Read Dutch Bangla Bank Limited Trainee Officer 2010 Exam
1. What is the past participle from of the verb ‘understand’?
(a) understand
(b) understood
(c) understanded
(d) understood
(e) None of these
Ans. b
2. In which continent is the Amazon River situated?
(a) Europe
(b) Africa
(c) Asia
(d) South America
(e) None of these
Ans. d
3. What is the acceptable safe limit of Arsenic per liter of water?
(a) 0.01 mg
(b) 0.001 mg
(c) 0.05 mg
(d) 0.005 mg
(e) None of these
Ans. a
4. Akash borrow Tk.600 and pays it back in 12 monthly payments of Tk. 61.75. what is his interest rate?
(a) 15%
(b) 20%
(c) 23.5%
(d) 30%
(e) None of these
Ans. c
5. A retalailer buys a mobile set from the wholesaler for Tk. 5,000. He then marks up the price by 8% and sales at a discount 0f 5%.What is his profit in ( in percentage ) on the mobile set?
(a) 27%
(b) 1.6%
(c) 2.5%
(d) 2.6%
(e) None of these
Ans. d
6. Who was the first Finance Minister of Bangladesh?
(a) Captain Monsur Ali
(b) Tajuddin Ahmed
(c) Syed Nyed Nazur lslam
(d) A H M Kamaruzzaman
(e) None of these
Ans. a
7. What is the superlative degree of ‘bad’?
(a) most bad
(b) baddest
(c) worse
(d) worst
(e) None of these
Ans. d
8. The average of 10 integers is –16. If the sum of 6 of them is 100, what is the average of the other 4?
(a) -50
(b) -60
(c) -65
(d) -100
(e) None of these
Ans. c
9. Which one is the ancient name of Barisal?
(a) Murshidabad
(b) Islampur
(c) Chandradeep
(d) Fatehabad
(e) None of these
Ans. c
10. A stock decreases in value by 25%. By what percent must the value of that stock increase to reach its former value?
(a) 30%
(b) 40%
(c) 25%
(d) 50%
(e) None of these
Ans. e
11. What is the smallest value of x that satisfies the equation :x (x+4)= -.
(a) 1
(b) 3
(c) 0
(d) -3
(e) None of these
Ans. d
12. Which of the following is less than 1 6 ?
(a) 0.167
(b) 0.1678
(c) 0.16667
(d) 0.165
(e) None of these
Ans. d
13. If the sum of five integers is ‘s’ then in terms of ‘s’ what is the greatest of these integers?
(a) (s-20)/5
(b) (s-10)/5
(c) (s+20)/5
(d) (s+10)/5
(e) None of these
Ans. c
14. Mr. Ramzan will be ‘p’ years old `q’ years from now. How old was he ‘r’ years ago?
(a) p + q + r
(b) p – q - r –c
(c) p + q - r
(d) p – q + r
(e) None of these
Ans. b
15. In a Super shop, the sales of an item decreased by 75% from 2005 to 2006. If the sales in 2007 were the same as in 2005, what would be the percentage increases in sales from 2006 to 2007?
(a) 300%
(b) 350 %
(c) 200%
(d) 250%
(e) None of these
Ans. a
16. Increasing the original price of an item by 30% and then again decreasing the price by 30% is equivalent to which of the following?
(a) 9%
(b) 9% increase
(c) 5% decrease
(d) No Change
(e) None of these
Ans. a
17. From which international organization has Bangladesh Bank purchased 10 tonnes o f Gold recently?
(a) Goldman Sachs
(b) IMF
(c) World Bank
(d) Bank of England
(e) None of these
Ans. b
18. Raj, Ishaq and Jerry divided some money among themselves as follows : Raj received 25% of it, Ishaq received one-fifth of it and jerry received the remaining Tk. 660. How much money did Ishaq receive.
(a) Tk. 3000
(b) Tk. 280
(c) Tk. 240
(d) Tk. 500
(e) None of these
Ans. c
19. What does ATM stand for?
(a) Automatic Taka Machine
(b) Auto Toll Machine
(c) Automated Teller Machine
(d) Auto Teller Machine
(e) None of these
Ans. c
20. Rahim’s father has five sons. Fours of them are then named as Ten, Twenty, Thirty and Forty. What is the fifty son’s name?
(a) Fifty
(b) Forty-Five
(c) One
(d) Eleven
(e) None of these
Ans. e
21. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-8?
(a) Australla
(b) France
(c) Germany
(d) Italy
(e) None of these
Ans. a
22. Which of the following is equal to 45 ?
(a) 15
(b) 5 3
(c) 9 5
(d) 3 5
(e) None of these
Ans. d
23. Which of the following is equal to 16 5 ?
(a) 2 10 x 4 5
(b) 2 20
(c) 4 6 x 2 8
(d) All of these
(e) None of these
Ans. d
24. If a pair of shoe is sold at Tk. 480, the shopkeeper incurs a 4% loss. If the shopkeeper sells that pair at Tk. 515, how much profit or less he/ she will incur?
(a) 3%
(b) 3% loss
(c) 2% profit
(d) 4% profit
(e) None of these
Ans. a
25. Which cricketer scored 400 runs in an innings in a test match?
(a) Syed Anwer
(b) Ricky Ponting
(c) Sachin Tendulker
(d) Brian Lara
(e) None of these
Ans. d
26. If a number ‘x’ is divisible by 4, 5, and 15 which of the following is also divisible by these numbers?
(a) x+4
(b) x+5
(c) x+15
(d) x+60
(e) None of these
Ans. d
27. Which on the following is a conjunction ?
(a) or
(b) very
(c) to
(d) out
(e) None of these
Ans. a
28. If 29% of 200 equals 5.5% of ‘x’ what is the value of ‘x’ ?
(a) 2000
(b) 1205
(c) 2100
(d) 1220
(e) None of these
Ans. e
29. What is the plural of ‘Mouse’?
(a) mouse
(b) mouses
(c) mice
(d) mices
(e) None of these
Ans. c
30. Which of the following is the next number in the series:1,1, 2, 4,9,4,16,5,…?
(a) 30
(b) 36
(c) 45
(d) 35
(e) None of these
Ans. e
31. As this is his first job he will have to put up with the inconvenience.
(a) endure
(b) adapt
(c) overcome
(d) avoid
(e) None of these
Ans. a
32. Which of the following is a proper noun?
(a) Man
(b) group
(c) run
(d) Dhaka
(e) None of these
Ans. d
33. If 4a + 4b +4c+ 4d = 112, what is the average of a, b, c, and d?
(a) 28
(b) 4.5
(c) 4
(d) 13
(e) None of these
Ans. e
34. If the average of (x-3), (x-5) and (x-7) is 0, then what is the value of x?
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 19
(d) 5
(e) None of these
Ans. d
35. If the sum of three different prime numbers is an even number than what is the smallest of these three?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5
(e) None of these
Ans. b
36. If it requires 10 minutes to boil an egg then how many minutes will it take to boil 10 eggs simultaneously?
(a) 10 minutes
(b) 20 minutes
(c) 100 minutes
(d) 18.67 minutes
(e) None of these
Ans. a
37. Which of the following languages has the highest number of natives speakers?
(a) Spanish
(b) French
(c) Mandarin
(d) English
(e) None of these
Ans. c
38. To which sport the name “Usain Bolt” is related?
(a) Rugby
(b) Athletics
(c) Baseball
(d) Basketball
(e) None of these
Ans. b
39. In a fruit shop three are six apples. You take away four of those. How many apples do you have now?
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 5
(d) 4
(e) None of these
Ans. d
Fill in the Gaps
Instruction: For each question, select the word/phrase that appropriately fill in the gap.
40. The court is adjourned today. It will ____ from next Sunday.
(a) readjourn
(b) remove
(c) resume
(d) restart
(e) None of these
Ans. c
41. A number of the students ____ jointed together to form a club for hockey fans.
(a) has
(b) have
(c) is
(d) are
(e) None of these
Ans. b
42. I cannot help ___ at the sight.
(a) laughing
(b) laugh
(c) but
(d) laughed
(e) None one these
Ans. a
43. The robber ____ a huge log on to the street, as barricade, to force the vehicles to stop.
(a) felled
(b) fell
(c) felled
(d) blocked
(e) None of these
Ans. b
44. Either the manger or his assistants ___ the company’s personnel needs.
(a) reviews
(b) review
(c) are reviewing
(d) is reviewed
(e) None of these
Ans. c
45. Whenever I meet him, I see him talking over the phone as though he ____ a big merchant.
(a) feigned
(b) is
(c) has been
(d) were
(e) None of these
Ans. d
46. When I reached there it ____ in torrents.
(a) Was raining
(b) raining
(c) is raining
(d) has been raining
(e) None of these
Ans. a
Identification of Correct Spelling
Instruction: For each question, identify the correct spelling.
47. .
(a) Equilebrium
(b) Equalibrium
(c) Equilibrium
(d) Equalbrium
(e) Equelibrium
Ans. c
48. .
(a) Perliament
(b) Parliament
(c) Perlament
(d) Parlament
(e) Perliamant
Ans. b
49. .
(a) Extantion
(b) Extansion
(c) Extension
(d) Extention
(e) Xtention
Ans. c
50. .
(a) Messmerising
(b) Messmarising
(c) Masmerising
(d) Mesmerizing
(e) Messmarising
Ans. d
51. .
(a) Magnificent
(b) Magnificient
(c) Magnifecent
(d) Magneficient
(e) Magnyficent
Ans. a
Meaning of the underlined word
Instruction: For each question, select the word/phrase you think is closest in meaning to the word/phrase underlined.
52. The supervision showed great enthusiasm and appreciation contrary to what the labors had expected.
(a) in support of
(b) objection
(c) opposition
(d) complement
(e) None of these
Ans. c
53. Rana decided to pursue his career developmental field in lieu of sitting in his father’s business.
(a) In a accordance
(b) undermining
(c) instead of
(d) along with
(e) None of these
Ans. c
Paragraph Completion
Instruction: For each question, pick up word/phrase from the options to complete the passage.
For each question, pick up word/phrase from the options to complete the passage. Global strategies to control 54 diseases have historically included the erection of barriers to international travel and 55. Keeping people with such deadly diseases outside national borders has 56 as an important public health policy in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic. Between 29 and 50 countries 57 to have introduced border restrictions on HIV-Positive foreigners, usually those planning an 58 stay in the country, such as students, workers or seamen.
54. .
(a) infectious
(b) defective
(c) infective
(d) prolonged
(e) None of these are correct
Ans. a
55. .
(a) emigration
(b) immigrate
(c) immigration
(d) migration
(e) None of theses
Ans. d
56. .
(a) reemerged
(b) merged
(c) returned
(d) restrained
(e) None of these are correct
Ans. a
57. .
(a) reports
(b) is reported
(c) are reported
(d) are
(e) None of these are correct
Ans. c
58. .
(a) Apropriate
(b) Appropriate
(c) Appropriet
(d) Apropriet
(e) None of these are correct
Ans. b
Sumon attends his school from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm every day expect Thursday. At home Sumon learns music only on Monday form 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm. On Tuesdays he goes to swimming classes from 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm. He practices art form 4.00 pm to 6.00 pm only on Wednesdays. He remains in school after dismissal on Saturdays to participate in a 90 minute club program.
59. The most convenient afternoon for Sumon to stay in the library is -.
(a) Tuesday
(b) Wednesday
(c) Thursday
(d) Saturday
(e) None of these
Ans. d
60. The day(s) Suman has free to go with the friends after 4.30 pm -.
(a) Sunday
(b) Saturday
(c) Thursday
(d) All of these three days
(e) None of these
Ans. d