Read IFIC Bank Probationary Officer - 2010 Exam
1. What is the length of proposed Padma Bridge?
(a) 5.03km
(b) 4.8km
(c) 6.03km
(d) 6.8km
Ans. d
2. Which of the following is the soft loan window of the World Bank (WB).
(a) IFC
(b) IBRD
(c) MIGA.
(d) IDA
Ans. d
3. In which of the following is the food for trees?
(a) N, P,K, S and Zn
(b) Na, P, K, S and Zn
(c) N, B. K, S and Al
(d) N, P, K, S and Al
Ans. abcd
4. I do not know the time ...
(a) at watch the accident happened
(b) the accident happened
(c) when the accident happened
(d) when the accident had happened
Ans. c
5. Which one of the following is equal to 1 4 of 0.01 percent?
(a) 0.025
(b) 0.0025
(c) 0.00025
(d) 0.000025
Ans. b
6. Which ever way you approach the problem ...
(a) no one will not solve it
(b) it will not be solve
(c) it will not solve
(d) it will not be solved
Ans. d
7. Bangladesh Development Bank Ltd, a new bank in Bangladesh has been created through merging of which of the following banks?
(a) BKS and BSRS
(b) BSB and BSRS
(c) BKB and BSB
(d) BSB and SB
Ans. b
8. What type of organization is BIMSTEC?
(a) Financial
(b) Social
(c) Economical
(d) Technological
Ans. c
9. An indigenous innovative variety of rice is known as -
(a) Surma Rice
(b) Haridhan
(c) Golden Rice
(d) BRRI 18
Ans. b
10. A truck driver must complete a 180-mile trip in 4 hours. If his averages speed is 50 miles per hour for the first 3 hours, than how fast must he travel for the final hour?
(a) 25
(b) 35
(c) 40
(d) 30
Ans. d
11. All elephants are grey
All mice are grey
Therefore, I conclude that all elephants are mice
The argument above is invalid because -
(a) The writer bases his argument on another argument that contains circular reasoning.
(b) The writer has illogically classified two disparate groups together when there is no relationship between them, except that they both have the same attribute.
(c) The writer has made a mistaken analogy between two dissimilar qualities.
(d) The writer has used a fallacy which involves the ambiguous description of animals by their color.
(e) The writer has failed to express his reasoning fully.
Ans. b
12. In a famous experiment by Pavlov, when a dog smelled food, it salivated. Subsequently, a bell was rung whenever food was placed near the dog. After a number of trials, only the bell was rung, where upon the dog would salivate even though no food was present.
Which of the following conclusion may be dawn on the above experiment?
(a) Dogs are easily fooled.
(b) Doges are motivated only by the sound of a ball.
(c) The ringing of a ball was associated with food.
(d) A conclusion cannot be reached on the basis of one experiment.
(e) Two stimuli are stronger than one.
Ans. c
13. Find the missing number of the series 1 16 , 1 4 , -4
(a) 16
(b) 4
(c) 1 2
(d) 1
Ans. d
14. The average of a, b, c, is 6 and a - b = 4, ab = 21, what is the value of c?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 9
Ans. c
15. Son's age is now one-third of father's age. In twelve years from now son's age will be one half of the father's age. What is the son's age in years now?
(a) 6
(b) 10
(c) 24
(d) 12
Ans. d
16. The ratio of boys and girls in a class is 1: 2 and the class has 24 students. How many boys would have to be admitted to the class in order to make the ration of boys to girls 1:1?
(a) 6
(b) 8
(c) 10
(d) 12
Ans. b
17. When I met her last year ...
(a) she had married since five years
(b) she had been married for five years
(c) she was married five years ago
(d) she had been married since five years.
Ans. b
18. A man walked 2 miles east, then 2 miles south, then again 4miles east and finally 10 miles north. How far did he walk from the starting point?
(a) 10
(b) 9
(c) 8
(d) 7
Ans. a
19. The headquarter of Transparency International is located at ___.
(a) Sweden
(b) Berlin
(c) Bonn
(d) Washington
Ans. b
20. A book sells for Tk. 65. This price gives the seller a profit of 30% on his cost. What will be the new selling price if he cuts his profit to 10% of its cost?
(a) 45
(b) 50
(c) 55
(d) 60
Ans. c
21. To succeed in a difficult task ...
(a) One needs to be persistence
(b) persistent in needed
(c) you need a person of persistent
(d) one needs to be persistent
(e) persistent is what one needs.
Ans. d
22. He tames animals because he ...
(a) seldom loves them
(b) is afraid of them
(c) is fond of them
(d) hates them
(e) wants to set them free
Ans. c
23. Mr. and Mrs. Mutalib and their Malek want to cross the Buriganga River the only way across is with Mr. Mutalib in his rowboat.Mr. Mutalib will not allow anyone to row his boat and will take only one passenger at a time. Malek is only a little boy so he can not be left alone on the river bank.
Which of the following conditions is not part of the successful passage of Mr. Mutalib across the river?
(a) Mr. Mutablib crosses the river first
(b) Mr. Mutalib crosses the river last
(c) Mr. and Mrs Mutalib do not cross the river together
(d) Malek crosses the river first
(e) Malek cross the river second.
Ans. c
Answer the questions based on the following information.
Four sisters Suvarna, Tara, Salma, and Sonia are playing a game such that the loser doubles the money of each of the other players from her share. There played four games and each sister’s lost one game in alphabetical order. At the end of fourth game each sister had Tk. 32.
24. Who stared with the lowest amount?
(a) Suvarna
(b) Tara
(c) Salma
(d) Sonia
Ans. c
25. Who started with the highest amount?
(a) Survarna
(b) Tara
(c) Salma
(d) Sonia
Ans. a
26. What was the amount with Salma at the end of the second round?
(a) Tk. 36
(b) Tk. 72
(c) Tk. 16
(d) None of these
Ans. a
27. How many taka did Suvarma start with?
(a) Tk. 60
(b) Tk. 34
(c) Tk. 66
(d) Tk. 28
Ans. c
choose the one which can be best substituted for the given words or sentence.
28. The science of judging a person's character, capabilities etc. from an examination of the shape of his skull
(a) Physiology
(b) Anthropology
(c) Phrenology
(d) Morphology
Ans. c
29. Deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
(a) Sadism
(b) Malevolence
(c) Bigotry
(d) Masochism
Ans. a
30. One whose attitude is: 'eat, drink and be merry'
(a) Epicurean
(b) Cynic
(c) Materialistic
(d) Stoic
Ans. a
31. One who pretends illness to escape duty
(a) Truant
(b) Malingerer
(c) Hypocrite
(d) Concubine
Ans. a
32. Use of more words than are needed to express the meaning
(a) Circumlocution
(b) Verbatim
(c) Ventriloquism
(d) Pleonasm
Ans. a
Each question below is followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II) use the date given (I) and (II) together with other available information to determine whether the statements are sufficient to answer to question. Then tick the correct answer as per the following instructions.
a. If you can get the answer from (I) ALONE but not from (II) alone.
b. If you can get the answer from (II) ALONE but not from (1) alone.
c. If you can get the answer from BOTH (I) and (II)TOGETHER, but not from (1) alone or (11)alone.
d. If EITHER statement (I) ALONE or statement (II) ALONE is sufficient.
e. If you CANNOT get the answer from statements (I) and (II) TOGETHER, but need more date.
33. There is a match between Bangladesh and Korea. Bangladesh is lagging behind by two goals. Last five minutes are remaining. would Bangladesh lose?
I. In the last five minutes, Alfaz scored 3 goals II.Korea second 3 goals in the match.
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d) .
(e) .
Ans. c
34. Is average (arithmetic mean) score of GMAT 500?
I. Half of the students scored more then 500 and half less than 500
II. Highest is 800 and lowest is 200
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d)
(e) .
Ans. e
35. If the teacher adds four students to the class, can he evenly distribute the class in groups of eights student?
I. If 12 students are added to class then the teacher can divide the students evenly in groups of 8.
II. Initially, the number of students is not divisible by 8.
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d) .
(e) .
Ans. a
36. Of the 300 students who speak French, Russian or both how many speak only French?
I. 196 students speak both French and Russian.
II. 58 students speak Russian only.
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d) .
(e) .
Ans. c
37. Total amount of Tk. 38,500 was distributed among Rahim, karim and sohana?
I. Rahim gets 2/9 of what the other two get.
II. Karim gets 3/11 of what the other two get.
(a) .
(b) .
(c) .
(d) .
(e) .
Ans. c
In each of the following question, choose the alternative which can best improve the given sentence by substituting the bold italicized portion. If the sentence is correct as it is, choose "No improvement" or "No Correction required" as your answer.
38. Little that I knew of the English language, was not sufficient to make me a teacher of English.
(a) Very little
(b) The little
(c) A little
(d) No improvement
Ans. a
39. I do not think I should tell you over and over again that my families are early rises.
(a) my family members are early risers
(b) my family is an early riser
(c) my family are an early riser
(d) No correction required
Ans. a
40. No sooner he reached home than all the villagers gathered at his home to listen to his story.
(a) Would he reach
(b) did he reach
(c) had he reached
(d) No improvement
Ans. c
41. Having had in the Foreign Services for a long time, Mr. Karim has met many prominent personalities.
(a) Having
(b) He has been
(c) Having been
(d) Had be been
(e) No correction required
Ans. a
42. Because of his mastery in this field, his suggestions are wide accepted.
(a) are widely accepted
(b) are wide acceptance
(c) have widely accepted
(d) have been wide accepted
(e) No correction required
Ans. a
In each of the following questions, pick up the choice which is most opposite in meaning of the word italicized bold in the sentence.
43. Like poverty, affluence can sometimes create its own problems.
(a) sorrow
(b) indigence
(c) exuberance
(d) opulence
Ans. b
44. His frivolous remarks provoked to comments.
(a) serious
(b) momentous
(c) frantic
(d) fanciful
Ans. a
45. On hearing the news he was in a state of ecstasy .
(a) depression
(b) pain
(c) disappointment
(d) trance
Ans. a
46. Everything about him, his talkative nature, proclaims his effeminacy .
(a) boorishness
(b) manliness
(c) aggressiveness
(d) attractiveness
Ans. b
47. He proved utterly capricious in his dealings with his friends.
(a) helpful
(b) steadfast
(c) understanding
(d) obstinate
Ans. b