AIBA Savar Mock – 02

Which of the following contradicts the view that only the intelligent become rich?

“Kabir must be a football player, he is wearing a football jersey!” This conclusion is valid only if its true that

“Blooming flowers are beautiful, even if no one is there to appreciate them”. This statement would be a logical contradiction to which of the following claims?

“Today’s high school students are not being educated, they are being trained. Their teachers demand little of them other than they memorize facts and follow directions. The current emphasis on training is basic math and verbal skills, while an useful step, rarely leads to the essential second step: development of independent critical thinking.”

The author would probably consider which of the following aspects of a student’s term paper to be most praiseworthy?

In recommending a tuition increase of Tk. 500 per year, the Vice-Chancellor of the University said: “There were no students demonstrations over the previous increases of Tk. 300 last year and Tk. 200 the year before.” If the VC’s statement is accurate, which of the following can be validly inferred from the information given?

i. Most students in previous years felt that the increases were justified because of increased costs.
ii. Student inaction was responsible for the failure of students to protest the previous tuition increases.
iii. Students are not likely to protest the new tuition increases.

If Mahmud is on the steering committee, then he is on the central committee. This statement can be logically deduced from which of the following statements?

“This year more students passed the SSC examination. The questions must have been easier compared to those in the last year.” This argument is most likely based on which of the following assumptions?

“If birds are singing, it must be spring.” This statement can be true if which of the following statements were true?

Kabir: “Professor Kamal is very liberal in giving marks to students.”
Rashid: “That’s not true. I failed in his course.”

It can be inferred that Rashid interpreted Kabir’s statement to mean that Professor Kamal

“Ameen is not applying to any university although he did not fail his HSC Examination.” Each of the following statements is a plausible explanation of Ameen’s situation except

16. Which of the following is a possible arrangement, in order, of the seven musical persons?
Side 1 Side 2

17. If B and C are the only persons on side 1, which of the following is a possible order of the persons for side 2?

18. If side 2 contains exactly four persons, beginning with E and ending with D, which of the following must be true?

19. If F, A, and G are among the persons on side 1, which of the following must be true?

20. If B, C, and G are all of the persons that sit on side 1, and side 2 begins with E, which of the following must be true?

Mark the correct answer as per the following conditions:
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

Is the positive integer X divisible by 21?

Mark the correct answer as per the following conditions:
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

Is x/y a terminating decimal?

1. x is a multiple of 2
2. y is a multiple of 3

Mark the correct answer as per the following conditions:
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.#

Is y = 3?

1. (y – 3)(x – 4) = 0
2. (x – 4) = 0

Mark the correct answer as per the following conditions:
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

Is x³ > x² ?

1. x > 0
2. x < 1

Mark the correct answer as per the following conditions:
(A) Statement (1) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (2) alone is not sufficient.
(B) Statement (2) ALONE is sufficient, but statement (1) alone is not sufficient.
(C) BOTH statements TOGETHER are sufficient, but NEITHER statement ALONE is sufficient.
(D) EACH statement ALONE is sufficient.
(E) Statements (1) and (2) TOGETHER are NOT sufficient.

1. m > a
2. a + b + c + d = 0

If (3x−4)/2= (x+1)/ 3, what is the value of x?

A rectangular tank has a base of 12 cm by 10 cm and is filled to a height of 15 cm. How many liters of water does it contain?
(Note: 1 liter = 1000 cm³)

A number leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 5, and a remainder of 3 when divided by 7. What is the smallest such positive number?

If x+y=10x + y = 10 and xy=16xy = 16, what is the value of x2+y2x^2 + y^2?

How many three-digit numbers can be formed using the digits 2, 4, 6, and 8 without repetition?

A certain investment yields 8% simple interest annually. If the interest after 3 years is $480, what was the original principal?

If x+9=x−3\sqrt{x+9} = x – 3, what is the value of xx?

In a certain triangle, the lengths of two sides are 7 and 10. Which of the following could be the length of the third side?

If 1x+1y=16\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{6} and x=3x = 3, what is the value of yy?

The sum of the squares of two consecutive even integers is 580. What are the integers?

A right triangle has legs of 5 cm and 12 cm. What is the length of the hypotenuse?

If x2−6x+8=0x^2 – 6x + 8 = 0, what is the product of all possible values of 1x\frac{1}{x}?

If f(x)=x2−5x+6f(x) = x^2 – 5x + 6, then what is f(3)+f(2)f(3) + f(2)?

A store owner buys a product for $80 and sells it for $120, offering a 25% discount on the selling price. What is the profit percentage?

If x3−2×2=0x^3 – 2x^2 = 0, what are all possible values of xx?

In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3:5. If there are 40 students in the class, how many are boys?

If a%b=a−ba \% b = a – b, what is the value of (8%3)%2(8 \% 3) \% 2?

The average of four numbers is 36. If one of the numbers is 40 and the others are equal, what is one of the equal numbers?

If a square has a diagonal of length 626\sqrt{2}, what is the area of the square?

A jar contains red and blue marbles in the ratio 3:7. If there are 50 marbles total, how many are red?

A chemist has 400 milliliters of a solution of 20% alcohol on hand, and he wants to mix it with enough pure alcohol to turn it into a 30% alcohol solution. How much pure alcohol will this require?

Select the response that is closest to the correct answer.

A chemist has 600 milliliters of a solution of 20% alcohol on hand, and she wants to mix it with enough 50% alcohol solution to turn it into a 30% alcohol solution. How much of the 50% solution will she need?

A, B, and C each working alone can complete a job in 6, 8, and 12 days respectively. If all three of them work together to complete a job and earn $2340, what will be C’s share of the earnings?

X, Y and Z can individually finish a work in 4, 6, and 12 days respectively. If the three of them work together to
complete the work and combinedly receive Tk. 4,800 as wages. How much should Z get for his effort?

8 men and 12 boys do a work in 12 days. 10 men and 3 boys do it in 16 days. In how many days can 12 men and
18 boys do the same work?

Aberration

Improvient

Conciliatory

Manifest

Conventional

Lament

Allusion

Kinship

Petulant

Rampart

INSTRUCTION – Read the following comprehension and select the best possible option for the questions pertinent to this passage.
The new school of political history that emerged in the 1960’s and 1970’s sought to go beyond the traditional focus
of political historians on leaders and government institutions by examining directly the political practices of ordinary
citizens. Like the old approach, however, this new approach excluded women. The very techniques these historians
used to uncover mass political behavior in the nineteenth century United States—quantitative analyses of election
returns, for example—were useless in analyzing the political activities of women, who were denied the vote until
1920.
By redefining “political activity,” historian Paula Baker has developed a political history that includes women. She
concludes that among ordinary citizens, political activism by women in the nineteenth century prefigured trends in
twentieth century politics. Defining “politics” as “any action taken to affect the course of behavior of government or
of the community,” Baker concludes that, while voting and holding office were restricted to men, women in the
nineteenth century organized themselves into societies committed to social issues such as temperance and poverty.
In other words, Baker contends, women activists were early practitioners of nonpartisan, issue-oriented politics and
thus were more interested in enlisting lawmakers, regardless of their party affiliation, on behalf of certain issues than
in ensuring that one party or another won an election. In the twentieth century, more men drew closer to women’s
ideas about politics and took up modes of issue-oriented politics that Baker sees women as having pioneered.

1. The primary purpose of the passage is to

INSTRUCTION – Read the following comprehension and select the best possible option for the questions pertinent to
this passage.
The new school of political history that emerged in the 1960’s and 1970’s sought to go beyond the traditional focus
of political historians on leaders and government institutions by examining directly the political practices of ordinary
citizens. Like the old approach, however, this new approach excluded women. The very techniques these historians
used to uncover mass political behavior in the nineteenth century United States—quantitative analyses of election
returns, for example—were useless in analyzing the political activities of women, who were denied the vote until
1920.
By redefining “political activity,” historian Paula Baker has developed a political history that includes women. She
concludes that among ordinary citizens, political activism by women in the nineteenth century prefigured trends in
twentieth century politics. Defining “politics” as “any action taken to affect the course of behavior of government or
of the community,” Baker concludes that, while voting and holding office were restricted to men, women in the
nineteenth century organized themselves into societies committed to social issues such as temperance and poverty.
In other words, Baker contends, women activists were early practitioners of nonpartisan, issue-oriented politics and
thus were more interested in enlisting lawmakers, regardless of their party affiliation, on behalf of certain issues than
in ensuring that one party or another won an election. In the twentieth century, more men drew closer to women’s
ideas about politics and took up modes of issue-oriented politics that Baker sees women as having pioneered.

2. The passage suggests which of the following concerning the techniques used by the new political historians
described in the first paragraph of the passage?

INSTRUCTION – Read the following comprehension and select the best possible option for the questions pertinent to this passage.

The new school of political history that emerged in the 1960’s and 1970’s sought to go beyond the traditional focus
of political historians on leaders and government institutions by examining directly the political practices of ordinary
citizens. Like the old approach, however, this new approach excluded women. The very techniques these historians
used to uncover mass political behavior in the nineteenth century United States—quantitative analyses of election
returns, for example—were useless in analyzing the political activities of women, who were denied the vote until
1920.
By redefining “political activity,” historian Paula Baker has developed a political history that includes women. She
concludes that among ordinary citizens, political activism by women in the nineteenth century prefigured trends in
twentieth century politics. Defining “politics” as “any action taken to affect the course of behavior of government or
of the community,” Baker concludes that, while voting and holding office were restricted to men, women in the
nineteenth century organized themselves into societies committed to social issues such as temperance and poverty.
In other words, Baker contends, women activists were early practitioners of nonpartisan, issue-oriented politics and
thus were more interested in enlisting lawmakers, regardless of their party affiliation, on behalf of certain issues than
in ensuring that one party or another won an election. In the twentieth century, more men drew closer to women’s
ideas about politics and took up modes of issue-oriented politics that Baker sees women as having pioneered.

3.It can be inferred that the author of the passage quotes Baker directly in the second paragraph primarily in order
to

INSTRUCTION – Read the following comprehension and select the best possible option for the questions pertinent to this passage.
The new school of political history that emerged in the 1960’s and 1970’s sought to go beyond the traditional focus
of political historians on leaders and government institutions by examining directly the political practices of ordinary
citizens. Like the old approach, however, this new approach excluded women. The very techniques these historians
used to uncover mass political behavior in the nineteenth century United States—quantitative analyses of election
returns, for example—were useless in analyzing the political activities of women, who were denied the vote until
1920.
By redefining “political activity,” historian Paula Baker has developed a political history that includes women. She
concludes that among ordinary citizens, political activism by women in the nineteenth century prefigured trends in
twentieth century politics. Defining “politics” as “any action taken to affect the course of behavior of government or
of the community,” Baker concludes that, while voting and holding office were restricted to men, women in the
nineteenth century organized themselves into societies committed to social issues such as temperance and poverty.
In other words, Baker contends, women activists were early practitioners of nonpartisan, issue-oriented politics and
thus were more interested in enlisting lawmakers, regardless of their party affiliation, on behalf of certain issues than
in ensuring that one party or another won an election. In the twentieth century, more men drew closer to women’s
ideas about politics and took up modes of issue-oriented politics that Baker sees women as having pioneered.

4. According to the passage, Paula Baker and the new political historians of the 1960’s and 1970’s shared which of
the following?

INSTRUCTION – Read the following comprehension and select the best possible option for the questions pertinent to this passage.
The new school of political history that emerged in the 1960’s and 1970’s sought to go beyond the traditional focus
of political historians on leaders and government institutions by examining directly the political practices of ordinary
citizens. Like the old approach, however, this new approach excluded women. The very techniques these historians
used to uncover mass political behavior in the nineteenth century United States—quantitative analyses of election
returns, for example—were useless in analyzing the political activities of women, who were denied the vote until
1920.
By redefining “political activity,” historian Paula Baker has developed a political history that includes women. She
concludes that among ordinary citizens, political activism by women in the nineteenth century prefigured trends in
twentieth century politics. Defining “politics” as “any action taken to affect the course of behavior of government or
of the community,” Baker concludes that, while voting and holding office were restricted to men, women in the
nineteenth century organized themselves into societies committed to social issues such as temperance and poverty.
In other words, Baker contends, women activists were early practitioners of nonpartisan, issue-oriented politics and
thus were more interested in enlisting lawmakers, regardless of their party affiliation, on behalf of certain issues than
in ensuring that one party or another won an election. In the twentieth century, more men drew closer to women’s
ideas about politics and took up modes of issue-oriented politics that Baker sees women as having pioneered.

5. Which of the following best describes the structure of the first paragraph of the passage?

INSTRUCTION – Choose the most appropriate alternative of the underlined part from the options that have been attested to each question. If there are no better alternatives, then go with the original underlined part that is option (A).
More and more holidaymakers are choosing to fly to remote islands in search of the perfect beach; seeking sand,
sun and palm trees, rather than centers of entertainment.

INSTRUCTION – Choose the most appropriate alternative of the underlined part from the options that have been attested to each question. If there are no better alternatives, then go with the original underlined part that is option (A).

The government requires that these forms should be submitted before the end of the financial year.

INSTRUCTION – Choose the most appropriate alternative of the underlined part from the options that have been attested to each question. If there are no better alternatives, then go with the original underlined part that is option (A).

After arduous months of fighting, the sight of the white flag being raised generated as much relief on the victor’s
side than it did on the vanquished.

INSTRUCTION – Choose the most appropriate alternative of the underlined part from the options that have been attested to each question. If there are no better alternatives, then go with the original underlined part that is option (A).

The best way to encourage innovative thinking is not to promise financial rewards for ideas, but to ensure that the
person making the suggestion receives recognition for his contribution.

10. They are playing football ___ the field.

20. She lives ___ New York.

21. She is standing ___ the door.

22. They are going ___ holiday next week.

23. The train departs ___ 6 PM.

24. She’s been working ___ this project for hours.

31. He has been living here ___ five years.

32. The children are playing ___ the garden

33. He is traveling ___ business.

34. He apologized ___ being late.

35. I usually go to work ___ car.