Mercantile Bank Limited Probationary Officer– 2011

Review Mercantile Bank Limited Probationary Officer– 2011 Exam
	1. How many districts are there in Rajshahi division?
	8
	16
	17
	10
	None of these
	Ans.
	2. What term is used for Money borrowed or lent between Banks for a day or overnight?
	Broad Money
	Narrow Money
	Rented Money
	Call Money
	None of these
	Ans.
	3. Tk. 10,000 is divided among Jaju, Setu, Roji and joi by 1: 2: 3: 4: ratio. How much money did Setu get?
	Tk. 1,000
	Tk. 2,000
	Tk. 3000
	Tk. 4,000
	None of these
	Ans.
	4. Where is the Head Quarter of UN women located?
	Paris
	New York
	London
	Rome
	None of these
	Ans.
	5. How much longer is required to drive on mile at 60 miles/hour than at 100 miles/hour?
	30 seconds
	40 seconds
	28 seconds
	25 seconds
	None of these
	Ans.
	6. A shopkeeper makes a loss of 12 % by selling an item at 80% of its marked price. What will be the percent profit made by the shopkeeper if he sells the item as 95% of its marked price?
	5% profit
	4.5% profit
	5% loss
	1% loss
	None of these
	Ans.
	7. In a certain fashion house, which has four sizes of a specific shirt, there is one-third as many small shirts as medium shirts, and ½ as many large shirts as small shirts. If there are as many X-large shirts as large shirts, what percent of the shirts in the store are medium?
	30%
	40%
	50%
	60%
	None of these
	Ans.
	8. In the history of the world Cup Cricket, who is the only player to take four wickets in four consecutive deliveries?
	Lasith Malinga
	Brett Lee
	Wasim Akram
	Anil Kumble
	None of these
	Ans.
	9. Mr. Ramzan, owner of a department store, decided to raise the price of a particular item by exactly 10%. Of the following which cannot be the new price?
	Tk. 11.00
	Tk. 8.80
	Tk. 57.30
	Tk. 78.10
	None of these
	Ans.
	10. Jony weights twice as much as Suzan’s weight is 60% of Sami’s weight. Manik’s weight is 50% of Lynda’s weight. Lynda weights 190 % of jony’s weight. Which of these 5 people weight the least?
	Suzan
	Manik
	Lynda
	Sami
	None of these
	Ans.
	11. From which year has the International Mother Language Day been observed?
	1998
	1999
	2000
	2001
	None of these
	Ans.
	12. Goni went to market with certain amount of money. With this money he can buy either 50 apples or 40 pears. He retains 10% of the money for bus fare and buys 20 peras. How many apples can he buy?
	18
	30
	15
	20
	None of these
	Ans.
	13. Sobuj bought three pieces of material. The first piece is 1 year 2 feet 6 inches long, the second piece is 2 yards 1 feet 5 inches long, and the third piece is 4 yards 2 feet 7 inches long. If the cost of the material is Tk.36 per yard, how much did Sobuj spent?
	Tk. 324
	Tk. 342
	Tk. 350
	Tk. 330
	None of these
	Ans.
	14. 60% of the students of a collage are male. 60% of the male in the college speck French and 40% of the students of the college speck French. What percent of the female in the college do not speak French?
	40 %
	90%
	10%
	36%
	None of these
	Ans.
	15. Among the 120 student of class, numbered 1 to 120, all even numbered students opt for Bangla, whose numbers are divisible by 5 opt for English and those numbers are divisible by 7 opt for Math. How many opt for none of these three subjects?
	19
	41
	57
	26
	None of these
	Ans.
	16. At a certain high school, the respective weights for the following subjects are: General Math 3, Bangla 3, History 2, Science 2 and Art 1. What is a student’s average whose marks were the following: Geometry 89, Bangla Literature 92, History 94, Biology 81, and Sculpture 85?
	85.7
	90.2
	87.5
	88.9
	None of these
	Ans.
	17. In a 100 m race, jami beats Rony by 4 sec. If Jami allowed Rony to start 16 m ahead of him, them Jami and Rony reach the finishing point at the same time. How long does jami take to run the 100 m race?
	24 sec
	21 sec
	20 sec
	20.5 sec
	None of these
	Ans.
	18. A garments factory employs 3 categories of works K. M and N. The efficiency of the 3 categories of workers to do a specific task is in the ratio of 3:5:6 respectively and the factory employs 15 of category K, 12 of category M and 3 of category N. If the total wages paid to the entire group of 30 works is Tk. 492 per hour, what will be the wages earned by a category N worker for an 8-hour day?
	Tk. 144
	Tk. 72
	Tk. 192
	Tk. 576
	None of these
	Ans.
	19. Which of the following equations has a root in common with $x^{2}$ - 6x – 5 = 0?
	$x^{2}$ – x - 2= 0
	2 $x^{2}$ – 2 = 0
	$x^{2}$ - 2x – 3 = 0
	$x^{2}$ - 10x = 0
	None of these
	Ans.
	20. The arithmetic mean of the 5 consecutive integers starting with ‘p’ is ‘q’ what is the arithmetic mean of 9 consecutive integers that start with (P+2)?
	2 + p + q
	2 + q
	2q + 2
	4 + q
	None of these
	Ans.
	21. Where is Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) located?
	Dhaka
	Mymensingh
	Gazipur
	Sylhet
	None of these
	Ans.
	22. Which organization publishes the ‘Banglapedia’?
	Bangla Academy
	University of Dhaka
	Sishu Academy
	Shilpakala Academy
	None of these
	Ans.
	23. Mrs. Hena needs to makes a cake and some cookies.The cake requires $\frac{3}{8}$ 3/8 cup of sugar and the cookies require. $\frac{3}{5}$ cup of suger. Mrs. Hena has $\frac{15}{16}$ cups of sugar. Does she have enough sugar, or how much more does she need?
	She has enough sugar
	She needs $\frac{1}{8}$ 1/8 of a cup of sugar
	She needs $\frac{3}{80}$ 3/80 of a cup of sugar
	She needs $\frac{1}{16}$ 1/16 of a cup of sugar
	None of these
	Ans.
	24. A rectangular field of 200m by 120m has two roads running along its centre, one along the length and the other along the width. If the width of the roads is 15m, what is the area covered by the two roads.
	1575 sq.m.
	1600 sq.m.
	1550 sq.m
	400 sq.m.
	None of these
	Ans.
	25. Which of the following is the target year to achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG)?
	2015
	2020
	2021
	2025
	None of these
	Ans.
	26. If both $13^{2}$ and $3^{3}$ are factors of the number $4^{3}$ × $6^{2}$ × Z × $8^{11}$ 811, then what is the smallest possible value of Z ?
	507
	369
	1521
	4563
	None of these
	Ans.
	27. During a sale, a furniture shop gives 50% of on the retail price of a desk. On Friday, it gives an additional 20% off on all furniture. The desk’s retail price was Tk. 320. How much will the desk cost on Friday?
	Tk.118
	Tk. 128
	Tk. 96
	Tk. 115
	None of these
	Ans.
	28. The sum of the non- prime numbers between 40 and 50, non-inclusive, is -
	131
	176
	405
	274
	None of these
	Ans.
	29. After the USA, which of the following has the largest economy of the world?
	England
	Russia
	Japan
	China
	None of these
	Ans.
	30. In which country in ‘Bengazi’ located?
	Tunisia
	Egypt
	Libya
	Afghanistan
	None of these
	Ans.
	31. When was the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) established?
	1955
	1990
	1995
	1998
	None of these
	Ans.
	32. When was the flag of Bangladesh first raised?
	March 2,1971
	March 7,1971
	March 25,1971
	March 26,1971
	None of these
	Ans.
	33. In issuing share of a company, what does ‘IPO’ mean?
	Investment Permission Order
	Interested Person’s Offer
	International Procurement Order
	Initial Public Offering
	None of these
	Ans.
	34. Shabnam, a student of science group, is reviewing her algebra quiz. She has determined that one of her solutions is incorrect. which one is it?
	2x + 5 (x-1) = 9, x = 2
	P – 3 (p-5)=10, p = 2.5
	4y+3y=28, y = 4
	t - 2t - 3t = 32 ,t = 8
	None of these
	Ans.
	35. When does the Fiscal Year start is Bangladesh?
	1 January
	1 June
	30 June
	1 July
	None of these
	Ans.
	36. From 7: 00 AM to 11:00 AM it rained 2.25 inches. At 11.00 AM the rain increased to fall at a rate of 1.25 inches every two hours. How many inches of rain landed on the ground by 5.00 PM?
	6 inches
	7 inches
	5.5 inches
	9 inches
	None of these
	Ans.
	37. Three athletes X, Y and Z start running around a circular track of length 60 m from the same point simultaneously in the same direction at speeds of 3 m/s, 5 m/s and 9 m/s respectively. After how long will they meet for the first time after they started running?
	45 sec
	15 sec
	60 sec
	30 sec
	None of these
	Ans.
	38. Who is the architect of the National parliament Building of Bangladesh?
	Dominic Stros kahn
	F. R Khan
	Ismail khan
	Louis I. khan
	None of these
	Ans.
	39. In which year was the BDT 1,000 Note first introduced?
	2008
	2009
	2010
	1999
	None of these
	Ans.
	40. A retail store regularly sells stock at a discount of 25% to 40%. If an additional 25% were deducted from the discount price during, a special sale, what would be the lowest possible price of an item costing Tk. 140 before any discount?
	Tk. 63
	Tk. 84
	Tk. 78.75
	Tk. 49
	None of these
	Ans.
	Fill in the Gaps Instruction: Select the word(s)phrase(s) that appropriately fill(s) in each sentence.
	41. You have to raise your voice a little when talking to him. He’s a little ------.
	penny pincher
	hard of hearing
	cat out of the bag
	cry wolf
	None of these
	Ans.
	42. It’s no use ____ about it.
	worrying
	to worry
	for worry
	worry
	None of these
	Ans.
	43. He is popular _____ all _____ his goodness.
	on, for
	with, for
	of, with
	by, by
	None of these
	Ans.
	44. Van Gogh ____ beautiful sketches before he painted them.
	drawn
	drew
	has draw
	drawn
	None of these
	Ans.
	45. The decorations were up ___ spring ____ fall.
	to, from
	between, to
	from, between
	from, until
	None of these
	Ans.
	Finding the Alien one from a list of words Instruction: For each question, find the alien word from each list.
	46.
	Obscure
	Limpid
	Diaphanous
	Gossamer
	Crystalline
	Ans.
	47.
	controlling
	Totalitarian
	Authoritarian
	Strict
	Apartheid
	Ans.
	48.
	Dulcet
	Discordant
	Strident
	Raucous
	Guttural
	Ans.
	49.
	Honor
	Commemorate
	Observe
	Delicate
	Venerate
	Ans.
	50.
	Trifling
	Significant
	Substantial
	Generous
	Ample
	Ans.
	Instruction: For each question, select the word that best matches the definition provided.
	51. Someone who attempts to be united with God though prayer =
	Pious
	Saint
	Honorary
	Mystic
	None of these
	Ans.
	52. The tailoring of globally produced products to make them suitable to local tastes and needs =
	Globalization
	Globalization
	Commoditization
	Localization
	None of these
	Ans.
	53. Very confident in behavior, or intended to be noticed especially by being brightly coloured =
	Flamboyant
	Charlatan
	Exhibitionist
	Novice
	None of these
	Ans.
	54. The study or activity of growing garden plants =
	Agriculture
	Apiculture
	Horticulture
	Viniculture
	None of these
	Ans.
	55. Someone who enjoys or is good at taking with people –
	Loudmouth
	Commentator
	Conversationalist
	Orator
	None of these
	Ans.
	Sentence Correction Instruction: Each question presents a sentence, part of which underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five options. The first of option repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is the best, choose option A, or else pick one of the others.
	56. Keeping being high roads, running as fast as she could, as well as not stopping for rest, allowed her to make the trip in record time.
	as well as not stopping for rest
	and not stopping for rest
	not stopping for rest
	stopping not for rest
	None of these
	Ans.
	57. Karim broke with Rahim in a bitter dispute over the nature of Socialism.
	in a bitter dispute over
	after there was a bitter dispute over
	cover a bitter dispute
	after having bitterly disputed about
	None of these
	Ans.
	58. Even today, a century after Pasteur developed the first vaccine; rabies almost always kills its victims unless inoculated in the earliest stages of the disease.
	Its victims unless inoculated
	its victims unless inoculation is done
	its victims unless they are inoculated
	the victims unless inoculated
	None of these
	Ans.
	59. Do you know that these gloves have lay on the bureau all week?
	have lay on
	has laid on
	have lain on
	would lie on
	None of these
	Ans.
	60. It is a special feature of cell aggregation in the developing nervous system that in most regions of the brain the cells not only adhere to one another and also adopt some preferential orientation.
	to one another and also adopt
	one to the other, but also adopting
	to one another but also adopt
	to each other, also adopting
	None of these
	Ans.

Total Question :	60
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