ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় “খ” ইউনিট ভর্তি পরীক্ষা ২০০৮-২০০৯

(Answer each question by choosing the best option)

English speaking people have never been really homogeneous in their use of the English language. Today, if you travel extensively in the British Isles, you notice differences in pronunciation and vocabulary from shire to shire, or even if your ear is good enough, from town to town. In London alone you can find tremendous diversity in the varieties of English. In the United States, likewise, the language differs somewhat from place to place and from one social “class” to another. Many New Yorkers don’t pronounce words as Chicagoans do, and in Denver people don’t sound like those in Chicago. In some parts of the Southwest, Spanish influence shows up in the vocabulary; elsewhere, Germans and others have affected the English language.

“The British Isles” are-

English speaking people have never been really homogeneous in their use of the English language. Today, if you travel extensively in the British Isles, you notice differences in pronunciation and vocabulary from shire to shire, or even if your ear is good enough, from town to town. In London alone you can find tremendous diversity in the varieties of English. In the United States, likewise, the language differs somewhat from place to place and from one social “class” to another. Many New Yorkers don’t pronounce words as Chicagoans do, and in Denver people don’t sound like those in Chicago. In some parts of the Southwest, Spanish influence shows up in the vocabulary; elsewhere, Germans and others have affected the English language.

 The word “tremendous” means-

English speaking people have never been really homogeneous in their use of the English language. Today, if you travel extensively in the British Isles, you notice differences in pronunciation and vocabulary from shire to shire, or even if your ear is good enough, from town to town. In London alone you can find tremendous diversity in the varieties of English. In the United States, likewise, the language differs somewhat from place to place and from one social “class” to another. Many New Yorkers don’t pronounce words as Chicagoans do, and in Denver people don’t sound like those in Chicago. In some parts of the Southwest, Spanish influence shows up in the vocabulary; elsewhere, Germans and others have affected the English language.

The word “homogeneous” means-

English speaking people have never been really homogeneous in their use of the English language. Today, if you travel extensively in the British Isles, you notice differences in pronunciation and vocabulary from shire to shire, or even if your ear is good enough, from town to town. In London alone you can find tremendous diversity in the varieties of English. In the United States, likewise, the language differs somewhat from place to place and from one social “class” to another. Many New Yorkers don’t pronounce words as Chicagoans do, and in Denver people don’t sound like those in Chicago. In some parts of the Southwest, Spanish influence shows up in the vocabulary; elsewhere, Germans and others have affected the English language.

The word “extensively” is-

English speaking people have never been really homogeneous in their use of the English language. Today, if you travel extensively in the British Isles, you notice differences in pronunciation and vocabulary from shire to shire, or even if your ear is good enough, from town to town. In London alone you can find tremendous diversity in the varieties of English. In the United States, likewise, the language differs somewhat from place to place and from one social “class” to another. Many New Yorkers don’t pronounce words as Chicagoans do, and in Denver people don’t sound like those in Chicago. In some parts of the Southwest, Spanish influence shows up in the vocabulary; elsewhere, Germans and others have affected the English language.

 Choose a suitable title for the paragraph.

English speaking people have never been really homogeneous in their use of the English language. Today, if you travel extensively in the British Isles, you notice differences in pronunciation and vocabulary from shire to shire, or even if your ear is good enough, from town to town. In London alone you can find tremendous diversity in the varieties of English. In the United States, likewise, the language differs somewhat from place to place and from one social “class” to another. Many New Yorkers don’t pronounce words as Chicagoans do, and in Denver people don’t sound like those in Chicago. In some parts of the Southwest, Spanish influence shows up in the vocabulary; elsewhere, Germans and others have affected the English language.

 Where can we find “Spanish influence”?

English speaking people have never been really homogeneous in their use of the English language. Today, if you travel extensively in the British Isles, you notice differences in pronunciation and vocabulary from shire to shire, or even if your ear is good enough, from town to town. In London alone you can find tremendous diversity in the varieties of English. In the United States, likewise, the language differs somewhat from place to place and from one social “class” to another. Many New Yorkers don’t pronounce words as Chicagoans do, and in Denver people don’t sound like those in Chicago. In some parts of the Southwest, Spanish influence shows up in the vocabulary; elsewhere, Germans and others have affected the English language.

The words “from shire to shire” stand for-

English speaking people have never been really homogeneous in their use of the English language. Today, if you travel extensively in the British Isles, you notice differences in pronunciation and vocabulary from shire to shire, or even if your ear is good enough, from town to town. In London alone you can find tremendous diversity in the varieties of English. In the United States, likewise, the language differs somewhat from place to place and from one social “class” to another. Many New Yorkers don’t pronounce words as Chicagoans do, and in Denver people don’t sound like those in Chicago. In some parts of the Southwest, Spanish influence shows up in the vocabulary; elsewhere, Germans and others have affected the English language.

Global warming may have a ____ effect on life.

 The phrase “by all means” means-

Choose the translation of the sentence, “গত চারদিন যাবৎ সে জ্বরে ভুগছে।”

Which sentence is correct?

 The automobile’s exhaust system ____ foul-smelling fumes.

The day-labourer depends ____ his day’s earnings ____ survival.

   What lies half sunk in the sand in Shelley’s “Ozymandias”?

In the lines “Here shall he see/No enemy” taken from “Under the Greenwood Tree” “Here” stands for-

Your mood seems to be very meditative this evening. Here “meditative” means-

   “Much have I ____ in the ____ of gold.”

  The word “niche” means-

 According to your English text, Polynesian fire-walkers

  It is difficult to get rid ____ all the ____.

In the sentence, “The man is a mad dog.” “mad dog” is an example of a/an-

In the line “Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.” The word “sprightly” is a/an-

 The last line of “To Daffodils” is-

Choose the correct spelling.

The word “Jocund” in “I wandered Lonely as a Cloud” means-

খানসামা রেস্তোরায় টাইমলি হাজির।– এ বাক্যটিতে আছে যথাক্রমে-

‘অর্থহীন অপব্যয়’ প্রকাশ করে কোনটি?

‘সব ক’টা জানালা খুলে দাও না।’- বাক্যে ‘না’-এর ব্যবহার-

‘শোনা যায় এমন’- এক কথায় হবে-

‘জ’ উচ্চারণে কোন কোন প্রত্যঙ্গের প্রয়োজন হয়?

তৎ+হিত>তদ্ধিত- কোন ধ্বনি পরিবর্তন প্রক্রিয়া?

সংস্কৃত উপসর্গের উদাহরণ-

“রাজ্যশাসনের রীতিনীতি/সূক্ষ্মভাবে রয়েছে ইহাতে।”- কোন রচনার অন্তর্গত?

আমি বললাম তুমি গৃহদাহ পড়িয়াছ কি—এ বাক্যে কয়টি বিরামচিহ্ন বসবে?

‘ঝানু’-র বিপরীতার্থক শব্দ-

“ন্যায্য অধিকারত্ব এক কথা, অন্যায়ের ওপর ভাগ্য লাভ অন্য কথা।”-কোন রচনার অংশ?

“কত ঊর্ণাজাল বুনে/কেটেছে”- “একটি ফটোগ্রাফ” কবিতার চরণাংশটিতে প্রকাশ পেয়েছে-

“বিলাসী” গল্পে প্রাতঃস্মরণীয় স্বর্গীয় মুখোপাধ্যায় মহাশয়ের ঘটনা কিসের পরিচয়?

‘জীবন-বন্দনা’ কবিতায় কোনটি ফলদায়ক কাজ নয়?

কোন শব্দটি সন্ধিজাত?

অনুসর্গ ব্যবহারের ক্ষেত্রে সাধুরীতিতে অনুসর্গের পূর্ণরূপ ও চলিতরীতিতে সংক্ষিপ্ত রূপ-

‘এখন টক শো-র কল্যানে সবাই পন্ডিত ও বুদ্ধিজীবির ভূমিকায় অবতীর্ন হইয়াছে, উপদেশও বর্ষন

করছে, কিন্তু তার বেশির ভাগই অর্থহিন বিস্বাদ ও তিক্ত। চলতি ভাষারীতির এই বাক্যে ভুল কয়টি?

যে-বিভক্তি একাধিক কারকে ব্যবহৃত হয়, তাকে বলা হয়-

‘আগাপাছতলা’র ব্যাসবাক্য-

“গরু মানুষের গোসত খায়।”- বাক্যটিতে কিসের অভাব আছে?

কোনটি ভুল?

ফোঁটা ফোঁটা কোন পদের দ্বৈতরূপ?

‘চটপট কাজ সেরে নাও।’-এখানে ‘চটপট’ কোন পদ?

“No smoke without fire”-এর যথাযথ অভিব্যক্তি-

Notification-এর পরিভাষা-

দক্ষিণ ওসেটিয়া কোথায়?

‘অপারেশন নবযাত্রা’ কী?

দুর্নীতি দমন কমিশনের প্রথম চেয়ারম্যান-

নেপালের বর্তমান প্রধানমন্ত্রী-

পরবর্তী বিশ্বকাপ অনুষ্ঠিত হবে-

মাইক্রোসফট সম্প্রতি কেনার চেষ্টা করেছে-

পশ্চিমবঙ্গে টাটা যে গাড়িটি উৎপাদন করতে চেয়েছিল-

আফ্রিকায় বাংলাদেশের সর্বশেষ রপ্তানি পণ্য-

বাংলাদেশের সফটওয়্যার প্রস্তুতকারীদের সমিতির নাম-

TIN বোঝায়

সম্প্রতি BIMSTEC–এর অধিবেশন অনুষ্ঠিত হয়-

‘বাঙ্গালাহ্‌’ নামের প্রচলন করেন-

‘ভোজ বিহার’ অবস্থিত-

বাংলাদেশের ইতিহাসে যে ঘটনাটি আগে ঘটেছিল।

বাংলাদেশের নবীনতম সরকারি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়

The White Tiger-এর লেখক

পতুর্গালের মুদ্রার নাম-

সম্প্রতি বাংলাদেশ এশিয়াটিক সোসাইটির ফেলো নির্বাচিত হন-

জেনেটিক্স-এর জনক-

১৯৫২ সালের ২১ শে ফেব্রুয়ারি ছিল-

যুক্তিবিদ্যার প্রধান কাজ-

বাংলাদেশ ‘আন্তর্জাতিক মাইক্রোক্রেডিট বৎসর’ পালিত হয় যে সালে-

উচ্চ মুদ্রাস্ফীতির ফলে সর্বাধিক ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত গোষ্ঠী-

চাহিদা বিধি কী?

মহাকাব্য নয়-

মুসলিম দেশ নয় কিন্তু পতাকায় ‍চাঁদ-তারা আছে-

২০০৮ সালের সাহিত্যে নোবেল পুরস্কার বিজয়ী লেখক যে-

জাতিসংঘের নারী উন্নয়ন বিষয়ক তহবিলের নাম-

দেবদাস চরিত্রে অভিনয় করেননি-

বারাক ওবামা যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের প্রেসিডেন্ট নির্বাচনে কত জনভোট পেয়েছেন?

তীর্থংকরের ধারণা কোনটির সঙ্গে সম্পৃক্ত?

ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের সলিমুল্লাহ মুসলিম হল কোন বছর নির্মিত হয়?

রোকেয়া দিবস পালিত হয়-

মেলামিনযুক্ত গুঁড়ো দুধ যে দেশে প্রথম ধরা পড়ে-

চলতি বছরের মত গত শতাব্দীর যে বছরে বিশ্ব অর্থনৈতিক মন্দার মুখোমুখি হয়েছিল-

অতি সম্প্রতি বিজ্ঞানীরা ‘বিগ ব্যাং’-এর পরীক্ষা করেছে-

বাংলাদেশের জেলাভিত্তিক সবচেয়ে ছোট প্রশাসনিক বিভাগ-

বাংলাদেশ ‘কৃষিদিবস’-

২৭ শে সেপ্টেম্বর ২০০৮ তারিখে চীনের প্রথম নভোচারী হিসেবে মহাশূন্যে হাঁটেন-

‘অবসেশন’ শব্দটি জ্ঞানের যে শাখার সঙ্গে যুক্ত

বাংলাদেশের যে কয়টি রাজনৈতিক দল নির্বাচন কমিশনে নিবন্ধনের জন্য আবেদন করেছে-

বিশ্বের সর্বকনিষ্ঠ গণতান্ত্রিক রাষ্ট্র-

জাতিসংঘের মহাসচিব বান কি মুন যে তারিখে বাংলাদেশে আগমন করেন-

বিশ্বকাপ ক্রিকেটে কোন দলের বিরুদ্ধে বাংলাদেশ প্রথম জয়লাভ করে?

Extradition Treaty হল

‘মাওয়া ফেরি ঘাট’ কোন জেলায় অবস্থিত?

“ইতিহাস হচ্ছে অভিজাত শ্রেণীর সমাধিক্ষেত্র”-উক্তিটি কার?

অবিভক্ত বাংলার দ্বিতীয় মুখ্যমন্ত্রী-

গ্রহটির নামকরণ রোমার যুদ্ধদেবতার নামে হয়েছে-

কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম সম্পাদিত-

Poetry is not prose; nor is it music or philosophy or criticism. And yet it frequently steals its way into each of these varied fields of creativity. There is something in the nature of poetry which can tempt you to believe that poetry is at once everything and nothing. This ambiguity is surely one of the things that constitute the element of mystery which is always there at the heart of all great poetry. However, the same ambiguity and the same elusiveness may, through progressive degeneration, well have contributed to the intolerable difficulty and obscurity of much modern poetry. The blind Honer sang his poems, an his unlettered audience heard them spellbound, not only following what his poems were telling them, but also applauding their exquisite beauty. The poet of our time do not sing their poems to their audience- they cannot be expected to. But does that justify their speaking in an esoteric language which only they themselves and a few others of their tribe understand? We welcome change, for change is a sign of growth. Unfortunately, this has not been so for poetry in our time. Instead of growing, it has shrunk- into a narrow space and a narrower isolation. How one longs to go back to days of Homer!

   The word “elusiveness” means-

Poetry is not prose; nor is it music or philosophy or criticism. And yet it frequently steals its way into each of these varied fields of creativity. There is something in the nature of poetry which can tempt you to believe that poetry is at once everything and nothing. This ambiguity is surely one of the things that constitute the element of mystery which is always there at the heart of all great poetry. However, the same ambiguity and the same elusiveness may, through progressive degeneration, well have contributed to the intolerable difficulty and obscurity of much modern poetry. The blind Honer sang his poems, an his unlettered audience heard them spellbound, not only following what his poems were telling them, but also applauding their exquisite beauty. The poet of our time do not sing their poems to their audience- they cannot be expected to. But does that justify their speaking in an esoteric language which only they themselves and a few others of their tribe understand? We welcome change, for change is a sign of growth. Unfortunately, this has not been so for poetry in our time. Instead of growing, it has shrunk- into a narrow space and a narrower isolation. How one longs to go back to days of Homer!

The word “exquisite” has the same meaning as-

Poetry is not prose; nor is it music or philosophy or criticism. And yet it frequently steals its way into each of these varied fields of creativity. There is something in the nature of poetry which can tempt you to believe that poetry is at once everything and nothing. This ambiguity is surely one of the things that constitute the element of mystery which is always there at the heart of all great poetry. However, the same ambiguity and the same elusiveness may, through progressive degeneration, well have contributed to the intolerable difficulty and obscurity of much modern poetry. The blind Honer sang his poems, an his unlettered audience heard them spellbound, not only following what his poems were telling them, but also applauding their exquisite beauty. The poet of our time do not sing their poems to their audience- they cannot be expected to. But does that justify their speaking in an esoteric language which only they themselves and a few others of their tribe understand? We welcome change, for change is a sign of growth. Unfortunately, this has not been so for poetry in our time. Instead of growing, it has shrunk- into a narrow space and a narrower isolation. How one longs to go back to days of Homer!

   The use of “steal” in  the passage is-

Poetry is not prose; nor is it music or philosophy or criticism. And yet it frequently steals its way into each of these varied fields of creativity. There is something in the nature of poetry which can tempt you to believe that poetry is at once everything and nothing. This ambiguity is surely one of the things that constitute the element of mystery which is always there at the heart of all great poetry. However, the same ambiguity and the same elusiveness may, through progressive degeneration, well have contributed to the intolerable difficulty and obscurity of much modern poetry. The blind Honer sang his poems, an his unlettered audience heard them spellbound, not only following what his poems were telling them, but also applauding their exquisite beauty. The poet of our time do not sing their poems to their audience- they cannot be expected to. But does that justify their speaking in an esoteric language which only they themselves and a few others of their tribe understand? We welcome change, for change is a sign of growth. Unfortunately, this has not been so for poetry in our time. Instead of growing, it has shrunk- into a narrow space and a narrower isolation. How one longs to go back to days of Homer!

 “Progressive” dose not really imply moving forward., but-

Poetry is not prose; nor is it music or philosophy or criticism. And yet it frequently steals its way into each of these varied fields of creativity. There is something in the nature of poetry which can tempt you to believe that poetry is at once everything and nothing. This ambiguity is surely one of the things that constitute the element of mystery which is always there at the heart of all great poetry. However, the same ambiguity and the same elusiveness may, through progressive degeneration, well have contributed to the intolerable difficulty and obscurity of much modern poetry. The blind Honer sang his poems, an his unlettered audience heard them spellbound, not only following what his poems were telling them, but also applauding their exquisite beauty. The poet of our time do not sing their poems to their audience- they cannot be expected to. But does that justify their speaking in an esoteric language which only they themselves and a few others of their tribe understand? We welcome change, for change is a sign of growth. Unfortunately, this has not been so for poetry in our time. Instead of growing, it has shrunk- into a narrow space and a narrower isolation. How one longs to go back to days of Homer!

“Speaking in an esoteric language” implies-

Poetry is not prose; nor is it music or philosophy or criticism. And yet it frequently steals its way into each of these varied fields of creativity. There is something in the nature of poetry which can tempt you to believe that poetry is at once everything and nothing. This ambiguity is surely one of the things that constitute the element of mystery which is always there at the heart of all great poetry. However, the same ambiguity and the same elusiveness may, through progressive degeneration, well have contributed to the intolerable difficulty and obscurity of much modern poetry. The blind Honer sang his poems, an his unlettered audience heard them spellbound, not only following what his poems were telling them, but also applauding their exquisite beauty. The poet of our time do not sing their poems to their audience- they cannot be expected to. But does that justify their speaking in an esoteric language which only they themselves and a few others of their tribe understand? We welcome change, for change is a sign of growth. Unfortunately, this has not been so for poetry in our time. Instead of growing, it has shrunk- into a narrow space and a narrower isolation. How one longs to go back to days of Homer!

  “The poets of our time do not sing” because-

Poetry is not prose; nor is it music or philosophy or criticism. And yet it frequently steals its way into each of these varied fields of creativity. There is something in the nature of poetry which can tempt you to believe that poetry is at once everything and nothing. This ambiguity is surely one of the things that constitute the element of mystery which is always there at the heart of all great poetry. However, the same ambiguity and the same elusiveness may, through progressive degeneration, well have contributed to the intolerable difficulty and obscurity of much modern poetry. The blind Honer sang his poems, an his unlettered audience heard them spellbound, not only following what his poems were telling them, but also applauding their exquisite beauty. The poet of our time do not sing their poems to their audience- they cannot be expected to. But does that justify their speaking in an esoteric language which only they themselves and a few others of their tribe understand? We welcome change, for change is a sign of growth. Unfortunately, this has not been so for poetry in our time. Instead of growing, it has shrunk- into a narrow space and a narrower isolation. How one longs to go back to days of Homer!

“poetry has shrunk” at once suggests that-

Poetry is not prose; nor is it music or philosophy or criticism. And yet it frequently steals its way into each of these varied fields of creativity. There is something in the nature of poetry which can tempt you to believe that poetry is at once everything and nothing. This ambiguity is surely one of the things that constitute the element of mystery which is always there at the heart of all great poetry. However, the same ambiguity and the same elusiveness may, through progressive degeneration, well have contributed to the intolerable difficulty and obscurity of much modern poetry. The blind Honer sang his poems, an his unlettered audience heard them spellbound, not only following what his poems were telling them, but also applauding their exquisite beauty. The poet of our time do not sing their poems to their audience- they cannot be expected to. But does that justify their speaking in an esoteric language which only they themselves and a few others of their tribe understand? We welcome change, for change is a sign of growth. Unfortunately, this has not been so for poetry in our time. Instead of growing, it has shrunk- into a narrow space and a narrower isolation. How one longs to go back to days of Homer

The attitude expressed towards change in the nature of poetic communication in our time is-

He wields ____ influence over his colleagues.

The word “well-nigh” means-

 “To call a spade a spade” means-

  A story becomes a fable only when-

  Pick the odd one out.

   “Elegy in a Country Churchyard” was written by-

  The cyclist ____ he crossed the main street.

Here ____ notebook and the report that I promised you last week.

That magnificent ____ castle was constructed by the Chinese.

 ____, he would have passed the examination.

The facilities of the older hospital ____.

 The synonym of “incarcerate” is-

 Choose the correct answer.

The antonym of “diffident” is-

All army ____ ordered to return to barracks

  The house ____ be mine until I ____ off the mortgage.

 The difference between a synonym and an eponym is one of-