IBPS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1) Who among the following is not the present Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India ?

• 1) K.C.Chakra varthy
• 2) Subhir Gokarn
• 3) D. Subba Rao
• 4) Anand Sinha
• 5) H. R.khan

2) On 4th July 2011, the Reserve Bank of India on extended the ......... % ceiling of bank investment in liquid schemes of mutual funds Z to include snort-term debt funds ?

• 1) 7
• 2) 8
• 3) 9
• 4) 11
• 5) 10

3) Fixed Deposit also called as ........ ?

• 1) Term Deposit
• 2) Steer Deposit
• 3) Validity Deposit
• 4) No Cancel Deposit
• 5) Inter Deposit

4) Expand CDSL ......... ?

• 1) Central Deposit Source Limited
• 2) Central Deposit Signal Limited
• 3) Central Depository Services Loyalty
• 4) Central Dena Services Limited
• 5) Central Depository Services Limited

5) India is set for a record food grains production in the 2010-11 crop year at ........ million tonnes as per the advance estimates released by the Agriculture Ministry ?

• 1) 222.28
• 2) 232.12
• 3) 321.25
• 4) 241.56
• 5) 201.20

6) By 31 st March 2011, the Non-performance Assets (NPA) to all banks reached about . ..,...... percent ?

• 1) One
• 2) Three
• 3) Five
• 4) Ten
• 5) Eight

7) The best alternative banking service to branch banking to be the part of Financial Inclusion ?

• 1) Establishment of small branches
• 2) Setup ATMs
• 3) Issuing of ATM cards
• 4) Giving Credit Cards
• 5) Mobile banking

8) Central Bank ol India has tie up with .......... to promote vocational training amongst the youth ?

• 1) National Skill Deemed Corporation (NSDC)
• 2) National Steamed Development Corporation (NSDC)
• 3) National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
• 4) Notional Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
• 5) None

9) Banks giving the towest lending the ........ Part of india ?

• 1) Central
• 2) North Eastern
• 3) Southern
• 4) Western
• 5) Northern

10) ........ is a good step it RBI to stop the Capital Outflows and contain the currency depreciation ?

• 1) increase the bank license tee
• 2) restricting customers not to use other ATM
• 3) decrease the interest rates
• 4) increase the interest rates
• 5) None

11) Committee Of Secretaries(COS) recommend .,....... percent of FDI in the multibrand retail sector ? ( Committee headed by Ajay Kumar Seth)

• 1) 49
• 2) 74
• 3) 51
• 4) 26
• 5) 100

12) On 18 July 2011, Atripariite agreement was signed between the Centre, West Bengal government and the Gorkha Janrriukti Moroha(GJM) paving the way for the setting up of the GTA en elected body tor the Darjeeling hills. GTA means ?

• 1) Gorkhalarld Terminal Administration
• 2) Gorkhaland Territorial Authority
• 3) Gorkha 'lime Administration
• 4) Gorkha Territorial Administration
• 5) Gorkhalend Territorial Administration

13) Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, 2011 details are given. Pick the wrong option ?

• 1) On 15 June 2011 the summit held in Astana ( capital of Kazakhstan)
• 2) China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are the member states
• 3) The head quarters is Shanghai. Muratbek Sansyzbayevich tmanaliyev is the secretary General
• 4) India was removed as the member of SCO recently
• 5) The internal members Cooperation is the agenda of this summit

14) The oountry's first-ever socio-economic and caste Census to identity people living below poverty line (BPL) started on June 29, 2011 at tribal village ot Sankhola of ________ ?

• 1) Maharashtra
• 2) Andhra Pradesh
• 3) Jammu
• 4) Bihar
• 5) Tripura

15) Plastic Card of the banks do not include ?

• 1) Passport issued by Indian Government
• 2) Credit Card issued by SBI
• 3) Debit Card issued by ICICI
• 4) Pre-Paid Card issued by HSBC
• 5) ATM Card issued by foreign Banks

16) On 5 July 2011, $ 200 million granted by World Bank to strengthen panchayats and municipalities in ......... ?

• 1) Tamilnadu
• 2) Andhra Pradesh
• 3) Rajasthan
• 4) Uttar Pradesh
• 5) Kerala

17) Re framed National Plural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) got $ ibillion as credit to improve livelihood prospects in the country's rural economy from ........ ?

• 1) IMF
• 2) IDA
• 3) World Bank
• 4) IFC
• 5) ODA

18) ......... allocated more administrative and financial powers to panchayats to further strengthen Panchayati FlaInstitutions recently ?

• 1) Haryana
• 2) Himachal Pradesh
• 3) Tamilnadu
• 4) Sikkim
• 5) Delhi

19. ........ was nominated to the Nobel Peace Prize from India` to recognize his initiatives to bring peace among ethnic communities ot the north east ? .

• 1) Pope Bendict XIV ?
• 2) Thome Bendict XII
• 3) Thomas Menampararripil
• 4) Bendict Louis
• 5) None

20) Authors and Books given. Pick the wrong combination ?

• 1) Straight from the Haat - Bradman
• 2) Sunny Days - Gavaskar
• 3) It Cricket is a Fieligion, Sachin is God Vijay Santhanam
• 4) Wide Angie - Anil Kumble
• 5) Standing My Ground — Mathew Hayden