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 

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM

1. Asian Development Bank (ADB) was established in ......
1) 1966
2) 1945
3) 1969
4) 1984
5) 1921

2. ADB headquarters located in ......
1) Philippines
2) USA
3) UK
4) Switzerland
5) France

3. President of ADB is ......
1) Takehiko Nakao
2) Jim Yong Kim
3) Christine Legarde
4) Ban Ki Moon
5) None

4. India and Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed an agreement for $300 million loan to improve road connectivity in the state of?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) AP
3) Odisha
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Jharkhand

5. Which bank for the first time in its history, to offload around Rs.5,000 cr of its Rs.67,799 cr assets to asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) recently?
1) Punjab National Bank
2) Union Bank of India
3) State Bank of India
4) Canara Bank
5) None

6. State Bank of India (SBI) on 7 March 2014, proposed to offer share purchase scheme for all its employees to raise additional equity capital of ......
1) Rs.500 - 600 cr
2) Rs.7,600 - 9200 cr
3) Rs.700 - 900 cr
4) Rs.800 -1,200 cr
5) Rs.100 - 300 cr

7. Under provisions of the Banking Regulation Act 1949, it is required that a bank required to transfer not less than ....... percent out of the balance of profit of each year to the Reserve Fund Created?
1) 20
2)15
3)10
4) 8
5) 30

8. Public Sector Banks require up to ...... rupees in core capital by Mar 2018, as they migrate to the capital intensive Basel-III framework as per the RBI report on 11 May 2014?
1) 5.8 trillion
2) 1.2 trillion
3) 9.2 trillion
4) 11.5 trillion
5) None

9. On 26 May 2014, which financial regulator said it’s permission is necessary for any take over or acquisition or control of an NBFC (Non-Banking Finance Company).
1) SEBI
2) IRDA
3) NRBI
4) SBI
5) RBI

10. To regulate payments in India, Payment and Settlement Systems Act passed in .....
1) 2000
2) 2005
3) 2011
4) 1999
5) 2007

11. ...... High Court in India on 2 April 2014, restored the power of the Reserve Bank of India to decide the period after which the bad loan can be called as a Non-Performing Asset (NPA)?
1) AP
2) Tamil nadu
3) Gujarat
4) Assam
5) None

12. The RBI permitted bank branches abroad to sell structured products that are not specifically permitted in the domestic market. Which of the following statements is correct in this context?
1) Banks can offer such products in foreign branches in compliance with the host country regulations.
2) Banks are allowed to do so only at the established financial centers outside India like New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Dubai etc.
3) For other than established financial centers, banks may offer only those products that are specifically permitted in India.
4) RBI review the above guidelines from time to time
5) All of above

13. Recommendations headed by the expert committee headed by P.J. Nayak to review the governance of Boards of Banks given. Locate the wrong answer?
1) Government should reduce its holding in public sector banks to below 50 percent.
2) Government should repeal the Bank Nationalization Acts together with the SBI Act and the SBI (Subsidiary Banks) Act.
3) RBI should loose its control over foreign banks and handover the authority to EXIM Bank.
4) All of above
5) None

14. On 20 May 2014, Indian Stock Market entered ........... trillion dollar club?
1) two
2) three
3) four
4) five
5) one

15. Hindustan Motors halted the production of India’s iconic car .......
1) Alto
2) Bolero
3) Ambassador
4) Winner
5) Swift

16. World Trade Organisation (WTO) projected that the world trade grow by ...... percent in 2014?
1) 2.8
2) 3.5
3) 4.7
4) 5.5
5) 6.0

17. Ryder Cup belongs to .....
1) Volley Ball
2) Foot Ball
3) Golf
4) Weight Lifting
5) Table Tennis

18. On 1 June 2014, Yogeshwar Dutt and Sushil Kumar won Gold and Silver medals at the International tournament held in Sassari City of Italy. Both players belong to which game/ sport?
1) Chess
2) Squash
3) Foot Ball
4) Boxing
5) Wrestling

19. Maria Sharapova won French Open 2014. She belongs to .......
1) France
2) Germany
3) Russia
4) Romania
5) USA

20. e-clearance mechanism is the first in a series of online approvals that the government proposes to put in place on 6 June 2014. The mechanism to be introduced by ........
1) Minister of Home Affairs
2) Minister for Urban Development
3) Minister for External Affairs
4) Minister for Civil Aviation
5) Minister for Environment and Forest Affairs

21. For the first time in the country’s history Shompens, considered one of the last surviving stone-age tribes, cast their votes in recently held parliamentary elections. This tribe is inhabited in which of the following islands?
1) Great Nicobar
2) Wheeler Island
3) Lakshadweep
4) Butcher Island
5) Barren Island

22. President of India on 12 May 2014, had given his assent to ........
1) Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2011
2) Whistleblowers Rights Act, 2011
3) Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2014
4) Whistleblowers Protection Act, 2012
5) None

23. Donna Tartt has won Fiction Pulitzer for which of the following books?
1) The Little Friend
2) Dark Places
3) Gone Girl
4) Goldfinch
5) The Secret History

24. Kamal Haasan led the Indian delegation at the 67th Cannes International Film Festival from 14 May 2014. Where is Cannes?
1) France
2) Switzerland
3) Italy
4) Germany
5) None

25. Winter Sleep won the Palme d'Or award, the festival's highest honour at .......
1) Oscar Film Festival
2) Berlin Film Festival
3) Cannes Film Festival
4) Oslo Film Festival
5) None

26. Who was given additional charge of the Ministries of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation on the eve of death of Gopinath Munde on 4 June 2014?
1) Sadananda Gowda
2) Uma Bharathi
3) Nithin Gadkari
4) Najma Hepthulla
5) Ram Vilas Paswan

27. Protem-Speaker of 16th Loksabha is .....
1) Kamalnath
2) Sumitra Mahajan
3) Gopinath Munde
4) L.K. Advani
5) Sushma Swaraj

28. Former Chief of the Air Staff Norman Anil Kumar Browne has been appointed as India's next Ambassador to which of the following countries recently?
1) Norway
2) UK
3) Spain
4) France
5) None

29. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) succeeding Justice NP Singh 14 May 2014?
1) Justice Mukul Mudgal
2) Justice K.G. Balakrishnan
3) Justice B.S. Chauhan
4) Justice Swatantra Kumar
5) None

30. 2014 Bailey's Women's Prize for Fiction won by Eimear McBride for her first novel 'A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing' on 4 June 2014. She belongs to .....
1) USA
2) Ireland
3) India
4) Norway
5) Bulgeria

31. 2 States, 3 Mistakes of My life, One Night @ The Call Center, Five Point Some One written by .......
1) R.K. Narayan
2) Chetan Bhagat
3) Sarojini Naidu
4) APJ Abdul Kalam
5) None

32. Theme of 2014 Environment Day is 'Small Island Developing States and Climate Change', and the official slogan is 'Raise Your Voice, Not the Sea Level'. Environment Day celebrates on ......
1) 1 June
2) 2 June
3) 3 June
4) 4 June
5) 5 June

33. International Day for Biological Diversity observed on ......
1) 22 January
2) 22 March
3) 22 April
4) 22 May
5) 22 June

34. USSD stands for .......
1) Unstructured Supplementary Service Data
2) Universal Supplementary Service Data
3) Unstructured Standard Service Data
4) Unstructured Supplementary Service Dairy
5) Unstructured Supplementary Stolen Data

35. IFRS means for .......
1) Indian Financial Reporting Standard
2) International Financial Reporting Scroll
3) International Favor Reporting Standard
4) International Financial Reporting Standard
5) None

36. Who set up $1.6 billion fund to support maritime Silk Road development?
1) Japan
2) Russia
3) China
4) Norway
5) India

37. Indian Navy and Singapore Navy started Navy drill in Andaman Sea on 22 May 2014. It is .......
1) Tropex
2) Malbar
3) Peace Angel
4) SIMBEX 14
5)None

38. Hosni Mubarak was punished for 3 years recently. He was the ex-president of?
1) Italy
2) France
3) Egypt
4) Iraq
5) None

39. Egypt Capital is Cairo. The currency of Egypt is Egyptian ......
1) Dollar
2) Rupee
3) Ruble
4) Dinar
5) Pound

40. ......... became the youngest woman to climb Mount Everest?
1) Premalath Agarwal
2) Malavath Poorna
3) Priyadarsini Agarwal
4) Kiran Mazumdar
5) None

ANSWERS:
1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-4, 5-3, 6-4, 7-1, 8-1, 9-5, 10-5
11-3, 12-5, 13-3, 14-5, 15-3, 16-3, 17-3, 18-5, 19-3, 20-5
21-1, 22-1, 23-4, 24-1, 25-3, 26-3, 27-1, 28-1, 29-3, 30-2
31-2, 32-5, 33-4, 34-1, 35-4, 36-3, 37-4, 38-3, 39-5, 40-2

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Who took over as the first woman President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on December 15, 2012?
1) Jyotsna Suri (Bharat Hotels)
2) Chanda Kochhar (ICICI)
3) Shikha Sharma (Axis Bank)
4) Naina Lal Kidwai (HSBC)
5) Swati Piramal (Piramal Healthcare)

2. South Korea elected its first woman President on December 19, 2012. She will succeed Lee Myung-bak on February 25, 2013. Name her?
1) Chang Sang
2) Park Geun-hye
3) Jeon Yeo-ok
4) Kang Kum-Sil
5) Lim Su-Kyung

3. The 61st Miss Universe pageant was held on December 19, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. Who was crowned Miss Universe 2012?
1) Leila Lopes (Angola)
2) Janine Tugonon (Philippines)
3) Irene Esser (Venezuela)
4) Olivia Culpo (USA)
5) Laura Godoy (Guatemala)

4. Who won the African Footballer of the Year award for a second successive time on December 20, 2012?
1) Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast)
2) Alexandre Song (Cameroon)
3) Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon)
4) Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
5) Michael Essien (Ghana)

5. Which of the following statements is not true?
1) Nobel Prize is not awarded in the category of music.
2) Census is conducted every ten years.
3) Rajiv Awas Yojana was started to make cities free from slums.
4) Norman Borlaug contributed to the Green Revolution.
5) Providing banking services to rural poor is known as SME Finance.
6. Which state government launched the Samajwadi Swasthya Seva, an ambulance service to provide emergency medical relief, in September 2012?
1) Bihar 
2) Uttarakhand
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Rajasthan 
5) Haryana

7. The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has commended the Jyotigram Yojana, which provides 24 hour power supply to villages in the state. Which state has launched this program?
1) Goa 
2) Gujarat
3) Chhattisgarh 
4) Karnataka
5) Madhya Pradesh

8. Who was appointed the Chairman of the ICC's Technical Committee on October 11, 2012?
1) Sunil Gavaskar
2) Andrew Strauss
3) Anil Kumble 
4) Mark Taylor
5) Allan Isaac

9. Which of the following pairs of Ministers of State (Independent Charge) and their portfolios is not matched correctly?
1) Manish Tewari - Drinking water & Sanitation
2) Jyotiraditya Scindia - Power
3) Sachin Pilot - Corporate Affairs
4) Jitendra Singh - Youth Affairs & Sports
5) Jayanthi Natrajan - Environment & Forests

10. Home Loans can be best canvassed among?
1) Flat owners 
2) Agriculturists
3) Land developers
4) Individuals wanting to buy a house
5) None of these

11. Bancassurance can be sold to?
1) All Insurance companies
2) Insurance agents
3) All banks
4) All existing and prospective bank customers
5) None of these

12. Bank of Rajasthan has been merged with which of the following banks?
1) IDBI Bank 
2) Axis Bank
3) ICICI Bank 
4) HDFC Bank
5) Oriental Bank of Commerce

13. Which one of the following crops needs plenty of water to grow?
1) Jowar 
2) Bajra 
3) Paddy
4) Finger millet 
5) Cotton

14. Which of the following crops is used to make bio-fuels?
1) Potato 
2) Coconut
3) Wheat 
4) Sugarcane
5) Onion

15. Who is the author of the book 'Solo'?
1) Chetan Bhagat
2) Rana Dasgupta
3) Rahul Bhattacharya
4) Shobha De
5) Kiran Desai

16. Who was appointed the Chairman of the national cricket selection committee in September 2012?
1) Roger Binny
2) Vikram Rathore
3) Saba Karim
4) Mohinder Amarnath
5) Sandeep Patil

17. Abbreviations and their full forms are given below. Which one of them is not correct?
1) SME - Small and Medium Enterprises
2) QIB - Qualified Institutional Buyer
3) NBFC - Non Banking Financial Company
4) LDC - Large Developed Countries
5) IFRS-International Financial Reporting Standards

ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 4 4) 4 5) 5 6) 3 7) 2 8) 3 9) 1 10) 4 11) 4 12) 3 13) 3 14) 4 15) 2 16) 5 17) 4

IBPS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1) Expand FICCI ?
1. Federation of Industry Chambers and Commerce of India
2. Federation of Indian Chambers of Confederation and Industry
3. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
4. Federation of Industrial Chambers of Confederation of India
5. None of these

2) The Head quarters of United India Insurance Company Limited is located in
1. Mumbai
2. Kolkata
3. Pune
4. New Delhi
5. Chennai

3) In which of the following state, Institute of Rural Management, Anand is located?
1. Maharashtra
2. Punjab
3. Gujarat
4. Tamilnadu
5. Uttar Pradesh

4) Who was the first Indian to win Ramon-Magsaysay Award?
1. Mahamatma Gandhi
2. Nehru
3. Indira Gandhi
4. Vinobha Bhave
5. Guljarilal Nanda

5) Who was the first Indian to win Order of Australia Award?
1. Soli Sorabji
2. Kiran Bedi
3. Anna hazare
4. Kapil Dev
5. Dhyan Chand

6) The Head quarters of New India Assurance are located in?
1. Chennai
2. Chandigarh
3. Mumbai
4. Hyderabad
5. Bangalore

7) Who among the following won Man booker Prize twice?
1. Peter Carey
2. JM Coetzee
3. Hillary Mantel
4. Only 1 and 3
5. All the above got twice

8) In which year ICRISAT was founded?
1. 1971
2. 1972
3. 1973
4. 1974
5. 1975

9) India’s largest commercial real estate developer DLF is much in news recently. In which year it was founded?
1. 1946
2. 1947
3. 1948
4. 1949
5. 1950

IBPS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. As per the modern definition of the bank, which is the first bank established in India in 1786?
1) The General Bank of India
2) Union Bank of India
3) Allahabad Bank
4) Indian Bank of Calcutta
5) Maharaja Rana Pratap Bank

2. One of the earliest banks in India, Bank of Hindustan was established in?
1) 1850
2) 1890
3) 1870
4) 1910
5) 1790

3. Few Indian Merchants established Union Bank in 1839 (not Union Bank of India) at?
1) Calcutta
2) Bombay
3) Nagpur
4) Hyderabad
5) Shimla

4. One of the oldest joint stock banks, Bank of Upper India in 1863, merged with?
1) Allahabad Bank
2) British Indian Bank
3) Indian Catholic Bank
4) Punjab National Bank
5) Alliance Bank of Shimla

5. First entirely Indian joint stock bank Oudh Commercial Bank was established in 1881 at?
1) Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh)
2) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh)
3) Godhra (Gujarat)
4) Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
5) Calcutta (West Bengal)

6. The first phase of Indian banking runs between 1786 to 1969. The highlights of this period include?
1) Establishment of banks in India
2) Report of Hilton-Young Commission
3) Establishment of Reserve Bank of India
4) Establishment of State Bank of India
5) All of the above

7. The second phase of Indian banking runs between 1969 to 1991. The highlights of this period include?
1) Nationalization of banks
2) Insurance of bank deposits
3) Setting up of Regional Rural Banks
4) Establishment of NABARD
5) All of the above

8. Third phase of Indian Banking runs between 1991 till today. The highlights of this period include?
1) Introduction of banking reforms
2) Infusion of Information Technology
3) More entry of Foreign banks
4) Customer Banking
5) All of the above

9. Economic and Banking pundits divide the functions of RBI into three categories. They are?
1) Traditional, Promotional and Aggressive
2) Frictional, Promotional and Supervisory
3) Traditional, Promotional and Selective
4) Direct, Autocrat and Supervisory
5) Traditional, Promotional and Supervisory

10. ......functions of Reserve Bank of India include Banker to the government, issuing of currency notes, control the foreign exchange, and fight against the economic crisis.
1) Traditional
2) Promotional
3) Supervisory
4) Autocrat
5) Negligent

IBPS CLERKS CWE GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. The former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Begum Khaleda Zia visited India in November 2012. She is currently Leader of the Opposition and Chairperson of which of the following political parties?
1) Awami League
2) Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
3) Bangladesh Nationalist Party
4) Bangladesh Jatiya Party
5) Communist Party of Bangladesh

2. Fed Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis. Which country won the 2012 Fed Cup on November 4, 2012?
1) Czech Republic
2) Serbia
3) Germany
4) Russia
5) Spain

3. 'Playing to Win' is written by which of the following sportspersons?
1) Sania Mirza
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Anil Kumble
5) Vishwanathan Anand

4. Who was conferred the 27th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration on October 31, 2012, the death anniversary of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi?
1) A.R.Rahman
2) Shyam Benegal
3) Javed Akhtar
4) Gulzar
5) Lata Mangeshkar

5. Which of the following statements about Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is not correct?
1) APEC is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim countries that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
2) Its headquarters is in Jakarta.
3) The 24th APEC summit was held in Vladivostok, Russia in September 2012.
4) The 25th APEC summit will be held in Bali, Indonesia in October 2013.
5) India is not a member of APEC.

6. Venu Srinivasan received the Ishikawa-Kano Award in Hong Kong in August 2012. He is the Chairman of which of the following companies?
1) Videocon
2) TVS Motors
3) Future Group
4) Ashok Leyland
5) Kinetic Group

7. The Tagore University for Liberal Arts is the first of the proposed 'innovation univers-ities'. It will come up in which of the following cities?
1) Pune
2) Kolkata
3) Nalanda
4) Hyderabad
5) Kharagpur

8. Nadzeya Ostapchuk was stripped of her gold medal that she won in the women's shot put in the London Olympics for testing positive for an anabolic steroid. She belongs to?
1) Poland
2) Belarus
3) Czech Republic
4) Slovakia
5) Slovenia

9. On August 1, 2012, the Indian government allowed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from which of the following countries?
1) Bangladesh
2) Sri Lanka
3) Pakistan
4) Afghanistan
5) Myanmar

IBPS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS KNOWLEDGE CAPSULE

1. Juan Carlos I visited India in the last week of October 2012. He is the king of which of the following European countries?
1) Norway
2) Sweden
3) Spain
4) Greece
5) Denmark

2. Which of the following companies has launched Surface, a tablet computer?
1) Apple
2) Google
3) Microsoft
4) Nokia
5) Samsung

3. Mo Yan of China was awarded which of the following Nobel Prizes for the year 2012?
1) Peace
2) Physics
3) Literature
4) Physiology
5) Chemistry

4. In October 2012, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by the International Cycling Union (UCI), the governing body of cycling, following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that has accused him of leading a massive doping program on his teams?
1) Floyd Landis
2) Greg Lemond
3) Cadel Evans
4) Lance Armstrong
5) None of these

5. Which of the following state-ments about the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is not true?
1) The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was founded in Belgrade in 1961 which now has 120 members.
2) It is the brainchild of Josip Tito (Yugoslavia), Sukarno (Indonesia), Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egypt), Kwama Nkrumah (Ghana) and Jawaharlal Nehru (India).
3) The 16th NAM summit was held from August 26 to 31, 2012 in Tehran, Iran.
4) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the Chairman.
5) Pranab Mukherjee, the President, represented India.

6. "The Garden of Evening Mists" was short listed for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. Who is its author?
1) Will Self (UK)
2) Tan Twan Eng (Malaysia)
3) Deborah Levy (UK)
4) Alison Moore (UK)
5) Hilary Mantel (UK)

7. Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley have been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Economics. They belong to?
1) UK
2) France
3) USA
4) Sweden
5) Australia

8. Virender Poonia is one of the eight winners of the Dronacharya awards for 2012. He is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Kabaddi
2) Boxing
3) Hockey
4) Athletics
5) Wrestling

9. This year 25 sportspersons were given Arjuna awards. Who is the only cricketer among these winners?
1) Virat Kohli
2) Gautam Gambhir
3) Rohit Sharma
 4) Yuvraj Singh
5) Suresh Raina

10. New York state has accused which of the following banking giants of hiding about 60,000 secret transactions with the Iranian government, involving $250 billion, and exposing the US financial system to terrorists, weapon dealers and drug kingpins?
1) Barclays
2) HSBC
3) Citibank
4) BNP Paribas
5) Standard Chartered

BANK EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. As per RBI order on 20th August 2012, ''No frills accounts'' to be called as?
1) Basic Saving Bank Deposit Account
2) Poor Man Saving Bank Deposit Account
3) BPL Account
4) No Pay Account
5) None

2. Loans given to weaker and poor sections of the society are called?
1) Corporate Lending
2) Priority Sector Lending
3) Ration Shops Lending
4) No Rich Lending
5) None

3. ''Bank Saathi'' is a?
1) Nearest ATM
2) Business correspondent scheme
3) Nearest Internet Centre
4) Account for friend
5) Scheme for wife and husband

4. NABARD was established on the recommendations of which committee?
1) Goel
2) Vaidyanathan
3) Narashimham
4) Sivaraman
5) Kalyanasundaram

5. Aim of the 12th Five Year Plan (2012 - 17) is?
1) Faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth
2) Development of Industries and Agriculture
3) Combined and Sustainable Growth for Rural People
4) Alleviation of Poverty in Urban and Rural Areas
5) None

6. Expand SEZ .............
1) Serial Economic Zone
2) Special Economic Zoo
3) Senior Economic Zone
4) Series Economic Zone
5) Special Economic Zone

7. The list of Books given. Pick the correct one.
1) Pranab Mukherjee - Challenges before the Nation
2) Narendra Modi - Convenient Action: Gujarat's Response to Challenges of Climate Change
3) Narayan Murthy - A Better India: A Better World
4) Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Meri Sansadiya Yatra
5) All of above

8. Wrestling coach Yashvir Singh, Boxing Coach BI Fernandez, Athletics Coach Virender Poonia, Kabaddi Coach Sunil Davas, Parathletics Coach Dr.Satyapaul and Hockey Coach Harinder Singh received which award?1) Arjun
2) Khelratna
3) Dronachharya
4) Dhyanchand
5) None

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs FOR BANK EXAMS

1)Expand CERN?
1. Centre for Education and Research News
2. Centre for References and News
3. European Centre for Nuclear Research
4. none of these

2)The amount that India allotted during 12th five year plan to provide free medicines to all patients?
1. Rs 38,450 crore
2. Rs 28,560 crore
3.Rs 10000 Crore
4. None of these

3)Which of the following company introduced fastest computer in world?
1. Micro soft
2. Apple
3. Lenova
4. IBM

4)Why Liu Yang was in news recently?
1. She became first Chinese Woman to go into space
2. She became first winner Olympic Medal from China
3. She became first Chinese President
4. None of these

5)Expand CCMB? 
1. Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
2. Centre for Cell and Micro Biology
3. Centre for chemo therapy and Biopsy
4. None of these

6)In which of the following nation Conference sustainable was held?
1. America
2. France
3. Brazil
4. Kenya

7)From which of the following places Russia’s Soyuz-FG rocket was launched?
1. Baikonur Space Centre
2. ISRO Satellite Launching Centre
3. Russia Cosmodrome Centre
4. None of these

8)How many Satellites was placed by Russia’s Soyuz-FG in respective Orbits?
1. 2
2. 3
3. 4
4. 5

SBI ASSOCIATE BANKS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS

1) As per RBI DATA Which of the following is about accounts Indian women in Banks? 
1. Indian Women in rural areas held more bank accounts when compared to women in semi - urban, urban and metropolitan areas
 2. A total of 5.25 crore accounts had been opened by rural women.
 3. Women in semi-urban areas held Rs 4.47 crore accounts while metropolitan women had opened Rs 3.98 crore accounts
4. All the above

2) In which of the following state women having more number of accounts? 
1. Andhra Pradesh
2. Madhya Pradesh
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Maharashtra

3) In which of the following states cash is held most in bank accounts?  
1. Maharashtra
2. Uttar Pradesh
 3. Gujarat
4. Andhra Pradesh

4) According to Union Commerce Ministry in the month of May, the exports slipped by? 
1. 4.14%
2. 4.16%
 3. 4.18%
4. 5.21

5) The trade deficit in May 2012 was? 
1. $16.3 billion
2. $18.9billion
 3. $21.24 billion
4. None of these

6) The target set by Union Government in its recent Trade Policy in the 2012-13 fiscal year, regarding exports? 
1. 21%
2. 19%
 3. 20%
4. 24%

7) According to Reserve Bank of India the amount in unclaimed bank accounts are more than ..... in rupees ? 
1. 2,100 crore
2. 2,400 crore
 3. 1800 crore
4.2700 crore

8) The highest amount of unclaimed deposits has been reported by ? 
1. State Bank of India
2. Punjab National Bank
3. Syndicate bank
4. Canara Bank

SBI ASSOCIATE BANKS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS MODEL PRACTICE MCQs

1. Which of the following types of accounts are known as “demat accounts”?
A) accounts which are zero balance accounts
B) accounts which are opened to facilitated repayment of a loan taken from the bank. No other business can be conducted from there
C) accounts in which share of various companies are traded in electronic form
D) accounts which are operated through internet banking facility
E) None of these

2. Kaushik Basu has been appointed as the chief economist of ....
A) World bank B) IMF
C) Asian Development Bank
D) Asian Development Bank Institute
E) None of these

3. P V Sindhu who was in news recently is a ....
A) Badminton Player
B) Tennis Player
C) Chess Player
D) Table Tennis Player
E) None of these

4. Which among the following city is the host for 13th International conference on Mobility and transport for elderly and disabled persons (Transed ) 2012?
A) New Delhi
B) Mumbai
C) Kolkatta
D) Hyderabad
E) None of these

5. Recently in which of the following country, the ‘Senahiya’ military hospital was inaugurated by Indian Defence Minister AK Antony ?
A) Japan
B) Bhutan
C) Nepal
D) Maldives
E) None of these

6. A term loan is classified as a non-performing asset, if interest or installment is overdue for period exceeding how many days?
A) 90
B) 91
C) 180
D) 182
E) None of these

7. Which of the following is an interest bearing demand deposit?
A) Time Deposit
B) Re-investment deposits
C) Cash Certificates
D) Savings Bank account
E) None of these

8. Ideal Credit deposit ratio for a bank is -
A) 60%
B) 40%
C) 90%
D) 30%
E) None of these

 9. Which among the following ministry conducts Census in India ?
A) Home affairs
B) Human Resource Development
C) Planning Commission
D) Statistics and Planning
E) None of these

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Effective from September 22, 2012 what is the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)?
1) 4%
2) 4.75%
3) 4.5%
4) 4.25%
5) 5%

2. Which Russian city hosted the 24th Summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) in September 2012?
1) Yekaterinburg
2) Vladivostok
3) Moscow
4) Novosibirsk
5) Saint Petersburg

3. Who was named One Day International Cricketer of the Year at the ICC awards in September 2012?
1) Hashim Amla
2) Michael Clarke
3) Virat Kohli
4) Sunil Narine
5) Kumar Sangakkara

4. Christopher Stevens was killed during an armed mob attack in Benghazi in September 2012. He was the ambassador of the United States to which of the following countries?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Egypt
4) Libya
5) Afghanistan

5. Which of the following state-ments about the IIFA Awards is not correct?
1) The 13th International Indian Film Academy(IIFA) Awards ceremony was held on June 9, 2012 in Singapore.
2) Ranbir Kapoor bagged the Best Actor award for his role in Rockstar.
3) Vidya Balan was named the Best Actress for her role in 'Kahaani'.
4) 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' (ZNMD) won the Best Picture award.
5) Zoya Akhtar won the Best Director award for ZNMD.

6. Pakistan's Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and which of the following Indians have been awarded the prestigious Intern-ational Jurists Award 2012?
1) Salman Khurshid
2) Sonia Gandhi
3) Mulayam Singh Yadav
4) Justice S.H. Kapadia
5) None of these

7. Charles Taylor received a 50-year-jail term recently for aiding and abetting crimes against humanity by a UN-backed war crimes court. He is the former President of which of the following African countries?
1) Rwanda
2) Liberia
3) Uganda
4) Sierra Leone
5) Gambia

BANK EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS KNOWLEDGE CAPSULES

1. The limit of overseas investment in government bonds/securities has been raised from $15 billion to
a) $20 billion 
b) $25 billion
c) $30 billion 
d) $35 billion
e) None of the above

2. According to Investment Report 20123 the total FDI inflow in India in 2011 stood at
a) $67 billion 
b) $87 billion
c) $52 billion 
d) $78 billion
e) None of the above

3. According to The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012, India ranks at
a) 42nd 
b) 36th 
c) 56th
d) 53rd 
e) 62nd

4. Which country tops the overall rankings in The Global Competitiveness Report 2011-2012?
a) Sweden 
b) Singapore
c) Netherland 
d) Switzerland
e) None of the above

5. The World Bank Group have entered into an agreement with which among the following industrial bodies to establish the India Wildlife Business Council (IWBC) to promote tiger and biodiversity conservation for sustainable development?
a) Industrial Development Bank of India
b) Indian Industries Association
c) Confederation of Indian Industry
d) The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India
e) None of the above

6. The country’s first indigenously designed microwave imaging satellite, Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT-1) was launched by Indian Space Research Organisation on April 26, 2012. Which of the following statments about RISAT-1 is/are correct?
1 The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV C-19 was used to launch RISAT-1.
2 It has cloud penetrating capability and can imaging even without sunlight.
3 The RISAT-1 is an advanced C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar Satellite working in 5.35 Giga Hertz frequency.
4 It was launched from Sriharikota located in Rajasthan.
a) 1 and 2 only 
b) 2 and 3 only
c) 1, 2and 3 only 
d) 1, 3 and 4 only
e) All 1, 2, 3 and 4

7. Who among the following has been appointed as chairman of Expert Committee on GAAR for examining issues on General Anti-Avoidance Rules (GAAR)?
a) Sudhir Gupta 
b) C. Rangarajan
c) N. Rangachary 
d) Parthasarathi Shome
e) None of the above

8. Which of the followings scheme(s) is/are launched by Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR)?
1 Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF)
2 Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Yojana (RGSY)
3 Panchayat Mahila Evam Yuva Shakti Abhiyan (PMEYSA)
a) Only 1 
b) Only 2 
c) Only 3
d) 2 and 3 only 
e) All 1, 2 and 3

9. Name the person who took oath as the 25th Prime Minister of Pakistan recently?
a) Yusuf Raza Gilani
b) Makhdoom Shahbuddin
c) Hina Rabbani Khar
d) Raja Pervaiz Ashraf
e) None of the above

10. Which country became a major non-NATO ally of the United States recently?
a) Japan 
b) Israel
c) Pakistan 
d) Newzeland
e) Afghanistan

SBI GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Meles Zenawi passed away on August 20, 2012. He was the Prime Minister of which of the following African countries from 1995 until his death in 2012?
1) Somalia
2) Ethiopia
3) Eritrea
4) Djibouti
5) Sudan

2. Which Chinese woman shooter won the first gold medal of the London Olympics on July 28, 2012?
1) Yi Siling
2) Yu Dan
3) Ye Shiwen
4) Wang Mingjuan
5) Li Xuerui

3. What is the full form of BIFR?
1) Board for Investigation and Formal Reconstruction
2) Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction
3) Bureau for Industrial and Financial Rehabilitation
4) Board for Institutional Finance and Rehabilitation
5) None of these

4. The National Security Guard (NSG) is primarily utilized for counter-terrorism activities. It operates under the Ministry of?
1) Defense
2) Home Affairs
3) External Affairs
4) Parliamentary Affairs
5) None of these

5. Who was ranked the most powerful woman in the world for the second year in a row by Forbes magazine on August 23, 2012?
1) Angela Merkel (Germany)
2) Hillary Clinton (USA)
3) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)
4) Melinda Gates (USA)
5) Jill Abramson (USA)

6. Who among the following never functioned as a judge of the Inte-rnational Court of Justice (ICJ)?
1) Sir Benegal Rau
2) Dr. Nagendra Singh
3) Justice R.S.Pathak
4) Justice Dalveer Bhandari
5) Justice Y.V.Chandrachud

7. Joe Dawes has been appointed as the bowling coach of the Indian cricket team. To which country does he belong?
1) England
2) Australia
3) West Indies
4) South Africa
5) New Zealand

8. Who became the new President of the European Bank for Recon-struction and Development (EBR D) on July3, 2012?
1) Suma Chakrabarti
2) Thomas Mirow
3) Anshu Jain
4) Meera Sanyal
5) Horst Kohler

9. 'Target 3 Billion' is a book that highlights the issues prevailing in rural India and suggests measures to improve standards of living. It is co-authored by Srijan Pal Singh and?
1) Jairam Ramesh
2) Aruna Roy
3) Abdul Kalam
4) P.Sainath
5) Pranab Mukherjee

10. Which country won the 2012 Thomas Cup badminton championship in May 2012?
1) China
2) South Korea
3) Indonesia
4) Malaysia
5) Japan

GENERAL AWARENESS FOR BANK EXAMS

1. Which Indian-American won the Scripps National Spelling Bee competition in Maryland, USA, in June 2012? (This is the 5th consecutive win for Indian-Americans)
1) Stuti Mishra
2) Arvind Mahamkali
3) Snigdha Nandipati
4) Vanya Shivshankar
5) None of these

2. Who became the 25th Chief of the Indian Army on May 31, 2012?
1) J.J.Singh
2) Bikram Singh
3) V.K.Singh
4) Dalbir Singh Suhag
5) None of these

3 Which country's Prime Minister was India's chief guest of honor at the 63rd Republic Day Parade on January 26, 2012?
1) Cambodia
2) Australia
3) Bangladesh
4) Thailand
5) Russia

4. Which is India's highest peacetime gallantry award?
1) Param Vir Chakra
2) Maha Vir Chakra
3) Ashok Chakra
4) Kirti Chakra
5) Shourya Chakra

5. The 10th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) conclave was held in Jaipur from January 7 to 9, 2012. Who was the chief guest for this conference?
1) Lakshmi Nivas Mittal
2) Datuk S.Subramaniam
3) Yingluck Shinawatra
4) Anand Satyanand
5) Kamla Persad Bissessar

6. Which city hosted the 99th Indian Science Congress in January 2012?
1) Chennai
2) Pune
3) New Delhi
4) Bhubaneshwar
5) Bangalore

7. According to a report on hunger and malnutrition (HUNGaMA), what percent of India's children are malnourished and underw-eight?
1) 42
2) 32
3) 38
4) 48
5) 53

8. The proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) will work as an integral part of which of the following agencies?
1) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
2) Intelligence Bureau (IB)
3) National Investigation Agency (NIA)
4) Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)
5) National Security Guard (NSG)

9. India and Thailand have decided to develop a seaport at Dawei, earlier known as Tavoy. In which Asian country is this town located?
1) Thailand
2) Cambodia
3) Myanmar
4) Vietnam
5) Laos

10. Who is the defense secretary of the United States of America?
1) Leon Panetta
 2) John Bryson
3) Tom Vilsack
4) Eric Holder
5) None of these

11. Nathpa Jhakri, India's largest hydroelectric project generated 7,610 million units of electricity in 2011-12 which is a record. In which state is this project located?
1) Assam
2) Arunachal Pradesh
3) West Bengal
4) Himachal Pradesh
5) None of these

12. Which state has instituted the Mallikarjun Mansur award?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Maharashtra
3) Odisha
4) Goa
5) Karnataka

13. Which state made Chess classes compulsory in schools to impr-ove cognitive skills of students from this academic year? (Gujarat is the first state to start chess programmes in schools)
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Kerala
4) Bihar
5) Jharkhand

14. Who became the new President of the Federation of Indian Cha-mbers of Commerce and Industry
(FICCI) in January 2012?
1) Naina Lal Kidwai
2) Sidharth Birla
3) R.V. Kanoria
4) Shikha Sharma
5) None of these

15. Homai Vyarawala passed away recently. She is India's first woman?
1) Jnanpith award winner
2) Photo journalist
3) Mountaineer
4) Cricketer
5) None of these

16. Which of the following is not a National Bravery Award?
1) Geeta Chopra Award
2) Sanjay Chopra Award
3) Bharat Award
4) Bapu Gaidhani Award
5) Chameli Devi Jain Award

17. Who was given the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation in Bodh Gaya in 2012?
1) Aung San Suu Kyi
2) Nelson Mandela
3) Dalai Lama
4) Ela Bhatt
5) Sheikh Hasina

18. Who won the best actor award at the 57th Filmfare Awards 2011?
1) Hrithik Roshan
2) Shah Rukh Khan
 3) Aamir Khan
4) Ranbir Kapoor
5) None of these

19. Francois Hollande became the President of which of the following countries in May 2012?
1) Netherlands
2) Germany
3) France
 4) Greece
5) Spain

20. Rahul Khullar took charge as the Chairman of which of the following regulators on May 14, 2012?
1) Insurance Regulatory Development Authority
2) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
3) Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority
4) Securities Exchange Board of India
5) None of these

21. The Standing Committee of the Inter State Council has been reconstituted. Who is the Chairman of this committee?
1) P.Chidambaram
2) Pranab Mukherjee
3) Sharad Pawar
4) M.Veerappa Moily
5) Mukul Roy

22. Who is the Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy?
1) K.Radhakrishnan
2) V.K.Saraswat
3) Avinash Chander
4) Ratan Kumar Sinha
5) None of these

23. Who has been nominated for the first 'Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony' in May 2012? (It was instituted by the Government to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore)
1) Anna Hazare
2) Pandit Ravishankar
3) Amartya Sen
4) Shanta Sinha
5) None of these

24. Which country has launched Hatf III (Ghaznavi), a short range ballistic missile capable of carry-ing both nuclear and conven-tional warheads across 290 km?
1) Iran
2) Afghanistan
3) Pakistan
4) Iraq
 5) Syria

25. The Union Cabinet cleared a Rs.8500 crore project under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to connect how many habitations in the 78 naxalite affected districts of nine states?
1) 6000
2) 5000
3) 10000
4) 4000
5) 20000

26. Who among the following is not a woman squash player?
1) Joshna Chinappa
2) Dipika Pallikal
3) Anaka Alankamony
4) Aparajitha Balamurukan
5) Preeja Sreedharan

27. Which city hosted the Nuclear Security Summit in March 2012?
1) Washington D.C.
2) Perth
3) Seoul
4) Paris
5) None of these

28. India has voted against which of the following countries at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva for its alleged war crimes?
1) Sudan
2) North Korea
3) Rwanda
4) Sri Lanka
5) None of these

29. Who was chosen for the Saraswati Samman 2011 for his book on Ramayana? (This literary prize is awarded by the K.K. Birla Foundation)
1) Surjit Paatar
2) A.A.Manavalan
3) Lakshmi Nandan Bora
4) K.Ayyappa Panicker
5) Jagannath Prasad Das

30. In the Union Budget for 2012-13, how many crores of rupees are allocated for the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM)?
1) 3,534
2) 5,615
3) 3,915
4) 2,914
5) 4,535

31. Which of the following Cups/Trophies is associated with Lawn tennis?
1) Santosh Trophy
2) Davis Cup
3) FIFA Cup
4) Subrato Cup
5) Copa America

32. Coin of which of the following denominations is called small coin?
1) Rs.5/-
2) Rs.2/-
3) 50 paisa
4) Rs.1/-
5) None of these

33. Who among the following is not a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India at present?
1) K.C.Chakraborty
2) Anand Sinha
3) Subir Gokarn
4) H.R.Khan
5) Usha Thorat

34. What does the letter F denote in NBFC, a banking term?
1) Fiscal
2) Financial
3) Functional
4) Formal
5) None of these

35. Who is the author of the book "Unleashing India"?
1) Kamal Nath
2) S.Jaipal Reddy
3) Veerappa Moily
4) P.Chidambaram
5) Pranab Mukherjee

36. Which programme was launched in 2009 to create a slum free India?
1) Indira Awas Yojana
2) Rajiv Awas Yojana
3) Bharat Nirman
4) PURA
5) None of these

37. Which of the following is a credit rating agency of Indian origin?
1) FMC
2) SEBI
3) CRISIL
4) IBA
5) None of these

38. Sensex is a term associated with which of the following stock exchanges?
1) BSE
2) NSE
3) USE
4) OTCEI
5) None of these

39. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011?
1) Ralph Steinman
2) Bruce Beutler
3) Jules Hoffman
4) Tomas Transtromer
5) None of these

40. Who is the present Solicitor-General of India?
1) Rohinton Nariman
2) Vinod Rai 3) Ashok Chawla
4) Soli Sorabjee
5) None of these

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GENERAL AWARENESS PREVIOUS PAPER

1) This agency issued guidelines on distance marketing of products on 6 April 2011 to protect the interest of people who buy policies over phone or Internet. Identify the agency.

a. SEBI
b. IRDA
c. TRAI
d. DoT

2) In India’s first sale of rupee perpetual bonds by a non-finance company Rs 1500 crore ($332 million) was raised. Name the non-finance company.

a. Tata Steel
b. Pantallons Retail
c. RIL
d. Maruti Suzuki

3) Which of the following Indian cricket players took the highest number of wickets in the recently concluded ICC World Cup 2011 along with Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi?

a. Yuvraj Singh
b. Zaheer Khan
c. Munaf Patel
d. Harbhajan Singh

4) Union Sports Ministry on 6 April 2011 formed a committee to fine-tune the draft National Sports Development Bill. Who is heading the committee?

a. Justice Mukul Mudgal
b. Justice Tej Pratap Singh Mann
c. Justice Gurdev Singh
d. Justice Jaswant Singh Phogat

5) Name the cricketer who beat Michael Clarke by a comfortable 15-vote margin to bag the Allan Border Medal besides being named Australia’s ODI Player of the Year in Feb 2010?

a. Shane Watson
b. Simon Katich
c. Mitchell Johnson
d. Sachin Tendulkar

6) Record food grain production helped to reduce food inflation to a four month low for the week ending 26 March 2011. What was the inflation percentage for the week?

a. 9.18%
b. 9.25%
c. 9.21%
d. 9.36%

7) Praveen Kumar Tripathi took over as the Chief Secretary of which of the following governments on 4 April 2011?

a. Delhi Government
b. Haryana Government
c. Uttar Pradesh Government
d. Uttarakhand Government

8) The Union Government gifted a Kendriya Vidyalaya to a nondescript village Indrapura to which of the following Indian states?

a. Bihar
b. Odisha
c. Rajasthan
d. Madhya Pradesh

9) The Supreme Court on 5 April 2011 passed an order to lift iron export ban imposed by which of the following Indian states on 26 July 2010 and also ordered it to implement the new rules for regulating iron ore mining and transportation?

a. Tamil Nadu
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Odisha

10) To enhance credit worthiness of economically weaker sections and LIG households, a Mortgage Risk Guarantee Fund was announced to be created under which of the following scheme or Yojana?

a. Rajiv Awas Yojana
b. Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidyutikaran Yojana
c. Indira Awas Yojana
d. Mahatama Gandhi NREGA

11) Which agency issued guidelines on distance marketing of products on 6 April 2011 to protect the interest of people who buy policies over phone or Internet?

a. SEBI
b. IRDA
c. TRAI
d. DoT

12) Buyer's Credit was launched by the Commerce and Industry Minister, Anand Sharma, on 6 April 2011 to boost project exports from India. Under which of the following was Buyer’s Credit launched?

a. National Export Insurance Account
b. Export-Import Bank of India
c. Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
d. Reserve Bank of India

13) Read the two statements mentioned with regard to the budgetary allocations for addressing environmental concerns.

1. The budget proposed that the solar lantern used in far-flung villages will attract no duty from 10 per cent charged earlier.

2. To provide green and clean transportation for the masses, National Mission for Hybrid and Electric Vehicles will be launched in the year 2011 in collaboration with all stakeholders. Which of them is true?

a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 & 2
d. None of the above

14) 21 year old Marjan Kalhor is the first Iranian woman to have entered an Olympic event. She is a participant in the 2010 Winter Olympics that began in Vancouver on 12 Feb 2010. Which sport is she associated with?

a. Ski
b. Shot put
c. Cycling
d. Bobsleigh

15) With his victory in the men’s large hill ski jump on 20 Feb 2010 at the Vancouver Olympics, he became the first person to win four individual gold ski jumping medals. Name this sportsperson.

a. Simon Ammann (Switzerland)
b. Ahonen Janne (Finland)
c. Alexander Nicholas (USA)
d. Bardal Anders (Norway)

16) The Indian Government in April 2011 issued a notice to which of the following companies to terminate licences for Kerala, West Bengal and Assam for delay in roll- out of services in these three circles?

a. Sistema Shyam Teleservices
b. Tata Teleservices
c. Reliance
d. BSNL

17) Which Italian luxury sports car makers on 6 April 2011 announced its entry into the Indian market where it will sell its high-performance cars priced between Rs1.20 crore and Rs1.43 crore?

a. Maserati
b. Bentley
c. Aston Martin
d. Maybach

18) Who did HDFC Bank, the country's second-largest private sector lender appoint in March 2011 to head its investment banking division?

a. Rakesh Singh
b. Charul Madan
c. Gaurav Khungar
d. Atul Singh

19) Gangaur, a festival which marks the union of Lord Shiva and his consort, Goddess Parvati is celebrated for 18 days from the day after Holi in which of the following Indian states?

a. Rajasthan
b. Karnataka
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Uttaranchal

20) Read the following statements with regard to the allocation in the Educational sector as proposed by Union Budget 2011-12.

1. For Sarva Siksha Abhiyan the allocation was increased by 40 percent to 21000 crore rupees.

2. All institutions of higher learning will be connected through optical fibers by March 2012.

3. 500 crore rupees was proposed to be provided for national skill development fund.

4. For the needy scheduled castes ad scheduled tribe candidates studying in class-IX and Xth pre-matric scholarship scheme was proposed to be introduced. Which of the above mentioned statements is not true?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3 & 4
d. 4

21) Scientists recently developed a computer that could be controlled by the power of thought. It would help people unable to speak or move. What is the name of the technology which they used to develop this kind of computer?

a. electrocortiography
b. symbian C++
c. java
d. flash lite

22) Which of the following companies bought the Pringles brand from Procter & Gamble Co for $1.5 billion?

a. Diamond Foods Inc
b. PepsiCo's Frito-Lay
c. Emerald Nuts
d. Kettle Potato Chips

23) Online marketplace eBay India, in association with leading apparel brand Reebok auctioned a bat autographed by Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The proceeds of the auction will go to which of the following NGOs?

a. Oxfem
b. CRY
c. All Bengal Women’s Union
d. UNEM

24) Which Indian hockey player was in April 2011 named captain of the Indian Hockey team the upcoming Sultan Azlan Shah Cup scheduled to be played in Malaysia from 5-15 May 2011?

a. Arjun Halappa
b. Rajpal Singh
c. Bharat Kumar Chetri
d. Mohd. Amir Khan

25) Under the Godfrey Phillips Zonal Bravery Awards given away by the former ruler of Jodhpur, Gaj Singh in Jaipur on 5 April 2011, which of the following NGOs was honoured with the Amodhini Award of Rs.1 lakh?

a. Udyogini
b. Charities Aid Foundation
c. CRY
d. Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram

26) The Basic Customs Duty exemption was proposed to be extended to which of the following sectors?

a. art and antiquities for exhibition or display in private art galleries
b. Cinematographic film, factory-built ambulances
c. syringes and needles
d. agricultural machinery

27) A massive Tsunami caused by a devastating earthquake of the 8.9 magnitude hit about 400 km north-east of Tokyo, capital of Japan. Where is the Pacific Tsunami Warning System headquartered? 

a. Hawai
b. Tokyo
c. Manila
d. Jakarta

28) Which of the following companies announced on 6 April 2011 that it won contract to provide broadband internet connectivity to Indian Railways through state-run RailTel Corp of India Ltd?

a. DEL
b. IBM
c. Infosys
d. HCL Infosystems

29) Which super luxury carmaker on 7 April 2011 unveiled Continental GT sedan in India?

a. Ferrati
b. Bentley
c. Maybach
d. Maserati

30) What amount of money was allocated for Bharat Nirman?

a. 1000 crore
b. 58000 crore
c. 55438 crore
d. 14362 crore

31) Who defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn on 15 Feb 2010 to retain the Pattaya Open title?

a. Vera Zvonareva of Russia
b. Sabine Lisicki of Germany,
c. Ayumi Morita of Japan
d. Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan

32) A massive Tsunami caused by a devastating earthquake of the 8.9 magnitude hit about 400 km north-east of Tokyo, capital of japan. What are the possible factors which can cause Tsunami?

i)An Earthquake
ii) A landslide
iii) A volcanic eruption or explosion
iv) Impact by a meteorite

Please choose the right option

a. i, ii, iii and iv
b. i and ii only
c. ii and iii only
d. i and iv only

33) Which of the following Indian cricket is the most heavily insured player for the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 4 T-20 tournament which begins on 8 April 2011?

a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Yuvraj Singh
c. M S Dhoni
d. Virender Sehwag

34) The Union Budget for 2011-12 proposed lowering of qualifying age for tax relief for senior citizens from 65 years to _?

a. 55
b. 58
c. 60
d. 62

35) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed to increase the Income Tax Exemption Limit for individual tax payers from 1 lakh 60 to _?

a. 1 lakh 80 thousand
b. 1 lakh 90 thousand
c. 2 lakh
d. 2 lakh 20 thousand

36) Noted Social worker Anna Hazare on 5 April 2011 started his hunger strike  at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi to protest against the reported delay in bringing in which of the following bills to effectively deal with corruption?

a. Lokpal Bill
b. The Competition (Amendment) Bill
c. The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Bill
d. The Appropriation (No.3 ) Bill

37) Who became the world number one badminton player?

a. Saina Nehwal
b. Wang Xin
c. Sania Mirza
d. Wang Shixian

38) When is the National Youth Day observed?

a. January 14
b. February 14
c. August 31
d. January 12

39) What is Tejas?

a. Spacecraft
b. Missile
c. Submarine
d. Light combat aircraft

40) Who is the Chairperson of the Central Board Film Certification?

a. Sharmila Tagore
b. Karan Johar
c. Nafisa Ali
d. Om Puri
e. None of these

41) Ali Akbar Salehi is the foreign minister of

a. Israel
b. Iran
c. Afghanistan
d. Indonesia

42) Who is the new chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)?

a. AP Singh
b. Arun Shourie
c. Sanjeev Tripathi
d. BK Gupta

43) According to an extensive genetic study on modern humans, two conclusions were drawn out.

i) There is an enormous amount of diversity in the African hunter-gatherer populations.

ii) The genetic diversity among 27 present-day African populations originated in southern Africa and progressed to northern Africa. 

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

a. Both i and ii
b. Neither I and ii
c. Only i
d. Only ii

44) Which one of the following Indian states recently released a Braille version of the RTI (Right to Information) Act and its rules for the benefit of visually challenged?

a. Gujarat
b. Bihar
c. Haryana
d. Madhya Pradesh

45) Roger Federer won his fourth Australian Open Tennis Championship and 16th Grand Slam on 31 Jan 2010. Who did he defeat in the final of the Australian Open 2010?

a. Rafael Nadal
b. Andy Murray
c. Fred Perry
d. Rod Laver

46) Which of the following Bollywood Actress won the Best Actress trophy at the 13th London Asian Film Festival for her performance in Onir’s I AM?

a. Nandita Das
b. Juhi Chawla
c. Tabu
d. Konkona Sen Sharma

47) In tiger census 2010, 

i) Pugmarks were used as the only indicator of tiger numbers.

ii) An advanced Scientific process was adopted which included video trapping and use of satellite data. Which of the above statements is/are incorrect?

Choose the right option:

a. Only i is incorrect
b. Only ii is incorrect
c. Both i and ii are incorrect
d. Both i and ii are not incorrect

48) India defeated Pakistan by 29 runs in the semi finals of the ICC World Cup 2011 played at Mohali. Who was declared man of the match of the high powered game?

a. Saeed Ajmal
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Munaf Patel
d. Wahab Riaz

49) Which of the following bodies put off indefinitely the new rules governing unwanted telemarketing calls which were supposed to be implemented from 21 March 2011?

a. Department of Telecommunication (DoT)
b. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
c. Indian Ministry of communication & Technology
d. HRD Ministry

50) The Indian government in March 2011 conferred the Miniratna status on which of the following PSUs?

a. National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC)
b. Air India Charters Ltd
c. Cement Corporation of India
d. HMT Machine Tools Ltd

Answers: 

1) B 2) A 3) B 4) A 5) A 6) A 7) A 8) C 9) C 10) A 11) B 12) A 13) B 14) A 15)A 16) A 17) C 18) A 19) A 20) B 21) A 22) A 23) B 24) A 25) A 26) A 27) A28) D 29) B 30) B 31) A 32) A 33) C 34) C 35) A 36) A 37) B 38) D 39) D 40)A 41) B 42) C 43) A 44) A 45) B 46) B 47) A 48) B 49) B 50) A