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SECTION – I: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 11.
11. After receiving the new evidence, the policeman begrudgingly admitted that it would have been
A B
30 Questions 30 Marks better if he spent more time at the crime scene. No error
Instruction: Each sentence below has one blank, each blank indicating that something has been C D E
12. No one is exactly sure when modern rain forests first appeared, and fossil evidence suggests
omitted. Beneath the sentence are five lettered words. Choose the word that best fits the meaning
A B C
of the sentence as a whole. that they were already present at the end of the age of the dinosaurs, some 60 million years ago.
1. Given how _______ Sam was at his job, no one was surprised when his supervisor wanted to replace D
No error
him.
E
a. obtuse b. oblivious c. inept d. perceptive e. indolent 13. Crocodiles spend much of their lives in the water, but as turtles, they must lay their eggs on land,
2. The heat was absolutely ______, making everyone irritable, sweaty, and uncomfortable. A B C
a. taciturn b. salient c. replete d. prosaic e. oppressive because reptile embryos must respirate through the egg's permeable shell. No error
D E
3. The new Duke is a man of integrity; he does not resort to using _______ to deceive his subjects. 14. Maya checked the fridge for remaining supplies before she went to the mall.
a. synergy b. clout c. affinity d. guile e. infamy A B C D
No error
4. Because Virgil had been so ______ as a child, he had an extremely difficult time adjusting when he E
enrolled in the military academy.
a. fettered b. intrepid c. coddled d. pallid e. odious Instruction: Read the passage and answer the following questions.
Frazier and Mosteller assert that medical research could be improved by a move toward larger, simpler
5. Far from being a ______, Bob gets up at dawn every morning to prepare for a long day at work after
clinical trials of medical treatments. Currently, researchers collect far more background information on
which he attends classes in evening.
patients than is strictly required for their trials — substantially more than hospitals collect — thereby
a. moderator b. drone c. replica d. sycophant e. sluggard
escalating costs of data collection, storage, and analysis. Although limiting information collection could
6. The vulgarity used by the football fans at the stadium was ______ and eventually led to a penalty for increase the risk that researchers will overlook facts relevant to a study, Frazier and Mosteller contend that
the team. such risk, never entirely eliminable from research, would still be small in most studies. Only in research on
a. rakish b. quiescent c. sagacious d. reproachable e. mundane entirely new treatments are new and unexpected variables likely to arise.
Frazier and Mosteller propose not only that researchers limit data collection on individual patients but also
Instruction: Each sentence below has one blank, each blank indicating that an idiom has been
that researchers enroll more patients in clinical trials, thereby obtaining a more representative sample of
omitted. Beneath the sentence are five alternatives. Choose the option that best fits the meaning of the total population with the disease under study. Often researchers restrict study participation to
the sentence as a whole. patients who have no ailments besides those being studied. A treatment judged successful under these
ideal conditions can then be evaluated under normal conditions. Broadening the range of trial participants,
7. Vivek’s car was badly damaged in the accident and he was angry about what had happened, but he
Frazier and Mosteller suggest, would enable researchers to evaluate a treatment’s efficacy for diverse
soon realized that there was no use ________________. patients under various conditions and to evaluate its effectiveness for different patient subgroups. For
(A) beating around the bush (B) letting sleeping dogs lie example, the value of a treatment for a progressive disease may vary according to a patient’s stage of
(C) crying over spilt milk (D) sitting on the fence (E) None of these disease. Patients’ ages may also affect a treatment’s efficacy.
8. I am so jealous that she gets ________________. She keeps eating and never gets fat! 15. The passage is primarily concerned with –
(A) the best of both worlds (B) the taste of her own medicine (A) identifying two practices in medical research that may affect the accuracy of clinical trials
(C) the method to her madness (D) all of them (E) None of these (B) describing aspects of medical research that tend to drive up costs
(C) evaluating an analysis of certain shortcomings of current medical research practices
9. He is a dangerous man, to piss him off would mean to ________.
(D) describing proposed changes to the ways in which clinical trials are conducted
(A) bark up the wrong tree (B) bite off more than one can chew
(E) explaining how medical researchers have traditionally conducted clinical trials and how such trials
(C) cut corners (D) burn the midnight oil (E) None of these
are likely to change
Instruction: The sentences in this section may contain errors in grammar, usage, choice of words, 16. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about a study of the category of patients
or idioms. Either there is just one error in a sentence or the sentence is correct. Some words or referred to in bold lines [Often researchers restrict study participation to patients who have no ailments
phrases are underlined and lettered; everything else in the sentence is correct. If an underlined besides those being studied.]?
word or phrase is incorrect, choose that letter; if the sentence is correct, select No error. (A) Its findings might have limited applicability.
10. The steam-propelled locomotive on rails was invented in the early nineteenth century by George (B) It would be prohibitively expensive in its attempt to create ideal conditions.
A B (C) It would be the best way to sample the total population of potential patients.
Stephenson moving coal from the coal mines near Newcastle, England, to shipping stations on (D) It would allow researchers to limit information collection without increasing the risk that important
C variables could be overlooked.
the nearby Tyne River. No error (E) Its findings would be more accurate if it concerned treatments for a progressive disease than if it
D E concerned treatments for a nonprogressive disease.
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17. It can be inferred from the passage that a study limited to patients like those mentioned in bold lines 21. A technique known as silicon nanosurgery, routinely used at computer chip factories around the
[Often researchers restrict study participation to patients who have no ailments besides those being world, have transformed the way they develop modern computer chips.
studied.] would have which of the following advantages over the kind of study proposed by Frazier and (A) have transformed the way they develop modern computer chips
Mosteller? (B) having transformed their development of modern computer chips
(A) It would yield more data and its findings would be more accurate. (C) it has transformed the way to develop modern computer chips
(B) It would cost less in the long term, though it would be more expensive in its initial stages. (D) has transformed the way they develop modern computer chips
(C) It would limit the number of variables researchers would need to consider when evaluating the (E) has transformed the way modern computer chips are developed
treatment under study.
(D) It would help researchers to identify subgroups of patients with secondary conditions that might 22. Two hundred million years ago, during the Jurassic period, all of the land area on Earth, found in one
also be treatable. large continent called Pangea, which eventually broke apart through a process now known as
(E) It would enable researchers to assess the value of an experimental treatment for the average continental drift.
patient. (A) all of the land area on Earth, found in one large continent called Pangea, which
18. The author mentions patients' ages primarily in order to - (B) one large continent, in which all of the land area on Earth was found, called Pangea, and it
(A) identify the most critical variable differentiating subgroups of patients (C) one large continent called Pangea, in which all of the land area on Earth was found, which
(B) cast doubt on the advisability of implementing Frazier and Mosteller's proposals about medical (D) one large continent was called Pangea, in which all of the land area on Earth was found and
research (E) all of the land area on Earth was found in one large continent called Pangea, which
(C) indicate why progressive diseases may require different treatments at different stages
(D) illustrate a point about the value of enrolling a wide range of patients in clinical trials 23. At the end of the nineteenth century, public places such as cinemas, restaurants, shops, and banks in
(E) substantiate an argument about the problems inherent in enrolling large numbers of patients in Europe had installed electric lighting, but electricity was in fewer than one percent of homes and lighting
clinical trials still provided mainly by candles or gas.
(A) electricity was in fewer than one percent of homes and lighting still
19. According to the passage, which of the following describes a result of the way in which researchers (B) electricity was in fewer than one percent of homes, where lighting was still
generally conduct clinical trials? (C) fewer than one percent of homes that had electricity, where lighting was still being
(A) They expend resources on the storage of information likely to be irrelevant to the study they are (D) fewer than one percent of homes with electricity, having lighting that was still
conducting. (E) fewer than one percent of homes had electricity, where lighting had still been
(B) They sometimes compromise the accuracy of their findings by collecting and analyzing more
information than is strictly required for their trials. Instruction: Choose the pair of words that best express a relationship similar to that of the original
(C) They avoid the risk of overlooking variables that might affect their findings, even though doing so pair.
raises their research costs. 24. ENFRANCHISE :: SLAVERY
(D) Because they attempt to analyze too much information, they overlook facts that could emerge as A. Anatomy : physiology B. Bondage : subjugation C. Appeasement : unreasonable
relevant to their studies. D. Equation : mathematics E. Liberate : confine
(E) In order to approximate the conditions typical of medical treatment, they base their methods of
information collection on those used by hospitals. 25. TRAGEDY :: DRAMA
A. farce : actor B. cartoon : film C. prosody : poem
Instruction: Some or all parts of the following sentences are underlined. The first answer choice, D. accident : ambulance E. epigram : anecdote
(A), simply repeats the underlined part of the sentence. The other four choices present four 26. TRUISM :: OBVIOUS
alternative ways to phrase the underlined part. Select the answer that produces the most effective A. waiver : safe B. president : tyrannical C. novel : ingenuous
sentence, one that is clear and exact. In selecting your choice, be sure that it is standard written D. daredevil : audacious E. pedant : imaginative
English, and that it expresses the meaning of the original sentence.
Instruction: Read the passage and answer the following questions.
Among the myths taken as fact by the environmental managers of most corporations is the belief that
20. The body heat of reptiles and amphibians is not regulated by internal thermostats, therefore, they raise
environmental regulations affect all competitors in a given industry uniformly. In reality, regulatory costs—
or lower their own temperature in that they seek or flee warmth, sometimes merely by moving into or
and therefore compliance—fall unevenly, economically disadvantaging some companies and benefiting
out of direct sunlight.
others. For example, a plant situated near a number of larger non-compliant competitors is less likely to
(A) thermostats, therefore, they raise or lower their own temperature in that they seek or flee
attract the attention of local regulators than is an isolated plant, and less attention means lower costs.
(B) thermostats, therefore raising or lowering their own temperature by seeking or fleeing
(C) thermostats, therefore, in raising or lowering their own temperature by seeking or fleeing Additionally, large plants can spread compliance costs such as waste treatment across a larger revenue
(D) thermostats; therefore, they raise or lower their own temperature by seeking or fleeing base; on the other hand, some smaller plants may not even be subject to certain provisions such as permit
(E) thermostats; therefore, they raise or lower their own temperature in that they seek or flee or reporting requirements by virtue of their size. Finally, older production technologies often continue to
generate toxic wastes that were not regulated when the technology was first adopted. New regulations have
imposed extensive compliance costs on companies still using older industrial coal-fired burners that
generate high sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide outputs, for example, whereas new facilities generally avoid
processes that would create such waste products. By realizing that they have discretion and that not all SECTION – II: MATHEMATICS
industries are affected equally by environmental regulation, environmental managers can help their
30 Questions 30 Marks
companies to achieve a competitive edge by anticipating regulatory pressure and exploring all possibilities
for addressing how changing regulations will affect their companies specifically. 1. In a theater, there are three types of seats. The regular seats are 3 times cheaper than the premium
seats. There are 50 platinum seats, which are sold for Tk1000 each. If the theatre is sold out, it earns
27. It can be inferred from the passage that a large plant might have to spend more than a similar but
Tk197000. There are 465 regular seats and 90 premium seats. What is the cost of a premium seat?
smaller plant on environmental compliance because the larger plant is (A) 200 (B) 300 (C) 600 (D) 400 (E) 500
(A) more likely to attract attention from local regulators
(B) less likely to be exempt from permit and reporting requirements 2. In a stack of six cards, each card is labeled with a different integer 0 through 5. If two cards are selected
at random, what is the probability that their sum will be 3?
(C) less likely to have regulatory costs passed on to it by companies that supply its raw materials
1 2 1 1 2
(D) more likely to employ older production technologies (A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
(E) more likely to generate wastes that are more environmentally damaging than those generated by 13 13 5 15 15
smaller plants 3. The afternoon classes in a school begin at 1.00 PM and end at 3.52 PM. There are 4 afternoon class
periods with 4 minutes allowed between periods for passing to classes. The number of minutes in each
28. According to the passage, which of the following statements about sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide class is-
outputs is true? (A) 39 (B) 40 (C) 43 (D) 45 (E) 59
(A) Older production technologies cannot be adapted so as to reduce production of these outputs as
4. What is the maximum number of 3×3 squares that can be formed from the squares in the 6×6 checker
waste products.
board to the right?
(B) Under the most recent environmental regulations, industrial plants are no longer permitted to (A) 4
produce these outputs. (B) 6
(C) Although these outputs are environmentally hazardous, some plants still generate them as waste (C) 12
products despite the high compliance cost they impose. (D) 16
(D) Many older plants have developed innovative technological processes that reduce the amounts of (E) 24
these outputs generated as waste products.
(E) Since the production processes that generate these outputs are less costly than alternative 5. In a group of 100 people, 72 people chose Finance and 43 chose Marketing. What is the total number
processes, these less expensive processes are sometimes adopted despite their acknowledged of people who chose only Finance and only Marketing?
environmental hazards. (A) 65 (B) 70 (C) 75 (D) 80 (E) 85
29. Which of the following best describes the relationship of the statement about large plants in the 6. In the figure besides, the ratio of the area of the parallelogram ABCD to the area of rectangle AECF is
highlighted text to the passage as a whole? 5:3. What is the area of the rectangle AECF?
(A) 18
(A) It presents a hypothesis that is disproved later in the passage.
(B) 24
(B) It highlights an opposition between two ideas mentioned in the passage. (C) 25
(C) It provides examples to support a claim made earlier in the passage. (D) 50
(D) It exemplifies a misconception mentioned earlier in the passage. (E) 54
(E) It draws an analogy between two situations described in the passage.
30. The primary purpose of the passage is to
(A) address a widespread environmental management problem and suggest possible solutions
7. A chemist has 600 litres of a 12% solution of salt. How many litres of a 30% salt solution must be added
(B) illustrate varying levels of compliance with environmental regulation among different corporations to it so that the salt content in the resulting mixture will be more than 15% but less than 18%? Let litres
(C) describe the various alternatives to traditional methods of environmental management be x.
(D) advocate increased corporate compliance with environmental regulation (A) 120<x<300 (B)150<x<300 (C) 120<x<360 (D) 120<x<150 (E) None of these
(E) correct a common misconception about the impact of environmental regulations 8. The sum of the integers t and n is 495. The unit digit of t is 0. If t is divided by 10, the result equal to n.
What is the value of t?
(A) 40 (B) 45 (C) 245 (D) 250 (E) 450
9. Five years ago, Newaz was N times as old as Junaid was. If Junaid is now 24 years old, how old is
Newaz in terms of N?
(A) 14N + 5 (B) 14N – 5 (C) 19N + 5 (D) 24N – 5 (E) 15N + 5
10. If we square a prime number and add it to a different prime number. Which of the following could be
the final result?
1. An even number
2. An odd number
3. A positive number
(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only (D) I and III only (E) I, II, and III
11. If x is an integer and y = 9x +13, what is the greatest value of x for which y is less than 100? 23. A triangular plot with sides of 25 feet, 40 feet, and 55 feet is to be surrounded by a fence built on pillars
(A) 12 (B) 11 (C) 10 (D) 9 (E) 8 set 5 feet apart. How many pillars will be required to surround the plot?
12. Shakik and Rhyin can complete a job if Shakik works for 5 days and Rhyin for 6 days, or if both work (A) 21 (B) 27 (C)24 (D)30 (E) Cannot be determined
for 5.5 days. If x is the number of days for Shakik to do the job alone and y is the number of days for
24. Borshon bought a book and sold it at a loss of 10%. If he had bought it for 20% less and sold it for
Rhyin to do the job alone, give your answer as x+y.
Tk.55 more, he would have made a profit of 40%. What was the cost of the book?
(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 22 (D) 30 (E) 60
(A) 150 (B) 250 (C)350 (D)450 (E) None of these
13. If 20 liters of chemical X are added to 80 liters of a mixture that is 10% chemical X and 90% chemical
Y, then what percentage of the resulting mixture is chemical Y? 25. Let P stand for the product of the first 5 positive integers. What is the greatest possible value of m if P/
(A) 15% (B) 28% (C) 33.33% (D) 40% (E) 72% 10m is an integer?
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) none of these
14. The average stickers of Saadman and Sakib was 2600.The average stickers Sakib and Khondokar was
4300. If the average stickers of Saadman and Khondokar was 2700, find the average stickers of 26. Ashik is 12 years older than Ahnaf. Five years ago, the sum of their ages was 28. How old is Ashik
Saadman, Sakib and Khondokar. now?
(A) 3000 (B) 3200 (C) 4800 (D) 6400 (E) 5100 (A) 20 (B) 24 (C) 25 (D) 26 (E) 30
15. A salesman makes a commission of x percent on the first $2,000 worth of sales in any given month 27. When n is divided by 16, the remainder is 3. Which of the following is NOT an even number?
and y percent on all further sales during that month. If he makes $700 from $4,000 of sales in October (A) n + 5 (B) n - 7 (C) 3n + 3 (D) 5n+2 (E) None of these
and he makes $900 from $5,000 of sales in November, what is the value of x? 28. Find out the total number of pairs of integers (m, n) such that m2 + n2 = 50?
(A) 2% (B) 5% (C) 10% (D) 15% (E) 20% (A) 0 (B)3 (C) 6 (D) 12 (E) 16
16. A magazine costs $1.00 per copy to produce. If $20,000 is taken from a company for advertising in the 29. Ramsay Bolton cuts a sausage of P cm length into two pieces such that the length of one piece is 1
magazine, how many copies at 75 cents per copy must be sold to make a profit of exactly $10,000? cm more than twice the length of the other piece. Which of the following is the length, in feet, of the
larger piece?
(A) 10,000 (B) 20,000 (C) 25,000 (D) 35,000 (E) 40,000
(A) (P+2)/2 (B) (2P+1)/2 (C) (2P+3)/3 (D) (2P+4)/3 (E) none of these
E 30. If z = a × b × c, where a, b, and c are consecutive integers in that order, and a is an even number.
6 Which of the following must also be an integer?
6 z z z
B D (I) (II) (III)
3 4 8
6 6 (A) I only (B) II only (C) I & II only (D) II & III only (E) I, II, and III
A
17. Arc BE is a quarter-circle with radius 6, and C, which is not shown, is an arbitrary point on arc BE. If SECTION – III: ANALYTICAL ABILITY
AB = BD = AD = 6, then all of the possible values of the perimeter P of the quadrilateral ABCD are 20 Questions 20 Marks
(A) P = 18 (B) 12 < P 18 (C) 18 < P 24 (D) 18 < P 18 + 6 2 (E) 18 < P 30
Questions 1 – 5 are based on the following information:
18. If −4 ≤ x≤ 12 and −2 ≤ y ≤13 which of the following numbers represent the maximum value of (y - x)?
Nine people - F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, and N – are the only people who can serve on three committees named
(A) 25 (B) 1 (C) 14 (D) 17 (E) -1 X, Y, and Z, and each person must serve on exactly one of the committees.
19. During transportation, 5% merchandise was stolen and another 5% was damaged. At what profit (in Committee X must have exactly one more member than does committee Y.
percentage) should the goods be sold so as to make an overall profit of 20%? It is possible that there is no member of Committee Z.
(A) 22.25 (B) 27.50 (C) 30 (D) 33.33 (E) None of these Neither F nor G nor H can serve on Committee X.
20. Anadil rolls two fair dices with her eyes closed, she is told "at least one of the dice is a one", what is Neither I nor J nor K can serve on Committee Y.
the probability that the both dice are a 1? Neither L nor M nor N can serve on Committee Z.
(A) 1/6 (B) 1/11 (C) 1/36 (D) 1/9 (E) 1/12 1. If L and F are the only persons serving on committee Y, how many of the nine people must serve on
21. At a beverage outlet, a certain drink of type “A” is prepared by mixing 4 parts of milk with 3 parts of fruit committee Z?
juice. Another drink of type “B” is prepared by mixing 4 parts of fruit juice with 3 parts of milk. How many (A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
liters of juice must be added to 14 liters of a drink “A” to convert it to drink “B”? 2. Of the nine people, the greatest number that can serve together on committee Z is:
(A) 4 (B)2/3 (C)7/2 (D)3 (E) None of these (A) 9 (B) 8 (C) 7 (D) 6 (E) 5
22. The admission fee at a small fair is $1.50 for children and $4.00 for adults. On a certain day, 2200 3. If N is the only person serving on committee Y, which of the following must serve on committee X?
people enter the fair and $5050 is collected. How many children attended? (A) I & M (B) J & K (C) J & L (D) K & M (E) L & M
(A) 750 (B) 1000 (C) 1500 (D)1750 (E) 1250
4. If none of the nine people serves on committee Z, which of the following must be a person who serves 9. Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the argument above?
on committee X? (A) Most consumers are able to make informed judgments about the actual performance of the
(A) F (B) G (C) I (D) L (E) M products that they purchase.
(B) The expectations of most consumers are influenced to a large extent by the claims made for
5. If L, M, and H are the only persons serving on committee Y, the complete membership of committee Z those products by the manufacturers.
must be: (C) Unless consumer expectations about a product are sufficiently high, consumers will not purchase
(A) F & G (B) F & I (C) G & J (D) G & K (E) H & J that product.
6. Automation, the trademark of a modern economy, is essential to maximizing a country's economic (D) Government agencies prosecute businesses that make fraudulent advertising claims about
production while minimizing its costs. Health care executives want to increase revenues while reducing product performances.
costs. Consequently, they propose significantly greater automation of health care. Yet, this should be (E) Most consumers purchase products based upon their recognition of a particular brand name, not
rejected. Radical automation of health care would cause patients to lose trust in the system as the health on a critical evaluation of the product’s past performance.
care they would receive would lack the in-person care that studies show patients’ desire. Which of the 10. The United States Postal Service is drowning in junk mail. The average postal carrier delivers more
following expresses the main point of the argument? junk mail, or third class letters, than first-class mail. The result is a rapid decline in the quality of all
(A) Patients desire to get well soon by customized automated care. postal services; because first-class mails in effect subsidize third-class mails in this process.
(B) Health care should not be heavily automated.
Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the argument above?
(C) Trends in the general economy do not apply to the health care industry
(D) Health care executives are becoming too greedy. (A) It costs six times as much to mail a three-ounce first-class letter as a three-ounce third-class
(E) Due to economic forces, automation of health care is eventually inevitable. letter, yet per piece handling cost for each of them is the same.
(B) Members of the postal workers union have opposed deregulation of third-class delivery services
7. In an experiment, each volunteer was allowed to choose between an easy task and a hard task and was
told that another volunteer would do the other task. Each volunteer could also choose to have a computer because such a move threatens the jobs of postal workers.
assign the two tasks randomly. Most volunteers chose the easy task for themselves and under (C) Since private companies were allowed to compete with the Postal Service for overnight letter
questioning later said they had acted fairly. But when the scenario was described to another group of business, the Postal Services share of that market fell off by 60 percent.
volunteers, almost all said choosing the easy task would be unfair. This shows that most people apply (D) The cost of first-class parcels has risen at a rate twice that of inflation while the delivery time for
weaker moral standards to themselves than to others. first-class mail has increased by 10 percent.
Which of the following is an assumption required by this argument?
(E) An audit conducted by the General Accounting Office revealed that 80 percent of all first-class
(A) At least some volunteers who said they had acted fairly in choosing the easy task would have said
letters are delivered within five days of postmark while only 20 percent of all third-class mail is
that it was unfair for someone else to do so.
delivered within five days of postmark.
(B) The most moral choice for the volunteers would have been to have the computer assign the two
tasks randomly. Questions 11 – 15 are based on the following information:
(C) There were at least some volunteers who were assigned to do the hard task and felt that the Anika plans to plant exactly six kind of trees: orange. apple, mango, banana, lemon, and date. She places
assignment was unfair. six pots side by side in a straight line and numbers the pots consecutively from 1 to 6, left to right. She will
(D) On average, the volunteers to whom the scenario was described were more accurate in their moral plant only one kind of tree in each pot. The arrangement of the trees is subject to the following conditions:
judgments than the other volunteers were.
(E) At least some volunteers given the choice between assigning the tasks themselves and having the Orange must be planted in some pot to the left of banana.
computer assign them felt that they had made the only fair choice available to them. Lemon must be planted in some pot to the left of date.
Apple cannot be planted in pot 1.
Questions 8 & 9 are from following passage: Mango must be planted next to orange;
Negative consumer reaction to a product is not generated solely by critical negative appraisal of a 11. Which of the following arrangements of trees from pot 1 through 6, respectively, conforms to the
product’s performance. Rather, negative reaction is generated by a perceived gap between consumer conditions above?
expectation and product performance. Businesses should use advertising to adjust consumer (A) Date, orange, mango, lemon, banana, apple
expectations to coincide with their products’ performances. (B) Apple, lemon, date, mango, orange, banana
8. Which of the following is (are) implied by the passage above? (C) Lemon, apple, date, banana, mango, orange
I. If consumer expectations are sufficiently reduced, then negative consumer reaction to products (D) Orange, banana, lemon, date, apple, mango
will disappear even though product performance remains unchanged. (E) Mango, orange, lemon, apple, banana, date
II. If product performances are sufficiently improved, negative consumer reaction to products will
disappear no matter how high expectations remain. 12. If apple is planted in some pot to the right of banana, which of the following must be true?
III. When consumer expectations about product performance increase, negative consumer reaction (A) Apple is planted in some pot to the right of orange.
may persist despite improvements in product performance. (B) Apple is planted in some pot to the right of lemon.
(C) Apple is planted in some pot to the right of date.
(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and III only (D) II and III only (E) I, II, and III
(D) Banana is planted in some pot to the left of lemon.
(E) Banana is planted in some pot to the left of mango.
13. If date is planted in some pot to the left of orange, which of the following must be true?
(A) Date is planted in some pot to the left of apple.
(B) Date is planted in some pot to the left of mango.
(C) Orange is planted in some pot to the left of apple.
(D) Orange is planted in some pot to the left of mango.
(E) Orange is planted in some pot to the left of lemon.
14. If banana is planted in some pot to the left of lemon, lemon could be planted in which of the following
pots?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 6
15. If orange is planted next to date, which of the following must be true?
(A) Lemon is planted in pot 1. (B) Apple is planted in pot 2.
(C) Mango is planted in pot 3. (D) Orange is planted in pot 4.
(E) Date is planted in pot 5.
Questions 16 - 20: Mark the appropriate answer as per the following conditions.
(A) Statement (1) alone is sufficient, but statement (2) is not sufficient to answer the question.
(B) Statement (2) alone is sufficient, but statement (1) is not sufficient to answer the question.
(C) Both statements together are sufficient, but neither statement alone is sufficient to answer the
question.
(D) Each statement alone is sufficient to answer the question.
(E) Even statement (1) & (2) together are not sufficient to answer the question.
16. Is x > 0?
1) – 2𝑥 2 < 0
2) 𝑥³ ≥ 0
17. A department manager distributed a number of pens, pencils, and pads among the staff in the
department, with each staff member receiving x pens, y pencils, and z pads. How many staff members
were in the department?
1) The numbers of pens, pencils, and pads that each staff member received were in the ratio 2:3:4,
respectively.
2) The manager distributed a total of 18 pens, 27 pencils, and 36 pads
18. Did Arefin go to Sajek yesterday?

1) If Arefin goes to Sajek one day, he will be rich the next day.
2) Arefin in rich today.
19. A piece of string 1½ meters long is cut into three pieces. What is the length of each of the pieces?
1) The length of one of the pieces is 20 cm.
2) The sum of the lengths of two of the pieces is equal to the length of the third piece.
20. One number, n is selected at random from a set of 10 integers. What is the probability that ½ 𝑛 + 12 =
0?
1) The largest integer in the set is –30.
2) The arithmetic mean of the set is less than zero.
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SECTION – I: ANALYTICAL ABILITY Questions 7 & 8 are based on the following:
The program to control the entry of illegal drugs into the country was a failure in 1987. If the program had
been successful, the wholesale price of most illegal drugs would not have dropped substantially in 1987.
Questions 1 – 6 are based on the following information: 7. The argument in the passage depends on which of the following assumptions?
In order to solve a burglary that has taken place at the Marshalls’ house, Detective Johnson has been (A) The supply of illegal drugs dropped substantially in 1987.
instructed to search exactly seven locations the foyer, the kitchen, the living room, the guest room, the (B) The price paid for most illegal drugs by the average consumer did not drop substantially in 1987.
(C) Domestic production of illegal drugs increased at a higher rate than did the entry of such drugs into
hallway, the music room, and the nursery. The foyer, kitchen, and living room are located downstairs,
the country.
whereas the guest room, hallway, music room, and nursery are located upstairs. During the first visit to
(D) The wholesale price of a few illegal drugs increased substantially in 1987.
search for evidence, Detective Johnson has time to search exactly three locations. This search must be
(E) A drop in demand for most illegal drugs in 1987 was not the sole cause of the drop in their wholesale
conducted according to the following conditions:
price.
The three locations searched must be neither all upstairs nor all downstairs. 8. The argument in the passage would be most seriously weakened if it were true that:
If the hallway is searched, then the foyer must also be searched. (A) in 1987 smugglers of illegal drugs, as a group, had significantly more funds at their disposal than
If the music room is not searched, then the guestroom cannot be searched. did the country’s customs agents.
The kitchen and the living room cannot both be searched. (B) domestic production of illegal drugs increased substantially in 1987.
The three locations searched must include the living room or the nursery, or both. (C) the author’s statements were made in order to embarrass the officials responsible for the drug-
control program.
(D) in 1987 illegal drugs entered the country by a different set of routes than they did in 1986.
1. Which of the following is a selection of locations that conforms to the conditions for Detective Johnson’s
(E) the country’s citizens spent substantially more money on illegal drugs in 1987 than they did in 1986.
first visit?
(A) Foyer, guest room, hallway (B) Foyer, hallway, living room (C) Foyer, kitchen, living room 9. Recent studies have highlighted the harmful effects of additives in food (colors, preservatives, flavor
(D) Guest room, music room, nursery (E) Guest room, hallway, kitchen enhancers etc.). There are no synthetic substances in the foods we produce at Manchon Foods: we
use only natural ingredients. Hence you can be sure you are safeguarding your family’s health when
you buy our products.
2. During the first visit, if the kitchen is searched, which of the following must also be searched? Which of the following, if true, would most weaken the contention of Manchon Foods?
(A) The Foyer (B) The guest room (C) The hallway (A) Some synthetic substances are not harmful
(D) The music room (E) The nursery (B) Food without additives is unlikely to taste good
(C) Some natural substances found in foods can be harmful
3. During the first visit, if the music room is searched, which of the following is a pair of locations that (D) Manchon Foods produces only breakfast cereals
can both also be searched? (E) Without preservatives some foods could cause harm
(A) The foyer and the hallway (B) The guest room and kitchen 10. A marriage counselor noted that couples who have occasional violent arguments are less likely to
(C) The hallway and the living room (D) The kitchen and the living room divorce within the next six months than those who have frequent but less violent arguments. He
(E) The kitchen and the nursery concluded that frequent arguing is a major factor in the causation of severe marital disharmony.
The counselor’s conclusion is most weakened by which of the following observations?
4. During the first visit, if the guestroom is searched, which of the following must also be searched? (A) Couples who have already come to the point of divorce argue continuously over small matters.
(A) The Foyer (B) The Hallway (C) The Kitchen (D) The Nursery (E) The Living Room (B) People who have recently divorced are more likely to argue violently when they meet.
(C) Many people in happy marriages have occasional violent arguments.
5. During the first visit, if the kitchen is the only down stairs location searched, which of the following must (D) Recently divorced people rarely cite frequent arguments as a cause of marital disharmony
(E) A significant fraction of couples close to divorce do not talk to each other.
also be searched?
(A) The music room and the nursery (B) The hallway and the nursery
11. The Dean claimed that, as a result of continued cutbacks in the budget for pure science research,
(C) The hallway and the music room (D) The guest room and the nursery
fewer students are choosing a career in physics, and therefore the number of postgraduate students
(E) The guest room and the music room
studying physics is likely to decline.
Which of the following, if true, casts most doubt on the Dean’s conclusion?
6. During the first visit, if the living room is not searched, which of the following is a pair of locations that
(A) The number of students majoring in physics at the undergraduate level has been increasing steadily
can both be searched? over the years, a trend that is expected to continue.
(A) The foyer and the guest room (B) The hallway and the kitchen (B) The number of students studying chemistry declined even before cutbacks in research funding
(C) The foyer and the music room (D) The hallway and the music room were noted.
(E) The guest room and the kitchen (C) Most postgraduate students of physics move to careers in computer science and engineering.
(D) The Dean’s own university has recently increased the number of staff members teaching physics.
(E) The budget cutbacks are less severe for the pure sciences than for applied sciences.
Instruction: Mark the appropriate answer as per the following conditions. 20. If a resolution passes by a vote of 4 to 3, which of the following is a complete and accurate list of
(A) If the answer is found from (1) alone but not from (2) alone. those who could have voted no?
(B) If the answer is found from (2) alone but not from (1) alone. (A) F, L, and K (B) H, M, and J (C) L, M, and H (D) L, G, and H (E) M, J, and K
(C) If the answer is found from (1) and (2) together, although neither statement by themselves suffice.
(D) If the statement (1) alone suffices & statement (2) alone suffices. SECTION – II: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION
(E) If the answer is not found from (1) and (2) together, but even more data is needed.
12. A certain investment earned a fixed rate of 4 percent interest per year, compounded annually, for five Instruction: Choose the option that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
years. The interest earned for the third year of the investment was how many dollars greater than that
1. The ________ post – war economic boom was quickly followed by a deep recession.
for the first year?
A. unintelligible B. inconsequential C. interminable
(1) The amount of investment at the beginning of the 2nd year was $4,160.00
D. implausible E. evanescent
(2) The amount of investment at the beginning of the 3rd year was $4,326.40
2. Upon visiting the Middle East in 1850, Gustave Flaubert was so ______ belly dancing that he wrote,
13. Store L and M each sell a certain product at a different regular price. If both the stores discount the
in a letter to his mother, that the dancers alone made his trip worthwhile.
regular price of their product, is the discount price at Store M less than the discount price at Store L?
A. overwhelmed by B. enamored by C. taken aback by
(1) At store L the discount price is 10 percent less than the regular price; at store M the discount price
D. beseeched by E. flustered by
is 15 percent less than the regular price
(2) At store L the discount price is $5 less than the regular store price; at store M the discount price is
3. I cannot conclude this preface without ____ that an early and untimely death should have prevented
$6 less than the regular price
Persius from giving a more finished appearance to his works.
A. rejoicing B. lamenting C. affirming
14. The town A, B and C lie on a straight line. C is between A and B. The distance from A to B is 100 km.
D. commenting E. mentioning
How far is A from C?
(1) The distance from A to B is 25% more than the distance from C to B. 4. Fahmid had the _____ experience of sitting next to an over-talkative passenger on his flight home
1 from Nepal.
(2) The distance from A to C is of the distance from C to B.
4 A. satisfactory B. commendable C. garrulous
15. Is the product 𝑥𝑦 > 22? D. galling E. acute
(1) 2 < x < 4 (2) 6 < y
5. The parliamentary session degenerated into ____ with politicians hurling ____ at each other and
16. What is the total number of coins that Bert and Claire have? refusing to come to order.
(1) Bert has 50 percent more coins than Claire A. mayhem – banter B. disarray – pleasantries C. tranquility – invectives
(2) The total number of coins that Bert and Claire have is between 21 and 28 D. chaos – aphorisms E. anarchy – insults
Questions 17 – 20 are based on the following information: 6. The Councilwoman’s opinion was far different ____ that of the jury.
Seven members of a Town Board – F, G, H, J, K, L, and M – vote on a series of resolutions, On each A. than B. from C. to D. of E. as
resolution, every member votes either yes or no according to the following patterns:
H always votes the same way as G. 7. The company beefed ________ their case when they saw that the public wouldn't accept their first
If F votes yes, then K votes yes. explanation of the accident.
Either M or H votes the opposite way from J. A. up B. on C. in D. about E. out
H and M never both vote yes.
L never votes the same way as K. Instruction: Answer the questions based on the following passage.
17. Any of the following can be true except: A
(A) F and L both vote yes. (B) J and K both vote yes. (C) G and H both vote yes. When Jamaican-born social activist Marcus Garvey came to the United States in 1916, he arrived at
(D) H and M both vote no. (E) G and M both vote no. precisely the right historical moment. What made the moment right was the return of African American
soldiers from the First World War in 1918, which created an ideal constituency for someone with Garvey's
18. If F votes yes, what is the maximum possible number of no votes? message of unity, pride, and improved conditions for African American communities.
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5 Hoping to participate in the traditional American ethos of individual success, many African American people
entered the armed forces with enthusiasm, only to find themselves segregated from white troops and
19. If G and K vote yes, which of the following must be true?
subjected to numerous indignities. They returned to a United States that was as segregated as it had been
(A) F votes yes and M votes yes. (B) H votes yes and F votes no.
before the war. Considering similar experiences, anthropologist Anthony F. C. Wallace has argued that
(C) H votes yes and J votes no. (D) J votes no and F votes no. (E) L votes no and M votes no.
when a perceptible gap arises between a culture’s expectations and the reality of that culture, the resulting
tension can inspire a revitalization movement: an organized, conscious effort to construct a culture that B
fulfills longstanding expectations. In 1519, Hernando Cortez led his army of Spanish Conquistadors into Mexico. Equipped with horses,
shining armor, and the most advanced weapons of the sixteenth century, he fought his way from the flat
Some scholars have argued that Garvey created the consciousness from which he built, in the 1920s, the coastal area into the mountainous highlands. Cortez was looking for gold, and he was sure that Indian
largest revitalization movement in African American history. But such an argument only tends to obscure groups in Mexico had mined large amounts of the precious metal. First, he conquered the groups and then
the consciousness of identity, strength, and sense of history that already existed in the African American seized their precious gold. His methods were very organized. Initially, Cortez defeated the Tlascalans, and
community. Garvey did not create this consciousness; rather, he gave this consciousness its political then formed an alliance with them to defeat the Aztecs, their enemies. Because of an Aztec prophecy about
expression. the return of Quetzacoatl, a legendary god-king who was light skinned and bearded, Cortez was believed
to be a god and was received by the Aztecs with honor. Later, this warm welcome turned to mistrust and
8. According to the passage, which of the following contributed to Marcus Garvey's success?
hatred when the Spaniards mistreated the Aztec people. Eventually, the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, fell to
(A) He introduced cultural and historical consciousness to the African American community.
the Spaniards. Cortez had Tenochtitlan razed and built Mexico City on its ruins.
(B) He believed enthusiastically in the traditional American success ethos.
(C) His audience had already formed a consciousness that made it receptive to his message.
12. According to the passage, which one of the following did NOT cause the defeat of the Aztecs?
(D) His message appealed to critics of African American support for United States military
A. The Aztecs initially thought that Cortez was a god.
involvement in the First World War.
B. Cortez knew how to form alliances with the Aztecs’ enemies.
(E) He supported the movement to protest segregation that had emerged prior to his arrival in the
C. The Conquistadors had advanced weapons.
United States.
D. The Spanish outnumbered the Aztecs.
9. The passage suggests that many African American people responded to their experiences in the
13. The reader can infer from the passage that the Aztecs thought Cortez was the god from their prophecy
armed forces in which of the following ways?
because
(A) They maintained as civilians their enthusiastic allegiance to the armed forces.
A. he was light skinned and had a beard. B. he rode a magnificent horse.
(B) They questioned United States involvement in the First World War.
C. he spoke a foreign language. D. he offered friendship.
(C) They joined political organizations to protest the segregation of African American troops and the
indignities they suffered in the military.
14. According to the passage, what was Cortez’s major goal in his exploits?
(D) They became aware of the gap between their expectations and the realities of American culture.
A. to befriend the Aztecs B. to get married
(E) They repudiated Garvey's message of pride and unity.
C. to return to Spain D. to gain wealth and power
10. It can be inferred from the passage that the “scholars” (mentioned in the bold text) believe which of
15. Which of the following sayings should the Aztecs have heeded?
the following to be true?
A. Seeing is believing. B. Beware of strangers.
(A) Revitalization resulted from the political activism of returning African American soldiers following
C. There’s no place like home. D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
the First World War.
(B) Marcus Garvey had to change a number of prevailing attitudes in order for his mass movement to
Instruction: The sentences in this section may contain errors in grammar, usage, choice of words,
find a foothold in the United States.
or idioms. Either there is just one error in a sentence or the sentence is correct. Some words or
(C) The prevailing sensibility of the African American community provided the foundation of Marcus
phrases are underlined and lettered; everything else in the sentence is correct. If an underlined
Garvey’s political appeal.
word or phrase is incorrect, choose that letter; if the sentence is correct, select No error.
(D) Marcus Garvey hoped to revitalize consciousness of cultural and historical identity in the African
American community.
16. In 1996 the town of Amherst, Massachusetts, installed a public sculpture in honor of its two most
(E) The goal of the mass movement that Marcus Garvey helped bring into being was to build on the
A B C
pride and unity among African Americans.
celebrated literary residents -- Emily Dickinson and Robert Frost. No error
D E
11. According to the passage, many African American people joined the armed forces during the First
17. They requested that the superintendent of the building cleaned up the storage room in the
World War for which of the following reasons?
A B
(A) They wished to escape worsening economic conditions in African American communities.
basement so that the children had enough space for indoor activities. No error
(B) They expected to fulfill ideals of personal attainment.
C D E
(C) They sought to express their loyalty to the United States.
18. Elephants use various methods to combat excessive heat, such as fanning themselves with their
(D) They hoped that joining the military would help advance the cause of desegregation.
A B
(E) They saw military service as an opportunity to fulfill Marcus Garvey’s political vision.
ears and to protect their skin from the sun with layers or mud and dust. No error
C D E
19. Beginning in the 1830's, walking footraces in England, the United States, and continental Europe 25. The thief evaded authorities for a long time because he conducted himself as though he was a bank
A teller.
became mass spectator sports that sometimes attract over 25,000 people. No error A. as though he was a bank teller.
B C D E B. as though he were a bank teller.
20. A fan of musicals, Maria enjoyed the movie La La Land more than her friend. No error C. as though he had been a bank teller.
A B C D E D. as though he was pretending to be a bank teller.
E. like he was a bank teller.
Instruction: Some or all parts of the following sentences are underlined. The first answer choice,
(A), simply repeats the underlined part of the sentence. The other four choices present four 26. A year after the country's biggest blackout, watchdog groups are still voicing concern over the fact that
alternative ways to phrase the underlined part. Select the answer that produces the most effective there are rules to govern the reliability of electric service, and are still voluntary.
sentence, one that is clear and exact. In selecting your choice, be sure that it is standard written A. the fact that there are rules to govern the reliability of electric service, and
English, and that it expresses the meaning of the original sentence. B. the fact that rules governing the reliability of electric service
C. the fact of rules that govern the reliability of electric service, and
21. The company announced that it would close all 53 of their commercial banking branches and they are D. the rules to govern the reliability of electric service, they
to lay off 850 people. E. the rules governing the reliability of electric service, that they
A. their commercial banking branches and they are to lay
B. their commercial banking branches and laying Instruction: Choose the pair of words that best express a relationship similar to that of the original
C. its commercial banking branches and laying pair.
D. its commercial branches and to lay
E. its commercial banking branches and lay 27. HYPOCRITICAL:: SINCERE
A. arrogant : aloof B. disinterested : impartial C. cynical : gloomy
22. Banjo Peterson celebrated shearers, drovers, and life in the outback with poetry, it still defines how D. rapacious : greedy E. flustered : composed
Australians see themselves—and how the world sees Australia.
A. poetry, it still defines B. poetry, still defining 28. IGNORAMOUS :: INTELLIGENCE
C. poetry, still it defines D. poetry that still defines A. doubtful : ambiguity B. virtuoso : skills C. hooligan : popularity
E. poetry and still defining D. magisterial : authoritative E. Braggart : humility
23. Because North America is the only landmass in the world both with a wide base in the subarctic 29. FERTILIZE :: GROW
and mountain ranges running in a north-south direction, the continent is a place of climatic extremes. A. immunize : resist B. nourish : enrich C. heat : burn
A. both with a wide base in the subarctic and D. graft : multiply E. prune : dwarf
B. both having a wide base in the subarctic and with
C. having both a wide base in the subarctic and with 30. BRAGGART :: MODESTY
D. with both a wide base in the subarctic and A. Embezzler : greed B. Fledgling : experience C. Wallflower : timidity
E. with both a wide base in the subarctic and with D. Invalid : malady E. Candidate : ambition
24. While I appreciate your efforts to ensure that the event runs smoothly, it is interfering with my ability SECTION – III: MATHEMATICS
to give the artists the flexibility they require. 30 Questions 30 Marks
A. to ensure that the event runs smoothly, it is interfering with my ability to give the artists the
flexibility they require. Direction: Solve each of the following problems and mark the correct answer on your Answer sheet.
B. that are meant to ensure that the event is running smoothly, they are interfering with my ability to DO NOT USE CALCULATOR. Geometric diagrams are not drawn to scale.
give the artists the flexibility they require.
C. to ensure that the event runs smoothly, it interfered with my ability to give the artists the 1. The difference between the sum of two numbers and the difference of the two numbers is 6. Find the
flexibility they require. larger of the two numbers if their product is 15.
D. to ensure that the event runs smoothly, they are interfering with my ability to give the artists the (A) 3 (B) 5 (C) 17 (D) 20 (E) 23
flexibility they require.
E. to ensure that the event runs smoothly, it had interfered with my ability to give the artists the 2. A train crosses a 300m long bridge at 5 m/s. If the time taken to cross the bridge was 2 minutes,
flexibility they require. what was the length of the train?
(A) 200 (B) 350 (C) 300 (D) 400 (E) 500
3. On a wildlife reserve, the ratio of giraffes to zebras is 37:43. If there are 300 more zebras than 1 1
giraffes, how many giraffes are on the wildlife preserve? 15. In a certain apartment building exactly of the apartments have two bedrooms and exactly of
(A)1,550 (B)1,850 (C)2,150 (D)2,450 (E)2,750
3 7
the two-bedroom apartments are front apartments. Which of the following could be the total number
4. On a number line, the distance between the two points with co-ordinates –5 and 1 is how much less of apartments in the building?
than the distance between the two points with co-ordinates 2 and 14. (A) 42 (B) 50 (C) 51 (D) 56 (E) 57
(A) 6 (B) 8 (C) 10 (D) 12 (E) 16
16. If 8 integers are multiplied and their product is negative, then at most how many of the integers can
5. Shadman alone can do a job in 20 days while Niloy alone can do it in 40 days. Shadman starts the
be negative?
job, and after 3 days, Niloy joins him. Again, after a few more days, Badhon joins them and they
(A) 5 (B) 7 (C) 1 (D) 4 (E) 8
together finish the job. If Badhon has done 10% of the job, then in how many days was the job done?
17. If x > 0 and 2x – 1 = 1/ (2x + 1), then x =
(A) 15 (B) 12 (C) 14 (D) 13 (E) 16
1 2
6. If 250% of B is increased by 250% to become 350, what is the value of B? (A) (B) (C) 1 (D) 2 (E) 2+1
(A) 70 (B) 58.33 (C) 56 (D) 40 (E) None of these 2 2
7. Sifat is considering making a cylindrical grain silo to store his crops. He has an area that is 6 feet
18. If Asif invested $1000 at 10% annual interest, compounded annually. Reefat invested $2000 at 5%
long, 6 feet wide and 12 feet tall to build a cylinder in. what is the maximum volume of grain that he
annual interest, compounded annually. After 2 years, how much more interest did Asif earn than
can store in cylinder?
Reefat?
(A)108 (B)432 (C)108 (D)432 (E) 54 (A) 3$ (B) 5$ (C) 0 $ (D) 1 $ (E) None of these
8. If x, y and z are consecutive positive integers, with x < y < z and x + y + z an even number, which of
the following could be the value of z? 19. Jake is 30 years younger than Bill. After 6 years Jake will be ½ of Bill's age. What is Bill's current
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 8 age?
(A) 56 (B) 54 (C) 53 (D) 48 (E) 60
9. If x2 = 68, which of the following could be true?
(A) – 9 < x < – 8 (B) – 8 < x < – 7 (C) – 8 < x < 8 (D) 7 < x < 8 (E) 9 < x < 10 20. Two parking lots can hold a total of 115 cars. If green can hold 35 fewer cars than red one, how many
cars can the red lot hold?
10. A local train leaves a station at a certain time and at a fixed speed. After 6 hours, an inter-city train (A) 35 (B) 40 (C) 70 (D) 75 (E) 80
leaves the same station and moves in the same direction at a uniform speed of 90 kmph. This train
catches up the local train in 4 hours. Find the speed of the local train in kmph. 21. What was the original price of an item if a discount of 20% reduced the price to Tk. 100?
(A) 18 (B) 36 (C) 72 (D) 32 (E) 90 (A) Tk. 80 (B) Tk. 120 (C) Tk. 125 (D). Tk. 150 (E) Tk. 250
11. A group consists of both men and women. The average height of the women is 66 inches, and that
of then men is 72 inches. If the average height of all the people in the group is 70 inches, what is the 22. If 7x – 4y = –1 and 5x + 3y = 52, then x – y =
ratio of men to women? (A) – 4 (B) – 3 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5
(A)1:1 (B)1:2 (C)2:1 (D)2:3 (E)3:2
23. Two different concentrations of 40% and 10% NaOH solutions were mixed and the resulting mixture
12. An elevator has a capacity of 20 adults or 24 children. How many children can ride with 15 adults? was 30% concentrated. However, the required concentration is 25%, so the Chemist added 300 cubic
(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 7 (D) 9 (E) 18 meters of 20% NaOH solution in order to get the required concentration. What was the original
amount of 40% NaOH solution?
Q R (A) 100 (B) 200 (C) 300 (D) 400 (E) 500
13. In the figure beside, the area of square PQRS is 64.
What is the area of  QRT?
(A) 48 (B) 32 (C) 24 (D) 16 (E) 8 24. If ¾ of all the cookies have nuts and 1/3 of all the cookies have nuts and fruits. What fraction of all
the cookies have fruits but no nuts?
P T
7 9 5 3
S (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) None of these
12 12 7 4
2 A
14. If the cost of a long-distance phone call is P paisa for the first minute and P paisa for each additional
3
25. In the figure besides, O is the center of the circle
minute, what is the cost, in paisa, of a 10-minute call of this type?
If AB=10, the central angle is 60,
3 20 23 What is the area of the circle? O B
(A) P (B) 6P (C) P (D) 7P (E) P
5 3 3 (A) 10 (B) 20 (C) 25 (D) 50 (E) 100
26. The floor of company’s storage room has an area of 20,000 sq. feet. If the floor is in the shape of a
square, approximately how many feet long is each side?
(A) 140 (B) 450 (C) 500 (D) 1000 (E) 5000
27. If x is a positive even number, then each of the following is odd except:
(A) (x + 3) (x + 5) (B) x2 + 5 (C) x2 + 6x + 9 (D) 3x2 + 4 (E) None of these
28. If three fair six-sided dice are rolled, what is the probability that the sum of the numbers obtained
equals 18?
(A) 1/36 (B) 1/129 (C) 1/216 (D) 1/1296 (E) 1/6
29. An oddly shaped rock having uniform density and weighing 64 gm is broken into two pieces. One of
the two pieces weighs 48gm and has a volume of 33 cm 3. What is the volume of the original rock?
(A) 11 (B) 22 (C) 33 (D) 44 (E) 66
30. If G is an integer such that 2G<11 and 7G>29, what is the value of G?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6
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SECTION – I: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 3. To improve the coherence of paragraph 2, which of the following is the best sentence to delete from
30 Questions 30 Marks the essay?
A. Sentence 5 B. Sentence 6 C. Sentence 7 D. Sentence 8 E. Sentence 9
Instruction: The passage below is followed by six questions about changes that might improve all or part
of the organization, development, sentence structure, use of language, appropriateness to the audience, 4. In In the context of the sentences that precede and follow sentence 15, which is the best revision of
or use of standard written English. In each case, choose the answer that most clearly and effectively sentence 15?
expresses the author’s intended meaning. A. Human error and careless workmanship are almost unavoidable.
B. Especially human error and careless workmanship.
[1] At the beginning of the twentieth century, no one knew the technological developments that would be
C. There’s hardly no foolproof way to prevent human error and careless workmanship.
made by the 1990s. [2] The area of communication media is one of the significant developments in the
D. You must never put down your guard against human error and careless workmanship.
twentieth century. [3] Also nuclear energy and great advancements in medicine and the treatment of
E. Accidents can happen accidentally by human error and careless workmanship.
disease.
[4] One important development was the invention of communication satellites which allow images and 5. With regard to the entire passage, which of the following best explains the writer’s intention in
messages to be sent wirelessly around the world. [5] One advantage is that current events can be sent paragraphs 2, 3, and 4?
worldwide in seconds. [6] News used to travel by boat and take weeks or months to get overseas. [7] A. To compare and contrast three technological achievements
When a disaster struck the World Trade Center, the world saw it immediately and condemned the B. To provide examples of the pros and cons of technological progress
terrorists’ actions. [8] One weak aspect of communication satellites is that they are launched from a space C. To analyze the steps needed for achievement in three areas
shuttle, and that is an extremely costly operation. [9] They also cost millions of dollars to build and D. To convince the reader to be open to technological change
operate. [10] Therefore, many poor countries are left out of the so-called “Global Village.” E. To advocate more funds for technological research and development
[11] The invention and use of nuclear energy is another important technological development. [12] One 6. Assume that sentences 17 and 18 were combined as follows: A significant advance in medicine has
positive feature of nuclear energy is that energy is cheaper, and can be made easy. [13] This is important been the invention of the CAT scan. Which of the following is the best way to continue the
in countries like France where almost all of the electricity is nuclear. [14] A negative consequence of paragraph?
nuclear energy is the probability of major nuclear accidents. [15] Watch out for human error and careless A. The CAT scan allows your doctors to make pictures of a brain to see if it has a growth on it,
workmanship. [16] They were the cause of the meltdown in Chernobyl, which killed hundreds or maybe cancer is growing, or tumors at an early stage.
even thousands, and radiated half the Earth. B. The CAT scan permits your doctors to make a picture and see if your brain has a growth on it, or
[17] There have been many significant technological advances in medicine in the twentieth century. [18] whether or not you have brain tumors or brain cancer at an early stage.
One development was the invention of the CAT scan. [19] The CAT scan allows doctors to make a C. Taking pictures with a CAT scan, your brain is studied by doctors for growths, brain tumors, and
picture of your brain to see if there is a growth on it. [20] One positive effect of the CAT scan is that cancer at an early stage.
doctors can diagnose brain tumors and brain cancer at an early stage. [21] One negative effect is that D. Doctors may make pictures of your brain to see if there is a growth, a tumor, or cancer at an early
CAT scans are costly, so they are not used in third world countries. stage on it.
E. With this device a doctor may look into a patient’s brain to check for growths and to detect
1. Which In view of the main idea of the whole passage, which of the following is the best revision of cancerous tumors at an early stage.
sentence 1?
A. In 1900 no one could anticipate the technological developments in the 1990s. Instruction: Each of the following sentences contains one or two blanks; each blank indicates that a
B. Recent technological achievements would blow the minds of people at the beginning of the word or set of words has been left out. Below the sentence are five words or phrases, lettered A through
twentieth century. E. Select the word or set of words that best completes the sentence.
C. The twentieth century has seen remarkable technological achievements, but there has also been
a price to pay for progress. 7. Once an independent nation, Catalonia is now a region of Spain; nevertheless, it ______ a sense of
D. No one knows if the twenty-first century will produce as much technological progress as the ______ because it continues to have its own language and culture.
twentieth century did. (A) surrenders … rebellion (B) retains … autonomy (C) experiences ... privilege
E. Technological progress in communications, nuclear energy, and medicine is wonderful, but in the (D) boasts … arrogance (E) suffers ... neglect
process we are destroying ourselves and our environment.
8. The prosecutor was so frustrated by his lack of credible or convincing evidence that when
2. Which is the best revision of the underlined segment of sentence 12 below? describing the defendant during the trial, he shamefully resorted to _______.
One positive feature of nuclear energy is that energy is cheaper, and can be made easy. (A) arbitration (B) narcissism C) calumny (D) tenacity (E) solicitude
A. energy is cheaper and can be made easily
B. energy is made cheaper and more easily made 9. By idiosyncratically refusing to dismiss an insubordinate member of his staff, the manager not
C. it is cheap and easy to make only ______ established policy, but he also ---his heretofore good chances for promotion.
D. it is both cheap as well as made easily (A) instituted ... bettered (B) recognized ... protected (C) contravened ... jeopardized
E. it’s more cheaper and easier to make (D) reiterated ... computed (E) delimited ... restricted
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10. The Muses are _____ deities: they avenge themselves without mercy on those who weary of their 16. The 32 species that make up the dolphin family are closely related to whales and in fact include the
charms. animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is famous for its aggressive
(A) rueful (B) ingenuous (C) solicitous (D) vindictive (E) dispassionate hunting pods.
A. include the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and is
11. Pre-Spanish art in Peru is not a _____ art; they are mistaken who see in its bold simplifications or B. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing as big as 30 feet long and
wayward conceptions an inability to _____ technical difficulties. C. include the animal known as the killer whale, growing up to 30 feet long and being
(A) formal...ignore (B) graphic...understand D. includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow as big as 30 feet long and is
(C) primitive...nurture (D) crude...overcome E. includes the animal known as the killer whale, which can grow to be 30 feet long and it is
(E) revolutionary...instigate
Instruction: Answer the questions based on the following passage.
Archaeological discoveries frequently undermine accepted ideas, giving rise to new theories. Recently, a
Instruction: Some or all parts of the following sentences are underlined. The first answer choice, (A),
set of 3.3-million- year-old fossils, the remains of the earliest well-preserved child ever found, were
simply repeats the underlined part of the sentence. The other four choices present four alternative ways
discovered in Ethiopia. Estimated to be 3 years old at death, the female child was of the Australopithecus
to phrase the underlined part. Select the answer that produces the most effective sentence, one that is
afarensis species, a human ancestor that lived in Africa over 3 million years ago. “Her completeness,
clear and exact. In selecting your choice, be sure that it is standard written English, and that it expresses
antiquity, and age at death make this find of unprecedented importance in the history of paleo-
the meaning of the original sentence.
anthropology,” said Zeresenay Alemseged, a noted paleo-anthropologist, opining that the discovery could
reconfigure conceptions about early humans’ capacities.
12. A year after the country's biggest blackout, watchdog groups are still voicing concern over the fact
that there are rules to govern the reliability of electric service, and are still voluntary. Previously, afarensis was believed to have abandoned arboreal habitats. However, while the new fossil's
A. the fact that there are rules to govern the reliability of electric service, and lower limbs support the view of an upright stance, its gorilla-like arms suggest that afarensis was still able
B. the fact that rules governing the reliability of electric service to swing through trees, initiating a reexamination of long-held theories of early human development. Also,
C. the fact of rules that govern the reliability of electric service, and the presence of a hyoid bone, a rarely preserved larynx bone that supports throat muscles, has
D. the rules to govern the reliability of electric service, they dramatically affected concepts of the origin of speech. Although primitive and more ape- like than human-
E. the rules governing the reliability of electric service, that they like, this fossil hyoid is the first found in such an early human-related species.
13. However much Bangladeshi voters may agree that there is waste in government and that the 17. The organization of the passage could best be described as
government as a whole spends beyond its means, it is difficult to find broad support for a movement A. discussing a controversial scientific discovery
toward a minimal state. B. contrasting previous theories of development with current findings
A. However much Bangladeshi voters may agree that C. illustrating a contention with a specific example
B. Despite the agreement among Bangladeshi voters to the fact D. arguing for the importance of a particular field of study
C. Although Bangladeshi voters agree E. refuting a popular misconception
D. Even though Bangladeshi voters may agree
18. The passage quotes Zeresenay Alemseged in order to
E. There is agreement among Bangladeshi voters that
A. provide evidence to qualify the main idea of the first paragraph
B. question the claims of other scientists
14. If we compare the number of trucks on the road with the minivan, we see that the minivan is currently
C. provide evidence to support the linguistic abilities of the afarensis species
in the ascendant.
D. provide corroboration for the significance of the find
A. If we compare the number of trucks on the road with the minivan, we see that the minivan is
E. provide a subjective opinion that is refuted in the second paragraph
B. To compare the trucks on the road with minivans is to show that the minivan is
C. In comparison with the trucks on the road, the number of minivans is
19. Each of the following is cited as a factor in the importance of the discovery of the fossils EXCEPT
D. A comparison of the numbers of truck and minivans on the road indicates that minivans are
A. the fact that the remains were those of a child
E. Comparing the numbers of trucks and minivans on the road, it can be seen that the minivan
B. the age of the fossils
is
C. the location of the discovery
D. the species of the fossils
15. The program, and they consider it a model of health care that can be improved, so far involves
E. the intact nature of the fossils
patients with two diseases: diabetes and congestive heart failure.
A. and they consider it a model of health care that
20. It can be inferred from the passage's description of the discovered fossil hyoid bone that
B. considered by them to be a model for health care, which
A. Australopithecus afarensis was capable of speech
C. which, considered as a model of health care and how it
B. the discovered hyoid bone is less primitive than the hyoid bone of apes
D. which is considered a model for how health care
C. the hyoid bone is necessary for speech
E. which they consider a model for health care, it
D. the discovery of the hyoid bone necessitated the reexamination of prior theories
E. the hyoid bone was the most important fossil found at the site
21. The impact of the discovery of the hyoid bone in the field of archaeology could best be compared to 29. Emma laid down on her bed to rest while the rest of her family enjoyed the appetizing meal prepared
which one of the following examples in another field? A B C D
A. The discovery and analysis of cosmic rays lend support to a widely accepted theory of the origin by her grandmother. No error
of the universe. E
B. The original manuscript of a deceased 19th-century author confirms ideas of the development of 30. From 1943 to 1957, thousands of scrolls and fragments of ancient manuscripts has been found in
an important work of literature. A
C. The continued prosperity of a state-run economy stirs debate in the discipline of caves on the shore of the Dead Sea, including early copies of biblical books in Hebrew and Aramaic.
macroeconomics. B C D
D. Newly revealed journal entries by a prominent Civil War-era politician lead to a questioning of No error
certain accepted historical interpretations about the conflict. E
E. Research into the mapping of the human genome gives rise to nascent applications of individually
tailored medicines. SECTION – II: MATHEMATICS
Instruction: Choose the pair of words that best express a relationship similar to that of the original pair.
22. VIRULENT :: INNOCUOUS 1. The selling price of a plushie is Tk 78. The selling price is 30% more than the cost price. The
A. pretentious : harmful B. reprehensible : praiseworthy C. strong : delicate manager of the store has a policy that the stakeholders of the store can buy a plushie for 5% less
D. epidemic : widespread E. antiseptic : medical than cost price. What do stakeholders’ pay for it?
(A) 78 (B) 76 (C) 60 (D) 57 (E) none of these
23. GALLEON :: SAIL
A. masterpiece : create B. quarantine : isolate C. neurologist : think 2. If √x is an integer and xy2=36, how many possible values are there for integer y?
D. nominee : vote E. tidy : mind (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 6 (E) 8
24. PROLIFIC :: UNFRUITFUL 1 1

A. new : old B. blooming : withered C. fertile : barren 3. The original amount minus of the original amount minus another Tk. 5 is equal to of the original
3 2
D. fresh : stale E. fecund : fervid
amount. What is the amount?
(A) Tk. 30 (B) Tk. 45 (C) Tk. 50 (D) Tk. 60 (E) Tk. 40
25. VIRTUOSO :: ACCOMPLISHED
A. aesthete : austere B. servant : servile C. hedonist : pretentious
4. Given that AC BC, DCB = 62 and ACE = 37, find DCE.
D. priest : orthodox E. philanthropist : generous A D
(A) 9 (B) 12 (C) 13 E
Instruction: The sentences in this section may contain errors in grammar, usage, choice of words, or
idioms. Either there is just one error in a sentence or the sentence is correct. Some words or phrases are (D) 25 (E) 27
C B
underlined and lettered; everything else in the sentence is correct. If an underlined word or phrase is
incorrect, choose that letter; if the sentence is correct, select No error.
5. In Dhaka, 2/5 of the total population is employed. Among the unemployed population, the ratio of
26. Formed by volcanic eruptions over the last five million years, the Hawaiian Islands containing an males to female is 5:7. If there are 40,000 employed people in the town, how many females are
A B unemployed?
incredibly wide variety of species—many found nowhere else on Earth. No error (A)16,000 (B)25,000 (C)35,000 (D)65,000 (E)75,000
C D E
27. The pilgrims whose journey is followed in Geoffrey Chaucer’s masterpiece The Canterbury Tales 6. Water has been poured into an empty rectangular tank at the rate of 5 cubic feet per minute for 6
A minutes. The length of the tank is 4 feet and the width is one-half of the length. How deep is the water
represent a cross section of 14th-century English life, and told tales that include a variety of medieval in the tank?
B C (A) 7 inches (B) 3 feet 7.5 inches (C) 3 feet 9 inches
genres. No error (D) 7 feet 6 inches (E) 30 feet
D E
28. Americans get almost one-third of their calories from junk food that offers little nutrition, but plenty of 7. One dozen egg and ten pounds of apples are currently the same price. If the price of a dozen eggs
A B C rises by 10% and the price of the apples goes up by 2%, how much more will it cost to buy three
problems, such as obesity, diabetes, and chronic disease. No error dozen eggs and ten pounds of apples?
D E (A) 2% (B) 6% (C) 8% (D) 12% (E) 12.2%
8. In the figure beside, AB and CD are diameters of the circle whose center O. If 18. If R is divisible by 10 and S is divisible by 9. Then RxS is divisible by at least how many factors?
the radius of the circle is 2 inches and the sum of the lengths of arcs AD and BC A C (A) 90 (B) 16 (C) 14 (D) 12 (E) 4
is 3 inches, then y = y 1 1
(A) 135 (B) 90 (C) 120 O 4
19. Select an equivalent expression to x 3 . x .(x 6 ). x 5
(D) 45 (E) 180 D B 6 8 9 9 8
 
(A) x4 (B) x4 (C) x 4 (D) x 4 (E) x 4
9. The average age of the buildings in Uttara is greater than 40 years old. If four of the buildings were
built two years ago and none of the buildings are more than 80 years old, which of the following could 20. When x is divided by 13, the answer is y with a remainder of 3. When x is divided by 7, the answer is
be the number of buildings on the block? z with a remainder of 3. If x, y and z are all possible integers, what is the remainder of yz/13?
(I)4 (II)6 (III)8 (IV)11 (V)40 (A) 0 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 7 (E) None of these
(A)V (B)I and V (C)I,II and III (D)III only (E)I and II 21. The sum of 3 positive consecutive integers is a. In terms of a, the smallest of these integers can be
expressed as:
10. If 25 men can unload one truck in 1 hour and 30 minutes. How long should it take 15 men to unload
a a3 a a6
two trucks? (A)  6 (B) a – 6 (C) (D) (E)
3 3 3 6
1 1 1
(A) 2 hours (B) 2 hours (C) 2 hours (D) 2 hours (E) None of these 22.  ABC has the following vertices: A (1, 1), B (9, 4) and C (1, 7). Which of the following statements is
3 4 2
true?
(A) AB = BC (B) AB = AC (C) AB > BC (D) AB < BC (E) AC = BC
11. A car travels 20 miles per gallon of petroleum when it travels at 50 miles per hour. The car gets 12%
fewer miles to the gallon at 60 miles per hour, How far can the car travel at 60 miles per hour on 11 23. The area of parallelogram is 50 and its 4 sides are of equal length 10. One of the angles in the
gallons of petroleum? parallelogram is:
(A) 193.6 miles (B) 195.1 miles (C) 200 miles (D) 204.3 miles (E) 220 miles (A) 30 (B) 45 (C) 60 (D) 90 (E) 110
12. Sand cost Tk. 500 a ton for the first 12 tons and Tk. (500 – x) a ton for any tons over 12. What is x, if 24. A club has 8 male and 8 female members. The club is choosing a committee of 6 members. The
it costs Tk.10,000 for 30 tons of Sand? committee must have 3 male and 3 female members. How many different committees can be
(A) 270.00 (B) 277.00 (C) 277.78 (D) 377.78 (E) 280.00 chosen?
(A) 112,896 (B) 3,136 (C) 720 (D) 112 (E) 9
13. Find the area of the trapezoid ABCD if AB = CD =5, BC = 10, AD=16,BC is parallel to AD and BE is
25. If the price of gasoline increases by 25% and Mostofa intends to spend only 15% more on gasoline,
an altitude of the trapezoid.
by what % should he reduce the quantity of petrol that he buys?
(A) 50 (B) 52 (C) 64 (D) 80 (E) None of these
(A) 6.67% (B) 8% (C) 10% (D) 12% (E) 12.5%
14. If x is less than 2, which of the following statements are always true?
26. It takes 4 people 30 days to finish a certain project. The project will start on the morning of February
(i) x is negative (ii) x is positive (iii) 2x  x (iv) x2 x
1, 2014. All 4 people will be employed and they will work throughout the duration of the project. The
(A) iii only (B) iv only (C) iii and iv only (D) i, iii, and iv only (E) None of these
project will finish on the afternoon of:
(A) March 1 (B) March 2 (C) February 28 (D) March 4 (E) None of these
15. On a map of the USA, 3/5 of an inch represents a distance of 400 miles. If Oklahoma city and Detroit
are separated on the map by approximately 3/2 of an inch, what is the approximate distance between 27. A robot working independently at a constant rate, can build a house in in 12 minutes. What is the
them in miles? maximum number of complete identical houses that can be built by 10 such identical robots, each
(A)240 (B)360 (C)600 (D)800 (E)1,000 working on separate houses at the same rate for 2.5 hours?
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 120 (D) 125 (E) 150
16. Fahim, working alone, can paint a room in 6 hours. Akib and Rafsan, working independently, can
paint the same room in 3 hours and 2 hours, respectively. Fahim starts painting the room and works 28. If a sequence of 8 consecutive odd integers with increasing values has 9 as its 7 th term, what is the
on his own for one hour. He is then joined by Akib and they work together for an hour. Finally, Rafsan sum of the terms of the sequence?
joins them and the three of them work together to finish the room, each one working at his respective (A) 22 (B) 32 (C) 36 (D) 40 (E) 44
rate. What fraction of the whole job was done by Akib?
(A) 1/9 (B) 1/6 (C) 1/3 (D) 7/18 (E) 4/9 29. What is the least possible product of 4 different integers, each of which has a value between –5 and
10, inclusive?
17. If m pencils cost the same as n pens, and each pencil costs 20 cents, what is the cost, in dollars, of (A) –5,040 (B) –3,600 (C) –720 (D) –600 (E) –120
10 pens if each pen costs the same amount?
(A) 200n/m (B) 2n/100m (C) 2m/n (D) 2n/m (E)200mn 30. If 82x + 3 = 23x + 6, then x =
(A) –3 (B) –1 (C) 0 (D) 1 (E) 3
SECTION – III: Analytical Ability (B) The first is an interpretation made by researchers that the author contends against and the
15 Questions 15 Marks second provides an alternative explanation for statistical data
(C) The first is an opinion expressed by someone other than the author and which the author is
completely in disagreement with while the second provides the reason for the author's doubt
Packing labels identify individual packages by means of a four-symbol identification code running left
(D) The first is a fact supporting the researcher's conclusion while the second is the author's
to right. The symbols used are the four digits 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the four letters are W, X, Y, and Z.
conclusion.
Each code consists of two digits and two letters.
(E) The first is a clearly proven opinion even if the author disagrees with it while the second is an
The two digits must be next to each other, and the two letters must be next to each other.
ambiguous opinion that has no supporting data
Of the two digits, the one to the left must be less than, the one to the eight.
The two letters must be different letters. 8. Fuad thinks that the current South African Cricket team is invincible. His friend, Mazhar, argues that
1. Which of the following could be the third symbol in a code in which the fourth symbol is 3? South Africa could not reach the final of the recent ICC Champions Trophy, how can they be called
(A) W (B) X (C) Z (D) 1 (E) 4 invincible?
2. Which of the following must be true of any code in which the letter W occurs? Which of the following statements would strengthen Fuad’s point of view?
(A) The letter X also occurs in that code. (B) The letter Y also occurs in that code. (A) South Africa did not lose any test series in the last nine months.
(C) The letter Z also occurs in that code. (D) The letter W occurs in that code exactly once. (B) South Africa reached the semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy.
(E) The letter W occurs in that code exactly twice. (C) “Invincible” does not mean that they have to win all the matches, winning most of the matches
would suffice.
3. If the first symbol in a code is 2, any one of the following symbols could occur in one of the (D) No other team won as many matches as South Africa did.
remaining three positions EXCEPT the (E) All of the above.
(A) Digit 1 (B) Digit 3 (C) Digit 4 (D) Letter Y (E) Letter Z
9. During the last 50 years in England, the national football team has had at least 60℅ of its players
born during the months January to March. Similarly, in Germany, at least 50℅ of the team has been
(i): Five friends A, B, C, D and E like different fruits – apple, banana, grapes, orange and pineapple
born during the first three months of the year. In fact, this statistic holds true for most European
(not necessarily in this order).
countries. This shows that in most European countries, parents with kids born early in the year are
(ii) Each one of them plays different sports, viz, swimming, Golf, tennis, cricket and chess (not more likely to encourage a football career.
necessarily in this order.) Which of the following best explains why the conclusion need not be the best explanation for the
(iii) B, who play for cricket does not like banana. C likes apple and does not like swimming or chess. statistic?
E likes to play Golf and does not eat grapes or bananas. A plays Chess and D does not like (A) Of the remaining members, 60℅ or more tend to be born between the months of April and
banana or pineapple. June.
(B) Parents of kids born in the second half of the year have displayed a measurable intent to
4. Which one of the following is the favorite fruit of B?
promote scholarly careers
(A) Apple (B) Grapes (C) Pineapple (D) Data inadequa
(C) The age cut-off for kids to try out for a team in most European countries is calculated as on
5. Which sports does C plays? December 31 of any year and older the kid during trials, greater the chances of getting the right
(A) Swimming (B) Tennis (C) Cricket (D) Data inadequate opportunities.
6. Which of the following combinations of person fruit –sports is correct? (D) The school year usually begins in April in most European countries and many parents are
(A) D - Grapes - Swimming (B) E – Orange - Golf known to encourage students to work on their academics and not sports during the school year.
(C) A –banana - Chess (D) None of these (E) During the last 50 years, on average 30℅ of the kids have been born during the first three
months of the year.
Critically analyze the following statements and answer: 10. Between 1940 and 1945, gasoline consumption in the U.S. dropped about 35% because of wartime
rationing. In the same period, lung cancer in U.S. white males declined by approximately the same
7. Studies have established that children who watched 2 more hours of TV on an average daily basis percentage. Between 1914 and 1950 lung cancer mortality increased nineteen fold and the rate of
during the first 15 years of their life were 50℅ more likely to be arrested for property crimes in the gasoline consumption increased at the same rate.
country. Researchers believe that these studies clearly establish that violence in movies and TV Which of the following facts, if true, would weaken the above argument?
contribute to aggressive behavior in real life. On the other hand, there is no clear evidence that the (A) For each of the years between 1939 and 1949, lung cancer among urban blacks in the United
programs that the kids watched on TV were violent in the first place. Even if we were to accept that States remained at the same level.
TV watching contributed to the increased crime rate, it need not have been because of the nature of (B) The amount of lead in gasoline increased between 1916 and 1944.
the programs. Perhaps, children who watched programs such as Adams and Samson, a funny sit- (C) After 1950 gasoline consumption jumped.
com about two blundering cops began perceiving all cops as incompetent. (D) During World War II, people suffering from cancer were forbidden to drive.
What is the role of the sentences in boldface? (E) Women first began driving in large numbers between 1941 and 1951
(A) The first establishes a theory that the author later clearly refutes while the second presents the
author's conclusion
11. Linda: In the 1800s, it was found that one in every six women who gave birth in hospitals died of a
fever they had contracted after delivering the child and that the mortality was not as high if they gave
birth at home with the help of a mid wife. It was found that the doctors had a poorer sense of hygiene
and that their dirty hands and instruments were leading to pathogens entering a woman's
bloodstream. Thankfully, hygienic conditions today are much better and women are safer.
Fiona: But doctors today are so overworked that a number of doctors, while aware of the need for
better hygiene, barely find the time to wash their hands. The likelihood of infections caused by
doctors is probably not any better.
Which of the following can be used by Fiona to further establish that Linda need not be correct in her
reasoning?
(A) A nationwide survey found that doctors, especially experienced ones, are more prone to the
belief that they could not possibly be carrying pathogens.
(B) It is reported that around 50,000 people die every year in our country from hospital acquired
infections.
(C) Compulsory hand cleansing is strictly adhered to by all doctors and nurses before every major
surgical procedure.
(D) During a study, doctors handling newborn babies self reported a hand cleansing rate of 90℅.
(E) Nurses are not any better than doctors in adhering to strict cleansing schedules, especially
when busy.
Instruction: Mark the appropriate answer as per the following conditions.

(A) If the answer is found from (1) alone but not from (2) alone.
(B) If the answer is found from (2) alone but not from (1) alone.
(C) If the answer is found from (1) and (2) together, although neither statement by themselves suffice.
(D) If the statement (1) alone suffices & statement (2) alone suffices.
(E) If the answer is not found from (1) and (2) together, but even more data is needed.
12. Is zp negative?
(1) pz4 <0
(2) p + z4=14
13. At the beginning of the year, the finance committee, and the planning committee of a certain
company each had n members, and no one was a member of both committees. At the end of the
year, 5 members left the Finance committee and 3 members left the Planning committee. How many
members did the Finance committee have at the beginning of the year?
(1) The ratio of the total number of members who left at the end of the year to the total number of
members at the beginning of the year was 1:6
(2) At the end of the year, 21 members remained on the planning committee
14. If a<x<b and c<y<d, is x<y?

(1) a<c
(2) b<c
15. How many people are directors of both company K and company R?
(1) There were 17 directors present at a joint meeting of the directors of company K and company R,
and no directors were absent.
(2) Company K has 12 directors and company R has 8 directors
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SECTION – I: LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 11.

18. Did Arefin go to Sajek yesterday?

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Instruction: Mark the appropriate answer as per the following conditions.

14. If a<x<b and c<y<d, is x<y?

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