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SBI Exam is going to held o 24 july,2011.Below you can find Original Solved PO Exam Papers of SBI(State Bank Of India).

Syllabus/Selection of Candidates:

As per ADVERTISEMENT NO. CRPD/PO/ 2011-12/01

Phase- I : Written Examination -- Combined Duration 3 Hrs. (Combined Objective

& Descriptive Type Tests) -- [Max marks-250 (combined)]

The duration of objective type test will be 2 hours, Max. marks 200 and will consist of :

i) Test of English Language (Grammer, Vocabulary, Comprehension etc.)

ii) Test of General Awareness, Marketing & Computers

iii)Test of Data Analysis & Interpretation

iv) Test of Reasoning (High Level)

The duration of Descriptive type test will be 1 hour, Max. marks-50 and the test will

be of "Test of English Language (Comprehension, short precis, letter writing & essay)" Descriptive test paper of only those candidates will be evaluated who are adequately high in percentile ranking in each of all the four objective tests and have scored overall aggregate 40% and above in case of General category and aggregate 35% and above in case SC/ST/OBC/PWD category. The qualifying marks for descriptive test will also be overall aggregate 40% for General category and overall aggregate 35% for SC/ ST/OBC/PWD. The merit list of written examination will be based on the aggregate of the marks obtained by the candidates in Objective and Descriptive tests.

Phase-II : Group Discussion & Interview :

Max Marks - 50. [GD - 20 Interview - 30]

The aggregate marks of objective test and descriptive test will be arranged in descending order and the candidates who have qualified in both the written examinations will be called for group discussion and interview depending upon the vacancies in each category, subject to maximum of 3 times of the vacancies.

Final Selection

The marks of group discussion and interview will be put together and the candidates

who secure minimum 40% marks (minimum 35% in case of SC/ST/OBC/PWD) in group

discussion and interview will be considered for final selection. The candidate will have to pass both in Phase I & II separately. Phase I & Phase II marks will be aggregated and arranged in descending order (category wise) for candidates who have qualified in both the phases separately and depending on the vacancies, selection will be made from the top merit ranked candidates in each category.

Results of the candidates who have qualified for Phase I and thereafter the list of candidates finally selected will be available on the Bank's website in addition to publication in Employment News/ Rozgar Samachar.SBI EXAM PAPERS:
Solved Exam Papers (SBI):

STATE BANK OF INDIA PROBATIONARY OFFICERS EXAM., 2010 (Held on 18-4-2010) Reasoning

1. Each odd digit in the number 5263187 is substituted by the next higher digit and each even digit is substituted by the previous lower digit and the digits so obtained are rearranged in ascending order, which of the following will be the third digit from the left end after the rearrangement ?

(A) 2 (B) 4

(E) None of these

2. Town D is towards East of town F. Town B is towards North of town D. Town H is towards South of town B. Towards which direction is town H from town F ?

(A) East

(B) South-East

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

3. Among a, b, c, d and E each having different weight, D is heavier than only A and C is lighter than B and E. Who among them is the heaviest ?

(A) b

(B) e

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

4. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word searches each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet ?

(A) None (B) One

(E) More than three

5. If ‘÷’ means ‘+’; ‘–’ means ‘¥’; ‘¥’ means ‘÷’ and ‘+’ means ‘–’; then—

15 – 8 ¥ 6 ÷ 12 + 4 = ?

(A) 20 (B) 28

(E) None of these

6. Ashok started walking towards South. After walking 50 metre he took a right turn and walked 30 metre. He then took a right turn and walked 100 metre. He again took a right turn and walked 30 metre and stopped. How far and in which direction was he from the starting point ?

(A) 50 metre South

(B) 150 metre North

(D) 50 metre North

(E) None of these

7. How many meaningful English words can be made with the letters DLEI using each letter only once in each word ?

(A) None (B) One

(E) More than three

8. In a certain code temporal is written as oldsmbsp. How is consider written in that code ?

(A) rmnbsfej

(B) bnmrsfej

(D) topdqdch

(E) None of these

9. In a certain code language ‘how many goals scored’ is written as ‘5 3 9 7’; ‘many more matches’ is written as ‘9 8 2’ and ‘he scored five’ is written as ‘1 6 3’. How is ‘goals’ written in that code language ?

(A) 5

(B) 7

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

10. Pratap correctly remembers that his mother’s birthday is before twenty third April but after Nineteenth April, whereas his sister correctly remembers that their mother’s birthday is not on or after twenty second April. On which day in April is definitely their mother’s birthday ?

(A) Twentieth

(B) Twenty-first

(D) Cannot be determined

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 11–15) In each of the questions below are given four statements followed by four con-clusions numbered I, II, III and IV. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements disregarding commonly known facts.

11. Statements :

All cups are bottles.

Some bottles are jugs.

No jug is plate.

Conclusions :

I. Some tables are bottles.

II. Some plates are cups.

III. No table is bottle.

IV. Some jugs are cups.

(A) Only I follows

(B) Only II follows

(D) Only IV follows

(E) Only either I or III follows

12. Statements :

All birds are horses.

All horses are tigers.

Some tigers are lions.

Conclusions :

I. Some tigers are horses.

II. Some monkeys are birds.

III. Some tigers are birds.

IV. Some monkeys are horses.

(A) Only I and III follow

(B) Only I, II and III follow

(D) All I, II, III and IV follow

(E) None of these

13. Statements :

Some chairs are handles.

All handles are pots.

All pots are mats.

Some mats are buses.

Conclusions :

I. Some buses are handles.

II. Some mats are chairs.

III. No bus is handle.

IV. Some mats are handles.

(A) Only I, II and IV follow

(B) Only II, III and IV follow

(D) Only either I or III and IV follow

(E) Only either I or III and II and IV follow

14. Statements :

Some sticks are lamps.

Some flowers are lamps.

Some lamps are dresses.

All dresses are shirts.

Conclusions :

I. Some shirts are sticks.

II. Some shirts are flowers.

III. Some flowers are sticks.

IV. Some dresses are sticks.

(A) None follows

(B) Only I follows

(D) Only III follows

(E) Only IV follows

15. Statements :

Some benches are walls.

All walls are houses.

Some houses are jungles.

All jungles are roads.

Conclusions :

I. Some roads are benches.

II. Some jungles are walls.

III. Some houses are benches.

IV. Some roads are houses.

(A) Only I and II follow

(B) Only I and III follow

(D) Only II, III and IV follow

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 16–20) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below—

a, b, c, d, e, f, g and H are eight employees of an organization working in three departments viz., Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three of them in any department. Each of them has a different choice of sports from football, cricket, volleyball, bad-minton, lawn tennis, basketball, hockey and table tennis not neces-sarily in the same order.

D works in Administration and does not like either football or cricket. F works in Personnel with only A who likes table tennis. E and H do not work in the same department as D. C likes hockey and does not work in marketing. G does not work in administration and does not like either cricket or badminton. One of those who work in administration likes football. The one who likes volleyball works in personnel. None of those who work in administration likes either badminton or lawn tennis. H does not like cricket.

16. Which of the following groups of employees work in Administra-tion department ?

(A) egh (B) af

(E) Data inadequate

17. In which department does E work ?

(A) Personnel

(B) Marketing

(D) Data inadequate

(E) None of these

18. What is E’s favourite sport ?

(A) Cricket

(B) Badminton

(D) Lawn Tennis

(E) None of these

19. Which of the following combina-tions of employee-department-favourite sport is correct ?

(A) E – Administration – Cricket

(B) F– Personnel – Lawn Tennis

(D) B–Administration – Table Tennis

(E) None of these

20. What is G’s favourite sport ?

(A) Cricket

(B) Badminton

(D) Lawn Tennis

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 21–25) In the following questions, the symbols @, $, H, # and d are used with the follow-ing meaning as illustrated below—

‘P$Q’ means ‘P is not smaller than Q’

‘P@Q’ means ‘P is neither smaller than nor equal to Q’.

‘P#Q’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor equal to Q’.

‘PdQ’ means ‘P is neither greater than nor smaller than Q’.

‘PHQ’ means ‘P is not greater than Q’.

Now in each of the following questions assuming the given state-ments to be true, find which of the four conclusions I, II, III and IV given below them is/are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

21. Statements :

N d B, B $ W, W # H, H H M

Conclusions : I. M @ W

II. H @ N

III. W d N

IV. W # N

(A) Only I is true

(B) Only III is true

(D) Only either III or IV is true

(E) Only either III or IV and I are true

22. Statements :

R H D, D $ J, J # M, M @ K

Conclusions : I. K # J

II. D @ M

III. R # M

IV. D @ K

(A) None is true

(B) Only I is true

(D) Only III is true

(E) Only IV is true

23. Statements :

H @ T, T # F, F d E, E H V

Conclusions : I. V $ F

II. E @ T

III. H @ V

IV. T # V

(A) Only I, II and III are true

(B) Only I, II and IV are true

(D) Only I, III and IV are true

(E) All I, II, III and IV are true

24. Statements :

D # R, R H K, K @ F, F $ J

Conclusions : I. J # R

II. J # K

III. R # F

IV. K @ D

(A) Only I, II and III are true

(B) Only II, III and IV are true

(D) All I,II, III and IV are true

(E) None of these

25. Statements :

M $ K, K @ N, N H R, R # W

Conclusions : I. W @ K

II. M $ R

III. K @ W

IV. M @ N

(A) Only I and II are true

(B) Only I, II and III are true

(D) Only II, III and IV are true

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 26–30) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below—

Following are the conditions for selecting Senior Manager-Credit in a bank. The candidate must—

(i) Be a graduate in any discipline with at least 60 per cent marks.

(ii) Have post qualification work experience of at least ten years in the Advances Section of a bank.

(iii) Be at least 30 years and not more than 40 years as on 1.4.2010.

(iv) Have secured at least 40 per cent marks in the group discussion.

(v) Have secured at least 50 per cent marks in interview.

In the case of a candidate who satisfies all the conditions EXCEPT—

(a) At (i) above but has secured at least 50 per cent marks in graduation and at least 60 per cent marks in post graduation in any discipline the case is to be referred to the General Manager-Advances.

(b) At (ii) above but has total post qualification work experience of at least seven years out of which at least three years as Manager-Credit in a bank, the case is to be referred to Executive Director.

In each question below details of one candidate is given. You have to take one of the following courses of action based on the information provided and the conditions and sub-conditions given above and mark the number of that course of action as your answer. You are not to assume anything other than the information provided in each question. All these cases are given to you as on 01.04.2010. Give answer—

(A) If the case is to be referred to Executive Director.

(B) If the case is to be referred to General Manager-Advances.

(D) If the candidate is not to be selected.

(E) If the candidate is to be selected.

26. Prakash Gokhale was born on 4th August 1977. He has secured 65 per cent marks in post gradua-tion and 58 per cent marks in graduation. He has been working for the past ten years in the Advances Department of a bank after completing his post gradua-tion. He has secured 45 per cent marks in the Group Discussion and 50 per cent marks in the Interview.

27. Amit Narayan was born on 28th May 1974. He has been working in the Advances department of a bank for the past eleven years after completing his B.Sc. degree with 65 per cent marks. He has secured 55 per cent marks in the Group discussion and 50 per cent marks in the interview.

28. Shobha Gupta has secured 50 per cent marks in the Interview and 40 per cent marks in the Group Discussion. She has been work-ing for the past eight years out of which four years as Manager-Credit in a bank after completing her B.A. degree with 60 per cent marks. She was born on 12th September 1978.

29. Rohan Maskare was born on 8th March 1974. He has been work-ing in a bank for the past twelve years after completing his B.Com. degree with 70 per cent marks. He has secured 50 per cent marks in both the Group Discussion and the Interview.

30. Sudha Mehrotra has been work-ing in the Advances department of a bank for the past twelve years after ompleting her B.Com. degree with 60 per cent marks. She has secured 50 per cent marks in the Group Discus-sion and 40 per cent marks in the Interview. She was born on 15th February 1972.

Directions—(Q. 31–35) In each question below is given a statement followed by three courses of action numbered I, II and III. A course of action is a step or administrative decision to be taken for improvement, follow-up or further action in regard to the problem, policy, etc. On the basis of the information given in the statement, you have to assume every-thing in the statement to be true, then decide which of the suggested courses of action logically follow(s) for pursuing.

31. Statement : Many political activists have decided to stage demonstrations and block traffic movement in the city during peak hours to protest against the steep rise in prices of essential commodities.

Courses of action :

I. The Govt. should immedia-tely ban all forms of agita-tions in the country.

II. The police authority of the city should deploy addi-tional forces all over the city to help traffic movement in the city.

III. The state administration should carry out preventive arrests of the known crimi-nals staying in the city.

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(D) Only I and II

(E) None of these

32. Statement : The school dropout rate in many districts in the state has increased sharply during the last few years as the parents of these children make them work in the fields owned by others to earn enough for them to get at least one meal a day.

Courses of action :

I. The Govt. should put up a mechanism to provide food-grains to the poor people in these districts through public distribution system to encourage the parents to send their wards to school.

II. The Govt. should close down some of these schools in the district and deploy the teachers of these schools to nearby schools and also ask remaining students to join these schools.

III. Govt. should issue arrest warrants for all the parents who force their children to work in fields instead of attending classes.

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(D) Only I and II

33. Statement : A large private bank has decided to retrench one-third of its employees in view of the huge losses incurred by it during the past three quarters.

Courses of action :

I. The Govt. should issue a notification to general public to immediately stop all transactions with the bank.

II. The Govt. should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees.

III. The Govt. should ask the central bank of the country to initiate an enquiry into the bank’s activities and submit its report.

(A) None (B) Only I

(E) Only I and III

34. Statement : One aspirant was killed due to stampede while participating in a recruitment drive of police constables.

Courses of action :

I. The officials incharge of the recruitment process should immediately be suspended.

II. A team of officials should be asked to find out the circum-stances which led to the death of the aspirant and submit its report within a week.

III. The Govt. should ask the home department to stagger the number of aspirants over more number of days to avoid such incidents in future.

(A) Only I

(B) Only II

(D) Only II and III

(E) None of these

35. Statement : A heavy unseasonal downpour during the last two days has paralysed the normal life in the state in which five persons were killed but this has provided a huge relief to the problem of acute water crisis in the state.

Courses of action :

I. The state government should set up a committee to review the alarming situation.

II. The state government should immediately remove all the restrictions on use of potable water in all the major cities in the state.

III. The state government should send relief supplies to all the affected areas in the state.

(A) None

(B) Only I

(D) Only III

(E) All I, II, III

36. Statement : The Govt. has decided to instruct the banks to open new branches in such a way that there is one branch of any of the banks in every village of population 1000 and above or a cluster of villages with popu-lation less than 1000 to provide banking services to all the citizens.

Which of the following will weaken the step taken by the Govt. ?

(A) The private sector banks in India have stepped up their branch expansion activities in rural India

(B) Many Govt. owned banks have surplus manpower in its urban branches

(D) Large number of branches of many Govt. owned banks in the rural areas are making huge losses every year due to lack of adequate business activities

(E) None of these

37. Cause : The Govt. has recently increased its taxes on petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent.

Which of the following can be a possible effect of the above cause ?

(A) The petroleum companies will reduce the prices of petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent

(B) The petroleum companies will increase the prices of petrol and diesel by about 10 per cent

(D) The petrol pumps will stop selling petrol and diesel till the taxes are rolled back by the govt.

(E) None of these

38. Statement : Most of the com-panies in IT and ITES sectors in India have started hiring from engineering college campuses this year and are likely to recruit much more than yearly recruit-ment of the earlier years.

Which of the following substan-tiates the facts stated in the above statement ?

(A) IT and ITES are the only sectors in India which are hiring from engineering college cam-puses

(B) Govt. has stepped up recruitment activities after a gap of five years

(C) The IT and ITES companies have now decided to visit the engineering college campuses for tier II cities in India as well

(D) Availability of qualified engineers will substantially increase in the near future

(E) None of these

39. Effect : Majority of the employees of the ailing organization opted for voluntary retirement scheme and left the organization with all their retirement benefits within a fortnight of launching the scheme.

Which of the following can be a probable cause of the above effect ?

(A) The company has been making huge losses for the past five years and is unable to pay salary to its employees in time

(B) The management of the company made huge personal gains through unlawful activities

(D) The company owns large tracts of land in the state which will fetch huge sum to its owners

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 40–42) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below—

The centre reportedly wants to continue providing subsidy to con-sumers for cooking gas and kerosene for five more years. This is not good news from the point of view of reining in the fiscal deficit. Mounting subventions for subsidies means diversion of savings by the govern-ment from investment to consump-tion, raising the cost of capital in the process. The government must cut expenditure on subsidies to create more fiscal space for investments in both physical and social infrastruc-ture. It should outline a plan for comprehensive reform in major sub-sidies including petroleum, food and fertilizers and set goal posts.

40. Which of the following is a conclusion which can be drawn from the facts stated in the above paragraph ?

(A) Subsidy provided by the government under various heads to the citizen increases the cost of capital

(B) Govt. is unable to withdraw subsidies provided to various items

(D) Govt. does not have enough resources to continue providing subsidy on petroleum products

(E) None of these

41. Which of the following is an assumption which is implicit in the facts stated in the above paragraph ?

(A) People in India may not be able to pay more for petroleum products

(B) Many people in India are rich enough to buy petroleum products at market cost

(C) Govt. may not be able to create more infrastructural facili-ties if the present level of subsidy continues for a longer time

(D) Govt. of India has sought assistance from international financial organizations for its infrastructural projects

(E) None of these

42. Which of the following is an inference which can be made from the facts stated in the above paragraph ?

(A) India’s fiscal deficit is negligible in comparison to other emerging economies in the world

(B) Subsidy on food and ferti-lizers are essential for growth of Indian economy

(D) Gradual withdrawal of subsidy is essential for effectively managing fiscal deficit in India

(E) None of these

Directions—(Q. 43–45) Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below—

Poverty measurment is an unsettled issue, both conceptually and methodologically. Since poverty is a process as well as an outcome; many come out of it while others may be falling into it. The net effect of these two parallel processes is a proportion commonly identified as the ‘head count ratio’, but these ratios hide the fundamental dynamism that characterizes poverty in practice. The most recent poverty reestimates by an expert group has also missed the crucial dynamism. In a study conducted on 13,000 households which represented the entire country in 1993-94 and again on 2004-05, it was found that in the ten-year period 18·2% rural population moved out of poverty whereas another 22·1% fell into it over this period. This net increase of about four per centage points was seen to have a con-siderable variation across states and regions.

43. Which of the following is an assumption which is implicit in the facts stated in the above paragraph ?

(A) It may not be possible to have an accurate poverty measurement in India

(B) Level of poverty in India is static over the years

(D) Govt. of India has a mechanism to measure level of poverty effectively and accura-tely

(E) None of these

44. Which of the following is a conclusion which can be drawn from the facts stated in the above paragraph ?

(A) Accurate estimates of num-ber of people living below poverty line in India is possible to be made

(B) Many expert groups in India are not interested to measure poverty objectively

(D) People living below poverty line remain in that position for a very long time

(E) None of these

45. Which of the following is an inference which can be made from the facts stated in the above paragraph ?

(A) Poverty measurement tools in India are outdated

Directions—(Q. 46 to 50) In each of the questions given below which one of the five answer figures on the right should come after the problem figures on the left if the sequence were continued ?

Questions Problems Answers Problems

Answers with Hints

01. (B) 5 2 6 3 1 8 7

New series : 6 1 5 4 2 7 8

Ascending order : 1 2 4 5 6 7 8

Here 3rd digit from the left end is 4.

02.   (D)          l B l (H)
l               l
F        D

l (H)

03. (D) l, l > l and D > A

B E C l l

04. (D)

A – C, C – E and A – E

(B) Increase in number of per-sons falling into poverty varies considerably across the country over a period of time

(D) People living in rural areas are more susceptible to fall into poverty over the time

(E) None of these

05. (B) ? = 15 – 8 ¥ 6 ÷ 12 + 4

= 15 ¥ 8 ÷ 6 + 12 – 4

= 15 ¥ 8 ¥ + 12 – 4

= 20 + 12 – 4

= 28

06. (D)

E is 50 metre North to A

07. (E) Words formed are :

deli, idle, diel, deil and lied

08. (A) As, Similarly,

09. (C) how many goals scored

ﬁ 5397 …(1)

many more matches

ﬁ 982 … (2)

he scored five ﬁ 163 …(3)

From (1) and (2),

many ﬁ 9

From (1) and (3),

scored ﬁ 3

\ goals ﬁ either 5 or 7

10. (C) According to Pratap his mother’s birthday is on = 20 or 21 or 22 April.

According to his sister their mother’s birthday is on from = 1 to 21 April.

\ Their mother’s birthday is on either = 20th or 21st April.

11. (E)

12. (A)

13. (E)

14. (C)

15. (C)

For Q. 16 to 20 :

A B
C
D
E
F
G
H

Personnel Administration
Administration
Administration
Marketing
Personnel
Marketing
Marketing

Table Tennis Football
Hockey
Basketball
Cricket
Volleyball
Lawn Tennis
Badminton

16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (E) 20. (D)

21. (E) N d B ﬁ N = B

B $ W ﬁ B ≥ W

W # H ﬁ W < H

and H H M ﬁ H ≤ M

\ N = B ≥ W < H ≤ M

I. M @ W ﬁ M > W (True)

II. H @ N ﬁ H > N (False)

III. IV.

W d N ﬁ W = N W # N ﬁ W < N

22. (A) R H D ﬁ R ≤ D

D $ J ﬁ D ≥ J

J # M ﬁ J < M

and M @ K ﬁ M > K

\ R ≤ D ≥ J < M > K

I. K # J ﬁ K < J (False)

II. D @ M ﬁ D > M (False)

III. R # M ﬁ R < M (False)

IV. D @ K ﬁ D > K (False)

23. (B) H @ T ﬁ H > T

T # F ﬁ T < F

F d E ﬁ F = E

and E H V ﬁ E ≤ V

\ H > T < F = E ≤ V

I. V $ F ﬁ V ≥ F (True)

II. E @ T ﬁ E > T (True)

III. H @ V ﬁ H > V (False)

IV. T # V ﬁ T < V (True)

24. (E) D # R ﬁ D < R

R H K ﬁ R ≤ K

K @ F ﬁ K > F

and F $ J ﬁ F ≥ J

\ D < R ≤ K > F ≥ J

I. J # R ﬁ J < R (False)

II. J # K ﬁ J < K (True)

III. R # F ﬁ R < F (False)

IV. K @ D ﬁ K > D (True)

25. (E) M $ K ﬁ M ≥ K

K @ N ﬁ K > N

N H R ﬁ N ≤ R

and R # W ﬁ R < W

\ M ≥ K > N ≤ R < W

I. W @ K ﬁ W > K (False)

II. M $ R ﬁ M ≥ R (False)

III. K @ W ﬁ K > W (False)

IV. M @ N ﬁ M > N (True)

26. (B) Prakash Gokhale fulfils all the conditions except (i) but he fulfils the subcondition (a). Hence his case is to be referred to General Manger–Advances.

27. (E) Amit Narayan fulfils all the conditions so he is to be selected.

28. (A) Shobha Gupta fulfils all the conditions except (ii) but she fulfils the subcondition (b), hence her case is to be referred to Executive Director.

29. (C) Roshan Maskare’s section of Bank not clear by the given state-ments.

30. (D) Sudha Malhotra does not fulfil the condition (v). So she is not to be selected.

31. (D) Only courses of actions (I) and (II) are essential to remove the block traffic movement.

32. (A) In the given statement only course of action (I) is essential because if the goat provide food- grains to the poor people then they will send their children to school.

33. (C) The Govt. should direct the bank to refrain from retrenching its employees.

34. (D) For the given statement only courses of action (II) and (III) are necessary.

35. (C) In order to remove the problem of water-crisis only courses of action (II) and (III) are necessary.

36. (D) 37. (E) 38. (C) 39. (A) 40. (A)

41. (C) 42. (D) 43. (A) 44. (C) 45. (B)

46. (B) In each subsequent figure lower left side design rotates 45∞ and 90∞ anticlockwise respec-tively, upper right side design forms two at upper left and then forms one at upper right. The middle design and forms left and right after reversing respectively and shaded small circle forms becoming plane after two times.

47. (A) In each subsequent figure the design ‘O’ forms at middle becoming one and two res-pectively, the design ‘’ shifts , 1, 1 , 2 and 2 side anti-clockwise respectively. The letter ‘A’ shifts two side anticlockwise or clockwise and the letter ‘K’ shifts , 1, , 1 and side clockwise respectively.

48. (E) In each subsequent figure the all designs shift half side anti-clockwise respectively and the middle design rotates 45∞ anticlockwise.

49. (C) In each subsequent figure a new design forms at middle and the letter ‘A’ shifts and 1 side clockwise respectively after rotating 45∞ anticlockwise each time and the letter ‘T’ shifts side clockwise after rotating 45∞ anticlockwise each time.

50. (D) In each subsequent figure the small designs made on the main design rotate 90∞ from left to lower side and then upper side and then lower side and then right side design and form new design respectively.

SBI PO Exam Solved Previous Question Papers 2011-General Awareness

1. Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disburse-
ment of rural credit by the banks ?
(A) Railways
(B) State Road Transports
(C) Post and Telegraph
(D) Ministry of Health
(E) None of these

2. Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as
‘Investor protection fund’ ?
(A) SEBI
(B) NABARD
(C) Bombay Stock Exchange
(D) AMFI
(E) None of these

3. Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?
(A) Mr. K.V. Kamath
(B) Dr. Y.V. Reddey
(C) Mr. N.R. Narayanamurthy
(D) Mr. O.P. Bhatt
(E) None of these

4. Majority of Rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit
needs ?
(A) Money Lenders
(B) Foreign Banks
(C) NABARD
(D) RBI
(E) All of these

5. India has different categories of Commercial Banks. Which of the following is NOT
one such category ?
(A) Private Banks
(B) Commodity Banks
(C) Nationalized Banks
(D) Co-operative Banks
(E) Foreign Banks

6. Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency
accounts ?
(1) Foreign Banks
(2) Regional Rural Banks
(3) Nationalized Banks
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1, 2 and 3
(E) None of these

7. Which of the following countries does not play International cricket ?
(A) Russia
(B) England
(C) South Africa
(D) Pakistan
(E) India

8. The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in
country comes from which of the following sources ? [Pick up the correct statement (s)]
(1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc.
(2 Taxes collected from the people.
(3) Loan from the RBI.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1, 2 and 3

9. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on
money flow in equity through ‘P-Notes’. What is the full form of ‘P-Notes’ ?
(A) Permanent Notes
(B) Purchase-Notes
(C) Participatory-Notes
(D) Private Notes
(E) None of these

10. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team who won the
Twenty-20 World Cup–2007 ?
(A) Yuvraj Singh
(B) M.S. Dhoni
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Saurav Ganguly
(E) None of these

11. Many times we read in financial newspapers about ‘FII’. What is the full form of FII
?(A) Final Investment in India
(B) Foreign Investment in India
(C) Formal Investment in India
(D) Fair Institutional Investment
(E) Foreign Institutional Investment

12. Benazir Bhutto is associated with which of the following political parties ?
(A) Muslim League
(B) Pakistan Peoples Party
(C) Pakistan National Congress
(D) Islamic Movement of Pakistan
(E) None of these

13. One of the former Prime Ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her return from a long exile ?
(A) Germany
(B) France
(C) Pakistan
(D) Brazil
(E) None of these

14. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West
Bank so that a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be worked out ?
(A) George Bush
(B) Al Gore
(C) Bill Clinton
(D) Condeleeza Rice
(E) None of these

15. Justine Henin won the Women’s singles US Open Tennis championship-2007 after
defeat-ing—
(A) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(B) Sania Mirza
(C) Dinara Safina
(D) Mathalie Dechy
(E) None of these

16. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stopped distributing food in
Mogadishu town after its local head was abducted by the government soldiers of the
country. Mogadishu is the capital town of—
(A) Tanzania
A) Tanzania
(B) Turkey
(C) Cuba
(D) Libya
(E) Somalia

17. The financial markets of which of the follow-ing countries were badly affected by
sub-prime crisis ?
(A) Russia
(B) Brazil
(C) UK
(D) USA
(E) None of these

18. Which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ?
(A) USA
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Russia
(D) India
(E) None of these

19. Which of the following countries is NOT happy with the USA’s decision to award a
Congressional Medal to Dalai Lama of Tibet ?
(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Nepal
(D) Myanmar
(E) China

20. Which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in
Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killing people
from that country ?
(A) India
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Pakistan
(D) Bangladesh
(E) Turkey

21. Dr. Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in
imple-menting agreements related with which of the following with USA ?
(A) Supply of Sugar
(B) Civilian Nuclear Co-operation
(C) Purchase of Fighter Planes
(D) Purchase of Gas/petroleum
(E) None of these

22. Which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the
transport, electricity and gas companies as the present Govt. of the country has decided to
end the pension to these workers ?
(A) USA
(B) France
(C) China
(D) Nepal
(E) None of these

23. Who amongst the following is the Secretary general of UNO ?
(A) Al Gore
(B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) Gordon Brown
(D) Hugo Chavez
(E) None of these

24. The ‘Orange Coalition Govt.’ was formed once again in which of the following
countries ?
(A) Russia
(B) Ukraine
(C) France
(D) Germany
(E) None of these

25. Which of the following countries is NOT elected by the UN General assembly on the
non-permanent seats of the UN Security Council w.e.f. January 2008 ?
(A) Libya
(B) Vietnam
(C) Croatia
(D) Costa Rica
(E) Pakistan

26. The Govt. of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the
price below the price of the same in domestic market ?
(A) Steel
(B) Chemical Fertilizer
(C) Pharma products
(D) Electronic Goods
(E) None of these

27. India launched which of the following Satellites in September 2007 ?
(A) EDUSAT
(B) MATSAT
(C) CROSAT-IIB
(D) INSAT-4CR
(E) None of these

28. As per the recent agreement between India and one other country the Indian Rupee
can be easily swapped with—
(A) Taka
(B) Riel
(C) Kyat
(D) Yen
(E) Rubbel

29. India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating—
(A) Syria
(B) Pakistan
(C) Britain
(D) France
(E) None of these

30. Abdullah Gul’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the President of—
(A) Turkey
(B) Sudan
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Pakistan
(E) None of these

31. Hem Dutta who was honoured by the presti-gious Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhawana Award 2007 is a famous—
(A) Author
(B) Social activist
(C) Player
(D) Film producer
(E) Scientist

32. Who amongst the following is selected for Basava Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka
Government ?
(A) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(B) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(C) Sonia Gandhi
(D) Pratibha Patil
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(E) None of these

33. Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Business Meet was organized in September
2007 in—
(A) New Delhi
(B) Beijing
(C) Tokyo
(D) London
(E) Sydney

34. The World Athletics Championship 2007 was organized in—
(A) Beijing
(B) New Delhi
(C) Osaka
(D) Dhaka
(E) London

35. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian Hockey team who won
Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ?
(A) Baichung Bhutia
(B) Dilip Tirkey
(C) Pankaj Adwani
(D) Manavjit Singh Sandhu
(E) None of these

36. Which of the following is a public sector unit ?
(A) TCS
(B) ICICI Bank
(C) TESCO
(D) BHEL
(E) All of these

37. India’s Foreign Exchange Reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main
reason for the same ?
(A) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
(B) Import of wheat from Pakistan and S. Korea
(C) Appreciation of Rupee Value
(D) Instability in Coalition Govt. in Centre
(E) None of these

38. Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to India in recent past is the—
(A) Prime Minister of South Korea
(B) Prime Minister of North Korea
(C) Prime Minister of Japan
(D) President of South Korea
(E) None of these

39. Asafa Powell who created a new World Record in 100 metres race is a citizen of—
(A) Jamaica
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) USA
(E) South Korea

40. Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer
International Athletics meet held in Germany in 2007 ?
(A) Shiny Wilson
(B) Anju Bobby George
(C) Neha Sanwal
(D) Prajakta Sawant
(E) None of these

Answers with Hints:
1. (E) 2. (C)

3. (B) Yaga Venugopal Reddy is the current Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI). Reddy is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1964 batch. Prior
to joining the IAS, he worked as a Lecturer from 1961. He holds a Ph.D from Osmania
University, Hyderabad and was a visiting faculty at the Osmania University and the
London School of Economics. He has held post of Banking Secretary. In 1996, he was
appointed Deputy Governor of RBI. He has also worked with the Inter National
Monetary Fund, the highest position being Executive Director in 2002.

4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (C) 7. (A) 8. (E) 9. (C)

10. (B) Mahendra Singh Dhoni is a Kumaoni Rajput born in (Almora) Uttarakhand. M.S. Dhoni is an Indian Cricketer and the Current Captain of Indian Twenty-20 and ODI team. Under his captaincy, India won the 2007 ICC world Twenty-20.

11. (E) Foreign Institutional Investor–FII. An investor or investment fund that is from or
registered in a country outside of the one in which it is currently investing. Institutional
investors include hedge funds. Insurance companies, pension funds and mutual funds.
The term-FII is used most commonly in India to refer to outside companies investing in
the Financial Markets of India. Inter National institutional investors must register with
the securities and Exchange Board of India to participate in the market. One of the Major
Market regulations pertaining to FIIs involves placing limits on FII ownership in Indian
Companies.

12. (B) The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) is a centre-left Political Party in Pakistan affiliated to the Socialist Inter National. The leader was, until her death by assassination.
Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto. The party was founded in 1967, on November 30 and
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto its first Chairman. The party creed is “Islam is our faith, democracy
is our Politics, Socialism is our economy, all power to the people”.

13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (A) 16. (E) 17. (D) 18. (D) 19. (E) 20. (E) 21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (E) 24.
(B)

25. (E) The UN General Assembly elected Burkina Faso, Costa Rica, Croatia, Libya and Vietnam to serve as Non-permanent Members of the security council for two-years, terms starting 1 January, 2008.
26. (E)

27. (D) India launched its largest rocket Geosyn-chronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, GSLV-F04, carrying communication satellite INSA T-4CR. 18th satellite in the INSAT
series, from the Satish Dahwan space centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh on September 2, 2007. The INSAT-4CR, weighing 2,130 kg, is the heaviest satellite launched by the ISRO. It has 12 high power ku-band Transponders, which would be used
for Direct-to-home (DTH) Telecast, Video-Picture Transmission, Telecasting News live
using a satellite and business communications. It has a mission life of 10 years.

28. (E) 29. (A)

30. (A) Abdulla Gul is the 11th President of Republic of Turkey, serving in that office since 28 August, 2007. He previously served for five months as Prime Minister (2002- 03), and as Foreign Minister from 2003 to 2007.

31. (B) Hem Dutta, the 63–year old activist from Assam, was honoured with the
prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award–2006. Committed to the cause of
peace and Non-violence in Assam, Mr. Dutta has been involved with grassroots work in
building communal harmony among people living in Assam.
32. (B) 33. (E) 34. (C) 35. (E)

36. (D) BHEL or Bharat Heavy Electricals Limi-ted is a gas and steam turbine
manufacturer in India. It is one of India’s largest Public Sector Undertaking or PSUs,
known as the Navratnas or ‘The nine Jewels’.

37. (C)

38. (C) Shinzo Abe was the 90th Prime Minister of Japan, elected by a special session of
the National Diet on 26 September, 2006. He was Japan’s youngest Post-World War II
Prime Minister and the first born after the war. He resigned abruptly on 12 September,
2007 after months of Mounting political pressure. He was replaced by Yasuo Fukuda,
now the 91st Prime Minister of Japan.
39. (A) Asafa Powell is a Jumaican sprinter who currently holds the 100 M world record
with a time of 9•74 seconds.
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40. (B) Anju Bobby George got third position in long jump event of the Bayer
International Athletics meet at Lever Kusen, Germany. Anju jumped 6•51 m on her third attempt to take the third place behind Portuguese Naide Gomes (6•83 m) and German
Bianca Kapler (6•37 m). Anju also had two jumps of 6•48 and one of 6•39 apart from two
fouls.

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SBI probationary officer Solved Paper 2008

Directions—(Q. 41–50)

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.Certain words are printed in bold to help you to locate them while answering some of the questions.

41. Why did the woman's second son travel ?
(A) He was restless by nature
(B) He did not want to stay at home
(C) He was rich and could afford to travel
(D) His job was such that he had to travel
(E) None of these

42. Why did the woman’s eldest son not attend the festival ?
(A) He was not on good terms with his youngest brother who lived at home
(B) He had quarrelled with his mother
(C) His wife did not allow him to return home
(D) His job prevented him from taking leave
(E) None of these

43. How did the woman prepare for the festival ?
1. She bought expensive gifts for her children and neighbours.
2. She ordered her servants to prepare sweets and food well in advance.
3. She made sure that her youngest child was looked after so that he wouldn’t be bored.
(A) None
(B) Only 1
(C) Only 2
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1, 2 and 3

44. What did the youngest child do while his mother was busy ?
1. He waited for a chance to steal some sweetmeats.
2. He pestered his mother to give him a present.
3. He stood at the door with servants.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 3
(D) Only 3
(E) None of these

45. Which of the following can be said about the woman ?
(A) She was a widow who had brought up her children single handedly
(B) She was not a good mother since her children had left home at an early age
(C) She enjoyed sending her family gifts at festival time
(D) She gave expensive presents to show that she was wealthy
(E) She rarely visited her grand-children because they all lived abroad

46. What did the boy receive from his mother ?
(A) She taught him the value of patience
(B) She encouraged him to grow up and live independently like his brothers
(C) She showed him the importance of giving expensive gifts
(D) She gave him a hug to express her love
(E) None of these

47. Which of the following is TRUE in the context of the passage ?
(A) The woman usually ignored her youngest son
(B) The woman’s eldest son lived abroad
(C) The members of the woman’s family did not care about her
(D) The woman made all the preparations herself since she did not want to burden the servants
(E) The woman sent gifts to her children to ensure that they visited her

Directions—(Q. 48–49) Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word
printed in bold as used in the passage.48. Left
(A) Gone
(B) Quit
(C) Remaining
(D) Disappeared
(E) Forgot

49. Packed
(A) Filled
(B) Squeezed
(C) Crowd
(D) Collected
(E) Untidy
50. Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word dejectedly as used in the
passage.
(A) Calmly
(B) Happily
(C) Willingly
(D) Fortunately
(E) Softly

Directions—(Q. 51–55) Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The letter of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (E). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any)

51. Many multinational companies (A) / have not been as (B) /successful in India (C) /than we expected. (D) No error (E)

52. He has ruined (A) /his eyesight (B) /by not using (C) /his spectacles regularly. (D) No error (E)

53. Mostly of the (A) /newly recruited officers (B) /have no experience (C) /in the banking sector. (D) No error (E)

54. The resignation of (A) /one of our directors (B) /have caused the price (C) / of shares to fall. (D) No error (E)

55. There are many (A) /ways of which (B) /inflation can (C) /be measured. (D) No error (E) Directions—(Q. 56–60) Which of the phrases (A), (B), (C) and (D) given below should replace the phrase given in bold in the following sentence to make the sentence grammatically meaningful and correct. If the sentence is correct as it is and ‘No correction is required.’ mark (E) as the answer.

56. Each of the loan must be approved by the Branch Manager—
(A) Every loan
(B) Each one of the loan
(C) Any of the loan
(D) All of the loan
(E) No correction required

57. The issue was taken before the Municipal Corporation meeting last week—
(A) Taking place at
(B) Taken after
(C) Being taken in
(D) Taken up at
(E) No correction required

58. He has asked for the names of those employees involved in the project.
(A) had asked
(B) having asked about
(C) was asked that
(D) is asking
(E) no correction required

59. Considerate the traffic, it is better to leave for the airport an hour early—
(A) While considering
(B) Consideration of
(C) Considering
(D) Being considerate to
(E) No correction required

General English

60. He is a good leader, knowing that to motivate his employees to achieve—
(A) That known when
(B) Who knows how
(C) Which knows how
(D) Knowing what
(E) No correction required

Directions—(Q. 61–65) Rearrange the following six sentences (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph; then answer the questions given below them.
(1) The able bodied men of the tribe gathered to discuss how to climb the mountain.
(2) As part of their plundering they kidnapped a baby of one of the families.
(3) One day the mountain tribe invaded those living in the valley.
(4) “We couldn’t climb the mountain. How could you?”, they asked, “It wasn’t your baby !” she
replied.
(5) There were two tribes in the Andes–one lived in the valley and the other high up in the mountains.
(6) Two days later they noticed the child’s mother coming down the mountain that they hadn’t yet
figured out how to climb.

61. Which of the following should be the SECOND sentence after rearrangement ?
(A) (1)
(B) (2)
(C) (3)
(D) (4)
(E) (5)

62. Which of the following should be the FIFTH sentence after rearrangement ?
(A) (6)
(B) (5)
(C) (4)
(D) (3)
(E) (2)

63. Which of the following should be the FIRST sentence after rearrangement ?
(A) (1)
(B) (2)
(C) (3)
(D) (4)
(E) (5)

64. Which of the following should be the SIXTH (LAST) sentence after rearrangement ?
(A) (1)
(B) (2)
(C) (3)
(D) (4)
(E) (5)

65. Which of the following should be the THIRD sentence after rearrangement ?
(A) (1)
(B) (2)
(C) (3)
(D) (4)
(E) (5)

Directions—(Q. 66–70) In each question below a sentence with four words printed in bold type is given. These are lettered (A), (B), (C) and (D). One of these four words printed in bold may be either wrongly spelt or inappropriate in the context of the sentence. Find out the word, which is wrongly spelt or inappropriate, if any. The letter of that word is your answer. If all the words printed in bold are correctly spelt and also appropriate in the context of the sentence mark (E) i.e., all correct as your answer.

66.The income(A) of many people in rural (B) India is not adequate (C) to satisfy (D) their basic
needs.All correct (E)

67. He is always(A) prompt (B) in caring (C) out instructions. (D) All correct (E)

68. The revized(A) rates (B) of interest will be effective (C) immediately. (D) All correct (E)

69. Such transactions(A) are quiet (B) expensive (C) and time consuming (D) for customers. All
correct (E)

70. The guidelines(A) of the new scheme (B) are expected (C) to be finally (D) soon. All correct (E) Directions—(Q. 71–80) In the following passage there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are printed below the passage and against each five words/ phrases are suggested one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. I used to look …(71)… to the holidays. I was usually …(72)… to my uncle’s house where I …(73)…
his children. I did not get paid a salary for …(74)… What I received in return however, was far more …(75)… My uncle was an avid reader. During the time I spent with his family I had an …(76)… to read the vast amount of books and magazines that he possessed. This improved my English to some …(77)… Reading became my new …(78–79)… spending my pocket money on a ticket to the cinema I began to …(80)… books. This has benefited me greatly.

71. (A) forward
(B) towards
(C) backward
(D) up
(E) around

72. (A) went
(B) sent
(C) visited
(D) travelled
(E) gone

73. (A) cared
(B) occupy
(C) guarded
(D) taught
(E) played

74. (A) them
(B) whom
(C) this
(D) now
(E) which

75. (A) expensive
(B) deserving
(C) helping
(D) demanding
(E) valuable

76. (A) opportunity
(B) ability
(C) use
(D) encouragement
(E) achievement

77. (A) distance
(B) extent
(C) time
(D) limits
(E) degrees

78. (A) activity
(B) hope
(C) hobby
(D) duty
(E) worship

79. (A) despite
(B) though
(C) by
(D) instead of
(E) while

80. (A) sell
(B) read
(C) exchange
(D) invest
(E) buy

Answers:
41. (D) 42. (E) 43. (A) 44. (D)45. (C) 46. (D) 47. (B)48. (C) 49. (A) 50. (C)51. (D) Replace ‘than’ with ‘as’.52. (E)5(AChange‘Mostly’ to ‘Most’.54. (C) Change ‘have’ to ‘has’.55. (B) Replace ‘of’ with ‘in’.56. (A) 57. (D) 58. (E) 59. (C) 60. (61. (C) 62. (A) 63. (E) 64. (D) 65. (B)66. (E) 67. (C) 68. (A) 69. (E) 70. (D)71. (A) 72. (B) 73. (D) 74. (C) 75. (E)76. (A) 77. (B(C) 79. (D) 80. (E)

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SBI BANK PO Questio paper with answers - 2008
Subjuct - General Awareness & Computer Knowledge

1. Which of the following statement (s) reflects India’s stand on new World Trade Organization’s proposal on the issue of the subsidy to agro products ?
(1) India would protect the interest of its poor farmers who can not bear the burden of the cost of the products if they have to sell them on cheaper rate.
(2) Indian industry needs more flexibility as compared to the industry in developed countries.
(3) WTO has set up a new committee under the chairmanship of Putin of Russia to look into the issue of subsidy and find out a solution to the problem acceptable to all the parties.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 & 2
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
2. Which of the following statement (s) is / are true about the 11th five year plan of India ?
(1) The highest priority is given to exports , education and development of steel sector.
(2) The plan aims at achieving the growth at 10 % level by the end of the plan.
(3) The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana is revived in such a way so that it can be achieve a growth nof 4 % for agriculture sector.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 & 2
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
3. As per the figures released recently the Stock markets in emerging economies made handsome returns last year (2007-08). Which of the following stock markets amongst the BRIC nations registered highest increased (97 %) compared to its performance in 2006-07 ?
(A) Cina
(B) Brazil
(C) Russia
(D) India
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
4. Bayana which was in news recently is a place in -
(A) Uttar Pradseh
(B) Madhya Pradseh
(C) Bihar
(D) Haryana
(E) Rajasthan
ANS (E)
5. Which of the following statement (s) is / are correct about the Indo-Russia Bilateral Defence Ties ?
(1) Both the countries have decided to produce a fifth generation fighter aircraft and a multi role cargo plane.
(2) India has agreed to launch Russian missiles from its base at Chandipur incase some other nation attacks on Russia
(3) India and Russia were able to sort out differences over the utilization of Rupee debt fund which is of Rs. 8000 Crore at present.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 & 3 only
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
6. India has recently decided to put a wire fence on the 76 km. long border in Dhudri district in Assam. The fence will separate India from -
(A) Nepal
(B) China
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Myanmar
(E) Pakistan
ANS (C)
7. As we all know the Govt. of India is very keen about providing banking service to the people in rural and remote areas . However , banks feel that the cost of providing services in these areas for financial inclusion is quite high if services are offered through the “traditional branch channel “. What is / are the other alternative cost effective channel (s) to fulfill this aim of the Govt. of India ?
(1) Putting biometric ATMs.
(2) Introduce mobile banking.
(3) Issue credit or debit cards
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2 & 3
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
8. The Govt. of India recently issued a notification altering constituencies in 24 States and Union territories. This is done as per the provision of which of the following Acts?
(A) Delimitation Act
(B) Census Act
(C) Parliament Act
(D) State Reorganization Act
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
9. As we read very frequently in the newspaper fraudulent activities in financial world is still continuing despite various efforts made by various countries to prevent them. As an estimate by IMF, what is the probable amount derived from such illegal activities which is laundered through the world’s formal financial systems every year? About -
(A) US$ 500 billion
(B) US$ 800 billion
(C) US$ 1000 billion
(D) US$ 1250 billion
(E) US$ 1500 billion
ANS (D)
10. Indian Prime Minister during his visit the Arunachal Pradesh a few months back asserted that the State is India’s Land of Rising Sun. Which of the following countries did not like his statement and had raised some objection over his visit to Arunachal Pradesh which is very much a part of India?
(A) Myanmar
(B) China
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Bhutan
(E) Nepal
ANS (B)
11. Which of the following is the amount of insurance cover provided to the workers of the unorganized sector under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana?
(A) Rs. 10,000/-
(B) Rs. 20,000/-
(C) Rs. 30,000/-
(D) Rs. 40,000/-
(E) Rs. 50,000/-
ANS (C)
12. Which of the following is NOT one of the highlights Economic Survey presented in the Lok Sabha for the year 2007-08?
(A) Economy has “moved to higher growth phase”
(B) A trend of acceleration in domestic investment and saving rate is recorded.
(C) Buoyant growth in Govt. revenue.
(D) Indian Economy at market rate of exchange crossed 1 trillion US$ in current fiscal.
(E) Net Foreign direct Investment increased by 350 % .
ANS (E)
13. Which of the following is / are correct about sub prime crisis which was in news recently?
(1) It has reduced the flow of capital coming of Indian Stock Markets.
(2) The sub prime crisis is the major financial crisis whose origin is in the Russia and Brazil. It has adversely affected the economy of Europe and USA.
(3) The crisis started when some people started trading with false Share certificates of major blue chip US companies in the stock markets.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 & 2
(E) None of these
ANS ()
14. The Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) has a target to connect all habitations of which of the following levels with all weather roads by 2008-09?
(A) 1000+
(B) 2000+
(C) 3000+
(D) 4000+
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
15. As we all know the value of the Indian rupee has appreciated in the recent past . The value of the Rupee is direct dependent on which of the following?
(A) Availability of commodities in the market.
(B) VAT introduced by the Govt. on various commodities.
(C) Size of total Forex Reserve of India currently.
(D) Capital flow in the market during a given period of time.
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
16. Which of the following banks has taken over the Centurion Bank of Punjab?
(A) ICICI Bank
(B) IDBI Bank
(C) HDFC Bank
(D) AXIS Bank
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
17. As per provision made in Bharat Nirman programme the pace of creation of irrigation facilities is required to be raised from present level of 1.42 million hectare per year in such a way so that it can achieve the target level fixed for the same?
(A) 1.50 million hectares / year
(B) 1.75 million hectares / year
(C) 2.00 million hectares / year
(D) 2.25 million hectares / year
(E) 2.50 million hectares / year
ANS (D)
18. Inflation has become major area of concern in India these days. What measures do the Govt. pf India / RBI normally take to control the same?
(1) Fixation of Maximum Price of the Commodities
(2) System of Dual prices.
(3) Increased in supply of food grains.
(4) Control on credit and liquidity in market.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Only 2,3 & 4
(E) All 1,2,3 & 4
ANS (D)
19. How much edcation cess is being levied on all the taxes to support elementary education for the children of age group of 6-14 years under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)?
(A) 0.50%
(B) 0.75%
(C) 1.00%
(D) 1.5O%
(E) 2.00%
ANS (E)
20. Which of the following is / are correct about various concessions given in the Union Budget for 2008-09?
(1) Five years tax holidays for setting up hospitals in Tier II & Tier III regions for providing health care in rural areas.
(2) Commodities tax transaction to be introduced.
(3) Banking cash transaction tax withdrawn.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Only 2 & 3
(E) All 1,2 & 3
ANS (E)
21. Which of the following statements reflects the aim (s) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)?
(1) Give focused attention to integrated development of infrastructure in selected cities.
(2) Provide basic services to the urban poors
(3) Scale up civic amenities and provision of utilities in urban areas.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2 & 3
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
22. The Press Freedom Day is observed on which of the following days?
(A) 1st May
(B) 1st June
(C) 3rd May
(D) 3rd June
(E) 10th June
ANS (C)
23. As per the decision taken by the Govt. of India now the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is extended to all the districts of India. This means it will now be applicable to about-
(A) 200 districts
(B) 300 districts
(C) 400 districts
(D) 500 districts
(E) 600 districts
ANS (E)
24. As per the reports published by the Ministry of Finance recently the overseas borrowings by the Corporates and currency fluctuation has gone up by which of the following percentage points? About -
(A) 1%
(B) 2%
(C) 3%
(D) 4%
(E) 5%
ANS (C)
25. The Govt. of India and Reserve Bank of India is planning to set up an autonomous “ATM corporation of India” in which various banks can get together for common ATM operations. If this happens how will we all be benefited by the same?
(1) It will be a cost effective measure as each bank can share its operational cost with others.
(2) Clients can withdrawn money from any ATM from any location. They are not required to go to their banks’ ATM only.
(3) It will indirectly help the IT business also as India has a large pool of IT skilled manpower waiting for suitable placement.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 & 2
(D) All 1,2 & 3
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
26. As per the news published in various newspapers the Govt. of India has decided to create a Strategic Reserve of -
(A) Oil & Petroleum
(B) Rasoi Gas
(C) Food grains
(D) Cement & Steel
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
27. The Govt. of India had constituted a high level committee on financial sector reforms with Raghuram G. Rajan as its Chairman. Which of the following is / are the recommendations of the committee?
(1) Liberalize the interest rate that banks/institution can charge to ensure credit for poors.
(2) Create an office of the Ombudsman exclusively for financial sector.
(3) Do not allow foreign investors in domestic stock markets.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 & 2
(E) None of these
ANS (E)
28. Yves Leterme has taken over as the prime minister of -
(A) Newzealand
(B) Belgium
(C) Croatia
(D) Portugal
(E) None of these
ANS (E)
29. The State Bank of India recently opened its 10000th branch in Puduvayal (Tamil Nadu). Only a bank in China has more branches than State Bank of India in the world. What is the name of that Chinese bank?
(A) Shanghai Commercial Bank
(B) Bank of China
(C) China Banking Corporation
(D) Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
30. Many a times we read about ‘Globalization’ and its impact on business practice in India. Which of the following is NOT one of the important parameters of ‘Globalization’?
(1) Reduction of trade barriers to permit free flow of goods and services amongst various nations.
(2) Developing an environment in which free flow of capital can take place.
(3) Promoting local industry to cater to the needs of the consumers in Tier II and Tier III cities. The production from metros should be reserved only for exports.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2 & 3
(E) Both 2 & 3
ANS (D)
31. Many times we read a term CBS used in banking operation. What is the full form of the letter ‘C’ in the term ‘CBS’?
(A) Core
(B) Credit
(C) Continuous
(D) Complete
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
32. As per news published in newspapers the Oil & Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) has purchased some oil assets in Latin American Countries along with one other major company of India . What is the name of that company?
(A) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
(B) Indian Oil Corporation
(C) Reliance Industries Ltd.
(D) National Mineral Development Corporation of India
(E) None of these
ANS (E)
33. India’s First centre to monitor climate change was opened recently at -
(A) New Delhi
(B) Chennai
(C) Jaipur
(D) Bangalore
(E) Kolkata
ANS (B)
34. Which of the following Acts was framed specially to deal more effectively with the problem of Non-Performing Assets in banking system?
(A) SARFAESI ACT.
(B) Banking Regulation Act.
(C) Foreign Exchange Management Act.
(D) Industrial Dispute Act.
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
35. The —- shows all the websites and pages that you have visited over a period of time.
(A) status bar
(B) task bar
(C) history list
(D) tool bar
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
36. A proxy server is used for the which of the following?
(A) To provide security against unauthorized users
(B) To process client requests for web pages
(C) To process client requests for database access
(D) To provide TCP/IP
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
37. A repair for a known software bug, usually available at no charge on the internet , is called a (n) —
(A) version
(B) Patch
(C) Tutorial
(D) FAQ
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
38. In the URL http://www.upscportal.com/, the portion labelled http is the —
(A) host
(B) domain name
(C) protocol
(D) top-level domain
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
39. Which of the following organizations has recently given a US$ 600 million loan to Power Grid Corporation of India , a Govt. run organization?
(A) Asian Development Bank
(B) World Bank
(C) International Monetary Fund
(D) Bank of America
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
40. The ability to easily add additional users means that a network is –
(A) Scalable
(B) dedicated
(C) Decentralized
(D) Secure
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
41. In a database , a field is a –
(A) lable
(B) table of information
(C) group of related records
(D) category of information
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
42. The number of pixels displayed on a screen is known as the screen–
(A) resolution
(B) colour depth
(C) refresh rate
(D) viewing size
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
43. Wor processing , spreadsheet , and photo-editing are example of –
(A) application software
(B) system software
(C) operating system software
(D) platform software
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
44. If you wish to extend the length of the network without having the signal degrade, you would use a —
(A) repeater
(B) router
(C) gateway
(D) switch
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
45. A—- is approximately a million bytes.
(A) gigabyte
(B) kilobyte
(C) megabyte
(D) terabyte
(E) None of these
ANS (C)
46. The time it takes a device to locate data and instructions and make them available to CPU is known as –
(A) clock speed
(B) a processing cycle
(C) CPU speed
(D) access time
(E) None of these
ANS (D)
47. ——– controls the way in which the computer system functions and provides a means by which users are interact with the computer.
(A) The platform
(B) The operating system
(C) Application software
(D) The motherboard
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
48. ——– means that the data contained in a database is accurate and reliable.
(A) Data redundancy
(B) Data integrity
(C) Data reliability
(D) Data consistency
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
49. A(n) —— is a private corporate network, used exclusively by company employees.
(A) Internet
(B) local area network
(C) peer-to-peer
(D) intranet
(E) None of these
ANS (B)
50. A characteristic of a file server is which of the following?
(A) Manages file operations and is shared on a network
(B) Manages file operations and is limited to one PC
(C) Acts as fat client and is shared on a network
(D) Acts as fat client and is limited to one PC
(E) None of these
ANS (A)
SBI BANK PO GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got Independence?
1- Harold Wilson
2- Lloyd George
3- Chamberlain
4- Clement Atlee
Ans : 4

2. The Acharya who established â€œmatthsâ€ in all the four corners of India
1- Ramanuja
2- Sankara
3- Madhava
4- Vallabha
Ans : 2

3. Sir C.V.Raman was the first Nobel Laureate in Physics from the Indian Sub-continent.Who was the second?
1-Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
2- Dr.S.S.Bhatnagar
3- Dr.Hargovind KhoranaÂ
4-Prof.Abdus Salam of Pakistan
Ans : 4

4. Free Indiaâ€™s First Education Minister was
1-M.C. Chagla
2- Maulana Kalam Azad
3- Rafi Ahmed KidwaiÂ Â Â
4- N.G.Ayyangar
Ans : 2

5. Who was the first Viceroy of India ?
1-Lord Clive
2-Lord Warren Hastings
3-Lord Canning
4-Lord Cornwallis
Ans : 3

6. The servants of India society was founded by
1-Blavatsky & Olcott,1866
2-Gopalkrishna Gokhale,1905
3-M.G.Ranade,1867
4-Sir S.A.Khan,1920
Ans : 2

7. Under whose Vice Royalty was Tipu Sultan Defeated
1-Lord Cornwallis
2-Lord Wellesley
3-Lord Hastings
4-Lord Canning
Ans : 2

8. The famousâ€Al-Berauniâ€is associated in Indian history with
1-Mohd.Tughlaq
2- Mohd.Ghori
3-Mahmood of Ghazni
4-Allau-ud-din Khilji.
Ans : 3

9. Battle of Buxar was fought in the year
1-1757
2-1764
3-1576
4-1565
Ans : 2

10. Kalidas was the court poet of
1-Chandragupta-II
2-Chandragupta Maurya
3-Harshavardhan
4-Kharavela
Ans : 1

11. Battle of _______ is associated with Prithviraj & Mohammad Ghori
1-Haldighati
2-Talikota
3-Kanwa
4-Tarain
Ans : 4

12.Second Battle of Panipat was fought in the year _________ ,headed by_________
1-1526,Babur
2-1556,Humayun
3-1556,Akbar
4-1605,Jehangir.
Ans : 3

13.The first round table conference was held under the vice royalty of Lord
1-Reading
2-Irwin
3-Wellingdon
4-Mountbatten
Ans : 2

14. Who was the last famous Hindu King?
1-Harshavardhan
2-Samudragupta
3-Chandragupta-II
4-Ashoka
Ans : 1

15. Who is known as the Indian Napolean?
1- Chandragupta I
2- Samudragupta
3- Chandragupta II
4- Skandagupta
Ans : 2

16. The author of historical epithet â€˜Rajtaranginiâ€ was
1-Kalhana
2- Kalidas
3- Chanakya
4- Banabhatta
Ans : 1

17. The Kailashnath Temple at Ellora was built by the
1- Rashtrakutas
2- Chalukyas
3- Cholas
4- Pallavas
Ans : 1

18. Alexander defeated Porus at the bank of river Jhelum. This battle is famous as the battle of
1-Wandiwash
2-Hydapses
3- Chausa
4- Khanwa
Ans : 2

19. Which governor General abolished the practice of sati?
1- Lord Dalhousie
2- William Bentick
3- Lord Cornwallis
4- Lord Hastings
Ans : 2

20. Lord Curzon is associated with which of the following events?
1- Hunter commission
2- Doctrine of Lapse
3- Partition of Bengal
4- Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
Ans : 3

21. Gandhiji first started his Satyagraha Movement in
1- Peitermaritzberg , South Africa
2- Sabarmati, India
3- Johhanesberg, South Africa
4- Dandi, India
Ans : 3

22. The â€œvedaâ€ which deals with Ayurvedic system of medicine
1-Rigveda
2- Samveda
3- Atharavaveda
4- Yajurveda
Ans : 3

23. The famous â€œEconomic Drain Theoryâ€ was given by
1- Lord Lytton, 1876
2- Swami dayanand,1875
3- Dadabhai Naoroji,1876
4- Lord Northbrook, 1876.
Ans : 3

24.The capital of India Was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the Year
1- 1910
2- 1911
3- 1920
4- 1919
Ans : 2

25. Who, among the following , is known for his pioneering work on medicine during the Gupta period
1- Sudraka
2- Sushruta
3- Shaunaka
4- Saumilla
Ans : 2

26. Who was the founder of Indian National Congress ?
1- Dadabhai Naoroji
2- A.O. Hume
3- W.C. Banerji
4- Badrudin Tyabji
Ans : 2

27. Jalianwala Bagh Tragedy occurred in which of the following year?
1-1927
2-1942
3- 1920
4- 1919
Ans : 4

28. Brahmo Samaj was founded by
1-Raja Ram Mohan Roy
2- Keshab Chandra Sen
3- Swami Vivekanand
4- Swami Dayanand
Ans : 1

29. The policy was Subsidiary Alliance was started by
1- Lord Cornwallis
2- Lord Welleseley
3- Lord Canning
4- Lord Hastings
Ans : 2

30. The last Mughal Emperor was
1-Bahadur Shah II
2- Shah Alam II
3- Akbar II
4- Alamgir II
Ans : 1

31. Sir Thomas Roe was the ambassador of James I to the court of
1-Akbar
2- Jahangir
3- Shah Jahan
4- Auranzeb
Ans : 2

32.Vasco da Gama was a famous ______ traveler.
Â 1- Danish
2- French
3- Portugese
4- Dutch
Ans : 3

33. When was American Independence declared ?
Â 1-1776
2-1756
3- 1736
4- 1746
Ans : 1

34. When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
1- 1939
2- 1936
3- 1933
4- 1930
Ans : 3

35. The Industrial Revolution was to begin first in
1- USA
2- Japan
3- England
4- (erstwhile)USSR
Ans : 3

36. Who wrote Buddha Charita?
1- Bana Bhatta
2- Ashva Ghosa
3- Kalidasa
4- Tulsidas
Ans : 2

37.Where was the first factory by the Britishers set up in India in 1612?
1- Pondicherry
2- Surat
3- Cochin
4- Calcutta
Ans : 2

38. The principal language of the Dravidians was
1- Kannada
2- Telugu
3- Tamil
4- Malayalam
Ans : 2

39. In which year Ashoka fought the Kalinga War?
1- 58 B.C.
2- 78 B.C.
3- 599 B.C.
4- 261 B.C.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : 4

40. When was the Berlin Wall built?Â
1- 1917
2-1961
3- 1921
4- 1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : 2

41. Which among the following is not the official language of the U.N.O.?Â
1- Spanish
2- Arabic
3- Chinese
4- Japanese Â Â
Ans : 4

42. Who suggested the name â€œUnited Nations â€œ?Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
1- John.F.Kennedy
2- Franklin D. Roosevelt
3- Jimmy Carter
4- Napolean BonaparteÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : 2

43. Which among the following is the U.N.Foundation Day?Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
1- 30th oct.1945
2- 24th oct.1945
3- 6th aug.1942
4- 9th aug.1942Â Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : 2

44. The term of office of a judge of the International Court of Justice is ______ years.Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
1- 3
2- 5
3- 7
4- 9Â Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : 4

45. The only Indian Woman who became President of the World Health Organisation so far was Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
1- R.K.Amrit Kaur
2- Vijaylakshmi Pandit
3-Sucheta Kriplani
4- Sarojini NaiduÂ Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : 1

46. Who was the first secretary general of the United Nations?Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Â 1- Kurt Waldheim of Austria
2- Dag Hammarskjoeld of Sweden
3- U. Thant of Burma
4- Trygve LieÂ Â of Norway.Â Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : 4

47. The hundred sons of Dhritarashtra had one sister.What was her name?Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
1- Duhsala
2- Trishala
3- Kunti
4- MadriÂ Â Â
Ans : 1

48. In Indian Mythology , who was the wife of Kubera?Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
1- Rambha
2-Menaka
3- Urvasi
4- LakshmiÂ
Ans : 1

49. Which country was expelled from U.N. in 1992?Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
1- Czechoslovakia
2- Yugoslovia
3- Iraq
4- SwitzerlandÂ Â
Ans : 2

50. Who compiled the Adi Granth?Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
1- Guru Nanak
2- Guru Har Rai
3- Guru Arjun Dev
4- Guru Teg Bahadur
Ans : 3
1. What is the population of India ?
(1) 98 crores
(2) More than 2 billion
(3) More than 1 billion
(4) Less than 96 crores
(5) 96 crores

2. Thermostat is an instrument used to_________
(1) measure flow of current
(2) measure intensity of voltage
(3) regulate temperature
(4) regulate velocity of sound
(5) None of these

3. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with________
(1) Football (2) Cricket
(3) Hockey (4) Basketball
(5) Lawn Tennis
4. GNP stands for_________
(1) Gross National Product
(2) Group Net Product
(3) Grand Nuclear Process
(4) Group Networking Process
(5) None of these

5. ‘Acoustics’ is the science of the study of_________
(1) Light (2) Sound
(3) Electricity (4) Magnetism
(5) None of these
6. Noise pollution is measured in the unit called_____
(1) micron
(2) nautical miles
(3) ohms
(4) ampere
(5) decibel
7. ‘Heavy Water’ is used in which of the following types of indus-tries ?
(1) Sugar
(2) Nuclear Power
(3) Textile
(4) Coal
(5) None of these
8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Indomi-table Spirit’?
(1) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(2) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(3) Justice K. G. Balakrishna
(4) Mr. Natwar Singh
(5) None of these
9. Which of the following is not the name of popular IT/Software Company ?
(1) Wipro (2) Mastek
(3) Toyota (4) IBM
(5) Infosys

10. ‘Yen’ is the currency of_________
(1) South Korea
(2) China
(3) Indonesia
(4) Malaysia
(5) None of these
11. Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a well known__________
(1) Music Director of Indian films
(2) English author of Indian origin
(3) Journalist
(4) Politician
(5) Sports Personality
12. ‘Richter Scale’ is used to measure which of the following ?
(1) Intensity of Tsunami Waves
(2) Intensity of Earthquake
(3) Density of salt in Sea water
(4) Flow of electric current
(5) None of these

13. Which of the following best explains ‘e-governance’?
(1) Improving the functioning of government
(2) Teaching government emp-loyees the basics of computing
(3) Delivery of public services through internet
(4) Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet
(5) Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencing

14. CAS is associated with which of the following ?
(1) Legal System Reforms
(2) Piped gas line
(3) Cable T.V.
(4) Mobile phone regulation
(5) None of these

15. Tata Steel recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in_____
(1) South Africa
(2) Ukraine
(3) Australia
(4) Italy
(5) Britain

16. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organi zation/Agency working in the field of Space Research ?
(1) ISBN
(2) ISRO
(3) INTELSET
(4) INTACH
(5) None of these
17. ‘Handshaking’ in Networking parlance means
(1) connecting computers to a hub
(2) distributed Networks
(3) having same operating system on different computers
(4) sending e-mail
(5) None of these

18. VAT stands for
(1) Value And Tax
(2) Value Added Tax
(3) Virtual Action Tasks
(4) Virtual Assessment Tech-nique
(5) None of these

19. Alzheimer’sdiseaseistheailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human body ?
(1) Kidney
(2) Heart
(3) Liver
(4) Stomach
(5) Brain
20. Global warming is a matter of concern amongst the nations these days. Which of the follo-wing countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the World ?
(1) U.S.A.
(2) China
(3) India
(4) Britain
(5) None of these
21. Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates ?
(1) Microsoft Secrets
(2) The Road Ahead
(3) The Elephant Paradigm
(4) e-commerce
(5) None of these
22. Which of the following is the name of the social network service run by the Google on the internet ?
(1) Online Space
(2) Orkut
(3) Net-Space
(4) Wikipedia
(5) None of these
23. Which of the following states is a relatively new addition ?
(1) Goa
(2) Delhi
(3) Uttarakhand
(4) Himachal Pradesh
(5) Bihar

24. DOT stands for___________
(1) Disc Operating Therapy
(2) Department of Telephones
(3) Directorate of Technology
(4) Damage on Time
(5) None of these

25. Which of the following States/ parts of India is completely land locked having no contact with sea ?
(1) Karnataka
(2) Orissa
(3) Maharashtra
(4) North-East
(5) None of these
26. TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following servi-ces ?
(1) Telecom (2) Trade
(3) Port (4) Transport
(5) None of these

27. At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used net-work communication mode is__________
(1) Very Small Aperture Termi-nal (VSAT)
(2) General Packet Radio Ser-vice (GPRS)
(3) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)
(4) Dial-in Connection
(5) None of these
28. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India ?
(1) DBS Bank Ltd.
(2) Sonali Bank
(3) J. P. Morgan Chase Bank
(4) Shinhan Bank
(5) All are Foreign Banks
29. Who is the author of the book ‘Future Shock’ ?
(1) Alvin Toffler
(2) Tom Peters
(3) Napoleon Hill
(4) Kenneth Blanchard
(5) None of these
30. Apex fares are________
(1) more than the normal fare
(2) less than the normal fare
(3) offered only to corporate clients
(4) applicable to late night flights only
(5) applicable to international flights only
31. Who amongst the following is the Director of the film ‘Water’ which was in news ?
(1) Vidhu Vinod Chopra
(2) Mrinal Sen
(3) Gulzar
(4) Mahesh Bhatt
(5) None of these

32. The 10th plan period is upto_______
(1) 2007 (2) 2008
(3) 2009 (4) 2010
(5) None of these
33. OPEC is a group of countries which are_______
(1) exporting oil
(2) producting cotton
(3) rich and developed
(4) developing and poor
(5) nuclear powers
34. Intel Company mainly pro-duces______
(1) Hard disks
(2) VCDs
(3) Monitors
(4) Software
(5) None of these

34. Intel Company mainly pro-duces_____
(1) Hard disks
(2) VCDs
(3) Monitors
(4) Software
(5) None of these

35. Who amongst the following is the M.D./Chairman of one of the major Steel Companies ?
(1) Shri L. N. Mittal
(2) Shri K. K. Birla
(3) Shri Vijaypat Singhania
(4) Shri Mukesh Ambani
(5) Shri Anil Agarwal
36. Who is the President of Nass-com?
(1) Kiran Karnik
(2) Narayana Murthy
(3) Pramod Desai
(4) Devang Mehta
(5) None of these
37. Which of the following awards is not given for excellence in the field of literature ?
(1) Booker Prize
(2) Nobel Prize
(3) Pulitzer Price
(4) Arjun Award
(5) Bharatiya Gnanpith Award

38. ‘Singur’ which was in news is a place in_____________
(1) Orissa
(2) West Bengal
(3) Jharkhand
(4) Bihar
(5) Maharashtra
39. Who amongst the following is the author of the book series named as ‘Harry Potter’ ?
(1) J. K. Rowling
(2) Lindsay Lohan
(3) Julia Roberts
(4) Sandra Bullock
(5) None of these
40. Which of the following Satellites recentlydedicatedtonation helps Direct to Home Television Ser-vice in India ?
(1) Matsat
(2) Edusat
(3) Insat–4b
(4) Insat–IB
(5) None of these

41. Many a times we read some news items about the ‘West Bank’. ‘West Bank’ is situated at the western side of the river__________
(1) Mississippi
(2) Amazon
(3) Nile
(4) Jordan
(5) None of these
42. Which of the following pheno-menon is considered responsible for ‘Global Warming’ ?
(1) Greenhouse Gas Effect
(2) Fox Fire
(3) Dry Farming
(4) Radioactivity
(5) None of these
43. Which of the following instru-ments is not issued by a bank ?
(1) Demand Draft
(2) Pay Order
(3) Debit Card
(4) Credit Card
(5) National Saving Certificate
44. Name of Jyoti Randhawa is asso-ciated with which of thecfollo-wing games ?
(1) Golf
(2) Badminton
(3) Hockey
(4) Chess
(5) None of these
45. Which of the following Software Companies recently launched its education portal ‘Unlimited Potential’ in India ?
(1) Microsoft (2) Infosys
(3) Wipro (4) TCS
(5) None of these
46. Polly Umrigar who died was a well known___________
(1) Cricketer
(2) Tennis Player
(3) Golfer
(4) Chess Player
(5) Hockey Player
47. In India Census is done after a gap of every____________
(1) Five years
(2) Seven years
(3) Eight years
(4) Ten years
(5) Fifteen years
48. Prof. Muhammad Yunus the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 is the exponent of which of the following concepts in the field of banking ?
(1) Core Banking
(2) Micro Credit
(3) Retail Banking
(4) Real Time Gross Settlement
(5) Internet Banking
49. Who amongst the following was India’s official candidate for the post of UNO’s Secretary Gene- ral ?
(1) Mr. Shyam Saran
(2) Dr. C. Rangarajan
(3) Mr. Shashi Tharoor
(4) Mr. Vijay Nambiar
(5) None of these
50. Mr. Gordon Brown has taken over as the Prime Minister of_______
(1) Italy
(2) Canada
(3) France
(4) South Africa
(5) Britain
Answers with Explanation:-
1. (3) 2. (3) 3. (5) 4. (1) 5. (2) 6. (5) 7. (2) 8. (1) 9. (3) 10. (5) 11. (5) 12. (2) 13. (3) 14. (3) 15. (5) 16. (2) 17. (1) 18. (2) 19. (5) 20. (2) 21. (2) 22. (2) 23. (3) 24. (5) 25. (4) 26. (1) 27. (1) 28. (5) 29. (1) . 30. (2) 31. (5) 32. (1) 33. (1) 34. (5) 35. (1) 36. (1) 37. (4) 38. (2) 39. (1) 40. (3) 41. (4) 42. (1) 43. (5) 44. (1) 45. (1) 46. (1) 47. (4) 48. (2) 49. (3) 50. (5)
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General Awareness/Computer Knowledge

1. Balmiki Prasad Singh has taken over as Governor of _____

(A) Goa

(B) Bihar

(C) Meghalaya

(D) Sikkim

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

2. The Paralympic Games in September 2008 were held at _____

(A) Tokyo

(B) New York

(C) Madrid

(D) Stckholm

(E) Beijing

Ans : (E)

3. Which of the folowing is/are True about the National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) which was in news recently?

(1) The NRAA was set-up in 1955 at the initiative of the then Prime Minister J.L.Nehru

(2) NRAA was established to co-ordinate the work of five ministries associated with the development of rainfed areas

(3) NRAA is now converted into a Corporation of the same name

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Only 3

(D) All 1 , 2 & 3

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

4. Dalichi Sankyo has recently taken over which of the following Companies/Corporation of Indian base /

(A) Jet Airways

(B) Ranbaxy

(C) Bhilai Steel Plant

(D) National Textiles Corporation

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

5. The recent report on Global Development Finance released by the World Bank has projected India's GDP growth rate at which of the following levels?

(A) 5 %

(B) 6 %

(C) 7 %

(D) 8 %

(E) 9 %

Ans : (C)

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6. which of the following cities is placed at the top of the list of cities found suitable for "Global Commerce" compiled by the master cards? (Result of the survey were published in various financial newspaper)

(A) London

(B) New York

(C) Tokyo

(D) Beijing

(E) Mumbai

Ans : (D)

7. The New Capital Adequacy Framework prescribed for banks in commonly known as ___

(A) Credit Policy

(B) Monetary Policy

(C) KYC Norms

(D) Basel Accord

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

8. As we all know Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) in the percentage of the deposit banks keep in reserve with them . This ratio is also known as ___

(A) Repo Rate

(B) Reserve Repo Rate

(C) SLR

(D) Liquidity Ratio

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)

9. The sudden turn of events in the economic environmental globally , in the last four to five month have resulted in slowing down of India's economic growth. Which of the following is/are the event(s) which has/have put their impact on Indian economy?

(1) Turmoil in US Credit market

(2) Large scale increase in the prices of crude oil and foodgrains

(3) Adoption of Basel II norms by the banks

(A) Only 1

(B) Only 2

(C) Only 3

(D) Both 1 & 2 only

(E) All 1,2 & 3

Ans : (D)

10. Which of the following is India's Tax GDP ratio ?

(A) 5 %

(B) 15 %

(C) 25 %

(D) 30 %

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

11. Which of the following is known as 'Himadri' ?

(A) It is India's Space Craft launched to study the moon

(B) It is India's first Research Station in Arctic Region

(C) It is new battle tank produced by India

(D) It is new warship inducted in the Indian Navy recently

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

12. The Govt. of India recently announced a subsidized pricing policy based on nutrients in it of which of the following to protect the interest of the farmers ?

(A) Seeds

(B) Pesticides

(C) Fertilizers

(D) Organic Manure

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

13. The next Non-Aligned Movement SAummit 2009 is scheduled to be held in ___

(A) India

(B) Egypt

(C) Brazil

(D) South Africa

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

15. Ghulam Nabi Azad was in the news recently as he has resigned from the post of the ___

(A) Governor, Jammu & Kashmir

(B) Chief Minister , Jammu & Kashmir

(C) Governor , Jharkhand

(D) Chief Minister, Jharkhand

(E) Governor, Manipur

Ans : (B)

15. When the growth of GDP in a country slows down suddenly,people start losing their jobs and the situation continues for several weeks,what name is given to this state of economy (A big was in this state recently.) ?

(A) Inflation

(B) Recession

(C) Deflation

(D) Economic Boom

(E) None of these

Ans : (B)

16. "Lisbon Treaty" is the treaty accepted/adopted by the members of which of the following organizations recently ?

(A) NATO

(B) SAARC

(C) European Union

(D) Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG)

(E) None of these

Ans : (C)

17. When a corporate entity wishes to raise money from the market it can do that by issuing ___

(A) Treasury Bill

(B) Momerandom of Association

(C) Kisan Vikas Patra

(D) National Saving Certificate

(E) Commercial Papers

Ans : (E)

18. Russia has recently made a ceasefire Agreement with which of the following nations ?

(A) Ukraine

(B) Kazakhastan

(C) Croatia

(D) Georgia

(E) None of these

Ans : (D)

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19. The Govt. of India has decided to build a Nuclear Power Plant in which of the following North Eastern States ?

(A) Manipur

(B) Assam

(C) Meghalaya

(D) Arunachal Pradesh

(E) None of these

Ans : (E)

20.India won it's individual Gold Medal in Beijing Olympic 2008 in which of the following events ?

(A) Hockey

(B) Football

(C) Lawn Tennis

(D) Swimming

(E) Rifle Shooting

Ans : (E)
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