Bank Job Preparation: International 

Affairs
DECEMBER 20, 2010 BY ALLABOUTBASIC LEAVE A COMMENT

 Founding member of the United Nations -51

 
 “Democracy square” is located in – Pnompen,Combodia
 
 The largest state of the USA – Alaska
 
 The secretariat oof IAEA is Vienna, Austria
 
 The target year of achieving  the Millenium Development Goal is-
2015
 
 Father of “Green Revolution”- Norman Borlaug
 
 The name of Commonwealth’s latest member state- Rwanda
 
 Election system of the USA is called to the- first past the post
system
 
 World’s biggest problem according to BBC report – poverty
 
 Plato was a citizen  of- Greece
 
 Times person of the year  2010- Neda Soltan
 
 Independence day of the USA- 4th July
 
 The peace memorial park is in – Hiroshima, Japan
 
 The name of the first central bank of the world – Bank of England
 
 The expression “Grand Slam” is connected with – Tennis
 
 “Puscus Award” is related to the game of- Football
 
 The first South Asian Games was held in – 1984,Nepal
 
 The national game of UK is – Cricket
 
 The largest planet in the solar system- Jupitar
 
 Elaboration of LCD is – Liquid Crystal Display
 
 “Kepler” planet-hunting is a -Telescope
 
 A cure for  all disease is – Panacea
 
 Two types of commonly used printer are – Dot printer and Laser
printer
 
 “Soft loan” means – Loan with an artificially low rate of interest
 
 The first nobel laureate in Economics – Ranger Firsch and Jan
Tinbergen
 
 Income tax is a kind of – Direct tax
 
 Due to inflation purchasing power of money – decreases

General Knowledge MCQ Type Short

Question for Bank and Government Job
 
Who wrote   “What If”    or    Author of “What If “  – Monica Ali
 
Who got 2010 Fifa Balon d’Or  award –Lionel Messi
Time Period  of  Icc World Cup Cricket 2011 /  Duration of ICC World
Cup Cricket 2011  is – 19th Feb to 2nd April
 
Total Cricket Playing Country  taking part in  ICC Cricket 2011 –  14
 
World Book Capital 2011 Declared by  UNESCO  is – Buenos Aires
(Argentina)
AVG, Kaspersky, Avast are  – Computer Anti Virus
 
BanglaPedia, Wikipedia are Online based Free Encyclopedia
World’s largest Motor Vehicle / Car  Manufacturing Company 2010 –
Toyoto (Japan)
UN Women is started from 1st January -2011
 
HeadQuarter of UN Women –NewYork, USA
 
HeadQuarters of BIMSTEC  – Dhaka, Bangladesh
 
HeadQuarters of – The International Federation for Human Rights-
FDH – Paris, France
 
China is  First in producing – Aluminum, Gold, Iron, Manganese,
Steel and Cement
 
1st January 2011, Who becomes the President of  ISO- International
Organization for Standardization – Boris Sergei (Russia)
 
1st March 2011 who will become the 10th Secretary General of
SAARC – Fatima Diyana Sayed (Maldives)
 
2015 Asia Cup football will be held in  – Australia
 
International Day Against Nuclear Test is – 29th August
At present World’s Largest oil producing country – Russia
 
Peru and Guyana are the latest Latin American countries to
recognize Palestine as a sovereign State
 
27 December 2010, Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE, India) launches
or introduces Islamic Indexes
 
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was introduced first in which
country -  Singapore,1997
According to declaration of UN which year is –“ International year of 
water Cooperation” – 2013
According to declaration of UN which year is –“ International Year of
Sustainable Energy For All” – 2012
 
Capital of  South Sudan -  Juba
2nd January 2011, which country ban openly  smoking – Spain
2011, Which country is declared as  Green Capital of Europe –
Hamburg, Germany
In the Year 2012, 14-16 May Earth Summit will be held in – Rio de
Janeiro Brazil
“Darfur is the name related to – Sudan
“Andaman Island” belongs to / situated in – India
 
The Worst nuclear power plant accident so far occurred
in – Chernobyl
 
NAFTA stands for – North American Free trade Agreement
“Red Cross” was established in – 9 February 1863
 
Founder of Kindergarten school – Friedrich Froebel
 
Founding member of UN – 51
 
Independence day of USA – 4th July
“Bush House” is located in – London (UK)
The name of the highest Statue of World – Ushiku amida Buddha
(Japan)
 
India house is situated in – London
 
The Peace Memorial park is in – Hiroshima, Japan

 ADB stands for -Asian Development Bank

 BIMSTEC stands for – Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Secctoral
Technical and Economic Co-Operaation
 The Head Office of Asian Clearing Union (ACU) is situated in
– Tehran, Iran
 ‘The ballot  is  stronger than bullet’ quoted by – Abraham Lincoln
 According to ECA Report 2010 the most expensive city in the world is
– Tokyo(Japan)
 Name of the canal/strait joining the Red Sea with the Mediterranean
Sea  is- Suez
 The land-locked country in Indian sub-
continent is Nepal and Bhutan
 The largest tea exporter country in the world – Sri Lanka
 Amartya Sen is famous for his research work on – Poverty and
Famine
 Permanent members of the security council
of UN- USA, UK, Russia, France, China
Scandinavian countries are Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark a
nd Iceland
 The capital city of Zimbabwe is – Harare
 The name of the organization working worldwide against corruption
– Transparency International
 The world’s largest island is- Greenland
 Ecology is a word mostly used in the field of – Environment
 The name of the parliament of USA is – Congress
 Who was the last Mughal Emperor -Bahadur Shah
 Where is the headquarters of Islamic Development Bank – Jeddah
 Where is the Headquarters of the European Union (EU)- Brussels
 What is the present form of government in Bangladesh –
Parliamentary
 Where is Wall Street located – New York
 What is the name of the British Parliament – Parliament
 Which Asian Country belongs to the G-8 countries – Japan.

Question and Answer From   Science and

Technology
 
 Full form of ‘CNG’ is – Compressed Natural Gas
 
 A bit is binary representation and can take either of the two values
– 0 or 1
 
 Chemical name of Alum used for purifying water is – Aluminum
Sulphate
 
 Steam Engine was invented by – James Watt
 
 Electricity consumption or use is measured in – KWH ( Kilo Watt
per hour)
 
 The remotest planet in the solar system – Neptune
 
 The natural temperature of human body in Celsius scale is -36.9
degree Celsius
 
 We receive Vitamin D from – Sunshine
 
 The most distinctive difference between a LAN and a WAN is –
Distance covered
 
 Earthquakes are recorded – Seismograph
 
 The longest day is in the month of – June
 
 ‘IRATOM’ is a – One kind of highbred rice
 
 In nature the hardest material -diamond
 
 ‘Red Planet’ is called – the Mars
 
 A device that reads text and images directly into computer is
called – Scanner
 
 WWW stands for – World Wide Web
 
 The apparatus to measure purity of milk is – Lactometer
 
 MS Excel is a – Spreadsheet Software
 
 ‘My Document’  by default located at – C Drive
 
 Father of the personal computer/ computing – Dr. Henry 
Edward
 

Question and Answer from International Affairs

 
 Name of the European common currency – Euro
 
 OIC is established in – 1969
 
  The first postage stamp in the world – Penny Black
 
 Pearl Harbor, where the American Pacific Fleet was stationed, was
attacked by Japanese in – 1941
 
 The second largest Muslim Country in the world  is – Pakistan
 
 The most importer country in the world – the USA
 
 The name of the organization working worldwide  against
corruption – Transparency International
 
 The world’s largest nuclear power station – Kashiwazaki
Kariwa(Japan)
 
 SAARC Agriculture Information Centre (SAIC) is situated in
– Dhaka
 
 Largest city of India – Mumbai
 
 Reuters is a – News Agency
 
 The largest tea exporter country  in the world – Sri Lanka
 
 The Headquarters of Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
– Jeddah
 
  Number of Permanent members of UN Security Council is – 5
 
 Previous name of Japan – Nippon
 
 ‘Line of Control‘ -is situated between – India and Pakistan
 
 Elaboration of IBSA is – India, Brazil and South Africa
 
 Wall Street is – The Stock Exchange Market in New York.
 
 The name of Indonesian Currency – Rupiah
 
 The World Bank is an – International Financial Institution
 
 IDA, organization of the World Bank is known as the -’Soft Loan
Window’

General Knowledge
 
OMS stands for – Open Market Sale
Main Cause of night blindness is deficiency of Vitamin – A
Which is the nearest planet to the sun – Mercury
Which one is the most abundant gas in the air -Nitrogen
The Headquarter of Asian development Bank is situated in -Manila
Name of Malaysian currency -Ringit.
Question and Answer from English Literature
 
 ‘To be or not to be‘ is the beginning of a famous soliloquy from –
Hamlet.
 
 The father of English Poem – Geoffrey Chaucer
 
 Francis Bacon is an – Essayist
 
 ‘Renaissance’ means – the revival of learning
 
 Elizabethan tragedy is centered on – Revenge
 
 Most famous satirist in English literature – Jonathan Swift
 
 A lexicographer is a person who writes – dictionaries
 
 The father of English Novel – Daniel Defoe
 
 The English Poet who addicted to opium – S.T. Coleridge
 
 The Golden Age of English Literature – the Elizabethan Age
 
 The author of the book ‘Asian Drama ‘ is – Gunnar Myrdal
 
 Protagonist indicates -the leading character in a play
 
 A sonnet is a poem having fourteen lines
 
 ‘Blank Verse’ is a kind of verse -having no rhyming end
 
 The real name of O’Henry – William Sydney Porter.
 
 ‘To Daffodils‘ is written by – Robert Herrick
 
 Goethe is the greatest poet of – Germany
 
 ‘Romeo and Juliet‘ is a tragedy
 
 ‘A Passage to India‘ is written by – E.M Forster
 
 William Blake was both -a poet and painter
 
 The full name of the tragedy ‘Dr.Faustus‘ – The Tragic History of
Doctor Faustus

Recruitment Exam English section: Fill in

the blanks with appropriate preposition.
DECEMBER 19, 2010 BY ALLABOUTBASIC LEAVE A COMMENT
If you ever faced any type
of Banking or government job recruitment exam, then this section will
be helpful for you.
Here I have tried
to share basic fill in the gaps with appropriate prepositions which
generally arrives in therecruitment exam English section.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate preposition:
 
 She said nothing in reply.
 
 Shut the windows and keep the cold off.
 
 He is too miserly to part with his money.
 
 You must conform to the regulations.
 
 Contrary to our expectations, he failed in the examination.
 
 He assured me of safety.
 
 He was at a loss for words.
 
 He parted from his friends in tears.
 
 The tree has been blown away by the strong wind.
 
 I shall adhere to my plan.
 
 Kamal repented of his wrong doing.
 
 Rahim does not count on my help.
 
 Children are warned of danger.
 
 Can you put me up for the weekend?
 
 I am not good at translation.
 
 The team is made up of eleven players.
 
 The minister arrived at a decision last night
 
 The man died from over eating.
 
 He has been ill since Friday last.
 
 The cow feeds on grass.
 
 One should cling to one’s plan.
 
 My opinion coincided with you.
 
 Put off your shoes before entering the mosque.
 
  He divided the money between the two children.
 
 We are on holiday next week.
 
 The house was on fire, because the heater had overturned.
 
 It is exactly 5 p.m by my watch.
 
 I told him to come to the house.
 
 The girl has no ability of painting.
 
 She has anxiety about her child.
 
 Mr.Karim welcomed the delegats to the conference.
 
 The principal had an inquiry into the case.
 
 Please put the book at the table.
 
 I was angry at the result.

Rina live in Magura.
 
I talked to open about his business.
Tomal swore by Allah.
I introduced him to my brother.
He is above in the society.
I often exchange ideas with him.
The bus is about to start.
He spoke in favor of his son.
I shall not mix with you.
He just glanced at me.
He is jealous of my fame.
I have no greed in riches.
He jumped with joy to see me.
He is hostile to my plan.
Do not impute motives to him.
The house is infected with small pox.
I hinted at the coming trouble.
He is partial to his friend.
His house is opposite to mine.
He has a passion for music.
A drowning man catches at a straw.
He pleaded with me for justice.
Do not sheer at me.
He is a prey to greed.
This will put a sheer on his name.
He is polite in his manners.
He is popular with all for his goodness.
He is a slave to his passions.
I have presented the book to my sister.
You have sinned against god, and must suffer.
He is proud of his rank.
He is silent about the point.
He is a prey of greed.
He sided with me.
I shall proceed against you in the court.

Spelling Correction
 
Instruction: Choose the word that is correctly spelt
a) Unfare b) Unfair c) Unfaire  d)Unfaer
 Answer :   b  -  Unfair
a) Remittance b) Remmitence c)Remettance d) Remmetence
Answer: a – Remittance
a) Personale b) Parsonnel c)Parsonel d) Personnel
Answer:  d- Personnel
a) Parallel b) Paralell c)Parael d) Parallell
Answer:  a-Parallel
a) Relavent b) Relevant c) Ralevent d) Relevent
Answer: b-Relevant
General Knowledge
 
Deficiency of Iodine causes goiter.
Andaman Island belongs to which   – India
Which is the Capital City of  Pakistan – Islamabad
UNIX is an Operating System.
Vat Stands for – Value Added Tax
The Character “E” in the word “E-mail” stands for –Electronic
Electric bill is calculated in – Kilowatt hour
The acronym GDP stands for – Gross Domestic Product
Where is Darfur- Sudan
PETRONAS Tower  is in Malaysia
JPG is the extension  used for picture files stored in computer.
The word LAN is related to Computer Network
Which is the most suitable  computer program that you can use to
prepare your bio-data?- MS Word

Fill in the gaps

Instruction: Choose the correct word or phrase from the
given options to complete the sentence.
 
1. Let’s meet ___ six o’clock
a) in    b) on  c)for  d) at
Answer:  d  –  at
2. Bangladesh  _______ greatly in terms of its cultural  values over the
past five years
a)changed   b) is changing   c)had changed   d)will have changed
e)has changed
 Answer:   e – has changed
3. You  ______ in such  trouble if you had listened to my advice
a)hadn’t been   b) aren’t   c) wouldn’t be   d) won’t be   e)weren’t
Answer: c- Wouldn’t be
4. The house is quite similar _____ ours
a)of   b)on   c)for   d)with   e)to
Answer : e- to
5. He was born ____ July
a) in   b)on   c)at   d)to   e)for
Answer :  a – in
6. She caught them while they_____
a)was talked  b)were talking   c) did talked  d) is talking
Answer:  b – were talking
7. I base my conclusions _____ market research.
a)with   b)on   c)from   d)for   e)to
Answer: b – on
8. He was angry ___ me for losing the pen drive
a) with b)upon c)at d)for e)on
Answer:  a- with
 I ______ TV when the telephone rang.
a) watched b)was watching c)are watching d)have watched e) were
watching.
Answer: b – was watching
Synonym:
Instruction :  Choose the  word or set of words from the
given options that is closest in meaning to the word in
capital letter
 
1.Premium
a) Contaminate  b) Condone  c) Best  d)Large  e) Wide
Answer : c – Best
2.Ensure
a) Make Progress b) Encourage c) Effect d) Profuse e) Make certain
Answer :  e-Make Certain
3.Emphasis
a) Importance b) Neglect c) Overlook d)Inundate e)Ponder
Answer:    a-Importance
4.Query
a)Solution   b)Question   c)Dissolve   d) Ratify   e) Clarification
Answer :  b – Question
5.Deficit
a)Defeat   b)Shortage   c)Complex   d)Plan    e)Flexible
Answer: b-Shortage

Replacement of word
 
Instruction : choose the most appropriate replacement from the options
given for the underlined word/words of the following sentence
1. He quickly looked   at his watch.
a) searched b) reached c) glanced d) sobbed e) raced
Ans : C – Glanced
2. When her dog died, she cried very hard for half an hour.
a) yelled b)screamed c)sobbed d) raced e)drowned
Ans: B  – Screamed
3. The waiter put mango juice into my glass.
a)filled b)poured c)reached d)threw e)tossed
Ans: B – Poured
4. The similar meaning of CHASTE is
a)Loyal b) Timid c)Curt d)Pure e)Outspoken
Ans: E – Outspoken
Appropriate Preposition:
 
Instructions: Choose the most appropriate preposition to fill the gaps to
complete the sentences
 
1. He came ________  a noble family.
a)out b) from c) by d)through
Ans : B – From
2. The Buriganga is _________ the south of Dhaka city.
a) in  b) at  c) to  d)around
Ans :-  C  – To
3. I made ______  my mind to go there.
a) into   b) up   c)out   d)in
Ans: B – Up
4. He agreed ______ the proposal.
a) at b)with c)to d)for
Ans: C – To
5.You must atone ____ your sin.
a)at b) with c) to d) for
Ans : D – For
Find the correct Spellings
a ) Liuteant b) Leftenant c)Lieutenant d)Leitenant
Ans : C – Lieutenant
a) Disonance b)Dissonance c) Disconaence d) Dissonence
Ans- B – Dissonance
a) Cesation b)Cessation c)Cesassion d)Ceasation
Ans- Cessation
a) Hetrogenous b) Hetrogeneous c) Heterogeneous d) heterogenous
Ans : C – heterogeneous
a) Colleaue b) Coleague c) Cholleague d) Caleague.
Ans: Colleague

One word substitution/ compression

 A person 70 to 79 years old -Septuagenarian
 
 Practice of borrowing ideas and words from others and using
them  as his own - Plagiarism
 
 Words different in meaning but similar in sound – Homonym
 
 A person who is skilled in horsemanship – Equestrian
 
  That which makes it difficult to recognize the presence of real
nature of somebody or something –Camouflage
 
 A place where birds are kept – Aviary
 
 Scientific study of the structure of substances – Chemistry
 
 A person who believes easily -Credulous
 
 An instrument for measuring heights – Altimeter
 
 The place where bricks are baked – Kiln
 
 The branch of medical science which deals with the diseases
of children – Pediatric
 
 A specialist in eye diseases – Oculist/ Ophthalmologist
 
 A stage of long-sightedness – Hypermetropia
 
 A doctor who treats the diseases of bones – Orthopedist.
 
 A state where all religions  are respected – Secular
 
 A government by the novels  – Aristocracy
 
 A government by the rich – Plutocracy
 
 The  passage between the seats  in a church -Aisle
 
 The platform in a temple where idols are  kept – Altar
 
 A government of a few – Oligarchy
 
 To use dirty language against God or Religion – Blaspheme
 
 A government by a king – Monarchy
 
 The act of killing of the people -Genocide.
 
 Rising from the dead – Resurrection
 
 Murder of human being – Homicide
 
 A holy book – Scripture
 
 Underground caves with burying places for the
dead- Catacombs
 
 Revolt against a lawful authority -Mutiny.
Fill in the gaps:
The boarder kept the cabin key to the hotel manager.
My father insisted on my going to Khulna.
Don’t dwell on past mistakes.
He is superior to me.
There is a bridge over the river.
I count on your help.
The Principal had an inquiry into the case.
Are you confident of your performance?
My friend reposed his trust in me.
Money is not the solution to every problem.
The young woman was dressed in rare silk.
The Chairman presided over the senate meeting.
He is devoid of sense.
Word Meanings
 He showed great enthusiasm contrary to what his supervisor had
expected. Ans: Opposite to
 The condemned prisoner was given a reprieve.    Ans: Pardon
 We had to put up with the inconvenience.            Ans: Endure
 I could barely make out the traffic signs through the
rain. Ans: Discern
 We kept notes of everything that transpired at the
meeting. Ans: Happened
 
Correct spelling
Criticism
Alleviation
Ceiling
Access
Acquaintance
Antonyms:
Ratify -  Negate
Apathy – Care
Extract – Insert
Clarity – Confusion
Assemble-Separate
Synonyms
Counsel – Advice
Ambiguous – Unclear
Relent – Succumb
Ardent – Eager
Solicit -Seek

Use of verb
 
We are looking forward to (hear) from you. Ans – hearing.
It  is high time you stopped (smoke). Ans -smoking
It (rain) since last night. Ans- has been raining
 
His choice of words (be) excellent. Ans- was
 
This room needs to be (renovate). Ans- renovated
He talks as if he (be) lame. Ans- were
It’s no use (talk) to him. Ans- Talking
 
Appropriate preposition
 
The son takes after his father.
I am ashamed of your conduct.
A student must be amenable to discipline.
He is absorbed in thoughts.
I feel pity for him.
I am not bad at tennis.
He is capable of doing it.
 
Voice
 
Q. They laughed at us.
Ans. We were laughed at by them.
Q. The landlord instructed the mason.
A. The mason was instructed by the landlord
Q. The lesson is being imparted by the teacher.
A. The teacher is imparting the lesson.
Q. I know him.
A. He is known to me.
Q. The news will shock you.
A. You will be shocked at the news.
Q. He killed himself.
A. He was killed by himself.
Q. I offered him a job.
A. He was offered a job by me.
 
Narration
 
Q. He said, “Man is mortal”.
A. He said that man is mortal.
Q. My father said to me, “Read attentively”.
A. My father advised me to read attentively.
Q. The old woman said to him,”God bless you”.
A. The old woman prayed that God might bless him.
Q. He said, “Good Morning, Maria.”
A. He wished Maria Good Morning.
Q. He said to me,”Let us go there together.”
A. He proposed to me that we should go there together.
Q. I said to her, ” Could you give me a cup of tea?”
A. I requested her to give me a cup of tea.
Q. The holy man said, “May peace prevail.”
A. The holy man prayed that peace might prevail.
 
Correction
 
Q. Maria is fond to read novels.
A. Maria is fond of reading novels.
Q. He insisted me to go there.
A. He insisted on my going there.
Q. He has come home yesterday.
A. He came home yesterday.
Q. He is my cousin brother.
A. He is my cousin.
Q. The boy knows to read.
A. The boy knows how to read.
Q. He refrained to do this.
A. He refrained from doing this.
Q. I prefer to read than to write.
A. I prefer reading to writing.

 
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Grammatical Section  Fill in the gaps:
 
 Man has no escape from death.
 A drowning man catches at a straw.
 Alcohol is injurious to health.
 I cannot part with the man.
 The girl looks after her grandmother.
 She  was sliding into depression.
 A style of reporting must confirm to the prevailing practice.
 He is not ashamed of his mistake.
  He died from over eating.
 I count on your help.
 People usually differ in their opinions.
 Ali is the stronger of the two brothers.
 We shall return before the sun sets.
 When water freezes it turns into ice.
 Do not interfere with nature.
 
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