English Question for BMA Exams

 WRITTEN EXAMINATION

SUBJECT: ENGLISH

Full Marks-50

Pass Marks-20

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below it:

Man is not destined to vanish. He can be killed, but he cannot be destroyed, because his soul is deathless and his spirit is irrepressible. Therefore, though the situation seems dark in the context of the confrontation between the superpowers, the silver lining is provided by 3amazing phenomenon that the very nations which have spent incalculable resources and energy for the production of deadly weapons are desperately trying to find out how they might never be used. They threaten each other, intimidate each other and go to the brink, but before the total hour arrives they withdraw from the brink.

1.  What is the  main point of the author in the passage?

2.  What does the phrase 'Go to the brink'  mean?

 3.  What is  the author's opinion about the possessors  of huge stockpiles of lethal weapons?

 4.  What does 'Irrepressible' in the second line mean?

 5.  Give a  suitable title to the above passage.

2.  Correct/improve the following sentences:                                                                       05

a. It is a long time since I had seen you last.

b All that glitters are not gold.

c. They waited till I return.

d. Roses smell sweetly.

e. If I had money,I would have helped the poor.

3. Translate the following sentences into English.                                                   05

১। আিম তার পােশ বসলাম ।

২। আমরা িদেন ঘুমাই ।

৩। তারা েদেশর তের জীবন িদল ।

৪। তুিম িক কখন ঢাকা িগেয়ছ ?

৫। েস দশ টাকা িদেয় কলমিট িকনল ।

4. Frame Sentences of your own by the following phrases and idioms.                              05

a-Escape goat         b-at large      c-black and white   d-ups and downs     e-pros and cons

5. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition of the following sentences.                                                                                                                                                   05

a-Cholera has broken ________ in the flood affected districts.

b-True friends do not fall __________ in crisis.

c-The players kept __________ the honour of our country.

d-The board is looking _________ the matter.

e-We should stand _____________ all sorts of corruptions.

6. Change the following sentences as directed.                                                                    05

a- I know her (Passive).

b- You called me and here I am (Complex).

c- If you are just, you need not fear.(Compound)

d- This razor is not as sharp as that one. (Coparative)

e- Clinton said, “I am very busy now.” (Indirect)

7. Write a paragraph on any one of the following                                                    15

a- Tree Plantation

b- Water pollution

c- Hazards of City Life