Saturday, September 6, 2014

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O EXAM

1. Who among the following is one of the Deputy Governors of the Reserve Bank of India?
1) Rakesh Sethi
2) R.K. Dubey
3) M. Narendra
4) Arun Kaul
5) S.S. Mundra

2. Which of the following films won the maximum number of awards at the 61st National Film Awards?
1) Kaphal
2) Jaatishwar
3) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
4) Shahid
5) Ship of Theseus

3. Which of the following is the currency of Malaysia?
1) Rupiah
2) Won
3) Ringgit
4) Kyat
5) Baht

4. Who is the author of the book 'The Lowland'?
1) Salman Rushdie
2) Arundhati Roy
3) Cyrus Mistry
4) Jhumpa Lahiri
5) Jeet Thayil

5. Who won the Best Actor Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards?
1) Christian Bale
2) Bruce Dern
3) Leonardo DiCaprio
4) Bradley Cooper
5) Matthew McConaughey

6. Which major international championship was recently won by Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal?
1) Indonesian Open
2) Malaysian Open
3) Australian Open
4) World badminton championship
5) None of these

7. Which of the following is the Parliament of Maldives?
1) National Assembly
2) Majlis
3) Shura
4) Jirga
5) Sangosthi

8. Who is the present Women and Child Development Minister?
1) Smriti Irani
2) Uma Bharati
3) Nirmala Sitaraman
4) Maneka Gandhi
5) Kiron Kher

9. The capital of Lakshadweep is?
1) Port Blair
2) Silvassa
3) Kavaratti
4) Agati
5) Minicoy

10. Who among the following is the Speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha?
1) Thambidurai
2) Meira Kumar
3) Kamal Nath
4) Sumitra Mahajan
5) Harsimrat Kaur Badal

11. Who among the following is the Dronacharya Award winner in 2014 in Athletics?
1) Mahabir Prasad
2) N. Lingappa
3) G. Manoharan
4) Gurucharan Singh Gogi
5) Jose Jacob

12. Zeeshan Ali won the 2014 Dhyanchand Award in which of the following sports?
1) Tennis
2) Hockey
3) Swimming
4) Volleyball
5) Rowing

13. Abdulla Yameen is the President of which of the following countries?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Maldives
4) Afghanistan
5) Iran

14. Who at present is the Chief of the Naval Staff of India?
1) N.K. Verma
2) D.K. Joshi
3) Arup Raha
4) Robin K. Dhowan
5) Dalbir Singh Suhag

15. Which country will host the 2020 Olympic Games?
1) Brazil
2) USA
3) UK
4) South Africa
5) Japan

16. With which sport is Jeetu Rai associated?
1) Shooting
2) Wrestling
3) Weightlifting
4) Archery
5) Rowing

17. Port Louis is the capital of which of the following countries?
1) Maldives
2) Mauritius
3) Malta
4) Vanuatu
5) Kazakhstan

18. Which of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?
1) Malaysia
2) Indonesia
3) Philippines
4) Myanmar
5) Bangladesh

19. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently announced the scrapping of?
1) Finance Commission
2) National Development Council
3) Planning Commission
4) Inter State Council
5) None of these

20. Which of the following countries will host the 18th SAARC Summit in November 2014?
1) India
2) Pakistan
3) Sri Lanka
4) Nepal
5) Afghanistan

21. Biopics were recently made based on the life stories of which of the following sportspersons?
1) Milkha Singh
2) Mary Kom
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Both 1 and 2
5) None of these

22. Which of the following organizations is located in Montreal?
1) WTO
2) ICAO
3) WEF
4) IMF
5) UNICEF

23. With which language is author C. Radhakrishnan associated?
1) Kannada
2) Tamil
3) Malayalam
4) Telugu
5) Hindi

24. The pre-2005 banknotes can be exchanged till?
1) January 1, 2015
2) March 31, 2015
3) October 31, 2014
4) December 31, 2015
5) January 26, 2015

25. Bimal Jalan committee is related to?
1) Nonperforming assets
2) Payment Banks
3) Financial Inclusion
4) Interest rates on small savings schemes
5) Screening of new private bank licenses

26. Which of the following countries is not one of the top five medal winners at the 2014 Commonwealth Games?
1) England
2) Australia
3) Canada
4) Scotland
5) New Zealand

27. Narendra Modi's first official foreign visit after becoming the Prime Minister was to which of the following countries?
1) Japan
2) Brazil
3) Nepal
4) Bhutan
5) None of these

28. Identify the odd man out.
1) Financial Inclusion
2) Swabhiman
3) Jan Dhan Yojana
4) BSBDA
5) Swavalamban

29. Assembly elections were not simultaneously held along with the 16th Lok Sabha elections in which of the following States?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Odisha
3) Sikkim
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Nagaland

30. Which of the following teams won the 68th National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy?
1) Railways
2) Kerala
3) Mizoram
4) Services
5) Goa

31. Which of the following Cricket trophies/ cups was won by Pakistan in 2014?
1) Asia Cup
2) Under-19 Asia Cup
3) Under-19 World Cup
4) ICC Twenty20 World Cup
5) None of these

32. Who won the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament men's singles title in March 2014?
1) Novak Djokovic
2) Roger Federer
3) David Ferrer
4) Andy Murray
5) Rafael Nadal

33. Which Indian writer won the Windham Campbell Literature Prize 2014 given by Yale University, USA?
1)Vijay Sheshadri
2) Jeet Thayil
3) Pankaj Mishra
4) Cyrus Mistry
5) Siddartha Mukherjee

34. Which of the following awards/ prizes was given to Chandi Prasad Bhatt in 2014?
1) Padma Shri
2) Padma Vibhushan
3) Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award
4) Jnanpith Award
5) None of these

35. With effect from August 9, 2014 what is the Statutory Liquidity Ratio?
1) 22.5%
2) 22%
3) 23%
4) 24%
5) 23.5%

36. The first Regional Rural Bank was established in the year?
1) 1982
2) 1976
3) 1975
4) 1979
5) 1983

37. The Union Budget for 2014-15 was presented by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on which of the following dates?
1) July 8
2) July 9
3) July 10
4) July 11
5) July 12

38. As per the Economic Survey, what is the Gross Domestic Product growth for 2013-14?
1) 4.3%
2) 4.7%
3) 4.4%
4) 4.5%
5) None of these

39. Which of the following days is celebrated on January 12?
1) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
2) National Science Day
3) National Sports Day
4) National Youth Day
5) Navy Day

40. Which of the following is an apex development bank with a mandate for facilitating credit flow for promotion and development of agriculture and cottage and village industries?
1) RBI
2) SIDBI
3) NHB
4) NABARD
5) HDFC

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