Sbi General Awareness

General Knowledge & Current Affairs 1. Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Adviser by the UPA Government ? (a) Brajesh Mishra (b) J. N. Daxit (c) Soli J. Sorabjee (d) T. K. A. Nair Ans: ( b ) J. N. Daxit 2. Who among the following is the new Chief Minister of Karnataka ? (a) S. M. Krishna (b) Uma Bharti (c) Dharam Singh (d) Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Ans: ( c ) Dharam Singh 3. Who among the following has won the Miss Universe 2004 crown ? (a) Jennifer Hawkins (b) Shandi Finnessey (c) Alba Reyes (d) None of these Ans: ( a ) Jennifer Hawkins 4. A solemn ceremony to mark the 60th Anniversary of D-Day landings of the Allies troops during the Second World War, was held in (a) Pearl Harbour (b) Normandy (c) New York (d) Lisbon Ans: ( b ) Normandy 5. Which of the following cricketers holds the world record of maximum number of sixes in Tests ? (a) Chris Carins (New Zealand) (b) Viv Richards (West Indies) (c) Sachin Tendulkar (India) (d) Wasim Akram (Pakistan) Ans: ( a ) Chris Carins (New Zealand) 6. Who among the following has been appointed the new Chief Justice of India ? (a) Justice Rajendra Babu (b) Justice V. N. Khare (c) Justice R. C. Lahoti (d) None of these Ans: ( c ) Justice R. C. Lahoti

7. Who among the following sports persons got the honour of lighting the Olympic flame at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi recently ? (a) Anjali Bhagwat (b) Abhinav Bindra (c) Viswanathan Anand (d) K. M. Beenamol Ans: ( a ) Anjali Bhagwat 8. Who among the following has been appointed new chairman of the National Commission for Farmers ? (a) Ajit Singh (b) K. C. Pant (c) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (d) Sharad Pawar Ans: ( c ) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan 9. Which of the following planets crossed the face of the sun (in transit) after 122 years recently ? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn Ans: ( b ) Venus 10. Which of the following countries was readmitted to the Commonwealth recently ? (a) Nepal (b) Myanmar (c) Pakistan (d) None of these Ans: ( c ) Pakistan 11. The world governing body of which of the following sports celebrated its 100 years in existence recently ? (a) Football (b) Hockey (c) Badminton (d) Cricket Ans: ( a ) Football 12. Who among the following won the men?s singles title of the French Open 2004 ? (a) Guillermo Coria (b) Roger Federer (c) Andy Roddick (d) Gaston Gaudio Ans: ( d ) Gaston Gaudio

13. Who is India?s first Woman Grand Master in Chess ? (a) Aarthie Ramaswamy (b) Koneru Humpy (c) S. Meenakshi (d) S. Vijayalakshmi Ans: ( b ) Koneru Humpy 14. The age of a tree can be determined by (a) Measuring its height (b) Measuring its diameter (c) Analyzing its sap (d) Counting the annual growth rings of its stem Ans: ( d ) Counting the annual growth rings of its stem 15. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? Mountains Continents (a) The Rocky : North America (b) The Andes : South America (c) The Alps : Europe (d) The Ural : Africa Ans: ( d ) The Ural : Africa 16. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ? (a) ?Purna Swaraj? Resolution : 1929 (b) Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh : 1931 (c) Formation of the Congress Socialist Party: 1939 (d) Simla Confeence : 1940 Ans: ( b ) Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh : 1931 17. The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Khajuraho (c) Madurai (d) Mount Abu Ans: ( a ) Bhubaneswar 18. Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance ? (a) Kuchipudi (b) Kathak (c) Manipuri (d) Mohiniattam Ans: ( d ) Mohiniattam 19. The deepest oceanic trench ?Mariana? is located in (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Indian Ocean Ans: ( c ) Pacific Ocean

20. Although fog consists of fine drops of water, we cannot see clearly through it because (a) The light rays undergo total internal reflection in the drops (b) Fine drops of water in fog polarize the light (c) The fine drops are opaque to the light (d) The drops scatter most of the light Ans: ( d ) The drops scatter most of the light 21. During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders ? (a) Portuguese (b) Dutch (c) Danish (d) English Ans: ( a ) Portuguese 22. Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism ? (a) Iltutmish (b) Balban (c) Alauddin Khalji (d) Firoze Tughlaq Ans: ( c ) Alauddin Khalji 23. Which one of the following mountain peaks of the Himalayas is NOT in India ? (a) Annapurna (b) Nanda Devi (c) Mt. Kamet (d) Kanchenjunga Ans: ( a ) Annapurna 24. A rift valley is formed mainly due to (a) The forces of tension in the earth?s crust (b) The subsidence of the floor of a river valley (c) The valley formed after the formation of fold mountains (d) The deepening of a valley by ice action Ans: ( a ) The forces of tension in the earth?s crust 25. Who is the author of the book, ?The Man Who Divided India? ? (a) Arun Shourie (b) Dominique Lapierre (c) Rafiq Zakaria (d) Salman Rushdie Ans: ( c ) Rafiq Zakaria

G K and Current Affairs: Questions Quiz By srikanthraj on 30 Aug 08 Who among the following has been appointed the National Security advisor by the UPA Govt? Q1

1. Brajesh Mishra 2. J. N. Daxit 3. Soli J. Sorabjee

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Who among the following is the new Chief Minister of Karnataka? Q2

1. B. S. Yeddyurappa 2. Uma Bharti 3. Dharam Singh

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Which country girl selected as Miss Universe in 2008? Q3

1. India 2. Argentina 3. Vietnam

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Who among the following has won the Miss Universe 2004 Crown? Q4

1. Jennifer Hawkins 2. Shandi Finnessey 3. Alba Reyes

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Which of the following cricketers holds the world record of maximum number of sixes in Test? Q5

1. Viv Richards (West Indies) 2. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 3. Chris Carins (New Zealand)

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Who among the following has been appointed the new Chief Justice of India Q6

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1. Justice R. C. Lahoti 2. Justice V. N. Khare 3. Justice K G Balakrishnan who among has been appointed new chairman of the National Commission for Farmers?

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1. Ajit Singh 2. K.C.Pant 3. M.S.Swaminathan Which of the following planets crossed the face of the sun ( in transit) after 122 years recently? Q8

1. Mars 2. Venus 3. Jupitar

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Which of the following countries was readmitted to the commonwealth recently? Q9

1. Nepal 2. Myanmar 3. Pakistan

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The world Governing body of which of the following sports celebrated its 100 years recently? Q10

1. 2. 3. 4.

Football Cricket Hockey None of the Above

G K and Current Affairs: Questions Quiz By srikanthraj on 30 Aug 08 Who is India's first woman Grand Master in Chess? Q11

1. Aarthie Ramaswamy 2. S.Meenakshi 3. Koneru Humpy

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The Age of Tree can be determined by

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1. 2. 3. 4.

Measuring its height Counting the annual growth rings of its stem Measuring its diameter Analyzing its sap

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Q13 Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? Mountains and srikanthraj

Continents 1. 2. 3. 4.

The Rocky : North America The Andes : South America The Alps : Europe The Ural : Africa

The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at Q14

1. Bhubaneswar 2. Khajuraho 3. Madurai

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Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance ? Q15

1. Kuchipudi 2. Kathak 3. Mohiniattam

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The deepest oceanic trench Mariana is located in Q16

1. Atlantic Ocean 2. Pacific Ocean 3. Arctic Ocean

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Although fog consists of fine drops of water, we cannot see clearly through it because Q17

1. Fine drops of water in fog polarize the light 2. The fine drops are opaque to the light 3. The drops scatter most of the light During the Mughal Period, which one of the following were the first to come to india as traders?

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1. English 2. Dutch 3. Portuguese

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SBI CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (BOOKS & AUTHOR) 1. Who is the author of "The Kalam effect: My years with the president"? (a) P.M.Nayar (b) Sonia Gandhi (c) L.K.Adwani (d) Arun Shaurie ANS (a) 2. Who is the author of the book "Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstopable"? (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Arundhati Roy (c) Shobha De (d) Vikram Seth ANS (c) 3. The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thulasidas (c) Sudraka (d) Kautilya ANS (a) 4. Mulk Raj Anand is the author of (a) The Post Office (b) Gora (c) India Wins Freedom (d) Coolie 5. Who is the author of the book 'My other two daughters'? (a) Lalu Prasad Yadav (b) Surjit Singh Barnala (c) E.M. Forster (d) Paul Kennedy ANS (b) 6. Who is known as the Father of Detective Story (a) Arthur Conan Doyle (b) Bram Stoker (c) Edgar Allen Poe (d) None of the above ANS (c) 7. Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny' – book was written by (a) V.S. Naipaul (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Guenter Grass (d) Swami Vivekananda ANS (d) 8. Find out the odd one (a) Louis Fischer (b) Ibsen(c) William Shakespeare (d) Sherlock HolmesANS (d) Others are writers. Sherlock Holmes is a character 9.One among the following is not written by Kalidasa (a) Saakunthalam (b) Raghu Vamsam (c) Rith Samharam (d) Kaavyadooth ANS (d) 10. 'Sonia, a Biography' was written by (a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Arundhathi Roy (c) Rasheed Kidvai (d) V.K. Madhavan Kutty ANS (c) 11. One among the following is not a Harry Potter story (a) Chamber of secrets (b) The philosopher's stone (c) Half blood prince (d) Naked Truth ANS (d)

12. Jules Verne, a French science fiction writer wrote a book, which carried a more or less accurate prediction of the launching of Apollo-8. Which is the book (a) From the Earth to the moon (b) All under Heaven (c) A Midsummer Night's Dream (d) Past and Present ANS (a) 13. Who is the author of "A Passage to England"? (a) E.M. Forster (b) Nirad C. Chaudhari (c) G.B. Shaw (d) Winston Churchill ANS (b) 14. "Does IT matter" is a book written by (a) Bill Gates (b) N. R. Narayanan (c) Nicholas Carr (d) Thomas D. Harris (e) None of these ANS (c) 15. 'Beyond time' is the book written by (a) Namita Gokhale (b) Ruskin Bond (c) William Balrymple (d) Josef Korbel (e) None of these ANS (e) 16. The famous book 'Anandmath' has been authorised by (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Sri Aurobindo ANS (b) 17.Who wrote a book describing the theory of economic drain of India during British rule? (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawaharlal Nehru ANS (a) 18. The author of the book 'Waiting for Godot' is: (a) Ruth Harring (b) Susan Sontag (c) Samuel Beckett (d) Ben Jonson ANS (c) Waiting for the Mahatma - R. K. Narayanan Waiting to Exhale - Terry Mc Millan 19. "The Vedas contain all the truth", was interpreted by: (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand (c) Swami Shraddhanand (d) S. Radhakrishnan ANS (b) 20. Sirr-i-Akbar was the Persian translation of fifty-two Upanishads by which son of shah Jahan? ANS - Dara Shikoh 21.In "The Travels of Gulliver", what is the first things two Lilliputians discuss when they meet in the morning? ANS - The health of the sun

22."The man who knew infinity" is the biography of (a) Rene Descartes (b) Stephen Hawking (c) Albert Einstein (d) S. Ramanujan ANS (d) 23.What was the original name of 'Alice in Wonderland' when Lewis Carroll first showed it to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863? ANS - Alice's Adventures Underground 24. The author of the book "Waiting for the Mahatma" is (a) R.K Narayan (b) N.A Palkhiwala (c) Amrita Pritam (d) M. Malgonkar ANS (a) 25. Under the patronage of which ruler of the Javanese house of Mataram, was the epic poem 'Arjuna vivaha' written? ANS - King Airlangga 26. To whom, in his own words, did Rudyard Kipling dedicate his collection, 'Plain Tales From the Hills'? ANS - To the wittiest woman in India 27. 'Beyond the Last Blue Mountain' is R.M Lala's biography of which Indian? ANS - J. R. D. Tata 28. Which of Agatha Christie's books was the first to be serialised in the Evening News under the title 'Anna the Adventure'? ANS - The Man In The Brown Suit 29. Who has authored the book A Brief History of Time? (a) Carl Sagan (b) Issac Asimov (c) John Gribbin (d) Stephen Hawking ANS (d) 30. The book 'Living with Honour' is written by (a) Arundhati Roy (b) Shiv Khera (c) Pramod Batra (d) Vikram Seth ANS (b) 31. The book 'Cricket My Style' is written by (a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Kapil Dev (d) Mohinder Amarnath ANS (c) 32. Who wrote the book 'The Book of Indian Birds' ANS - Dr. Salim Ali 33. 'Economic History of India' was written by ANS - R. C. Dutt 34.The oldest of the vedic literature is (a) Sama Veda (b) Yajur Veda (c) Rig Veda (d) Atharva VedaANS (c) 35. 'Leelavathi' the famous sanskrit grantha is a book on ANS - Mathematics 36. Who is the author of ‘An Equal Music’ (1999) ANS - Vikram Seth 37. Who wrote the poem ‘Passage to India’ in 1871 ANS - Walt Whitman (American Poet)

38. Who is the author of the book ‘The Canterbury Tales’ ANS - Geoffrey Chaucer 39. Who is the author of the book ‘Anna Karenina’ ANS - Leo Tolstoy 40.Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ ANS - Mark Twain 41. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’? ANS - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 42.Who is the author of the book ‘The Comedy of Errors’? ANS - William Shakespeare 43. Who is the author of the book ‘Animal Farm’ ANS - George Orwell 44. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’? ANS - Samuel Taylor Coleridge 45. Who is the author of the book, ‘Through the Looking-Glass’? ANS - Lewis Carroll 46. Who is the author of the book, ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’? ANS - William Shakespeare 47. Who is the author of the book ‘Akbar-nama’ ANS - Abul Fazl 48. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’? ANS - Mark Twain 49. Who is the author of the book ‘Antony and Cleopatra’? ANS - William Shakespeare 50. Who is the author of the book , Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1687) ANS - Sir Isaac 51. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"? (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Atal Bihari Vajpeyi (c) Narendra Modi (d) Vikram Seth ANS (c)

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 species 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 Lanka, originally hailed from— (A) Australia (B) Britain (C) Finland (D) U.S.A. 8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development 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 "Jyoti 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 worth— (A) $ 30 billion (B) $ 35 billion (C) $ 25 billion (D) $ 27 billion 16. The Summit of OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries) was held in March 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 internet 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) headed 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 the 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 strategic Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve 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 following 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 controversy— (A) Italy (B) Spain (C) Zimbabwe (D) Nepal 34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to— (A) SCs (B) STs (C) OBC (D) Minorities OBC 35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history 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 present 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 Education" ? (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 country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts 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 Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative 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 service 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 district (Chhattisgarh). 37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)

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 Commission? (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 World 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 Government 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 recently? (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 Prize 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 Picture 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 – ‘Ajagava’, ‘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 one 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 which 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 ofthe 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 Economic 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 (NFDC) ? (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 Mumbai 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 nations 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

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d) Sushama Swaraj ANS : a 2. Fernando Lugo’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the president of a) Paraguay b) Sudan c) Afghanistan d) Pakistan ANS [...] FREE PREVIOUS YEAR 2007 SOLVED PAPER ON : http://indiaknow.blogspot.com SBI Bank clerk general awareness model paper 1. As per Global Environment Outlook 4, a report of United Nations Environment Programme, the area of forest being lost across the world every year estimated to be a. 35,000 sq. miles b. 40,000 sq. miles c. 45,000 sq. miles d. 50,000 sq. miles Ans. C

(General Awareness) 1.Who amongst the following cricketers became the ninth indian to claim 150 or more wickets? (a) A.Kumble (b) A.Agarkar (c) S.Tendulkar (d) Harbhajan Singh (e) None of these 2. Who amongst the following returned to earth after a lomg 195 days stay in space ? (a) Angei Brewer (b) Mike Leinbach (c) Shruti Vadera (d) Sunita Williams (e) None of these 3. Japan PM shinzo Abe came to office last year with huge support in his favour. But since last few months he is facing problems in his political survival. Which of the following actions taken by him does / do not enjoy support of the people of

Japan (Pick up the correct statement) ? 1. Decision to postpone parliament elections. 2. Falling to control inflation which has gone to the level of 12% an unusual phenomenon in the history of Japan . 3. Decision to allow USA to make an army Base in some of its Islands where USA will have its nuclear war-heads (a) Only 2 (b) Only 1 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Only 3 (e) All 1, 2 and 3 4. European leaders agree on traty was the news in leading news paper in recent past . Which of the following was the treaty on which leadres were of diverse views (Pick up the correct statement) ? 1. The treaty was to make the EURO money a universal currency for all financial / monetary transaction done by all the member countries w.e.f. April 2009. 2. Treaty was to defunct constitution of the Eropean Union by a new one. 3. Poland one of the newest members of the union was threatening to use its veto power if any change is done in the present set up of the organization. (a) only 1 (b) only 2 (c) only 3 (d) Both 1 and 2 (e) Both 2 and 3 5. “Rajpaksha threatens to resolve Lanka parliament” was the news in leading newspaper a few days back . Which of the following was the reason owing to which president threatens to take a drastic step ? (pick up the correct statements). 1. A number of MPs from Sri Lanka Freedom party defecting to join another party launched by another group of politicians. 2. A group of politicians under the leadership of former president Chandrika Kumartunga demanding the postponement of elctions for the post of president due in the month of November 2007 so that Chandrika can came back from exile and contest for the same. 3. Rajapaksha wants general public and also MPs to support his formula on peace with LTTE which is not accepatble to most of the MPs. (a) All 1,2 and 3 (b) Only 2 (c) Only 3 (d) Both 1 and 2 (e) Only 1

6. Madhesi national liberation front (MNLF) is an organixation active in which of the following countries ? (a) Pakistan (b) Myanmar (c) Uganda (d) Iran (e) Nepal 7. As per the Economic survey 2006-07 the food grain production may not touch the target fixed for the year. What is the atrget of the same set for the period? (a) 100 million tonnes (b) 220 million tonnes (c) 175 million tonnes (d) 250 million tonnes (e) 320 million tonnes 8. Which of the following sector banks brought its equity share (follow on public issue) for the price was set as Rs. 940 per equity ? (a) ICICI Bank (b) Karnataka Bank (c) UTI Bank (d) HDFC Bank (e) None of these 9. Prime minister of India recently unveiled an agricultural package during his visit to 53rd meeting of the National Development Concil. What is the size of the package (a) Rs. 10,000 Crores (b) Rs. 1s,000 Crores (c) Rs. 20,000 Crores (d) Rs. 25,000 Crores (e) Rs. 30,000 Crores 10. Which of the following States achieved 100% financial inclusion (each and every family in the state has atleast one bank account). ? (a) Delhi (b) Maharashtra (c) West Bengal (d) Kerala (e) None of these

11. Rafael Nadal won the French Open men’s single title 2007 after defeating who amongst the follwing ? (a) Mark Knowles (b) Mahesh Bhupati (c) Daniel Nestor (d) Pawel Vizner (e) Roger Federer 12. Who amongst the following has taken over as the chairman of the 18th Law Commission set-up recently ? (a) Justice A.R.Lakshmanan (b) Justice Bhagwan Das Rana (c) Justice T.L.Venkatraman Iyer (d) Mrs. Suryakanta Patil (e) None of these 13. Who amongst the following was honoured with the Jawaharlal Nehru award for the International Understanding given away recently ? (a) Mr. Umaru Yar Adua (b) Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (c) Mr. Vladimir Putin (d) Mr. Felipe Calderon (e) None of these 14. Who amongst the following actors won the award for Best actor in 8th International Film Academy Award Ceremony held recently? (a) Saif Ali Khan (b) Sanjay Dutt (c) Arshad Warsi (d) Abhishek Bachchan (e) Hrithik Roshan 15. Which of the following rates is not decided by the Reserve Bank of India ? (a) Bank Rate (b) Repo Rate (c) Reserve Repo Rate (d) Income Tax Rates (e) All of these 16. The world Economic forum was held recendly in -

(a) Malaysia (b) Kuwait (c) Iran (d) Brazil (e) Indonesia 17. Which of the following African countries recently launched its communication satellite for the first time (The satellite was launched from China) ? (a) Nigeria (b) Keniya (c) Zimbabwe (d) Mauritius (e) None of these 18. ‘Dausa’ which has been in news recently is a town in (a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradeh (c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh (e) Rajasthan 19. Which of the following was the major issue of discussion in the G-8 Summit held in Germany ? (a) Subsidy to agro product (b) Climate protection (c) Financial Aid to Iraq (d) Nuclear technology and possiblity of space war (e) None of these 20. Which of the following countries has decided to build a road to the Base camp of Mt. Everest ? (a) India (b) China (c) Nepal (d) Myanmar (e) None of these 1) What does that acronym VGA stand for? a) Extended Graphics Adapter b) Enhanced Graphics Array

c) Video Graphics Array d) Color Graphics Array 2) ISP stands for a) Internet Service Provider; b) Information Services Provider; c) International Services Program; d) Industrial Services program 3) One KB equals a) 1000 Bytes; b) 1000MB; c) 1024 bytes; d) 1024 MB 4) LAN means a) Land Acquisition Notification; b) Local Area Network; c) Large Area Network; d) Low Area Network 5) One MB equals a) 1000 bytes; b) 1000GB; c) 1024 KB; d) 1024 GB 6) MICR stands for a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition; b) Magnetic Ink Charter Recognition c) Magnetic Ink Charter Release; d) Magnetic Ink Character Release 7) The communication equipment used in the computer is a) CPU b) MODEM; c) Monitor d) Mouse 8) Which of the following is a national net work ?

a) WAN b) NICNET c) WWW d) HTTP 9) Which of the following can be used for Monitors ? a) LCD b) LAN c) PIN d) SQL 10) BIOS stands for a) Basic Input Output System b) Base Input Output System c) Broad Information Output System d) Basic Information Operating System 11) Which of the following is used for International Inter Bank Financial Communications? a) SWIFT b) CBS c) WWW d) SPNS 12) Which of the following not used in the Computers? a) Key Board b) Monitor c) Power (AC/DC) d) Handle 13) What does CBS mean? a) Cost Benefit Services; b) Current Business Services c) Core Banking Services; d) Cost of Banking Services 14) Marketing in Banks is the job of a) Specialized marketing personnel; b) every employee in the bank;

c) Manager of the bank; d) Sales associates 15) The rate of interest on Savings Bank Account is stipulated by a) The concerned bank; b) RBI; c) Indian Banks Association; d) Government of India 16) The rate of interest on Fixed and Investment Deposits is stipulated by a) The concerned bank; b) RBI; c) Indian Banks Association; d) Government of India 17) The rate of interest on Savings Bank accounts is a) 3.5 % p.a.; b) 4%p.a; c) 4.5% p.a d) 5%p.a 18) Loan against the security of immovable property is by executing an agreement of a) Assignment b) Pledge; c) Transfer; d) Mortgage; 19) The regulator of the banking system in India is a) RBI; b) Finance Minister; c) SEBI; d) IBA 20) Which of the following is a financial asset? a) Gold; b) silver; c) Shares in a demat account; d) Land & buildings

21) NAV is normally used in respect of schemes floated by a) Banks; b) Mutual funds; c) Insurance Companies; d) Merchant banker 22) EMI is normally used in respect of which of the following loans? a) Personal Loans; b) Home Loans; c) Consumer Loans; d) All the above 23) The maximum period for which fixed deposit accounts allowed to be opened in a bank for an individual customer a) 3 years; b) 5 years; c) 10 years; d) 20 years 24) Zero balance account is generally allowed to be opened for a) Salaried class; b) businessmen; c) foreign customers; d) children 25) Four Ps of Marketing is also known as a) Marketing Mix b) Marketing Concept c) Marketing environment d) Marketing strategies 1. On 7th May 2008, agni-III was test-fired. It was— (A) Ballistic 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 the Acronym START came into News. START stands for— (A) Strategic Association for Restructuring Trade (B) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

(C) System Tracking and Reprocessing Team (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 species 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 scientist John Wheeler who died in April 2008, was originally hailed from— (A) Australia (B) U.S.A. (C) Finland (D) Britain 8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development for 2007— (A) Bill Gates (B) Nelson Mandela (C) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (D) Arthur C. Clarke 9. The 2008 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize awarded to — (A) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro (B) Anna Politkovskaya (C) May Chidiac (D) U Win Tin 10. Which of the following Indian players has not completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket— (A) Rahul Dravid (B) Sachin Tendulkar (C) Sunil Gavaskar (D) Virendra Sehwag 11. On March 26, 2008, NASA’s space shuttle which returned safely to Earth after completing 16 day mission to International Space Station was— (A) Discovery (B) Endeavour (C) Columbia (D) None of the above 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 worth— (A) $ 30 billion (B) $ 35 billion (C) $ 25 billion (D) $ 27 billion 16. The Summit of NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY) was held in April in— (A) Romania (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 internet users is— (A) U.S.A. (B) China (C) Japan (D) Germany 20. Which country has won the Women's Asia Cup Cricket 2008 which was held in Colombo in the monthe of May 2008 ? (A) Brisbane (B) Melbourne (C) Sydney (D) Perth 21. According to Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed 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 the 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 strategic Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve 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 following 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 controversy— (A) Italy (B) Spain (C) Zimbabwe (D) Nepal 34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to— (A) SCs (B) STs (C) OBC (D) Minorities OBC

35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history 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 present 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. When did the Olympic torch relay begin ? (A) in 1950 (B) in 1952 (C) in 1953 (D) in 1963 Answers with Hints 1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START-II) is a treaty between Russia and U.S.A. for reducing their nuclear arsenals. The treaty is due to expire in 2009. 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 country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts 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) India won fourth consecutive times in Women's Asia Cup Cricket 21. (B) 22. (C) The Pritzkar Architecture Prize, considered to be equivalent of Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative 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 service 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 district (Chhattisgarh). 37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)

SBI CLERK SOLVED PAPER HELD ON 6TH JULY 2008 GENERAL AWARENESS 1.Madhesdi National Liberation Front (MNLF) is an organization active in which of the following countries ? (A) Pakistan (B) Myanmar (C) Uganda (D) Iran (E) Nepal ANS-(E) 2. Who amongst the following cricketers became the ninth Indian to claim 150 or more wickets ? (A) A.Kumble (B) A.Agarkar (C) S.Tendulkar (D) Harbhajan (E) [...] MORE SBI CLERK QUESTIONS ON : http://indiaknow.blogspot.com 1. Which of the following has been selected for best parliamentarian of the year award 2007 ? a) Priya Ranjan Das Munshi b) Mani Shankar Aiyyar c) P.Chidambaram d) Sushama Swaraj ANS : a 2. Fernando Lugo’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the president of a) Paraguay b) Sudan c) Afghanistan d) Pakistan ANS [...] 1.Study each of the following table and choose the alternative which can best replace the question mark (?) 1 2 3 2 10 12 2 5 12 10 16 13 1 2 1 ? 10 24 (a) 5 (b) 11 (c) 13 (d) 8 Ans (c) 2. Study each of the following table and choose the alternative which can best replace the

question mark (?) 3 8 10 2 ? 1 6 56 90 2 20 0 (a) 0 (b) 3 (c) 5 (d) 7 Ans (c) 3.In the following question one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term. 11, 5, 20, 12, 40, 26, 74, 54 (a) 5 (b) 20 (c) 40 (d) 26 Ans (c) 4. In the following question one term in the number series is wrong. Find out the wrong term. 8, 14, 26, 48, 98, 194, 386 (a) 14 (b) 48 (c) 98 (d) 194 Ans (b) 5. Calculate value of each word by the following formula: Consonants = (2 × Position of the letter in alphabet) - 1 Vowels = (3 × Position in alphabet) + 1 CHANGE (a) 77 (b) 79 (c) 83 (d) 80 Ans (d) 6. Calculate value of each word by the following formula: Consonants = (2 × Position of the letter in alphabet) - 1 Vowels = (3 × Position in alphabet) + 1 FLUTE (a) 153 (b) 157 (c) 151 (d) 149 Ans (a) 7. Calculate value of each word by the following formula: Consonants = (2 × Position of the letter in alphabet) - 1 Vowels = (3 × Position in alphabet) + 1 BREAD (a) 67 (b) 62 (c) 59 (d) 65 Ans (d) 8. In a certain code language, '3a, 2b, 7c' means 'Truth is Eternal'; '7c, 9a, 8b, 3a' means 'Enmity is not Eternal' and 6a, 4d, 2b, 8b' means 'Truth does not perish'. Which of the following means 'enmity' in that language? (a) 3a (b) 7c (c) 8b (d) 9a Ans (d) 9. In a certain code language, 'po ki top ma' means 'Usha is playing cards'; 'Kop ja ki ma' means 'Asha is playing tennis'; ki top sop ho' means 'they are playing football'; and 'po sur kop' means 'cards and tennis'. Which word in that language means 'Asha'? (a) ja (b) ma (c) kop (d) top Ans (a) 10. A girl was born on September 6, 1970, which happened to be a Sunday. Her birthday has again fall on Sunday in (a) 1975 (b) 1976 (c) 1977 (d) 1981 Ans (d) 11. A long rope has to be cut to make 23 small pieces. If it is double folded to start with how many times does it need to be cut? (a) 9 (b) 23 (c) 11 (d) 12 Ans (c) 12. There are 19 hockey players in a club. On a particular day 14 were wearing the hockey shirts prescribed, while 11 were wearing the prescribed hockey pants. None of them was without either hockey pants or hockey shirts. How many were in complete hockey uniform? (a) 8 (b) 6 (c) 9 (d) 7 Ans (b) 13. In a class room three fourth of the boys are above 160 cm in height and they are 18 in number. Also out of the total strength, the boys form only two third and the rest are girls. The total

number of girls in the class is (a) 18 (b) 24 (c) 12 (d) 30 Ans (c) 14. 'A' is east of 'B' and west of 'C'. 'H' is South-West of 'C', 'B' is South-East of 'X'. which is farthest West? (a) C (b) A (c) X (d) B Ans (c) 15. A girl earns twice as much in December as in each of the other months. What part of her entire year's earning does she earn in December? (a) 2/11 (b) 2/13 (c) 3/14 (d) 1/6 Ans (b) 16. One watch is 1 minute slow at 1 pm on Tuesday and 2 minutes fast at 1 pm on Thursday. When did it show the correct time? (a) 1.00 am on Wednesday (b) 5.00 am on Wednesday (c) 1.00 pm on Wednesday (d) 5.00 pm on Wednesday Directions (Question 17 to 22) :Given a statement followed by two assumptions numbered I and II. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. Mark (a) if only assumption I is implicit Mark (b) if only assumption II is implicit Mark (c) if either I or II is implicit Mark (d) if neither I or II is implicit 17.Statement: Even with the increase in the number of sugar factories in India. We still continue to import sugar. Assumptions :I. The consumption of sugar per capita has increased in India. II. Many of the factories are not in a position to produce sugar to their fullest capacity. Ans (c) 18.Statement :I cannot contact you on phone from Karshik. Assumption : I. Telephone facility is not available at Karshik. II. Nowadays it is difficult to contact on phone. Ans (b) 19.Statement : The government has decided to reduce the custom duty on computer peripherals. Assumptions : I. The domestic market price of computer peripherals may go up in near future. II. the domestic manufacturers may oppose the decision. Ans (a) 20. Statement : In Bombay, railway trains are indispensable for people in the suburbs to reach their places of work on time. Assumptions : I. Railway trains are the only mode of transport available in the suburbs of Bombay. II. Only railway trains run punctually. Ans (a) 21. Statement :The private bus services in the city has virtually collapsed because of the ongoing strike of its employees. Assumptions : I. Going on strikes has become the right of every employee. II. People no more require the services of private bus operators. Ans (b) 22. Statement : Detergents should be used. to clean clothes. Assumptions : I. Detergents from more lather. II. Detergents help to dislodge grease and dirt. Ans (d) 23. Which letter when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the matrix? ADH FIM ?NR

(a) P (b) N (c) K (c) O Ans (c) 24. Which letter when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the matrix? AMBN RCSD EUF? (a) T (b) F (c) V (d) R Ans (c) 25. Which number when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the matrix? 149? 1234 246? (a) 16 and 8 (b) 36 and 4 (c) 25 and 5 (d) 49 and 7 Ans (a) 26. Which number when placed at the sign of interrogation shall complete the matrix? 668 575 43? 120 126 320 (a) 12 (b) 16 (c) 8 (d) 4 Ans (c) 27. In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as: (a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows. (c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows. Statements: I. Many scooters are trucks. II. All trucks are trains Conclusions: I. Some scooters are trains. II. No truck is a scooter. Ans (a) 28. In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as: (a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows. (c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows. Statements: I. All cars are cats. II. All fans are cats. Conclusions: I. All cars are fans. II. Some fans are cars. Ans (d) 29. In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as: (a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows. (c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows. Statements: I. All pilots are experts. II. All authors are pilots. Conclusions: I. All authors are experts. II. No expert in an author. Ans (a) 30.In the following questions, there are given two statements followed by two conclusions numbered I and II. You have to take the two given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows from two given statements, disregarding commonly known facts. Read both the statements and give answer as:

(a) If only conclusion I follows. (b) If only conclusion II follows. (c) If either I or II follows. (d) If neither I nor II follows. Statements: I. Some doctors are institutes. II. Some crooks are institutes. Conclusions: I. All institutes are doctors. II. Some institutes are crooks. Ans (b)

State bank of india placement test paper questions: SBI General Knowledge Placement Test Paper questions / recruitment test exam questions booklet with answer keys for State Bank of India free 1. The Kishenganga Power Project is inA. Orissa B. Maharashtra C. Gujarat D. Jammu & Kashmir Ans (D) 2. The late Nirmala Desh Pande was a famous A. diplomat B. astrologer C. Social activist D. film-star Ans (C) 3. Who has been awarded the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2008 ? A. Nilanjana Bose B. Rupashree Nanda C. Nirupama Subramanian D. None of these Ans (C) 4. Microwave ovens cook dishes by means of A. Ultraviolet rays B. Infra-red rays C. Convection D. Conduction Ans (D) 5. Most of the phenomena related to weather take place in A. stratosphere

B. ionosphere C. mesosphere D. troposphere Ans (D) 6. The current President of the World Bank is A. Dominique Strauss-Kahn B. James D. Wolfansen C. Barbara Cartland D. Robert Zoellick Ans (D) 7. Amartya Sen, the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for his work on A. Game theory B. Securities analysis C. Poverty and famines D.Impact of Industrialization Ans (C) 8. The Quit India resolution was passed at the A. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1940 B. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1941 C. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1942 D. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1945. Ans (C) 9. Who among the following is not a ghazal singer? A. Talat Aziz B. Chandan Dass C. Peenaz Masani D. Jagdev Singh Ans (D) 10. Nobel Prize for literature in 2007 was received byA. Doris Lessing B. Albert Al Gore C. Mohammad Yunus D. None of these Ans (A)

11. Meteorites are the heavenly bodies A. between the Mars and the Jupiter B. between the Saturn and the Neptune C. between the Mars and the Venus D. that burn brightly on entering the Earth’s atmosphere Ans (D) 12. P-5 is a group of A. highly developed countries B. Highly populous countries C. Permanent members of the Security Council D. Established nuclear powers Ans (C) 13. Arrange the following in chronological order: a. Dandi March b. McDonald Award c. Hanging of Bhagat Singh d. Meerut conspiracy case A. a, b, c, d B. b, a, c, d C. d, c, a, b, D. d, a, c, b Ans (A) 14. Which of the following is a land-locked state? A. Gujarat B. Andhra Pradesh C. Madhya Pradesh D. Tamil Nadu Ans (C) 15. Which of the following is not an official language as per the 8th schedule? A. Konkani B. Sindhi C. Manipuri D. English Ans (D) 16. Which of the following used in making computer chips ?

A. Carbon B. Uranium C. Silicon D. Rubidium Ans (C) 17. In order to see an undersea object while in a ship, you would make use of a A. telescope B. periscope C. marinoscope D None of these Ans (B) 18. Baan Ki-moon , the UNO Secretary-General belong to A. Saudi Arab B. Egypt C. South Korea D. Brazil Ans (C) 19. The deepest ocean in the world is A. The Indian ocean B. The Atlantic ocean C. The Pacific ocean D. None of these Ans (C) 20. The oldest mutual fund in India is the A. SBI Mutual Fund B. BOB Mutual Fund C. PNB Mutual Fund D. Unit Trust of India Ans (D) 21. A candidate for elections to the Lok Sabha stands to lose his Deposit Money if he fails to get A. 1/5 of the total valid votes B. 1/8 of the valid votes C. 1/6 of the valid votes polled D. none of these Ans (A)

22. The Varanasi–Kanyakumari National Highway is called A. N.H. – 8 B. N. H. – 7 C. N.H. – 12 D. N.H. – 9 Ans (B) 23. Which of the following areas of output is witnessing a new revolution? A. oilseeds B. fisheries C. fruits D. cereals Ans (A) 24. The W.T.O. came into being on A. 1st April, 1995 B. 1st April, 1994 C. 1st Jan., 1995 D. 1st Jan., 1996 Ans (C) 25. Bangal was partitioned during the viceroyalty of A. Lord Rippon B. Lord Curzon C. Lord Hardinge D. Lord Minto Ans (B) 26. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover fromA. Hyundai B. Maruti-Suzuki C. Ford Motor D. General Motor Ans (C) SBI : General Awareness Held on 13-07-2008 1. Oscar Awards are given for the excellence in the field of (A) films (B) Literature (C) Sports

(D) Politics (E) Status ANS: (A)

2. Which of the following is not a food crop ? (A) Wheat (B) Barley (C) Maize (D) Gram (E) Cotton ANS: (E)

3. Union Budget always presented first in (A) The Loksabha (B) The Rajyasabha (C) Joint session of Parliament (D) Meeting of the Union cabinet (E) The State Assemblies ANS: (A)

4. The Government of India has earmarked about Rs. 70,000 crore in Union Budget to help which of the following sections of the society ? (A) Children who are bonded labour (B) Persons working in hazardous industries (C) Farmers (D) People living below poverty line (E) None of these ANS: (E)

5. Jose Louise has taken over as the prime minister of (A) France (B) Argentina (C) Spain (D) New zealand (E) Italy ANS: (C)

6. The conference of Economic/ Finance Ministers of ASEAN was held recently in (A) Jakarta (B) Bali (C) New Delhi (D) Tokyo (E) Islamabad ANS: (B)

7. Which of the following International forums/ organizations has made a decision of not to go for reckless lending ? (A) G-7 (B) G-8 (C) SAARC (D) World Bank (E) IMF ANS: (E)

8.Mahmood Ahmadinejad who was in India on an official visit recently is the (A) Prime Minister of Iraq (B) President of Iran (C) Prime Minister of Iran (D) President of Iraq (E) None of these ANS: (B)

9. India recently started "Maitree Express" to which of the following destinations ? (A) Islamabad (B) Karanchi (C) Dhaka (D) Kathmandu (E) None of these ANS: (C)

10. The first ever General elction took place in which of the following countries in Indian subcontinent ? (A) Bhutan (B) China

(C) Pakistan (D) Bangladesh (E) Sri Lanka ANS: (A)

11. As per the latest figures published in the newspapers the growth of economy in India for the fiscal year ended March 2008 has been at which of the following levels ? About (A) 6 % (B) 6.5 % (C) 7 % (D) 7.5 % (E) 9 % ANS: (E)

12. Name of B.S.Yeddyurappa was recently in news as he has taken over as the (A) Governor of Karnataka (B) Chief Minister of Karnataka (C) Governor of Andhra Pradesh (D) Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (E) None of these ANS: (B)

13. The Govt. of India Planning to put up a bill in the parliament to ensure free and compulsory education for all those who are of the age of (A) 3 Years (B) 5 Years (C) 6-14 Years (D) 12-20 Years (E) Upto 21 Years ANS: (C)

14. "World No Tobacco Day" is observed on which of the following days ? (A) Ist May (B) 10th May (C) 21st May (D) 31 st May (E) 1st June ANS: (D)

15. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died recently was a famous (A) Social Work (B) Politician (C) Sportsman (D) Play Wright (E) None of these ANS: (D)

16. Mnay times we erad in newspapers about the GM Crops.What is the full form of GM ? (A) Genetically Marketed (B) Genetically Modified (C) Green & Moisturious (D) Globally Marketed (E) None of these ANS: (B)

17. Barack Obama whose name was in news recently is from which of the following countries ? (A) UK (B) USA (C) France (D) Italy (E) None of these ANS: (B)

18. 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 ? (A) An inconvenient truth (B) The Sea (C) Road to prediction (D) Remember My Name (E) None of these ANS: (A)

19. Defence minister from 27 nations recently gathered at which of the following places to discuss security amongst the countries of Asia Pacific Region ? (A) Beijing (B) New Delhi

(C) Singapore (D) Kuala Lumpur (E) None of these ANS: (C)

20. Who amongst the following is NOT a Lawn Tennis Player ? (A) Serena Williams (B) Katarina Srebotnik (C) Andy Murray (D) Nichlas Almagro (E) Ricky Ponting ANS: (E)

21. The head office of the Stae Bank Of India is located in (A) Kolkat (B) New Delhi (C) Pune (D) Ahmedabad (E) None of these ANS: (E) Mumbai

22. Which of the following is NOT the name of the sensitive index of any global stock exchange ? (A) Nasdaq (B) Nikkei (C) Kospi (D) Dow (E) Combix ANS: (E)

23. Mnay times we read the term 'ECB'in financial newspapers.What is the full form of 'ECB'? (A) Essential Commercial Borrowing (B) Essential Credit & Borrowing (C) External Credit & Business (D) External Commercial Borrowing (E) None Of These ANS: (D)

24. Who amongst the following is the new face in Union Cabinet after it was reshuffled recently ? (A) Mnai Shankar Aiyer (B) Rahul Gandhi (C) Priyanka (D) Jyotiraditya Scindia (E) None of these ANS: (D)

25. Who amongst the following has taken over as the chief minister of Nagaland ? (A) Manik Sarkar (B) Dinesh Nandan Sahay (C) P.Longon (D) K.Shankaranarayanan (E) None of these ANS: (E)

PAPER : SBI CLERK SOLVED PAPER (HELD ON 13-07-2008 SECOND SITTING)

PAPER : SBI CURRENT AFFAIRS 2008 QUESTIONS ANSWERS 1. WHO IS THE PRESENT CHAIRMAN OF CII ? ANS- K.V.KAMATH1 2. WHAT IS THE FULLFORM OF "BRIC" ? ANS- BRAZIL,RUSSIA ,INDIA,CHINA 3. WHICH FILM HAS BAGGED THE BEST MOVIE AWARDS IN IIFA AWARDS WHICH WAS HELD IN BANGKOK ? ANS- CHAK DE INDIA (YASH CHOPRA) 4. WHO IS THE WINNER OF FRENCH OPEN 2008 MEN'S TITLE ? ANS- RAFAEL NADAL 5. WHO IS THE WINNER OF DLF IPL CRICKET TOUNAMENT 2008 ? ANS- RAJASTHAN ROYALS 6. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN? ANS- JUSTICE RAJENDRA BABU 7. WHO IS THE INDIAN HOCKEY COACH ? ANS- JOKIM KARVALO 8. WHICH FILM HAS BAGGED THE BEST FILM OF GOLDEN PALM AWARD IN CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2008 ? ANS- ENTRE LES MURS (THE CLASS)

9. WHO IS THE winner of IIFA Best Actor award 2008 ? ANS- SHAHRUKH KHAN (CHAK DE INDIA) 10.WHO IS THE CHIEF OF INDIAN AIR FORCE ? ANS- FALI HOMI MAJOR 11.WHO IS THE MISS UNIVERSE INDIA 2008 ? ANS- SIMARAN KAUR MUNDI 12.WHO IS THE Miss INDIA WORLD 2008 ANS- PARVATHY OMNAKUTTAN 13.VENUE OF 15TH SAARC SUMMIT 2008? ANS- COLOMBO (SRI LANKA) 14.WHO GOT DADA SAHEB PHALKE RATNA AWARD 2008? ANS- B.R.CHOPRA 15.WHO IS THE WINNER OF WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 ? ANS- AUSTRALIA 16.WHO IS THE WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 RUNNER UP ? ANS- SRI LANKA 17.WHO IS THE WINNER OF FRENCH OPEN 2008 WOMENS TITLE ? ANS- Ana Ivanovic 18.WHO COMPLETED 16000 RUNS IN ODI RECENTLY ? ANS- SACHIN TENDULKAR 19.WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA ? ANS-DMITRI MEDWEDEV 20.WHO IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA ? ANS- VLADIMIR PUTIN 21.WHO IS THE WORLD BANK PRESIDENT ? ANS- ROBERT ZOELLICK 22.INDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED AGNI III IN THE MONTH OF MAY 2008. WHICH TYPE OF MISSILE BELONGS TO AGNI III ANS - SURFACE TO SURFACE INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE

PAPER : SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 10 1. The Sir C.V .Raman award for 2008 has been awarded to –

M.Natarajan Sanjeev Ramchandra Inamdar Prof. G.Venkatraman Dr. Naresh Trehan 2. The 2007 FIFA Woman player of the year is – Birgit Prinz Christiane Marta Sania Mirza 3. The Mascot of the 2008 Olympic Games isFuwa Izz Cobi 4. Which among the following States would observe 2008 as the‘Year of Education’ ? Uttar Pradesh Haryana Bihar Karnataka 5. Who has written “Superstar India : From Incredible to unstopable” ? Shobha De Kiran Desai Arundhati Roy Khushwant Singh 6. Which of the following has been selected for best parliamentarian of the year award 2007 ? Priya Ranjan Das Munshi Mani Shankar Aiyyar P.Chidambaram Sushama Swaraj

7. Fernando Lugo’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the president of Paraguay Sudan Afghanistan Pakistan 8. ISRO has launched successfully ten satellites through PSLV-C9 on 15th March,2008 30th March,2008 28th April,2008 4th May,2008 9. Which country will be host 15th SAARC Summit in 2008 ? Maldives Sri Lanka India Pakistan

10. Who among the following has been chosen the Miss India Universe for the year 2008 ? Parvathy Omanakuttan Simaran Kaur Mundi Amrita Thapar Tanvi Vyas PAPER : SBI clerical Staff recruitment : General Awareness sample Question Paper 2008 Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present? (1) Mr. K V. Kamath (2) Dr. Y.V. Reddy (3) Mr. Y.R. Narayanamurthy (4) Mr. O.P. Bhatt (5) None of these

India has different categories of Commercial banks. Which of the following is not one such

category? (1) Private Banks (2) Commodity Banks (3) Nationalised Banks (4) Co-operative Banks (5) Foreign Banks

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through ‘P-Notes’. What is the full form of ‘P-Notes’ ? (1) Permanent Notes (2) Purchase Notes (3) Participatory Notes (4) Private Notes (5) None of these

Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian cricket team which won the Twenty20 World Cup2007 ? (1) Yuvraj Singh (2) M.S. Dhoni (3) Rahul Dravid (4) Sourav Ganguly (5) None of these

The money which Government of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from which of the following sources? [pick. up the correct statement(s)] (A) Loan from World Bank/ ADB, etc. (B) Taxes collected from the people. (C) Loan from the RBI. (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Both A & B (5) All A, B & C

Which of the following organisations / agencies has established a fund known as “Investor Protection Fund” ? (1) SEBI (2) NABARD (3) Bombay Stock Exchange (4) Ministry,.\of Health (5) None of these Which of the following departments of the Government of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the banks? (1) Railways (2) State Road Transports (3) Posts & Telegraph (4) Ministry of Health (5) None of these

Which of the following types of banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ? (A) Foreign Banks (B) Regional Rural Banks (C) Nationalised Banks (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) All A, B & C (5) None of these

Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs? (1) Money lenders (2) Foreign banks (3) NABARD (4) RBI (5) All of these

Which of the following countries does not play international cricket? (1) Russia (2) England (3) South Africa (4) Pakistan (5) India

Which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold? (1) USA (2) Bangladesh (3) Russia (4) India (5) None of these

Many times we read in financial newspapers about ‘FII’. What is the full form of FII ? ‘ (1) Final Investment in India (2) Foreign Investment in India (3) Formal Investment in India (4) Fair Institutional Investment (5) Foreign Institutional Investment

The financial markets of which of the following countries were badly affected by sub prime crisis ? (1) Russia (2) Brazil (3) UK (4) USA (5) None of these

One of the former Prime Ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her return from a long exile? (1) Germany

(2) France (3) Pakistan (4) Brazil (5) None of these

Which of the following countries is facing problem of strike by the workers of the transport, electricity and gas companies as the present Government of the country has decided to end the pension to these workers? (1) USA (2) France (3) China (4) Nepal (5) None of these

Benazir Bhutto is associated with which of the following political parties? (1) Muslim League (2) Pakistan People’s Party (3) Pakistan National Congress (4) Islamic Movement of Pakistan (5) None of these

Who amongst the following is the Secretary-General of UNO? (1) Al Gore (2) Shashi Tharoor (3) Gordon Brown (4) Hugo Chavez (5) None of these

Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA? (l}Supply of Sugar (2) Civilian Nuclear Cooperation

(3) Purchase o£ Fighter Planes (4) Purchase of Gas/Petroleum (5) None of these

Which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killing people from that country ? (1) India (2) Afghanistan (3) Pakistan (4) Bangladesh (5) Turkey

The “Orange Coalition Government” was formed once again in which of the following countries? (1) Russia (2) Ukraine (3) France (4) Germany (5) None of these

As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stopped distributing food in Mogadishu town after its local head was abducted by the government soldiers of the country. Mogadishu is the capital town of (1) Tanzania (2) Turkey (3) Cuba (4) Libya (5) Somalia

Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be worked out? (1) George Bush

(2) Al Gore (3) Bill Clinton (4) Condoleezza Rice (5) None of these

Which of the following countries is not elected by the UN General Assembly on the nonpermanent seats of the UN Security Council w.e.f. January 2008 ? (1) Libya (2) Vietnam (3) Croatia (4) Costa Rica (5) Pakistan

Which of the following countries is not happy with the USA’s decision to award a Congressional Medal to Dalai Lama of Tibet? (1) India (2) Pakistan (3) Nepal (4) Myanmar (5) China

Justine Henin won the Women’s Singles US Open Tennis Championship 2007 after defeating (1) Svetlana Kuznetsova (2) Sania Mirza (3) Dinara Safina (4) Mathalie Dechy (5) None of these India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating (1) Syria (2) Pakistan (3) Britain

(4) France (5) None of these

Who amongst the following is selected for Basava Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Government? (1) Manmohan Singh (2) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (3) Sonia Gandhi (4) Pratibha Patil (5) None of these

Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to India in recent past is the (1) Prime Minister of South Korea (2) Prime Minister of North Korea (3) Prime Minister of Japan (4) President of South Korea (5) None of these

Abdullah Gul’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the President of (1) Turkey (2) Sudan (3) Afghanistan (4) Pakistan (5) None of these

Hem Dutta who was honoured with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is a famous (1) author (2) social activist (3) player (4) film producer (5) scientist

Asafa Powell who created a new world record in 100 metres race is a citizen of (1) Jamaica (2) South Africa (3) India (4) USA (5) South Korea

The World Athletics Championship 2007 was organised in (1) Beijing (2) New Delhi (3) Osaka (4) Dhaka (5) London

Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International Athletics Meet held in Germany in 2007 ? (1) Shiny Wilson (2) Anju Bobby George (3) Neha Sanwal (4) Prajakta Sawant (5) None of these

As per the recent agreement between India and one other country the Indian Rupee can be easily swapped with (1) Taka (2) Riel (3) Kyat (4) Yen (5) Rubble

The Government of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market?

(1) Steel (2) Chemical Fertiliser (3) Pharma products’ (4) Electronic goods (5) None of these

India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the same? (1) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists (2) Import of wheat from Pakistan & South Korea (3) Appreciation of Rupee Value (4) Instability in coalition government in Centre (5) None of these

Which of the following is a public sector unit ? (1) TCS (2) ICICI Bank (3) TESCO (4) BHEL (5) All of these

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Meet was organised in September 2007 in (1) New Delhi (2) Beijing (3) Tokyo (4) London (5) Sydney

Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian hockey team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ? (1) Baichung Bhutia (2) Dilip Tirkey (3) Pankaj Advani

(4) Manavjit Singh Sandhu (5) None of these

India launched which of the following satellites in September 2007? (1) EDUSAT (2) METSAT (3) CROSAT-IIB (4) INSAT-4CR (5) None of these

Answers 1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (2) 5. (5) 6. (1) 7. (5) 8. (3) 9. (1) 10. (1) 11. (4) 12. (5) 13. (3) 14. (3) 15. (2) 16. (2) 17. (5) 18. (2) 19. (5) 20. (2) 21. (5) 22. (4) 23. (5) 24. (5) 25. (1) 26. (1) 27. (2) 28. (3) 29. (1) 30. (2) 31. (1) 32. (3) 33. (2) 34. (5) 35. (1) 36. (3) 37. (4) 38. (5) 39. (5) 40. (4) PAPER : SBI Clerk Previous Year (2007) Solved Paper (General Awareness) 1.Who amongst the following cricketers became the ninth indian to claim 150 or more wickets? (a) A.Kumble (b) A.Agarkar (c) S.Tendulkar (d) Harbhajan Singh (e) None of these Ans (c)

2. Who amongst the following returned to earth after a lomg 195 days stay in space ? (a) Angei Brewer (b) Mike Leinbach (c) Shruti Vadera (d) Sunita Williams

(e) None of these Ans(d)

3. Japan PM shinzo Abe came to office last year with huge support in his favour. But since last few months he is facing problems in his political survival. Which of the following actions taken by him does / do not enjoy support of the people of Japan (Pick up the correct statement) ? 1. Decision to postpone parliament elections. 2. Falling to control inflation which has gone to the level of 12% an unusual phenomenon in the history of Japan . 3. Decision to allow USA to make an army Base in some of its Islands where USA will have its nuclear war-heads (a) Only 2 (b) Only 1 (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Only 3 (e) All 1, 2 and 3 Ans(c)

4. European leaders agree on traty was the news in leading news paper in recent past . Which of the following was the treaty on which leadres were of diverse views (Pick up the correct statement) ? 1. The treaty was to make the EURO money a universal currency for all financial / monetary transaction done by all the member countries w.e.f. April 2009. 2. Treaty was to defunct constitution of the Eropean Union by a new one. 3. Poland one of the newest members of the union was threatening to use its veto power if any change is done in the present set up of the organization. (a) only 1 (b) only 2 (c) only 3 (d) Both 1 and 2 (e) Both 2 and 3 Ans(b)

5. "Rajpaksha threatens to resolve Lanka parliament" was the news in leading newspaper a

few days back . Which of the following was the reason owing to which president threatens to take a drastic step ? (pick up the correct statements). 1. A number of MPs from Sri Lanka Freedom party defecting to join another party launched by another group of politicians. 2. A group of politicians under the leadership of former president Chandrika Kumartunga demanding the postponement of elctions for the post of president due in the month of November 2007 so that Chandrika can came back from exile and contest for the same. 3. Rajapaksha wants general public and also MPs to support his formula on peace with LTTE which is not accepatble to most of the MPs. (a) All 1,2 and 3 (b) Only 2 (c) Only 3 (d) Both 1 and 2 (e) Only 1 Ans(a)

6. Madhesi national liberation front (MNLF) is an organixation active in which of the following countries ? (a) Pakistan (b) Myanmar (c) Uganda (d) Iran (e) Nepal Ans(e)

7. As per the Economic survey 2006-07 the food grain production may not touch the target fixed for the year. What is the atrget of the same set for the period? (a) 100 million tonnes (b) 220 million tonnes (c) 175 million tonnes (d) 250 million tonnes (e) 320 million tonnes Ans(b)

8. Which of the following sector banks brought its equity share (follow on public issue) for

the price was set as Rs. 940 per equity ? (a) ICICI Bank (b) Karnataka Bank (c) UTI Bank (d) HDFC Bank (e) None of these Ans(a)

9. Prime minister of India recently unveiled an agricultural package during his visit to 53rd meeting of the National Development Concil. What is the size of the package > (a) Rs. 10,000 Crores (b) Rs. 1s,000 Crores (c) Rs. 20,000 Crores (d) Rs. 25,000 Crores (e) Rs. 30,000 Crores Ans(d)

10. Which of the following States achieved 100% financial inclusion (each and every family in the state has atleast one bank account). ? (a) Delhi (b) Maharashtra (c) West Bengal (d) Kerala (e) None of these Ans(d)

11. Rafael Nadal won the French Open men's single title 2007 after defeating who amongst the follwing ? (a) Mark Knowles (b) Mahesh Bhupati (c) Daniel Nestor(d) Pawel Vizner (e) Roger Federer Ans(e)

12. Who amongst the following has taken over as the chairman of the 18th Law Commission set-up recently ? (a) Justice A.R.Lakshmanan (b) Justice Bhagwan Das Rana (c) Justice T.L.Venkatraman Iyer (d) Mrs. Suryakanta Patil (e) None of these Ans(a)

13. Who amongst the following was honoured with the Jawaharlal Nehru award for the International Understanding given away recently ? (a) Mr. Umaru Yar Adua (b) Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (c) Mr. Vladimir Putin (d) Mr. Felipe Calderon (e) None of these Ans(b)

14. Who amongst the following actors won the award for Best actor in 8th International Film Academy Award Ceremony held recently? (a) Saif Ali Khan (b) Sanjay Dutt (c) Arshad Warsi (d) Abhishek Bachchan (e) Hrithik Roshan Ans(e)

15. Which of the following rates is not decided by the Reserve Bank of India ? (a) Bank Rate (b) Repo Rate (c) Reserve Repo Rate (d) Income Tax Rates (e) All of these Ans(d)

16. The world Economic forum was held recendly in (a) Malaysia (b) Kuwait (c) Iran (d) Brazil (e) Indonesia Ans(a)

17. Which of the following African countries recently launched its communication satellite for the first time (The satellite was launched from China) ? (a) Nigeria (b) Keniya (c) Zimbabwe (d) Mauritius (e) None of these Ans(a)

18. 'Dausa' which has been in news recently is a town in (a) Gujarat (b) Madhya Pradeh (c) Bihar (d) Uttar Pradesh (e) Rajasthan Ans(e)

19. Which of the following was the major issue of discussion in the G-8 Summit held in Germany ? (a) Subsidy to agro product (b) Climate protection (c) Financial Aid to Iraq (d) Nuclear technology and possiblity of space war (e) None of these Ans(b)

20. Which of the following countries has decided to build a road to the Base camp of Mt. Everest ? (a) India (b) China (c) Nepal (d) Myanmar (e) None of these Ans(b) KNOWLEDGE (BOOKS & AUTHOR)

1. Who is the author of "The Kalam effect: My years with the president"? (a) P.M.Nayar (b) Sonia Gandhi (c) L.K.Adwani (d) Arun Shaurie ANS (a)

2. Who is the author of the book "Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstopable"? (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Arundhati Roy (c) Shobha De (d) Vikram Seth ANS (c)

3. The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thulasidas (c) Sudraka (d) Kautilya ANS (a)

4. Mulk Raj Anand is the author of (a) The Post Office (b) Gora (c) India Wins Freedom (d) Coolie ANS (Try Yourself)

5. Who is the author of the book 'My other two daughters'? (a) Lalu Prasad Yadav (b) Surjit Singh Barnala

(c) E.M. Forster (d) Paul Kennedy ANS (b)

6. Who is known as the Father of Detective Story (a) Arthur Conan Doyle (b) Bram Stoker (c) Edgar Allen Poe (d) None of the above ANS (c)

7. Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny' – book was written by (a) V.S. Naipaul (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Guenter Grass (d) Swami Vivekananda ANS (d)

8. Find out the odd one (a) Louis Fischer (b) Ibsen(c) William Shakespeare (d) Sherlock HolmesANS (d) Others are writers. Sherlock Holmes is a character 9.One among the following is not written by Kalidasa (a) Saakunthalam (b) Raghu Vamsam (c) Rith Samharam (d) Kaavyadooth ANS (d)

10. 'Sonia, a Biography' was written by (a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Arundhathi Roy (c) Rasheed Kidvai (d) V.K. Madhavan Kutty ANS (c)

11. One among the following is not a Harry Potter story (a) Chamber of secrets (b) The philosopher's stone (c) Half blood prince (d) Naked Truth ANS (d)

12. Jules Verne, a French science fiction writer wrote a book, which carried a more or less

accurate prediction of the launching of Apollo-8. Which is the book (a) From the Earth to the moon (b) All under Heaven (c) A Midsummer Night's Dream (d) Past and Present ANS (a)

13. Who is the author of "A Passage to England"? (a) E.M. Forster (b) Nirad C. Chaudhari (c) G.B. Shaw (d) Winston Churchill ANS (b)

14. "Does IT matter" is a book written by (a) Bill Gates (b) N. R. Narayanan (c) Nicholas Carr (d) Thomas D. Harris (e) None of these ANS (c)

15. 'Beyond time' is the book written by (a) Namita Gokhale (b) Ruskin Bond (c) William Balrymple (d) Josef Korbel (e) None of these ANS (e)

16. The famous book 'Anandmath' has been authorised by (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Sri Aurobindo ANS (b)

17.Who wrote a book describing the theory of economic drain of India during British rule? (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Lala Lajpat Rai

(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawaharlal Nehru ANS (a)

18. The author of the book 'Waiting for Godot' is: (a) Ruth Harring (b) Susan Sontag (c) Samuel Beckett (d) Ben Jonson ANS (c) Waiting for the Mahatma - R. K. Narayanan Waiting to Exhale - Terry Mc Millan

19. "The Vedas contain all the truth", was interpreted by: (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand (c) Swami Shraddhanand (d) S. Radhakrishnan ANS (b)

20. Sirr-i-Akbar was the Persian translation of fifty-two Upanishads by which son of shah Jahan? ANS - Dara Shikoh

21.In "The Travels of Gulliver", what is the first things two Lilliputians discuss when they meet in the morning? ANS - The health of the sun

22."The man who knew infinity" is the biography of (a) Rene Descartes (b) Stephen Hawking (c) Albert Einstein (d) S. Ramanujan ANS (d)

23.What was the original name of 'Alice in Wonderland' when Lewis Carroll first showed it to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863? ANS - Alice's Adventures Underground

24. The author of the book "Waiting for the Mahatma" is (a) R.K Narayan (b) N.A Palkhiwala (c) Amrita Pritam (d) M. Malgonkar ANS (a)

25. Under the patronage of which ruler of the Javanese house of Mataram, was the epic poem 'Arjuna vivaha' written? ANS - King Airlangga

26. To whom, in his own words, did Rudyard Kipling dedicate his collection, 'Plain Tales From the Hills'? ANS - To the wittiest woman in India

27. 'Beyond the Last Blue Mountain' is R.M Lala's biography of which Indian? ANS - J. R. D. Tata

28. Which of Agatha Christie's books was the first to be serialised in the Evening News under the title 'Anna the Adventure'? ANS - The Man In The Brown Suit

29. Who has authored the book A Brief History of Time? (a) Carl Sagan (b) Issac Asimov (c) John Gribbin (d) Stephen Hawking ANS (d)

30. The book 'Living with Honour' is written by (a) Arundhati Roy (b) Shiv Khera (c) Pramod Batra (d) Vikram Seth ANS (b)

31. The book 'Cricket My Style' is written by (a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Kapil Dev (d) Mohinder Amarnath ANS (c)

32. Who wrote the book 'The Book of Indian Birds' ANS - Dr. Salim Ali

33. 'Economic History of India' was written by ANS - R. C. Dutt

34.The oldest of the vedic literature is (a) Sama Veda (b) Yajur Veda (c) Rig Veda (d) Atharva Veda ANS (c)

35. 'Leelavathi' the famous sanskrit grantha is a book on ANS - Mathematics

36. Who is the author of ‘An Equal Music’ (1999) ANS - Vikram Seth

37. Who wrote the poem ‘Passage to India’ in 1871 ANS - Walt Whitman (American Poet)

38. Who is the author of the book ‘The Canterbury Tales’ ANS - Geoffrey Chaucer

39. Who is the author of the book ‘Anna Karenina’ ANS - Leo Tolstoy

40.Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ ANS - Mark Twain

41. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’? ANS - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

42.Who is the author of the book ‘The Comedy of Errors’? ANS - William Shakespeare

43. Who is the author of the book ‘Animal Farm’ ANS - George Orwell

44. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’? ANS - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

45. Who is the author of the book, ‘Through the Looking-Glass’? ANS - Lewis Carroll

46. Who is the author of the book, ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’? ANS - William Shakespeare

47. Who is the author of the book ‘Akbar-nama’ ANS - Abul Fazl

48. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’? ANS - Mark Twain

49. Who is the author of the book ‘Antony and Cleopatra’? ANS - William Shakespeare

50. Who is the author of the book , Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1687) ANS - Sir Isaac

51. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"? (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Atal Bihari Vajpeyi (c) Narendra Modi (d) Vikram Seth ANS (c)

52. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"? (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Sushma Swaraj (c) Narendra Modi (d) Jaswant Singh ANS (a)

PAPER : SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. The Kishenganga Power Project is inA. Orissa B. Maharashtra C. Gujarat D. Jammu & Kashmir Ans (D)

2. The late Nirmala Desh Pande was a famous A. diplomat B. astrologer C. Social activist D. film-star Ans (C)

3. Who has been awarded the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2008 ? A. Nilanjana Bose B. Rupashree Nanda C. Nirupama Subramanian

D. None of these Ans (C)

4. Microwave ovens cook dishes by means of A. Ultraviolet rays B. Infra-red rays C. Convection D. Conduction Ans (D)

5. Most of the phenomena related to weather take place in A. stratosphere B. ionosphere C. mesosphere D. troposphere Ans (D)

6. The current President of the World Bank is A. Dominique Strauss-Kahn B. James D. Wolfansen C. Barbara Cartland D. Robert Zoellick Ans (D)

7. Amartya Sen, the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for his work on A. Game theory B. Securities analysis C. Poverty and famines D.Impact of Industrialization Ans (C)

8. The Quit India resolution was passed at the A. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1940 B. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1941 C. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1942 D. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1945. Ans (C)

9. Who among the following is not a ghazal singer? A. Talat Aziz B. Chandan Dass C. Peenaz Masani D. Jagdev Singh Ans (D)

10. Nobel Prize for literature in 2007 was received byA. Doris Lessing

B. Albert Al Gore C. Mohammad Yunus D. None of these Ans (A)

11. Meteorites are the heavenly bodies A. between the Mars and the Jupiter B. between the Saturn and the Neptune C. between the Mars and the Venus D. that burn brightly on entering the Earth’s atmosphere Ans (D)

12. P-5 is a group of A. highly developed countries B. Highly populous countries C. Permanent members of the Security Council D. Established nuclear powers Ans (C)

13. Arrange the following in chronological order: a. Dandi March b. McDonald Award c. Hanging of Bhagat Singh d. Meerut conspiracy case A. a, b, c, d B. b, a, c, d C. d, c, a, b, D. d, a, c, b Ans (A)

14. Which of the following is a land-locked state? A. Gujarat B. Andhra Pradesh C. Madhya Pradesh D. Tamil Nadu Ans (C)

15. Which of the following is not an official language as per the 8th schedule? A. Konkani B. Sindhi C. Manipuri D. English Ans (D)

16. Which of the following used in making computer chips ? A. Carbon B. Uranium C. Silicon

D. Rubidium Ans (C)

17. In order to see an undersea object while in a ship, you would make use of a A. telescope B. periscope C. marinoscope D None of these Ans (B)

18. Baan Ki-moon , the UNO Secretary-General belong to A. Saudi Arab B. Egypt C. South Korea D. Brazil Ans (C)

19. The deepest ocean in the world is A. The Indian ocean B. The Atlantic ocean C. The Pacific ocean D. None of these Ans (C)

20. The oldest mutual fund in India is the A. SBI Mutual Fund B. BOB Mutual Fund C. PNB Mutual Fund D. Unit Trust of India Ans (D)

21. A candidate for elections to the Lok Sabha stands to lose his Deposit Money if he fails to get A. 1/5 of the total valid votes B. 1/8 of the valid votes C. 1/6 of the valid votes polled D. none of these Ans (A)

22. The Varanasi–Kanyakumari National Highway is called A. N.H. – 8 B. N. H. – 7 C. N.H. – 12 D. N.H. – 9 Ans (B)

23. Which of the following areas of output is witnessing a new revolution?

A. oilseeds B. fisheries C. fruits D. cereals Ans (A)

24. The W.T.O. came into being on A. 1st April, 1995 B. 1st April, 1994 C. 1st Jan., 1995 D. 1st Jan., 1996 Ans (C)

25. Bangal was partitioned during the viceroyalty of A. Lord Rippon B. Lord Curzon C. Lord Hardinge D. Lord Minto Ans (B)

26. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover fromA. Hyundai B. Maruti-Suzuki C. Ford Motor D. General Motor Ans (C)

PAPER : SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 10 1. The Sir C.V .Raman award for 2008 has been awarded to – M.Natarajan Sanjeev Ramchandra Inamdar Prof. G.Venkatraman Dr. Naresh Trehan 2. The 2007 FIFA Woman player of the year is – Birgit Prinz Christiane

Marta Sania Mirza 3. The Mascot of the 2008 Olympic Games isFuwa Izz Cobi 4. Which among the following States would observe 2008 as the‘Year of Education’ ? Uttar Pradesh Haryana Bihar Karnataka 5. Who has written “Superstar India : From Incredible to unstopable” ? Shobha De Kiran Desai Arundhati Roy Khushwant Singh 6. Which of the following has been selected for best parliamentarian of the year award 2007 ? Priya Ranjan Das Munshi Mani Shankar Aiyyar P.Chidambaram Sushama Swaraj 7. Fernando Lugo’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the president of Paraguay Sudan Afghanistan Pakistan 8. ISRO has launched successfully ten satellites through PSLV-C9 on -

15th March,2008 30th March,2008 28th April,2008 4th May,2008 9. Which country will be host 15th SAARC Summit in 2008 ? Maldives Sri Lanka India Pakistan

10. Who among the following has been chosen the Miss India Universe for the year 2008 ? Parvathy Omanakuttan Simaran Kaur Mundi Amrita Thapar Tanvi Vyas

PAPER : 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 species 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 Lanka, originally hailed from— (A) Australia (B) Britain (C) Finland (D) U.S.A. 8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development 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 "Jyoti 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 worth— (A) $ 30 billion

(B) $ 35 billion (C) $ 25 billion (D) $ 27 billion 16. The Summit of OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries) was held in March 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 internet 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) headed 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 the 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 strategic Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve 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 following 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 controversy— (A) Italy

(B) Spain (C) Zimbabwe (D) Nepal 34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to— (A) SCs (B) STs (C) OBC (D) Minorities OBC 35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history 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 present 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 Education" ? (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 country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts 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 Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative 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 service 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 district (Chhattisgarh). 37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)

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Quiz : Important General Knowledge Questions with Answers No.

Question

Answer

01

The first Prime minister of Bangladesh was

Mujibur Rehman

02

The longest river in the world is the

Nile

03

The longest highway in the world is the

Trans-Canada

04

The longest highway in the world has a length of

About 8000 km

05

The highest mountain in the world is the

Everest

06

The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak production of the world is

Myan mar

07

The biggest desert in the world is the

Sahara desert

08

The largest coffee growing country in the world is

Brazil

09

The country also known as "country of Copper" is

Zambia

10

The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and Afghanistan is

Durand line

11

The river Volga flows out into the

Capsian sea

12

The coldest place on the earth is

Verkoyansk in Siberia

13

The country which ranks second in terms of land area is

Canada

14

The largest Island in the Mediterranean sea is

Sicily

15

The river Jordan flows out into the

Dead sea

16

The biggest delta in the world is the

Sunderbans

17

The capital city that stands on the river Danube is

Belgrade

18

The Japanese call their country as

Nippon

19

The length of the English channel is

564 kilometres

20

The world's oldest known city is

Damascus

21

The city which is also known as the City of Canals is

Venice

22

The country in which river Wangchu flows is

Myanmar

23

The biggest island of the world is

Greenland

24

The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in the world is

Detroit, USA

25

The country which is the largest producer of manganese in the world is

USA

26

The country which is the largest producer of rubber in the world is

Malaysia

27

The country which is the largest producer of tin in the world is

Malaysia

28

The river which carries maximum quantity of water into the sea is the

Mississippi

29

The city which was once called the `Forbidden City' was

Peking

30

The country called the Land of Rising Sun is

Japan

31

Mount Everest was named after

Sir George Everest

32

The volcano Vesuvius is located in

Italy

33

The country known as the Sugar Bowl of the world is

Cuba

34

The length of the Suez Canal is

162.5 kilometers

35

The lowest point on earth is

The coastal area of Dead sea

36

The Gurkhas are the original inhabitants of

Nepal

37

The largest ocean of the world is the

Pacific ocean

38

The largest bell in the world is the

Tsar Kolkol at Kremlin, Moscow

39

The biggest stadium in the world is the

Strahov Stadium, Prague

40

The world's largest diamond producing country is

South Africa

41

Australia was discovered by

James Cook

42

The first Governor General of Pakistan is

Mohammed Ali Jinnah

43

Dublin is situated at the mouth of river

Liffey

44

The earlier name of New York city was

New Amsterdam

45

The Eifel tower was built by

Alexander Eiffel

46

The Red Cross was founded by

Jean Henri Durant

47

The country which has the greatest population density is

Monaco

48

The national flower of Britain is

Rose

49

Niagara Falls was discovered by

Louis Hennepin

Quiz : Important General Knowledge Questions with Answers Part - 2 No.

Question

Answer

50

The national flower of Italy is

Lily

51

The national flower of China is

Narcissus

52

The permanent secretariat of the SAARC is located at

Kathmandu

53

The gateway to the Gulf of Iran is

Strait of Hormuz

54

The first Industrial Revolution took place in

England

55

World Environment Day is observed on

5th June

56

The first Republican President of America was

Abraham Lincoln

57

The country famous for Samba dance is

Brazil

58

The name of Alexander's horse was

Beucephalus

59

Singapore was founded by

Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles

60

The famous British one-eyed Admiral was

Nelson

61

The earlier name of Sri Lanka was

Ceylon

62

The UNO was formed in the year

1945

63

UNO stands for

United Nations Organization

64

The independence day of South Korea is celebrated on

15th August

65

`Last Judgement' was the first painting of an Italian painter named

Michelangelo

66

Paradise Regained was written by

John Milton

67

The first President of Egypt was

Mohammed Nequib

68

The first man to reach North Pole was

Rear Peary

69

The most famous painting of Pablo Picasso was

Guermica

70

The primary producer of newsprint in the world is

Canada

71

The first explorer to reach the South Pole was

Cap. Ronald Amundson

72

The person who is called the father of modern Italy is

G.Garibaldi

73

World literacy day is celebrated on

8th September

74

The founder of modern Germany is

Bismarck

75

The country known as the land of the midnight sun is

Norway

76

The place known as the Roof of the world is

Tibet

77

The founder of the Chinese Republic was

San Yat Sen

78

The first Pakistani to receive the Nobel Prize was

Abdul Salam

79

The first woman Prime Minister of Britain was

Margaret Thatcher

80

The first Secretary General of the UNO was

Trygve Lie

81

The sculptor of the statue of Liberty was

Frederick Auguste Bartholdi

82

The port of Banku is situated in

Azerbaijan

83

John F Kennedy was assassinated by

Lee Harry Oswald

84

The largest river in France is

Lore

85

The Queen of England who married her brother-in-law was

Catherine of Aragon

86

The first negro to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was

Ralph Johnson Bunche

87

The first British University to admit women for degree courses was

London University

88

The principal export of Jamaica is

Sugar

89

New York is popularly known as the city of

Skyscrapers

90

Madagascar is popularly known as the Island of

Cloves

91

The country known as the Land of White Elephant is

Thailand

92

The country known as the Land of Morning Calm is

Korea

93

The country known as the Land of Thunderbolts is

Bhutan

94

The highest waterfalls in the world is the

Salto Angel Falls, Venezuela

95

The largest library in the world is the

United States Library of Congress, Washington DC

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Multiple Choice Question for SSC Data Entry Operator, SSC Graduate Level, Bank of Maharashtra, Reserve Bank of India, Bank of India, Andhra Bank, Dena Bank,SBI, Allahabad Bank 1. Which of the following is the winner of Miss Universe 2008 (A) Riyo Mori (B) Zhang Zilin (C) Dayana Mendoza (D) Simaran Kaur Mundi 2. The President of India can nominate to the Rajya Sabha : (A) 6 members (B) 9 members (C) 12 members (D) 15 members 3. The first General elections under the Indian constitution were held in : (A) 1950 (B) 1951 (C) 1952 (D) 1953 4. The President of India is elected by : (A) Parliament (B) State legislatures (C) by the people directly (D) by an electrol college consisting of the elected members of the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha and the State Legislative Assemblies. 5. Which article of the Indian constitution empowers the President of India to impose

central rule on a state? (A) Article 256 (B) Article 356 (C) Article 370 (D) Article 373 6. The time-gap between two sessions of parliament must not exceed : (A) 3 months (B) 6 months (C) 9 months (D) 12 months 7. The vacancy in the office of the President must be filled within : (A) 6 month (B) 9 month (C) 12 month (D) 3 month 8. The drafting committee of the Indian Constitution was headed by : (A) Dr. B. R. Ambedkar (B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (C) N. Gopalaswamy (D) Jawahar Lal Nehru 9. The Union Cabinet is responsible to : (A) The Rajya Sabha only (B) The Lok Sabha only (C) The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha (D) The President of India

10. Which of the following bodies has not been provided for by the Indian constitution ? (A) Election Commission (B) Planning Commission (C) Finance Commission (D) Union Public Service Commission 11. The number of Anglo-Indians who can be nominated by the President to the Lok Sabha is : (A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 12. The sanctioned strength of the Judges of Supreme Court of India including the Chief Justice is :

(A) 15 (B) 17 (C) 20 (D) 26 13. Who was the first President of India to be elected unopposed? (A) Dr. S. Radhakrishana (B) N. Sanjiva Reddy (C) V. V. Giri (D) Dr. Rajendra Prasad 14. The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is : (A) 525 and 250 (B) 552 and 250 (C) 535 and 275 (D) 500 and 250 15. If the Vice-president were to submit his resignation, he would notify to : (A) The President of India (B) The Prime Minister (C) The Chief Justic of India (D) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha 16. What is the minimum strength of a State Legislative Assembly? (A) 40 (B) 60 (C) 50 (D) 70 17. India is the third developing country to host the 2010 commonwealth Games. The other two are : (A) Malaysia and South Korea (B) Singapore and Jamaica (C) Jamaica & China (D) Malaysia & Jamaica 18. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is appointed by the : (A) Prime Minister of India (B) President of India (C) Finance Minister (D) Lok Sabha 19. Article 370 of the Indian constitution deals with : (A) The Emergency Powers of the President (B) The special position of the state of Jammu and Kashmir (C) The power of the President to seek the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on any

matter of public importance (D) Distribution of taxes between the Centre and the State 20. The Supreme commander of the Defence Forces of India is : (A) The Defence Minister (B) The Prime Minister (C) The Chief of the Army Staff (D) The President of India 21. Which of the following rivers flows through a rift valley? (A) Kaveri (B) Krishna (C) Tapti (D) Godavari 22. The Manas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the state of : (A) Assam (B) Uttar Pradesh (C) Rajasthan (D) West Bengal 23. How many major ports are there at present in India? (A) 8 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 14 24. The earth revolves round the sun and its causes : (A) Differences in longitude and time (B) Changes of seasons (C) Deflection of winds and currents (D) Formation of day and night 25. Latitude of a point on the earth is measured by the distance in : (A) Kilometres from the Equator (B) Angles from the Equator (C) Angles from the Poles (D) None of the above 26. The earth is : (A) Spherical (B) Elliptical (C) Oblate Spheroid (D) Prolate Spheroid 27. Day and Night are equal at the :

(A) Equator (B) Poles (C) Prime Meridian (D) Antarctic 28. The heaviest planet revolving round the sun is : (A) Moon (B) Jupiter (C) Neptune (D) Pluto 29. The biggest Planet is : (A) Venus (B) Mars (C) Mercury (D) Jupiter 30. The International Date line passes through : (A) Exactly through 180° Longitude (B) Equator (C) Approximately 180° east or west meridian (D) 0° Meridian 31. The largest river of Asia is : (A) Yangtze (B) Yenisei (C) Indus (D) Mekong 32. Which country is called the `Sugar Bowl' of the world? (A) Cuba (B) India (C) Nepal (D) Norway 33. Which of the following countries has the largest area in the world? (A) USA (B) Russia (C) Canada (D) China 34. The world's highest waterfall, the Angel Falls is situated in : (A) Venezuela (B) USA (C) Guyana (D) Australia

35. The universe is composed of : (A) Earth (B) Earth and the Sun (C) Mat (D) None 36. The Temperate Grasslands of South America are called : (A) Pampas (B) Steppes (C) Savanna (D) Evergreen grasslands 37. Rial is the currency of : (A) Romania (B) Iran (C) Japan (D) Libya 38. New Moore island is situated in the : (A) Indian Ocean (B) Bay of Bengal (C) Arabian Sea (D) China Sea 39. Which river in the world carries the maximum volume of water? (A) Amazon (B) Nile (C) Mississippi Missouri (D) Ganga 40. Which of the following rivers crosses the equator twice? (A) Amazon (B) Nile (C) Congo (D) Orinoco 41. The Indus Valley civilization is associated with : (A) Egyptians (B) Sumerians (C) Chinese (D) Mesopotamians 42. The Indus Valley Civilization was famous for : (A) Well planned cities (B) Efficient civic organisation

(C) Progress of art and architecture (D) All the above 43. Who was mainly worshipped in the Rig Vedic Period? (A) Indra (B) Vishnu (C) Sun (D) Trimurti 44. Who is regarded as the great law-giver of ancient India? (A) Panini (B) Manu (C) Kautilya (D) Dhruv 45. Which of the following is the oldest Veda? (A) Samaveda (B) Rigveda (C) Yajurveda (D) Atharvaveda 46. Who among the following was called Light of Asia? (A) Mahavira (B) Buddha (C) Akbar (D) Ashoka 47. Who was the founder of the Gupta dynasty? (A) Srigupta (B) Chandragupta II (C) Samudragupta (D) Kumargupta 48. The Upanishads are : (A) A source of Hindu philosophy (B) Books of Ancient Hindu laws (C) Books on social behaviour of man (D) Prayers to God 49. The biggest mosque of India was built by : (A) Aurangzeb (B) Shahjahan (C) Akbar (D) Jahangir 50. The first Battle of Panipat was fought between :

(A) Sher Shah Suri and Akbar (B) Humayun and Ibrahim Lodhi (C) Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi (D) Babar and Ranasanga 51. The Chinese pilgrim who visited India during the period of Harshavardhana was : (A) Fa-hien (B) Hiuen Tsang (C) Itsing (D) Wang-sung 52. Who among the following belonged to the moderate group of the Indian National Congress? (A) Lala Lajpat Rai (B) Bipin Chandra Pal (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak 53. Fa-hien came to India during the reign of : (A) Ashoka (B) Chandragupta II (C) Harsha (D) Kanishka 54. Which of the following temples was built by the Cholas? (A) Shore Temple, Mahabali-puram (B) Brihadeeswara Temple, Tanjavur (C) Sun Temple, Konark (D) Meenakshi Temple, Madurai 55. Which dynasty was well-known for excellent village administration? (A) Pandyas (B) Pallavas (C) Cholas (D) Chalukyas 56. The Ajanta Caves were built during the period of the : (A) Guptas (B) Kushanas (C) Mauryas (D) Chaulkyas 57. The eight-fold path was propounded by : (A) Kabirdas (B) Buddha (C) Shankaracharya

(D) Mahavira 58. Who were the first to issue gold coins in India? (A) Mauryas (B) Indo-Greeks (C) Guptas (D) Kushanas 59. `The Vedas contain all the truth' was interpreted by : (A) Swami Vivekananda (B) Swami Dayananda (C) Raja Ram Mohan Rai (D) None of the above 60. Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the : (A) Jains (B) Buddhists (C) Muslims (D) Christians 61. Which among the following is a folk dance of India? (A) Manipuri (B) Garba (C) Kathakali (D) Mohiniattam 62. Kathak is the principal classical dance of : (A) South India (B) Eastern India (C) Northern India (D) Western India 63. The classical dance of Andhra Pradesh is : (A) Kathakali (B) Kuchipudi (C) Odissi (D) Bharatanatyam 64. The popular folk song of Uttar Pradesh is known as : (A) Maang (B) Kajari (C) Baul (D) Boli 65. The folk theatre of Bihar is calledÿ: (A) Rammat

(B) Nautanki (C) Bidesia (D) Manch 66. Which of the following classical dance originated in Tamil Nadu ? (A) Kathakali (B) Kathak (C) Bharatanatyam (D) Odissi 67. The oldest form of composition of the Hindustani vocal music is : (A) Ghazal (B) Dhrupad (C) Thumari (D) None of the above 68. Indian classical dance has been popularized abroad by : (A) Malaika Arora (B) Gopi Krishna (C) Uday Shankar (D) Yamini Krishnamurti 69. Tamasha is the famous folk form of musical theatre and belong to : (A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Punjab (C) Maharashtra (D) Bihar 70. The Sangeet Natak Akademi fosters the development of dance, drama and music in the country. When was it established ? (A) 1951 (B) 1953 (C) 1954 (D) 1956 71. When was the Planning Commission set up to prepare a blue print of development for the country? (A) 1948 (B) 1949 (C) 1950 (D) 1951 72. Who was the first Chairman of the Planning Commission? (A) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (B) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (C) Jawahar Lal Nehru

(D) Sardar Patel 73. The National Development Council was set up in : (A) 1948 (B) 1950 (C) 1951 (D) 1962 74. The First Five-year plan covered the period : (A) 1947-52 (B) 1950-55 (C) 1951-56 (D) 1952-57 75. Removal of poverty was the fore-most objective of which of the following five year plans? (A) Third (B) Fourth (C) Fifth (D) Sixth 76. Planning Commission is : (A) Advisory body (B) Executive body (C) Government body (D) Autonomous body 77. The Community Development Programme was launched in : (A) 1950 (B) 1952 (C) 1956 (D) 1960 78. The highest body which approves the Five-Year Plan is the : (A) Finance Ministry (B) Lok Sabha (C) Rajya Sabha (D) National Development Council 79. Which of the following commodities earn maximum foreign exchange for India? (A) Jute (B) Iron and Steel (C) Tea (D) Sugar 80. The one rupee note bears the signature of :

(A) Secretary, Ministry of Finance (B) Governor, Reserve Bank of India (C) Finance Minister (D) None of these 81. How many banks were nationalized in 1969? (A) 16 (B) 14 (C) 15 (D) 20 82. The Reserve Bank of India was established in : (A) 1820 (B) 1920 (C) 1935 (D) 1940 83. The first Indian Bank was : (A) Traders Bank (B) Imperial Bank (C) Presidency Bank of Calcutta (D) None 84. The rupee coin was first minted in India in : (A) 1542 (B) 1601 (C) 1809 (D) 1677 85. The Export-Import (EXIM) Bank was set up in : (A) 1980 (B) 1982 (C) 1981 (D) 1989 86. Which of the following is not a chemical action? (A) Burning of coal (B) Conversion of water into steam (C) Digestion of food (D) Burning of Paper 87. The chemical name of vitamin C is : (A) Citric acid (B) Ascorbic acid (C) Oxalic acid (D) Nitric acid

88. Permanent harness of water is due to the presence of : (A) Calcium bicarbonate (B) Magnesium bicarbonate (C) Calcium sulphate (D) Sodium bicarbonate 89. Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) consist of : (A) Butane and propane (B) Ethane and hexane (C) Ethane and nonane (D) None of these 90. Which of the following is present in hard water : (A) Calcium (B) Aluminium (C) Sodium (D) Chlorine 91. Ecology deals with : (A) Birds (B) Cell formation (C) Tissues (D) Relation between organisms and their environment 92. Meteorology is the science of : (A) Weather (B) Meteors (C) Metals (D) Earthquakes 93. Entomology deals with : (A) Plants (B) Animals (C) Insects (D) Chemicals 94. Numismatics is the study of : (A) Coins (B) Numbers (C) Stamps (D) Space 95. When ice melts in a beaker of water, the level of water in the beaker will : (A) Increase (B) Decrease

(C) Remain the same (D) First increase and then decrease 96. Which of the following does not admit any division? (A) Atom (B) Molecules (C) Compounds (D) All 97. What is the approximate velocity of sound in air : (A) 3 m/s (B) 30 m/s (C) 300 m/s (D) 3000 m/s 98. Which of the following is not a primary colour : (A) Blue (B) Green (C) Red (D) Black 99. Sound travels fastest through : (A) Vacuum (B) Steel (C) Water (D) Air 100. Who is the present Governor of Bihar ? (A) R.S.Gavai (B) R.L.Bhatia (C) Buta Singh (D) Syed Sibti Razi ANSWERS 1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (C) 4. (D) 5. (B) 6. (B) 7. (A) 8. (A) 9. (B) 10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (B) 15. (A) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (B) 20. (D) 21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (B) 25. (B) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (B) 29. (D) 30. (C) 31. (A) 32. (A) 33. (B) 34. (A) 35. (C) 36. (A) 37. (B) 38. (B) 39. (A) 40. (A) 41. (B) 42. (D) 43. (A) 44. (B) 45. (B) 46. (B) 47. (A) 48. (A) 49. (B) 50. (C) 51. (B) 52. (C) 53. (B) 54. (B) 55. (C) 56. (A) 57. (B) 58. (B) 59. (B) 60. (B) 61. (B) 62. (C) 63. (B) 64. (B) 65. (C) 66. (C) 67. (B) 68. (C) 69. (C) 70. (B) 71. (C) 72. (C) 73. (C) 74. (C) 75. (D) 76. (A) 77. (B) 78. (D) 79. (C) 80. (A) 81. (B) 82. (C) 83. (C) 84. (A) 85. (B) 86. (B) 87. (B) 88. (C) 89. (A) 90. (A) 91. (D) 92. (A) 93. (C) 94. (A) 95. (C) 96. (A) 97. (C) 98. (D) 99. (B) 100. (B)

SBI Clerk solved Paper Held on 6-01-2008 [General Awareness] 1. Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the bank ? (A) Railways (B) State Road Transpots (C) Post and Telegraph (D) Ministry of Health (E) None of these Ans (E) 2. Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as "Investor production fund" ? (A) SEBI (B) NABARD (C) Bombay Stock Exchange (D) AMFI (E)None of these Ans (C) 3.Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ? (A) Mr. M.V.Kamath (B) Mr. Y.V.Reddy (C) Mr. N.R.Narayanmurthy (D) Mr.O.P.Bhatt (E)None of these Ans (B) 4. Mjority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ? (A) Money lenders (B) Foreign Bankers (C) NABARD (D) RBI (E) None of these Ans (A) 5. india has different categories of commercial banks.Which of the following is NOT one such categories ? (A) Private Banks (B) Commodities Banks (C) Nationalized Banks (D) Cooperative Banks (E) Foreign Banks Ans (B) 6.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ? (1) Foreign Banks

(2) Regional Rural Banks (3) Nationalized Banks (A) Only i (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) All 1,2and 3 (E) None of these Ans (C) 7. Which of the following countries does not play International Cricket ? (A) Russia (B) England (C) South Africa (D) Pakistan (E) India Ans (A) 8. The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from the which of the following sources ? [Pick up the correct Statement(s)] (1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc (2) Taxws collected from the people (3) Loan from the RBI (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 and 2 (E) All 1,2 and 3 Ans (E) 9. The Securities and Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through 'P Notes'. What is the full form of 'P Notes' ? (A) Permanent Notes (B) Perchase Notes (C) Participatory-Notes (D) Private Notes (E) None of these Ans (C) 10. Who amongst the following was the captain of the India cricket team who won thw Twenty-20 World Cup-2007 ? (A) Yuvraj Singh (B) M.S.Dhoni (C) Rahul Dravid (D) Saurav Ganguly (E) None of these Ans (B) 11. Mnay times we read in financial news paper about 'FII'.What is the full form of 'FII'? (A) Final Investment in India (B) Foreign Investment in India

(C) Formal Investment in India (D) Fair Institutional Investment (E) Foreign Institutional Investment Ans (E) 12. Benazir Bhutto Is associated with which of the following parties (A) Muslim League (B) Pakistan Peoples Party (C) Pakistan National Congress(D) Islamic Movement of Pakistan (E) None of these Ans (B) 13. One of the former prime ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her returns from a long exile ? (A) Germany (B) France (C) Pakistan (D) Brazil (E) None of these Ans (C) 14. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Isarael and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Isarael and palestinian problem can be worked out ? (A) George Bush (B) Al Gore (C) Bill Clinton (D) Condeleeza Rice (E) None of these Ans (A) 15. Justine Henin Won the women's singles US Open Tennis Championship-2007 After defeating (A) Swetlana Kuznetsova (B) Sania Mirza (C) Dinara Safina (D) Mathalie Dechy (E) None of these Ans (A) 16. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stoped distributing food in Mogadishu Town after its local head was abducted by the Govt. soldiers of the country.Mogadishu is the capital town of(A) Tanzania (B) Turkey (C) Cuba (D) Libya (E) Somalia Ans (E) 17. The financial markets of the which of the following countries were badly affected by sub-prime crisis ? (A) Russia

(B) Brazil (C) UK (D) USA (E)None of these Ans (D) 18. which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ? (A) USA (B) Bangladesh (C) Russia (D) India (E) None of these Ans (D) 19. which of the following countries is NOT happy with the USA's decision to award a cogressional Medal to Dalai Lama Oof Tibet ? (A) India (B) Pakistan (C) Nepal (D) Myanmar (E) China Ans (E) 20. which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killed people from that country ? (A) India (B) Afghanistan (C) Pakistan (D) Bangladesh (E) Turkey Ans (E) 21. Dr. Mnamohan SAingh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA ? (A) Suply of sugar (B) Civilian nuclear Co-operation (C) Purchase of fighter planes (D) Purchase of Gas / Petroleum (E) None of these Ans (B) 22. which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the transport ,electricity and gas companies as the present govt. of the country has decided to end the pension to these workerss ? (A) USA (B) France (C) China (D) Nepal (E) None of these Ans (B)

23. Who amongst the following is the Secretary General Of UNO ? (A) Al Gore (B) Shashi Tharoor (C) Gordon Drown (D) Hugo Chavez (E) None of these Ans (E) 24. The "Orange Coalition Govt" was formed once again in which of the following countries ? (A) Russia (B) Ukraine (C) France (D) Germany (E) None of these Ans (B) 25. which of the following countries is NOT elected by the the UN general assembly on the non-payment seats of UN security council w.e.f. January 2008 ? (A) Libya (B) Vietnam (C) Croatia (D) Costa Rica (E) Pakistan Ans (E) 26. The Govt. of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market ? (A) Steel (B) Chemical Fertilizer (C) Pharma Products (D) Electronic Goods (E) None of these Ans (E) 27. India Launched which of the following Satellites in September 2007 ? (A) EDUSAT (B) MATSAT (C) CROSAT-IIB (D) INSAT-4CR (E) None of these Ans (D) 28. As per the recent agreement between India and one of other country the iNdia Rupee can be easily swapped with (A) Tak (B) Rial (C) Kyat (D) Yen (E) Rubbel Ans (E)

29. India won the ONGC Cup Football Tounament 2007 by beating(A) Syria (B) Pakistan (C) Britain (D) France (E) None of these Ans (A) 30. Abdullah Gul's name was in news recently as he he has taken over as the president of (A) Turkey (B) Sudan (C) Afghanistan (D) Pakistan (E) None of these Ans (A) 31. Hem Dutta who was honoured gy the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is famous(A) Author (B) Social Activist (C) Player (D) Film Producer (E) Scientist Ans (B) 32. Who amongst the following is selected for Basawa Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Government ? (A) Dr. Manmohan Singh (B) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (C) Sonia Gandhi (D) Pratibha Patil (E) None of these Ans (B) 33. Asia Pacific Economic Business meet was organized in September 2007 in (A) New Delhi (B) Beijing (C) Tokyo (D) London (E) Sydney Ans (E) 34. The World Athletics Championship-2007 was organized in (A) Beijing (B) New Delhi (C) Osaka (D) Dhaka (E) London Ans (C) 35. Who amongst the following was the captain of the Indian Hockey Team who won

Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ? (A) Baichung Bhutia (B) Dilip Tirkey (C) Pnkaj Adwani (D) Manavjeet Singh Sandhu (E) None of these Ans (E) 36. Which of the following is a Public Sector Unit ? (A) TCS (B) ICICI Bank (C) TESCO (D) BHEL (E) All of these Ans (D) 37. India's foreign exchange reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the same ? (A) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists (B) Import of Wheat from Pakistan and S.Korea (C) Appreciation of Rupee Value (D) Instability in coalition Govt. in centre (E) None of these Ans (C) 38. Sinzo Abe who was on visit to India in recent past is the (A) Prime Minister of South Korea (B) Prime Minister of North Korea (C) Prime Minister of Japan (D) President of South Korea (E) None of these Ans (C) 39. Asafa Powel who created a new world record in 100 metres race is a citizen of (A) Jamaica (B) South Africa (C) India (D) USA (E) south Korea Ans (A) 40. Who amongst the following got third position in long Jump event of the Bayer International Athletics held in Germany in 2007 ? (A) Shiny Wilson (B) Anju Bobby George (C) Neha Sanwal (D) Prajakta Sawant (E) None of these Ans (B)

SBI CLERK 2008 SOLVED PAPER

(HELD ON 06-07-2008 SECOND SITTING)

GENERAL AWAWRENESS General Knowledge 1. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Shame’? (a) Chandar S. Sundaram (b) Namita Gokhale (c) Jaswindar Sanghara (d) Anita Desai (e) None of these 2. As per the reports published by the ‘Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)’ has generated maximum new jobs in the past few years? (a) China (b) Russia (c) India (d) Brazil (e) None of these 3. Mr. Digambar V. Kamat took over as which of the following in 2007? (a) Governor of Goa (b) Chief Minister of Goa (c) Governor of Meghalaya (d) Governor of Rajasthan (e) None of these 4. Who amongst the following Indians was awarded King Charles II Medal by the UK in 2007? (a) Dr. Manmohan Singh (b) Smt. Sonia Gandhi (c) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (d) Smt. Vasundhara Raje (e) None of these 5. Miss Riyo Mori who was crowned as Miss Universe 2007 belongs to which of the following countries? (a) Japan (b) U.S.A (c) China (d) Singapore (e) South Korea 6. Which of the following countries has decided to build a road to the base camp of Mt. Everest? (a) India (b) China (c) Nepal (d) Myanmar (e) None of these 7. ‘Bharti-Airtel’, the largest mobile company of India joined the elite club of companies earning profits of more than US $1 billion. What was the net profit of the Company in the year 2006-07? About – (a) Rs. 3500 crores (b) Rs. 4000 crores (c) Rs. 4250 cores (d) Rs. 4450 crores (e) Rs. 4500 crores 8. ‘SEBI’ bans some companies for their role in ‘F&O Scam’, was the news in some major newspapers in 2007. What is the full form of ‘F&O’? (a) Fair & Optimum (b) Free & Operational

(c) Future & Operations (d) Future & Options (e) None of these 9. Which of the following African countries launched its communication satellite in 2007 for the first time? (a) Nigeria (b) Kenya (c) Zimbabwe (d) Mauritius (e) None of these 10. The President of Brazil was on a visit to India in 2007 where he signed several trade agreements. Which of the following has been the major area of trade relations between the two countries? (a) Oil exploration (b) Supply of agro products (c) Production of nuclear fuel (d) Import of electronic goods (e) None of these 11. The World Islamic Economic Forum was held in 2007 in (a) Malaysia (b) Kuwait (c) Iran (d) Brazil (e) Indonesia 12. In an important meeting of the National Development Council held in New Delhi the Prime Minister of India made a special mention of a particular sector of Indian economy which in his opinion was suffering from a “Technological Fatigue for lack of break through in production”. He was talking of which of the following sectors? (a) Agriculture Sector (b) Oil Sector (c) Service Sector (d) Defence Sector (e) None of these 13. Which of the following was the major issue of discussion in the G-8 Summit held in Germany in 2007? (a) Subsidy to agro products (b) Climate protection (c) Financial aid to Iraq (d) Nuclear Technology and possibility of space war (e) None of these 14. As per the Economic Survey 2006-07 India’s share in World Export has been (a) 0.5% (b) 0.75% (c) 1% (d) 1.25% (e) 1.5% 15. How much amount approximately the Govt. of India planned to provide for Mid Day Meal Scheme? (As per Budget 2007-08) (a) Rs. 5,000 crores (b) Rs. 6,000 crores (c) Rs. 7,300 crores (d) Rs. 8,000 crores (e) Rs. 8,300 crores 16. As per the figures given in the newspapers what is the approximate investment in various ‘Special Economic Zones’ till date in India? (a) Rs. 20,000 crores (b) Rs. 25,000 crores (c) Rs. 30,000 crores (d) Rs. 35,000 crores (e) Rs. 40,000 crores 17. Who amongst the following is the author of the famous classical book “A Passage to

India”? (a) Mark Twain (b) Nayantara Sehgal (c) Nirad C. Choudhuri (d) E. M. Foster (e) None of these 18. The Government of India has bought RBI’s entire stake in the State Bank of India in about Rs. 35, 531 crores. What is the share of the RBI in total snake of the State Bank? About (a) 40% (b) 48% (c) 50% (d) 52% (e) 60% 19. Which of the following countries has offered knighthood to Salman Rushdie? (a) France (b) Italy (c) Germany (d) U.K. (e) None of these 20. As per Union Budget 2007-08 how much amount the Government of India provided for Women Specific Schemes/Programmes for 2007-08? (a) Rs. 7,700 crores (b) Rs. 8,700 crores (c) Rs. 9,300 crores (d) Rs. 10,000 crores (e) Rs. 10,500 crores Answer Keys 1) (c) 2) (c) 3) (b) 4) (c) 5) (a) 6) (b) 7) (c) 8) (d) 9) (a) 10) (a) 11) (a) 12) (a) 13) (b) 14) (c) 15) (c) 16) (d) 17) (d) 18) (e) 19) (d) 20) (b)

General Awareness Held on 13-07-2008 1. Oscar Awards are given for the excellence in the field of (A) films (B) Literature (C) Sports (D) Politics (E) Status ANS (A) 2. Which of the following is not a food crop ? (A) Wheat (B) Barley (C) Maize (D) Gram (E) Cotton ANS (E) 3. Union Budget always presented first in (A) The Loksabha

(B) The Rajyasabha (C) Joint session of Parliament (D) Meeting of the Union cabinet (E) The State Assemblies ANS (A) 4. The Government of India has earmarked about Rs. 70,000 crore in Union Budget to help which of the following sections of the society ? (A) Children who are bonded labour (B) Persons working in hazardous industries (C) Farmers (D) People living below poverty line (E) None of these ANS (E) 5. Jose Louise has taken over as the prime minister of (A) France (B) Argentina (C) Spain (D) New zealand (E) Italy ANS (C) 6. The conference of Economic/ Finance Ministers of ASEAN was held recently in (A) Jakarta (B) Bali (C) New Delhi (D) Tokyo (E) Islamabad ANS (B) 7. Which of the following International forums/ organizations has made a decision of not to go for reckless lending ? (A) G-7 (B) G-8 (C) SAARC (D) World Bank (E) IMF ANS (E) 8.Mahmood Ahmadinejad who was in India on an official visit recently is the (A) Prime Minister of Iraq (B) President of Iran (C) Prime Minister of Iran (D) President of Iraq (E) None of these ANS (B) 9. India recently started "Maitree Express" to which of the following destinations ? (A) Islamabad (B) Karanchi (C) Dhaka

(D) Kathmandu (E) None of these ANS (C) 10. The first ever General elction took place in which of the following countries in Indian sub-continent ? (A) Bhutan (B) China (C) Pakistan (D) Bangladesh (E) Sri Lanka ANS (A) 11. As per the latest figures published in the newspapers the growth of economy in India for the fiscal year ended March 2008 has been at which of the following levels ? About (A) 6 % (B) 6.5 % (C) 7 % (D) 7.5 % (E) 9 % ANS (E) 12. Name of B.S.Yeddyurappa was recently in news as he has taken over as the (A) Governor of Karnataka (B) Chief Minister of Karnataka (C) Governor of Andhra Pradesh (D) Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (E) None of these ANS (B) 13. The Govt. of India Planning to put up a bill in the parliament to ensure free and compulsory education for all those who are of the age of (A) 3 Years (B) 5 Years (C) 6-14 Years (D) 12-20 Years (E) Upto 21 Years ANS (C) 14. "World No Tobacco Day" is observed on which of the following days ? (A) Ist May (B) 10th May (C) 21st May (D) 31 st May (E) 1st June ANS (D) 15. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died recently was a famous (A) Social Work (B) Politician (C) Sportsman (D) Play Wright

(E) None of these ANS (D) 16. Mnay times we erad in newspapers about the GM Crops.What is the full form of GM ? (A) Genetically Marketed (B) Genetically Modified (C) Green & Moisturious (D) Globally Marketed (E) None of these ANS (B) 17. Barack Obama whose name was in news recently is from which of the following countries ? (A) UK (B) USA (C) France (D) Italy (E) None of these ANS (B) 18. 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 ? (A) An inconvenient truth (B) The Sea (C) Road to prediction (D) Remember My Name (E) None of these ANS (A) 19. Defence minister from 27 nations recently gathered at which of the following places to discuss security amongst the countries of Asia Pacific Region ? (A) Beijing (B) New Delhi (C) Singapore (D) Kuala Lumpur (E) None of these ANS (C) 20. Who amongst the following is NOT a Lawn Tennis Player ? (A) Serena Williams (B) Katarina Srebotnik (C) Andy Murray (D) Nichlas Almagro (E) Ricky Ponting ANS (E) 21. The head office of the Stae Bank Of India is located in (A) Kolkat (B) New Delhi (C) Pune (D) Ahmedabad

(E) None of these ANS (E) Mumbai 22. Which of the following is NOT the name of the sensitive index of any global stock exchange ? (A) Nasdaq (B) Nikkei (C) Kospi (D) Dow (E) Combix ANS (E) 23. Mnay times we read the term 'ECB'in financial newspapers.What is the full form of 'ECB'? (A) Essential Commercial Borrowing (B) Essential Credit & Borrowing (C) External Credit & Business (D) External Commercial Borrowing (E) None Of These ANS (D) 24. Who amongst the following is the new face in Union Cabinet after it was reshuffled recently ? (A) Mnai Shankar Aiyer (B) Rahul Gandhi (C) Priyanka (D) Jyotiraditya Scindia (E) None of these ANS (D) 25. Who amongst the following has taken over as the chief minister of Nagaland ? (A) Manik Sarkar (B) Dinesh Nandan Sahay (C) P.Longon (D) K.Shankaranarayanan (E) None of these ANS (E)

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CURRRENT GK QUIZ CURRENT GENERAL AWARENESS QUIZ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 10 JavaScript is disabled. Get Netscape 3.0 or turn it on!

1. Miss Universe award for 2008 has been awarded to – Tanvi Vyas Dayana Mendoza SimranKaur Mundi Crystle Stewart 2. Who among the following is the winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2007? – Sachin Tendulkar Saurav Ganguli Sanjeeva Kumar Singh Mahendra Singh Dhoni 3. The Mascot of the 2008 Olympic Games was-

Fuwa Izz Izz Cobi 4. Which among the following States would observe 2008 as the‘Year of Education’ ? Uttar Pradesh Haryana Bihar Karnataka 5. Who has written “Unaccustomed Earth” ? Jhumpa Laheri Kiran Desai Arundhati Roy Khushwant Singh 6. Which of the following has been selected for best parliamentarian of the year award 2007 ? Priya Ranjan Das Munshi Mani Shankar Aiyyar P.Chidambaram Sushama Swaraj 7. Duwuri Subbarao's name was in news recently as he has taken over as the Governor of RBI SBI SEBI Bihar 8. ISRO has launched successfully ten satellites through PSLV-C9 on -

15th March,2008 30th March,2008 28th April,2008 4th May,2008 9. Which country was host 15th SAARC Summit in 2008 ? Maldives Sri Lanka India Pakistan 10. Who among the following is the winner of the Wimbledon open Tennis Tournament 2008 of the Women's Single Title ? Serena Williams Venus Wlliams Maria Sharapova Ana Ivanovic

SBI CURRENT AFFAIRS 2008 QUESTIONS ANSWERS 1. WHO IS THE PRESENT CHAIRMAN OF CII ? ANS- K.V.KAMATH 2. WHAT IS THE FULLFORM OF "BRIC" ? ANS- BRAZIL,RUSSIA ,INDIA,CHINA 3. WHICH FILM HAS BAGGED THE BEST MOVIE AWARDS IN IIFA AWARDS WHICH WAS HELD IN BANGKOK ? ANS- CHAK DE INDIA (YASH CHOPRA) 4. WHO IS THE WINNER OF FRENCH OPEN 2008 MEN'S TITLE ? ANS- RAFAEL NADAL 5. WHO IS THE WINNER OF DLF IPL CRICKET TOUNAMENT 2008 ? ANS- RAJASTHAN ROYALS 6. NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN? ANS- JUSTICE RAJENDRA BABU 7. WHO IS THE INDIAN HOCKEY COACH ? ANS- JOKIM KARVALO

8. WHICH FILM HAS BAGGED THE BEST FILM OF GOLDEN PALM AWARD IN CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2008 ? ANS- ENTRE LES MURS (THE CLASS) 9. WHO IS THE winner of IIFA Best Actor award 2008 ? ANS- SHAHRUKH KHAN (CHAK DE INDIA) 10.WHO IS THE CHIEF OF INDIAN AIR FORCE ? ANS- FALI HOMI MAJOR 11.WHO IS THE MISS UNIVERSE INDIA 2008 ? ANS- SIMARAN KAUR MUNDI 12.WHO IS THE Miss INDIA WORLD 2008 ANS- PARVATHY OMNAKUTTAN 13.VENUE OF 15TH SAARC SUMMIT 2008? ANS- COLOMBO (SRI LANKA) 14.WHO GOT DADA SAHEB PHALKE RATNA AWARD 2008? ANS- B.R.CHOPRA 15.WHO IS THE WINNER OF WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 ? ANS- AUSTRALIA 16.WHO IS THE WORLD CUP CRICKET 2007 RUNNER UP ? ANS- SRI LANKA 17.WHO IS THE WINNER OF FRENCH OPEN 2008 WOMENS TITLE ? ANS- Ana Ivanovic 18.WHO COMPLETED 16000 RUNS IN ODI RECENTLY ? ANS- SACHIN TENDULKAR 19.WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF RUSSIA ? ANS-DMITRI MEDWEDEV 20.WHO IS THE PRIME MINISTER OF RUSSIA ? ANS- VLADIMIR PUTIN 21.WHO IS THE WORLD BANK PRESIDENT ? ANS- ROBERT ZOELLICK 22.INDIA HAS SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED AGNI III IN THE MONTH OF MAY 2008. WHICH TYPE OF MISSILE BELONGS TO AGNI III ANS - SURFACE TO SURFACE INTERMEDIATE RANGE BALLISTIC MISSILE

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 species 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 Lanka, originally hailed from— (A) Australia (B) Britain (C) Finland (D) U.S.A. 8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development 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 "Jyoti 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 worth— (A) $ 30 billion (B) $ 35 billion (C) $ 25 billion (D) $ 27 billion 16. The Summit of OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries) was held in March 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 internet 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) headed 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 the 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 strategic Reserve of

foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve 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 following 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 controversy— (A) Italy (B) Spain (C) Zimbabwe (D) Nepal 34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to— (A) SCs (B) STs (C) OBC (D) Minorities OBC 35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history 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 present 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 Education" ? (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 country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts 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 Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative 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 service 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 district (Chhattisgarh). 37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)

SBI CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (BOOKS & AUTHOR)

1. Who is the author of "The Kalam effect: My years with the president"? (a) P.M.Nayar (b) Sonia Gandhi (c) L.K.Adwani (d) Arun Shaurie ANS (a) 2. Who is the author of the book "Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstopable"? (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Arundhati Roy (c) Shobha De (d) Vikram Seth ANS (c) 3. The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare? (a) Kalidasa (b) Thulasidas (c) Sudraka (d) Kautilya ANS (a) 4. Mulk Raj Anand is the author of (a) The Post Office (b) Gora (c) India Wins Freedom (d) Coolie 5. Who is the author of the book 'My other two daughters'? (a) Lalu Prasad Yadav (b) Surjit Singh Barnala (c) E.M. Forster (d) Paul Kennedy ANS (b) 6. Who is known as the Father of Detective Story (a) Arthur Conan Doyle (b) Bram Stoker (c) Edgar Allen Poe (d) None of the above ANS (c) 7. Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny' – book was written by (a) V.S. Naipaul (b) Mahatma Gandhi (c) Guenter Grass (d) Swami Vivekananda ANS (d) 8. Find out the odd one (a) Louis Fischer (b) Ibsen(c) William Shakespeare (d) Sherlock HolmesANS (d) Others are writers. Sherlock Holmes is a character 9.One among the following is not written by Kalidasa (a) Saakunthalam (b) Raghu Vamsam (c) Rith Samharam (d) Kaavyadooth ANS (d) 10. 'Sonia, a Biography' was written by (a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Arundhathi Roy (c) Rasheed Kidvai (d) V.K. Madhavan Kutty ANS (c) 11. One among the following is not a Harry Potter story (a) Chamber of secrets (b) The philosopher's stone (c) Half blood prince (d) Naked Truth ANS (d) 12. Jules Verne, a French science fiction writer wrote a book, which carried a more or less accurate prediction of the launching of Apollo-8. Which is the book (a) From the Earth to the moon (b) All under Heaven

(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream (d) Past and Present ANS (a) 13. Who is the author of "A Passage to England"? (a) E.M. Forster (b) Nirad C. Chaudhari (c) G.B. Shaw (d) Winston Churchill ANS (b) 14. "Does IT matter" is a book written by (a) Bill Gates (b) N. R. Narayanan (c) Nicholas Carr (d) Thomas D. Harris (e) None of these ANS (c) 15. 'Beyond time' is the book written by (a) Namita Gokhale (b) Ruskin Bond (c) William Balrymple (d) Josef Korbel (e) None of these ANS (e) 16. The famous book 'Anandmath' has been authorised by (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya (c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Sri Aurobindo ANS (b) 17.Who wrote a book describing the theory of economic drain of India during British rule? (a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Lala Lajpat Rai (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawaharlal Nehru ANS (a) 18. The author of the book 'Waiting for Godot' is: (a) Ruth Harring (b) Susan Sontag (c) Samuel Beckett (d) Ben Jonson ANS (c) Waiting for the Mahatma - R. K. Narayanan Waiting to Exhale - Terry Mc Millan 19. "The Vedas contain all the truth", was interpreted by: (a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand (c) Swami Shraddhanand (d) S. Radhakrishnan ANS (b) 20. Sirr-i-Akbar was the Persian translation of fifty-two Upanishads by which son of shah Jahan? ANS - Dara Shikoh 21.In "The Travels of Gulliver", what is the first things two Lilliputians discuss when they meet in the morning? ANS - The health of the sun 22."The man who knew infinity" is the biography of (a) Rene Descartes (b) Stephen Hawking (c) Albert Einstein (d) S. Ramanujan ANS (d)

23.What was the original name of 'Alice in Wonderland' when Lewis Carroll first showed it to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863? ANS - Alice's Adventures Underground 24. The author of the book "Waiting for the Mahatma" is (a) R.K Narayan (b) N.A Palkhiwala (c) Amrita Pritam (d) M. Malgonkar ANS (a) 25. Under the patronage of which ruler of the Javanese house of Mataram, was the epic poem 'Arjuna vivaha' written? ANS - King Airlangga 26. To whom, in his own words, did Rudyard Kipling dedicate his collection, 'Plain Tales From the Hills'? ANS - To the wittiest woman in India 27. 'Beyond the Last Blue Mountain' is R.M Lala's biography of which Indian? ANS - J. R. D. Tata 28. Which of Agatha Christie's books was the first to be serialised in the Evening News under the title 'Anna the Adventure'? ANS - The Man In The Brown Suit 29. Who has authored the book A Brief History of Time? (a) Carl Sagan (b) Issac Asimov (c) John Gribbin (d) Stephen Hawking ANS (d) 30. The book 'Living with Honour' is written by (a) Arundhati Roy (b) Shiv Khera (c) Pramod Batra (d) Vikram Seth ANS (b) 31. The book 'Cricket My Style' is written by (a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Kapil Dev (d) Mohinder Amarnath ANS (c) 32. Who wrote the book 'The Book of Indian Birds' ANS - Dr. Salim Ali 33. 'Economic History of India' was written by ANS - R. C. Dutt 34.The oldest of the vedic literature is (a) Sama Veda (b) Yajur Veda (c) Rig Veda (d) Atharva VedaANS (c) 35. 'Leelavathi' the famous sanskrit grantha is a book on ANS - Mathematics 36. Who is the author of ‘An Equal Music’ (1999) ANS - Vikram Seth 37. Who wrote the poem ‘Passage to India’ in 1871 ANS - Walt Whitman (American Poet) 38. Who is the author of the book ‘The Canterbury Tales’ ANS - Geoffrey Chaucer 39. Who is the author of the book ‘Anna Karenina’ ANS - Leo Tolstoy

40.Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’ ANS - Mark Twain 41. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’? ANS - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 42.Who is the author of the book ‘The Comedy of Errors’? ANS - William Shakespeare 43. Who is the author of the book ‘Animal Farm’ ANS - George Orwell 44. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’? ANS - Samuel Taylor Coleridge 45. Who is the author of the book, ‘Through the Looking-Glass’? ANS - Lewis Carroll 46. Who is the author of the book, ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’? ANS - William Shakespeare 47. Who is the author of the book ‘Akbar-nama’ ANS - Abul Fazl 48. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’? ANS - Mark Twain 49. Who is the author of the book ‘Antony and Cleopatra’? ANS - William Shakespeare 50. Who is the author of the book , Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1687) ANS - Sir Isaac 51. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"? (a) L.K.Adwani (b) Atal Bihari Vajpeyi (c) Narendra Modi (d) Vikram Seth ANS (c)

SBI PO GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER 1. On 7th May 2008, agni-I was test-fired. It was— (A) Ballistic 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 the Acronym START came into News. START stands for— (A) Strategic Association for Restructuring Trade (B) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (C) System Tracking and Reprocessing Team (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 species 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 scientist John Wheeler who died in April 2008, was originally hailed from— (A) Australia (B) U.S.A. (C) Finland (D) Britain 8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development for 2007— (A) Bill Gates (B) Nelson Mandela (C) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (D) Arthur C. Clarke 9. The 2008 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize awarded to — (A) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro (B) Anna Politkovskaya (C) May Chidiac (D) U Win Tin 10. Which of the following Indian players has not completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket— (A) Rahul Dravid (B) Sachin Tendulkar (C) Sunil Gavaskar (D) Virendra Sehwag

11. On March 26, 2008, NASA’s space shuttle which returned safely to Earth after completing 16 day mission to International Space Station was— (A) Discovery (B) Endeavour (C) Columbia (D) None of the above 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 worth— (A) $ 30 billion

(B) $ 35 billion (C) $ 25 billion (D) $ 27 billion 16. The Summit of NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY) was held in April in— (A) Romania (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 internet users is— (A) U.S.A. (B) China (C) Japan

(D) Germany 20. Which country has won the Women's Asia Cup Cricket 2008 which was held in Colombo in the monthe of May 2008 ? (A) Brisbane (B) Melbourne (C) Sydney (D) Perth 21. According to Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed 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 the 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 strategic Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve 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 following 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 controversy— (A) Italy (B) Spain (C) Zimbabwe (D) Nepal 34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to— (A) SCs (B) STs (C) OBC (D) Minorities OBC 35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history 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 present 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. When did the Olympic torch relay begin ? (A) in 1950 (B) in 1952 (C) in 1953 (D) in 1963

Answers with Hints 1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START-II) is a treaty between Russia and U.S.A. for reducing their nuclear arsenals. The treaty is due to expire in 2009.

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 country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts 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) India won fourth consecutive times in Women's Asia Cup Cricket 21. (B) 22. (C) The Pritzkar Architecture Prize, considered to be equivalent of Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative 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 service 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 district (Chhattisgarh). 37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)

BANK PO GENERAL AWARENESS SAMPLE PAPER 1. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in MAY 2008 ? (A) Rajeev Chandrashekha (B) Anand Mahindra (C) K.V.Kamath (D) Ganesh Natarajan (E) None of these Ans (C) 2. Th World's longest Sea Bridge has been established in(A) India (B) USA

(C) Japan (D) Malaysia (E) China Ans (E) 3. 12th UNCTAD (UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT) miniterial lavel conference was held in April 2008 at(A) New Delhi (India) (B) Accra (Ghana) (C) Islamabad (Pakistan) (D) Dhaka (Bangladesh) (E) Kathmandu (Nepal) Ans (B) 4. At which place India’s first Indira Gandhi National Tribal University would be set up ? (A) Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh) (B) Nagpur (C) Hyderabad (D) Noida (E) Patna Ans (A) 5. Nathula Pass is located in the State : (A) Nagaland (B) Sikkim (C)West Bengal (D) Assam (E) Tripura Ans (B) 6. THE 2007 Durand Cup has been won by – (A) Mohan Bagan (B) Mahindra United (C) Churchill Brothers (D) Central Railways (E) None of these Ans (C) 7. Who amongst the following has been named as the Forbes Asia Businessman of the year 2007 ? (A) K.V.Kamath (B) Ratan Tata (C) Nandan Nilekani (D) Ajim Premji (E) None of these Ans (A) 8. Konkan Railway is building world’s tallest railways bridge in which of the following states ? (A) Punjab (B) Jammu & Kashmir

(C) Maharashtra (D) Kerala (E) None of these Ans (B) 9. The author the book “ Jyoti Punj” is(A) Sonia Gandhi (B) Narendra Modi (C) Jaswant Singh (D) Pervez Musharraf (E) None of these Ans (B) 10. World Investment Report is an annual publication of : (A) UNCTAD (B) WTO (C) World Bank (D)IMF (E) ADB Ans (A) 11. Which of the following countries has the maximum amount of external debt ? (A) USA (B) Brazil (C)Mexico (D) Japan (E) Russia Ans (A) 12. Lee Myung Bak is the president of – (A) China (B) South Korea (C) North Korea (D) Malaysia (E) None of these Ans (B) 13. The author the book “ My Country My Life” is(A) Sonia Gandhi (B) L.K.Advani (C) Jaswant Singh (D) Pervez Musharraf (E) None of these Ans (B) 14. Who has been won the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2008 ? (A) Nagma (B) Shweta Singh (C) Nirupama Subramaniam (D) Nalini Singh (E) None of these Ans (C)

15. Who has been won Commonwealth Writers Prize 2008 ? (A) Kiran Desai (B) Shweta Singh (C) Rupashree Nanda (D) Indra Sinha (E) None of these Ans (D) 16. What is the full form of the term “PIARC” ? (A) Permanent International Association of Road Congress (B) Permanent Indian Association of Road Congress (C) Permanent International Accident of Road Congress (D) Permanent International Association of Rapid Congress (E) None of these Ans (A) 17. What is the percentage of the African countries in the earth areas ? (A) 28% (B) 18% (C) 20% (D) 25%(E) 35% Ans (C) 18. International women’s day is celebrated every year on – (A) January 26 (B) March 8 (C) August 26 (D) December 8 (E) None of these Ans (B) 19. Gary Kirsten signed a two year contract with BCCI to coach the Indian Cricket team, belongs to : (A) South Africa (B) England (C) West Indies (D) Australia (E) New Zealand Ans (A) 20. Capital formation in an economy depends on : (A) Total income (B) Total savings (C) Total demand (D) Total Production (E) None of these Ans (D) 21. The National Old age Pension Scheme has now been extended to cover the entire BPL people above---------- of age (A) 55 years (B) 60 years

(C) 62 years (D) 65 years (E) None of these Ans (D) 22. According to the Union Finance Minister , by which year will India become middle income nation ? (A) 2015 (B) 2025 (C) 2030 (D) 2032 (E) 2040 Ans (B) 23. Who has been conferred to Miss India World 2008 ? (A) Simran Kaur Mundi (B) Tanvi Vyas (C) Parvathy Omanakuttan (D) Pooja Chitgopekar (E) None of these Ans (C) 24. The 20th Interpol Asian Regional Conference was held in March 2008 at _ (A) India (B) Hong Kong (C) Kuala Lumpur (D) Moscow (E) None of these Ans (B) 25. Who is the new President of Russia ? (A) Vladimir Putin (B) Dmitry Medvedev (C) Viktor Chernomyrdin (D) Boris Yeltsin (E) None of these Ans (B)

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 Commission? (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 World 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 Government 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 recently? (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 Prize 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 Picture 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 – ‘Ajagava’, ‘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 one 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 which 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 ofthe 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 Economic 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 (NFDC) ? (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 Mumbai 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 nations 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)

SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. The Kishenganga Power Project is inA. Orissa B. Maharashtra C. Gujarat D. Jammu & Kashmir Ans (D) 2. The late Nirmala Desh Pande was a famous A. diplomat B. astrologer C. Social activist D. film-star

Ans (C) 3. Who has been awarded the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2008 ? A. Nilanjana Bose B. Rupashree Nanda C. Nirupama Subramanian D. None of these Ans (C) 4. Microwave ovens cook dishes by means of A. Ultraviolet rays B. Infra-red rays C. Convection D. Conduction Ans (D) 5. Most of the phenomena related to weather take place in A. stratosphere B. ionosphere C. mesosphere D. troposphere Ans (D) 6. The current President of the World Bank is A. Dominique Strauss-Kahn B. James D. Wolfansen C. Barbara Cartland D. Robert Zoellick Ans (D) 7. Amartya Sen, the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for his work on A. Game theory B. Securities analysis C. Poverty and famines D.Impact of Industrialization Ans (C) 8. The Quit India resolution was passed at the A. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1940 B. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1941 C. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1942 D. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1945. Ans (C) 9. Who among the following is not a ghazal singer? A. Talat Aziz B. Chandan Dass C. Peenaz Masani D. Jagdev Singh Ans (D) 10. Nobel Prize for literature in 2007 was received byA. Doris Lessing B. Albert Al Gore

C. Mohammad Yunus D. None of these Ans (A) 11. Meteorites are the heavenly bodies A. between the Mars and the Jupiter B. between the Saturn and the Neptune C. between the Mars and the Venus D. that burn brightly on entering the Earth’s atmosphere Ans (D) 12. P-5 is a group of A. highly developed countries B. Highly populous countries C. Permanent members of the Security Council D. Established nuclear powers Ans (C) 13. Arrange the following in chronological order: a. Dandi March b. McDonald Award c. Hanging of Bhagat Singh d. Meerut conspiracy case A. a, b, c, d B. b, a, c, d C. d, c, a, b, D. d, a, c, b Ans (A) 14. Which of the following is a land-locked state? A. Gujarat B. Andhra Pradesh C. Madhya Pradesh D. Tamil Nadu Ans (C) 15. Which of the following is not an official language as per the 8th schedule? A. Konkani B. Sindhi C. Manipuri D. English Ans (D) 16. Which of the following used in making computer chips ? A. Carbon B. Uranium C. Silicon D. Rubidium Ans (C) 17. In order to see an undersea object while in a ship, you would make use of a A. telescope B. periscope

C. marinoscope D None of these Ans (B) 18. Baan Ki-moon , the UNO Secretary-General belong to A. Saudi Arab B. Egypt C. South Korea D. Brazil Ans (C) 19. The deepest ocean in the world is A. The Indian ocean B. The Atlantic ocean C. The Pacific ocean D. None of these Ans (C) 20. The oldest mutual fund in India is the A. SBI Mutual Fund B. BOB Mutual Fund C. PNB Mutual Fund D. Unit Trust of India Ans (D) 21. A candidate for elections to the Lok Sabha stands to lose his Deposit Money if he fails to get A. 1/5 of the total valid votes B. 1/8 of the valid votes C. 1/6 of the valid votes polled D. none of these Ans (A) 22. The Varanasi–Kanyakumari National Highway is called A. N.H. – 8 B. N. H. – 7 C. N.H. – 12 D. N.H. – 9 Ans (B) 23. Which of the following areas of output is witnessing a new revolution? A. oilseeds B. fisheries C. fruits D. cereals Ans (A) 24. The W.T.O. came into being on A. 1st April, 1995 B. 1st April, 1994 C. 1st Jan., 1995 D. 1st Jan., 1996 Ans (C)

25. Bangal was partitioned during the viceroyalty of A. Lord Rippon B. Lord Curzon C. Lord Hardinge D. Lord Minto Ans (B) 26. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover fromA. Hyundai B. Maruti-Suzuki C. Ford Motor D. General Motor Ans (C)

COMPUTER GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ COMPUTER GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ COMPUTER QUIZ Objective 10 questions JavaScript is disabled. Get Netscape 3.0 or turn it on!

1. Why the document you created at home displays with a different font at school? Because you have a different printer at school than at home different monitor at school than at home

Because you have a

font you used at home is not installed on your school computer version of Windows is different

Because the

2. Which keyboard shortcut centers selected text? Ctrl+C

Alt+C

There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation

3. What is the default file extension for all Word documents? TXT

WRD

FIL

DOC

4. Which key moves your cursor from one cell to the next in a table? Tab

Shift

Enter

Ctrl+Enter

5. How many different documents can you have open at one time?

Ctrl+E

No more that three

Only one

As many as your computer memory will hold

No more than your Taskbar can display 6. In order to email a Word document from within Word: Go to File/Send To/Mail Recipient

Save the file as an email attachment

Outlook and attach the file while open in Word

Start

This is an impossible operation

7. Which keystroke will take you at the beginning or the end of a long document? Ctrl+PageUp and Ctrl+PageDown and Ctrl+End

Shift+Home and Shift+End

Ctrl+Home

The only way is by using the right scroll bar

8. How many margins are on a page? Two (header and footer) Portrait)

Four (top, bottom, right, left)

Two (landscape and

Two (top and bottom)

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Save the document in

Use your web browser as an editor and save as URL

Save as

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More

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CURRRENT GK QUIZ CURRENT GENERAL AWARENESS QUIZ OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS 10 JavaScript is disabled. Get Netscape 3.0 or turn it on!

1. Miss Universe award for 2008 has been awarded to – Tanvi Vyas Dayana Mendoza SimranKaur Mundi Crystle Stewart 2. Who among the following is the winner of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2007? – Sachin Tendulkar Saurav Ganguli Sanjeeva Kumar Singh Mahendra Singh Dhoni 3. The Mascot of the 2008 Olympic Games wasFuwa Izz Izz Cobi 4. Which among the following States would observe 2008 as the‘Year of Education’ ? Uttar Pradesh Haryana Bihar Karnataka 5. Who has written “Unaccustomed Earth” ? Jhumpa Laheri Kiran Desai

Arundhati Roy Khushwant Singh 6. Which of the following has been selected for best parliamentarian of the year award 2007 ? Priya Ranjan Das Munshi Mani Shankar Aiyyar P.Chidambaram Sushama Swaraj 7. Duwuri Subbarao's name was in news recently as he has taken over as the Governor of RBI SBI SEBI Bihar 8. ISRO has launched successfully ten satellites through PSLV-C9 on 15th March,2008 30th March,2008 28th April,2008 4th May,2008 9. Which country was host 15th SAARC Summit in 2008 ? Maldives Sri Lanka India Pakistan 10. Who among the following is the winner of the Wimbledon open Tennis Tournament 2008 of the Women's Single Title ?

Serena Williams Venus Wlliams Maria Sharapova Ana Ivanovic