Wednesday, November 7, 2012

IBPS CLERKS CWE GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS

1) Indian star cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was honoured with of Australian Honour He is second Cricketer to get this honour. Who among the following is the first cricketer to get this award?  
1. Steve Waugh 
2. Allan Border 
3. Brian Lara 
4. Shane warne
5. None of these


2) Which of the following is true about ISRO’s 100th Mission recently?
1. In its 100th mission on 9th Septe- mber, Polar Satellite Launch Vehic- le blasted off two foreign satellites.
2. The experiment took place at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh
3. 712 kg SPOT-6 remote sensing sa- tellite of France, and a 15-kg Japa- nese space craft PROITERES plac ed in orbit by ISRO’s PSLV C-21 

 4. All the above are true 
5. None of these

3) At which of the following places NAM summit was held in august?
1. Beijing 

2. Damascus
3. Tehran 

4. Colombo 
5. None of these 

4) Which of the following country has offered Asylum to Julias Ass ange,(the founder of Wikileaks) ignoring US threat ?
1. Venezula 

2. Ecuador
3. Cuba 

4. Spain 
5. Pakistan

5) The nation which has recently abolished direct censorship of the media is?
1. Myanmar 

2. Syria 
3. Srilanka 
4. Arabia 
5. Egypt

6) The 17th NAM summit will be held in 2015 in
1. Katrachu island 

2. Bolivia
3. India 4. Switzerland 

5. Iraq

7) At present who among the following is the chief economic adviser in the Ministry of Finance?
1. Kaushik Basu 

2. Rangarajan 
3. Parthasarathy shome 
4. Naraian 
5. Raghu ram Rajan

8) Verghese Kurien has passed away on September 8th. He was known as
1. Father of Green revolution in India 

2. Father of Yellow revolution of India 
3. Father of silver revolution of India 
4. Father of White Revolution of India 
5. Father of Red revolution of India

9) Who among the following has headed the Committee on GAAR, which recommended to postpone the controversial tax about 6 year?
1. Rangarajan 

2. Amartya Sen 
3. Parthasarathy Shome 
4. Chidambaram 
5. None of these

10) The world’s largest refugee camp is Dagahaley. It is located in
1. Syria 

2. Somalia
3. Iraq 

4. Iran 
5. USA



11) Match the following, days and their importance?
1. International Literacy Day 

A) October 24th 
2. United Nations Day 
 B) October 16th 
3. World Food Day 
C) September 8th 
4. World Teachers Day 
D) October 5th 
1. 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d 
2. 1-b,2-c, 3-a,4-d 
3. 1-d, 2-b,3-a,4-c 
4. 1-c,2-d, 3-b,4-a 
5. 1-a, 2-b,3-c, 4-d

12) Five Indian firms are in Forbes List of Top Innovators. Which are those companies?
1. Infosys, GMR, Hindusthan Unilev er, TataConsultancy, Reliance 

2. Reliance, Birla, Wipro, Sun Phar- ma, Infosys 
3. Larsen & Turbo, Hindustan Uniliver, Infosys, Tata Consultancy, Sun Pharma
4. Larsen & Turbo, Sunpharma, Wip ro, Infosys, Tata Consultancy 

5. None of the above

13) A Rare audio of India’s Freedom fighter voice unearthed recently. Name the Leader?
1. Motilal Nehru 

2. Bhagat Singh 
3. Lala Lajpati roy 
4. S.N. Banerjee 
5. BalaGangadhar Tilak

14) Which of the following is in the top of the list in the Vulnerable Cities prepared by a team of researchers from the University of Leeds and the Netherlands?
1. Dhaka 

2. Kolkata
3. New york 

4. Buenos Aires 
5. Shanghai

15) Which of the following statement is true?
1. At present the India’s share in Global tourism is 0.58% 

2. During the 12th Five Year Plan period India is aiming to increase it to 1%
3. The country received 6.29 million foreign tourists in 2011 

4. All the above
5. None of the above true


16) Expand CRR
1. Cash Revised Ratio 

2. Cash Reserve Ratio
3. Cash Revised Reserve 

4. Cash Revenue Ratio 
5. None of these

17) Which of the following will be always 1% less than Repo Rate?

 1.Reverse Repo Rate 
2. Bank Rate 
3. SLR 
4. CRR 
5. None of these

18) Who among the following is the first Union Minister to be Commiss ioned as a regular Officer in the Territorial Army?
1. Jaswant Singh 

2. Subokanth Sahay
3. Sachin Pilot 

4. Jyothiradithya Scindia
5. None of these


19) In which of the following places DLF is planning to construct the Largest Mall in India?
1. Pune 

2. Surat 
3. Mumbai 
4. Kolkata 
5. Gurgaon

20) Who among the following will head the panel formed to review the Planning Commissions methodo-logy of estimating poverty?
1. Suresh Tendulkar 

2. Montek Singh Ahluwalia 
3. Ranga Rajan
4. Sundaram Rajan
5. None of these


21) As per Governments report to Supreme Court, how many recom mendations of Ashok Chawla committee’s were a8epted?
1. 67 

2. 68 
3. 69 
4. 70 
5. 71

22) Which of the following Bank has started Click2Card?
1. HDFC Bank 

2. HSBC Bank 
3. Indian Bank 
4. State Bank of India
5. Bank of Baroda

23) India has won Under-19 world cup defeating Australia. Which of the following is the venue of the match?
1. Melbourne 

2. Townsville 
3. Sydney 
4. Canberra 
5. None of these

24) Who among the following is the Ambassador of Australian Tourism?
1. Mc Grawth 

2. Mark Waugh 
3. Bretlee 
4. Rickey ponting 
5. None of these

25) Scientists have recently discov ered a small dwarf irregular galaxy known as?
1. DDO 188 

2. DDO 190
3. DDO 192 

4. DDO 194 
4. DDO 196

26) Which of the following bank has launched recently 25 Electronic branches and other technology based initiatives?
1. Axis Bank 

2. Yes Bank
3. HSBC 

4. ICICI 
5. None of these

27) Which of the following is true about the Cabinet’s decision regarding IIITs?
1. The bill introduced in parliament re cently has considered more administrative autonomy for IIITs
2. 20 more IIITs will be set up at a cost of Rs 128 crore 

3. The Centre will bear the 50% of the cost, the state 35% and the rest will be borne by industry parners
4. All the above true
5. None of these


28) Who among the following is the foreign secretary of India

1. Nirupama Rao 
2. Ashok Kumar 
3. Ranjan Madhugale 
4. Surendra Raj 
5. None of these

29) Which of the following is the largest recipient of FDI in world?
1. China 

2. Japan
3. Britain 

4. USA 
5. None of these

Answers
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