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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI PROBATIONARY OFFICERS EXAM

1. Which of the following countries/ organizations banned the import of Alphonso mangoes from India after authorities found consignments infested with fruit flies?
1) Australia
2) USA
3) New Zealand
4) ASEAN
5) European Union

2. Thomas Cup and Uber Cup badminton tournaments will be held from May 18-25, 2014 in?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Pune
4) Bangalore
5) Hyderabad

3. As per a report published by Freedom House, an NGO, on May 1, 2014 what is India's rank in press freedom?
1) 57
2) 67
3) 78
4) 76
5) 68

4. Who became the new Chief Executive Officer of Nokia on May 1, 2014?
1) Rakesh Kapur
2) Shantanu Narayan
3) Anshu Jain
4) Rajeev Suri
5) Sunil Kaushal

5. Ashok Vemuri, an Indian- American business executive is the current Chief Executive Officer of?
1) Infosys
2) Wipro
3) Cognizant Technology Solutions
4) Tata Consultancy Services
5) iGATE Corporation

6. Which of the following Bollywood actors has been conferred with the 'Pride of the Nation' award for his role in Madras Cafe?
1) Salman Khan
2) Ajay Devgan
3) Farhan Akhtar
4) John Abraham
5) Aamir Khan

7. Which of the following is the capital city of Ukraine?
1) Ashgabat
2) Dushanbe
3) Vaduz
4) Crimea
5) Kiev

8. Green Revolution in India began in the?
1) 1960s
2) 1970s
3) 1980s
4) 1990s
5) 1950s

9. Thomas Bach is the President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). He belongs to?
1) Belgium
2) Spain
3) Germany
4) Switzerland
5) Netherlands

10. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) in 2013?
1) Justice K. N. Basha
2) Justice P.C. Pant
3) Justice T. Nandakumar Singh
4) Justice Swatantar Kumar
5) None of these

11. Intellectual Property Appellate Board has its headquarters at?
1) Mumbai
2) New Delhi
3) Kolkata
4) Chennai
5) Ahmadabad

12. Which one of the following world leaders never won the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development?
1) Sheikh Hasina
2) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
3) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
4) Angela Merkel
5) Dilma Roussef

13. Malala Yousafzai was given the International Children's Peace Prize 2013. The prize is an initiative of the Kids Rights Foundation, an organization based in?
1) New York, USA
2) London, UK
3) Stockholm, Sweden
4) Amsterdam, Netherlands
5) Oslo, Norway

14. Identify the mismatched pair?
PLAYER                      -                 SPORT
1) Chekrovolu Swuro     -               Archery
2) Gagan Jeet Bhullar      -                 Golf
3) Neha Rathi                  -              Wrestling
4) Dharmender Dalal       -                Wrestling
5) Mouma Das               -                 Shooting

15. Shaheen 2 is the name of the joint exercise between the air forces of Pakistan and?
1) USA
2) China
3) Iran
4) Afghanistan
5) None of these

16. The second ADMM (ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting) Plus was held in 2013 in?
1) India
2) Malaysia
3) Brunei
4) Indonesia
5) Philippines

17. Which city will host the 9th G20 Summit in November 2014?
1) Istanbul
2) London
3) Seoul
4) Brisbane
5) New Delhi

18. RIKEN is the largest research institute in?
1) China
2) Russia
3) Sweden
4) Norway
5) Japan

19. The Central Bank of Japan is?
1) The Senshu Bank
2) The Master Trust Bank of Japan
3) Mizuho Bank
4) Fuji Bank
5) Bank of Japan

20. The Social Security Agreement between India and which of the following countries will benefit 40 thousand persons of Indian origin in Quebec province?
1) Canada
2) Luxembourg
3) Netherlands
4) Malaysia
5) Belgium

21. Ahimsa Messenger program, an initiative to curb violence against women, was launched on August 31, 2013 in?
1) Kolkata
2) New Delhi
3) Mumbai
4) Rae Bareli
5) Amethi

22. Ahimsa Messenger program is implemented through?
1) Anganwadi centres
2) Panchayati Raj Institutions
3) Sabla Girls
4) Both 1and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

23. Ahimsa Messenger is an initiative of the Union Ministry of?
1) Home Affairs
2) Health and Family Welfare
3) Social Justice and Empowerment
4) Information and Broadcasting
5) None of these

24. Bio360 is the first Life Sciences Park in which of the following states?
1) Kerala
2) Tamil Nadu
3) Andhra Pradesh
4) Gujarat
5) Karnataka

25. An expert committee appointed to examine the current monetary policy framework of the Reserve Bank of India was headed by?
1) Anand Sinha
2) Bimal Jalan
3) Usha Thorat
4) Urjit Patel
5) Arvind Maaram

26. Federal Bank has launched the electronic version of conventional passbook called FedBook. Federal Bank is a?
1) Regional Rural Bank
2) Public Sector bank
3) Nationalized Bank
4) New Generation Private Bank
5) Old Private Bank

27. The Central Government has set up the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) in?
1) Kangra
2) Kathua
3) Gurgaon
4) Leh
5) Udhampur

28. Which of the following games will be added in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
1) Rugby Sevens
2) Golf
3) Squash
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

29. Tokyo will host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. It had previously hosted the Games in?
1) 1952
2) 1956
3) 1968
4) 1960
5) 1964

30. The government has set up a panel to assess the status of Scheduled Tribes (STs) with an aim of ensuring their uplift, particularly in socio-economic, health and education fields. The committee is headed by?
1) Virginius Xaxa
2) Aruna Roy
3) Narendra Jadhav
4) Ashis Mondal
5) Pramod Tandon

31. Which is the only state in India that has increased its forest cover in the past two decades?
1) Assam
2) Sikkim
3) Manipur
4) Meghalaya
5) Tripura

32. Pakyong Airport is under construction in?
1) West Bengal
2) Sikkim
3) Assam
4) Meghalaya
5) Tripura

33. The Ambassador of Conscience Award is the most prestigious human rights award given by the?
1) European Parliament
2) Amnesty International
3) Red Cross
4) United Nations Organization
5) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

34. Who was/ were presented the Ambassador of Conscience Award for 2013?
1) Malala Yousafzai
2) Harry Belafonte
3) Peter Gabriel
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

35. Which of the following Indian- Americans is the current Dean of Harvard Business School?
1) Vijay P. Singh
2) Kapil Parakh
3) Nitin Nohria
4) Adam Habib
5) None of these

36. Who has been reappointed as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank for a three-year period?
1) Mushtaq Ahmad
2) Parvez Ahmad
3) Abdul Hamid Banday
4) Meera Jamwal
5) Surjeet Singh

37. A Street in Winnipeg has been named after Mahatma Gandhi. Winnipeg is a city in?
1) Russia
2) UK
3) Canada
4) South Africa
5) Germany

38. Which country will host the 2015 edition of the SAFF (South Asian Football Federation) championship?
1) Nepal
2) Maldives
3) Afghanistan
4) India
5) Bangladesh

ANSWERS:

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PREACTICE QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O. EXAM

1. What is meant by Repo Rate?
1) At what rate of interest banks offer the funds to Reserve Bank of India.
2) At what rate of interest World Bank offer the funds to Central Government for not less than the period of 364 days.
3) At what rate of interest banks barrow the funds from Reserve Bank of India for short term.
4) At what rate of interest banks barrow the funds from the other banks for long term.
5) At what rate of interest Central Government barrow the funds from the other banks for long term.

2. Present Repo Rate is ...
1) 8.00 percent
2) 8.25 percent
3) 7.00 percent
4) 9.00 percent
5) 23 percent

3. The repo rate of RBI not applicable to?
1) Public Sector Banks
2) Private Sector Banks
3) SBI
4) IDBI
5) Non-Banking Finance
Companies

4. If the Repo Rate increases by Reserve Bank of India, rate of interest of the loans offered by the banks...
1) decrease
2) become zero
3) become 100 percent
4) increase
5) None of above

5. To control Inflation...
1) RBI decreases the Repo Rate
2) RBI ask the Central Government to increase the Repo Rate
3) RBI cancels the option of Repo Rate
4) RBI declares Repo Rate as zero percent
5) RBI increases the Repo Rate

6. Reverse Repo Rate means?
1) The rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from Central Government.
2) The rate at which state governments borrows money from banks.
3) The rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from banks.
4) The rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from State Government.
5) The rate at which Reserve Bank of India (RBI) borrows money from World bank.

7. The present Reverse Repo Rate is?
1) 8.25 percent
2) 8.50 percent
3) 9.00 percent
4) 23.00 percent
5) 7.00 percent

8. A financial contract that derives its value from another asset or an index of asset values is called...
1) Derivative
2) Share
3) NAV
4) Maturity
5) None

9. In the Interim Budget 2014-15, the Finance Minister promised to provide how much capital in the form of capital infusion to Public Sector banks?
1) Rs.10,000 crore
2) Rs.14,500 crore
3) Rs.8,750 crore
4) Rs.11,200 crore
5) None

10. Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G-20 major economies organized between 22 February and 24 February 2014 in?
1) Australia
2) India
3) USA
4) UK
5) Canada

11. Which private bank of India which has commenced its operations at Shanghai in China on 8 Jan 2014?
1) Kotak Mahindra Bank
2) KVB
3) Axis Bank
4) ICICI
5) YES Bank

12. Presenting the Interim budget for 2014-15, the Finance Minister P.Chidambaram proposed a venture capital fund to promote entrepreneurship among scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. What will be the initial capital for the fund?
1) Rs.200 cr
2) Rs.100 cr
3) Rs.150 cr
4) Rs.50 cr
5) Rs.250 cr

13. On 10 March 2014, the Central Government declared to build 200 low cost airports in the coming...
1) 5 years
2) 15 years
3) 100 years
4) 50 years
5) 20 years

14. In a landmark judgment, the Supreme Court recognized whom as third category of gender and directed Centre and states to grant them all facilities including voters ID, passport and driving license on 15 April 2014?
1) Lesbians
2) Homosexuals
3) 1 & 2
4) Transgender
5) None of above

15. India Inclusive Innovation Fund (IIIF) was launched by the National Innovation Council (NIC) and the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). NIC headed by?
1) Santha Sinha
2) P.L.Punia
3) Rameswar Oran
4) Sam Pitroda
5) S.Ramadorai

16. Which nation maintained the top spot in the world in foreign exchange remittances from its migratory workforce during 2013?
1) China
2) Japan
3) India
4) Zimbabwe
5) Australia

17. Global remittance flows to India have witnessed a sharp surge to $7.18 billion in 2013. Which of the following states in India is the top recipient, contributing 33% to the total remittances?
1) Gujarat
2) Kerala
3) Maharashtra
4) Odisha
5) Delhi

18. Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Plant located in...
1) Rajasthan
2) Odisha
3) West Bengal
4) AP
5) None

19. One of the famous Indian sportspersons released his/ her autobiography 'Unbreakable' in the month of December 2013. Name the sportsperson correctly?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Sushil Kumar
4) K.Srikanth
5) Mary Kom

20. 'Crusader or Conspirator? Coalgate and other Truths' written by whom released on 14 April 2014 in New Delhi?
1) Sanjaya Baru
2) Pavan Choudary
3) PC Parakh
4) Kushwanth Singh
5) None of above

21. Global Indian Award conferred on whom on 26 April 2014 for his remarkable vision and leadership?
1) Sam Pitroda
2) Narayana Murthy
3) Ratan Tata
4) Pallonji Mistry
5) None

22. Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen and Robert Shiller received Noble Prize 2013 in the field of Economics for their work on creating a deeper knowledge of...
1) how demand and supply determine the prices.
2) how stock markets respond to political decisions.
3) how WPI inflation method go wrong.
4) how EU crisis down the growth of world economy.
5) how market prices move.

23. Who won the Millennium Technology Prize 2014 for discoveries leading to a thousand-fold increase in digital data storage on magnetic disks?
1) Ratan Tata
2) Laxmi Nivas Mittal
3) Stuart Parkin
4) Milan Vojnovic
5) None

24. Which women Economist became the Chairman of USA Federal Reserve on 3 February 2014?
1) Navaneetham Pillai
2) Suma Chakravarthi
3) Janet Yellen
4) Christine Lagarde
5) None

25. Prime Minister of Nepal is ...
1) Sushil Koirala
2) Khil Raj Regmi
3) Baburam Bhattarai
4) Jhala Nath Khanal
5) Madhav Kumar Nepal

26. Matteo Renzi sworn in as the youngest Prime Minister of?
1) Sweden
2) Canada
3) Italy
4) Philippines
5) None

27. Abdelaziz Bouteflika elected as the President of Algeria for the fourth time consecutively on 18 April 2014. Currency of Algeria is..
1) Dinar
2) Rupee
3) Yuan
4) Dirham
5) Dollar


ANSWERS:
1-3, 2-1, 3-5, 4-4, 5-5, 6-3, 7-5, 8-1, 9-4, 10-1
11-3, 12-1, 13-5, 14-4, 15-4, 16-3, 17-2, 18-1, 19-5, 20-3,
 21-2, 22-5, 23-3, 24-3, 25-1, 26-3, 27-1

MARKETING AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI P.O. EXAM

1. What do you mean by Social Marketing?
a) Society bye-laws
b) Share market prices
c) Marketing for a social cause
d) Internet Marketing
e) None of these

2. Generation of sales leads can be improved by
a) Product designs
b) Engaging Recovery Agents
c) Being Passive
d) Increasing personal and professional contacts
e) Being very talkative

3. Marketing channels means?
a) Delivery objects
b) Sales targets
c) Delivery outlets
d) Delivery boys
e) Sales teams

4. What does CMR (Customer relationship management) means?
a) A tool for lead generation
b) An ongoing daily activity
c) The task of a DSA
d) A pre-sales activity
e) All of the above

5. Cross-selling is not effective for which one of the following products?
a) Debit cards
b) Saving accounts
c) Internet banking
d) Pension loans
e) Personal loans

6. Customization means?
a) Special products to suit each customer
b) Acquiring more customers
c) More products per customer
d) Regulating customers
e) All of the above

7. Which of the following is not an objective of pricing?
a) Profit
b) Stabilizing demand and sales of the product
c) Improvement in product quality
d) Expansion of business
e) All the above

8. Another name of semi finished product is:
a) Work
b) Work in progress
c) Progress of work
d) Slow progress
e) None of the above

9. Global marketing is:
a) The development of marketing strategies for the entire world or major regions of the world
b) Performing marketing activities across national boundaries
c) The creation of value and the exchange of value between countries
d) Having firms with operations or subsidiaries located in many countries
e) None of these

10. In Marketing Cost Analysis, Selling Expenses are allocated according to……..
a) Size of Order
b) Customers
c) Territories
d) Any of these
e) None of the above

11. Which internal factor can affect the pricing decision of enterprise?
a) Company's objective
b) Company's brand image
c) Nature
d) Marketing channel
e) All of the above

12. EMI can be marketing tool if
a) EMI is Increasing
b) It is very high
c) It is very low
d) EMI has no impact on marketing
e) EMI is a flat rate

13. Marketing Myopia is a state in which a marketer is:
a) Preoccupied with product and selling and ignores customer
b) Consumer Oriented
c) Sales Oriented
d) All of these
e) None of the above

14. Different products remain in existence for a different limited period. This is called:
a) Product life cycle
b) Product life
c) Product maturity
d) Product decline
e) Product growth cycle

15. Which of the following pricing methods are not based on competitors pricing?
a) English auction
b) Sealed bid auction
c) Going-rate pricing
d) Group pricing
e) All of the above

16. Which of the following is not related to Penetration price?
a) Initial low price
b) Is a long term policy
c) To capture the market in a gradual manner
d) Heavy advertisement & promotional expenditure necessary
e) None of the above

17. A distribution channel has several ______ Points
a) Exchange
b) Distribution
c) Selling
d) Buying
e) None of the above

18. When a Marketing Mix is tailored to suit some specific target customers, it is called…….
a) Specific Marketing
b) Target Marketing
c) General Marketing
d) Tailored Marketing
e) None of the above

19. The present value of a likely future income stream generated by an individual purchaser is
a) Customer life time value
b) Net rate of return
c) Internal rate of return
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

20. A channel is a _____Organ of Marketing
a) Live
b) Lively
c) Sterile
d) Lifeless
e) None of the above

21. Which of the following type of Marketing is Suitable to introduce a New Product?
a) Concentrated
b) Industrial
c) Target
d) Synchro
e) None of the above

22. Life Style Information helps to develop Promotional Strategies by…….
a) Giving a far more comprehensive profile of the target audience
b) Indicating as to how the product or the service fits into people's life
c) Giving a Clue as to how people would respond to the given message
d) Only 'a' & 'b' above
e) None of the above

23. Among the following forecasting techniques, which one is the Quantitative Method………
a) Panel Consensus
b) Delphi Method
c) Time- Series Method
d) Market Survey
e) None of the above

24. ROI Stands for...
a) Return on Investment
b) Rate on Interest
c) Return on Internet
d) Rule on Investment
e) None of these

25. In Green marketing, products are sold related with____
a) Blue color
b) Green Packaging
c) Polluted items
d) Eco-friendly
e) Harmful products

26. In Marketing Cost Analysis, Selling Expenses are allocated according to………..
a) Size of Order
b) Customers
c) Territories
d) Any of these
e) None of the above

27. Which of the following is not related to Penetration price?
a) Initial low price
b) Is a long term policy
c) To capture the market in a gradual manner
d) Heavy advertisement & promotional expenditure necessary
e) None of the above

28. Which internal factor can affect the pricing decision of enterprise?
a) Company's objective
b) Company's brand image
c) Nature
d) Marketing channel
e) All of the above

29. Which of the following is Buyer behavior?
a) A technique of purchase
b) A tool of advertising
c) All psychological, social and physical behavior of potential customers as they become aware of, evaluate, purchase, consume, and tell other people about product and services
d) All of these
e) None of these

30. Match the growth stage of life cycle of the product?
a) Sales low: Product making losses
b) Sales pick up: Good profit
c) Sales high: Good Profit
d) Sales pick up: Product likely to break-even
e) None of these

31. Which of the following is correct order in the product life cycle?
a) Introduction, growth, decline, maturity
b) Introduction, maturity, growth, decline
c) Introduction, maturity, decline, growth
d) Introduction, growth, maturity, decline
e) None of the above

32. In retail banking, which of the following is the beginning point of the marketing process?
a) Product itself
b) Product development
c) Product selling
d) Customer
e) All of the above

33. The customer expects the banks to be willing to help them and provide prompt service. This falls under which of the following customer expectation..
a) Care
b) Reliability
c) Responsiveness
d) Assurance
e) Respect

34. Marketing of Banking Products is a/an…
a) Tangible marketing management practice
b) Intangible marketing management practice
c) Virtual marketing management
d) All of these
e) None of these

35. 'Make or Sell' concept is related with?
a) Old Marketing Concept
b) Social marketing Concept
c) New Marketing Concept
d) All of these
e) None of these

36. Which of the following is the new marketing concept?
a) Consumers satisfaction
b) Marketing research
c) Social obligation
d) All of these
e) None of these

37. Which one of the following is a deciding factor for the expansion of turnover of a Commercial Bank?
a) Price
b) Product
c) Place
d) Promotion
e) All of these

38. The unbranded and undifferentiated
products are called?
a) Potential products
b) Expected products
c) Augmented products
d) Generic products
e) All of the above

39. Which is the most important factor for positioning a product?
a) Unique selling proposition
b) Customer's mind
c) Advertisement and publicity
d) All of these
e) None of these

40. For the existence of a product, which of the following is not a threat?
a) Changing in the customer preferences
b) Changing in the environment
c) Competition
d) None of these
e) All of these

41. Marketing use 'Unique Selling Point' (USP) or 'Unique Selling proposition' for?
a) Bringing a new product
b) Product differentiation
c) Selling a product
d) All of these
e) None of these

42. New product idea is generated from:
a) In-house ideas of the employees associated with the product
b) Market Research based on customer expectation
c) Suggestions solicited from staff members
d) All of these
e) None of these

43. Foreign banks, for their retail banking business, mainly make use of:
a) In house source
b) Partial outsourcing
c) End to end outsourcing
d) Mostly outsourcing based on business model
e) None of the above

44. P/V Ratio stands for?
a) Product volume ratio
b) Product value
c) Profit Volume Ratio
d) Product variation
e) None of these

ANSWERS:

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI P.O. EXAM

1. The World Health Organization (WHO) in a study of 1600 cities ranked which city as the world's worst city for air pollution?
1) New Delhi
2) Mumbai
3) Kolkata
4) London
5) New York

2. Alenka Bratusek resigned as the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on May 5, 2014?
1) Serbia
2) Slovenia
3) Slovakia
4) San Marino
5) Montenegro

3. Who won the World Snooker Championship title at The Crucible, Sheffield, England in May 2014?
1) John Higgins
2) Ronnie O' Sullivan
3) Mark Selby
4) Shaun Murphy
5) Alan McManus

4. Who assumed office as the President of Costa Rica on May 8, 2014?
1) Helio Fallas Venegas
2) Johnny Araya Monge
3) Alfio Piva
4) Luis Guillermo Solis
5) Oscar Arias

5. India's first indigenous refinerycum- petrochemicals complex will come up at Pachpadra in Barmer district of?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Gujarat
3) Himachal Pradesh
4) Haryana
5) Rajasthan

6. The first Sree Narayana Guru Global Secular and Peace Award 2013 has been conferred on?
1) Oommen Chandy
2) Sachin Pilot
3) Shashi Tharoor
4) V. Narayanasamy
5) Sheila Dixit

7. The commodity forward trading regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is now under the administrative control of the Finance Ministry. Previously FMC was regulated by the Ministry of?
1) Rural Development
2) Commerce and Industry
3) Corporate Affairs
4) Consumer Affairs
5) Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

8. Which State has been selected for the 2013 National Literacy Award?
1) Jharkhand
2) Uttarakhand
3) Chhattisgarh
4) Bihar
5) Rajasthan

9. The Reserve Bank of India constituted a committee on Customer Service in Banks. The Committee was headed by?
1) M. Damodaran
2) M. Rajyalakshmi Rao
3) Ashok Rawat
4) M.V. Nair
5) M. Sundara Rajan

10. The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has formed a committee to examine the recommendation made by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on pricing of spectrum. The Committee is chaired by?
1) Anil Kaushal
2) Sam Pitroda
3) Rahul Khullar
4) C. Rangarajan
5) None of these

11. Which two countries held talks for the first time in three decades in September 2013?
1) USA - North Korea
2) USA - Cuba
3) North Korea - South Korea
4) USA - Iran
5) India - Myanmar

12. Which country awarded the 2013 Whistleblower Prize to Edward Snowden?
1) Russia
2) Germany
3) Ecuador
4) UK
5) France

13. The Finance Ministry oversees operations of several regulators. Which of the following is not one of them?
1) SEBI
2) IRDA
3) PFRDA
4) FMC
5) TRAI

14. The United Nations Organization designated which of the following days as the International Day of Charity?
1) September 15
2) September 16
3) September 3
4) September 9
5) September 5

15. A nuclear power plant will be built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) at Mithi Virdi village in?
1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Bihar
5) Odisha

16. Which country has developed the world's first Zinc-enriched rice variety capable of fighting diarrhea and pneumonia-induced childhood deaths and stunt growth?
1) India
2) Philippines
3) Bangladesh
4) China
5) Pakistan

17. WZ-10 is an attack helicopter recently launched by?
1) Israel
2) Pakistan
3) India
4) China
5) Japan

18. The inaugural Mahathir Award for Global Peace was given to Nelson Mandela in 2013. Which country gives this award?
1) Indonesia
2) Brunei
3) Turkey
4) Afghanistan
5) Malaysia

19. Which city hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in September 2013?
1) Moscow, Russia
2) Yekaterinburg, Russia
3) Beijing, China
4) Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
5) Shanghai, China

20. Which one of the following countries is not an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?
1) Afghanistan
2) India
3) Iran
4) Mongolia
5) Japan

21. Sebastiaan Bowier has broken the bicycle world speed record recently. He belongs to?
1) Germany
2) Netherlands
3) UK
4) Spain
5) France

22. Which Indian company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Singapore Airlines to launch a joint-venture airline?
1) Aditya Birla Group
2) Yash Birla Group
3) Tata Sons
4) Reliance
5) Bajaj

23. The Imperial Bank of India came into existence on January 27,
1921 on the advice of?
1) Winston Churchill
2) Lord Illingworth
3) J.M .Keynes
4) Lord Curzon
5) King George V

24. In India, the commercial banks are given license of operation by the?
1) Ministry of Finance
2) Finance Commission
3) Government of India
4) Planning Commission
5) None of these

25. Which one of the following is not an international organization?
1) SAARC
2) ASEM
3) ASEAN
4) CBDT
5) SCO

26. The Indian Diamond Institute is located in?
1) New Delhi
2) Surat
3) Mumbai
4) Jaipur
5) Nagpur

27. Martyrs' Day is observed on?
1) January 9
2) January 15
3) January 30
4) January 24
5) January 25

28. The State of Food Insecurity in the World Report is published every year by?
1) The Food and Agriculture Organization
2) The International Fund for Agriculture Development
3) The World Food Program
4) Both 1 and 2
5) All 1, 2 and 3

29. According to the new State of Food Insecurity in the World 2013 report, how many million people suffered from chronic hunger during 2011-13?
1) 842 million
2) 620 million
3) 773 million
4) 752 million
5) 653 million

30. China has launched its first Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) in?
1) Beijing
2) Shanghai
3) Canton
4) Shenzhen
5) Guangzhou

31. Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute is located in?
1) Ranchi
2) Jhansi
3) Patna
4) Karnal
5) Gurgaon

32. The Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) was first introduced in?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Andhra Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Maharashtra

33. Which of the following is/are source/s of agricultural credit in India?
1) RRBs
2) Moneylenders
3) Commercial Banks
4) Both 1 and 3
5) All 1,2 and 3

34. Which of the following is known as the 'City of Canals'?
1) Amsterdam
2) Rome
3) Venice
4) Athens
5) Paris

35. Africa is separated from Europe by?
1) Red Sea
2) Mediterranean Sea
3) Atlantic Ocean
4) Persian Gulf
5) None of these

36. The President's rule under Article 356 of the Constitution of India remains valid in the State for a maximum period of?
1) One month
2) Three months
3) Six months
4) One year
5) Two years

37. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
 COUNTRY  -  CAPITAL
1) Venezuela   -     Bogotá
2) New Zealand  -   Auckland
3) Colombia       -     Caracas
4) Cyprus        -   Nicosia
5) Chile             -  Quito

38. Dampa Tiger Reserve is the largest wildlife sanctuary in?
1) Mizoram
2) Assam
3) Nagaland
4) Rajasthan
5) Tripura

39. Which country won the 2013 SAFF Football championship in Kathmandu, Nepal?
1) Afghanistan
2) India
3) Sri Lanka
4) Nepal
5) Pakistan

40. Which one of the following books is written by Ramachandra Guha?
1) India and Malaysia :Intertwined Strand
2) The King's Deception
3) Narcopolis
4) The Lowland
5) Gandhi Before India

ANSWERS:

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

Marketing Awareness Practice Questions for SBI P.O. Exam

1. Price is the -------- of a Product expressed in terms of .....
a) Quantity, Money
b) Quantity, Cost
c) Value, Money
d) Value, Cost
e) None of the above

2. Price is one of the four P’s of.....
a) Product Mix
b) Promotion Mix
c) Marketing Mix
d) Market Characteristics
e) None of the above

3. Who said “Stock Exchange is an association of Brokers”?
a) Pankaj Parshar
b) Philip Kotler
c) Vinobha Bhave
d) L.H. Haney
e) None of the above

4. Super Market is a form of ..... Scale Retailing
a) Small
b) Medium
c) Large
d) Any of these
e) None of the above

5. Who among the following related to Merchant Middle Men?
a) Wholesalers
b) Retailers
c) Brokers
d) Both ‘a’ & ‘b’
e) None of the above

6. What are the causes of high marketing cost .....
a) Advertisement charges
b) Packages expense
c) Trade Mark Charges
d) Transportation cost
e) All of the above

7. Study on various stages of Distribution Network is covered under _____ Research
a) Audit
b) Retail
c) Trade
d) Panel
e) None of the above

8. Effective Selling Skills depends on:
a) Number of languages known to the DSA
b) Data on marketing staff
c) Information regarding IT market
d) Knowledge of related markets
e) Ability to talk fast

9. The general objective of Marketing Cost Analysis is to:
a) Obtain cost data for selling expense budget
b) Determine relative profitability of various sales & marketing operations
c) Keep expenses in line with sales expenses
d) Analyze costs by territory
e) None of the above

10. Sales Promotion is a Sales Tool to be used as……..
a) Short term sales stimulate
b) Medium term sales stimulate
c) Long term sales stimulate
d) All of these
e) None of the above

11. Sampling and Couponing are the effective tools for:
a) Trade Promotion
b) Consumer Promotion
c) Sales Force Promotion
d) All of these
e) None of the above

12. If production and consumption of services takes place simultaneously, the process is called:
a) Servuction
b) Marketing of Intangibles
c) Production Process of tangibles
d) Direct Marketing
e) None of the above

13. Promotional Activities are also known as:
a) Promotional Mix
b) Product Mix
c) Marketing Mix
d) Place Mix
e) None of the above

14. ICDT means?
a) Investment, Communication, Transaction and Distribution
b) Internet, Carrier, Transaction and Distribution
c) Information, Communication, Transaction and Distribution
d) Internet, Communication, Transport and Distribution
e) Information, Communication, Transportation and Distribution

15. Which one of the following emphasizes Personal Selling:
a) Pull
b) Push
c) Personal Price
d) Product Quality
e) None of the above

16. The Dispersion Activity is mainly performed by?
a) Retailers
b) Producers
c) Suppliers
d) Wholesalers
e) Stockiest

17. Which of the followings is/ are an element of Advertising .....
a) Non- Personal Communications
b) Personal Communications
c) Informal Communications
d) Both 'a' & 'b'
e) None of the above

18. Catalogues, mailings, telemarketing etc can be classified as:
a) Advertising
b) Sales promotion
c) Public relation
d) Direct marketing
e) None of these

19. Which of the following is related to Personal Selling?
a) Impersonal Activities
b) Mass Communications
c) Use of Written, Oral & Visual Message
d) Face to Face contact with Buyer
e) None of the above

20. Convenience is the best example of
a) Primary Buying Motive
b) Secondary Buying Motive
c) First Motive
d) Complicated Motive
e) Single Motive

21. Which of the following information creates problems of the Management?
a) Paucity of Informational
b) Oversupply of Information
c) Tabulation of Information
d) All of these
e) None of these

22. Marketing Strategy Consists of two main components. They are ... ?
a) Marketing objective and Promotion
b) Marketing mix and Marketing objective
c) Target market and Marketing mix
d) Target markets and Promotions
e) None of these

23. The focus of modern marketing also includes:
a) Customer relationship management
b) Product management
c) Efficient customer service
d) All of the above.
e) None of the above.

24. Which of the following term does not contain in ‘Product Life Cycle’?
a) Inflation
b) Saturation
c) Growth
d) Maturity
e) Introduction

25. Who among of the following are the ultimate users of the Marketing Information System:
a) The customers of the firm
b) The decision makers of the firm
c) The competitors of the firm
d) Both ‘a’ & ‘b’
e) None of the above

26. Life Style Information helps to develop Promotional Strategies by .....
a) Giving a far more comprehensive profile of the target audience
b) Indicating as to how the product or the service fits into people’s life
c) Giving a Clue as to how people would respond to the given message
d) Only ‘a’ & ‘b’ above
e) None of the above

27. Concentric,Horizontal and Conglomerate are three types of ...
a) Product Development
b) Product Modification
c) Diversification
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

28. Among the following forecasting techniques, which one is the Quantitative Method .....
a) Panel Consensus
b) Delphi Method
c) Time- Series Method
d) Market Survey
e) None of the above

29. Product mix has Product Width. Product Width consists of:
a) Product lines
b) Product items only
c) Product depth only
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

30. Which of the following Price Deals are a form of Promotions
a) Consumer
b) Dealer
c) Sales Force
d) Both ‘a’ & ‘b’
e) None of the above

31. Normally cost forms the..... of the price
a) Ceiling
b) Floor
c) Cost is not considered while pricing
d) a & c
e) None of the above

32. Which of the following method is used to decide the Advertising Method .....
a) Market Share Approach
b) Task & Objective Method
c) Concurrent Test Method
d) Both ‘a’ & ‘b’
e) None of the above

33. Loss ledger Pricing, special event pricing, cash discounts are examples of:
a) Psychological pricing
b) Promotional pricing
c) Geographical Pricing
d) All of the above
e) None of the above

34. Product Research deals with the problems facing the:
a) Product Planning
b) Marketing Planning
c) Organizational Planning
d) Administrative Planning
e) None of the above

35. The target market for Debit Cards is:
a) All existing account-holders
b) All agriculturist
c) All DSAs
d) All Vendors
e) All outsourced agents

ANSWERS:

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

GENERAL AWARENESS MCQs FOR SBI PROBATIONARY OFFICERS EXAM

1. Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low-
Income Households headed by ....
1) C.Rangarajan
2) Y.V.Reddy
3) Nachiket Mor
4) Urjit Patel
5) None

2. On 7 January 2014, which panel suggested sweep changes in the banking structure?
1) Deepak Mohanthy
2) Chaturvedi
3) K.C.Chakravarthy
4) Bimal Jalan
5) Nachiket Mor

3. As per the Nachiket Mor committee, the banks exclusively should be established for
the welfare of..
1) low income households
2) industries
3) small scale industries
4) bankers
5) All of above

4. By what date every adult citizen of India must hold a savings account as per the
report of Nachiket Mor?
1) 31 March 2015
2) 1 Jan 2016
3) 31 Dec 2015
4) 15 Dec 2016
5) 31 March 2016

5. To provide payment services and deposit products to small businesses and lowincome
households, what types of banks suggested by Nachiket Mor committee report, submitted on 7 January 2014?
1) Deposit banks
2) Ultra small branches
3) Satellite banks
4) PI banks
5) Payment banks

6. Nachiket Mor Committee suggested in the payment banks the maximum balance must
be allowed upto .......
1) Rs.10000
2) Rs.25000
3) Rs.40000
4) Rs.50,000
5) Rs.5000

7. Which committee suggested the facility for withdrawal, payment and deposit should be
set up within a 15-minutes walking distance for any person anywhere in the country?
1) Vijay Bhaskar
2) Anil Kumar Sharma
3) Nachiket Mor
4) C.Rangarajan
5) None of above

8. Payment banks can initiate the establishment with minimum core capital of....
1) Rs.50 crore
2) Rs.150 crore
3) Rs.500 crore
4) Rs.100 crore
5) None

9. A combination of ........ must be issued to each citizen of India as per Nachiket Mor
committee?
1) Savings account and Aadhar Card
2) Savings Account and PAN card
3) Passport and Savings Account
4) Aadhar card and Ration card
5) None

10. In his 7th January 2014 committee report, Nachiket Mor preferred ....
1) banks continue the low base rate system to rural and Agricultural households.
2) to drop the banks give less base rate to Agriculture and RBI should give them directly.
3) to increase the banks present system of low base rate system to Agriculture.
4) to lift the present low base rate system to Agriculture sector, instead give direct benefit to farmers.
5) None

11. On the regulatory front, Nachiket Mor committee suggested...
1) continuation of SLR
2) increase SLR
3) merge both SLR and CRR
4) only public sector banks should follow SLR
5) gradual abolition of SLR

12. Which bank got the government permission for its Rs.9,576 - crore capital - raising plan
through the Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) route?
1) PNB
2) OBC
3) SBI
4) RBI
5) Indian Bank

13. On 22 March 2014, which committee submitted the "Report of the Committee to Recommend Data Format for Furnishing of Credit Information to Credit Information Companies"?
1) Usha Thorat
2) Nachiket Mor
3) Anand Guru
4) Narasimham
5) Aditya Puri

14. Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project for Low Income States of Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh to be funded by .......
1) IMF
2) IDA
3) World Bank
4) ODA
5) ADB

15. The statements related to NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies)
details are given. Pick up wrong statement.
1) Established in 1988.
2) Head office located in New Delhi.
3) It is established to facilitate business and trade in software and services and to encourage advancement of research in software technology.
4) Its present Chairman is R.Chandrasekaran
5) It is integral part of ASSOCHAM

16. Lara Super Thermal Power Project is in ......
1) Jharkand
2) Chhattisgarh
3) Tamilnadu
4) Odisha
5) Assam

17. Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance recommended raising the income tax exemption limit to Rs.3 lakh on 1 April 2014. Who is the head of this committee?
1) Yashwant Sinha
2) P.Chidambaram
3) Jaswanth Singh
4) Manmohan Singh
5) None of above

18. On 14 April 2014, the Economic Affairs Secretary Arvind Mayaram has been designated as ......
1) Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
2) Chief Advisor to Finance Minister of India
3) Advisor to Planning Commission
4) Chief Economist, World Bank
5) Finance Secretary

19. Present Chairman of National Human Rights Commission is .....
1) K.G.Balakrishnan
2) P.L.Punia
3) Rameshwar Oran
4) Ramadorai. S
5) None of the above

20. Who was appointed as the interim president of the Indian cricket board for IPL affairs, in
place of the tainted incumbent N. Srinivasan on 28 March 2014?
1) Deepak Parekh
2) Saurav Ganguly
3) Sunil Gavaskar
4) Alan Issac
5) None

21. Who heads the committee constituted by Union of India to study and examine the demand of a separate Bodoland state?
1) Sushil Kumar Shinde
2) K. Sivaramakrishnan
3) G.K. Pillai
4) A.K. Singh
5) None

22. Ramanujan Mathematics Award 2014 conferred on .......
1) Sakuntala Devi
2) K. Chandrasekharan
3) Anand Kumar
4) Akshay Venkatesh
5) None of the above

23. Who has been recently conferred with Polio Eradication Champion Award?
1) Amitabh Bacchan
2) Amir Khan
3) Sheila Dikshit
4) Manmohan Singh
5) None

24. Shigeru Ban won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014 on 25 March 2014. He won the
award for his creative and inexpensive designs for disaster relief shelters. He belongs to ........
1) China
2) Russia
3) Korea
4) Japan
5) Sweden
25. Global remittance flows to India have witnessed a sharp surge to $7.18 billion in 2013. Which of
the following states in India is the top recipient, contributing 33% to the total remittances?
1) Gujrat
2) Kerala
3) Maharashtra
4) Odisha
5) Delhi

26. The first unit of coal based Kalisindh Super Thermal Power Plant commenced power generation in Jhalawar district in which of the following states recently?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) AP
3) Gujarat
4) Maharashtra
5) Rajasthan

27. Unaccustomed Earth, The Namesake, Interpreter of Maladies are written by ......
1) Jumpha Lahiri
2) Kushwanth Singh
3) Chetan Bhagath
4) Robin Sharma
5) None

28. ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, The Cuckoo's Calling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" written by ......
1) Shidney Sheldon
2) Salman Rusdie
3) J.K.Rowling
4) Vikram Seth
5) George Bernard Shaw

29. For Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2014 on 8 April 2014, which book of Jhumpa
Lahiri was selected?
1) The Lowland
2) The Namesake
3) The Kills
4) The Spinning Heart
5) None

30. World Water day observed on every .....
1) 22 April
2) 22 January
3) 22 March
4) 22 June
5) None
31. Who recommended the creation of World Water day in 1992?
1) UNO
2) UNESCO
3) UNCED
4) IWA
5) None

32. On the recommendation of UNCED (United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development), UNO Celebrating world water day from ......
1) 1992
2) 1995
3) 2001
4) 1991
5) 1993

33. Nirbheek is ......
1) Indian Navy ship
2) Missile
3) Government of India new program to protect woman.
4) Lightweight revolver designed by Indian Ordnance Factory to protect the women.
5) None

34. Miami Masters title again won by .....
1) Rafael Nadal
2) Roger Federer
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Andy Murray
5) None of above

35. Who won silver medal of 10 m Air Pistol Women at the ISSF World Cup held in USA?
1) Tejaswini Sawan
2) Rajeswari Perumal
3) Heena Sidhu
4) Deepika Kumari
5) Anjali Bhagwat

36. Ukraine acting President on 13 April 2014 said Russian forces are behind riots in his nation. Who is the acting president of Ukraine?
1) Oleksandr Turchynov
2) Arseniy Yatsenyuk
3) Roduyu Tothenk
4) Vladimir Putin
5) None of above

ANSWERS:

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

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE MCQs FOR SBI P.O. EXAM

1. Which country test-fired a short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), capable of carrying nuclear warheads to a range of 290 kilometers in April 2014?
1) Afghanistan
2) Iran
3) Iraq
4) Pakistan
5) Israel

2. Suresh K. Reddy was appointed as India's first Ambassador to the separate Indian Mission to ASEAN and East Asia Summit in April 2014. Currently he is the Ambassador of India to?
1) China
2) Iraq
3) Saudi Arabia
4) UAE
5) Mongolia

3. 'Hard Choices' is an upcoming book written by?
1) Barack Obama
2) Janet Yellen
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Ben Bernanke
5) Bill Clinton

4. Who was appointed as the new Finance Secretary in April 2014?
1) R.P. Watal
2) Rajiv Takru
3) Ravi Mathur
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) G.S.Sandhu

5. Which team won the I-League football title for the first time in Margao on April 21, 2014?
1) Bengaluru FC
2) Dempo Sports Club
3) Churchill Brothers
4) Salgaocar Sport Club
5) Mohun Bagan

6. Rosatom is the State Atomic Energy Corporation of which of the following countries?
1) USA
2) UK
3) Germany
4) France
5) Russia
7. Who is the author of the book "Freedom from Fear"?
1) Benazir Bhutto
2) Taslima Nasreen
3) Aung San Suu Kyi
4) Nelson Mandela
5) Mother Teresa

8. Dinar is the currency of which of the following countries?
1) Sudan
2) Myanmar
3) Afghanistan
4) Indonesia
5) None of these

9. No Frills Accounts help which of the following sections of customers?
1) Students
2) Retired people
3) Weaker sections of society
4) High value customers
5) None of these

10. Which of the following agencies is not associated with the functioning of financial sector in India?
1) NABARD
2) ECGC
3) EXIM Bank
4) IRDA
5) UGC

11. What is the full form of TDS?
1) Total Discount Subtracted
2) Tax During Service
3) Tax Due on Services
4) Tax Deducted at Source
5) None of these

12. Which of the following terms is not used in the field of banking/finance?
1) Liquidity position
2) Repo Rate
3) SWAP rates
4) Cash Withdrawal Tax
5) Cold War

13. Which of the following trophies/cups is associated with the game of Golf?
1) Topolino Trophy
2) America Cup
3) Jaya Laxmi Cup
4) Corbillion Cup
5) None of these

14. Which one of the following terms and their full forms is not correctly matched?
1) IPO - Initial Public Offer
2) PAN - Permanent Account Number
3) GDCF - Gross Domestic Capital Formation
4) IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
5) OECD - Organization for Exporters Coordination and Development

15. Which of the following is/are not decided by the Finance Minister while presenting Union Budgetevery year?
1) Rate of Income Tax
2) Expenditure on Defense Services
3) Reverse Repo Rate
4) Revenue expected from various sources
5) Both 1 and 2

16. Which of the following statements is correct?
1) Commercial banks are non institutional sources of credit
2) Balance of payment is related to diplomatic relations
3) The reverse mortgage scheme was launched to help youngsters
4) The term 'Power of Attorney' refers to power entrusted to a person of authority
5) Repo rate is covered under the RBI monetary and credit policy

17. Which of the following books is written by Arun Shourie?
1) A Secular Agenda
2) A Bend in the River
3) A Suitable Boy
4) A House for Mr Biswas
5) A China Passage

18. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed every year on?
1) December 5
2) December 2
3) November 2
4) October 5
5) November 5

19. Who is the author of the novel 'The Trial'?
1) Franz Kafka
2) Jane Austen
3) George Eliot
4) Jeffrey Archer
5) Ayan Rand

20. Bharat Ratna was awarded to Mother Teresa in the year?
1) 1979
2) 1980
3) 1982
4) 1976
5) 1971

21. The authority to alter the boundaries of States in India rests with the?
1) President
2) Prime Minister
3) Parliament
4) Concerned State governments
5) None of these

22. The 'Doing Business Report" is prepared every year by which of the following organizations?
1) World Bank
2) ADB
3) IMF
4) WTO
5) WEF

23. Which of the following is an example of plantation agriculture?
1) Paddy
2) Wheat
3) Coffee
4) Jowar
5) Vegetables

24. Farakka irrigation project is in?
1) Uttar Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) West Bengal
4) Odisha
5) Jharkhand

25. Which Commission is appointed by the President under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution?
1) Finance Commission
2) Women's Commission
3) Union Public Service Commission
4) Election Commission
5) Planning Commission

26. Which is the oldest airline in the world still operating?
1) KLM airlines
2) Air Canada
3) Qantas Airways
4) Lufthansa
5) Garuda

27. OTEC stands for?
1) Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
2) Oil and Thermal Energy Conservation
3) Oil and Thermal Energy Convention
4) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
5) None of these

28. Which of the following cities is the capital of Kazakhstan?
1) Bishkek
2) Riga
3) Astana
4) Bamako
5) Zagreb

29. Which of the following organizations is projected as a bridge between South Asia and
South East Asia?
1) ASEAN
2) SAARC
3) BRICS
4) BIMSTEC
5) MIST

30. A permanent secretariat of BIMSTEC will be established in?
1) New Delhi, India
2) Thimphu, Bhutan
3) Dhaka, Bangladesh
4) Kathmandu, Nepal
5) Colombo, Sri Lanka



ANSWERS:

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

SBI P.O. Exam Marketing Awareness Practice Questions

1. What is the main feature of Marketing? It is ___ oriented
a) Demand
b) Production
c) Consumer
d) Competition
e) None of the above

2. The postal department charges a higher price for “speed post” service compared to “ordinary
postal” services. This can be classified as:
a) I degree discriminatory pricing
b) II degree discriminatory pricing
c) III degree discriminatory pricing
d) Psychological pricing
e) None of these

3. The Product, the Price, the Promotional activities and the Distribution system are the four inputs,
together known as ___ mix
a) Product
b) Marketing
c) Promotional
d) Place
e) None of the above

4. ''Find wants and Fill them'' is a theme described in which concept
a) Selling
b) Marketing
c) Product
d) Production
e) None of the above

5. Which among these is channel of Direct Marketing?
a) Direct mail
b) Sales Call
c) Both a and b
d) None of these
e) All the above

6. Modern Marketing Concept lays great importance on the freedom of the :
a) Producer
b) Seller
c) Consumer
d) Advertiser
e) None of the above

7. Which of the following consists of Analyzing marketing opportunities, Developing marketing strategies & Managing the marketing efforts
a) Marketing Functions
b) Marketing Process
c) Marketing Strategies
d) Marketing Opportunities
e) None of the above

8. Dell computers take orders from the customers directly through the internet and delivers the
product to Customer’s doorstep. This is a combination of:
a) Zero level distribution & Pull strategy
b) Zero level distribution & Push strategy
c) Two level distribution & Pull strategy
d) None of these
e) All the above

9. Which of the following characteristics is not related to the Services ?
a) Tangible Nature
b) Intangible Nature
c) Cannot be Stored
d) Heterogeneous
e) None of the above

10. Which of the following element in the marketing mix is subject to legal control?
a) Product
b) Distribution
c) Promotional
d) Price
e) None of the above

11. There are five main factors influencing channel section. They are product characteristics, market characteristic and ___.
a) Company resources, competitor
b) Consumer behavior, competitor
c) Geographical consideration, competition
d) Company resources, consumer behavior
e) None of these

12. Research on analysis of Sales Potentials is covered under:
a) Research on Product
b) Research on Market
c) Research on Promotions
d) Research on Sales Forecasting
e) None of the above

13. The formal marketing research can be viewed as a series of Steps called as ‘Research
a) Design
b) Process
c) Problem
d) Report
e) None of the above

14. ‘Market Demand’ is generally:
a) More than market potential
b) Less than market potential
c) Equal to market potential
d) Fluctuating over and below market potential
e) None of the above

15. Services are characterized by :
a) Absence of Inventory
b) Perish ability
c) Tangibility
d) ‘a’ & ‘b’ above
e) None of the above

16. ‘Product Line & Product Mix’, the important areas are covered by which of the following policy?
a) Product
b) Distribution
c) Promotion
d) Price
e) None of the above

17. Introduction, Growth ___ & ___ .are the four stages of Product Life Cycle.
a) Maturity, Saturation
b) Maturity, Decline
c) Decline, Maturity
d) Saturation, Maturity
e) None of the above

18. Sales Promotion Measures are suitable to achieve ____ term goals?
a) Short
b) Medium
c) Medium- Long
d) Long
e) None of the above

19. Length, Width, Depth & Consistency are the four Dimensions of
a) Product Item
b) Product Line
c) Product Mix
d) Marketing Mix
e) None of the above

20. Market can be classified into different types based on:
a) Geographical Area
b) Products
c) Nature of transaction
d) Volume of transaction
e) All the above.

21. Which do not need focus on storage, protective packaging and transportation and Distribution channel?
a) Service marketing
b) Promotion mix
c) Inventory
d) None of these
e) All the above

22. Which of the following is related to Brand Name?
a) Term
b) Words
c) Letters
d) Both ‘b’ & ‘c’
e) None of the above

23. A set of assets & Liabilities linked to a Brand is termed as :
a) Brand Mark
b) Brand Equity
c) Brand Line
d) Brand Loyalty
e) None of the above

24. A Brand or that part of the Brand which is Legally protected is called as
a) Trade Mark
 b) Brand Equity
c) Brand Name
d) Brand Valuation
e) None of the above

25. Marketing is a:
a) Political activity
b) Legal activity
c) Socio-economic activity
d) All of the above
e) None of these.

26. Trademark is a name or mark which should be
a) Registered
b) Legalized
c) Franchised
d) Both ’a’ & ‘b’
e) None of the above

27. Test Marketing is frequently used as :
a) Business Analysis
b) Managerial Control Function
c) Predictive Research Function
d) All of these
e) None of the above

28. Which of the following is not a level of product?
a) Core
b) Augmented
c) Potential
d) Fragmented
e) None of these

29. These days banks also use intermediaries to reach the target customers and to improve usage of their products____ is a /are such intermediaries.
a) Direct selling agents
b) Merchants accepting cards
c) Finance companies
d) All of the above
e) None of these

30. Which type of Market will be formed based on the volume of transactions?
a) Retail Market
b) Wholesale Market
c) Scattered Market
d) (a) and (b)
e) None of these

31. Product research deals with the Analysis of
a) Demand & Supply
b) Product Line
c) Advertisement Effectiveness
d) Physical Distribution
e) None of the above

32. During which stage of the ‘Product Life Cycle’ Profits are normally Negative or Very Nominal:
a) Introduction
b) Growth
c) Decline
d) Maturity
e) None of the above

33. Which of the following is a function of Packaging?
a) Protection
b) Promotion
c) Convenience
d) All of these
e) None of the above

34. A promotion strategy which is directed at channel members to induce them to purchase the
product and sell them to the final consumer is called:
a) Promotion strategy
b) Marketing strategy
c) Selling strategy
d) Push Strategy
e) Pull Strategy

35. Modern management of business enterprises recognizes the importance of:
a) Customer satisfaction
b) Entrepreneur wealth and health
c) worker's welfare activities
d) Taxation authorities
e) None of the above

36. Product Mix is the focus of Marketing and ___ Efforts
a) Making
b) Producing
c) Innovating
d) Manufacturing
e) None of the above

37. Penetration Pricing means:
a) Product penetration into markets to hold a position
b) Adopting low prices in the initial stages
c) Both ’a’ &’ b’
d) only b
e) None of the above

ANSWERS:

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