SBI-PO 2006 (GENERAL AWARENESS )

Sunday 5 June, 2011


 SBI-PO 2006 (GENERAL AWARENESS )


176. Why was Fellip Calderon is the news ?
(a) He has been appointed the Secretary General of European Union.
(b) He has been relected the President of Mexico.
(c) He has been awarded the international Astronent of the Year Award by NASA.
(d) He has been relected the Prime Minister of Guyana
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

177. Where was ninth China-European Union summit held ?
(a) Oslo
(b) Sanya
(c) Helsinki
(d) Shanghai
(e) None of these
Ans(c)


178. Crown Prince Cup Basketball' in which lndia won a Bronze Medal was organised recently in-
(a) India
(b) Thailand
(c) China
(d) Japan
(e) Singapore
Ans.(b)

179. 'Jnanpith Award' is given for the excellence in the held of -
(a) Music
(b) Politics
(c) Literature
(d) Sports
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

180. Ozone gets depleted in the Stratosphere due to the presence of:
(a) Active NO3
(b) Active NO2
(c) Active Cl
(d) Active SO2
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

181. Which of the following countries has awarded Congressional Gold Medalto Dalai Lama, Tenzing Gyatso?
(a) Britain
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) USA
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

182. 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) lmran Khan
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

183. Which step is taken first in designing a programme ?
(a) Data validation
(b) Task analysis
(c)Input, design
(d) Problem identification
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

184. The govemment offtces of which country are now become paperless ?
(a) Hollana
(b) Sweden
(c) New Zealand
(d) Estonia
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

185. Who amongst the following is the author of the book The city of Joy ?
(a) Dominique Lapiene
(b) Guentar Grass
(c) Daniel steele
(d) GrahamGreen
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

186. Who amongst the following inagurated the Hanover Technology Trade, 2006 ?
(a) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(b) Dr.P. Chidambaram
(c) Mr. Kamal Nath
(d) Mr, Pranab Mukherjee
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

187 . How many items are dereserved recently from the reserved list of small scale Industries ?
(a) 60
(b) 68
(c) 100
(d) 180
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

188. The Government of India decides the minimum support price of which of the following commodities ?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Green vegetables
(c) Medicinal Plants
(d) Milk
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

189. The Mid day Meal Scheme is launched by the Union Minister of--
(a) Home Affairs
(b) Social Welfare
(c) Human Resource Development
(d) Rural Development
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

190. The United Western Bank which was recently in news is a
(a) Nationalized Bank
(b) Co-operative Bank
(c) Private Bank
(d) Foreign Bank
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

191. Dr. Manmohan Singh was on a visit to Uzbekistan a few months back where he signed seven Mo Us/Pacts.Who amongst the following signed these Mo Us/ pacts on behalf of Uzbekistan ?
(a) Mr. Islam Karimov
(b) Mr.HamidWazir
(c) Mr. Hassan Wirajuda
(d) SultanBinKasim
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

192. Who amongst the following is the chairperson of the 'National Knowledge Commission' ?
(a) Mr.Sam Pitroda
(b) Dr. Ashok Ganguly
(c) Dr. Jayanti Ghosh
(d) Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

193. The finalof the SultanAzlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2006 was organised recently (18 June 2006) in-
(a) Kualalumpur
(b) Jakarta
(c) Manila
(d) NewDelhi
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

194. Ustad Bismillah Khan who died recently (21 August,2006) was famous-
(a) Classical Dancer
(b) ClassicalSinger
(c) Shehnai Player
(d) Tabla Player
(e) SantoorPlayer
Ans.(c)

195. The two days meeting of the Finance Ministers of G-8 nations was organised recently in (10- 11 June, 2006) __.
(a) St. Petersburg
(b) Berlin
(c) Milan
(d) Moscow
(e) Paris
Ans.(a)

196. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the 'Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award' given away recently (29 Auguty 2006)?
(a) Mahesh Bhupathi
(b) SaniaMirza
(c) RahulDravid
(d) Anju Bobby George
(e) Pankaj Advani
Ans.(e)

197. Who amongst the following won the French Open 2006 Tennis cup held recently (May-June 2006) ?
(a) RogerFederer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Bob Bryan
(d) Vera Zvonareva
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

198. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the 'Sahitya Shiromani Samman' given away recently ?
(a) Javed Akhtar
(b) Gulzar
(d) Malti Joshi
(c) Kamleshwar
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

199. Which of the following is a graphic package ?
(a) Adobe page Maker
(b) Acrobat Reader
(c) Microsoft Word
(d) CorelDraw
(e) None of these
Ans. (d)

200. Hardware that adds few number is _
(a) The conrrol unit
(b) An internal CPU register
(c) Arithmetic logicalunit
(d) Browser
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

201. Which of the following statement is/are True about the integrated Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) equipment ?
(A) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the integrated Anti iubmarine warfare equipment to the Navy.
(B) It has the ability to detect enemy usages while being underwater and also fire torpedoes or missiles.
(C) The cost of this equipment is about Rs. 4 crore's.
(a) Aand B
(b) A and C
(c) B and C
(d) Allare corect
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

202. In which plane is the Brahmos missile fitted ?
(a) Sukhoi-30 MKI
(b) Jaguar
(c) Mirage
(d) Mig-2e
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

203. From which date the wildlife (protection) Amendment Act 2006 has come into effect after the president's approval ?
(a) lst September,2006
(b) 4th September,2006
(c) l5th August,2006
(d) l5th July,2006
(e) 4th June,2006
Ans.(b)

204. At which place would the Indian Navy set up the second naval base?
(a) Visakhapatnam
(b) Mangalor
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Nellore
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

205. How many agreements were signed between India and Brazil during the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Brazil visit ?
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 11
(e) None of these
Ans. (c)

206. Who amongst the following was the head of the Investment commission which submitted its report to the Government of India recently ?
(a) Mr. Ratan Tata
(b) Dr. Rakesh Mohan
(c) Mr.Kurnar Mangalam Birla
(d) Mr.Rahul Bajaj
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

207. As per the report.in the newspapers the old age pension is now raised to which ofthe following amounts from the present Rs.75 ?
(a) Rs.l00
(b) Rs.l50
(c) Rs. l75
(d) Rs.200
(e) Rs.250
Ans.(d)

208. The interest rate at which the RBI lends against the Government Securities is known as :
(a) CRR
(b) SLR
(c) Bank Rate
(d) Repo Rate
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

209. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of an Indian Organisation/agency associated with export of processed food products ?
(a) APEDA
(b) AAPSO
(c) AINEF
(d) AITUC
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

210. Whrich of the following Industries suffered a huge loss of almost Rs. 20 crore per day, due to floods in Gujarat ?
(a) Oil and Natural gas
(b) Information Technology
(c) Textile Industry
(d) Sugarmills
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

211. Which of the following is NOT one of the core and identified under the Bharat Nirman Programme ?
(a) Indignation
(b) Rural electrification
(c) Rural housing
(d) Computer reduction in schools
(e) Drinking water supply
Ans.(d)

212. The Base II Accord for Banking Industry is based on three pillars .Which of the following is/are NOT included in the same ?
(A) Minimum Capital Requirement
(B) Supervisory Review
(C) Market Discipline
(D) Credit Risk
Codes:
(a) Both (A) and (C)
(b) only (D)
(c) (A), (B) and (c)
(d) only (A)
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

213.'Shequel' is the currency of--
(a) Israel
(b) Kenya
(c) Iraq
(d) Iran
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

214. Indian Exports recorded an increase in May 2006. What was the increase in terms of percentage ?
(a) 15 per cent
(b) 20 per cent
(c) 25 per cent
(d) 30 per cent
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

215. Who amongst the following is the first chairman of the newly Constituted National Statistical Commission ?
(a) Prof. Suresh D.Tendulkar
(b) Dr.Ashoklahiri
(c) Dr. Rakesh Mohan
(d) Prof. S. K. Ghosh
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

216. Government of India recently was decided to import wheat at a lower rate of custom duty. The effective rate of the duty was_
(a) l5 percent
(b) l2 percent
(c) l0percent
(d) 5 percent
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

217. As per the reports published recently in the newspapers banks surpassed the target set for farm credit in 2005-2006. How much more credit was given in this sector in terms of percentage ?
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 26
(d) 33
(e) 43
Ans.(e)

218. As per the reports published in the news papers the National Housing Bank (NHB) is planning to launch a Reserve Mortgage scheme specially to held which of the following sections of society ?
(a) People in rural India
(b) Senior Citizens
(c) People living in government accommodations
(d) Women who are sole bread winners
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

219. Which of the following companies has got two contracts to establish two power projects in Afghanistan ?
(a) Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL)
(b) National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC)
(c) National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
(d) Reliance Energy Ltd.
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

220 Government of India recently introduced some measures/ incentives to improve tourism in India. Which of the following is one of these measures ?
(a) Issuance of electronic visa
(b) Free stay for the three days in Government hotels in four metros for business travellers and frequent players
(c) Highly subsidised air travel on metro routes for frequent flyers
(d) Free trip to Agra, Delhi and Jaipur to those coming on educational/study tours
(e) None of these.
Ans.(a)

221. How much amount can the Postal Department invest in revenue generating instruments and/or stock market to reduce its budgetary deficit ? (amount is from its insurance schemes ).
(a) Rs. l,400 Crore
(b) Rs.2,500 Crore
(c) Rs. 4,500 Crore
(d) Rs. 7,400 Crore
(e) Rs. 10,000 Crore
Ans.(e)

222. Plotter are very useful in applications such as
(a) Computer aided design
(b) Word Processing
(c) Financial Accounting
(d) Spell checking
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

223. Employees details is -
(a) a master file for the payroll system
(b) a replica of the monthly pay slip
(c) not related to the payroll system
(d) a transaction file for monthly pay slip
(e) None of these
Ans.(a )

224. A computerized business information system includes -
(a) Hardware
(b) Software
(c) Data facts
(d) All
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

225. Data processing cycle consists of-
(a) Input cycle and output cycle
(b) Output cycle and processing cycle
(c) Input cycle, output cycle and processing cycle
(d) Only input cycle
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)



 SBI-PO 2006 (GENERAL AWARENESS )


176. Why was Fellip Calderon is the news ?
(a) He has been appointed the Secretary General of European Union.
(b) He has been relected the President of Mexico.
(c) He has been awarded the international Astronent of the Year Award by NASA.
(d) He has been relected the Prime Minister of Guyana
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

177. Where was ninth China-European Union summit held ?
(a) Oslo
(b) Sanya
(c) Helsinki
(d) Shanghai
(e) None of these
Ans(c)


178. Crown Prince Cup Basketball' in which lndia won a Bronze Medal was organised recently in-
(a) India
(b) Thailand
(c) China
(d) Japan
(e) Singapore
Ans.(b)

179. 'Jnanpith Award' is given for the excellence in the held of -
(a) Music
(b) Politics
(c) Literature
(d) Sports
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

180. Ozone gets depleted in the Stratosphere due to the presence of:
(a) Active NO3
(b) Active NO2
(c) Active Cl
(d) Active SO2
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

181. Which of the following countries has awarded Congressional Gold Medalto Dalai Lama, Tenzing Gyatso?
(a) Britain
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) USA
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

182. 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) lmran Khan
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

183. Which step is taken first in designing a programme ?
(a) Data validation
(b) Task analysis
(c)Input, design
(d) Problem identification
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

184. The govemment offtces of which country are now become paperless ?
(a) Hollana
(b) Sweden
(c) New Zealand
(d) Estonia
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

185. Who amongst the following is the author of the book The city of Joy ?
(a) Dominique Lapiene
(b) Guentar Grass
(c) Daniel steele
(d) GrahamGreen
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

186. Who amongst the following inagurated the Hanover Technology Trade, 2006 ?
(a) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(b) Dr.P. Chidambaram
(c) Mr. Kamal Nath
(d) Mr, Pranab Mukherjee
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

187 . How many items are dereserved recently from the reserved list of small scale Industries ?
(a) 60
(b) 68
(c) 100
(d) 180
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

188. The Government of India decides the minimum support price of which of the following commodities ?
(a) Sugarcane
(b) Green vegetables
(c) Medicinal Plants
(d) Milk
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

189. The Mid day Meal Scheme is launched by the Union Minister of--
(a) Home Affairs
(b) Social Welfare
(c) Human Resource Development
(d) Rural Development
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

190. The United Western Bank which was recently in news is a
(a) Nationalized Bank
(b) Co-operative Bank
(c) Private Bank
(d) Foreign Bank
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

191. Dr. Manmohan Singh was on a visit to Uzbekistan a few months back where he signed seven Mo Us/Pacts.Who amongst the following signed these Mo Us/ pacts on behalf of Uzbekistan ?
(a) Mr. Islam Karimov
(b) Mr.HamidWazir
(c) Mr. Hassan Wirajuda
(d) SultanBinKasim
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

192. Who amongst the following is the chairperson of the 'National Knowledge Commission' ?
(a) Mr.Sam Pitroda
(b) Dr. Ashok Ganguly
(c) Dr. Jayanti Ghosh
(d) Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

193. The finalof the SultanAzlan Shah Hockey Tournament 2006 was organised recently (18 June 2006) in-
(a) Kualalumpur
(b) Jakarta
(c) Manila
(d) NewDelhi
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

194. Ustad Bismillah Khan who died recently (21 August,2006) was famous-
(a) Classical Dancer
(b) ClassicalSinger
(c) Shehnai Player
(d) Tabla Player
(e) SantoorPlayer
Ans.(c)

195. The two days meeting of the Finance Ministers of G-8 nations was organised recently in (10- 11 June, 2006) __.
(a) St. Petersburg
(b) Berlin
(c) Milan
(d) Moscow
(e) Paris
Ans.(a)

196. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the 'Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award' given away recently (29 Auguty 2006)?
(a) Mahesh Bhupathi
(b) SaniaMirza
(c) RahulDravid
(d) Anju Bobby George
(e) Pankaj Advani
Ans.(e)

197. Who amongst the following won the French Open 2006 Tennis cup held recently (May-June 2006) ?
(a) RogerFederer
(b) Rafael Nadal
(c) Bob Bryan
(d) Vera Zvonareva
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

198. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the 'Sahitya Shiromani Samman' given away recently ?
(a) Javed Akhtar
(b) Gulzar
(d) Malti Joshi
(c) Kamleshwar
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

199. Which of the following is a graphic package ?
(a) Adobe page Maker
(b) Acrobat Reader
(c) Microsoft Word
(d) CorelDraw
(e) None of these
Ans. (d)

200. Hardware that adds few number is _
(a) The conrrol unit
(b) An internal CPU register
(c) Arithmetic logicalunit
(d) Browser
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

201. Which of the following statement is/are True about the integrated Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) equipment ?
(A) The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) handed over the integrated Anti iubmarine warfare equipment to the Navy.
(B) It has the ability to detect enemy usages while being underwater and also fire torpedoes or missiles.
(C) The cost of this equipment is about Rs. 4 crore's.
(a) Aand B
(b) A and C
(c) B and C
(d) Allare corect
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

202. In which plane is the Brahmos missile fitted ?
(a) Sukhoi-30 MKI
(b) Jaguar
(c) Mirage
(d) Mig-2e
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

203. From which date the wildlife (protection) Amendment Act 2006 has come into effect after the president's approval ?
(a) lst September,2006
(b) 4th September,2006
(c) l5th August,2006
(d) l5th July,2006
(e) 4th June,2006
Ans.(b)

204. At which place would the Indian Navy set up the second naval base?
(a) Visakhapatnam
(b) Mangalor
(c) Tuticorin
(d) Nellore
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

205. How many agreements were signed between India and Brazil during the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Brazil visit ?
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 11
(e) None of these
Ans. (c)

206. Who amongst the following was the head of the Investment commission which submitted its report to the Government of India recently ?
(a) Mr. Ratan Tata
(b) Dr. Rakesh Mohan
(c) Mr.Kurnar Mangalam Birla
(d) Mr.Rahul Bajaj
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

207. As per the report.in the newspapers the old age pension is now raised to which ofthe following amounts from the present Rs.75 ?
(a) Rs.l00
(b) Rs.l50
(c) Rs. l75
(d) Rs.200
(e) Rs.250
Ans.(d)

208. The interest rate at which the RBI lends against the Government Securities is known as :
(a) CRR
(b) SLR
(c) Bank Rate
(d) Repo Rate
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

209. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of an Indian Organisation/agency associated with export of processed food products ?
(a) APEDA
(b) AAPSO
(c) AINEF
(d) AITUC
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

210. Whrich of the following Industries suffered a huge loss of almost Rs. 20 crore per day, due to floods in Gujarat ?
(a) Oil and Natural gas
(b) Information Technology
(c) Textile Industry
(d) Sugarmills
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)

211. Which of the following is NOT one of the core and identified under the Bharat Nirman Programme ?
(a) Indignation
(b) Rural electrification
(c) Rural housing
(d) Computer reduction in schools
(e) Drinking water supply
Ans.(d)

212. The Base II Accord for Banking Industry is based on three pillars .Which of the following is/are NOT included in the same ?
(A) Minimum Capital Requirement
(B) Supervisory Review
(C) Market Discipline
(D) Credit Risk
Codes:
(a) Both (A) and (C)
(b) only (D)
(c) (A), (B) and (c)
(d) only (A)
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

213.'Shequel' is the currency of--
(a) Israel
(b) Kenya
(c) Iraq
(d) Iran
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

214. Indian Exports recorded an increase in May 2006. What was the increase in terms of percentage ?
(a) 15 per cent
(b) 20 per cent
(c) 25 per cent
(d) 30 per cent
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

215. Who amongst the following is the first chairman of the newly Constituted National Statistical Commission ?
(a) Prof. Suresh D.Tendulkar
(b) Dr.Ashoklahiri
(c) Dr. Rakesh Mohan
(d) Prof. S. K. Ghosh
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

216. Government of India recently was decided to import wheat at a lower rate of custom duty. The effective rate of the duty was_
(a) l5 percent
(b) l2 percent
(c) l0percent
(d) 5 percent
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

217. As per the reports published recently in the newspapers banks surpassed the target set for farm credit in 2005-2006. How much more credit was given in this sector in terms of percentage ?
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 26
(d) 33
(e) 43
Ans.(e)

218. As per the reports published in the news papers the National Housing Bank (NHB) is planning to launch a Reserve Mortgage scheme specially to held which of the following sections of society ?
(a) People in rural India
(b) Senior Citizens
(c) People living in government accommodations
(d) Women who are sole bread winners
(e) None of these
Ans.(b)

219. Which of the following companies has got two contracts to establish two power projects in Afghanistan ?
(a) Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL)
(b) National Hydro Electric Power Corporation (NHPC)
(c) National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
(d) Reliance Energy Ltd.
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

220 Government of India recently introduced some measures/ incentives to improve tourism in India. Which of the following is one of these measures ?
(a) Issuance of electronic visa
(b) Free stay for the three days in Government hotels in four metros for business travellers and frequent players
(c) Highly subsidised air travel on metro routes for frequent flyers
(d) Free trip to Agra, Delhi and Jaipur to those coming on educational/study tours
(e) None of these.
Ans.(a)

221. How much amount can the Postal Department invest in revenue generating instruments and/or stock market to reduce its budgetary deficit ? (amount is from its insurance schemes ).
(a) Rs. l,400 Crore
(b) Rs.2,500 Crore
(c) Rs. 4,500 Crore
(d) Rs. 7,400 Crore
(e) Rs. 10,000 Crore
Ans.(e)

222. Plotter are very useful in applications such as
(a) Computer aided design
(b) Word Processing
(c) Financial Accounting
(d) Spell checking
(e) None of these
Ans.(a)

223. Employees details is -
(a) a master file for the payroll system
(b) a replica of the monthly pay slip
(c) not related to the payroll system
(d) a transaction file for monthly pay slip
(e) None of these
Ans.(a )

224. A computerized business information system includes -
(a) Hardware
(b) Software
(c) Data facts
(d) All
(e) None of these
Ans.(d)

225. Data processing cycle consists of-
(a) Input cycle and output cycle
(b) Output cycle and processing cycle
(c) Input cycle, output cycle and processing cycle
(d) Only input cycle
(e) None of these
Ans.(c)


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