PART A: Multiple Choice Questions

Section l: Language and Communication

(Q1-Q5) Instruction: Select the choice that best replaces the underlined part of the given
sentences conveying the original meaning. If you think that the original sentence is the best
choice, select the first choice.
1. Since the new manufacturing process for plastic containers was introduced 10 years ago,
the average size of plastic manufacturing plants have dropped from 200,000 square feet to
50,000 square feet, an area that is about a football fields size.
A. have dropped from 200,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet, an area that is about
a football fields size
B. have dropped from 200,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet, about the size of a
football field
C. has dropped from 200,000 square feet to 50,000 square feet, about the size of a
football field
D. has dropped from 200,000 square feet down to 50,000 square feet, about the size of
a football fields
E. has dropped from 200,000 square feet down to 50,000 square feet, about a football
fields size

2. The newly elected baseball commissioner has asked that a federal arbitrator would
mediate negotiations between representatives of the umpires union, which has threatened
to go on strike, and lawyers representing major league franchise owners.
A. that a federal arbitrator would mediate negotiations between representatives of the
umpires union, which has threatened
B. that a federal arbitrator mediate negotiations between representatives of the
umpires union, which have threatened
C. of a federal arbitrator that he mediate negotiations between representatives of the
umpires union, which have threatened
D. a federal arbitrator that he mediate negotiations between representatives of the
umpires union, which has threatened
E. that a federal arbitrator mediate negotiations between representatives of the
umpires union, which has threatened

3. Sky Airlines recently announced aggressive cost-cutting measures ranging from new
airport check-in procedures that encourage passengers to use self-service kiosks and
reductions in the size of its fleet.
A. ranging from new airport check-in procedures that encourage passengers to use self-
service kiosks and reductions
B. ranging from new airport check-in procedures that encourage passengers to use self-
service kiosks and to reductions
C. such as improvement of airport check-in procedures, encouragement of passengers
to use self-service kiosks and reducing
D. ranging from new airport check-in procedures that encourage passengers to use self-
service kiosks to reducing
E. ranging from new airport check-in procedures that encourage passengers to use self-
service kiosks to reductions
4. As the honeybees stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results in
the act of stinging causing the bee to sustain a fatal injury.
A. As the honeybees stinger is heavily barbed, staying where it is inserted, this results
in the act of stinging causing
B. As the heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, with the
result that the act of stinging causes
C. The honeybees stinger, heavily barbed and staying where it is inserted, results in the
fact that the act of stinging causes
D. The heavily barbed stinger of the honeybee stays where it is inserted, and results in
the act of stinging causing
E. The honeybees stinger is heavily barbed and stays where it is inserted, with the
result that the act of stinging causes

5. Despite the repeated warnings against drug abuse and the numerous fatalities, drug use
is equally as prevalent, if not more so than, a decade ago.

A. equally as prevalent, if not more so than, a decade ago.

B. equally as prevalent, if not more so than, it was a decade ago.
C. as prevalent, if not more than a decade ago.
D. as prevalent as, if not more prevalent than, it was a decade ago.
E. as prevalent, if not more so than a decade ago.

(Q6-Q10) Instruction: Underlined parts of the following sentences may contain error (s)
in grammar, diction, usage or idiom. Choose the underlined portion that is incorrect. If there
is no error then select (E).

6. A surge in new home sales and a drop in weekly unemployment claims suggest that
economy might
A B
not be as week as some analysts previously thought. No Error
C DE

7. By the time I graduate, my brother has practiced law for five years. No Error
A B C D E

8. Even inexperienced art history students can identify works of the impressionist painters
by both their
A
th
characteristic brushwork and, equally revolutionary in the late 19 century, because they
preferred to
B C D
use brights and pastels. No Error
E

9. I didnt feel like going to the party, but later I was sorry to miss it. No Error
A B C D E
10. The employees viewed the work-sharing plan with hostility, having feared that it will
undermine the
A B C
seniority system and negatively affect their retirement benefits. No Error
D E

(Q11-Q15) Instruction: Choose the one option(A), (B), (C), (D) or (E)that correctly
completes the sentences.
11. William Cobbett ___________ tea because it was a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of
the frame, an engenderer of effeminacy and laziness, a debaucher of youth, and a maker of
misery for old age.
A. eschewed B. accentuated C. disquiet D. rebuff E. secede

12. Actually, cheese does seem to have the particular power to cloud mens and womens
minds. Which is why Mitt Romney, when on the road running for president in 2011, though
he ate a lot of pizza, always took the cheese _________.
A. with B. offC. of D. down E. No preposition

13. When I stopped talking, Sam finished my sentence for me as though he ---- my mind.

A. has read B. had read C. reads D. can read E. would read

14. Scientists have found that people who are active at a moderate level experience a long
list of health benefits and that physical activity _________ vigorous.

A. has to be B. is not used to being C. must be D. had better be E. needn't be

15. Regarded as the world's ________ linguistic theorist, Noam Chomsky continues to create
new theories about language and language learning.

A. abundant B. hostile C. resentful D. abusive E. foremost

(Q16-Q18) Instruction: Select the sentence(s), in each set, where the underlined word is
being used correctly.

16. (i) The burgeoning weeds in our yard soon overwhelmed the grass.

(ii) Because Trisha is pregnant with triplets, everyone is expecting her stomach to burgeon
quickly.

(iii) Since then the earth has burgeoned into a different planet.

A. i and ii B. ii and iii C. i and iii D. iii only E. i only

17. (i) But on this most auspicious of nights, permit me then, in lieu of the more
commonplace sobriquet, to suggest the character of this dramatis persona.

(ii) On the first day of Diwali, housewives consider it auspicious to spring clean the home
and shop for gold or kitchen utensils.
(iii) LSD can be perceived as a blessed, or as a demonic transformation imbued with terror,
proceeding to a loss of the trusted ego. In an auspicious case, the new ego feels blissfully
united with the objects of the outer world and consequently also with its fellow beings.

A. i and ii B. ii and iii C. i and iii D. i only E. i, ii and iii only

18. (i) After winning $ 70 million in the lottery and quitting our jobs as sewer workers, our
happiness was sublime.

(ii) Tapos was a sublime thinker; after pondering a difficult event for just a few minutes,
he would invariably arrive at a concise and elegant solution.

(iii) A vice president is sublime to a president while a president is subordinate to a vice

president.

A. I only B. ll only C. l and ll D. ii and iii E. I, ii, iii only

(Q19-Q22) Instruction: Select the words that expresses the meaning of the given words
most closely.

19. Specious
a. Deluding b. Straightforward C. Polemic D. Forthright E. Subjective
20. Enigma
a. Conundrum b. Cultivate c. Foster d. Frustrate E. none
21. Discomfit
a. Thwart b.Conjume c. Promote d. Bafflement e. Vanquish
22. Grudge
a. Officious b. Resentment c. Amity d. Venom e.
Contravence
(Q23-Q26) Instruction: Select the words that expresses the opposite meaning of the
given words most closely.
23. Vendetta
a. vindictive b. Revenge c. Spiteful d. Tender e. Tough
24. Permeate
a. Riddle b. Pervade c. Suffuse d. Depart e. none
25. Marvel
A. Flash b. Wonder c. Splendor d. Prodigy e. dullness
26. Belligerent
a. Agonistic b. Discordant c. Truculent d. Pugnacious e. Uncombative
(Q27-Q30): Instruction: Select the choice that best replaces the underlined part of the
given sentences conveying the original meaning. If you think that the original sentence is
the best choice, select the first choice.
The Food and Drug Administration has recently proposed severe restrictions on the use of
antibiotics to promote the health and growth of meat animals. Medications added to feeds
kill many microorganisms but also encourage the appearance of bacterial strains that are
resistant to anti-infective drugs. Already, for example, penicillin and the tetracycline are not
as effective therapeutically as they once were. The drug resistance is chiefly conferred by
tiny circlets of genes, called plasmids, that can be exchanged between different strains and
even different species of bacteria. Plasmids are also one of the two kinds of vehicles (the
other being viruses) that molecular biologists depend on when performing gene transplant
experiments. Even present guidelines forbid the laboratory use of plasmids bearing genes
for resistance to antibiotics. Yet, while congressional debate rages over whether or not to
toughen these restrictions on scientists in their laboratories, little congressional attention
has been focused on an ill-advised agricultural practice that produces known deleterious
effects.

27. In the passage, the author is primarily concerned with

(A) discovering methods of eliminating harmful microorganisms without subsequently
generating drug-resistant bacteria
(B) explaining reasons for congressional inaction on the regulation of gene transplant
experiments
(C) describing a problematic agricultural practice and its serious genetic consequences
(D) verifying the therapeutic ineffectiveness of anti-infective drugs
(E) evaluating recently proposed restrictions intended to promote the growth of meat
animals
28. According to the passage, the exchange of plasmids between different bacteria can
results in which of the following?
(A) Microorganisms resistant to drugs (B) Therapeutically useful circlets
of genes
(C) Anti-infective drugs like penicillin (D) Viruses for use by molecular
biologists
(E) Vehicles for performing gene transplant experiments
29. It can be inferred from the passage that the author believes that those in favor of
stiffening the restrictions on gene transplant research should logically also

(A) encourage experiments with any plasmids except those bearing genes for antibiotic
resistance
(B) question the addition of anti-infective drugs to livestock feeds
(C) resist the use of penicillin and tetracycline to kill microorganisms
(D) agree to the development of meatier livestock through the use of antibiotics
(E) favor congressional debate and discussion of all science and health issues

30. The authors attitude toward the development of bacterial strains that render antibiotic
drugs ineffective can best be described as
(A) indifferent (B) perplexed (C) pretentious (D) insincere (E)
apprehensive
 Section II: Mathematics

1. If f and g are distinct prime numbers less than 10, which of the following cannot be

the product of f and g ?

A. 6 B. 9 C. 10 D. 14 E. 15

2. A new sport is played with teams made up of 2 forwards, 3 guards, and 1 goalie. There
are 23 players available to play forward, 21 other players available to play guard, and 9
other players available to play goalie. If the maximum possible number of complete teams
are formed, how many of the available players will not be on a team?
A. 7 B. 9 C. 11 D. 13 E. None

3. Abir, Badhon, Cynthia, and Deepak are planning to attend a concert. If their friend
Kuhelika also goes with them, they will get a group discount on their tickets. If the total
price of the tickets with the group discount is the same as the total price of the tickets
without the group discount, how much is the discount?
A. 5% B. 10% C. 20% D. 25% E. None

4. A group of hikers is planning a trip that will take them up a mountain using one route and
back down using another route. They plan to travel down the mountain at a rate of one and
a half times the rate they will use on the way up, but the time each route will take is the
same. If they will go up the mountain at a rate of 4 miles per day and it will take them two
days, how many miles long is the route down the mountain?
A. 4 B. 6 C. 8 D. 12 E. None

5. Mary prepared x pounds of pasta for the y people expected to attend a banquet. If

only z of these y people actually attend, such that z< y , how many pounds of pasta

will be left over if Mary serves the originally intended portion to each of the guests in
attendance?
x ( y z) zx xz x (z y) E. None
A. y B. y C. y D. y

6. On a particular exam, the boys in a history class averaged 86 points and the girls in the
class averaged 80 points. If the overall class average was 82 points, what was the ratio of
boys to girls in the class?
A. 1:2 B. 2:1 C. 2:3 D. 3:2 E. None

x x
7. If is 2 more than x=
4 8 , then

A. 4 B. 8 C. 16 D. 32 E. None

x y z
8. If a =b , b =c and c =a , then the value of 3 xyz is
A. 0 B. 1 3 D. 3 E. None
C.

9. In the figure above, the sum of the three numbers in the horizontal row equals the
product of the three numbers in the vertical column. What is the value of xy ?

A. 6 B. 15 C. 35 D. 75 E. 90

6
2 a +1
10. If a =5+ 2 6 , then what is the value of 3 ?
a

A. 0 24 3 18 3 D. 24 E. None
B. C.

11. There are 4 women and 4 men sitting in a waiting room for job. If two of the applicants
are selected at random, what is the probability that both will be women?
A. 1/2 B. 3/7 C. 3/4 D. 3/14 E. None

12. The unit price of a pen is TK. 20 for the first 50 units. Additional units can be bought for
x
TK.
(20 ) per unit. If you can buy 150 pens for TK. 2000, what is the value of x ?
10

A. 20 B. 40 C. 50 D. 60 E. None

2
13. Given, x 4 + ( z+ 1 ) and 9 y 2 0 , what is the maximum possible value of yx ?

A. -3 B. -1 C. 4 D. 7 E. None

14. A certain population of bacteria doubles every 10 minutes. If the number of bacteria in

the population is now 26 104 . What was the population 1 hour ago?

10
4
6 10
4
2 10
4
10
10 E. None
A. B. C. D.

15. Which of the following inequalities have at least one positive solution and at least one
negative solution?
5 II. x 3< x III. x6< x7
I.
x< x
3

A. I only B. II only C. I & II only D. I & III only E. None

16. A long piece of metal tubing that weighs 32 pounds is cut into two pieces. If one of the
pieces is 12 feet long and weighs 8 pounds, what was the total length of the pipe before it
was cut?
A. 24 feet B. 30 feet C. 36 feet D. 40 feet E. None

17. An athletic footwear store is having a going out of business sale. At the start of the
first week of the sale, all pairs of shoes are marked down 25%. All pairs of shoes that are
not sold by the beginning of the second week are marked down an additional 20%. Finally
all pair of shoes that havent been sold by the start of the third week are marked down an
additional 15%. If the original price of a pair of shoes is S , which of the following

represents the price of the shoes after the markdown at the start of the third week?
A. 0.4 S B. 0.49 S C. 0.51 S D. 0.55 S E. 0.60 S

18. Sazzad goes to the mall with four friends. The amount of money that Sazzad brings with
him is equal to 25% of the total amount that rests of his friends bring with them. The
amount that Sazzad has is equal to what % of the entire amount of money that Sazzad and
all four of his friends have?
A. 6.25% B. 12% C. 20% D. 25% E. 50%

19. If x 2= y 2 , which of the following must be true?

I. x= y II. x 3= y 3 III. x 4= y 4

A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I & II only E. I, II & III

20. Three business people wish to invest in a new company. Each person is willing to pay
one third of the total investment. After careful calculations, they realize that each of them
would pay $7,200 less if they could find two more equal investors. How much is the total
investment in the new business?
A. $64000 B. $54000 C. $21000 D. $5400 E. $3600

0
21. In the rhombus, BC=6 , AE =4 , and DAE=45 . AD is the diameter of the

circle. If a man started at C and followed around the outer edge of this figure to
D,F , A,G,E ,B and back to C, approximately how gar did he travel?
 27 B. 14+6 C. 12+6 9 E. None
A.
14+ D.
14+
4 2

22. Given that w=|x| and x=2b( 830 +85 ) , which of the following values for b yields

the lowest value for w ?

A. 35 B. 90 C. 91 D. 95 E. 105

23. Each digit in the two-digit number G is halved to form a new to-digit number. Which

of the following could be the sum of G and H ?

A. 153 B. 150 C. 137 D. 129 E. 89

24. 22

a3

+ 4b
90
If a and b represent the positive single digits in the correctly worked computation

above, what is the value of the two digit integer ba ?

A. 10 B. 15 C. 25 D. 51 E. 52

(Q25-Q27) Instruction: Answer based on the diagram above.

25. Electric energy cost increased most between which two consecutive months?
A. February- B. April-May C. June-July D. July-August E. January-
March February

26. Approximately what was the average electric energy cost per month in the first half of
the year?
A. $45 B. $50 C. $60 D. $70 E. $75

27. In what month was the electric energy cost per F of average temperature least?
A. April B. May C. October D. November E. December

28. Courier charges for packages to a certain destination are 65 cents for the first 250
grams and 10 cents for each additional 100 grams or part thereof. What could be the weight
in grams of a package for which the charge is $1.55?
A. 1155 B. 1145 C. 1040 D. 950 E. None

29. AB and DE are parallel. Angle BAC = 30, angle CDE = 50. What is the measure of angle
ACD?
A. 100 B. 90 C. 80 D. 70 E. cannot be
determined

30. Sheila works 8 hours per day on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and 6 hours per day
on Tuesday and Thursday. She does not work on Saturday and Sunday. She earns $324 per
week. How much does she earn in dollars per hour?
A. 11 B. 10 C. 9 D. 8 E. None
 Section III: Analytical Ability
Questions 1-4
A commercial grower raises flowers in each of three different growing seasons every year-
spring, summer, and fall-winter, with the year beginning in spring. Exactly seven different
kinds of flowers-Q, R, S, T, W, X, and Z-are grown every year. Each kind of flower is grown at
least once a year. The flowers are grown according to the following rules:

No more than three different kinds of flowers are grown in anyone growing season.
No kind of flower can be grown for two growing seasons in a row.
Q can be grown neither in the fall-winter season nor in the same growing season as
W or X.
Sand T are always grown in the same growing season as each other.
R can be grown in a growing season only if Q was grown in the preceding growing
season.

1. Which of the following is an acceptable schedule for the three growing seasons?

Spring Summer Fall-Winter

A Q S, T, R Q, X, Z
B S, X Q, T, Z R, W
C W, X Q Z, S, T, R
D Q, S, T R, W, X Z
E S, T, W Q, Z Q, X, R

2. If Z and R alone are grown in the fall-winter season, which of the following must be
grown in the preceding spring?
(A) Q (B) R (C) S (D) T (E) W
3. If Z is grown in the spring and W in the summer of one year, which of the following can
also be grown in the summer?
(A) Q (B) S (C) T (D) X (E) Z
4. If there is exactly one of the kinds of flowers that is grown one year during both of two
growing seasons, that kind could be
(A) Q (B) R (C) S (D) T (E)
W

Questions 05-10
Exactly nine books must be arranged from first (leftmost) to ninth (rightmost) on a shelf.
Of the nine books, four are leather-bound books, three are clothbound books, and the
remaining two are paperback books.
The four leather-bound books must be next to each other, and the two paperback books
must be next to each other.
The three clothbound books do not have to be placed next to each other.

5. If the sixth book is a leather-bound book and the eighth book is a clothbound book, which
of the following must be a paperback book?
 (A) The first (B) The second (C) The third (D) The fourth (E)
The ninth
6. The clothbound books must be next to each other if a paperback book is in which of the
following positions?
(A) The first (B) The third (C) The fifth (D) The seventh (E) The
ninth
7. If the second book is a clothbound book and the third book is a paperback book, which of
the following can be a clothbound book?
(A) The fourth (B) The sixth (C) The seventh (D) The eighth
(E) The ninth
8. If no clothbound book is next to another clothbound book, any of the following could be
paperback books EXCEPT the
(A) second (B) third (C) fifth (D) seventh
(E) eighth
9. If the first and seventh books have the same kind of binding, which of the following must
be a leather bound book?
(A) The first (B) The second (C) The fourth (D) The sixth
(E) The eighth
10. If a clothbound book is in the fifth position and a leather-bound book is in the ninth
position, which
of the following pairs of books must have different kinds of binding?
(A) The first and the second (B) The second and the third
(C) The second and the fourth (D) The third and the fourth
(E) The third and the fifth
Questions 11-15
Seven dignitaries- F, G, H, I, N, O, and P-are to be seated together at a diplomatic ceremony.
They will be seated in a row of seven chairs, numbered from I to 7, from front to back. Any
seating is acceptable as long as all seven dignitaries' are seated, one in each chair, and the
seating conforms to the following rules:

F must sit in the chair immediately behind O's chair.

G cannot sit in the chair immediately in front of
N's chair, and G cannot sit in the ch(!ir immediately behind N's chair.
There must be exactly two chairs between the chairs of Hand P.
There must be at least one chair between the chairs of I and P.
N must sit in chair 3.
11. Which of the following seating arrangements, from chair 1 through chair 7, conforms to
the rules?
(A) F, I, N, P, G, O, H (B) G, P, N, I, H, O, F
(C) I, G, N, P, O, F, H (D) I, H, N, P, O, F, G
(E) O, F, H, N, I, P, G
12. If F sits in chair 6 and H sits in chair 7, which of the following dignitaries must sit in chair
2?
(A) G (B) I (C) N (D) O (E) P
13. If the seating arrangement, from c hair 1 through chair 7, is G, I, N, H, 0, F, P, which of
the following pairs of dignitaries can exchange seats without violating the rules?
(A) F and G (B) G and H (C) G and I (D) Hand P (E) I and P
14. If 0 sits in chair 1 and H sits in chair 7, then the number of chairs between F's chair and
I's chair must be
(A) zero (B) one (C) two (D) three (E) four
15. If H sits in chair 4 and F sits in chair 6, then the dignitaries in chairs I and 7,
respectively, must be
(A) G and O (B) G and P (C) I and P (D) O and I (E) P' and O
 Part B: Writing
A. Write an essay on Spirit of Our Liberation War. (10 marks)

B. Write a critical review of a movie you have watched recently. (15 Marks)
Section I: English
1. C 2. E 3. E 4. E 5. D 6. E 7. C 8. C 9. D 10. B
11. A 12. B 13. B 14. E 15. E 16. A 17. E 18. D 19. A 20. A
21. A 22. B 23. D 24. D 25.E 26. E 27. C 28. A 29. B 30.E

Section II: Math

1. B 2. C 3. C 4. D 5. A 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. A 10. C
11. D 12. B 13. B 14. A 15. B 16. E 17. C 18. C 19. C 20. B
21. D 22. B 23. D 24. E 25. D 26. C 27. B 28. B 29. C 30. C

Section III: Analytical

1. D 2. E 3. D 4.E 5. D
6. E 7. C 8. B 9. D 10. A
11. A 12. E 13. A 14. C 15. E