Read SBAC Bank Limited Trainee Officer 2014 Exam | |||
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1. Which ancient university has again started its academic activities after 800 years? | |||
(a) Puspagiri | |||
(b) Takshashila | |||
(c) Vikramshila | |||
(d) Nalanda | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
2. Two trains are running on parallel lines in the same direction at a speed of 50km/hr and 30 km/hr respectively. The faster train crosses a man sitting in the slower in 18 seconds. What is the length of the faster train? | |||
(a) 107 m | |||
(b) 150 m | |||
(c) 100 m | |||
(d) 64 m | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
3. If 4y -3x = 5, what is the smallest integer value of x for which y > 100? | |||
(a) 130 | |||
(b) 131 | |||
(c) 132 | |||
(d) 395 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
4. In Bangladesh, which one of the following export items is known as “White Gold”? | |||
(a) Natural Gas | |||
(b) Ready Made Garments | |||
(c) Shrimp | |||
(d) Jute | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
5. Because Meena’s test turned out to be more difficult than she intended it to be, the teacher decided to adjust the grades by deducting only half the number of points a student missed. For example, if a student missed 25 points, she received a 87.5 instead of 75. Before the grades were adjusted the class average was M. What was the average after the adjustment, if the total mark of the rest is 100? | |||
(a) 50 + | |||
(b) (100 - M) | |||
(c) 100 - | |||
(d) (50 +M) | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
6. SAARC Agricultural Information Center is located in - | |||
(a) New Delhi | |||
(b) Kathmandu | |||
(c) Islamabad | |||
(d) Dhaka | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
7. Which UN body deals with population problem? | |||
(a) UNFPA | |||
(b) UNDP | |||
(c) UNICEFD | |||
(d) UNESCO | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
8. Recently, which country has unveiled plans to release the first ever “digital currency”? | |||
(a) Poland | |||
(b) Italy | |||
(c) Ecuador | |||
(d) Spain | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
9. Which one of the following countries is not a member of G-7? | |||
(a) Japan | |||
(b) Sweden | |||
(c) Italy | |||
(d) Canada | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
10. A school’s honor society has 100 members: 40 boys and 60 girls, of whom 30 are juniors and 70 are seniors. What is the smallest possible number of senior boys in the society? | |||
(a) 0 | |||
(b) 5 | |||
(c) 10 | |||
(d) 15 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
11. A train flowed 3 miles upstream in 90 minutes. If the river flowed with a current of 2 miles per hour, how long did them man’s return trip take? | |||
(a) 30 min | |||
(b) 60 min | |||
(c) 120 min | |||
(d) 90 min | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
12. Which one of the following is the brightest planet of the solar system as seen from the earth? | |||
(a) Mars | |||
(b) Venus | |||
(c) Mercury | |||
(d) Uranus | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
13. If the radius of a sphere is increased by 50%, by what percent will the volume of the sphere the increased? | |||
(a) 50% | |||
(b) 125% | |||
(c) 150% | |||
(d) 200% | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
14. Who won the Golden Boot in Word Cup Football 2014? | |||
(a) Wesley Sheijder | |||
(b) Lionel Messi | |||
(c) James Rodriguez | |||
(d) Thomas Muller | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
15. Which one of the following organizations can issue Treasury Bills? | |||
(a) Nationalized Commercial Banks | |||
(b) Scheduled Banks | |||
(c) Any Private Bank | |||
(d) Bangladesh Bank | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
16. If two cards are drawn at random from a deck of 52 cards, what is the probability that both the cards will be form the same suit? | |||
(a) | |||
(b) | |||
(c) | |||
(d) | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
17. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the European Union? | |||
(a) Alexander Stubb | |||
(b) Donaid Tusk | |||
(c) Antonis Samaras | |||
(d) Matteo Renzi | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
18. If the sum of the positive even integers less than 1000 is S, what is the sum of all the positive odd integers less than 1000? | |||
(a) S - 998 | |||
(b) S - 499 | |||
(c) S + 1 | |||
(d) S + 499 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
19. If 2x + 3 = 32, what is the value of 3x + 2? | |||
(a) 5 | |||
(b) 9 | |||
(c) 81 | |||
(d) 27 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e | |||
20. Fiaz’a father has five sons namely Ten, Twenty, Thirty and Forty. What is the name of the fifth son? | |||
(a) Fifty | |||
(b) Forty Five | |||
(c) Hundred | |||
(d) Fiaz | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
21. If the price of an item is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%, the net effect on the price of the item is - | |||
(a) an increase of 99% | |||
(b) a decrease of 1% | |||
(c) an increase of 7% | |||
(d) No change | |||
Ans. b | |||
22. What is the measure of the angle formed by the minute but hour hands of a clock 1:50? | |||
(a) 90° | |||
(b) 95° | |||
(c) 105° | |||
(d) 115° | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
23. The language Q has the following properties: * ABC is the base word. * If C immediately follows B, then C can be moved to the front of the code word to generate another word. Which one of the following is a code word in language Q? | |||
(a) CAB | |||
(b) BCA | |||
(c) AA | |||
(d) ABA | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
24. “Swatch of No Ground” is a deep sea canyon that is situated of the - | |||
(a) Andaman sea | |||
(b) Bay of Bengal | |||
(c) Arabian sea | |||
(d) Black sea | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
25. In which museum is the ‘Mona Lisa’ displayed? | |||
(a) The Louver, Paris | |||
(b) Bonn women’s Museum, Germany | |||
(c) Acropolis Museum, Greece | |||
(d) Swiss National Museum, Switzerland | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
26. If (x + 2y ) = a and (x – 2y) = b, which of the following expression is equal to xy? | |||
(a) ab | |||
(b) | |||
(c) | |||
(d) | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
27. A 12 gallon tub has a faucet that lets water in at a rate 3 gallons per minute, and has a drain that lets water out at a rate of 1.5 gallons per minute. If you start with 3 gallons of water in the tub, how long will it take to fill the tub completely? | |||
(a) 6 minutes | |||
(b) 7 minutes | |||
(c) 8 minutes | |||
(d) 9 minutes | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
28. Sterling silver is 92.5% pure silver. How many grams of sterling silver must be mixed to a 90% silver alloy to obtain a 500 gm of a 91% silver alloy? | |||
(a) 100 | |||
(b) 150 | |||
(c) 200 | |||
(d) 250 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
29. A student’s marks were wrongly entered as 83 instead of 63. Due to this mistake, average marks of the class got increased by half (0.5). what is the number of students in the class? | |||
(a) 50 | |||
(b) 20 | |||
(c) 30 | |||
(d) 40 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
30. The Khmer Rouge leaders were convicted for the genocide in | |||
(a) Cambodia | |||
(b) Rwanda | |||
(c) Columbia | |||
(d) Vietnam | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
31. In a class, 50% of the male students and of the female students speak French. If there are as many girls as boys, what fraction of the entire class speak French? | |||
(a) | |||
(b) | |||
(c) | |||
(d) | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
32. Recently, which virus has caused an outbreak in the West African countries? | |||
(a) Kaposi Sarcoma virus | |||
(b) Human Pamplona virus | |||
(c) Ebola virus | |||
(d) Mars Virus | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
33. Which one of the following is the first non-government EPZ in Bangladesh? | |||
(a) DEPZ | |||
(b) CEPZ | |||
(c) All of A, B, C | |||
(d) None of these | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
34. Rahim mowed 75% of his lawn in 1.25 hours. Mizan, who works twice as fast, then stated the remaining work and finished it. How many minutes did Mizan work? | |||
(a) 12.5 | |||
(b) 15 | |||
(c) 17.5 | |||
(d) 20 | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
35. Last year Asma bought two paintings. This year she sold them for BDT 2000 each. On one painting, she made 25% profit, and on the other painting she has 25% loss. What was he net loss of profit? | |||
(a) Loss < BDT 100 | |||
(b) Profit > BDT 100 | |||
(c) Loss > BDT 100 | |||
(d) No Profit/ No Loss | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
Correct Spelling identification Instructions: For each question, identify the correct spelling. | |||
36. . | |||
(a) Remmittence | |||
(b) Remmitance | |||
(c) Remitance | |||
(d) Remittance | |||
(e) Remittence | |||
Ans. d | |||
37. . | |||
(a) Auxialery | |||
(b) Auxiliary | |||
(c) Auxilery | |||
(d) Axiliuary | |||
(e) axileuiry | |||
Ans. b | |||
38. . | |||
(a) Condescention | |||
(b) Condescension | |||
(c) Condescesion | |||
(d) Condescinsion | |||
(e) Condescesion | |||
Ans. b | |||
39. . | |||
(a) Meticuluos | |||
(b) Meticolous | |||
(c) Meticulous | |||
(d) Meteculous | |||
(e) Meticuolus | |||
Ans. c | |||
40. . | |||
(a) Pedestrians | |||
(b) Pedistrains | |||
(c) Pedestreians | |||
(d) pedistrans | |||
(e) Pedestrains | |||
Ans. a | |||
Error identification Instruction: For each of these sentences, identify which underlined section is incorrect. | |||
41. A bus after we waiting ten minutes. | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. b | |||
42. Samir his new bicycle the pavement, ABC speed as he . . | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. d | |||
43. Inflation steadily the year but slightly the last two months. . | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. a | |||
44. The bus crowded I to find room . . | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. c | |||
45. The audience in a applause, clearly the realism contest. . | |||
(a) . | |||
(b) . | |||
(c) . | |||
(d) . | |||
(e) . | |||
Ans. a | |||
Fill in the Gaps Instruction: For each question, select the word(s)/phrase(s) that appropriately fill(s) in the gap(s). | |||
46. When we attempted to catch an octopus, it quickly ____ into its lair and defied all our attempts to ____ it. | |||
(a) retracted ; remove | |||
(b) renounced ; retrieve | |||
(c) revolted ; instigate | |||
(d) retreated ; dislodge | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
47. The street _____ with frantic people, all rushing _____ to reach their destinations. | |||
(a) teemed ; casually | |||
(b) swarmed ; desperately | |||
(c) desolate ; hurriedly | |||
(d) abounded ; languidly | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
48. In the upper ____ of the company’s management, most ____ that it has grown to big. | |||
(a) Tiers ; dither | |||
(b) Reform ; concede | |||
(c) Ranks ; absolve | |||
(d) Echelons ; acknowledge | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
49. A _____ in political crisis is the main risk in near future, which can _____ the economic growth of the country. | |||
(a) Revival ; Accentuate | |||
(b) Contraction ; dampen | |||
(c) Resurgence : Lower | |||
(d) Decrease ; Hinder | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
50. For the poor, the inflow of foreign money means not ____ but rising prices, unplanned urbanization, pollution, corrupt politicians, an influx of foreigners and a sense of _____. | |||
(a) revelry ; dissention | |||
(b) prosperity ; alienation | |||
(c) affluence ; well-being | |||
(d) degradation ; elation | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
Identification of Missing Word Instruction: In each of the following sentence, there is one word missing. Identify the missing word from the given choice. | |||
51. What you must do is emphasize the importance of agriculture. | |||
(a) on | |||
(b) to | |||
(c) with | |||
(d) in | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. b | |||
52. He is very interested, and good at cycling. | |||
(a) at | |||
(b) in | |||
(c) with | |||
(d) doing | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. b | |||
53. This stamp is different the rest. | |||
(a) then | |||
(b) by | |||
(c) for | |||
(d) from | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. d | |||
54. It do John Good to study overseas for a year. | |||
(a) would | |||
(b) have | |||
(c) has | |||
(d) will | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. d | |||
55. If you have any queries, please contact the Service Manager. | |||
(a) to | |||
(b) will | |||
(c) regarding | |||
(d) inform | |||
(e) No word is missing | |||
Ans. e | |||
Word Meaning Instruction: Select the word that best expresses the meaning of the underlined word. | |||
56. When he was not invented to the wedding, he considered it a personal slur. | |||
(a) Disgrace | |||
(b) Veneration | |||
(c) Assuage | |||
(d) Tenacity | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. a | |||
57. The mystery has never been conclusively soloved. | |||
(a) Drastically | |||
(b) Decisively | |||
(c) Disgracefully | |||
(d) Eventually | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. b | |||
58. The advent of television has had a profound effect upon people’s lives. | |||
(a) Widespread | |||
(b) Consequence | |||
(c) Induction | |||
(d) Prevalent | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. c | |||
59. The government has failed to articulate the ideal regional order. | |||
(a) Initiate | |||
(b) Reverberate | |||
(c) Resolve | |||
(d) Enunciate | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. d | |||
60. Lax intellectual property rights penalize cutting-edge research. | |||
(a) Laborious | |||
(b) Stringent | |||
(c) Unambiguous | |||
(d) innovative | |||
(e) None of these | |||
Ans. e |