Wednesday, September 19, 2012

SBI ASSOCIATE BANKS CLERKS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs


1. Expand BRBNMPL ......
1) Bharatiya Reserve Borrow Note Mudran Private Limited
2) Bangalore Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
3) Bharatiya Resale Bank Note Mudran Private Limited
4) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Negotiable Mudran Private Limited
5) Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Limited

2. From 1 April 2012, the validity of cheque is...
1) 3 months
2) 6 months
3) 9 months
4) 12 months
5) 18 months

3. On 8th August 2012, which bank introduced the First Financial Super market at Jaipur?
1) Syndicate Bank
2) Andhra Bank
3) Canara Bank
4) ICICI
5) State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

4. SWIFT is an internationally-recognized idenidentification code for banks around the world, which has 8 or 11 alphanumeric characters. SWIFT means ......
1) Stand for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
2) Society for Worldwide Internal bank Financial Telecommunication
3) Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication
4) Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
5) None

5. As per the RBI Governor statement, how much fund needed by the Indian Banking Sector to fulfil the Basel -III norms by 31st March 2018?
1) Rs.5 Lakh Crore
2) Rs.4 Lakh Crore
3) Rs.8 Lakh Crore
4) Rs.15 Lakh Crore
5) Rs.3.5 Lakh Crore

6. How much percent of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in insurance and pension sector proposed to allow by the Finance Ministry on 22nd August 2012?
1) 100
2) 51
3) 49
4) 74
5) 41

7. Which is not a Maharatna Company?
1) IOC
2) ONGC
3) HAL
4) NTPC
5) SAIL

8. Recently Delhi and Rajasthan extended the age bar on child labour from 14 years to....
1) 16 years
2) 21 years
3) 18 years
4) 25 years
5) 30 years

9. Which Delhi based scientist, won the prestigious Norman Borlaug Award for her work in transforming access to water for thousands of farmers in West Bengal?
1) R.Srinivasan
2) Panchala Gore
3) Aditi Mukherjee
4) Aditya Mukherjee
5) Kala Singham

10. 'Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance' is the theme of which summit recently held in Teheran on 30-31 August 2012?
1) ASEAN
2) NAM
3) SAARC
4) SCO
5) G-7




11. Chief Minister of Meghalaya is ....
1) Okram Ibobi Singh
2) Pu Lalthanhawla
3) Mukul Sangma
4) Tarun Gogoi
5) Neiphiu Rio

12. ......... became the fastest player to score 3000 runs in one-day internationals in 57 Innings.
1) Virat Kohli
2) Hashim Amla
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Yuvraj Singh
5) Ricky Ponting

13. 'Buy now and Pay later' is the principle of...
1) Debit Card
2) Credit Card
3) Now card
4) ABM card
5) AADHAR Card

14. RTGS stands for ......
1) Real Time Gross Stipulations
2) Role Time Gross Settlement
3) Real Time Gross Settlement
4) Real Tag Gross Settlement
5) None

15. Reserve Bank Staff college is at ....
1) Hyderabad
2) Pune
3) Chennai
4) New Delhi
5) Kanpur

16. Banking Regulation Act was passed in .....
1) 1947
2) 1949
3) 1991
4) 2000
5) 1935

17. GAAR means .....
1) General Advantage-Avoidance Rules
2) General Anti-Avoidance Rules
3) Government Anti-Avoidance Rules
4) General Anti-Advantage Rules
5) None

18. Miss World 2012 is .......
1) Sophie Moulds (Wales)
2) Jessica Kahawaty (Australia)
3) Yu Wenxia (China)
4) Vanya Mishra (India)
5) Mariana Notarangelo (Brazil)

19. Which book not written by Robin Sharma?
1) Top 200 Secret of Success
2) Mega Living: 30 Days to A Perfect Life
3) The Luminous Sparks
4) The Lead without A Title Manifesto
5) Family Wisdom

20. International Youth Day Celebrates on ......
1) August 15
2) September 18
3) December 9
4) August 12
5) January 18

21. On 22nd August 2012, Supreme Court banned the tourism in the core areas of...
1) Crocodile Parks
2) Lion Reserves
3) Western Ghats
4) Rhino Parks
5) Tiger Reserves

22. Where the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) held the 'Eleventh Energy Efficient Summit' recently between 22 August 2012 to 25 August 2012?
1) Pune
2) Kolkata
3) Hyderabad
4) Chennai
5) Kanpur

23. India won Nehru Cup football tournament beating......
1) Israel
2) Sri Lanka
3) China
4) Cameroon
5) France

24. Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology will be established in.....
1) Jalandhar
2) Amritsar
3) Mysore
4) Ranchi
5) Nagpur

25. ...... launching is 100th mission of ISRO.
1) PSLV C-20
2) PSLV C-21
3) SLV C-21
4) PSLV -21
5) ASLV C-21

26. Vanuatu is the 157th member of ......
1) UNO
2) WTO
3) World Bank
4) SAARC
5) NATO

27. 'Kerosene-free' scheme recently launched by....
1) Delhi
2) Andrha Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) West Bengal
5) Gujrat

28. Neil Armstrong is the first person .....
1) to walk on the Mars
2) to make journey in the space
3) used Atom Bomb
4) to walk on the Moon
5) visited the north pole by foot

29. Dr. Poonam Kishore Saxena is the Chairman of....
1) National Commission for Woman
2) Insurance Regulatory Authority of India
3) Competition Commission of India
4) Central Board of Direct Taxes
5) None of above

30. The list of Revolution given. Pick the correct one.
1) White - Milk
2) Green - Food Grains
3) Blue - Fish
4) Yellow - Oil Seeds
5) All of above

31. Foreign Exchange Reserves are kept in the custody of.....
1) RBI
2) SEBI
3) NABARD
4) Ministry of External Affairs
5) None

32. ISO 27001: 2005 given to banks in the recognition of ....
1) having best telephone service
2) having good infrastructure
3) having best managers
4) having best security practice
5) having Air-conditioned branches

33. RBI does not mint ...... paper currency.
1) Rs. 5
2) Rs. 10
3) Rs. 1
4) Rs.100
5) Rs. 20

34. Bank note Press Dewas is in the state of...
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Goa
4) Tamilnadu
5) Karnataka

35. Which of the following statement is wrong regarding the banking systems?
1) Group banking means the banks regulated by a group or association
2) Investment banking means the bank assists companies raising capital by underwriting and acting as the agent in the issuance of securities
3) Universal banking means the banks run by universities
4) Virtual banking means the bank offers services predominately or exclusively through the Internet, telephone etc.
5) All of above

36. India and which country signed an agreement to avoid double taxation and prevent fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income on 27th July 2012?
1) Iran
2) USA
3) UK
4) Indonesia
5) Japan

37. Which Stock Exchange became the world's largest bourse in terms of the number of trades in equity segment for the first six months of 2012?
1) BSE
2) MSE
3) NSE
4) SEBI
5) MCX-SX

38. Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on drought headed by .....?
1) Sharad Yadav
2) Chidambaram
3) Man Mohan Singh
4) Sushma Swaraj
5) Sharad Pawar

39. Uttarakhand Chief Minister is.....
1) Vijay Bahuguna
2) Raman Singh
3) Nitesh Kumar
4) N.D.Tiwari
5) Margaret Alwa

40. Leon Panetta visited India in the month of June 2012. He is ....
1) US Ambassador to India
2) US Defence Secretary
3) US Special Envoy on Kashmir
4) US Ambassador for Nutrition in India
5) None

41. Who was appointed as the head of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards Committee?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) P.T.Usha
3) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
4) Sushil Kumar
5) Abhinav Bhindra

42. Khandelwal committee report deals with....
1) Banking sector human resource management
2) Poverty in rural areas
3) Railway Traffic
4) Human Trafficking
5) None

43. .....became the first bank to offer 'RuPay Kisan Card' with 'Aadhaar' authentication?
1) SBI
2) OBC
3) Syndicate bank
4) Andhra Bank
5) ICICI

44. Which co-operative bank applied for the license with RBI to join the group of commercial banks on 12th June 2012?
1) APGVB
2) DGB
3) REPCO
4) CGGB
5) SGB

45. Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) at.....
1) Gurgoan
2) Jalandhar
3) Chennai
4) Hyderabad
5) Pune

ANSWERS:

1-5; 2-1; 3-5; 4-4; 5-1; 6-3; 7-3; 8-3; 9-3;
10-2; 11-3; 12-2; 13-2; 14-3; 15-3; 16-2; 17-2;
18-3; 19-3; 20-4; 21-5; 22-3; 23-4; 24-4; 25-2;
26-2; 27-1; 28-4; 29-4; 30-5; 31-1; 32-4; 33-3;
34-2; 35-3; 36-4; 37-3; 38-5; 39-1; 40-2; 41-3;
42-1; 43-2; 44-3; 45-4