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1. The government of India recently decided to withdraw duty drawback benefits on iron and steel, cement and rice shipments. This decision is taken to meet which of the following objectives? (A) To control inflation. (B) This was a long-standing demand of the industry (C) This will help government of India to maintain balance of payment as India is exporting more than what it imports. (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Both A and B (5) None of these 2. Name of B.S. Yeddyurappa was recently in news as he has taken over as the: (1) Governor of Karnataka (2) Chief Minister of Karnataka (3) Governor of Andhra Pradesh (4) Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (5) None of these 3. The government of India is planning to put up a bill in the Parliament to ensure free and compulsory education for all those who are of the age of: (1) 3 years (2) 5 years (3) 6-14 years (4) 12-20 years (5) Upto 21 years 4. “World No Tobacco day” is observed on which of the following days? (1) 1st May (2) 10th May (3) 21st May (4) 31st May (5) 1st June 5. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died recently was a famous: (1) social work (2) politician (3) sportsman (4) play wright (5) None of these 6. Many times we read in newspapers about the GM Crops. What is the full form of ‘GM’? (1) Generally Marketed (2) Genetically Modified (3) Green and Moisturious (4) Globally Marketed (5) None of these 7. Barack Obama whose name was in news recently is from which of the following countries? (1) UK (2) USA (3) France (4) Italy (5) None of these 8. Which of the following is an Oscar Winning

documentary on climate change in which former US Vice President al Gore has featured as a narrator? (1) An Inconvenient Truth (2) The Sea (3) Road to Prediction (4) Remember My Name (5) None of these 9. Who amongst the following is NOT a Lawn Tennis Player? (1) Serena Williams (2) Katarina Srebotnik (3) Andy Murray (4) Nicolas Almagro (5) Ricky Ponting 10. The head office of the State Bank of India is located in: (1) Kolkata (2) New Delhi (3) Pune (4) Ahmedabad (5) None of these 11. Which of the following is NOT the name of the sensitive index of any global stock exchange? (1) Nasdaq (2) Nikkei (3) Kospi (4) Dow (5) Combix 12. Many times we read a term ‘ECB’ in financial newspapers. What is the full form of ECB? (1) Essential Commercial Borrowing (2) Essential Credit and Borrowing (3) External Credit and Business (4) External Commercial Borrowing (5) None of these 13. Who amongst the following has taken over as the Chief Minister of Nagaland: (1) Manik Sarkar (2) Dinesh Nandan Sahaya (3) P. Longon (4) K. Shankarnarayanan (5) Neiphiu Rio 14. Which of the following is the book written by Shobha De? (1) Name sake (2) My Life (3) Speed Post (4) Long walk to freedom (5) None of these 15. Before opening a new branch of a bank, banks are required to take mandatory permission/ license from: (1) State government (2) Reserve Bank of India (3) Securities and Exchange Board of India (4) Indian Bank Association (5) None of these 16. At present SBI has branch network of about: (1) 8,000 branches (2) 9000 branches

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GENERAL AWARENESS (3) 10,000 branches (4) 12,000 branches (5) None of these 17. Chinese Parliament is known as: (1) National People’s Congress (2) National Assembly (3) The National Parliament of China (4) The House of Democracy of China (5) None of these 18. The Upper House of Indian Parliament is known as: (1) The Lok Sabha (2) The Rajya Sabha (3) The National Assembly (4) The Indian Parliament (5) None of these 19. Which of the following is NOT a member of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC)? (1) Nepal (2) Bhutan (3) Myanmar (4) Pakistan (5) Bangladesh 20. Which of the following countries was under the grip of a severe earthquake recently in which several people lost their lives? (1) Bangladesh (2) Bhutan (3) Nepal (4) China (5) Sri Lanka 21. The Chairperson of the Lok Sabha is designated as: (1) Chairman (2) Speaker (3) Vice President (4) President (5) None of these 22. Rahul Dravid completed his 10,000 runs in the Test cricket while playing with which of the following teams recently? (1) Bangladesh (2) Pakistan (3) Australia (4) South Africa (5) None of these 23. “Agha Khan Cup” is associated with the game of: (1) Football (2) Badminton (3) Hockey (4) Cricket (5) Tennis 24. ‘Checkmate’ is associated with the game of: (1) Chess (2) Polo (3) Swimming (4) Wrestling (5) Boxing 25. Which of the following awards is NOT associated with the area of sports? (1) Dhyanchand (2) Arjun (3) Dronacharya (4) Saraswati Samman (5) Khel Ratna 26. “Oscar Awards” are given for the excellence in the field of: (1) Films (2) Literature (3) Sports (4) Politics (5) Status 27. Which of the following is NOT a food crop: (1) Wheat (2) Barley

(3) Maize (4) Gram (5) Cotton 28. Union Budget is always presented first in: (1) The Lok Sabha (2) The Rajya Sabha (3) Joint Session of the Parliament (4) Meeting of the Union Cabinet (5) The State Assemblies 29. The first-ever General Election took place in which of the following countries in Indian Subcontinent? (1) Bhutan (2) China (3) Pakistan (4) Bangladesh (5) Sri Lanka 30. Mahmood Ahmadinejad who was in India on an official visit recently is the: (1) Prime Minister of Iraq (2) President of Iran (3) Prime Minister of Iran (4) President of Iraq (5) None of these 31. Sujatpur and Balsara villages were in news recently as a breach in main Narmada Canal made them flooded. Both these villages are in which of the following States? (1) Maharashtra (2) Madhya Pradesh (3) Gujarat (4) Rajasthan (5) None of these 32. As per the estimates given by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the Indian Economy will grow at which of the following rates in 2008? (1) 7% (2) 7.5% (3) 8% (4) 8.5% (5) None of these 33. Who amongst the following does not belong to a political party which is normally referred as Left Front? (1) Prakash Karat (2) A.B. Bardhan (3) D. Raju (4) T.J. Chandrachoodan (5) M. Veerappa Moily 34. As a gesture to promote denuclearisation and also to end nuclear arms programme the cooling tower of a nuclear complex situated in “Youngbyon” was demolished recently. This nuclear complex is in which of the following countries? (1) South Korea (2) Iran (3) China (4) North Korea (5) None of these 35. China has signed an agreement with which of the following countries, which will help both the parties to make the East China Sea “a sea of peace, cooperation and friendship”? (1) North Korea (2) South Korea (3) Japan (4) Russia (5) All of these 36. Federal Reserves is the Central Bank of: (1) Britain (2) U.S.A. (3) Japan (4) Canada

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GENERAL AWARENESS (5) China 37. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) keeps on modifying various rates/ratios to keep the flow of liquidity in the market in a balanced situation. Which of the following rates/ratios/indexes is NOT directly controlled by the RBI? (1) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) (2) Bank Rate (3) Repo rate (4) Reserve Repo Rate (5) Wholesale Price Index (WPI) 38. Which of the following was the issue over which one section of the UPA withdrew its support and Union government headed by Dr Manmohan Singh was required to prove its majority in the Lok Sabha? (A) Inflation, which was on a rise consistently for some time. (B) Reservation to Gurjars in government jobs. (C) Nuclea Deal with USA. (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Both A and B (5) None of these 39. The government of which of the following States has formed a Fisherman Debt Relief Commission and a moratorium has been placed on proceedings relating to all debts incurred by poor fishermen from banks and cooperatives? (1) West Bengal (2) Kerala (3) Orissa (4) Karnataka (5) None of these 40. Ana Ivanovic won the “French Open Women’s Singles” of Lawn Tennis after defeating: (1) Katrina Srebotnik (2) Dinara Safina (3) Verginia Ruano Pascual (4) Victoria Azarenka (5) None of these 41. As per the figures released recently what was the per capita income at Current Price in the year 200708 in India? About: (1) Rs 20,000 (2) Rs 25,000 (3) Rs 23,000 (4) Rs 33,000 (5) Rs 48,000 42. The National e-Governance plan was launched by the government of India in the year 2006 with which of the following intentions/objectives? (1) To provide qualitative service of government business to the citizen of India. (B) To promote IT sector in India so that trained IT personnel do not go out of the country for jobs. (C) To keep a vigil on the business transaction of Indian population to avoid illegal transactions. (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) All A, B and C (5) None of these 43. The former President of which of the following countries has taken over as the Prime Minister of the

nation in May 2008? (1) Venezuela (2) Russia. (3) Uganda (4) Tanzania (5) None of these 44. The World Environment Day is celebrated on which of the following days? (1) 5th October (2) 5th August (3) 5th July (4) 5th June (5) None of these 45. Many banks have adopted/launched “Core Banking Solutions” (CBS). Core Banking Solution is: (1) a marketing strategy adopted by the banks. (2) a new type of ATM useful for rural population. (3) a delivery channel for quick and fast delivery. (4) a new product launched to help senior citizens only as they are not able to visit branches/ATMs frequently. (5) None of these 46. Which of the following companies of Indian origin has been placed amongst the world’s Seven Best Firms in financial sector? (1) IDBI Bank (2) HDFC Bank (3) Bajaj Capitals (4) ICICI Bank (5) None of these 47. Michel Sleiman has taken over as the President of: (1) Lebanon (2) Cuba (3) Yemen (4) Zambia (5) Turkey 48. Who amongst the following is included in the list of “Biggest Brains in Business”? (1) L.N. Mittal (2) Anil Ambani (3) Kumar Mangalam Birla (4) Mukesh Ambani (5) Ratan Tata 49. The Import of which of the following has raised the Current Account Deficit of India by about 77%? (1) Oil (2) Gas (3) Sugar (4) Foodgrain (5) None of these 50. Which of the following countries had decided to come out of the membership of OPEC? (1) Iran (2) Indonesia (3) Kuwait (4) Saudi Arabia (5) None of these 51. Which of the following States of India was recognized as the Best e-Governed State in 2007? (1) Jammu and Kashmir (2) Tamil Nadu (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Goa (5) Delhi 52. The duration of which of the following policies/schemes is from 2004-2009? (1) Foreign Trade Policy (2) 11th Five Year Plan (3) 10th Five Year Plan (4) National Rural Guarantee Act (5) None of these

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GENERAL AWARENESS 53. Which of the following is the total amount government of India has earmarked for Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief scheme 2008? About: (1) Rs 10,000 Crore (2) Rs 25,000 Crore (3) Rs 45,000 Crore (4) Rs 72,000 Crore (5) Rs 83,000 Crore 54. Which of the following cannot be called as a value Added service offered by a bank? (1) Special Accounts for poor sections of society (2) Accident Insurance cover (3) Instant Credit of outstation cheques (4) Free cheque books (5) All are value added services 55. Daiichi Sankyo which has taken a major stake in India’s pharma company Ranbaxy is a firm based in: (1) China (2) South Korea (3) North Korea (4) Japan (5) USA 56. Which of the following tests is conducted to know if a sportsman has taken any performance enhancing drugs? (1) EEG (2) Narco Test (3) ELISA Test (4) Mind Mapping (5) Dope Test 57. Banking Sector will fall under which of the following sectors? (1) Agricultural Sector (2) Service Sector (3) Manufacturing (4) Industrial Sector (5) None of these 58. Which of the following airlines became the first Indian based Airlines to operate flight to China? (1) Indian (2) Air India (3) Kingfisher (4) Jet Airways (5) None of these 59. Which of the following terms is NOT used in Banking Sector? (1) SLR (2) NPA (3) Credit Rating (4) Fixed (5) PURA 60. Which of the following meets/summit was organized in Damascus in March 2008? (1) Arab League Summit (2) G-8 Summit (3) G-15 Summit (4) Meeting of the Trade Minister of WTO members (5) None of these 61. An account in which trading of shares in their electronic form is done is known as: (1) Demat Account (2) NRI Account (3) NRIO Account (4) Current Account (5) None of these 62. Opening the Savings Bank Account of a minor girl will be called as which of the following in Banking terminology? (1) Retail Banking (2) Merchant Banking (3) Institutional Banking (4) Social Banking (5) Corporate Banking

63. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Rural Development? (1) NIMI (2) IGNOU (3) CAPART (4) NPCIL (5) ICRP 64. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the IIFA Awards 2008 as Best Actress? (1) Shamita Shetty (2) Rani Mukherjee (3) Priyanka Chopra (4) Konkona Sen (5) Kareena Kapoor 65. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “To a Hunger Free World”? (1) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (2) Ashok Lahiri (3) Amartya Sen (4) M.S. Swaminathan (5) None of these 66. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of cinema? (1) Kalidas Samman (2) Dronacharya Award (3) Arjuna Award (4) Kalinga Award (5) Dada Saheb Phalke Award 67. Which of the following terms is related with the game of cricket? (1) Grand Slam (2) Half Nelson (3) Ashes (4) Screen (5) Love 68. Who amongst the following is the author of “Animal People” which was adjudged as the Best Book of the Year (1) V.S. Naipaul (2) Indra Sinha (3) William Darlymple (4) Bill Clinton (5) John Banville 69. Who amongst the following is the Chairperson of the Children’s Film Society? (1) Kareena Kapoor (2) Jaya Bachchan (3) Shabana Azmi (4) Sridevi (5) None of these 70. What is India’s rating in “Ease of Doing Business Rank” in the “Doing Business Report” prepared by the World Bank? (1) 55th (2) 80th (3) 100th (4) 122nd (5) None of these ANSWERS 1. (1) 2. (2) 6. (2) 7. (2) 11. (5) 12. (4) 16. (3) 17. (1) 21. (2) 22. (4) 26. (1) 27. (5) 31. (3) 32. (2) 36. (2) 37. (5) 41. (4) 42. (1) 46. (2) 47. (1) 51. (5) 52. (1) 56. (5) 57. (2) 61. (1) 62. (1) 66. (5) 67. (3) 69. (5) Nafeesa Ali

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