Subject General Knowledge
201. ‘Sundarban’ was declared a ` World Heritage Site’ by----
(a) Commonwealth
(b) UNICEF
(c) ILO
(d) UNESCO
Ans. d
202. Democracy is a government of the people, by the people, for the people”. This statement is attributed to -
(a) Russeau
(b) Montague
(c) Voltaire
(d) Abraham Lincoln
Ans. d
203. World’s longest tunnel is in -
(a) China
(b) United Kingdom
(c) France
(d) Japan
Ans. d
204. Which country is bordered by both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean?
(a) India
(b) South Africa
(c) Japan
(d) China
Ans. b
205. UN Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women was signed in the year -
(a) 1975
(b) 1976
(c) 1979
(d) 1989
Ans. c
206. In Which area have three women been awarded the Nobel Prize in 2011?
(a) Economics
(b) Physics
(c) Peace
(d) Literature
Ans. c
207. The currency of Indonesia is -
(a) Dollar
(b) Lira
(c) Ringitt
(d) Rupiah
Ans. d
208. The book ‘Glimpses of World History” was written by?
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Carlyle
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Karl Marx
Ans. c
209. Which of the following UN organization is concerned with the welfare of children ?
(a) UNESCO
(b) WHO
(c) FAO
(d) UNICEF
Ans. d
210. The governance structure of Bangladesh is -
(a) presidential
(b) Parliamentary
(c) Monarchy
(d) Plutocracy
Ans. b
211. Bangladesh Bank was established in ----
(a) 1973
(b) 1972
(c) 1971
(d) 1974
Ans. c
212. The argument in the passage depends on which of the following assumptions?
(a) The supply of banned products decreased considerably in 2007
(b) The price paid for the banned products did not decrease much in 2007
(c) Domestic production of banned products increased at a higher rate
(d) The price of a few banned products increased considerably in 2007
(e) A decrease in demand for most products in 2007 was not the sole cause of the drop in their price
Ans. b
213. The argument in the passage would be most seriously weakened if it were true that
(a) In 2007 smugglers of of banned products had significantly more funds
(b) Domestic production of illegal drugs increased considerably in 2007
(c) The authors statements were made to embarrass the officials
(d) In 2007 banned products entered the county by a different set of routes
(e) The country's citizens spent substantially more money on banned products in 2007 than they did in 2006
Ans. b
214. The biggest desert of the words is:
(a) Great Victoria Desert
(b) Sahara Desert
(c) Kalahari Desert
(d) Tabernas Desert
(e) Patagonia Desert
Ans. b
215. The country known as the land of midnight sum is:
(a) Canada
(b) England
(c) Japan
(d) Indonesia
(e) Norway
Ans. e
216. Which of the following is not a central bank?
(a) Bank of England
(b) Federal Reserve System
(c) State Bank of India
(d) State Bank of Pakistan
(e) Bangladesh Bank
Ans. c
217. A person who studies the atmosphere, weather and weather forecasting is known as
(a) sonologist
(b) radiologist
(c) meteorologist
(d) hydeologist
(e) psychologist
Ans. c
218. The city which is known as the City of Canals is
(a) Italy
(b) Rome
(c) Kashmir
(d) Venice
(e) Dhaka
Ans. d
219. The country with highest population density is
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Monaco
(d) Bangladesh
(e) India
Ans. c
220. Which international organization declared 21st February as the International Mother Language Day?
(a) UNICEF
(b) IMF
(c) UNDP
(d) UNESCO
(e) UNHCU
Ans. d
221. 'My Life' is the autobiography of
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Bill Clinton
(c) Barka Obama
(d) Hilary Clinton
(e) Princess Dinan
Ans. b
222. The winner of 2010 Asia Cup Cricket is
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Sir Lanka
(e) Afghanistan
Ans. a
223. Nobel Laureate in peace in 2009 was awarded to
(a) Bill Clinton
(b) Dr. Yunus
(c) Nelson Mandela
(d) Barak Obama
(e) Desmond Tutu
Ans. d
224. The first Bangladeshi who climbed Mount Everest is
(a) Neil Armstrong
(b) Musa Ibrahim
(c) Musa Islam
(d) Edmond Hillary
(e) Serpa Tenjing
Ans. b
225. SAPTA stands for
(a) South Asian Presidential Trading Arrangement
(b) South Asian Profitable Trading Arrangement
(c) South Asian Professional Trading Arrangement
(d) South Asian Perfect Trading Arrangement
(e) South Asian Preferential Trading Agreement
Ans.
N.B. SAPTA এর পূর্ণরূপগুলো হল 1. South Asian Preferential Trade Arrangement (SAPTA) 2. SAARC Preferential Trading Arrangement (SAPTA)