0.1Non-technical marks in every known bank IT exam pattern
The patterns below come from the source compilations (candidates' memory; not official). Where the compilation's numbers do not add up, they are shown "as compiled".
| Exam (tag used in this book) | Non-tech in MCQ | Non-tech in written | Non-tech total |
|---|---|---|---|
| BSCS AP, Job ID-25106, 31.10.2026 (circular) | Math 15 + GK 10 = 25 / 100 (−0.25 each wrong) | Math 20 (usually 4 × 5) + English Language Proficiency 30 = 50 / 200 | 75 / 300 |
| BSCS AP 17.01.2026 (BIBM/CTI) AP 17.01.2026 | Math + GK 25 (as compiled) | 4 math (20) + English 30: 10 grammar items, 1 paragraph, sentence making (5 words) | ≈ 75 |
| BSCS AP 31.10.2026 (Job ID-25106) AP 31.10.2026 | Math 15 + GK 10 (−0.25) | 4 math (20) + English 30: 10 grammar items (10), essay (20) | ≈ 75 |
| Screening MCQ 2026, Set-3 (header appears to read Payra Port) Screening MCQ 2026 | English 20 + Bangla 20 + GK 19 + Math 1 = 60 / 100 (−0.50 each wrong) | — | 60 (MCQ only) |
| BSCS AP / Officer (IT) 03.01.2026 AP 03.01.2026 | — | Bangla essay + English essay + translation B→E + E→B + 10 GK questions (= 50); IT 15 × 10 = 150 | 50 (written) |
| Combined 5 Bank AP 03.02.2023 (BIBM) Combined 5 Bank AP 2023 | Math/GK 25 of 80 MCQ (as compiled) | Math 20 + Focus 10 + translation 20 = 50 | ≈ 75 |
| Bangladesh Bank AP 03.02.2023 (BIBM) BB AP 2023 | MCQ 80, 1 hour (split not given) | 4 math (20) + Focus 10 + translation B↔E 20 = 50 | 50+ |
| Combined 5 Bank AP 09.02.2024 (BIBM) Combined 5 Bank AP 2024 | Math + GK 20 of 80 MCQ (as compiled) | 4 math (20) + Focus 20 + Letter 10 = 50 | ≈ 70 |
| Bangladesh Bank AME / AD (ICT) 04.02.2023 BB AME 2023 | — | 4 math (20) + translation 20 + Focus 10 | 50 (written) |
| Bangladesh Bank AD (ICT) 07.02.2025 (Job ID 271; FBS per coaching source) BB AD (ICT) 2025 | MCQ part with GK and math (recalled: GK 5, math/analytical 5; marks not published) | 2 math (integral, probability) + translation B→E (2 sentences) + short note on AI vs cyber attacks | not published |
| BSCS AE (IT) / AME 24.01.2026 BSCS AME/AE 24.01.2026 | — | 2 math (probability, handshake) + 2 translations (10 + 10) + 1 Focus ("Data is the new compute in today's AI era") | ≈ 40–50 |
| BSCS Senior Officer (IT), Job ID 25104, 25.07.2026 SO IT 2026 (25104) | Separate MCQ stage | Focus Bangla 10 + Focus English 10 + translation B→E 10 + E→B 10 + GK 10 = 50 | 50 (written) |
| BSCS Officer (IT), Job ID 25105, 31.07.2026 Officer IT 2026 (25105) | 1 hour: English, Bangla, GK, Math + IT | Same as SO IT: 50 (language + GK) | 50 + MCQ share |
| Combined Bank Officer (IT) MCQ 03.01.2026 (BIBM) Officer IT MCQ 2026 (BIBM) | 99 questions: ~60 IT, ~39 Bangla + English + math + GK | — | ≈ 40% of MCQ |
| BSCS Combined 2 Bank Officer (IT) 2020 BSCS Officer IT 2020 | — | Essay + translation B→E, E→B + English passage | — |
| ANSE 2026 (25109), AME/AE 08.05.2026 | — | Only technical questions reported | 0 reported |
What this table tells you
- AP papers: math is always there (4 × 5 written + MCQ). English changed from "Focus + translation" (2023) to "Focus + letter" (2024) to "grammar + paragraph + sentence making" (Jan 2026). The 31 Oct circular says "English Language Proficiency 30" — exactly the Jan 2026 form, so prepare that first, but be ready for a Focus or a letter.
- SO IT / Officer IT papers: no written math, but Bangla Focus, translation both ways and 10 GK questions.
- Non-tech is about 25% of all marks. Most candidates score about the same in IT; these 75 marks often decide the merit list.
0.2What came in past papers
Mathematics
| Paper | Questions (all solved in Chapters 1–3) |
|---|---|
| AP 17.01.2026 | Rectangle and square of equal area (perimeter 32 m, width 4 m) · range of xy if 2 < x < 5, 3 < y < 5 · boys 35% more than girls, total 94, +6 boys → ratio · rowing 12 km/h, upstream takes 3 times as long → stream speed |
| AP 31.10.2026 | Pipes A, B fill and C empties (10, 15, 12 h) · product of two consecutive odd numbers = 143 · 4 per bench → 3 benches empty, 3 per bench → 6 stand · A:B = 3:4, B:C = 5:6, A gives Tk 5,000 → 1:2 (solved in 8.4) |
| BB AP 2023 | MCQ: radius +100% → area (solved in 8.7) · Written: Integer x with x + 1/x = 17/4 → x − 1/x · basketball 15 won, 9 lost, 16⅔% of season → wins needed for 75% · students in rows (+4 per row → 2 rows fewer; −4 per row → 4 rows more) · area of square PSRT (figure missing) |
| BB AME 2023 | MCQ: 3²⁰ + 3²⁰ + 3²⁰ (solved in 8.8) · Written: Surd: 4(√6 + √2)/(√6 − √2) − (2 + √3)/(2 − √3) · Tk 25,000 split, CI 8% vs SI 10%, difference Tk 1,336 · profit % at Tk 1920 = loss % at Tk 1280 → price for 25% profit |
| BB AD (ICT) 2025 | Written: ∫₀² (2x² + 3x) dx · bag probability (6 ADs, 4 DDs) — solved in Bank IT notes §16.3. MCQ: pipes 4 h and 6 h · 5 m N, 3 m E, 2 m S · 30% + 20% + 10% spent, Tk 12,000 left · father 36, son 16 · 8 balls, one heavier (solved in 8.6) |
| BSCS AME/AE 24.01.2026 | Probability of at least one defective (25% defective rate) · handshakes among 10 engineers |
| Officer IT 2024 | Two dice, sum 7 · find sets X and Y from X ∪ Y, X ∩ Y, Y − X |
| Officer IT MCQ 2026 (BIBM) / Officer IT 2026 (25105) | MCQ: 20% discount still 20% profit → mark-up · ladder (3-4-5) · open box surface area · HCF 12, LCM 288 · train through tunnel · trucks meeting · factor 4x⁴ + 1 · x + 1/x = 7 → x² + 1/x² · hexagon angle sum · xy from x + y, x − y · work together (6 and 10 days) · bridge crossing · two coins, one head · 2x+3 = 32 |
English
| Paper | Questions (solved in Chapters 4–5) |
|---|---|
| AP 17.01.2026 | 10 grammar items: third conditional · future perfect ("By next month") · Hardly … had … when · "as well as" agreement · had better + base verb · however vs for example · a unanimous · result in · "one of the scholars who advocate" · insist that + subjunctive. Paragraph: Street Food Culture in Dhaka. Sentence making: judicious, condone, fabricate, accentuate, multifaceted |
| AP 31.10.2026 | 10 items: past perfect ("By the time we arrived") · good at · neither…nor agreement · noun of decide · I wish I were · Hardly had I … when · present perfect passive · indirect yes/no question with tomorrow · meticulous · despite + noun · essay (20): Job prospects in the age of AI (solved in 8.4) |
| Screening MCQ 2026 | 20 MCQs: commemorate, dream of, mind + gerund, call at, prefer … to, good at, stand by, look forward to + gerund, as if + past perfect, no sooner … than, it is high time + past, curator, pallbearers, variful, through thick and thin, To Autumn (Keats), Diarrhoea (solved in 8.5) |
| AP 03.01.2026 | English essay: Online Banking · translation B→E (Google Drive passage) · E→B (fertilizer crisis passage) |
| BB AP 2023 | Focus: Growing Use of Technology in the Financial Service Industry · E→B passage "Global economic turbulence…" |
| Combined 5 Bank AP 2024 | Focus (20) + Letter (10) — topics not recorded in the compilation |
| BSCS AME/AE 24.01.2026 | Focus: Data is the new compute in today's AI era · 5 sentences B→E (strict policies, transparency, corruption, drizzling since morning, advice) · 5 sentences E→B (Empty vessels sound much, online banking, waive service charge, nascent stage, true greatness) |
| SO IT 2026 (25104) | Focus (English): The Importance of Digital Literacy in Expanding Cashless Transactions in Bangladesh · passage "pull out of the agreement at the eleventh hour" |
| Past bank IT MCQs (source table 14.4) | Passive of "Pluck me a flower" · antonym of segregate · "With opportunity comes responsibility" · adjective clause · misspelt "jewelery" · "Bread and butter is" · "committee" · tags "shall we" / "does he" |
General knowledge
| Paper | Questions (answers in Chapter 7) |
|---|---|
| Screening MCQ 2026 | 2nd largest seaport · largest country of South America · largest gas field · first parliament election · Kyoto Protocol · UNICEF/UNDP HQ · COP-31 · FIFA 2034 · smallest UN member · red planet · CEDAW · WWII UK PM · UN Charter in force · lungs of the earth · persona non grata · BIMSTEC chair · Chancellor (solved in 8.5) |
| AP 03.01.2026 (10 written) | First earthquake observatory · WIPO full form · VAT introduced · first bank of Bengali entrepreneurs · CIRDAP HQ · inventor of dynamite · ITTF World Championships 2025 men's singles · OSI layers · meaning of terracotta · GSP+ granted by |
| SO IT 2026 (25104) | NPSB full form · architect of the National Martyrs' Memorial · central bank of the UK · publisher of World Economic Outlook · first submarine cable |
| Officer IT 2026 (25105) | Global health body · first deep sea port · IMF HQ · longest coastline · Rabindranath's Nobel year · coral island · SAARC HQ · "Clearing House" · first private commercial bank · 8086 bits |
| Officer IT MCQ 2026 (BIBM) | Tin Bigha Corridor district · Birishiri cultural academy · mercurous nitrite discoverer · first organisation of the Language Movement · International Literacy Day · first computer in Bangladesh |
| BB AD (ICT) 2025 | Suez Canal seas · Nobel Peace 2024 · highest peak of Bangladesh · Strasbourg · first ODI World Cup-winning captain (solved in 8.6) |
| BB AME 2023 | Rainbow Nation · third-largest economy · Ballon d'Or 2022 · Bandit Queen lead (solved in 8.8) |
| BB AP 2023 | International Mother Language Day declared · World Environment Day (solved in 8.7) |
Bangla
| Paper | Questions (solved in Chapter 6) |
|---|---|
| Screening MCQ 2026 | 20 MCQs: Rokeya, বঙ্গবাণী, বর্ণপরিচয়, শ্রীকৃষ্ণকীর্তন, আম আঁটির ভেঁপু, পথের দাবী, বীরবল, ডাকঘর, মুক্তিযুদ্ধের উপন্যাস, Fort William College, last medieval poet · দুরবস্থা, দক্ষ pronunciation, ভ্রমর কালো সমাস, মৌলিক স্বরধ্বনি, Phonology, বাগধারা, মতি, অনিবার্য (solved in 8.5) |
| AP 03.01.2026 | Bangla essay: the role of youth in building a corruption-free country · E→B translation passage |
| SO IT 2026 (25104) | Bangla Focus: digital transformation of Bangladesh's banking sector under the Fourth Industrial Revolution · E→B passage |
| BSCS AME/AE 24.01.2026 | 5 sentences E→B, including the proverb "Empty vessels sound much" |
| Past bank IT MCQs (source table 14.4) | One word for "facing the eye" (pratyaksha) · antonym of "pratyay" (conviction → doubt) · part of speech of the negative "na" (indeclinable) · compounds "kane kalam" (Aluk Bahubrihi), "nilpadma" (Karmadharaya) · "sara" as adjective · sandhi of "pariksha" · conjunct letters of "tikshna" |
Pattern in one line
Math = arithmetic word problems + one algebra identity + one probability/counting item. English = rule-based grammar (agreement, conditionals, inversion, subjunctive) + one paragraph/Focus on banking or a social topic. GK = Bangladesh firsts, banking bodies, international organisation HQs.
0.3Strategy
Negative marking (−0.25): when to guess
Expected mark of a guess = p × 1 − (1 − p) × 0.25 ⇒ positive when p > 0.2
| Situation (4 options) | Chance correct | Expected mark | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blind guess | 1/4 | +0.06 | Skip — tiny gain, high variance |
| One option surely wrong | 1/3 | +0.17 | Answer |
| Two options surely wrong | 1/2 | +0.375 | Always answer |
| Math answer you computed but are unsure of | usually > 1/2 | > +0.375 | Answer (re-check by plugging in) |
Traps
Do not guess on current-affairs GK you have never seen — options are often all plausible. Never change a calculated answer to a "feels right" option. Fill the OMR circle fully; a half-filled circle can be read as wrong.
Time split
| Section | Marks | Time | How |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCQ — Subject | 75 | ~40 min | Sure ones first, mark doubtful ones |
| MCQ — Math | 15 | ~11 min | 45 s each; if no method in 20 s, skip and return |
| MCQ — GK | 10 | ~4 min | You know it or you don't — never spend long |
| MCQ — review + OMR | — | ~5 min | Second round on marked items; check roll and set code |
| Written — Subject | 150 | ~80 min | About 5–6 min per 10-mark question |
| Written — Math | 20 | ~15 min | ~4 min per 5-mark problem; do it right after the IT part while fresh, or first if math is your strength |
| Written — English | 30 | ~22 min | Grammar 5 min → sentence making 5 min → paragraph 12 min |
| Written — final check | — | ~3 min | Question numbers, units, boxed answers |
2-day revision plan (29–31 October)
| Day | Slot | Non-tech work (fit around your IT revision) |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, 29 Oct | Morning (1.5 h) | Chapter 1 + 2: formula boxes and every past-question box; redo the AP 17.01.2026 and BB AP 2023 math without looking |
| Afternoon (1 h) | Chapter 3 (algebra identities, surds, sets, probability) + Chapter 4 rules: agreement, conditionals, inversion, subjunctive | |
| Night (1 h) | Chapter 7 GK tables once; Chapter 5: write one paragraph (150–180 words) in 12 minutes and check it against the model | |
| Fri, 30 Oct | Morning (1 h) | Model Test 1 (Chapter 8), timed: 25 MCQs in 15 min, written part in 37 min; mark with −0.25 |
| Afternoon (1 h) | Model Test 2 timed; list every mistake in one notebook page | |
| Night (30 min) | Mistake page + formula boxes + last-night checklist (Chapter 8); Chapter 6 only if your exam has Bangla; sleep by 11 PM | |
| Sat, 31 Oct | Morning | Nothing new. Read the formula box and the 10 grammar rules once on the way. Reach the centre by 8:30. |
How to write written math for full marks
The 5-step layout (each 5-mark problem)
- Let — define every unknown with its unit: "Let the width be x m."
- Equation — write the condition from the question as an equation, numbered (i), (ii).
- Solve — one operation per line; keep fractions (2/3, not 0.67) — there is no calculator.
- Box the answer with its unit: "∴ Length = 16 m".
- Check — one line putting the answer back into the condition.
Example of the layout AP 17.01.2026
Let the speed of the stream be s km/h. Downstream speed = 12 + s, upstream = 12 − s.
Same distance, upstream time = 3 × downstream time ⇒ downstream speed = 3 × upstream speed
12 + s = 3(12 − s) ⇒ 4s = 24 ⇒ s = 6 km/h
Check: downstream 18, upstream 6 → ratio 3 : 1 ✔
Same distance, upstream time = 3 × downstream time ⇒ downstream speed = 3 × upstream speed
12 + s = 3(12 − s) ⇒ 4s = 24 ⇒ s = 6 km/h
Check: downstream 18, upstream 6 → ratio 3 : 1 ✔
How to write written English for full marks
| Item | What earns the marks | What loses them |
|---|---|---|
| Grammar (10 items) | Write the full corrected form clearly (e.g. "(A) would have succeeded"); one-line rule if space allows | Overwriting, two answers, copying the whole sentence with a new error |
| Sentence making | Keep the given part of speech; 10–18 words; the sentence must show the meaning (context), not just contain the word; underline the word | Changing the form (judicious → judiciously); "This is a judicious word." |
| Paragraph / Focus | One block for a paragraph (150–200 words); Focus: intro → current scene in Bangladesh → 3 benefits → challenges → way forward → one-line conclusion; a title on top | Fake statistics, bullet lists in a paragraph, long complex sentences with errors |
| Letter | Date, recipient, subject line, salutation, 3 short paragraphs, "Yours faithfully", name | Missing subject line; "Yours sincerely" with "Dear Sir" |
| Translation | Meaning, not word-for-word; right tense; banking terms (waive, default loan, financial inclusion) | Skipping a sentence; literal idioms |
Handwriting ruleShort, correct sentences beat long, impressive ones. Leave a line between items, number them exactly as in the question, and write the paragraph title in capitals.