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 2012-2013
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