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776. After filling the car’s fuel tank, a driver drove from P to Q and than to R. He used 2 5 of the fuel driving fro P to Q. If she used another 7 gallons to drive from Q to R and still had 1 4 of the tank full, what is the capacity of the tank in gallons?
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 20
(d) 21
Ans. c
777. A train went 300 miles from X to Y at an average speed of 80 mph. At what speed did it travel on the way back it its average speed for the whole trip was 100 mph?
(a) 120 mph
(b) 125 mph
(c) 133.33 mph
(d) 137.5 mph
Ans. c
778. What is the largest number of apples not exceeding 440 that can be distributed among three persons in the proportions of 5 : 6 : 7?
(a) 440
(b) 432
(c) 420
(d) 400
Ans. c
779. A men has to go to 10 km to catch a bus. He walks part of the way at 7 km/ hr and runs the rest of the way at 12 km/hr. If he takes 1 hour 15 minutes to complete his journey, find how far he walked.
(a) 10 km.
(b) 1 km
(c) 7 km
(d) 4 km
Ans. c
780. A rectangular carpet measuring 16 m by 12 m (excluding the border) has a border of width 2 m on each of its sides. What is the area of the border?
(a) 300 m 2
(b) 158 m 2
(c) 154 m 2
(d) 128 m 2
Ans. d
781. What is the value of x if x - 2 3 - 3x - 4 ৬ = 1 ?
(a) - 8 5
(b) - 5 8
(c) 5 8
(d) 1 3 5
Ans. a
782. A certain sum of money consists of 30 coins, some of which are 10 paisa coins and the rest are 5 paisa coins. If the total value of the coins is Tk. 2, what is the number of 10 paisa coins?
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 5
Ans. c
783. A wholesales sells goods to a retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer sells to the customer. Who pays 80% more than the cost of the wholesaler. What is the retailer’s profit?
(a) 30%
(b) 40%
(c) 50%
(d) 60%
Ans. c
784. Two blends of tea costing $2.80 and $3.20 per kg respectively are mixed in the proportion 2:3. The mixture is sold at $ 4.80 per kg. What is the percentage of profit?
(a) 50.7
(b) 50.9
(c) 57.9
(d) 60
Ans. c
785. Ali bought 500 shares of company X at Tk. 600 and 2 months later bought another 250 shares of the same company at Tk. 560. At which price should he purchase additional 250 shares in order to have an average price of Tk. 580 per share?
(a) 600
(b) 580
(c) 560
(d) 570
Ans. c
786. Water flows into an empty 64-goallon drum through pipe A and flows out though pipe B. If the rate of flow though A is 2 gallons/ hour, how many gallons per hour must flow out through pipe B so that the drum is full in exactly 96 hours?
(a) 3 8
(b) 1 2
(c) 2 3
(d) 4 3
Ans. d
787. How much interest will Tk. 2,000 earn at an annual interest rate of 8% in one year, if the interest is compounded every six months.
(a) 160.00
(b) 163.20
(c) 249.73
(d) 332.80
Ans. b
788. A field is rectangular and its width is 1/3 as long as its length. What is the area of the field if the length of the field is 120 yards?
(a) 480 square yards
(b) 2400 square yards
(c) 4,800 square yards
(d) 5,000 square yards
Ans. c
789. If the length of a rectangular in increased by 20 % and the width is decreased by 20% then the area.
(a) decreases by 20%
(b) decreased by 4%
(c) stays the same
(d) increase by 10%
Ans. b
790. If Salam marks a box every 5 minutes and Kalam takes 7 minutes to makes a box what will be the ratio of the number of boxes produced by Salam to the number of boxes produced by kalam if they work 5 hours and 50 minutes?
(a) 5 to 6
(b) 5 to 7
(c) 6 to 5
(d) 7 to 5
Ans. d
791. A club has 8 male female members; the club is choosing a committee of 6 members. The committee must have 3 male and 3 female members. In how many ways can the committees chosen?
(a) 112,896
(b) 3,2136
(c) 720
(d) 112
Ans. b
792. Since the independence, which country has provided highest donation of Bangladesh?
(a) Japan
(b) USA
(c) U. K.
(d) Kuwait
Ans. a
793. One mile is equivalent to how many kilometers?
(a) 1 kilometers
(b) 2 kilometers
(c) 1.6 kilometers
(d) 1.8 kilometers
Ans. c
794. What is the full name of HSBC bank?
(a) Hong Kong –Shanghai Banking Corporation
(b) Hong Kong –Shanghai Banking Company
(c) Hong Kong-Singapore Baking Corporation
(d) Hong Kong –Singapore Banking Company
Ans. a
795. The World Trade Organization (WHO) conference of 2003 was held in which city?
(a) New York
(b) Tokyo
(c) Cancun
(d) Mexico City
Ans. c
796. Who is the current government of Bangladesh Bank? (year 2004)
(a) Mr. Farash Uddin
(b) Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed
(c) Mr. Luthfur Rahman sarker
(d) Mr. Saifur Rahman
Ans. b
797. Who is the current Prime-Minister of Malaysia? (year 2004)
(a) Malathir Mohammed
(b) Anwer Ibrahim
(c) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(d) Syed Hamid Alber.
Ans. c
798. Which of the following items has the largest contribution to total national export income of Bangladesh.
(a) Leather
(b) Jute
(c) Tea
(d) Garments
Ans. d
799. “ILIAD” was written by whom?
(a) Milton
(b) Tennyson
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Homer
Ans. d
800. Who was the captain of England cricket team that recently visited Bangladesh?
(a) Ashley Giles
(b) Michel Vaughan
(c) Gareth Batty
(d) Marcus Trescothick.
Ans. b