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16. What is the full form of the term PIARC ?(A) Permanent International Association of Road Congress(B) Permanent Indian Association of Road Congress(C) Permanent International Accident of Road Congress(D) Permanent International Association of Rapid Congress
(E) None of theseAns (A)
17. What is the percentage of the African countries in the earth areas ?(A) 28%(B) 18%(C) 20%(D) 25%(E) 35%Ans (C)
18. International womens day is celebrated every year on (A) January 26
(B) March 8(C) August 26(D) December 8(E) None of theseAns (B)
19. Gary Kirsten signed a two year contract with BCCI to coach the Indian Cricket team, belongsto :(A) South Africa(B) England(C) West Indies(D) Australia
(E) New ZealandAns (A)
20. Capital formation in an economy depends on :(A) Total income(B) Total savings(C) Total demand(D) Total Production(E) None of theseAns (D)
21. The National Old age Pension Scheme has now been extended to cover the entire BPLpeople above- of age
(A) 55 years(B) 60 years(C) 62 years(D) 65 years(E) None of theseAns (D)
22. According to the Union Finance Minister , by which year will India become middle incomenation ?
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(A) 2015(B) 2025(C) 2030(D) 2032(E) 2040Ans (B)
23. Who has been conferred to Miss India World 2008 ?(A) Simran Kaur Mundi(B) Tanvi Vyas(C) Parvathy Omanakuttan(D) Pooja Chitgopekar(E) None of theseAns (C)
24. The 20th Interpol Asian Regional Conference was held in March 2008 at _(A) India(B) Hong Kong
(C) Kuala Lumpur(D) Moscow(E) None of theseAns (B)
25. Who is the new Chief Minister of Nagaland ?(A) Manik Sarkar(B) Neiphiu Rio(C) Donkupar Roy(D) Lapang(E) None of theseAns (B)
. The Foreign Exchange Reserve of India are kept in the custody of(A) World Bank
(B) International Monetary Fund
(C) Prime Minister Rahat Kosh
(D) Reserve Bank of India
(E) None of these
2. The Reserve Bank of India issues coins and notes of various denominations. At present RBI does not
issue coins of which of the following denominations ?
(A) 10 paise(B) 20 paise
(C) 25 paise
(D) 50 paise
(E) 100 Rupee
3. The European Union has adopted which of the following as a common currency ?
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(A) Dollar
(B) Dinar
(C) Yen
(D) Peso
(E) Euro
4. Various Banks in the country have installed machines which disburse money to general public. These
machines are called
(A) Coin dispensing machines
(B) ATMs
(C) Debit CardMachines
(D) Ledger Machines
(E) None of these
5. Which of the following names is not associated with theinsurance business in India ?
(A) Bajaj Allianz
(B) LIC
(C) GIC
(D) Tata AIG
(E) GE Money
6. Commodity Exchanges at various places in India are trading in many metals like gold, silver, etc. Many
times we read in newspapers that gold no more has emained the highest trading option and has been
replaced by a non-traditional metal known as
(A) copper
(B) steel
(C) zinc
(D) white gold
(E) None of these
7. Which of the following is known as Plastic money ?
1. Demand Draft
2. Credit Card
3. Debit Card
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 2 and 3
(E) All 1, 2 and 3
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8. Many a time we see a term in newspapers IPO. What is the full form of the same ?
(A) Indian Public Offer
(B) Institutional Purchase
(C) Industrial Purchase Order
(D) Indian Purchase Offer
(E) Initial Public Offer
9. Many a times we read in financial newspapers a term/name NMCEX. What is the full form of the
same ?
(A) New Multi Capital Exchange
(B) National Medium Commodity Exchange
(C) National Multi Commodity Exchange
(D) Net Marketable Commodity Exchange
(E) None of these
10. Many Banks these days are entering into business of offering loans against property. This business of
the banks can be categorized under which of the following heads of banking ?
(A) Corporate Banking
(B) Personal Banking
(C) Merchant Banking
(D) Portfolio Management Service
(E) None of these
11. Which of the following organizations/banks has done a commendable work in the field of micro
financeand was awarded Nobel Prize also in the past ?
(A) Gramin Bank of Bangladesh
(B) CRY
(C) ASHA
(D) NABARD
(E) None of these
12. Nobel Prizes are not given for the performance in the area of
(A) Literature
(B) Physics
(C) Chemistry
(D) Music
(E) Medical Science
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13. In which of the following Hindi films has actor Shahrukh Khan played the role of a Hockey Coach ?
(A) Guru
(B) Chak De India
(C) Om Shanti Om
(D) Jab We Met
(E) None of these
14. Which of the following countries has not made any significant investment in India ?
(A) Japan
(B) USA
(C) Nepal
(D) Britain
(E) France
15. Which of the following is considered an informal method of getting credit/finance ?
(A) Internet Banking
(B) Branch visits
(C) Going to money lenders
(D) Tele Banking
(E) All of these
16. Which amongst the following nations is not a member of the SAARC ?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) Bhutan
(C) Nepal
(D) Maldives
(E) South Africa
17. Which of the following indexes is developed to measure life expectancy, level of literacy, education
and standard of living of people in a country ?
(A) Inflation
(B) Sensex
(C) Human Development Index
(D) SLR
(E) None of these
18. Which of the following is not a Public Sector Unit/Undertaking/Agency ?
(A) ECGC
(B) SEBI
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(C) SIDBI
(D) Axis Bank
(E) BHEL
19. Which of the countries represent letter C in the category known as BRIC countries ?
(A) Canada
(B) Chile
(C) Cuba
(D) Croatia
(E) China
20. Who amongst the following addresses the nation on the Independence Day from the ramparts of the
Red Fort, Delhi ?
(A) President of India
(B) UPA Chairperson
(C) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(D) Prime Minister of India
(E) None of these
21. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of sports ?
(A) Kalidas Samman
(B) Dhyanchand Award
(C) Shram Vir Award
(D) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(E) None of these
22. Which of the following does not represent the name of a bank working in India ?
(A) YES
(B) HDFC
(C) TATA
(D) Kotak Mahindra
(E) Axis
23. Twenty-20 matches are played in the game of
(A) Hockey
(B) Football
(C) Badminton
(D) Tennis
(E) Cricket
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24. Which of the following deals between India and one major country was put on a hold for some time as
India is finding difficult to implement it ?
(A) 123 Pact with USA
(B) Fifth generation fighter plane deal with Russia
(C) Heavy Water deal with Iran
(D) Border talks with China
(E) None of these
25. Which of the following is a type of tax levied by the Govt. on goods and services ?
(A) SAT
(B) NET
(C) PAN
(D) VAT
(E) None of these
26. As per the news appeared in some major newspapers India is number two in getting PE. What is the
full form of PE as used in the financial world ?
(A) Professional and Ecofriendly
(B) Profitable Equity
(C) Profitable and Economical
(D) Private and Economical
(E) Private Equity
27. Many a times we read in newspapers about Financial Inclusion. What does it really mean ? [Pick up
correct statement(s)]
1. Allow the merger and acquisition of banks so that only few big banks exist and continue to cater to the
need of corporate sector.
2. Expending the network of banks in such a way that people from lower strata of society also get the
benefit of services provided by banks.
3. Providing Insurance cover to each and every citizen so that he/she can live a healthy and long life.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1, 2 and 3
28. Which of the following organizations recently issued some guidelines related to Participatory Notes
as used in financial world ?
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(A) RBI
(B) IRDA
(C) SEBI
(D) AMFI
(E) None of these
29. Heavy Water is normally used by which of the following industries ?
(A) Nuclear Power generation plants
(B) Pharma Industry
(C) Paper Industry
(D) Sugar plants
(E) None of these
30. As per news items published in various newspapers, Italy has offered its help in developing SMEs in
India. What is the full form of SME ?
(A) Small and Monopolistic Economy
(B) Small and Medium Enterprises
(C) Speedy and Mechanical
(D) Small and Medium Level Economy
(E) None of these
31. Which of the following statements about the exports from India is true ?
1. Exports are showing good rate of growth.
2. Exports are growing in volume but still they are poorer than imports in terms of value.
3. Exports are not improving the way they were growing two years back.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 3 are correct
(E) None of these
32. Which of the following countries for the first time elected a lady as its President recently ?
(A) Argentina
(B) China
(C) New Zealand
(D) Russia
(E) None of these
33. The Govt. of India keeps on clearing the proposal of setting up new SEZs at several places. What
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does the letter S represent in the SEZ ?
(A) Soft
(B) Small
(C) Special
(D) Supportive
(E) None of these
34. Which of the following is not a foodgrain ?
(A) Wheat
(B) Rice
(C) Maize
(D) Jowar
(E) Cotton
35. Who amongst the following was made the Chairman of the National Land Reforms Council ?
(A) Smt. Sonia Gandhi
(B) Arjun Singh
(C) Pranav Mukherjee
(D) Kamal Nath
(E) Manmohan Singh
36. Various Govt. agencies/organizations are given responsibilities for implementing various
policies/decisions of the Govt. of India. Policies about credit flow to the agricultural/priority sector are
framed/implemented through which of the following apex bodies ?
(A) ECGC
(B) NABARD
(C) UTI
(D) IDBI Bank
(E) None of these
37. As we read every then and now the Monetary and Credit Policy is reviewed and changes/corrections
are made frequently. Who amongst the following exactly takes this decision in India ?
(A) Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission
(B) Prime Minister
(C) Finance Minister
(D) Chairman Finance Commission
(E) None of these
38. The World Bank sanctioned Rs. 18,000 crores to which of the following states for its Poverty
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Alleviation Programme ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Gujarat
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Uttar Pradesh
(E) None of these
39. The UNO has declared year 2008 as the year of
(A) AIDS Prevention
(B) Potato
(C) Water Harvesting
(D) Social Justice to Children
(E) None of these
40. Who amongst the following is the author of the book Pakistan The Gathering Storms ?
(A) Benazir Bhutto
(B) Parvez Musharraf
(C) Arun Shourie
(D) Arun Gandhi
(E) None of these
41. Which of the following is not a gallantry Award ?
(A) Vir Chakra
(B) Jeevan Raksha Padak
(C) Ashok Chakra
(D) Mahavir Chakra
(E) Saraswati Samman
42. Which of the following states has approved sharing Neyyar Irrigation Project water with Tamil Nadu ?
(A) Karnataka
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Kerala
(D) Maharashtra and Karnataka
(E) None of these
43. Which of the following is not a foreign bank working in India ?
(A) HSBC
(B) Barclays
(C) Standard Chartered
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(D) Yes Bank
(E) All are foreign banks
44. Who amongst the following is the Chairman of the 13th Finance Commission ?
(A) Bimal Jalan
(B) Y. V. Reddy
(C) C. Rangarajan
(D) Vijay Kelkar
(E) None of these
45. India has the least or negligible trade relations with
(A) Japan
(B) Britain
(C) South Africa
(D) Uganda
(E) Iran
46. Your friend has received a sum of Rs. 10000 from his grandparents. He wants to deposit this sum in a
bank under a condition of not to withdraw fully or partially for at least two years. He will be needed to open
which type of account in the bank ?
(A) Small savings account
(B) Current account
(C) Fixed deposit account
(D) Demat account
(E) None of these
47. Recently, this was in news that ASEAN is an association of
(A) Commonwealth nations
(B) SAARC nations
(C) South-Eastern Asian nations
(D) Oil-exporting nations
(E) African nations
48. Names of two important persons are often visible in newspapers/magazines/electronic media. These
names are Dr. C. Rangarajan and Dr. Bimal Jalan. Which of the following facts are identical in the life of
both these two persons ?
(A) Both are principal economic advisors to the Prime Minister
(B) Both are the Members of the Lok Sabha
(C) Both are the former Governors of RBI
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(D) Both were the Finance Ministers of India
(E) There is nothing similar in both
49. Which of the following places of West Bengal was in news recently, since some violent incidences
took place due to an attempt of agricultural land aquisition for industrial purposes ?
(A) Khadakpur
(B) Nandigram
(C) Howrah
(D) Bolepur
(E) None of these
50. In accordance with the reports published in the papers/magazines, the Government of India and some
NGOs have declared/started some projects to help/ to provide relief to the farmers in general and
specially to perplexed farmers. Which of the following is not such a plan ?
(A) Crop insurance plan
(B) E-Chaupal
(C) Subsidy for chemical fertilizers
(D) Reconstruction of watershade/water-bodies
(E) Mid-day meal
ANSWERS :
1. (D) 2. (B) 3. (E) 4. (B) 5. (E) 6. (D) 7. (D) 8. (E) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (C) 15. (C) 16. (E) 17. (C) 18. (B) 19. (E) 20. (D)
21. (B) 22. (C) 23. (E) 24. (A) 25. (D) 26. (E) 27. (B) 28. (C) 29. (A) 30. (B)
31. (C) 32. (A) 33. (C) 34. (E) 35. (E) 36. (B) 37. (E) 38. (D) 39. (B) 40. (A)
41. (E) 42. (C) 43. (D) 44. (D) 45. (D) 46. (C) 47. (C) 48. (C) 49. (B) 50. (E)
PAPER : SBI clerical Staff recruitment : General Awareness sample Question Paper 2008
Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present?(1) Mr. K V. Kamath
(2) Dr. Y.V. Reddy
(3) Mr. Y.R. Narayanamurthy
(4) Mr. O.P. Bhatt
(5) None of these
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India has different categories of Commercial banks. Which of the following is not one such
category?
(1) Private Banks
(2) Commodity Banks(3) Nationalised Banks
(4) Co-operative Banks
(5) Foreign Banks
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money
flow in equity through ?P-Notes?. What is the full form of ?P-Notes? ?
(1) Permanent Notes
(2) Purchase Notes
(3) Participatory Notes
(4) Private Notes
(5) None of these
Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian cricket team which won the
Twenty20 World Cup2007 ?
(1) Yuvraj Singh
(2) M.S. Dhoni
(3) Rahul Dravid
(4) Sourav Ganguly
(5) None of these
The money which Government of India spends on the development of infrastructure in
country comes from which of the following sources? [pick. up the correct statement(s)]
(A) Loan from World Bank/ ADB, etc.
(B) Taxes collected from the people.
(C) Loan from the RBI.
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) Both A & B
(5) All A, B & C
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Which of the following organisations / agencies has established a fund known as ?Investor
Protection Fund? ?
(1) SEBI
(2) NABARD(3) Bombay Stock Exchange
(4) Ministry,.\of Health
(5) None of these
Which of the following departments of the Government of India is helping banks in
disbursement of rural credit by the banks?
(1) Railways
(2) State Road Transports
(3) Posts & Telegraph
(4) Ministry of Health
(5) None of these
Which of the following types of banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?
(A) Foreign Banks
(B) Regional Rural Banks
(C) Nationalised Banks
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) All A, B & C
(5) None of these
Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs?
(1) Money lenders
(2) Foreign banks
(3) NABARD
(4) RBI
(5) All of these
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Which of the following countries does not play international cricket?
(1) Russia
(2) England
(3) South Africa
(4) Pakistan(5) India
Which of the following countries in the world i s the biggest consumer of gold?
(1) USA
(2) Bangladesh
(3) Russia
(4) India
(5) None of these
Many times we read in financial newspapers about ?FII?. What is the full form of FII ? ?
(1) Final Investment in India
(2) Foreign Investment in India
(3) Formal Investment in India
(4) Fair Institutional Investment
(5) Foreign Institutional Investment
The financial markets of which of the following countries were badly affected by sub prime
crisis ?
(1) Russia
(2) Brazil
(3) UK
(4) USA
(5) None of these
One of the former Prime Ministers of which of the following countries was detained in
house arrest for a short period after his/her return from a long exile?
(1) Germany
(2) France
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(3) Pakistan
(4) Brazil
(5) None of these
Which of the following countries is facing problem of strike by the workers of the
transport, electricity and gas companies as the present Government of the country has
decided to end the pension to these workers?
(1) USA
(2) France
(3) China
(4) Nepal
(5) None of these
Benazir Bhutto is associated with which of the following political parties?
(1) Muslim League
(2) Pakistan People?s Party
(3) Pakistan National Congress
(4) Islamic Movement of Pakistan
(5) None of these
Who amongst the following is the Secretary-General of UNO?
(1) Al Gore
(2) Shashi Tharoor
(3) Gordon Brown
(4) Hugo Chavez
(5) None of these
Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing
agreements related with which of the following with USA?
(l}Supply of Sugar
(2) Civilian Nuclear Cooperation
(3) Purchase o? Fighter Planes
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(4) Purchase of Gas/Petroleum
(5) None of these
Which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern
Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killing people from that
country ?
(1) India
(2) Afghanistan
(3) Pakistan
(4) Bangladesh
(5) Turkey
The ?Orange Coalition Government? was formed once again in which of the following
countries?
(1) Russia
(2) Ukraine
(3) France
(4) Germany
(5) None of these
As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stopped distributing food in
Mogadishu town after its local head was abducted by the government soldiers of the
country. Mogadishu is the capital town of
(1) Tanzania
(2) Turkey
(3) Cuba
(4) Libya
(5) Somalia
Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West Bank so
that a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be worked out?
(1) George Bush
(2) Al Gore
(3) Bill Clinton
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(4) Condoleezza Rice
(5) None of these
Which of the following countries is not elected by the UN General Assembly on the non-
permanent seats of the UN Security Council w.e.f. January 2008 ?
(1) Libya
(2) Vietnam
(3) Croatia
(4) Costa Rica
(5) Pakistan
Which of the following countries is not happy with the USA?s decision to award a
Congressional Medal to Dalai Lama of Tibet?
(1) India
(2) Pakistan
(3) Nepal
(4) Myanmar
(5) China
Justine Henin won the Women?s Singles US Open Tennis Championship 2007 after
defeating
(1) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(2) Sania Mirza
(3) Dinara Safina
(4) Mathalie Dechy
(5) None of these
India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating
(1) Syria
(2) Pakistan
(3) Britain
(4) France
(5) None of these
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Who amongst the following is selected for Basava Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka
Government?
(1) Manmohan Singh
(2) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam(3) Sonia Gandhi
(4) Pratibha Patil
(5) None of these
Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to India in recent past is the
(1) Prime Minister of South Korea
(2) Prime Minister of North Korea
(3) Prime Minister of Japan
(4) President of South Korea
(5) None of these
Abdullah Gul?s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the President of
(1) Turkey
(2) Sudan
(3) Afghanistan
(4) Pakistan
(5) None of these
Hem Dutta who was honoured with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana
Award 2007 is a famous
(1) author
(2) social activist
(3) player
(4) film producer
(5) scientist
Asafa Powell who created a new world record in 100 metres race is a citizen of
(1) Jamaica
(2) South Africa
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(3) India
(4) USA
(5) South Korea
The World Athletics Championship 2007 was organised in
(1) Beijing
(2) New Delhi
(3) Osaka
(4) Dhaka
(5) London
Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International
Athletics Meet held in Germany in 2007 ?
(1) Shiny Wilson
(2) Anju Bobby George
(3) Neha Sanwal
(4) Prajakta Sawant
(5) None of these
As per the recent agreement between India and one other country the Indian Rupee can be
easily swapped with
(1) Taka
(2) Riel
(3) Kyat
(4) Yen
(5) Rubble
The Government of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the
price below the price of the same in domestic market?
(1) Steel
(2) Chemical Fertiliser
(3) Pharma products?
(4) Electronic goods
(5) None of these
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India?s Foreign Exchange Reserves declined sharply in recent past. What was the main
reason for the same?
(1) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
(2) Import of wheat from Pakistan & South Korea(3) Appreciation of Rupee Value
(4) Instability in coalition government in Centre
(5) None of these
Which of the following is a public sector unit ?
(1) TCS
(2) ICICI Bank
(3) TESCO
(4) BHEL
(5) All of these
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Meet was organised in September 2007 in
(1) New Delhi
(2) Beijing
(3) Tokyo
(4) London
(5) Sydney
Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian hockey team who won Asia Cup
2007 held in Chennai ?
(1) Baichung Bhutia
(2) Dilip Tirkey
(3) Pankaj Advani
(4) Manavjit Singh Sandhu(5) None of these
India launched which of the following satellites in September 2007?
(1) EDUSAT
(2) METSAT
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(3) CROSAT-IIB
(4) INSAT-4CR
(5) None of these
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1. (2) 2. (2)
3. (3) 4. (2)
5. (5) 6. (1) 7. (5) 8. (3) 9. (1) 10. (1) 11. (4) 12. (5) 13. (3) 14. (3) 15. (2) 16. (2) 17. (5)
18. (2) 19. (5) 20. (2) 21. (5) 22. (4) 23. (5) 24. (5) 25. (1) 26. (1) 27. (2) 28. (3) 29. (1)
30. (2) 31. (1) 32. (3) 33. (2) 34. (5) 35. (1) 36. (3) 37. (4) 38. (5) 39. (5) 40. (4)
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