LIC AAO Exam General Awareness and Current Affairs Solved Paper (Exam Held On: 22-03-2015)

1. The United Nations University established in 1973 is the academic and research arm of the United Nations.  It is headquartered in–
(a) New York, USA (b) Washington DC, USA 
(c) Tokyo, Japan (d) Geneva, Switzerland 
(e) Manila, Philippines (Ans : c)

2. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, the Union Minister for Mines and Steel is a Member of Parliament from the Indian State of–
(a) Bihar (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan 
(d) Madhya Pradesh (e) Chattisgarh (Ans : d)

3. PM Shri Narendra Modi has recently dedicated to the nation two units, each of 600 MW of the Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant in–
(a) Ujjain District (b) Khandwa District (c) Ratlam District 
(d) Bhopal District (e) Indore District (Ans : b)

4. The committee recently set up by the Central Government to interact with industry on tax laws to give recommendations to CBDT and CBEC for issuance of clarifications when necessary, is headed by–
(a) Arvind Goswami (b) Arvind Subramaniam (c) Arvind Mayaram 
(d) Vijay Kelkar (e) Ashok Lahiri (Ans : e)

5. According to the Public Enterprises Survey recently tabled in Parliament, the most profitable Public Sector Enterprise during 2013-2014 was–
(a) BSNL (b) ONGC (c) NTPC (d) NMDC (e) NPCL (Ans : b)

6. In terms of the Motor Vehicle Agreement signed between the two countries during the recent 18th SAARC Summit at Nepal, a direct bus service has recently been launched in March 2015 between Varanasi and–
(a) Lahore, Pakistan (b) Kathmandu, Nepal (c) Thimphu, Bhutan 
(d) Kabul, Afghanistan (e) Dhaka, Bangladesh (Ans : b)

7. The 'Armed Forces Flag Day' is observed every year on the– 
(a) 26th October (b) 21st November (c) 18th December 
(d) 7th December (e) 21st September (Ans : d)

8. 'Vishu' is the New Year day and a Hindu festival celebrated in the Indian State of–
(a) Karnataka (b) Goa (c) Telangana (d) Odisha (e) Kerala (Ans : e)

9. Sushil Kumar is associated with the sports of–
(a) Tennis (b) Basketball (c) Football (d) Wrestling (e) Golf (Ans : d)

10. The 'Shwedagon Pagoda' also known as 'Great Dagon Pagoda' and the 'Golden Pagoda' is situated in–
(a) Mumbai, India (b) Tokyo, Japan (c) Yangon, Myanmar 
(d) Kyoto, Japan (e) Thimphu, Bhutan (Ans : c)

11. The capital of the Myanmar is– 
(a) Thimphu (b) Putrajaya (c) Langkawi (d) Naypyidaw (e) Punakha (Ans : d)

12. The World's largest and tallest Indian National flag was recently unfurled in–
(a) Faridabad (b) Gurgaon (c) Kamal (d) Ghaziabad (e) Panipat (Ans : a)

13. As per 2011 census, the total number of children in the age-group 0-6 years was–
(a) 185. 8 million (b) 198. 8 million (c) 221. 8 million 
(d) 189. 8 million (e) 158. 8 million (Ans : e)

14. 'G.  Karthikeyan', who recently passed away at Bengaluru was the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of–
(a) Karnataka (b) Kerala (c) Telangana (d) Tamil Nadu (e) Andhra Pradesh (Ans : b)

15. In the budget for 2015-2016, the Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has proposed to set up a centre for film production, animation and gaming in the State of–
(a) Haryana (b) Meghalaya (c) Andhra Pradesh 
(d) Jammu and Kashmir (e) Arunachal Pradesh (Ans : e)

16. The film 'Ida' named as the 'Best Foreign Language Film' at the 87th Academy Awards 2015 is– 
(a) a Polish drama film (b) a French family drama film 
(c) an American comedy film (d) a Russian short story film 
(e) a British documentary film (Ans : a)

17. Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, India's largest drug maker, has recently announced that it would acquire the oplates business of British drug maker Glaxo Smith Kline(GSK) in–
(a) Europe (b) USA (c) New Zealand (d) Asia (e) Australia (Ans : e)

18. The first woman to be appointed as a Director on the board of Reliance industries- the nation's largest private sector company is– 
(a) Tina Anil Ambani (b) Meera Sanyal (c) Nita Mukesh Ambani 
(d) Usha Thorat (e) Kokilaben Ambani (Ans : c)

19. The Lok Sabha recently passed the Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2015, that proposes to raise the foreign investment cap in the insurance sector from 26 percent to–
(a) 69 percent (b) 51 percent (c) 59 percent (d) 55 percent (e) 49 percent (Ans : e)

20. Who amongst the following has recently been elected as the new President of BCCI ? 
(a) N. Srinivasan (b) Rajiv Shukla (c) Sanjay Patel 
(d) Jagmohan Dalmiya (e) Anurag Thakur (Ans : d)

21. 880 MW Kaiga Atomic Power Plant is situated near the river Kali in the Indian State of–
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka (e) Maharashtra (Ans : d)

22. The currency of the 'Republic of South Africa' is–
(a) Rand (b) Rial (e) Ruble (d) Riyal (e) Rial (Ans : a)

23. 'Fugdi' is a traditional folk dance popular in the Indian State of– 
(a) Goa (b) Bihar (c) Odisha (d) Chattisgarh (e) Gujarat (Ans : a)

24. The 'CNSA' is the national space agency of–
(a) Soviet Union (b) Republic of Singapore (c) Russian Federation 
(d) People's Republic of China (e) United States of America (Ans : d)

25. In the recent Union Budget 2015, the Union Minister of Finance has proposed to support the 'Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana' which aims to boost– 
(a) Floriculture Production (b) Drip Irrigation (c) Watershed Development 
(d) Minor Irrigation (e) Organic Farming (Ans : c)

26. The RBI has recently allowed Indians to carry high value denomination notes while travelling to Nepal and Bhutan within a limit of–
(a) Rs. 20,000/- (b) Rs. 30,000/- (c) Rs. 35,000/- 
(d) Rs. 25,000/- (e) Rs. 40,000/- (Ans : d)

27. Reliance infrastructure with its wholly-owned subsidiary Reliance Defence Systems Private Ltd.  has.  recently announced the acquisition of Pipavav Defence Company Limited based in–
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra (c) Goa (d) Kerala (e) Gujarat (Ans : b)

28. Tile abbreviation 'CSR' stands for– 
(a) Collective Social Responsibility (b) Collective Shared Responsibility 
(c) Corporate Social Responsibility (d) Corporate Shared Responsibility 
(e) Commercial Shared Responsibility (Ans : c)

29. For highlighting women's safety, the National Insurance of gender justice has recently honoured film actress–
(a) Rani Mukherji (b) Vidya Balan (c) Jaya Bachchan 
(d) Priyanka Chopra (e) Hema Malini (Ans : a)

30. The global meet on countering Violent Extremism was recently held in–
(a) London, UK (b) New York, USA (c) Washington, USA 
(d) Ottawa, Canada (e) Paris, France (Ans : c) 

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Union government on 23 June 2015 promised to inject about ........ into stateowned banks in 2015-16?
1) $ 3 billion
2) $ 3.5 billion
3) $ 1.5 billion
4) $ 1 billion
5) $ 4 billion

2. RBI has extended the date to exchange pre- 2005 bank notes till...
1) August 1st 2015
2) July 31st 2015
3) December 31st 2015
4) January 31st 2016
5) June 30th 2016

3. The Lok Sabha on 13 May cleared the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015. It provides that cases of bouncing of cheques can be filed only in a court in whose jurisdiction the .....
1) drawer bank head office lies.
2) bank branch of the Drawer (person who issues the cheque) lies.
3) all cases transferred to Mumbai, as RBI has headquarters there.
4) payee bank's headquarters lies.
5) bank branch of the payee (person who receives the cheque) lies.

4. Since 2010, which financial regulator has been conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) on a quarterly basis to gauge economic conditions and employment prospects?
1) SEBI
2) NABARD
3) CRISIL
4) RBI
5) IBPS

5. White label operator, Tata Communications Payment Solutions partnered with ......, a payment technology provider, to set up more ATM services in rural unbanked regions.
1) Oxygen
2) Vodafone
3) FINO PayTech
4) FARGO
5) None

6. RBI on 9 June 2015 said Indian corporate eligible to raise ECB are permitted to issue Rupee linked bonds overseas. ECB stands for ........
1) End Commercial Borrowings
2) External Core Borrowings
3) External Commercial Borrowings
4) External Commercial Benefits
5) None

7. Which bank issued first 'contactless' debit and credit cards, enabling its customers to make electronic payments by just waving the cards near the merchant terminal in lieu of dipping or swiping them in India?
1) SBI
2) Andhra Bank
3) ICICI
4) Allahabad Bank
5) Union Bank of India

8. The RBI has relaxed 2-factors authentication norms for contactless cards upto Rs.2,000 using NFC enabled credit and debit cards. Which of the following statements correct?
1) Customers can now make payments up to Rs.2,000 using NFC enabled credit and debit cards without punching the password at any retail outlet.
2) Beyond this transaction limit, the card has to be processed as a contact payment and authentication and PIN will be mandatory.
3) These rules will not be applicable to ATM transactions irrespective of transaction value and Card Not Present transactions (CNP).
4) NFC stands for Near Field Communication
5) All of above

9. Which of the following statement is wrong?
1) 'Tap and pay' refers to the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, enabling users to
make payments by waving or tapping the card near the contactless reader.
2) Customers may look for the 'contactless' logo on the card.
3) Contactless POS are different from Ordinary POS.
4) POS stands for Point of Sales Terminal.
5) None

10. First contactless card in the world issued by ...........
1) Barclays Bank in 2008
2) Standard Chartered Bank in 2009
3) ICICI Bank in 2015
4) UBI in 2014
5) None

11. Which is the first commercial bank in India initiated to have Television Banking (TVB), avail the banking information on TV screens. This enable TV viewers to access information of Bank's services and products,
from the convince of their homes?
1) SBI
2) Corporation Bank
3) ICICI
4) Canara Bank
5) Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank Limited

12. New Development Bank (NDB) details given. Locate the wrong option.
1) The decision to set up this bank was taken at the 5th BRICS summit held in Durban, South Africa in 2013.
2) The bank headquarters is in Shanghai, China.
3) It is being seen as an alternative to the existing US-dominated World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
4) Its total out lay $ 1000 billion.
5) India is active partner in the NDB.

13. First head of the New Development Bank is......
1) K.V. Kamath
2) Jim Yong Kim
3) Christine Lagarde
4) Kaushik Basu
5) Sunil Sabharwal

14. India's first multi social payment app 'Ping Pay' launched by .....
1) HSBC
2) Corporation Bank
3) SBI
4) Axis Bank
5) ICICI

15. From 1 April 2015, the Insurance Australia Group Ltd (IAG) increase its stake in SBI General Insurance (SBIGI) from 26 percent to .......
1) 49%
2) 35%
3) 85%
4) 74%
5) 100%

16. The IAP (Indian Academy of Pediatrics) Health Phone programme details given. The correct option is .......
1) It is a public private partnership initiative that is supported by Vodafone India.
2) The programme use mobile phones in the country to educate over six million girls and women between 13 and 35 years of age.
3) Vodafone will send out approximately 300 million text messages to its subscribers every year to promote the scheme.
4) Three-year campaign is expected to benefit the health of 60 million children in India born by 2025.
5) All of above

17. Union Minister of Women and Child Development is .......
1) Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
2) Najma A. Heptulla
3) Jagat Prakash Nadda
4) Chaudhary Birender Singh
5) Thaawar Chand Gehlot

18. Who was selected for the 28th Moorti Devi Award for the year 2014 for his book Vyomkesh Darvesh?
1) Bhalchandra Vanaji Nemade
2) Veerappa Moiley
3) Vishwanath Tripathi
4) Kedarnath Biswas
5) None of above

19. Moorti Devi Award declares by ......
1) K.K. Birla Foundation
2) TATA Foundation
3) Jnanpith Foundation
4) Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation
5) Melinda Gates Foundation

20. Which district was conferred with UN Public Service Award for 'Open Defecation Free' district in country on 26 June 2015?
1) Ernakulam in Kerala
2) Nellore in Andhra Pradesh
3) Nadia in West Bengal
4) Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir
5) Hissar in Haryana

21. UNESCO - Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2015 conferred on ...... a Syrian journalist and advocate. The award set up in 1997.
1) Mazen Darwish
2) Edward Snowden
3) Taslima Nasreen
4) Salman Rushdie
5) None

22. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) was established in ............
1) 1945
2) 1946
3) 1947
4) 1948
5) 1957

23. UNESCO headquarters is in ......
1) Paris
2) New York
3) Montreal
4) Geneva
5) Vienna

24. UNESCO chief .......
1) Irina Bokova
2) Anthony Lake
3) Raymond Benjiman
4) Margert Chan
5) Yukiya Amano

25. The 2015 National Geographic Bee Championship won by ......
1) Tine Valencic
2) Rahul Nagvekar
3) Sathwik Karnik
4) Akhil Rekulapelli
5) Karan Menon

26. UK Author Ali Smith won the 2015 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for her novel......
1) How to be Both
2) A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing
3) May We Be Forgiven
4) The Song of Achilles
5) None

27. 'Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star' conferred on ........
1) Ajith Doval
2) Arvind Subramaniam
3) G.Satish Reddy
4) S.Ramadorai
5) C.N.R.Rao

28. Who was conferred with the Columbia's highest civilian award Orden de la Democracia Simon Bolivar en el grado de cruz Caballero (Order of the Democracy Simon Bolivar) by Columbia?
1) Jaggi Vasudev
2) Baba Ramdev
3) Ravi Shankar
 4) Jayendra Saraswathi
5) Swami Rambhadracharya

29. Ravi Shankar is the founder of .....
1) Isha Foundation
2) Patanjali Foundation
3) Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham
4) Art of Living Foundation
5) Chitrakoot Ashram

30. Man Booker International Prize get cash prize ........... awarded to a living author.
1) $ 90,000
2) £ 30,000
3) £ 60,000
4) £ 70,000
5) £ 20,000

31. For which book Aravind Adiga won the Man Booker International Prize 2008?
1) White Tiger
2) Half Girlfriend
3) The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
4) Malgudi Days
5) Wings of Fire

32. For which book Kiran Desai won the Man Booker International Prize 2006?
1) The Inheritance of Loss
2) India Wins Freedom
3) The Insider
4) Wings of Fire
5) Without Fear: The Life and Trial of Bhagat Singh

33. Arundhati Roy got Man Booker International Prize 1997 for her book of .....
1) The God of Small Things
2) Coolie
3) The Golden Threshold
4) The Discovery of India
5) My Experiments With Truth

34. Which Indian Author nominated for Man Booker International Prize 2015?
1) Rohinton Mistry
2) U R Ananthamurthy
3) Amitav Ghosh
4) Mahasweta Devi
5) Salman Rushdie

35. Which Hungarian writer on 19 May 2015 won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for 2015?
1) Sandor Weores
2) Peter Esterhazy
3) Laszlo Krasznahorkai
4) Mih·ly Vorosmarty
5)None

36.  The highest award in cinema Dadasaheb Phalke Award instituted in..
1) 1991
2) 1947
3) 1983
4) 1992
5) 1969

37.  'Sourav Ganguly: Cricket, Captaincy and Controversy' written by ......
1) Ranjan Sodhi
2) V.K. Naryan
3) Jeffrey Boycott
4) Saptarshi Sarkar
5) Dungarpur

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

United India Insurance Company Ltd. Recruitment of 750 Assistant Posts

United India Insurance Company Limited has issued notification for the recruitment of Assistant vacancies. 

Post Details:
Assistant: 750 Posts (Andhra Pradesh: 24 Posts & Telangana: 26 Posts)

Age (as on 30.6.2015): Minimum Age- 18 years and Maximum Age- 28 years (as on 30.06.2015).

Qualification: Graduate or Pass in HSC / equivalent (12th pass) examination with 60% marks and knowledge of Regional Language i.e. Language of the State of Recruitment is essential.

Selection Process: Based on online examination, Interview & computer proficiency test.

How to Apply: Candidates may apply online through website.

Starting Date to Apply Online: 07.07.2015.
Last Date to Apply Online: 20.07.2015.
Tentative Date of Online Exam: 30.08.2015.

For Notification Click Here

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BANK EXAMS

1. Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) released Global Peace Index 2015 on June16, 2015. What is India’s rank?
1) 138
2) 134
3) 143
4) 139
5) 140

2. Which tennis legend was appointed the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala on June 24, 2015?
1) Andre Agassi
2) Steffi Graf
3) Maria Sharapova
4) Boris Becker
5) Pete Sampras

3. Sheila Kaul passed away on June 13, 2015. She was a former Governor of?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Madhya Pradesh
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) West Bengal
5) Jharkhand

4. Mogens Lykketoft was elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly in June 2015. He belongs to?
1) UK
2) France
3) Italy
4) Denmark
5) Norway

5. Institute for Economics and Peace is headquartered in?
1) Sydney
2) Geneva
3) Berne
4) Manila
5) Oslo

6. The world’s first mangrove zoo will be set up in?
1) Tripura
2) Odisha
3) Manipur
4) Jharkhand
5) West Bengal

7. UNO declared 2015 as the International Year of?
1) Crystallography
2) Light and Light based Technologies
3) Yoga
4) Family Farming
5) Cooperatives

8. The first development financial institution in India is?
1) IDBI
2) Exim Bank
3) IFCI
4) SIDBI
5) ICICI

9. The world’s largest vertical maze, Maze Tower, is in?
1) Dubai
2) Kuala Lumpur
3) New York
4) Jakarta
5) Riyadh

10. Charlie Hebdo’s office was attacked by terrorists in January 2015. It is a satirical weekly magazine based in?
1) Spain
2) Germany
3) France
4) Hungary
5) Portugal

11. The 2017 women’s cricket world cup will be held in?
1) India
2) Australia
3) West Indies
4) England
5) New Zealand

12. Who won the 7th Chennai International Open Grandmaster chess tournament in January 2015?
1) Popov Ivan
2) Ramnath Bhuvanesh
3) R. Siddharth
4) Dzhumaev Marat
5) Mozharov Mikhail

13. Which of the following is a successor body of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)?
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) WTO
4) OECD
5) WEF

14. Which country was formerly known as Nyasaland?
1) Zambia
2) Tanzania
3) Mozambique
4) Malawi
5) Sudan

15. Which of the following organizations has seven members?
1) SAARC
2) NATO
3) BIMSTEC
4) OPEC
5) ASEAN

16. According to the ‘Status of Tigers in India 2014’ report what is the population of tigers?
1) 1706
2) 1411
3) 2226
4) 1909
5) 1826

17. India is home to what percent of the world’s tiger population?
1) 60%
2) 65%
3) 75%
4) 70%
5) 55%

18. Who was named as the Governor of the Year in the Central Banking Awards for 2015?
1) Ben Bernanke
2) Janet Yellen
3) Raghuram Rajan
4) Mark Carney
5) None of these

19. Which State got the National Award for e-Governance for the best district level initiative in India?
1) Haryana
2) Punjab
3) Sikkim
4) Gujarat
5) Jammu & Kashmir

20. Sukanya Samruddhi Account was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on
January 22, 2015 from?
1) Ambala
2) Panipat
3) Hissar
4) Karnal
5) Faridabad

21. India’s foreign direct investment increased by what per cent in 2014, as per a UN report released in January 2015?
1) 26%
2) 30%
3) 14%
4) 18%
5) 20%

22. Leander Paes and which of the following female tennis players won the 2015 Australian Open
Mixed Doubles title?
1) Kristina Mladenovic
2) Martina Hingis
3) Sania Mirza
4) Lucie Safarova
5) Simona Halep

23. Who won the women’s singles title of the Syed Modi International Masters Badminton tournament
in Lucknow on January 25, 2015?
1) Carolina Marin
2) P. V. Sindhu
3) Saina Nehwal
4) Li Xuerai
5) None of these

24. National Academy of Direct Taxes is located in?
1) Mumbai
2) Pune
3) Thane
4) Nagpur
5) Surat

25. The technique of inducing rain from cloud is called?
1) Cloud Control
2) Cloud Computing
3) Cloud Engineering
4) Cloud Seeding
5) None of these

26. Indian Statistical Institute was founded by?
1) R.C. Bose
2) J.M. Sengupta
3) R.R. Bahadur
4) P.C. Mahalanobis
5) C.R. Rao

27. Arihant is a?
1) Unmanned combat aerial vehicle
2) Multi barrel rocket launcher
3) Surface to air missile
4) Nuclear submarine
5) None of these

28. Baiji oil refinery is located in?
1) Iran
2) Iraq
3) Syria
4) Russia
5) Sudan

29. World Vitiligo Day is observed on?
1) June 25
2) June 26
3) June 23
4) June 24
5) June 28

30. Sukanya Samridhi Account will enable parents to open bank accounts of girls who are under?
1) 12 years
2) 15 years
3) 10 years
4) 18 years
5) 14 years

31. The Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes was launched by the Union Ministry of?
1) Urban Development
2) Rural Development
3) Home
4) Finance
5) Social Justice and Empowerment

32. The 13th Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Russia-India- China trilateral was held in February 2015 in?
1) Beijing
2) Moscow
3) Yekaterinburg
4) New Delhi
5) Sochi

33. Which of the following is a 21- nation grouping of Pacific Rim countries?
1) ASEAN
2) SCO
3) EAS
4) BASIC
5) APEC

34. The first district in India to have complete rural broadband coverage is?
1) Ernakulam
2) Kollam
3) Idukki
4) Palakkad
5) Thrissur

35. Which country topped the list of 93 countries in the 2014 edition of Global Talent Competitive Index?
1) Switzerland
2) Singapore
3) Luxembourg
4) USA
5) Canada

36. What is India’s rank in the Global Talent Competitive Index that was released by the INSEAD Business School in January 2015?
1) 63
2) 78
3) 65
4) 67
5) 75

37. Yingluck Shinawatra was impeached by the Parliament in January 2015. She is the former Prime Minister of?
1) Cambodia
2) Laos
3) Thailand
4) Vietnam
5) Myanmar

38. Which country was the largest recipient of FDI in 2014?
1) China
2) USA
3) Singapore
4) Brazil
5) India

39. The Ra’ad is an air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) developed by?
1) Israel
2) Afghanistan
3) North Korea
4) Pakistan
5) Myanmar

40. Which of the following is the capital of Turkey?
1) Antalya
2) Istanbul
3) Izmir
4) Adana
5) Ankara

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

State Bank of India and Associate Banks clerical cadre exam General Awareness Solved Paper (Exam held on: 15-02-2015)

1. Jim Corbett National Park, India's oldest national park. It is located in the state of India, which of the following?
(A) HP, (b), Uttar Pradesh (c) Punjab (d) Uttarakhand (e) Arunachal Pradesh (Ans: d)

2. The disposal of complaints against the shortcomings of the services of banks, the RBI is not independent officer appointed following is-
(A) in each bank manager main complaint (b) CVO
(C) the appointment of such an officer is not (d) Banking Ombudsman
(E) Kmpiliyans Officer (Ans: d)

3. The capital of Denmark Forms
(A) Munich (b) Prague (c) Hamburg (d) Heisenberg (e) Copenhagen (Ans: e)

4. Which of the following assets in the bank's balance sheet?
(A) paid-up capital (b) of its savings deposits (c) investments in Government Securities
(D) the accrued Consolidated Fund (e) the current deposits (Ans: c)

5. The United Nations Cilderen Fund (UNCEF), is a program of the United Nations. For the development of babies and mothers in developing countries provides humanitarian assistance. Its headquarters in the following cities is-
(A) Geneva (Switzerland) (b) Paris (France) (c) of Vienna (Austria)
(D) New York (USA) (e) to Rome (Italy) (Ans: d)

6. 'Odyssey of My Life' book-the autobiography of the following persons
(A) Shivraj Patil (b) R. R. Patil (c) Sandeep Patil
(D) Smita Patil (e) Patil (Ans: a)

7. The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Smriti Irani, Indian Institute of Management in Andhra Pradesh (i. I. M.), The foundation laid in ..........
(A) to Tirupati (b) Nellore (c) Visakhapatnam
(D) Guntur (e) Vijayawada (Ans: c)

8. Tue 11 years ago on the surface of the planet 'Beagle 2', a space probe which was lost, he's got now. It was released in 2003 by .........
(A) the Soviet space program, (b) the Israeli Space Agency
(C) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (d) China National Space Admini-Streshn
(E) the European Space Agency (Ans: e)

9. Human-interest utilization of water resources and conservation to generate awareness month Government ......... "India Water Week 'celebrated.
(A) December 14 (b) February 15 (c) October 14
(D) January, 15 (e) November, 14 (Ans: d)

10. Very recently, men's tenth 'Savio Cup All India basketball tournament was won by the ..........
(A) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) (b) Indian Overseas Bank
(C) Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. (D) Indian Oil Corporation Limited.
(E) State Bank of India (Ans: a)

11. More recently, Mr. Deepak Kumar Upadhyaya ......... Government has nominated ambassador to India.
(A) Mauritius (b) Nepal (c) Bhutan (d) Fiji (e) Maldives (Ans: b)

12. Every year the Indian Army Day is celebrated on ..........
(A) 15 March (b) 15 December (c) 15 January (d) 15 August (e) 15 October (Ans: c)

13. ......... protect animals to minimize economic losses of animal recently, 'the defense of Blue titled vaccine is released.
(A) foot-mouth virus Tongue (b) Blue Tongue virus (c) bird flu virus
(D) road, water disease (e) swine flu virus (Ans: b)

14. According to the 2011 census (0-6) had the sex ratio among children in the age group
(A) 1000 Knyayen than boys, 969 (b) 1000 939 Knyayen than boys
(C) 1000 Knyayen than boys, 919 (d) 1000 959 Knyayen than boys
(E) 1000 929 Knyayen than boys (Ans: c)

15. In India, developed and capable of carrying nuclear warheads "fearless called subsonic cruise missile capability is .......... kilometers.
(A) 1000 (b) 3700 (c) 700 (d) 1700 (e) 2700 (Ans: a)

16. Which of the following is the world's largest gold-producing country?
(A) Canada (b) China (c) Peru (d) Australia (e) Colombia (Ans: b)

17. Which of the following recent Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has been appointed the chairperson?
(A) Phlaj Nhlani (b) sky Nhlani (c) Shiba Nhlani
(D) Govind Nhlani (e) Dayal Nhlani (Ans: a)

18. Which of the following is not the primary function of a bank?
(A) deposit (Deposit) Acceptance (b) checks to clear
(C) information about a client's financial situation and perspective
(D) foreign trade subsidize (e) Loans and advances to (Ans: c)

19. According to the 2011 census, the total population of the economically active population had part
(A) 55.5% (b) 52.5% (c) 42.5% (d) 62.5% (e) 48.5% (Ans: d)

20. More recently, the weather satellite "Fengyon it off 'was followed by the launch ...........
(A) Japan (b) China (c) Russia (d) France (e) Germany (Ans: b)

21. Which of the following in India's financial system regulator (Regulator) it?
(A) options other than the
(B) SEBI (c) CRISIL (d) TRAN (e) CERC (Ans: b)

22. Shivalik, external Himalayan mountain range, the range is 2,400 km long and Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and passes through ..........
(A) Punjab (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Haryana (d) Jammu and Kashmir (e) Rajasthan (Ans: a)

23. The abbreviation 'PLA' fully Forms
(A) Private Liberation Army (b) People's Liberation Armed Force
(C) Public Liberation Army (d) People's Liberation Army
(E) People's Liberty Army (Ans: d)

24. 'SARF AESI Act 2001', the following applies to the banking industry is-
(A) conditions of service of staff to legalistic
(B) the appointment of bank directors named
(C) other than the options
(D) Streamlining Dokumenteshn
(E) of outstanding loans to facilitate the use of security forces to Bsuli (Ans: e)

25. January 15, 2015 the RBI repo rate reduction of what percentage?
(A) 0.6 (b) 0.25 (c) 1.00 (d) 0.75 (e) 0.4 (Ans: b)

26. NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in Manhattan, the earth's temperature, according to the records, the hottest year quotas by 1990
(A) 2001 (b) 2014 (c) 1997 (d) 2005 (e) 2010 (Ans: b)

27. 'Mohiniyttm', India is following state folk dance?
(A) Assam (b) Kerala (c) Orissa (d) Arunachal Pradesh (e) Telangana (Ans: b)

28. Micro-credit and micro-finance as a concept to provide the following Murtt check out who was decorated with the Nobel Prize?
(A) Professor Muhammad Yunus (b) the names of options other than
(C) Professor Amartya Sen (d) Jean Tirole (e) Professor Jagdish Bhagwati (Ans: a)

29. renminbi (Renminbi) following the country's currency is-
(A) China (b) Bulgaria (c) People's Republic of Korea
(D) Ethiopia (e) Banglods (Ans: a)

30. loans given by banks to exporters, "Export Credit" is called. In the event of any danger of falling exports are guaranteed by these is-
(A) EXIM Bank (b) the Ministry of Internal Trade, Goa (c) ECGC
(D) DICGC (e) other than the options (Ans: c)

31. An emerging web browser named 'Spertan' whose development has the following replacement for Microsoft Forms
(A) Safari (b) Opera (c) Internet Explorer
(D) Firefox (e) Chrome (Ans: c)

32. Lord Sri Krishna Manohar Parrikar Ministry .......... Union Cabinet minister.
(A) railway (b) Law and Justice (c) Steel and Mines
(D) immunity (e) Civil Aviation (Ans: d)

Of lending 33. Which of the following is the most secure way?
(A) Lien (b) Assignment (c) Pledge (d) Hypotheciation (e) Mortgage (Ans: e)

34. "Asian News International news agency headquartered in the following location is-
(A) Singapore (b), New Delhi (c) Rawalpindi (d) TOKYO (e) to Beijing (China) (Ans: b)

35. SCS entrepreneurship (Entrepreneurship) to encourage the government recently ........... 'Adventure fund for the SCs' has been established.
(A) Bihar (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Rajasthan (d), Maharashtra (e) India (Ans: e)

36. A bank's deposit and loan ratio is called ..........
(A) Ankpikok Coverage ratio (b) return on assets ratio (c) Asset coverage ratio
(D) CD Ratio (e) other than the options (Ans: e)

37. 6 metropolitan cities of India, the Reserve Bank Rs. 65 million price for apartments .......... home-loan limit is determined.
(A) Rs. 47 million (b) Rs. 4.5 million (c) Cr. 42 million
(D) Rs. 50 million (e) of Rs. 41 million (Ans: d)

38. Which of the following Negotiable instrument (bill .....) it?
(A) a bank fixed deposits (b) any p. S. U. Shares issued by Certificate
(C) has been issued by a bank demand draft (d) debentures of a company
(E) the receipt of any airline-service company (Ans: c)

39. Which of the following sports lore Arunachal Pradesh Jimjang Deru just recently made his own national record to undermine?
(A) Boxing (b) archery (c) wrestling
(D) Athletics (e) Lifting (Ans: e)

40. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, scientists recently, the discovery of planets with substantially similar to Earth. The naming of these planets is the name of ..........
(A) Kinstn Kinstn 410b and 440b (b) Kepler Kepler 438b and 442b
(C) Kirakon Kirakon 420b and 440b (d) litmus litmus 414b and 441b
(E) Lulin Lulin 410b and 421b (Ans: b)

SBI PROBATIONARY OFFICERS EXAM GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs

1. Loans given to small-scale and ancillary industries are treated as priority sector lending. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act was passed in ...
1) 2010
2) 2006
3) 2009
4) 2004
5) 2008

2. As per MSMED Act, if an enterprise engaged in the manufacture or production, processing or preservation of goods a micro enterprise is an enterprise where investment in plant and machinery does not exceed .......
1) Rs.25 lakh
 2) Rs.12 lakh
3) Rs.5 lakh
4) Rs.15 lakh
5) Rs.1 lakh

3. On 29 April 2015, RBI set a target of ANBC (Adjusted Net Bank Credit) prescribed for Micro Enterprises, to be achieved in a phased manner i.e. 7 percent by
1) March 2019
2) March 2017
3) December 2016
4) April 2018
5) March 2016

4. A target of ANBC (Adjusted Net Bank Credit) has been prescribed for Micro Enterprises, to be achieved in a phased manner i.e. 7.5 percent by .......
1) March 2017
2) March 2018
3) Dec 2017
4) Jan 2019
5) None

5. The target of ANBC has been prescribed for Micro Enterprises, to be achieved in a phased manner i.e. 7 percent by March 2016 and 7.5 percent by March 2017 for domestic banks. What about this target for foreign banks where they have less than 20 branches in India?
1) The above targets to be achieved by March 2020.
2) The above targets to be achieved by March 2018.
3) The above targets to be achieved by March 2017.
4) The above targets to be achieved by March 2019.
5) No targets assigned for these banks.

6. A small enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in plant and machinery is more than Rs.25 lakh but does not exceed ....... If an enterprise engaged in the manufacture or production, processing or preservation of goods.
1) Rs.5 crore
2) Rs.3 crore
3) Rs.2 crore
4) Rs.15 crore
5) None

7. Medium enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in plant and machinery is more than Rs.5 crore but does not exceed.... If an enterprise engaged in the manufacture or production, processing or preservation of goods.
1) Rs.50 crore
2) Rs.5 crore
3) Rs.10 crore
4) Rs.100 crore
5) None

8. As per MSMED Act 2006, if an enterprise engaged in providing or rendering of services and whose investment in equipment, it is a micro enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in equipment does not exceed ........
1) Rs.10 lakh
2) Rs.25 lakh
3) Rs.100 lakh
4) Rs.70 lakh
5) Rs.50 lakh

9. Small enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in equipment (in rendering of services) is more than Rs.10 lakh but does not exceed ........
1) Rs.10 crore
2) Rs.5 crore
3) Rs.1 crore
4) Rs.2 crore
5) Rs.20 crore

10. The medium enterprise is an enterprise where the investment in equipment (in rendering of services) is more than Rs.2 crore but does not exceed .........
1) Rs.10 crore
2) Rs.8 crore
3) Rs.50 crore
4) Rs.3 crore
5) Rs.5 crore

11. All loans to units in the KVI sector will be eligible for classification under the sub-target of 7
percent / 7.5 percent prescribed for Micro Enterprises under priority sector. KVI stands for .......
1) Khadi and Village Industries Sector
2) Khaki and Village Industries Sector
3) Khadi and Vicinity Industries Sector
4) Khadi and Village Infrastructure Sector
5) None of above

12. The credit outstanding under general credit cards also come under the 'other finance to MSMEs'. Here the general credit cards include ..........
1) Artisan Credit Card
2) Laghu Udyami Card
3) Swarojgar Credit Card
4) Weaver's Card
5) All of above

13. Prime Minister's Task Force on MSMEs headed by whom prescribed few targets for banks for lending to the Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) sector?
1) T.K.A. Nair
2) Lakdawala
3) Sundarama Ganesan
4) Pradhymna Kumar
5) None

14. Ministry of MSME, Government of India and ........ set up the Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises with a view to facilitate flow of credit to the MSE sector without the need for collaterals / third party guarantees.
1) RBI
2) IDBI
3) SIDBI
4) NABARD
5) None

15. A viable / potentially viable unit may apply for a debt restructuring if it shows early stage of sickness. It is called .........
1) debt restructuring of advances
2) debt cancellation of advances
3) debt trapping
4) debt postponement
5) None

16. RBI set guidelines on OTS for MSEs for settlement of their NPAs. OTS means ........
1) Order Time Settlement Scheme
2) One Take Settlement Scheme
3) One Time Settlement Scheme
4) One Time Score Scheme
5) None

17. RSETIs set up to provide training for MSE (Micro and Small Entrepreneurs). RSETI means .......
1) Rural Self Empowerment Training Institutes
2) Rural School Employment Training Institutes
3) Rural Study Employment Training Institutes
4) Regular Self Employment Training Institutes
5) None

18. Banks also provide assistance to the MSE entrepreneurs through their FLC. FLC stands for ........
1) Front Literacy Centre
2) Financial Literacy Centre
3) First Literacy Centre
4) Fourth Literacy Centre
5) None

19. Government of India has enacted the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (MSMED) Act, 2006. As per this act within a maximum of how many days, the buyers have to make the payments for the goods and services received by them from Micro, Small Enterprises?
1) 15 days
2) 30 days
3) 10 months
4) 2 weeks
5) 100 days

20. Union Cabinet on 30 May 2015 has given its approval for MOU between India and ...... on cooperation in the field of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
1) Sweden
2) Norway
3) Austria
4) Sri Lanka
5) USA

21. On 1 June 2015, which nation has unveiled the world's first facial recognition ATM?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Israel
4) India
5) China

22. Which bank on 29 May 2015 launched an Online Customer Acquisition Solution (OCAS)?
1) ICICI
2) IndusInd bank
3) SBI
4) Kotak Bank
5) HDFC

23. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has inaugurated New Bank Note Paper Line of 6000 MT capacity at ....... on 30 May 2015.
1) Hoshangabad, MP
2) Nashik, Maharashtra
3) Kochi, Kerala
4) Chennai, Tamilnadu
5) Shimla, HP

24. Your portfolio contains 85 percent stocks, 10 percent bonds, and 5 percent cash. Experts would agree that your portfolio is ...
1) Moderate
2) Simple
3) Soft
4) Zero
5) Aggressive

25. India’s first television channel Kisan Channel dedicated to farmers by PM on 27th May 2015. The channel belongs to .....
1) Zee
2) Sony
3) Star Plus
4) Doordarshan
5) ETV

26. Nelong Valley opened for tourists on 21 May 2015. It is in ........
1) Jharkhand
2) MP
3) Kerala
4) Uttarakhand
5) Gujarat

27. Valley of Flowers is a National Park located in West Himalaya, is in the state of .......
1) AP
2) Uttarakhand
3) Kerala
4) Tamilnadu
5) Haryana

28. The list of valleys in the world given. Locate the correct combination.
1) India - Damodar Valley
2) USA - Silicon Valley
3) Israel - Jordan Rift Valley
4) Pakistan - Swat Valley
5) All of above

29. ISIS captures Palmyra, the ancient city on 21 May 2015. It is in .......
1) Iraq
2) Afghanistan
3) Iran
4) Syria
5) None

30. ISIS stands for (terrorist organization)
1) Islamic State in Iran and Syria
2) Islamic State in Iraq and Somalia
3) Islamic Sovereignty in Iraq and Syria
4) Islamic State in Iraq and Syria
5) None of above

31. China has again termed the McMahon Line on the India - China boundary as illegal on 25 May 2015. With this, China has reaffirmed its claims on ........ which, it says, is a part of Southern Tibet.
1) Sikkim
2) Manipur
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Meghalaya
5) Assam

32. The Boundary Lines between nations given. Pick the wrong combination.
1) India and Pakistan - Radcliffe Line
2) Germany and Poland - Hindenburg Line
3) Germany and France - Maginot Line
4) Russia and Finland - Mannerheim Line
5) None

33. India and ........ signed a Joint Vision Statement on Defence Cooperation for the period 2015 - 20 recently.
1) USA
2) Japan
3) South Korea
4) Vietnam
5) Sweden

34. Who has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Nalanda University?
1) John Marshall
2) Meghnadh Desai
3) George Yeo
4) Goh Chok Tong
5) None of above

35. Arunachal Pradesh Governor is .......
1) Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa
2) P.B. Acharya
3) Krishan Kant Paul
4) V. Shanmuganathan
5) Tathagata Roy

36. Who has been appointed as the new union Cabinet Secretary with effect from 13th June'15?
1) Nripendra Mishra
2) Ajit Seth
3) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
4) R.K. Mathur
5) L.C. Goyal

37. USA Secretary of state is ........
1) John Kerry
2) William Hague
3) Sergei Lavrov
4) Wang Yi
5) Hina Rabbani Khar

38. 'Nai Roshni' is the new scheme for ..........
1) Girl Child
2) Telling India is the destination for Manufacturing
3) BPL families to have no-frill accounts
4) Leadership scheme for Minority Women
5) People to participate in the online discussion of Twitter online account with government officials.

39. On 29 May 2015, NOFN proposed to increase the scope of the project that will entail three fold increase in cost to Rs.72,778 crore from about Rs.20,000 crore approved earlier. NOFN stands for...?
1) National Origin Fiber Network
2) National Original Fiber Network
3) Ninth Optical Fiber Network
4) National Optical FAB Network
5) National Optical Fiber Network

40.  What is the theme of the Sixth Edition of National Conference on Nuclear Energy?
1) Save Earth, Protect Nuclear Energy
2) Nuclear Energy for Sustainable approach
3) Nuclear Energy: a clean energy option
4) Nuclear Energy: Future Perfect
5) None of these

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