IBPS - Bank PO General Awareness Model Question Paper

IBPS - Bank PO General Awareness Model Question Paper

Following are General Awareness Questions for IBPS Probationary Officers (PO) Examinations. IBPS has introduced 'Common Written Examinations' (CWE) for 19 nationalised PSU banks. These banks will short list the candidates for PO posts based on IBPS scores in CWE. Following are model questions for CWE for POs. These questions are also useful for other Banks PO exams such as SBI PO written test. The question paper has 40 questions for which key is also provided at the end of the questions. Try to find out the answers with out seeing answers.

1. As per the rule how much percent of priority sector loans must be given to Farming?
1) 18 2) 40 3) 20 4)15 5) 6

2. On 11 April 2011, Rander People's Co-operative Bank was punished with Rs.1 lakh penalty by RBI on the basis of violation of rules such as money laundering etc. It is in .............?
1) Maharastra 2) West Bengal 3) Bihar 4) Goa 5) Gujarat

3. The chief function of Reserve Bank of India includes ............?
1) Minting of Currency 2) Framing the monetary and credit policy
3) With the help of Circulation of money, maintaining price stability 4) Foreign Exchange matters
5) All of above

4. On 11 February 2011, Hamara Khaata Hamara Swabhimaan (Our Account Our Pride) scheme announced. Pick up wrong one?
1) This scheme named as Swabhimaan
2) Ministry of Finance and Indian Banks Association jointly launched this program
3) This scheme bring the basic banking services to all 73,000 unbanked villages with over 2,000 population by March 2012.
4) Under this scheme, it is proposed to open 5 Crore new rural bank accounts.
5) None

5. 'Bank Saathi' means ............?
1) Nearest bank 2) Business correspondent scheme
3) Nearest ATM 4) Account for friend 5) Scheme for wife and husband

6. To extend the modern banking products and services to the army personnel, which bank and army had tie-up. This is the first of its kind in India?
1) Andhra Bank 2) Syndicate Bank 3) HDFC 4) Bank of India 5) ICICI

7. On 16 Feb 2011, which bank declared to open its 6th branch in UK, showing its pose in 9 countries. It has also the subsidiary in UK.
1) Indian Bank 2) ICICI 3) SBI 4) Bank of India 5) Punjab National Bank

8. ASBA means ............?
1) Application Supported by Blocked Amount
2) Application Stop By Amount
3) Admission Stop By Amount
4) Admit Stop By Application
5) None

9. ............ is the director for Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning ( CAFRAL)?
1) C.Rangarajan 2) D.Subba Rao 3) Anand Sinha 4) Usha Thorat 5) Y.V.Reddy

10. First time in India National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) launched Core Banking Solutions with the co-operative banks in .......?
1) Punjab 2) Tamilnadu 3) Bihar 4) West Bengal 5) Goa

11. Which insurance company grabbed 20% share of the total market in Rastriya Swasthya Bhima Yozana (RSBY)?
1) L.I.C 2) G.I.C 3) N.I.C 4) U.I.C 5) None

12. On 21 February 2011, Reliance Industrial Limited ( RIL) sold away the sale of 30% stake in 23 blocks to the ........... for $ 7.2 billion?
1) Scotland Oil 2) Vodafone 3) London Oil 4) Llyod Insurance 5) British Petroleum

13. Indian Gold market for the consumption still growing ........ percent as per the report of World Gold Council
1) 55 2) 50 3) 80 4) 66 5) 100

14. 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

15. 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

16. Vivek Express will be introduced to mark 150th birthday of .... in 2013 by Indian Railways?
1) Tagore 2) Vivekananda 3) Income Tax Department 4) Ministry of Finance 5) Mother Teresa

17. From now, Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) will be calculated for every ..... years?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4 5) 5

18. ........... ministry decided to issue bio metric PAN cards to taxpayers across the country to kill the nuisance of duplicate and fake cards
1) Commerce 2) Home 3) Finance 4) Labour 5) Surface Transport

19. Who among the following produce 81% of Natural Gas in India?
1) IOC 2) HP 3) ONGC 4) BPCL 5) None

20. Fringe benefits do not include ............?
1) Salary 2) Company Car 3) Petrol Allowance 4) Travel Allowance 5) All of above.

21. Planned expenditure excess over the income is called ............?
1) Deficit Financing 2) Scarce Financing 3) Float Financing 4) Meter Financing 5) None

22. The money avail at high rate of interest is called ............?
1) Near money 2) Hot money 3) Optional money 4) Fiat money 5) Dear money

23. Law commission recommends the age of boys and girls for marriage must be universalized to ............?
1) 21 2) 18 3) 25 4) 15 5) 30

24. From Apr 4, 2011 to May 10, 2011 the Assembly elections held in ...... states?
1) 5 2) 6 3) 10 4) 9 5) 7

25. India's first National Centre for Marine Biodiversity ( NCMB) at jamnagar in ...
1) Maharashtra 2) Bihar 3) West Bengal 4) Gujrat 5) Assom

26. Which state was allowed six iron ore mines to restart?
1. Goa 2. Tamilnadu 3. Odisha 4. West Bengal 5. Jammu

27. High powered Review Committee appointed comprises B.K.Chaturvedi and R.Narasimha to annul Antrix and ............ deal?
1) Reliance 2) ONGC 3) Devas 4) GOI 5) ISC

28. To report on Student and Teacher ratio, which committee was appointed by UGC?
1) Tarkunde 2) Kothari 3) N.J.Reddy 4) Tandon 5) J.A.K.Taren

29. India's surface to air missile is ............?
1) Pruthvi 2) Sagarika 3) Astra 4) Akash 5) Arihanth

30. The first Indian successful Communication Satellite is ............?
1) Aryabhatta 2) Bhaskara -I 3) EDUSAT 4) Resource SAT-I 5) INSAT-IA

31. After Chernobyl disaster in 1986, Scientists weighed Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant damage signaling
level ............?
1) Seven 2) Six 3) Five 4) Ten 5) Three

32. From May 2011, ............ bans import of Ayurvedic medicines from India.?
1) European Union 2) USA 3) Japan 4) Pakistan 5) African Union

33. The summit venues are given. Pick up wrong one?
1) APEC-2010 in Japan and 2011 in USA
2) ASEAN-2010 in Vietnam and 2011 in Indonesia
3) NAM-2009 in Egypt and 2011 in Serbia
4) SAARC-2010 in Bhutan and 2011 in Maldives
5) None

34. 'Tapping Local Initiatives and Tackling Global Inertia' is the slogan of ............ Delhi Sustainable summit?
1) 14th 2) 15th 3) 6th 4) 8th 5) 11th

35. 'Shared Norms for a New Reality' is the slogan of ............?
1) APEC 2) ASEAN 3) SAARC 4) WEF 5) NATO

36. St. Andrew Award conferred on ...........?
1) Hari Kulakarni 2) Mithu Sen 3) Obama 4) Gorbachev 5) Man mohan singh

37. Who had given $ 5.2 million to the Harvard University to publish English Versions of originally composed in Indian languages?
1) Ratan Tata 2) Sreenarayan Guru 3) Narayan Murthy 4) Vijay Govindarajan 5) Larry Page

38. Abel Prize 2011(also called Mathematics Nobel) announced to USA mathematician. He is ...........?
1) John Williard Milnor 2) John T. Tate 3) Mikhail Gromov 4) John G. Thompson and Jacques Tits 5) S.R.Srinivasa Varadan

39. The abbreviation list is given. Pick up wrong one?
1) G.S.M. - Global System for Mobile Communications
2) C.D.M.A. - Code Division Multiple Access
3) G.P.R.S. - General Packet Radio Service
4) I.V.R.S.- Interactive Voice Response System
5) None

40. The abbreviations list is given. Pick up correct one?
1) A.T.M. - Automated Teller Machine 2) C.B.S. - Core Banking Solutions
3) I.P.O. - Initial public Offer 4) F.P.O. - Follow -on Public Offer
5) All of above


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