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01. Even though most universities retain the royalties from faculty
members' inventions, the faculty members retain the royalties from books
and articles they write. Therefore, faculty members should retain the
royalties from the educational computer software they develop.
The conclusion above would be more reasonably drawn if which of the
following were inserted into the argument as an additional premise?
(A) Royalties from inventions are higher than royalties from educational
software programs.
(B) Faculty members are more likely to produce educational software
programs than inventions.
(C) Inventions bring more prestige to universities than do books and
articles.
(D) In the experience of most universities, educational software programs
are more marketable than are books and articles.
(E) In terms of the criteria used to award royalties, educational
software programs are more nearly comparable to books and articles
than to inventions.
Questions numbering 2 and 3 are based on the following statement:
"If there is an oil-supply disruption resulting in higher international oil
prices, domestic oil prices in open-market countries will rise as well,
whether such countries import all or none of their oil."
02. If the statement above concerning oil-supply disruptions is true,
which of the following policies in an open-market nation is most likely to
reduce the long-term economic impact on that nation of sharp and
unexpected increases in international oil prices?
(A) Maintaining the quantity of oil imported at constant yearly levels
(B) Increasing the number of oil tankers in its fleet
(C) Suspending diplomatic relations with major oil-producing nations
(D) Decreasing oil consumption through conservation
(E) Decreasing domestic production of oil
03. Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the statement
above?
06. The income distribution of the richest and poorest 20% of the world
shows that it was 32 to 1 in 1970, 45 to 1 in 1980, 61 to 1 in 1990 and 70
to 1 in 2000.
This means that
A. income of both rich and poor increases.
B. population of poor section increases more than of the rich section.
C. rich people exploit poor people
D. inequality increases
E. global development takes place
07. The quantitative supply of labor (as well as its qualitative
composition) depends on the following variables: the size of the
population, its age-sex composition, marital structure and participation
rates in the labor force in accordance with these factors.
Each of the following, if true, could affect the supply of labor EXCEPT:
A. Marital status of females
B. Birth and death rates
C. Number of employment agencies
D. Immigration and emigration
E. Educational level of population
08. It takes one girl 4 days to embroider one shirt and she is paid Tk. 50
per shirt. It takes two girls to embroider one saree in 56 days and they
are paid Tk. 1,000 per saree shared equally. We can calculate that:
A. One girl can earn more embroidering one shirt after another than
working on a saree continuously.
B. One girl can earn more by embroidering a saree.
C. Two girls work better together.
D. Work is quicker when they work collectively
E. Work is quicker when they work collectively
computing productivity.
d) Productivity should be ascribed to categories of workers, not to
individuals.
e) The number of letters delivered is relevant to measuring the
productivity of postal workers.
12. A and B walk at five kilometers speed. C walks at five and a half
kilometers speed. D walks at four and a half
kilometers speed. E is slower than B. Which of the following is true?
a) A is the slowest of all
b) B is the speediest of all
c) E is the slowest of all
d) E and A have equal speed.
e) C is the speediest of all.
13. A survey was recently conducted among the high school students of a
certain town to measure the effect of
environmental factors on attitudes and behavior, and the results
indicated that students who play a ;minimum of two hours per day of
violent video games are more likely to engage in violent behavior in
school and at home. Therefore, playing violent video games encourages
violence among teens. Which of the following, if true, would most
weaken the argument above?
a) The same survey was conducted in a neighboring town with similar
results.
b) Playing violent video games keeps violent teenagers at home and
prevents them from engaging in publicly aggressive behavior.
c) The survey used a standard question format that did not allow students
to produce responses that could not be interpreted incorrectly.
d) Students who play violent video games often have a history of
behavioral issues leading back to early childhood.
e) The survey was given over a period of days to ensure that all students
attending the high school would participate.
14. World War if had a profound effect on the growth of nascent
businesses. The Acme Packaging Company netted only $10,000 in the year
before the War. By 1984 it was earning almost ten times that figure.
Which of the following assumptions applies as the basis for the argument?
A. Acmes growth rate is representative of other nascent businesses.
B. An annual profit of $10,000 is not especially high.
C. Wars inevitably stimulate a nations growth.
D. Rapid growth for nascent businesses is especially desirable.
E. Acme is not characterized by responsible, farsighted managers.
15. Recently in city X, residential developers have stopped buying land,
contractors are going without work or longer periods, and specialty
workers such as, electricians are relying more or less lucrative, existinghome remodeling jobs. There must be fewer new residents moving to City
X than there were previously.
Which of the following, if true, indicates a flaw in the reasoning above?
A. This year several housing developments have gone on the market after
being held up for months by legal red tape.
B. The average size of new home has increases significantly over the past
years.
C. The populations of the City X is projected to grow by 4% this year,
compared with only 3% for last year.
D. The cost of materials such as lumber and cement has decreased over
the past year.
E. Sales of other big-tickets, such as automobiles and boats, have
remained steady over the past year.
16. Automobiles use 20 percent of all energy consumed in Bangladesh.
Suppose that the Jatio Sangsad of Bangladesh has passed legislation
requiring all cars builds after 2005 to be twice as energy efficient,
eventually automobiles will consume on 10 percent. The argument makes
which of the following assumptions?
A. CNG cars willl not become widely available
B. The public will not be buying twice as many cars in 2005 as it is
currently.
C. As cars become more energy-efficient, the public does not increase
its use of cars.
D. Cars will actually be three times as energy-efficient cars in 2005.
E. Cars will not be significantly more expensive in 2005.
17. Disposable diapers, while a convenience, are an environmental
disaster. If people would use cloth diapers instead of those made of
d. If the market demand for textile products increases in future Mr. Kabir
will not be able to restart the unit.
e. Terminating workers for reducing spending to save money will result in
job insecurity and probably unrest
among workers of other units.
34. Total number of students of 5 departments of the Faculty of Business
studies is greater than total number of
students of 6 departments of the Science Faculty of Dhaka University.
What can we say if one of the departments is dropped from the faculty of
Business Studies?
a. We cannot draw any conclusion.
b. Total number of students in both the faculties will be equal.
c. Total number of students of the Faculty of Business Studies is gerater
than the total number of students of the Science Faculty.
d. Total number of students of the Science Faculty will still be greater
than the total number of students of the Faculty of Business Studies.
e. Total number of students of the Science Faculty is slightly less than the
total number of students of the Faculty of Business Studies.
35. After the global financial crisis in October 2008, most of the stock
exchanges experienced massive fall. However, the stock markets in
Bangladesh experienced minimum impact in comparison to those in other
countries mostly due to minimum foreign portfolio exposure. Therefore,
given the above statement it can be concluded that:
a. Global financial crisis was due to foreign portfolio investment.
b. Because of global crisis foreign fund rushed to Bangladesh so it did not
suffer from crisis.
c. Since the foreign portfolio exposure to Bangladesh stock exchange
was minimum, so withdrawal of such funds had little impact on the
indices and price levels in Bangladesh.
d. Bangladesh securities market is insensitive to international market.
e. Other factors like political and economic conditions enabled
Bangladesh to overcome such pressure .
36. Mr. Kamal must be a lawyer, as he is carrying a briefcase. This
conclusion is valid only if it is true that :
a. Lawyers never carry any kind of container other than the briefcase.
b. All lawyers carry briefcases.
c. Lawyers are required to carry briefcases.
d. Only lawyers carry briefcases.
e. Lawyers often carry briefcases.
37. A long distance runner has just completed running 28 miles. How long
did it take him to finish the journey?
(i) He averaged 8 miles per hour
(ii) Running at the same rate, he could have run 12 miles in 1 hours.
A. Both statements together are sufficient to answer the question.
B. Each statement is sufficient by itself to answer the question asked.
C. Both statement together are not sufficient to answer the question
asked.
D. Statement (ii) is alone sufficient to answer the question asked.
E. Statement (i) is alone sufficient to answer the question asked.
38. Ratna is taller than Sima. Karim is taller than Somit. Somit is shorter
than Amit. Sima and Amit are of the same height. If the above is true,
which of the following conditions must also be true?
A. Karim is taller than Amit
B. Karim is taller than Ratna
C. Sima is shorter than Karim
D. Ratna is taller than Somit
E. Sima is taller than Karim
39. In a television interview, the principal of a school claims that 75% of
the scholars in the region graduated from
their institution. What is the hidden message the principal wants to
convey to the public?
A. All graduate of the school become scholar after graduation.
B. Only scholars take admission in the school.
C. Only brilliant students take admission in the school.
D. The quality of education in the school is excellent.
E. The school provides specialized education.
40. Two salesmen are consistently performing for the sales department of
ABC ltd. Salesman X is helping to generate 30 percent of sales and 60
percent of profits; and salesman Y is accounting for the remaining. Which
of the following statements conform to the statement above?
A. Total sales for the sales department remained roughly constant.
B. Salesman X faced tougher competition in his bit than Y.
C. Salesman X realized more profit for each taka of sales than Y.
D. The same product had been sold by both X and Y.
E. Higher profitability leads to higher futures sales of X than sales of Y.
41. In our society, the teacher-student ratio was 1:50 back in 1978. Today
the ratio is 1:100. The total student
population has increased significantly over the past 30 years. Which
conclusion can you draw from the above
statement?
A. Increase in the number of students caused this situation.
B. Proportionately less increase in the number of teachers was
responsible for the situation.
C. Not many new educational institutions came up during the period.
D. Both increase in the number of students and proportionately less
increase in the number of teachers caused this situation.
E. Poor teaching method was responsible for this situation.
42. The average normal infant born in Bangladesh weighs between 12 and
14 pounds at the age of four months. If a four-month-old child weighs
only 11 pounds, its weight gain has been below the Bangladesh average.
Which of the following indicates a flaw in the reasoning above?
A. Weight is one of many indicators of normal infant development.
B. Some four-month-old children may weigh more than 14 pounds.
C. A normal child also weigh less than 12 pounds at birth.
D. Average weight gain is not the same as average weight.
E. A child having 11 pounds weight does not necessarily mean insufficient
development.
43. The productivity of food crops per acre doubled, so the total food
production in the country has also doubled. Which of the following, if
argument above?
A. If we win the game, we will be the league champions.
B. If the fan is running, then electricity must be on. The electricity is on;
therefore, the fan must be running.
C. If the store is open, I will buy a shirt. I think the store is open;
therefore, I should be able to buy a shirt.
D. If Javed answers his phone, then my prediction is correct. I predict
that he is at home; therefore, he will answer his phone.
E. If Selim flight is delayed, he will miss his appointment. He kept his
appointment; therefore, his flight must have been on time.