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Union Bank Ltd #15751

The length, width, and depth of a rectangular box are 6 feet, 5 feet, and 7 feet, respectively, A pipe supplies water at a rate of 6 cubic feet per minute. How much time, in minutes, would it take for the pipe to fill a conical box whose volume is three times the volume of the rectangular box?

A: 105
B: 125
C: 205
D: 235
Janata Bank Ltd #15752

When a commodity is sold for Tk. 34.80, there is a loss of 2%. What is the cost price of the commodity ?

A: Tk. 26.10
B: Tk. 43
C: Tk. 43.20
D: Tk. 46.40
Janata Bank Ltd #15753

In a school, 10% of the boys are some in number as 1/4th of the girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls in that school ?

A: 2:1
B: 3:2
C: 4:3
D: 5:2
Janata Bank Ltd #15754

The ratio of the father's age to his son's age is 7:3. The product of their ages is 756. The ratio of their ages after 6 years will be :

A: 2:1
B: 5:2
C: 11:7
D: 13:9
Midland Bank Ltd #15755

Which of the following cannot be a value of 1/x-1?

A: -1
B: 2/3
C: 1
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Midland Bank Ltd #15756

A man walks down the road for half an hour at an average speed of 3 miles per hour. He waits 10 minutes for a bus, which him back to his starting point at 3 : 15. If the man began his walk at 2 : 25 the same afternoon, what was the average speed of the bus?

A: 3 mph
B: 4.5 mph
C: 6 mph
D: 9 mph
Janata Bank Ltd #15757

What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at the same rate of interest for 6 years and that for 9 years ?

A: 1:3
B: 1:4
C: 2:3
D: None of these
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #15758

The ages of A and B are in the ratio of 8 : 5. If the sum of their ages is 39 years, what will be the ratio of their ages after 9 years?

A: 3 : 2
B: 8 : 7
C: 10 : 7
D: 11 : 8
Janata Bank Ltd #15759

In what ratio must a grocer mix two varieties of pulses costing Tk. 15 and Tk. 20 per kg respectively so as to get a mixture worth Tk.16.50 per kg ?

A: 3:7
B: 5:7
C: 7:3
D: 7:5
Janata Bank Ltd #15760

Mr. Bakhtiar works in the procurement department of a library. Under a new purchase policy, he increased the total number of books in the library by 20%. But soon afterwards, as part of the library cleaning process, 10% of the total library book stock is disposed of. What is the net change over the initial number of books in the library ?

A: increased of 10%
B: increased of 30%
C: decreased of 8%
D: none of these
Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation #15761

In a certain English class, 1/4 of the number of girls is equal to 1/6 of the total number of students. What is the ratio of the number of girls in the class?

A: 1 : 4
B: 1 : 3
C: 1 : 2
D: 2 : 3
Bangladesh Krishi Bank #15762

A man's expenditure on food is 3/5 of his expenditure on clothes; find the ratio between his expenditure on food and cloth.

A: 2 : 5
B: 3 : 5
C: 2 : 3
D: 5 : 3
Midland Bank Ltd #15763

The persent ratio of students to teachers at a certain school is 30 to 1. If the student enrollment were to increase by 50 students and the number of teachers were to increase by 5, the ratio of students to teachers would then be 25 to 1. What is the present number of teacher?

A: 15
B: 10
C: 12
D: 8
Janata Bank Ltd #15764

If x=1-q and y=2q+1, then for what value of q,x is equal to y ?

A: -1
B: 0.5
C: 2
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Bangladesh Krishi Bank #15765

If A/2=B/3=C/4, then A : B : C=?

A: 2 : 3 : 4
B: 3 : 4 : 5
C: 4 : 3 : 2
D: 6 : 4 : 3
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Pubali Bank Ltd #15766

If x/5=y/8, then (x+5) : (y+8) is equal to :

A: 3 : 5
B: 13 : 8
C: 8 : 5
D: 5 : 8
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Standard Bank Ltd #15767

In a cricket championship tournament, Team Dhaka has won 30 games out of 50 played. It has 45 more games to play. In order. In order to maintain an average of 80% victory rate, team Dhaka has to win how many games?

A: 24
B: 32
C: 36
D: 42
Janata Bank Ltd #15768

The production cost of one unit of an item is Tk. 10. The item can be sold for a price of Tk. 16. The company further incurs a cost of Tk. 10,000 in the selling process. How many units of the product should be sold for the company to earn a profit of Tk. 50,000 ?

A: 1667
B: 8333
C: 6000
D: 10000
Janata Bank Ltd #15769

The sum of two numbers is 40 and their difference is 4. The ratio of the numbers is :

A: 22:9
B: 11:9
C: 11:18
D: 21:19
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank #15770

If X is 2/5 of Y and is 5/7 of Z,what is the ratio of Z : X?

A: 5 : 7
B: 2 : 7
C: 7 : 5
D: 7 : 2
Janata Bank Ltd #15771

Find the ratio of purchase price to sell price if there is loss of 12.5% ?

A: 7:8
B: 8:7
C: 2:25
D: 25:2
Janata Bank Ltd #15772

A can complete a project in 20 days and B can complete the same project in 30 days. A and B start working on the project together and A quits 10 days before the project is expected to be completed. How many days in total will the project take to complete ?

A: 16 days
B: 18 days
C: 23 days
D: 27 days
Janata Bank Ltd #15773

If A:B = 3:4, C:B= 5:4, C:D=10:9 then A:B:C:D is -

A: 8:6:9:10
B: 8:6:10:9
C: 6:8:10:9
D: 6:8:9:10
Uttara Bank Ltd #15774

The speeds of three cars are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. The ratio of the times taken by these cars to travel the same distance is ----

A: 2 : 3 : 4
B: 4 : 3 : 2
C: 6 : 4 : 3
D: 4 : 3 : 6
Southeast Bank Ltd #15775

which of the following cannot be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive positive integers?

A: 17
B: 22
C: 24
D: 26
Southeast Bank Ltd #15776

Shajib takes 3 minutes to inspect a car, and Rajib takes 4 minutes to inspect a car. If they both start inspecting different cars at 8:30 AM, what would be the ratio of the number of cars inspected by Shajib and Rajib by 8 : 54 Am of the same day?

A: 1 : 3
B: 1 : 4
C: 3 : 4
D: 4 : 3
Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank #15777

A watch which gains 5secons in 3 minutes was set a 7am. In the afternoon of the same day when the true time is 1pm,the watch will indicate-

A: 1 : 05 pm
B: 1 : 10 pm
C: 1 : 12pm
D: 12 : 55pm
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Janata Bank Ltd #15778

In an election, 30% of the voters voted for candidate A whereas 60% of the remaining voted for candidate B. The remaining voters did not vote. If the difference between those who voted for candidate A and those who did not vote was 1200, how many individuals were eligible for casting vote in that election ?

A: 10,000
B: 45,000
C: 60,000
D: 72,000
Janata Bank Ltd #15779

The average wage of a worker during a fortnihgt comprising 15 consecutive working days was Taka 90 per day. During the first 7 days, his average wage was Taka 87 per day and the average wage during the last 7 days was Taka 92 per day. What was his wage on the 8th day ?

A: 83
B: 90
C: 92
D: 97
Janata Bank Ltd #15780

One year ago, Pinky was four times as old as her daughter Soma. Six years hence, Pinky's age will exceed her daughter's age by 9 years. The ratio of the present ages of Pinky and her daughter is :

A: 9:2
B: 11:3
C: 13:4
D: 12:5
Southeast Bank Ltd #15781

A, B, and C enter into a partnership in the ratio 7/2: 4/3: 6/5 .After 4 Months , A increase his share by 50% . If the total profit at the end at one year is Tk. 21,600 , then what is B's share in the profit?

A: Tk.400
B: `Tk. 450
C: `Tk. 420
D: Tk. 4502
Uttara Bank Ltd #15782

If 60% of A = 3/4 of B, then A : B is -----

A: 4 : 5
B: 9 : 20
C: 5 : 4
D: 20 : 9
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Bangladesh Krishi Bank #15783

A toy store regularly sells all stock at a discount of 20 percent to 40 percent. If an additional 25 percent were deducted from the discount price during a special sale , what would be the lowest possible price of a toy costing TK. 16 before any discount ?

A: TK. 5.60
B: TK. 7.20
C: TK. 8.80
D: TK. 9.60
Agrani Bank Ltd #15784

What is the value of (m+n)^2 - (m-n)^2 ?

A: m^2
B: n^2
C: m^2 - n^2
D: 2mn
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Bangladesh Krishi Bank #15785

If the length and width of a rectangular garden plot were each increased by 20 percent, what would be the percent increase in the area of the plot ?

A: 20%
B: 25%
C: 35%
D: 40%
Dhaka Bank Ltd #15786

Samad was planning on depositing a certain amount of money each month into a bank. He then decided not to make any contributions during May and June. To make the same annual contribution that he had originally planned, by what percent should he increase his monthly deposits?

A: 16.66%
B: 20%
C: 25%
D: 33%
United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) #15787

Arif in now 5 times as old as Babu, but 7 years from now he will be 3 times as old as Babu. How old is Arif now?

A: 7
B: 8
C: 9
D: 11
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Dhaka Bank Ltd #15788

A barge, when empty, travels twice as fast as when it is full. If it travels 20 miles north with a cargo , spends 30 minutes for unloading, and returns to its original port empty . completing the entire trip in 8 hours, what is the speed of the barge when it is empty?

A: 8 mph
B: 10 mph
C: 12 mph
D: 15 mph
United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) #15789

In dividing a number by 585, a student employed the method of short division. He divided the number successively by 5,9 and 13 (factors of 585) and got the remainders 4,8,12 respectively. If he had divided the number by 585, what would have been the remainder?

A: 24
B: 144
C: 292
D: 584
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Agrani Bank Ltd #15790

The population of a country doubled every 10 years from 1980 to 2010. What was the percent increase in population during the period ?

A: 100
B: 200
C: 300
D: 450
Dhaka Bank Ltd #15791

A solution that contains 20% sugar by weight is made sweeter by doubling the amount of sugar.The percent of sugar, by weight, in the new solution is --

A: 50%
B: 40%
C: 33.33%
D: 30%
Southeast Bank Ltd #15792

when a truck travels at 60 miles per hour, it uses 30 percent more gasoline to travel andy distance than it does when it travels at 50 miles per hour. The truck can travel 20 miles on a gallon of gas if it is travelling at 50 miles per hour. The truck has only 10 gallons of gas and is 160 miles from its destination. It takes 20 minutes for the truck to stop for gas . How long will it take the truck to reach its final destination if it is driven at 60 miles per hour?

A: 160 minutes
B: 180 minutes
C: 190 minutes
D: 192 minutes
Social Islami Bank Ltd #15793

Ahmad has containers of two different sizes. The total capacity of 16 containers of one size is x gallons,and the total capacity of 8 containers of the other size is also x gallons , and x> 0. In terms of x , what is the capacity, in gallons, of each of the larger containers?

A: 4x
B: 2x
C: x/2
D: x/8
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United Commercial Bank Ltd (UCB) #15794

A car averages 25 miles per gallon of gasoline when driven in the city and 40 miles per gallon when driven on the highway. According to these rates, which of the following is closest to the number of miles per gallon that the car averages when it is driven 10 miles in the city and then 50 miles on the highway?

A: 64
B: 36
C: 12
D: 29
Social Islami Bank Ltd #15795

If n is any negative number, which of the following must be positive?

A: n/2
B: 2n
C: n +2
D: n -2
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Uttara Bank Ltd #15796

If an article is sold at 200 percent profit, then the ratio of its cost price to selling will be ----

A: 1 : 2
B: 2 : 1
C: 3 : 1
D: 1 : 3
Agrani Bank Ltd #15797

In dividing a sum of money, the eldest of three brothers got 2/5 th of it and the youngest got Tk 120. What was the total sum in Tk if the amount received by the other brother was 1/3rd of the total ?

A: 98
B: 100
C: 108
D: 110
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Agrani Bank Ltd #15798

A third of Karim's marks in Mathematics exceeds a half of his marks in Social Studies by 30, if Karim got 240 marks in the two subjects together, how many marks did he get in Social Studies ?

A: 88
B: 98
C: 132
D: 122
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Dhaka Bank Ltd #15799

A salesman usaally makes 45% profit on every TV he sells. During a sale, he reduced his margin of profit to 40% and his sales increased by 10% . what is the ratio of his new profit to his usual profit?

A: 9 : 8
B: 9: 10
C: 11: 10
D: 44: 45
Social Islami Bank Ltd #15800

A particular carmaker sells four models of cars , and each model comes with 5 options. How many different types of cars does the carmaker sell?

A: 15
B: 16
C: 17
D: 18
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