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promise and he kept it.
c) Of all who give and receive gifts,

Khulna University
Jim and Della were the wisest.
Management and Business
(make it comparative)
Administration Ans: Jim and Della were wiser than
School all other who give and receive
BBA Admission Test (2006-2007) gifts.
Section A : English Language, d) If I were a Brazilian, I would
Composition and Free-hand become a great footballer. (make
Writing (10 question, 50 marks) it third conditional)
01. Change the form of speech of Ans: If I had been a Brazilian, I
would have become a great
the following sentences:
footballer.
a) He said. "1 wrote letters." e) Smoking is a harmful habit.
Ans: He said that he had written (make it interrogative) Ans:
letters. Isn't smoking a harmful
b) Sharafat said to Lucy, "Do you habit?
like democracy or socialism?" 04. Re-write the following
Ans: Sharafat asked Lucy if you sentences in correct form: a)
liked democracy or socialism, c) He Eighty miles are a long
said, "Good bye my friends!" Ans: distance. Ans: Eighty miles is a
He bade his friends good bye. d) long distance.
"Will they go out for walk if it
rains?" He wondered.
Ans: He wondered whether they b) I feel very
would go out for walk if it, rained. much better
f) Everybody says that he is a today. Ans: I feel
good and kind man. Ans: very better today.
Everybody says, "He is a c) One should do
good and kind man." his duty. Ans: One
should do one's
02. Fill in the blanks with duty. d) We are
appropriate prepositions: a) united together.
He is good at mathematics. b) Ans: We are
The opposition called out the united. e) He is
strike. c) He died for his nation. addicted to his
d) The enemy blew down the master. Ans: He is
bridge. e) Pial played on a addicted to
flute. smoking.
03. Transform the following 05. Make sentences with the
sentences as directed: following idioms:
a) Only hard working students will a) In vogue = Black is in vogue
succeed. (make it complex) Ans: again.
Only the students who work hard b) Get rid of '= He got rid of the
will succeed. b) He kept his promise. problem.
(make it compound) Ans: He made a c) French leave = The man took
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French Leave and he was bitterly villages is causing harm to our
punished. environment.
d) A slow coach = Bellal is a slow Ans: Firewood burnt for cooking in
coach. villages is causing harm to our
e) Fag end =! only caught the fag environment. • e) This
end of their conversation. song (sing) long betbie.
06. Complete the following Ans: This song was sung long before.
sentences using the structure 08. Read the following passage
given in the parenthesis. and answer the questions that
a) I can't imagine (he) (to interrupt) follow:
anybody. (use verb + object + ing) In any civilized society the
Ans: I can't imagine him interrupting two most important factors which
anybody. would be the indicators of life are
b) He can't but laugh. (use firstly, the protection of life and
'help' instead of 'but') Ans: poverty and, secondly the
He can't help laughing. dispensation of justice. People of
c) Have you heard Professor John (to Bangladesh have been deprived
lecture) on pollution? (use verb with from these two factors due to
object + infinitive). corruption. The endemic and chronic
Ans: Have you heard Professor corruption has been infested every
John to lecture on pollution? d) She sphere of our society to such an
went there (to run). (use present extent that it has been accepted as
participle) Ans: She went there a`way of life' which is the biggest
running. concern for our country against
e) Did you tell her? I am busy both corruption. Probably no sector in
evenings. (use verb + object + that Bangladesh, be it public or private,
clause) can claim it free from corruption.
Ans: Did you tell her that I am busy According to Transparency
both evenings? International (PI) Report, Bangladesh
07. Re-write the sentences using has been ranked third this year
the correct form of verbs given which has
in the parenthesis:
a) The man seldom (smoke). broken the shackle of the shameful
Ans: The man seldom smokes. championship as the most corrupted
h) Of the total export, around one- country. Political parties and
third, (go) to the Middle-east. Ans: Of government should play the major
the total export, around one-third, role to fight against corruption.
goes to the Middleeast. Apart from them , social awareness
c) Flies (to carry) germs of diseases, is also indispensable to eradicate
settle on the exposed food and corruption from our society. We can
contaminate it. start the social awareness campaign
Ans:. Flies carrying germs of by boycotting the persons who are
diseases, settle on the exposed involved in corruption. Questions:
food and contaminate it. a) According to the passage,
d) Firewood (to bum) for cooking in what are the factors that
indicate the quality of in a civilized The family spends more amount of
society? money on both food an clothing. b)
b) What is the biggest concern for The family spends disproportionately
our country? more on clothing. than on food.
c) According to TI Report, what is c) The family spends
the current position disproportionately more on food
of Bangladesh in the corruption than on clothing.
list? d) None of the above statement is
d) Who should be the major. true.
players to fight against 03. In a survey of job applicants,
corruption? 4017 respondents admitted that they
e) What can be the first step to are at least a little dishonest.
mobilize social However, the survey may
awareness campaign against underestimate the proportion of job
corruption? applicants who are,
09. Write five pairs of dialogue a)
between you and your father b) dishonest.because:
regarding " Parliament Election a) Some dishonest people taking the
2007" in Bangladesh. survey might have claime on the
10. Write a paragraph of ten survey to be honest. ) Some
generally honest people taking the
sentences on `Friendship' survey might have claimed on the
survey to be dishonest.
c) Some people who claimed on the
survey to be at least
Section B : Analytical Ability
c)
(10 question, 20 marks)
Some people who claimed on the
Direction: Write only nly the
survey to be at least
appropriate answer choices in
dishonest may be very
the space given in the answer
dishonestly. d) Some people
script.
who claimed on the survey to
01. A, B, C, D and E are sitting in
be dishone might have been
clockwise order around a circular
answering honestly.
table. E makes a clockwise move
There are evidences that in the
jumping over three positions and D
ancient period human being had a
makes an anticlockwise move
belief in a life after death. Graves of
jumping over 3 positions. What is
the ancient period have been found
the new clockwise arrangement of
in which the dead were buried
these 5 individuals'?
along with clothing and some other
a) BCDAE b) EDCAB c)
artifacts they might have used while
ABCED d) none
alive. This is an evidence of the
02. 11'a family spends 25170 of its
belief of ancient people in life after
income on food and 50% on
death. Which of the followings is an
clothing, which of the following
assumption underlying the
statement is true when the
argument above:
income ofthe family increases'?
a) Belief in the life after death is a
core value for most religious faiths. of Y, Z is not to the left of X and Y is
b) The dead people used the cloths to the right of X. Which of the
and other artifacts of their lives. followings is true?
c) Belief in religion is a a) W is the first person in the row.
characteristic of most of the b) X is the first person in the row,
civilized societies. c) Z is the first person in the row.
d) Only people who believe in life d) Z is the last person in the row.
after death would bury artifacts 09. How many triangles are there in
with the dead. the figure beside?
05. A research has concluded that a) 8 b) 16 c) 18 d) 20
women are just as capable as men 10. A company has 5 products P 1,
in math but that their skills are not Pz, P;, P4 and Ps. Company wants to
developed because society expects taste its product in a sequence so
men to develop other and more that Ps is to be tasted first and P4 is
divetae abilities. Which of the to be tasted last and P, is to be
following is a basic assumption of the tasted before P 3. Which of the
research? a) Ability in math is less following sequence is not possible
important than ability in more for tasting the products?
diverse subjects. a) P5, Pz, P,, P3, P4 b) P2, Pa, P3,
b) Women and men should be Ps, P, c) Ps• P,, Pz, P1, P4 d)
equally capable in math. Ps, PI, P3, Pz, P4
c) Women might be more Ans: Lc) 2.d) 3.a) 4.d) S.d) 6.b)
capable than men in math. d) 7.c) 8.a) 9.b) 10.b)
Women tend to conform to Section C : General Mathematics
social expectations. (10 question, 20 marks)
06. A candidate was telling his Direction: Write only the answer in
friend "everyone in the party the given space in the answer
meeting was supporting me, script.
probably I am going to get the 01. A car owner purchased 200
nomination from the party for this liters of petrol at Tk. 56 per liter.
election." Which of the followings, if The price of the petrol used in 1
true, justifies his assumption? a) hour of driving is Tk. 40. How many
There were a number of nomination hours can he drive with 200 litters
seekers. b) People attended the of petrol? 42. If the sum of three
party meeting will decide about the consecutive integers is 75, what is
nomination. the smallest number?
c) Nomination from the party will 03. The cost of carpeting a 6 meter
guaranty a victory in the election. long room idTk. 270. If the width of
d) People attending the meeting the room was 9.5 meter less, the
were divided with the nomination cost would be Tk.240. What is the
decision. width of the room?
07. If "BC" stands for 6 and "CD"
stands for 12, then "DE" stands for:
04. A jar contains 10 red marbles
a) 10 b) 15 0 20 d) 25
and 30 green marbles. How many
08. W. X. Y and Z are sitting in a row
red marbles must be added to the
in such a manner that W is to the left
jar in order to make the proportion of of the 4 answer choices is different
the red marbles 60%? 05. The cost from the others in that question.
to rent a microbus id Tk. X, which is Write that odd answer choice in your
shared equally by all the passengers answer script.
taking the trips. In the 1" trip there 01. a) Whale b) Shark c) Snake
were 16 passengers, while there d) Turtle
were 10 passengers in the 2"' trip. 02. a) Table b) Bed c)
What is the additional amount of Microwave oven d) Chair
taka in terms of X a passenger of 03, a) Crocodileb) Monkey c)
the 2"d trip paid than a passenger of Dolphin d) Mexico
1" trip? 06. Rumana bought a 04. a) USA b) Canadac)
sunglass and a camera last year. Argentina d) Mexico Direction: For
This year she sold them for TK. questions 5 through 10, fill in the
2000 each. She made 25% profit on gaps with appropriate number(s) or
sunglass and incurred 25% loss on figure(s).
camera. What is the amount of her 05. 16, 17, 20, 22,
net profit or loss? , 27,
07. If a:b = 3:5 and a:c = 5:7. then 28, 32 06.
b:c =? 53 (3)
08. The batting average of 40 59 92
innings of a cricket player is 50 (4) 98
runs. His highest score exceeds his 34 (2)
lowest score by 172 runs. If these 2 38 71
innings are excluded, the average (_) 79
score of the remaining 38 innings is 07.
48 runs. What is the highest score of AO
this player? 09. What is the length OO0
of a side of a square if its diagonals O0
are 10? 08. 0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, _.
10. XYZ Tea Company mixes 2
varieties of tea in the ratio of 2:5
and sells the mixture at Tk,40 per
kg. If the cost of 2 varieties are Tk. K hul n a U n ive r sit y
45 and Tk. 31 per kg respectively, Management and Business
calculate the profit of the company Administration School
by selling 100 kgs of tea mixture. BBA Admission Test 2005-2006
Ans: 1.280 hours 2. 24 3.4.5 miter Section A : English Language,
4.35 marbels
Composition and Free Hand Writing [8
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runs 9. 50 ! 5~2-. 160
question :50 marks]
10.785.71
Section D : Intelligence Questions (IQ) 01. Read the following passage carefully
(10 question, 10 marks)
and write the underlined verbs in the
Direction: Questions I through 4 has
4 answer,choices (a,b,c and d). One correct form: A
severe earthquake (a) happen in c) She sang well,_? Ans: Didn't she?
d) Close the window, ? Ans: Don't
Chittagong on 30`
you?
November 2005 at 5.00 pm. It (b) be a e) Birds can't swim, ? Ans: Can
they?
devastating earthquake measuring 6.5 on the
04. Choose the correct
Richter scale. The severing of
preposition to complete the
the.earthquake was beyond imagination. sentences:
a) He was charged theft.
About 30 persons -(c) kill and hundreds
b) He was run by a car.
(d) wound. There c) Early rising is beneficial health.
d) Divide the mangoes the five
(e) be 10 babies, 3 women and five old
boys.
men among the dead. Two new buildings
e) I learnt the poem heart.
(f) collapse and several others (g)
Ans: a) with b) over c) to d)
damage. Hundreds of old buildings (h)
among e) by
destrov. The firemen (i) rescue, 2 babies
05. Transform the following
alive from the debris after two days of
earthquake. They (j) reduce to skeleton. sentences as directed:
Ans: a) happened b) was c) were killed d)
were wounded e) were f) collapsed g) a) Jerry is the best boy the writer
damaged h) were had ever found. (Make it Positive)
destroyed i) rescued j) were reduced Ans: No other boy is as good as
Jerry the writer had ever found.
02. Read the following sentences and re- b) The old sailor watched the
write them correctly: people walking past him (Make it
a) The news are certainly passive) '
interesting. Ans: The news is Ans: The people were watched
certainly interesting. walking past him by the old sailor.
b) They did not object to anyone but c) My ankles were weak and I was
Selina and he. slow in learning to walk. (Make it
c) He lives in the boarding. Complex)
Ans: He lives in the boarding house. Ans: As my ankles were weak, I
d) My English knowledge is good. was slow in learning to walk.
Ans: My knowledge of English is d) The roads of Rajbari are better
good. than those of Kushtia. (Make it
e) The teacher always makes the positive)
students to stay at their seats. Ans: The roads of Kustia are not as
Ans: The teacher always makes the good as those of Rajbari.
students stay at their seats. ' . e) Man is, indeed, a wonderful
03. Fill in the gaps with creation. (Make it Exclamatory) .
appropriate tag questions: a) Ans: What a wonderful creation man
He lives in Dhaka,_____? Ans: is, indeed!
Doesn't he? 06. Read the following passage
b) Let us go out for a walk, ? Ans: and translate it into Bangla:
Shall we?
a) The crisis in Bangladesh Football [10 questions x 2
Federation (BFF) deepened marks = 20 marks]
yesterday. b) Two more former 01. X is the father of Z, but Z is not the
national footballers joined the son of X. Which one of the following is
the relationship between X and Z? a)
resignation party after legendary Grand father and Grand son b) Father
Kazi Salahuddin had stepped and daughter c) Mother and son d)
Mother and daughter 02. "The girl is
down. c) Salahuddin decided to meritorious. She must come of a rich
quit the BFF after its President family." He speaker most probably
assumes which of the following? a) Girls
disregarded their from rich families look nice b) There is
a direct relationship between merit and
recommendations. d) The BFF wealth c) Merit is an outcome of hard
President dented appointing any work d) Merit is measured by
performance on exams
technical person as the manager of 03. What is the next number of the
the nation football team. e) The series: 3, 9, 12, 15, ..........................?
former national striker also ' 04. Which one of the following is the
heaviest? a) '1 kilogram of rice .b) 2
blasted the BFF for creating CFT wood.c) 5 pounds of iron
confusion over the resignation of i) a ii) b
iii) c iv) not possible to
their member management
measure
committee 05. "A is B's brother. B is C's brother."
If these relationships are true, then
07. Translate the following which of the following must be true? a)
A is senior to B b) B is junior to C
passage into English: 8. Write a
) C is brother of A d) B and A are brothers
precis (in 5 sentences) of the
06. The minimum time Mr. and Mrs. Ahmed
following passage and give a require to reach the market from their house
suitable title: by walking is 25 minutes and 20 minutes
Man has an unquenchable thirst respectively. If Mr. and Mrs. Ahmed decide to go
for knowledge. He is never to the market together by walking, what is the
satisfied with what he has known minimum-time they will require to reach the
and seen. He wants to know and market? • a) I S
see more and more. This curiosity minutes b) 20 minutes c) 22.5 minutes d) 25
to know more coupled with his minutes
indomitable spirit of adventure, has 07. If CAT stands for 3120, the DOG stands for ?
inspired him to carry out difficult a) 3000 b) 4715 c) 4157 d) 4000
tasks. In the field of science and 08. "Socrates was wise because he was a
technology, man has already philosopher." - If this conclusion is to be true,
achieved what was once then it must have to be true that: a) Some
inconceivable. Today he is on the philosophers are wise
verge of the space age. The b) All philosophers are wise
invention of rockets has made it c) Only a few philosophers are not wise
possible for him to go beyond the d) All wise men are not philosophers
earth. He has already landed on the, 09. If X is 10 years older than Y at present, how
moon and is preparing for a journey older X will be than Y after 10 years?
to the others. a) 20 years b) 0 years c) 10 years d) 5 years
Section B : 10. "Arif is taller than Babu. Kamal is taller
Analytical Ability than Dipu. Arif is taller than Kamal." Which of
the followings must be true? a) Babu is taller to that, the average age of the group became 15 '/z
than Kamal b) Kamal is taller than years. What is the number of persons initially
Babu going for the picnic? Ans: 20
c) Arif is taller than Dipu d) Dipu is taller than 08. An emergency vehicle travels 10 miles at a
Babu Ans: Lii) 2.ii) 3.-- 4.iv) 5.iv) 6.iv) speed of 50 kilometers per hour. How fast must
7.iii) 8.ii) 9.iii) l0.iii) the vehicle travel on the return trip if the round-
Section C : General Mathematics trip travel time is to be 20 minutes?
[10 questions x 2 marks = 20 Ans: 75 Kmph
marks] 09. A fruit vendor purchased 35 dozens of apple at
01. The length of a field is 1.5 times of its Tk. 10 per dozen. Out of those, two dozens got
width. If the ~%idth if this field is 20 rotten and he sold 28 dozens at Tk. 12 per dozen.
meters, find out the cost of Remaining apples were sold by him for Tk. 15
fencing the field at a cost of Tk. 5.0 per per dozen. Find the amount' of total profit made
meter. Ans: 500 by the vendor in this business. Ans: 61
10. A person works in a firm on monthly salary
basis. He gets a fixed amount of increment at the
end of each year. His monthly salary is Tk. 3500
at the end of 4` h year and Tk. 4250 at the end of
In this diagram, if PQRS is a parallelogram, 10` h year. What was his initial monthly salary?
then x=? Ans: 3125/=
Ans: 80° Section D : General Knowledge
03. Total number of telephone calls is `n', [10 questions x 1 marks = 10 marks, must be
call charge is Tk. `p' per call. Then total call answered in
charge is: i) (n + p) ii) (n - p) iii) (n x p) English]
iv) none of them 01. NAF'TA stands for
Ans: iii) Ans: North American Free Trade Agreement.
04. If x is an integer and x Z <37, what is 02. Who, among the followings, is the present
the greatest possible value of x minus the Governor of Bangladesh Bank?
least possible value of x? Ans: 12 a) Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed b) Dr. Farashuddin
05. Asif has a square garden with a Ahmed c) Dr. Lutfor Rahman , d) Dr. Rehman
perimeter of x feet. David has a rectangular Sobhan Ans: a)
garden with a perimeter of x feet and the 03. `Intel' is the brand name of:
length is I fool longer than the width. Who a) Computer software b) CD writer
has the larger garden area? c) Computer processord) Virtual memory Ans: c) _
Ans: David 04. What is the name of central bank of USA?
06. In a coffee mixture, the ratio of coffee, a) Bank of USA b) The United State Bank c)
milk, sugar and cream are mixed by the Federal Bank of America d) Federal Reserve
weight in the ratio of 5:3:2:2 respectively. System Ans:
How many kgs of coffee are there in 18 kgs 05. What is the total number of EU member
of the mixture? countries? Ans: 25 member.
Ans: 7.5 kg. 06. Where is the headquarter of WTO located?
07. The average age of a group of persons Ans: Geneva.
going for a picnic is 16 years. Twenty new 07. Who got the Nobel prize in Economics in the
persons with the average year 2005?
Ans: 1. Fin Kidland, 2. Adward Preskot 08. SAPTA
age of 15 years joined the group on the spot. Due
stands for ....................?
Ans: South Asian Preferential Trade Arnagment. It’s all for now. Stay fine and take care. Bye.
09. Who are the new Observer countries of Your’s Mehedi.
SAARC? Ans: China and Japan.
10. Which of the following is not a member 2.ofChange the following sentences as directed:
ASIAN? A) Singapore b) Malaysia c) China 1×5 = 5
Thailand Ans: c) (a) He is too dishonest to speak the truth.
(Make it complex)
(b) Gold is one of the most precious metals.
(Make it positive)
(c) Runa wouldn’t dream ........ me a drink.
(Complete the sentence by using the verb
KHULNA UNIVERSITY “Buy”)
BBA ADMISSION TEST 2004-05 (d) “Are you in a hurry?” “No, I’ve got
plenty of time. I ........”. (Complete the
SECTION A: ENGLISH LANGUAGE sentence by using the verb “Can”)
(05 Question, 30 Marks) (e) The lady guest is cleverer than most other
women. (Make it superlative)
1. Fill in the gaps in the letter below with the
correct form of verbs given in the brackets 3. Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions:
0.5 × 20 = 10 1×5 = 5
Dear Jalal, (a) They vied ........ one other for the job.
I (a) –––– (arrive) in Dhaka two months ago (b) The university was closed ........ sine die.
and I (b) –––– (stay) with my uncle in (c) The girl takes ........ her mother.
Tejgaon. My uncle (c) –––– (work) in a (d) Students should make the best use ........
bank, but at the moment he (d) –––– (take) a their time.
year’s study leave. He (e) –––– (do) a course (e) He insisted me ........ my going to cinema.
in Business Management, which (f) ––––
(start) last month. 4. Correct the following sentences: 1×5 = 5
I (g) –––– (have) a good time in Dhaka. I (h) (a) If she had been hungry, she would eat
–––– (visit) most of the historical places something.
here, like Lalbagh Fort and Ahsan Manjil. I (b) My brother with his son have gone
(i) –––– (like) the river side at Sadarghat abroad.
most because it (j) –––– (remind) me of our (c) We should not waste our time in
hometown. I (k) –––– (travel) by bus the unnecessary discussing about politics.
other day when I (l) –––– (meet) Sayeed. Do (d) In my clock it is two O’ Clock.
you (m) –––– (remember) him? When we (e) Character is more preferable than
last (n) –––– (see) him, he (o) –––– (work) intelligence.
for his father’s company. Now he (p) ––––
(do) a special English course because he (q) - 5. Change the form of the speech of the
–––– (want) to go to England for higher following sentences: 1×5 = 5
study. We (r) –––– (go) to watch a football (a) She asked me if I knew who had killed
match together this afternoon. I’m really her dog.
looking forward to it. I (s) –––– (like) Dhaka (b) Karim said to me, “You are late. I have
very much but I (t) –––– (think) it’s very been waiting for you since 4 O’ clock”.
expensive. (c) Tom said, “I woke up feeling ill and so I
stayed in bed”.
(d) Ann asked me not to tell anyone what which of the following must be true on that
happened. day?
(e) He said to me, “Please lend me some i) Rose is twice as old as Sam
money”. ii) Sam is 3 years younger than Tina
iii) Rose is older than Tina
SECTION B: ENGLISH COMPOSITION (a) i only (b) ii only (c) iii only (d) i
AND FREE-HAND WRITING (03 and ii only
Questions, 30 Marks) 2. Among the 30 applicants for a job, 14 had at
least 4 years experience, 18 had degrees, and
1. Translate the following into Bangla: 10 3 had less than 4 years experience and didn’t
In an attempt to promote the widespread use have a degree. How many of the applicants
of paper goods rather than plastic and thus had at least 4 years experience and a degree?
reducing non-biodegradable waste, (a) 14 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d)7
Government decided to ban the production 3. If and represent single digit in the
and sale of disposable plastic goods for correctly worked computation above, what is
which substitutes made of paper exist. the value of ?
Government argues that since most paper is (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11
entirely biodegradable, paper goods are 4. If the sum of n consecutive integer is 0,
environmentally preferable. Although which of the following must be true?
biodegradable plastic goods are available, i) n is an even number
Government believes paper goods to be safer ii) n is an odd number
for the environment. So, the reopening of the iii) The average of n integer is 0
laid-off Newsprint Mills at Khulna and (a) i only (b) ii only
laying-off the industrial units producing non- (c) i and iii only (d) ii and iii only
biodegradable plastic products should be the
next logical step expected from the Questions 5 and 6 are based on the following
Government. The part of the population information:
working in those industries can be re- A builder is planning the colors to be used
employed in Newsprint Mills and several for painting the rooms and hallways of a
other paper Mills. group of new houses. The builder will use
only one color for each room of hallway and
2. Translate the following into English: will select from the following colors: warm
colors – rose and peach; natural colors –
3. Write a passage of 10 sentences with the ivory and gold; cool colors – aqua, blue and
following key words: lavender.
Freshness; Vigour; Maxim; As it were; Reap; Two colors are adjacent if two rooms, two
Harvest; Sow; Seed; Truthfulness; Virtue. hallways, or a room and a hallway that are
painted in the colors are connected by a door.
SECTION C: ANALYTICAL ABILITY & The builder will observe the following
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING (20 restrictions:
Questions, 40 Marks) *No two different warm colors can be
adjacent *No two different cool colors can
be adjacent *Aqua can’t be adjacent to peach
1. Today Rose is twice as old as Sam and Sam
or rose *Lavender can’t be adjacent to ivory
is 3 years younger than Tina. If Rose, Sam
5. Which of the following colors can be used
and Tina are all alive 4 years from today,
for painting a hallway that is connected by
doors to only two rooms, which will be (b) The speaker will get wet if he goes to the
painted aqua and blue? park today.
(a) Rose (b) Peach (c) Ivory (d) Aqua (c) It was not raining when the speaker left
6. Which of the following colors can be used the house.
for a room that is connected by doors to each (d) It was raining when the speaker left the
of the three rooms that are painted lavender, house.
blue, and peach respectively? 10. A particular construction project
(a) Ivory (b) Rose (c) Peach (d) Blue needs two operating loading machines in
7. A manager, who has exactly four projects order to complete a job in one day. Today
(F,G, H and I) to undertake in a given month, Belal, who operates one of the loading
has made the following determinations: machines, is sick and can’t work. therefore,
F has priority over G the project will not be completed in one day.
H has priority over I Which of the following is an assumption that
If one project has priority over another, the provides the basis for the above conclusion?
project with priority must be started earlier (a) Belal is the best person to operate the
than the other one. Given only the loading machine.
determinations mentioned, each of the (b) The company will lose money if the
following is a possible sequence in which the project is not completed in one day.
four projects could be started EXCEPT: (c) No other worker is available to operate
(a) F,H,G,I (b) F,H,I,G (c) the loading machine during Belal’s absence.
H,F,I,G (d) H,G,F,I (d) One loading machine working alone can’t
8. An office manager announces to his staff, complete the job in one day.
“This is the first meeting of the month. So 11. A machine is depreciated by
we will be discussing the budget and staffing 40% in the first year, 15% in the second year
report”. Based on this statement, which of and 10% per year for the next three years.
the following can reasonable be concluded? What is the average percentage of
(a) The office manager is the person depreciation for the entire period if each
responsible for setting the agenda for staff percentage being calculated on diminishing
meeting. value?
(b) The issues regarding the budget and
schedule are discussed together. 12. The ratio of Gold and Bronze in
(c) The office holds its staff meeting on the a 42-gram necklace is 4:3. What is the
first business day of each month. amount of Gold that must be mixed in the
(d) The office conducts more than one staff necklace to get a Gold-Bronze ratio of 5:3?
meeting each month.
9. If it is raining when I leave the house to go to 13. Among the 400 Cadets in a
work, then I always take my umbrella with graduating class, 30% were women and, of
me. If I do not take umbrella to work with these, 20% became instructors. If the number
me, then I always go out to the park at of men, who became instructors, was twice
lunchtime. Today is Tuesday, and I did not the number of women who became
bring my umbrella with me to work. instructors, how many of the men became
Which of the following statements must be instructors?
true based on the above statements?
(a) The speaker is not going to the park 14. The charge for a telephone call
today. made at 10:00 am from City Y to City X is
Tk. 0.50 for the first minute and Tk. 0.34 for
each additional minute. At these rates, what Read the following passage and answer the
is the difference between the total cost of questions 1 through 5:
three 5-minute calls and the cost of one 15- In an attempt to improve the overall
minute call? performance of office workers, many
countries have introduced computerized
15. What is the perimeter of the performance monitoring and control systems
figure below? (CPMCS) that record and report a worker’s
computer driven activities. However, at least
16. In town X, the population one study has shown that such monitoring
increased from 20,000 in 1960 to 30,000 in may not be having the desired effect. In the
1980. In town X, the population under age 10 study, researchers asked monitored workers
in 1960 was 2,500, and in 1980 the and their supervisors how assessment of
population under age 10 was 10% of the productivity affected supervisor’s rating of
population. What is the number of worker’s performance. In contrast
population increased under age 10 in town X unmonitored workers doing the same work,
from 1960 to 1980? who without exception identified the most
important element in their productivity was
17. S and T are each rectangular the critical factor in assigning ratings. This
tiles, 2 inches by 8 inches. S overlaps T at finding suggested that there should have
right angles. What is the area of T shown that been a strong correlation between a
is not covered by S? monitored worker’s productivity and the
overall rating the worker received. However,
18. In the figure to the left, the sum measures of relationship between overall
of the three numbers in the horizontal row rating and individual elements of
equals to the product of the three numbers in performance clearly supported the
the vertical column. What is the value of conclusion that supervisors gave
XY? considerable weight to criteria such as
attendance, accuracy and indications of
19. Mr. Tareq is twice as much rich customer satisfaction. It is possible that
as Mr. Kamal. Mr. Kamal has 55% of the productivity may be a ‘hygiene factor’; that
wealth of Mr. Toha. Mr. Haider has 60% of is, if it is too low, it will hurt the overall
the wealth of Mr. Salam, who has 120% as rating. But the evidence suggest that beyond
much wealth as Mr. Toha. Which person has the point at which productivity becomes
the lowest wealth? ‘good enough’ higher productivity per se is
unlikely to improve a rating.
20. In a store, umbrellas are sold for 1. According to the passage before the final
X dollar. It started raining, so the manager results of the study were known, which of
immediately doubled the price. The next day the following seemed likely?
was a sunny day; so the manager put up a (a) that workers with highest productivity
sing “Umbrellas are on Sale for 40% off”. would also be most accurate
What is the price of umbrellas in the store (b) that workers who initially achieved high
now? productivity ratings would continue to do so
consistently.
(c) that the highest performance ratings
English would be achieved by workers with highest
productivity
(d) that the most productive workers would (e) is important primarily because of the
be those whose supervisors claimed to value effect it has on a worker’s ratings
productivity. 5. The primary purpose of the passage is to:
(e) that supervisors who claimed to value (a) explain the need for the information of an
productivity would plan equal value on innovative strategy.
customer satisfaction. (b) discuss a study of the use of a particular
2. It can be inferred that author of the passage method
discussed ‘unmonitored workers’ primarily (c) recommend course of action
in order to: (d) solve a difference of opinion
(a) compare the ratings of monitored (e) suggest an alternate approach
workers. 6. Complete the proverb : Braking dogs......
(b) provide an example of a case in which (a) sound much (b) catch a thief
monitoring might be effective. (c) seldom bite (d) save none (e)
(c) provide evidence of an inappropriate use always crying
of CPMCS. 7. The yearly financial statement of a large
(d) emphasize the effects that CPMCS may corporation may 0seem bewildering at first,
have on workers perception of their jobs. but a ––reader will soon decipher its content.
(e) illustrate the effect that CPMCS may (a) careless (b) persistent (c)
have on worker’s ratings. surprise
3. Which is the following, if true, would most (d) foolish (e) misguided
clearly have supported the contention Choose the word or phrase that best keeps
referred to, in the last part of the paragraph? the meaning of the original sentence, if it is
(a) ratings of productivity correlated highly substituted for the underlined word of phrase
with ratings of both accuracy and attendance. (Questions 8 through 11)
(b) electronic monitoring greatly increased 8. Strive for excellence in your examination.
productivity. (a) Cooperate with other (b) Be
(c) most support based overall ratings of patient
performance on measures of productivity (c) Make efforts (d) Think hard (e)
alone. Pay well
(d) overall ratings of performance correlated 9. It is much easier to talk about social change
more highly with measures of productivity than it is to make it happen.
than the researches expected. (e) overall (a) bring it about (b) acknowledge it
ratings of performance correlated more (c) predict it (d) put up with it (e)
highly with measures of accuracy than with accept it
measures of productivity 10. A thrifty buyer purchases fruits
4. According to the passage, a ‘hygiene factor’ and vegetables in seasons.
is an aspect of a worker’s performance that: (a) healthy (b) thief (c) careful
(a) has no effect on the ratings of a worker’s (d) disinterested (e) professional
performance (b) is so basic to performance 11. Most competitions are not open
that it is assumed to be adequate for all to both professionals and non-professionals.
workers (a) aliens (b) juniors (c) seniors
(c) is given less importance than it deserves (d) tutors (e) amateurs
in rating a worker’s performance 12. The synonym for skepticism is:
(d) is not likely to effect a worker’s ratings (a) doubt (b) skating people (c)
unless it is judged to be inadequate symptoms (d) diminutive (e)
wonderful
13. What is the meaning of the For question 20 through 25, read the
phrasal verb ‘die down’? phrase(s) or word(s) and find the answers
(a) become weaker (b) a sound becoming that are closest in meanings.
fainter (c) delete (d) get rid of or kill 20. By and large
(e) inherit (a) Very large (b) Mostly (c)
Choose the correct(s) to complete the Everywhere
sentences (Questions 14 through 16) (d) False (e) Far away
14. Unless protected areas are 21. A hard nut to crack
established the Royal Bengal Tigers will (a) Honest (b) Active person (c)
face––of extinction. Strong person
(a) possible (b) the possibility (d) Difficult person (e) Corrupt
(c) to be possible 22. A man of straw
(d) possibly (e) most possibly (a) Good for nothing (b) Healthy (c)
15. If service are increased, Thin
taxes–––. (d) Active (e) Fortunate
(a) will probably (b) probably go up 23. Hole and corner
(c) probably up (d) going up probably (a) Crack (b) Hollow (c) Frank
(e) go up probably (d) Foolish (e) Secrecy
16. When your body does not get 24. White elephant
––– it cannot make the glucose it needs. (a) Pretty animal
(a) food as enough (b) food enoughly (b) An elephant of which colour (c) Strong
(c) enough the food (d) enough food (e) animal
food enough (d) Dubious matter (e) A costly
For questions 17 through 19, identify the possession
correct sentence. 25. Bourse
17. (a) He distribute relief goods (a) Fish market (b) New market
between people. (c) Stock exchange
(b) He distribute relief goods for people. (d) Central bank (e) Scheduled bank
(c) He distribute relief goods to people. Ans: 1.(c) 2.(d) 3.(e) 4.(d) 5.(b) 6.(c) 7.(b)
(d) He distribute relief goods among people. 8.(c) 9.(a) 10.(c) 11.(e) 12.(a) 13.(a) 14.(b)
(e) He distribute relief goods amongst 15.(a) 16.(d) 17.(d) 18.(c) 19.(d) 20.(b)
people. 21.(c) 22.(a) 23.(e) 24.(e) 25.(c)
18. (a) Sympathy is akin for
kindness. KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA.
(b) Sympathy is akin in kindness. BBA ADMISSION TEST 2003 - 2004
(c) Sympathy is akin on kindness. (Write the respective answers in the space given
(d) Sympathy is akin to kindness. in the answer sheet)
(e) Sympathy is akin into kindness.
19. (a) She took pictures, and I did SECTION A : ENGLISH LANGUAGE
so. (30 Question 30 Marks)
(b) She took pictures, and so I did.
(c) She took pictures, and I did also. Direction : Each of the questions from 1 to 5 is
(d) She took pictures, and so did I. a phrase with four (04) option. Choose the
(e) She took pictures, and I did the same. closest option and write it on the answer sheet.
1. Disheveled appearance
(A) untidy (B) fierce (C) foolish 14. (A) Lay : Don’t lay your clothes on the
(D)unhappy bed.
2. Gregarious person (B) Lie : The university lies in the
(A) outwardly calm (B) completely western section of the town.
unworthy 15. (A) Childlike : Childlike honesty is
(C) very sociable (D) vicious praise worthy.
3. A naive attitude (B) Childish : His childish conduct
(A) unwise (B) hostile disgusted us all.
(C) unsophisticated (D) friendly
4. An ophthalmologist Direction : Each of the questions from 16 to 20
(A) eye doctor (B) skin is an incomplete sentence. Complete each of
doctor these sentences with appropriate preposition
(C) foot doctor (D) cancer and write it on the answer sheet.
specialist 16. Don’t repent –––––– the past.
5. Make an unequivocal statement 17. Please, glance –––– the letter.
(A) hard to understand (B) lengthy 18. “Is there a bank near here? Yes,
(C) supporting (D) clear there’s one –––– the end of the road.
and forthright 19. He has no taste –––– music.
Ans: 1.(A) 2.(C) 3.(C) 4.(A) 5.(A) 20. I am offended –––– him at his
conduct.
Direction : Each of the questions from 6 to 10 is Ans: 16. Of 17. over/at/through 18. At 19.
a phrase. Write down the Bangla meanings of On 20. by
each of these phrases and make a sentence for
each (in English) on the answer sheet. Direction : Each of the questions from 21 to 25 is
6. Off and on : () He comes to my office off a voice. Change each of these voices and write it
and on. on the answer sheet.
7. Call on : () He called on Mr. David at his 21. The books read well.
office. Ans: The books are well when it is reed.
8. On principle: () He opposed the proposal on 22. I am going to take the dollar.
principle. Ans: A dollar is going to be taken by me.
9. Cut off : () Dhaka was cut off by the floods. 23. What are you doing here?
10. So and so : () I don’t have to be Ans: What is being done here by you?
told, what old so and so does with his money. 24. Please, help the poor boy.
Ans: Let the poor boy be helped please.
Direction : Each of the questions from 11 to 15 25. The fire has caused considerable
consists of two words. Make a sentence for damage.
each of these words on the answer sheet. Ans: Considerable damage has been caused
11. (A) Affect: His remarks greatly affected my by the fire.
plan.
(B) Effect : What will be the effect of this? Direction : Each of the questions from 26 to 30
12. (A) Continual : He has been continually is a narration. Changed the from of the
attacked with malaria. narration and write it on the answer sheet.
(B) Continuous : It rained continuously 26. Sony said, I shall be a doctor.
for three hours. Ans: Sony said that he should be a doctor.
13. (A) Hung : Windows hung with curtain. 27. I asked her what she was doing.
(B) Hanged : He was hanged for murder. Ans: I asked her, “what are you doing?”
28. She said, “Listen to my words” Micro credit; Poor people; Poverty
Ans: She ordered to listen to her words. alleviation; Dr. Yunus; Grammen Bank;
29. The man said, what a fool I am! Income generating activities; Self-employed.
Ans: The man exclaimed with sorrow that he
was a great fool. 3. Translation the following sentences into
30. “How dare you wake me up”? Bangla on the answer sheet.
The lion roared. Speakers at around table on the
Ans: The lion roared how he/she woke him health sector were unanimous in their
up. opinion that the existing medicare delivery
system is far from adequate. The vulnerable
SECTION B : ENGLISH COMPOSITION sections of the society, women, and children
AND FREE HAND WRITING(04 Question in particular are nowhere near getting the
20 Marks) healthcare facilities that they need. The
problems identified at the meeting can be
1. Young people naturally and commendably divided broadly into two categories-
seek the society of these of heir own age. But structural or logistic limitations and
be careful in choosing your companions. No management lacunae. However, it has
youth or man ought to be called your friend, transpired from the discussion that
who is addicted to indecent talk or who is mismanagement and corruption are by far the
fond of bad habits. Either of these indicates a biggest obstacle on the way to making the
bad taste, absence of principles and of all system efficient. To being with, huge
trustworthiness. It has been remarked that amounts of money have been spent without
young men addicted to those vices never assessing the healthcare needs of the people.
succeed in the end. Mothers and fathers are
but apt to be over-lenient to such offenders;
and as long as youth lasts, fortune smiles; the 4. Translate the following sentences into
punishment is delayed but it comes at last. It English on the answer sheet.
is sure to come; and dissolute youth is an Ans: In this life there is no gains
unhappy and miserable man. without pains. Life indeed would be dull if
Read the passage carefully and answer the there were no difficulties. Games lose their
following questions on the answer sheet. zest if there is no struggle and if the result is
(A) What is the natural tendency of the a foregone conclusion. No victory is a real
young people? one of the opponents are not able to attack.
(B) What kind of man should be avoided as a Whether we like it or not life is a continuous
friend? non-stop competitive exam.
(C) What is the author’s opinion about young
men addicted to vices? Section C : Analytical Ability and
(D) How long can such young men escape Mathematical Problem Solving (15 Questions
punishment? 30 Marks)
(E) What is the ultimate fate of young men
keeping bad company? Direction : Each of the questions from 1 to 7
has four answer choices marked (A), (B), (C)
2. Develop idea from the following six key and (D). Write the letter (A, B, C or D) which
words and write five (05) sentences using represents the correct answer on the answer
those key words on the answer sheet. sheet.
1. Many people argue that tobacco advertising 4. Mr. X always wakes up before sunrise unless
plays a crucial role in causing teenagers to the sun rises before 6.00. Mr. Y does not
start or continue smoking. In Norway, wake up before Mr. X if Mr. X wakes up
however, there has been a ban on tobacco before sunrise. On a day, When the sun rises
advertising since 1975. Smoking is as least at 5.30, Which of the following must be true?
as prevalent among teen-agers as it is in (A) Mr. X will wake up at 6.00
countries those do not ban such advertising. (B) Mr. Y will not wake up until7.00
Which of the following statements draws the (C) Mr. Y will not wake up before Mr. X
most reliable conclusion found the (D) Mr. X will not wake up before sun rise
information above. 5. Although most people know that exercise is
(A) Tobacco advertising cannot be the only good for the body, few realized the extent to
factor that affects the prevalence of smoking which it is valuable to the mind. The blood
among teenagers. circulates more rapidly after physical
(B) Advertising does not play a role in exertion, thus allowing all of the body’s
causing teenagers to start of continuous organs to operate more efficiently. This
smoking. increased activity enables the brain to receive
(C) Banning tobacco advertising does not more oxygen; thereby creating a high
reduce the consumption of tobacco. capacity for concentration.
(D) More teenagers smoke if they are The main point in the argument above is that:
exposed to tobacco advertising. (A) The greater the amount of oxygen the
2. Traditionally, decision-making by managers brain receives, the better the brain function
that is reasoned step-by-step has been (B) Exercise is a physical as well as mental
considered preferable to intuitive decision- activity
making. However, a recent study found that (C) Exercise helps brain more than it does
top managers used intuition significantly for the rest of the body
more than most middle or lower level (D) Exercise serves more than purpose
managers did. This confirms the alternative 6. How the average of ‘a’ and ‘b’ could be
view that intuition is actually more effective determined?
than careful methodical reasoning. i. a + b = 6a ii. A = 520 - b
The conclusion above is based on which of (A) from one only (B) from ii only
the following assumptions? (C) together from i & ii
(A) Top managers have the ability to use (D) information provided is not sufficient
either intuitive reasoning or methodical, step- 7. Ira is taller than Sam. Elliot is taller than
by-step reasoning in making decisions. Harold. Harold is shorter than Gene. Sam
(B) Methodical, step-by-step reasoning in and Gene are of the same height.
inappropriate for making many real-life If the above is true, which of the following
management decisions. conditions must also be true?
(C) Top managers are most effective at (A) Elliot is taller than gene (B) Elliot
decision making than middle or lower level is taller than Ira
managers. (C) Ira is taller than Harold
(D) Top managers use intuitive reasoning in (D) Sam is shorter than Harold
making the majority of their decisions.
3. A clock loses 10 minutes each day. How MCQ Ans: 1.(A) 2.(C) 3.(D) 4.(C) 5.(B)
many days will it take to reach a point where 6.(B) 7.(C)
the clock will indicate the correct time?
(A) 36 (B) 72 (C) 120 (D) 144
[Direction: Write the correct answers of the 15. An airplane flies along the four
questions from 8 to 15 on the answer sheet.] sides of a square at speeds of 100. 200. 300
and 400 miles per hour respectively. What is
8. In a survey, 60% of those surveyed owned the average speed of the plane in its flight
mobile phone and 80% of those surveyed around the square?
owned a TV . If 55% owned both a mobile Ans:
phone and TV. What percent of those
surveyed owned a mobile phone or a TV or SECTION D: GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
both? (20Questions 20 Marks)
Ans: 85%
9. If the number ‘N’ of calculators sold per (Direction: Write the correct answers of the
week varies with the price ‘p’ in dollars following questions (1 to 20 ) on the answer
according to the equation n=300 – 20p, what sheet)
would be the total weekly revenue from the 1. Theory of comparative cost is related to:
sale of S 10 calculators? (A) intentional trade (B) banking
Ans: (C) capital formation (D) insurance
10. In a production lot, 40% toys are 2. “Bulls and Bears” are terms used
black and remaining toys are white. Half of in:
the toys are small and the rest are large. 10% (A) stock exchange (B) bull fights
of the toys are black and small and thirty (C) banks (D) insurance
toys are white and large. How many toys are 3. Where is the headquarter of the International
there in the production lot? Labor Organization (ILO)?
Ans: Ans: Geneva
11. If the salary of an employee is 4. Many islands make up
reduced by 10% for his attendance and then (A) an isles (B) an archipelago
increased by 10% on a pardon, how much (C) a peninsula (D) a
does he lose? continent
Ans: He loses 1% 5. Which of the following is not fossil fuel?
12. X sells a product at 12.5% loss. (A) petroleum (B) coal (C)
If he sells it TK. 30 more then what he does. natural gas (D) bio-gas
he makes a profit of 25% on his cost. What is 6. The name of the longest sea beach in the
the cost of the product? world is:
Ans: 80 Tk. (A) Goa (B) Kuakata (C) Cox’s
13. Ms. Shammed sold two Bazar (D) Florida
properties, X and Y for Tk. 3.00.000 each. 7. William Churchill was awarded the Nobel
She sold property X for 20% more then she Prize in 1953 on:
paid for it and sold property Y for 20% less (A) Physics (B)Literature (C)
then she paid for it. If expenses are Medicine (D) Peace
disregarded, What was her total net gain or 8. How many member countries are there in
loss? Group of 77’?
Ans: He loses 50,000 Tk. (A) 149 (B) 77 (C) 133 (D) 78
14. How many different signals. 9. In which year “The Battle of Palashee” was
each consisting of 6 flags hung in a vertical held?
line. can be formed from 4 identical red flags (A) 1557 (B) 1657 (C) 1757 (D) 1857
and 2 identical blue flags? 10. Who said, “I came. I saw. I
Ans: conquered”?
(A) Julius Caesar (B) Abraham Lincoln Part A: MCQ (20 questions, 40 marks)
(C) Napoleon Bonaparte (D)
Einstein Direction : Each of the questions 1 to 5 consists
11. WWW stands for: of a sentence in which four words or phrases
Ans: World Wide Web. are underlined. The four underlined parts of the
12. SARS stands for: sentence are marked (A), (B), (C) and (D).
Ans: Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. Identify one the sentence corrected and put tick
13. SAPTA stands for: ( 3 ) mark on it.
Ans: South Asian Preferential Trade 1. It is not a subject which one can lay
Agreement. down a law.
14. Who is the captain of Bangladesh (A) in (B)for (C) upon (D) about
ICC U-19 World Cup Team? 2. He was filled a strange wonder.
Ans: Ashikur Rahman. (A) in (B) into (C) around
15. Mention the name of EU (D) with
currency. 3. Neither Rahim nor his sister there.
Ans: EURO (A) was (B) were (C) had (D) are
16. Which country is the largest 4. I gave the 1000 payment.
producer of ‘tobacco’? (A) for (B) in (C)to (D)
Ans: Chin because of
17. Who invented programmable 5. Cuba is sugar-growing areas in the
digital computer? World.
Ans: (A) one of the largest (B) one of largest
18. Who has been conferred the (C) largest (D) the largest
‘Ekushe Award’ in 2004 for contributing in Ans: 1.(B) 2.(D) 3.(A) 4.(B)
the field of education? 5.(A)
Ans:
19. How many nationalized Direction : Each of the questions from 1 to 5
commercial banks are there in Bangladesh? consists a sentence in which four words or
Ans: 4 phrases are underlined parts of the sentence are
20. Which country will host the next marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Identify one
world cup Cricket? underlined part that must be changed to make
Ans: West Indies the sentence correct and put tick (3 ) mark on it.
Ans: 1.(C) 2.(A) 4.(B) 5.(D) 6.(C) 6. Air pollution, together with littering are
7.(B) 8.(C) 9.(C) 10.(A) causing many
A B
KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA. C
BBA ADMISSION TEST 2002-03 problems in large industrial cities today.
D
SECTION A: ENGLISH LANGUAGE, 7. The result of the provided to Mamun and
COMPOSITION & FREE-HAND WRITING. me that we needed
A B C
[There are 44 question in this section. to study harder and watch less movies on
Questions 1 to 40 carry two (02) marks each cable Television if
and questions 41 to 45 carry five (05) marks D
each. Answer all questions] we wanted to receive scholarship.
8. The artist tried stimulate interest in painting Ans: 11.(B) 12.(D) 13.(C) 14.(C)
by taking his 15.(D)
A B
C Direction : Read the following passage
students to the museums. carefully to answer questions 16 to 20. Choose
D one best answer from (A), (B), (C) and (D)and
9. Several people have apparent tried the put tick (√) mark on it.
change the man’s
A B Although language is the most
C advanced form of communication, there are
mind but he refuses to listen. many ways of communication without using
D speech. Signals, signs, symbols and gestures
10. Nora hardly never misses an may be found in every known culture. The
opportunity to play in the basic function of a signal is to impinge upon
A B C the environment in such a way that it attracts
D attention as for example, the dots and dashes
tennis tournaments. of telegraph circuit coded to refer to speech,
Ans: 6.(B) 7.(D) 8.(A) 9.(B) 10.(A) the potential for communication is very
great. Less adaptable to the codification of
Direction : Each of the questions 1 to 5 consists words, signs also contain meaning in and of
of a sentence in with four words or phrases are themselves. A stop sign or barber pole
underlined. The four underlined parts of the conveys meaning quickly and conveniently.
sentence are ,marked (A), (B), (C) and Symbols are more difficult to describe than
(D).Identify one underlined part that must be either signals or signs because of their
changed to make the sentence correct and put intricate relationship with the receiver’s
tick (3 ) mark on it. cultural perceptions. In some culture,
11. UNEMPLOYED: WORKER: applauding in a theater performs with an
(A) unknown: artist (B) fallow: field auditory symbol of approval. Gestures such
(C) renovated: house (D) unconscious: as waving and handshaking also
sleeper communicate certain cultural messages.
12. FRAGILE: BREAK
(A) vital: destroy (B) hostile: invite Although signals, signs,
(C) vivid: grow symbols, gestures are very useful, they do
(D)flexible: bend have a major disadvantage. They usually do
13. ASSURANCE: FEAR not allow ideas to be shared without the
(A) cigarette: cough (B) insurance: sender being directly adjacent to the receiver.
premium As a result, means communication untended
(C) opiate: pain (D) narcotic: drug to be used for long ..................... upon speech
14. MASTER: SERVANT radio and television.
(A) judge: jury (B)
capital: labor 16. What does the author said about
(C) monarch: subject (D) landlord: tenant speech?
15. AUTHOR:COPYRIGT (A) It is only true for of communication
(A) book: factory (B) plot: medicine (B) It is most advanced form of
(C) novel: reward (D) inventor: patent communication
(C) It is necessary for communication to Ans : No curse is as great as poverty.
occur (D) It is dependent 22. She does not like writing as
upon the advance invade by inventors much as reading. (into comparative)
17. According to the passage, what Ans : She like reading than writing.
is a signal? 23. We know that the earth is round.
(A) The most difficult form of (into passive)
communication to describe Ans : It is known to us that the earth is
(B) It is the most advanced from of round.
communication 24. I was ill and could not attend
(C) It in necessary for communication to classes. (into simple)
occur Ans : I could not attend classes because of
(D) It is dependent upon the advanced made my illness.
by inventors. 25. Spend your money carefully lest
18. Applauding was cited as an you should fall into poverty.(into simple)
example of Ans : In case of your not spending money
(A) a signal (B) a symbol (C) carefully. you will fall into poverty.
a symbol (D) a gesture
19. Why were telephone, radio and Direction: Question 26 to30 present phrases and
TV invented. make one sentence with each of them.
(A) People were unable to understand signs, 26. Die out -
symbols, and signals. 27. Dead letter –
(B) People wanted to communicate across 28. Come off –
long distances 29. Fall flat –
(C) People believed that signs, and symbols 30. Skim through -
were obsolete
(D) People wanted new forms entertainment Direction: Each of the questions from 31to 35
20. It may be concluded from this presents two sentences. Join the sentences as
passage that directed in the parentheses.
(A) signals, signs, symbols, and gestures are 31. He is my teacher. I am indebted to
forms of communication him.(Use relative Pronoun)
(B) symbols are very east to define and Ans : He, to whom I am indebted, is my
interpret. teacher.
(C) only some cultures have signals, signs 32. He got down from the bus. He
and symbols began to search something on the ground
(D) waving and handshaking are not related (Use Present Participle)
to culture Ans : Getting down from the bus he began to
Ans : 16.(B) 17.(D) 18.(C) 19.(B) search something on the ground.
20.(A) 33. They blocked down the road,
They wanted to stop the cars: (Use so that)
Part B: Objective (20 question, 40 marks) Ans : They blocked down the road so that
they could stop the cars.
Direction: Transform the following sentences 34. The lady guest was not very
(questions 21 to25) as directed in the young. She could not excite devastating
parentheses. Passion.(Use enough)
21. Poverty is the greatest of all Ans : The lady guest was not young enough
curses. (into positive) to excite devastating passion.
35. Foyot’s was a very expensive duty. There is none which drops oftener from
restaurant. I had never visited it before(Use men’s lips or which is founded on more of
too) self-delusion than the want of leisure people
Ans : Foyot’s was too expensive a restaurant are always cheating themselves with the idea
for me to have visited it before. that would do this or that desirable things
which conscience dictates to be done.
Direction: For each of the questions from 36 Remember that the men who have done the
to40, make sentences (s) to show the use of the most for their own and the general people are
following grammatical issues. not the wealthy, leisurely people who have
36. Tag question : It’s raining now, abundance of time to themselves and nothing
isn’t it? to do. They are men who are in ceaseless
37. Conditional : It I have time. I active from January to December- men-who,
will go. however. Passed with business, are always
38. Gerund : Dieting is very popular found capable of doing a little more. You
today. may really on them in their busiest seasons
39. Verbal noun : Swimming is a with ten times more assurance than on an
good exercise. idle man.
40. Correlative : He writes not only
correctly but also neatly. 43. Write a five sentence paragraph on
“World Cup Cricket 2003”
Part C: Descriptive (4 questions 20 marks)
44. Write merits (in 3 sentences) and
41. Translate the following into demerits (in 3 sentences) of BBA admission
English: coaching.
Ans: More than 80 percent people of our
country live in village. They are poor, SECTION B : ANALYTICAL ABILITY
uneducated and unskilled. Most of the rural AND MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM
people of North Bengal are land less farmers. SOLVING.
As they do not have land of their own, they Part A : Analytical Ability (15 question, 30
cultivate other’s land whole year. They get marks)
very small part of the crops produced by
their own hands. Direction : Each of the question from 1 to 15
has four answer choices marked (A),(B),(C) and
42. Prepare a five-sentence summary (D). Choose the best possible answer and put
of the following (Do NOT reproduce the tick (3 ) mark on it.
sentence (s) of the paragraph) and give a 1. Basher counted from 1 to 100 saying “fuzzy”
suitable title) instound of a member’s name wherever that
Habit of idleness once firmly fixed, cannot number was disable by 7 or had a 7 in to.
be suddenly thrown away or shaken off, The How many times did he say “fuzzy”?
man who has wasted the precious hours of (A) 14 (B) 22 (C) 30 (D) 34
his life’s seed time, finds that he cannot reap 2. Seventy percent (70%) of total export
a harvest if life’s autumn. Lost Wealth may income of Bangladesh comes from
be regained by industry, lost knowledge by Readymade Garments (RMG) export. USA is
study, lost health by temperance and the single largest buyer of Bangladesh RMG.
medicine, but lost time is gone for ever. In Because of the twin-tower tragedy in USA,
the long list of excuses for the neglect of total export income of Bangladesh was
dropped down by 10% in 2001. Which of the (B) Replacing people through automatic to
following can be inferred from the above reduce production cost will result in
information? increases of other costs to corporations
(A) In 2001 export income from RMG was (C) Many workers who lose their jobs to
63% of the export income of Bangladesh. automation will have to be retrained for new
(B) Export of RMG to USA suffered in 2001 jobs
(C) In 2001 import by USA from Bangladesh (D) Corporations that are laying people off
was reduced 10% will eventually rehire many of them.
(D) none of these can be inferred. 6. Which of the following if true, most
3. If some electric poles stand in straight row strengthen the author’s arguments?
60 yards apart, what is the distance from the (A) Many workers who have already lost
first to the 10th . their jobs to automatic have been unable to
(A) 600 yards (B) 500 find new jobs
yards (B) Many corporations that have failed to
(C) 540 yards (D) None automate have seen their profits decline
of these (C) Taxes and unemployment insurance are
4. In 1978 Thomas Maltyhus published “Easy paid also by corporation that are not
on Population” in which he postulated that automating
food supply can never keep pace with the (D) Most of the new jobs created by
rate of increasing human equal on. Which of automation pay less than the jobs eliminated
the following would be the most likely to by automation did
limit the demands placed on food supplies? 7. Head Constable Abul reported in his
(A) Conservation (B) Better farming immediate superior A.S.I Abdul Hakim, Sir
method (C) Improved disease (D) Wars Rakib Uddin has committed suicide. I saw
his mutilated body in six pieces near the
Question 5 and 6 are based on the following pond. The above statement represents-
passage. Read the passage carefully and (A) a positive event (B) a very common
choose the correct answer and put tick (3 ) event (C) an impossible event
mark on it. (D) a negative event
8. How the salary of BBA Graduates of ABC
In many corporation, employees are being University could be determined from the
replaced by automated equipment in order to given information?
save money. However many workers who (i) 10% of the graduates who joined XYZ
lose their jobs to automation will need company earn an average salary of the rest
government assistance to survive and the graduates are TK 20,000
same corporations that are laying people off (ii) The average salary of the rest graduates
will eventually pay for that assistance are Tk. 1200
through increased taxes and unemployment (A) from (i) only (B) from (ii) only
insurance payments. (C) together from (i) and (ii)
(D) information provided is not sufficient
5. The author is arguing that: 9. Property taxes are typically set at a flat rate
(A) Higher taxes and unemployment per TK 6.000 of officially assessed value.
insurance payments will discourage Reassessment should be frequent in order to
corporation from automating remove distortions that arise when they
benefit government, that is, when their effect
is to increase total tax revenue.
If the statements above are TRUE, which of India. Which of the conclusion may be
the following describes a situation in which a drawn from this information?
reassessment should occur but is unluckily to (A) Bus transport in Bangladesh is better
do so. than that of India
(A) property values risen sharply and (B) Rail transport of Bangladesh is worse
uniformly than that of India
(B) property values have all risen-some very (C) Both A and B hold true
sharply, some less so (D) It can’t be determined from the
(C) property values have most for the part information given
risen sharply, yet some have risen slightly 14. When X increases, Y decreases
(D) property values have for the most part and when Y increases, Z increases. Which of
dropped significantly, yet some have risen the following must be true when Z
sharply decreases?
10. If the difference of two numbers (A) X was increased (B) Y was decreased
is greater than the sum of the numbers, (C) both A and B happened
which of the following must be true. (D) none of this statements must be true
(A) at least one number is negative 15. At 3:00 AM the temperature was
(B) neither number is negative 13° bellow zero. By noon it has risen to 32°
(C) both number are negative what was the average hourly increase in
(D) none of these statements must be true temperature?
11. (I) In planning a sales script the (A) (19/9)° (B) (45)° (C) (19/6)°
following factors must be considered: (D) (5)°
product features, product benefits, Ans : 1.(C) 2.(A) 3.(C) 4.(D) 5.(B)
presentation objectives, customers profile, 6.(A) 7.(C) 8.(D) 9.(D) 10.(C) 11.(C)
competitive offerings, and few questions that 12.(D) 13.(D) 14.(D) 15.(D)
customers are likely to ask.
(II) In planing a sales script you should
Part B: Mathematical Solving (5 question, 10
consider presentation objectives, customer’s
marks)
profile and few questions that customers’
likely to ask.
If the statement (I) holds correct, Statement 16. Sumana is a fat girl, Her weight
(II) is- is 210% of Rina’s weight, Limons’s weight is
(A) in contract ...... with statement (I) 70% of Liza's weight . Liza weights twice as
(B) incorrect much as Rina. What percentage of Limon’s
(C) consistent with statement (I) weight is Sumona’s weight approximately?
(D) none of this Ans : 150%
12. four persons W,X,Y and Z are in 17. If a speed of 1 meter second is
increasing order of their weight. Y.X.Z and equal to a speed of K kilometers per hour,
W are in increasing order of their hights. what is the value of K?
W,Z,Y and X in increasing order of their. If Ans : 3.6
the four persons are assigned are summed, 18. A T-shirt store regularly sells all
who gets the highest total rank? stock at a discount of 20 percent 40 percent.
(A) w (B) x (C) y (D) z If an additional 25 percent were deducted
13. Buses run faster than train in from the discount price during a special sale.
Bangladesh. Train run faster than buses in What would be the lowest possible price of a
T-shirt costing Tk. 16 before any discount?
Ans : 7.20 Tk.
19. Mazid wrote the number 1 on 1 8. Which country earns highest amount of
slip paper, the number 2 on 2 slips of paper, foreign currency every year through
the number 3 on 3 slips of paper, the number exporting arms and ammunitions?
4 on 4 slips of paper, the number 5 on 5 slips Ans : Russia
of paper and the number 6 on 6 slips of 9. Who was the first prime minister of
paper. All the slips of paper were placed in a Bangladesh?
bag and sally drew 1 slip at random. What is Ans : Syed Tajuddin Ahmed
the probability that the number on the slip 10. What is the position of
Sally drew was odd? Bangladesh in producing paddy in the world?
Ans : 3/7 Ans : 4th
20. At Collegiate High School 200 11. ‘Hartal’ is a world of –––––––––
students are taking chemistry and 160 language.
students are taking biology. If 40 students are Ans : Gujrati
taking both chemistry and biology. What is 12. Which Bangladesh citizen
the ratio of the number of students taking crossed the English Channel for the first
only chemistry to the number only biology? time?
Ans : 4:3 Ans : Bronzen Das
13. Write the name of two private
SECTION C : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE airlines of Bangladesh?
Part A : MCQ (5 question 10 marks) Ans : Arobangal Air Lines, Air parabat
14. RAW stands for –––––––––––.
1. Pentium is the brand name of a--- Ans : Research Analysis Wing.
(a) Computer (b) Processor (c) 15. Where is the Headquarter of
Motherboard(d) Hard disk Islamic Development Bank?
2. Kyat is the currency of --- Ans : Jeddah, Saudi Arab.
(a) Indonesia (b) South Korea (c)
China (d) Russia KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA.
3. ICC organize first world cup in--- BBA ADMISSION TEST 2001-02
(a) India (b) USA (c) China (d) Russia
4. ICC organized first world cup in--- SECTION A : ENGLISH LANGUAGE,
(a) 1971 (b) 1975 (c) 1983 (d) 1967 COMPOSTITON & FREE-HAND
5. Which of the following country provides WRITING
highest amount of loan for Bangladesh?
(a) USA (b) Japan [There are 44 questions in this section.
(c) Germany (d) Saudi Questions 1 to 40 carry two (02) marks each
Arabia and questions 41 t0 44 carry five (05) marks
Ans : 1.(B) 2.(C) 3.(D) 4.(B) each. Answer all the questions.]
5.(B)
Part A : MCQ (20 questions, 40 marks)
Part B: Objective (10 question, 20 marks)
Direction : Each of the questions 1 to 5 consists
6. Where is the highest waterfall in the world of a sentence in which four words or phrases
situated? are underlined. The four underlined parts of the
Ans : Venezuela sentence are marked (A), (B), (C) and (D).
7. In which country did football originate? Identify one underlined part that must be
Ans : China
changed to make the sentence correct and put C) The screamed burnt victims
tick (√) mark on it. D) The victim who were burning screamed
1. Mathematicians taken centuries to develop 7. Adams was dismissed from the position
the methods that ________________.
A B A) because his financial reports were
now are used in arithmetic. improperly.
C D B) because finance-wise he kept poor
2. The Economist Kenneth Boulding proposed records.
a single Social C) for keeping improper financial records.
A D) for keep financial records that were
Science that would unify Economic, improper.
Sociology, and 8. Printing ink is made ________________ of a
B C paste that is applied to the printing surface
Political Science. with rollers.
D A) to form (B) the form
3. The project director stated he believed it was (C) in the form (D) so that
necessary to it forms
A B 9. A major concern among archaeologists today
C is the preservation of archaeological sites
____________ are threatened by
study the proposals for several more months development.
before making a decision. A) of which many (B) many of them
D (C) many of which (D) which many
4. That these students have improved their 10. The examiner made us
grades because of ___________________ our identification in
A B C order to be admitted to the test center.
their participation in the test review class. (A) showing (B) show (C)
D showed (D) to show
5. Although the weather was not perfect, a 11. The type of plant and animal life
bunch of people living in and around a pond depends on the
A B soil of the pond _____________ and the
turned out for the annual parade. ponds location.
C D (A) what the quality of the water is
Ans : 1.(A) 2.(C) 3.(A) 4.(A) 5.(B) (B) how is the water quality
(C) the quality of the water (D) what
Direction : Questions 6 to 15 present is the water quality
incomplete sentences. Below each sentence you 12. One’s fingerprints are
will see four words or phrases marked (A), (B), _________________________
(C) and (D). Choose one word or phrase that A) different from those of any other person
best completes the sentence and put tick (√)
mark on it. (B) different from any other person
6. _______________ were slowly lowered to (C) different any other person
the ground for medical attention. (D) differs from another person
A) The victims who were screaming and who 13. There are three kinds of solar
were burning. eclipse; one is total, another is annular and
B) The screaming burnt victims ________
(A) the another is partial (B) the Part B: Objective (20questions, 40 marks)
partial is other
(C) other is partial (D) the other is Direction : The sentences in questions from 21
partial to 25 are not acceptable in Standard English
14. _______________ is the ancient Grammar. Correct them.
source of energy. 21. Believing that credit customers
(A) The wind (B) Winds (C) A should have advanced notice of the sale,
wind (D) Wind special letters were mailed to them.
15. _____________ will Mr. Ali be Ans: Believing that credit customers should
able to regain control of the company. have advanced notice of the sale, we mailed
(A) With hard work (B) In spite of his special letters to them.
hard work 22. Taxes and insurance are
(C) Only of he works hardly (D) Only necessary events in any business, and it must
with hard work be considered carefully in anticipating
Ans : 6.(B) 7.(C) 8.(C) 9.(C) 10.(B) profits.
11.(C) 12.(A) 13.(D) 14.(D) 15.(D) Ans: Taxes and insurance are necessary events
in any business and it must be considered
Direction : Each of the questions from 16 to 20 carefully in anticipating profits.
presents a pair of words related in some way. 23. In early July, we noticed that he
Each pair of words is followed by four pairs of exceeded his quota.
words marked (A), (B), (C) and (D). Select the Ans: In early July, we noticed that he had
pair that has a relationship similar to the exceeded his quota.
original words and put tick (^) mark on it. 24. We have audited your records on
16. DIFFIDENT : CONFIDENCE July 31st of 1994 and 1995.
A) Magnificent : Beauty (B) Voluminous : Ans: We have audited your records on 31st July
Size in 1994 & 1995.
C) Gloomy : Cheer (D) Athletic : 25. The applicant is six feet in
Strength height, 28 years old, weighs 165 pounds and
17. RADIUS : CIRCLE has had eight years’ experience.
A) Rubber : Line (B) Bisection : Ans: The applicant is six feet in height, 28
Angle years old, 165 pounds in weight and has
C) Equation : Earth (D) Spoke : Wheel eight years’ experience.
8. VALUELESS : INVALUEABLE
A) Miserly : philanthropic (B) Frugal : Direction: Questions from 26 to 30have one or
Wealthy move blank parts. Fill in the blanks with
C) Thrifty : cheap (D) Costly : Cut-rate appropriate prepositions.
19. AVALANCHE: 26. Let me congratulate you on
SNOW your success.
A) Igloo : ice (B) Deluge : Water 27. The principal could not prevail
C) Sleet : Hail (D) Dew : Rain on the student.
20. HEAT: PUMP 28. The boy jumped over
A) Lung : Collapse (B) Appendix : Burst the wall.
C) Stomach : Digest (D) Intestine : Twist 29. He always stands by
Ans : 16.(C) 17.(D) 18.(A) 19.(B) me in times of danger.
20.(C) 30. I talked to your
mother on the telephone.
Ans: My advisor pointed out numerous
Direction: Transform the following sentences errors in my proposal and told me to rewrite
(Question 31 to 35) as directed in the it.
parentheses.
31. Allah can alone help us (into 41. Writes a five-sentence paragraph
Negative) (in English) on Stop Using ‘Polythene
Ans: None but Allah can help us. Shopping Bag’
32. The man is so weak that he
cannot walk (into affirmative) 42. Translate the following into
Ans: The man is too weak to walk. Bengali:
33. Everybody wishes to be rich i) Before the development and introduction
(into Interrogative) of the smallpox vaccine the disease was as
Ans: Who doesn’t wish to be rich? dreadful as the plague.
34. Hurrah! We have won the game Ans:
(into assertive) ii) Sometimes, Families would perish by the
Ans: It is a matter of joy that we have owns outbreak of the disease.
the game. Ans:
35. You should never miss classes iii) Near and dear ones who would nurse the
(into imperative) victims ran great risk of getting the
Ans: Never miss classes contagion.
Ans: iv) The introduction of Vaccine would
Direction: Questions from 36 to 40 have not provide full guarantee against the disease
underlined words. Replace the underlined if there crept any flaws in the production of
words with synonymous words. the vaccine.
36. Dr. Clements distributed the Ans: v) Moreover, a large number of people
materials at he deans’ conference. would remain outside the protective net of
Ans: Dr. Clements passed out the materials at the vaccine because of ignorance or want of
he deans’ conference. opportunity to take it.
37. If we terminate our relations Ans:
with that country, we shall have to find
another supplier of raw materials. 43. Translate the following passage
Ans: If we break off our relations with that into English :
country, we shall have to find another i) Ans: It seems that a lot of thrilling
supplier of raw materials. phenomena will take place.
38. Archaeologists continue ii) Ans: Information revolution
searching for buried Egyptian treasures. makes world smaller.
Ans: Archaeologists keep on searching for iii)
buried Egyptian treasures. Ans: In Europe, a demonstration has been
39. Kevin quit the engineering made against globalization.
program because he found it too difficult. iv)
Ans: Kevin dropped out of the engineering Ans: Industrialization is essential for poverty
program because he found it too difficult. alleviation.
40. My advisor indicated numerous v)
errors in my proposal and told me to rewrite Ans: Moral education should be emphasized.
it.
44. Present the major ideas of the Choose the best possible answer and put tick
following passage in four (4) sentences and (3 ) mark on it.
give a suitable title of it. 1. “Purchasing power of rural income is greater
Tension is the condition when feelings are than that of urban income.” Which of the
tense in ones mind. There is hardly any man following inferences is best supported by the
who has not experienced any frustration in above statement?
life. Areas of frustration in a man’s life is too A) The average number of family member in
many and varied to be mentioned here. All rural family is more than that of urban
unhappy men are unhappy in their own way. family.
Disappointment is inevitable to a man B) Rural family needs lower food and
engulfed in misery of failure to win a desired housing costs than that family does.
object. The extent of frustration is dependent C) The average income of urban family is
on a man’s wish or aspiration. It is also generally higher than that of rural family.
determined by a man’s own nature and his D) Both families spend most of the income
age, ability and other factors and conditions on housing.
of his own life and living. The young and the 2. Tomato has more nutritional value than
literate persons are seem to be very much Carrot. But since Apple has more nutritional
depressed by frustration. In young age a value than Pine, it follows that Tomato has
man’s life is full of dreams and ambitions. more nutritional value than Pine. Any of the
But life is not a bed of roses. Rather life is following ,if introduced into the argument as
the bed of thorns. There are many slips an additional premise, makes the argument as
between the cup and the lips. So when there an additional premise, makes the argument
is any deviation from the desired goal a man above logically correct EXCEPT:
gets frustrated. One of the main causes of the A) Carrot has more nutritional value than
students’ unrest in our deeply rooted in Pine.
frustration. Every young student wants to be B) Apple has more nutritional value than
recognized. But lack of appreciation may Tomato.
frustrate him. It is observed that most of the C) Carrot has more nutritional value than
cases of the act of violence ranging from Apple.
murder to suicide originate from a sense of D) Carrot and Apple have the same
frustration. Thus frustration is the root cause nutritional value.
of all mental, emotional and nervous stain 3. Since deregulation, Ferry- delays at the
that leads a man to suffer from tension. And Aricha Ferry ghat have increased by25%. To
it is tension that causes major heart diseases combat this problem, serials must be
apart from other effects on our body and allocated to passenger buses only.
mind. So to be sound and healthy we should Which of the following, if true, casts most
be free from tension. doubt on the effectiveness of the solution
proposed above?
SECTIONC: ANALYTICAL ABILITY & A) The major causes of delays are bad
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING weather.
Part A: Analytical Ability (15questions, 30 B) Since deregulation, the number of
marks) vehicles has increased by 25%.
C) Over 60% of the serials are reserved for
Direction: Each of the questions from 1 to15 passenger buses.
has four answer choices marked A, B, C, and D. D) Since deregulation the average length of
delays has doubled.
4. In Norway where there has been a ban on C) Reducing taxes will probably restrict the
tobacco advertising since 1975, smoking is availability of certain products.
as prevalent among teen-agers as it is in D) Reducing taxes will not necessarily lead to
countries that do not ban such advertising. increased prices.
Which of the following statements allows the 7. Students of X University must get a better
most reliable conclusion from the above education than students of Y University
information? because the average academic results of X
A) Tobacco advertising cannot be the only University students are better than that of
factor affecting the prevalence of smoking students of Y University.
among teen – agars. The claim above depends upon which of the
B) Banning tobacco advertising does not following assumption?
reduce the consumption of tobacco. I) Average academic performance by
C) Advertising does not play a role in students is a good measure of the quality of
causing teen-agers to start or continue education that a student receives.
smoking. II) Extra-curricular activities at X University
D) More teen-agers smoking if they are not are giving more emphasis than that at Y
exposed to tobacco advertising than if they University.
are. III) The grading standards at the two
5. If your radio was made after 1972, it has a universities are roughly the same.
stereo feature. The statement above can be A) I only (B) II and III only
deduced logically from which of the (C) I, II, and III (D) I and
Following statements? III only
A) Only if a radio was made after 1972 could 8. There is no reason to rule out the existence
it have a stereo feature. of Iceman in the Himalayas. We must then
B) All radios made after 1972 have a stereo undertake the expedition of the Himalayas.
feature. The argument above assumes that:
C) Some stereo features are found in radios A) Iceman exists in the Himalayas.
made after 1972. B) Search for Iceman is sufficient motive for
D) Stereo features for radios were fully Himalayas expedition.
developed only after 1972. C) No one has previously proposed
6. It is true that increasing demand for a limited expedition of the Himalayas.
number of products drives up the price of D) Himalayas is capable of supporting
those products. However, if we cut tax rates, human life.
then people will retain a higher percentage of 9. All elephants are Grey. And all mice are
their income and will be encouraged to work Grey. Therefore, I conclude that all elephants
harder and produce more. Therefore, the are mice.
increase in demand resulting from greater This argument is invalid because :
disposable income will not result in higher A) The writer has illogically classified two
prices for the products available. disparate groups together when there is no
In the passage above, the author makes relationship between them except they both
which of the following arguments? have the same attribute.
A) Reducing taxes is likely to in less B) The writer has failed to express his
disposable income. reasoning fully.
B) Reducing taxes is likely to decrease C) The writer has made a mistaken analogy
demand. between two dissimilar qualities.
D) The writer is of sound mind.
10. Mr. and Mrs. Ali and their son Tulu C) Always a prime number (not divisible)
want to cross the river Rupsha. Mr. D) Always an odd number
Kashem’s rowboat is the only means to cross 14. If u>t, r>q, s>t, and t>r, which of
the river. Mr. Kashem will not allow anyone the following must be true?
to row his boat and will take only one I. u > s II. s>q III. u>r.
passenger at a time Tulu is only a little boy. A)I only B) II only
So he cannot be let alone on the river bank. C) III only D) II and III only
Which of the following conditions is not part 15. The claim that learning computer
of the successful passage of the Ali’s across programming is a sure way to a bright future
the river? is analogous to the contention, popular a few
A) Mr. Ali crosses the river first. years ago, that if one wanted a successful
B) Tulu crosses the river first. career, one study law. Now of course, there
C) Tulu crosses the river second. are more law students graduating than the
D) Mr. and Mrs. Ali cross the river together. market can absorb. The point of the analogy
11. Department Stores range from above is that:
two to eight floors in height. If a store has A) Lawyers are making increasing use of
more than three floors, it has an elevator. If computers in their work
the statements are true, which of the following B) Computer Programmers will increasingly
must also be true? need the services of lawyers
A) Only floors above the third floor have C) There will soon be more jobs for lawyers
elevators. than there are now.
B) Second floor has elevators. D) There will soon be more programming
C) Seventh floor has elevators. students graduating than there are jobs for
D) All floors may be reached by elevators. them.
12. A greater number of newspapers Ans: 1.(B) 2.(B) 3.(A) 4.(A) 5.(B) 6.(D)
are sold in town ‘S’ than in town ‘T’. 7.(D) 8.(B) 9.(A) 10.(A) 11.(C) 12.(B)
Therefore, the citizens of town ‘S’ are better 13.(D) 14.(D) 15.(D)
informed about major world events than are
the citizens of town ‘T’. Part B: Mathematical Problem solving (5
Each of the following, if true, weakens the questions, 10 marks)
conclusion above EXCEPT:
A) The average newsstand price of 16. Envelopes could be purchased
newspapers sold in town ‘S’ is lower than the by Tk. 150 per pack of 100, Tk. 100 per pack
average price of newspapers sold in town of 50 or Tk. 2.50 each. What is the minimum
‘T’. number of envelopes that could be purchased
B) The average citizens of town ‘S’ spend for Tk. 725?
less time reading newspapers than does the Ans: 290
average citizens of town ‘T’. 17. Jim’s weight is 140% of
C) Most citizens of town ‘T’ worked in town Marica’s weight. Bob’s weight is 90% of
‘S’ and buy their newspapers there. Lee’s weight. Lee weighs twice
D) Town ‘S’ has a larger population than as much as Merica. What percentage of Jim’s
town ‘T’. weight is Bob’s weights approximately?
13. The sum of a odd number and an Ans: 128.57%
even number is: 18. A river 2 meter deep and 45
A) Sometimes an even number meter wide is flowing at the rate of 3 km/hr.
B) Always divisible by-2 What is the amount of
water that runs into the sea per minute? 6. Nylon was invented by Richard Nylon
Ans: 270000 m3 7. IMF stands for International Monetary Fund
19. The distance from city A to city 8. Pentium is the brand name of a Professor
B is 150 miles and the distance from city A 9. Name the country of origin of following
to city C is Footballers:
90 miles. How many times the distance from i. George Wiah Liberia ii. Lui
A to B equals 10 times the distance from A to Figo Portugal
C? 10. Silicon valley is famous for
Ans: 6 times pgVÚJu¡l Evf¡cel SeÉ
20. A recipe for a cake calls for 2.5 11. Designer of Jatiya Sangsad
cups of milk and 3 cups of flour. With this building is m¤C BC L¡e
recipe, a cake was 12. The Theory of Relativity was
baked using 14 cups of flour. How many developed by BCeØV¡Ce
cups of milk were required? 13. Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the
Ans: 11.66 UK belongs to ®mh¡l Party (political).
14. The name of the present
SECTIONC: GENERAT KNOWLEDGE Governor of Bangladesh Bank is gMl¦¢Ÿe
Part A: MCQ (5 questions, 10marks) Bqjc
15. International Bank for
[Each of the questions from 1to5 has four Reconstruction and Development is now
answer choices marked A,B,C, and D. Choose known as IRBD
the correct answer choice and put tick (√) mark
on it.] KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA.
1. The per capita income of Bangladesh is BBA ADMISION TEST 2000-01
(A) $ 320 (B) $ 230 (C) $ 130 (D) $ 450
2. Bethlehem is situated in--- Section – A : English language and
(A) Jordan (B) Israel Comprehension ( 30 question; 60 marks)
(C) Egypt (D) West Bank of
Palestine Direction: Each of the questions from 1 to 5
3. World Trade Center in New York is consists of a sentence in which four words of
destroyed on phrases are underlined. The four underlined
(A) 11 July, 2001 (B) 11 August, 2001 parts of the sentence are marked. A, B, C and D.
(C) 11 September, 2001 (D) 11 Identify one underlined part that must be
October, 2001 changed to make the sentence correct and
4. ’Emirates’ is the name of the airline of blacken the corresponding circle on your
(A) KSA (B) UK (C) Qatar (D) UAE answer sheet.
5. Which of the following countries joined in 1. Some professionals require that the secretary
the European single currency? is responsible
(A) Great Britain(B) Denmark (C) A B
Sweden (D) France for writing all reports as well as for
Ans: 1.() 2.(D) 3.(C) 4.(D) balancing the food.
5.(D) C D
2. If Moni would have studied grammar in
Part B: Objective (10 questions, 20marks) college she would
A
Fill in the blanks with right answers: B
not have found the terminology so difficult 8. The defendant refused to answer the
to understand. prosecutors questions--
C D (A) because he was afraid it would
3. Jhon always arrives lately for his chemistry incriminate him.
class even (B) for fear that they will incriminate him.
A B (C) because he was afraid that his answers
though he leaves his dormitory in plenty of would incriminate him.
time. (D) fearing that he will be incriminate by it.
C D 9. The teacher suspected cheating as soon as he
4. Although the weight lifting is a good way to noticed the pupil’s------------- glance at his
improve ones classmate’s paper.
A (A) futile (B)sporadic (C)cold
physical condition, most doctors recommend (D) furtive
that the person 10. Nafiz was extremely---------------
B when he received a C on the examination, for
begin in a correct manner by getting he was almost certain he had gotten a B
complete checkup. (A) elated (B) dissatisfied(C) fulfilled
C D (D) harmful
5. Knowing that it would be helpless to Ans : 6.(D) 7.(B) 8.(C) 9.(D) 10.(B)
continue working for a
A B C Direction: Each of the questions from II
nearly bankrupt company, Zakir decided to through 15 presents two words that are related
go away and in some way Determine which of the answer
find another type of employment. choices from (A) through (D) given below has a
D relationship similar to the original words and-
Ans : 1.(B) 2.(A) 3.(B) 4.(B) 5.(C) blacken thew corresponding circle on your
answer sheet.
Direction: Each of the questions from 6 through 11. ENTERPRENEUR: PROFITS:
10 consists of an incomplete sentence followed (A) manager: employees (B)
by four words or phrases. Choose new word or laborer. wages
phrase that best completes the sentence and (C) financier: mortgages (C)
blacken the corresponding circle on your arbitrator: complaints
answer sheet. 12. OCEAN : BAY:
6. A computer is usually chosen because of its (A) island : inlet (B) archipelago: atoll
simplicity of operation---------- its capacity (C) comet: galaxy (D) continent:
to store information. peninsula
(A) the same as (B) the 13. FRAGILE: BREAK:
same (A) vital: destroy (B) hostile: invite
(C) as (D) As well as (C) flexible: bend (D) fertile: smell
7. The museum arranged the fossils in--------- 14. APPLR: TREE:
order, placing the older fossils dating from (A) silver: ore (B) plank:
the late Ice Age on the first floor and the wood
more recent fossils on the second floor. (C) glass: sand (D) pearl:
(A) alphabetical (B) chronological oyster
(C) random (D) 15. CHESE: MILK:
arbitrary (A) cookie : crumb (B) Jam: fruit
(C) wheat: grain (D) pasta: sauce 24. He climbed –––––––––––– the
Ans : 1.(B) 12.(D) 13.(C) 14.(D) 15.(B) wall.
(A) on (B) over (C) to (D) above
Direction: Each of the questions from 16 25. Martin Luther King ––––––––––
through 20 has a word or phrase followed by injustice.
four options. Choose the answer option that best (A) recognized (B) confronted (C)
fills the blank and blacken the corresponding suffered (D) abhorred
circle in your answer sheet. Ans : 21.(D) 22.(A) 23.(C) 24.(B)
16. Bottom line 25.(D)
(A) fundamental factor (B) cross
factor Direction : Questions from 26 through 30 are
(C) footnote (D) based on the following passage. Read the
underline passage carefully ; choose the best possible
17. Idiosyncratic answer and blacken thew corresponding circle
(A) peculiar (B) unclear (C) on your answer sheet.
indefinite (D) idiotic In an effort to produce the
18. State-of-the-art largest, fastest. and the most luxurious ship
(A) latest technique (B) nice art afloat, the British built: S. S.Titanic. It was
(C) old fashioned (D) craftsmanship so superior to anything else on the seas that it
19. Putting with was dubbed “unsinkable”. So sure of this
(A) tolerating (B) were the owners that they provided only
experiencing twenty life boats and rafts, less than one half
(C) adopting (D) the number needed for the 2,227 passengers
comprehending on board. Many passengers were aboard the
20. About to occur night it rammed an iceberg, only two days at
(A) Adjacent (B) perilous (C) sea and more than half way between England
gigantic (D) imminent and its New York destination. Because the
Ans : 16.(A) 17.(A) 18.(A) 19.(A) luxury liner was travelling so fast, it was
20.(D) impossible to avoid the ghostly looking
iceberg. An unextinguished fire also
Direction : Each of the question 21 through 25 contributed to the ships submersion. Panic
is a sentence with a blank space to be filled in. increased the number of casualties as people
Choose the answer option that best fills the jumped into the icy water or fought to be
blank and blacken the corresponding circle on among the few to board the lifeboats. Four
your answer sheet. hours after the mishap, another ship, the
21. ––––– Supposed to supply the Carpathia, rescued the 705 survivors.
refreshments for tonight meeting? The infamous S. S. Titanic had
(A) Who (B) whose (C) whom (D) which enjoyed only two days of sailing glory on its
22. I traveled in the USA maiden voyage in 1912 before plunging into
––––––––––– six month. 12,000 feet of water near the coast of
(A) for (B) since (C) about (D) two Newfoundland, where it lies today.
23. Dr. Karim will not be coming to
the meeting because he has –––––––––– 26. All of the following are true
many people to grade. EXCEPT
(A) to (B) into (C) too (D) two (A) only a third of those aboard perished
(B) the Carpathia rescued the survivors
(C) the S.S. Titanic was the fastest (A) Rural households have lower food and
(D) the S. S.Titanic was the fastest ship housing cost than the average urban
afloat in 1912 households.
27. All of the following contributed (B) The average rural households includes
to the large death toll EXCEPT more people than the average urban
(A) panic (B) fire (C) speed (D) the households.
Carpathin (C) Urban households consumption is more
28. How many days was the S.S. than that of the rural households.
Titanic at sea before sinking? (D) Both types of households spends more of
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 12 their income on food and housing than all
29. The words maiden voyage in the other purchase combined.
last paragraph are closer in meaning to ---- 2. Today rose is twice as old as Sam and Sam is
(A) inaugural (B) Most 3 years younger than Tina is. If Rose, Sam
elegant and Tina are all alive 4 years from today,
(C) longest (D) final which of the following must be true on that
30. What is the main idea of this day?
passage? 1.Rose is twice as old as Sam
(A) The S.S. Titanic proved itself the most 11.Sam is 3 years younger than Tina
seaworthy vessel in1912 111.Rose is older than Tina
(B) Attempts to rescue the S.S. Titanic’s (A) 1 only (B) 1 and 11 only
survivors were not successful (C) 111 only (D) 11
(C) Overconfidence by builders and owners only
was greatly responsible for the sinking of the 3. Noble’s Original legacy of nine million
vessel. dollars was invested and the interest on this
(D) A fire and panic were the only causes for sum is used for the awards, which vary from
the sinking of the ship. $30,000 to $125,000. Every year on
Ans : 26.(A) 27.(D) 28.(A) 29.(A) December 10, the anniversary of Noble’s
30.(C) death, the awards are presented to the
winners. Sometimes politics plays an
SECTION – B Analytical Ability (15 important role in the judges decision. Until
question, 30 marks) today some people have won two prizes, but
this is rare; other have shared their prizes. All
Direction : Question from 1 through 15 have of the following statement are true except.
four answer choices marked A,B,C and D. (A) Awards very in monetary value.
Choose the best possible answer and blacken (B) Politics plays an important role in
the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. selecting the winners.
1. At the same income level rural households (C) Ceremonies are held on December 10 to
have more purchasing power than the urban commemorate Noble’s invention.
households do. Because urban and suburban (D) A few individuals have won two awards.
households use some of the income for food 4. “Azam must be a cricket player as he bears a
and shelter that can be used by rural cricket kit-bag.” Which of the following if
households for others needs. Which of the true does support this conclusion.
following is best supported by the statement (A)Anyone can bear a cricket kit-bag.
made above? (B) Football players also bear cricket kit-bag
(C) Cricket player seldom bear cricket kit-
bag.
(D) Only cricket players bear cricket kit-bag. (D) The number of population has been
5. In 1990, global service exports totaled about doubled
$370 billion, approximately 20% of world 10. Two students taking admission
trade. Still no coherent system of rules, test are answering analytical ability question.
principles and procedures exist govern trade one of them calculator and the other hasn’t.
in services. Calculator will not make any difference in
(A) Regulatory systems lag behind the reality performance. If this holds true, which of the
of service exports. following must not be true?
(B) Regulatory system ought to reflect the (A) The students having calculator doesn’t
importance of service exports. know how to uses calculator.
(C) Service trade legislation is a veritable (B) The student not having calculator is like
wasteland. a living calculator.
(D) While trade legislation exists, it is (C) The Analytical Ability section has many
uncoordinated. mathematical questions.
6. Five executives of European corporation (D) The calculator was of order.
hold a conference in Rome 11. Business education has become
Mr. A converses in Spanish and Italian the number-one choice of student in
Mr. B converses in Spanish and English Bangladesh. Which of the following cannot
Mr. C converses in English and Italian be inferred from this information.
Mr. D a native Italian can also converse in (A) Graduates of Business Administration
France have high demand in job market.
Who of the following can act as an (B) Top category students are competing for
interpreter when Mr. C and Mr. D wish to getting admission in business education.
converse? (C) Compared to the students of business
(A) only Mr. A (B) only administration, all students in the other fields
Mr. B (C) only Mr. D of education are less meritorious.
(D) Any of the other three executives (D) More institution will try to provide
8. Which of the following statements is always business education in future.
true if X is less than 2? 12. The student who is poor in
1.X is negative Mathematics is also poor in Accounting and
11. X is positive the student who is good in English is also
111.2X is greater than or equal to X good in communication. The following
1V. X 2 is greater than or equal to X groups of students are made:
(A) 111 only (B) 111 1. 3 students poor in Accounting and 3
and 1V only students good in English.
(C) 1 and 11 only (D) 1V only 11. 3 students poor in Mathematics and 3
9. In Bangladesh, the number of unemployed students good in communication.
educated people in 1990 is as twice as in (A) The two groups are equal in academic
1980. Which of the following is the proper strength.
inference of this information? (B) Group 1 is stronger in academic strength.
(A) The quality of education has been (C) Group 11 is stronger in academic
decreased strength.
(B) The rate of literacy has been increased (D) Information is insufficient to infer.
(C) The job opportunities have not been 13. Safiq and Rafiq start from their
increased proportionately office and each walk 10 km in opposite
direction. Safiq then turns left and walks 10
km, while Rafiq turns right and walks 10 km. 17. The average of three numbers is
How far are they in this situation from each 3x + 2. if one of the number is x, What is the
other? average of other two numbers?
(A) 20 km (B) 15 km (C) 18 km (D) 24 km (A) x +1 (B) 2x + 2 (C) 4x + 1
14. English has been the mandatory (D) 4x + 3
language of instruction for teachers in a 18. From 1990 to 2000, the value of
University since 1990. Which of the a share of stock of ABC Corporation doubled
following is the proper inference from this every year. If in 2000 a share of the stock
information? was worth Tk. 80, in what year was worth
(A) Giving lectures in English was Tk. 10?
discouraged before 1990. 19. Refer to the following definition
(B) All teachers used to give lecture in to answer this question for any positive
English before 1990. integer n, [n] represents the sum of the stock
(C) Not all teacher use to give lecture in integers from 1 to n For example
English before 1990. [5]=1+2+3+4+5=15
15. “Flowers are beautiful even if Which of the following is equal to [10]-[9]?
there is no one near to acknowledge it.” (A) [1] (B) [2] (C) [3] (D) [4]
Which of the following is contradictory to 20. Price of rice has increased by
the sense of this statement? 15% from its original price. It has again
(A) People will see nothing of her than what increased by 15% from the new price. What
they want to see. is the gross increase of the price of rice from
(B) Beauty exists only in the eye of the its original price?
beholder. (A) 32.25% (B) 22.50% (C)
(C) Beauty is a pervasive concept. 48% (D) 28.75%
(D) The greatest pleasure available to the Ans : 16.(C) 17.(D) 18.(B) 19.(D)
mankind is the complementation of beauty. 20.(A)
Ans : 1.(A) 2.(B) 3.(C) 4.(D) 5.(B) 6.(A)
7.(C) 8.(B) 9.(C) 10.(C) 11.(C) 12.(D) General knowledge (15 question, 30 marks)
13.(A) 14.(C) 15.(B)
Direction : Question from 1 through 15 have
Mathematical Problem Solving (5 question, four answer choices marked A,B,C and D.
10 marks) Choose the correct answer and blacken the
corresponding circle on your answer sheet.
Direction : Question from 16 through 20 have 1. The next Olympic games will be held in---
four answer choices marked A,B,C and D. (A) Paris (B) London (C)
Choose the best possible answer and blacken Athens (D) Cape town
the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. 2. The next world cup football will be held in---
16. One inlet pipe fills an empty (A) Sweden (B) Japan
tank in 5 hours and the other pipe fills the and South Korea (C) Brazil (D)
same tank in 3 hours. How long it will take Australia
for both the pipes together to fill the tank? 3. The number of members of the Security
(A) 32 Minutes (B) 1 Council of the U.N.O. is---
Hour (A) 10 (B) 16 (C)18 (D) 15
(C) 1 Hour 52.5 Minutes (D) 1 4. The members of NAFTA (North American
Hour 56 Minutes Free Trade Agreement) are---
(A) USA, Cuba, Canada (B) (A) Greece Mean Time (B)
Mexico, Canada, Nicaragua General Motor Trading (C) Gross Metric Ton
(C) Panama, Mexico, USA (D) USA, (D) Greenwich Mean Time
Canada, Mexico Ans: 1.(C) 2.(B) 3.(D) 4.(D) 5.(D)
5. Pittsburgh is famous for--- 6.(C) 7.(A) 8.(D) 9.(B) 10.(B)
(A) textile (B) ship building 11.(C) 12.(D) 13.(A) 14.(D) 15.(D)
(C) silk (D) iron and steel
6. The only shipyard of our country is situated SECTION – C : ENGLISH
at--- LANGUAGE (10 QUESTION, 20 MARKS)
(A) Narayangonj (B) Chittagong (C) Khulna
(D) Dhaka Direction : Fill in the blanks with appropriate
7. How many Science and Technology articles (a, an, the). Cross the blanks where they
Universities are going to be established by are not necessary.
year 2007 in Bangladesh? 1. The Statue of liberty was a gift of
(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 16 (D) 18 friendship from France to the United
8. Which is the largest island in Bangladesh? States.
(A) Kutabdia (B) Sandip (C) 2. Lake Erie is one of the five Great lakes in
Hatia (D) Bhola North America.
9. Which country won the gold medal in 3. There are only a few seats left for
football in Sydney Olympic 2000? tonight’s musical at the University.
(A) France (B) Cameroon (C) U.S.A. 4. Please give a cup of coffee with cream and
(D) Brazil ––––– sugar.
10. Federal Reserve System is the name of the
central bank of--- Direction : Correct the following sentences:
(A) Great Britain (B) U.S.A. (C) Russia 5. He performs good in his job.
(D) Australia Ans: He performs well in his job.
11. “Nescafe” is a brand name of --- 6. By moving our company office, profit will
(A) soft drink (B) tea (C) coffee rise.
(D) biscuit Ans: By changing our company office, profit
12. “Yen” is the name of the will rise.
currency of --- 7. The lady made copies on the machine in a
(A) China (B) Taiwan (C) Burma hurry.
(D) Japan Ans: The lady made copies on the machine
13. Which sea-route is the busiest hurrily.
sea-route in the world? 8. Ask him to buy stationery items, such as,
(A) Suez route (B) paper, pen, pencils, tape etc.
Panama route (C) North Atlantic Ans: Ask him to buy stationary such as
Sea route paper, pen, pencils, taps, etc.
(D) Europe South Africa-Fareast Sea route 9. Transform the following nouns into verbs:
14. What is the name of the (a) Circle –––– Circulate
President of Yugoslavia? (b) strength –––– Strengthen
(A) Milosovia (B) (c) Beauty –––– Beautify
Radovan Karadozic (d) Assurance –––– Assure
(C) Begovic (D) 10. Write the meaning of the following words in
Kostunitcha Bangla.
15. G.M.T. sands for--- (a) Acknowledge –––– paÉ ü£L¡l
(b) Degradation –––– fc¡he¢a admission in BBA program of Khulna
(c) Detrimental –––– r¢aLl University.
(d) Homogeneous –––– pj-
nÐZ£i¤š² KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA.
BBA ADMISSION TEST-1999-2000
Freehand Writing (4 questions: 20 marks)
Section-1
11. Translate the following the English Language and Communication (120
sentences into Bangla. marks)
The arises from modern technology
advances. In schools, classes become more [There are four questions in this section.
complicated because of the technology for Questions 1 to 40 carry two (02) marks each
which students must be prepared when they and every question 41 through 44 carry 10
graduated. In offices, calculators, commuters marks each. Answer all questions.]
and word processing systems are
commonplace because they increase speed Direction: Each of the questions 1trough 5
and improve efficiency. Business people may presents two words that are related in some
spend hours working with numbers rarely way. Determine which (A) through (D) answer
calculate mentally. In industry as well, the choice below has a relationship similar to the
emphasison advances machines results in original words and put tick (√) on it.
individual’s solving fewer mathematical 1. FISH: TROUT
problems on their own. (A) Ocean: wave (B) Mammal: Whale
Ans : (C) Bird: Aviary (D) Antenna: Insect
2. DEGREE: TEMPERATURE
12. Write a paragraph on “A (A) Ounce: Weight (B) Fathom: Volume
Shopping Centre” (in exactly five sentences) (C) Time Length (D) Light: Heat
3. LAVA: VOLCANO
13. Translate the following into (A) Snow: Mountain (B) Balloon: Air
English: (C) Chimney: Smoke (D) Water: Spring
(a) 4. REAM: PAPER
Ans: Recently the vast area of Bangladesh (A) Skin: Tissue (B) Cord: Wood
has been affected by terrible flood. (C) Envelope: Letter (D) Swatch: Cloth
(b) 5. TALLER: BANK
Ans: Lakhs of people and thousands of (A) Guest: Motel (B) Patient: Hospital
houses have been damaged by this flood. (C) Teacher: School (D) Architect:
(c) Blueprint
Ans: Many cattle have been floated away in Ans : 1.(B) 2.(A) 3.(D) 4.(B) 5.(C)
flood water.
(d) Ans: Such a flood was Direction: Questions 6 through 10 percents
unimaginable to the people of this area. incomplete sentences, below each sentence you
(e) will see four words or phrases, marked (A), (B),
Ans: At this moment, all of us should come (C) and (D). Choose one word or phrase that
forward to help the flood affected people. best completes the sentence and put tick on it.
6. I understand that the governor is considering
14. Write five sentences (5) on the a new proposal ..................
qualities and capabilities for getting
(A) What would eliminate unnecessary writing in Direction : Each of the question 16 through 20
government presents two sentences. One of them is
(B) Who wants to cut own on the amount of incorrect. Correct it.
writing in government 16. I could not follow you. Please
(C) That could eliminate unnecessary paperwork repeat it again.
in government Ans: I could not follow you. Please repeat it.
(D) To cause that the amount of papers 17. She does not do what she says.
written in government offices will be She is incongruent.
reduced Ans: She does not do what she says. She is a
7. The doctor insisted that his patient liar.
........................... 18. Do not tell any secret to him. He
(A) That he does not too hard for three is an informant of your opponent.
months (B) Take it easy for Ans: Do not tell any secret to him. He is an
three months spy of your opponent.
(C) Taking it easy inside of three months 19. We should take care of our
(D) To take some vacations for three months environment. We surround it.
8 .................... did Arman realize that there was Ans: We should take care of our
danger environment. We are surrounded with it.
(A) Upon entering the store 20. She is laborious. She hardly
(B) When he entered the store works for her development.
(C) After he had entered the store Ans: She is lazy. She hardly works for her
(D) Only after entering the store development.
9. Manufactures often sacrifice
quality............................ Direction : Each of the question 21 through 25
(A) For a larger profit margin presents a sentence that contains two words in
(B) In place of earn more money bracket. Put tick on the word in brackets that
(C) To gain more quantities of money completes the meaning in each sentence.
(D) And instead earn a bigger amount of 21. After declaring bankruptcy, the
profit company was forced to (liquefy/liquidate) its
10. While attempting to reach his assets.
home before the storm ....… (A) the 22. Detroit manufacturers hope to
bicycle of Zakir broke down develop an easily attachable (device/devise)
(B) it happened that Zakir’s bike broke down for the carburetor to improve gas mileage.
(C) the storm caught Zakir 23. By asking many questions, the
(D) Zakir had an accident on his bicycle instructor tried to (elicit/illicit) information
Ans : 6.(C) 7.(B) 8.(D) 9.(A) 10.(D) from the students.
24. The gaudy decorations in the
Direction : In question 11 through 15, write hall (detracted/distracted) from the beauty of
down the meaning of the words either in the celebration.
English or in Bangla. 25. Maria is (sensible/sensitive)
11. Abortive : enough to swim close to shore.
12. Renovate : Ans: 21. Liquidate 22. Device 23. Elicit
13. Calamity : 24. Detracted 25.
14. Criterion : Sensible
15. Clandestine :
Direction : Each of the question 26 through 30 33. Do you wish to fly in
consists of a sentence in which four words or Bangladesh Airlines?
phrases are underlined. The four underlined 34. Where are you going on your
parts of the sentence are marked A,B,C and D. holiday this year?
Identify one underlined part that must be 35. He introduced us to them.
changed to the sentence correct and put tick (√)
mark on it. Direction : Each of the question 36 through 40
26. Because they had spent too many presents a sentence that is featured with
time considering the new negative tone. Make them positive in tone.
A B C 36. We cannot send documents by
contract, the students lost the Opportunity to post or courier service.
lease the apartment. Ans: Postal and courier service excludes our
D sending media.
27. Until recently, women were 37. The ‘Econo’ is not one of those
forbidden by law from owning third rate ball point pens.
A B C Ans: The third rate ball point pen excludes
D the “Econo”.
property. 38. If you are dissatisfied, take some
28. Mrs. Stevens, along with her extra.
cousins from New Mexico are Ans: Take some extra to be satisfied.
A B 39. We cannot fill your order because
C you did not send payment.
planning to attend the festival. Ans: Filling your order requires a payment.
D 40. It is against our policy to sell
29. Despite of the fact that products below cost.
backgammon is easy to learn, it is as Ans: Our policy requires to fix a price above
A cost.
B
difficult to play as chess. 41. Write a paragraph on “Traffic
C D Jam” (10 sentences)
30. Most of the Japanese would not
be happy without a color 42. Translation into English:
st
A B C Ans: 21 February is a red-letter day of our
television, two cars, and working life. We remember this day with due respect
at an extra job. every year. The day is declared as a public
D holiday. Each “Shaheed Minar” is covered
Ans: 26.(B) 27.(A) 28.(C) 29.(A) with flowers on this day. Those who
30.(D) sacrificed their lives for mother tongue are
immortal.
Direction : In question 31 through 35, fill in the
blanks with appropriate prepositions. 43. “Development of any country
31. You cannot phone me. I am not depends largely on its business activities. So
on the phone. Bangladesh as a developing country needs to
32. Did you get an invitation to promote its business education.” Justify the
the party? statement. (10 sentences)
44. An American University is a Asia. What can we say if one of the countries
very different affair from Oxford or is dropped from Europe?
Cambridge. Its finances are in the hands of a (A) The total GNP of the European countries
Trustees, who are businessmen usually will still be greater than that of the Asian
wholly devoid of academic qualification. The countries.
businessmen appoint a president, who may (B) The total GNP of the Asian countries will
or may not have so academic education but is be greater than that of the European
selected for his supposed administrative countries.
ability, which off course, include agreement (C) The total GNP of the Asian countries will
with the political and theological prejudices equal to that of the European countries.
of the trustees. The president, so long as he (D) We cannot anything conclusively.
retains the support of the trustees, has the 2. If the level of cholesterol egg is higher than
power of an oriental autocrat rather than in butter and the level of the cholesterol in
those of a constitutional monarch. All the butter is lower than in coconut milk, We can
younger members of the faculty hold their conclude that:
posts on a early contract; if the president for (A) Egg has a lower cholesterol count than
no matter what reason, dislikes one of them coconut milk.
his contract is not renewed. The older men, (B) Coconut milk and egg are of the same
who haave the title of professor, have cholesterol count.
security of tenure, but even they would find (C) There is cholesterol in all three.
their position very difficult if they were on (D) Coconut milk has less cholesterol than
bad terms with the president. egg.
3. S is taller than P. D is taller than K. K is
Answer the following questions in your own shorter than M. P and M are of the same
words: height. If the above is true, which of the
(a) What is the function of the Board of the following statement must is?
Trustees in an American University? (A) D is taller than M. (B) D is taller than S.
(b) What are the powers of the president of (C) P is shorter than D. (D) S is
the board? taller than K.
(c) How is the president an autocrat? 4. The government has decided to have the
(d) What is the position of a professor of an production of HDP shopping bags on the
American University? grounds that such bags are causing blockages
(e) Give a suitable title of the above passage. drains and sewerage systems these bags are
not biodegradable. Which of the following
Section-2 : Analytical Ability (30 marks) statements most weakens the government’s
arguments?
[There are15 questions in this section. Each of (A) HDP bags can’t be held responsible for
them carries two (02) marks. Answer all the blockages caused to drains and sewerage
questions] systems.
(B) Illiterate and uncivilized people are for
Direction: Each of the following questions has misusing HDP bags.
four answer choices marked (A),(B),(C) and (C) Poor planning and faulty construction of
(D). put tick (√) on the correct choice. the drainage and sewerage systems are the
1. Total GNP of five countries in Europe is main reasons for their blockage.
greater than the total GNP of six countries in (D) Today drainage and sewerage are as they
were ten years ago.
5. A man was asked, “Are you beating your Which of the following statements is true?
son?” He replied, “I am having a fun.” what (A) X is right, Y is wrong (B) Y is
conclusion can We draw from the above right, X is wrong
conversation? (C) Both of them are right (D) Both
(A) Beating a man’s son is fun. of them are wrong
(B) The man did not answer correctly. 10. From a bus stop, bus leaves for
(C) It is embarrassing to ask about a man’s destination every 5 minutes. Mr. X and Mr. Y
fa¤mily matter. were supposed to catch a bus of 10:15 a.m.
(D) None of the above. For some reasons, Mr. Y reached the bus stop
6. Administration and executives are members 10 minutes later than Mr. X did.
of the most stable occupation. The stability When they will reach their destination?
mentioned in the above statement could be (A) Both of them will reach their same
dependent on each of the following factors destination at the same time.
except: (B) Mr. X will reach 15 minutes earlier than
(A) training and skills. (B) nature of the Mr. Y.
occupation (C) They will reach their destination at
(C) status (D) rate of turnover different times.
7. A family spends 25% of its income on food (D) Any of the above is possible.
and 30% on clothing. 11. Two people stand face-to-face.
Which of the following statement is true They moved in the following directions
when the income of the family is increased? Mr. X : went straight – turned right – turned
(A) The family spends more amount of the right – turned right
money on both food and clothing. Mr. Y : went straight – turned left – turned
(B) The family spends higher percentage of left – turned left
the money on both food and clothing. What is the possibility that they will meet
(C) The family spends disproportionately each other?
more on clothing than on food. (A) They may meet each other at their earlier
(D) None of the above position.
8. In a small village, the ratio of male and (B) They may meet each other at a new
female population is exactly 50:50. The position.
village has a reputation of providing at least (C) They may meet each other.
five years primary education to all of its (D) Any of the above is possible.
children. It has a single primary school 12. Through genetic test, it is known
where 5oo students are studying. The number that X is a child of Y
of girl students in the school is. Addressing Y X claimed, “You are my
(A) 250 (B) more than boy father”
students Y protested, “ You are not my son”
(C) less than boy students (D) any of Which of the following statements best
the above is possible represents the position of X and Y?
9. An iron ring is painted with different colors (A) X is right, Y is wrong. (B) Y is
in the following sequence: right, X is wrong.
Red-White-Yellow-Black. (C) Both of them are right (D) Any of
Mr. X claims that the color sequence is the above is possible
Yellow-Black- Red-White. 13. Number of newspapers sold in
Mr. Y claims that the sequence is White-Red- Dhaka is much more than of Khulna.
Black-Yellow. Therefore, it can be inferred that the citizens
of Dhaka are better informed of the major
world events than are the citizens of khulna. Section –3 : Mathematical Problems Solving
Which of the following, if true, supports the (30 marks)
above statement?
(A) Dhaka has a larger population than [There are 15 question in this section. Each of
khulna them carries two (2) marks. Answer all
(B) Most of the citizens of Dhaka purchase questions.]
from outside Khulna
(C) Percentage of newspapers reader is Direction : Each of the following question has
higher in Dhaka than in Khulna four answer choices marked (A),(B),(C) and
(D) Number of newspaper sellers are higher (D). Solve the problem in each question and put
in Dhaka than in Khulna tick (✓) on the correct choices.
14. Wearing helmets has become 1. What would be the marked price of an article
mandatory for the motor cycle drivers since if the cost was Tk. 12.60 and the profit was
1990. 10% of the selling price?
Which of the following is the proper (A) Tk. 12.48 (B) Tk. 13.66 (C)
inference of this information? Tk. 13.86 (D) Tk. 14.00
(A) Wearing helmet has prohibited before 2. One angle of a triangle is 3 times a second
1990 single and the third angle is 20 degrees more
(B) Not all the motor cycle drivers used to than the second angle. The second angle, in
wear helmet before 1990 degree, is:
(C) All of motor cycle drivers used to wear (A) 32 (B) 38 (C) 46 (D) 64
helmet before 1990 3. A certain neon sign flashes every 2 seconds,
(D) Motor cycle drivers did not know about another sign flashes every 3 seconds and a
helmet before 1990 third flashes every 5 seconds. If they all start
15. The program to control the entry flashing together. How many seconds will
of illegal drugs into the country was pass before all flash simultaneously again?
unsuccessful in1987. If the program had (A) 45 (B) 30 (C) 20 (D) 15
been successful, the wholesale price of most 4. It is now June, what month will it be 100
of the illegal drugs would not have dropped months from now?
substantially in 1987. (A) January (B) April (C) June
The argument in the passage depends on (D) October
which of the following assumptions? 5. In a class, 20 children were sharing equally
(A) The supply of illegal drugs dropped the cost of a gift for their teacher. When 4 of
substantially in 1987. the children decided not to contribute, each
(B) A drop in demand for most of the illegal of the children had to pay Tk. 1.50 more.
drugs in 1987 was not the sole cause of the How much did this gift cost?
drop in their wholesale price. (A) Tk. 120 (B) Tk. 1000 (C)
(C) The price paid for most of the illegal Tk. 80 (D) Tk. 50
drugs by the average consumer did not drop 6. When a digital clock reads 3:47, the sum of
substantially in 1987. the digits is 14. How many minutes after
(D) The wholesale price of a few illegal 3:47 will the sum of the Digits be 20 for the
drugs increased substantially in 1987. first time?
Ans: 1.(D) 2.(C) 3.(D) 4.(C) 5.(B) (A) 42 (B) 132 (C) 192 (D) 251
6.(D) 7.(D) 8.(D) 9.(C) 10.(D) 11.(B) 7. A club had 3 boys and 5 girls. During a
12.(C) 13.(C) 14.(B) 15.(B) membership drive the same number of boys
and girls joined the club. How many [There are 50 question in this section. Each of
members does the club have now if the ratio them carries 1 mark. Answer all the questions.]
of boys to girls is 3:4?
(A) 12 (B) 14 (C) 21 (D) 28 Direction : Each of the following questions has
8. In 1950 Ahmed was 4 times as old as Reza. four answer choices marked (A),(B),(C) and
In 1955 Ahmed was 3 times as old as Reza. (D). Put tick (√) on the correct answer choice.
In what year Ahmed twice as old as Reza? 1. SAARC is composed of:
(A) 1960 (B) 1980 (C) 1970 (D) 1975 (A) 8 Countries (B) 9 Countries
9. Two sides of a right triangle are 5 and 6. (C) 7 Countries (D) 10
Which of the following could be the length Countries
of the third side? 2. Grozny is the capital of:
(A) 11 (B) 31 (C) 61 (D) (A) Italy (B) Iraq (C) Austria
10. Rupa drove 650 miles at an (D) Cechnya
average speed of 50 miles per hour. How 3. Macao in china was a colony of:
many miles per hour faster would she have (A) Portugal (B) France (C)
had to drive in order for the trip to have England (D) Spain
taken 1 hour less? 4. The number of members of security council
(A) 62/3 (B) 42/3 (C) 41/3 (D) 41/6 of the UNO is--
11. If 3a + 5b = 10 and 5a + 3b = 30. (A) 12 (B) 13 (C) 14 (D) 15
What is the average (arithmetic mean) of a 5. Which country won the last world cup in
and b? Football?
(A) 2.5 (B) 8 (C) 20 (D) 3 (A) Germany (B) Italy (C) France
12. A cube has an edge, which is (D) Brazil
four inches long. If the edge is increased by 6. Who is the world No.1 Footballer of the
25% then the volume is increased by Millenium?
approximately: (A) Zidan (B) Stanley Mathews
(A) 25% (B) 48% (C) 73% (D) 95% (C) Pele (D) Maradona
13. A rectangular flower bed, 7. The greatest scientist of the Millenium is?
dimensions 16 yards, is surrounded by a (A) Isaac Newton (B) Ronald Ross
walk 3 yards wide. The area of the walk in (C) Einstein (D)
square yards is--- Fleming
(A) 78 (B) 396 (C) 204 (D) 132 8. SAPTA is---
14. A circle whose center is the point (A) Economic agreement (B)
(-2, 6) is tangent to the X-axis. The Political agreement (C)
coordinates of the point of the tangency are: Commercial agreement (D) Cultural
(A) (-2, 0) (B) (6, 0) (C) (0, -2) (D) (-2, agreement
-2) 9. “Pound Sterling” is the name of the currency
15. What percent of a foot is a yard? of:
(A) 3% (B) 300% (C) 333% (D) 1/3% (A) The U.S.A (B) Russia (C)
Ans: 1.(D) 2.(A) 3.(B) 4.(D) 5.(A) The U.K. (D) Germany
6.(C) 7.(B) 8.(A) 9.(B) 10.(D) 11.(A) 10. Manchester is famous for:
12.(D) 13.(C) 14.(A) 15.(B) (A) Iron & Steel (B) Ship building
(C) Textile (D) Petrol-chemicals
Section – 4 : General Knowledge (50 Marks) 11. Coal has been found in:
(A) Sylhet (B) Comilla (C)
Dinajpur (D) Jessore
12. Which country produces the 28. Mongla Port stands on the river
highest quantity of petroleum in the world? föl .
(A) The U.S.A. (B) Iran (C) Saudi 29. Who was the designer of the
Arabia (D) Kuwait National flag of Bangladesh Kamrul
13. The only steel mill in Hasan .
Bangladesh is situated in? 30. Which one is the highest mountain
(A) Khulna (B) Dhaka (C) Chittagong (D) peak in Bangladesh ¢hSu.
Sylhet 31. When was Khulna University
14. Microsoft produces: established 1990 .
(A) Cosmetics (B) 32. GATT stands for = General
Medicines Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(C) Software (D) 33. FIFA stands for = Federation of
Textile goods International Football Association .
15. Who wrote “ nadi kado”? 34. Who scored the highest wicked
(A) Zahir Raihan (B) Syed waliullah taker in one-day international cricket
(C) Rajin Mazid (D) Humayun Ahmed Washim Akram .
Ans: 1.(C) 2.(D) 3.(A) 4.(D) 5.(C) 6.(C) 35. Who scored the highest runs in
7.(A) 8.(A) 9.(C) 10.(C) 11.(C) 12.(C) one-day international cricket nq£c Be¡u¡l
13.(C) 14.(C) 15.(A) .
36. What is the normal temperature
16. The name of the capital of Brazil of human body 98.4 ¢XNË£ (F)
is hÐ¡p¢mu¡ . 37. Who invented “Radium”
17. Pittsburgh is famous for Iron Mother Curry .
and steel . 38. What is the name of the
18. EEC stands for Economic president of FBCCI Abdul Awal Mintu .
development in Europe . 39. Which Bangladesh has been
19. Panama Canal connects Atlantic recently elected as the secretary of UNICEF
Ocean with fÐn¡¿¹ . 2000 Bibi Rassel .
20. Suez Canal connects Red Sea 40. Who won the Nobel Prize in
with i§jdÉp¡Nl . 1999 in the field of Economics Robert
21. Water treaty between India and Mundel .
Bangladesh was signed in the year 12th 41. What was the main theme of
December, 1996 . Calcutta Book fair 1999? Bangladesh .
22. Solar energy is obtained from the 42. When did Euro Currency start
p§kÑ . 01/01/1999 .
23. The busiest sea route of the 43. What was the corresponding
world is Atlantic . Bangla date of 21st February, 1952? 8C
24. The Venice of Bangladesh is g¡Ò…e .
Barisal . 44. Which country is known as the
25. “Sears Tower” is situated in “sugar pot” of the world ¢LEh¡.
Chicago, USA . 45. ASEAN stands for = Association
26. “FLAT” is the brand name of of South-East Asian Nations.
product. For which is stands Car. 46. What is the state name of
27. From which port Titanic started Bangladesh People Republic of Bangladesh.
for New York ¢mi¡l f¤m.
47. Which Bangladesh woman has iv) Lacks of the intelligent capabilities of
received “Ramon Magsasse” prize in 1999 understanding each other.
H”m¡ ®N¡jS . e) Public Radio stations are different from
48. In how many blocks Bangladesh commercial stations……...
has been divided into for exploring oil and i) because they receive money differently.
gas 23 ¢V . ii) For money and program types.
49. Who is the first female Secretary iii) In the areas of funding and
in Bangladesh Jakia Sultana. programming.
50. In which city the last WTO iv) Because the former receives money and
summit was held L¡eL¤e, ®j¢„L¡. has programs differently.
f) His critical reviews were enjoyed by many
KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA. of his audience, but the subjects of his
BBA ADMISSION TEST----1998-99 analysis dreaded his comments; he was
vitriolic, devastating, irritating and never…
Module: One English Language and ……
Communication i) analytic ii) personal iii)
constructive
1. Direction: Each of the following sentences is iv) uncharitable v)
incomplete. Beneath each sentences you will controversial
see four or five words or phrases, marked (i), g) Despite the team members resentment of the
(ii), (iii), (iv), and (v). Chose the one word or new coach’s training rules, they ………
phrase that best completes the sentence and put them as long as he did not …… them too
tick (√) mark on its left side. strictly.
a) The soldier …… crept slowly through the i) embraced-follow ii) condemned-
underbrush. formulate
i) being remote from the enemy. iii) questioned-interpret iv)
ii) attempting to not encounter the enemy. challenged-implement v) tolerated-apply
iii) trying to avoid the enemy. h) ……… withstands testing, we may not
iv) not involving himself in the enemy. conclude that it is true, but we may retain it.
b) Rabbi is one ……………… i) it a hypothesis ii) that a hypothesis
i) of the happy child’s of his class. iii) a hypothesis iv) as a
ii) Of the happiest child in the class. hypothesis
iii) Child who was the happiest of all the i) Advances in healthcare have lengthened life
class. spans, lowered infant mortality rates and
iv) Of the happiest children in the class. thus …… the overpopulation problem.
c) It is difficult to stop the cultivation of i) eliminated ii) aggravated iii)
marijuana because … i) It grows carelessly. minimized
ii) of it’s grows without attention. iv) distortedv) discouraged
iii) it grows well with little care. j) She kept her late parents’ furniture, not for
iv) it doesn’t care much to grow. any ………… value it had, but for purely …
d) Many of the international problems we are …… reasons.
now facing…… i) Potential – monetary ii) ornamental –
i) linguistic incompetence's. aesthetic iii) financial – pecuniary iv)
ii) are the result of misunderstandings. intrinsic – sentimental v) personal -
iii) Are because of not understanding accidental
themselves.
Ans: a) iii b) iv c) iii d) ii e) iii f) i) using it wisely ii) if it is used wisely
g) h) iii i) v j) i iii) having used it wisely iv)
because of its wise use
2. Direction: Each of the questions below c) Play being recognized as an important factor
consists of a word in capital letter followed by in improving mental and physical health and
five-lettered words or phrases. Choose the thereby reducing human misery and poverty.
lettered word or phrase that is most nearly i) by recognizing and poverty ii) their
similar in meaning to the word in capital letters recognizing play as iii) recognizing of it
and put (√) mark on it. being iv) play is recognized as
a) AUXILIARY i) righteous ii) d) The grocer hadn’t hardly any of those kind
prospective iii) assistant iv) of canned goods.
archaic v) mandatory i) hadn’t hardly any of those kind
b) BOMBASTIC i) sensitive ii) ii) hadn’t hardly any of those kinds
pompous iii) rapid iv) iii) had hardly any of those kind
sufficient v) expensive iv) had hardly any of those kinds
c) BRACKISH i) careful ii) salty v) had scarcely any of those kind
iii) chosen iv) though e) If he was to decide to go to college, I, for
v) wet one, would recommend that he should plan
d) CARNIVAL i) festival ii) to go to Dhaka college.
season iii) duration iv) i) If he was to decide to go to college
weather v) sunlight ii) If he were to decide to go to college
e) LASS i) girl ii) boy iii) cow iii) Had he decided to go to college
iv) rope v) tape iv) In the event that he was to decide to go to
Ans: a) iii b) ii c) ii d) i e) college
i v) Supposing he was to decide to go to
college
3. Direction: In each of the following Ans: a) ii b) iii c) iv d) iv e)
sentences, some parts of the sentences are ii
underlined. Below each sentence you will find
four ways of phrasing the underlined parts. 4. Direction: Fill in the blanks with appropriate
Select the answer that produce the most word(s) according to the hints given in the
effective sentence and put tick (√) mark. bracket.
a) The child is neither encouraged to be critical a) Bob ………… (sea) this movie before.
or to examine all the evidences before b) George …… (wait) for one hour before
forming an opinion. the bus came.
i) neither encouraged to be critical or to c) Something ………… (smell) very good.
examine d) Razib’s father bought him …………
ii) neither encouraged to be critical nor to (article) that he had wanted for his birthday.
examine e) We …………(begin; negative) to study
iii) either encouraged to be critical or to for the test yet.
examine f) I would like a …………(few/little) salt on
iv) not encouraged either to be critical or to my vegetable.
examine g) There are ………… (less/fewer) students
b) Using it wisely, leisure promotes health, in this room than in the next room.
efficiency and happiness. Ans: a) has seen b) had waited c) smells
d) the article e) have not begun f) little (i) Apple Mackintosh : Electronics (ii)
g) fewer Tata : car
5. The fertilizer factories of Bangladesh use
5. Direction: In the following questions, each natural gas as their main raw material.
sentence has five words or phrases. The five 6. The Nobel Prize in 1998 in the field of
underlined parts of the sentences are marked (i), economics was won by Amarto Sen.
(ii), (iii), and (iv). Identify the one underlined 7. The full meaning of CFC gas is cloro floro
word or phrase that must be changed in order to carbon
make the sentence correct. Put tick (√) mark on 8. The name of the recent virus, which
the correct choice. destroyed hundreds of thousands of
a) People with exceptionally high intelligence computer in the world is Chernobil
quotients may 9. Sir Isac Neuton is famous for gravitation
i theory.
not be the best employees since they become 10. Eleven countries of Europe
bored of their introduced a single currency in January, 99.
ii iii The name of this currency is Euro
work unless the job is constantly changing. 11. The number of state universities
iv in Bangladesh is 21
b) Nitrogen must be combined with another 12. The name of the writer of our
element such as national song is Robindronath Tagore.
i ii 13. For which book Rabindranath
iii Tagore got the Nobel Prize Gitanjoly
Hydrogen or Oxygen to be useful in 14. The name of our national poet is
agriculture or industry. Kazi Nazrul Islam
iv 15. The “Luncheon” is the short
c) There are twenty species of wild roses in story written by Shomarsot Mam
Bosra, all of which 16. The trio of English literature are
i P. B. Shelly, John Keats and Robert
have prickly stems, pinnate leaves and large Browning
flowers, which 17. A sonnet contains 14 lines.
ii 18. “A omoy” is written by ………
iii ……
usually smell sweetly. 19. Where the final of the world-cup
iv cricket, 1999 will be held? England
Ans : a) i b) c) iv 20. How many countries are taking
part in the world cup cricket in 1999 12
MODULE-2 : GENERAL KNOWLEDGE : 21. The coming world-cup football
FULL MARKS-70 will be held in Germany
22. The next Olympic game will be
1. There are two systems of economy. They are held in the year 2004
socialistic economy and capitalistic economy 23. Who scored the highest number
2. Narayangonj is called the dandy of the east. of runs in Test and First class cricket Shachin
3. Name the most important product of Philips Tendulker.
electronics and of Microsoft windows 24. Who was the “Man of the
4. For which the following brand name is Match” in world cup football in France?
famous: Zenodine Zidan
25. Name the capital of the 34. The author of the epic “Paradise
following countries: Lost” is :
(i) France - Paris (ii) South Korea - (i) Milton (ii) Shakespeare (iii)
Siul (iii) Australia - Byron (iv) Keats.
Canberra (iv) Japan - Tokyo 35. VAT is a :
26. What is the name of the (i) Satellite (ii)
currencies of the following countries : Information technology (iii) Vaiue Added
(i) Japan - Yen (ii) Italy - Tax (iv) Video equipment
Lira (iii) Ans: 28.iii 29.ii 30.i 31.iv 32.ii
Thailand - Bath (iv) Malaysia - Ringit 33.iii 34.i 35.iii
27. Give the full name of the
following abbreviations: ANALYTICAL ABILITY
(i) SAPTA : South Asian Free Trade
Agreement. Direction: Put tick mark (√) on the correct
(ii) IMF : International Monetary Fund. answer of the following questions.
(iii) ASEAN : Association of South 1. SWhat was the annual rate of interest if Tk.
East Asian Nations. 5,000/- earned Tk. 300 in interest in 2 years?
(iv) NATO : North Atlantic Treaty (i) 4% (ii) 4.5% (iii) 3% (iv) 3.5%
Organization. (v) 2.5%
28. Which of the following countries 2. Which of the following numbers is the
of Asia is a member of the most largest?
industrialized nations of the world? (i) (2+2+2)² (ii) [ (2+2)² ]²
(i) India (ii) Singapore (iii) Japan (iii) (2 x 2 x 2)²
iv) South Korea. (iv) 2+2²+(2)² (v) 4³
29. The commercial capital of India 3. A man has “d” Tk. And spends “s” paisa.
is : How many taka has he loft?
(i) Calcutta (ii) Bombay (i) d-s (ii) 33 (iii) 34 (iv) 35 (v)
(iii) Madras (iv) New Delhi. 45
30. The inventor of telephone is : 4. There are 50 students enrolled in business.
(i) Graham Bell (ii) Edison (iii) Of the enrolled students, 90% took the final
Bayard (iv) Babbage. exam. Two thirds of the students who took
31. The Head quarters of the the final exam passed the final exam. How
Organization of Islamic Conference is many students passed the final exam?
located at : (i) 30 (ii) 33 (iii) 34 (iv) 35 (v) 45
(i) Cairo (ii) Tehran (iii) 5. If Any can type a manuscript in 10 hours.
Riyadh (iv) Jeddah. Faria can type the same manuscript in 5
32. Slovadan Milosovic is the hours. If they type this manuscript together,
president of : it can be completed in-
(i) Canada (ii) Yugoslavia (iii) (i) 2hrs. 30min. (ii) 3hrs. (iii)
Japan (iv) India. 3hrs. 20min.
33. The number one export item of (iv) 5hrs. (v) 7hrs. 30min.
Bangladesh is : 6. All good athletes want to win, and all
(i) Jute (ii) Frozen fish athletes who want to win eat a well –
(iii) Ready made garments (iv) balanced diet; Therefore, all athletes who do
Hides and Skins. not eat a well – balanced diet are bad
athletes. If the assumptions of the argument
above are true, then which of the following 10. Six school board members- A, B,
statements will be true? C, D, E, & F- are seated at a conference table
(i) No bad athlete wants to win. in the auditorium of Westfield High School,
(ii) No athlete who does not eat a well to run a community budget meeting. They
balanced died is a good athlete. take six seats, numbered 1 through 6 from
(iii) Every athlete who eats a well balanced left to right, on the same side of the table.
diet is a good athlete. However, there has been some tension
(iv) All athletes who want to win are good among the board members during the current
athletes. budget crisis, & this affects the seating.
(v) Some good athletes do not eat a well A has openly clashed with B over staff cuts,
balanced diet. & can’t be seated immediately to the left or
7. A is 10 miles west of B; C is 30 miles north immediately to the right of B. C has bearing
of B; D is 20 miles east of C; What is the impairment that only D knows about and so
distance from A to D? must be seated immediately to the left of D.
(i) 10 miles (ii) 30 miles F knows that the angry head of a tax group
(iii) 10 310 miles (iv) 10 313 (v) 30 will be seated on the right side of the
32 miles. auditorium, so he well not occupy seat 6 at
8. A car is travelling on a straight highway. At the table.
10 am (10 o’clock) it passes a truck going in Which of the following board members can’t
the same direction. The truck continues on be seated in seat 1 ?
the highway travelling at 50 miles per hour (i) D (ii) C (iii) E (iv) B.
while the car travels at 65 miles per hour. 11. If X>2 and Y>-1 then:
How far apart are the car and the truck at (2 (i) xy>-2 (ii) –x<2y (iii) xy<-2 (iv) –x>2y
o’clock) 2 PM. (v) x<2y.
(i) 15 miles (ii) 30 miles (iii) 60 12. It costs x dollars each to make the
miles first thousand copies of a compact disk (cd)
(iv) 200 miles (v) 260 miles. and y dollars to make each subsequent copy.
9. Five executives of a European corporation If z is greater than 1000 how many dollars
hold a conference in Rome. will it cost to make z copies of the compact
Mr. A converses in Spanish & disk.
Italian. (i) 1000x + yz (ii) z (x +y) (iii)
Mr. B converses in Spanish & 1000(z –x) + xy
English. (iv) 1000(z –y)+ xz (v) 1000(x-y) +
Mr. C converses in English & yz.
Italian. 13. Which of the following fractions is
Mr. D converses in French & next smaller in value than one-half?
Spanish. (i) 1/5 (ii) ¼ (iii) 2/5
Mr. E A native Italian, can also (iv) 16/25 (v) 3/10
converse in French. 14. The gasoline tank of an
Which of the following can act as interpreter automobile car hold “g” gallons. If “a”
when Mr. C & Mr. D wish to confer? gallons were removed when the tank was
(i) Only Mr. A (ii) only full, what part of the full tank was removed?
Mr. E (i) g-a (ii) g/a (iii) a/g
(iii) Mr. A &/or Mr. B (iv) (g-a)/a (v) (g-a)/g.
(iv) any of the other three executives. 15. In 1980 global service exports
totaled about $ 370 billion, approximately
20% of world trade. Still no coherent system I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers
of rules. Principles & procedure exist to From the seas and the streams;
govern trade in services. I bear light shade for the leaves when laid
Which of the following summarizes the In their noonday dreams
argument best? From my wings are shaken the dews that waken
(i) Regulatory systems lag behind reality The sweet buds every one
(ii) Regulatory system ought to reflect the When rocked to rest on their mother’s breast,
importance of service exports. As she dances about the sun.
(iii) Service trade legislation is veritable I wield the flail on the lashing hail,
wasteland And whiten the green plains under
(iv) While trade legislation exists, it is And then again I dissolve it in rain,
uncoordinated. And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Ans: 1.iii 2.ii 3.i 4.i 5.iii 6.ii 7.v 8.iii 9.ii
10. 11.i 6. Write the right answers:
12. 13.i 14.v 15.ii a. Who wrote Gulliver’s Travels? Ans:
Jonathan Swift
Module Four: English language & literature b. Who wrote the poem Justice? Ans: H.W.
Review Longtellow
c. P.B. Shelly and Emily Dickson were ……
1. “Literature reflects life” Write down ten …?
sentence about the statement. Ans: English Poet.
d. Who was not romantic poet? Ans:
2. Write ten sentences on sunset at sea. e. Name the author of the novel A Farewell
to Arms?
3. There were two intimate friends both of Ans: Ernest Hemingway
whom competed for the same post. Both of f. Robert Frost was………? Ans: English
them had dreams and commitments. But one Poet.
of them got the job and the other couldn’t g. Paradise Regained was written by………?
what happened next? Ans: john Milton.
Using these hints write a very short story in h. Aristotle was a philosopher of………?
about one hundred words- Ans: Greek.
i. What type of a literary work is Moby
4. Read the following poem carefully. And Dick? Ans: Novel.
write down its central idea in five sentences.
O Rose, thou art sick. 7 A. Supply correct form of verbs in the
The invisible worm. following sentences:
That flies in the night, a. John along with his friends …… (be)
In the howling storm. planning a party.
b. The policeman read out to the suspect his
Has found out thy bed rights after he ………… (arrest) him.
Of crimson joy, c. He gave up …… (smoke) because of his
And his dark secret love doctors advice.
Does thy life destroy. d. Russel admits that he ………… (steal) the
jewels.
5. In your own words rewrite the following poem in e. The grass needs ………… (cut).
prose form.
Ans: a. is b. had arrested c. (a) be composed of (b) constitute
smoking (c) made of (d) construct
d. has stolen e. cutting 4. He has an optimistic view of life.
(a) happy (b) hopeful (c) joyous
B. Rewrite the sentences correctly. (d) sarcastic
a. You have two children, aren’t you? 5. Is the question relevant?
Ans: You have two children, haven’t you? (a) accurate (b)
b. I have many money. complete
Ans: I have much money. (c) complementary (d) pertinent
c. A pair of jeans were in the drawer. 6. Let us lead a moderate life.
Ans: A pair of jeans was in the drawer. (a) temperate (b) regulated (c)
d. If all go well, our target will be reached. rigorous (d) tranquil
Ans: If all go well, we will reach our target. 7. We should try concertedly to uphold our
e. I don’t want all the books; I want good view.
ones. (a) disjointedly (b) unanimously (c)
Ans: I don’t want all the books; I want only absolutely (d) unitedly
good ones. 8. They worked hard to eliminate corruption.
(a) cancel (b) destroy (c) avoid
8. Make sentences with the following phrases: (d) eradicate
flesh and blood : Every man is made 9. What will happen eventually nobody
of flesh and blood. knows.
by and large : (a) actually (b) ultimately (c)
come by : How did you come by your absolutely (d) lately
pen? 10. That was tedious, wasn’t it?
turn up : How will you turn up your (a) active (b) passive
life? (c) tiresome (d)
sine die : impassioned
take over : Ans: 1.d 2.b 3.c 4.b 5.d 6.d 7.d
die out : 8.d 9.b 10.c
go through : Go through the book.
make out : I can not maake out your plan. 10. A. From the words and phrases,
call for : I am calling for the Roll marked (a), (b), (c) and (d). Choose the one and
Number. put tick mark that best completes the sentences.
(i) This is the ……… Wordsworth who has
9. From the four words and phrases, marked ministered to so many minds diseased.
(a), (b), (c) and (d). Chose the one that is (a) Perfect (b) absolute (c) true
nearest in meaning to the underlined word and (d) genuine
phrase and put tick (√) mark on it. (ii) And yet he remains a ……… example of
1. Drug abuse has become a major social that mystery and miracle.
problem. (a) standing (b) catching (c)
(a) quarrel (b) adversity (c) hazard well (d) watching
(d) danger (iii) The clearer your thought is, the … your
2. He worked hard to achieve his objective. writing becomes.
(a) gain (b) target (c) proposal (d) (a) good (b) worse (c) better (d) purer
conclusion (iv) It is when he forgets his mechanism …
3. This paragraph consists of lucid sentences. …….. he becomes a tedious writer.
(a) so (b) as (c) so that (d) that Ans: i. c ii. c iii. c iv. b v.
(v) There is a pleasure in poetic………… c
(a) joy (b) sorrow (c) pain (d) pains
Ans: i. a ii. a iii. c iv. a v. KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA.
d BBA ADMISSION TEST 1997-98
B. Read the passage carefully and choose the Section 1 (English Language and
best answer : Communication)
Reading fiction stimulates the imagination.
In our complex society, we need people who Direction: Each of the question below consists
can find ways of solving problems. People of a word in capital letters, following by five
who have been reading a lot of fiction have lettered words of phrases. Chose the lettered
developed good imagination. They can use word or phrase that is most nearly opposite in
their imaginative power creatively to solve meaning to the word in capital letters and
problems in ways that other people can never blacken the corresponding space of your choice
dream of. Sometimes, novels can change on your answer sheet.
world events. For example, Harriet Beeches 1. ANEMIC : (a) Pallid (b) Cruel (c)
Stews antislavery novels can help us see Red-blooded (d) Ventilating (e)
things in a different way. Orwell’s animal Hazardous
farm may have influenced many readers 2. GRISLY : (a) Suggestive (b) Doubtful (c)
about communism. Novels provide readers Untidy (d) Pleasant
with many satisfying hours, teach them about (e) Bearish
life, stretch their imagination and focus their 3. NEBULOUS : (a) Starry (b)
attention on today’s problems. Clear (c) Cold (d)
Fundamental (e) Porous
(i) According to the passage : 4. ODIOUS : (a) Fragrant (b)
(a) novels are synonymous with fiction. Redolent (c) Fetid
(b) novels are not synonymous with fiction (d) Delightful (e) Puny
(c) novels are different from fiction 5. ROBUST : (a) Weak (b) Violent (c)
(d) novels are something beyond fiction. Vicious (d) Villainous
(ii) The noun form of “creatively” according to (e) Hungry
the passage is : 6. VALOR : (a) Admonition (b) Injustice (c)
(a) creativity (b) creativeness (c) Cowardice (d) Generosity
creation (d) creature (e) Repression
(iii) Novels help us not to be Ans: 1.c 2.d 3.b 4.d 5.a
(a) imaginative (b) creative (c) 6.c
problematic (d) satisfied
(iv) The word that is synonymous with Direction: Each of the following items contains
“stimulate” is a pair of words in capital letters followed by
(a) excite (b) provoke (c) pacify five pairs of words. Chose the pair that best
(d) tranquilize express a relationship similar to one expressed
(v) According to the passage, novels create by the capitalized pair and blacken the
(a) social awareness (b) political corresponding space on your sheet.
awareness
(c) social and political awareness 7. FISH : AQUARIUM ::
(d) religious awareness
(a) tree : forest (b) plant : E
greenhouse (c) keeper : zoo (d) hedge : 15. Sumona had better to change her
garden (e) star : planetarium study habits if she hopes to
8. SALT : MINERAL :: A B C
(a) coca : coffee (b) lead : D
pencil (c) cinnamon : spice (d) be admitted to a good university.
sugar : cane (e) coal : mine E
9. NUMEROUS : POLYGON :: 16. Lack of sanitation in restaurants
(a) circumstance : circle (b) hypotenuse : are a major cause of disease
triangle (c) point : line A B C
(d) degree : angle (e) four : D
square in some areas of the country.
10. DEATH : PAUCITY :: E
(a) few : many (b) scarcity : 17. Nobody had known before the
shortage presentation that Robin and
(c) shortage : plethora (d) A B
empty : container (e) commodity his sister will receive the awards for
: expectation outstanding scholarship.
11. HYGROMETER : HUMIDITY :: C D E
(a) clock : second (b) gauge : 18. I put my new book of zoology
pressure (c) odometer : speed (d) her on the desk a few
barometer : temperature A B
12. VACCINE: PREVENI :: C
Ans: 7.b 8.e 9.e 10.c minutes ago. but I cannot seem to find it.
11.c 12. D E
Ans: 13.B 14.C 15.B 16.B
Direction : In question 13-18 each sentence has 17.C 18.E
five words or phrases. The five underlined parts
of the sentence are marked (A),(B),(C),(D) and Direction : Each sentence below has one or two
(E). blanks indicating that something has been
Identify the one underlined word or phrase omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered
that must be changed in order for the words or sets of words. Choose the word or set
sentence to be correct. Then, on your answer of words that best fit the meaning of the
sheet, find the number of the question and sentence as a whole and blacken the
blacken the space that corresponds to the corresponding space on your answer sheet.
letter of the answer you have chosen. 19. Smoking is a very bad habit
13. Neither of the girls have turned which many people find difficult to
in the term papers to the ––––––––– .
A B C 20. After the WASA staff went
D on strike there was a–– of water.
instructor yet. (A) drain (B) shortage (C) loss
E (D) decrease (E) short
14. The book that you see laying on 21. No child ––– the age of
the table belongs to the sixteen will be admitted to this film.
A B C D (A) before (B) expect (C) below
teacher. (D) above (E) around
22. Mr. Alam ––––––– in a road previous ears, establishing permanent
accident. settlements and creating governments.
(A) injured (B) has injured (C) was
injured (D) is injured (E) murder 25. Into how many periods was
23. –––––––– the rise in the stone Age divided?
unemployment, people still seem to be (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4
spending more. (D) 5 (E) 6
(A) Nevertheless (B) 26. Which of the following was
Meanwhile (C) Despite developed earliest?
(D) Although (E) Since (A) Fish hook (B) Hatchet (C) Bow and
24. We were certain that the arrow (D) Potter (E) Sheep
disaster was –––––––– . 27. Which of the following was
(A) impeccable (B) inherent developments is not related conditions of the
(C) imminent Ice Age?
(D) invidious (E) eminent (A) Farming (B) Clothing (C) Living
Ans: 19. 20.B 21.C 22.C indoors (D) Using fire (E) Develop
23.C 24.C new tools
28. The author states that the
Direction : Here you will read a passage. It is stone Age was so named because
followed by six question about it. For question (A) it was very durable like stone
25-30, choose the one best answer, (B) the tools and weapons were made of
(A),(B),(C),(D) or (E) to each question. Then, stone (C) there were
find the number of question on your answer little vegetation
sheet, and blacken the space that corresponds to (D) the people lived in a stone caves
the letter of the answer you have chosen. (E) there was stone around
Answer the question following the passage on 29. With what subject is the
the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage mainly concerned?
passage. (A) The Neolithic (B) The
The stone was a period of his history which Paleolithic Age
began in approximately 2 million B.C and (C) The stone Age (D) The Ice
LASTED UNTIL 3000 B.C . Its name was Age
derived from the stone tools and weapons (E) The Domestucatuib Age
that modern scientists found. This period was 30. Which of the following best
divided into the Paleolithic age, people were describes the Mesolithic Age?
forced to seek shelter in caves, wear clothing (A) people were inventive
and develop new tools. (B) people stayed indoors all the time
(C) people
During the Mesolithic Age (8000 to 6000 were warriors
B.C), people made crude pottery and the first (D) people were crude
fish hooks, took dogs hunting and developed (E) people were brave
the bow and arrow, which were used until the Ans: 25.B 26.B 27.A 28.B 29.B
fourteenth century A.D . 30.A
The Neolithic Age (6000 to 3000 B.C) saw Section 11 (Mathematical Problem Solving)
human kind domesticating sheep, goats, pigs
and cattle, being less nomadic than in
Direction : In this section solve each problem
using any available space on the page for
scratch work. Then decide which is the best of
the choices given and blacken the
corresponding space on the answer sheet.
1. (146 × 117) + (173 × 146) + (146 × 210)
equals 9. The perimeter of a square is p cm. What is
(A) 69000 (B) 70000 (C) 71000 the area of this square?
(D) 72000 (E) 73000
p2 p2 p2
2. If K is the average of 10 and –14, then the ( A) ( B) (C ) ( D) p 2 ( E )2 p 2
average of K and –8 is 16 4 2
(A) -24 (B) –12 (C) –11 (D) –5 (E)
5 10. Which of the following fractions is
3. L is east of M and west of N while J is closest in value to 2/3?
Southeast of F. Which is furthest west (A) 11/19 (B) 13/19 (C) 14/19
(A) F (B) G (C) J (D) M (D) 15/19 (E) 16/19
(E) N 11. A fertilizer contains 32% nitrate is
4. A man binds a sets of books in d days. If pure nitrogen. What percent of the fertilizer
there are b books in a set, how many books is purenitrogen?
does the man bind in one day? (A) 0.32% (B) 3.2% (C) 22% (D)
(A) d/bs (B) s/bd (C) bd/s (D) bs/d (E) 32% (E) 42%
ds/b 12. Eight telephone poles are 50
5. What score did a student receive on his or meters apart from each other. What is the
her first examination, if the score of his/ her distance, in meters, from the first to last
other examination were 50%, 70% and 90% pole?
and his/ her average on the four (A) 430 (B) 360 (C) 385 (D) 350 (E)
examinations was 75%? 320
(A) 60% (B) 65% (C) 75% (D)
80% (E) 90%
6. A car travels at the rate of 50 Km per hour on
the Dhaka – Aricha highway. How many
minutes will it take to travel 2/5 Km at this 13. If p Kg of potatoes cost d taka,
rate? how many Kg can I get for c paisa?
(A) 0.2 (B) 0.48 (C) 2.2 (D) 13.5 (E) 22
7. If the side of square is increased by 150%, by (A) pc/1000 (B) 100pc (C)
what percent is the area increased? 100dpc
(A) 125% (B) 225% (C) 300% (D) 100d/pc (E) pc/100d
(D) 525 % (E) 625% 14. Half of the applications for a
8. Mr Ahmed used 1/3 of his salary to pay the position were turn down on the basis of
house rent and 3/5 of what was left to responses received in the mail. Three others
purchase a- 3 piece suit. How much was let were eliminated after personal interviews,
after these two expenditures if his salary is leaving 2/-5 of the total number of the
Tk 300000 ? applicants for position. How many applicants
(A) Tk 200 (B) Tk 4000 (C) Tk were their for the position?
6000 (A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 30 (D) 40
(D) Tk 80000 (E) Tk12000 (E) 50
15. A ladder of 65 feet long is leaning
against the wall. Its lower ends is 25 feet Direction : In this section, Choose the best
away from the wall. How much further away answer for each question and blacken the space
will it be if the upper end is moved down 8 on your answer sheet with the latter
feet? representing your best choice.
(A) 60ft (B) 52ft (C) 14ft (D) 10ft (E) 8ft 1. Which of the following is equal to an odd
16. The area of a 2 feet –wide wall number?
around the garden that is 30 feet long and 20 (A) 8 × 7 (B) 43 + 29 (C) 37 –
feet wide is 13
(A) 104sq ft (B) 216sq ft (C) 680sq (D) 35 ÷ 5 (E) 23
ft 2. ........................................................................
(D) 704sq ft (E) 1516sq ft Student First test score Second Test Score
17. AB is the diameter of a circle Robin 40 80
whose center is O. If the co-ordinates of O Hood 30 90
are (2,1) and the co-ordinates of B are (4, 6), James 20 40
find the co-ordinates of A. Bond 25 47
(A) (3,3.5) (B) (1,2.5) (C) (0,-4) ........................................................................
(D) (2.5,1) (E) (-1,-2.5) .........................
18. The vertices of a triangle are (2,1), In the above table, which two student had the
(2,5) and (5,1). The area of the triangle is same percent of improvement in scores from
(A) 12 (B) 10 (C) 8 (D) 6 the first to the second?
(E) 5 (A) Robin and James (B) Hood and Bond
19. P (C) Robin and Bond
Q S R (D) Robin and Hood
Note figure not drown to scale. (E) Hood and James
in the above figure , PS is perpendicular to 3. If the average ( arithmetic mean ) of six
QR. If PQ =PR=26and PS=24, than QR= ? numbers is –6 and the sum of the numbers is
(A) 14 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20 20, what is the average of the other two
(E) 22 numbers?
20. A B (A) 7 (B) 8 (C) –8 (D) –28 (E) –
32
4. A bag contains 28 pounds of sugar which is o
be separated into pakages containing 14
ounces each. How many such packages can
C D be made?
In the above figure the distance from A to C (A) 2 (B) 4 (C)8 (D) 16 (E)
in the square field ABCD is 50 feet. What is 32
the area in the square feet of the field 5. (1 / 5+ 1 / 10) / (1 / 15 + 1 / 5)=
ABCD? (A)7/15 (B) 2/3 (C) 9/8 (D) 15 (E)
(A) 252 (B) 625 (C) 1250 (D) 2500 5
(E) 5000 6. If a- b=3, What is value of (a-b) 3?
Ans: 1.E 2.D 3.D 4.D 5.E 6.B 7.B 8.A (A) 1 (B) 8 (C) 27 (D) 64 (E)
9.A 10.B 11.D 12.D 13.E 14.C 15.A 16. o
17. 18.D 19.D 20.D 7. If M and N different integers, both divisible
by 5, then which of the following is not
Section Three : Analytical Ability necessarily true?
(A) M-N is divisible by 5 (B) MN is (B) Tony crosses the river last
divisible by 5 (C) M+N is (C) Mr. and Mrs. Mamun cross the rive4r
divisible by 5 (D) M2+N2 is divisible together
by 5 (E) M+N is divisible by 15 (D) Mr. Mamun crosses the river second
8. You have three boxes, each containing two (E) None of the above
balls; one containing a black pair; second 11. Which of the following is equal to
box a white pair; and the third one white ball 85 percent of 160?
and a black ball. Each box contains pictures (A) 1.88 (B) 13.6 (C) 136 (D) 188 (E)
of two balls-either two black ones, two white 1360
ones or one white and one black. You are 12. If X is less than 2, which of the
told that the markings on the boxes are all following statement are true always true?
wrong. You are asked to ascertain color of I) X is negative II) X is positive III) 2x is
the balls contained in each box. greater than or equal to x IV) x2 is greater
(A) You can take out one ball from the box than or equal to x
marked with two black balls and without (A) III only (B) IV only (C) I
looking at the second ball, know what each and III only
box actually contains. (D) I, II and III only (E) none of the
(B) You can take out one ball from the box above
marked with two white balls and without 13. Of your father’s salary, 1,10 is
looking at the second ball, know what ball spent for clothing, 1/3 for food and for
actually contains. medicine. What part of the salary is left for
(C) You can take out one ball from the box other expenditures and savings?
marked with one white ball and one black (A) 17/30 (B) 3/5 (C) 19/30 (D) 2/3
ball and without looking at the second ball, (E) 7/10
know what each ball contains. 14. A B C
(D) you cannot know which balls are Note figure not drawn to scale
contained in which box until you take a ball If AB= 2 and BC=6, what is the length of a
out of more than one box. segment joining the mid point of AB and
(E) You cannot know which boxes contained BC?
which color balls until You take a ball out of (A) 6 (B) 9 (C)12 (D) 154 (E) 18
all three boxes. 15. .........................................................
9. The minutes after a plane leaves the airport, .......
it is reported to be 40 miles away. What the Names Number of
average speed in miles per hour, of the students
plane? A through H 65
(A) 66mph (B) 67mph (C) G through K 43
240mph P through 69
(D) 6000mph (E) 660mph L through X
10. Mr. and Mrs. Mamun and their U through Z Y
daughter Tony want to cross the Rupsa river. The table above shows the number of
The only way across is with Mr. Mamun in students of BBA second year with the names
his row boat. Mr. Mamun will not allow any begging with letter indicated. If a total of 300
one to row his boat and will take only one students are in the second year, what is the
passanger at a time. Tony is only a little girl, maximum number of students whose names
so she cannot be left alone on the river bank. could begin with the letter P through T?
(A) Tony crosses the river first (A) 60 (B) 123 (C) 177
(D) 223 (E) none of the above (e) Many people are interested in folk
16. You made a solution by mixing a music’s.
bottles of coca cola with B bottles of the (f) We are looking forward for meeting
Pepsi. you.
Whjat is thre percent solution of the Coca (g) What do you think of buying both
Cola the tickets.
(A) a/ (a-b)% (B) 100a/(a+b)% (C) (h) We are used to traveling by
100a/b% traditional vehicles.
(D) (a+b)/100% (E) 100(a+b)% (i) This will cater for our financial
17. Point B is the on the line segment need.
AC, and point E is on line segment DF. If (j) Is there any possibility of his
AB>DE and arriving soon?
BC=EF, then
(A) AC<DF (B) AC=DF (C) 2. Correct the following sentences:
AC>DF (a) He is comparatively better today.
(D) DE>AC (E) Ans: He is better today.
EF>DF (b) He promised to turn over a new page.
18. If a man was r years old s years Ans: He promised to turn over a new leaf.
ago, how many years old will he be t years (c) When you are idle, you must suffer.
from now? Ans: If you are idle, you must suffer.
(A) rs+t (B) r-s+t (C) r+s+t (D) rst (d) Your answer is different than my one.
(E) s-r+t Ans: Your answer is different than from
19. A club of 45 persons has a ratio of mine.
man to woman of 2 to woman of 2 to 3. The (e) Our team would play today if there is no
number of man on the club is: rain. Ans: Our team would
(A) 18 (B) 20 (C) 27 (D) 30 (E) play today if there is no rain.
33 (f) The book is a storehouse of information.
Ans: 1.D 2.D 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.C 7.E 8. Ans: Book is a storehouse of
9.C 10.E 11.C 12.E 13.A 14. 15.E information.
16.B 17. 18.C 19. (g) He excels to speak English.
Ans: He excels in speaking English.
KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA. (h) Milan played most.
BBA ADMISSION TEST 1996-97 Ans: Milan played best of us.
(i) I live in a country named Philippines.
ENGLISH: Ans: I live in the country named Philippines.
1. Fill up the blanks with appropriate 3. Transform the following sentences as

preposition: directed:
(a) We participate in the meeting. (a) This train runs faster than any other train.
(e) Social behavior is common to all (into superlative degree)
animals. Ans: This train runs the fastest of all other
(c) What is the reason for his trains.
absence? (b) A brave man alone can do this. (into
(d) My father approved of my negative)
joining the service. Ans: None but a brave can do this.
(c) He is illiterate. (into negative)
Ans: He can neither read nor write. Get along with : How are you getting
(d) It gave me trouble. (transform the noun along with your job?
into adjective)
Ans: It was troublesome to me. 5. Join the following sentences as directed:
(e) The patient was too weak to walk. (into (a) This is the room. Some of its windows
complex) are broken. (use relative pronoun)
Ans: The patient was so weak that he can not Ans: This is the room whose some windows
walk. are broken.
(f) It was raining cats and dogs and so I (b) I saw him. I burst into laughter at once.
could not come to school yesterday. (into (use as soon as)
complex) Ans: As soon as I saw him I burst into
Ans: As it was raining cats and dogs I could laughter.
not come to school yesterday. (c) He seemed quite determined. He did not
(g) The sun set and we went out for a walk. preceded to any work. (use although)
(into simple) Ans: Although he seemed quite determined
Ans: The sun having set, we went out for a he did not preceded to any work.
walk. (d) The boy is enough old. He can go to
(h) You must pay me two hundred taka of school alone. (use infinitive)
return my wrist watch. (into simple) Ans: The boy is too old to go to school
Ans: In case of Your failure to pay me two alone.
hundred taka you must return my wrist (e) We mounted to the top of the hill. We
watch. came sown afterwards. (use participle
(i) I gave him not only money, but also good phrase)
advice. (use beside) Ans: Mounting to the top of the hill we came
Ans: Beside money, I gave him good advice. sown.
(j) What would you have done if you had
been warned. (split up into two sentences) 6. Translation into English:
Ans: You will be warned. What would you Ans: Business is one of the profession. Risk
do then? is involved in this profession. But there is
success if is possible to overcome risk. We
4. Make sentences with the following phrasal can say industry as the mother of success the
verbs: success varies from degrees and nature.
Check out : Necessarily success of one is not same as
Count on : He counts on Rahim’s help. other. As one man is different from another.
Care for : A mother’s care for her children Difference created peculiarities. The more
is great. the difference the more the peculiarities.
Figure out : I can not figure out Peculiarities are treated as the main them of
why he quite his job. life.
Get through : As soon as
I get through with my work join you. 7. Translation into Bengali:
Keep on : She kept on working although Black marketing is a colossal crime against
she was tired. our society. In our distressed conditions, a
Bring on : citizen who does black marketing commits a
Put off : Put off your shoes. greater crime then the biggest and the most
Turn down : I can’t turn down his grievous of all crimes. The a black-marketers
proposal. are really knowing, intelligent and ordinarily
responsible people. I think they ought to be (b) OPEC : Organization of
severely punish because they undermine the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
entire system of our economic control (c) NASA : National Aeronautics
mechanism. and Space Administration.
(d) BARI : Bangladesh
8. Write ten sentences on your idea about Agriculture Research Institute.
universes education in Bangladesh. (e) AIDS : Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome.
9. Read the following passage and answer the
question given below: 2. Mention the exact years:
The best way of knowing a man is to know (a) In which year was the SAPTA treaty
what company he keeps. A thief associate signed?
with a thief and a saint with a saint. Ans: 11th April 1993.
Righteousness can have no fellowship with (b) In which year was the Noble Prize winner
unrighteousness. Light can have no scientist Prof. Abdus Salam died? Ans:
connection with darkness and a believer with in1996.
an infidel. Fire and water have a natural (c) In which year did queen of Spain Sofia
affinity to their own kind, and a natural come first to Bangladesh? Ans: in 1996.
aversion for each other. Water is attracted by (d) In which year was NAFTA treaty signed?
water and two drops merging together will Ans: 1992.
readily become one, but whom fire and water (e) In which year was the third battle of
meet together they destroy each other. Tigers Panipath held?
and deer serpents and mongooses, lamb and Ans: 1761.
wolves never voluntarily into with each
other. Light and darkness can never unity. On 3. Write the new name of the following:
the other hand, men of similar taste and (a) Combodia ---
habits unite with each other and becomes Combodia/Compuchia.
friends. Therefore a man’s character (b) Saigon --- Ho chi min city.
opinions, tastes and temper may be fairly (c) Leningrad --- Petrogard.
gauged by the company he keeps. (d) Peking --- Beijing.
Question: (e) Bombay --- Mombay.
(a) What is the best way of knowing a men?
(b) Who can make associations with whom? 4. For what type of product the following brand
(c) What can never voluntarily association names are famous:
with other? (a) Kodak --- Photo film.
(d) What things can be gauged by a man’s (b) IBM --- Computer.
company? (c) Good year --- Tyre.
(e) Give a moral of the passage? (d) Omega --- Watch.
(e) Motorola --- Cellular
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Telephone.
1. Write down the full names of the 5. Answer the following:

abbreviations: (a) How many acres in 10 hectors? Ans: 24.4
(a) ESCAP : Economic and Social acres.
Commission for Asia and the (b) Ans:
Pacific. (c) How much Ans:
(d) What is the circumference of the earth? (a) If a+b = square root3 and a-b = square
Ans: 24920 miles. root2 then (a+b) whole square = ?
(e) How many hours the Bangladesh time is (i) 5 (ii) 1.3 (iii) 7 (iv) None
ahead of Greenwich Mean Time? Ans: 6 (b) The name of national Air Lines of
hours. Germany is?
(i) Air France (ii) Aero float
6. Who invented the followings: (iii) Lufthansa (iv) PIA
(a) Spinning frame --- Arcrite. (c) What is the name of parliament of Japan?
(b) Penicillin --- Alexander Fleming. (i) House of commons (ii) Punchayet
(c) Microscope --- Janson Brother (Leun (iii) Congress (iv) Diet
Huke) (d) Which city is called the commercial
(d) Steam Engine --- James capital of India?
Watt. (i) Calcutta (ii) Bangalore (iii)
(e) Computer --- Charles Babage. Kanpur (iv) Mumbay
(e) Which strait separates England from
7. Write the name of the capitals and currencies France?
of the following countries: (i) Mollucca (ii) Bering (iii) Dover
(a) Sweden --- Stock Holm --- (iv) Pak
Crona. (f) Which strait connects Black sea with the
(b) China --- Beijing --- Yuan. Murmur sea?
(c) Egypt --- Kyro --- Pound. (i) Sunda (ii) Bosfarus (iii)
(d) The Philippines --- Manila Zibraltar (iv) Dardenels.
--- Peso. (g) The name of president of Bosnia is?
(e) Holland --- The Heg --- Gilder. (i) Milosovic (ii) Les
wales
8. Write the name of the rivers in the following (iii) Begovich (iv) Aslan
cities stand: maskhadov
(a) Warsaw --- Vistuli. (h) The head quarter of ADB (Asian Develop
(b) Washington D.C. --- Potmac. Bank) is in?
(c) London --- Tames. (i) New Delhi (ii) Bangkok
(d) Yaungoon --- Erabati. (iii) Tokyo (iv) Manila.
(e) Comilla --- Gomoti. (i)The Olympic games of year 2000 will be
held in?
9. Write the name of raw materials for the (i) Tokyo (ii) Sydney (iii) Seoul
following indistries: (iv) Beijing.
(a) Khulna News Print Mills --- (j) The first SAF games was held in?
Gewa. (i) 1981 (ii) 1983 (iii) 1984 (iv) 1985
(b) Glass industry --- Silicon. Ans: a.i b.iii c.iv d.iv e.iii f.ii g.iii
(c) Khulna Hardboard Mills --- h.iv i.ii j.iii
Sundari.
(d) Pakshey Paper Mills --- Stgarcane. 11. Fill up the following blanks:
(e) Chatak Cement Factory --- (a) The richest man in the world is Bill
Limestone. Gates.
(b) The name of the secretary general of UNO is
10. Put tick (√) mark for the correct Koffi Annan.
answer:
(c) The sectary general is elected for 4 2. Give tick (√) mark for corrects and cross ( × )
years. mark for incorrect sentences:
(d) The largest Gas field is Titas. (a) Give me four and half Taka. ( × )
(e) The largest island of Bangladesh is (b) Bengali is spoken in whole of
Vholla. Bangladesh. ( × )
(f) Most of the garments industries of (c) Both the boys failed in the examination. (
Bangladesh is located in Dhaka. ×)
(g) Baku is famous for seaport. (d) The U.S.A consists of fifty-two states. (√)
(h) The national fish is Bangladesh is (e) A greaf many people attended the
Hilisha. meeting. ( × )
(i) The sectary of state of America is M. (f) Dainik Bangla has greater, circulation than
Albright. any paper. ( × )
(j) The normal temperature of human body is (g) Take a great care of your health. ( × )
980 (h) He drove the cattle. (√)
(i) Your conduct admits no excuse. (√)
12. Who are the head of the govt. of (j) One of the boys lost his pen. (√)
the following countries.
(a) The U.S.A. Bill Clinton (President) 3. (i) Join the following sentences according to
(b) The U.K. Tony Blair (Prime Minister) directions:
(c) Pakistan Nawaz Sharif (P. Minister) (a) These are books. The books have just
(d) France Jack Sherak (President) arrived.
(e) Germany Helmot Kohol (Chancelor) Ans: These are the books which have just
arrived.
KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA. (b) She wants to know the time. I shall return
BBA ADMISSION TEST 1995-96 then.
Ans: She wants to know when I shall come.
ENGLISH: (c) I had killed the bird. It made the winds
blow.
1. Fill up the blanks: Ans: I had killed the bird which made the
(a) Do you think I can get them for a winds blow.
dollar? (d) He did for me the gracious things. We
(b) I was inclined to conversation. find them done only the great of heart.
(c) At last God took pity on him. Ans: He did for me the gracious things which
(d) The poster was loaning on/upon we find done only the great of heart.
his basket.
(e) I choose the cheapest dish on the (ii) Using ‘Too’
menu. (e) Our principal is very strict. He cannot
(f) The old man was weak and ill for all tolerate any indiscipline in the collage.
his sufferings. Ans: Our principal is too strict to tolerate any
(g) I gave my thoughts to another indiscipline in the collage.
field. (f) Jim was rather poor. He could not buy a
(h) He orders me in such a way as if I fob chain.
were his servant. Ans: Jim was too poor to buy a fob chain.
(i) Della decided to cut off her hair.
(j) The sailor sat on a stone. (iii) Using ‘Since’
(g) When did not feel well. She decided to (c) In return for : I want
stay at home. to give something in return
Ans: She decided to stay at home since she for your presentation.
did not feel well. (d) Make sure of : I
(h) I could not go to collage yesterday. I was made sure of her not keeping her word.
ill. (e) So far as : So far as I know he is a good
Ans: I could not go to collage yesterday man.
since I was ill. (f) Take a second look : Please take a second
look at the matter.
(iv) Using ‘Altough’ (g) A.B.C : You must know the A.B.C of
(i) It is difficult to explain. But it exists. gardening.
Ans: It is difficult to explain although it (h) At daggers drawn : He and his parents are at
exists. daggers drawn.
(i) Bring to book :
4. Make sentences showing the difference in The lord brings his servant to book.
meaning: (j) In the face of : He
Artist : An artist needs regular practice. kept silent in all the face of
Artisan : Local artisans displayed hand provocation.
woven textile.
Beneficial : This day may prove 6. (a) Translation into English:
beneficial for the progress of the Ans: Education is to make life beautiful and
work. successful. If our moral character is not
Beneficent : He is so much elevated, there will be no glory of education.
beneficent that there is no Have your thrown your eyes towards the
problem for us. society? We know, you have become so
Dependant : There is an unmarried much despondent looking at every thing.
male dependant in our house. None wants to pay the due reverence,
Dependent : A child’s education and the suitable regard to the
development is dependent on superiors.
many factors.
Imaginary : The story is partly (b) (i)
Imaginary. Ans: As you sow so you reap.
Imaginative : He is an (ii)
imaginative writer. Ans: The Gangas falls into the Bay of Bengal
Earthen : It is an earthen pot. arising from the Himalays.
Earthly : There is no earthly reason why (iii) Ans: He is a man of letters, isn’t
shouldn’t go. he?
(iv)
5. Make sentences with the following idioms Ans: They need works to maintain the
and phrases: livelihood.
(a) Be good to : He wants (v)
to be good to you when you Ans: They are busy for the project of future.
appear beneficial to him.
(b) Do away with : 7. Read the following passage and answer the
You should do away with your bad habits. questions that follow:
Liberty does not descend upon a people; a encourage the weak. Thus we shall be able to
people must raise themselves to it. It is a fruit march in life and search its goal.
that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
That freedom means freedom only from 9. Write a paragraph in the ten sentences on
foreign domination is an out-worn idea. It is “The 25th anniversary of victory Day of
not merely the government that should be Bangladesh.”
free but people themselves should be free.
And no freedom has any real value for the 11. Read the following passage, give
common man or woman unless it also a title and write a precis:
freedom from ignorance. This is the main Man has a unquestionable thirst for
task which confronts us if we are to take our knowledge. He is never satisfied with what
rightful place in the modern world. So, we he has know and seen. He wants to see and
want to go forward at a double pace bending to know more. This curiosity to know more,
all our resources and all our energies to this coupled with his indomitable spirit of
great purpose. adventure has inspired him to undertake and
Question: carryout difficult and dangerous tasks which
(a) How is freedom gained? eventually resulted in epoch-making
Ans: Freedom does not come down to a discoveries and inventions, and led him in
people automatically. To gain freedom a his long and continuous journey from
people must raise themselves to it. helpless state of a cave-man to his present
(b) What is the old idea about freedom? position of power and progress. In the fields
Ans: The old idea about freedom is that it of science and technology man has already
means only the freedom from forcing achieve what was once inconceivable. Today
domination. he is no the threshold of space age. The
(c) What does freedom really mean? invention of rockets, space, ship and artificial
Ans: Freedom really means the freedom of satellites has made it possible for him to go
the people also. It does not mean the freedom far beyond the earth, his home planet and
of the government only. explore the space. He has already landed on
(d) What must we do for real freedom? the moon and is now preparing for a journey
Ans: For real freedom we must free the to the Mais.
common man from want, diseases and
ignorance. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
(e) How can we take our rightful place in the
modern world? 1.
Ans: We can take our rightful place in the 2.
modern world by facing our common people 3.
from want, diseases and ignorance. To do 4.
that we are to advance at a double pace 5. Fill up the following blanks:
utilizing all our energies and resources. (a) Gibraltar starit connects the Atlantic
Ocean with the
8. Translate into Bengoli: (b) Swiez canal connects the Red Sea with
We should bear the courage to the right the
thing. We need not fear men nor care for (c) Panama canal connects the Pacific with
what other think of us. So long as our the
purpose is honest, God will be on our side. (d) The starit of Hormuzan lies between Iraq
And with his help we shall be able to and
(e) The starit of Molucca lies between 12.
6. Put T for correct answer and F for incorrect KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA.
answer: BBA ADMISSION TEST 1994-95
(a) Norway is called the “Nation of
Fishermen”. T ENGLISH:
(b) Bangkok is called the “Venice of East”. T
(c) Srilanka is a coral island. F 1. Read the paragraph and answer the following
(d) Calcutta is the commercial capital of question:
India. F Ownership is not a quarantine of maximum
(e) Silk route connects Europe with Africa. F utilization of one’s land. The exercise of
(f) Newyork is called the “slaughtering house rights over land correlate with the mode of
of the world” T acquisition. Whether by inheritance,
(g) Switzerland is called the “Play ground of purchase, dowry of gift, inheritance offers
Europe” T the most problems. One may inherit jointly
(h) Narayangonj is called the commercial or individually. In either instance, one can
capital of Bangladesh. F not exercise full ownership right without
(i) Sialkot is famous for sports goods. T mutation documents. Only a legal owner of
(j) Denmark is known as the “Breakfast land can cell or mortgage his land and avail
supplier of Europe”. T institutional loans. Without mutation
documents, one is not the legal owner. An
7. Name the products for which the following owner can usually command a better price if
business concerns are famous (Just mention he does not have to seek consent of other
of one product) share by lack of mutation documents. One
(a) Rolls Royce ---- (b) General dynamics may need but not able to get institutional
---- credit for agriculture inputs. But the costs of
(c) Caterpillar ---- (d) Tata ---- mutation proceeding are beyond average
(e) Philips ---- means. Usually, a landowner does not have
enough reserve funds to go for mutation.
8. Fill up the blanks: Moreover, only a sizable holding makes the
(a) The recent Balkan peace treaty has been expenditure worthwhile. So very few
finally signed in 1994 actually obtain mutation documents.
(b) Israeli prime minister Robin has been (a) What are the factors that are related to
killed by maximum utilization of land?
(c) Srilanka army has finally captured the (b) What is a mutation documents?
peninsula. (c) When can an owner command a better
(d) In world economy Japan, Taiwan, price for his land?
Malaysia and South Korea called the Asian (d) Why the income level of the land is
Tigers. adversely affected by the lack of mutation
(e) Coffi Annan is the present secretary documents?
general of the U.N.O. (e) Very few actually obtain mutation
documents. Why?
9.
2. Change the sentences as directed:
10. (a) Tell me the truth. (into complex)
11. Ans: Tell me what is the truth.
(b) The boy said, “remarked how intelligent 6. Correct the following:
the boy was” (into simple) (a) The jury gave a verdict for not guilty.
Ans: The boy remarked the boy as very Ans: The jury gave a not guilty verdict.
intelligent. (b) Much more than fifty persons attended
(c) The boy said, “Alas I took the test but the meeting.
failed.” (into indirect from of narration) Ans:
Ans: The boy exclaimed in sorrow that he (c) He fired the animal with a gun.
had taken the test but had failed. Ans: He fired at the animal with a gun.
(d) No one lives forever. (into affirmative) (d) I want to give the test now because I am
Ans: Every body dies one day. sure of passing.
(e) What can not be cured must be endured. Ans: I want to sit for the test now because I am
(into active) sure of passing.
Ans: We must endure what we can not cure. (e) You are wasting your time and my.
Ans:
3. Translate into English: (f) Habib worked all day.
Ans: We are the inhabitant of an Independent Ans: Habib worked all day long.
country. Independence is man’s birth-right. (g) What kind of a man are you?
But no nation can achieve it without Ans: What kind of man are you?
endeavor. Again the people of the country (h) Your conduct admits no excuse.
have to be determined to save it. To save the Ans:
Independence of the motherland is the sacred (i) I took him a fool.
of every citizen. Ans: I took him as a fool.
(j) He excels to speak English.
4. Translate into Bengali: Ans: He excels in speaking English.
There can be little argument about the
enormous need for housing along with food 7. Fill up the blanks with appropriate
and clothing. It is recognized as a basic preposition:
human necessity. By the year 2000, there (a) He grumbles –––––––––– me. Ans:
will be a new population of nearly one (b) Her is dependent –––––––––– me. Ans:
billion people to be accommodated in urban on
settlements in the developing countries. The (c) I do not wish ––––––––– riches. Ans: for
vast majority of this people will be poor. The (d) Vice must end ––––––––– misery. Ans: in
impending explosion of urban population (e) The boy was run ––––––––– by a truck.
will occur in cities, which are already in Ans: over
desperate physical, economic and social (f) The criminal was hunted –– by the
conditions. detective. Ans: down
Ans: (g) Do not tear –––––––––– the page. Ans:
(h) Light ––––––––– the lamp. Ans:
5. Give the synonyms of the following words: (i) He was laughing –––––––––– me. Ans: at
(a) Brave : Bold (b) Rich : (j) I sympathize ––––––––––– him. Ans: to
Affluent (c) Analogous :
Similar (d) Satisfaction : Contentment (e) 8. Distinguish between pairs of similar words
Anger : Wrath (f) Hardy : Laborious (g) and make sentences with each:
Insolvency : Poverty (h) Polite : Gentle (a) Stationary :
(i) Intelligent : Talent (j) Error : Wrong Stationery :
(b) Essay :
Essey : (d) NEC : National Economic
(c) Born : Corporation.
Borne : (e) ICB : International Commercial
(d) Eligible : Bank.
Illegible :
(e) Calendar : 3. Name five banks of foreign origin or joint
Calender: venture operating in Bangladesh:
(a) (b) X (c) (d) HSBC Bank.
9. Write a paragraph in the sentences on self (e)
help is the best help for oneself. 4. Match the items on the left hand side (L.H.S)
and right hand side (R.H.S) below. Use
10. Give a suitable tittle and make arrow ( → ) to link the matching pair:
precis of the following passage: (L.H.S) (R.H.S)
A poor woman once came to Buddha to ask (a) Nigeria : Athens (d)
him whether he could give her any medicine (b) Bhutan : Thimpu (b)
to restore her dead child to life. The holy (c) Maldives : Khartoum (e)
man touched by the great sorrow of the (d) Greece : Lagos (a)
woman, told her that there was only one (e) Sudan : Mali (c)
medicine which could revive her son. He
bade her bring him a handfuls of mustard 5. List five major foreign exchange earning
seed from a house where death had never commodities sectors for Bangladesh at the
entered. The sorrowing mother went from present time:
door to door seeking the muster seed, but at (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
every door she met with sad replies. One said
I have lost my husband. Another said, our 6. Name the currencies of the following
youngest child died last year. She returned countries:
with a heavy heart to Buddha and told him (a) Japan. Ans: (b) Russia. Ans:
the result of her quest. Buddha told her (c) The Philippines. Ans: (d) Italy.
tenderly that she must not think much of her Ans: (e) Saudi Arabia.
own grief since sorrow and death are Ans:
common to all.
7. Give the name of the Head of the states of
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: the following countries:
(a) Turkey. Ans: (b) Srilanka. Ans:
1. Name five Commercial Banks of Bangladesh (c) Egypt. Ans:
origin: (d) South Africa. Ans:
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (e) France. Ans:
2. Give the meaning of the following 8. Name five major historical places in
abbreviations: Bangladesh:
(a) SAARC : South Asian (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Association for Regional Co-
operation. 9. Give the year against the following events:
(b) IMF : International Monetary Fund. (a) Battle of Palassey. Ans: 1757
(c) GATT : General Agreement on Tariff (b) Fall of Berlin. Ans: 1989
and trade. (c) Independence of India. Ans: 1947
(d) Birth of Palestinian. Ans: 1964 18. Name five poets who won Bangla Academy
(e) Next World Cup Cricket. Ans: award:
10. Name five major tourist (a) (b) (c) (d)
attractions in the city of Dhaka: (e)
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) 19. Mention why the following persons are
11. Where do the following tribes famous for?
live in Bangladesh? (a) Confucious. Ans:
(a) Murang. Ans: (b) Shaotal. Ans: (c) (b) Prof. Mohammed Yunus. Ans: (c) Dr.
Garo. Ans: (d) Monipuri. Ans: (e) Tipra. Qudrat-E-Khoda. Ans:
Ans: (d) Madar Teresa. Ans: (e) Hazrat Khan
12. In which language did the Jahan Ali (RA). Ans:
following poets make their contributions? 20. Name five major sea ports in South Asia:
(a) Tulsi Das. Ans: (b) Sheikh Sadi. Ans: (a) Osaka Kobe (b) Canton (c)
(c) Homor. Ans: (d) Kaikobad. Ans: Shanghai (d) Mumbay (e)
(e) Noguchi. Ans: Colombo
13. Answer the following: KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHUNLA

(a) Who painted Violin and grapes? Ans: BBA ADMISSION TEST – 1993-94
(b) Who made Recumbent figure? Ans:
(c) Who designed Jatiya Shangshad Bhaban? ENGLISH:
Ans: (d) Who drew First Plantation?
Ans: 1. Change the sentences as direction:
(e) Who wrote Probashe Prakitajon? Ans: (a) The judge are annoyed at your
misconduct. (into active)
14. Name of prime export goods for Ans: Your misconduct annoyed the judge.
each of the following countries: (b) “Good morning, I hope you are better
(a) Kenya. Ans: (b) Australia. Ans: (c) today” said he to his friend. (into indirect-
Bangladesh. Ans: (d) Brazil. Ans: (e) from of narration)
Malaysia. Ans: Ans: He wished his friend good morning and
15. Name five important he hoped that he (friend) was better that day.
International Air Lines operating in (c) You must either sit down or go out. (into
Bangladesh: simple)
(a) (b) (c) Ans: Without sitting down you may go out.
(d) (e) (d) If winter comes, can spring be far behind?
16. Who wrote the following: (into assertive)
(a) Padma Nadir Majhi. Ans: Ans: On winter coming spring can not be far
(b) Shareng Bau. Ans: behind.
(c) Lal Shaloo. Ans: (e) He as obedient to me as to you. (into
(d) Aparajita. Ans: (e) Shankha Nil comparative)
Karagar. Ans: Ans: He is not more obedient to me than to
17. Identify the following places: you.
(a) Roof of the world. Ans:
(b) Golden city. Ans: (c) City of Mosque. 2. Correct the following sentences:
Ans: Y¡L¡z (d) Country of 5 rivers. Ans: (e) (a) The roads of Dhaka are better than
Great Britain of East. Ans: Chittagong.
Ans: The roads of Dhaka are better than those hard. Fifteen Hundred candidates are
of Chittagong. applying for forty seats. Yet I have to try. If
(b) The English is very easier to learn. Allah favors, I shall get chance to be
Ans: English is very easier to learn. admitted.
(c) Inform this accident to the police. B) Ans: The sun enlightens the moon.
Ans: Inform the police of this accident. May his soul rest in peace. How much do
(d) Both of them are equally to blame. you earn in a month? What was happened to
Ans: Both of them are equally blamed. him? It costs ten Taka.
(e) Who is short, you or I?
Ans: Who is shorter, you or I? 6. Translation the following passage into
(f) I want your reply. Bengali:
Ans: I want reply from you. A practical English Grammar is intended for
(g) I am very delighted to see him. intermediate and post-intermediate students.
Ans: I am very deliguted in seeing him. We hope that more advanced learners and
(h) My uncle got an employment under the teachers will also find it useful. The book is a
Govt. comprehensive survey of structures and
Ans: My uncle got an appointment under the forms. Areas of particular difficulty have
Govt.¤ been given special attention. Explanation and
(i) The female students are small in number. examples have been brought up to-date.
Ans: The female students are few in number. Ans:
(j) I thought him a musician.
Ans: I thought him musician. 7. Amplify the following : A rolling stone
gathers no moss.
3. Fill in the blanks with the correct from of
verbs: 8. Make a precis of the following paragraph
(a) He had an attack of diarrhea because he after choosing a suitable title:
ate too much. Man has an unquenchable thirst for
(b) He did not know that the earth moves knowledge. He is never satisfied with what
round the sun. he was 0known and seen. He wants to see
(c) I thought that he would come in and to know more. This curiosity to know
time. more coupled with his indomitable spirit of
(d) I was sorry that he would not live. adventure has inspired him to undertake and
(e) When I called at his house he had carryout difficult and dangerous tasks which
gone away. eventually resulted in epoch-making
(f) Ten years have past since his discoveries and inventions. In the field of
father died. Sciences & technology man has already
(g) The sailor’s throats were so dry that they achieved what was once inconceivable.
could not speak. Today he is on the Threshold of space age.
The invention of rockets. Space ships and
4. Write ten sentences on the importance of artificial satellites has made lit possible for
Business Education. him to go far beyond the earth, his home
planet and explore the space. He has already
5. Translation into English: landed on the moon and is now preparing for
A) Ans: My longing is great to be get a journey to the Mars.
admitted myself in to the violence free
Khulna University. But to be get admitted is
9. Read the above passage and answer the (a) Dhaka. Ans: (b) Khulna. Ans:
following question: (c) Barisal. Ans: (d) Chittagong. Ans:
When the great poet Ferdousi Began to write (e) Kustia. Ans:
Shahnama in honour of Mahmood. The
Sultan promised him a coin of gold for each 5. (a) Who is the Architect of National
verse, But when the epic was finished it was Monument of Savar? Ans:
thousand coins of silver. The poet refused to (b) Who is the Designer of our National
take and left the court. Afterwards the Sultan Flag?
repenting sent the gold coins. His Ans: (c) Who is the Architect of
messengers arrived too late. As they reached Shahid Minar? Ans:
the poet’s house they met his dead body (d) Who is the Architect of Baitul Mokarram
being carried out for burial. National Mosque? Ans:
(a) How much did the Sultan promise to pay (e) Which one is the only coral island of
ferdousi for each verse? Bangladesh?
(b) How many verses did the epic contain? Ans:
(c) Why did the poet refuse to take the
many? 6. Fill up in the blanks:
(d) How do you know that the Sultan (a) 36” Latitude is the border between –––– .
repented afterwards? Ans: (b) Durand Line is the border
(e) What did the Sultan’s messengers see between ––– .
when they arrived at the poet’s house? Ans:
(c) McMohon Line is the border between ––
10. Write a letter to your friend .
stating your opinion of how to improve the Ans:
economic condition of your country. (d) Panama Canal is excavated through ––––
. Ans: 1913
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: (e) Switzerland is called the –––. Ans:
7. Mention the Countries which the following
1. Name the capitals of the following countries: straits () separeted:
(a) Ukraine. Ans: (b) Latvia. Ans: (c) (a) Bering Strait. Ans:
Kenya. Ans: (d) Haiti. Ans: (b) Mallacca Strait. Ans: (c)
(e) Surinam. Ans: Zibraltar Strait. Ans:
(d) Dover Strait. Ans: (e) Palk Strait. Ans:
2. Name of Languages of the following 8. Do you know for what they stand?
countries. (a) Land of the rising Sun. Ans:
(a) Afghanistan. Ans: (b) Austria. Ans: (b) Venice of the East. Ans: (c)
(c) Bhutan. Ans: (d) Maldives. Ans: Gateway of India. Ans:
(e) Mayanmar. Ans: (d) Battle-ground of Europe. Ans: (e)
Dundee of the East. Ans:
3. Name of central of the following countries. 9. Fill up the blanks with appropriate answer:
(a) Bangladesh. Ans: (b) India. Ans: (c) (a) Pittsburgh is the greatest center of Iron &
Pakistan. Ans: (d) United Kingdom. Ans: Steel Industry of ––––––. Ans:
(e) Japan. Ans: (b) Manchester is the center of
–––––––––––. Ans:
4. Name of the river on which the following (c) The Port of London stands on the
cities stand. –––––––––. Ans:
(d) The Port of Rangoon stands on the (c) At present the No.1 Tennis (man) player
–––––. Ans: is ––––––.
(e) The Center of Indian Iron & Steel Ans:
industry is in ––––. Ans: (d) At present the No.1 blower in Test
Cricket is ––––––––. Ans (e) The name of
10. Give the meaning of the the President of the International Olympic
following abbreviations: Committee is ––––. Ans: Jack Rudge.
(a) GAAT : General Agreement
on Tariff and Trade. 16. With which games the following
(b) BIWTA : trophies are related?
Bangladesh Inland Water Transports Authority. (a) Thomas Cup. Ans: (b) Davis Cup. Ans:
(c) BSIC : (c) FIFA World Cup. Ans:
(d) NAFTA : North (d) Ashes. Ans:
American free Trade Association.
(e) IMF : International Monetary Fund. 17. Name the year in which the
following events happened:
11. Mention the Head Quarters of the (a) First Battle of Panipath. Ans: 1526
following Organizations: (b) Assassination of Indira Gandhi. Ans:
(a) ILO. Ans: (b) RED CROSS. Ans: 1986
(c) NATO. Ans: (d) ESCAP. Ans: (e) (c) French Revolution. Ans: 1789
UNESCO. Ans: (d) First Indian Revolutionary War of
12. Name the Head of the Govt. of Independence. Ans: 1857
the following countries:
(a) Germany. Ans: 18. Do you know who invented and
(b) The U.S.A. Ans: (c) France. Ans: (d) found out the following:
Japan. Ans: (e) Malaysia. Ans: (a) Hydrogen Bomb of the U.S.A. Ans:
(b) Theory of relativity. Ans:
13. Who are the following person? (c) Lathe Machine. Ans:
(a) G. B. Shaw. Ans: (b) C.V.Roman. Ans: (d) Steam Engine. Ans:
(1979) (e) Marconi. Ans:
(c) Ho Chi Min. Ans:
(d) Nelson Mandella. Ans: 19. Name the countries to which the
(e) Bal Thakare. Ans: following personalities are related to:
14. Name the write of the following (a) John Stuart Mill. Ans: (b)
works: Voltaire. Ans:
(a) Old man and the Sea. Ans: (c) Marconi. Ans:
(b) Sangsaptak. Ans: (c) Shahnama. Ans: (d) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Idiot. Ans: Ans:
(e) Agnibina. Ans: (e) Marshal Romel. Ans:
15. Fill up the blanks: 20. For what products the following
(a) The name of the President of the FIFA is business houses are famous:
––––––––. Ans (a) Agfa Ford. Ans:
(b) 1996 Olympic games will be hosted by (b) Hercules. Ans: (c) Remington. Ans:
the city of ––––. Ans: (d) Gillette. Ans:
KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA. No person can be happy without friends. The
BBA ADMISSION TEST –1992-93 heart is formed for love and can not receive
affection unless you also give and receiving
ENGLISH: affection. But you can not receive affection
unless you also give it. You can not find
1. Change the sentences as directed: others to love you unless you also love them.
(a) The girl said, O that I could get the prize! love is to be obtained only by giving love
(Into indirect from of narration) you, It is your own fault. They can not but
Ans: The girl wished if she could get the love you, if you be kind and friendly.
prize.
(b) We consider that he is wise and just. (Into 6. Translate into English:
simple)
Ans: We consider him wise and just. Ans: Don’t shame me. His health has been
(c) There can be no smoke without fire. (Into broken down. Do you know how to read the
Affirmative) watch? It is I who have done the work. Why
Ans: It is impossible to smoke without fire. he has done this?
(d) They proposed to hold a meeting. (Into
passive) 7. Translate into Bengali:
Ans: A meeting was proposed to hold by Children should learn to be honest, sincere
them. and open hearted to their parents. You should
(e) I have not seen the man for a year. (Replace have no secrets which you are unwilling to
‘for’ by ‘since’) disclose to your parents. If you have done
Ans: I have not seen the man since last year. wrong, you should openly confess it and ask
that forgiveness which a parent’s hearts is
2. Make sentences with the following: ready to bestow. If you once try to cheat you
In the habit of : He is in the habit of parents, you will be led on from one step to
telling lies. another, to invent falsehood till you will not
As though : He speaks as though he knew become contemptible and hateful.
everything. Ans:
A great deal: A great deal of fish abounds in
the pond. 8. Amplify the following : A man is known by
Run short of : He ran short of the company he keeps.
fund.
Crocodile tears : He shows nothing 9. Correct the following:
but crocodile tears. (a) No fewer than fifty kilograms of sugar
was wasted.
3. Write short notes on “forest resources in Ans: Not less than fifty kilograms of sugar
Bangladesh”. was wasted.
(b) I want your reply at once.
4. Write a letter to your faired about the Ans: I want reply from you at once.
importance of studying in Business (c) He is stronger than me.
Administration. Ans: He is stronger than I.
(d) Everyone except I was present.
5. Made a precis of the following paragraph Ans: Everyone except me was present.
after choosing a suitable title: (e) Suffice to say, you are wrong.
Ans: Suffice it to say, you are worng.
(f) Credit it in my name. (e) CIS : Commonwealth Independent
Ans: Credit it to my account. States.
(g) There are pains all over the body.
Ans: There is pains all over the body. (ii) Name the capital of the
(h) I have great deal of work to do. following countries:
Ans: I have a great deal of work to do. (a) Zimbabwe. Ans: Harare (b)
(i) He gave false witness. Croatia. Ans: Jagrer
Ans: He gave false evidence. (c) Brazil. Ans: Brasilia (d) Saudi
(j) He shot himself after reaching home with Arabia. Ans: Riad
a gun. (e) Uruguay. Ans: Montevideo
Ans: He shot himself with a gun after
reaching home. (iii) Name the coins of the following countries:
(a) Thailand. Ans: (b) China. Ans: (c)
10. Read the following passage and Germany. Ans:(d) Sweden. Ans:
answer the questions that follow: (iv) Name the longest river of:
Though cruse had been ten days on the (a) Asia. Ans: (b) Africa. Ans:
Island, he had not met another man. He was (c) N. America. Ans:
afraid that there might be wild men or (d) S. America. Ans: (e) Europe. Ans:
savages living in some other part of it. He (v) For producing what the
was also afraid that there might be wild following:
beasts up among the rocks. He wanted to (a) Limestone. Ans: (b) Silica sand. Ans:
build himself a house with a strong wall (c) Coal. Ans:
round it. (d) Uranium. Ans: (e) Soft wood. Ans:
Question: (vi) Name the year in which the following
(a) With whom did cruse pass ten days on the events occur-
Island? (a) Declaration of American war to
(b) What do you mean by ‘savages’? Independence. Ans: 1775
(c) What might be the cause of cruse’s fear? (b) First war of panipath. Ans: 1526
(d) Why did he want to build a house with a (c) Starting of Gulf-war. Ans: 1991
strong wall? (d) Disintegration of the U.S.S.R . Ans: 1989
(e) What are opposite words of ‘afraid’ ‘wild’ (e) Fifth world cup cricket. Ans: 1996
and ‘build’?
(vii) Name the heads of states of the following
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE countries:
(a) Bosnia. Ans:
(i) Give the meaning of the (b) India. Ans:
following abbreviation: (c) Indonesia. Ans:
(a) ANZUS : Australia (d) The Philippines. Ans:
Newzeland and United States (e) Russia. Ans:
treaty organization. (viii) Name the heads of the Govt. of the
(b) OPEC : Organization of following countries:
Petroleum Exporting Countries. (a) Bangladesh. Ans:
(c) BARD : Bangladesh (b) The U.K. Ans: (c) The U.S.A. Ans:
Agriculture Rural Development. (d) Pakistan. Ans:
(d) ASEAN : (e) Germany. Ans:
Association of South East Asian Nations. (ix) Who are they:
(a) George Washington. Ans: (xvii)Do you know why the following names
(b) Ho Chi Min. Ans: are important?
(c) D. Clark. Ans: (d) Kichi (a) 10 Downing Street. Ans:
Miazawa. Ans: (e) Li (b) Elise palace. Ans:
Peng. Ans: (c) White House. Ans:
(x) Name the withers of the following works: (d) Kremlin. Ans: (e) Bundestag. Ans:
(a) Old man and the sea. Ans: (b) Man (xviii) When and where the following events
and superman. Ans: will occur?
(c) Hajar Bochor Dhore (). Ans:
(d) Badhonhara (). Ans: (e) KHULNA UNIVERSITY, KHULNA.
Gitanjoli (). Ans: BBA ADMISSION TEST – 1991-92
(xi) Name the year in which the following
revolutions happens: ENGLISH
c (a) American revolution. Ans: 1776
d (b) France revolution. Ans: 1789 1. Change the sentence as directed:
e (c) Russian revolution. Ans: 1917 (a) Shall we ever forget those happy days?
f (d) First Indian revolutionary war of (into passive)
independence. Ans: 1857 Ans: Shall those happy days be ever
g (e) Egyptian revolution. Ans: forgotten by us?
(b) He leads a most unhappy life. (into
(xii) Name the rivers on which the following Exclamation)
cities stand: Ans: What a unhappy life he leads!
(a) Moscow. Ans: (b) London. Ans: (c) (c) He is illiterate. (into Negative)
New York. Ans: (d) Lahore. Ans: Ans: He is not literate.
(e) Belgrade. Ans:
(xiii) Mention the dates of the Independence 2. Make sentences with the following:
Day of the following countries: The long and short : () : This is
(a) India. Ans: (b) Pakistan. Ans: the long and the short of what
(c) Bangladesh. Ans: (d) Russia. Ans: he said at the meeting.
(e) The U.S.A . Ans: Sort of : () : I did not want that
short of book.
(xiv) Name the countries where these tribes Any longer : () : I can’t stay with
live: her any longer.
(a) Maori. Ans: (b) Bedouin. Ans: (c) In quest of : () : We all are out in
Red Indian. Ans: quest of pleasure.
(d) Pigmy. Ans: (e) Slav. Ans: Cut short : () : Tell the story in cut
(xv) Who are the inventors of the following: short.
(a) X-ray. Ans:
(b) Steam Engine. Ans: 3. Amplify the following : “Self- help is the
(c) Telephone. Ans: (d) Radio. Ans: (e) best help”
Television. Ans:
(xvi) Mention the names of the airports of the 4. Chose the appropriate preposition for the
following cities: gaps:
(a) London – (b) New York - (between, off, across, over, along, from, in,
(c) Calcutta – (d) Dhaka - on, at)
(a) The plane is flying across the village.
(b) The cats are running on the well. A village fair – A big market which seats in
(c) The girls is jumping over the tree. village once or twice in a year for different
(d) They traveled from their starting occasions.
point. (e) The fair sex and the better half:
Ans: The fair sex - I always love fair sex.
5. Correct the following sentences: The better half - Everybody wants the better
(a) Everybody believed that they will win. half.
Ans: Everybody believed that they would
win. 7. Translation into English:
(b) Coming home from work, it began to Ans: As we live in Bangladesh, we are called
rain. Bangladeshi. The language that we speak is
Ans: It began to rain after they had came Bangla. A beautiful country like Bangladesh
home from work. is rare in the world. Many big and small
(c) A man who my father knows, is going for rivers canals fertilize the land of this country.
Dhaka. So, a large amount of corns produce in this
Ans: The man whom my father knows is country every year.
going to Dhaka.
(d) An industry of ant is known to all. 8. Translation into English:
Ans: The Industry of an ant is known to all. Jim was never late. Della doubled the fob
(e) More they got, the more they want. chain in her hand and sat on the corner of the
Ans: The more they get, the more they want. fable near the door that he always entered.
Then she heard his step on the stair away
6. What is the difference between: down on the first flight, and she turned with
(a) A painter and a carpenter: for just a moment. She had a habit of saying
Ans: Painter is a person whose job is little silent prayers about the simplest every
painting building, wall, etc. day things, and now she whispered, “Please
Carpenter is a person whose job is making God, make him think I am still pretty.”
and repairing wooden objects and structures. Ans:
(b) A house and a home:
Ans: House – a building for people to live in, 9. Complete the following sentences:
usually for one family. (a) Into such a universe life is very beautiful.
Home – The house or flat/apartment that you (b) My wife was delighted that I had got a
live in, especially with your family. job.
(c) A short-hand typist and a clerk-cum (c) Learn astronomy in order to select two
typist: things do you prefer most?
Ans: Short hand typist – A man who knows a (d) It is cool to day, it was hot yesterday.
quick way of writing using special sings or
abbreviations. 10. Write a letter to your friend
Clerk cum typist – A person whose job is to informing him why you want to study in
keep the records or accounts in an office, Business Administration Discipline.
shop, etc using type machine.
(d) A village market and a village fair:
Ans: A village market – A market which GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
seats every day in village.
1. Fill in the blanks with appropriate answer
given below:
(a) The name of the longest river in Asia is (b) Boo-me-rung.
Yang Sichiang.(Shindu/Yang (c) Periscope. Ans:
Sichiang/Brahmaputra/Yufertis). (d) Pagoda. Ans:
(b) Shylock is a character of Shakespeare’s (e) Colors of rainbow. Ans:
“The Merchant of Venice”.(Clive/Robin
Hood/Count/ Shylock). 6. (a) What is the symbol of the Bangladesh
(c) Every year Noble prize is awarded in 6 Biman?
different fields . (2/5/6/8). Ans:
(d) The most important mineral resource of (b) What was the slogan of the world
Bangladesh is Gas. Environment Day-1992? Ans:
(Gas/Coal/Graphite/Limestone). (c) Write the present Hizry year. Ans: 1425
(e) The name of the resident of the People’s (d) When and where the 13th SAARC
Republic of Bangladesh is Banga Bhavan. Summit will be held? Ans:
(Gana Bhaban/ Banga Bhavan/ Secretariat/ (e) Who is the Secretary general of United
Samsad Bhana). Nation?
Ans: L¢g Be¡ez
2. (a) Write down the total amount of revenue
and expenditure budget in 1992-93 fiscal 7. Write down the name of the authors of the
yard. Ans: following works of Literature:
(b) Write down the name of the that prince (a) Gitanjali Ans: (b) Rekha Chitra
who lately visited Bangladesh. Ans: (c) Good Earth (d)
(c) Where and on the bank of which river Paradise Lost Ans: ¢jÒVe
was ‘Bishaw Iztema’ held? Ans: Turag (e) Comedy of Error. Ans:
(d) Write the full of Washington D.C. and
what is it? Ans: District of Columbia 8. Write down the name of the currency of the
(e) Who is the present Secretary general of following countries:
the UNO and which country does he belong (a) Afghanistan. Ans: (b) Italy. Ans:
to? Ans: Cofi Annan - Ghana. (c) Iraq. Ans: (d) France. Ans:
(e) Sri-Lanka. Ans:
3. Write the names of Heads of the Govt. of
SAARC countries. Ans: Pakistan. 9. (a) Write down the name of the countries of
the Baltic States. Ans:
4. (a) Who is our National Poet? Write two (b) Briefly describe Green-House Effect.
famous works of him. Ans: Kazi Nazrul
Islam. 10. (a) Describe about Geneva
(b) What is the name of the capital of Convention. Ans:
Bosnia-Herzegovina? Ans: (c) How many (b)Write a short note about United Nation.
countries joined in 1992’s Olympic in
Barcelona? Ans:
(d) When and where the next Olympic will
be held? Ans: 2004, Greece. KHULNA UNIVERSITY
(e) Explain CIS. Ans: Commonwealth BBA ADMISSION TEST 2004-05
Independent States.
SECTION A: ENGLISH LANGUAGE
5. Identify the following: (05 Question, 30 Marks)
(a) Fax Machine. Ans:
1. Fill in the gaps in the letter below with the
correct form of verbs given in the brackets 3. Fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions:
0.5 × 20 = 10 1×5 = 5
Dear Jalal, (a) They vied ........ one other for the job.
I (a) –––– (arrive) in Dhaka two months ago (b) The university was closed ........ sine die.
and I (b) –––– (stay) with my uncle in (c) The girl takes ........ her mother.
Tejgaon. My uncle (c) –––– (work) in a (d) Students should make the best use ........
bank, but at the moment he (d) –––– (take) a their time.
year’s study leave. He (e) –––– (do) a course (e) He insisted me ........ my going to cinema.
in Business Management, which (f) ––––
(start) last month. 4. Correct the following sentences: 1×5 = 5
I (g) –––– (have) a good time in Dhaka. I (h) (a) If she had been hungry, she would eat
–––– (visit) most of the historical places something.
here, like Lalbagh Fort and Ahsan Manjil. I (b) My brother with his son have gone
(i) –––– (like) the river side at Sadarghat abroad.
most because it (j) –––– (remind) me of our (c) We should not waste our time in
hometown. I (k) –––– (travel) by bus the unnecessary discussing about politics.
other day when I (l) –––– (meet) Sayeed. Do (d) In my clock it is two O’ Clock.
you (m) –––– (remember) him? When we (e) Character is more preferable than
last (n) –––– (see) him, he (o) –––– (work) intelligence.
for his father’s company. Now he (p) ––––
(do) a special English course because he (q) - 5. Change the form of the speech of the
–––– (want) to go to England for higher following sentences: 1×5 = 5
study. We (r) –––– (go) to watch a football (a) She asked me if I knew who had killed
match together this afternoon. I’m really her dog.
looking forward to it. I (s) –––– (like) Dhaka (b) Karim said to me, “You are late. I have
very much but I (t) –––– (think) it’s very been waiting for you since 4 O’ clock”.
expensive. (c) Tom said, “I woke up feeling ill and so I
stayed in bed”.
It’s all for now. Stay fine and take care. Bye. (d) Ann asked me not to tell anyone what
Your’s Mehedi. happened.
(e) He said to me, “Please lend me some
2. Change the following sentences as directed: money”.
1×5 = 5
(a) He is too dishonest to speak the truth. SECTION B: ENGLISH COMPOSITION
(Make it complex) AND FREE-HAND WRITING (03
(b) Gold is one of the most precious metals. Questions, 30 Marks)
(Make it positive)
(c) Runa wouldn’t dream ........ me a drink. 1. Translate the following into Bangla: 10
(Complete the sentence by using the verb In an attempt to promote the widespread use
“Buy”) of paper goods rather than plastic and thus
(d) “Are you in a hurry?” “No, I’ve got reducing non-biodegradable waste,
plenty of time. I ........”. (Complete the Government decided to ban the production
sentence by using the verb “Can”) and sale of disposable plastic goods for
(e) The lady guest is cleverer than most other which substitutes made of paper exist.
women. (Make it superlative) Government argues that since most paper is
entirely biodegradable, paper goods are 4. If the sum of n consecutive integer is 0,
environmentally preferable. Although which of the following must be true?
biodegradable plastic goods are available, i) n is an even number
Government believes paper goods to be safer ii) n is an odd number
for the environment. So, the reopening of the iii) The average of n integer is 0
laid-off Newsprint Mills at Khulna and (a) i only (b) ii only
laying-off the industrial units producing non- (c) i and iii only (d) ii and iii only
biodegradable plastic products should be the
next logical step expected from the Questions 5 and 6 are based on the following
Government. The part of the population information:
working in those industries can be re- A builder is planning the colors to be used
employed in Newsprint Mills and several for painting the rooms and hallways of a
other paper Mills. group of new houses. The builder will use
only one color for each room of hallway and
2. Translate the following into English: will select from the following colors: warm
colors – rose and peach; natural colors –
3. Write a passage of 10 sentences with the ivory and gold; cool colors – aqua, blue and
following key words: lavender.
Freshness; Vigour; Maxim; As it were; Reap; Two colors are adjacent if two rooms, two
Harvest; Sow; Seed; Truthfulness; Virtue. hallways, or a room and a hallway that are
painted in the colors are connected by a door.
SECTION C: ANALYTICAL ABILITY & The builder will observe the following
MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING (20 restrictions:
Questions, 40 Marks) *No two different warm colors can be
adjacent *No two different cool colors can
1. Today Rose is twice as old as Sam and Sam be adjacent *Aqua can’t be adjacent to peach
is 3 years younger than Tina. If Rose, Sam or rose *Lavender can’t be adjacent to ivory
and Tina are all alive 4 years from today, 5. Which of the following colors can be used
which of the following must be true on that for painting a hallway that is connected by
day? doors to only two rooms, which will be
i) Rose is twice as old as Sam painted aqua and blue?
ii) Sam is 3 years younger than Tina (a) Rose (b) Peach (c) Ivory (d) Aqua
iii) Rose is older than Tina 6. Which of the following colors can be used
(a) i only (b) ii only (c) iii only (d) i for a room that is connected by doors to each
and ii only of the three rooms that are painted lavender,
2. Among the 30 applicants for a job, 14 had at blue, and peach respectively?
least 4 years experience, 18 had degrees, and (a) Ivory (b) Rose (c) Peach (d) Blue
3 had less than 4 years experience and didn’t 7. A manager, who has exactly four projects
have a degree. How many of the applicants (F,G, H and I) to undertake in a given month,
had at least 4 years experience and a degree? has made the following determinations:
(a) 14 (b) 5 (c) 9 (d)7 F has priority over G
3. If and represent single digit in the H has priority over I
correctly worked computation above, what is If one project has priority over another, the
the value of ? project with priority must be started earlier
(a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 10 (d) 11 than the other one. Given only the
determinations mentioned, each of the
following is a possible sequence in which the (c) No other worker is available to operate
four projects could be started EXCEPT: the loading machine during Belal’s absence.
(a) F,H,G,I (b) F,H,I,G (c) (d) One loading machine working alone can’t
H,F,I,G (d) H,G,F,I complete the job in one day.
8. An office manager announces to his staff, 11. A machine is depreciated by
“This is the first meeting of the month. So 40% in the first year, 15% in the second year
we will be discussing the budget and staffing and 10% per year for the next three years.
report”. Based on this statement, which of What is the average percentage of
the following can reasonable be concluded? depreciation for the entire period if each
(a) The office manager is the person percentage being calculated on diminishing
responsible for setting the agenda for staff value?
meeting.
(b) The issues regarding the budget and 12. The ratio of Gold and Bronze in
schedule are discussed together. a 42-gram necklace is 4:3. What is the
(c) The office holds its staff meeting on the amount of Gold that must be mixed in the
first business day of each month. necklace to get a Gold-Bronze ratio of 5:3?
(d) The office conducts more than one staff
meeting each month. 13. Among the 400 Cadets in a
9. If it is raining when I leave the house to go to graduating class, 30% were women and, of
work, then I always take my umbrella with these, 20% became instructors. If the number
me. If I do not take umbrella to work with of men, who became instructors, was twice
me, then I always go out to the park at the number of women who became
lunchtime. Today is Tuesday, and I did not instructors, how many of the men became
bring my umbrella with me to work. instructors?
Which of the following statements must be
true based on the above statements? 14. The charge for a telephone call
(a) The speaker is not going to the park made at 10:00 am from City Y to City X is
today. Tk. 0.50 for the first minute and Tk. 0.34 for
(b) The speaker will get wet if he goes to the each additional minute. At these rates, what
park today. is the difference between the total cost of
(c) It was not raining when the speaker left three 5-minute calls and the cost of one 15-
the house. minute call?
(d) It was raining when the speaker left the
house. 15. What is the perimeter of the
10. A particular construction project figure below?
needs two operating loading machines in
order to complete a job in one day. Today 16. In town X, the population
Belal, who operates one of the loading increased from 20,000 in 1960 to 30,000 in
machines, is sick and can’t work. therefore, 1980. In town X, the population under age 10
the project will not be completed in one day. in 1960 was 2,500, and in 1980 the
Which of the following is an assumption that population under age 10 was 10% of the
provides the basis for the above conclusion? population. What is the number of
(a) Belal is the best person to operate the population increased under age 10 in town X
loading machine. from 1960 to 1980?
(b) The company will lose money if the
project is not completed in one day.
17. S and T are each rectangular the critical factor in assigning ratings. This
tiles, 2 inches by 8 inches. S overlaps T at finding suggested that there should have
right angles. What is the area of T shown that been a strong correlation between a
is not covered by S? monitored worker’s productivity and the
overall rating the worker received. However,
18. In the figure to the left, the sum measures of relationship between overall
of the three numbers in the horizontal row rating and individual elements of
equals to the product of the three numbers in performance clearly supported the
the vertical column. What is the value of conclusion that supervisors gave
XY? considerable weight to criteria such as
attendance, accuracy and indications of
19. Mr. Tareq is twice as much rich customer satisfaction. It is possible that
as Mr. Kamal. Mr. Kamal has 55% of the productivity may be a ‘hygiene factor’; that
wealth of Mr. Toha. Mr. Haider has 60% of is, if it is too low, it will hurt the overall
the wealth of Mr. Salam, who has 120% as rating. But the evidence suggest that beyond
much wealth as Mr. Toha. Which person has the point at which productivity becomes
the lowest wealth? ‘good enough’ higher productivity per se is
unlikely to improve a rating.
20. In a store, umbrellas are sold for 1. According to the passage before the final
X dollar. It started raining, so the manager results of the study were known, which of
immediately doubled the price. The next day the following seemed likely?
was a sunny day; so the manager put up a (a) that workers with highest productivity
sing “Umbrellas are on Sale for 40% off”. would also be most accurate
What is the price of umbrellas in the store (b) that workers who initially achieved high
now? productivity ratings would continue to do so
consistently.
(c) that the highest performance ratings
English would be achieved by workers with highest
productivity
Read the following passage and answer the (d) that the most productive workers would
questions 1 through 5: be those whose supervisors claimed to value
In an attempt to improve the overall productivity.
performance of office workers, many (e) that supervisors who claimed to value
countries have introduced computerized productivity would plan equal value on
performance monitoring and control systems customer satisfaction.
(CPMCS) that record and report a worker’s 2. It can be inferred that author of the passage
computer driven activities. However, at least discussed ‘unmonitored workers’ primarily
one study has shown that such monitoring in order to:
may not be having the desired effect. In the (a) compare the ratings of monitored
study, researchers asked monitored workers workers.
and their supervisors how assessment of (b) provide an example of a case in which
productivity affected supervisor’s rating of monitoring might be effective.
worker’s performance. In contrast (c) provide evidence of an inappropriate use
unmonitored workers doing the same work, of CPMCS.
who without exception identified the most (d) emphasize the effects that CPMCS may
important element in their productivity was have on workers perception of their jobs.
(e) illustrate the effect that CPMCS may (a) careless (b) persistent (c)
have on worker’s ratings. surprise
3. Which is the following, if true, would most (d) foolish (e) misguided
clearly have supported the contention Choose the word or phrase that best keeps
referred to, in the last part of the paragraph? the meaning of the original sentence, if it is
(a) ratings of productivity correlated highly substituted for the underlined word of phrase
with ratings of both accuracy and attendance. (Questions 8 through 11)
(b) electronic monitoring greatly increased 8. Strive for excellence in your examination.
productivity. (a) Cooperate with other (b) Be
(c) most support based overall ratings of patient
performance on measures of productivity (c) Make efforts (d) Think hard (e)
alone. Pay well
(d) overall ratings of performance correlated 9. It is much easier to talk about social change
more highly with measures of productivity than it is to make it happen.
than the researches expected. (e) overall (a) bring it about (b) acknowledge it
ratings of performance correlated more (c) predict it (d) put up with it (e)
highly with measures of accuracy than with accept it
measures of productivity 10. A thrifty buyer purchases fruits
4. According to the passage, a ‘hygiene factor’ and vegetables in seasons.
is an aspect of a worker’s performance that: (a) healthy (b) thief (c) careful
(a) has no effect on the ratings of a worker’s (d) disinterested (e) professional
performance (b) is so basic to performance 11. Most competitions are not open
that it is assumed to be adequate for all to both professionals and non-professionals.
workers (a) aliens (b) juniors (c) seniors
(c) is given less importance than it deserves (d) tutors (e) amateurs
in rating a worker’s performance 12. The synonym for skepticism is:
(d) is not likely to effect a worker’s ratings (a) doubt (b) skating people (c)
unless it is judged to be inadequate symptoms (d) diminutive (e)
(e) is important primarily because of the wonderful
effect it has on a worker’s ratings 13. What is the meaning of the
5. The primary purpose of the passage is to: phrasal verb ‘die down’?
(a) explain the need for the information of an (a) become weaker (b) a sound becoming
innovative strategy. fainter (c) delete (d) get rid of or kill
(b) discuss a study of the use of a particular (e) inherit
method Choose the correct(s) to complete the
(c) recommend course of action sentences (Questions 14 through 16)
(d) solve a difference of opinion 14. Unless protected areas are
(e) suggest an alternate approach established the Royal Bengal Tigers will
6. Complete the proverb : Braking dogs...... face––of extinction.
(a) sound much (b) catch a thief (a) possible (b) the possibility
(c) seldom bite (d) save none (e) (c) to be possible
always crying (d) possibly (e) most possibly
7. The yearly financial statement of a large 15. If service are increased,
corporation may 0seem bewildering at first, taxes–––.
but a ––reader will soon decipher its content. (a) will probably (b) probably go up
(c) probably up (d) going up probably 24. White elephant
(e) go up probably (a) Pretty animal
16. When your body does not get (b) An elephant of which colour (c) Strong
––– it cannot make the glucose it needs. animal
(a) food as enough (b) food enoughly (d) Dubious matter (e) A costly
(c) enough the food (d) enough food (e) possession
food enough 25. Bourse
For questions 17 through 19, identify the (a) Fish market (b) New market
correct sentence. (c) Stock exchange
17. (a) He distribute relief goods (d) Central bank (e) Scheduled bank
between people. Ans: 1.(c) 2.(d) 3.(e) 4.(d) 5.(b) 6.(c) 7.(b)
(b) He distribute relief goods for people. 8.(c) 9.(a) 10.(c) 11.(e) 12.(a) 13.(a) 14.(b)
(c) He distribute relief goods to people. 15.(a) 16.(d) 17.(d) 18.(c) 19.(d) 20.(b)
(d) He distribute relief goods among people. 21.(c) 22.(a) 23.(e) 24.(e) 25.(c)
(e) He distribute relief goods amongst
people.
18. (a) Sympathy is akin for
kindness.
(b) Sympathy is akin in kindness.
(c) Sympathy is akin on kindness.
(d) Sympathy is akin to kindness.
(e) Sympathy is akin into kindness.
19. (a) She took pictures, and I did
so.
(b) She took pictures, and so I did.
(c) She took pictures, and I did also.
(d) She took pictures, and so did I.
(e) She took pictures, and I did the same.
For question 20 through 25, read the
phrase(s) or word(s) and find the answers
that are closest in meanings.
20. By and large
(a) Very large (b) Mostly (c)
Everywhere
(d) False (e) Far away
21. A hard nut to crack
(a) Honest (b) Active person (c)
Strong person
(d) Difficult person (e) Corrupt
22. A man of straw
(a) Good for nothing (b) Healthy (c)
Thin
(d) Active (e) Fortunate
23. Hole and corner
(a) Crack (b) Hollow (c) Frank
(d) Foolish (e) Secrecy

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