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STATE BANK LEARNING CENTRE, RAIPUR

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS {General Awareness - FEBRUARY 2012)
1
Name the Prime Ninister of Nauritius who visited !ndia recently to ramp up
bilateral economic and security ties.
A Kamla Persad Bissessar B Yingluck Shinawatra
C Nohamed Nasheed D Navinchandra Ramgoolam
2
Name the Naldivian President who had to step down and hand over power to
the vice-President after violent street protests.
A Kamla Persad Bissessar B Yingluck Shinawatra
C Nohamed Nasheed D Navinchandra Ramgoolam
3
According to the latest Union health ministry data, the lowest infant mortality
rate is recorded at.........
A Goa B Kerala
C Nadhya Pradesh D Uttar Pradesh
4
Name the panel that has submitted its report on Railway modernization.
A Damodaran Panel B Sundaramurti Panel
C Dharmadhikari Panel D Pitroda Panel
5
World Cancer Day is observed on ...........
A February + B February 1+
C February 21 D February 28
6
Name the former UN Secretary-General who was named as the joint United
Nations-Arab League envoy to Syria
A Jan Eliasson B Kurt Waldheim
C Kofi Annan D Boutros Boutros-Ghali
7
Name the person who is awarded with Ernst 8 Young Entrepreneur of the Year
Award 2011
A Rahul Bhatia B Nike Narula
C Rajiv Nemani D R S Gujral
S
Name the head of panel that has proposed an increment in the priority sector
lending target for foreign banks to +0 of net bank credit from current level of
32.
A Shashi Rajagopalan B N. v. Nair
C S.v.S. Dixit D Salim Gangadharan
9
Name the state that has been topped the list of most preferred business
destination in !ndia in year 2011.
A Gujarat B Naharashtra
C Kerala D Andhra Pradesh
10
Noted Hindi writer who was selected for the 21
st
vyas Samman 2012 for his
poetry collection Aam Ke Patte.
A vishwanath Prasad Tiwari B Amar Kant
C Nannu Bhandari D Ramdarash Nishra
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11
Name the !ndia's indigenously developed micro-light pilot-less target aircraft
that was recently successfully test flown from Chandipur.
A Lakshya ! B Akash !
C Pawan ! D Saras !
12
Railway Ninistry has extended the time period for the advance booking of
Railway tickets from 90 days to......
A 100 days B 110 days
C 120 days D 130 days
13
The fifth edition of the World Future Energy Summit was held in.......
A Abu Dhabi B Tokyo
C Shanghai D New Delhi
14
State Bank of !ndia has waived the service charge for non-maintenance of
minimum balance stipulations with respect to savings accounts. Now at the
time of opening of Saving Bank, minimum of ....... is to be deposited
A 100f- B 2S0f-
C S00f- D 1,000f-
15
Name the Bank that has launched `Home Search Centre' at Specialised
Personal Banking Branch at Kozhikode to help prospective buyers of housing
properties in and around the city.
A State Bank of !ndia B Punjab National Bank
C Allahabad Bank D Union Bank
16
RB! has upped the limit for release of foreign exchange for imports by persons,
firms and companies without any documentation formalities from $S00 or its
equivalent to ....... or its equivalent.
A $1,000 B $2,000
C $+,000 D $S,000
17
Name the second largest producer of horticulture commodities such as fruits,
vegetables and flowers in the world.
A !ndia B China
C Germany D USA
1S
Name the mobile wallet service that has been launched by Bharti Airtel,
through its wholly-owned subsidiary Airtel N Commerce Services Ltd.
A Airtel Commerce B Airtel Noney
C Bharti Bharat D Airtel Solution
19
According to the cost of living survey by Economic !ntelligence Unit (E!U), the
most expensive place across the world is..........
A Tokyo B Numbai
C Zurich D New York
20
According to the cost of living survey by Economic !ntelligence Unit (E!U), the
cheapest destination globally is..........
A New Delhi B Tehran
C Kathmandu D Karachi
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21
Salaried individuals with total income of up to S.00 Lakh in a financial year
would be exempt from filing their income-tax returns for financial year 2011-12
provided that !ncome from other sources should only be by way of interest
from a savings account in a bank, not exceeding ........
A S,000f- B 10,000f-
C 1S,000f- D 20,000f-
22
Name the country that has recently unveiled a new index of sovereign rating
called CR!S (Comparative Rating !ndex for Sovereigns) to measure the
country's economic performance vis-a-vis other nations.
A !ndia B Pakistan
C Sri Lanka D Bangladesh
23
Name the country's first domestic payment card network that is going to be
launched by National Payment Council of !ndia to match existing payment
facilitators such as visa and NasterCard.
A !ndia Pay B RuPay
C Home Card D !ndia Card
24
Presently State Bank of !ndia holds .........stake in State Bank of
Nysore.
A 62.33 per cent B 72.33 per cent
C 82.33 per cent D 92.33 per cent
25
The Reserve Bank of !ndia has increased the Bank Rate from 6.00 per cent per
annum to .......with effect from 13f02f2012.
A 6.S0 per cent per annum B 7.S0 per cent per annum
C 8.S0 per cent per annum D 9.S0 per cent per annum
26
The Central Statistics Office has lowered its estimate for the country's Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2010-11 from 8.S per cent to.......
A 8.+ per cent B 8.3 per cent
C 8.2 per cent D 8.1 per cent
27
Deposits of State Bank of !ndia as on 31
st
December 2011 are.....
A 8,00,96S crores B 9,00,96S crores
C 10,00,96S crores D 11,00,96S crores
2S
Net !nterest Nargin of State Bank of !ndia is ........as at the end of
Dec 2011.
A 3.61 B 3.78
C 3.98 D +.0S
29
!ndia qualified for the London Olympics men's hockey by defeating
........in the final of Olympics Qualifier in New Delhi.
A France B Germany
C Pakistan D Australia
30
The capital of Syria is......
A Sanaa B Tripoli
C Damascus D Khartoum
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31
Abd-Rabbu Nansour Hadi was sworn as president of Yemen. The capital of
Yemen is ...........
A Sanaa B Tripoli
C Damascus D Khartoum
32
virat Kohli has been slated the vice captain of !ndian cricket team, he
represents ..........
A Uttar Pradesh B Delhi
C Rajsthan D Gujarat
33
The fifth edition of the world future energy summit was held in Abu Dhabi that
is the capital of ..........
A UK B UAE
C !raq D !ran
34
Name !ndia's renowned economist who was the recipient of the 2011 US
National Humanities Nedal.
A Nontek Singh Ahluwalia B C. Rangarajan
C Usha Thorat D Amartya Sen
35 The union government of !ndia gave the approval for setting up a National
Council for Senior Citizens and it will be headed by the minister
of..........
A Finance B Home
C Social Justice and Empowerment D External Affairs
36 Present Repo Rate is..........
A S.S per cent B 6.S per cent
C 7.S per cent D 8.S per cent
37 Apart from !ndia, TAP! gas pipeline project, proposed natural gas pipeline
comprises..........
A Turkmenistan B Pakistan
C Afghanistan D All of these
3S RB! has allowed all private sector banks to undertake Central and state
government business. Name the private bank(s) that is fare undertaking
government business in a limited way at present.
A !C!C! B HDFC
C Axis Banks D All of these
39 The proposed capital infusion by Government in State bank of !ndia
is....................
A 6,900 crore B 7,900 crore
C 8,900 crore D 9,900 crore
40 As per 2
nd
advance estimate of Govt. for the year 2011-12, total food grain
production of the country is going to touch a record level of ...........
A 200 million tones B 22S million tones
C 2S0 million tones D 280 million tones
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ANSWERS: OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
{General Awareness - FEBRUARY 2012)
Q No Answer Q No Answer Q No Answer
1 D 16 D 31 A
2 C 17 A 32 B
3 A 18 B 33 B
+ D 19 C 3+ D
S A 20 D 3S C
6 C 21 B 36 D
7 A 22 A 37 D
8 B 23 B 38 D
9 A 2+ D 39 B
10 D 2S D +0 C
11 A 26 A
12 C 27 C
13 A 28 D
1+ A 29 A
1S A 30 C
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