SBI Po's Special
General Awareness
1. Which country test-fired a short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile Hatf III (Ghaznavi), capable of carrying nuclear warheads to a range of 290 kilometers in April 2014?
1) Afghanistan 2) Iran 3) Iraq 4) Pakistan 5) Israel
2. Suresh K. Reddy was appointed as India's first Ambassador to the separate Indian Mission to ASEAN and East Asia Summit in April 2014. Currently he is the Ambassador of India to?
1) China 2) Iraq 3) Saudi Arabia
4) UAE 5) Mongolia
3. 'Hard Choices' is an upcoming book written by?
1) Barack Obama 2) Janet Yellen
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Ben Bernanke 5) Bill Clinton
4. Who was appointed as the new Finance Secretary in April 2014?
1) R.P. Watal 2) Rajiv Takru
3) Ravi Mathur
4) Arvind Mayaram
5) G.S.Sandhu
5. Which team won the I-League football title for the first time in Margao on April 21, 2014?
1) Bengaluru FC
2) Dempo Sports Club
3) Churchill Brothers
4) Salgaocar Sport Club
5) Mohun Bagan
6. Rosatom is the State Atomic Energy Corporation of which of the following countries?
1) USA 2) UK 3) Germany
4) France 5) Russia
7. Who is the author of the book "Freedom from Fear"?
1) Benazir Bhutto
2) Taslima Nasreen
3) Aung San Suu Kyi
4) Nelson Mandela
5) Mother Teresa
8. Dinar is the currency of which of the following countries?
1) Sudan 2) Myanmar
3) Afghanistan 4) Indonesia
5) None of these
9. No Frills Accounts help which of the following sections of customers?
1) Students 2) Retired people
3) Weaker sections of society
4) High value customers
5) None of these
10. Which of the following agencies is not associated with the functioning of financial sector in India?
1) NABARD 2) ECGC
3) EXIM Bank 4) IRDA
5) UGC
11. What is the full form of TDS?
1) Total Discount Subtracted
2) Tax During Service
3) Tax Due on Services
4) Tax Deducted at Source
5) None of these
12. Which of the following terms is
not used in the field of banking/finance?
1) Liquidity position
2) Repo Rate 3) SWAP rates
4) Cash Withdrawal Tax
5) Cold War
13. Which of the following trophies/cups is associated with the game of Golf?
1) Topolino Trophy
2) America Cup
3) Jaya Laxmi Cup
4) Corbillion Cup
5) None of these
14. Which one of the following terms and their full forms is not correctly matched?
1) IPO - Initial Public Offer
2) PAN - Permanent Account Number
3) GDCF - Gross Domestic Capital Formation
4) IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency
5) OECD - Organization for Exporters Coordination and Development
15. Which of the following is/are not decided by the Finance Minister while
presenting Union Budget every year?
1) Rate of Income Tax
2) Expenditure on Defense Services
3) Reverse Repo Rate
4) Revenue expected from various sources
5) Both 1 and 2
16. Which of the following statements is correct?
1) Commercial banks are non institutional sources of credit
2) Balance of payment is related to diplomatic relations
3) The reverse mortgage scheme was launched to help youngsters
4) The term 'Power of Attorney' refers to power entrusted to a person of authority
5) Repo rate is covered under the RBI monetary and credit policy
17. Which of the following books is written by Arun Shourie?
1) A Secular Agenda
2) A Bend in the River
3) A Suitable Boy
4) A House for Mr Biswas
5) A China Passage
18. International Day for the Abolition of Slavery is observed every year on?
1) December 5 2) December 2
3) November 2 4) October 5
5) November 5
19. Who is the author of the novel 'The Trial'?
1) Franz Kafka 2) Jane Austen
3) George Eliot 4) Jeffrey Archer
5) Ayan Rand
20. Bharat Ratna was awarded to Mother Teresa in the year?
1) 1979 2) 1980 3) 1982
4) 1976 5) 1971
21. The authority to alter the boundaries of States in India rests with the?
1) President 2) Prime Minister
3) Parliament
4) Concerned State governments
5) None of these
22. The 'Doing Business Report" is prepared every year by which of the following organizations?
1) World Bank 2) ADB 3) IMF
4) WTO 5) WEF
23. Which of the following is an example of plantation agriculture?
1) Paddy 2) Wheat
3) Coffee 4) Jowar
5) Vegetables
24. Farakka irrigation project is in?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Bihar
3) West Bengal 4) Odisha
5) Jharkhand
25. Which Commission is appointed by the President under Article 280 of the Indian Constitution?
1) Finance Commission
2) Women's Commission
3) Union Public Service Commission
4) Election Commission
5) Planning Commission
26. Which is the oldest airline in the world still operating?
1) KLM airlines
2) Air Canada 3) Qantas Airways
4) Lufthansa 5) Garuda
27. OTEC stands for?
1) Ocean Thermal Energy Conservation
2) Oil and Thermal Energy Conservation
3) Oil and Thermal Energy Convention
4) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
5) None of these
28. Which of the following cities is the capital of Kazakhstan?
1) Bishkek 2) Riga
3) Astana 4) Bamako
5) Zagreb
29. Which of the following organizations is projected as a bridge between South Asia and South East Asia?
1) ASEAN 2) SAARC
3) BRICS 4) BIMSTEC
5) MIST
30. A permanent secretariat of BIMSTEC will be established in?
1) New Delhi, India
2) Thimphu, Bhutan
3) Dhaka, Bangladesh
4) Kathmandu, Nepal
5) Colombo, Sri Lanka
KEY
1) 4 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
5) 1 6) 5 7) 3 8) 5
9) 3 10) 5 11) 4 12) 5
13) 1 14) 5 15) 3 16) 5
17) 1 18) 2 19) 1 20) 2
21) 3 22) 1 23) 3 24) 3
25) 1 26) 1 27) 4 28) 3
29) 4 30) 3
