(c) told, up ✔
(d) told, in

 

23. The groom arrived at the community centre exactly—–time.
(a) in
(b) for
(c) by
(d) on ✔

 

24. He hates—-kept—–
(a) to be, waiting ✔
(b) being kept, wait
(c) to be, to wait
(d) to, waiting

 

25. I’d like——information, please.
(a) an
(b) some ✔
(c) few
(d) piece

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-2013

 

26. Yoga is——a good exercise for—–breathing.
(a) taken, controlling
(b) treated, considerable
(c) not, slowly
(d) considered, controlling ✔

 

27. A man—–by a speeding bus while he was crossing the road.
(a) was run over ✔
(b) was run down
(c) had been run
(d) has been run over

 

Questions 28-30: Choose the correct sentence:

28. Choose the correct sentence:
(a) It is you who is to pay.
(b) It is you who are to leave. ✔
(c) It is you who is late.
(d) It is you who has won the prize.

 

29. Choose the correct sentence:
(a) He suspicioned that something wrong.
(b) He suspicious that something is wrong.
(c) He suspected that something was wrong.  ✔
(d) He suspect that something is wrong.

 

30. Choose the correct sentence:
(a) The jury are arguing among themselves. ✔
(b)The jury is arguing among themselves.
(c)The jury has argued among themselves.
(d)The jury has been arguing among themselves.

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

 

Read the passage and answer Questions 1 to 5:

A coral reef is a flower garden of stone, growing like a wall or like a tower from the depths and filled with the most confusing and most colourful varieties of life. The colours are beautiful, especially in the shallow region down to sixty feet, where some of the red and yellow light of the sun’s rays still penetrates. But most corals are greenish, brown, bluish or yellow. Coral reefs offer shelter and food to thousands of creatures. The wanner the climate, the greater the variety of species there is. In the tropics, it is easier to find, in one place, ten different species than ten specimens of the same species; and a coral reef provides ample proof of that rule. Living conditions are most favourable so that many forms are able to develop and survive in their struggle for existence.

1. A coral reef is
a. beautiful park ✔
b. a stone wall
c. a watch tower
d. a rock formation in the sea

 

2. The word “shallow” in the second sentence means
a. very distant
b. very deep ✔
c. not very deep
d. cold

 

3. In the tropics
a. the climate is warm  ✔
b. shelter and food are easy to find
c. many subjects are discussed
d. it is quite cold

 

4. The word “ample” in the sixth sentence is an adjective. The noun-form of it is
a . amplifier
b. amplitude
c. amply
d. amplify ✔

 

5. The main subject of the passage is
a. The beauty of a coral reef
b. The correlation of climate and life
c. The struggle for existence ✔
d. The colours of a coral reef

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

 

Questions 6-15: Choose the correct options

6. ————that life began billions of years ago in the water.
a. In the belief
b. It is believed ✔
c. the belief
d. Believing

 

7. The government has introduced——–
a. a children’s clothes tax
b. a tax on children clothes ✔
c. a children cloths tax
d. a tax on children’s clothes

 

8. The most important chemical catalyst on the planet is chlorophyll, ——carbon dioxide and water react to form carbohydrates.
a. whose presence
b. which is present
c. presenting
d. in the presence of which ✔

 

9. An image on a national flag can symbolize political ideas that——-express.
a. take many words otherwise would
b. would take to many otherwise words
c. many words to take otherwise
d. would otherwise take many words to ✔

 

10. Had I been in your situation,——–the offer.
a. I would not accept
b. I would accept
c. 1 had accepted
d. I would have accepted ✔

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

11. ———-chair the meeting.
a. Karim was decided to
b. There was decided that Karim should
c. It was decided that Karim should ✔
d. Karim had been decided to

 

12. She———-from flu when she was interviewed.
a. has been suffering
b. suffered
c. had suffered
d. had been suffering ✔

 

13. Next month I———–John for 20 years.
a. know
b. will have known ✔
c. am knowing
d. will have been knowing

 

14. I——-happy to see him, but I didn’t have time.
a. will have been
b. would be
c. will be
d. would have been ✔

 

15. The traffic lights——green and I pulled away.
a. gone
b. got
c. moved
d. went ✔

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

Questions 16-17: Choose the correct meaning (if the following idioms:

16. “The job was not plain-sailing.”
a The job was difficult to get
b. The job was not easy to do. ✔
c. The job was not sailing a ship.
d. The job was easy to do.

 

17. “Leave no stone unturned.”
a Heavy stone
b. Rare stone
c. Impossible
d. Try every possible means ✔

 

Questions 18-19: Choose the correct translation:

18. আমি আম পছন্দ করি
a. I like mango
b. I would like a mango
c. I like mangoes ✔
d I like the mango

 

19. তারা সাগরের কাছে একটি কুটিরে বাস করত।
a. They lived in a but closed to sea
b. They lived in a but close by sea
c. They lived in a but close to the sea ✔
d. They lived in a but close with the sea

 

Questions 20-23: Fill in the blanks:

20. I came home after the rain—————
a. stopped
b. stop
c was stop
d. had stopped ✔

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

21. Seeing is——-(believe)
a. to believe
b. how to believe
c. believing ✔
d. believed

 

22. I do not know ——
a. where does he live
b. where is he live
c. where he does live
d. where he lives ✔

 

23. I notified——I had changed my address.
a. with the bank that
b. the bank that ✔
c. that
d. to the bank that

 

24. What is the meaning of the expression “bottom line”?
a. The final step
b. The end of a road Aid
c. The last line of a book
d. The essential point ✔

 

25. Which one is the correct spelling?
a. Acomodation
b. Accommodation ✔
c. Acommodation
d. Acomoddation

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

26. The antonym of “prosperity” is
a. diversity
b. adversity ✔
c. property
d. posterity

 

27. The synonym of “brittle” is
a. soft
b. tough
c. strong
d. fragile ✔

 

28. By workin hard, you can prosper. Here “working” is a-
a. Participle
b. Verbal Noun
c. Gerund ✔
d. Infinitive

 

29. The noun form “grand” is
a. grandness ✔
b. grandsome
c. grandeur
d. grand

 

30. Which one is the correct sentence?
a. The man that said that was a fool
b. The man who said that was a fool ✔
c. The man which said that was a fool
d. The man whom said that was a fool

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-2011

 

Read the following text and answer questions (1-5).

It is not only diet and lifestyle that make you obese. There is another factor that lies in your part of DNA called the gene that may influence the shape of your body. A study has recently revealed that genes may play a role in regulating body shape. The effect of genes may be stronger for women than for men. Scientists have found gene variations linked to obesity and fat, which explain why some people are apple-shaped and some are pear-shaped. Previous studies found that when we store fat in our bodies it can affect our health.

More fat around the waist is linked with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease while having a fat posterior and thighs may offer some protection against diabetes and heart disease. Experts have opined that in most cases obesity, is caused by “unhealthy diet and lifestyle and that tackling obesity is challenging. However, recent developments in genetics will enable more targeted approaches to obesity prevention and to the invention of new drugs.

 

1. The main subject of the text is
(A) The effects of fruits on the human body
(B) The challenges of facing genetic disorders
(C) The role of genes in making people overweight
(D) The role of genes in maintaining our figure ✔

 

2. The antonym of “discovery” is
(A)concealment ✔
(B) disclosure
(C) enclosure
(D) ascertainment

 

3. The adjective of “prevention” is
(A) prevent
(B) preventable
(C) preventive ✔
(D) preventing

 

4. “experts have opined” means
(A) according to scientists’ discovery
(B) according to experts imagination
(C) according to the views of experts ✔
(D) according to experts study

 

5. A “study” refers to
(A) a reading room
(B) a book
(C) a library
(D) a research ✔

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-2011

 

Choose the correct options (6-15):

6. The police questioned each witness in——-
(A) return
(B) order
(C) turn ✔
(D) silence

 

7. Our thoughts——–on the missing students.
(A) based
(B) centred ✔
(C) imposed
(D) depended

 

8. The new airport should be fully operational——the end of the year.
(A) since
(B) till
(C) by ✔
(D) in

 

9. Neither Sufia nor I——–capable of solving the problem.
(A) are
(B) were
(C) am ✔
(D) is

 

10. The player isn’t fat;———, he’s quite skinny.
(A) in any case
(B) by rights ✔
(C) in practice
(D) on the contrary

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-2011

 

11. It was so embarrassing. The Bride——–
(A) attended the wedding
(B) got married
(C) wore an expensive sari
(D) fell asleep during the ceremony ✔

 

12. The———of a camel was found lying by the side of the canal.
(A) corpse ✔
(B) corset
(C) corps
(D) casket
NB: If carcass were an option, the right answer would be a carcass.

 

13. ——–Mr. Forbes will be able to regain control of the company.
(A) With hard only work
(B) In spite of his hard work
(C) Only if he works hardly
(D) Only with hard work ✔

 

14. The discovery of penicillin was a——-discovery
(A) sensory
(B) sensible
(C) sensational ✔
(D) sensitive

 

15. For those who suffer——nerves, the remedy lies——perfect rest.
(A) for, with
(B) from, in ✔
(C) of, to
(D) at, into

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-2011

 

Choose the correct meaning of the following idioms (16-17)):

16. “To wash one’s dirty linen in public”
(A) to quarrel in the open
(B) to do some ugly work in public ✔
(C) to wash one’s clothes in the open
(D) to suffer from shortage of water

 

17. “To smell a rat”
(A) to smell a bad smell
(B) to suspect a trick or deceit ✔
(C) to misunderstand
(D) to fall sick

 

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that would not be acceptable in standard English (18-20)

18. Writers (A) like (B) William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe are not (C) only prolific but too (D) ✔ interesting.

 

19. News (A) of Charles Lindbergh’s famous transatlantic flight in 1927 spread (B) rapidly despite of (C) ✔ the lack of an  (D) international communication system.

 

20. At the rate the clerks Were processing (A) the applications, Rahim figured that it will (B) ✔ take four hours for his (C) to be reviewed (D)

 

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-2011

 

Identify the correct sentence (21-22)

21. Identify the correct sentence
(A) One of the problem’s are extremely easy to solve.
(B) One of the problem is extremely easy to solve.
(C) One of the problems is extremely easy to solve.✔
(D) One of the problem are extremely easy to solve.

 

22. Identify the correct sentence
(A) Jamal was born in 13 April in 1992
(B) Jamal was born on 13 April in 1992 ✔
(C) Jamal was born on April 13 on 1992
(D) Jamal was born in 13 April on 1992

 

Choose the correct synonyms of the words given in 23-24:

23. PENSIVE
(A) costly
(B) thoughtful ✔
(C) spoiled
(D) written

 

24. INDIGNATION
(A) humiliation
(B) anger ✔
(C) lacking dignity
(D) none

 

25. The word ‘subterfuge’ means
(A) subtlety
(B) cunning
(C) simplicity
(D) trickery ✔

DU A-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-2011

 

26. The correct translation of “গাছে এখনও ফল ধরে নাই” is
(A)The tree has not yet borne fruit ✔
(B) The tree has not caught any fruit
(C) The tree cannot bear fruit
(D)The tree has not given any fruit

 

27. “Mutation” is a process
(A) in which due to genetic changes new forms of structures are developed ✔
(B)when a person is unable to speak because of facial paralysis
(C)when people refuse to obey orders
(D) in Which the body is damaged severely

 

28. In English if two different words have the same spelling and pronunciation they are called
(A) synonyms
(B) homographs
(C) homophones
(D) homonyms ✔

 

29. The antonym of ‘desolate’ is
(A)populous ✔
(B) isolated
(C) abandoned
(D) disfigured

 

30. The verb of “hallucination” is
(A) hallucinatory
(B) hallucinogen
(C) hallucine
(D) hallucinate ✔

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B (Kha)UNIT

 

DU B-UNIT ADMISSION TEST ENGLISH 2015-16

1. Which of the following words best replaces ‘revealed’ in the sentence: Studies have revealed that infections are associated with cancers.
A. found  ✔
B. warned
C. emphasized
D. told

 

2. ‘No man is an island’. What does this proverb mean?
A. Everyone should always be prepared
B. It is best to do everything on time
C. Everyone needs help from other people ✔
D. Your own home is the most comfortable place to live in

 

3. Choose appropriate articles. (Questions 3-4):
One of Akbar’s most vigorous opponents during his lifetime had been — outstanding scholar, Sheikh Ahmed, and like Akbar, he was also venerated as — Perfect Man by his own disciples.
A. the, the
B. an, a ✔
C. an, the
D. the, a

 

4. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Museum stands as — symbol not only of the greatest moments in our history but also as evidence of the darkest moment in — history of this land,
A. the, a
B. a, no article
C. a, the ✔
D. the, no article

Read the passage below and answer questions 5-9:
Vultures are not careful about what they eat. This makes them vulnerable to eating meat that could be toxic. The consequence often is the death of these birds. That is one reason why these birds are not widely seen in Bangladesh anymore. The other is that the trees which vultures perch on have also been disappearing from the land. The net result is the birds are not present throughout the country in the numbers in which they were viewed a generation, or even a decade, ago.

 

5. A suitable title for the passage would be:
A. Birds of Bangladesh
B. Food habits of Vultures
C. Disappearing Trees
D. Disappearing Vultures of Bangladesh ✔

 

6. The net result’ is closest in meaning to which of the following words that have also been used in the passage:
A. Consequence ✔
B. perch
C. generation
D. reason

 

7. An antonym for ‘toxic’ is:
A. deadly
B. fatal
C. contaminating
D. harmless ✔

 

8. A ‘decade’ is the same as:
A. twelve years
B. ten years ✔
C. twenty years
D. thirty years

 

9. Widely’ used in the passage is a/an:
A. adjective
B. adverb ✔
C. participle
D. gerund

Fill in the blanks with suitable word/s (Questions 10-18):
10. Since the island soil has been barren for so many years, the islanders must — much of their food.
A. deliver
B. import ✔
C. produce
D. utilize

 

11. Make sure you read all the — carefully before setting up the device.
A. packaging
B. papers
C. instructions  ✔
D. Files

 

12. After the governor’s third overseas trip, voters complained that he was paying too little attention to — affairs.
A. foreign
B. domestic ✔
C. professional
D. intellectual

 

13. Pinocchio is hungry and looks for an egg to cook — an omelette; but, to his surprise, the omelette flies out of the window.
A. his own self
B. itself
C. oneself
D. himself ✔

 

14. Nature finds ways to ensure the survival of — .
A. the fittest ✔
B. the fitters
C. the fitting
D. the fits

 

15. — Pohela Boishakh, there is a festive mood all — the country.
A. at, over
B. in, across
C. since, across
D. on, over ✔

 

16. — did Kamal realize that there was a danger.
A. Upon entering the bank
B. When he entered the bank
C. Only after entering the bank ✔
D. After he had entered the bank

17. ‘Rose’ is often used as—for beauty or the beautiful.
A. a metaphor
B. parallel
C. collocation
D. euphemism ✔

 

18. He is hardworking and —
A. I am so
B. so I am
C. so am I ✔
D. I too am

 

19. Which word is spelt correctly?
A. concensus
B. hiararchy
C. medieval ✔
D. prossession

 

20. The word ‘Vegetarian’ refers to
A. plants ✔
B. animals
C. mammals
D. carnivores

21. Which of the following is a form of ‘die’?
A. dryad
B. dye
C. dying ✔
D. dieing

 

22. Find a synonym for the word ‘vigorous’ from the options given below:
A. Important and necessary
B. shaping and quivering
C. strong and energetic ✔
D. harmful and dangerous

 

23. Choose the correct passive sentence:
A. The meeting is to be reschedule
B. The meeting is to be rescheduled ✔
C. The meeting is to rescheduled
D. The meeting to be rescheduled

 

24. We must discourage people — throwing trash in public places.
A. for
B. from ✔
C. into
D. into

 

25. “মিনা বললো যে, সে অসুস্থ” The correct translation of this sentence is:
A. Meena told that she has been ill.
B. Meena said that she is ill.
C. Meena said that she was ill. ✔
D. Meena told that she was ill.

 

 

DU B-UNIT ADMISSION TEST 2014-2015

Answer questions (1-6) based on the following passage.
The first shock that I received had nothing to do with the stone figures I had come to see. It was the sight of the island itself that filled me with astonishment. It was so barren: there were no trees, and it was apparent that scarcely any ground was good enough to support crops. Yet nobody looked hungry or unhappy! The second shock left me in a state of wonder. Many people have indeed seen photographs of the enormous stone figures, but the pictures show single statues or groups of only three or four. What I now discovered was that there are hundreds; they are all over the island. The greatest concentration of the figures is near the eastern tip. Here lies the quarry from which the stone was taken.

 

1. Which sentence is true?
A.Many statues were spread all over the island.  ✔
B.There was only single or small groups of statues.
C.All statues were near the eastern tip of the island.
D.The photographs gave a clear idea about the statues.  

 

2. What was the result of the writer’s second shock?
A. He was baffled.
B. He was delighted.
C. He was disappointed.
D. He was amazed  ✔ 

 

3. In the passage “quarry” means.
A. the place where the statues were made.
B. a track.
C. the place from where the stone was dug out.   ✔ 
D. the hunted animal.

 

4. The word “apparent” means
A. uncertain
B. confusing
C. obvious  ✔ 
D. surprising

 

5. What surprised the writer at first?
A. The stone figures
B. The size of the statues
C. The island itself  ✔ 
D. The quarry

 

6. Why was the writer astonished by the fact that the island was barren?
A. a barren island could produce so many statues
B. nobody looked unhappy or hungry  ✔
C. the soil was fertile but no crops were grown
D. There was a stone quarry

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7. To “catch off guard” means
A. to neglect the duty
B. to get someone when he/she is careless  ✔
C. to be on guard
D. to substitute a guard

 

8. In the poem “Ozymandias”, the phrase “king of kings” is an example of
A. exaggeration  ✔ 
B. irony
C. sarcasm
D. humour

 

9. his convincing argument, the project was not approved.
A. Although
B. However
C. Despite  ✔ 
D. In spite

 

10. In Robert Herrick’s poem “To Daffodils” human life is compared with
A. summer’s rain.
B. morning’s dew.
C. spring.
D. all three(A,B ,C )   ✔ 

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11. He wanted nobody to know the treasure was hidden.
A. except him, what
B. but himself, where  ✔ 
C. else, which
D. and him, when

 

12. The universities have opened recently,__________
A. aren’t they
B. hasn’t they
C. haven’t they  ✔ 
D. weren’t they

 

13. The word “fabricate” is nearest in meaning to
A. manufacture  ✔ 
B. demolish
C. refresh
D. arrange

 

14. Several new diseases in the recent years.
A. grown up
B. have come up  ✔ 
C. have discovered
D. Have found

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15. Hamidur Rahman to make the of the Shaheed Minar.
A. had a responsibility, foundation
B. was asked, selection
C. had, construction
D. was assigned, design  ✔ 

 

16. Control, Sabah! Everything is fine, so don’t start crying
A. yourself  ✔ 
B. you
C. me
D. herself

 

17. Rahim is one___ superstitious people I know.
A. much
B. very much
C. of the more
D. of the most  ✔ 

 

18. ——pair of socks ——too small for me.
A. This, is  ✔ 
B. These, are
C. These, is
D. This, are

 

19. All my efforts to bring about a compromise ended——smoke.
A. with
B. in  ✔ 
C. off
D. through

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20. When……Penicillin?
A. did Fleming invent  ✔ 
B. Fleming invented
C. Fleming invents
D. has Fleming invented

 

21. We went to Rajshahi last month to see the house where we____in the 1960s.
A. Will live
B. live
C. would live
D. used to live  ✔ 

 

22. While the man………in the field, suddenly a dog came and…….him.
A. was, bite
B. was working, bit  ✔ 
C. worked, bitten
D. was working, bite

 

23. We…..to Dhaka in 1994 and…….here since then.
A. came, lived
B. came, were living
C. came, have been living  ✔ 
D. came, had lived

 

24. Choose the appropriate translation of “তুমি আমাকে এটিই আগে দিতে পারলে ভাল হত। ”
A It would have better if you could give it to me earlier
C. It could have better if you could give it earlier
C .It should have better if you gave it to me earlier
D. Giving it to me earlier should have been better.   ✔ 

 

25. The weather is____ gloomier today than it was yesterday.
A. more
B. more than
C. very
D. much  ✔ 

DU B UNIT ADMISSION TEST 2013-2014

Answer questions 1-5 based on the following passage.
Academically, Asian students are outperforming their American counterparts on all levels. However, as adults, we are finding ourselves falling short in the area of creativity and the ability to influence others, and the successful people are those who can know to influence others. This is an area that is emphasized in a Western upbringing. In the West, children are taught to question authority by asking why, something which is not encouraged in Asian culture. At the same time, I think the Western emphasis on creativity may have gone too far. On the other hand, in Asia, there is too much emphasis on memorization and drilling. I find that my Asia students in law school have trouble coming up with creative ideas. Ideally, we should take the best from both worlds.

 

1. To explain the relationship between upbringing and student performance the writer has
a.provided a dictionary meaning of upbringing.
b.given statistics of student performance.
c. used logic to reach a conclusion
d. compared and contrasted students of two different cultures. ✔

 

2. The word ‘outperform’ means
a. to achieve
b. to fall short
c. to surpass ✔
d. to produce

 

3. The aim of the writer is to persuade the reader that
a. the Western way of upbringing is superior to the Asian ways.
b. he most effective upbringing is the Asian way.
c. Western children are brighter than Asian children.
d. both ways of upbringing have advantages and disadvantages. ✔

 

4. Which is a criticism of Western upbringing made by the writer?
a. There is not enough respect for authority.
b. There is too much stress on creativity. ✔
c. There is not enough memorization.
d. There is a shortfall of discipline.

 

5. The phrase ‘on the other hand’ is used to signal that the writer will
a. conclude the text.
b. present the opposite point of view. ✔
c. give an example.
d. elaborate the previous point

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6. The woman was someone might recognize her.
a. afraid so
b. afraid about
c. afraid that ✔
d. afraid with

 

7. An “apple of discord” means
a. a beautiful object
b. an object of dispute ✔
c. a favourite thing
d. a delicious fruit

 

8. The noun of ‘predict’ is
a. prediction ✔
b. predicted
c. predictable
d. predicting

 

9. Iron for weapons and tools in the Bronze Age.
a. was generally used ✔
b. is generally used
c. used
d. generally used

 

10. A snake can eat and digest animals much larger than
a. it
b. itself ✔
c. it has
d. its

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11. Of the two boys, Latif is intelligent.
a. most
b. more ✔
c. as
d. far

 

12. They have tried but failed,
a. haven’t they ✔
b. aren’t they
c. didn’t they
d. don’t they

 

13. of his obstinacy, we could not reach any conclusion.
a. Full
b. Much
c. Great deal
d. Because ✔

 

14. respect your point of view, I cannot agree.
a. Much as I ✔
b. As much I
c. I also
d. so much as I

 

15. Choose the mis-matched pair.
a. immune, protected
b. nervous, disturbed
c. neurotic, stable ✔
d. net, mesh

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16. She went__the big gate__the prison__the road.
a. through, of, into ✔
b. into, by, to
c. across, inside, over
d. by, to, on

 

17. Choose the appropriate translation of “আমি তোমার জায়গায় হলে ঝুঁকিটি নিতাম না।”
a. If I were you I could not have taken the risk.
b. Was I you I would not take the risk.
c.If I was you, I would not take the risk.
d. If I were in your shoes, would not have taken the risk. ✔

 

18. In “Jerry” the writer says that when she gave Jerry some candy and apples he
a. smiled in gratitude.
b. thanked her.
c. just looked at her. ✔
d. did some extra work.

 

19. Choose the correct spelling.
a. Inacessibility
b. Inaccissibility
c. Inaccessebility
d. Inaccessibility ✔

 

20. The word ‘ingenious’ means
a. deceptive
b. skilful ✔
c. simple
d. complicated

21. The synonym of ‘commemorate’ is
a. overlook
b. memorize
c. observe ✔
d. assert

 

22. The antonym of ‘assail’ is
a. attack
b. prevail
c. befriend ✔
d. fly

 

23. From “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” we can infer that the poet saw
a. a host of yellow daffodils.
b. a large number of daffodils. ✔
c. the milky way and daffodils.
d. ten thousand daffodils.

 

24. My broken ankle is—-me.
a. hurting ✔
b. wounding
c. paining
d. aching

 

25. You may—- culture shock by getting—-to the new way of life.
a. feel, used
b. overcome, accustomed ✔
c. get, expose
d. need, familiar

DU B-UNIT ADMISSION TEST 2012-13

Answer questions 1 — 6 based on the following passage.
There are some qualities of a sonnet which make it different from other verse forms. Its definite restrictions make it a challenge to the artistry of the poet and call for all the technical skills at the poet’s command. The more or less set rhyme patterns occurring regularly within the short space of fourteen lines afford a pleasant effect” on the ear of the reader and can create truly musical effects. The rigidity of the form precludes too great economy of too great prodigality of words. Emphasis is placed on exactness and perfection of expression. The brevity of form favours concentrated expression of ideas or passion.

 

1. The word ‘brevity’ means.
(a) shortness
(b) freedom
(c) conciseness ✔
(d) permanence

 

2. What characteristic of a sonnet can create musical effects?
(a) form
(B) regular rhyme patterns ✔
(c) suitable words
(d) verse form

 

3. The author’s primary purpose is to
(a) identify the characteristics of a sonnet. ✔
(b) contrast different types of sonnets.
(c) criticize the limitations of the sonnet.
(d) teach readers to compose proper sonnets.

 

4. The word ‘afford’ means.
(a) exaggerate
(b) charge
(c) able to pay
(d) provide ✔

 

5. The author’s attitude towards the sonnet form can be best described as one of
(a) strong disapprobation
(b) effusive enthusiasm.
(c) scholarly appreciation. ✔
(d) amused toleration.

 

6. The adjective of ‘rigidity’ is.
(a) rigor
(b) rigid ✔
(c) rigorous
(d) rigidness

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7. It was so dark that the security guard could not see.
(a) nobody
(b) somebody
(c) anyone ✔
(d) none

 

8. Choose the correct sentence.
(a) The children were delighted by the monkeys swinging through the trees. ✔
(b)Swinging of the monkeys through the trees, the children were delighted.
(c)The monkeys swinging through the trees, the children were delighted.
(d)Because the monkeys swinging through the trees, the children were delighted.

 

9. the rain, the cricket match was not cancelled.
(a) Due to (b) Although
(c) Despite of (d) In spite of ✔

 

10. The proposal was tentative means, the proposal was.
(a) conclusive
(b) indefinite ✔
(c) definite
(d) timely

 

11. ——is it difficult——- dispose —— waste?
(a) Where, to, for
(b) When, for, such
(c) Why, with, in –
(d) Why, to, of ✔

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12. If I had not intervened at the right moment, Jim arrested.
(a) may have been
(b) can have been
(c) might have been ✔
(d) could have

 

13. The antonym of ‘dormant’ is.
(a) latent
(b) active ✔
(c) sluggish
(d) torpid.

 

14. The synonym of ‘pandemonium’ is.
(a) order
(b) calm
(c) commotion✔
(d) peace

 

15. —is considered a serious crime.
(a) Shoplift
(b) To shoplifting
(c) Shoplifter –
(d) Shoplifting ✔

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16. —resigned, we would have been forced to sack him.
(a) Had he not ✔
(b) He had
(c) Has he
(d) If he has not

 

17. The word ‘amenable’ means —— –.
(a) moveable
(b) durable
(c) agreeable ✔
(d) answerable

 

18. Frequent____badly____academic progress.
(a) closure, affect
(b) closures, effects
(c) closures, affects ✔
(d) closures, affect

 

19. The antonym of ‘blasphemous’ is.
(a) irreverent
(b) respectful ✔
(c) rigid
(d) frivolous

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20. Some of my relatives have left—Canada—to find jobs.
(a) to, expectation
(b) for, desire
(c) at. wishing
(d) for, hoping ✔

 

21. I’d —- a blue bedcover—-a green one.
(a) prefer, to ✔
(b) like, to
(c) prefer, for
(d) buy, in

 

22. What do you—-is the—— cause of air—–?
(a) say, chief, pollution
(b) consider. primary, scarcity
(c) think, main, pollution ✔
(d) count, only, filth

 

23. Jerry said, “I——the axe ——.”
(a) put down, slow –
(b) brought down, carelessly ✔
(c)took away, now
(d)hit over, powerfully

 

24. In “I wondered Lonely as a Cloud” Wordsworth companies the daffodils with .
(a) the stars of the milky way ✔
(b) the waves
(c) the trees
(d) the milky way

 

25. Choose the English translation of “সৌভাগ্যক্রমে পরের বাসে আমি উঠতে পেরেছিলাম। ”
(a) Fortunately, I could get on the next bus. ✔
(b) Fortunate I managed the next bus.
(c) Luckily I entered the next bus.
(d) Luckily I rode the next bus.

 

DU B-UNIT ADMISSION TEST 2011-12

Answer questions 1-8 based on the following:
Making judgments about people is a common feature of everyday life. We are continually evaluating what others say and do, in comments called for or not, offering criticism and feedback informally to friends and colleagues about their behaviour. Formal, institutional judgments figure prominently in our lives too. For example, people pass driving tests, survive the probationary period in a new job, get promotions at work, succeed at interviews, win Oscars for performances in a film, win medals in driving competitions, and are released from prison for good behaviour.

 

1. In the passage, we get mainly——types of judgments.
a. Two ✔
b. Three
c. Four
d. Seven

 

2. According to the passage, judgments are
a. Seldom made
b. Frequently made  ✔
c. Rarely made
d. Discouraged

 

3. ‘figure’ stands for
a. Shape
b. Number
c. Occur
d. Picture ✔

 

4. ‘the probationary period’ is the—-period.
a. Learning
b. Trial  ✔
c. Leave
d. Service

 

5. ‘evaluating’ means
a. Recalling
b. Tasting
c. Assessing ✔
d. Balancing

 

6. ‘called for’ refers to
a. Asked for  ✔
b. Followed
c. Begged for
d. Summoned

 

7. ‘feedback’ stands for
a. Encouragement
b. Opinion ✔
c. Entertainment
d. Help

 

8. The term ‘institutional judgments’ means
a. Official judgments ✔
b. Set judgments
c. Stereotyped judgments
d. Judging institutions

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9. Camping—-usually provide facilities—-entertainment.
a. Site, for
b. Sight, in
c. Sites, for  ✔
d. Sites, at

 

10. She took me—the hand, and led me—-the dais.
a. At, over
b. In, on
c. On, from
d. By, to ✔

 

11. —-there any nursing schools—-Chittagong?
a. Is, at
b. Are, on
c. Was, in
d. Are, in ✔

 

12. Where—-all the boys
a. has, gone
b. have, gone ✔
c. did, went
d. does, go

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13. The players are—-tired—-nervous.
a. very, but
b. neither, or
c. either, or ✔
d. either, nor

 

14. Choose the English translation of —“তুমি কি কখনো কুয়াকাটা গিয়েছো”?
a. Have you ever gone to Kuakata?
b. Have you ever gone Kuakata?
c. Have you ever been to Kuakata? ✔
d. Did you ever go to Kuakata?

 

15. Which pair of words is synonymous?
a.waste, trash ✔
b. reduce, rubbish
c. recycle, destroy
d. conserve, consume

 

16. ‘contaminate’ means
a. purify
b. pollute ✔
c. corruption
d. think

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17. Choose the correct sentence:
a. his hairs are not straight and curly
b.his hair is not straight but curly ✔
c. his hairs are straight and curly
d. his hairs are not straight but curly

 

18. The man—–down silently and—-his food.
a. sits, took
b. sat, take
c. sat, had taken
d. sat, took ✔

 

19. ‘niche’ means
a. surface
b. centre
c. edge ✔
d. hollow

 

20. In Shelley’s `Ozymandias’ — ‘frown’, and ‘sneer of cold command’ are seen on—
a. the pedestal of the statue
b. desert sand
c. two trunk-less legs
d. shattered visage ✔

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21. The Taj Mahal is a/an—-monument of the——-
a. Indian, 18th
b. Indian, 16th
c. Moghal, 17th ✔
d. Moghal, 18th

 

22. The word ‘substantiate’ is a/an——–
a. verb ✔
b. adjective
c. noun
d. adverb

 

23. He got a —-of land——his village.
a. lease, on
b. slice, into
c. plot, through
d. lease, in ✔

 

24. One of the____ of globalization is cultural_____
a. effect, shock
b. affects, surprise
c. effects, assault ✔
d. effect, confusion

 

25. The team is qualified,_______ ?
a. isn’t it ✔
b. wasn’t it
c. hasn’t it
d. doesn’t it

C (Ga)UNIT

 

 

DU C-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2013-14

Read the following passage and answer question 1-5:
The Geographical Indication (GI) Law 2013, the first of its kind in Bangladesh, was enacted in parliament on Tuesday to protect the patent rights of traditional products. ‘Historically, we produce some unique products naturally that others cannot. The law will ensure the exclusive rights of the products,’ said Industries Secretary Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah. The government has passed the law in compliance with Article-22 of Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.

GI is a name or sign used on certain products to certify that they possess certain qualities because they are made as per traditional methods or enjoy a certain reputation due to their geographical origin. The law will protect the country’s claims to commodities such as hilsa fish, jamdani sari, nakshikantha and fruits, including pineapple and fazli, a variety of mango, said Mahboob Murshed, who is an advocate of the Supreme Court and a legal expert on GI law. This means that the real producers of any particular goods in an area will get the absolute rights to their registered products, he went on to observe, and added that the law will ensure that customers get genuine products.

 

1. The government passed the GI law in compliance to certify that,
a. The products are made according to some random methods and originated from specific geographical location
b. The products are made in accordance with a very systematic process and originate from a historical location.
c. The products possess superior qualities or enjoy a certain reputation due to their cultural origin.
d. The products are made according to some specific methods and their location.
e. The products are made according to some traditional methods or have an exclusive reputation and originated from a specific geographical location ✔

 

2. GI law will look out for the interest of-
a. The government
b. The hoarders
c. The consumers ✔
d. The importers
e. The registered products

 

3. The GI law will protect our commodities so that other countries cannot-
a. claim their rights to the products and also the customers will have access to genuine products ✔
a.claim their access to the products and so that customers also can sell the products.
b.deny their authority to the products and the customers will have access to a delivery of products
c.demand rights to the products and the customers will strive to buy genuine products
d.offer export privileges to the products and also give customers the authority to mass produce
the commodities.

 

4. Who is the authority to pass/approve GI act in Bangladesh?
a. The Prime Minister
b. The Ministry of Commerce
c. The President
d. The Parliament ✔
e. The Supreme Court

 

5. The phrase ‘protect the patent rights of traditional products’ can be explained by which of the following phrase?
a.to encourage others to supervise patent rights of traditional products
b. to ensure that patent rights of traditional products are safeguarded. ✔
b.to effectively thwart others from securing patent rights of traditional products
c.to actualize patent rights of traditional products effectively
d.to realize patent rights of traditional products comprehensively.

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6. He was happy to be——friends.
a. along
b. into
c. between
d. middle of
e. among ✔

 

7. While going to the class——
a. the dog bit me
b. a dog bit me
c. a dog bite me
d. I was bitten by a dog ✔
e. A dog had bitten me

 

8. Which one of the following words is spelt incorrectly?
a. repercussions
b. examplification ✔
c. sausage
d. cigarettes
e. grammatical

 

9. The antonym for ‘delicious’ is:
a. scrumptious
b. displeasing ✔
c. dainty
d. toothsome
e. appetizing

 

10. A dolphin—–a porpoise in that it has a longer nose.
a. differs
b. different from
c. differs from ✔
d. different
e. differs than

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11. The people of Quebec have been considering—-themselves from the rest of Canada.
a. to separate
b. separating  ✔
c. separated
d. separate
e. to be separated

 

12. ‘A piece of cake’ means
a. A result that is still unclear and can go either way
b. A hidden or secret strength
c. A task that can be accomplished very easily ✔
d. A very mild punishment
e. A kind, innocent and mild mannered person

 

13. Identify one of the underlined words or phrases that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct:

He made me (sit down)/A sit down, and (he was tying)/B ✔ the string of the new (rubber appron)/C tightly around/D my neck, and combined/E combed up my hair.

14. Taking the time to eat a good breakfast is a simple was’ to make the morning—–and
the day——-
a. easy, easier ✔
b. best, easiest
c. ease, easy
d. better, easer
e. well, at ease

 

15. What is the synonym for the word ‘indifferent’?
a. frank
b. not differing
c. similar
d. unhappy
e. apathetic ✔

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16. What is the noun form of the world ‘defer’?
a. difference
b. deferation
c. deferment ✔
d. defomiation
e. defermint!

 

17. Despite the lack of evidence, politicians——blaming the media for violence.
a. cannot resist ✔
b. will not have resisted
c. may not resist
d. should not resist
e. do not resist

 

18. Choose the correct preposition: Do you know the solution —–the economic crisis?
a. at
b. for
c. on
d. to
e. about ✔

 

19. The word ‘off-spring’ means
a. Strength
b. Winter
c. fountain
d. Tw ins
e. Children ✔

 

20. It is high time we—–the people conscious about our national interest.
a. should make
b. will make
c. must make
d. have to
e. made ✔

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21. What is the adjective form of divide?
a. divisible ✔
b. dividable
c. diviidible
d. divisable
e. devisable

 

22. Let us not—–our past mistakes.
a, dwelt
b. dwell about
c. dwell on ✔
d. dwell
e. dwell at

 

Choose the correct sentences (Questions 18-19)

23.
a. He will thought that she is leaving for Sylhet.
b. He thought that she is left for Sylhet.
c. He thinks that she leaving for Sylhet.
d. He thinks that she has left for Sylhet: ✔
e. He is thinking that she leaves for Sylhet.

 

24.
a. Mary has been on a diet for three weeks. ✔
b. Mary has been on a diet since three weeks.
c. Mary had been on a diet since three weeks.
d. Mary was on a diet since weeks.
e. Mary is on a diet since three weeks.

 

25. Find the misspelt word
a. asthma
b. cholera
c. dehydration
d. typhoid  ✔
e. headache

 

DU C-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-2013

Read the following passage and answer (Questions 1 through 5):
Joy Card and Printing Ltd. a local company, made around 4 million SIM Cards since 2011 at its own plant for the country’s mobile phone operators, a testimony to the capability to domestic enterprises. From 2010, the company also supplied 40 million scratch cards, used for recharging balance in mobile phones. This local initiative was able to gain confidence in both national and multinational cell phone companies. Joy. a 200-person strong company with the capacity to produce 2 million SIM cards a month. imports ABS sheet and then installs chips for making the SIM cards. However, the company today is faced with a setback due to poor customer acquisition and the operators’ unwillingness to buy the SIN1 cards from domestic markets.

 

 

1. One drawback faced by the company was:
A. overproduction
B. underproduction of SIM sets
C. regulatory problem
D. lack of interest in local SIM cards ✔
E. lack of government support

 

2. ‘Acquisition’ in the passage implies:
A. lacking
B. loss
C. gaining ✔
D. dearth
E. want

 

3. The passage is all about–
A. The inefficiency of local mobile markets
B. A local mobile film’s experience of SIM production
C. The competitive nature of mobile banking
D. Lack of government initiative in SIM production ✔
E. The structure of the mobile market in Bangladesh

 

 

4. ‘Testimony’ in the passage implies:
A. hypothesis
B. test case
C. evidence ✔
D. glamour
E. denial

 

5. ‘Plant’ in the passage refers to:
A. a place on the ground
B. something inserted
C. a perennial product
D. an industrial site ✔
E. a large estate for crops

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6. Which do you think is the nearest in meaning to ‘proviso’:
A. sanction
B. substitute
C. directive
D. supply
E. stipulation ✔

 

7. Antonym of ‘dogma’ is:
A. doctrine
B. principle
C. tenet
D. unbelief ✔
E. rule

 

8. Synonym of ‘apex’ is:
A. base
B. zenith ✔
C. bottom
D low
E. floor

 

9. ‘To smell a rat’ means:
A. to smell a bad smell
B. to suspect a trick or deceit ✔
C. to misunderstand
D. to have dirty ways
E. to be bothersome

 

10. Antonym of ‘tedious’ is:
A. boring
B. monotonous
C. tiresome
D. refreshing ✔
E. dull

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11. ‘Out and out’ means:
A. not at all
B. someone from outside
C to get out
D. to be last
E. thoroughly ✔

 

12. ‘Pediatric’ relates to the treatment of:
A. adults
B. women
C. old people
D. children ✔
E. men

 

Identify one of the underlined words or phrases that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct:

13. Joseph’s story (A) is a (D) clinical portrayal (C) of man as an animal (D) trapped by the fear (E)  ✔and hunger.

 

14. The doctor suggested that the patient——weight.
A. should lose
B. would lose
C. loss
D. lose ✔
E. lost

 

15. Our friends will—— for two nights.
A. put us up ✔
B. put us in
C. provide us in
D. provide us up
E. provide after

 

16. The ozone in the upper layers of Earth’s atmosphere is beneficial,———animal and plant life from dangerous ultraviolet radiation.
A. withdrawing
B. thwarting
C. displacing
D. reflecting
E. protecting ✔

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17. Once the audience began to applaud and laugh at his jokes, Monem felt more—–
A. professional
B. ambiguous
C. uncertain
D. relaxed ✔
E. uncomfortable

 

18. We drove——– the river for an hour——turned north before we reached it.
A. to, and
B. back. when
C. towards, but ✔
D. in, to
e. on. so

 

19. There is—– in one of front teeth.
A. a. filing
B. a cavity
C. decay ✔
D. food
E. growth

 

20. Which one is the correct spelling?
A. scaning
B. stoped
C. dyeing ✔
D. recomend
E. buget

 

 

21. Which of the following pairs expresses a relationship different from the rest in terms of their parts of speech?
A. Convince-Convincing
B. Persuade-Persuasive
C. Vary-various
D. Economize-Economic
E. Fame-Famous ✔

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22. Synonym of ‘paradox’ is:
A. exaggeration
B. hyperbole
C. contradiction ✔
D. invective
E. poetic device

 

Choose the correct sentences (Questions 23 through 25):

23. Choose the correct sentences.
A. If I found a bag in the street, I will take it to the police.
B. If I found a bag in the street, I would take it to the police. ✔
C. If I found a bag in the street, I took it to the police.
D. If I found a bag in the street, I’ll be taking it to the police.
E. If I found a bag in the street, I have taken it to the police.

 

24. Choose the correct sentences.
A.He used the phrase you know so often that I finally said, No. I don’t know.
B.He used the phrase “you know” so often that I finally said, No, I don’t know.
C.He used the phrase you know so often that I finally said. “No, I don’t know.”
D. He used the phrase “you know” so often that I finally said, “No, I don’t know,”
E. He used the phrase “you know” so often that I finally said, “No I don’t know.” ✔

 

25. Choose the correct sentences.
A. Why you have done this?
B. Why did you have done this?
C. Why have you done this? ✔
D. Why you had done this?
E. Why did you done this?

DU C-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-2012

Answer questions 1-5 based on the following passage:
Decentralization is the latest cliché in most of the today’s development literature and stems .mainly recognition that centralized state agencies have been seen to be inefficient in providing services. However, with the growing consensus that appropriate and sustainable social change successful without the decentralization of the economy and policy, more governments of countries are adopting decentralization as a firm policy. However, there is a feeling among social workers that the full implication of decentralization has not been fully worked out, with that process is frequently defective.

Even if it was possible to speed up the rate at which information to the center can be passed and processed at the same pace as to me decentralized systems, the fact remains that the quantum of information flowing to and from the center is massive and will therefore require more time, and definitely better management, than it would, if the administration was decentralized. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that decentralization will greatly benefit the people as the Quality of information will be le: s distorted, for this invariably depends on the distance it has to travel.

It, therefore, stands to reason that the centralized systems are likely to receive poorer inflows of Information, resulting in less efficiency than the decentralized, for the geographical, cultural and conceptual distance that separates program managers from the more vulnerable groups is less as this often is what relates the deficiencies in statistical flow in the feedback and information base by the time lags in analysis and response. Centralized management of social services is always, therefore, likely to be less efficient and less responsive to the needs of the vulnerable, mainly because they lack flexibility. To this can be added the general lack of empathy felt for the disadvantaged which is always a danger to the larger system.

 

1. Which of the following best expresses the author’s purpose in writing this passage?
a . to emphasize the need for information.
b. to inform the readers about benefits of planning.
c. to focus on the advantages of centralization.
d. to underscore the importance of decentralization for better management.
e. to compare between centralization and decentralization. ✔

 

2. The quality of information may be affected when —
a. all are put together
b. some are presented in tabular form
c. distortion takes place because of mobility problems ✔
d. government offices are closed
e. flows from one person to another

 

3. In a centralized system, program managers are-
a. given quick feedback without time-lags in analysis and response
b. likely to suffer from deficiencies in information flows for time-lags in analysis and response ✔
c. good planners with all statistical flow tithe-lags in ‘analysis and response
d. more vulnerable group
e. people do not respond properly

 

4. In a larger system, social services can be provided
a. to the disadvantaged group
b. more efficiently in a decentralized system
c. more efficiently in a decentralized system. ✔
d. without any flexibility
e. with the help of a prompt response

 

5. The title below that best expresses the ideas in the passage is:
a. Decentralized Information Flow ✔
b. Centralized information Flow
c. Improving Social Services
d. Decentralizing Social Services
e. Making people aware of information flows

 

Find the correct sentences (questions 6-8)

6. a. She is considering not to going.
b, She is considering not to go.
c. She is considering not going. ✔
d. She is considering to not go.
e. She is considered to not going.

 

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7.
a. He was too clever not to miss the point.
b. He was so clever to miss the point.
c. He was to clever too miss the point.
d. He was clever to grasp the point.
e. He was too clever to miss the point ✔

 

8.
a. It is I who am responsible for this ✔
b. It is I who is responsible for this
c. One of the boys are absent
d. The points is happy
e. pair of shoes are on the table

 

Choose the best option to replace the underlined part of the sentence (Question 9-10)

9. The widely accepted big bang theory holds that the universe began in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has been expanding ever since.
a. that the universe began in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has been expanding. ✔
b. that the universe had begun in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and had been expanding.
c. that the beginning of the universe was an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago that has expanded
d. the beginning of the universe to have been an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago that is expanding
e.the universe to have begun in an explosive instant ten to twenty billion years ago and has been expanding.

 

 

10. Doctors generally agree that such factors as cigarette smoking, eating rich foods high in fats and alcohol consumption not only do damage by themselves but also aggravate genetic predispositions towards certain diseases.
a. not only do damage by themselves but also aggravate ✔
b. do damage by themselves but also are aggravating to
c. are damaging by themselves but also are aggravating
d. not only do damage by themselves, they are also aggravating to
e. are doing damage by themselves, and they are also aggravating

 

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Fill in the blanks (questions 11-15)

11. Rihanna was bright but lazy and because of his—–was never promoted.
a. novelty
b. sloth ✔
c. zeal
d. indemnity
e. wisdom

 

12. The change in the organization was so gradual that they seemed almost——.
a. hasty
b. spontaneous
c. imperceptible ✔
d. distorted
e. omitted

 

13. I regret that my remarks seemed—–: I never intended to belittle you.
a. short-sighted
b. justified
c. unassailable
d. disparaging ✔
e. adequate

 

14. When you encounter a new culture, many embarrassing situations occur—–a misunderstanding.
a. for because
b. because
c. because of ✔
d. of
e. to

 

 

15. The size and shape of a box depend primarily on the function——–intended.
a. for which it is ✔
b. which it is
c. which it is for
d. for which is
e. it is to be

 

DU C-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-2012

Find the synonyms of the following (questions 16-20)

16. FURTIVE
a. Gallant
b. Gullible
c. Haughty
d. Joyous
e. Secret ✔

 

17. TRANQUIL
a. Insolent
b. Angry
c. Hostile
d. Sagacious
e. Calm ✔

 

 

18. DESPISE
a. Command
b. Infuriate
c. Abhor ✔
d. Facilitate
e. Fluctuate

 

19. AUTOGRAPHY
a. Graph paper
b. Out of graph
c. writing about ✔
d. Graphical thing
e. Good writing

 

20. BAD BLOOD
a. Wrong blood
b. Poisonous Find the
c. Enmity ✔
d. Friendship
e. Affinity

 

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Find out the antonyms of the following (Question No.21-23)

21. DOCILE
a. Complex
b. Unruly ✔
c. Optimistic
d. Fatuous
e. Hopeful

 

22. OMINOUS
a. Abundant
b. Adept
c. Wasteful
d. Favourable ✔
e. Formidable

 

23. NOCTURNAL
a. Diurnal ✔
b. Good
c. Puny
d. Spacious
e. Terse

 

Choose the pairs that express a relationship similar to the one expressed by the capitalized pair (questions 24-25)

24. PLAY: ACTS
a. Essay: Topics
b. Game: Athletes
c. Novel: Chapter ✔
d. Poem: Rhymes
e. Drama: Actors

 

 

25. CAUTION: ACCIDENT
a. Radar: Collision ✔
b. Policeman: Criminal
c. Worry: Disaster
d. Sanitation: Filth
e. Carelessness: Plan

DU C-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-2011

Answer ques. (1-5) based on the following passage
Pahela. Baishakh is perhaps the single biggest celebration for the Bangalees. On this morning everybody is happy and relaxed and everybody has a smile on their lips. Greetings are exchanged, gifts given and received, and sweets distributed. Violence and despair do not figure in this day, they are things done away with, and it is only the joy and happiness of the moment that unites the Bengalees.

Tragedy and absurdity take leave, to be replaced by hopes and dreams. For are we not what we dream? And on Pahela Baishakh, the Bengalees dream and sing and we are left wondering in a quiet moment by ourselves, how a nation which is so fond of music and songs, which has created and produced amongst the best poets and singers of the world, can stoop to such of moral depravity. It must not be allowed to flourish.

On this first day of Bengali New Year, the resolution should be one of unity, of live and compassion, not one of hate and discord. Let us all attempt to rise above our self-seeking selves, to unite together. For once, let us not allow our petty differences to rule our hearts the Bangalees are capable of far better, far superior things as has been proven over and over again. Let us all say on Pahela Baishakh, with determination. “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high, where knowledge is free, where words come out from the depths of truth – into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.

1. According to the writer, the most unifying factor for the Bengalees is:
A. The hopes and dreams for a better future
B. The joy and happiness of Pahela Baishakh ✔
C. The month of Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr
D. The petty differences that rule our hearts
E. The tragedy and calamity that we are in

 

2. The writer is making the following statements, except:
A. We are self-seekers
B. We have petty differences
C. We encourage hatred and discord ✔
D. We are capable of better things
E. We are a nation that can stoop to moral depravity

 

3. An apt title for the above passage would be:
A. A Day in the Life of Bengalee
B. A New Year’s Resolution
C. Bengali Culture
D. Bangla New Year
E. Pahela Baishake-Effect on Bengali Culture ✔

 

4. The writer suggests that on Pahela Baisakh Bengalees should do the following, except:
A. Exchange greetings and gifts
B. Shed violence and despair  ✔
C. Spread love and happiness
D. share petty difference
E. Dream for a better future

 

5. From the quotation at the end of the passage, we get a picture of the country which is:
A. Communist
B. Democratic
C. Socialist
D. Idealistic ✔
E. Anarchist

 

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Find the correct sentences (question 6-8)

6.
A. I still adhere to my plan. ✔
7. B. The meeting was adjourned for a week.
C. He is alarmed for any safety.
D. He has been alienated to his friend.
E. There is an affinity between two languages.

 

7.
A. He is eligible for the post. ✔
B. No money is due to me from him.
C. he deeply engrossed to his studies.
D. He is easy to access
E. The tiger emerged from the jungle into the open field.

 

8.
A. We stayed for a short period of time in the hotel.
B. We stayed for a short period in the hotel. ✔
C.We stayed during a short period in the hotel.
D.We were stayed for a short period in the hotel.
E.We did stayed for a short period of time in the hotel.

 

Choose the best option(s) to replace the underlined part(s)of the sentence(s)(questions 9-10)

09. If one begins to smoke at an early age, it is likely that he will go on smoking further.
A.it is likely that he will go on smoking further.
B.he will probably keep smoking more and more
C.it is hard to stop him from smoking more
D. he is likely to continue smoking ✔
E. he will have a tendency to continue smoking.

 

10. Ratan maintained that his scholarship record was better or at least as good as hers.
A. was better or at least as good as hers
B. at its least was as good as hers
C. was as good or better than hers.
D. was better than or at least as good as hers. ✔
E. was better or at least as good as hers scholastic record.

 

DU C-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-2011

Fill in the blanks (question 11-15)

11. Companies often need to recognize their business and marketing —- significant changes in the business environment.
A. as a result of
B. in terms of
C. in support of
D. in response to ✔
E. because of

 

12. It is always —–when you misunderstand the customs of other countries.
A. discouraging
B. embarrassing ✔
C. peculiar
D.singular
E. attitude

 

13. I wish  I —- enough time to work.
A. have
B. have had
C. had ✔
D. have not
E. have to have

 

14. Fortune never smiles — the lazy.
A. on ✔
B. at
C. for
D. after
E. to

 

15. In — nothing much happened at the meeting.
A. briefly
B. a short.
C. shortly
D. quick
E. short ✔

 

DU C-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-2011

Find the synonyms of the following (Ques. 16-18)

16. ABORTIVE
A. fruitful
B. successful
C. consuming
D. unsuccessful ✔
E. miserable

 

17. VOLATILE
A. fluctuating ✔
B. friendly
C. temporary
D. beautiful
E. docile

 

18. ADULTERATION
A. refining
B. sanitization
C. contamination ✔
D. adulthood
E. pessimism

 

Find the antonyms of the following (Ques. 19-21)

19. ALTRUISM
A. amity
B. base
C. selfishness ✔
D. chaos
E. concern

 

20. FALLACIOUS
A. safe
B. energetic
C. diverted
D. valid ✔
E. persuasive

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21. BLUNT
A. timid
B. fickle
C. sharp ✔
D. shallow
E. ugly

 

Find the appropriate meanings of the phrases in bold (questions 22-23)

22. White elephant
A. an elephant of white colour
B. an elephant of black colour
C. a boar
D. a black marketer
E. a very costly and troublesome possession ✔

23. Maiden speech
A. last speech
B. early speech
C. final speech
D. first speech ✔
E. middle speech

Choose the pairs that express a relationship similar to the one expressed by the capitalized pair (question 24-25)

24. MASTER: SERVANT
A. judge: jury
B. capital: labour
C. monarch: subject
D. landlord: tenant ✔
E. serf: peasant

 

 

25. CANDLE: TALLOW
A. banana peel
B. statue: bronze ✔
C. furniture: polish
D. fire: ashes
E. temple preacher

D(Gha) UNIT

 

 

 

DU D Unit English Question Solution 19-20

Dhaka University D Unit English MCQ question amount is 16 and every question marks is 1.25. So total MCQ marks is 25 and other other hand you have to answer 15 marks English written question.

  1. Tina is renowned___ her oratory.—–for 

  2. He was not conversant ___the plan.–with

  3. Warning! No unauthorized personnel ______ this point? —-Beyond 

  4. _____to Barishal by bus yesterday ? —Did Jashim go

  5. The dress was designed by ____ famous Italian artist.?– a

  6. It is the city ___of the country.? —most populous

  7. Who says that you can go ____ the world in eighty days?-around

  8. Choose the correct sentence.—The railway will compensate us for the loss.

  9. The correct synonym of ‘mediocre is – ordinary

  10. The correct antonym of ‘spurious’ is— genuine 

  11. What is the meaning of the proverb ‘Do not put the cart before the horse”?–-Do things in proper order.

  12. What was the most well-known form of money in the past?— coins 

  13. What is the passage about?—The history of money in human society 

  14. The passage suggests that…– coins followed the inversion of money  

  15. How does the passage define money—anything that the use  to represent……..

  16. According to the passage…—debit & cash cards newer forms of money

 

 

DU D-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

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. This 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 lands 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.

1. The best title for this passage is:
A. Second Green Revolution in Asia ✔
B. Adapting Farming to Environmental Conditions in Asia
C. Agricultural Miracle in Asia
D. New seeds Being Planted in Asia

 

2. An antonym of “imminent” is:
A. pending
B. distant ✔
C. forthcoming
D. eminent

 

3. The tone of this passage is:
A. pessimistic
B. suggestive
C. hopeful ✔
D. sceptical

 

4. To be “prone” is to be “
A. vulnerable ✔
B. ready
C. organized
D. equipped

 

5. 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

 

DU D-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

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

6. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. The two parties have different views to democracy.
B. The two parties has different views of democracy.
C. The two parties differing on democracy.
D. The two parties have different views of democracy. ✔

 

 

7. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. The country has adopted a new industrial policy. ✔
B. The country has effected the new industrial policy.
C. The country has affected new industrial policy.
D. The country has adapted an new industrial policy.

 

 

8. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. Over a billion people wing 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.

 

 

9. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. To whom do the book belong?
B. By whom does the book belong?
C. Whom does the book belong?
D. Who does the book belong to? ✔

 

10. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. Where have you born?
B. Where are you born?
C. Where were you born? ✔
D. Where had you born?

 

DU D-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

Choose the word that is closest in 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 defied concentrating on improving the quality of health-care.
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 (15-21)

15. Let’s discuss—– the ways of improving the basic skills of English.
A. about
B. on
C. no preposition needed ✔
D. of

 

DU D-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

16. One-third of the students——present in the class.
A. is
B. are ✔
C. remains
D. do not

 

17. Each of the students who lied 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. had built, was building

 

DU D-UNIT QUESTION SOLUTION 2014-2015

21. We are moved not by the fall of—–great man but the elevation to the heroism of what we had taken to be ——little man.
A. a, the ✔
B. the, the
C. a, a
D. none of the above

 

22. What is a proper antonym for ‘waver’?
A. determine ✔
B. away
C. vary
D. develop

 

23. Choose the correct translation of the following sentence– “মীর মোশাররফ হোসেন ছিলেন বিচিত্র ধর্মী লোক।”
A. Mir Musharraf Hussain was a miscellaneous writer.
B. Mir Musharral 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. open
D. written

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION 2013-2014

Read the following passage carefully and answer Questions (1 — 5):
Researchers suggest that there are creatures that do not know what light means at the bottom of the sea. They don’t have either eyes or ears; they can only feel. There is no day or night for them. There are no winters, no summers, no sun, no moon, and no stars. It is as if a child spent its life in darkness in bed, with nothing to see or hear. How different our own life is! Sight shows us the ground beneath our feet and the heavens above us — the sun, moon, and stars, shooting stars, lightning and the sunset. It shows us day and night. We are able to hear the voice, the sound of the sea, and music. We feel we taste, we smell. How fortunate we are!

 

1. In the passage, a child in darkness is likened to – 
a. someone who lives where there are no season
b. an animal without the sense of touch
c. a sea creature with no seeing or hearing ability ✔
d. a deaf child unaffected by the environment

 

 

2. We discover that the sea creatures in the story
a. have the same sense that we do
b. have no sense of hearing as well as sight ✔
c. live in darkness because they do not like light
d. do not hear the sound of the sea as they are accustomed to it.

 

 

3. Which statement is true in the context of the passage?
a. We can spend our lives in darkness in bed.
b. We can see the ground beneath our feet and the depth of the ocean.
c. We are unfortunate because we cannot experience winter and summer.
d. We can feel, smell and taste, unlike the deep sea creatures. ✔

 

 

4. Judging from the passage, we can say that this passage is mainly about
a. the superiority of human beings over some creatures in terms of senses ✔
b. life of sea creatures at the bottom of the sea
c. how changes in the seasons are perceived by the deep-sea creatures
d. how wonderful our lives were and will be

 

 

5. ‘Researchers in line 1 suggest
a. laboratory tests conducted by marine biologists
b. Detailed studies about the deep sea creatures to discover new information about them. ✔
c. stories one hears about the deep sea creatures from sailors
d. scientific discoveries about the deep sea

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION 2013-2014

6. He stood before me. The underlined word is-
a. Noun
b. Adverb
c. Preposition ✔
d. Verb

 

 

7. ‘To lose heart’ is-
a. to lose courage ✔
b. to have a heart attack
c. to fall in love
d. to be without passion

 

 

8. Choose the pair which is out of place
a. colossal-tiny
b. worsen-improve
c. ambiguity-clarity
d. humane-kind ✔

 

 

9. The synonym for “Nepotism” is
a. Favoritism ✔
b. Terrorism
c. Disposition
d. Neatness

 

 

10. When you think someone is “introspective”, you think s/he is
a. rude
b. selfish
c. thoughtful ✔
d. reserved

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION 2013-2014

Fill in the blanks (11-13)

11. I’ll call you——-
a. when I’ll go home.
b. when I go home. ✔
c. while I get home.
d. as I go home.

 

 

12. Please leave your key——the reception.
a. in
b. on
c. at ✔
d. with

 

 

13. We better—–the schedule of the examination.
a. to check
b. checked
c. checking
d. check ✔

 

 

Answer the questions according to the instructions provided. (14 — 17)

14. Which of the following is a positive attribute?
a. haughty
b. conceited
c. irritable
d. unassuming ✔

 

 

15. Select the correct spelling
a. reminiscience
b. reminisceince
c. reminiscence ✔
d. reminiscance

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION 2013-2014

16. A cobbler is a person who
a. sells shoes
b. mends cobblestones
c. mends shoes ✔
d. exports cobblestones

 

 

17. ‘Dog days’ means
a. a period of being carefree
b. a period of misfortune
c. days when does breed
d. hot weather ✔

 

 

Which of the following sentences is correct? (18 — 21):

18. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. I have looked for a good doctor before I met you.
b. I had looked for a good doctor before I met you. ✔
c. I looked for a good doctor before I meet you.
d. I am looking for a good doctor before meeting you.

 

 

19. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. Silver, as well as cotton, have fallen is price.
b.Banda, as well as English, are taught here.
c. The mayor, with his councillors, is to be present. ✔
c.The king, with his ministers, are going on a trip.

 

 

20. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. He chose well and prospered. ✔
b. He choose well and prospered.
c. He choiced well and prospered.
d. He chosen well and prospered.

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION 2013-2014

21. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. I insist that she come along. ✔
b. I insist that she comes along.
c. I insist that she came along.
d. I insist that she may come along.

 

 

22. “অন্যের দোষ ধরা সহজ”
a. It is easy to find fault of others.
b. It is easy to find out fault of others.
c. It is easy to find fault with others. ✔
d. It is easy to find out faults of others.

 

 

23. “বিপদ কখনো একা আসে না”
a. Misfortunes comes never alone.
b. Misfortunes never come alone. ✔
c. Misfortunes never alone comes.
d. Misfortunes conies alone ever.

 

 

Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the keyword. (24 — 25)

24. The back charges an exorbitant rate of interest.
a. moderate
b. excessive ✔
c. fair
d. increasing

 

 

25. It was indiscreet action on their part.
a. unfair
b. secret
c. imprudent ✔
d. hasty

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-13

Read the following passage carefully and Answer: questions 1 to 6:
Various research centres are studying identical twins in order to discover the “heritability” of behavioural characteristics — that is the degree to which a trait is due to genes (“nature”) instead of the environment/. They have reached some startling conclusions. One study found, for example, that optimism and pessimism are both very much influenced by genes. But only optimism is affected by environment as well. According to another study, genes influence our coffee consumption, but not the consumption of tea. Anxiety seems to be 40 to 50 percent heritable. Another study tells us that happiness does not depend much on money or love or professional success: instead, It is 80 percent heritable! Among the traits that appear to be largely heritable are shyness, attraction to danger (thrill-seeking), choice of career and religious belief.

 

1. What is the main topic of the paragraph?
A. Research centres and study of genes
B. Optimism and pessimism as behavioural traits
C. Hereditariness of behavioural characteristics ✔
D. The happiness of human beings and heredity

 

 

2. Which of the f011owing has been found to be free from the influence of genes?
A. consumption of coffee
B. happiness
C. consumption of tear ✔
D. choice of career

 

 

3. Which of the following competes with nature in influencing humans?
A. behaviour
B. environment ✔
C. genes
D. characteristics

 

 

4. Which of the following is true?
A. Anxiety is more heritable than happiness
B. Anxiety is as heritable as happiness
C. Anxiety is less heritable than happiness ✔
D. Happiness is less heritable than anxiety

 

 

5. In line 5, anxiety is nearest in meaning to-
A. thrill
B. enthusiasm
C. foreboding ✔
D. fellow-feeling

 

 

6. In line 3, startling is nearest in meaning to
A. upsetting ✔
B. beginning
C. dampening
D. enchanting

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-13

Fill in the blanks (7-11)

7. Please——pay your monthly dues regularly.
A. remember too
B. remember to ✔
C. remember you too
D. remind

 

 

8. Before you entered the classroom, you——the teacher’s permission
A. should seek
B. seek
C. would have sought
D. should have sought ✔

 

 

9. I’ll go shopping in the afternoon——-buy some new clothes.
A. so that
C. in order to ✔
C. so as
D. such that

 

 

10. If you lose, your card, please——us immediately by calling our 24-hour Contact Centre.
A. note
B. notify ✔
C. notification
D. notice

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-13

11. The Bangladesh cricket team——with a victory against England.
A. bounced up
B. turned up
C. bounced hack ✔
D. sprang up

 

 

Select the underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.

12. When our vacation, we plan to spend three days scuba diving
A. When ✔
B. plan
C. days
D. diving

 

 

13. Do you know the student who books were stolen?
A. Do
B. know
C. who ✔
D. were

 

 

14. The majority to the news is about violence or scandal.
A. the
B. to ✔
C. news
D. violence

 

 

15. Kabita intends to starting her own software business in a few years.
A. intends
B. starting ✔
C. software
D. few

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-13

16. I had a enjoyable time at the party last night.
A. a✔
B. time
C. at
D. last

 

 

Correct spelling of the word in capital letters.

17. DESICCATE
A. dessicate
B. desiccate ✔
C. desiccatae
D. dessicete

 

 

18. MILLENIUM
A. milennium
B. millenium
C. millennium ✔
D. millennium

 

 

19. INOCCULATE
A. inoculaite
B. inocualate
C. inoculate ✔
D. innockulate

 

 

20. QUESTIONAIRE
A. questionnaire ✔
B. questionnare
C. questionaire
D. questionnaire

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2012-13

21. PARSEVERANCE
A. perseverence
B. perseverance ✔
C. persivarence
D. parseverance

 

 

Select the alternative that best replaces the underlined portion of the sentence.

22. When one eats in this restaurant, you often find that the prices are high.
A.When one eats in this restaurant, you often find
B.When you eat in this restaurant, one often finds
C. When you eat in this restaurant, you often find ✔
D. If you eat in this restaurant, you often find

 

 

23. Neither Mr Karim nor his friend are invited to speak at the seminar.
A. is invited to speak at the seminar ✔
B. are invited to speak at the seminar
C. is to speak at the seminar
D. are speaking at the seminar

 

 

24. Your courage is —–in defending your country.
A. as great as any other person
B. as great as any other persons
C. great like another person
D. as great as that of any other person ✔

 

 

25. The best translation of “আরজ আলী মাতুব্বর বাংলাদেশের একজন বিস্ময়কর ব্যাক্তিত্ব”
A. Aroj Ali Matubbor is a surpassing personality of Bangladesh
B. Aroj Ali Matubbor is an amazing personality of Bangladesh ✔
C. Aroj Ali Matubbor is Bangladesh’s startling person
D. Aroj Ali Matubbor is a weird Bangladeshi person

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

Questions 1 to 3: Which of the following sentences is correct?

1. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. It is more better to be safe than sorry.
b. It is better to be safer than sorry.
c. It is better to be safe than more sorry.
d. It is better to be safe than sorry. ✔

 

2. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. Family and friends together stay through thick and thin.
b. Family and friends stay through thick and thin together.
c. Family and friends stay together through thick and thin. ✔
d. Family and friends through thick and thin together stay.

 

3. Which of the following sentences is correct?
a. Fear makes where I stand tremble me.
b. Fear makes me tremble where I stand. ✔
c. Fear where I stand makes me tremble.
d. Fear makes me stand where I tremble.

 

Questions 4 to 5.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word?

4. The white blood cell count in one’s body may fluctuate by 50 percent during a day.
a. undulate
b. multiply
c. diminish
d. vary ✔

 

5. Ultrasonic waves are beyond the range of sounds a human can hear.
a. outside ✔
b. without
c. over
d. around

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

Questions 6 to 7: Indicate the synonym of the words given below:

6. Auspicious
a. supernatural
b. suspicious
c. fortunate ✔
d. fearful

 

7. Shabby
a. smart
b. fair
c. unsmart ✔
d. honorable

 

Questions 8 to 10: The correct translation of

8. “পুষ্টিকর খাদ্য স্বাস্থের জন্য ভাল”
a. Good food is for good health.
b. Nutritious food is good for health ✔
c Nutrients in food is good and healthy
d. Healthy food is good for health

 

9. “বইটি কেমন কাটছে?”
a. How does the book cut readers?
b. the book cut well?
c. Is the book leaving the market?
d. How is the book selling? ✔

 

10. ”কী করে অঙ্কটি দেখাতে হয় তা তিনি আমাকে দেখালেন ” is
a. shows me to do the sum.
b. He showed me to do the sum.
c. showed me how to do the sum. ✔
d. He showed me do the sum,

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

Questions 11 to 14: Choose the correct option

11. The correct antonym for ‘superficial’ is
a. Careless
b. Indifferent
c. Sufficient
d. Deep ✔

 

12. “At a low ebb” -means
a. Increasing
b. Decreasing ✔
c. Still
d. Invalid

 

13. The correct spelling is
a. exemplery
b. exemplary ✔
c. examplary
d. exemplarie

 

14. The best passive form of the sentence ‘what do you want?’ – is
a. what was wanting by you?
b. what is wanted by you? ✔
c. what was wanted by you?
d. what is wanting by you?

 

15. ——-parent plays a different but important role in a child’s life.
a. Each ✔
b. One
c. Anyone
d. The

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

16. Our teacher told the monitor to hand out scripts——the class.
a, between
b. into
c. through
d. among ✔

 

17. I remembered——the race.
a. the horse’s winning to
b. the horse to win
c. the horse winning ✔
d. the horse’s to win

 

18. He is my best friend now, and——for many years.
a. was
b. had been
c. has been ✔
d. was to be

 

19. Jenny——leave the hospital only six hours after the baby was born.
a. was able to ✔
b. might
c. can
d. is able to

 

20. —— physicist, Gabriel Fahrenheit, invented the mercury thermometer in 1714.
a. There is
b. It is
c. The ✔
d. It is the

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2011-12

 

Read the following passage carefully and answer Questions 21 to 25: 

I have travelled to many countries and have met with men of all classes, but never in my travels did I feel the presence of the human so distinctly as in this land. In other great countries, signs of man’s power-loomed largely, and I saw vast organizations which showed efficiency in all their features. There, display and extravagance, in dress, in furniture, in costly entertainments, are startling. They seem to push you back into a corner, like a poor intruder at a feast; they are apt to make you envious or take your breath away in amazement. There, you do not feel man as supreme; you are hurled against stupendous things that alienate. But in Japan, it is not the display of power or wealth that is the predominating element. You see everywhere emblems of love and admiration, and not mostly of ambition and greed.
 

21. The word ‘stupendous’ means
a. stupid
b. expensive
c. ugly
d. huge ✔

 

22. Which statement is not true?
a. The Japanese admire good things
b. They are not an ostentatious people
c. They alienate visitors ✔
d. They shun ambition and greed

 

23. The writer praises the Japanese because
a. they make you envious
b. they love entertainment
c. they have vast organizations
d. they are very humane ✔

 

24. The writer is describing the following things about the people of Japan:
a. ambition and greed
b. love and admiration ✔
c. display and extravagance
d. envy and amazement

 

25. ‘Like poor intruder’ is an example of
a. simile ✔
b. metaphor
c. metonymy
d hyperbole

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-11

 

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

We all know that people living in different parts of the world live different lives. But do we know why they live different lives? It is because the climate all over the world is not the same. The climate is the amount of sun, rain, heat and wind which the land receives. If it is always warm and sunny, we call that a hot climate. And if it rains a lot, it would be a wet climate. It can also be a hot wet climate or a cold, wet climate and so on. Can you imagine what it would be like if we had the same climate all over the world.

All the flowers and the trees would be the same. Then the animals might be the same, and the same crops would be grown in the ground. This would mean that people would be all alike. They would look alike and they would all eat the same food.

 

1. ‘People living in different parts of the world live different lives’ because
A.different types of crops grow in different parts of the world.
B.they are habituated to different kinds of food
C.the standard of living differs in different parts of the world
D. the climatic influences are different ✔

 

2. It is because the climate all over the world is not the same that
A. different people belong to different groups
B. different people have different religions
C. different people have different doctrines
D. different people live different lives ✔

 

3. The most suitable title for the passage would be:
A. Climate and differences in people
B. Different lives in different parts of the world ✔
C. Climate and different parts of the world
D. Climatic differences the world over

 

4. The adjective of ‘climate’ is —
A. climate
B. climated
C. climatic ✔
D. climactic

 

5. The word “live” in line 2 is a
A. Noun
B. Verb ✔
C. Adjective
D. Adverb

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-11

Questions 6 to 8: Which of the following sentence is correct?

6. Which of the following sentence is correct?
A. The pile of bones on the plate shows how much chicken the family had ate
B. The pile of bones on the plate shown how much chicken the family had ate
C.The pile of bones on the plate showed how much chicken the family had ate ✔
D. The pile of bones on the plate is shown how much chicken the family had ate

 

7. Which of the following sentence is correct?
A. Neither of those mattresses feel comfortable
B. Neither of those mattresses are feeling comfortable
C. Neither of those mattresses feels comfortable ✔
D. Neither of those mattresses have felt comfortable

 

8. Which of the following sentence is correct?
A. It is more better to stay healthy than to have to get healthy
B. It is better to stay healthy than to have to get healthy
C.It is more better to stay healthy than to have health ✔
D. It is better to stay healthy than to have health

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-11

Questions 9 to 17: Fill in the blanks

9. She reassured me that she—— the card.
A. had posted ✔
B. has posted
C. had been posting
D. has posting

 

10. ——I’ll be with you in
A. one-quarter of an hour
B. a quarter of an hour ✔
C. a quarter of one hour
D. a quarter of hour

 

11. ——you have a driver’s license and two major credit cards, that company will not accept your application.
A. Because
B. Unless ✔
C. As
D. Since

 

12. ——-The longer I live here
A. I like the more
B. the more I like it ✔
C. the more do I like it
D. I like it more

 

13. The party was excellent, and I’d like to thank all the ——
A. concerned people
B. responsible people
C. people concerned ✔
D. peoples responsible

 

14. A troupe of——-has gone to entertain the soldiers.
A. artists ✔
B. artistes
C. artisans
D. artificers

 

15. The——-of a camel was found lying by the side of the canal.
A. corpse
B. carcass ✔
C. corps
D. carcase (Romanian)

 

16. ——-so many people been out of work as today.
A. More than ever before
B. Never before have ✔
C. In the past, there never have
D. Formerly, there never were

 

17. There is really no difference between you and——-
A.I
B. we
C. them
D.me ✔

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-11

Questions 18 to 25: Choose the correct option

18. The translation of “আমি তাকে বুঝাতে চেষ্টা করব”
A. I will making him to understand
B. I will try make him understand
C. I will try to make him to understand
D. I will try to make him understand ✔

 

Indicate the synonym of the words given below:

19. Hypothetical
A. suspicious
B. philosophical
C. assumed ✔
D. complete

 

20. Assemble
A. unite ✔
B. disperse
C. separate
D. split

 

DU D-UNIT ENGLISH QUESTION SOLUTION 2010-11

Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed.

21. Sitara is finally used to cook on an electric stove after having a gas one for so long.
A. finally
B. cook ✔
C. after having
D. one

 

22. Professor Chowdhury teaches both anthropology as well as sociology each fall.
A. teaches
B. both ✔
C. anthropology
D. each fall

 

23. The tag for “He locked the papers in the safe, is
A. has he
B. haven’t he?
C. have he?
D. didn’t he ✔

 

24. The phrase ‘in high spirits’ means
A. tensed
B. cheerful ✔
C. worried
D. vibrant

 

25. The correct spelling is
A. Transatory
B. Transetory
C. Transitory ✔
D. Transitary

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