1.Michael D.Higgins replaced Mary McAleese as the President of which of the following countries?
1) Colombia 2) Ireland 3) Switzerland 4) Zimbabwe 5) Sweden
2.Who is the author of the book 'I was There-Memoirs of a Cricket Administrator'?
1) Ajit Wadekar 2)Chandu Borde 3) Jaywant Lele 4) Kirti Azad 5) Sharad Pawar
3.Devinder Pal Singh became the Chairman and Managing Director of which of the following banks in November 2011? 1) BOB 2) IOB 3) OBC 4) Punjab & Sind Bank 5) Punjab National Bank
4.Irom Sharmila Chanu's fast entered 12th year in November 2011. She is demanding the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in which of the following states? 1) Manipur 2) Nagaland 3) Tripura 4) West Bengal 5) Jammu & Kashmir
5.Bhupen Hazarika, Dada Saheb Phalke award winner, passed away recently. He was a music legend from which of the following states? 1) Orissa 2) Assam 3) Bihar 4) Jharkhand 5) West Bengal
6.Which city hosted the G20 Summit in November 2011? 1) Beijing 2) Toronto 3)Cannes 4) London 5) Seoul
7.India signed an agreement to promote oil exploration in South China Sea with which of the following countries during its President Troung Tan Sang's visit to New Delhi in October 2011? 1) Myanmar 2) China 3) Cambodia 4) Vietnam 5) Thailand
8.India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV-C18)put VesselSat in orbit recently. Which country has built this satellite that will help in locating ships? 1) France 2) Luxembourg 3) USA 4) Germany 5) Russia
9.Which of the following statements about the HDI is/are correct?
1)The Human Development Report (HDR) 2011, released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has ranked India at 134th among 187 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI).
2)Norway topped the list for the second consecutive year. Democratic Republic of the Congo is ranked the last.
3)The HDI is a comparative measure of life expectancy, literacy and standards of living for countries worldwide.
4)The index was developed in 1990 by economists Mahbub ul Haq (Pakistan) and Amartya Sen (India).
5) All the above statements are correct.
10.The Special Protection Group (SPG) is responsible for the protection of the Prime Minister of India. Who was appointed the new Director of the SPG in November 2011? 1) B.V.Wanchoo 2) K.Durga Prasad 3) S.Subramaniam 4) K.Aravind Rao 5) None of these
11. The difference between visible exports and visible imports is defined as:
1. Balance of trade 2. Balance of payment 3. Balanced terms of trade 4. Gains from trade 5. All the above
12. Invisible Export means export: 1. Services 2. Prohibited goods 3. Unrecorded goods 4. Goods through smuggling 5. All the above
13. ‘Indira Gandhi Canal’ which is around 450 km long provide irrigation facility mainly to which of the following states ? 1. Punjab 2. Haryana 3. Madhya Pradesh 4. Gujarat 5. Rajasthan
14. The rate of MAT has been increased from the present 15% to 18% with effect from April 2010. What is the full form of MAT? 1. Maximum Alternate Tax 2. Minimum Alternate Tax 3. Minimum Affordable Tax 4. Maximum Affordable Tax 5. None of these
15. RBI has asked banks to make a plan to provide banking services to all villages having a population upto 2000. This directive issued by the RBI will fall in which of the following categories ?
1. Plan for Financial Inclusion 2. Efforts to meet the targets of Priority Sector Lending 3. Extension of Relief Packages to the Farmers 4. Plan for opening more rural branches 5. None of these
16. Which of the following is not a part of the scheduled banking structure in India ?
1. Money Lenders 2. Public Sector Banks 3. Private Sector Banks 4. Regional Rural Banks 5. State Cooperative Banks
17. The rate of interest on Savings Bank Account is stipulated by–
1. The concerned bank 2. RBI 3. Indian Banks Association 4. Government of India 5. Banking Codes and Standards Board of India
18. Many times we read a term CBS used in banking operation. What is the full form of the letter ‘C’ in the term ‘CBS’ ? 1. Core 2. Credit 3. Continuous 4. Complete 5. None of these
19. In the year 2010, Commonwealth Games were organized in which of the following countries?
1. China 2. South Africa 3. Canada 4. Brazil 5. India
20. Which of the following metals is used for generation of nuclear Energy by most of the Nuclear Power Plants 1. Zinc 2. Platinum 3. Uranium 4. Nickel 5. None of these
21. Which of the following countries is not a member of BASIC? 1) China 2) India 3) Brazil 4) South Africa 5) Australia
22. Which of the following sports personalities were commissioned as Honorary Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army in November 2011? 1) Abhinav Bindra & Sachin Tendulkar 2) Viswanathan Anand & Gagan Narang 3) Abhinav Bindra & Gagan Narang 4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Vijender Singh 5) Mahendra Singh Dhoni & Abhinav Bindra
23. Who, at the age of 24, became the youngest Formula One driver to win back-to-back world championships in October 2011? 1) Sebastian Vettel (Germany) 2) Jenson Button (UK) 3) Fernando Alonso (Spain) 4) Mark Webber (Australia) 5) Lewis Hamilton (UK)
24. Who is the author of the book "Revolution 2020"? 1) Arundhati Roy 2) Amitav Ghosh 3) Chetan Bhagat 4) Sharmila Bose 5) None of these
25. Representatives from BASIC countries met in which of the following cities to seek consensus on climate change issues to pave the way for the Durban climate change conference at the end of this year?
1) Beijing 2) New Delhi 3) Mumbai 4) Shanghai 5) None of these
26. Identify the incorrect statement
1) The State Bank Group has 25,000 ATMs, out of which SBI alone has 20,087.
2) The State Bank Group now has 18,181 branches, out of which SBI alone has 13,500 plus branches.
3) SBI will add 10,000 ATMs annually for the next three years.
4) The 9,000th rural, semi-urban (RUSU) branch of the State Bank Group was opened at Sundargarh in Orissa recently.
5) H.S. Upendra Kamath assumed charge as Chairman of State Bank of India in April 2011.
27. Who has taken over as Chairman of the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) from April 1, 2011?
1) M.V. Nair 2) M.D. Mallya 3) K.R.Kamath 4) Alok Misra 5) None of these
28. Who has been elected as chairman of the executive board of the Indian School of Business (ISB)? 1) Anil Ambani 2) Rahul Bajaj 3) Sunil Mittal 4) Adi Godrej 5) N.R. Narayana Murthy
29.Which of the following statements is not true with regard to Census 2011?
1)Census 2011 is the 15th Natio-nal Census since 1872 and the 7th after indePendence.
2)The population of India is 121.01 crores compared to the 2001 population of 102.87 crores. (An increase by 181 million)
3)Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state with 19.95 crores while Sikkim is the least populated state (6.07 lakhs)
4)India is now home to 17.5 percent of the world's population-compared to China which hosts 19.4 percent.
5)The literacy rate has increased from 64.83 percent in 2001 to 70.04 percent in 2011.
30. The Order of St. Andrew, Russia’s top medal was conferred on which of the following given personality recently?1) Vladimir Putin 2) Dmitry Medvedev 3) Mikhail Gorbachev 4) Boris Yeltsin5) None
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