Bank PO Exams - General Awareness Model Questions

Bank PO Exams - General Awareness Model Questions

1. RBI appointed ------- as the chairman of the committee to examine a range of emerging issues pertaining to regulation of the NBFCs (Non - Banking Financial Companies) sector 

1) Syamala Gopinath 2) Anand Sinha 3) Usha Thorat 4) Subhir Gokarn 5) C. Ranga Rajan

2. How many habitations will have Bank branches by 2011-2012 having the population cover of more than 2000 as per the
statement of Finance Minister in the budget?
1) 80,000 2) 90,000 3) 73,000 4) 15,000 5) 64,000

3. Fiscal Deficit – Interest Payments =
1) Primary Deficit 2) Capital Deficit 3) Revenue Deficit 4) Total Deficit 5) Monetary Deficit

4. Railway Minister Mamata Benarjee initiated to start Four Bio-diesel units in the coming years. Presently It decided to start one at
Raipur and another at
1) Kolkatta 2) Hyderabad 3) Chennai 4) Mumbai 5) New Delhi

5. On 31 March 2011, the ‘Provisional Population Totals for Census 2011’ has been announced by the Census Commissioner
India. The wrong option is
1) The total population of India is 121.02 crores
2) Males estimated to 62.37 crores and Females estimated to 58.65 crores
3) During 2001-2011, there is increase of 17.64 % growth in population
4) Compare to previous population census in 2001, Male population raised by 17.19 percent and Female population increased by 18.12 percent
5) None

6. To reflect the actual movement of prices at the micro-level, India started new Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 18 February 2011,
having the base year at
1) 2011 2) 2009 3) 2008 4) 2004 5) 2010

7. In order to control the diseases, Indian government floated many schemes and started vaccination programs. Pick the wrong combination.
1) ABC/AR program - to control Rabies 2) NMEP - to control Malaria 3) MMR - vaccine against Measles, Mumps
and rubella 4) OPV - to fight against Leprosy 5) DPT – to fight against Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus

8. In the historic decision, on 3 January 2011, the Government of India allowed ------ to cast vote in India?
1) Americans 2) Travellers 3) UK citizens 4) Non-Resident Indians 5) All of above

9. The trophies and Cups list is given. Pick up correct one.
1) Wimbledon (1877) - Tennis 2) Durand Cup (1888) - Football
3) Thomas Cup (1948) - Badminton 4) Hopman Cup (1989) - Tennis 5) All of above

10. The Miss America 2011 winner is?
1) Manasvi Mamgai 2) Alexandria Mills 3) Nicole Faria 4) Ximena Navarrete 5) Teresa Scanlan

11. During 2010 - 2011, Banks launched a programme to inform, educate and motivate people to open bank accounts and to be
continued in the fiscal year 2011 - 2012
1) Swatantra 2) Sakthi 3) Suraksha 4) Swabhimaan 5) None

12. ------- may be infused by the union government in State Bank of India in the next fiscal year via rights issue. SBI asked
to infuse 250 billion rupees.
1) 100 billion rupees 2) 200 billion rupees 3) 150 billion rupees 4) 450 billion rupees 5) 600 billion rupees

13. In this Budget, the Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) increased from 18 % to
1) 17.5 % 2) 19.5 % 3) 21.5 % 4) 18.5 % 5) 24 %

14. Gilt-edged securities mean -----
1) Gold bonds 2) High-graded and low risk securities 3) The duplicate bonds 4) Certificates issued by Post Office 5) Stocks recognised by SEBI

15. As per the Provisional Population Totals for Census 2011 announced by the Census Commissioner India, the literary
rate in India is (As per 2001 census it was 64.83 %).
1) 74.04 % 2) 70.41% 3) 85.01% 4) 90.24% 5) 91.15%

16. India’s largest Naphtha Cracker Plant at IOC complex at Panipat (Haryana), having capacity to produce eight lakh tonnes annually of ethylene and six lakh tonnes of propylene, the raw material to manufacture

1) Computers 2) Tubes 3) Nuclear Bombs 4) Polymers 5) TV sets

17. On 5 March 2011, the central government in a report said that the wheat production area in rabi season increased by ----- lakh
hectares.
1) 8.5 2) 9.13 3) 5.26 4) 16 5) 10.46

18. Which committee submitted to review the Motor Vehicle Act?
1) Parasaran 2) Chandra Babu Naidu 3) Sunder 4) Rajiv Sharma 5) Swaminarayan

19. IAF inducted ‘Super Hercules’ Transport Aircraft, imported from --------
1) Russia 2) UK 3) France 4) USA 5) Italy

20. How many nations are there as members in SAARC?
1) 27 2) 18 3) 8 4) 5 5) 24

Answers / Key : 1-3; 2-3; 3-1; 4-3; 5-5; 6-5; 7-4; 8-4; 9-5; 10-5; 11-4; 12-3; 13-4; 14-2; 15-1; 16-4; 17-5; 18-3; 19-4; 20-3.