Monday 27 August 2012

SBI ASSOCIATE BANKS CLERKS EXAMS GENERAL AWARENESS MCQ CAPSULES


1. The new chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India is:
1) T.V. Raghu Nath
2) D.K. Mehrotra
3) Snigdha Nandipati
4) Rahul Bhattacharya
5) None

2. India has signed Tax Information Exchange Agreement to promote economic Cooperation and Joint investment aimed at boosting bilateral trade that stands at 1.7 Billion Dollars with which of the following countries:
1) Russia
2) Nepal
3) United States
4) Bahrain
5) Srilanka

3. Which of the following states has maximum forest cover area in India as per the recent India state of Forest report?
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Tamil Nadu
4) Orissa
5) Madhya Pradesh

4. Which of the following countries is expected to become the 2nd largest producer of crude steel in the world by 2015:
1) USA
2) Russia
3) China
4) India
5) Iraq

5. Which of the following state governments has decided to re-impose property tax on buildings including residential in the state:
1) Tamil Nadu
2) Maharashtra
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Haryana
5) Andhra Pradesh

6. Find the former Egypt president who has been awarded life sentence, for killing hundreds of protestors -
1) Hosni Mubarak
2) Mohammad Morsi
3) Al Thani
4) Bashar Al-Assad
5) None of these

7. In order to work on health and development related issues Microsoft co-founder and cochairman of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation inked a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) with which of the following states :
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Kerala
5) Karnataka

8. Who is the first Indian writer to win Ondaatje Prize for his book - 'The sly Company of People who Care' - which is about adventures of an Indian Journalist?
1) Chetan Bhagath
2) Sidney Sheldon
3) Shobha De
4) Rahul Bhattacharya
5) Jeffery Archer

9. The state which has created a new Limca record by holding the largest guitar ensemble of the country in which 5406 guitarists participated is :
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Goa
3) Assam
4) Tripura
5) Manipur




10. The senior politician of the Pakistan People's Party who has been suspended from Parliament over dual nationality is :
1) Asif Ali Zardari
2) Zillur Rahman
3) Rahman-E-Sher
4) Farhan Ali
5) Rehman Malik

11. The committee which has been set by the government of India regarding the issues of merging of Air India and Indian Airlines's staff into Air India Ltd. is:
1) Airlines Committee
2) Air Indian Committee
3) Ajit Committee
4) Dharmadhikari Committee
5) None

12. The Indian state which stood second in wheat procurement is :
1) Andhra Pradesh
2) Haryana
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Tamil Nadu
5) None of these

13. Which country test fired the nuclearcapable Hatf-VII or Babur Cruise missile with a range of 700 km is:
1) Pakistan
2) Bangladesh
3) Iran
4) Iraq
5) Russia

14. On the Occasion of Environment Day, the dairy which of the following has launched environment-friendly vans named 'Kamadhenu' that will carry homogeized toned milk in loose form to the remotest places?
1) Vijaya Dairy
2) Jercy
3) Heritage
4) Mother Dairy
5) None of these

15. Which of the following trains was flagged off on the occasion of the Environment Day that will highlight the bio-diversity zones in the country?
1) Science Express Biodiversity Special
2) Diversity exp
3) Indian Bio Express
4) Bio express
5) None

16. Indian state which has become the first Nirmal Rajya that is 100% open defecation free is:
1) West Bengal
2) Sikkim
3) Tripura
4) Assam
5) Bihar

17. The sportsperson who has won the French Open Women's Singles Championship and completed a career record of winning all the Grand Slams is :
1) Victoria Azarenka
2) Serena williams
3) Venus Williams
4) Maria Sharapova
5) None

18. Indian Cricketer who won Wisden India's maiden Outstanding achievement award is:
1) M.S.Dhoni
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Rahul Dravid
4) V.V.S. Laxman
5) Yuvraj Singh

19. The 18th Chief Election Commissioner of India is:
1) Hameed Ansari
2) Anushka Sharma
3) V.S. Sampath
4) Sameer Dadlani
5) None of these

20. India has signed 11 MoU's regarding various issues, which also includes Border Area Development with ____
1) Pakistan
2) Afganisthan
3) Nepal
4) Mynamar
5) China

21. India has signed an MoU on road transportation, safety with which of the following countries ?
1) Pakistan
2) Afganisthan
3) Russia
4) Canada
5) Japan

22. 'State of emergency declared in Western Myanmar' was the news recently. Who is the president of Myanmar?
1) Thein Sein
2) Ahmed Abdualla
3) Bashar Ali
4) Zaheerul Rahman
5) Kim Yong

23. The Indo-American, who was convicted of insider trading?
1) Raj Rajaratnam
2) Rajat Gupta
3) Anshu Jain
4) D.K. Joshi
5) Vikram Singh

24. Who is the new Chief Executive officer of Deutsche Bank?
1) Anshu Jain
2) Bikram Singh
3) D.K. Joshi
4) V.S. Sampath
5) Prashanth Singh

25. Who will take charge as the new Navy Chief of India in September 2012 after Nirmal Verma?
1) Devendra Kumar Joshi
2) V.S. Sampath
3) Mohammad Ali
4) Chalapathi Verma
5) John Stalin

26. The new Egypt President who was elected in June 2012?
1) Bismilla Khan
2) Anshu Jain
3) Trinath Singh
4) Mohammad Morsi
5) Hosni Mubarak

27. Mehdi Hassan who expired recently was related to the field -
1) Shooting
2) Army
3) Acting
4) Cricket
5) Music

28. Chukkapalli Pitchaiah passed away recently is famous for -
1) Cricketer
2) Actor
3) Badminton Player
4) Philanthropist
5) Singer

29. Elinor Ostrom, a Nobel Laureate, expired recently is related to which of the following fields?
1) Physics
2) Economics
3) Chemistry
4) Peace Activist
5) Medicine

30. Dipankar Mukherjee who passed away recently is a famous ____
1) Peace activist
2) Cricketer
3) Actor
4) Singer
5) Parliamentarian

31. The famous cricketer who took oath as a Rajyasabha Member recently?
1) M.S. Dhoni
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Kapil Dev
4) Bishen Singh Bedi
5) Mohammad Azharuddin

32. The BEML chief who was suspended by Defence Ministry of India in connection with offering bribe to General V.K. Singh?
1) Bikram Singh
2) Andy Harry
3) Yograj Singh
4) VRS Natarajan
5) V Subramanyan

33. Who among the following has won Thailand Open Grand Prix title after defeating Thailand's Ratchankok Inthanon?
1) Saina Nehwal
2) Narain Kartikeyan
3) Jwala Gutta
4) Sania Mirza
5) Ashwini

34. The Famous Chess player who was crowned World Chess Champion in Moscow?
1) Anna zagi
2) Vera Vavilova
3) Vladimar ZigZag
4) Billy Bombard
5) Vishwanathan Anand

ANSWERS:

1-2; 2-4; 3-5; 4-4; 5-4; 6-1; 7-2; 8-4; 9-3; 10-5;
11-4; 12-2; 13-1; 14-4; 15-1; 16-2;17-4; 18-2; 19-3; 20-4;
21-4; 22-1; 23-2; 24-1; 25-1; 26-4; 27-5; 28-4; 29-2; 30-5;
31-2; 32-4; 33-1; 34-5.

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