General Socio-Economic and Banking Awareness For Bank Probationary Officers Exam

General Socio-Economic & Banking Awareness For Bank Probationary

Officers Exam

1. India recently proposed with which of the following countries to develop
solar city ?

(A) Russia

(B) Japan

(C) U.S.A.

(D) Poland

2. Which of the following has been brought within the ambit of the Right to
Information by the recent Delhi High Court Verdict?

(A) President of India

(B) Prime Minister of India

(C) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

(D) None of the above

3. The Jawahar Lal National Solar Mission recently launched by Prime Minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh aims at generating/adding 20,000 Megawatt of power by—

(A) 2015

(B) 2022

(C) 2018

(D) 2021

4. The full form of BVRAAM is—

(A) Beyond Visual Range Airto- Air Missile

(B) Beyond Visionary Resistence Air-to-Air Machine

(C) Beyond Vision Random Airto- Air Missile

(D) None of the above

5. As per a recent survey, which of the following Indian Institutes of
Technology has been ranked on

the top ?

(A) IIT Kanpur

(B) IIT Madras

(C) IIT Kharagpur

(D) IIT Hyderabad

6. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) recently approved the
setting up in the country of—

(A) 375 Model Colleges

(B) 374 Model Colleges

(C) 372 Model Colleges

(D) 380 Model Colleges

7. As per the New York Times recently conducted survey the fourth best
destination in the list of 31 places to go in 2010 is—

(A) Mumbai

(B) Mysore

(C) Agra

(D) Lucknow

8. Mohd. Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak is the Prime Minister of—

(A) Indonesia

(B) Malaysia

(C) Sudan

(D) Egypt

9. Recently ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) tested successfully its
most powerful rocket motor. It was—

(A) S-500

(B) S-200

(C) S-700

(D) S-300

10. Lee Myung-bak is the President of—

(A) South Korea

(B) Singapore

(C) Hong Kong

(D) North Korea

11. India recently celebrated its—

(A) 60th Republic Day

(B) 61st Republic Day

(C) 59th Republic Day

(D) None of the above

12. Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) recently signed
a Memorandum of Understanding with—

(A) China

(B) Japan

(C) Mongolia

(D) None of the above

13. The high level panel formed in Nepal to push Peace Process in Nepal is
headed by—

(A) Pushpa Kumar Dahal

(B) Girija Prasad Koirala

(C) Jalanath Khanal

(D) None of the above

14. Sebastian Pinera has been elected the President on January 17, 2010 of which
one of the following South American Countries ?

(A) Chile

(B) Ecuador

(C) Venezuela

(D) Peru

15. Protocol 14 which recently came into news is related to—

(A) UN sanction against Iran

(B) European Human Rights

Convention

(C) UN initiative on climate

change control

(D) None of the above

16. China has recorded growht for 2009—

(A) 8·5% (B) 9·2%

(C) 8·7% (D) 7·5%

17. World Economic Forum Meeting this year was held in—

(A) Geneva (B) Davos

(C) London (D) Paris

18. World Social Forum Meeting in January 2010 was held in—

(A) Mexico

(B) Mumbai

(C) Porto Alegre

(D) Doha

19. On January 28, 2010, five persons for the murder of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
were executed Mujibur Rahman was the first President of—

(A) Afghanistan

(B) Maldives

(C) Pakistan

(D) Bangladesh

20. Which of the following states has recently signed three agreements with
World Bank ?

(A) Orissa

(B) Andhra Pradesh

(C) Karnataka

(D) Kerala

21. Which of the following recently acquired Chocolate Bar-maker Cadbury ?

(A) Tata Industries

(B) Kraft Foods

(C) Reliance

(D) Convergys

22. Which of the following States/ UTs recently approved its new industrial
policy ?

(A) Delhi

(B) Puducherry

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Madhya Pradesh

23. SAARC International University is being set up at—

(A) Kathmandu

(B) Delhi

(C) Dhaka

(D) Colombo

24. The new National Security Advisor (NSA) is—

(A) J. N. Dixit

(B) M. K. Narayan

(C) Shiv Shankar Menon

(D) V. K. Singh

25. Who among the following is not

correctly matched ?

Governor State

(A) K. Sankarnarayanan — Maharashtra

(B) Shivraj Patil — Jharkhand

(C) E. S. L. Narsimhan — Andhra Pradesh

(D) Urmila Singh — Himachal Pradesh

26. V. K. Singh is the new Chief of—

(A) Army Staff

(B) Air Force

(C) Navy

(D) None of the above

27. The new Prasar Bharti Chief is—

(A) Urmila Singh

(B) Mrinal Pande

(C) Prabha Rao

(D) Shiv Shankar Menon

28. Reena Kaushal is the first Indian woman to reach—

(A) South Pole

(B) North Pole

(C) Mt. Everest

(D) None of the above

29. The 2008 Dada Saheb Phalke Award has been conferred on—

(A) Dilip Kumar

(B) Dev Anand

(C) V. K. Murthy

(D) None of the above

30. As per 56th National Awards recently announced, the best feature film is—

(A) A Wednesday

(B) Antaheen

(C) Oye Lucky

(D) Aai Kot Nai

31. As per 56th National Film Awards for 2008, which of the following is
incorrectly matched?

Awardee Award

(A) Bala — Best Director

(B) Arjun Rampal — Best Supporting Actor

(C) Upendra Limye — Best Actor

(D) Shreya Ghoshal — Best Supporting Actress

32. Who has won the Best Actress Award under 56th National Film Awards for 2008
?

(A) Rekha

(B) Priyanka Chopra

(C) Kangana Ranaut

(D) Kareena Kapur

33. Who among the following has not been given Padma Vibhushan Award the second
highest

civilian award of India this year ?

(A) Zohra Sehgal

(B) Prathap C. Reddy

(C) Umalayapuram Shivaraman

(D) Amir Khan

34. Antarctica recently had its first—

(A) Biggest wind farm

(B) Solar power project

(C) Observatory

(D) None of the above

35. Port-Au-Prince is the capital of—

(A) Jamaica

(B) Haiti

(C) Venezuela

(D) None of the above

36. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on—

(A) March 20 (B) March 15

(C) March 22 (D) March 23

37. The winner of Ranji Trophy this year is—

(A) Goa

(B) Mumbai

(C) Punjab

(D) West Bengal

38. The winner (men’s category) in Mumbai Marathon is—

(A) Siraj Gena

(B) Denis Ndiso

(C) Both (A) and (B)

(D) None of the above

39. The runner up in Australian Open Tennis Championship for 2010 (women’s
singles) is—

(A) Serena Williams

(B) Venus Williams

(C) Justine Henin

(D) None of the above

40. Which of the following won the National Volleyball Championship ?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Punjab

(C) Karnataka

(D) Kerala

Answers with Hints

1. (B) A Japanese delegation led by Japan’s Internal Affairs and Communications
Kazuhiro Hargguchi on January 6, 2010 met the Union Minister for New and
Renewable Energy Farooq Abdullah and decided to jointly develop a solar city in
India.

2. (C) 3. (B)

4. (A) India on January 11, 2010 successfully carried out two ballistic flight
tests of Astra, Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) from the
Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore, Orissa.

5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (B)

8. (B) Malaysian Prime Minister Mohd. Najib bin Tun Abdul Razak was on a five
day visit to India during January 2010.

9. (B)

10. (A) South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was the Chief Guest at the Republic
Day in India this year.

11. (B) 12. (C)

13. (B) After prolonged a stalemate, the major political parties in Nepal on
January 8, 2010 decided to form a high level mechanism–a three member panel. The
panel would focus on speeding up the peace process and writing the new
Constitution of Nepal.


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