Read Union Bank Limited Senior Officer 2014 Exam | |||
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1. Who won the Nobel Prize in literature in 2013 | |||
(a) Alic Munro | |||
(b) Mario Vargas Lisoa | |||
(c) Mo Van | |||
(d) Gabriel Garcfa Marquez | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
2. What is the name of robotic submarine deployed to solve the mystery of the missing Malaysian airliner MH370? | |||
(a) Bluefin 21 | |||
(b) Seabird | |||
(c) Detector | |||
(d) Drive Down | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
3. Which one of the following countries does not share any border with China? | |||
(a) Thailand | |||
(b) Mongolia | |||
(c) Vietnam | |||
(d) Kazakhstan | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
4. Forty tiles of dimensions 1 foot × 2 foot each required to completely cover a floor. How many tiles of dimensions 2 foot × 4 foot each would be required to completely cover the same floor? | |||
(a) 10 | |||
(b) 20 | |||
(c) 80 | |||
(d) 160 | |||
(e) 320 | |||
Ans. a | |||
5. Where is the headquarters o the Islamic Development Bank located? | |||
(a) Madina | |||
(b) Jeddah | |||
(c) Istanbul | |||
(d) Islamabad | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
6. The remainder when the positive integer m is divided by 7 is x. the remainder is (x + 7) when m is divided by 14. Which one of the following could be the value of m. | |||
(a) 45 | |||
(b) 53 | |||
(c) 72 | |||
(d) 85 | |||
(e) 100 | |||
Ans. b | |||
7. Who was the first Bangladeshi woman to climb the Mount Everest? | |||
(a) Shirin Ebadi | |||
(b) Nishat Mozumdar | |||
(c) Suzana Khan | |||
(d) Nishi Haque | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
8. P starts jogging from point X to point Y. 30 minutes later his friend R who jogs 1 km/hour slower than twice P’s rate starts from the same point and follows the same path. If R overtakes P in 2 hours, how many kilometers will R have covered? | |||
(a) 2.2 km | |||
(b) 3.33 km | |||
(c) 4 km | |||
(d) 6 km | |||
(e) 6.67 km | |||
Ans. b | |||
9. Which one of the following is the first see shore gas field in Bangladesh? | |||
(a) Bakhrabad | |||
(b) Sangu | |||
(c) Semutang | |||
(d) Srikail | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
10. An authority, appointed by an Islamic financial institution, which supervises and ensures both the Shari’ah compliance of new product development and the operation is called - | |||
(a) Shari’ah Regulatory Agency | |||
(b) Shari’ah Supervisory Board | |||
(c) Shari’ah Compliance Board | |||
(d) Shari’ah Regulatory Authority | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
11. The length, width, and depth of a rectangular box are 6 feet, 5 feet, and 7 feet respectively. A pipe supplies water at a rate of 6 cubic feet per minute. How much time, in minutes, would it take for the pipe to fill a conical box whose volume is three times the volume of the rectangular box? | |||
(a) 105 | |||
(b) 125 | |||
(c) 205 | |||
(d) 235 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
12. The first census of Bangladesh was held in - | |||
(a) 1972 | |||
(b) 1973 | |||
(c) 1974 | |||
(d) 1975 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
13. A worker was hired for 7 days. Each day, he was paid Tk. 10 more than what he was paid for the previous day of work. The total amount he was paid in the first 4 days of work equaled the total amount he was paid in the last 3 days. What was his starting pay? | |||
(a) Tk. 90 | |||
(b) Tk. 138 | |||
(c) Tk. 153 | |||
(d) Tk. 160 | |||
(e) Tk. 163 | |||
Ans. a | |||
14. ‘Earth hour’ is a movement uniting people to protect the planet, organized by - | |||
(a) World Bank | |||
(b) UNESCO | |||
(c) Green Peace | |||
(d) Worldwide Fund for Nature | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
15. Six years ago, Rahim was P times as old as Kalam was. If Rahim is now 17 years old, how old is Kalam now in terms of P? | |||
(a) + 6 | |||
(b) + 6 | |||
(c) 17 - | |||
(d) | |||
Ans. a | |||
16. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 80 has 0 or 5 in the unit’s digit? | |||
(a) 10% | |||
(b) 14% | |||
(c) 20% | |||
(d) 21% | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
17. If w is 10 percent less than x, and y is 30 percent less than z, then wy what percent less than xz? | |||
(a) 10% | |||
(b) 20% | |||
(c) 37% | |||
(d) 40% | |||
(e) 100% | |||
Ans. c | |||
18. Who is the current Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)? (Year 2014) | |||
(a) Yadav Kanta Silwal | |||
(b) Arjun Bhadur Thapa | |||
(c) Shiva Prasad Koirala | |||
(d) Ahmed Saleem | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
19. Beneath which sea has China recently unveiled its plans to build the world’s longest underwater tunnel? | |||
(a) South China Sea | |||
(b) East China Sea | |||
(c) Bohai Sea | |||
(d) Yellow Sea | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
20. Akash bought two varieties of rice, costing Tk. 50/kg and Tk. 60/kg each, and mixed them in some ratio. Then he sold the mixture at Tk. 70/kg, making a profit of 20%. What was the ratio of the mixture? | |||
(a) 1 : 10 | |||
(b) 1 : 5 | |||
(c) 2 : 7 | |||
(d) 3 : 8 | |||
(e) 5 : 7 | |||
Ans. b | |||
21. Which on of the following countries is not a democratic country and has no actual political parties? | |||
(a) Uganda | |||
(b) Qatar | |||
(c) Tunisia | |||
(d) Rwanda | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
22. Recently, _____ general election has been held in India. (Year 2014) | |||
(a) 12th | |||
(b) 15th | |||
(c) 16th | |||
(d) 18th | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
23. M is a girl and has the same number of brothers as sisters. N is a boy and has twice as many sister as brothers. M and N are the children of Q. How many children does Q have? | |||
(a) 2 | |||
(b) 3 | |||
(c) 5 | |||
(d) 7 | |||
(e) 8 | |||
Ans. d | |||
24. A total of Tk. 1200 is deposited in two savings accounts for one year, one portion at 5% simple interest, and the rest at 7% simple interest. If Tk. 72 was earned in interest, how much was deposited at 5% | |||
(a) Tk. 410 | |||
(b) Tk. 520 | |||
(c) Tk.600 | |||
(d) Tk. 650 | |||
(e) Tk. 760 | |||
Ans. c | |||
25. The combined salary of X, Y and Z is Tk. 90,000. X earns twice of what Z earns, and Y ears 1.5 times of what Z earns. What is the lowest salary of the three? | |||
(a) Tk. 20,000 | |||
(b) Tk. 22,000 | |||
(c) Tk. 25,000 | |||
(d) Tk. 30,000 | |||
(e) Tk. 40,000 | |||
Ans. a | |||
26. A company generated revenue of Tk. 125,000 in 2012 which was 12.5% of its gross revenue. In 2013 the gross revenue increased by Tk. 250,000. What is the percentage increase in the revenue in 2013? | |||
(a) 12.5% | |||
(b) 20% | |||
(c) 25% | |||
(d) 50% | |||
(e) 66.3% | |||
Ans. c | |||
27. Bush house is located in – | |||
(a) Washington | |||
(b) Montreal | |||
(c) New Delhi | |||
(d) London | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
28. The side length of a square inscribed in a circle is 2. What is the area of the circle? | |||
(a) π | |||
(b) √2π | |||
(c) 2√2π | |||
(d) π ² | |||
(e) 2π | |||
Ans. e | |||
29. A survey of n people in the town A found that 50% of them prefer Brand X. Another survey of 100 people in the town B found that 60% prefer Brand X. In total, 55% of all the people surveyed together prefer Brand X. What is the total number of people surveyed? | |||
(a) 50 | |||
(b) 100 | |||
(c) 150 | |||
(d) 200 | |||
(e) 250 | |||
Ans. d | |||
30. Point A is 10 miles West of Point B. Point B is 30 miles North of Point C. Point C is 20 miles East of Point D. What is the distance (in miles) between Point A and Point D. | |||
(a) 10√10 | |||
(b) 10√20 | |||
(c) 20√10 | |||
(d) 30√10 | |||
(e) 30√2 | |||
Ans. a | |||
31. Which one of the following charters formed the basis of the first Islamic state? | |||
(a) Charter of Mocca | |||
(b) Hudaibiyah Treaty | |||
(c) Charter of Jeddah | |||
(d) Charter of Medina | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
32. In a class, 120 students are male and 100 students are female. 25% of the make students and 20% of the female students are engineering students. 20% of the male engineering students and 25% of the female engineering students passed the final exam. What percentage of engineering students passed the exam? | |||
(a) 15% | |||
(b) 10% | |||
(c) 16% | |||
(d) 22% | |||
(e) 25% | |||
Ans. d | |||
33. The famous actress Suchitra Sen is originally from which distract? | |||
(a) Birbhum | |||
(b) Jessore | |||
(c) Pabna | |||
(d) Kolkata | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
34. A rectangular field is 3.2 yards long. A fence marking the boundary is 11.2 yards in length. What is the area of the field in square yards? | |||
(a) 4.68 | |||
(b) 7.68 | |||
(c) 9.28 | |||
(d) 11.28 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
35. In MS Word, which one of the following options is used to create different formatting for different sections? | |||
(a) Section break | |||
(b) Section formatting | |||
(c) Page break | |||
(d) Page section | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
36. Which one of the following surah is called “Ummul Quran”? | |||
(a) Surah Ikhlas | |||
(b) Surah Baqarah | |||
(c) Surah Yasin | |||
(d) Surah Fatiha | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
37. Which one of the following football clubs clinched the title of the UEFA Europa League 2014? | |||
(a) Sevilla Fc | |||
(b) Benfica | |||
(c) Valencia | |||
(d) Bayern Munich | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
38. Which among the following international organization is not based in Geneva? | |||
(a) ILO | |||
(b) ITU | |||
(c) World Bank | |||
(d) WTO | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
39. Which Bangladeshi scientist discover the complete genetic sequence of jute? | |||
(a) Dr. Maqsudul Alam | |||
(b) Dr. Abul Hussam | |||
(c) Dr. M Innas Ali | |||
(d) Saleemul Huq | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
40. In Bangladesh, which of the following organizations is responsible conducting research on Islamic Economics? | |||
(a) BIDS | |||
(b) Islamic Economic Research Bureau | |||
(c) Bangladesh Islamic Center | |||
(d) Darul Arabia | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
41. Which of the following movies was directed by Jahir Raihan? | |||
(a) Behula | |||
(b) Kokhono Asheni | |||
(c) Stop Genocide | |||
(d) All of A, B and C | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
For each of these sentences, identify which underlined section is incorrect. | |||
42. He was more unfortunate incident. | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) No Error | |||
Ans. b | |||
43. Cotton fiber, vegetable fibers, of cellulose. | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) No Error | |||
Ans. a | |||
44. people together in place, they community. | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) No Error | |||
Ans. d | |||
45. capable the work . | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) No Error | |||
Ans. d | |||
46. eyes law, is a greater offence theft. | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) No Error | |||
Ans. a | |||
For each question, select the word(s)/phrase(s) that appropriately fill in the gap(s). | |||
47. Small investors who are ____ of the sponsors and directors’ intents, consequently _____ their hard-earned money in the stock market. | |||
(a) aware - recoup | |||
(b) ignorant - loss | |||
(c) oblivious - lose | |||
(d) unmindful - retrieve | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
48. Early sailing ships, _____ in uncharted seas, at times faced many _____ in reaching their destination. | |||
(a) were navigated - problems | |||
(b) navigating - hazards | |||
(c) has navigated - adversities | |||
(d) being navigated - perils | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
49. The merger will eliminate ____ and provide more ____ cross training to staff. | |||
(a) paperwork - or less | |||
(b) loss - aggressive | |||
(c) duplication - effective | |||
(d) competitors - directed | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
50. Given the existence of so many ____ in the field, it was unrealistic of Moin to expect any ____ of opinion. | |||
(a) sections - integration | |||
(b) conflicts - assessment | |||
(c) divergence - formation | |||
(d) factions - uniformity | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
51. The hypocrite _____ feeling which s/he does not ____ but which s/he feels s/he should display. | |||
(a) shows - apprehend | |||
(b) depicts - possess | |||
(c) decries - hold | |||
(d) simulates - admire | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
In each of the following sentences, there is one word missing. Identify the missing word from the given choices. | |||
52. Which method of organizing content points did you feel more comfortable? | |||
(a) among | |||
(b) with | |||
(c) have | |||
(d) between | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. e | |||
53. Rajshahi has one of lowest motor fatality rates in the country. | |||
(a) is | |||
(b) the | |||
(c) of | |||
(d) between | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. b | |||
54. He felt on qualms borrowing money from his friends. | |||
(a) to | |||
(b) for | |||
(c) of | |||
(d) about | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. d | |||
55. Considering how long she yearned to see Italy, her first reaction was curiously was curiously tepid. | |||
(a) almost | |||
(b) should | |||
(c) rather | |||
(d) had | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. e | |||
56. The ultimate test of a good education is supposed to be that it teaches to think. | |||
(a) you | |||
(b) all | |||
(c) if | |||
(d) by | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. b | |||
Read the following passage. Based on what is stated or implied in the passage, answer the question that follow. He saw nothing, he has no knife or sharp instrument, the grating of the window was of iron hand and he had too often assured himself of its solidity. His furniture consisted of a bed, a chair, a table, a pail, and a jug. The bed had iron clamps, but they were screwed to the wall and it would have required a screwdriver to take them off. Dantes had but one resource which was to break the jug and with one of the sharp fragments attack the wall. He left the jug fall on the floor and it broke in pieces. He concealed two or three or the sharpest fragments in his bed, leaving the rest on the floor. The breaking of the jug was too natural an accident to excite suspicion, and nest morning gaoler went grumblingly to fetch another, without giving himself the trouble to remove the fragments. Dantes heard joyfully the key grate in the lock as guard departed. | |||
57. Dantes heard the key grate in the lock when the | |||
(a) cell door was shut. | |||
(b) cell door was opened. | |||
(c) store room was opened. | |||
(d) store room was shut. | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
58. The guard left the fragments because he | |||
(a) did not notice them. | |||
(b) wished to punish Dantes. | |||
(c) was too lazy to bother. | |||
(d) wanted Dantes to Clear them up. | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
59. Dantes was in | |||
(a) a hostel | |||
(b) a dinning room | |||
(c) an army barrack | |||
(d) a prison | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d |