Sbi Clerk General Awareness Solved Paper 1. India Has Successfully

SBI Clerk General Awareness Solved Paper 1. India has successfully test-fired its 150-250 km range Prithvi missile On May 23, 2008. Prithvi Missile is a — (A) Surface to surface missile (B) Surface to air missile (C) Land to sea missile (D) Air to air missile 2. Which of the following High Courts has recently quashed the merit list issued in 2006 and 2007 by the centre and the UPSC— (A) Bhopal High Court (B) Rajasthan High Court (C) Madras High Court (D) Guwahati High Court 3. Recently in May 2008 a assembly election was held in the India State of — (A) Manipur (B) Karnataka (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) None of the above 4. People’s Democratic Party emerged second largest party with 33·01% in elections held in— (A) Bhutan (B) Nepal (C) Zimbabwe (D) Italy 5. According to the World Conservation Union Report, the number of plant s pecies in India listed as threatened is— (A) 247 plant species (B) 250 plant species (C) 275 plant species (D) 255 plant species 6. Which of the following states passed a Bill in March 2008, amending the Registration Act 1908 to prohibit foreigners from buying land in the state— (A) Kerala (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Goa (D) Maharashtra 7. The renowned science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke who died in Sri La nka, originally hailed from— (A) Australia

(B) Britain (C) Finland (D) U.S.A. 8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Develop ment for 2007— (A) Bill Gates (B) Nelson Mandela (C) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (D) Arthur C. Clarke 9. World Press Freedom Day is observed on— (A) May 3 (B) May 15 (C) May 25 (D) May 27 10. Which of the following Indian Political Leader has written the book "Jyo ti Punj"? (A) L.K.Adwani (B) Sonia Gandhi (C) Jaswant Singh (D) Narendra Modi 11. India has successfully launched how many satellires simultaneously ? (A) 8 (B) 10 (C) 7 (D) 4 12. Jules Verne is Europe’s— (A) Space shuttle (B) Missile shield system (C) Biggest spacecraft (D) Mission to Antarctica 13. India’s National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first— (A) Dirrohoea map (B) Malarial map (C) Bird flu map (D) Cancer map 14. ‘The World Is What It Is’ is the biography of— (A) V. S. Naipal (B) Khushwant Singh (C) Amrita Preetam (D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 15. According to a World Bank Report India got remittances in 2007 wort

h— (A) $ 30 billion (B) $ 35 billion (C) $ 25 billion (D) $ 27 billion 16. The Summit of OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries) was held in M arch in— (A) Senegal (B) Morocco (C) Pakistan (D) Indonesia 17. According to latest WHO report the number of estimated TB cases found every year in India is— (A) 2·2 million (B) 1·9 million (C) 1·5 million (D) 1·7 million 18. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover from— (A) Hyundai (B) Maruti Suzuki (C) Ford Motor (D) None of the above 19. According to a survey, the country which has the highest number of inte rnet users is— (A) U.S.A. (B) China (C) Japan (D) Germany 20. India won its first tri series against Australia in— (A) Brisbane (B) Melbourne (C) Sydney (D) Perth 21. According to Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) heade d by C. Rangrajan the economic growth rate for 2008-09 will remain at— (A) 8% (B) 8·5% (C) 9% (D) 8·9% 22. The Pritzkar Architecture Prize has been won by— (A) Bill Gates Foundation (B) William Harvey

(C) Jea Nouvel (D) None of the above 23. Which of the following cricket players has been banned for violating th e player’s code of conduct by PCB ? (A) Danish Kaneria (B) Shoaib Malik (C) Mohammad Yousuf (D) Shoaib Akhtar 24. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has now been extended to all 604 districts of the country with a total budget outlay of— (A) 18000 crore (B) 16000 crore (C) 15000 crore (D) 14000 crore 25. Inflation which soared above 7% in the month of April is measured by — (A) Consumer Price Index (B) Retail Price Index (C) Whole Sale Price Index (D) Industrial Price Index 26. The winner of Bahrain Grand Prix is— (A) Lewis Hamilton (B) Kartikeyan (C) Felipe Massa (D) Robert Kubica 27. The winner of Miss India Earth 2008 is— (A) Tanvi Vyas (B) Suman Kaur (C) Rashmi Sehgal (D) Rani Sharma 28. In face of rising prices, Central Government has decided to set strategi c Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserv e is— (A) 10 million tonnes (B) 7 million tonnes (C) 6 million tonnes (D) 5 million tonnes 29. Which of following newspapers/magazines won six Pulitzer prizes— (A) The New York Times (B) The Times Magazine (C) The Washington Post (D) The Guardian

30. ‘Leftism in India, 1917-1947’ is a book written by— (A) S. R. Chaudhuri (B) K. Kanwar (C) R. Nagaswamy (D) Sudipto Chatterjee 31. Recently President Pratibha Patil visited three countries. Which of the f ollowing was not the part of her trip— (A) Argentina (B) Chile (C) Mexico (D) Brazil 32. GJM stands for— (A) General Justice Movement (B) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (C) Gorkhaland Janshakti Morcha (D) Gorkha Janjagriti Morcha 33. The elections of which of the following countries were marred by cont roversy— (A) Italy (B) Spain (C) Zimbabwe (D) Nepal 34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for c andidates belonging to— (A) SCs (B) STs (C) OBC (D) Minorities OBC 35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human hist ory been found in excavation— (A) Chittorgarh (B) Bhavnagar (C) Kolkata (D) Karaikal 36. ‘Salwa Judum’ is— (A) Terrorist organization (B) A branch of naxalite (C) Name of a police force (D) An anti naxalite movement 37. When was Nepal declared a Secular Nation— (A) in 2005 (B) in 2007

(C) in 2008 (D) in 2006 38. The Director General of UN Food and Agriculture Organisation of pres ent is— (A) Jacques Diouf (B) Kundekeh K. Yumkella (C) Jammel Al Hiyilan (D) Michael Griffin 39. According to a research, stem cells from skin can treat— (A) Alzhumer (B) Schizophrenia (C) Parkinson’s disease (D) None of the above 40. Which of the following States Hs declared 2008 as the "year of Educatio n" ? (A) Bihar (B) Haryana (C) Himachal Pradesh (D) Gujarat Answers with Hints 1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) . 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (B) India’s Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the cou ntry’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic dist ricts that report over 50% of the country’s malaria’s cases. 14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (B) 22. (C) The Pritzkar Architecture Prize, considered to be equivalent of Nobe l Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his cr eative experimentation in architecture. 23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D) 29. (C) The Washington Post has won six Pulitzer Prizes, including Public s ervice award for its reporting on conditions of U.S. War Veterans. 30. (A) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C) 34. (C) The Supreme Court on April 10, 2008 upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing a quota of 27 per cent to the other Backward Classes in Central Educational Institutions. 35. (C) 36. (D) Salva Judam is an antinaxalite movement formed by group of people against attack from maxalites. The movement started from Dantewada distr ict (Chhattisgarh). 37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)

Labels: BANK PO GENERAL AWARENESS, BANK PO GENERAL A WARENESS CURRENT AFFAIRS, BANK PO GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPERS, SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE, SBI PO GENERAL AWARENESS 0 comments SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL AWARENESS SAMPLE PAPER 2008 Posted by Free Exam Original Paper Monday, May 12, 2008 at 4:33 AM SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL AWARENESS 1. Who among the following is the President of Russia? (1) Georgi Purvanov (2) Dmitry Medvedev (3) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (4) Alvaro Uribe Velez (5) None of these 1. Who among the following is the President of Russia? (1) Georgi Purvanov (2) Dmitry Medvedev (3) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (4) Alvaro Uribe Velez (5) None of these 2. Who among the following is the Chairman of National Knowledge Comm ission? (1) Mr. P.M. Bhargava (2) Mr. P. Balram

(3) Mr. Andre Beteille (4) Mr. Sam Pitroda (5) None of these 3. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah is located at (1) Ajmer (2) Mumbai (3) Delhi (4) Hyderabad (5) None of these 4. With which sport is the term ‘butterfly’ associated? (1) Kabaddi (2) Swimming (3) Boxing (4) Wrestling (5) None of these 5. Who among the following won the renowned UNESCO/Guillermo Cano W orld Press Freedom Prize 2008? (1) Mr. Khushwant Singh (2) Mr. Vikram Seth (3) Prof. Amartya Sen (4) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro (5) None of these

6. Who among the following tennis sensations announced her retirement in 2007? (1) Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (2) Monica Seles (3) Kim Clijsters (4) Serena Williams (5) None of these 7. Which of the following sports will be included in 2010 Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou (China)? (1) Baseball (2) Rugby (3) Squash (4) Cricket (5) None of these 8. The Dronacharya Award for sports coaches was instituted by the Governm ent in the year(1) 1961 (2) 1970 (3) 1985 (4) 1987 (5) None of these 9. Who among the following literary personalities won Cervantes Prize rece ntly?

(1) Mr. Paulo Coelho (2) Mr. Franz Kafka (3) Mr. Antonio Gamoneda (4) Mr. Chinua Achebe (5) None of these 10. Which of the following countries has the highest life expectancy at birth ? (1) Australia (2) Japan (3) Sweden (4) Canada (5) None of these 11. Which of the following is the world’s largest city in area? (1) Mount Isa (Australia) (2) Mumbai (India) (3) Wenchuan (China) (4) Tokyo (Japan) (5) None of these 12. Who among the following is regarded as the father of Modern Biology? (1) Aristotle (2) Darwin

(3) Robert Hooke (4) Vesalius 13. Which of the following rivers rises in lake Lan-Ka Tso in Tibet? (1) Jhelum (2) Chenab (3) Beas (4) Sutlej (5) None of these 14. Who among the following tennis players won the women’s singles title in Australian Open 2008? (1) Venus Williams (2) Maria Sharapova (3) Justine Henin (4) Martina Hingis (5) None of these 15. By what name is the disease, Varicella, more commonly known? (1) Chicken Pox (2) Small Pox (3) Malaria (4) Tuberculosis (5) None of these 16. Who among the following noted personalities won the prestigious Abel P

rize recently? (1) Mr. M.S. Swaminathan (2) Mr. Srinivasan Padmanabhan (3) Mr. A. Sivathanu Pillai (4) Mr. Srinivasa Varadhan (5) None of these 17. Which of the following parts of the skeleton protects the spinal cord? (1) Auditory Capsule (2)Cranium (3) Olfactory Capsule (4) Vertebral Column (5) None of these 18. The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) Summit was held in(1)Sudan (2) Nigeria (3) Libya (4) Niger (5) None of these 19. Who among the following is the Attorney-General of India? (1) Mr. Goolam E. Vahanvati (2) Mr. Milon Kumar Banerji

(3) Mr. Vikas Singh (4) Mr. Gopal Subramaniam (5) None of these 20. Which of the following countries has the largest area of forest? (1) Russia (2) Canada (3) Brazil (4) USA (5) None of these 21. The States/UT through which the Kaveri river flows are (1) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (2) Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Puducherry (3) Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry (4) Maharashtra, Karnataka and Puducherry (5) None of these 22. PERT is a technique used for which one of the following? (1) Electric Power Transmission (2) Project Management (3) Railway Safety (4) Internet 23. The Asteroid Belt is found between which of the following planets?

(1) Mars and Jupiter (2) Earth and Mars (3) Jupiter and Saturn (4) Saturn and Uranus (5) None of these 24. Who among the following propounded the ‘Saptanga’ Theory? (1) Manu (2) Charaka (3) Kautilya (4) Tulsidas (5) None of these 25. The visible part of the Sun is called (1) Ionosphere (2) Hydrosphere (3) Photosphere (4) Troposphere (5) None of these 26. The 15th SAARC Summit will be held in 2008 at(1) Kathmandu (2) Dhaka (3) Colombo

(4) New Delhi (5) None of these 27. The 2008 Olympic Games will be held at(1) Montreal (2) Beijing (3) Atlanta (4) London (5) None of these 28. Which among the following films won the award for ‘Best Motion Pic ture of the Year’ in 80th Annual OSCAR Awards 2008? (1) The Queen (2) No Country For Old Men (3) The Last King of Scotland (4) The Lives of Others (5) None of these 29. Who among the following is the Governor of Meghalaya? (1) Mr. K. Sankaranarayan (2) Mr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu (3) Mr. B.L. Joshi (4) Mr. Dinesh Nandan Sahaya (5) None of these

30. Where is the world’s tallest Pagoda located? (1) Bhutan (2) Japan (3) Nepal (4) China (5) None of these 31. At which international film festival is the ‘Golden Lion’ awarded to the best film? (1) IIFA (2) Locarno Film Festival (3) Cannes Film Festival (4) Venice Film Festival (5) None of these 32. With which mythological figure would you associate the weapons – ‘Aj agava’, ‘Khatwanga’ and ‘Pinaka’? (1) Vishnu (2) Shiva (3)Brahma (4) Indra (5) None of these 33. How many companies from India figure in the ‘Global-500’ list? (1) 6

(2) 4 (3) 8 (4) 10 (5) None of these 34. Which of the following planets takes nearly the same time for a rotation on its own axis as does the Earth? (1) Jupiter (2) Mars (3) Neptune (4) Uranus (5) None of these 35. Noted author and activist Arundhati Roy has been supporting the farmers of Singur in West Bengal who are resisting the State Government’s move to acquire land and give it to (1) Tata Motors (2) Maruti Udyog Ltd. (3) Infosys (4) Hindustan Motors (5) None of these 36. Who among the following batsmen achieved the feat of hitting six 6s in on e over for the first time in international cricket during the World Cup 2007? (1) Scott Styris

(2) Sanath Jayasuriya (3) Herschelle Gibbs (4) Brian Lara (5) None of these 37. The XVI Asian Games are scheduled to be held at(1) Qatar (2) Incheon (3)Guangzhou (4) Jakarta (5) None of these 38. Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society? (1) William Carey (2) William Jones (3) David Hare (4) Marshman (5) None of these 39. Lance Armstrong, a sportsperson of international repute, belongs to whi ch of the following countries? (1) USA (2) Ukraine (3) Spain

(4) Brazil (5) None of these 40. ‘Galileo Satellites’, named after their discoverer, are four large moons o fthe planet (1) Jupiter (2) Neptune (3) Saturn (4) Uranus (5) None of these 41. Who is the present chairman of National Security of Council(NSC) ? (1) Anand Mahindra (2) Brajesh Mishra (3) Arun Shaurie (4) P.C.Jha (5) None of these 42. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has succeeded in acquiring a big deal from Bank of China worth (1) $ 75 million (2) $ 50 million (3) $ 100 million (4) $ 125 million (5) None of these

43. According to the Global Gender Gap Report, 2006 by the World Econom ic Forum, the country which has provided more political empowerment to women among the following is(1) USA (2) India (3) Sri Lanka (4) Bangladesh (5) None of these 44.Who is the present chairman of National Film Division Corporation (NF DC) ? (1) Om Puri (2) Javed Akhtar (3) Shabana Azmi (4) Amitabh Bachchan (5) None of these 45. The 20th NATO Summit was held in 2008 at(1) Thailand (2) Bucharest (3) Brazil (4) China (5) None of these 46. Which of the following industries are the major beneficiaries of the Mu mbai port?

(1) Sugar and Cotton textile industry (2) Iron and Steel industry (3) Cotton textile and Petrochemical industry (4)Engineering and Fertilizer industry (5) None of these 47. What is Value Added Tax (VAT)? (1) A new initiative taken by the Government to increase the taxburden of high income groups (2) A simple, transparent, easy to pay tax imposed on consumers (3) A single tax that replaces State tax like surcharge, turnover tax, etc. (4) A new tax to be imposed on the producers of capital goods. (5) None of these 48. The common currency which has been introduced among 11 European na tions is known as(1) Euro (2) Euro Pound (3) Euro Dollar (4) None of these 49. Who amongst the following was the head of the Investment Commission which submitted its report to the Government of India? (1) Dr. Rakesh Mohan (2) Mr. Ratan Tata

(3) Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla (4) Mr. Rahul Bajaj (5) None of these 50. Which bank has launched a new health cover scheme under the name of “Arogya Shree”? (1) PNB (2) SBI (3) Andhra Bank (4) OBC (5) None of these ANSWERS 1.(2) 2.(4) 3.(3) 4.(2) 5.(4) 6.(3) 7.(4) 8.(3) 9.(3) 10.(2) 11.(1) 12.(1) 13.(4) 14.(2) 15.(1) 16.(4) 17.(4) 18.(3) 19.(2) 20.(1) 21.(1) 22.(2) 23.(1) 24.(3) 25.(3) 26.(3) 27.(2) 28.(2) 29.(3) 30.(4) 31.(4) 32.(2) 33.(1) 34.(2) 35.(1) 36.(3) 37.(3) 38.(2) 39.(1) 40.(1) 41.(1) 42.(3) 43.(2) 44.(1) 45.(2) 46.(3) 47.(3) 48.(1) 49.(2) 50.(1)