Bangladesh Bank Post Name: Assistant Director Exam Date: 10 – 03– 2006
Total Questions: 73
1) Which of the following country has not 100% literacy rate ?
- A: Barbados
- B: Slovakia
- C: Latvia
- D: Slovenia
2) Which one of the following has the shortest wave length?
- A: Alpha-ray
- B: Beta-ray
- C: X-ray
- D: Gamma-ray
3) Which country does not have an embassy in Bangladesh?
- A: Bhutan
- B: Maldives
- C: Sri Lanka
- D: Myanmar
4) The previous name of Bangladesh Bank was
- A: State Bank of Pakistan
- B: Reserve Bank of Pakistan
- C: National Bank of Pakistan
- D: Federal Bank of Pakistan
5) The Architect of ‘ Shaheed Minar ‘ is
- A: Hamidur Rahman
- B: Mainul Hossain
- C: Munir Chowdhury
- D: Abul Fazal
6) Which of the following is not a commercial Bank?
- A: Bangladesh Shilpa Bank
- B: Premier Bank
- C: Arab Bangladesh Bank
- D: HSBC
7) SAARC Secretariat is situated in
- A: Katmandu
- B: New Delhi
- C: Dhaka
- D: Colombo
8) If nominal interest rate is 10% and inflation rate is 4% what is the real interest rate?
- A: 14%
- B: 6%
- C: 40%
- D: 2.5%
9) EVA stands for
- A: Economic value added
- B: Economics of value additional
- C: Economy of value addition
- D: Economics value addition
10) Which of the following is a monetary policy instrument?
- A: Fiscal deficit
- B: Tax
- C: Investments
- D: Open market operation
11) Money market is a
- A: market for short term fund
- B: market for long term fund
- C: market for risky securities
- D: market for hedge fund
12) TCB stands for
- A: Trading Company Bangladesh
- B: Trading Corporation of Bangladesh
- C: Trade Company of Bangladesh
- D: Trade Corporation Bangladesh
13) Which one of the following is the first South Asian Country hit by bird flu ?
- A: Sri Lanka
- B: India
- C: Bhutan
- D: Bangladesh
14) Which Bangladesh cricketer retired from international cricket after the 1st ODI with Sri Lanka in February, 2006?
- A: Khaled Masud
- B: Khaled Mahmud
- C: Md. Rafiq
- D: Habibul Bashar
15) Which of the following banks is in the final stage of privatization this year?
- A: Rupali Bank
- B: Agrani Bank
- C: Janata Bank
- D: Krishi Bank
16) What is the name of Indonesian Currency ?
- A: Dollar
- B: Rupee
- C: Ringitt
- D: Rupiah
17) Who is the present governor of Bangladesh Bank?
- A: Dr. Md.Farashuddin
- B: Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed
- C: Dr.Salehuddin Ahmed
- D: Dr. Atiur Rahman
18) Who is the present Country Director of the World Bank in Bangladesh ?
- A: Hua-Du
- B: Fred Temple
- C: William Smith
- D: Johannes Zutt
19) 82. What is the maximum limit of tax free personal income ?
- A: TK. 100,000
- B: TK. 120,000
- C: TK. 90,000
- D: TK. 180,000
20) According to the most recent Transparencey International report, what is the least corrupt country in the world?
- A: USA
- B: UK
- C: Finland
- D: Denmark, New Zealand & Singapore
21) 79. Which Asian batsman scored the fastest century in the test cricket?
- A: Afridi
- B: Azharuddin
- C: Wasim Akram
- D: Kapil Deb & Azharuddin
22) In Bangladesh , which of the following gas fields was damaged by fire most recently ?
- A: Titas
- B: Bakhrbad
- C: Tengratiia
- D: Magurchara
23) 78. Taka 10 polymer note was first introduced in Bangladesh in
- A: 2000
- B: 2001
- C: 1999
- D: 2002
24) ‘ Tele Banking ‘ was first introduced in Bangladesh by
- A: National Bank
- B: Grindlays Bank
- C: Standard Chartered Bank
- D: American Express
25) x + y = a and x – y = b, than 2xy = ?
- A: \(\frac{{a^2-b^2}}{{2}}\)
- B: 𝑎\(\frac{{b^2-a^2}}{{2}}\)
- C: \(\frac{{a-b}}{{2}}\)
- D: \(\frac{{a+b}}{{2}}\)
26) 7
- A: Bangladesh
- B: India
- C: Pakistan
27) If 3 – 2x ≤ 7, then
- A: x ≥ 2
- B: x ≤ 2
- C: x ≤ -2
- D: x ≥ -2
28) Mr. X can finish a work in 6 days and Mr. Y can finish the same work in 8 days. How long will it take to finish the work together?
- A: 7 days
- B: 6 days
- C: 8 days
- D: 3 3/7 days
29) The average of 3 numbers is 24. If 2 of the number are 21 and 23,what is the 3rd number?
- A: 20
- B: 24
- C: 26
- D: 28
30) Due to reduction in the bus fare by 15% , the number of passengers on a certain route increased by 40% . What will be the percentage of increased in revenue?
- A: 17
- B: 19
- C: 20
- D: 25
31) In a new production process, the number of units produced during the first week was 450. If the efficiency gradually increase so that 10 additional units can be produced each week, how many will be produced in the 10th week?
- A: 490
- B: 700
- C: 540
- D: 640
32) The compound interest on TK. 10,000 for 4 years @ 5% per annum will be approximately
- A: TK. 2000
- B: TK. 2025
- C: TK. 2050
- D: TK. 2150
33) If the total cost C = 1000 + 0.2s, where ‘s’ is the sales volume, the variable cost on sales of TK. 1000 will be Taka
- A: 500
- B: 400
- C: 300
- D: 200
34) The price elasticity is -0.71 means
- A: an increase in price by TK. 1 increase the demand by TK. 0.71
- B: an increase in price by 1% reduces the demand by TK. 0.71%
- C: an increase in price by TK. 0.71 reduces the demand by TK. 1
- D: an inrease in price by TK. 0.71% increase the demand by 1%
35) What is the width of a rectangular field, whose length is 70 feet more than its width and the perimeter is 500 feet ?
- A: 60 feet
- B: 70 feet
- C: 80 feet
- D: 90 feet
36) A father is 32 years older than the son. In 7 years the father’s age will be 5 years more than twice that of the son. The age of the father, 3 years from now , will be-
- A: 45 years
- B: 55 years
- C: 65 years
- D: 75 years
37) According to a survey of business firms in a certain city, 750 firms offer their employees health insurance , 640 offer dental insurance and 280 offer health insurance and dental How many firms offer their employees health insurance or dental
- A: 920
- B: 1,100
- C: 1,110
- D: 1,030
38) If TK. 1,000 is invested in a account paying 10% compounded monthly, how much would be the nearest ending balance at the end of 10 years ?
- A: TK. 1,104
- B: TK. 2,594
- C: TK. 2,840
- D: TK. 2,208
39) If 18 is 15 percent of 30 percent of a certain number , what is the number ?
- A: 9
- B: 36
- C: 40
- D: 400
40) Last year the sales of Store X in December was 4 times the average of the monthly sales totals for January through November. The sales total for December was what fraction of the sale total for the year?
- A: 1/4
- B: 4/15
- C: 1/3
- D: 4/11
41) K produces 100 parts twice as fast as G does. G produces 100 parts in 40 minutes. If each produces parts at a constant rate, how many parts will K produces in 6 minutes.
- A: 30
- B: 25
- C: 20
- D: 15
42) If 1/2 of the air in a tank is removed with each stroke of a vacuum pump, what fraction of the original amount of air has been removed after four strokes ?
- A: 15/16
- B: 7/8
- C: 1/4
- D: 1/8
43) 58. What is the minimum number of apples that must be added to the existing stock of 264 apples so that the total stock can be equally distributed among 6, 7 or 8 persons ?
- A: 70
- B: 72
- C: 66
- D: 74
44) 56. If Marie has twice as much money as Curie has, who has three times as much money as Sunny as has, what is the ratio of the amount of money Sunny has to the amount of money Marie has ?
- A: 1 : 8
- B: 1 : 6
- C: 1 : 4
- D: 1 : 2
45) 57. A train went 300 miles from city X to city Y at an average speed of 80 miles per hours ( mph ). At what speed did the train travel on the way back if its average speed for the whole ( both ways ) trip was 100 mph?
- A: 120 mph
- B: 125 mph
- C: 133.33 mph
- D: 137 mph
46) For a certain student, the average of five test scores is 83. If four of the scores are 81,79,85 and 90 . What is the score of the fifth test ?
- A: 83
- B: 82
- C: 81
- D: 80
47) A man travels 4 miles north, 12 miles east, and then 12 miles north. How far ( to the nearest mile ) is he from the starting point ?
- A: 17
- B: 20
- C: 21
- D: 24
48) Find the next number in the series: 3, 6, 4, 9, 5, 12, 6…..
- A: 7
- B: 9
- C: 12
- D: 15
49) Ali buys 1,440 dozen pens @ Taka 2.50 a dozen and sells them @ Taka 0.25 a price. Find his total profit ?
- A: TK. 60.00
- B: TK. 72.00
- C: TK. 720.00
- D: TK. 874.00
50) Which of the following fractions has the smallest ?
- A: 34.7/163
- B: 125/501
- C: 173/700
- D: 10.9/42.7
51) ‘ Be that as it may ‘ means
- A: but
- B: and
- C: as well as
- D: however
52) Find the correct sentence
- A: It is very late at night
- B: It is too late night
- C: It is deep night now
- D: Now many night
53) Which of the following is not a ‘ synonym’ of the word ‘repercussion’?
- A: consequence
- B: aftermath
- C: influence
- D: situation
54) Find the correct sentence
- A: The presents are for you and me
- B: The presents are for you and I
- C: The presents are me and you
- D: The presents are for I and me
55) Given the risky nature of agricultural production, farmers are ‘ anxious to access to a range of potential source of finance ‘ even at high cost.
- A: anxious to have access to a range of potential sources of finance
- B: anxious to access a range of potential sources of fund
- C: anxious to access to a range of potential source of finance
- D: anxious have access to a range of potential source of finance
56) For donors two step lending projects are easier to implement but ‘ they loss too much of their potential operational controls
- A: they loss too much of their potential operational controls
- B: they losse too much of their potential operational control
- C: they loss much of their operational controls
- D: they lose too much of their operational control
57) ‘ If we cooperate together by dividing up the work : we shall be able to finish it quickly.
- A: If we cooperate together by dividing up the work
- B: If we cooperate by dividing up the work
- C: If we cooperate together by dividing the work
- D: If we cooperate by dividing up the work togehter
58) He interviewed several candidates ‘ who he thought ‘ had the required experience.
- A: who he thought
- B: whom he thought
- C: of whom he thought
- D: he thought
59) ‘ Crossing the street, a car almost struck us ‘.
- A: Crossing the street, a car almost struck us
- B: A car almost struck us, Crossing the street
- C: As we Crossed the street, a car almost struck us
- D: A car almost struck us
60) An organization that mobilizes deposits from and lends to its members without any Bangladesh bank regulation is –
- A: Agrani bank
- B: Dhaka stock exchange
- C: Micro finance Institution
- D: IDLC
61) A place where secondary shares and securities are traded it
- A: Bangladesh bank
- B: Securities and exchange commission
- C: First Security Bank
- D: Stock exchange
62) Once fiscal discipline has been achieved, successful monetary policy implementation should be —-
- A: difficulty
- B: complexity
- C: feasible
- D: appropriateness
63) Time and tide ___ for none.
- A: waits
- B: wait
- C: waiting
- D: waet
64) I remember the day __ he came.
- A: on
- B: that
- C: of
- D: when
65) Once a firm decides to grant credit to ___ customers, it must then establish the selection guidelines.
- A: their
- B: the
- C: its
- D: more
66) When the bell rang, everyone stopped —
- A: from moving
- B: moving
- C: that they move
- D: to move
67) In either case, the cash flow in question would not yet ____ occurred.
- A: be
- B: to have
- C: have
- D: to be
68) The view ___ the open window is very pretty.
- A: at
- B: by
- C: through
- D: along
69) 31. The word ‘disenchantment’ means
- A: disillusion
- B: disengagement
- C: dissolve
- D: change
70) The Bank refers to
- A: Commercial Bank
- B: Development Bank
- C: The World Bank
- D: Investment Bank
71) The key lesson of the M & E systems of the bank during the 1970 was
- A: poor management of the projects
- B: too much emphasis on data collection for project management
- C: failure to collect data to monitor impact
- D: evaluation was forgotten
72) The appropriate title of the comprehension would be
- A: Separation to monitoring from evaluation
- B: The World Bank introduces new guidelines from M &
- C: Formal impact evaluation recommended
- D: Impact assessment is no longer function of M & E
73) Impact evaluations will be conducted by –
- A: M & E systems
- B: project management
- C: external agency
- D: selected projects
Time: 60s |
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