Reserve Bank Of India RBI Examination General Awareness Sample Questions

Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) Group “B” Officer

General Awareness Sample Paper

1. Fascism believes in

• Peaceful change
• Force
• Tolerance
• Basic Rights for the individual

2. Which is the most essential function of an entrepreneur?

• Supervision
• Management
• Marketing
• Risk bearing

3. Knowledge, technical skill, education ‘etc.’ in economics, are regarded as

• social-overhead capital.
• human capital.
• tangible physical capital.
• working capital.

4. What is the range of Agni III, the long-range ballistic missile, test-fired by India recently?

• 2,250 km
• 3,500 km
• 5,000 km
• 1,000 km

5. Nathu Laa, a place where India-China border trade has been resumed after 44 years, is located on the Indian border in

• Sikkim.
• Arunachal Pradesh.
• Himachal Pradesh
• Jammu and Kashmir.

6. M. Damodaran is the

• Chairman, Unit Trust of India.
• Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
• Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India.
• Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India.

7. What is the name of the Light Combat Aircraft developed by India indigenously?

• BrahMos
• Chetak
• Astra
• Tejas

8. Who is the Prime Minister of Great Britain?

• Tony Blair
• Jack Straw
• Robin Cook
• Gordon Brown.

9. The 2010 World Cup Football Tournament will be held in

• France.
• China.
• Germany.
• South Africa.

10. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India?

• Navin Chawla
• N.Gopalswamy
• T.S.krishnamoorty
• B.B.Tandon

11. The title of the book recently written by Jaswant Singh, former Minister of External Affair, is

• A call of Honour – In the Service of Emergent Inida
• Whither Secular India?
• Ayodhya and Aftermath
• Shining India and BJP.

12. What was the original name of “Nurjahan”?

• Jabunnisa
• Fatima Begum
• Mehrunnisa
• Jahanara

13. Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

• Lord Dallhousie- Doctrine of Lapse
• Lord Minto- Indian Councils Act, 1909
• Lord Wellesley- Subsidiary Alliance
• Lord Curzon- Vernacular Press Act, 1878

14. The province of Bengal was partitioned into two parts in 1905 by

• Lord Lytton.
• Lord Ripon.
• Lord Dufferin.
• Lord Curzon.

15. The essential features of the Indus Valley Civilization was

• worship of forces of nature.
• organized city life.
• pastoral farming.
• caste society.

16. Name the capital of Pallavas.

• Kanchi.
• Vattapi.
• Trichnapalli.
• Mahabalipuram.

17. The Home Rule League was started by

• M.K.Gandhi
• B.G.Tilak
• Ranade
• K.T.Telang

18. The Simon Commission was boycotted by the Indians because

• it sought tocurb civil liberties.
• it proposed to partition India.
• it was an all-white commission Indian representation.
• it proposed measures for nationalism.

19. Storm of gases are visible in the chamber of the Sun during

• Cyclones
• Anti-cyclones
• Lunar-eclipse
• Solar eclipse.

20. The Indian Councils Act of 1990 is associated with

• The Montagu Decleration.
• The Montagu- Chelmsford Reforms.
• The Morley-Minto Reforms.
• The Rowlatt Act.

21. The age of tree can be determined more or less accurately by

• counting the number of branches.
• measuring the height ,of the tree.
• measuring the diameter of the trunk.
• counting the number of rings in the trunk.

22. Of all micro-organisms, the most adaptable and versatile are

• Viruses
• Bacteria
• Algae 
• Fungi

23. What is an endoscope?

• It is an optical instrument used to see inside the alimentary canal
• it is device which is fitted on the chest of the patient to regularize the irregular heart beats
• It is an instrument used for examining ear disorders
• It is an instrument for recording electrical signals produced by the human muscles.

24. The disease in which the sugar level increase is known as

• Diabetes mellitus
• Diabetes insipidus
• Diabetes imperfectus
• Diabetes sugarensis

25. The President of India is elected by

• members of both Houses of the Parliament.
• members of both houses of Parliament of State Legislatures.
• members of both Houses of the State Legislative Assemblies.
• Elected members of both Houses of the Parliament and members of Legislative Assemblies.

26. The nitrogen present in the atmosphere is

• of no use to plants.
• injurious of plants.
• directly utilized by plants.
• utilized through micro-organisms.

27. Diamond and Graphite are

• allotropes
• isomorphous
• isomers
• isobars

28. Kayak is kind of

• tribal tool.
• boat.
• ship.
• weapon.

29. Which of the following has the highest calorific value?

• Carbohydrates
• fats
• Proteins
• Vitamins.

30. Rotation of crops means

• growing of different crops in succession to maintain soil fertility.
• some crops are growing again and again.
• two or more crops are grown simultaneously to increase productivity.
• None of these.

31. Suez Canal connects

• Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean.
• Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
• Lake Huron and Lake Erie.
• Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.

32. Which of the following ports has the largest hinterland?

• Kandla
• Kochi
• Mumbai
• Vishkhapatnam.

33. “Slash and Burn agriculture” is the name given to

• method of potato cultivation.
• process of deforestation.
• mixed framing.
• shifting cultivation.

34. The main reason for deforestation in Asia is

• excessive fuel wood collection.
• excessive soil erosion.
• floods.
• construction of roads.

35. Recharging of water table depends on

• amount of rainfall.
• relief of the area.
• vegetation of the area.
• amount of percolation.