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State Bank Of India (SBI) Clerk Exam On 27.05.2012 Second Half : General Awareness Solved Questions Paper and Answers Paper

1. Shri Mukul Roy who was inducted in the Union cabinet belongs to which of the following political parties?
1) Communist Party (M)
2) Samajwadi Party
3) All India Trinamool Congress
4) Congress (I)
5) Janata Dal

2. Providing bank finance to Self Help Groups (SHGs) is considered a part of
I) Micro Credit
2) Agricultural Finance
3) Mobile Banking
4) Rural Banking
5) None of these

3. Which of the following is a function of the Reserve Bank of India?
I) Issuing Kisan Credit Cards
2) Issuing Aadhar Cards
3) Acting as Banker's Bank
4) Deciding the slabs of personal income tax
5) Issuing National Savings Certificates

4. The only way Greece/can survive iota dramatically boost trade with Turkey" was the headline in a major newspaper. Why Turkey has to advice Greece like this?
1) Greece is passing through an economic crisis. Turkey wants to help it by more imports.
2) Turkey, which is a powerful nation, has attacked Greece to settle a long pending border dispute with It,
3) Greece and Turkey are partners in a plan launched by the IMF to rescue Greece from economic crisis.
4) Greece has refused to honour an old trade agreement with Turkey. Hence, Turkey is threatening Greece.
5) Turkey's survival depends on Greece.

5. Who among the following represented India in Conventional Indo-Russia Meet, organised in December 2011?
1) Mrs Pratibha Fedi
2) Smt Sonia Gandhi
3) Mr Sli4 Krishna
4) Mr P Chidambaram
5) None of these

6 Which at the following is the purpose of creating Eurozone Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) created by European Union (EU) ?
1) To provide financial aid to member countries in case of crisis
2) To ensure that tho EURO does not get depreciateci against Pound Sterling and/or yen
3) To ensure that no non-Euro member country enters Into any csirrency swap agreement with euro members.
4) To ensure that there is no shortage of essential goods and food products in euro zone countries.
5) To pressurise UK to adopt Euro as its official currency

7. Which of the following countries had shown interest in purchasing nuclear reactors from India? (The efforts are/ were being made to finalise the deal)?
1) Russia
2) China
3) Turkey
4) Kazakhstan
5) Bangladesh

8. Which of the following countries has launched a new index -Comparative Rating Index of Sovereigns (CRIS)?
1) USA
2) India
3) China
4) Japan
5) Britain

9. Which of the following is the literacy rate in India as per new data released by the Census Commission? About
1) 60%
2) 68%
3) 70%
4) 75%
5) 83%

10. Which of the following countries in India's neighbourhood has agreed that Indians staying in the border 'areas will be allowed to visit upto 16 km, inside its boundary without obtaining visa/permits?
1) Bangladesh
2) Nepal
3) China
4) Myanmar
5) Pakistan

11. Sheikh Hasina who was on a two day visit to Tripura in January 2012, is the present
1) President of Bangladesh
2) Prime Minister of Bangladesh
3) President of Indonesia
4) Prime Minister of Indonesia
5) None of these

12. Who among the following is designated as the next Amly General of India and will take charge in July 2012?
1) Gen V K Singh
2) Gen Bikram Singh
3) Gen Deepak Kapoor
4) Gen JoginderJ. Singh
5) None of these

13. Who among the following is the Minister of Foreign Affairs of India at present?
1) Dr. Manmohan Singh
2) Shri Kapil Sibal
3) Shri Kamal Nath
4) Shri S. M. Krishna
5) None of these

14. India got Olympic 2012 berth in Hockey after defeating which of the following countries in qualifying rounds held hi February 2012?
l) Pakistan
2) France
3) Spain
4) England
5) S Korea

15. Who among the following won the Australian Open 2012, Men's Singles title ?
1) David Ferrer
2) Rafael Nadal
3) Novak Djokovic
4) Leander Paes
5) Radek Stepanek

16. Who among the following won the Best Actress Award in 57th Film fare Awards Function held in January 2012?
1) Vidya Balsa
2) Priyanka Chopra
3) Parineeti Chopra
4) Rani Mukhedee
5) Neha Dhupia

17. Anup Jalota who was awarded Padtnashri in 2012, is a well known
I) industrialist
2) medical professional
3) social worker
4) playback singer
5) politician

18. The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected fora period of
1) 4 years
2) 5 years
3) 6 years
4) 2 —2 years
5) till the age of 65

19. Who represented India in 17th Sununit of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held in November 2011 in Maldives?
1) Smt Pratibha Patil
2) Smt Sonia Gandhi
3) Dr Maiunohan Singh
4) Shri Pranab Mukhedee
5) SIM P Chidambaram

20. Victoria Azarenka's name was in news recently. She is a well known
1) Cine actress
2) Lawn Tennis Player
3) Author
4) Politician of Spain
5) Chess Player

21. Which among the following agencies/organisations will act as the regulator of micro-finance Institutions in India?
1) RBI
2) NABARD
3) SIDBI
4) SEBI
5) IBA

22. The 3rd Summit of BRICS was organised in 2011 in
1) China
2) India
3) Dull
4) South Africa
5) Russia

23. Which of the following days is observed as "World Population Day every year?
1) Uth March
2) Ilth July
3) 1 1th August
4) 10th January
5) 10th July

24. The 38th Summit of G-8' is being organised in which of the following countries in May 2012?
1) Canada
2) Gennany
3) China
4) France
5) USA

25. What is the Bank Rate at present?
1) 5%
2) 5.5%
3) 6%
4) 6.5%
5) None of these

26. Which of the following schemes/progranunes is launched to develop rural infrastructure in India?
1) MG National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
2) Bharat Ninnan
3) Pradlum Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
4) Total Sanitation Campaign
5) Indira Awns Yojana

27. Which oldie following terms is NOT used infix field of banking and finance?
1) Real Time Gross Settlement
2) Special Drawing Rights
3) Ways and Means Advance
4) Amplitude
5) Open Market Operations

28. Who among the foilowing is the winner of Pulitzer prize for literature in
2011?
1) Bob Dylan
2) Hank Williams
3) Janathan Dee
4) Lee C. Bollinger
5) Jennifer Egan

29. Who among the following is the Chief Election Commissioner of India at present?
1) Shri Navin Chawla
2) SIM S. V. Qurashi
3) Slui Aj it Seth
4) Shri Vmod Rai
5) None of these

30. Which of the following is true "about the Railway Budget 2012-13 finally passed by the Parliament?
1) No hike in passenger fares upto 3rd AC
2) 30 new trains introduced on Delhi/Mumbai route
3) Three new Shatabdi trains introduced last year withdrawn
4) A new zone created as Central Railway diviJed in two zones South Central
and Central Main
5) All of these

31. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of Organisation of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) ?
1)Angola
2) Libya
3) Bangladesh
4) Venezuela
5) Qatar

32. Which ofthe following books is written by V0cram Seth?
1) The Golden Gate
2) A Peep into the Past
3) Between the Lines
4) City of Joy
5) Revolution 2020

33. Which of the following awards is given for contribution in the field of literature?
1) Kati Chokes
2) Jamnalal Bajaj Award
3) S S Bhatnagar Award
4) Saraswati Boatman
5) Kalidas Sunman

34. Which of the following combinations of the States and their Chief Ministers (at present) is NOT correct?
1) Uttar Pradesh - Akhilesh Yadav
2) Rajasthan-Ashok Gehlot
3) Hi'Oaths] Pritiesh- Shunts Kew
4) West Bengal -Manna Banerjee
5) All uttered

35. Which of the following is NOT used in the game of cricket ?
1) Bouncer
2) Hit wicket
3) Cover Point
4) Leg Spinner
5) Jockey

36. Which of the following is the unit of work?
1) Ohm
2) Ampere
3) Coulomb
4) Newton
5) Joule

37. When the expenditure of the goverment exceeds the revenue, the difference of balance between the two is called
1) Balance of payment
2) Defla6on
3) Devaluation
4) Budgetdeficit DePreciatim
5) Depreciation

38. What does the tenor 'C' denote In the San 'ECB' as used in the banking and financial operations?
1) Cartel
2) Credit
3) Control
4) Caution
5) Commmercial

39. %a among the Wowing is the Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) of USA at present?
1) Mr Barak Obatna
2) Mr Jean Claude
3) Mis Hillary Clinton
4) Mr David Canton
5) None of these

40. Which of the following cups/trophies is used in the game of Lawn Tennis?
1) Dultep Trophy
2) DCM Trophy
3) Ryder Cup
4) Mer Cup
5) Wimbledon Cup





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