General Awareness
Q.1 Which of the following carries out 'Open Market
Operations?
(1) Finance Ministry (2) External Affairs Ministry
(4) Planning Commission (5) Ministry of Commerce
Q. 2 Who among the folfowing Ministers will hold telecom portfolio
in addition to his own portfolio till next reallotment?
(1) Kamal Nath (2) Kapil Sibal
(4) Mamta Banerjee (5) None of these
Q. 3 Under provisions of which one of the following Acts, the RBI
issues directives to the Banks in India?
(1) RBI Act (2) Banking Regulation Act (3) Essential Commodities Act
(4) RBI and Banking Regulation Act (5) None of these
Q.4 On which one of the following 'Head of Expenses', the expenses
of the Government of India are highest?
(1) Food subsidy (2) Fertilizer subsidy (3) Pradhan
Mantri Gram SadakYojana
(4) Maintenance of national highways (5) Oil subsidy
Q.5 Which one of the following foreign agencies will assist the
municipal agencies to improve quality of municipal schools through its School
Excellence Programmes (SEP) ?
(1) IMF (2) UNDP (3)
UNICEF (4) ADB (5) None of these
Q. 6 Which one of the following tools is used by RBI for selective
credit control?
(1) It advises banks to lend against certain commodities
(2) It advises banks to recall the loans for advances against certain
commodities
(3) It advises banks to charge higher rate of interest for advance against
certain commodities
(4) It discourages certain kinds of lending by assigning higher risk weights to
loans it deems undesirable
(5) None of these
Q.7 For which one of the following Loan Products 'teaser loans' are
offered by Banks?
(1) Education Loans (2)
Commercial Loans (3) Loans against security of gold
(4) Retail Trade Loans (5) Home
Loans ,
Q. 8 The Commonwealth Games 2010 were held in Delhi from October 3
to 14, 2010. Who amongst the following picked up the Game's first gold
medal? '
(1) Augustina Nwaokolo (2) Ravinder Singh
(3) Azhar Hussain (4) Carol Huynh (5) None of these
Q.9 In which one of ihe following cities was the recent meet of
G-20 Countries organised ?
(1) Tokyo (2) Seoul (3)
London (4) Beijing (5)
Singapore
Q.10 As per recent newspaper reports, which one of the following
countries (among the given) has highest literacy rate?
(1) India (2) Sri Lanka (3)
China (4) Vietnam (5)
Bangladesh
Q.11 Which one of the following has decided to give guarantee for
infra loans? .
(1) IDBI (2) SBI (3)
IIFCL (4) SIDBI (5) None of
these
Q.12 In which one of the following States is the uranium project
proposed to be set up ?
(1) Manipur (2) Meghalaya (3)
Orissa (4) Assam (5) Nagaland
Q.13 Amongst 169 countries on Human Development Index, which one of
the following is India's rank?
(1) 89 (2) 91 (3) 119 (4) 129 (5) 138
Q.14 What is 'Kaveri' ?
(1) India's indigeneous aircraft engine
(2) India's Low Cost laptop
(3) India's Air to Air Missile
(5) Unmanned Aircraft acquired from Israel
Q.15 An increasing finished good stock as % to sales of a
manufacturing Company indicates that-
(A) the market is getting competitive.
(B) the quality of the goods is not upto the mark.
(C) the production cost has increased.
(D) the production has decreased.
(1) Only (A) and (B) (2) Only (B) and
(C) (3) Only (C) and (D)
(4) Only (C) (5) Only (D) and (A)
Q. 16 Which one of the following has got RBI nod to issue pre-paid
cards to its clients?
(1) LIC (2) GIC (3)
SIDBI (4) NABARD (5) None of
these
Q.17 For which one of the following reasons is an amendment in
Companies Bill 2009 proposed?
(1) To provide more powers to Department of Company Affairs
(2) To provide regulatory powers to Department of Company Affairs
(3) To make Indian Accounting Standards applicable with effect from 1.4.2011
(4) To ensure smooth convergence of the Indian Accounting Standards with IFRS
(5) None of these
Q.18 As per recent newspaper reports, India's public debt rises 2.8
percent to Rs. 28 lakh crores. Which one of the following is the reason that
has forced commercial banks 10 buy Government securities?
(1) Lack of credit growth (2) Increase in credit growth
(3) Raising of repo rate
(4) Raising of reverse repo rate (5) None of these
Q.19 In which one of the following States Sariska Tiger Reserve is
located?
(1) M. P. (2) U. P. (3)
Orissa (4) Gujarat (5)
Rajasthan
Q.20 On which one of the following characters, Biometric security
is based?
(1) Finger prints and palm recognition only
(2) Face recognition and voice recognition only
(3) Hand writing and manual recognition only
(4) Only(l) and (2) (5) All (1),(2) &(3)
Q.21 Which one of the following may be the consequence of buying
forex in the market by the RBI ?
(1) It leads to inflation (2) It leads to control over
inflation
(3) It does not affect inflation (4) It results into deflation (5)
None of these
Q.22 Under provisions of which one of the following Acts, the
Reserve Bank of india has the power to
regulate, supervise and control the banking sector?
(1) RBI Act (2) Banking Regulation
Act (3) Negotiable Instrument Act
(4) RBI and Banking Regulation Act (5) None of these
Q.23 Who amongst the following is the author of the book "The
God of Small Things" ?
(1) Chetan Bhagat (2) V.S.
Naipul (3) Namita Gokhale
(4) Kiran Desai (5)
Arundhati Roy
Q. 24 Which one of the following has proposed $ 11 billion
infrastructure debt fund?
(1) NABARD (2)
SBI (3) RBI
(4) Ministry of Finance, Govt. of
India (5) Planning Commission
Q. 25 Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Suu Kyi is
a _
(1) 42 years old politician (2) Bharat
Ratna (3) Military General
(4) Nobel Prize winner (5) None of these
Q.26 Which one of the following factors influence working capital
of a unit?
(1) Seasonally of operations only (2) Production Policy
only
(3) Suppliers Term only (4) Only (1) and
(2) (5) All (1), (2) & (3)
Q.27 The G-20 Summit was held in which of the following places in
October 2009 ?
(1) Paris (2) Vienna (3)
Tokyo (4) Pittsburgh (5) London
Q.28 As per a newspaper report, only few countries are left to make
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), a universal treaty. Which of the following is
one of them?
(1) Japan (2)
Indian (3) Italy
(4) France (5) Russia
Q. 29 Which TV channel has been in the news for its coverage of the
Bin Laden crisis, especially for having carried all broadcasts of Osama Bin
Laden to. audiences in West Asia?
(1) Star Asia (2) BBC Asia (3)
Al Jazeera (4) Khaleed Times (5) None of these
Q.30 India will host the world Tiger Summit for the first time in
2010. The Summit will be organized in __
(1) Kolkata (2) Bharatpur (3)
.Junagarh (4) Ranthambore (5) None of these
Q.31 Under what name is MTNL marketing its GSM based mobile
telephony?
(1) Swarna (2) Dolphin (3)
Speed (4) Vayu (5) None 0 f
these
Q.32 Which of the following countries has been fully suspended from
the Common wealth of Nations after its refusal to announce General Elections
which have been due since long?
(1) Pakistan (2) Nepal (3)
Fiji (4) Sri Lanka (5) None of
these
Q.33 What is the name of the branded petrol with cleansing
additives that is being marketed by HPCL?
(1) Power (2) Premium (3)
Speed (4) Clean X (5) None of
these
Q. 34 Under what name is MTNL marketing its CDMA based WiLL service
in Mumbai and Delhi?
(1) Dolphin (2) Swarna (3)
Garuda (4) Seema (5) None of
these
Q.35 Which of the following countries agreed recently to
discontinuar efuelling ships in the Indian Ocean for the NATO led coalition in
Afghanistan?
(1) Japan (2) Indonesia (3)
Bangladesh (4) Pakistan (5)
None of these
Q.36 To which business group did the Ambanis of Reliance Group sell
their holding in Larsen and Toubro?
(1) RP Goenkas (2) A V Birla (3)
Kanorias (4) Mittals (5) None
of these
Q.37 Name the brand that was launched and promoted by a famous
father-son duo.
(1) ICICI Credit cards (2) Parket
Beta (3) Maruti Versa (4) All of
these. (5) None of these
Q.38 What is the sub brand of the new car that Toyota is launching
in India?
(1) Accord (2) Jupiter (3) C Planet
(4) Camry (5) None of these
Q.39 Who amongst the following is the winner of the Mahatma Gandhi
International Award for Peace and Reconc iliation 2009 ?
(1) Yukiya Amano (2) Aung San Suu
Kyi (3) Bill Gates
(4) Hillary Clinton (5) None of these
Q.40 With which brand would you identify the famous advertising
slogan 'Think Different'?
(1) Apple (2) IBM (3)
Wipro (4) HCL (5) None of these
Q.41 Credit
Rating
.
(1) is used to rate the borrowers while giving advances.
(2) is used to work out performance of the employees.
(3) is used to calculate the number of excellent audit rated branches.
(4) is NOT used in any Bank.
(5) is necessary before giving promotion to employees
Q.42 Who amongst the following is the recipient of the 'Dadasaheb
Phalke Award - 2010'?
(1) Javed Akhtar (2) Amitabh
Bachchan (3) Guizar
(4) Hema Malini (5) None of above
Q.43 In Corporate Hedging, which one of the following types of
risks can be covered?
(1) Liquidity risk (2) Currency
risk (3) Credit risk
(4) Transaction risk (5) None of these
Q.44 Bank of Rajasthan is now merged with which of the following
banks?
(1) AXIS Bank (2) IDBI Bank (3)
ICICI Bank (4) HDFC Bank (5) None of these
Q.45 As per GDP figures on calendar year basis, according to World
Bank, which one of the following economies will have highest GDP growth in the
year 2011 ?
(1) US (2) China (3)
Japan (4) India (5) Brazil
Q.46 In respect of infrastructure bonds is sued under provisions of
Section 80 CCF of the Income Tax Act, what is the maximum amount (Rs. in
thousands), upto which these bonds can be covered?
(1) 30 (2) 20 (3)
40 (4) 5.0 (5) None of these
Q.47 Which of the following is the full form of the abbreviation
'IFRS' as used in corporate / finance Sector ?
(1) Indian Financial Reconciliation Standards
(2) Interpretation and Formal Reporting System
(3) International Financial Reporting Standards
(4) International Financial Reporting System
(5) None of these
Q.48 As per the new guidelines issued by SEBI, companies are
required to list shares within how many days of the closure of the Initial
Public Offers (IPOs) ?
(1) 60 days (2) 12 days (3) 30
days (4) 45 days (5) None of
these
Q.49 RTGS stands for -----
(1) Real Time Gross Settlements (2) Reduced Time
Gross Settlements
(3) Relative Time Gross Settlements (4) Real Total Gross Securities (5)
None of these
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