Quiz -02 for competitive exams

General Awareness Questions

1. Next G-20 summit (2015) is to be held in –
Turkey

2. Capital of Bhutan –
Thimpu

3. Currency of Italy –
Euro

4. Current CRR –
4%

5. Minimum RTGS –
2 lakh

6. External Affair Minister of India –
Sushma Swaraj

7. Work of Banking Ombudsman –
Solving customer complaints.

8. What is not true
BHRAT RATNA CAN NOT BE AWARDED TO ANY FOREIGNER - True / False
FALSE

9. A pesron who lives in Tamil nadu cannot purchase Immovable property in J & K
True / False
10. ISIS is active in which states –
Iraq & Syria

11. Where is SHIGMO festival celebrated –
Goa

12. President gave Padma Vibhushan to which eminent author? –
Ruskin Bond


13. Children above 10 yrs of age are not allowed which facility –
Current Account

14. Face to face video communication in which bank –
Indusind Bank.

15. First Bank to set up Payment Gateway –
SBI

16. India and Brazil agreement 2014 –
trade and investment flows.

17. Palestinian Hamas is –
Palestinian Islamist political organization and militant group.


18. Max amount of money that can be taekn out in one transaction in any atm is RS_____
Rs. 20,000
19. Rural population as per 2011 census –
68.84%.

20. EBOLA first discovered in which country –
Democratic Republic of Congo

21. Cartoonist Rran kumar sharma who died recently is a creator of –
Chacha Chaudhury

22. World habitat day –
October 6th

23. Maximum antibiotics consuming country –
India

24. Which International passenger Airline crashed down –
Malaysian Airline.

25. Prakash Nanjappa related to –
Shooting (India).

26. Cauvery wildlife sanctuary located in –
Karnataka .

27. Sania Mirza brand is the ambassador of which state -
Telangna

28. Mettur Dam on Kaveri River is in which state –
Tamil Nadu

29. KYC for what purpose -
to prevent banks from money laundering activities

30. Aajeevika " scheme" is also known as -
National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM)

Objective General Knowledge

Q. According to the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) data released by the Central Statistical Organisation in May 2011, overall growth of Indian industry came down in 2010-11 from 10.5 percent in 2009-10, to
1 7.1 percent
2 7.5 percent
3 7.6 percent
4 7.8 percent
Ans: 4

Q. As per a report published by the WHO in May 2011, the global average life expectancy at birth stood in 2009 at
1 60 years
2 62 years
3 64 years
4 68 years
Ans: 4

Q. According to a report released by Akmai, the firm with globally distributed network of servers in May 2011, India's rank in Internet speed was
1 103rd
2 143rd
3 153rd
4 163rd
Ans: 3

Q. Which State became the first in India to sign an agreement with the World Bank for securing carbon credits for its" Clean Development Mechanism" Project in 2011?
1 Uttarakhand
2 Karnataka
3 Kerala
4 Himachal Pradesh
Ans: 4

Q. Corrosion of a metal occurs
1 anode
2 cathode
3 both anode and cathode
4 none of the above
Ans: 1

Q. Cooking oil can be converted into vegetable ghee by the process of
1 hydrogenation
2 distillation
3 Crystallization
4 oxidation
Ans: 1

Q. containers for carrying strong acids are made of
1 platinum
2 brass
3 copper
4 lead
Ans: 4

Q. Colloids are purified by
1 peptisation
2 coagulation
3 condensation
4 dialysis
Ans: 4

Q. Colloids
1 are true solution
2 are suspensions of one phase in another
3 are two phase system
4 contain only water soluble substances
Ans: 3

Q. cholesterol is a
1 type of chlorophyll
2 derivative of chloroform
3 fatty alcohol founds in animal fats
4 chromium salt
Ans: 3

General awareness Model Papers

1. Which of the following places was known as a centre of learning in ancient India?

(1) Nalanda
(2) Ujjain
(3) Allahabad
(4) None of these

2. The process of transfer of heat by matter but without actual movement of the particles themselves is called.
(1) conduction
(2) convection
(3) radiation
(4) None of these

3. Only zero and one are used for operating
(1) Calculator
(2) Computer
(3) Abacus
(4) Typewriter

4. Transistor is
(1) semi-conductor
(2) inductor
(3) modulator
(4) demodulator

5. Computer cannot
(1) send message
(2) abstract thought
(3) read files
(4) play music

6. Which of the following is not a carbohydrate?
(1) Wax
(2) Starch
(3) Sucrose
(4) Maltose

7. Deficiency of which vitamin causes night blindness?
(1) Vit. B
(2) Vit. C
(3) Vit. A
(4) Vit. E

8. Which of the following is the vaccine for tuberculosis?
(1) OPT
(2) BCG
(3) Salk vaccine
(4) Rubella vaccine

9. Horns, nails and hair are
(1) soluble fats
(2) insoluble carbohydrates
(3) keratin proteins
(4) complex lipids

10. Who conducts the State Assembly Elections?
(1) Chief Justice of the High Court concerned.
(2) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(3) Chief Election Commissioner
(4) Governor of the State concerned

11. Which is an ore of aluminum?
(1) Chromite
(2) Cuprite
(3) Bauxite
(4) Siderite

12.Kalidas was
(1) a poet during the Gupta period.
(2) a dramatist during Harshvardhana’s reign.
(3) an astronomer during Gupta period.
(4) None of these

13. Which mirror is used as a rear view mirror in vehicles?
(1) Plain
(2) Convex
(3) Concave
(4) Spherical

14. The compilation Meri Ekyawan Kavitayen is by
(1) A.N. Vajpayee
(2) Harivanshrai Bachchan
(3) Dharam Vir Bharti
(4) Shiv Mangal Singh Suman

SBI Clerk General Awareness questions question No. 15 to 30

15. ‘Equinox’ means
(1) days are longer than nights.
(2) days and nights are equal.
(3) days are shorter than nights
(4) None of these

16. Who was known as “Nightingale of India”?
(1) Vijaylaxmi Pandit
(2) Sarojini Naidu
(3) Suraiya
(4) None of these

17. Gaya is associated with Lord Buddha, where he
(1) was born
(2) attained enlightenment
(3) died
(4) delivered his first sermon

18. Chemical change does not take place in
(1) souring of milk into curd
(2) rusting of iron in atmosphere
(3) burning of magnesium ribbon in air
(4) emitting of light by a red hot platinum wire

19. Who is the highest wicket-taker in Indian Cricket team?
(1) Javagal Srinath
(2) Anil Kumble
(3) Maninder Singh
(4) Kapil Dev

20. Which country leads in production of aluminum and aluminum goods?
(1) Austriala
(2) The US
(3) Russia
(4) Japan

21. The Nathu La Pass, which has increased Indian trade with a neighbour, lies between India and which country?
(1) Pakistan
(2) Bhutan
(3) Nepal
(4) China
(5) Tibet

22. The Banking Codes and Standards Boards has been formed to provide fair treatment to:
(1) Employees’ Unions
(2) Member Banks
(3) Officers
(4) SBI
(5) Customers

23. In India, the CRR at present is approximately:
(1) less than 5%
(2) 10% to 15%
(3) 5% to 10%
(4) 20%
(5) 35%

24. The present salary of an MP is (Rs per month)
(1) 2,500
(2) 5,000
(3) 7,500
(4) 15,000
(5) 16,000

25. Which river was recently found to be the longest?
(1) Amazon
(2) Nile
(3) Mississippi
(4) Ganga
(5) Yangtze Kiang

26. The highest Indian mountain-peak is:
(1) Mt Everest
(2) Nanga Parbat
(3) Dhaulagiri
(4) Godwin Austin
(5) Annapurna

27. Basel II norms will lead to:
(1) Capital A/c convertibility
(2) Better Stock Exchanges
(3) Better CRR
(4) Increased savings
(5) None of these

28. Rice is which kind of crop?
(1) Rabi
(2) Evergreen
(3) Kharif
(4) Inter-seasonal
(5) Monsoon

29. ‘Jog falls’ are in:
(1) Kerala
(2) J & K
(3) U.P.
(4) Uttaranchal
(5) Karnataka

30. The capitals of the new States Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Uttaranchal are:
(1) Raipur, Ranchi, Dehradun
(2) Ranchi, Patna, Nainital
(3) Raniganj, Patna, Dehradun
(4) Patna, Raipur, Nainital
(5) None of the above

SBI Clerk exam 2009 – General awareness Question paper – Answers from 1 to 30 are as follows,

1) (1), 2) (1), 3) (2), 4) (1), 5) (2),

6) (1), 7) (3), 8 (2), 9) (3), 10) (3)
11) (3), 12) (1), 13) (2), 14) (1), 15) (2),

16) (2), 17) (2), 18) (4), 19) (2), 20) (2)
21) (4), 22) (5), 23) (2), 24) (5), 25) (1),

26) (2), 27) (1), 28) (5), 29) (5), 30) (1)