State Bank Of India Examination Solved Papers : SBI PO Model Questions with Answers

State Bank Of India Examination Solved Papers

SBI Probationary Officers General Awareness Questions

1. Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the bank ?

• Railways
• State Road Transpots
• Post and Telegraph
• Ministry of Health
• None of these

2.Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as "investor production fund" ?

• SEBI
• NABARD
• Bombay stock exchange
• AMFI
• (E)None of these

3.Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?

• Mr. M.V.Kamath
• Mr. Y.V.Reddy
• Mr. N.R.Narayanmurthy
• Mr.O.P.Bhatt
• (E)None of these

4. Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?

• Money lenders
• Foreign Bankers
• NABARD
• RBI
• None of these

5. india has different categories of commercial banks.Which of the following is NOT one such categories ?

• Private Banks
• Commodities Banks
• Nationalized Banks
• Cooperative Banks
• Foreign Banks

6.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?
1.Foreign Banks
2.Regional Rural Banks
3.Nationalized Banks

• Only1
• Only 2
• Only 3
• All 1,2and 3
• None of these

7. Which of the following countries does not play International Cricket ?

• Russia
• England
• South Africa
• Pakistan
• India

8. The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from the which of the following sources ? Choose up the correct Statement(s)
1.Loan from World Bank/ADB etc
2.Taxws collected from the people
3.Loan from the RBI

• Only 1
• Only 2
• Only 3
• Both 1 and 2
• All 1,2 and 3

9. The Securities and Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through ‘P Notes'. What is the full form of ‘P Notes' ?

• Permanent Notes
• Perchase Notes
• Participatory-Notes
• Private Notes
• None of these

10. Who amongst the following was the captain of the India cricket team who won the Twenty-20 World Cup-2007 ?

• Yuvraj Singh
• M.S.Dhoni
• Rahul Dravid
• Saurav Ganguly
• None of these

11. Many times we read in financial news paper about 'FII'.What is the full form of 'FII'?

• Final Investment in India
• Foreign Investment in India
• Formal Investment in India
• Fair Institutional Investment
• Foreign Institutional Investment

12. Benazir Bhutto Is associated with which of the following parties

• Muslim League
• Pakistan Peoples Party
• Pakistan National Congress
• Islamic Movement of Pakistan
• None of these

13. One of the former prime ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her returns from a long exile ?

• Germany
• France
• Pakistan
• Brazil
• None of these

14. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Isarael and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Isarael and palestinian problem can be worked out ?

• George Bush
• Al Gore
• Bill Clinton
• Condeleeza Rice
• None of these

15. Justine Henin Won the women's singles US Open Tennis Championship-2007 After defeating -

• Swetlana Kuznetsova
• Sania Mirza
• Dinara Safina
• Mathalie Dechy
• None of these

16. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stopped distributing food in Mogadishu Town after its local head was abducted by the Govt. soldiers of the country.Mogadishu is the capital town of-

• Tanzania
• Turkey
• Cuba
• Libya
• Somalia

17. The financial markets of the which of the following countries were badly affected by sub-prime crisis ?

• Russia
• Brazil
• UK
• USA
• (E)None of these

18. which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ?

• USA
• Bangladesh
• Russia
• India
• None of these

19. which of the following countries is NOT happy with the USA's decision to award a congressional Medal to Dalai Lama of Tibet ?

• India
• Pakistan
• Nepal
• Myanmar
• China

20. which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killed people from that country ?

• India
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh
• Turkey

21. Dr. Mnamohan SAingh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA ?

• Suply of sugar
• Civilian nuclear Co-operation
• Purchase of fighter planes
• Purchase of Gas / Petroleum
• None of these

22. which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the transport ,electricity and gas companies as the present govt. of the country has decided to end the pension to these workerss ?

• USA
• France
• China
• Nepal
• None of these

23. Who amongst the following is the Secretary General Of UNO ?

• Al Gore
• Shashi Tharoor
• Gordon Drown
• Hugo Chavez
• None of these

24. The “Orange Coalition Govt" was formed once again in which of the following countries ?

• Russia
• Ukraine
• France
• Germany
• None of these

25. which of the following countries is NOT elected by the the UN general assembly on the non-payment seats of UN security council w.e.f. January 2008 ?

• Libya
• Vietnam
• Croatia
• Costa Rica
• Pakistan

26. The Govt. of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market ?

• Steel
• Chemical Fertilizer
• Pharma Products
• Electronic Goods
• None of these

27. India Launched which of the following Satellites in September 2007 ?

• EDUSAT
• MATSAT
• CROSAT-IIB
• INSAT-4CR
• None of these

28. As per the recent agreement between India and one of other country the iNdia Rupee can be easily swapped with -

• Tak
• Rial
• Kyat
• Yen
• Rubbel

29. India won the ONGC Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating-

• Syria
• Pakistan
• Britain
• France
• None of these

30. Abdullah Gul's name was in news recently as he he has taken over as the president of -

• Turkey
• Sudan
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• None of these

31. Hem Dutta who was honored by the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is famous-

• Author
• Social Activist
• Player
• Film Producer
• Scientist

32. Who amongst the following is selected for Basawa Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Government ?

• Dr. Manmohan Singh
• A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
• Sonia Gandhi
• Pratibha Patil
• None of these

33. Asia Pacific Economic Business meet was organized in September 2007 in -
New Delhi

• Beijing
• Tokyo
• London
• Sydney

34. The World Athletics Championship-2007 was organized in -

• Beijing
• New Delhi
• Osaka
• Dhaka
• London

35. Who amongst the following was the captain of the Indian Hockey Team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ?

• Baichung Bhutia
• Dilip Tirkey
• Pnkaj Adwani
• Manavjeet Singh Sandhu
• None of these

36. Which of the following is a Public Sector Unit ?

• TCS
• ICICI Bank
• TESCO
• BHEL
• All of these

37. India's foreign exchange reserve declined sharply in recent past.What was the main reason for the same ?

• Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
• Import of Wheat from Pakistan and S.Korea
• Appreciation of Rupee Value
• Instability in coalition Govt. in centre
• None of these

38. Sinzo Abe who was on visit to India in recent past is the -

• Prime Minister of South Korea
• Prime Minister of North Korea
• Prime Minister of Japan
• President of South Korea
• None of these

39. Asafa Powel who created a new world record in 100 metres race is a citizen of -

• Jamaica
• South Africa
• India
• USA
• south Korea

40. Who amongst the following got third position in long Jump event of the Bayer International Athletics held in Germany in 2007 ?

• Shiny Wilson
• Anju Bobby George
• Neha Sanwal
• Prajakta Sawant
• None of these

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State Bank Of India Examination : State Bank Of India Examination

State Bank Of India Examination
Probationary Officer General Awareness Questions

Q.1.On 7th May 2008, Agni-I was test-fired. It was

• Ballistic Missile 
• Surface to air missile 
• Land to sea missile
• Air to air missile 

Q.2.Which of the following High Courts has recently quashed the merit list issued in 2006 and 2007 by the center and the UPSC

• Bhopal High Court
• Rajasthan High Court
• Madras High Court
• Guwahati High Court

Q.3.Recently the Acronym START came into News. START stands for

• Strategic Association for Restructuring Trade
• Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
• System Tracking and Reprocessing Team
• None of the above

Q.4.People Democratic Party emerged second largest party with 33·01% in elections held in

• Bhutan
• Nepal
• Zimbabwe
• Italy

Q.5.According to the World Conservation Union Report, the number of plant species in India listed as threatened is

• 247 plant species
• 250 plant species
• 275 plant species
• 255 plant species

Q.6.Which of the following states passed a Bill in March 2008, amending the Registration Act 1908 to prohibit foreigners from buying land in the state

• Kerala
• Andhra Pradesh
• Goa
• Maharashtra

Q.7.The renowned scientist John Wheeler who died in April 2008, was originally hailed from

• Australia
• U.S.A.
• Finland
• Britain

Q.8.Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2007

• Bill Gates
• Nelson Mandela
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• Arthur C. Clarke

Q.9.The 2008 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize awarded to

• Lydia Cacho Ribeiro
• Anna Politkovskaya
• May Chidiac
• U Win Tin

Q.10.Which of the following Indian players has not completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket

• Rahul Dravid
• Sachin Tendulkar
• Sunil Gavaskar
• Virendra Sehwag

Q.11.On March 26, 2008, NASA space shuttle which returned safely to Earth after completing 16 day mission to International Space Station was

• Discovery
• Endeavour
• Columbia
• None of the above

Q.12.Jules Verne is European

• Space shuttle
• Missile shield system
• Biggest spacecraft
• Mission to Antarctica

Q.13.India's National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country's first

• Dirrohoea map
• Malarial map
• Bird flu map
• Cancer map

Q.14.˜The World Is What It Is is the biography of

• V. S. Naipal
• Khushwant Singh
• Amrita Preetam
• A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

Q.15.According to a World Bank Report India got remittances in 2007 worth

• $ 30 billion
• $ 35 billion
• $ 25 billion
• $ 27 billion

Q.16.The Summit of NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY) was held in April in

• Romania
• Morocco
• Pakistan
• Indonesia

Q.17.According to latest WHO report the number of estimated TB cases found every year in India is

• 2·2 million
• 1·9 million
• 1·5 million
• 1·7 million

Q.18.Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover from

• Hyundai
• Maruti Suzuki
• Ford Motor
• None of the above

Q.19.According to a survey, the country which has the highest number of internet users is

• U.S.A.
• China
• Japan
• Germany

Q.20.Which country has won the Women's Asia Cup Cricket 2008 which was held in Colombo in the month of May 2008 ?

• Brisbane
• Melbourne
• Sydney
• Perth

Q.21.According to Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed by C. Rangrajan the economic growth rate for 2008-09 will remain at

• 8%
• 8·5%
• 9%
• 8·9%

Q.22.The Spritzer Architecture Prize has been won by

• Bill Gates Foundation
• William Harvey
• Jea Nouvel
• None of the above

Q.23.Which of the following cricket player has been banned for violating the players code of conduct by PCB ?

• Danish Kaneria
• Shoaib Malik
• Mohammad Yousuf
• Shoaib Akhtar

Q.24.The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has now been extended to
all 604 districts of the country with a total budget outlay of

• 18000 crore
• 16000 crore
• 15000 crore
• 14000 crore

Q.25.Inflation which soared above 7% in the month of April is measured by

• Consumer Price Index
• Retail Price Index
• Whole Sale Price Index
• Industrial Price Index

Q.26.The winner of Bahrain Grand Prix is

• Lewis Hamilton
• Kartikeyan
• Felipe Massa
• Robert Kubica

Q.27.The winner of Miss India Earth 2008 is

• Tanvi Vyas
• Suman Kaur
• Rashmi Sehgal
• Rani Sharma

Q.28.In face of rising prices, Central Government has decided to set strategic Reserve of food grains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve is

• 10 million tonnes
• 7 million tonnes
• 6 million tonnes
• 5 million tonnes

Q.29.Which of following newspapers/magazines won six Pulitzer prizes

• The New York Times
• The Times Magazine
• The Washington Post
• The Guardian

Q.30.Leftism in India, 1917-1947 is a book written by

• S. R. Chaudhuri
• K. Kanwar
• R. Nagaswamy
• Sudipto Chatterjee

Q.31.Recently President Pratibha Patil visited three countries. Which of the following was not the part of her trip

• Argentina
• Chile
• Mexico
• Brazil

Q.32.GJM stands for

• General Justice Movement
• Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
• Gorkhaland Janshakti Morcha
• Gorkha Janjagriti Morcha

Q.33.The elections of which of the following countries were marred by controversy

• Italy
• Spain
• Zimbabwe
• Nepal

Q.34.Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to

• SCs
• STs
• OBC
• Minorities OBC

Q.35.At which of the following places have the remains of early human history been found in excavation

• Chittorgarh
• Bhavnagar
• Kolkata
• Karaikal

Q.36.Salwa Judum is

• Terrorist organization
• A branch of naxalite
• Name of a police force
• An anti naxalite movement

Q.37.When was Nepal declared a Secular Nation

• in 2005
• in 2007
• in 2008
• in 2006

Q.38.The Director General of UN Food and Agriculture Organization of present is

• Jacques Diouf
• Kundekeh K. Yumkella
• Jammel Al Hiyilan
• Michael Griffin

Q.39.According to a research, stem cells from skin can treat

• Alzhumer
• Schizophrenia
• Parkinsons disease
• None of the above

Q.40.When did the Olympic torch relay begin ?

• in 1950
• in 1952
• in 1953
• in 1963

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State Bank Of India Examination SBI Probationary Officers General Awareness Model Question

State Bank Of India Examination

SBI Probationary Officers

General Awareness Model Question

1.Who amongst the following cricketers became the ninth Indian to claim 150 or more wickets?

• A.Kumble
• A.Agarkar
• S.Tendulkar
• Harbhajan Singh
• None of these

2. Who amongst the following returned to earth after a lomg 195 days stay in space ?

• Angei Brewer
• Mike Leinbach
• Shruti Vadera
• Sunita Williams
• None of these

3. Japan PM shinzo Abe came to office last year with huge support in his favour. But since last few months he is facing problems in his political survival. Which ofthe following actions taken by him does / do not enjoy support of the people of Japan (Pick up the correct statement) ?
1. Decision to postpone parliament elections.
2. Falling to control inflation which has gone to the level of 12% an unusual phenomenon in the history of Japan .
3. Decision to allow USA to make an army Base in some of its Islands where USA will have its nuclear war-heads

• Only 2
• Only 1
• Both 1 and 2
• Only 3
• All 1, 2 and 3

4. European leaders agree on traty was the news in leading news paper in recent past .Which of the following was the treaty on which leadres were of diverse views (Pick up the correct statement) ?
1. The treaty was to make the EURO money a universal currency for all financial / monetary
transaction done by all the member countries w.e.f. April 2009.
2. Treaty was to defunct constitution of the European Union by a new one.
3. Poland one of the newest members of the union was threatening to use its veto power if any change is done in the present set up of the organization.

• only 1
• only 2
• only 3
• Both 1 and 2
• Both 2 and 3

5. “Rajpaksha threatens to resolve Lanka parliament” was the news in leading newspaper a few days back . Which of the following was the reason owing to which president threatens to take a drastic step ? (pick up the correct statements).
1. A number of MPs from Sri Lanka Freedom party defecting to join another party launched by another group of politicians.
2. A group of politicians under the leadership of former president Chandrika Kumartunga demanding the postponement of elctions for the post of president due in the month of November 2007 so that Chandrika can came back from exile and contest for the same.
3. Rajapaksha wants general public and also MPs to support his formula on peace with LTTE which is not acceptable to most of the MPs.

• All 1,2 and 3
• Only 2
• Only 3
• Both 1 and 2
• Only 1

6. Madhesi national liberation front (MNLF) is an organixation active in which of the following countries ?

• Pakistan
• Myanmar
• Uganda
• Iran
• Nepal

7. As per the Economic survey 2006-07 the food grain production may not touch the target fixed for the year. What is the atrget of the same set for the period?

• 100 million tonnes
• 220 million tonnes
• 175 million tonnes
• 250 million tonnes
• 320 million tonnes

8. Which of the following sector banks brought its equity share (follow on public issue) for the price was set as Rs. 940 per equity ?

• ICICI Bank
• Karnataka Bank
• UTI Bank
• HDFC Bank
• None of these

9. Prime minister of India recently unveiled an agricultural package during his visit to 53rd meeting of the National Development Concil. What is the size of the package

• Rs. 10,000 Crores
• Rs. 1s,000 Crores
• Rs. 20,000 Crores
• Rs. 25,000 Crores
• Rs. 30,000 Crores

10. Which of the following States achieved 100% financial inclusion (each and every family in the state has atleast one bank account). ?

• Delhi
• Maharashtra
• West Bengal
• Kerala
• None of these

11.Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the bank ?

• Railways
• State Road Transpots
• Post and Telegraph
• Ministry of Health
• None of these

12.Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as ” investor production fund” ?

• SEBI
• NABARD
• Bombay stock exchange
• AMFI
• (E)None of these

13.Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?

• Mr. M.V.Kamath
• Mr. Y.V.Reddy
• Mr. N.R.Narayanmurthy
• Mr.O.P.Bhatt
• (E)None of these

14. Mjority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?

• Money lenders
• Foreign Bankers
• NABARD
• RBI
• None of these

15. India has different categories of commercial banks.Which of the following is NOT one such categories ?

• Private Banks
• Commodities Banks
• Nationalized Banks
• Cooperative Banks
• Foreign Banks

16.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?
(1) Foreign Banks
(2) Regional Rural Banks
(3) Nationalized Banks

• Only i
• Only 2
• Only 3
• All 1,2and 3
• None of these

17. Which of the following countries does not play International Cricket ?

• Russia
• England
• South Africa
• Pakistan
• India

18. The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from the which of the following sources ? Choose up the correct Statement(s)
(1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc
(2) Taxws collected from the people
(3) Loan from the RBI

• Only 1
• Only 2
• Only 3
• Both 1 and 2
• All 1,2 and 3

19. The Securities and Exchange Board Of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through ‘P Notes’. What is the full form of ‘P Notes’ ?

• Permanent Notes
• Perchase Notes
• Participatory-Notes
• Private Notes
• None of these

20. Who amongst the following was the captain of the India cricket team who won thw Twenty-20 World Cup-2007 ?

• Yuvraj Singh
• M.S.Dhoni
• Rahul Dravid
• Saurav Ganguly
• None of these

21. Mnay times we read in financial news paper about ‘FII’.What is the full form of ‘FII’?

• Final Investment in India
• Foreign Investment in India
• Formal Investment in India
• Fair Institutional Investment
• Foreign Institutional Investment

22. Benazir Bhutto Is associated with which of the following parties

• Muslim League
• Pakistan Peoples Party
• Pakistan National Congress
• Islamic Movement of Pakistan
• None of these

23. One of the former prime ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her returns from a long exile ?

• Germany
• France
• Pakistan
• Brazil
• None of these

24. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be worked out ?

• George Bush
• Al Gore
• Bill Clinton
• Condeleeza Rice
• None of these

25. Justine Henin Won the women’s singles US Open Tennis Championship-2007 After defeating -

• Swetlana Kuznetsova
• Sania Mirza
• Dinara Safina
• Mathalie Dechy
• None of these

26. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stoped distributing food in Mogadishu Town after its local head was abducted by the Govt. soldiers of the country.Mogadishu is the capital town of-

• Tanzania
• Turkey
• Cuba
• Libya
• Somalia

27. The financial markets of the which of the following countries were badly affected by sub-prime crisis ?

• Russia
• Brazil
• UK
• USA
• (E)None of these

28. which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ?

• USA
• Bangladesh
• Russia
• India
• None of these

29. which of the following countries is NOT happy with the USA’s decision to award a congressional Medal to Dalai Lama Of Tibet ?

• India
• Pakistan
• Nepal
• Myanmar
• China

30. which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killed people from that country ?

• India
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• Bangladesh
• Turkey

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