Monday, September 24, 2012

SBI GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Banks usually share the information of CIBIL at the time of giving loans to the borrowers. CIBIL stands for.....
1) Credit Inform Bureau (India) Limited
2) Credit Information Bureau (India) Limited
3) Consumer Information Bureau (India) Limited
4) Credit Information Board (India) Limited
5) Collective Information Bureau (India) Limited

2. Which paper currency note has more circulation?
1) Rs.100
2) Rs.50
3) Rs.10
4) Rs.1000
5) Rs.5

3. Till 1969, which sector is the major beneficiary of Co-operative banking system?
1) Industrial
2) Service
3) Education
4) Export
5) Agriculture

4. Aim to establish the proposed Post Bank of India (PBI) by the Department of Posts (DoP) is.....
1) To provide banking services with special focus on rural areas
2) To say Post Offices are not inferior to banks
3) To resist the dominance of Reserve Bank of India
4) To get the profits more than Banks
5) None

5. Punjab National Bank and Central Bank of India will jointly set up a bank in......
1) Mozambique
2) Somalia
3) Sri Lanka
4) Australia
5) South Africa

6. Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has made electronic filing of tax returns mandatory for individuals with income above Rs....
1) 50 Lakh
2) 100 Lakh
3) 10 Lakh
4) 15 Lakh
5) 1 Lakh

7. TAPI gas pipeline passes through. .....
1) Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Panama and Iran
2) Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia
3) Turkey, Australia, Paraguay and India
4) Thailand, Andorra, Pakistan and Iran
5) Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India

8. World Sepsis day observed for the first time on....
1) August 13
2) September 7
3) September 13
4) August 31
5) September 1

9. Expert Committee on GAAR (General Anti- Avoidance Rules) headed by .....
1) K.C.Chakravarthy
2) Vijay C. Kelkar
3) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
4) C.V. Anand Bose
5) Parthasarathi Shome

10. The Formula -1 Grand Prix winner list given. Pick the correct one.
1) Italy Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton
2) Belgium Grand Prix - Jenson Button
3) Monaco Grand Prix - Mark Webber
4) Germany Grand Prix - Fernando Alonso
5) All of above

11. If a cheque bearing date prior to the date, when it was actually drawn, it is called...
1) No date cheque
2) Every date cheque
3) Last date cheque
4) Anti-dated cheque
5) Stale cheque

12. Which among the following is not a foreign bank working in India?
1) Standard Charted Bank
2) HSBC
3) Yes Bank
4) Royal Bank of Scotland
5) CITI bank

13. As per the statement given by Finance Minister on 25th August 2012, Public sector banks should disburse Rs. ...... agriculture loan during the current fiscal year 2012-13.
1) 6 Lakh Crore
2) 5 Lakh Crore
3) 7 Lakh Crore
4) 2 Lakh Crore
5) 1.5 Lakh Crore

14. A bill of Exchange drawn in a local language as per the custom of the place-
1) Hundi
2) Handi
3) Parole
4) Clot
5) Post

15. Which account in India is called the common man account?
1) Recurring account
2) Fixed deposit
3) Savings account
4) Current account
5) Kiddy account

16. In the prestigious Yale University's Environmental Performance Index, India holds......
1) 140th rank
2) 15th rank
3) 170th rank
4) 125th rank
5) 128th rank

17. Which state celebrating 2012 as 'Yuva Shakti Varsh' or the 'Year of Youth Power' to commemorate Swami Vivekananda's 150th birth anniversary?
1) West Bengal
2) Tamilnadu
3) Gujarat
4) Tripura
5) Andhra Pradesh

18. The book written by R.K.Narayan -
1) Swami and Friends
2) The Guide
3) Malgudi Days
4) Grandmother's Tale
5) All of above

19. Disinvestment means....
1) Government put investment in Private Sector
2) Private Share holders buy the shares in PSU
3) Government buys the shares in Banks
4) Government withdraws its share in PSU
5) Foreign banks buy all the shares in PSU

20. Finance Minister proposed to set up National Investment Board (NIB) under the chairmanship of . .....
1) Prime Minister
2) Ministry of Finance
3) RBI Governor
4) CBDT
5) President of India

21. 'www.paisaboltahai.rbi.org.in' is a ...
1) Website of RBI to collect the donations from public
2) Website of RBI to bring the awareness among public about Base Rate of Banks
3) Website of RBI to bring the awareness among the public about detection of fake currency notes
4) Website of Government of India to tell the people to save money to counter Inflation
5) None

22. Which committee submitted recommendations to review the guidelines on restructured advances of banks and financial institutions?
1) Janaki Raman
2) Upadhyaya
3) Mahapatra
4) Tarapore
5) C.Ranga Rajan

23. Micro Finance Companies provide loans to-
1) Rich people
2) Government employees
3) Poor class people
4) Billionaires
5) RBI

24. Best example for demand deposit is..
1) Current Account and Fixed Deposit
2) Savings Account and Current Account
3) Savings Account and Fixed Deposit
4) Fixed Deposit and Recurring Deposit
5) Fixed Deposit

25. Which Stock Exchange and United Bank of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with for offering an internetbased equity trading platform?
1) National Stock Exchange
2) Bombay Stock Exchange
3) Calcutta Stock Exchange Ltd
4) Madras Stock Exchange
5) None

26. The awards list given. Pick the correct one.
1) ICC Cricketer of the Year is Sangakkara and ODI Cricketer of the Year is Virat Kohli.
2) Nisan-i-Imtiaz, the Pak highest civilian honour given to Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto.
3) Damien-Dutton Award given to people who make significant contribution in the fight against Leprosy, Orissa's state Leprosy Officer P.K.B. Pattnaik got for the year 2012.
4) Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award received by D.R. Mehatha, for popularizing Jaipur Foot.
5) All of above

27. Important International summits and their venues given. Pick the wrong combination.
1) Recent APEC summit held in Vladivostok of Russia
2) Recent ASEAN summit held in Phnom Penh of Cambodia
3) Recent BRICS summit held in New Delhi, India
4) Recent Earth Summit held in Brasilia of Brazil
5) Recent NATO summit held in Chicago of USA

28. Theme of 'World Economic Forum on India' to be held between 6th and 8th November 2012 is ....
1) Crisis to Revival
2) From Weakness to Strength
3) From Damage to Repair
4) From Debilitation to Rise
5) From Deliberation to Transformation

29. In the 59th National Film Awards, the Best Actress Award recipient is .....
1) Nisha Shetty
2) Kajal Aggarwal
3) Rekha Ganesan
4) Vidya Balan
5) Anushka Sharma

30. Kaushik Basu is recently appointed as the Chief Economist of...
1) World Bank
2) IMF
3) ADB
4) AFD
5) RBI

31. The policy rates/Reserve ratios declared by RBI from time to time given. Pick the wrong combination.
1) SLR - 23%
2) CRR - 4.5%
3) RR - 8%
4) RRR - 7%
5) Bank Rate - 10%

32. National Housing Bank (NHB) granted Rs. ...... crore under rural housing Fund on 13th September 2012.
1) 2500
2) 1500
3) 6000
4) 4000
5) 8000

33. World Bank appointed whom as the country director of India on 10th September 2012?
1) Vineeth Verman
2) Raghuram Rajan
3) Onno Ruhl
4) C.Ranga Rajan
5) Y.V.Reddy

34. If an account opened by Account holder and written nominee name, if nominee dies first then.. .........
1) Account holder loose the amount in the account
2) Account holder is not allowed to write another's name as nominee
3) Account holder must open other account
4) Account holder is allowed to write another's name as nominee
5) Account holder must close the account 35. SX-40 is the new flagship index of the....

35. SX-40 is the new flagship index of the....
1) NSE
2) BSE
3) KSE
4) MCX-SX
5) HSE

36. Present Heads of State/ Government given. Pick the wrong option.
1) Australia - Kevin Rudd
2) USA - Barack Obama
3) Canada - Stephen Harper
4) Bhutan - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
5) Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai
Answer :
1-2; 2-3; 3-5; 4-1; 5-1; 6-3; 7-5; 8-3; 9-5; 10-5; 11-4; 12-3; 13-1; 14-1; 15-3; 16-4; 17-3; 18-5; 19-4; 20-1; 21-3; 22-3; 23-3; 24-2; 25-3; 26-5; 27-4; 28-5; 29-4; 30-1; 31-5; 32-4; 33-3; 34-4; 35-4; 36-1.

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Current Affairs

Former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh passes away

Minister for science and technology and former Maharashtra chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh passed away . He was 67 years old. He was the chief minister of Maharashtra twice, from 1999 to 2003 and from 2004 to 2008. He resigned after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. He was later appointed minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences in the union cabinet.

Laxman retires from international cricket

V.V.S. Laxman retired from international cricket on August 18, 2012. He has played 134 Tests, scoring 8,781 runs with 17 centuries. He has also represented India in 86 ODIs, scoring 2,338 runs with 6 centuries. His 281 against Australia in the Kolkata Test in 2001, took Indian cricket to new heights.

Miss China crowned Miss World 2012

China’s Yu Wenxia has been crowned 2012 Miss World.It was the second time a Miss China contestant was awarded the title. The last time was in 2007 when Zhang Zilin took the honor. The 23-year-old Ms. Yu is a music student.The first runner-up was Sophie Elizabeth Moulds of Wales and the second runner-up is Jessica Michelle Kahawaty of Australia. India’s contender Vanya Mishra could only make it to the top seven. She baged the titles of Miss Social Media and Beauty with a Purpose. The Government has announced the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Awards for the year 2012, here today.

Awards

A. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award – 2012:

1.

Shri Vijay Kumar

Shooting

2.

Shri Yogeshwar Dutt

Wrestling

B. Arjuna Awards 2012:

Sl. No.

Name

Discipline

1.

Ms. Deepika Kumari

Archery

2.

Ms. Laishram Bombayla Devi

Archery

3.

Ms. Sudha Singh

Athletics

4

Ms. Kavita Ramdas Raut

Athletics

5

Ms. Ashwani Ponnappa

Badminton

6

Mr. Parupalli Kashyap

Badminton

7

Mr. Aditya S. Mehta

Billiards & Snooker

8

Mr. Vikas Krishan

Boxing

9

Mr. Yuvraj Singh

Cricket

10

Mr. Sardar Singh

Hockey

11

Mr. Yashpal Solanki

Judo

12

Mr. Anup Kumar

Kabaddi

13

Mr. Samir Suhag

Polo

14

Ms. Annu Raj Singh

Shooting

15

Mr. Omkar Singh

Shooting

16

Mr. Joydeep Karmakar

Shooting

17

Ms. Deepika Pallikal

Squash

18

Mr. Sandeep Sejwal

Swimming

19

Ms. Ng. Sonia Chanu

Weightlifting

20

Mr. Narsingh Yadav

Wrestling

21

Mr. Rajinder Kumar

Wrestling

22

Ms. Geeta Phogat

Wrestling

23

Mr. M. Bimoljit Singh

Wushu

24

Mrs. Deepa Malik

Athletics – Paralympics

25

Mr. Ramkaran Singh

Athletics – Paralympics

Normally only one award of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is given every year to an individual sportsperson. However, the Scheme provides that this condition can be relaxed in exceptional circumstances viz., winning of an Olympic medal.Like wise for the Arjuna Awards, normally not more than 15 awards are to be given in any calendar year. However, the Scheme of Arjuna Awards also provides that keeping in view the performance of Indian sportspersons in the Commonwealth, Asian Games and Olympic Games during a particular year, Arjuna Awards exceeding 15 in number may be allowed with proper justification and approval of the Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports. The Selection Committee noted that 2012 is the Olympic year and India has won 6 medals in the London Olympics, which is country’s best performance in Olympic Games, and recommended that the condition of one award in case of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratnaand 15 awards in case of Arjuna Awards may be relaxed and the number of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award may be increased from 1 (one) to 2 (two) and Arjun Awards may be increased from 15 (fifteen) to 25 (twenty five).

National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Rajiv Gandhi KhelRatna Award is given for spectacular performance in the year under consideration; Arjuna Award is given for consistently outstanding performance for three consecutive years preceding the year of award. Apart from a medal and a citation, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awardees will receive a cash prize of Rs.7.5 lakh each and Arjuna Awardees will receive statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs.5 lakh each. The awardees will receive their awards from His Excellency the President of India at a specially organized function at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on August 29, 2012.

Tony Scott, Top Gun director dies

Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as “Top Gun,” ”Days of Thunder” and “Beverly Hills Cop II,” died after jumping from a Los Angeles County bridge.

Cincinnati Masters

The Cincinnati Masters or Cincinnati Open (currently sponsored by the Western & Southern Financial Group) is an annual outdoor hardcourt tennis event held in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason, Ohio, USA. The event started on September 18, 1899 and is the oldest tennis tournament in the United States played in its original city. The event is the biggest summer tennis event in the U.S., as its men’s portion is one of nine elite Masters 1000 tournaments on the ATP World Tour and its women’s event is one of five Premier 5 events on the WTA Tour. The 2012 event held at August 11–19.

List of champions

The following is the list of champions of the Cincinnati Masters.

Men’s Singles finals

Champion

Runner-up

Roger Federer

Novak Djokovic

Women’s Singles finals

Champion Runner-up

Li Na Angelique Kerber

Open Era Men’s Doubles champions

Champion

Runner-up

Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău

Mahesh Bhupathi
Rohan Bopanna



Open Era Women’s Doubles champions

Champion

Runner-up

Andrea Hlaváčková
Lucie Hradecká

Katarina Srebotnik
Zheng Jie

Saif, Kumble join India Day Parade in NY

Actor Saif Ali Khan and cricketer Anil Kumble were special guests at the 32nd Annual India Day Parade in New York to commemorate India’s 66th Independence. Thousands of Indian-Americans gathered at Madison Avenue in Manhattan here for the annual India day parade to commemorate the 66th independence day of their homeland, with actor Saif Ali Khan and cricketer Anil Kumble gracing the occasion as special guests.

Dronacharya Award for 2012

The names of six sporting coaches were recommended for the Dronacharya Awards for the year 2012. Wrestling coach Yashvir Singh, Boxing Coach BI Fernandez, Athletics Coach Virender Poonia, Kabaddi Coach Sunil Davas, Parathletics Coach Dr. Satyapaul and Hockey Coach Harinder Singh are the six coaches who have been selected for the coveted award, given to the coach of different sports, for their excellent contribution to the sports.

Pakistan Government honoured Gopi Chand Narang with Sitara-i-Imtiaz

Acclaimed Pakistani writer Saadat Hasan Manto was honoured with the Nisan-i-Imtiaz, Pakistan’s highest civilian award. Manto is best known for his Urdu short stories