SBI Clerk Posts General Awareness Important Questions

1. To create awareness about various financial education themes of the Reserve Bank of India, it decided to launch a ”Financial
Literacy Tram” in?
1. Mumbai 2. Pune 3. Delhi 4. Kozhikode 5. Kolkatta

2. On 28 Feb 2010, India remembered Dr. Rajendra Prasad on the eve of his 47th death anniversary. On this occasion the vice president
of India Hamid Ansari released Rs. …… and Rs. …… denomination of commemorative coins?
1. 1, 5 2. 2, 10 3. 5, 10 4. 1,100 5. 5,100

3. Sona Ghar has been launched by…… to sell the Gold Coins of 999.99 purity and Gold Deposit scheme?
1. Corporation Bank 2. ING Vysya 3. ICICI 4. State Bank of India
5. Andhra Bank

4. On 1st Feb 2010, the government of India declared the following data. Pick up incorrect one?
1. The exports registered 18.2 growth in Nov 2009
2. The exports registered 9.3 percent growth in Dec 2009
3. Exports dropped by 20.3 percent to $117.58 billion for the April-December 2009 period from $147.56 billion in the same period in the previous year.
4. Imports during the April-December 2009 were $193.82 billion, 23.6 percent lower than $253.80 billion in the year ago period.
5. The target of the government to have export growth by 40 percent and import by 2 percent for the period of the April- December 2009

5. 13th Finance commission details and its recommendations are given below. Pick up the incorrect one?
1. Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the vice chairman of Finance Commission
2. 32 % of the Sharable Central Taxes shall be given every year to states
3. The Medium Term Fiscal Plan (MTFP) should be a statement of commitment rather than intent
4. The National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF) should be merged with the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF)
5. An amount of Rs. 19,930 crore has been recommended as grant for maintenanceof roads and bridges for four years (2011-12 to 2014-15).

6. On 3rd Feb 2010, Kirit Parekh presented the report on fuel Prices to Petroleum. Select wrong one?
1. Recommended increase of kerosene by Rs. 6 per litre with immediate effect.
2. Increase LPG rates by Rs. 100 per single cylinder
3. Committee estimated the losses of state run oil marketing companies at Rs. 40,000 crore due to selling at subsidy costs
4. IOC, BPCL,HPCL are state run marketing companies
5. It is better to import oil rather than giving subsidy.

7. Choose the incorrect statement regarding the union Budget 2010-2011?
1.The Minimum Alteration Tax ( MAT) has been altered from 15 % to 18 %
2. Revenue deficit was estimated at 4 % GDP
3. The current surcharge of 10% domestic companies has been reduced to 5%
4. Service Tax retained at 10%
5. Customs duty on Crude 5%

8. The Budget 2010-2011 documents reveal how rupee comes from. Pick up incorrect one?
1. Borrowings – 29 paise
2. Corporate duty – 23 paise, Excise duty – 10 paise
3. Income Tax – 9 paise, Customs duty – 9 paise, Service Tax – 6 paise
4. Non-Tax revenue -11 paise, Non debt capital receipts – 3 paise
5. None

9. Railway minister new proposals are given below. Select incorrect one?
1. Railway research centre will be established at IIT Kharagpur.
2. Rail Axle Factory at New Jalpaiguri
3. Rail cum Air destination at Mumbai
4. Double Decker trains each from Delhi and Kolkatta
5. 10 Rail ECO parks on wet lands, forest areas

10. …… got voting rights back in IMF after 7 years?
1. Somalia 2. Zimbabwe 3. Zambia 4. Fiji 5. Ukraine

11. Which state passed Vested Property Return (Amendment)
Act, to return the property, confiscated from Hindu minorities as alleged that they belong to enemy state?
1.Pakistan 2. China 3. Banglades 4. Sri Lanka 5. Myanmar

12. Which state became the first State to announce a ban on BT brinjal on Feb 5, 2010?
1. Karnataka 2. Tamilnadu 3. Uttarakhand 4. Maharashtra 5. Delhi

13. In this Budget, the government has approved the setting up of the National Mission for Delivery of Justice and Legal
Reforms. The incorrect statement among the following?
1. The mission is to help reduce legal backlog in courts from an average of 15 years at present to 3 years by 2012.
2. This helps in improving the legal environment for business.
3. The Thirteenth Finance Commission has provided grants amounting to
Rs.5,000 crore for the States to improve the delivery of justice, and also to strengthen the alternate dispute resolution mechanisms.
4. The government will provide the Supreme Court benches in all states
5. All of above

14. A new placement process, being conducted over continuous weekends which are called “cohorts” . Cohorts start in the campus of
1.IIM-A 2. IIM-B 3. IIM-K 4. IIM-C 5. IIM-L

15. Education Development Index which is prepared by National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), has
conducted a survey on the School infrastructure. Which state/ UT leads in this index pushing Delhi to second place?
1. Kerala 2. Chandigarh 3. Puducchery 4. Karnataka 5. Punjab

16. DRDO declared that it will manufacture AGNI-V, to have the range
of …………Km, after successfully testing of AGNI-III having the range of 3,500 Km on 7 Feb 2010 at Wheeler island of Orissa?
1. 4,000 km 2. 4200 km 3. 4500 km 4. 4,750 km 5. 5,000 km

17. India mart Himtex, international hardware show and automotive testing, these three Expos on 2nd Feb 2010, inaugurated at ……
1. Pune 2. Bengaluru 3. New Delhi 4. Hyderabad 5. Chennai

18. Bioasia-2010 is inaugurated at……….?
1. Pune 2. Hyderabad 3. Bengaluru 4. Mumbai 5. Nagpur

19. The Indian Airforce displayed its mighty power of exhibiting Sukhoi 30, Mirage 2000, Jaguars, UAVs, Helicopters, AWACS system
at Pokharan. It is named as….?
1. Yudh Abhyas-2010 2. Varun-2010
3. Peace Mission-2010 4. CADEX
5. VayuShakti-2010

20. Rajan Bharti Mittal, the VC and MD of Bharti Enterprises, a diversified group dominant in telecom, insurance and retail, took over as the President of……………….?
1. ASSOCHAM 2. CII 3. FICCI 4. WEF-India Chapter 5. India Invest

21. K.G. Balakrishnan, the chief Justice of India declared … village Gram Panchayat in Kottayam district of Kerala as the first litigation
Controlled Panchayat in India on 27th Feb 2010?
1. Moonnilavu 2. Kalavitthu 3. Ponnar 4. Vallarpadam 5. Monthonam

22. 16th National Space Science Symposium (NSSS) held at?
1. Rajkot 2. Ahmadabad 3. Pune 4. Chitrakoot 5. Baruni

23. India’s 38th Tiger Reserve Parambikulam Wild life Sanctuary is in … ?
1. Tamilnadu 2. Orissa 3. Rajasthan 4. Kerala 5. Sikkim

24. Which state chief minister declared that his state will become the first Carbon Neutral State by 2021 taking the inspiration from
Costa Rica?
1. Haryana 2. West Bengal 3. Himachal Pradesh 4. Rajasthan
5. Andhra Pradesh

25. The recent appointments are given. Find out the incorrect one?
1. PrasarBharthi – Mrinal Pandey in the place of Arun Bhatnagar, who resigned
2. FICCI – Rajan Bharti Mittal in the place of Harsh Pati Singhania
3. Working Chairman of NDA – L.K.Advani
4. Ambassador of Gujarat – Amitabh Bachchan
5. Governor of Andhra Pradesh – surjeet Singh Barnala

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