1. SEC stands for ---

a. Stock Exchange Commission
b. Securities & Exchanges Commission
c. Stock Exchange Council
d. None

2. Income of the expatriates is included in calculation of ----

a. GDP
b. NNP
c. Both
d. None

3. How many teams are participating in World Cup Cricket Tournament 2003?

a. 14
b. 6
c. 8
d. 12

4. Who is the president of The People's Republic of China?

a. Li Peng
b. Hu Jintao
c. Jiang Zemin
d. Hu Rongji

5. Bhumibol is the King of which country?

a. Nepal
b. Malaysia
c. Thailand
d. Bhutan

6. The 13th NAM conference was held in ---

a. Iran
b. Malaysia
c. Japan
d. Bangladesh

7. Which of the followings is not an instrument of Government borrowing?

a. Debenturse
b. Defense Saving Certificate
c. Wage Earners Bond
d. Treasury Bill

8. Which one is not a natural fiber?

a. Cotton
b. Wool
c. Acryl
d. Jute

9. Cardio Vascular diseases affect -----?

a. Lungs
b. Liver
c. Stomach
d. Heart

10. Who is the coach of Bangladesh national cricket team?

a. Jamie Siddons
b. Ali Asgar lobi
c. Ashraful Islam
d. Mohsin Kamal

11. Which is not an economic pact?

a. NAFTA
b. OPEC
c. SAFTA
d. NATO

12. Where will the next World Cup Football be held?

a. Brazil
b. Spain
c. Italy
d. None of these

13. Who is the champion of SAFF Football tournament?

a. Bangladesh
b. India
c. Pakistan
d. Nepal

14. Which country declared Bengali as one of their official Languages?

a. Senegal
b. Tunisia
c. Tanzania
d. Sierra Leon

15. Letter of Credit is issued by ---

a. Importer's bank
b. Exporter's bank
c. both
d. none of these

16. A garment of which colour will be warmest in the sun?

a. White
b. Blue
c. Black
d. Yellow

17. Per capita income in Bangladesh is around ---

a. $750
b. $300
c. $320
d. $370

18. Minimum taxable income in Bangladesh is ---

a. 60,000
b. 75,000
c. 1,00,000
d. 1,65,000

19. Which ministry controls banking sector of Bangladesh?

a. Ministry of Banking
b. Ministry of Finance
c. Ministry of Commerce
d. Ministry of Planning

20. Which one is not in Bangladesh?

a. Sona Masjid
b. Tara Masjid
c. Babri Masjid
d. Pari Bibir Masjid

21. From which industry does Bangladesh earn highest foreign exchange?

a. Garments
b. Tea
c. Jute
d. Ceramic

22. Due to inflation, purchasing power of money ---

a. increases
b. decrease
c. remains unchanged
d. None

23. ICC stands for ---

a. International Cricket Council
b. International Cricket Countries
c. International Crickst Committee
d. None

24. How many members are there in the UN Security Council?

a. 10
b. 11
c. 12
d. 15

25. OIC stands for ----

a. Organization of International Conference
b. Organization of Islamic Conference
c. Organization of Islamic Countries
d. None

26. How many international airports are now operating in Bangladesh?

a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 1

27. What is the basic raw material of Glass?

a. Plastic
b. Rubber
c. Sand
d. Bone

28. Where is the SAARC secretariat situated?

a. Katmandu
b. Colombo
c. Dhaka
d. New Delhi

29. The book/play Chitra and Shakuntala were written respectively by -----

a. Rabindranath Tagore and Tulsidas
b. Rabindranath Tagore and Kalidas
c. Sarat Chandra Chattapadhay and Swami Vibekanand
d. Rabindranath Tagore and Sarat Chandra Chattapadhay

30. The Headquarters of the IOC is located at ----

a. Olympia
b. Lausannne
c. Paris
d. Athens

31. All of the following organizations have their headquarters at Geneva, except ----

a. Food and Agricultural Organization
b. International Labour Organization
c. World Health Organization
d. World Trade Organization

32. Which of the following phenomena is responsible for the formation of the highest mountains?

a. Denudation
b. Fault formation
c. Volcanic activity
d. Folding

33. The layer of atmosphere close the Earth's surface is called ----

a. Exosphere
b. Ionosphere
c. Stratosphere
d. Troposphere

34. Fourth Estate means ---

a. The Press
b. The Police
c. The Judiciary
d. The Ministry

35. At present how many disciplines are included for awarding Nobel Prize?

a. 6
b. 5
c. 7
d. 8

36. Which is not the difference between Bacteria and Virus?

a. Virus cannot be killed by antibiotic
b. Bacteria is larger than Virus
c. Virus is larger than Bacteria
d. Bacteria is single celled but Virus is a cellular

37. Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

a. H2O
b. CO2
c. Fe3O4
d. N2O

38. Which EU country has not adopted 'Euro' as its domestic currency?

a. France
b. Italy
c. Germany
d. England

39. Suva is the capital of

a. Zambia
b. Fiji
c. Kenya
d. Sao Paulo

40. Age of a tree can be determined by

a. Counting the number of rings in the stem
b. Counting the number of leaves
c. Counting the number of brances
d. Measuring the size of the tree

41. A plant with green leaves placed in red light will appear--

a. black
b. green
c. red
d. violet

42. where was Albert Einstein born?

a. UK
b. USA
c. Germany
d. Albania

43. Who is the ICC cricketer of the year 2011?

a. Jonathan Trott(England)
b. Alastair Cook(England)
c. M.S. Dhoni(India)
d. Sachin Tendulkar(India)

44. The national sport of the USA is---

a. Soccer
b. Baseball
c. Basketball
d. Wrestling

45. Leonardo da Vinci, famous for his masterpiece painting "Mona Lisa" was a/an

a. French artist
b. German painter
c. Italian artist
d. None of these

46. Which of the following is the hardest element?

a. Iron
b. Diamond
c. Copper
d. Silicon

47. Who wrote the book 'A passage to India'?

a. W.B. Yeats
b. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. E.M. Forster
d. None of them

48. Ramon Magsaysay award is named after the former President of----

a. Philipines
b. Malaysia
c. thailand
d. none of these

49. An imaginary state of society is called----

a. Socialism
b. Communism
c. Utopia
d. Euphoria

50. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation(SAARC) was launched in--

a. 1973
b. 1990
c. 1980
d. 1985

51. The number of scheduled banks in Bangladesh at present is---

a. 55
b. 47
c. 36
d. 48

52. Which individual or organization serves as administrator for the trust?

a. The King of Sweden
b. The Nobel Foundation
c. The central bank of Sweden
d. Swedish and Norwegian academies and institutes

53. where do most of the Manipuri ethnic group people live in Bangladesh?

a. Mymensingh
b. Sylhet
c. Rangamati
d. Rangpur
e. Cox's Bazar

54. which country is borders by both the Atlantic and Indian Ocean?

a. India
b. South Africa
c. Japan
d. China
e. None of them

55. Guantanamo Bay detectio9n camp located in

a. USA
b. UK
c. Canada
d. Cuba
e. Costarica

56. "Democracy is a government of the people, by the people, for the people, This statement is attributed to-

a. Russeau
b. Montague
c. Voltaire
d. Abraham Lincoln
e. George Washington

57. Tides are caused by the

a. gravitational attraction of the sun & the moon on earth's surface
b. earthquakes
c. violent winds
d. volcanoes
e. None of these

58. which Arabian Country first recognized Bangladesh as an independent country?

a. Iraq
b. Saudi Arabia
c. Kuwai
d. Egypt
e. UAE

59. who wrote introduction of the book 'song offerings' of Rabindranath Tagore?

a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. W.B, Yeats
c. George Eliot
d. Robert Browning
e. Robert Frost

60. `One nautical mile+?

a. 2.25 km
b. 1.852 km
c. 1.5 km
d. 1.472 km
e. None of them

61. who compiled and edited the documents of liberation war of Bangladesh

a. Hasan Hafuzur Rahman
b. Sanaul Hoque
c. Hasan Azizul Hauq
d. Alauddin Al Azad
e. Syed Shamsul Hoque

62. who was the last Mughal Emperor?

a. Aurangzeb
b. Farrukh shah
c. Bahadur shah II
d. Shaista khan
e. Humayun

63. The source of solar energy is

a. nuclear fission
b. nuclear fusion
c. sinking of the sun
d. Both a & b
e. None of them

64. Retard is to Impel as Obfuscate is to

a. Hallucinate
b. confuse
c. Irradiate
d. Dampen
e. None of them

65. In a certain code "TABLE" is written as WDEOH. How would 'SKY' be written in that code?

a. VNB
b. TBN
c. BNY
d. NYB
e. None of them

66. which number can be placed at the sign of interrogation?

a. 12
b. 16
c. 8
d. 4
e. None of them

67. which letter is out to place in the following series?

a. O
b. M
c. T
d. L
e. I

68. From 2001 to 2015, there is a projected increase in the number of workers in which of the following categories?

a. sales
b. service
c. Clerical
d. Agricultural
e. None of them

69. what is the ratio of the number of workers in the Agricultural category in 2001 to the projected number of such workers in 2015?

a. 1/3
b. 9/14
c. 3/7
d. 4/13
e. 5/12

70. In 2001 , how many categories each comprised more than 25 million workers?

a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
e. Five

71. which of the following pairs of additional determinations would NOT conflict with the priorities initially determined?

a. F has priority over H, and I has priority over F .
b. F has priority over I , and H has priority over G .
c. G has priortity over H, and H has priority over F.
d. G has priority over H. and I has priority over F.
e. G has priority over I, and I has priority over I , and I has priority over F.

72. There would be exactly one order in which the four projects would have to be started if it were determinde that

a. F has priority over H
b. F has priority over I
c. H has priority over G
d. I has priority over F
e. I has priority over G

73. If each of the projects takes equally long to complete , it must be true that

a. F is completed before H sw completed
b. F is completed before I is completed
c. G is completed before H is completed
d. H is completd before G is completed
e. H is completed before I is completed

74. Given only the determination above, each of the following is a possible sequence in which the four projects could be started EXCEPT

a. F, G, H, I
b. F, H , G, I
c. F, H, I G
d. H, F, I G
e. H, G, F, I

75. Pharmacists recently conducted a study with respect to the reasons their customers purchased eye drops to soothe eye dryness. Dry eyes were more frequently experienced by customers who wore contact lenses than by custorners who did not wear contact lenses. The pharmacists concluded that wearing contact lenses, by itself, can cause contact wearers to have dry eyes.

a. An inherited condition can cause both weak eyesight and dry eyes
b. Physical exertion causes dry eyes in many people who wear contact lenses.
c. Most people who have dry eyes do not wear contact lenses.
d. Most people who wear contact lenses do not have dry eyes.
e. Both weak vision and dry eyes cause headaches.

76. LED stands for :

a. Light Emitting Diode
b. Light Emission Diode
c. Light Energy Diode
d. None of these

77. Who was involved with the 'Water-Gate Scam'?

a. Jimmy Carter
b. Barak Obama
c. George Bush
d. Richard Nixon

78. Which is the narrowest country to the world?

a. Chili
b. Ecuador
c. Cuba
d. Fiji

79. Who was known as the 'Poet of Brahmmaputra'?

a. Manna Dey
b. Bhupen Hazarika
c. Shamol Mitra
d. Abbas Uddin

80. Who has been elected as the president of France in the recently held ecletion?

a. Emmanuel Macron
b. Marine Lee Pen
c. Theresa May
d. None of these

81. Which is the name of Bangladeshi Economist appointed as 'Country Director' of World Bank in India?

a. Junaid Mazumder
b. Junaid Kamal
c. Zahid Hossian
d. None of these