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

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM 2014

1. Senior Congress leader Kamal Nath was sworn in as the protem speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha by the President Pranab Mukherjee on June 4, 2014. Kamal Nath, a nine-time MP, was elected from which of the following Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh recently?
1) Guna
2) Gwalior
3) Indore
4) Vidisha
5) Chhindwara

2. The Reserve Bank of India has reduced the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) by 50 basis points in its bimonthly monetary policy review on June 3, 2014. With effect from June 14, 2014 SLR will be?
1) 23.5%
2) 22.5%
3) 23%
4) 22%
5) 24.5%

3. Who is the highest run maker (660 runs) and winner of the Orange Cap in the Indian Premier League VII?
1) Glenn Maxwell
2) Dwayne smith
3) Robin Uthappa
4) David Warner
5) Suresh Raina

4. Who was named as the world's most powerful woman for the fourth consecutive year by the Forbes magazine?
1) Christine Lagarde (France)
2) Janet Yellen(USA)
3) Melinda Gates (USA)
4) Angela Merkel (Germany)
5) Dilma Rousseff (Brazil)

5. Gopinath Munde died in a road accident in New Delhi on June 3, 2014. He was the Union Minister of?
1) Water Resources
2) Road Transport and Highways
3) Railways
4) Chemicals and Fertilizers
5) Rural Development

6. Which cricketer was named South Africa's Test captain on June 3, 2014?
1) A.B. de Villiers
2) Faf du Plessis
3) Hashim Amla
4) Dale Steyn
5) Morne Morkel

7. World Rabies Day is observed every year on?
1) September 27
2) September 28
3) September 24
4) September 25
5) September 26

8. Which of the following technology giants has launched a healthcare company called Calico in 2013?
1) Apple
2) Microsoft
3) Oracle
4) Google
5) IBM

9. Which of the following is a centrally sponsored scheme for reforming the State higher education system?
1) Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan
2) Midday Meal Scheme
3) Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
4) Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan
5) Jiyo Parsi

10. The Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana was launched for the first time in?
1) UAE
2) Malaysia
3) USA
4) UK
5) South Africa

11. As per the Raghuram Rajan Committee report which is India's most backward State?
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Odisha

12. Irina Bokova of Bulgaria has been elected as the Director- General of which of the following organizations for a second term?
1) WTO
2) UNESCO
3) UNICEF
4) WHO
5) IAEA

13. "Seekho aur Kamao" (Learn & Earn) is a central government scheme for?
1) Women
2) Tribals in Naxal affected districts
3) Minorities
4) Urban poor
5) None of these

14. The Ujjayanta Palace which served as the meeting place of the Legislative Assembly until 2011 is now a museum. It is situated in?
1) Agartala
2) Kolkata
3) Gangtok
4) Shillong
5) Itanagar

15. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) in November 2013?
1) Ravi Kamal Bhargava
2) Santosh Kumar Mohanty
3) Dinesh Kumar Mehrotra
4) Satyanand Mishra
5) None of these

16. Who has been elected to the United Nations Board of Auditors?
1) P.S. Raghavan
2) Shashikant Sharma
3) Yogesh Agarwal
4) Sharat Sabharwal
5) None of these

17. Who is the only cricketer to win LG ICC People's Choice Award twice?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Kumar Sangakkara
3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
4) Michael Clarke
5) Virat Kohli

18. Who was honored with the inaugural Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year in November 2013?
1) Lata Mangeshkar
2) Tanuja
3) Waheeda Rehman
4) Amitabh Bachchan
5) Gulzar

19. The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought was established in 1988 by the?
1) Amnesty International
2) Government of USSR
3) United Nations Organization
4) European Parliament
5) None of these

20. Srishti Rana of India won which of the following awards in 2013?
1) Miss India
2) Miss World
3) Miss America
4) Miss Earth
5) Miss Asia Pacific World

21. Doris Lessing of UK died on November 17, 2013. In 2007, she became the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in which of the following categories?
1) Physics
2) Physiology
3) Literature
4) Chemistry
5) Peace

22. Lawrence Klein of USA passed away on October 20, 2013. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1980 in?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Economics
5) None of these

23. Which of the following organizations conducted Cyber Coalition 2013, the largest-ever Cyber exercises to practice averting large-scale, simultaneous cyber attacks on member states?
1) SCO
2) NATO
3) European Union
4) ASEAN
5) APEC

24. Which country has rejected a United Nations resolution urging it to grant citizenship to the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group?
1) Indonesia
 2) Malaysia
3) Myanmar
4) Sri Lanka
5) Philippines

25. J-20 is a stealth fighter aircraft launched by?
1) China
2) USA
3) Pakistan
4) Russia
5) India

26. The theme of which of the following 2013 Summits was "Growth With Equity: Inclusive Development"?
1) G20
2) G8
3) ASEAN
4) East Asia Summit
5) Commonwealth

27. Frederick Sanger of UK died on November 19, 2013. He was awarded the Nobel Prize twice in 1958 and 1980 in?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Medicine
4) Literature
5) Economics

28. The Marmaray railway tunnel underneath the Bosphorus Straits connects Europe and Asia. It is in?
1) Russia
2) Kazakhstan
3) Turkey
4) Armenia
5) Azerbaijan

29. Julie Bishop visited India recently. She is the Foreign Affairs Minister of?
1) Jamaica
2) UK
3) New Zealand
4) Australia
5) Canada

30. Bharatiya Mahila Bank is headquartered in?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Hyderabad
4) Kolkata
5) Chennai

31. Which is the first country in the world to introduce Tobin tax in 2013?
1) India
2) Italy
3) Germany
4) Slovenia
5) Slovakia

32. Exporters in India get insurance cover and risk cover from?
1) LIC
2) SIDBI
3) NABARD
4) DICGC
5) ECGC

33. Nagzira tiger reserve is the fifth tiger reserve in the State of?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Rajasthan
3) Maharashtra
4) Madhya Pradesh
5) Himachal Pradesh

34. The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to create a Legislative Council in which of the following States in November 2013?
1) Nagaland
2) Tripura
3) Meghalaya
4) Assam
5) Manipur

35. Kannur has been declared the first zero-landless district in India. Kannur is in?
1) Karnataka
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Goa
4) Maharashtra
5) Kerala

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

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

1. The Union Cabinet constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to look into the issue of black money in May 2014. The SIT is headed by?
1) Justice B.S. Chauhan
2) Justice Dipak Misra
3) Justice T.S. Thakur
4) Justice M.B. Shah
5) None of these

2. Who was appointed as the National Security Adviser (NSA) on May30, 2014?
1) M.K. Narayanan
2) Ajit Doval
3) Shyam Saran
4) Rajiv Mathur
5) Dilip Trivedi

3. The 35th edition of the National Games will be held in which of the following States in January- February 2015?
1) Goa
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Maharashtra
5) Manipur

4. Who was appointed as the Vice President and Auditor General of the World Bank on May 23, 2014?
1) Haruhiko Kuroda
2) Hiroshi Naka
3) Kikuo Iwata
4) Masaaki Shirakawa
5) Takehiko Nakao

5. Who was appointed as the 14th Attorney General of India in May 2014?
1) Rohinton Nariman
2) Gopal Subramaniam
3) Mohan Jain
4) Siddharth Luthra
5) Mukul Rohatgi

6. The European Union banned the import of four vegetables from India from May 1, 2014. Which of the following is not one of them?
1) Eggplant
2) Taro plant
3) Bitter gourd
4) Snake gourd
5) Bottle gourd

7. Which of the following Prizes is given annually to six persons, one from each of the world's six geographic regions?
1) Abel Prize
2) Pulitzer Prize
3) Templeton Prize
4) Nobel Prize
5) Goldman Environmental Prize

8. The Department of Posts has allotted customized pin code to the Supreme Court of India. It is?
1) 100200
2) 112200
3) 110022
4) 110201
5) 111121

9. 'Jiyo Parsi' scheme for containing population decline of Parsis in India was launched by the Ministry of?
1) Home
2) External Affairs
3) Finance
4) Human Resource
Development
5) Minority Affairs

10. Gyan Correa is the Director of which of the following films?
1) The Lunchbox
2) English Vinglish
3) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
4) Celluloid
5) The Good Road

11. If a Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) holder has any other existing savings bank account in that bank, he/she will be required to close it within how many days from the date of opening a BSBDA?
1) 15 days
2) 30 days
3) 45 days
4) 60 days
5) 90 days

12. Who is the Chairman of a four member Committee that was appointed to clear the ambiguity between Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Foreign Institutional Investors (FII)?
1) Sumit Bose
2) G.S. Sandhu
3) R.S. Gujral
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) Rajiv Takru

13. The General Anti Avoidance Rules (GAAR) provisions will come into force from?
1) July 1, 2014
2) April 1, 2016
3) April 1, 2015
4) January 1, 2015
5) January 1, 2016

14. Which of the following countries is/are considered Tax Haven?
1) Mauritius
2) Lichtenstein
3) Switzerland
4) Luxemburg
5) All the above

15. Simona Halep is the winner of the 2013 Kremlin Cup held in Moscow. She is a tennis player from?
1) Australia
2) France
3) Romania
4) Russia
5) Kazakhstan

16. Who among the following did not score a double century in one day international cricket matches?
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Virendra Sehwag
3) Virat Kohli
4) Rohit Sharma
5) Both 3 and 4

17. The Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006 by the?
1) World Bank
2) International Monetary Fund
3) United Nations Development Program
4) World Economic Forum
5) None of these

18. 'Time To Act' is a declaration of the United Nations General Assembly against?
1) Illiteracy
2) Poverty
3) Sexual violence
4) Global warming
5) AIDS

19. Robusta is a species of which of the following crops that has its origins in Africa?
1) Tobacco
2) Rubber
3) Banana
4) Coffee
5) Cocoa

20. The Aswan High Dam is situated in which of the following African countries?
1) Sudan
2) Nigeria
3) Egypt
4) Algeria
5) Tanzania

21. Who played the lead role in the film Paan Singh Tomar?
1) Farhan Akhtar
2) Vinay Pathak
3) Rajkumar Rao
4) Salman Khan
5) Irrfan Khan

22. What does 'S' denote in the abbreviation UNSC?
1) Social
2) Scientific
3) Security
4) Secular
5) Sensitive

23. Which Indian batsman scored the fastest One Day International century (in 52 balls) in October 2013?
1) Rohit Sharma
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Virendra Sehwag
4) Shikar Dhawan
5) Virat Kohli

24. Which of the following seeks to check tax avoidance by investors routing their funds through tax havens?
1) GST
2) FDI
3) CCEA
4) GAAR
5) FII

25. Which is the largest recipient of foreign remittances in 2013?
1) India
2) China
3) Philippines
4) Mexico
5) Nigeria

26. 'Migration and Remittance Flows: Recent Trends and Outlook 2013-16' is a report released by the?
1) World Bank
2) United Nations General Assembly
3) United Nations Security Council
4) World Economic Forum
5) International Monetary Fund

27. Which of the following committees looked into the backwardness of States?
1) Vijay Kelkar Committee
2) C. Rangarajan Committee
3) Raghuram Rajan Committee
4) Y.V. Reddy Committee
5) None of these

28. Based on Multi Dimensional Index (MDI) scores, which is the most developed State in India?
1) Goa
2) Kerala
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Punjab
5) Maharashtra

29. Which of the following panels has recommended a ban on development activities in 60,000 sq km ecologically sensitive area in Western Ghats?
1) Rajendra Pachauri
2) K. Kasturirangan
3) U.R. Rao
4) Arundhati Roy
5) Anil Kakodkar

30. Which team won the Women's Hockey Asia Cup 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
1) Japan
2) South Korea
3) India
4) China
5) Malaysia

31. Which of the following was set up on the recommendations of Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance?
1) EXIM Bank
2) NABARD
3) SBI
4) BSE
5) RBI

32. Indian Banks' Association (IBA) was formed in which of the following years?
1) 1947
2) 1946
3)1950
4) 1956
5)1951

33. The central office of the Reserve Bank of India was permanently shifted to Mumbai from Kolkata in?
1) 1935
2) 1936
3) 1937
4) 1949
5)1947

34. UK's Department for International Development (DFID) has launched a new affordable housing scheme for low-income households in urban areas of India in collaboration with the?
1) SBI
2) SIDBI
3) HUDCO
4) NHB
5) NABARD

35. Who is the author of the book 'Gulliver's Travels'?
1) Charles Dickens
2) Charles Lamb
3) T.S. Eliot
4) O Henry
5) Jonathan Swift

36. Which of the following constitutional amendments is known as 'Mini Constitution'?
1) 40th
2) 42nd
3) 41st
4) 45th
5) None of these

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM 2014

1. The Central bank declared key rate from time to time. It is .......
1) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
2) Cash Reserve Ratio
3) Reverse Repo Rate
4) Repo Rate
5) All of above

2. The bank in India has to maintain at the close of business every day, a minimum proportion of their net demand and time liabilities as liquid assets in the form of cash, gold and un-encumbered approved securities.
The ratio of liquid assets to demand and time liabilities is known as ........
1) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)
2) Liquidity Stability Ratio (LSR)
3) Reverse Repo Rate
4) Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF)
5) Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)

3. The present Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) is ........
1) 22%
2) 27%
3) 20%
4) 28%
5) None of above

4. If Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) raises by RBI, then bank funds....
1) Expand
2) Expand and shrink
3) Expand in the lengthy way
4) Shrink
5) None

5. If the Central bank slashes SLR by 1%, approximately how much liquidity increases in the economy?
1) Rs.30,000 crores
2) Rs.40,000 crores
3) Rs.10,000 crores
4) Rs.60,000 crores
5) Rs.1,50,000 crores

6. The SLR increases, then the liquidity in the economy ........
1) Increase
2) Increase by
100 times
3) Zero
4) Infinitive
5) Decrease

7. If Statutory Liquidity Ratio increases, the availability of bank loans ......
1) Increase
2) Decrease to zero percent
3) Become negative
4) Decrease
5) None

8. SLR increased by RBI, then inflation level ....
1) Increases
2) Decreases at the discretion of RBI
3) Zero
4) Decreases
5) Infinitive

9. Once SLR announced, that percentage is valid ....
1) For 1 year
2) For 2 years
3) For 6 months
4) For 9 months
5) Till it changes

10. If SLR raises, offer of base rate by banks ...
1) Increases
2) Decreases to more level
3) Becomes Zero
4) Decreases
5) Infinitive

11. In the first bi-monthly monetary policy review done by RBI on 1 April 2014, the SLR changed by how much percent?
1) 1%
2) 5%
3) 8%
4) SLR not changed by RBI
5) In bi-monthly monetary policy reviews, RBI cannot change SLR

12. Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs), as per the provision in the new Companies Act, have to maintain what percent of the monies in low-interest securities or SLR-backed instruments?
1) 30%
2) 10%
3) 35%
4) 15%
5) 25%

13. In its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement issued on 1 April 2014, the RBI announced which major relief for saving bank account holders?
1) Customers need not submit photograph at the time of opening of Demand Deposits.
2) Signature may not be tallied for non-local station cheques.
3) Account holder not responsible for the deposited funds, so he is indirectly allowed to do money laundering.
4) Banks to cut down services on low-balance accounts and do away with fines.
5) Nomination once given, it is final and cannot be changed later.

14. RBI’s high level working group has suggested forming a Financial Resolution Authority (FRA) that would be responsible for the resolution of failed and distressed financial institutions in India. The group headed by ........
1) Raghuram Rajan
2) P.J. Nayak
3) Anand Sinha
4) K.C. Chakravarthy
5) None

15. Why did SEBI issue detailed corporate governance norms for listed companies on 17th April 2014?
1) In order to tell the RBI intervention.
2) To tell the importance of financial limits of companies.
3) To encourage companies to adopt best practices on governance.
4) In order to punish the evaders of transaction tax payers.
5) None

16. On 9 May 2014, RBI barred Indian companies from raising money from subsidiaries of Indian banks overseas through ECBs to refinance rupee loans. ECB stands for...
1) Easy Commercial Barrowings
2) Early Commercial Barrowings
3) Entry Commercial Barrowings
4) External Core Barrowings
5) External Commercial Barrowings

17. Air India decided to join which international airlines network from 1 July 2014?
1) Star Alliance
2) Kingfisher
3) Air Asia
4) Cathey Pacific
5) None

18. On 15 May 2014, RBI announced it launches inflation-linked bonds every month, starting 4 June 2014, to attract household savings of up to .............. discourage investments in gold.
1) Rs.5,000 crore
2) Rs.25,000 crore
3) Rs.45,000 crore
4) Rs.75,000 crore
5) Rs.15,000 crore

19. Which nation replaced Mauritius as the top source of foreign direct investment to India, accounting for about 25 percent of FDI inflows in 2013-14 as per the data of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) released on 25 May 2014?
1) Canada
2) USA
3) Singapore
4) France
5) Japan

20. Nokia’s mobile handset business taken over by whom for over $ 7.2 billion on 25 April 2014?
1) Samsung
2) Airtel
3) Uninor
4) Microsoft
5) TCS

21. Sukuma district is more effected by Naxalite attacks these days. It is in......
1) Jharkhand
2) Bihar
3) Odisha
4) Chhattisgarh
5) Goa

22. Which famous Hindu festival was celebrated in Rajasthan, where tourists from various parts of the world visited to celebrate the three-day-long festival?
1) Dhanu Yatra
2) Gangaur
3) Pushkar Mela
4) Desert Festival
5) None

23. ......has been named Chef-de-Mission of India’s Common Wealth Games contingent for the games to be held in Glasgow in July 2014?
1) Kamalesh Sharma
2) T.C.A. Raghavan
3) Raj Singh
4) Inderjith Guptha
5) Keerthi Swamy

24. Which of the following teams has won the Santosh Trophy 2014 football tournament recently?
1) Railways
2) Punjab
3) Mizoram
4) Kerala
5) None of above

25. Sania Mirza and Cara Black won WTA Portugal Open 2014 women’s doubles title on 3 May 2014. Sania belongs to India and Cara Black belongs to ......
1) Serbia
2) France
3) USA
4) Zimbabwe
5) South Africa

26. Para Olympician Sharath Gayakwad won two Bronze and one Silver at the IDM (Internationalen Deutschen Meisterschaften) on 27 April 2014. He is a...
1) Swimmer
2) Cyclist
3) Cricket Player
4 ) Shot put player
5) None

27. The Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation(APEC) details are given. Locate the correct option.
1) It is the group of 21 Asia Pacific nations.
2) It is an economic forum established in 1989.
3) Its head quarters is in Singapore and India is not a member in it.
4) It holds 40% of the world population.
5) All of above

28. 25th APEC summit held on 5-7 October 2013 at ......
1) New Delhi
2) Bali
3) Moscow
4) Canberra
5) None

29. 26th APEC summit in November 2014 to be held in .....
1) New York
2) Beijing
3) Singapore
4) Taiwan
5) None

30. United Nations International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said how many internet users will be there by end of 2014?
1) 3 billion users
2) 13 billion users
3) 23 billion users
4) 2 billion users
5) 4 billion users

31. United Nations International Telecommunications (ITU) established on 17 May 1865. Its’ head quarters is in Geneva, Switzerland. Its head is Hamadoun Toure belongs to ......
1) Mali
2) Maldives
3) Egypt
4) Chile
5) None

32. Sushma Swaraj became the first......
1) Women governor of any state in India
2) Women home minister of India
3) Lady speaker of Loksabha
4) External Affairs Minister of India
5) Health Minister of India

33. Election Queue Management System first time introduced in the Burdwan district in ........ on 30th April 2014 on the eve of 2014 General Elections?
1) AP
2) Tamilnadu
3) Bihar
4) Odisha
5) West Bengal

34. President Paul Kagame lit a torch which will burn for 100 days, the length of time a shameful genocide lasted in the country in 1994 in which at least 8 lakh people were killed. Paul Kagame is the President of .....
1) Rwanda
2) South Africa
3) Zambia
4) Nigeria
5) Tanzania

35. South Sudan and the nation’s rebel army signed a peace deal on 9 May 2014. The currency of South Sudan is..........
1) South Sudan Dollar
2) South Sudan Euro
3) South Sudan Ruble
4) South Sudan Pound
5) None

36. IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Authority of India) earmarked......as Insurance day, on which day it came in to existence in the year 2000?
1) 8 Jan
2) 15 Apr
3) 20 May
4) 19 Apr
5) None

37. Who heads the committee to assess implementation of the Sachar Committee recommendations
and the Prime Minister’s 15- point programme for minorities submitted its report recently?
1) Vijay C Kelkar
2) V.R. Krishna Iyer
3) Amitabh Kundu
4) Saroja Pandey
5) None

38. ‘Water, Peace and War - Confronting the Global Water Crisis’ written by......
1) Begum Raisana
2) Graham Poiana
3) Brahma Chellaney
4) Rahamani Chattopadhyay
5) None

39. 'Hard Choices' written by......
1) John Swift
2) Abdul Kalam
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Obama
5) Osama Bin Laden

40. Akash missile successfully test fired from Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha. It is a......
1) Surface to air missile
2) Surface to surface missile
3) Air to air missile
4) Air to water missile
5) None

41. Which company acquired Cadbury India?
1) Parle
2) Britania
3) Mondelez India
4) COCO India
5) 5 Star

42. The process through which an investor’s physical share certificate gets converted to electronic format which is maintained in an account with the Depository Participant, is termed as ......
1) Materialization
2) Polarization
3) Conversion
4) Prioritization
5) Dematerialization

ANSWERS:

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

BANKING AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR BANK EXAMS

1. Which of the following is NOT a banking related term?
a) SWIFT
b) CAMELS
c) TRIPS
d) CAR
e) STRIPS

2. Which of the following is not a component of bank deposits?
a) Fixed deposit
b) Current A/c deposit
c) Recurring Deposit
d) Safe deposits
e) None of these

3. Which of the following taglines is NOT associated with the State Bank of India?
a) Pure banking, nothing else
b) The name you can bank upon
c) Nation Bank on us
d) Banker to every Indian
e) With you all the way

4. KYC Guidelines have been issued by RBI Under the provisions of?
a) Banking Regulation Act
b) RBI Act
c) Negotiable Instrument Act
d) Prevention of Money Laundering Act
e) None of these

5. In the context of banking sector, DRT is associated with?
a) Recurring
b) Loan recovery
c) Deposit insurance
d) Demand and time liabilities of banks
e) None of these

6. What is meant by a Scheduled Bank?
a) A Bank functioning under provisions of Banking Regulation Act, 1949
b) A Bank included in 2nd scheduled of RBI Act 1934
c) A Bank incorporated under banking companies Act, 1956
d) A Bank authorized to do Banking Functions
e) None of these

7. The issue of fresh securities by an unlisted company for the first time is called?
a) Exchange traded Fund
b) Initial Public Offering
c) Rights issue
d) Follow-on Public Offering
e) None of these

8. Fixed deposits are for the bank______
a) Fixed Assets
b) Time liability
c) Demand liability
d) Current Assets
e) None of these

9. Expanded form of the term CAGR?
a) Calculated Annual Growth Rate
b) Compounded Annual Growth Rate
c) Corresponding Annual Growth Rate
d) Corrected Annual Growth Rate
e) Comparative Annual Growth Rate

10. With reference to a cheque which of the following is a 'Drawee Bank'?
a) The Bank that collects the cheque
b) The endorsee's bank
c) The Payee's cheque
d) The endorser's bank
e) The bank upon which the cheque is drawn

11. What does letter 'A' denote in the term LAF?
a) Adequacy
b) Addition
c) Adjustment
d) Advance
e) Accreditation

12. The term 'BSR' refers to?
a) Banks Selling Rate
b) Basic Statistical Returns
c) Annual returns submitted by banks to RBI in respect of priority sector advances
d) Quarterly statement of advances to agriculture
e) None of the above

13. Which of the following is NOT considered a part of time and demand liabilities of the banks for the purpose of cash reserve ratio?
a) Paid-up capital
b) Fixed deposit
c) Savings deposit
d) Recurring deposit
e) None of these

14. ______ Rate is Controlled by the individual Banks?
a) Bank Rate
b) Base Rate
c) CRR
d) Repo Rate
e) SLR

15. What is the expanded form of ECS as used in banking sector?
a) Effective Clearing System
b) Electronic Confirmation System
c) Electronic Clearing System
d) Enabled Clearing System
e) None of these

16. Who becomes the first President of Administrative Tribunal of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB)?
a) Christine lagarde
b) Pascal lamey
c) Surin Pitsuwan
d) Lakshmi Swaminathan
e) Ashwini Chandran

17. Which of the following is NOT a mode of foreign capital inflow in India?
a) No-Frill Account
b) FDI
c) FII
d) NRI Account
e) None of these

18. Truncated Cheque means?
a) Shared Clearing
b) Cheques presented will be processed by the depositing branch itself
c) Physical movement of instruments from branch to clearing house
d) Movement of electronic image instead of physical movement of instruments
e) None of these

19. Which of the following assets can be mortgaged?
a) Stock
b) Book debts
c) National Saving Certificates
d) Shares
e) Land and Building

20. Fiscal Policy refers to?
a) Balance of Payments
b) Govt. taxes, expenditure and borrowings
c) Govt. borrowings from Equity Market
d) Sale and purchase of securities by RBI
e) None of these

ANSWERS:
 1. c; 2. d; 3. b; 4. a; 5. b; 6. b; 7. b; 8.
b; 9. b; 10. e; 11. c; 12. b; 13. a; 14. b; 15. c;
16. d; 17. a; 18. d; 19. e; 20. b.

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

1. Which one of the following banks was included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 on May 21, 2014?
1) Axis Bank
2) Yes Bank
3) IndusInd Bank
4) Bharatiya Mahila Bank
5) None of these

2. Anandiben Patel took charge as the first woman Chief Minister of which of the following States on May 22, 2014?
1) Maharashtra
2) Gujarat
3) Rajasthan
4) Goa
5) Chhattisgarh

3. The Reserve Bank of India, for the benefit of the persons with disabilities, instructed that banks should make all new ATMs installed from which of the following dates as talking ATMs with Braille keypads?
1) June1, 2014
2) July 1, 2014
3) August 15, 2014
4) January 1, 2015
5) April 1, 2015

4. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was honored with the first-ever Genesis Prize on May 22, 2014. The $1 million Genesis Prize is given by which of the following countries?
1) USA
2) Germany
3) Israel
4) UK
5) Canada

5. Who took over as the new Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) on May 22, 2014?
1) Syed Asif Ibrahim
2) Vijai Sharma
3) Sharat Sabharwal
4) Basant Seth
5) Rajiv Mathur

6. SIMBEX-14 was started off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on May 22, 2014. It is an annual joint naval exercise conducted by India and?
1) Saudi Arabia
2) Spain
3) Singapore
4) Sri Lanka
5) South Africa

7. Pakistan's teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai did not win which of the following Prizes/Awards in 2013?
1) Sakharov Prize
2) Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award
3) Clinton Global Citizen Award
4) Anna Politkovskaya Award
5) South-South Award

8. G-4 countries are pushing for the inclusion of more countries in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Which one of the following countries is not a G-4 country?
1) Brazil
2) Germany
3) Japan
4) India
5) Italy

9. The Finance Commission submits its report to the?
1) Lok Sabha
2) Finance Minister
3) President
4) Prime Minister
5) Planning Commission

10. Who is/are the winners of the Clinton Global Citizens Awards for the year 2013?
1) Malala Yousafzai
2) Bunker Roy
3) Rafiq Kathwari
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

11. Which one of the following Rajiv Khel Ratna Award winners is not a Shooter?
1) Anjali Bhagwat
2) Anju Bobby George
3) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
4) Manavjit Singh Sandhu
5) Gagan Narang

12. The Karera Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Shivpuri district of?
1) Uttarakhand
2) Maharashtra
3) Gujarat
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) Madhya Pradesh

13. Which Indian social activist founded the Barefoot College in the village of Tilonia in Rajasthan in 1972?
1) Medha Patkar
2) Ramesh Agarwal
3) Sandeep Pandey
4) Bunker Roy
5) None of these

14. The P5+1 is a group of six world powers which joined the diplomatic efforts with Iran with regard to its nuclear program. Which country does 1 refer to in P5+1?
1) India
2) Brazil
3) Canada
4) South Africa
5) Germany

15. The Reserve Bank of India became a State-owned institution in?
1) 1934
2) 1935 3) 1949
4) 1950
5) 1947

16. According to the first Global Slavery Index published in October 2013, which country has the highest proportion of slaves in the world?
1) Mauritania
2) Haiti
3) Pakistan
4) India
5) Nepal

17. The United States will use Mihail Kogalniceanu (MK) Air Base for Afghan pull out. MK Air Base is in?
1) Kyrgyzstan
2) Romania
3) Russia
4) Ukraine
5) Moldova

18. The Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) should be maintained in the form of?
1) Cash
2) Gold
3) Government approved securities
4) Any of the above
5) None of the above

19. Which of the following can be called a demand liability?
1) Deposit maintained in savings account
2) Deposit maintained in current account
3) Fixed deposit for six months
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

20. Mulatu Teshome has been the President of which of the following African countries since October 7, 2013?
1) Somalia
2) Liberia
3) Gambia
4) Ethiopia
5) Zambia

21. Ruchira Kamboj has been appointed as the Permanent Representative of India to?
1) UNICEF
2) UNEP
3) UNESCO
4) WHO
5) FAO

22. The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) is an organization that plays a major role in protecting and promoting the freedom of press in India. It was founded in 1939 with headquarters in?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) Jaipur

23. Which of the following award/prizes is popularly called the Jewish Nobel Prize?
1) Pritzker prize
2) Abel Prize
3) Templeton Prize
4) Goldman Environmental Prize
5) Genesis Prize

24. The first national Yash Chopra Memorial Award was presented to which of the following film personalities in October 2013?
1) Amitabh Bachchan
2) Gulzar
3) Lata Mangeshkar
4) A.R. Rehman
5) Tanuja

25. The University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law awarded the inaugural Allard Prize for International Integrity to which of the following Indians in September 2013?
1) Kiran Bedi
2) Medha Patkar
3) Arvind Kejriwal
4) Anna Hazare
5) Chandi Prasad Bhat

26. Who won the International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism in October 2013?
1) Rajdeep Sardesai
2) Karan Thapar
3) Sagarika Ghose
4) Fareed Zakaria
5) Prannoy Roy

27. Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) is an annual report published by the?
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) WTO
4) WEF
5) None of these

28. Which of the following is an inter-school football tournament in India?
1) Subroto Cup
2) Santosh Trophy
3) Durand Cup
4) B.C. Roy Trophy
5) Rovers Cup

29. Who won the prestigious Velo d'Or award in 2013?
1) Nairo Quintana
2) Chris Froome
3) Alberto Contador
4) Bradley Wiggins
5) Philippe Gilbert

30. Who among the following is not a Golf player?
1) Ryan Moore
2) Scott Hend
3) Anirban Lahiri
4) Adam Scott
5) Fernando Alonso

31. Who is the Chairman of the Railway Board?
1) Alok Johri
2) Subodh Kumar Jain
3) A.K. Mittal
4) Arunendra Kumar
5) None of these

32. Subhash Goswami is the Director General of the?
1) Border Security Force
2) National Security Guard
3) Indo-Tibetan Border Police
4) Central Industrial Security Force
5) None of these

33. India has resumed military assistance to which of the following countries in October 2013, after nine years of suspension?
1) Nepal
2) Bangladesh
3) Sri Lanka
4) Pakistan
5) Burma

34. Who is the co-author of the book 'I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban'?
1) Graham Phillips
2) Christina Lamb
3) John Kay
4) Felicity Green
5) David Astor

35. Which of the following have been named as the new 'hope spots' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)?
1) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
2) Lakshadweep
3) Dadra & Nagar Haveli
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

36. The Supreme Court directed the Centre and State governments to provide what percent job reservations to disabled persons in their departments, companies and PSUs?
1) One
2) Two
3) Three
4) Four
5) None of these

37. The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved SA14-14-2, a new cheaper vaccine against Japanese Encephalitis made in?
1) India
2) China
3) USA
4) Russia
5) Japan

38. Which of the following refers to a loan with a low interest rate?
1) Hot Money
2) Call Money
3) Dear Money
4) Cheap Money
5) None of these

39. With regard to Banking in India, which one of the following events took place in 1975?
1) Establishment of NABARD
2) Second phase of Nationalization of Banks
3) Nationalization of SBI
4) Establishment of the first Regional Rural Bank
5) Merger of New Bank of India with Punjab National Bank

40. NPCDCS program does not aim at preventing and controlling which one of the following diseases?
1) Cancer
2) Diabetes
3) Cardiovascular diseases
4) Stroke
5) Polio

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O & SBI ASSISTANTS EXAM 2014

1. The delivery of financial services, at affordable costs or at no costs, to sections of disadvantaged and low income segments of society is called ..........
1) Financial exclusion
2) Financial interpretation
3) Financial selection
4) Financial declaration
5) Financial inclusion

2. Which among the following statements is correct regarding the financial inclusion?
i) bringing of banking services to rural areas as it is a formal route of deposits and lending.
ii) creating the awareness about the legal financial services to escape from the clutches of money lenders.
iii) creating the cheap and best modes of the services in the fields of deposits and fund transfers.
iv) introducing the financial inclusion to bring the transparency in the application of central and state government schemes.
v) not providing the CBS (Core Banking Scheme) to rural people as the majority of them are farmers. Financial inclusion excluded the illiterates.
1) i, ii, iii
2) ii, iii, iv
3) i, ii, iii, iv
4) iv, v
5) i, iii, v

3. Which commission recommendations were incorporated in RBI monetary review policy, proposed to introduce No Frill Accounts as a part of financial inclusion?
1) Rangarajan
2) Subba Rao
3) Khan
4) P.J.Nayak
5) None

4. Who appointed Nachiket Mor committee to assess the approach to financial inclusion on 4 September 2013?
1) SEBI
2) Government of India
3) RBI
4) NHB
5) NABARD

5. Which campaign aims to bring banking services to large rural areas launched on 10 February 2011?
1) Swawalamban
2) Swayam
3) Swabhimaan
4) Sthiramaann
5) Sakthiman

6. A person/ institution/ organization represents the bank in village areas to provide banking services is called ........
1) Business Correspondent Scheme
2) Banking Friendly Scheme
3) Banking Flag Scheme
4) Banking Rupee Scheme
5) None

7. As the Business Correspondent Scheme is also the part of financial inclusion as per the order issued by RBI on 25 January 2006, the services can be provided includes .........
i) cash deposit ii) disbursal of small credit
iii) recovery of loan
iv) sale of micro insurance/ mutual fund products/ pension products
v) opening of locker in the premises of village
1) i, ii, iii, iv
2) i, ii, iv, v
3) ii, iii, v
4) i, v
5) i, ii, iii, iv, v

8. Which branches can be opened to co-ordinate the work of Business Correspondent?
1) BC branch
2) Head branch
3) Ultra small branch
4) Top branch
5) None

9. Ultra small branches are part of financial inclusion to be opened in rural areas. In 2013-14, these rural branches extensively opened in .........
1) Central India
2) North India
3) East India
4) West India
5) North west of India

10. Regional Rural Banks must open at least .................... percent of branches in the populated areas less than 10000 as a part of financial inclusion.
1) 15
2) 50
3) 25
4) 75
5) 40

11. Which bank opened Customer Service Point (CSP) to extend financial inclusion targeting urban poor?
1) Union Bank of India
2) ICICI
3) SBI
4) Syndicate Bank
5) Yes Bank

12. For financial inclusion and to facilitate low-income group customers, which SBI subsidiary inaugurated NO FRILLS ACCOUNT by name 'Saral Bachat Khata'?
1) State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur
2) State Bank of Hyderabad
3) State Bank of Mysore
4) State Bank of Travancore
5) State Bank of Patiala

13. Project Namaskar launched by which bank as part of financial inclusion ..........?
1) PNB
2) Axis Bank
3) ICICI
4) CBI
5) SBI

14. On 26 January 2014, who appreciated the work of Central Bank of India financial
inclusion?
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) IDA
4) ADB
5) UNDP

15. Madhya Pradesh Government's financial inclusion model is ........
1) Samrat
2) Sammelan
3) Samruddhi
4) Swalamban
5) None

16. Vidyut Vyapar Nigam, the unit of NTPC provide uninterrupted 250 megawatt power supply to .........
1) Sri Lanka
2) Bangladesh
3) Myanmar
4) Pakistan
5) Afghanistan

17. Asian Development Bank released a report on 1st April 2014, stating that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India to be ....... in 2014-15.
1) 5.5 percent
2) 8.5 percent
3) 6.5 percent
4) 7.5 percent
5) None

18. On 30 March 2014, the President of India cleared the re-promulgation of the SEBI Ordinance Securities Laws (Amendment) Bill 2013. The ordinance aims to give powers to Securities and Exchanges Board of India (SEBI) to act against what/ whom?
1) Insider trading
2) FDI
3) Ponzi schemes
4) Cross selling
5) Stock frauds

19. On 19 March 2014, where SEBI launched its local office for spreading financial literacy and redressing center?
1) Mumbai
2) Hyderabad
3) Chennai
4) Bangalore
5) Ranchi

20. Which state registered India's fastest growing State with its Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) growing at 15.05 percent during 2012-13, as per the latest data released by the Central Statistics Office
recently?
1) Gujarat
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Goa
5) AP

21. Time period during the loan term when the borrower is not required to make any repayment, is termed as ..............
1) Amortization
2) Waiver
3) Probate
4) Default
5) Moratorium

22. We often come across the term CSR used in Company Law. What does letter S denote in the word CSR?
1) Stolen
2) Special
3) Social
4) Solo
5) Stimulate

23. World Green Economy Summit (WGES) 2014 recently held at ..........
1) The Hague
2) Madrid
3) Dubai
4) New Delhi
5) Tokyo

24. On 14 April 2014, which nation announced that it would not contribute its funding to the Commonwealth Secretariat, as it was unable to stand for the defence of the basic principles of freedom, democracy and respect for human dignity in Sri Lanka?
1) India
2) UK
3) Pakistan
4) New Zealand
5) Canada

25. 8th G-20 summit held at St. Petersburg (Russia) in 2013. In 2014 the 9th summit to be held at Brisbane in...
1) Italy
2) Canada
3) Australia
4) South Africa
5) Germany

26. AQUATM release one liter water for one rupee and also it can be operated through prepaid card launched by Vandana Foundation, a non - profit company. First AQUATM launched on 23 March 2014 at....
1) Mumbai
2) Kolkatta
3) Chennai
4) Pune
5) None

27. First double-decker flyover of India was opened for public use on 18 April 2014 in ....
1) Mumbai
2) Delhi
3) Hyderabad
4) Pune
5) Chennai

28. Who was ranked No. 10 in Women's Squash Association (WSA) rankings released on 1 May 2014, after her winning in Texas open 2014?
1) Joshna Chinappa
2) Deepika Kumari
3) Dipika Pallikal
4) Anaka Alankamony
5) None

29. Which famous female snooker player won the World Women's Senior Snooker title 2014 on 22 April 2014?
1) Kalanidhi Parker
2) Reanne Evans
3) Chitra Magimairaj
4) Rama Panditha Malini
5) None

30. The terms Advantage, Bully, Centre Forward, Flick, Goal Line, Halfway Line and Stick used in ........
1) Foot ball
2) Billiards
3) Volley ball
4) Cricket
5) Hockey

31. Which nation crossed South Africa to become Africa's biggest economy on 7 April
2014?
1) Kenya
2) Ghana
3) Nigeria
4) Cameroon
5) None

32. Chung Hong-won tendered his resignation on 27 April 2014 over a ship accident that claimed several lives in the country. He is the Prime Minister of ..........
1) Hong Kong
2) Macau
3) South Korea
4) Malaysia
5) None

33. Robert Edwards, the British Nobel Laureate who pioneered the development of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) that led to the birth of the world's first ''test tube baby'', died on 10 April 2014. He belongs to ........
1) USA
2) France
3) UK
4) Germany
5) Italy

34. On 1 May 2014, the Union Cabinet approved to set up Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) to see that Polavaram irrigation project construction go well. Where is polavaram irrigation project?
1) Tamilnadu
2) Karnataka
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Maharashtra
5) Andhra Pradesh

35. On 24 April 2014 Supreme Court ordered that the special audit of property, assets and accounts of Kerala's Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple to be conducted under the supervision of ..........
1) Pratip Chaudari
2) Shashikanth Sharma
3) Sadasivam
4) R.M. Lodha
5) Vinod Rai

36. India and which other two nations join hands on 18 April 2014 and proposed an initiative for Kanchenjunga trans-boundary landscape to address biodiversity conservation in a sustainable way in the Himalayan region?
1) Pakistan and Bhutan
2) Bangladesh and Myanmar
3) Sri Lanka and Maldives
4) Nepal and Bhutan
5) Nepal and Bangladesh

37. Union Home Ministry on 13 April 2014 for the first time approved the recruitment of young women as combat officers in SSB, the second largest border guarding force. SSB stands for .............
1) Sashastra Seema Bal
2) Secondary Seema Bal
3) Standard Seema Bal
4) Second Seema Bal
5) None

38. India made EVMs (Electronic Voting Machine) to be exported to ........ to use in the elections held in the month of November 2014?
1) Somalia
2) Myanmar
3) Zimbabwe
4) Namibia
5) None

39. EU banned the import of which major fruit from India recently?
1) Guava
2) Pineapple
3) Black grape
4) Red orange
5) Alphonso mango

40. World Malaria day observed on ..........
1) 4 April
2) 13 April
3) 25 April
4) 15 April
5) None

41. Supreme Court asked which committee to investigate the IPL 2013 spot fixing and betting scandal, further on 22 April 2014?
1) Gavaskar
2) Sivalal Yadav
3) N.Srinivasan
4) Mukul Mudgal
5) Gurunath Meiyappan

42. India successfully test fired Astra missile on
4 May 2014. It is ..........
1) Air to Surface missile
2) Surface to Air missile
3) Surface to Surface missile
4) Air to Air missile
5) None

ANSWERS:

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

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

1.  Recently RBI has released, the Report of the Technical Committee on Enabling PKI in Payment System Applications. Expand the term PKI.

(1) Public Key Information

(2) Public Key Infrastructure

(3) Payment Key Information

(4) Private Key Infrastructure

(5) None of these

2.    Which among the following countries was ranked as the cheapest among the major world economies in a latest report by Germany’s Deutsche Bank?

(1) India                             
(2) Japan

(3) Norway                                    
(4) China

(5) None of these

3.    Which firm became the first Indian retail e-commerce to file for an initial public offering (IPO) on NASDAQ and to be listed on this US stock exchange?

(1) Big Bazzar                   
(2) Home Shop 18

(3) Fair Price                    
(4) Easyday

(5) None of these

4.    Which among the following company will acquire Ranbaxy Laboratories Limited for US$4 BILLION as announced by the two companies?

(1) Novartis India Ltd                               

(2) Sun Pharmaceuticals Limited

(3) Glaxosmithkline Pharmaceuticals Ltd

(4) Alpa Laboratories Ltd

(5) None of these

5.    Recently ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Ltd has become ______?

(1) Exide Life Insurance Company

(2)  General Insurance Company

(3) Export Credit Gurantee Insurance Company

(4) Oriental Insurance Company Ltd.

(5) None of these

6.    18^th SAARC Summit 2014  will be held in ____?

(1) Sri Lanka                     
(2) Bhutan

(3) Maldives                      
(4) Nepal

(5) None of these

7.    Recently India Election commission has offered its expertise in election management and electoral roll preparations to which among the following countries?

(1) Azerbaijan                    
(2) Canada

(3) Poland                         
(4) Maldives

(5) Yemen

8.    Who among the following is the winner of the GD Birla Award 2013?

(1) Rajesh Gopakumar     
(2) Mathangi Sathyamurthy

(3) Vijay Seshadri             
(4) Ramesh Agrawal

(5) None of these

9.    Who among the following actress won the Best Actress Award in the National Film Awards 2014?

(1) Alka Sahania               
(2) Geetanjali Thapa

(3) Deepika Padukone      
(4) Katreena Kaif

(5) None of these

10.  Book: My Years with Rajiv and Sonia is authored by :

(1) Sameer Kochhar        

(2) R L Bhat

(3) R.D.Pradhan              

(4) Kapil Sibbal

(5) None of  these

ANSWERS:

1) 2 2) 1 3) 2 4) 2   5) 1 6) 4 7) 5 8) 1  9) 2 10) 3

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

1. The Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party in the just concluded 16th Lok Sabha elections. How many seats did it win?
1) 272
2) 276
3) 280
4) 282
5) 284

2. Russi Mody passed away on May 16, 2014 at the age of 96. He was the former Chairman of?
1) Tata Group
2) Tata Steel
3) Tata Consultancy Services
4) Tata Motors
5) None of these

3. Geo TV is facing a blasphemy case. It is a television channel based in?
1) Afghanistan
2) United Arab Emirates
3) Pakistan
4) Saudi Arabia
5) Qatar

4. Who was sworn in as the 23rd Chief Minister of Bihar on May 20, 2014?
1) Dulalchand Goswami
2) Vinay Bihari
3) Ramai Ram
4) Jitan Ram Manjhi
5) Damodar Raut

5. Nabam Tuki was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of which of the following States for the second consecutive term on May 18, 2014?
1) Manipur
2) Meghalaya
3) Tripura
4) Sikkim
5) Arunachal Pradesh

6. Formula One great Sir Jack Brabham died on May 19, 2014. He belonged to?
1) England
2) Germany
3) Argentina
4) Australia
5) New Zealand

7. Which one of the following books is not written by Ramachandra Guha?
1) Patriots and Partisans
2) Makers of Modern India
3) India After Gandhi
4) Gandhi Before India
5) India Since Independence

8. Which Indian company has tied up with Saudi Aramco and General Electric (GE) to set up the first all-women business process outsourcing (BPO) centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia?
1) Wipro
2) Mindtree
3) Cognizant Technogy Solutions
4) Tata Consultancy Services
5) Infosys

9. The Fifth Estate is a Hollywood film based on the life of?
1) Edward Snowden
2) Malala Yousafzai
3) Julian Assange
4) Vladimir Putin
5) Mark Zuckerberg

10. Which of the following is a Development Financial Institution (DFI) in India?
1) SBI
2) HSBC
3) HDFC Bank
4) IFCI
5) RBI

11. Which country has withdrawn from the Commonwealth in October 2013?
1) Rwanda
2) Gambia
3) Mozambique
4) Senegal
5) Mauritius

12. India is a member of which of the following organizations?
1) SCO
2) ASEAN
3) APEC
4) OPEC
5) None of these

13. Which country will host the NATO Summit in September 2014?
1) Belgium
2) Germany
3) Netherlands
4) UK
5) USA

14. Anti- Terrorism Day is observed on?
1) May 11
2) May 21
3) May 13
4) May 15
5) May 17

15. Which country conferred its highest civilian honorthe Chevalier de la Legion d Honneur - on activist Anjali Gopalan for her work on transgender and HIV-positive patients?
1) Spain
2) Portugal
3) France
4) Germany
5) Italy

16. The 2013 Anna Politkovskaya Award was given to?
1) Malali Joya
2) Halima Bashir
3) Aung San Suu Kyi
4) Malala Yousafzai
5) Eleanor Catton

17. What is India's rank on gender gap index for the year 2013?
1) 101
2) 102
3) 103
4) 104
5) 105

18. Which State topped in communal riots between January 2010 and March 2013?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Maharashtra
4) Karnataka
5) Andhra Pradesh

19. Which country has forty percent of the world's child brides?
1) Ethiopia
2) South Sudan
3) Sierra Leone
4) Yemen
5) India

20. The 2013 edition of the NCC National Games were held in?
1) Hyderabad
2) Pune
3) New Delhi
4) Mumbai
5) Kochi

21. Who is the oldest boxer to win a world title?
1) Beibut Shumenov
2) Tavoris Cloud
3) Jean Pascal
4) Bernard Hopkins
5) Karo Murat

22. Velo d'Or award is given annually in which of the following sports?
1) Archery
2) Boxing
3) Cycling
4) Football
5) Golf

23. Tilaiya dam was constructed across the Barakar River in?
1) Bihar
2) Jharkhand
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Odisha
5) Uttar Pradesh

24. Which of the following is also known as consumer banking or personal banking?
1) Corporate banking
2) Business banking
3) Investment banking
4) Retail banking
5) Wholesale banking

25. The official change in the exchange rate of domestic currency is called?
1) Inflation
2) Deflation
3) Appreciation
4) Depreciation
5) Revaluation

26. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) is in the news recently. It is a disease of?
1) Poultry
2) Pigs
3) Cattle
4) Dogs
5) Cats

ANSWERS:
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4   5) 5 6) 4 7) 5 8) 4  9) 3 10) 4
11) 2 12) 5  13) 4 14) 2 15) 3 16) 4 17) 1 18) 1 19) 5 20) 3
21) 4 22) 3 23) 2 24) 4  25) 5 26) 2

SBI Probationary Officers Exam Marketing Awareness Practice Questions

1. Service marketing is the same as?
a) Internet marketing
b) Telemarketing
c) Internal banking
d) Relationship marketing
e) Transaction marketing

2. Web marketing involves?
a) Selling web cameras
b) Web advertisement
c) E - mail chatting
d) Browsing the web
e) Door-to-door canvassing

3. Market share can be increased by?
a) Increasing the number of Sales persons
b) Increasing the sales volume
c) Increasing the products
d) Increasing production
e) Rewriting profits

4. Financial planning is required when?
a) One has no income
b) One is flushed with funds
c) One has no expenses
d) One is illiterate
e) Income level is insufficient to meet the expenses

5. Banks Sell Insurance for?
a) Increasing deposit
b) Increasing loans
c) Increasing clients
d) Earning more profits
e) c&d

6. Customer Relationship Management (CMR) is?
a) A pre-sales activity
b) A tool for lead generation
c) An ongoing daily activity
d) The task of a DSA
e) All of the above

7. Find the correct Statement.
a) Marketing is redundant in monopolistic companies
b) Performance of salesperson depends on the amount of incentives paid
c) Marketing is influenced by peer performance
d) An increase in market share indicates fall in business volume
e) A mission statement is part of the company's prospectus

8. Marketing in banks has been necessitated due to?
a) Globalization
b) Increasing competition among Indian banks
c) Nationalization of Banks
d) Complacency Among the staff
e) a & b

9. 'Buyer Resistance' means?
a) Buyer's interest in the product being sold
b) Buyer fighting with the seller
c) Buyer's hesitations in buying the product
d) Buyer becoming a seller
e) Buyer buying the product

10. Internal Marketing means?
a) Marketing to self
b) Marketing to family members
c) Marketing to the staff members
d) Marketing inside India
e) Marketing outside India

11. A 'Call' in Marketing language means?
a) Calling on a salesperson
b) Calling on a customer
c) Marketing a Phone-cell
d) Telemarketing
e) None of the above

12. To 'Close a Call' means?
a) To end the conversation
b) To put the phone down
c) To close the doors
d) To put an end to a lead by converting it into sale or closing the lead if it is futile to continue efforts.
e) To close the business

13. Marketing Segmentation can be resorted to by means of?
a) Segmenting by Age
b) Segmenting by income
c) Segmenting geographically
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

14. Forecasting demand means:
a) Assessing whether the inventories are sufficient.
b) Transporting the goods to the final destination.
c) Assessment of the demand for the products.
d) None of the above
e) All the above

15. Diversification is useful for?
a) Attracting more customers
b) Retaining existing customer
c) Increasing sales volume
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

16. Sales Promotion does not include..
a) Building Product Awareness
b) Creating Interest
c) Providing Information
d) Designing new products
e) None of the above

17. Through which of the following processes, motivation for sales persons can be achieved?
a) High rate of conversion
b) High level of incentives
c) Continuous training and updation of knowledge
d) All the above
e) None of these

18. Generally, banks deliver their services through their branches. Which of the following is/ are the delivery channel(s) other than bank counters?
a) Phone Banking
b) Mobile Banking
c) Internet Banking
d) Automated Teller Machines
e) All the above

19. Financial inclusion needs canvassing the accounts of ...........?
a) NRIs
b) HNIs
c) Financial Institutions
d) Housewives
e) Persons below a specified income level

20. Post-sales activities include?
a) Sales presentation
b) Customer feedback
c) Customer identification
d) Customer apathy
e) Product design

21. Market Research is needed for?
a) Choosing the right sales persons
b) Choosing the right product
c) Making proper marketing decisions
d) Deciding the sales incentives
e) None of these

22. Which is the part of Pre-planning?
a) Marketing Programme
b) Sales
c) Profit and Expenses of the Organization
d) Market
e) All of these

23. The First step in direction of marketing was initiated by which Bank?
a) Indian bank in 1965
b) Bank of India in 1970
c) Punjab National Bank in 1985
d) State Bank of India in 1972
e) None of these

24. Which of the following is not the type of market planning?
a) Long range planning
b) Short range planning
c) Back wash Planning
d) Adhoc Planning
e) All of these

25. One of the activities given below is not a sales activity. Identify the same?
a) Making a call
b) After-sales service
c) Presentation
d) Negotiation
e) None of these

26. The Term 'FTZ' stands for?
a) Free Trade Zone
b) Food Trade Zone
c) Foreign Trade Zone
d) Fiscal Trade Zone
e) Financial Trade Zone

27. Marketing is termed as successful, when:
a) There is a rise in the number of salesmen
b) There is no need for postsales services
c) There is no need to give discounts
d) There is rise in sales through more clients
e) Marketing is an ongoing process and hence, can never be successful

28. Which is the following is a part of process of marketing control?
a) Marketing Budget
b) Marketing Cost Analysis
c) Forecasting
d) All of these
e) None of these

29. Obsolescence is the process of?
a) Deterioration
b) Becoming old and Non-functional
c) Alteration
d) Changes
e) a and b

30. Which is not the factor of sales Territory?
a) Economic Conditions
b) Demand of product
c) Winding up
d) Nature of the product
e) None of these

31. By which of the following means can a salesperson canvass a prospective customer effectively?
a) Tie-up with colleges
b) Door-to-door campaigns
c) Contacting via emails
d) All the above
e) None of the above

32. Market- Driven Strategies include?
a) Identifying Problems
b) Planning marketing tactics of peers
c) Positioning the Organization
and its brands in the marketplace
d) Internal Marketing
e) Selling old Products

33. Marketing is the Art of?
a) Buying more
b) Selling more by customizing the products
c) Paying more
d) Talking more
e) Only a and b

34. Product is one of the 4 Ps of marketing mix defined by McCarthy. The other three are:
a) Price, Place, Promotion
b) Price, Physical goods, People
c) Promotion, Processes, Place
d) Promotion, Physical goods, Processes
e) None of the above

35. What do you mean by innovation in marketing?
a) Spirited motivation
b) Good communication skills
c) Good negotiation skills
d) Novel methods of selling
e) None of these

36. Sales promotion is a tool of?
a) Old concept of marketing
b) New concept of marketing
c) Accounting of marketing
d) Cost of marketing
e) Budget

37. 'Sense and Respond' concept is related with?
a) Old Marketing Concept
b) Social Marketing Concept
c) Product
d) Modern Marketing Concept
e) profit

38. Which one of the following constitutes the largest percentage of Retail loans in India?
a) Auto loans
b) Personal loans
c) Personal overdrafts
d) Consumer loans
e) Home loans

39. Which of the following is the source of marketing development?
a) Product orientation
b) Sales orientation
c) Management Orientation
d) All of these
e) None of these

40. Which of the following is not a function of Retail Banking?
a) Joint ventures
b) Giving home loans
c) Accepting fixed deposits
d) Giving personal loans
e) None of these

41. Which one of the following is true?
a) Marketing is not required in a monopolistic situation
b) Marketing is not required in Public enterprises
c) Marketing depends on Competitors performance
d) Marketing has no role to play in production levels
e) Motivated employee do not requires sales incentives

42. FIMMDA stands for?
a) Foreign Investment Markets and Derivatives market Association
b) Fixed Income Money markets and Derivatives market Association
c) Fixed Income and Money Markets Development Association
d) Floating Income and Money Market Development Association
e) None of these

43. In presents Days, Market is?
a) Seller
b) Business
c) Government
d) Law
e) Customer DRIVEN market

44. The Exchange function of Marketing involves?
a) Buying of product or services
b) Assembling
c) selling
d) All of these
e) None of these

ANSWERS:

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI PROBATIONARY OFFICERS EXAM

1. Which of the following companies won the International Business of the Year Award 2014 at the Asian Business Awards Midlands in Birmingham, UK, in May 2014?
1) Vedanta Resources
2) Arcelor Mittal
3) Tata Sons
4) Caparo Group
5) None of these

2. Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan assumed office as the interim Prime Minister of which of the following countries on May 7, 2014?
1) South Korea
2) Thailand
3) Cambodia
4) Laos
5) Vietnam

3. According to the Sunday Times Super-Rich List who topped the United Kingdom's billionaire charts in May 2014?
1) Hinduja Brothers
2) Lakshmi Mittal
3) Alisher Usmanov
4) Lord Swraj Paul
5) Prakash Lohia

4. Who will be India's next Army Chief?
1) Deepak Kapoor
2) V.K. Singh
3) Ved Prakash Malik
4) Dalbir Singh Suhag
5) None of these

5. 20th Senior National Women's football championship  title winner is ...
1) Manipur
2) Odisha
3) Assam
4) Kerala
5) Goa

6. Who is the All India Football Federation (AIFF) women's player of the year?
1) Sakina Nesa
2) Bala Devi
3) Oinam Bembem Devi
4) Sita Sharma
5) Mandakini Devi

7. Which of the following statements is not correct with regard to Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA)?
1) Under the BSBDA scheme any individual can open bank account
2) This account shall not have the requirement of any minimum balance
3) The services available in the account will include deposit and withdrawal of cash at bank branch as well as ATMs
4) While there is no limit on the number of deposits that can be made in a month, account holders will be allowed a maximum of four withdrawals in a month, including ATM withdrawals
5) Holders of BSBDA are also eligible for opening other savings accounts in that bank

8. The Reserve Bank of India constituted a committee under the chairmanship of M. Damodaran to look into banking services rendered to retail and small customers, including pensioners and also to look into the system of grievance redressal. M. Damodaran is the former chairman of?
1) NABARD
2) FMC
3) PFRDA
4) SEBI
5) SBI

9. The International Organization of Securities Commission (IOSCO) is an association of organizations that regulate the world's securities and futures markets. Its headquarters are in?
1) Paris, France
2) Madrid, Spain
3) Lisbon, Portugal
4) London, UK
5) Brasilia, Brazil

10. Which city will host the 39th Annual Conference of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) from September 28 to October 2, 2014?
1) Luxembourg
2) Paris
3) Rio de Janeiro
4) New Delhi
5) London

11. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has inked a memorandum of understanding with CNV to promote mutual assistance and exchange information related to securities markets. CNV is the stock market regulator of?
1) Argentina
2) USA
3) UK
4) Philippines
5) Russia

12. Muga silk is the rarest silk in the world cultivated only in?
1) Bihar
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Assam
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) Karnataka

13. Which of the following is the unit of resistance?
1) Ampere
2) Ohm
3) Joule
4) Newton
5) None of these

14. Kashagan oilfield is located in which of the following countries?
1) Russia
2) China
3) Kazakhstan
4) Iran
5) Venezuela

15. The Fertilizer Corporation of India (FCI) plant at Talcher will be revived in three years. Talcher urea plant is in which of the following states?
1) West Bengal
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Jharkhand
4) Odisha
5) Chhattisgarh

16. Which one of the following days is not observed on a fixed date every year?
1) World Environment Day
2) International Women's Day
3) World Food Day
4) World Human Rights Day
5) World Habitat Day

17. In 2013, huge protests took place in Taksim Square, which is in?
1) Cairo
2) Istanbul
3) Damascus
4) Teheran
5) Ankara

18. Abel Prize is given for major contribution in?
1) Physics
2) Chemistry
3) Astrophysics
4) Mathematics
5) Architecture

19. Cairn India is known for the production of?
1) Milk products
2) Textiles
3) Genetically Modified Cotton
4) Petroleum
5) Iron

20. Singalila National park is located in the State of?
1) Assam
2) Odisha
3) West Bengal
4) Sikkim
5) Manipur

21. The Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) was used for the first time in September 2013 in the Noksen by polls in?
1) Tripura
2) Mizoram
3) Sikkim
4) Nagaland
5) Manipur

22. All 25,000 candidates failed in the admission test to a university in which of the following countries in 2013?
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Kenya
4) Zimbabwe
5) Liberia

23. Which country will host India for five Cricket Test matches in 2014, for the first time in 50 years?
1) Pakistan
2) Australia
3) New Zealand
4) England
5) West Indies

24. Ug 99 rust disease has severely affected which of the following crops recently?
1) Paddy
2) Wheat
3) Bajra
4) Sorghum
5) Finger Millet

25. Which country banned hunting sharks for their fins in a move to protect endangered species in 2013?
1) China
2) Indonesia
3) India
4) USA
5) Malaysia

26. The Corporate Affairs Ministry will set up a centre of excellence and ethics in?
1) Ajmer
2) Gurgaon
3) Amritsar
4) New Delhi
5) Raipur

27. Which of the following is/are the aims of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) program?
1) To set up new universities
2) To upgrade existing autonomous colleges to universities
3) To increase Gross Enrolment Ratio from the existing 18 per cent to 30 per cent
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

28. A Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) is offered by which of the following to help investors save regularly?
1) National Pension Fund
2) Small savings schemes in post offices
3) Mutual Funds
4) RRBs
5) None of these

29. The Right to Information Act (RTI Act) came into force in the year?
1) 2005
2) 2006
3) 2007
4) 2008
5) 2010

30. Who is the first law officer of the Government of India?
1) Attorney General
2) Solicitor General
3) Chief Justice of India
4) Advocate General
5) Comptroller and Auditor General

31. The Chief of the Air Staff holds the rank of?
1) Air Marshal
2) Air Commodore
3) Group Captain
4) Wing Commander
5) Air Chief Marshal

32. Sonepur hosts one of the world's largest Animal Fairs. It is a town in?
1) Odisha
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Bihar
4) Jharkhand
5) Punjab

33. C-DAC is a research and development organization. C-DAC stands for?
1) Centre for Development of Anti Corruption
2) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing
3) Centre for Development of Advanced Circuits
4) Centre for Development of Advancement in Computers
5) None of these

34. Who is the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India?
1) Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra
2) Justice Ranjana Desai
3) Justice M. Fathima Beevi
4) Justice Anna Chandy
5) Justice G. Rohini

35. Which city is spread over two continents?
1) Moscow
2) Lisbon
3) Barcelona
4) Istanbul
5) Strasburg

36. The eighth schedule of the Indian Constitution deals with the?
1) Fundamental duties
2) States
3) Union Territories
4) Languages
5) Land Reforms

37. Internet.org is a project aimed at bringing affordable Internet access to additional 5 billion people. It was launched at the initiative of?
1) Larry Page
2) Marissa Mayer
3) Mark Zuckerberg
4) Sergey Brin
5) Tim Berners Lee

ANSWERS:

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