PAPER : (RRB) BANK PROBATIONARY OFFICER

GENERAL AWARENESS QUESTIONS

1. According to World Bank's latest report India is now the world's ________wealthiest
nation?(A) Fourth
(B) Eighth
(C) Twelfth
(D) Sixteenth

2. Which among the following companies launched its super luxury hot wheels: 'Gallardo' and
'Murcielago'in India?
(A) Audi
(B) Rolls Royce
(C) Lamborghini
(D) Porsche

3. Which among the following southern states is all set to launch “Tourism-on-Wheels”
project incollaboration with the Indian Railways?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala

4. Isuzu Motors Ltd, Japan's largest maker of light trucks has decided to start making buses in
India in2007 in association with:
(A) TELCO
(B) Ashok Leyland
(C) Swaraj Mazda
(D) Mahindra and Mahindra

5. In an attempt to enhance the quality of customer service and strengthen the grievance
redressalmechanism, the Reserve Bank of India has constituted a new department Customer
ServiceDepartment (CSD). Which of the following is not among the key responsibilities of the
department?
(A) Dissemination of instructions or information relating to customer service.
(B) Grievance redressal by banks and the RBI.
(C) Administering the Banking Ombudsman (BO) scheme and act as a nodal department for
theBanking codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI).
(D) All of the above

6. The new ICC president David Morgan belongs to which among the following countries?
(A) England
(B) South Africa
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand

7. Which among the following countries has the maximum amount of external debt?
(A) USA
(B) Mexico
(C) Brazil
(D) Japan

8. Tata Sky is a satellite television company in India, formed through a joint venture between
the TataGroup and
(A) Star TV
(B) Eurospace
(C) Sky Italia
(D) ISRO

9. 'Eco Mark' is given to the Indian products that are:

(A) pure and unadulterated
(B) rich in protein
(C) economically viable
(D) environment-friendly

10. The indicator of economic prosperity is:

(A) increase in gross national product at current prices
(B) increase in net national product at current prices
(C) increase in gross national product at fixed prices
(D) increase in net national product at fixed prices

11. Cairn Energy, which is exploring oil in Rajasthan, belongs to

(A) Ireland
(B) Scotland
(C) Norway
(D) Sweden

12. The youngest ever Indian to achieve a Grandmaster norm in Chess is:
(A) Sahaj Grover
(B) Saina Nehwal
(C) Parimarjan Negi
(D) D Harika

13. Which among the following is not a wholly owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India?
(A) National Housing Bank
(B) National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development
(C) Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
(D) Exim Bank of India

14. The December 2006 Asian Games were held in

(A) Doha
(B) Abu Dhabi
(C) Riyadh
(D) Kyoto

15. The service tax umbrella does not cover

(A) Pathology labs
(B) Telecom services
(C) Coaching institutes
(D) Catering services

16. Which company launched a premium prêt denim line in the Indian fashion arena, co
branding it withJohn Abraham?
(A) Killer
(B) Wrangler
(C) Lee Copper
(D) Milky Way

17. The National Stock Exchange incorporated in 1992, in terms of transactions holds:
(A) fifth rank in the World.
(B) third rank in the World.
(C) seventh rank in the World.
(D) does not figure in the top 10.

18. Which country, of the following, is the biggest contributor for Foreign Direct Investment in
India between1991 and 2004?
(A) Mauritius
(B) USA
(C) Japan
(D) United Kingdom
19. SAFTA stands for

(A) South Asia Free Trade Agreement

(B) South African Federation for Tribal Advancement
(C) South Asian Forum for Tourism Agreements
(D) None of the above

20. Which company, out of the following, does not figure in the “Forbes Global 2000”
year 2005 ranking?
(A) NTPC
(B) ONGC
(C) SBI
(D) EIL

21. Introduction of 3G services in telecommunication industry will NOT include which of the
followingfeatures?
(A) Video Streaming
(B) Stock Transactions
(C) E-learning
(D) E-Governance

22. Which Finance Minister resigned after a report on Haridas Mundhra share imbroglio was
published in1958?
(A) GK Iyengar
(B) Ramanand Shastri
(C) TT Krishnamachari
(D) V Padmanabhan

23. Which state tops the revenues collected under the implemented VAT tax regime?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Andhra Pradesg
(C) Gujarat
(D) Karnataka

24. Which player won the country's highest ever professional Golf Prize held at China?
(A) Shiv Kapur
(B) Jeev Milkha Singh
(C) Gaurav Ghei
(D) Jyoti Randhawa

25. Who is the current Union Minister for Commerce and Industry?
(A) PC Chidambram
(B) MS Ahluwalia
(C) Praful Patel
(D) Kamalnath

26. Kevin Rollins is the CEO of which American Corporate giant employing direct business
model?
(A) Wall Mart
(B) Dell
(C) Microsoft
(D) Quark

27. According to the “India-Pacific Wealth Report”, the number of millionaire investors in
India has grown to
(A) 83,000
(B) 23,000
(C) 48,000
(D) 100,000

28. NIIT Technologies have established ties with a Singapore agency to market GeBiz. What is
GeBiz?
(A) Electronic business portal of Singapore Govt
(B) Portal of Income Tax department of Singapore
(C) GE's commercial arm based at Singapore
(D) None of the above

29. The investment giant set up by Warren Buffet is:

(A) DSP Merryl Lynch
(B) Berkshire Hathway
(C) GE Capital
(D) Citi Capital

30. Who has been awarded the Phalke Ratna Award in April 2008?
(A) Devanand
(B) Amitabh bachchan
(C) Ramanand Sagar
(D) B.R.Chopara

ANSWERS

(C) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (A) 7. (A) 8. (A)9. (D) 10. (C) 11. (B) 12. (C) 13. (D) 14. (A)
15. (A) 16. (B)17. (B) 18. (A) 19. (A) 20. (D) 21. (C) 22. (C) 23. (A) 24. (B)25. (D) 26. (B) 27.
(A) 28. (A) 29. (B) 30. (D).

1. Magsaysay Awards are not given in which of the following categories ?

(A) Literature
(B) Peace and International Understanding
(C) Music
(D) Public Service
(E) Emergent Leadership
Ans : (C)

2. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Colours of the Rainbow’ ?
(A) A.V. Kamath
(B) Anita Nayyar
(C) Pritish Nandy
(D) Sonia Gandhi
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)

3. Which of the following is not the recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2008 ?
(A) Sushil Kumar
(B) Vijendra Singh
(C) Mary Kom
(D) Tania Sachdev
Ans : (D)

4. What do you know of Mr. S.Y. Quereshi ?

(A) He is new Election Commissioner of India
(B) He is the new Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India
(C) He will be our new permanent representative in UNO
(D) His India’s new permanent representative in world trade organization
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

5. Women in which of the following OPEC countries participated in elections for the first
time ? (Elections were held recently)
(A) UAE
(B) Kuwait
(C) Iran
(D) Saudi Arabia
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

6. Who amongst the following is the Author of the book ‘The City of Joy’ ?
(A) Dominique Lapierre
(B) Guentar Grass
(C) Daniel Steele
(D) Graham Green
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

7. Why was Mr. Vijay Nambiar’s name recently in news ?

(A) He has taken over as the new Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India
(B) He will be our permanent representative in UNO
(C) He has taken over as the under Secretary General in the UNO
(D) He is new Foreign Secretary Govt. of India
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

8. Alan Garcia whose name was recently in news is the—

(A) Prime Minister of Peru
(B) President of Peru
(C) Prime Minister of Italy
(D) President of Italy
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

9. ‘Shequel’ is the currency of—

(A) Israel
(B) Kenya
(C) Iraq
(D) Iran
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

10. The XIIth UNCTAD conference was recently organized in—

(A) New Delhi
(B) Jaipur
(C) Mumbai
(D) Bangalore
(E) Accra
Ans : (E)
11. As per the reports published in the newspaper which of the following countries is first
in production of gold jewellery ?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Turkey
(D) Italy
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

12. Jagannath Pahadia is the Governor of—

(A) West Bengal
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Punjab
(D) Haryana
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

13. Who amongst the following was adjudged best actress in the 7th IIFA Award
Ceremony held in Dubai ?
(A) Lara Dutta
(B) Priyanka Chopra
(C) Kajal
(D) Rani Mukherjee
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

14. Which of the following countries recently test fired a series of missiles ?
(A) Russia
(B) South Korea
(C) North Korea
(D) France
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

15. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Bearders-My Life in Cricket’ ?
(A) Shane Warne
(B) Bill Frindall
(C) Brian Lara
(D) Imran Khan
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

16. India launched Chandrayaan I in the year—

(A) 2002
(B) 2003
(C) 2005
(D) 2007
(E) 2008
Ans : (E)

17. The sixth D-8 summit of developing Nations was organized recently in—
(A) Malaysia
(B) India
(C) Brazil
(D) Indonesia
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

18. India recently signed on MOU on military ties with which of the following
countries ?
(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) China
(D) Italy
(E) Russia
Ans : (C)

19. Which of the following countries is not one of the four former Soviet states who have
jointly formed a forum, ‘Organization for Democracy and Economic Development
GUAM’ ?
(A) Georgia
(B) Ukraine
(C) Croatia
(D) Azerbaijan
(E) Moldova
Ans : (C)

20. Which of the following countries has awarded congressional gold medal to Dalai
Lama, Tenzin Gyatso ?
(A) Britain
(B) France
(C) Italy
(D) USA
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

21. Mallika Sarabhai is associated which of the following ?

(A) Classical music
(B) Classical dance
(C) Social service
(D) Protection of environment
Ans : (B)

22. The name Pierre Cardian is associated with which of the following fields ?
(A) Pop music
(B) Fashion designing
(C) Painting
(D) Motion picture
Ans : (B)

23. Where was the first Engineering college of India located ?

(A) Bombay
(B) Roorkee
(C) Varanasi
(D) Calcutta
Ans : (B)

24. What facility is provided by ‘CARTOSAT-2A’ launched by ISRO in April 2008 ?

(A) Satellite-based multimedia link
(B) Remote sensing
(C) Intelligence data
(D) Earth observation satellite
Ans : (D)

25. With which musical instrument is Hari Prasad Chaurasia associated ?

(A) Flute
(B) Sarod
(C) Sitar
(D) Veena
Ans : (A)

1. Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?

(1) Mr. K V. Kamath
(2) Dr. Y.V. Reddy
(3) Mr. Y.R. Narayanamurthy
(4) Mr. O.P. Bhatt
(5) None of these

2. India has different categories of Commercial banks. Which of the following is not
one such category ?
(1) Private Banks
(2) Commodity Banks
(3) Nationalised Banks
(4) Co-operative Banks
(5) Foreign Banks
3. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction
on money flow in equity through ‘P-Notes’. What is the full form of ‘P-Notes’ ?
(1) Permanent Notes
(2) Purchase Notes
(3) Participatory Notes
(4) Private Notes
(5) None of these

4. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian cricket team which won
the Twenty20 World Cup2007 ?
(1) Yuvraj Singh
(2) M.S. Dhoni
(3) Rahul Dravid
(4) Sourav Ganguly
(5) None of these

5. The money which Government of India spends on the development of

infrastructure in country comes from which of the following sources? [pick. up the
correct statement(s)]
(A) Loan from World Bank/ ADB, etc.
(B) Taxes collected from the people.
(C) Loan from the RBI.
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) Both A & B
(5) All A, B & C

6. Which of the following organisations / agencies has established a fund known as

“Investor Protection Fund” ?
(1) SEBI
(2) NABARD
(3) Bombay Stock Exchange
(4) Ministry,.\of Health
(5) None of these

7. Which of the following departments of the Government of India is helping banks

in disbursement of rural credit by the banks ?
(1) Railways
(2) State Road Transports
(3) Posts & Telegraph
(4) Ministry of Health
(5) None of these

8. Which of the following types of banks are allowed to operate foreign currency
accounts ?
(A) Foreign Banks
(B) Regional Rural Banks
(C) Nationalised Banks
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) All A, B & C
(5) None of these

9. Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit
needs ?
(1) Money lenders
(2) Foreign banks
(3) NABARD
(4) RBI
(5) All of these

10. Which of the following countries does not play international cricket ?
(1) Russia
(2) England
(3) South Africa
(4) Pakistan
(5) India

11. Which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ?
(1) USA
(2) Bangladesh
(3) Russia
(4) India
(5) None of these

12. Many times we read in financial newspapers about ‘FII’. What is the full form of
FII ? ‘
(1) Final Investment in India
(2) Foreign Investment in India
(3) Formal Investment in India
(4) Fair Institutional Investment
(5) Foreign Institutional Investment

13. The financial markets of which of the following countries were badly affected by
sub prime crisis ?
(1) Russia
(2) Brazil
(3) UK
(4) USA
(5) None of these
14. One of the former Prime Ministers of which of the following countries was
detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her return from a long exile ?
(1) Germany
(2) France
(3) Pakistan
(4) Brazil
(5) None of these

15. Which of the following countries is facing problem of strike by the workers of
the transport, electricity and gas companies as the present Government of the
country has decided to end the pension to these workers ?
(1) USA
(2) France
(3) China
(4) Nepal
(5) None of these

16. Benazir Bhutto is associated with which of the following political parties ?
(1) Muslim League
(2) Pakistan People’s Party
(3) Pakistan National Congress
(4) Islamic Movement of Pakistan
(5) None of these

17. Who amongst the following is the Secretary-General of UNO ?

(1) Al Gore
(2) Shashi Tharoor
(3) Gordon Brown
(4) Hugo Chavez
(5) None of these

18. Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in
implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA ?
(l}Supply of Sugar
(2) Civilian Nuclear Cooperation
(3) Purchase o£ Fighter Planes
(4) Purchase of Gas/Petroleum
(5) None of these

19. Which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in
Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killing
people from that country ?
(1) India
(2) Afghanistan
(3) Pakistan
(4) Bangladesh
(5) Turkey

20. The “Orange Coalition Government” was formed once again in which of the
following countries ?
(1) Russia
(2) Ukraine
(3) France
(4) Germany
(5) None of these

21. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stopped distributing

food in Mogadishu town after its local head was abducted by the government
soldiers of the country. Mogadishu is the capital town of
(1) Tanzania
(2) Turkey
(3) Cuba
(4) Libya
(5) Somalia

22. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West
Bank so that a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be worked out ?
(1) George Bush
(2) Al Gore
(3) Bill Clinton
(4) Condoleezza Rice
(5) None of these

23. Which of the following countries is not elected by the UN General Assembly on
the non-permanent seats of the UN Security Council w.e.f. January 2008 ?
(1) Libya
(2) Vietnam
(3) Croatia
(4) Costa Rica
(5) Pakistan

24. Which of the following countries is not happy with the USA’s decision to award a
Congressional Medal to Dalai Lama of Tibet ?
(1) India
(2) Pakistan
(3) Nepal
(4) Myanmar
(5) China

25. Justine Henin won the Women’s Singles US Open Tennis Championship 2007
after defeating
(1) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(2) Sania Mirza
(3) Dinara Safina
(4) Mathalie Dechy
(5) None of these

26. India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating
(1) Syria
(2) Pakistan
(3) Britain
(4) France
(5) None of these

27. Who amongst the following is selected for Basava Award (2006-07) by the
Karnataka Government ?
(1) Manmohan Singh
(2) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(3) Sonia Gandhi
(4) Pratibha Patil
(5) None of these

28. Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to India in recent past is the
(1) Prime Minister of South Korea
(2) Prime Minister of North Korea
(3) Prime Minister of Japan
(4) President of South Korea
(5) None of these

29. Abdullah Gul’s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the President
of
(1) Turkey
(2) Sudan
(3) Afghanistan
(4) Pakistan
(5) None of these

30. Hem Dutta who was honoured with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National
Sadbhawana Award 2007 is a famous
(1) author
(2) social activist
(3) player
(4) film producer
(5) scientist

31. Asafa Powell who created a new world record in 100 metres race is a citizen of
(1) Jamaica
(2) South Africa
(3) India
(4) USA
(5) South Korea

32. The World Athletics Championship 2007 was organised in

(1) Beijing
(2) New Delhi
(3) Osaka
(4) Dhaka
(5) London

33. Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer
International Athletics Meet held in Germany in 2007 ?
(1) Shiny Wilson
(2) Anju Bobby George
(3) Neha Sanwal
(4) Prajakta Sawant
(5) None of these

34. As per the recent agreement between India and one other country the Indian
Rupee can be easily swapped with
(1) Taka
(2) Riel
(3) Kyat
(4) Yen
(5) Rubble

35. The Government of India put a ban on export of which of the following
commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market ?
(1) Steel
(2) Chemical Fertiliser
(3) Pharma products’
(4) Electronic goods
(5) None of these

36. India’s Foreign Exchange Reserves declined sharply in recent past. What was
the main reason for the same ?
(1) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
(2) Import of wheat from Pakistan & South Korea
(3) Appreciation of Rupee Value
(4) Instability in coalition government in Centre
(5) None of these

37. Which of the following is a public sector unit ?

(1) TCS
(2) ICICI Bank
(3) TESCO
(4) BHEL
(5) All of these

38. Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Meet was organised in September
2007 in
(1) New Delhi
(2) Beijing
(3) Tokyo
(4) London
(5) Sydney

39. Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian hockey team who won
Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ?
(1) Baichung Bhutia
(2) Dilip Tirkey
(3) Pankaj Advani
(4) Manavjit Singh Sandhu
(5) None of these

40. India launched which of the following satellites in September 2007 ?

(1) EDUSAT
(2) METSAT
(3) CROSAT-IIB
(4) INSAT-4CR
(5) None of these

Answers

1. (2) 2. (2) 3.(3) 4. (2)

5.(5) 6.(1) 7.(5) 8.(3) 9.(1) 10.(1) 11.(4) 12 .(5) 13.(3) 14.(3) 15.(2) 16.(2) 17.(5) 18.(2)
19.(5) 20.(2) 21.(5) 22.(4) 23.(5) 24.(5) 25.(1) 26.(1) 27.(2) 28.(3) 29.(1) 30.(2) 31.(1)
32.(3) 33.(2) 34.(5) 35.(1) 36.(3) 37.(4) 38.(5) 39.(5) 40.(4)