Bank PO Interview Questions - 2010

Corporation Bank Interview Experience(28-06-10) - I

·        The list of Questions that were asked in the three Men Interview

·        Tell me something about yourself apart from the details given in the Bio-Data

·        Why do you want to join bank?

·        What is Banking? How is it different from Saving Bank of Post Office?

·        Difference between Karnataka and Jharkhand Economy? (as I am from Jharkhand)

·        Today’s Headlines?

·        Similarity between USA and India in-terms of Economy?

·        How many bank exams have you appeared for?

·        Do you know the costing of Civil Engineering?

·        What are your hobbies?

·        What is NEFT?

·        What is the difference between million and a billion?

·        What is the buzzing word of India’s economy?

·        What action is the RBI taking? What is the final impact on the Economy?

Submitted by Alfred.

Corporation Bank Interview Experience – II

·        You have done Chemical Engg and worked in RIL, then why do you want to join a bank?

·        What do you know about Corporation Bank?

·        What are the functions of RBI?

·        Do you have any account in any bank. Which type of account and what is the interest rate payable on it?

·        What is the difference between Savings account and Current Account?

·        What are your strengths and weaknesses?

·        What is a debit card and what all can be done with it?

·        What is your family background?

·        Are you willing to work anywhere in India?

Allahabad Bank PO Interview Experience

·        Tell me something about yourself?

·        Why do you want to join a bank as you are a chemical engineer and worked in 2 good companies?

·        If in a rural branch in which you are posted, someone asks you for loan or money on gunpoint what will you do?

·        What is a Bank?

·        What are various activities and functions in a bank?

·        What is Distillation?

·        What is Coal Tar?

·        Your Hobby is reading Bhagavad gita. What do you read in it?

·        Cite some slokas from Bhagvad Gita?

·        How can you say that banking sector is fast growing?

Submitted by Karun Dhamija.

Quiz on Economy,Business & Finance - 36

1. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) projected India’s growth rate of ____ in 2010 in its latest report?

a)6.5%    b)6.7%    c)7%    d)7.2%    e)none of these

2. Which Country has overtaken US in the most competitive economies in the world compiled by World Economic Forum?

a)Switzerland    b)China    c)Australia   d)Finland   e)Germany

3. Which Bank(PSU) has been awarded in NDTV Profit Business Leadership award 2009 in Banking Category?

a)SBI    b)Canara Bank    c)Bank of Maharashtra     d)Corporation Bank    e)Bank of India

4. Which of the following does not come under India’s six core sectors?

a)Petroleum Refinery Products   b)Agriculture    c)Crude Oil   d)Steel   e)Cement

5. With which auto company SBI has signed a memorandum of understanding for providing retail financing to customers?

a)Hyundai   b)Tata motors    c)Ford    d)Honda Seil   e)Maruthi Suzuki

6. India targets $50-billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by  ________?

a)2012    b)2013    c)2014   d)2015   e)2017

7. Recently Government has cleared the 17 FDI proposals worth Rs __________?

a)990 crores    b)1015 crores     c)1323  crores    d)1158 crores   e)4551 crore

8. With which Country India had signed a memorandum of understanding for establishing a joint study group (JSG) to examine the feasibility of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between the two countries?

a)Italy    b)Argentina    c)Bahrain    d)Canada   e)Russia

9. How many Special Economic Zones(SEZ) are Operating in India?

a)89    b)56    c)101    d)121   e)none of these

10. According to Planning Commission, India Economy will grow by ___ in next Fiscal Year?

a)7.1%    b)8%    c)6.9%    d)7.9%   e)7.5%

11. India signed a five year agreement to jointly fight Climate Change and negotiate International Climate Deals?

a)China    b)Maldives    c)Japan    d)US    e)Denmark

12. Which Country will Chair the Inter-governmental Group of 24 (G-24) nations in 2009-2010?

a)Syria    b)South Africa    c)India   d)Brazil   e)none

13. Recently which Bank has celebrated its 104^th foundation Day?

a)Indian Bank   b)Canara Bank     c)Corporation Bank    d)Bank of India    e)SBI

14. What is the share of Sponsored bank for Regional Rural Banks(RRB’s)  in India?

a)15%    b)35%     c)49%    d)50%   e)51%

15. How many Regional Rural Banks are there in India at present?

a)145   b)196    c)206   d)96   e)133

16. Which of the following Banks in India Maintaining the highest Capital Adequacy Ratio(CAR)?

a)ICICI   b)Kotak Mahindra   c)SBI   d)Central Bank of India   e)Federal Bank

17. Abu Dhabi provided _______ billion to state owned Dubai World that recently faced Debt Crisis?

a)$1.5   b)$5    c)$8   d)$10   e)$7.5

18. India Post entered into a tie-up with ___________ Life Insurance Company to expand its services portfolio to the customers?

a)ICICI Prudential    b)SBI    c)New India Assurance    d)LIC    e)none of these

19. What would be the ‘S’ in Damascus S                Exchange(DSE)?

a)Stock    b)Saving    c)Special   d)Securities   e)none of these

20. Which of the following banks have issued the world’s first 150-Dollar banknote?

a)HSBC   b)Deutsche Bank    c)Citi Bank   d)Bank of America   e)none of these

Note:

3^rd Q:

Axis Bank in Private Sector.

7th Q:

In Nov. Govt cleared 17 FDI proposals worth 1558 crore.

In Dec. Govt cleared 17 FDI proposals worth 4551 crore.

14th Q:

Share for RRB - 1)Central Government : 50%   2)Sponsored Bank - 35%   3)State Govt - 15%

Answer for 20th Q is : Standard Chartered.

Corporation Bank PO General Awareness Paper 2009

1) Which of the following is not a core sector?

ANS:Road Transport

2) Late YS Reddy belongs to which party?

Ans:Congress(not given in options)

3) Mahila Court in Every district in which state?

Ans:Andhra Pradesh

4) Nepal Republic day

Ans:May 29th

5) Pankaj Advani belongs to which sport?

Ans:Snooker(not given in Options)

6)Bank rate-6%

7)SLR-25%( not given in options)

8)World Green index Top position-India

9) Awacs from - Israel

10) UEFA Champions Leauge won -Barcelona

11) RBI Technical Committee-Usha Thorat

12) PM did not contested from any of the given Constituenties

Ans:is none(not given in options)(He is Rajya Sabha Member from Assam)

13) FIFA World Cup 2010-South Africa

14) Mardika cup related to - FootBall

15) Deep Joshi awarded - Ramon Magsaysay Award

16) Nirupama Rao - Foreign Secretary

17) Four cabinet Women ministers elected in  - Kuwait

18) Sajjil-2 missile tested by - Iran

19) Gas pipeline between - Iran & Pakistan

20) Tiger Summit-Rajasthan

21) Nepal Republic Day- May 29th 2009

22) Who won the Spanish International Badminton Tournament champions - Sayali Gokhale

23) CEO of the Year by Global Supply Chain Leaders Group – Indra Nooyi

24) PPP-Purchasing Power Parity

25) How many crores are allocated for Rural water -50,000 crore

26) 100 crores are assested for - Tata Institute of Social Sciene

27)Which scheme is success under  Bharat Nirman ?

28) Which country is planning to probe a mars in Space?

29) One Question on Economic Survey

30) One Railway Budget question

31) Two questions on books and authors?

32) One Union Budget question

Note:Questions are not as same as in the Paper, but the content is write.If you know the exact questions/answers plz post in a comment box, i will post it.So that it will helpful to New/old PO aspirants for referring.Some Answers are estimated may not be sure.

Quiz on General Awareness 24

1. Which Bank has received the Outlook Money NDTV Profit Award 2009 in the category of ‘Best Education Loan Provider’ ?

a)Central Bank of India    b)SBI   c)Corporation Bank   d)Union Bank of India  e)PNB

2. In which of the following associates banks SBI holds 100% stake?

a)State Bank of Hyderabad

b)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur

c)State Bank of Travancore

d)State Bank of Indore

e)State Bank of Mysore

3. Which state is opposing the FTA (Free Trade Agreement) with ASEAN?

a)Andhra Pradesh    b)Goa   c)Karnataka   d)Tamilnadu   e)Kerala

4. Who has been taken over as Director of Vikran Sarabahi Space Centre (VSSC) after K,Radhakrsihnan took over as Chairman of ISRO?

a)G. Madhavan Nair   b)P.S. Veeraraghavan   c)A.C Basu   d)Kamlesh Sharma  e)B.N Sharma

5. Who is considered as the "founding father" of Indian Space Programme?

a)Abdul Kalam   b) Satish Dawan   c) Vikram Sarabhai   d)Rakesh Sharma  e)Madhavan Nair

6. Which city will host the 16^th International Children Film Festival in November 2009?

a)Chandigarh   b)Chennai   c)Goa   d)Hyderabad   e)Jaipur

7. Which state has celebrated its formation day on November 1^st?

a)Andhra Pradesh   b)Kerala   c)Maharashtra  d)Tamilnadu   e)Karnataka

8. ‘Real’ is the currency of which of the following countries?

a)Israel   b)South Africa   c)Cuba   d)Greenland   e)Brazil

9. Government is deciding to give another Stimulus Package, so that which among the following sectors will be benefited?

a)Textiles   b)Engineering   c)Leather   d)Pharmaceuticals   e)All the above

10. Hosni Mubarak the President of Egypt has been in the post for the past _____years?

a)15   b)20   c)28   d)35  e)41

11. Who won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the first race to start in daylight and end at night?

a)Jenson Button   b)Sebastian Vessel   c)Mark Webber   d)Lewis Hamilton   e)Narain Karthikeyan

12. Which Country has emerged as the most optimistic globally, with better improving conditions, better growth and job prospects a/c to the report by Global Consultancy firm?

a)India   b)China   c)Hongkong   d)Indonesia   e)Norway

13. Who among the following is the recipient of Indira Gandhi Peace Prize?

1)Rajiv Gandhi   2)Jimmy Carter   3)Hamid Karzai   4)M S Swaminathan   5)Bill Gates

a)only 2,5

b)only 4 & 5

c)only 1 & 3

d)only 2,4 & 5

e)All the above

14. Mohamed ElBaradei, the 4^th Director-General of IAEA and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2005 and Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2008 Winner hails from which of the following country?

a)Brazil   b)US   c)South Africa   d)Egypt   e)none

15. Who has been elected as the first goodwill ambassador for the cleft Charity Organization “Smile Train “?

a)Nandita Das   b)Shabana Azmi   c)Aishwarya Rai   d)Shilpa Shetty   e)D.Purendeshwari

16. Lakshmi Mittal retained the richest Business Tycoon in which of the following countries recently?

a)China   b)UK   c)Germany   d)South Africa   e)Argentina

17. Who won the WTA Championship?

a)Dinara Safina   b)Serena Williams    c)Venus Williams   d)Maria Sharapova   e)Ana Ivanovic

18. In which of the following days World Diabetes day is observed?

a)November 14th   b)July 29^th   c)August 29^th   d)November 27^th   e)September 29^th

19. Who wrote the book “Power Politics”?

a)Salman Rushdie   b)V S Naipaul   c)Arundathi Roy   d)Anita Desai   e)Vikram Seth

20. Which of the following two states are affected by recent heavy floods, where many of them lost there houses, wealth and life, PM has given an assistance 1000 crores for each state?

a)Karnataka, Tamilnadu   b)Karnataka, Kerala   c)Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka  d)Karnataka, Maharashtra  e)none