Ww BSS (Hons.) Admission Test 2014-2015 Social Science School Khulna University Time: 01 Hour and 30 Minutes (3:30 PM — 10 PM) General Instruc G1. Multiple responses for a question will result to cancellation of that particular question G2. Use of calculator is allowed, but use of mobile phone is strictly prohibited. G3, There will be no ‘negative marking’ for wrong answer. Instructions for OMR Answer Sheet: Al. Question number 79 is written as 89 (between 78 and 80) in the OMR Answer Sheet. Read that 89 as 79 and answer accordingly. No need to manually correct that number. It will automatically be considered as 79 during evaluation. aS ‘se black ball point pen only. A3, For roll number and set code, write in number/text and fill in the corresponding circles. ‘Ad, Darken the circles completely. For example: Conec: @ incon: @ © © & AS. Do not fold the OMR Answer Sheet or attach anything with it AG, Do not write or mark anything on the OMR Answer Sheet outside the specified space. AT. Before submitting your OMR Answer Sheet, make sure that the Invigilator has written your roll number, set code and signed on the designated spaces of that Sheet. Instructions for Question Paper: QU. Check your Question Paper to make sure that there are 100 questions in 8 pages as per following table, Consult with the Invigilator for printing error or inconsistency (if any). Q2, You can use any space of the Question Paper for doing rough Q3. You may take the Question Paper after the test. English General Knowledge 5-6 ity 30 Mathematical Reasoning and Analytical Abi oe a(Bangla (Questions: 1-15) Marks: 15] Answer the Questions 1-15. 1, sree PRCT HA CTT AEA A? A) oe More Baer tee C) FAN TETe D) Cafe tece E) carafe hae 2. corr af ae Af? ASA BAe OFX DAT EHeevear 3, aTeeD Miers CT COPAAAT CTT SIRT CCE ATLA START ICTR? Ay oe B) wreat 0) =r D) er E) eripe aa 4, RT ar TATE? A) aI Bue Qa Dra EET 5. foe oo Prem eee aa, Sey - ae steer Sh at wel eA? A) at Ber Cy | Dyer E) eraibaan 6. 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Page | of 8English (Questions: 16-50) Choose the word(s) or phrase that best keep(s) the meaning of the uns for the Questions 16-18. (6 Nour courage is as great as any other person in defending your country. ‘A) as great as other persons _B) as great as any other persons ©) gteat like other person _—-‘D) as great as that of any other person _E) none of these 17. They demolished the building. A) pulled down the building B) ran over the building _C) destroyed the building D) got into the building E) none of these word! 18. The health department hopes to decimate the mosquito population and reduce the risk o} disease. A) increase the size of B) moved to another area __C) identify the location of D) destroy a large part of E) none of these Choose the most appropriate word(s) or phrase to fill in the blank for the Questions 19-22. 19. Although a few years ago the fundamental facts about the Milky Way seemed fairly welll ‘now even its mass and its radius have come into A) problematic, prominence B) ignored, danger _C) determined, resolution D) established, question E) none of these 20. The new development agenda emphasizes learning and continuous at all phases o the development cycle. A)estimation _B) testing C) feedback —-D) result ~—_-E) none of these 21. Public television stations are different from commercial stations ‘A) because the former receives money and has programs differently from the latter B) for money and program types C) in the areas of funding and programming 1D) because they receive money differently and different types of shows E) none of these 22. The city Mayor regretted that cyclone SIDR had affected the coastal area so much more dramatically than meteorologists 5 ‘Ay had expected B) expected ) expected the occurrence of D) expected may oceur E) none of these Choose the pair of words that best exposes the relationship similar to the one expressed by the ir of in capital letters for the Questions 23-24. 23. AUTHOR: BOOK ‘A) Trees:Roots B) Pilot: Pen C) Bread: Bones 1D) Stones: Statue E) None of these| Ge sunmasstve: DISOBEDIENT A) Head: Acquiesce B) Comply: Conform ) Obey: Hearken to D) Observe: Defy E) None of these : Choose the closest meaning of the given word(s) or phrase for the Questions 25-26. Pivotal A) Crucial B) Athletic C) Pointed D) Unusually strong _E) None of these 26. Drink in A) Finish by drinking B) Pull out C) Think deeply D) Drink with good wishes E) None of these Page 2 of 8Identify the underlined part of the sentences which is incorrect for the Questions 27-30. 27. Experts believe that senior citizens @ with higher than average cholesterol and their families develop @ a predisposition to cardiovascular disease are more likely © to die at an age below that of their @ life expectancy. Ae Bo oe De® E) None of these 28. In a federal form of government like @ that of the United States @, power is divided © between © the legislative, executive and the judiciary Ajo Be oo D) E) None of these 29, The professor had already given the homework assignment @ when he had remembered @ that Tuesday © was @ 2 holiday. Ae Bo oe De E) None of these @ In 1950, it was naively © predicted that ight or ten @ computers would be sufficient to handle all of the © scientific and business needs @ in the United States. Ae oe De E) None of these Read the following passage carefully and answer the Questions 3, ‘The atmosphere is a mixture of several gases. There are about ten chemical elements which remain permanently _@ __ gaseous form in the atmosphere under all natural conditions. Of these permanent gases, oxygen makes _@ _ about 21 percent and nitrogen about 78 percent, Several other gases such as argon, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, neon, krypton and xenon comprise the remaining 1 percent of the volume of dry air. Of these other gases, carbon dioxide is the primary greenhouse gas emitted © human activities. The main human activity that emits carbon dioxide is the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, natural gas and oil) for energy and transportation © certain industrial processes and land use changes also emit carbon dioxide, The United States of America and China jointly _@ _ the top two emitters of total global emission. 31. @ in the paragraph best matches to: A)in B)under Cat -D) for E) none of these 32. @ in the paragraph best matches to: A) of B) up C)from Dj by E) none of these 33. @ in the paragraph best matches to: Ajof B)in C) through) thorough _E) none of these 35, @ in the paragraph best matches to: A) was B) become Cis D) becomes E) none of these in the paragraph best matches to: A) neither B) but C)notonly. D)although E) none of these Answer the Questions 36-46. ’6) In which century was the Victorian period? ) 17" century B) 18" century Qj 19" century D)20" century E) None of these 37. Which one of the following sentences is incorrect? A) “I would like more tea” she said to the server. B) Ifhe tries hard enough, Bill can become an actor some day. C) Does Mary know when Mark is going to arrive? D) In five minutes, I will have been working for ten hours. E) None of these Page 3 of 838, Select the correctly spelled word. ‘A) Reconnaissance B) Reconaisance C) Reconaissance D) Reconnaisance E) None of these 39. The correct interrogative form of the sentence - ‘Everybody wishes to be rich.’ is: ‘A) Does not everybody to be rich? _B) Is there anybody who does not wish to be rich? C) Who is not wish to be rich? D) Who does not wish to be rich? E) None of these 40. Translate into English: && 4213 Gre oe? ‘A) Who has authored the book? B) Who composed the book? C) Has the book composed by him? —_D) Did he author the book? _-E) None of these 41. Choose the correct indirect speech: 2 She asked me, “Are you happy in your new job?" A) She asked me if I have been happy in my new job. B) She asked me whether I am happy in my new job. ) She asked me if T was happy in my new job. 1D) She asked me if I had been happy in my new job. E) None of these 42. Who is the author of ‘The Sun Also Rises"? ‘A) Viknam Seth B) Monica Ali C) Emest Hemingway D) William Blake E) None of these 43. The building is built of stone, The underlined word is: A) Countable noun B) Uncountable noun C) Proper noun D) Adjective E) None of these Which one is singular? A) Agenda B) Hypothesis C) Media D) Syllabi E) None of these . 45, Translate into English: A wraree fercry7 sear, “eAT Fe Secale TCT?” A) He told me, “Do you say English?” B) He asked me, “Do you speak English?” C) He said, “Can you speak English?” D) He said to me, “Do you tell English?” E) None of these 46. The best passive form of the sentence: ‘Give me your watch.” ‘A) Let your watch be given tome. _B) Let your watch be given me. C) Let your watch is given to me. D) Let your wateh is given me, _E) None of these Read the following passage carefully and answer the Questions 47-50. Increased exports, financial integration, rapid industrialization end __@ __ of private sector activities in Bangladesh are presently considered as the key drivers of economic growth. ‘Analysis also reveals equal importance of growth of labour productivity; in which case the country has exhibited notable change over the past years. This increase in labour productivity ean be attributed to capital _@ __, efficient use of inputs and changes in the production structure. Other aspects that may not _@ __ in the productivity calculation are the impacts of improved hhealth, nutrition and education. The country has undergone steady improvements in social indicators; _@ _ access to which has direct effects on labour productivity. 47. Which of the following is the best suited word for the space marked ©? ‘A)presence —_B) importance C) proliferation D) emergence _E) none of these 48. Which of the following is the best option for the space marked @? A) stock, B) deepening C) supply D) flow E) none of these 49, Which of the following will best match in the space marked ©? A)exaggerate BY influence C) contribute —-D) feature E) none of these 50. Which of the following best matches to the space marked @? A) equal B) easy C) enhanced D) equitable —_E) none of these Page 4 of 8General Knowledge (Questions: 51-80) Marks: 30] Answer the Questions 51-80. Sf. The only barge mounted power plant of Bangladesh is located in: A) Dhaka B) Sylhet C)Khulna_—-D) Rajshahi_E) None of these 52. What is the rank of Bangladesh in Human Development Index 2014? A) 142 141 ©) 140 D) 145 E) None of these 53. The number of upazilas in Bangladesh at present is: A) 485 B) 486 ©) 487 By 4ss E) None of these 54, How many times the constitution of Bangladesh has been amended till now? A)IS 2) 14 c) 16 D)17 E) None of these ‘The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord was signed in: A) 1996 B)1997 C1995. A8)1998 EE) None of these 56, According to the recent government statistics, per capita income (in USS) of the people in Bangladesh for year 2014 is: A) 1,144 51,190 C)1,180 —-D)1,200 —_-E)None of these 57. The present limit of yearly tax free income (in BDT) for men in Bangladesh is: ‘A)2,10,000 —B) 2,00,000 £9 2,20,000 D)2,30,000 _F) None of these fs ‘What does ‘http’ stand for? ‘A) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol B) High Task Termination Procedure C) Harvard Tele Text Proof 1D) High Time Technical Profession _E) None of these 59. The first parliamentary election of Bangladesh was held in: A) 1973 B)1972 —-C)1974._——«*DY1975_—_—E) None of these (96. Great Bengal Famine ‘Chiattorer Monontor’ occurred in Bangla calendar year A) 1076 B)1176 C)1276~—D) 1376.) None of these - How many districts of Bangladesh have border with India? AA B)33 C34 D)30 E) None of these 2 Who is the first Bangladeshi as a receiver of the British Knight Award? A) Dr. Muhammad Yunus B) Dr. Kamal Hossain ©) Fazle Hasan Abed D) Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya E) None of these (9+ What is the acceptable safe limit of arsenic per iter of water (in mg)? A) 001 B)0.001 C020 D)0.02 —-E) None of these 64. The 18" SAARC summit will be held in: A) India B)Nepal CC) Pakistan) Bangladesh E) None of these “Green Peace’ is an organization dealing with: A) Environment B) Economics C) History D) International Relations E) None of these Page 5 of 866. Which one is not a part of BRICS? A)Belgium —-B)Russia. -C) India.) China_—_—E) None of these A. Which one is called the commercial capital of Asia? ‘A)Singapore B) Taiwan C) South Korea D) Hong Kong_E) None of these 68. Which one is not the symptom of a discase caused by Hels virus? |A) High blood pressure B) Headache C) High fever <1) Stomach pain E) None of these 69. The highest tunnel for high-speed train in the world has been recently opened in: A) Japan B)China C)Russia.~—-D) Brazil. E) None of these 70. The 29" province of India 'A) Andhra Pradesh B)Hyderabad C) Jharkhand 1D) Telangana _E) None of these 71. Which pair of countries is pertinent to the Nobel Peace Prize 2014? A) Bangladesh and India B) Pakistan and Afghanistan 8 Pakistan and India D) India and USA E) None of these 72, Asian Games 2014 was held in: A) China B) Japan C)SouthKorea. —-—«D) HongKong _E) None of these 73. What is ‘Dry Ice"? A) Solid form of COz B) Solid form of Rotarix _C) Solid form of CFC D) Ice of Kalaharu E) None of these 74, The valley of ‘Swat’ is situated in: A) Afghanistan BY Pakistan) India D) Iran E) None of these 75, What is the Mascot of Commonwealth Games 2014? A) Clyde B)Fuleco C)Mondero D)Blymero_E) None of these ‘Global Peace Index’ was initiated by: A) Institute for Economies and Peace B) Organization of Nobel Peace Forum C) United Nations D) World Bank E) None of these ‘77. Amastay Sen is famous for his research work on: ‘A)Poverty and Education B) Poverty and Famine) Poverty and Dowry D)Poverty and Malnutrition) None of these 78. ‘Uruguay Round’ was related to: A) World Trade Organization B) International Monetary Fund C) European Union D) World Bank E) None of these ‘The ‘Operation Pillar of Defense’ was launched in: A) Gaza, Palestine B) Tahrir Square, Egypt. C) Kabul, Afghanistan D) Jammu, Pakistan E) None of these 80. IC chips, used in computer, are made of A) Silicon B)Silver — C) Bronze —-D) Iron E) None of these Page 6 of 8[ Mathematical Reasoning and Analytical Ability (Questions: 81-100) [Marks:20] ns 81: wrefully and answer the Ques Read the following passage Economies, Sociology and Development Studies are three Disciplines under Social Science School of Khulna University. Suppose, five students namely A, B, C, D and E are appearing at the admission test 2014-2015 of Social Seience School, Khulna University today. Out of these five students, three are male and two are female. Two of them belong to Humanities group, two belong to Business Studies and one belongs to Science group. Two of them are interested to study Economics, two ate interested to study Sociology and one is interested to study Development Studies. The female students do not belong to Business Studies group. The student who belongs to Humanities group is not interested to study Development Studies. Moreover, @ student who belongs to Business Studies group is not interested to study Sociology and a student who belongs to Science group is a male and interested to study Economies. A is a female and not interested to study Economics. B is interested to study Economics. C is not interested to study Economics and belongs to Humanities group. D is a male and belongs to Business Studies group. E is a male and not interested to study Economics. 81. Who belong to Business Studies group? A)CandD B)AandB C)BandC D)DandE _ E)None of these 82, Who is interested to study Sociology? A)B B)A OE D)D E) None of these 83. Who is interested to study Development Studies? A)D B)E CA DB E) None of these 84. Who is interested to study Economics? aye B)A OE D)D E) None of these Answer the Questions 8: 85. Which one closely resembles the mirror image of the given combination? TARAIN1O14A CD ABTOTMIARAL (2) AFOTAALARAT @) ATOTRTARAIM (2) ABTOTMIARAT Aw B) (2) oa) D)G) E) None of these 86. IF RANDOM is coded as NARMOD ina secret language, then SOCIAL will be coded as: A)LAICOS B)COSLAT C)OSICLA_-D)LSAOIC_—_E) None of these 87. Suppose, the first five applicants in the admission test of Social Science School for the session 2014-2015 are Kamal, Robi, Rumpa, Liza and Parvez. They are sitting together in a row facing south, Kamal is to the right of Robi, Rumpa is to the left of Liza, Robi is to the right of Parvez and Liza is not in the extreme right. Who is sitting at the extreme right end? A) Liza B) Robi ©)Parvez D)Kamal —£) None of these 88. Question mark (?) in the box refers to: 772 A) 137 B) 648 ©) 1944 108, 3 D) 136 E) None of these 18| 6 89. Count the number of straight lines and the number of triangles in the given figure. A) 10 straight lines and 36 triangles B) 9 straight lines and 36 triangles Q - C) 9 straight lines and 34 triangles ee * D) 10 straight lines and 34 triangles eo ay E) None of these Q * eg # Page 7 of 890. Tamal starts from a place X, travels a distance of 12 meter (m) westwards, then travels a distance of 10 m northwards, then a distance of 10 m eastwards, then a distance of 10 m southwards. What is his distance (in m) from place X currently? A) 22 B)2 oj Ds E) None of these 91. Statement 1: Yesmin has four children. Statement 2: Two of the children have blue eyes and ‘wo of the children have brown eyes. Statement 3: Half of the children are girls. If Statements 1-3 are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact? I. At Least one girl has blue eyes. IL, Two of the children are boys. IML The boys have brown eyes. A)lonly—B)IonlyC)MandIM ~—-D) 1, Wend IIT —_-E) None of these 92. It is given that the weight of an empty box is 1000 gm and the total weight of the box when filled with apples and mangoes is 10 kg. If there are 3 dozens of apple in the box and the weight of each apple is 200 gm, whereas, the weight of every mango is 300 gm, then, find ut the total number of mangoes in the box. Ab B)8 o9 D)10 E) None of these 93, How many gold coins are there in a jar of 88 coins, if the number of silver coins is one-third of gold coins? A)22 B)33 cj44 D) 66 E) None of these 94, A total of 30 percent students have passed the English of an admission test. Among the students who failed in the English section of the test, only twelve have passed in Bangla, whereas, the rest thirty have failed in Bangla. How many students have appeared in the test? A)30 B)75 ©)60 D) 105 E) None of these 95, Find out the value of x, ifx + y +2=5,x+y-2=3 and x y A3 B)-1 o1 D)3 E) None of these 96. Let, there were 80 multiple choice questions in the Social Science School admission test 2013- 2014. For every right answer, 1 point was added and for every wrong answer 0.25 point was deducted from the total. No point was added or subtracted for any unanswered question. Hemel answered 75 percent of total questions and got 45 points. How many answers of Hemel were correct? A)25 B) 24 48 D)12 E) None of these 97. The cost of a gift is x which is to be shared by 8 people equally. At the last moment, 2 people left the group. How much additional amount will be paid by each member if cost is to be shared equally by the rest members? Aw B) x/6 ©) x/24 D) x/48 E) None of these 98. There are three classes namely A, B and C. Class A has 2 more students than class B. Class B has 1 more student than class C. The product of the numbers of students in the three classes is 99,360. How many students are there in class A? A)ad B) 36 C48 D) 60 E) None of these 99. The sides of a triangle are in the ratio > length of the smallest side is (in em): A) 18.8 B)235 C)24 D)31.3.—_E) None of these 100. Suppose, there are 100 applicants in a room. You find that 99 percent of them are serious to admit themselves in Social Science School of Khulna University. How many applicants would need to leave the room in order to reduce the percentage of serious students in the room to 98 percent? Al B)2 ©) 50 D)98 E) None of these Page 8 of 8 1 i F j and its perimeter is 94 centimeter (em). The