Canara Bank PO GK Paper - 2010

1.      Repo rate – 5.25%.(Very Recently Rbi(July 2nd) has increased the base rates by 25 basis points(i.e Repo rate & Reverse repo rate).Now its is 5.5% and 4% respectively.., but the question paper is prepared before a month so the answer would be 5.25%.)

2.      Food Inflation in 2009-10 – 17%.

3.      South Africa Currency – Rand.(Countries, Currencies, President's/PM's)

4.      GDP – Gross Domestic Product.(Financial& Banking Acronyms)

5.      2012 Olympics will be held in – London.

6.      Earth Day is observes on – April 22^nd.(Important Days)

7.      NBFC – Non banking finance company.

8.      India - Palestine – Wets Asia conflict.

9.      Bear and Bulls related to – Stock Market.

10. Special Drawing Rights issued by – IMF.

11. Term used in Hockey – Penalty Corner.

12. Economic Survey is done for the year - 2009-10.

13. Which country facing Crisis in Europe – Greece.

14. Women’s Reservation in state assemblies – 33%.

15. Base rate will be implemented from – July 2010.

16. Scheme related to Rural Health Scheme – NHRM.

17. Who is not related to famous author – M F Hussain.

18. India Bangladesh power plant in which city – Khulna.

19. WADI in West Bengal - tribal development programme.

20. Chairman of 13^th finance commission – Vijay Kelkar.

21. Player associated with women’s cricket – Mithali Raj.

22. India and Saudi Arabia signed pacts in – Energy Sector.

23. Which country is not playing International cricket – China.

24. First woman president of Costa Rica - Laura Chinchilla.

25. Government has granted 1,200 crore to – Bundelkhand region.

26. Viktor Yanukovych has been elected as – President of Ukraine.

27. Banking services to rural people termed as - Financial Inclusion.

28. To which country India has given 1billion US dollars – Bangladesh.

29. Teams played in IPL final – Chennai Super Kings vs Mumbai Indians.

30. Which of the following is not related to banking and finance – Cell fusion.

31. Which country has reservation in parliament for women like India – France.

32. Who presented the Union budget 2010-11 in parliament – Pranab Mukherjee

33. Recently which country celebrated Rabindranath Tagore birthday – China.

34. Which of the following award is not given in the not the field of literature -  Arjuna Awards.

35. Which country objected the meeting between Dalai Lama and Barack Obama – China.

36. Which of the following told government must cut its fiscal deficit to 3% - 13^th Finance Commission.

37. Ela Bhatt chosen for Niwano Peace Prize, she is from which Organisation – SEWA.

38. Which of the following is a book written by R K Narayan – The World of Nagaraj.

39. Who won the best male actor in 55^th Film fare awards – Amitabh bachchan.

40. The details of the companies financial position in the annual report of a company is known as – balance sheet.

41. Which of the following cup is not related to Cricket – Scindia Gold cup.

42. Question on Right to Education.

43. Question on Union budget 2010-11.

Note: Some Questions/Answers are inaccurate and not clear. If you remember the exact questions/answers put it on a comment box. Exam held on 04-07-2010.

Quiz-72 Answers in New Look

1. The 12th Global Businesswomen & Leaders Summit held at ______?

a)Israel   b)India   c)Kuwait   d)UAE   e)none



2. Which of the following team has won the 2010 UEFA Champions League?

a)A.C. Milan   b)Manchester United   c)Bayern Munich   d)Inter Milan      e)none



3. In which state UNICEF launched the project ‘Youth unity for village advancement' to create awareness on woman and child health in rural areas?

a)Rajasthan   b)Andhra Pradesh   c)Orissa   d)Madhya Pradesh   e)none



4. Abdullah Gul visited India in February 2010. He is the President of _______?

a)Nigeria   b)Turkey   c)Kuwait   d)Palestine      e)none



5. Which Country won the ICC Women World T20 Cup by defeating New Zealand?

a)India   b)England   c)West Indies   d)South Africa        e)Australia



6. Which country will host the 16th Asian Games which will be held from November 2010?

a)China   b)Srilanka   c)South Korea   d)Malaysia     e)none



7. Who is the new Prime Minister of Japan after Yukio Hatoyama has resigned the post amid a row over an unpopular US army base on the southern island of Okinawa?

a)Taro Aso   b)Naoto Kan     c)Yoshihiko Noda   d)Akihito   e)none



8. The G-20 Summit in June 2010 held at __________?

a)Canada      b)US   c)South Korea   d)UK        e)none



9. According to Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research arm of the Economist magazine, India is expected to be the world's fastest growing economy by ______?

a)2014   b)2016     c)2018   d)2020      e)none



10. The economy of India is the ________ largest economy in the world by nominal GDP and the _______ largest by purchasing power parity (PPP)?

a)twelfth, fourth   b)fourth, twelfth   c)fourth, eleventh   d)eleventh, fourth   e)none



11. In India, the rural economy contributes about _____ percent to GDP?

a)20%   b)30%   c)40%   d)45%    e)none



12. Which of the following is not a member of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for MultiSectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)?

a)Nepal   b)Srilanka    c)Pakistan   d)Bhutan   e)All are members



13. Indian-origin Kamla Prasad Bissessar elected the first woman Prime Minister of _______?

a)Australia   b)Trinidad and Tobago   c)Costa Rica   d)Portugal e)none



14. Which of the following is the most eco-friendly nation with the best pollution control measures and natural resource management?

a)Sweden   b)Switzerland    c)Norway    d)Iceland   e)none



15. Which is the first state in country to launch an online National Permit system for trucks and heavy vehicles?

a)Haryana   b)Maharashtra   c)Punjab   d)Gujarat    e)none



16. Which country has cancelled the Machine Readable Passport(MRP) printing deal with India?

a)Bangladesh   b)Nepal   c)Srilanka   d)Bhutan   e)none



17. The Reserve Bank of India is considering a proposal put forward by profit-oriented (MFIs) ________________ to allow them to be business correspondents of banks for financial inclusion?

a)Mutual Fund Institutions
b)Mutual Finance Institutions
c)Micro Finance Institutions
d)Mutual Facility Institutions
e)none



18. What is the present Reverse repo rate?

a)3.25%   b)5.25%    c)3.75%       d)6%      e)none



19. Who is the author of the book 'The Red Saree' that has been in news recently?

a)Gregory Rabassa   b)Javier Moro     c)Julio Cortazar   d)Peter Hulme



20. Who is the man behind with the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in 1984?

a)Patrick E. Gottschalk   b)Arjun Singh   c)Andrew N. Liveris   d)Warren Anderson   e)none



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Canara Bank PO Exam Pattern - 2010

Selection Procedure:

Selection will be on the basis of performance in written test and Interview.

Written Test consists of Objective Test and Descriptive Test. Exam Date 04-07-10.

Objective Test:

Sr. No	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Max. Marks
1.	Test of Reasoning	75	75
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	50
3.	General Awareness	50	50
4.	English Language	50	50

Note: Total of 225 questions with a composite time of 135 minutes. For every wrong answer you will lose 0.25 marks. Bank will decide the minimum cut-off marks for each subject as well as Total Weighted Score [TWS]. English is also counted for merit ranking.

How many questions should I attempt in each section?

The below table shows you an example of how many questions should be attempted in order to clear the objective test.

Sr. No	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Time
1.	Test of Reasoning	55-60	45
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35-40	35
3.	General Awareness	30-35	20
4.	English Language	35-40	35

Descriptive Test:

Total of 5 internal questions in which you have to attempt any four each carrying 25 marks with a composite time of 60minutes.

Note: The Descriptive Test is only for qualifying purpose.

Interview:

Depending on the number of vacancies, such of those candidates who rank sufficiently high in the order of merit in the written test as per the cut off marks decided by the Bank will only be called for interview. Maximum Marks for Interview is 100.

Punjab and Sind Bank PO Exam Pattern 2010

Pattern for Punjab and Sindh Bank PO exam which is going to held on 16-05-2010.

v Written Test(Objective Test and Descriptive Paper):

1.      Objective Test:

Sr. No	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Max.Marks
1.	Test of Reasoning	75	80
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	50	60
3.	General Awareness	50	60
4.	Computer Knowledge	50	50
5.	English Language	50	50

 Note: Total of 275 questions with a composite time of 160 minutes. For every wrong answer you will lose 0.25 marks. You have to pass in each of the objective test with a minimum score of 40% in each section.

How many questions should I attempt in each section?

The below table shows you an example of how many questions should be attempted in order to clear the objective test.

Sr. No	Name of the Test	No. of Questions	Time
1.	Test of Reasoning	55	50
2.	Quantitative Aptitude	35	30
3.	General Awareness	35	30
4.	Computer Knowledge	40	20
5.	English Language	35	30

 Note: If you follow the above table you must maintain 100% accuracy.

2.      Descriptive Test:

It consists of three questions with internal choices. Total of 50 marks are allocated. Total of 60min allocated for descriptive test.

Note: You have to score a minimum of 40% of marks allocated for the descriptive test. Both the tests [objective (All sections) + descriptive] are considered for merit ranking.

v Interview :

Depending upon the number of vacancies only a certain number of candidates from amongst those who qualify by ranking sufficiently high in merit on the basis of aggregate marks in the written test will be called for the interview. The candidate has to secure minimum passing marks in the interview to become eligible for final selection.

Final selection will be made on the basis of aggregate marks obtained by the candidates in the written test & Interview taken together and will be strictly according to the merit.

Union Bank of India Clerical GK Paper 2010

1.      Mahindra Satyam got projects from MENA countries full form of MENA – Middle East and North Africa.

2.      How much amount is increased in Union Budget 2009-10 for the exemption of tax limits for the general people – 10,000

3.      First state to implement Unique Identification Authority of India on pilot basis – Karnataka.

4.      Omar Abdullah belongs to which party – none option(Jammu & Kashmir National Conference)

5.      India, Japan, China…..are invited for which summit held in Thailand - ASEAN.

6.      Tax abolished in Union Budget 2009-10 – Commodity Transaction Tax.

7.      India has taken help from _______ to built nuclear power plants – USA

8.      Y S Rajashekar reddy recently died he is the CM of – Andhra Pradesh.

9.      How many crores are allocated from Higher Education – 2000 crores.

10. Which of the following does not belongs to banking/finance -  ISRO

11. Deep joshi got Ramon Magsaysay award 2009 for – Social service.

12. Scheme for giving food to school children – Mid Day Meal Scheme.

13. Yukio Hatoyama defeated ______ to become Japan PM – Taro Aso.

14. Who presented Railway Budget 2009-10 -  Mamata Banerjee.

15. Article 243 – Panchayati Raj System/Reservation for women

16. Ganga will be clean and free flowing by the year – 2020.

17. Agriculture Scheme – Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana

18. Which country having the largest gold reserves –USA.

19. Right to education bill for – upto 14 years children

20. India Rank in Human Development Index – 134^th.

21. Copenhagen is in which country – Denmark.

22. Who visited Bhutan recently – S M Krishna

23. Solar Power/energy required – Sea water.

24. Yasphal Committee - Higher Education.

25. Wealthiest country in Asia – Japan

26. GM – Genetically modified.

27. Dubai Currency – Dirham

28. Subroto cup – Football.

29. Pittsburg summit – G-20.

30. Present SLR – 25%.

31. EVM – Electronic Voting Machine.

32. Wholesale Price Index after second quarter –

33. National film award Kanchivaram is directed in which language – Tamil.

34. Question regarding which is not a term related to Climate change.

35. India recently made agreement with – Nepal.

37. Question on NH of 83km invaded by Akbar is in which state – J & K.

38. FDI limit in Retail Sector – 51%

39. 40. Book by Vikram Seth – The Golden Gate

40. In the Union Budget 90-10, 3,474 crores are allocated for – Commonwealth Games.

41. Recently RBI has ordered to banks – To open ATM’s without RBI permission.

42. Type of Irrigation system used in India – Sprinkler System.

Note: Questions are incomplete. If you know more questions & Any Correction for the Answers post in a comment box. Exam date: 10-01-09, Morning Shift & Set no - 444. This was given by our Followers named Vasuki, subha, leena and some others.