Read Southeast Bank Limited Officer 2009 Exam | |||
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1. A south American visitor was confused to read that the next day’s temperature would be 77. degree Fahrenheit. Translate that into Celsius for him with this formula C | |||
(a) 25 | |||
(b) 81 | |||
(c) 57 | |||
(d) 45 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
2. Who was the author of Meghdut? | |||
(a) Balmiki | |||
(b) Shamsur Rahman | |||
(c) Kalidas | |||
(d) Madhusudan Dutta | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
3. Which of the sets of numbers can be used as the lengths of the sides of a triangle? I. 5, 8, 13 II. 2, 4, 7 III. 3, 8, 10 | |||
(a) I only | |||
(b) III. Only | |||
(c) I and III only | |||
(d) II and III only | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
4. How many tiles, each a square tile of 2 inch sides, are needed to cover a rectangles floor of 4 feet long and 6 feet wide? | |||
(a) 24 | |||
(b) 128 | |||
(c) 96 | |||
(d) 864 | |||
Ans. d | |||
5. Inflation rate in Bangladesh is expected to be over --- at present. | |||
(a) 3% | |||
(b) 5% | |||
(c) 6% | |||
(d) 7% | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
6. Reutes is a: | |||
(a) Club | |||
(b) T.V Station | |||
(c) Magazine | |||
(d) News agency | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
7. How much salt must we add to 10 grams of a 20% salt solution to strengthen it into a 50% solution? | |||
(a) 5gm | |||
(b) 3gm | |||
(c) 6 gm | |||
(d) 4gm | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
8. The country which ranks second in terms of area is : | |||
(a) Cuba | |||
(b) Australia | |||
(c) Canada | |||
(d) America | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
9. If 50% of x is 75% of y, which of the following is equal to x +y? | |||
(a) 2.5y | |||
(b) 1.25y | |||
(c) 3y | |||
(d) 3.5y | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
10. Summer Olympics is held every four years and Winter Olympics held every---- | |||
(a) 7 years | |||
(b) 3 years | |||
(c) 5 years | |||
(d) 4 years | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
11. You are to arrange 36 identical chairs in rows such that there is same number of chairs in each row. Each row must contain at least 4 chairs and there must be at least 3 rows. How many different arrangements are possible? | |||
(a) 4 | |||
(b) 2 | |||
(c) 6 | |||
(d) 5 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
12. If the sum of five consecutive positive integers is A, then the sum of the next five consecutive integers in terms of A is : | |||
(a) A + 1 | |||
(b) A +5 | |||
(c) A+ 25 | |||
(d) 2A | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
13. The 2008 Summer Olympics were held in ___. | |||
(a) China | |||
(b) Germany | |||
(c) Russia | |||
(d) Japan | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
14. If a - = and a + = , then (a+b)=? | |||
(a) 2 | |||
(b) 6 | |||
(c) 4 | |||
(d) 5 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
15. What is meant by Robi crops ? | |||
(a) Summer crops | |||
(b) Winter crops | |||
(c) Springs crops | |||
(d) Monsoon crops | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
16. The use of Internet began in: | |||
(a) 1987 | |||
(b) 1969 | |||
(c) 1971 | |||
(d) 1975 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
17. If x is negative, which of the following must also be negative? | |||
(a) | |||
(b) | |||
(c) 1-x | |||
(d) | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
18. | |||
(a) 3 | |||
(b) 2 | |||
(c) 10 | |||
(d) 3 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
19. The average income of 10 BBA graduates is Tk. x. The individual income of 5 MBA graduates is Tk. 100y each. What is the average income of these 15 graduates? | |||
(a) | |||
(b) | |||
(c) | |||
(d) | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
20. The second actor ever to win an Oscar Posthumously is: | |||
(a) Heath Ledger | |||
(b) James Dean | |||
(c) Gregory Peck | |||
(d) Marilyn Monroe | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
21. Mr. Rahman is insured completely for Tk. 50,000 of damages to his machinery. For any damage above Tk. 50,000 the insurance co. will pay Tk. 50,000 plus 20% of the rest of the damage amount. For a recent accident, Mr. Rahman was paid Tk. 56,000 by the insurance co. What was the total estimated damage? | |||
(a) Tk. 30,000 | |||
(b) Tk. 280,000 | |||
(c) Tk.104, 000 | |||
(d) Tk.80, 000 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
22. A room contains 200 people, 25% of whom are graduates. A group of people, 30% of whom are graduates, leave the room. Of the remaining people, 10% are graduates. How many people did leave the room? | |||
(a) 150 | |||
(b) 145 | |||
(c) 125 | |||
(d) 120 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
23. If d = | |||
(a) | |||
(b) | |||
(c) | |||
(d) | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
24. Tk.1000 is divided among A, B and C so that A has twice as much as B and B has thrice as much as C. How much did B receive? | |||
(a) 100 | |||
(b) 200 | |||
(c) 300 | |||
(d) 600 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
25. When positive integer m is divided by positive integer n, the remainder is 6. If | |||
(a) 15 | |||
(b) 20 | |||
(c) 40 | |||
(d) 25 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
26. In a class of 50 students, 10 did not opt for math, 15 did not opt for science and 2 did not opt for either. How many students of the class opted for both math and science? | |||
(a) 37 | |||
(b) 27 | |||
(c) 23 | |||
(d) 25 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
27. John Lennon, the famous singer, was a member of which Band? | |||
(a) Eagles | |||
(b) Beatles | |||
(c) Aero smith | |||
(d) Deep Purple | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
28. Basra lies in: | |||
(a) Japan | |||
(b) China | |||
(c) Iraq | |||
(d) Iran | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
29. Express (20 × | |||
(a) 0.005 | |||
(b) 0.05 | |||
(c) 0.5 | |||
(d) 5 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
30. If x = 5 | |||
(a) x > y > z | |||
(b) x > y > z | |||
(c) y > x > z | |||
(d) y > z > x | |||
Ans. d | |||
31. The language most widely spoken as native tongue is: | |||
(a) English | |||
(b) Mandarin | |||
(c) French | |||
(d) Bengali | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
32. If (x + 3y) =15 and x = -1.5y, then x =? | |||
(a) 10 | |||
(b) -10 | |||
(c) -15 | |||
(d) 15 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
33. If n is an even integer which of the following must be an odd integer? | |||
(a) 3 (n+1) | |||
(b) n-2 | |||
(c) 3n+5 | |||
(d) | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
34. “The Harry potter books” have been written by ___. | |||
(a) Jk Rowling | |||
(b) PD james | |||
(c) H G Wales | |||
(d) Shakespeare | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
35. If 15 is | |||
(a) 8 | |||
(b) 9 | |||
(c) 10.5 | |||
(d) 12.5 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
36. Which world famous leader’s body is still preserved, not yet buried and yet buried and displayed in public? | |||
(a) Lenin | |||
(b) Stalin | |||
(c) Karl Marx | |||
(d) Dally | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
37. A tank is 30% full with water. If 18 liters of water is added, the tank becomes full. What is the capacity of the tank? | |||
(a) 36 | |||
(b) 40 | |||
(c) 45 | |||
(d) 56 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
38. Every molecule of water contains ___ Oxygen and ___ Hydrogen. | |||
(a) 2,1 | |||
(b) 1,2 | |||
(c) 3,4 | |||
(d) 2,2 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
39. The probability that a student will graduate with honors and get a good job is 0.09 whereas the probability that a student will graduate with honors is 0.1.What is the probability that a student will get a good job if she graduates with honors? | |||
(a) 90% | |||
(b) 9% | |||
(c) 0.9% | |||
(d) 18% | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
40. There are three roads from Shah Bag to Farm Gate and 4 different roads From Gate of Banani. How many different routes are three from Shah Bag to Banni via Farm Gate? | |||
(a) 4 | |||
(b) 3 | |||
(c) 12 | |||
(d) 7 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
Analogy, (Choose the best answer from the options that parallels the given pair of words.) | |||
41. FUNDS: THEFT | |||
(a) music : piracy | |||
(b) money : deposit | |||
(c) ransom : demand | |||
(d) truth : exaggerate | |||
Ans. a | |||
42. GERLOGY : SCIENCE | |||
(a) biology : lab | |||
(b) astronomy :galaxy | |||
(c) fashion : style | |||
(d) Shegun: tree | |||
(e) theory : practice | |||
Ans. d | |||
43. PATRON: SUPPORT | |||
(a) spouse : divorce | |||
(b) restaurant :manager | |||
(c) counselor : advice | |||
(d) host : hostility | |||
(e) artist : imitation | |||
Ans. c | |||
44. WORDS: WRITER | |||
(a) honor : thief | |||
(b) brick : bricklayer | |||
(c) child : teacher | |||
(d) laws : policemen | |||
(e) prison : cell | |||
Ans. b | |||
45. FISH: SCALES | |||
(a) plane : Wings | |||
(b) bird : feathers | |||
(c) cat : claws | |||
(d) snake : fangs | |||
(e) songs : notes | |||
Ans. b | |||
Fill in the Gaps (Choose the best word to complete the sentence from the given options.) | |||
46. The world ‘Plethora’ means: | |||
(a) despair | |||
(b) excess | |||
(c) forlorn | |||
(d) scarcity | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
47. The world ‘evasive’ means ___. | |||
(a) elusive | |||
(b) serene | |||
(c) pensive | |||
(d) mistaken | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
48. The opposite of the world ‘terminate’ is ___. | |||
(a) depart | |||
(b) prevent | |||
(c) begin | |||
(d) change | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
49. The 'disregard' means - | |||
(a) ignore | |||
(b) evade | |||
(c) admit | |||
(d) improve | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
50. Physical laws do not, of course, in themselves force bodies to behave in a certain way but merely ___ how they behave. | |||
(a) describe | |||
(b) preclude | |||
(c) counteract | |||
(d) determine | |||
(e) commend | |||
Ans. a | |||
51. The banks cashier’s ___ of the funds was not discovered until the auditors examined the accounts. | |||
(a) extradition | |||
(b) embezzlement | |||
(c) patronage | |||
(d) subordination | |||
(e) Verification | |||
Ans. b | |||
52. All the vehicles that cross the bridge must pay a ___. | |||
(a) levy | |||
(b) toll | |||
(c) tax | |||
(d) duty | |||
(e) tariff | |||
Ans. b | |||
53. Science progresses by building of what has come before; important findings thus from the basis of ___ experiments. | |||
(a) gradual | |||
(b) ingenious | |||
(c) subsequent | |||
(d) repetitive | |||
(e) perfunctory | |||
Ans. c | |||
54. The opposite of the world ‘untenable’ is ___. | |||
(a) verifiable | |||
(b) precise | |||
(c) defensible | |||
(d) hypothetical | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
55. When he goes to his dentist, he prefers to go ___. | |||
(a) lonely | |||
(b) lone | |||
(c) Solitary | |||
(d) forlorn | |||
(e) alone | |||
Ans. e | |||
Correct spelling (choose the correct word spelling from the given options.) | |||
56. | |||
(a) Licence | |||
(b) Licents | |||
(c) Lisence | |||
(d) Lisense | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
57. | |||
(a) Apropnate | |||
(b) Appropriate | |||
(c) Appropriet | |||
(d) Appropriet | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
58. | |||
(a) Credential | |||
(b) Credancial | |||
(c) Credantial | |||
(d) Credencial | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
59. | |||
(a) Extantion | |||
(b) Extansion | |||
(c) Extension | |||
(d) Extention | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
60. | |||
(a) Colleteral | |||
(b) Colateral | |||
(c) Collatraral | |||
(d) Collateral | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
Error Identification: (Indentify the error from the underlined words in the following sentence; if no error is found select ‘No Error’) | |||
61. If frogs | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. a | |||
62. | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. b | |||
63. Rubber is | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. d | |||
64. One | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. b | |||
65. A dam is a wall | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. e | |||
Select the Appropriate prepositions (Choose the appropriate preposition to complete the sentence from the given options) | |||
66. I lost their bags ____ the railway station. | |||
(a) in | |||
(b) on | |||
(c) next | |||
(d) of | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
67. They caught a train ___ London. | |||
(a) on | |||
(b) by | |||
(c) to | |||
(d) at | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
68. There were two people ___ the picture. | |||
(a) on | |||
(b) at | |||
(c) about | |||
(d) in | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
69. My father forgot his umbrella ___ home. | |||
(a) on | |||
(b) at | |||
(c) in | |||
(d) to | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
70. My mom was working ___ the garden. | |||
(a) in | |||
(b) on | |||
(c) at | |||
(d) by | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a |