UCB Probationary Officer Question Solution-2021

English
1. If there is nothing to absorb the energy of sound waves, they travel on---, but their intensity --
-- as they travel further from their source.
a. erratically , mitigates
b. eternally , alleviates
c. forever, increases
d. indefinitely, diminishes
e. steadily, stabilized
2. With a natural---- languages, Ahad------ German much more rapidly than did his less
linguistically gifted brother.
a. apathy towards , spoke
b. inclination towards, assimilated
c. dislike of , learned
d. aversion to , give up on
e. none of these
3. In spite of the ---- nature of the terrain, the roads were surprisingly.....
a. uncharted , flooded
b. rocky, duress
c. landlocked- slippery
d. mountainous, plane
e. none of these
4. Rhetoric often seems to---- over reason in a heated debate with both sides---- in hyperbole.
a. cloud, subsiding
b. prevail, yielding
c. triumph, engaging
d. trample, tangling
e. reverberate, clamoring
5. Be careful when driving---- weather conditions.
a. under averse
b. under adverse
c. into adverse
d. while adverse
e. during adverse
6. All such students P: get success Q: who are honest and hardworking R: and recognition S: in
every walk of life.
a. SPRQ
b. QPPS
c. PRQS
d. PSRQ
e. None of these
7. The public did not care about the trial and was---- about the verdict.
a. enraged
b. boisterous
c. saddened
d. apathetic
e. blasphemous
8. The appearance P: dinosaurs were at their peak Q: was clearly visible with R: the tall stooping
figure of the doctor.
a. RQPS
b. QRPS
c. PRQS
d. PSRQ
e. None of these
9. I read an advertisement that said p: posh, air-conditioned Q: gentlemen of taste R: are
available for S: fully furnished rooms.
a. SPQR
b. PSRQ
c. PQRS
d. QSRP
e. QPSR
10. Although the two families 'have always been' involved in some form of ' 'bickering' since the
time they moved into the same neighborhood there 'was no major quarrel' for the past two
years. No errors.
a. have always been
b. since the time
c. in some form of
d. was no major quarrel
e. no error
11. No animal ' has yet been' discovered that can 'see' infrared light' with 'its' eyes.
a. has yet been
b. infrared light
c. see
d. its
e. no error
12. I do not wish ' to sound too intrusive ' but I ' would have been' better pleased ' if you gave'
the award to the person ' who best deserved ' it.
a. to sound too intrusive
b. would have been
c. if you gave
d. who best deserved
e. no error
13. Though many scientists 'had initially regarded' his theory 'as absurd' and 'incompatible to'
common sense, they later' appreciated his work'.
a. had initially regarded
b. as absurd
c. incompatible to
d. appreciated his work
e. no error

14. The principal 'stepped aside' just 'as the scam issue 'came up' and in the process 'asserting'
his moral superiority.
a. stepped aside
b. as the scam
c. came up
d. asserting
e. no error
15. 'Lately' 'many' of the 'committee's suggestions 'has been' rejected. 'No error'
a. lately
b. many
c. has been
d. committee's
e. no error
16. Select a word having the opposite meaning: PANACHE
a. Jauntiness
b. Angry
c. Drabness
d. Obey
e. None of these
17. Select a word having the opposite meaning: DOCTRINAIRE
a. Salacious
b. Factitious
c. Iconoclastic
d. Illustrating
e. None of these
18. Select a word having the opposite meaning: MANNERED
a. Unstudied
b. Derided
c. Quotidian
d. Suave
e. None of these
19. Select a word having opposite meaning: SAGACIOUS
a. Affectionate
b. Incisive
c. Fatuous
d. Sedentary
e. None of them
20. Select a word having opposite meaning: RECALCITRANT
a. Unimportant
b. Everlasting
c. Insoluble
d. Tractable
e. None of these
Mathematics
1. Arif is now 5 times as old as Babu, but 7 years from now he will be 3 times as old as Babu.
How is Arif now?

2. Solution X is 10 percent alcohol by volume and solution Y is 30 percent alcohol by volume.

4. The probability of rolling any number on a weighted 6-sided die, with face numbered 1
through 6, in directly proportional to the number rolled. What is the probability of getting 5, if
the die is rolled only once?

6. A car’s average speed is 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 is closest to the number
of miles per gallon that the car’s average speed when it is driven 10 miles in the city and then 50
miles on the highway?

6. A car’s average speed is 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 is closest to the number
of miles per gallon that the car’s average speed when it is driven 10 miles in the city and then 50
miles on the highway?

8. Two trains are moving in opposite direction at 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr. Their lengths are 1.10
km and 0.9 km respectively. The time taken by the slower train to cross the faster train in
seconds is?

9. Rahim gave half of his stamps to Karim. Karim gave half of his stamps to Fatima. Fatima gave
1/4 of the stamp given to her to Tonmoy and kept the remaining 12.how many stamps did
Rahim start with?

10. One baker can bake either 2 large cakes or 35 small cakes per hour. How many bakers are
needed to bake 20 large cakes and 700 small cakes in 3 hours?

11. If n is even which of the following cannot be odd?

13. Two people start jogging at the same point and time but opposite direction. If the rate of
one jogger is 2 mph faster than the other and after 3 hours they are 30 miles apart what is the
rate of faster jogger?

14. A worker is hired for 7 days. Each day he is paid 10 taka more than what he is paid for the
previous day of work. The total amount he was paid in the first 4 days of work equated the total
amount he was paid in the last 3 days. What was his starting pay?

15. The length of 2 sides of a triangle is 7 and 11. If the length office the third side is an integer.
What is the least possible perimeter of the triangle?

17. Annie invested a certain sum of money in a bank that paid simple interest. The amount grew
to Tk. 240 at the end of 2 years. She wanted for another 3years and got a final amount Tk 300.
What was the principal amount that she invested at the beginning?

18. Moyna has n chocolates, where n is an integer such that 20 chocolates among 7 children?

19. The number 3 divides X with a result of Y and a remainder of 2. The number 3 divides Y with
a result 2 and a remainder of 1. What is the value of X?

20. If (x+4) ^2 = 9, (y+3) ^2 = 25, then the minimum value of y/x is?