Bank Exam- SBI Associates Bank PO Exam General Awareness

SBI Associates Bank PO Exam held on 07.08.2011

GENERAL AWARENESS

 

1. The International World Wide Web Conference 2011 was held at

a) Italy
b) Manila
c) Geneva
d) Newyork
e) Hyderabad

Ans: e

2. Which of the following countries is NOT associated with the proposed TAPI gas pipeline?

a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Portugal
d) Afghanistan
e) Turkmenistan

Ans: c

3. Bhagyam oilfields are located in which of following states?

a) Rajasthan

b) Gujarat
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Maharashtra
e) Karanatka

Ans: a

4. The Central Government has approved Rs 7000 crore Project to clean which of the following rivers?

a) Narmada
b) Ganga
c) Mahanadi
d) Kaveri
e) Godavari

Ans: b

5. Recently a controversy rages over new land acquisition policy in which of following states?

a) Maharashtra 

b) Uttar Pradesh
c) Gujarat
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) West Begal

 Ans: b

6. BP Plc, a well known company is engaged in which one of the following as its major operations?

a) Nuclear Power Generation
b) Oil and Gas Exploration
c) Wind power generation
d) Steel production
e) Coal production

Ans: b

7. As per statement given by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in medias, the main cause of increased inflation rate is the recent hike in prices of ______.

a) daily commodities
b) petroleum products--ans
c) infrastructure materials
d) imported goods
e) None of the above

Ans: b

 8. The System Software is used to

a) diagonose and troubleshooting the attached device
b) create graphics images
c) draw the picture on paper
d) manage the available internal resources
e) None of these

Ans: b

 9. One billionth of a second is 

a) gigabyte
b) nanosecond
c) terabyte
d) megabyte
e) None of these

Ans: b

10. A technology used to create, store, exchange and utilize information in its various forms including business data, conversations, still images, motion pictures and multimedia presentations is called

a) Website
b) information technology
c) internet chat
d) networking
e) None of these

Ans: b

11. A program which is used find spam data in the computer and capable to destroy is called

a) Firewall
b) anti-spam program
c) adware remover
d) pop-up blocker
e) None of these

Ans: b

12. A chip placed on the electronic circuit board inside a system unit that hold temporarliy piece of information/data is called (containing the data being displayed on output device)

a) Modem
b) scanner
c) memory
d) hard disk
e) None of these

Ans: c

13. A graphic or piece of text that links to another piece of information in a web page is

a) meta-tag
b) page connection
c) domain name
d) hyperlink
e) None of these

Ans: d

a) Which of the following computer programming languages is used to write applet programs which can be integrate into a webpage?

 a) Java

b) PERL
c) C++
d) Pascal
e) FORTRAN

Ans: a

15. Embedded operating systems are used in 

a) desktop computers
b) mainframe computers
c) PDAs
d) network server computer
e) None of these

Ans: c

16. A Web or part of a Web site, or part of an online service that provides a venue for communities of users with a common interest to communicate in real time is called

a) user forum 

b) blog
c) discussion forum
d) chat-group
e) None of these

 Ans: d

 17. The main electronic circuit board in the system unit is called 

a) Circuit plate
b) Chassis
c) Motherboard
d) Processor
e) None of these

Ans: c

18. The System Unit consists of 

a) all electronic components of the computer used to process data

b) all hardware and software 

c) application programs
d) Mouse and keyboard
e) None of these

Ans: a

19. A portable computer called Laptop, having a weight about 1.4 to 4.5 kg is also known as 

a) Desktop PC 

b) Mainframe Computer
c) Personal Computer
d) Micro Computer
e) Notebook computer

Ans: e

20. if Reserve Bank of India hikes interest rates by 25 basis points in its monetary policy, then a commercial bank would like to increase it’s interest  rates on loans by 25 basis points of

a) Prime Lending Rate 

b) Repo rate
c) Base rate
d) Saving account interest rate
e) None of these

 Ans: c

21. Which one of the following pairs of countries is associated with nuclear arms control treaty START?

a) US-China
b) China-Iran
c) US-Russia

d) US – Japan
e) None of these

Ans: c

22. The International World Wide Web Conference 2011 was held at …..

a) Italy

b) Manila
c) Geneva
d) Newyork
e) Hyderabad

Ans: e

23. Which of the following schemes is NOT launched by Ministry of Rural Development? 

a) National Family Benefit Scheme 

b) National Old Age Pension Scheme
c) Nationall Maternity Benefit Scheme
d) Mid Day Meal scheme
e) All the above are launched by Ministry of Rural Development

Ans: d

24. Who among the followings has been appointed as coach of Indian cricket team for next two years? 

a) Gary Kirsten
b) John Buchanan
c) Andy Flower
d) Duncan Fletcher
e) None of the above

Ans: d

25. What does the letter ‘L’ stands for in the term LAF commonly used in financial/economic news?

a) Liquidity

b) Least
c) Liabilities
d) Longitudinal
e) Linear

Ans: a

26. FINO, a term used by media in financial newspapers and tv news channels is stands for

a) Financial Information Network & Operations
b) Financial Inclusion News & Operations
c) Financial Inclusion Network & Operations
d) Fast Information Network & Operations
e) None of the above

 Ans: c

27. Why Kanishtha Dhankar recently was in news?

a) She is new Femina Miss India World 2011

b) She is new coach of Women’s Hockey team
c) She has won gold medal in Asian Games 2010
d) She has won Miss World 2011 crown
e) None of these

 Ans: a

28. Goodluck Jonathan has been re-elected as President of _________. 

a) Sudan
b) South Korea
c) Lebanon
d) Nigeria
e) Ghana

Ans: d

 29. The Planning Commission has set GDP growth target for 12th Plan (2012-17) at _______. 

a) 7.5 – 8.0 per cent
b) 8.0 – 8.5 per cent
c) 9 – 9.5 per cent
d) 9.5 – 10.0 per cent
e) None of the above

Ans: c

30. The International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, has been adopted by which of the following international  agencies/ organisation?

a) World Health Organisation (WHO)
b) International Maritime Organization
c) International Labour Organization
d) United Nations (UN)
e) International Atomic Energy Agency

Ans: d

31. The amount of liquid assets, such as cash, precious metals or other short-term securities, that a  financial institution or bank must maintain in its reserves is called 

a) CRR
b) Bank Deposits
c) Fixed Assets
d) SLR
e) None of these

Ans: d

32. Before launching the new indices to measure food inflation, earlier it is measured on the basis of 

a) Wholesale Price Index
b) Consumer Price Index
c) Nifty Index
c) BSE & NSE index
e) None of these

Ans: a

33. Which of the following space agencies has recently placed three satellites Resourcesat,
Youthsat, and X-SAT successfully in the Earth orbit?

a) NASA
b) ROSCOSMOS
c) CNSA
d) ISRO
e) None of these

Ans: d

34. K Balachander who recently won Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2010 is a famous

a) Cinematographer
b) Director
c) Musician
d) Dancer
e) Writer

Ans: b

35. Which of the following countries has joined the BRIC group of nations to change it’s name as BRICS?

a) Sudan
b) Singapore
b) South Korea
d) Srilanka
e) South Africa

Ans: e