Wednesday, June 11, 2014

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM

1. Which city hosted the 40th G7 Summit on June 4-5, 2014?
1) Brussels (Belgium)
2) Warsaw (Poland)
3) London (UK)
4) Paris (France)
5) Rome (Italy)

2. Which country will become the 19th member of Euro zone on January 1, 2015?
1) Denmark
2) Lithuania
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) Czech Republic

3. The Madhya Pradesh government has appointed which of the following actors as the brand ambassador for its Mamta Abhiyaan (maternal and child health) campaign?
1) Vidya Balan
2) Sridevi
3) Madhuri Dixit
4) Priyanka Chopra
5) Hema Malini

4. World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5. What is the official slogan for the year 2014?
1) Think. Eat. Save
2) Melting Ice-a Hot Topic?
3) Raise Your Voice Not The Sea Level
4) Don't Desert Drylands
5) None of these

5. The United Nations Organization (UNO) declared 2014 as the International Year of?
1) Small Island Developing States
2) Sustainable Energy for All
3) Chemistry
4) Forests
5) Natural Fibers

6. Who won the French Open women's singles tennis title on June 7, 2014?
1) Simona Halep (Romania)
2) Andrea Petkovic (Germany)
3) Sara Errani (Italy)
4) Maria Sharapova (Russia)
5) Li Na (China)

7. Which country hosted the fourth edition of the FIFA Under-17 women's world cup football from March 15 to April 4, 2014?
1) Peru
2) Ghana
3) Costa Rica
4) Macedonia
5) Uzbekistan

8. Which one of the following countries is not a part of BCIM corridor?
1) India
2) China
3) Bangladesh
4) Myanmar
5) Bhutan

9. The Secretary General of the Arab League visited India in December 2013. Name him?
1) Samir Nasibi
2) Amr Moussa
3) Essam Sharaf
4) Nabil Elaraby
5) Mohamed Orabi

10. The government has approved Rs 2,035 crore for setting up the National Cancer Institute in Jhajjar in?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Jharkhand
5) Rajasthan

11. The Judicial Appointments Commission
(JAC) recommends the?
1) Appointment of judges to the
Supreme Court
2) Appointment of judges to the High Courts
3) Transfer of judges of one High Court to another
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

12. Which of the following States does not have a Legislative Council?
1) Karnataka
2) Maharashtra
3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Bihar
5) Gujarat

13. India's first Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR) plant is in which of the following states?
1) Punjab
2) Haryana
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Rajasthan

14. Which state assembly recently passed the anti superstition bill?
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Kerala
3) Maharashtra
4) Karnataka
5) Goa

15. Who among the following designed AK-47 assault rifle?
1) Andrei Sakharov
2) Mikhail Kalashnikov
3) Zhou Yuelong
4) Michiaki Takahashi
5) None of these

16. Which country will host the 2015 FIFA Under-17 world cup football?
1) Chile
2) Russia
3) Tunisia
4) UAE
5) Nigeria

17. Which is the first country to legalize the growing, sale and smoking of marijuana?
1) Colombia
2) Cuba
3) Uruguay
4) USA
5) Mexico

18. Which country began its twoyear term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on January 1, 2014 after taking the Security Council seat that was rejected by Saudi Arabia?
1) Syria
2) Yemen
3) Qatar
4) Jordan
5) UAE

19. Who has taken over as India's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in December 2013?
1) Nirupama Rao
2) Sujatha Singh
3) TCA Raghavan
4) Shivshankar Menon
5) Ranjan Mathai

20. LeBron James of USA was chosen as the Associated Press's 2013 male athlete of the year. He is a renowned player in which of the following sports?
1) Swimming
 2) Golf
3) Basketball
4) Baseball
5) Cycling

21. Javed Akhtar won the Sahitya Akademi Award for which of the following books?
1) Lava
2) Miljul Man
3) Nirvaan
4) Korkai
5) None of these

22. Which cricketer was given the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy in December 2013?
1) Cheteshwar Pujara
2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
3) Hashim Amla
4) Michael Clarke
5) Kumar Sangakkara

23. Which of the following was formerly known as Admiral Gorshkov?
1) INS Chakra
2) INS Vikramaditya
3) INS Arihant
4) INS Vikrant
5) None of these

24. India has developed a tactical surface to surface missile with a range between 60 and 170 km and will offer it to friendly countries. It is called?
1) Nag
2) BrahMos
3) Pragati
4) Dhruv
5) Tejas

25. The world's first green helicopter which is noiseless and emissionfree was tested in which of the following countries?
1) Italy
2) China
3) UK
4) Germany
5) India

26. Jason Day of Australia is associated with which of the following sports?
1) Chess
2) Hockey
3) Tennis
4) Motor Racing
5) Golf

27. 'The Village' (a novel) is written by?
1) R.K. Narayan
2) Mulk Raj Anand
3) Anita Desai
4) Kiran Desai
5) Kamla Das

28. Identify the mismatched pair?
1) BSF - D.K. Pathak
2) CISF - Arvind Ranjan
3) NSG - J.N. Chaudhary
4) ITBP - Subhash Goswamy
5) CRPF - Pradeep Kumar

29. Who among the following is a fifth time Chief Minister?
1) Shivraj Singh Chouhan
2) Raman Singh
3) Vasundhara Raje
4) Lal Thanhawla
5) None of these

30. Xavier Bettel has been the Prime Minister of which of the following European countries since December 4, 2013?
1) Spain
2) Portugal
3) Luxemburg
4) Ireland
5) Iceland

31. India defeated which of the following countries to win the men's world cup Kabaddi in December 2013?
1) USA
2) England
3) Denmark
4) New Zealand
5) Pakistan

32. UK-based retailer Tesco has presence in India through a joint venture with which of the following groups?
1) Aditya Birla
2) Reliance
3) Bharti
4) Munjal
5) None of these

33. Which of the following are not insured by the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC)?
1) Indian commercial banks
2) Local area banks
3) Regional rural banks
4) Foreign banks functioning in India
5) Primary cooperative societies

34. Which of the following deposits are not insured by the DICGC?
1) Savings deposits
2) Fixed deposits
3) Recurring deposits
4) Current deposits
5) Foreign governments deposits

35. What is the maximum deposit amount insured by the DICGC?
1) Rs 50,000
2) Rs 1,00,000
3) Rs 2,00,000
4) Rs 5,00,000
5) No such limit

36. Dhanush missile was test-firedon November 23, 2013 from a naval ship off Odisha coast. Dhanush is a naval variant of?
1) Prithvi
2) Agni
3) Shourya
4) Astra
5) Akash

37. Purulia Chhau Dance is a renowned tribal martial dance of which of the following States?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Bihar
3) Assam
4) West Bengal
5) Meghalaya

38. The Supreme Court consists of one Chief Justice and?
1) 25 other judges
2) 28 other judges
3) 30 other judges
4) 29 other judges
5) None of these

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