SBI Clerks General Awareness Model Questions with Answers

1. To start a Private Sector bank Rs………. crores must be needed as initial capital as per the recent proposal of RBI?
1) 100 2) 200 3)1000 4)1800 5) 500

2. Private Sector banks controlled by ……….?
1) RBI 2) Finance Minister 3) NABARD 4) IDBI
5) Indian Banks Association

3. On 6 September 2011, RBI said the pre-payment fee on floating loans must not collect on……….?
1) Vehicle Loans 2) Commercial Loans 3) Teaser Loans 4) White goods
5) Housing Loans

4. In the last 33 years, the pioneer in the granting of housing loans is ……….?
1) ICICI 2) Canara Bank 3) Corporation Bank 4) HDFC 5) Axis Bank

5. Which committee suggested that to initiate new Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) Rs. 50 crore must be needed?
1) K.J.Udeshi 2) Shyamala Gopinath
3) Usha Thorat 4) Ghosh 5) Omkar Goswami

6. Which bank sought Rs. 990 crores capital infusion from the Government to fund its business growth?
1) State Bank of India 2) Punjab National Bank
3) Punjab & Sind Bank 4) Oriental Bank of Commerce 5) HDFC

7. Most liquid form among the following one is ………. ?
1) Cheque 2) Draft 3) Cash 4) Debit Card 5) Credit Card

8. Most Liquid form among the following one is ……….?
1) money in the Fixed Deposit account
2) money in the Recurring account
3) money in Savings account
4) money in the Bank Bonds
5) money in blue chip shares

9. The most non-liquid form of money is ……….?
1) Bank Share 2) Bank Savings Account
3) Post office savings and certificates
4) Fixed deposit 5) Land and Buildings

10. The Associate bank of SBI do not include ……….?
1) SBH 2) SBP 3) SBM 4) SBT 5) SBC

11. On 1st September 2011, RBI said the total value of fake notes in India is approxi– mately ……….?
1) 5000 cr 2) 150 cr 3) 1000 cr 4) 8000 cr 5) 3200 cr

12. On 6th September 2011, RBI said the unclaimed amounts in Indian banks approximately ……….cr?
1) 100 2) 5000 3) 6000 4) 1500 5) 1700

13.The utmost advantage of plastic money is ……….?
1) Style 2) Printing very cheap 3) Circulation very easy
4) Occupy less space 5) Shelf life will be longer

14. Paid up capital means ……….
1) Amount of share capital actually contributed by share holders
2) Amount of share capital actually contributed by promoters on ad-hoc basis
3) Capital borrowed from the public
4) Loan given by the banks on the first day of establishment
5) Capital paid but asked to return by share holders

15. Extending bank credit includes ……….?
1) Cash Credit 2) Over Draft
3) Demand Loans 4) Term Loans 5) All of above

16. To stop the growth of NPAs Credit Information Bureau Limited (CIBIL) was established in ……….?
1)1991 2) 1998 3) 1956 4) 2010 5) 2001

17. ………. give the short term and medium term loans to Regional Rural banks?
1) RBI 2) NABARD 3) SBI 4) HDFC 5) CBI

18. In the re distribution of incomes, inflation favours ……….?
1) poor people 2) BPL families
3) engineers 4) rich people
5) poor and rich people

19. A loan allows the person to pursue higher studies is……….?
1) Education Loan 2) Housing Loan
3) Admission Loan 4) Passing Loan
5) Purse and Mess Loan

20. Village people take more loans from non-institutional sources (informal route). It includes?
1) Scheduled banks 2) Money Lenders
3) Co-operative banks 4) Rural banks
5) Public Sector banks

21. The paper currency cannot be minted by Reserve Bank of
India?
1) Ten rupee 2) Hundred rupee
3) Fifty rupee 4) Twenty rupee
5) One rupee

22. Asia’s largest bank is ……….?
1) ICBC 2) SCB 3) SBI 4) BOT 5) Indian Bank

23. Term not used in banking?
1) Tied Loan 2) Soft Loan 3) Crossing
4) Bounce 5) Multiplier

24. By 2015,……….crosses USA to become world’s largest banking industry?
1) India 2) China 3) Japan 4)Australia 5) Canada

25. On 25 August 2011,India and Georgia signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA). Georgia capital is ……….
1) Mascow 2) Tashkent 3) Bejing 4) Baku 5) Tbilisi

26. As per TRAI instructions daily ……….SMS can be send only through one SIM card?
1) 100 2) 200 3) 300 4) 400 5) 1000

27. Expand SIM?
1) subscriber identification mode
2) subscriber identification model
3) sim identification mode
4) subscriber identification memory
5) subscriber identification module

28. Typoon Talas struck ……….?
1) China 2) Australia 3) Nepal 4) Hongkong 5) Japan

29. On 4th September 2011, the union government agreed the ……….master plan for back water tourism?
1) Tamilnadu 2) Odisha 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Maharastra 5) Kerala

30. Prime Minister of Bangladesh is ……….?
1) Sheikh Husina 2) Zillur Rahman
3) Asif Zardari 4) Yousaf Gillani
5) Hina Rabbani Khar

31. Union Cabinet approved release of additional installment of Dearness Allowance (DA) at the rate of ………..percent?
1) 7 2) 5 3) 6 4) 8 5) 10

32. I am visiting Japan. So I need ………., which is a local currency?
1) Yuan 2) Rubel 3) Rupee 4) Yen 5) Lira

33. Tropical storm Lee struck ……….?
1) China 2) India 3) New Zealand 4) Canada 5) USA

34. ……….is the present Ambassador of USA to India?
1) Alexander Kadakin 2) Ajai Malhotra
3) Niripama Rao 4) Peter Burleigh 5) None

35. Expand VAMBAY?
1) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yantra
2) Vendee Ambedkar Awas Yojana
3) Valmiki Ambedkar Area Yojana
4) Valmiki Awas Area Yojana
5) Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana

36. Urdu poet and academician ……….was presented Jnanpith Award 2008?
1) Akhlaq Mohammad Khan Shahryar
2) Chandrashekhara Kambara
3) Mirza Galib
4) Rahi Masoom Raza 5) None

37. Who did 12 day fasting against corruption ending 28th August 2011?
1) Baba Ramdev 2) Kiran Bedi 3) Anna Hazare
4) Jayaprakash Narayan 5) Narender Modi

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

SBI Clerks Reasoning Practice Questions with Key

Directions (Q. 1-5): Study the following arrangement and answer the question given below: A $ B # 9 G 3 D K  M ? C Q 2 X 7 P 5 U 8 1 4 Y ∅ J

1. How many elements in the above arrangements are both immediately preceded and immediately followed a number?
1) One 2) Two 3) Three 4) Five 5) None of these

2. Which of the following will be the fifteenth element from left end if all the numbers are arranged in descending order from left to
right, Keeping the position of the other elements in the arrangement unchanged?
1) 5 2) 4 3) 7 4) 8 5) None of these

3. How many letters in the above arrangement are immediately followed by a symbol?
1) Two 2) Five 3) Four 4) Three 5) None of these

4. Which of the following will be eighth to the left of the twelfth from the left end of the arrangement?
1) # 2) 7 3) U 4) 9 5) None of these

5. Four of the following five are alike in a certain way based on their position in the above arrangement and so form a group. Which is
the one that does not belong to that group?
1) G$M 2) K9Q 3) ?D7 4) 2MU 5) PCI

6. In a certain code language ‘in ba pe’ means ‘he has won’ ‘le ki ba’ she has lost and ‘in se pe’ means ‘he always won’ . Which word in that language means he ?
1) in 2) pe 3) se 4) Data inadequate 5) None of these

7. M is N’s brother . S is D’s mother and M’s aunt. How is D related to M?
1) Sister 2) Cousin 3) Aunt 4) Cannot be determined
5) None of these

8. If the letters of the word OBSERVANT are interchanged, such that the first become ninth, second becomes eighth, and so on and the position of the fifth letter remains unchanged then what will be the new arrangement of letter?
1) TNAVERSBO 2) TNVARESBO 3) NTAVERSBO 4) VANTRESBO
5) None of these

9. If I is coded as $ , 5 is coded as %, 9 is coded as , 3 is coded as +, 7 is coded as # and 4 is coded as ?, What will be the
correct form of the number 435971?
1) ? + %  # $ 2) ? + % $ # 3) ? + % # $ 4) $ #  % + ?
5) None of these

10. Which of the following have the same relationship as HEART:
THREA?
1) SWORN : NSOWR 2) FUNDS: FSDUN
3) GLAZE: EGZAL 4) LOWER : RLEWO
5) None of these

Directions ( Q.11-15): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below: Six executives Akash, Bipasha,
Deepak, jyoti, Kartik and Priya have to advertise four products i.e. soap. watches, computers and chocolates on 3 different channels. i.e.
Go, One and Spice either alone or in pairs. An executive can visit only one channel and advertise only one product. No more than two
executives can advertise on a channel.
i) Bipasha and Jyoti both visit the same channel but advertise different products.
ii) Akash who visits Go . advertise neither soap nor computers.
iii) Kartik does not advertise chocolates.
iv) No girl advertises soap
v) The two executives who advertise chocolates visit Spice.

11. Who advertises watches?
1) Deepak 2) Kartik 3) Akash 4) Priya 5) None of these
12. Which of the following Channel-product pairs in definitely incorrect?
1) Go-watch 2) One – computer
3) Go-soap 4) One-soap 5) One- watch

13. Which channel does Kartik visit?
1) Go 2) Spice 3) One 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

14. If Bipasha advertises computers which of the following must be
true?
1) Jyoti advertises soap
2) Jyoti advertises watches
3) Kartik advertises computer
4) Kartik works for Spice
5) None of these

15. What will Jyoti advertise?
1) Chocolates 2) Watches 3) Computers or watches
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

16. Rupa and Saroj want to attend a seminar together between 9 am to 5 pm on Friday. Saroj cannot leave till after her lunch break which begins at 1.30 pm. Rupa is free after her meeting which ends at noon. For how many hours can the two of them attend the seminar?
1) 3 and half hours 2) 2 and half hours 3) 4 and half hours
4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

17. How many pairs of letters are there in the word ANSWER each of which has as many letters between them in the word as there are in the English language?
1) One 2) Two 3) Four 4) Three 5) None of these

18. Four of the following are alike in a certain way and hence form a group. Which is the one which does not belong to that group?
1) 3 2) 5 3) 11 4) 13 5) 9

19. If all the letters in the word MERCIFUL are rearranged in alphabetical order and substituted by the alphabet preceding them in
the English alphabet what will be the new arrangement of letters?
1) BDHEKLQT 2) BDEHKLQT 3) BDEHLKQT 4) BDEJMLQT
5) None of these

20. Out of the 38 families in a housing society 5 subscribe to Hindi news papers alone, 12 subscribe to both Hindi and Marathi newspapers. Find the number of Marathi news paper subscribers
1) 9 2) 21 3) 17 4) Cannot be determined 5) None of these

Key : 1-4 2-3 3-2 4-1 5-5 6-4 7-2 8-5 9-1 10-5 11-3 12-4 13-1 14-2 15-3 16-1 17-2 18-5 19-2 20-5.

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