IBPS Inquiry

SBI ASSOCIATES PO Previous Question Date – 07.08.2011

1.A major Public Sector Bank raised interest rates on loans by 25 basis points – was news in some major financial newspapers recently. This means bank has raised interest by 25 basis points of ___
1) savings bank interest rate
2) base lending rate
3) repo rates
4) present rates on deposits
5) discounted rates of interest
Ans – 2

2.The Finance Minister of India in one of his press conferences said that inflationary pressure is likely to continue following recent increase in rates of some commodities in international markets.Which of the following commodities was he referring to as it gets frequent increase at international levels and disturbs our Home Economy substantially?
1) Gold and silver
2) petroleum products
3) tea and coffee
4) sugar
5) jute and jute products
Ans – 2

3.Which of the following is / are commodity / is on which subsidy is given to farmers / poor in India?
A) Fertilizer   B) Kerosene  C) LPG
1) only A 2) only B 3) only C 4) only A&C 5) All A,B &C
Ans – 5

4.‘Bhagyam Oilfields’ which were recently in news are located in which of the following states in India?
1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Assam
4) Maharashtra
5) Karnataka
Ans-1

5.Which amongst the following countries is NOT a member of the TAPI pipe line project, which was in news recently?
1) India
2) Afghanistan
3) portugal
4) Pakistan
5) Turkmenistan
Ans – 3

6.An agreement on Arms Reduction popularly known as ‘START’ is one of the major issues in the way of smooth relations between which of the following two countries?
1) India – Pakistan
2) India – China
3) Chine – Japan
4) USA – russia
5) Russia – Iran
Ans – 4

7.The international WWW conference – 2011 was organized in which of the following places in March 2011?
1) London
2) Paris
3) Vienna
4) Manila
5) Hyderabad
Ans – 5

8.Which of the following international agencies / organizations had initiated an “international conversion for the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance” , which came into effect recently?
1) World Health Organisation (WHO)
2) International court of Justice
3) International Maritime Organisation
4) International Atomic Energy Agency
5) United Nations Organisation
Ans- 5

9.‘BRIC’ which was the organisation of 4 nations namely Brazil, Russia, India and China has now become ‘BRICS’. Which is the fifth nation included in it?
1) South Korea
2) Sri Lanka
3) Singapore
4) Spain
5) South Africa
Ans – 5

10.The process of acquisition of agricultural land and its compensation to farmers recently came up as a major issue in which of the following states? (it also created law and order problem in the state)
1) Haryana
2) Gujarat
3) Uttar Pradesh
4) Rajasthan
5) Punjab
Ans – 3

11.BPPIc which was in news recently is a major international company in field of __
1) heavy machinery
2) oil exploration & processing
3) atomic energy
4) information technology
5) none of these
Ans – 2

12.Who amongst the following has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian Cricket team for a period of two years?
1) Stuart Law
2) Allan Border
3) Gary Kirsten
4) Duncan Fletcher
5) Allan Donald
Ans- 4

13.Why was Kanishtha Dhankhar’s name in news recently?
1) she was crowned Femina Miss India – 2011
2) she was adjudged best actress – 2010 by film fare
3) she is the new captian of India’s woman cricket team
4) she is the new Dy.minister textile inplace of Dayanidhi Maran
5) none of these
Ans- 1

14.K.Balachandar, who was awarded prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award – 2010, is basically a / an ___
1) actor
2) director
3) photographer
4) music director
5) choreographer
Ans – 2

15.Which of the following space agencies recently launched three satellites and placed them into Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit successfully?
1) NASA
2) ROSCOSMOS
3) ensa
4) ISRO
5) JAXA
Ans – 4

16.Union Cabinet recently passed a Rs.7000 crore project to clean up which of the following rivers in India?
1) Narmada
2) Ravi
3) Ganga
4) Chambal
5) Krishna
Ans – 3

17.As per estimates of the Planning Commissionof India the target growth rate of 12th Five Year Plan is set to __
1) 7 to 8%
2) 8.0 to 8.5%
3) 9 to 9.5%
4) 10 to 10.5%
5) 11%
Ans- 3

18.Goodluck Jonathan was recently reelected the President of ___
1) South Africa
2) Nigeria
3) Kosovo
4) Haiti
5) none of these
Ans-2

19.Which of the following schemes is NOT launched by the Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India?
1) National Old Age Pension Scheme
2) National Maternity Benefit Scheme
3) National Family Benefit Scheme
4) Mid-Day Meal Scheme
5) All are launched by Ministry of Rural Development
Ans-5