Sunday, March 28, 2010

General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 60

1.      What is the full form ‘Core’ in Core banking solutions?
a)Central Organization for Rural Employees
b)Centralized Online Realtime Electronic
c)Centralized Online Realtime Exchange
d)Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy
e)none
2.      Which is the first State in the country to announce a ban on Bt brinjal even before the Central government takes a final decision?
a)Gujarat    b)Uttarakhand    c)Madhya Pradesh     d)Karnataka   e)none
3.      Who has been named the 2009 WTA (Women Tennis Association) player of the year?
a)Serena Williams    b)Kim Clijsters    c)Elena Dementieva    d)Venus Williams   e)none
4.      Which country has agreed to pay the United Nations around $10m in compensation for damage caused to UN buildings in Gaza during last year's war?
a)US     b)Israel    c)Iran    d)North Korea   e)none
5.      Which North Eastern state has four Chief Ministers?
a)Sikkim     b)Arunachal Pradesh     c)Manipur    d)Meghalaya   e)Assam
6.      Who wrote the book ‘No Country for Women’?
a)Aung San Suu Kyi    b)Sonia Gandhi    c)Taslima Nasrin    d)Sushma Swaraj   e)none
7.      Recently which country became second in Latin America to have a cabinet with gender parity(equal number of women and men)?
a)Chile    b)Argentina    c)Brazil     d)Peru   e)Bolivia
8.      Who has been appointed as the new chief of National Investigation Agency(NIA)?
a)Radha Vinod Raju     b)V S Tiwari    c)Ashwin Kumar   d)Sharad Chandra Sinha   e)none
9.      Expand CASA, term used in banking?
a)Capital Account Savings Account
b)Current Analysis Savings Account
c)Cost Analysis Strategy Assessment
d)Current Account Savings Account
e)none
10. Which of the following has became the first Indian automobile company to produce one million cars in a year?
a)Tata Motors    b)Mahindra & Mahindra    c)Hyundai    d)Maruthi Suzuki    e)none
11. Which country has launched its domestically designed and developed guided missile destroyer “Jamaran”?
a)Iran    b)North Korea    c)India   d)China   e)Turkey
12. Reena Kaushal has created history by becoming the first Indian women to ski _________?
a)North Pole     b)South Pole    c)both a & b    d)Mount Everest    e)none
13. According to a report by global consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), India could become the world’s third largest economy by purchasing power parity (PPP), overtaking Japan in _____?
a)2012   b)2015    c)2020   d)2025   e)none
14. ‘The Road Ahead’ is a book written by _________?
a)Bill Gates     b)Warren Buffet     c)Carlos Slim    d)Bill Clinton   e)none
15. Vikram Srivastava ia appointed as the new Director General of ______________?
a)Border security Force    b)Assam Rifles     c)Central Industrial Security Force   d)Indo-Tibetan Border Police    e) Central Reserve Police Force
16. Which Country has banned the 2D version of the movie ‘Avatar’?
a)Iran     b)India     c)North Korea    d)Srilanka    e)China
17. Which state having the largest number of people below the poverty line (BPL), a/c to the latest figures?
a)Bihar    b)Uttar Pradesh    c)Orissa   d)Jharkhand    e)none
18. Which state is the second largest state-economy in India after Maharashtra?
a)Tamilnadu    b)Gujarat    c)Uttar Pradesh    d)Karnataka    e)Andhra Pradesh
19. Which of the following Country has the largest oil Reserves and largest exporter of Petroleum in the World?
a)Canada      b)Venezuela    c)Russia    d)Saudi Arabia    e)Iran
20. Presently Kaushik Basu holds which of the following position?
a)Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council
b)Finance Secretary
c)Chief Economic Advisor
d)Revenue Secretary
e)none of these

15 comments:

Jayant B said...

1) b
2) b
3) a
4) b
5) d
6)
7) e
8) a
9) a
10) d
11) a
12) b
13) b
14) a
15) e
16) e
17) c
18) b
19) d
20)

Anonymous said...

1) e
2) b
3) a
4) b
5) d
6) c
7) e
8) a
9) d
10) d
11) a
12) b
13) a
14) a
15) e
16) e
17) b
18) e
19) c
20) c

Y V R A N PRASAD said...

1)c Centralized Organization
realtime exchange

2)b Uttarakhand

3)a Serena Williams

4)b Israel

5)d Meghalaya

6)c Taslima Nasrin

7)e Bolivia

8)d Sharad Chandra Sinha

9)a capital account savings
account

10)d Maruthi Suzuki

11)a Iran

12)b South Pole

13)a 2012

14)a Bill Gates

15)e Central Reserve Police Force

16)e China

17)c Orissa

18)e Andhra Pradesh

19)d Saudi Arabia

20)c Chief Economic Advisor

Neha said...

Hey varun can u plz tell wats d approx cut off percentage for bank POs....???? nd really vry vry useful site....thanx a ton...

Varun Reddy said...

Neha:
Its a mandatory to get minimum of 40% marks in each section.
Remaining things it depends upon the bank, Number of vacancies and category..!!!

neetu said...

Hii varun..can u plz post how many questions to attempt in each section of SBI PO to be held on 18th april to qualify....and regarding high level reasoning will it b the same as it was in SBI associates exam held on 7th march...pls do comment varun

Anonymous said...

gm varun.pls provide inf.abt SBI CLK interview.hw to prepare 4 sbi interview.pls.we will be very much thankful to u.thanx a lot 4 dis blog.

Neha said...

hey one more thng i wnt to clarify dat is dere n e thng lyk sectional cut off in bank POs written xam or min 40% in evry section n den arriving at overall percentage taking evry section's marks????
Nd by d way m general candidate so cn u plz suggest hw many ques i should attempt in every section in upcomming SBI PO n wid wat % of accuracy required so as to clear d writtens...Thnx

Anonymous said...

Hi varun, I have been following ur blog & its very useful for bank exams. However, nowadays the background appears to be very dark which makes it difficult to read the content. Kindly tell me what I can do for this??

Varun Reddy said...

Plz change your browser to chrome ver 4 or 5 (or) Firefox ver 3.5 (or) IE 7 or 8.

Anonymous said...

Hey varun,
I guess russia took over saudi arabia as biggest exporter of crude oil,please correct me if i'm wrong.

Ruchir

Varun Reddy said...

Russia is the second largest exporter after Saudi Arabia.

Rimmy said...

Sir..as i know new chief of National Investigation Agency(NIA)is Radha Vinod Raju..Kindly correct me if i am wrong.

Varun Reddy said...

Sangeeta:
Radha Vinod Raju is the first chief of NIA.
S C Sinha is the second and new chief of NIA.

http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_sc-sinha-appointed-new-director-general-of-national-investigation-agency_1345946

sravz said...

sir
please let me know how many previous months current affairs should i prepare for po/clerk bank exam