Recruitment Test: Senior Officer

Written Test Question. Total Marks: 200. Total Time: 2 Hours.

Instructions:
1. Write answers of the following questions in the given space of the Booklet.
2. Write the answers of all questions in English except question 2 and 7.

Question 1: Write an essay on "Export Diversification in Bangladesh". [30]

প্রশ্ন ২: “বাংলাদেশের অর্থনীতিতে জ্বালানি তেলের মূল্য বৃদ্ধির প্রভাব” বিষয়ে একটি প্রবন্ধ বাংলায় লিখুন।[30]

Question 3: Write the answers in English [5X2=10]
a) What is the distance of a standard marathon in kilometers (rounded to one decimal)?
b) In Soccer, what is the maximum number of substitutions allowed per team in a standard competitive match?
c) What is the name of the index used to measure the degree of income inequality in a population?
d) What new venture capital platform was launched by 39 Bangladeshi banks in May 2026?
e) Which autonomous territory is the world's largest island that is not a continent?

Question 4: Write the answers in English [5X6=30]
a) A street vendor sells oranges throughout the year. During the off-seasons, he sells each orange for Tk 8 but his cost price is Tk 11 per orange. During the on-seasons, his cost price drops to Tk 6 per orange and he sells each one for Tk 10. His fixed monthly overhead costs are Tk 3,000. In a particular year, he sells 1,800 oranges during the 4 off-season months and must sell enough oranges during the remaining 8 on-season months to end the year with an overall profit of at least Tk. 5,000. What is the minimum number of oranges he must sell during on-season to achieve this?
b) The speed of a boat in still water is 10 km per hour. If it can travel 24 km downstream and 14 km in the upstream in equal time, calculate the speed of the flow of stream.
c) A wedding organizer distributed bonuses equally among his staff. If 5 more staff had been present, each person would have received Tk 50 less. But if 5 fewer staff had shown up, each person would have received Tk 75 more. How many staff members actually worked at the wedding?
d) If 7 is added to the sum of digits of a two-digit number, the summation will be three times the tens digit. If 18 is subtracted from the original number, its digits are reversed. Find the number.
e) There are 3 doors and 6 windows in a house. Each of the doors is 2 meters long and 1.25 meters wide and each of the windows is 1 meter long and 1.25 meters wide. How many pieces of 5 meters long and 0.60 meters wide wood are required to make the doors and windows?

Question 5: Translate the following sentences into English [5X4=20]
a) বাংলাদেশের ব্যাংকিং খাতে সাইবার নিরাপত্তা জোরদার করার জন্য কেন্দ্রীয় ব্যাংক বাণিজ্যিক ব্যাংকগুলোকে আধুনিক প্রযুক্তি ব্যবহারের নির্দেশনা দিয়েছে।
b) দেশীয় শিল্পকে আন্তর্জাতিক বাজারে প্রতিযোগিতামূলক অবস্থানে নিয়ে যেতে হলে উৎপাদন খরচ কমানোর পাশাপাশি পণ্যের গুণগত মানও উন্নত করতে হবে।
c) সরকারি ও বেসরকারি খাতের সমন্বিত উদ্যোগের মাধ্যমে টেকসই কর্মসংস্থান সৃষ্টি দেশের দীর্ঘমেয়াদি অর্থনৈতিক উন্নয়নের জন্য অপরিহার্য।
d) চতুর্থ শিল্প বিপ্লবের চ্যালেঞ্জ মোকাবিলায় দক্ষ ও আধুনিক প্রযুক্তি-নির্ভর মানবসম্পদ তৈরিতে কারিগরি ও বৃত্তিমূলক শিক্ষার মানোন্নয়ন করা জরুরি।
e) বাজেট ঘাটতি মোকাবিলায় সরকারি ব্যয় হ্রাস করা জরুরি, কারণ এটি অর্থনৈতিক ভারসাম্য বজায় রাখতে, ঋণ নির্ভরতা কমাতে এবং অর্থনৈতিক নিরাপত্তা নিশ্চিত করতে সহায়তা করে।

Question 6 [4X10=40]

a) Five candidates — A, B, C, D, and E — are to be interviewed, one at a time, from Monday to Friday based on the following conditions:

i. A must be interviewed before C.
ii. B cannot be interviewed on Monday or Friday.
iii. D must be interviewed immediately after B.
iv. E cannot be interviewed before A.
v. C must be interviewed on Friday.
vi. E must be interviewed on Tuesday.

Determine the interview schedule.

b) A logistics company operates two distinct warehouses (Warehouse North and Warehouse South). The CEO wants to evaluate shipping efficiency based on the "average delivery time" of orders.

i. Warehouse North has an average delivery time of 2 days.
ii. Warehouse South has an average delivery time of 4 days.

c) Bank depositors in a country are all financially protected against bank failure because the government insures all individuals' bank deposits. An economist argues that this insurance is partly responsible for the high rate of bank failures, since it removes from depositors any financial incentive to find out whether the bank that holds their money is secure against failure. If depositors were more selective, then banks would need to be secure in order to compete for depositors' money.

What is the implied assumption of the economist's argument?

প্রশ্ন ৭: [5X2=10]

ক) “অগস্ত্য যাত্রা” বাগধারাটির অর্থ কি?
খ) “তোমাকে দিয়ে এ সমস্যার সমাধান হবে, এটা আশা করা যায় না”- এটি কোন বাচ্য?
গ) “কুহক” এর স্ত্রীবাচক শব্দ কি?
ঘ) “তিলে তৈল হয়”—এটি কোন কারক?
ঙ) “চক্রপাণি” সমাসবদ্ধ পদগুলোর ব্যাসবাক্য লিখুন।

Question 8: [5X4=20]

a) "Over-exercise affected his health"- Substitute the single verb of this sentence with a group verb.
b) "The sun set, and the stars appeared, while we sat by the fire"- What type of sentence is this?
c) Explain the meaning of the idiom: The nail on the head.
d) Transform the following sentence from the active voice to the passive voice: They will announce the results tomorrow.
e) Explain the meaning of the idiom: Burning the midnight oil.

Question 9: [5X2=10]

a) What is the full name of SOFR in Banking?
b) Write the full name of SWIFT.
c) Define cash reserve ratio in a single sentence.
d) Define fiscal policy in a single sentence.
e) What is the name of the process where a bank sells its loans to a third party, who then bundles them into a tradable financial instrument?