Read Dhaka Bank Limited Management Trainee Officer 2004 Exam
1. A wholesales sells goods to a retailer at a profit of 20%. The retailer sells to the customer. Who pays 80% more than the cost of the wholesaler. What is the retailer’s profit?
(a) 30%
(b) 40%
(c) 50%
(d) 60%
Ans. c
2. There individuals contributed Tk. 8000.00 each toward the purchase of a computer. If they bought the computer on sale for Tk. 19,500.00 plus 10 percent sales tax, how much money should be refunded to each individual?
(a) Tk. 650
(b) Tk. 850
(c) Tk. 1500
(d) Tk. 1950
Ans. b
3. Alam weight twice as much as Marina. Marina’s weights is 60% of Robin’s weight. Drabir weight 50% of Lina’s weight. Line weights 190% of Alam’s weight which of these 5 persons weights the least?
(a) Robin
(b) Lina
(c) Drabir
(d) Marina
Ans. d
4. What is the name of currency of Thailand?
(a) Baht
(b) Dollar
(c) Ringits
(d) Kyat
Ans. a
5. Who is the current government of Bangladesh Bank? (year 2004)
(a) Mr. Farash Uddin
(b) Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed
(c) Mr. Luthfur Rahman sarker
(d) Mr. Saifur Rahman
Ans. b
6. One dozen eggs and ten pounds of apples have the same price. If the price of a dozen eggs rises by 10% and the price of apples goes up by 2% , how much more will it cost by buy a dozen eggs and ten pounds of apples?
(a) 2%
(b) 6%
(c) 10%
(d) 12%
Ans. b
7. The headquarters of Islamic Development Bank is situated in which city?
(a) Riyadh
(b) Dubai
(c) Doha
(d) Jeddah
Ans. d
8. A rectangular carpet measuring 16 m by 12 m (excluding the border) has a border of width 2 m on each of its sides. What is the area of the border?
(a) 300 m 2
(b) 158 m 2
(c) 154 m 2
(d) 128 m 2
Ans. d
9. It takes Russel 20 minutes to inspect a car and Sohel needs 18 minutes to inspect a car. They both start inspecting cars separately at 8.00 A.M. At certain points of time, both of them will finish inspecting a car at the same time. When will this occur for the first time?
(a) 9.30 A.M
(b) 9.42 A.M
(c) 10.00 A.M
(d) 11.00 AM
Ans. d
10. What is the Bangladesh Standard Time (BST)?
(a) Six hours ahead of the GMT
(b) Six hours behind the GMT
(c) Five hours ahead of the GMT
(d) Five hours behind the GMT
Ans. a
11. A train went 300 miles from X to Y at an average speed of 80 mph. At what speed did it travel on the way back it its average speed for the whole trip was 100 mph?
(a) 120 mph
(b) 125 mph
(c) 133.33 mph
(d) 137.5 mph
Ans. c
12. A rectangular rug covers of the rectangular floor 9 feet wide and 12 feet long. If the dimensions of the rug are in the same ratio as those of the floor, how many feet long is the rug?
(a) 6
(b) 21 2
(c) 2 7
(d) 6 2
Ans. d
13. A dictionary weighs 6 pounds each and a set of encyclopaedias weights 75 pounds. 20 dictionaries are shipped in each box. 2 set of encyclopedias are shipped in each box. A tuck is loaded with 98 boxes of encyclopedias and 38 boxes of dictionaries. How much does the truck’s load weight?
(a) 19,260 pounds
(b) 7,500 pounds
(c) 11,750 pounds
(d) 22,840 pounds
Ans. a
14. The World Trade Organization (WHO) conference of 2003 was held in which city?
(a) New York
(b) Tokyo
(c) Cancun
(d) Mexico City
Ans. c
15. The headquarter of Asian Development Bank is situated in which city?
(a) Manila
(b) Singapore
(c) Bangkok
(d) Tokyo
Ans. a
16. One mile is equivalent to how many kilometers?
(a) 1 kilometers
(b) 2 kilometers
(c) 1.6 kilometers
(d) 1.8 kilometers
Ans. c
17. How Much is the current per capita income (in US dollar) of Bangladesh?
(a) $ 383
(b) $ 280
(c) $ 310
(d) $ 440
Ans.
18. What does BEPZA stand for?
(a) Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority
(b) Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Area
(c) Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Area
(d) Bangladesh Export Procuring Zone Authority.
Ans. a
19. Of the following countries which is not a Scandinavian country?
(a) Sweden
(b) Holland
(c) Finland
(d) Norway
Ans. b
20. After filling the car’s fuel tank, a driver drove from P to Q and than to R. He used 2 5 of the fuel driving fro P to Q. If she used another 7 gallons to drive from Q to R and still had 1 4 of the tank full, what is the capacity of the tank in gallons?
(a) 12
(b) 18
(c) 20
(d) 21
Ans. c
21. A certain sum of money consists of 30 coins, some of which are 10 paisa coins and the rest are 5 paisa coins. If the total value of the coins is Tk. 2, what is the number of 10 paisa coins?
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 5
Ans. c
22. Letter of Credit (LC) is a banking instrument used for -
(a) Export –Import
(b) Foreign remittance
(c) Local money transfer
(d) Local trading
Ans. a
23. What does ATM stand for?
(a) Auto teller Machine
(b) Automated Teller Machine
(c) Auto Toll Machine
(d) Automatic Toll Machine
Ans. b
24. What is the name of British Parliament?
(a) House of commons
(b) British Congress
(c) Diet of England
(d) Parliament of Britain
Ans. d
25. Who is the architect of the Jatiya Smriti Showdha?
(a) Hamidur Rahman
(b) Mainul Hossion
(c) F.R Khan
(d) Hashem Khan
Ans. b
26. How many international airports are in Bangladesh?
(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Five
Ans. c
27. What is the main objective of the devaluation of currency?
(a) To increase import
(b) To increase export
(c) To increase purchasing capacity
(d) To increase money supply
Ans. b
28. In a class of 120 students, 60 percent can speak French and the rest can speak only English. If 25 percent of those in the class who can speak French can also speak English, how many of the students in the class can speak English.
(a) 54
(b) 60
(c) 66
(d) 84
Ans. c
29. A men has to go to 10 km to catch a bus. He walks part of the way at 7 km/ hr and runs the rest of the way at 12 km/hr. If he takes 1 hour 15 minutes to complete his journey, find how far he walked.
(a) 10 km.
(b) 1 km
(c) 7 km
(d) 4 km
Ans. c
30. Which is the least Corrupt Country in the world, according to the most recent Transparency International (TI) report? (year 2004)
(a) Bangladesh
(b) USA
(c) Finland
(d) Singapore
Ans. c
31. A club has 8 male female members; the club is choosing a committee of 6 members. The committee must have 3 male and 3 female members. In how many ways can the committees chosen?
(a) 112,896
(b) 3,2136
(c) 720
(d) 112
Ans. b
32. If Tk. 45,000 was invested in share market when the price per share was Tk. 90 and Tk. 30,000 was invested when the price per share was Tk. 100,what as the average price per share purchased?
(a) Tk. 96.25
(b) Tk. 95.00
(c) Tk. 94.00
(d) Tk. 93.75
Ans. d
33. Since the independence, which country has provided highest donation of Bangladesh?
(a) Japan
(b) USA
(c) U. K.
(d) Kuwait
Ans. a
34. What is the full name of HSBC bank?
(a) Hong Kong –Shanghai Banking Corporation
(b) Hong Kong –Shanghai Banking Company
(c) Hong Kong-Singapore Baking Corporation
(d) Hong Kong –Singapore Banking Company
Ans. a
35. Who was the captain of England cricket team that recently visited Bangladesh?
(a) Ashley Giles
(b) Michel Vaughan
(c) Gareth Batty
(d) Marcus Trescothick.
Ans. b
36. Which country won the Asia Cup Cricket Tournament 2004?
(a) India
(b) Srilanka
(c) Pakistan
(d) Bangladesh
Ans. b
37. A field is rectangular and its width is 1/3 as long as its length. What is the area of the field if the length of the field is 120 yards?
(a) 480 square yards
(b) 2400 square yards
(c) 4,800 square yards
(d) 5,000 square yards
Ans. c
38. If Salam marks a box every 5 minutes and Kalam takes 7 minutes to makes a box what will be the ratio of the number of boxes produced by Salam to the number of boxes produced by kalam if they work 5 hours and 50 minutes?
(a) 5 to 6
(b) 5 to 7
(c) 6 to 5
(d) 7 to 5
Ans. d
39. If x =2w, z= 3x and wz ≠ 0. Then what is the value of x 2 wz
(a) 2 3
(b) 1
(c) 4 3
(d) 4
Ans. a
40. Which type of Bank account does not pay interest to the deposit?
(a) Current account
(b) Savings account
(c) Fixed deposit account
(d) Short-term deposit account
Ans. a
41. If one number exceeds another number by 13 and the larger number is 3 2 time the smaller number. Then the smaller number is
(a) 13
(b) 26
(c) 31
(d) 39
Ans. b
42. Which is the capital of United Arab Emirates?
(a) Dubai
(b) Abu Dhabi
(c) Sharjah
(d) Al Ain
Ans. b
43. Water flows into an empty 64-goallon drum through pipe A and flows out though pipe B. If the rate of flow though A is 2 gallons/ hour, how many gallons per hour must flow out through pipe B so that the drum is full in exactly 96 hours?
(a) 3 8
(b) 1 2
(c) 2 3
(d) 4 3
Ans. d
44. The Amazon river is situated in which continent?
(a) North America
(b) Africa
(c) Europe
(d) South America
Ans. d
45. How much interest will Tk. 2,000 earn at an annual interest rate of 8% in one year, if the interest is compounded every six months.
(a) 160.00
(b) 163.20
(c) 249.73
(d) 332.80
Ans. b
46. X lives 4 kilometers due west of Y’s house. Z lives 6 kilometers due north of Y’s house and 4 kilometers due west of T’s house. What is the straight line distance in kilometers from X’s house to T’s house?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 8
(d) 10
Ans. d
47. Where is Wall Street located?
(a) London
(b) New York
(c) Sydney
(d) Washington
Ans. b
48. What is the largest number of apples not exceeding 440 that can be distributed among three persons in the proportions of 5 : 6 : 7?
(a) 440
(b) 432
(c) 420
(d) 400
Ans. c
49. If x is an odd integer and y is an even integer, which of the following statements is (are) always true?
I. X + Y is odd II. XY is odd III. 2X +Y is even
(a) I only
(b) II and III only
(c) I and III only
(d) III only
Ans. c
50. Who is the current Prime-Minister of Malaysia? (year 2004)
(a) Malathir Mohammed
(b) Anwer Ibrahim
(c) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(d) Syed Hamid Alber.
Ans. c
51. “ILIAD” was written by whom?
(a) Milton
(b) Tennyson
(c) Shakespeare
(d) Homer
Ans. d
52. A farmer has two rectangular fields. The larger fields has twice the length and four times the width of the smaller field. If the smaller field has area. K. then the area of the larger fields is greater than the area of the smaller fields by what amount?
(a) 2 k
(b) 7 k
(c) 8 k
(d) 12 k
Ans. b
53. Which of the following items has the largest contribution to total national export income of Bangladesh.
(a) Leather
(b) Jute
(c) Tea
(d) Garments
Ans. d
54. The Jamuna bridge is the ___ largest bridge in the world.
(a) 5 th
(b) 9 th
(c) 10 th
(d) 13 th
Ans.
55. A dealer owns a group of cars motorcycles. It the number of tires (excluding spare tires) on the vehicles is 30 more than twice the number of vehicles and the number of cars is 10 more than the number of motorcycle, them the number of cars the dealer owns.
(a) 10
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 30
Ans. b
56. If the length of a rectangular in increased by 20 % and the width is decreased by 20% then the area.
(a) decreases by 20%
(b) decreased by 4%
(c) stays the same
(d) increase by 10%
Ans. b
57. What is the value of x if x - 2 3 - 3x - 4 ৬ = 1 ?
(a) - 8 5
(b) - 5 8
(c) 5 8
(d) 1 3 5
Ans. a
58. Ali bought 500 shares of company X at Tk. 600 and 2 months later bought another 250 shares of the same company at Tk. 560. At which price should he purchase additional 250 shares in order to have an average price of Tk. 580 per share?
(a) 600
(b) 580
(c) 560
(d) 570
Ans. c
59. SAARC secretariat is situated in which city?
(a) Katmandu
(b) New Dhabi
(c) Dhaka
(d) Colombo
Ans. a
60. Two blends of tea costing $2.80 and $3.20 per kg respectively are mixed in the proportion 2:3. The mixture is sold at $ 4.80 per kg. What is the percentage of profit?
(a) 50.7
(b) 50.9
(c) 57.9
(d) 60
Ans. c
Antonyms
Instruction: For each written in Uppercase select a word having the opposite meaning.
61. RELEVANT
(a) Appropriate
(b) Pertinent
(c) Unrelated
(d) Applicable
Ans. c
62. TYPICAL
(a) General
(b) Distinctive
(c) Unrelated
(d) Realistic
Ans. c
63. FRIEND
(a) Foe
(b) pal
(c) Companion
(d) Partner
Ans. a
64. ADVANCE
(a) Forward
(b) Retreat
(c) Away
(d) For
Ans. a
65. HONOUR
(a) Respect
(b) Shame
(c) Hope
(d) Duty
Ans. b
66. INUNDATE
(a) Drain
(b) Swamp
(c) Flood
(d) Submerge
Ans. a
67. LUXURIANT
(a) Profound
(b) Curious
(c) Meager
(d) Large
Ans. c
68. INTEGRATE
(a) separate
(b) Combine
(c) Add
(d) Assimilate
Ans. a
Fill in the blanks
Instruction: Select the word or words, which appropriately fill –in –the gap in each sentence.
69. We _____ exchange greetings on meeting each other.
(a) use to
(b) used
(c) used to ca
(d) have used to
Ans. c
70. ___ of the story they got married
(a) at least
(b) Finally
(c) At the last
(d) At the end
Ans. d
71. Wait ____ I came.
(a) till
(b) until
(c) before
(d) unless
Ans. b
72. This is the person _____ came last week.
(a) Who
(b) Whom
(c) that
(d) Which
Ans. a
73. Listen to ____ the opposition says.
(a) that
(b) which
(c) what
(d) who
Ans. c
74. The hotel is ____ the sea.
(a) besides
(b) beside
(c) nearby
(d) at side of
Ans. b
75. I ____ to the hospital last Saturday
(a) had go
(b) had to go
(c) have to go
(d) have being
Ans. b
76. We reached after he ____ the place.
(a) has left
(b) left
(c) had last
(d) was left
Ans. c
Sentence Correction
Instruction: Select the appropriate word to replace the underlined word to correct each sentence.
77. By hiding the criminals she become an accessory to the robbery.
(a) by
(b) in
(c) of
(d) for
Ans. c
78. He was removed off his position as head of the company.
(a) from
(b) away
(c) out
(d) post
Ans. a
79. The union was amenable for a proposal of a wage increase.
(a) to
(b) up-rise
(c) for
(d) in
Ans. a
80. They secured in the doors and windows before of the hurricane hit.
(a) all
(b) after
(c) off
(d) out
Ans. a
81. Did the company is promotion campaign succeed to selling the new product?
(a) at
(b) in
(c) on
(d) for
Ans. b
82. The new ambassador offered his credentials to the President.
(a) gave
(b) notified
(c) bio-data
(d) Presented
Ans. d
83. Many benefits accruedin the nation when women become eligible for vote.
(a) towards
(b) on
(c) to
(d) of
Ans. c
84. His illness absolved him to attending the meeting.
(a) present
(b) attend
(c) from
(d) for
Ans. c
Spelling Correction
Instruction: For each word written below, select a word the correct spelling.
85. .
(a) Glorias
(b) Glorious
(c) Glourious
(d) Gloriace
Ans. b
86. .
(a) Expadient
(b) Expedient
(c) Expediant
(d) Expedeint
Ans. b
87. .
(a) Relevent
(b) Relevant
(c) Ralevent
(d) Relavent
Ans. b
88. .
(a) Challenge
(b) Challange
(c) Chalenge
(d) Challnge
Ans. a
89. .
(a) Obstecle
(b) Obtacle
(c) Obstacl
(d) Obstacle
Ans. d
90. .
(a) Recession
(b) Recission
(c) Riecession
(d) Recesion
Ans. a
91. .
(a) Intension
(b) Intantion
(c) Intention
(d) Intancion
Ans. c
92. .
(a) Prophesion
(b) Profession
(c) Proffession
(d) Profetion
Ans. b
Synonyms
Instruction: For each word Written in Uppercase, select a word having the similar meaning.
93. ABLE
(a) Capable
(b) Friendly
(c) Hostile
(d) Happy
Ans. a
94. FEASIBLE
(a) Impossible
(b) Practical
(c) Difficult
(d) Realistic
Ans. b
95. INCIDENTAL
(a) significant
(b) Ancillary
(c) Deliberate
(d) Explanatory
Ans. b
96. BANISH
(a) Exile
(b) Welcome
(c) Rebuke
(d) Welcome
Ans. a
97. EXPEDITE
(a) Accelerate
(b) Impede
(c) Inhibit
(d) Expound
Ans. a
98. ADVERSE
(a) Hostile
(b) Sympathetic
(c) Supportive
(d) Favorable
Ans. a
99. VARIABLE
(a) Changeable
(b) Uneven
(c) Constant
(d) Capricious
Ans. a
100. AUTHENTIC
(a) Genuine
(b) Fake
(c) Expensive
(d) Rare
Ans. a