Combined Bank Assistant Programmer exam 2026: question solution · সমন্বিত ব্যাংক সহকারী প্রোগ্রামার পরীক্ষা ২০২৬: প্রশ্ন সমাধান

Admit card · প্রবেশপত্র

Bring one printed copy of your admit card. If you have lost it, download a duplicate from Bangladesh Bank's recruitment site, erecruitment.bb.org.bd. Nothing else may be taken in: no paper, book, wallet, bottle, mobile phone, calculator, bank or smart card, or smart watch, and both ears must stay visible during the exam (BSC notice 340/2026).

Question solution · প্রশ্ন সমাধান

Available after the exam on 31 Oct: this page will show the questions with answers. Until then, practise with the past papers below. পরীক্ষার পর (৩১ অক্টোবর ২০২৬) প্রশ্ন সমাধান এখানে পাবেন।

A plan for the last week · শেষ সপ্তাহের পরিকল্পনা

Our suggested plan, built from the official marks split and our past papers; not part of the notice.

1. Day 1: C basics, operators and output questions, then loops. Trace every output by hand.
2. Day 2: OOP (the four pillars, overloading versus overriding) and arrays and linked lists, with Big-O.
3. Day 3: Database: ER diagrams, keys and normalisation, then write ten SQL queries on paper (joins, GROUP BY, subqueries).
4. Day 4: Sorting traces and complexity, then networking: OSI and TCP/IP layers, TCP versus UDP, ports, DNS and HTTP.
5. Day 5: A full MCQ mock: 100 questions in 60 minutes. Mark every guess, then check whether guessing cost you marks at 0.25 each.
6. Day 6: Written practice at the real pace, about 6 minutes per 10 marks, plus mathematics (15 MCQ + 20 written marks) and English proficiency (30 marks).
7. Day 7: Revise only your mistakes, print the admit card, plan the route to Tejgaon and sleep early. Entry closes at 9:15 am.

Questions about this exam · সাধারণ প্রশ্ন

When is the Combined Bank Assistant Programmer exam?

Saturday 31 October 2026, 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, Dhaka time. One sitting from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm: the 1-hour MCQ, then the 2-hour written exam (200 marks: subjects 150, mathematics 20, English language proficiency 30). Source: BSC notice 340/2026, 19 October 2026.

How is the MCQ paper marked?

MCQ (100 marks, 1 hour): Subjects 75, Mathematics 15, General knowledge 10; 1 mark per right answer, 0.25 deducted per wrong answer. Source: BSC notice 340/2026, 19 October 2026.

Is there negative marking?

Yes: each right MCQ answer earns 1 mark and 0.25 is deducted for each wrong one, so skip questions you can only guess blindly. Source: BSC notice 340/2026.

Where is the exam held?

Tejgaon Govt. High School, Tejgaon, Dhaka. Be at the centre an hour early: no one is let in after 9:15 am. Source: BSC notice 340/2026, 19 October 2026.

What about the admit card?

Bring one printed copy of your admit card. If you have lost it, download a duplicate from Bangladesh Bank's recruitment site, erecruitment.bb.org.bd. Nothing else may be taken in: no paper, book, wallet, bottle, mobile phone, calculator, bank or smart card, or smart watch, and both ears must stay visible during the exam (BSC notice 340/2026).

How many posts and candidates are there?

Assistant Programmer / Senior Officer (AP): 33 posts (5 banks and 2 financial institutions) (BSC circular 04/2026, 1 January 2026 (Job ID 25106)). Candidates called: Assistant Programmer (admit cards downloaded) 2,482 (BSC notice 340/2026, 19 October 2026).

What is the cut mark, and when is the result?

The notice states neither a cut mark nor a result date. The Bankers' Selection Committee publishes results on erecruitment.bb.org.bd; we add the link here when it is out.

Is the written exam on the same day?

Yes. The MCQ (1 hour) and the written exam (2 hours) are taken in one sitting, from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm on 31 October 2026. Source: BSC notice 340/2026.

What is the syllabus?

The notice gives the marks, not a topic list: MCQ subjects 75, mathematics 15, general knowledge 10; written subjects 150, mathematics 20, English language proficiency 30. In our past bank Assistant Programmer papers the subject questions come mostly from programming, data structures, algorithms, databases and networking.

Where can I find the Combined Bank Assistant Programmer exam 2026 question solution?

On this page, on exam day (31 October 2026): the questions of the Assistant Programmer paper with answers.