BANKING FREE COURSE TEST 16.11.2024

Directions (1-7) : Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

According to a concept paper prepared by the country’s Economic Relations Department, food imports in Bangladesh have tripled in the last 10 years due to population growth. But, as by 2031, the country’s population increases by about another three crores, the pressures will only increase.

While we can ask what the government is doing, perhaps it’s best to be prudent and turn the mirror on ourselves and our individual choices. At a friend’s wedding dinner, I was pleasantly surprised to be served with a plethora of options at the dining hall — a buttery tandoori roti, mutton rezala, a spicy tandoori chicken, kacchi biryani with large chunks of meat and fat, a jali kabab, salad and firni.

Like other weddings, the dishes were being replenished when nearing an end. As expected, guests, myself included, filled our plates to the brim to gorge on the feast before us. In the end, most of it was wasted.

Where did that wasted food go?

Outside an up-and-coming convention hall in the capital’s Dhanmondi, one can often find a number of blue-coloured drums full of wedding food that went uneaten.

It’s a sign of overzealous parents or a soon-to- be-married couple who had ordered a ton of food that no one had eaten or eaten partially. For the event on that particular night, four such drums and one long rag were full of wasted food — kacchi biryani, generous helpings of meat, potatoes and chicken.

Right next to the waste, sat four people — two young girls and two elderly women — all begging passersby for money or sustenance. It was quite juxtaposition.

I asked a man, who was sitting near the now- garbage, what the food was being stored here for. “Fish feed,” he replied.

The food would be taken across the Buriganga, where it would be turned into nutritious fish feed. The whole ordeal  spoke about Bangladeshis’ hidden ability to recycle anything. But it was disturbing 6 nonetheless.

The numbers, when it comes to Bangladesh’s unhealthy relationship with food, are jarring. Households in the country waste around 10.62 million tonnes of food each year, according to the Food Waste Index Report 2021 conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme and WRAP, a UK-based non-government organisation.

On average, a Bangladeshi wasted 65kgs of food each year, which is much higher than that being wasted by someone in Russia (33kg) or the United States of America (59kg) .

Surprisingly, in the same report, it was mentioned that Afghanistan was the country that wasted the most food. So, the entire data can be taken with a ___________.

Even then, there are other equally eye-opening data.

Bangladesh was ranked 84th out of 113 countries in the Global Food Security Index (GFSI) . It was the worst ranking among all South Asian countries.

The GSFI, conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit, this year considered four categories — food affordability, availability, quality, safety, and natural resources and resilience.

The study found that Bangladesh’s overall score in the index had dropped for the past two years, meaning the food security situation in the country could be going from bad to worse. Amid all this, when our big lavish weddings toss away generous amounts of food because the hosts don’t want to be ashamed in front of their once-a-death-marriage-or-decade guest or the guest, like me, becomes a temporary gluten, the whole food crisis issue becomes harder to digest.

1. Which of the following statements is/are true regarding Bangladesh?

I. The quantity of food wasted in Bangladesh in a year is lesser than that wasted in Russia.

II. As per GFSI Bangladesh ranks 84th out of 120 countries.

III. Bangladesh’s food imports have increased three times over the last ten years.

(a) Only I

(b) Only II

(c) Only III

(d) Both II and III

(e) Both I and II

2. Which of the following words is wrongly spelled or is incorrect as per the context of the passage?

(a) Juxtaposition
(b) Jarring
(c) Resilience
(d) Overzealous
(e) Gluten

3. What does the author mean by the following statement? “Add the ongoing climate crisis to the equation and what you have is a recipe for disaster.”

(a) The author tries to state the recipe of a dish that he ate in the wedding he attended.
(b) He tries to analyze the situation of prevalent food crisis and predict the future risk.
(c) He tries to beware the government about the upcoming climate crisis.
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above

4. Which country’s name is not mentioned in the passage?

(a) Russia
(b) United States of America
(c) Afghanistan
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above

5. Which of the following words is most similar in meaning to the highlighted word in the passage?
Ordeal

(a) pleasure
(b) bliss
(c) elation
(d) tragedy
(e) joke

6. Which of the following phrase can correctly fill the given blank?

(a) Spoon of salt
(b) Sprinkle of salt
(c) Grain of salt
(d) To pieces
(e) To heart

7. Suggest a suitable title for the passage?

(a) The growing condition of Bangladesh: A matter to consider
(b) The growing food crisis: A matter hard to digest
(c) The soaring population: What should be the next step
(d) The food quality index: A matter of concern
(e) Place of Bangladesh in food ranking: Top 10 among 120 countries

Directions (8-10): A sentence with two blanks is given, each blank indicating that something is omitted. Choose the words that can be filled in the blanks to make the sentence grammatically correct and meaningful.
8. Despite the _______ weather, they decided to _______ the hiking trail.

(a) inclement, abandon
(b) sunny, explore
(c) unpredictable, trek
(d) harsh, navigate
(e) gloomy, forsake

9. The orchestra played with _______ precision, creating a _______ atmosphere.

(a) impeccable, serene
(b) chaotic, joyful
(c) flawless, tense
(d) rhythmic, lively
(e) haphazard, peaceful

10. The _______ detective carefully examined the _______ evidence.

(a) inexperienced, crucial
(b) diligent, irrelevant
(c) astute, insignificant
(d) meticulous, pertinent
(e) amateur, trivial

11. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘MACHINE’ each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet (considering both ways)?

(a) One
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Four
(e) None of the above

12. If it is possible to form a word with the first, fourth, seventh and eleventh letters in the word ‘SUPERFLUOUS’, write the first letter of that word.

(a) E
(b) L
(c) O
(d) S
(e) None of the above

Direction (13-15): Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions.
Six persons – G, H, M, P, R, and W has a different height. G is not the tallest but taller than R. P is taller than W but not as much as G and H. R is taller than only three persons. H is shorter to R and M but not as much as P. The one who is the second shortest is 4 feet and the second tallest one is 7 feet.

13. What is the possible height of R?

(a) 6 feet
(b) 8 feet
(c) 5 feet
(d) Either A or C
(e) None of the above

14. Which of the following statement is true?

(a) R is shorter than P
(b) Possible height of M is 8 feet
(c) P is the third tallest person
(d) H is the second tallest
(e) None of the above

15. Who is the second tallest?

(a) R
(b) G
(c) W
(d) M
(e) None of the above

Direction (16-20): Study the following information carefully and answer the below questions:
A person started running in a playground. Initially, he started at point B and runs towards north for 3m to reach point F from where he turns to his right and runs for 9m. Then he takes a right turn again and runs for 6m, after reaching point E. He then takes a right turn from point C to reach point H which is 3m apart. Now from point H, he runs towards the direction in which he started the running initially and runs for 1m more than the distance between points H and C. Then he turns to his left at point G and runs for 5m to reach point D and he finally stops.

16. What is the approximate shortest distance between points F and C?

(a)10m
(b)11m
(c) 9m
(d)12m
(e) None of the above

17. What is the position of C with respect to F?

(a) South-East
(b) South-West
(c) South
(d) North-West
(e) None of the above

18. Find the odd one out.

(a) FE
(b) HC
(c) BF
(d) DG
(e) None of the above

19. What is the shortest distance between G and C?

(a) 6m
(b) 7m
(c) 5m
(d) 9m
(e) None of the above

20. What is the total distance between B and G?

(a) 25m
(b) 26m
(c) 21m
(d) 24m
(e) None of the above

21. P and Q started a business by investing Rs. X and Rs. (X + 100) respectively. After three months, P withdrew 40% of his initial investment. If at the end of year, P got Rs. 210 as profit share out of total profit of Rs. 530, then find the value of X.

(a) 1750
(b) 1250
(c) 2500
(d) 1500
(e) 2000

22. Ram alone can complete a work in 40 days. If Ram and Shayam together take 37.5% less time than Ram to complete the same work, then find in how many days Shayam alone can complete the work?

(a) 56   2/3 days
(b) 58 days
(c) 50 days
(d) 66   𝟐/𝟑 days
(e) 33   1 /3 days

23. P invested Rs.21000 in a business and after few months Q joined him with Rs.28000. At the end of a year profit share of P and Q is equal. Find after how many months B joined the business?

(a) 4
(b) 2
(c) 3

(d) 5
(e) 6

24. Three students Ria, Ram and Pooja got total 74 marks in an exam. The ratio of marks obtained by Ria to Pooja is 4 : 5 and the ratio of marks obtained by Pooja to Ram is 3 : 2. Find the total marks score by Ram.

(a) 30
(b) 20
(c) 24
(d) 28
(e) 40

25. A invested Rs.1600 and B invested Rs.2000 in a business. A invested for ‘t’ months and B invested for (t + 3) months and A received Rs.400 out of total profit of Rs.1400, then find for how many months B invested?

(a) 10 months
(b) 5 months
(c) 8 months
(d) 9 months
(e) 6 months

26. A and B invested Rs. X & Rs. (X +900) respectively in a business. After eight months, B left the business. At the end of a year, the total profit is Rs. 5800 and profit share of B is Rs. 1000 more than that of A. Find X (in Rs.).

(a) 1000
(b) 1600
(c) 600
(d) 1200
(e) 800

27. If 25% & 50% of total residents of wings A and B respectively do not watch a newly arrived web shows ‘M’. Total number of residents do not watch web show ‘M’ from wing C are equal to the average number of residents watch the web show ‘M’ in wings A & B. Find the percentage of total number of residents watch web show ‘M’ from wing C with respect of total number of people in the society?

(a) 12.5%
(b) 14.5%
(c) 15.5%
(d) 20.5%
(e) 30%

28. A spend 25 % of her monthly salary on house rent. From the remaining, he spends 30% on food, 10% on grocery, 40% on miscellaneous. If the amount he saves is Rs.9150, then find the monthly salary of A (in Rs.).

(a) Rs.60000
(b) Rs.61000
(c) Rs.51000
(d) Rs.40000
(e) Rs.45000

29. A spend 25% of his monthly salary on household and 20% of the remaining salary spend on rent. A spend remaining salary on travelling and food in the ratio of 2:3 respectively. Difference between amounts spend on food and household is Rs.1540, then find the monthly expenditure of A.

(a) Rs.18000
(b) Rs.15600
(c) Rs.12100
(d) Rs.14000
(e) Rs.9050

30. If 45% of X is equal to 60% of Y and the average of both the numbers is 20 less than the X, then find 60% of Y.

(a) 108
(b) 64
(c) 72
(d) 96
(e) 80