Subject General Knowledge |
| 876. Devaluation of Taka is likely to increase | |
| (a) tariff | |
| (b) tax | |
| (c) import | |
| (d) export | |
| (e) trade | |
| Ans. c | |
| 877. The difference between a bank’s rate of interest on lending to its prime customers and the rate of interest that it pays to others on borrowings (demand, time or savings deposits) is called | |
| (a) profit rate | |
| (b) margin rate | |
| (c) income rate | |
| (d) interest spread | |
| (e) balance | |
| Ans. a | |
| 878. Who is the current Director General of WTO? (year 2013) | |
| (a) Pascal Lamy | |
| (b) Micheline Rey | |
| (c) Jim Young Kim | |
| (d) Robert Zoellic | |
| (e) Paul Wolfositz | |
| Ans. a | |
| 879. In opening an L/C, a bank requires that a certain percent of the value of goods to be imported under the L/C is paid to the bank in advance. This part/proportion of payment is known as | |
| (a) L/C Commission | |
| (b) L/C signing money | |
| (c) L/C guarantee | |
| (d) L/C protection money | |
| (e) L/C margin | |
| Ans. e | |
| 880. Who is the founder of WikiLeaks? | |
| (a) Julian Wikileaks | |
| (b) Bill Gates | |
| (c) Michael Assange | |
| (d) Julian Assange | |
| (e) Steve Jobs | |
| Ans. d | |
| 881. Which of the following is not the function of the central bank? | |
| (a) management of foreign exchange rate | |
| (b) implementation of government monetary policy | |
| (c) implementation of national budget | |
| (d) management of public debt | |
| (e) issue of currencies | |
| Ans. c | |
| 882. A common form of inter-bank short-term borrowing is | |
| (a) LTR | |
| (b) Hypo | |
| (c) L/C | |
| (d) CC | |
| (e) Call Money | |
| Ans. e | |
| 883. CAMEL rate is a system that | |
| (a) rank camels according to their quality | |
| (b) ranks camels according to their price | |
| (c) allows banks to operate in a country | |
| (d) ensures compliance to Basel II | |
| (e) assigns a numerical rating to bank | |
| Ans. e | |
| 884. Who is the father of Geomety? | |
| (a) Aristotle | |
| (b) Newton | |
| (c) Pythagoras | |
| (d) Kepler | |
| (e) Euclid | |
| Ans. e | |
| 885. Which of the following describes correctly the Group of Seven (G-7) countries? | |
| (a) They are developing countries | |
| (b) They are industrialized countries | |
| (c) They are holding Atomic Bomb technology | |
| (d) They are countries that can lunch their won satellites | |
| (e) None of these | |
| Ans. b | |
| 886. Who said the words, ‘I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to death your right to say it’? | |
| (a) G. B. Shaw | |
| (b) Vladmir Lenin | |
| (c) Voltare | |
| (d) Mahatma Gandhi | |
| (e) Russo | |
| Ans. c | |
| 887. The publisher of ‘Banglapedia’ is - | |
| (a) Bangla academy | |
| (b) Asiatic Society of Bangladesh | |
| (c) Dhaka University | |
| (d) University Press Limited | |
| (e) UGC | |
| Ans. b | |
| 888. One nautical mile = ? | |
| (a) 2.254 km | |
| (b) 1.852 km | |
| (c) 1.5 km | |
| (d) 1.472 km | |
| (e) 0.621 km | |
| Ans. b | |
| 889. Which district was fast set free from enemy during the liberation war of Bangladesh? | |
| (a) B. Baria | |
| (b) Jessore | |
| (c) Sylhet | |
| (d) Dhaka | |
| (e) None of these | |
| Ans. b | |
| 890. The book ‘Chander Amabashy’ is written by - | |
| (a) Alauddin Al-Azad | |
| (b) Abul Kalam Shamsuddin | |
| (c) Rashid Karim | |
| (d) Akhtaruzzaman Eliyas | |
| (e) Syed Waliullah | |
| Ans. e | |
| 891. Which of the following country of the European Union has not adopted ‘Euro’ as yet - | |
| (a) England | |
| (b) Germany | |
| (c) Italy | |
| (d) France | |
| (e) Netherland | |
| Ans. a | |
| 892. The poetry titled ‘September on Jessore Road’ was written based on liberation war by - | |
| (a) Alien Ginsberg | |
| (b) Clinton B. Seely | |
| (c) A. C. Coxe | |
| (d) R. T. Conrad | |
| (e) J. Keble | |
| Ans. a | |
| 893. Where do most of the Manipuri ethnic group people live Bangladesh? | |
| (a) Mymensingh | |
| (b) Sylhet | |
| (c) Rangamati | |
| (d) Rangpur | |
| (e) Cox’s Bazar | |
| Ans. b | |
| 894. ……… does not belong to the World Bank Group. | |
| (a) IFC | |
| (b) WTO | |
| (c) IBRD | |
| (d) IDA | |
| (e) ICSID | |
| Ans. b | |
| 895. Bank rate is the rate of interest | |
| (a) at which public borrows money from commercial-bank | |
| (b) at which government borrows money from public | |
| (c) at which commercial Banks borrow money from the central bank | |
| (d) at which commercial Banks borrow money from public | |
| (e) None of these | |
| Ans. c | |
| 896. In a decision to retain or replace equipment, the book value of the value of the old equipment is a (n) – | |
| (a) opportunity cost | |
| (b) sunk cost | |
| (c) incremental cost | |
| (d) marginal cost | |
| (e) None of these | |
| Ans. e | |
| 897. What does the credit term 2/10, n/30 mean? | |
| (a) 2% discount on amount paid within 30 days | |
| (b) Due amount is to be paid within 30 day | |
| (c) 2% discount on amount paid within 10 days | |
| (d) Both B & C | |
| (e) None of these | |
| Ans. b | |
| 898. Which of the following should not be called ‘Sales’? | |
| (a) Goods sold for cash | |
| (b) Office fixtures sold | |
| (c) Sales of item previously included in ‘Purchases’ | |
| (d) Goods sold on credit | |
| (e) None of these | |
| Ans. b | |
| 899. Working capital calculated as: | |
| (a) Current assets minus current liabilities | |
| (b) Total assets minus total liabilities | |
| (c) Long-term liabilities minus current liabilities | |
| (d) Both B & C | |
| (e) None of these | |
| Ans. a | |
| 900. Capital Expenditure is: | |
| (a) The extra capital paid in by the proprietor | |
| (b) The cost of running the business on a day-to-day basis | |
| (c) Money spent on buying fixed assets or adding value to them | |
| (d) Money spent on selling fixed assets | |
| (e) None of these | |
| Ans. c | |