SBI POs General Awareness Model Questions with Key

1. Recently we read in the news papers that RBI is worried about the teaser rates. Which among the following is an example of a “teaser
rate”?
1. Bank advertisement attracts the depositors stating heavy interest on the Short term fixed deposits and other debt instruments but later suddenly lowers the interest
2. Bank advertises heavily giving more rewards on Personal loans but later they are asked to take insurance agreements
3. A Bank offers a low introductory rate in the beginning on a home loan, which increases after a certain period and higher than the
normal rate.
4. A Bank offers high introductory rate in deposit instruments but later asks the customer to take personal loans also
5. All of above are examples of teaser rates.

2. On 11 March 2010, RBI and IMF made an agreement regarding IMF notes. Pick up correct one?
1. India buys $ 10 billion worth of IMF notes, to stand on the commitment made in G-20 summit.
2. The above notes are denominated in SDR (Special Drawing Rates), the fund’s unit of account, which is a currency basket composed of the US Dollar, the Euro, the Yen and the Pound Sterling .
3. This helps the organization to shore up with funds to assist countries, hit by financial crisis.
4. India is a member in IMF, established in 1945, having its head at Washington
5. All of above

3. Reserve Bank of India wants bring down the inflation, so that it raised the repo rate by 25bps to 5% and reverse repo rate by 25bps
to 3.5% with immediate effect. Pick up the correct statement among the following, which may be the effect in the economy?
1. There may be no effect on EMI under floating rating of interest
2. The Consumers post pone to take loans as EMI may come down
3. The consumers may experience more EMI in the future due to such raise
4. There is nil effect on the lending
5. There is no effect due to such raise, as the above rates applicable for one month only

4. Government moved a bill in parliament to reduce its equity in SBI to … percent by allowing the country’s largest lending institution to
raise money from the market. Presently government has current stake of 59.41%.
1. 56 2. 51 3. 49 4. 45 5. 54

5. In context with the financial markets , an agreement to exchange floating rate payments for fixed rate payments (or vice-versa)
at regular intervals ov er pre-specified period on a certain principal amount is known as __?
1. Currency Swap
2. Volatility Rate Swap
3. Rolling Rate Swap
4. Interest Rate swap
5. Hedge

6. The Advisory Committee on Flow of Credit to Agriculture and Related Activities recommended restructuring of RRBs in order to
improve the operational viability of RRBs and take advantage of the economies of scale. Who among the following was the chairman of
this committee?
1. Subhir Gokarn 2.Syamala Gopinath
3. D.Subba rao 4. Prof. Datthu
5. Prof V S Vyas

7. … bank received IT Award from Oracle for its sustained Leadership in Quality Banking through most appropriate adoption of Technology?
1. Bank of Baroda 2. Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd.
3. ICICI 4. State Bank of India
5. AXIS

8. Which Bank launched E-Stamping as a part of its strategy to increase bouquet of products in Karnataka?
1. State bank of India 2. Syndicate Bank
3. Corporation Bank 4. ING Vysya Bank
5. Indian Bank

9. Thirteenth Finance Commission headed by Vijay.c.kelkar. Pick up correct statements?
a) To create a common market in India, it has suggested a roadmap for the introduction of a single-rate goods and services tax (GST)
b) The overall debt of the Centre and States is capped at 68 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) from the current 82 percent. (12th finance Commission suggested 75 percent)
c) Local bodies receive up to 2.5 per cent of the divisible tax pool. Of this, up to 1 per cent can be incentive-linked.
d) It has projected that tax receipts would see a compounded annual
growth rate of over 17 per cent between March 2010 and March 2015
e) Prescribing a zero revenue deficit as the golden rule, the Commission has recommended that the endeavor for all States should be to reach that level by 2014-15.
1. a c d e 2. a b c e 3. b c d e 4. a b c d 5. a b c d e

10. Employment programmes in India, received much attention by the union government. Which among the following was the first to mandate child-care facilities for women at work sites?
1. Pradhanmantri Shahari Rojgar Yojna
2. Swaran Jayanti gram Swarozgar Yojna
3. Bharath Shahari Rojgar Yozana
4. Jawahar Rozgar Yojna
5. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
11. C.Ranga Rajan, the chairman of Prime minister Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), released the ‘Review of the Economy 2009-2010”. It projected GDP. Choose the correct one?
a) 2009 – 2010 — 7.2 %
b) 2010 – 2011 — 8.2 %
c) 2011 – 2012 — 9%
d) 2012 – 2013 — 10.7%
e) 2013 – 2014 — 9.5%
1. a c d e 2. b c d 3. a b c 4. d e 5. a b d

12. While we apply for Initial Public Offer (IPO), the companies in their advertisements use the word ASBA. It means?
1. Amount Supplied by Borne Amount
2. Application Submitted by Before Amount
3. Application Supported by Blocked Amount
4. Adapted Sound Borne Assistance
5. Animated Supplied by Bring Amount

13. Soleckshaw got sops from Finance minister in this Budget. It is solar rickshaw, developed by CSIR but manufactured by ….
1. Jawaharlal Nehru Solar Mission, New Delhi
2. Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
3. National Institute of technology, Warangal
4. Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur
5. National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur

14. Pranab said, the direct tax reforms are introduced in this Budget and also in the previous budget. Pick up the correct statements.
a) The Centralized Processing Centre at Bengaluru is now fully functional and is processing around 20,000 returns daily which was formed in the last budget.
b) This initiative will be taken forward by setting up two more Centers during 2010 – 2011.
c) ‘Sevottam’, a pilot project at Pune, Kochi and Chandigarh through Aayakar Seva Kendras were established as a part of income tax department initiative to move towards citizen centric governance in the last year
d) This year the scheme will be extended to four more cities.
e) The income tax department is now ready to introduce SARAL-II form for individual salaried taxpayers for the coming assessment year. This form will enable individuals to enter relevant details in a simple format
1. a b c d e 2. a b c d 3. b c d e 4. a c d e 5. b c d

15. The Book titles and Authors are given below. Find out which one is correctly matched one?
1. Dynamic Lawyering by Justice V.R.Krishna Iyer
2. Mother India – A political Biography of Indira Gandhi by Pranay Guptha
3. Hawa mein Hastakshar by Kailash Vajpayi
4. Open – An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
5. All of above
16. To provide one time interim relief to the housing and real estate sector which was impacted by the global recession, Pranab
proposed to allow pending projects to be completed within a period of….. years, instead of four years for claiming a deduction on their profits, in this budget.
1. 9 2. 6 3. 7 4. 8 5. 5

17. In a statement, ManMohanSingh has termed the 11th Five Year Plan as
1. India’s infrastructure plan
2. India’s Employment plan
3. India’s urban prosperity plan
4. India’s education plan
5. India’s equal opportunity plan

18. SEBI has constituted a committee to review the role of market infrastructure institutions in the securities market. It will review the ownership and governance structure of market, infrastructure institutions in the context of their evolving role. It is headed by?
1. D.Subba Rao 2. Usha Thorat
3. Y.V.Reddy 4. Bimal Jalan
5. Subir Gokarn

19. Of the following statements which one is incorrect regarding the Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav visit India from 15 FEB 2010.
1. India offered a 250-million dollar soft loan through EXIM Bank
2. 50,000 tonne of wheat, 20,000 tonne of rice and 10,000 tonne of yellow pea offered to Nepal
3. Air services agreement, MOU (Memorandum Of Understanding) on
development of railway infrastructure at five border points agreed
4. MOU on development of India-Nepal friendship polytechnic at Hetavda in Makwanpur district of Nepal. Another MOU on establishment of India-Nepal friendship convention centre at Birgunj in Nepal
5. None

20. Central Cabinet liberalized the foreign direct investment (FDI) policy further by allowing the Foreign Investment Board (FIPB) to clear proposals from overseas entities worth up to RS. … against existing limit of RS. 600 cr?
1. 1500 cr 2. 1800 cr 3. 1200 cr 4. 1000 cr 5. 2000 cr

21. Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has increased the provision of payment to unemployed insured persons under the Rajiv Gandhi Shramik Kalyan Yojana to which of the following durations recently?
1. One year and 9 months
2. Six months
3. Ten months
4. Eighteen months
5. One year

22. 58th edition of Earnest Young Awards-2009 are announced. Pick up the incorrect one?
1. Entrepreneur of the year (Manager): O.P. Bhatt, Chairman, State Bank of India
2. Lifetime Achievement award: N. Vaghul, Ex-Chairman of ICICI Bank Ltd
3. Entrepreneur of the year: Anand G. Mahindra, Vice Chairman and MD of Mahindra Group
4. Entrepreneur of the year (Start-up): Amit Mittal, Chairman and Managing Director of A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd
5. Entrepreneur of the year (Services): Aditya Birla (Idea Cellular Limited).

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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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