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 srikanthraj

2. J. N. Daxit
3. Soli J. Sorabjee
Who among the following is the new Chief Minister of Karnataka?
1. B. S. Yeddyurappa
Q2 srikanthraj
2. Uma Bharti
3. Dharam Singh
Which country girl selected as Miss Universe in 2008?
1. India
Q3 srikanthraj
2. Argentina
3. Vietnam
Who among the following has won the Miss Universe 2004 Crown?
1. Jennifer Hawkins
Q4 srikanthraj
2. Shandi Finnessey
3. Alba Reyes
Which of the following cricketers holds the world record of maximum

number of sixes in Test?
Q5 1. Viv Richards (West Indies) srikanthraj

2. Sachin Tendulkar (India)
3. Chris Carins (New Zealand)
Who among the following has been appointed the new Chief Justice of
India
Q6 1. Justice R. C. Lahoti srikanthraj

2. Justice V. N. Khare
3. Justice K G Balakrishnan
who among has been appointed new chairman of the National

Q7 srikanthraj
Commission for Farmers?
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 srikanthraj
2. Venus
3. Jupitar
Which of the following countries was readmitted to the commonwealth

recently?
Q9 1. Nepal srikanthraj
2. Myanmar
3. Pakistan
The world Governing body of which of the following sports celebrated

its 100 years recently?
1. Football
Q10
2. Cricket
3. Hockey
4. 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?
1. Aarthie Ramaswamy
Q11 srikanthraj
2. S.Meenakshi
3. Koneru Humpy
The Age of Tree can be determined by
1. Measuring its height

Q12 2. Counting the annual growth rings of its stem srikanthraj
3. Measuring its diameter
4. Analyzing its sap
Q13 Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? Mountains and srikanthraj
Continents
1. The Rocky : North America

2. The Andes : South America
3. The Alps : Europe
4. The Ural : Africa
The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at
1. Bhubaneswar
Q14 srikanthraj
2. Khajuraho
3. Madurai
Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance ?
1. Kuchipudi
Q15 srikanthraj
2. Kathak
3. Mohiniattam
The deepest oceanic trench Mariana is located in
1. Atlantic Ocean
Q16 srikanthraj
2. Pacific Ocean
3. Arctic Ocean
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 srikanthraj

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?
Q18 1. English
2. Dutch
3. Portuguese
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’?
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’?
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
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
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
40. Which of the following States Hs declared 2008 as the "year of Education" ?
(A) Bihar
(B) Haryana
(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) Georgi Purvanov
(2) Dmitry Medvedev
(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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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
2. Which of the following High Courts has recently quashed the merit list issued in 2006 and 2007
by the centre and the UPSC—
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
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—
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
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
(A) Space shuttle
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
(A) V. S. Naipal
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Amrita Preetam
(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
(A) Hyundai
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Ford Motor
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%
(B) William Harvey
(C) Jea Nouvel
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
(A) 18000 crore
(B) 16000 crore
(C) 15000 crore
(D) 14000 crore
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Kartikeyan
(C) Felipe Massa
(D) Robert Kubica
(A) Tanvi Vyas
(B) Suman Kaur
(C) Rashmi Sehgal
(D) Rani Sharma
(D) The Guardian
(A) S. R. Chaudhuri
(B) K. Kanwar
(C) R. Nagaswamy
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
(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
(A) in 2005
(B) in 2007
(C) in 2008
(D) in 2006
(A) Jacques Diouf
(D) Michael Griffin
(A) Alzhumer
(B) Schizophrenia
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)
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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) [...]
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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)
FLUTE
(a) 153 (b) 157 (c) 151 (d) 149
Ans (a)
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)
Statements: I. All cars are cats. II. All fans are cats.
Conclusions: I. All cars are fans. II. Some fans are cars.
Ans (d)
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
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 in-

A. 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 by-

A. 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 from-

A. 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 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)
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 is-
Fuwa
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 non-
permanent 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)
ANS (a)
ANS (c)

ANS (a)

ANS (Try Yourself)

ANS (b)

ANS (c)

ANS (d)

(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
ANS (d)

ANS (c)

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
ANS (a)

ANS (b)

ANS (c)

(e) None of these
ANS (e)

(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Sri Aurobindo
ANS (b)
17.Who wrote a book describing the theory of economic drain of India during British rule?
ANS (a)

ANS (b)
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 (d)
23.What was the original name of 'Alice in Wonderland' when Lewis Carroll first showed it
to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863?
24. The author of the book "Waiting for the Mahatma" is
ANS (a)
From the Hills'?
ANS - J. R. D. Tata

ANS (d)

ANS (b)
ANS (c)
32. Who wrote the book 'The Book of Indian Birds'

ANS - Dr. Salim Ali

ANS - R. C. Dutt
34.The oldest of the vedic literature is

(c) Rig Veda (d) Atharva Veda
ANS (c)

ANS - Mathematics

ANS - Vikram Seth


ANS - Leo Tolstoy

ANS - Mark Twain


ANS - George Orwell

ANS - Lewis Carroll

ANS - Abul Fazl
ANS - Mark Twain
ANS - Sir Isaac

ANS (c)

(a) L.K.Adwani (b) Sushma Swaraj
(c) Narendra Modi (d) Jaswant Singh
ANS (a)
PAPER : SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

A. Orissa
B. Maharashtra
C. Gujarat
D. Jammu & Kashmir
Ans (D)

A. diplomat
B. astrologer
C. Social activist
D. film-star
Ans (C)
A. Nilanjana Bose
B. Rupashree Nanda
D. None of these
Ans (C)

A. Ultraviolet rays
B. Infra-red rays
C. Convection
D. Conduction
Ans (D)

A. stratosphere
B. ionosphere
C. mesosphere
D. troposphere
Ans (D)

C. Barbara Cartland
D. Robert Zoellick
Ans (D)
A. Game theory
Ans (C)

Ans (C)

A. Talat Aziz
B. Chandan Dass
C. Peenaz Masani
D. Jagdev Singh
Ans (D)

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

Ans (D)

Ans (C)

a. Dandi March
b. McDonald Award
A. a, b, c, d
B. b, a, c, d
C. d, c, a, b,
D. d, a, c, b
Ans (A)

A. Gujarat
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
Ans (C)
A. Konkani
B. Sindhi
C. Manipuri
D. English
Ans (D)

A. Carbon
B. Uranium
C. Silicon
D. Rubidium
Ans (C)
A. telescope
B. periscope
C. marinoscope
D None of these
Ans (B)

A. Saudi Arab
B. Egypt
C. South Korea
D. Brazil
Ans (C)

A. The Indian ocean
D. None of these
Ans (C)

A. SBI Mutual Fund
B. BOB Mutual Fund
C. PNB Mutual Fund
Ans (D)
21. A candidate for elections to the Lok Sabha stands to lose his Deposit Money if he fails to
get
D. none of these
Ans (A)

A. N.H. – 8
B. N. H. – 7
C. N.H. – 12
D. N.H. – 9
Ans (B)

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

A. 1st April, 1995
B. 1st April, 1994
C. 1st Jan., 1995
D. 1st Jan., 1996
Ans (C)

A. Lord Rippon
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Hardinge
D. Lord Minto
Ans (B)

A. Hyundai
B. Maruti-Suzuki
C. Ford Motor
D. General Motor
Ans (C)
PAPER : SBI BANK CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
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 is-
Fuwa
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 ?

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

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 —
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) Manipur
(B) Karnataka
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—
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
(A) May 3
(B) May 15
(C) May 25
(D) May 27
(A) L.K.Adwani
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) Narendra Modi

(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 7
(D) 4

(A) Space shuttle
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

(A) V. S. Naipal
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Amrita Preetam
(A) $ 30 billion
(B) $ 35 billion
(C) $ 25 billion
(D) $ 27 billion
(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

(A) Hyundai
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Ford Motor
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
(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%

(B) William Harvey
(C) Jea Nouvel
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
(A) 18000 crore
(B) 16000 crore
(C) 15000 crore
(D) 14000 crore

(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Kartikeyan
(C) Felipe Massa
(D) Robert Kubica

(A) Tanvi Vyas
(B) Suman Kaur
(C) Rashmi Sehgal
(D) Rani Sharma

(D) The Guardian

(A) S. R. Chaudhuri
(B) K. Kanwar
(C) R. Nagaswamy
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

(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


(A) in 2005
(B) in 2007
(C) in 2008
(D) in 2006
(A) Jacques Diouf
(D) Michael Griffin

(A) Alzhumer
(B) Schizophrenia
(A) Bihar
(B) Haryana
(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)
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)
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)
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
The country that accounts for nearly one third of the total teak
06 Myan mar
production of the world is
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
The name given to the border which separates Pakistan and

10 Durand line
Afghanistan is
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
The city which is the biggest centre for manufacture of automobiles in

24 Detroit, USA
the world is
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
United States Library of

95 The largest library in the world is the
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
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
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
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
(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?
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?
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)
COMPUTER GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

COMPUTER GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ COMPUTER QUIZ
Objective 10 questions
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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 Because you have a
different monitor at school than at home
font you used at home is not installed on your school computer Because the
version of Windows is different
2. Which keyboard shortcut centers selected text?
Ctrl+C Alt+C There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation Ctrl+E
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?
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 Start

Outlook and attach the file while open in Word 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 Shift+Home and Shift+End Ctrl+Home

and Ctrl+End The only way is by using the right scroll bar
8. How many margins are on a page?
Two (header and footer) Four (top, bottom, right, left) Two (landscape and
Portrait) Two (top and bottom)
9.In order to save a Word document as a web page you need to:
Put the appropriate graphics and links on the document Save the document in
simple text format Use your web browser as an editor and save as URL Save as
HTML
10. A document in portrait prints:
The same characters per line with the same document in landscape More
characters per line than the same document in landscape Less characters per line than
the same document in landscape Smaller fonts in order to fit the same amount of
characters per line with landscape
CURRRENT GK QUIZ
CURRENT GENERAL AWARENESS QUIZ
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
award 2007 ?

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

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) Manipur
(B) Karnataka
in—
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Italy
(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.
2007—
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Nelson Mandela
(A) May 3
(B) May 15
(C) May 25
(D) May 27
(A) L.K.Adwani
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) Narendra Modi
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 7
(D) 4
(A) Space shuttle
(A) Dirrohoea map
(B) Malarial map
(C) Bird flu map
(D) Cancer map
(A) V. S. Naipal
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Amrita Preetam
(A) $ 30 billion
(B) $ 35 billion
(C) $ 25 billion
(D) $ 27 billion
(A) Senegal
(B) Morocco
(C) Pakistan
(D) Indonesia
in India is—
(A) 2·2 million
(B) 1·9 million
(C) 1·5 million
(D) 1·7 million
(A) Hyundai
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Ford Motor
is—
(A) U.S.A.
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) Germany
(A) Brisbane
(B) Melbourne
(C) Sydney
(D) Perth
(A) 8%
(B) 8·5%
(C) 9%
(D) 8·9%
(B) William Harvey
(C) Jea Nouvel
(A) Danish Kaneria
(B) Shoaib Malik
(C) Mohammad Yousuf
(D) Shoaib Akhtar
(A) 18000 crore
(B) 16000 crore
(C) 15000 crore
(D) 14000 crore
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Kartikeyan
(C) Felipe Massa
(D) Robert Kubica
(A) Tanvi Vyas
(B) Suman Kaur
(C) Rashmi Sehgal
(D) Rani Sharma
(D) The Guardian
(A) S. R. Chaudhuri
(B) K. Kanwar
(C) R. Nagaswamy
(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Mexico
(D) Brazil
(A) Italy
(B) Spain
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Nepal
belonging to—
(A) SCs
(B) STs
(C) OBC
(D) Minorities OBC
in excavation—
(A) Chittorgarh
(B) Bhavnagar
(C) Kolkata
(D) Karaikal
(A) in 2005
(B) in 2007
(C) in 2008
(D) in 2006
(A) Jacques Diouf
(D) Michael Griffin
(A) Alzhumer
(B) Schizophrenia
(A) Bihar
(B) Haryana
(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)
14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (B)
architecture.
23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D)
30. (A) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C)
35. (C)
37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)
SBI CLERK GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

(BOOKS & AUTHOR)
ANS (a)
ANS (c)
ANS (a)
ANS (b)
ANS (c)
ANS (d)
(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
ANS (d)
ANS (c)
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
ANS (a)
ANS (b)
ANS (c)
(e) None of these
ANS (e)
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Sri Aurobindo
ANS (b)
17.Who wrote a book describing the theory of economic drain of India during British
rule?
ANS (a)
ANS (b)
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 (d)
23.What was the original name of 'Alice in Wonderland' when Lewis Carroll first showed
it to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863?
24.
The author of the book "Waiting for the Mahatma" is
ANS (a)
From the Hills'?
ANS - J. R. D. Tata
ANS (d)
ANS (b)
ANS (c) 32. Who wrote the book 'The Book of Indian Birds'
ANS - Dr. Salim Ali
ANS - R. C. Dutt 34.The oldest of the vedic literature is
(c) Rig Veda (d) Atharva VedaANS (c)
ANS - Mathematics
ANS - Vikram Seth
ANS - Leo Tolstoy
ANS - Mark Twain
ANS - George Orwell
ANS - Lewis Carroll
ANS - Abul Fazl
ANS - Mark Twain
ANS - Sir Isaac
ANS (c)
SBI PO GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED

PAPER
1. On 7th May 2008, agni-I was test-fired. It was—
(A) Ballistic Missile

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
in—
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Italy
(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
2007—
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Nelson Mandela
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
(A) Space shuttle
(A) Dirrohoea map
(B) Malarial map
(C) Bird flu map
(D) Cancer map
(A) V. S. Naipal
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Amrita Preetam
(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
in India is—
(A) 2·2 million
(B) 1·9 million
(C) 1·5 million
(D) 1·7 million
(A) Hyundai
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Ford Motor
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

(A) 8%
(B) 8·5%
(C) 9%
(D) 8·9%
(B) William Harvey
(C) Jea Nouvel
(A) Danish Kaneria
(B) Shoaib Malik
(C) Mohammad Yousuf
(D) Shoaib Akhtar

(A) 18000 crore
(B) 16000 crore
(C) 15000 crore
(D) 14000 crore
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Kartikeyan
(C) Felipe Massa
(D) Robert Kubica
(A) Tanvi Vyas
(B) Suman Kaur
(C) Rashmi Sehgal
(D) Rani Sharma

(D) The Guardian
(A) S. R. Chaudhuri
(B) K. Kanwar
(C) R. Nagaswamy
(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Mexico
(D) Brazil

(A) Italy
(B) Spain
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Nepal
belonging to—
(A) SCs
(B) STs
(C) OBC
(D) Minorities OBC
in excavation—
(A) Chittorgarh
(B) Bhavnagar
(C) Kolkata
(D) Karaikal
(A) in 2005
(B) in 2007
(C) in 2008
(D) in 2006
(A) Jacques Diouf
(D) Michael Griffin
(A) Alzhumer
(B) Schizophrenia
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)
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)
architecture.
23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D)
30. (A) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C)
35. (C)
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)

AWARENESS
(1) Georgi Purvanov
(2) Dmitry Medvedev

(5) None of these
(1) Georgi Purvanov
(2) Dmitry Medvedev
(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

(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)

KNOWLEDGE
A. Orissa
B. Maharashtra
C. Gujarat
D. Jammu & Kashmir
Ans (D)
A. diplomat
B. astrologer
C. Social activist
D. film-star
Ans (C)
A. Nilanjana Bose
B. Rupashree Nanda
D. None of these
Ans (C)
A. Ultraviolet rays
B. Infra-red rays
C. Convection
D. Conduction
Ans (D)
A. stratosphere
B. ionosphere
C. mesosphere
D. troposphere
Ans (D)
C. Barbara Cartland
D. Robert Zoellick
Ans (D)
A. Game theory
Ans (C)
Ans (C)
A. Talat Aziz
B. Chandan Dass
C. Peenaz Masani
D. Jagdev Singh
Ans (D)
A. Doris Lessing
B. Albert Al Gore
C. Mohammad Yunus
D. None of these
Ans (A)
Ans (D)
Ans (C)
a. Dandi March
b. McDonald Award
A. a, b, c, d
B. b, a, c, d
C. d, c, a, b,
D. d, a, c, b
Ans (A)
A. Gujarat
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
Ans (C)
A. Konkani
B. Sindhi
C. Manipuri
D. English
Ans (D)
A. Carbon
B. Uranium
C. Silicon
D. Rubidium
Ans (C)
A. telescope
B. periscope
C. marinoscope
D None of these
Ans (B)
A. Saudi Arab
B. Egypt
C. South Korea
D. Brazil
Ans (C)
A. The Indian ocean
D. None of these
Ans (C)
A. SBI Mutual Fund
B. BOB Mutual Fund
C. PNB Mutual Fund
Ans (D)
21. A candidate for elections to the Lok Sabha stands to lose his Deposit Money if he
fails to get
D. none of these
Ans (A)
A. N.H. – 8
B. N. H. – 7
C. N.H. – 12
D. N.H. – 9
Ans (B)
A. oilseeds
B. fisheries
C. fruits
D. cereals
Ans (A)
A. 1st April, 1995
B. 1st April, 1994
C. 1st Jan., 1995
D. 1st Jan., 1996
Ans (C)
A. Lord Rippon
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Hardinge
D. Lord Minto
Ans (B)
A. 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
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 Because you have a
different monitor at school than at home
font you used at home is not installed on your school computer Because the
version of Windows is different
2. Which keyboard shortcut centers selected text?
Ctrl+C Alt+C There is no keyboard shortcut for this operation Ctrl+E
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?
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 Start

Outlook and attach the file while open in Word 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 Shift+Home and Shift+End Ctrl+Home

and Ctrl+End The only way is by using the right scroll bar
8. How many margins are on a page?
Two (header and footer) Four (top, bottom, right, left) Two (landscape and
Portrait) Two (top and bottom)
9.In order to save a Word document as a web page you need to:
Put the appropriate graphics and links on the document Save the document in
simple text format Use your web browser as an editor and save as URL Save as
HTML
10. A document in portrait prints:
The same characters per line with the same document in landscape More
characters per line than the same document in landscape Less characters per line than
the same document in landscape Smaller fonts in order to fit the same amount of
characters per line with landscape
CURRRENT GK QUIZ
CURRENT GENERAL AWARENESS QUIZ

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
award 2007 ?

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
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

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General Knowledge & Current Affairs

1. Who among the following has been appointed the National

2. Who among the following is the new Chief Minister of

4. A solemn ceremony to mark the 60th Anniversary of D-Day

5. Which of the following cricketers holds the world record

8. Who among the following has been appointed new chairman

9. Which of the following planets crossed the face of the

10. Which of the following countries was readmitted to the

11. The world governing body of which of the following

14. The age of a tree can be determined by

15. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

16. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

17. The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at

18. Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance ?

19. The deepest oceanic trench ?Mariana? is located in

21. During the Mughal period, which one of the following

22. Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for

23. Which one of the following mountain peaks of the

24. A rift valley is formed mainly due to

Q1 1. Brajesh Mishra srikanthraj

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

Which country girl selected as Miss Universe in 2008?

Which of the following cricketers holds the world record of maximum

Q5 1. Viv Richards (West Indies) srikanthraj

Q6 1. Justice R. C. Lahoti srikanthraj

who among has been appointed new chairman of the National

Which of the following countries was readmitted to the commonwealth

The world Governing body of which of the following sports celebrated

G K and Current Affairs: Questions

The Age of Tree can be determined by

1. Measuring its height

1. The Rocky : North America

The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at

Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance ?

The deepest oceanic trench Mariana is located in

Although fog consists of fine drops of water, we cannot see clearly

Q17 1. Fine drops of water in fog polarize the light srikanthraj

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(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

(5) None of these

(5) None of these

(1) Mr. Khushwant Singh

(2) Mr. Vikram Seth

(3) Prof. Amartya Sen

(4) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro

(5) None of these