GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM

1.    FIDE is an international organisation which acts as the governing body of international competition of:

(1) Formula One              

(2) Football                       

(3) Baseball

(4) Chess                         

(5) None of these

2.    Recently World Bank projected GDP growth for  India for Current fiscal 2014-15 at _____?

(1) 6.7%                           

 (2) 5.5%                     

(3) 5.4%                              

(4) 6.1%                     

(5) None of these

3.    Loans of very small amounts given to low income groups is called:

1) Micro Credit                 

2) Cash Credit    

3) Simple Overdraft                     

4) Rural Credit  

5) No Frills Loan

4.    On 3^rd June 2014, RBI announced its second bi-monthly monetary policy review, in which SLR reduced by?

(1) Twenty Five basis point

(2) Hundred Basis point

(3) Seventy Five Basis point

(4) One Twenty Five Basis point

(5) Fifty Basis point

5.    In which of the following conditions, a bank account becomes an NPA (Non Performing Asset)?

(1) A bill purchased or discounted was overdue since 87 days

(2) A cash credit account is out of order for more than 90 days

(3) Interest on principal is not paid for 75 days

(4) When a loan taken in Rabi season is not paid by coming kharif season

(5) None of these

6.    Recently Japan defeated which among the following team to lift maiden Thomas Cup Badminton trophy 2014?

(1) India                                        

(2) China              

(3) Malaysia

(4) South Korea                           

(5) None of these

7.    Which of the following is not correctly matched?

(1) Global Competitiveness Report – World Economic Forum

(2) World Investment Report – World Bank

(3) World Economic Outlook - IMF

(4) Human Development Report – United Nation Development Programme

(5) All are correct

8.    N Srinivasan, recently passes away. He is a ____?

(1) Veteran nuclear scientist                    

(2) Veteran writer and Philosopher

(3) Veteran Politician                               

(4) Veteran  Tamil Actor

(5) None of these

9.  Recently Union Government of India proposed to introduce a Yojana, which aims to carry irrigation water to each and every agricultural field in the country. What is the name of the Yojana?

(1) Pradhan Mantri Gram Neer Yojana

(2)  Pradhan Mantri Gram Abhiyan Yojana

(3) Pradhan Mantri Gram Kranthi Yojana

(4) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sachi Yojana

(5) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sinchai Yojana

10.  Book “Substance and the Shadow” is the autobiography of......
1) Amitab Bachan                        

2) Satyajith Ray               

3) Amir Khan

4) Dilip Kumar                              

5) Mani Ratnam

Answers:

1.4, 2.2, 3.1, 4.5, 5.2, 6.3, 7.2, 8.1, 9.5, 10.4