English

1. The habit of smoking has been ________ him.

a. growing with b. growing upon c. growing on d. thrown on e. given to
2. Find the correct sentence:
a. Using it wisely leisure promotes health and happiness.
b. If used wisely, leisure promotes health and happiness.
c. Having using it wisely, leisure promotes health and happiness.
d. Because of usefulness, leisure promotes health and happiness.
e. Having it using properly, leisure promotes health and happiness.
3. Disheveled is most nearly opposite in meaning to
A. Crumpled B. Angelic C. Fermented D. Demented E. Ordered
(FM1)
4. When rivers flood their banks, the calcium gets ____ the soil.
A. in B. into C. on D. to E. none
5. Find appropriate meaning of the expressions:
When students do not have time to read a novel before class, they read an outline of the plot instead.
A. an article B. a critique C. a synopsis D. an essay

6. Choose the correct option
A. Despite her dislike for coffee. She drank it to keep herself warm.
B. Although her dislike for coffee, She drank it to keep herself warm.
C. Despite of her dislike for coffee, She drank it to keep herself warm.
D. Both A+B
E. None of the above

7. Select the most appropriate alternative of the underlined portions of the following sentences:
Fame as well as fortune were his goals in life.
A. Fame as well as fortune were his goals
B. Fame as well as fortune was his goals
C. Fame as well as fortune were his goal
D. Fame and well as fortune were his goals
E. Fame also fortune were his goals
Fame and fortune were his goals

(FM5)

8. Choose the appropriate verb form:
A. I did the sum after the teacher came
B. I did the sum after the teacher has come
C. I did the sum after the teacher had came
D. I did the sum after the teacher had come
E. I did the sum after the teacher to come

9. Although he never learnt to read, his ___ memory and inquiring mind eventually made him a very
___ man
A. ordinary; simple B. exceptional; rude
C. simple; benevolent D. exceptional; erudite

10. The reason I will
A
not be going
B
to Mexico this year is because
C
I will use up all my travel money
attending
D
an important meeting in Singapore. No error
E


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Advanced English
1. Choose the best option:
The impostor eluded detection for so long because she conducted herself as though she were a licensed
practitioner.
A. as though she were a licensed practitioner. B. as though she was a licensed practitioner. C. like she
was a licensed practitioner. D. like as if she was a licensed practitioner. E. as if she was a practitioner
with a license.
2. Choose the incorrect option
If you are sure thatA you are in the right,B you would notC mind an independent examination ofD the
case. No errorE.
3. The parliamentary session degenerated into ____ with politicians hurling ____ at each other and
refusing to come to order.
A. mayhem - banter B. disarray - pleasantries C. tranquillity - invectives D. chaos - aphorisms E. anarchy
insults
(FM1)


4. We want the field researcher to be the one who has the best rapport with his respondents.
a. the field researcher to be the one b. the field researcher to be he c. him to be field researcher d. that
the field researcher be him e. that the field researcher will be him

5. According to a recent poll, owning and living in a freestanding house on its own land is still the goal of
a majority of young adults, like that of earlier generations.
a. like that of earlier generations b. as that for earlier generations c. just as earlier generations did d. as
have earlier generations
e. as it was of earlier generations

FM 4








Economics
1. A decrease in the demand for the dollar would make:
A. imports into the U.S more expensive and exports from the U.S. exports less expensive.
B. imports into the U.S less expensive and exports from the U.S. exports less expensive.
C. imports into the U.S more expensive and exports from the U.S. exports more expensive.
D. imports into the U.S less expensive and exports from the U.S. exports more expensive

2.An increase in foreign demand for U.S. wheat and corn would lead to:
A. a decrease in the price of dollars to foreign buyers.
B. an increase in the supply of dollars to foreign buyers.
C. an increase in the demand for dollars by foreign buyers.
D. all of the above

3. Which of the following does not apply to implicit costs?
A. They represent payments to labor hired to make the product.
B. They represent opportunity costs to owners of businesses.
C. They must be recovered in order for the business to continue.
D. They represent an economic cost of production.

4. As a firm increases its output from nine to ten units, its total revenue grows from $810 to $880 and its
total cost grows from $360 to $400. As the firm's output increases from nine to ten units, marginal
revenue exceeds marginal cost by:
A. $ 70 B. $ 40 C. $ 30 D. not enough information to calculate the difference

5. Which of the following is not a function of the Federal Reserve System?
A. clearing checks B. maintaining business checking accounts
C. currency circulation D. supervising member banks
6. Who was the first governor of Bangladesh bank?
a) Dr. Mohammed Farashuddin b) Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed
c) Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed d) A.N.M. Hamidullah e) A.K.N. Ahmed

6. The given Income Elasticity of a person for a certain product is 1/2 (half). If the final quantity
demanded for the product is 20 units while the initial quantity demanded for the product is 10 units and
the current income of the person is TK 15,000, find the initial income for the person(in taka).
a. 40000
b. 10000
c. 5000
d. 1000
e. 2500
7. At TK 10, Palash buys 15 glasses of Pepsi and 10 glasses of Coke every day. However, due to a hike in
price by Tk 5, Palash reduces his consumption of Pepsi to 12 glasses. His cross elasticity of demand is
given to be 2, so by how many units will Palashs consumption of Coke go up?
a.10
b.12
c.15
d.20
8. What may be the reason for a change in quantity demanded?
a. Income
b. Price of substitute
c. Price of complementary
d. (a), (b), (c)
e. Price of the particular good

9. Wants may be defined as:
a. Products that one would like to have
b. Products that one you want to have
c. Products that increases ones quality of life
d. A+B+C
e. A+C
10. What may cause an unstable equilibrium?
a. A demand curve is abnormal while the supply curve is normal
b. A supply curve is normal while the demand curve is abnormal
c.A supply curve is abnormal and so is the demand curve
d.A demand curve is normal and so is the supply curve
e.Both A and B
(FM1 & Sample Questions in class)

11. Which of the following would cause the demand curve for a good to shift to the left?
A. A rise in the price of good
B. An increase in the supply of good
C. A decrease in the price of the substitute good
D. A decrease in the tax imposed by the government on the good
E. An increase in the income of the consumer
12. An example of a transfer payment is:
A. profit B. rent C. unemployment benefits D. government purchases E. wages

13.

Which of the following is an example of price floor?
A. the minimum wage
B. the maximum wage
C. restricting gas price to TK. 10 when the market price is TK. 15
D. maximum rent
E. maximum price of rice

(FM 5)










Accounting:
1. A company purchased land for $100,000 cash. Accrued real estate taxes on the land, $2,000, and real
estate taxes on the land for the current year, $3,000, were also paid in cash. Real estate brokers'
commission was $8,000 and $10,000 was spent on demolishing the building that was on the property
before construction of a new building could begin. The company was able to sell some of the salvaged
materials from the demolished building for $2,000 cash. Under the cost principle, the cost of the land
would be recorded at:
A. $123,000. B. $121,000. C. $100,000. D. $118,000

2. Horizontal analysis is also called:
A. common-size analysis. B. ratio analysis.
C. trend analysis. D. vertical analysis.

3. Which of the following is not true about net income?
A. The company can have a cash shortage and still have net income.
B. Net income is an asset.
C. Net income is the result of revenues exceeding expenses.
D. Net income represents an increase in owners' equity.
E. Net income has no direct relationship to assets.

4. All of the following are advantages of using subsidiary ledgers except they:
A. show in a single account transactions affecting one customer or one creditor.
B. free the general ledger of excessive details.
C. eliminate errors in individual accounts.
D. make possible a division of labor

FM1
Which of the following is true about dividends?
A) Dividends are an expense to the company.
B) Dividends are deducted from revenue in the income statement.
C) Dividends are always equal to net income.
D) Dividends reduce both assets and owners' equity.
E) A and D
5. You made a $10,000 loan to your cousin's company. At the end of one year, the company returned to
you $10,850. The $850 is called which one of the following?
A) Return of investment B) Return on investment
C) An 8.5% return on investment D) B and C E) A and C

6. In no particular order, the accounting cycle is composed of the following activities. (A) Posting, (B)
Adjusting entries (C) Preparing financial statements, (D) Journalizing transactions, (E) Preparing a trial
balance, (F) Journalizing and posting closing entries, (G) Preparing after-closing trial balance, and (H)
Preparing an adjusted trial balance. What is the correct order of activities comprising the accounting
cycle?
A) B, C, D, A, E, F, G, H B) D, A, E, B, H, C, F, G
C) D, A, E, B, C, H, F, G D) D, A, E, B, F, G, H, C E) D, B, A, E, F, C, H, G

7. On a bank reconciliation, outstanding checks are:
A) added to the bank balance. B) deducted from the bank balance.
C) added to the book balance. D) deducted from the book balance.

8. Income from operations appears on:
A. both a multiple-step and a single-step income statement.
B. neither a multiple-step nor a single-step income statement.
C. a multiple-step income statement only.
D. a single-step income statement only.

(FM2)

9. Under which cost flow assumption is the ending inventory composed of the earliest purchased
merchandise?
A) FIFO B) LIFO C) Average Cost D) Specific Identification E) Retail Method

10. In exchanges of plant assets that have commercial substance:
A. both gains and losses are recognized. B. neither gains nor losses are recognized.
C. gains are recognized but not losses. D. losses are recognized but not gains.

(FM5)