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GENERAL AWARENESS
1.
The government of India recently decided towithdraw duty drawback benefits on iron and steel,cement and rice shipments. This decision is taken tomeet which of the following objectives?(A) To control inflation.(B) This was a long-standing demand of theindustry(C) This will help government of India to maintain balance of payment as India is exporting morethan what it imports.(1) Only A(2) Only B(3) Only C(4) Both A and B(5) None of these
2.
Name of B.S. Yeddyurappa was recently innews as he has taken over as the:(1) Governor of Karnataka(2) Chief Minister of Karnataka(3) Governor of Andhra Pradesh(4) Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh(5) None of these
3.
The government of India is planning to put upa bill in the Parliament to ensure free and compulsoryeducation for all those who are of the age of:(1) 3 years(2) 5 years(3) 6-14 years(4) 12-20 years(5) Upto 21 years
4.
“World No Tobacco day” is observed on whichof the following days?(1) 1st May(2) 10th May(3) 21st May(4) 31st May(5) 1st June
5.
Late Vijay Tendulkar who died recently was afamous:(1) social work(2) politician(3) sportsman(4) play wright(5) None of these
6.
Many times we read in newspapers about theGM Crops. What is the full form of ‘GM’?(1) Generally Marketed(2) Genetically Modified(3) Green and Moisturious(4) Globally Marketed(5) None of these
7.
Barack Obama whose name was in newsrecently is from which of the following countries?(1) UK(2) USA(3) France(4) Italy(5) None of these
8.
Which of the following is an Oscar Winningdocumentary on climate change in which former USVice President al Gore has featured as a narrator?(1) An Inconvenient Truth(2) The Sea(3) Road to Prediction(4) Remember My Name(5) None of these
9.
Who amongst the following is NOT a LawnTennis Player?(1) Serena Williams(2) Katarina Srebotnik(3) Andy Murray(4) Nicolas Almagro(5) Ricky Ponting
10.
The head office of the State Bank of India islocated in:(1) Kolkata(2) New Delhi(3) Pune(4) Ahmedabad(5) None of these
11.
Which of the following is NOT the name of the sensitive index of any global stock exchange?(1) Nasdaq(2) Nikkei(3) Kospi(4) Dow(5) Combix
12.
Many times we read a term ‘ECB’ in financialnewspapers. What is the full form of ECB?(1) Essential Commercial Borrowing(2) Essential Credit and Borrowing(3) External Credit and Business(4) External Commercial Borrowing(5) None of these
13.
Who amongst the following has taken over asthe Chief Minister of Nagaland:(1) Manik Sarkar(2) Dinesh Nandan Sahaya(3) P. Longon(4) K. Shankarnarayanan(5) Neiphiu Rio
14.
Which of the following is the book written byShobha De?(1) Name sake(2) My Life(3) Speed Post(4) Long walk to freedom(5) None of these
15.
Before opening a new branch of a bank, banks are required to take mandatory permission/license from:(1) State government(2) Reserve Bank of India(3) Securities and Exchange Board of India(4) Indian Bank Association(5) None of these
16.
At present SBI has branch network of 
about
:(1) 8,000 branches(2) 9000 branches
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(3) 10,000 branches(4) 12,000 branches(5) None of these
17.
Chinese Parliament is known as:(1) National People’s Congress(2) National Assembly(3) The National Parliament of China(4) The House of Democracy of China(5) None of these
18.
The Upper House of Indian Parliament isknown as:(1) The Lok Sabha(2) The Rajya Sabha(3) The National Assembly(4) The Indian Parliament(5) None of these
19.
Which of the following is NOT a member of South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation(SAARC)?(1) Nepal(2) Bhutan(3) Myanmar(4) Pakistan(5) Bangladesh
20.
Which of the following countries was under thegrip of a severe earthquake recently in which severalpeople lost their lives?(1) Bangladesh(2) Bhutan(3) Nepal(4) China(5) Sri Lanka
21.
The Chairperson of the Lok Sabha is designated as:(1) Chairman(2) Speaker(3) Vice President(4) President(5) None of these
22.
Rahul Dravid completed his 10,000 runs in theTest cricket while playing with which of the followingteams recently?(1) Bangladesh(2) Pakistan(3) Australia(4) South Africa(5) None of these
23.
“Agha Khan Cup” is associated with the game of:(1) Football(2) Badminton(3) Hockey(4) Cricket(5) Tennis
24.
‘Checkmate’ is associated with the game of:(1) Chess(2) Polo(3) Swimming(4) Wrestling(5) Boxing
25.
Which of the following awards is NOT associat-ed with the area of sports?(1) Dhyanchand(2) Arjun(3) Dronacharya(4) Saraswati Samman(5) Khel Ratna
26.
“Oscar Awards” are given for the excellence inthe field of:(1) Films(2) Literature(3) Sports(4) Politics(5) Status
27.
Which of the following is NOT a food crop:(1) Wheat(2) Barley(3) Maize(4) Gram(5) Cotton
28.
Union Budget is always presented first in:(1) The Lok Sabha(2) The Rajya Sabha(3) Joint Session of the Parliament(4) Meeting of the Union Cabinet(5) The State Assemblies
29.
The first-ever General Election took place inwhich of the following countries in Indian Sub-continent?(1) Bhutan(2) China(3) Pakistan(4) Bangladesh(5) Sri Lanka
30.
Mahmood Ahmadinejad who was in India on anofficial visit recently is the:(1) Prime Minister of Iraq (2) President of Iran(3) Prime Minister of Iran(4) President of Iraq (5) None of these
31.
Sujatpur and Balsara villages were in newsrecently as a breach in main Narmada Canal made themflooded. Both these villages are in which of thefollowing States?(1) Maharashtra(2) Madhya Pradesh(3) Gujarat(4) Rajasthan(5) None of these
32.
As per the estimates given by the Asian Deve-lopment Bank (ADB) the Indian Economy will grow atwhich of the following rates in 2008?(1) 7%(2) 7.5%(3) 8%(4) 8.5%(5) None of these
33.
Who amongst the following does not belong toa political party which is normally referred as LeftFront?(1) Prakash Karat(2) A.B. Bardhan(3) D. Raju(4) T.J. Chandrachoodan(5) M. Veerappa Moily
34.
As a gesture to promote denuclearisation andalso to end nuclear arms programme the cooling towerof a nuclear complex situated in “Youngbyon” wasdemolished recently. This nuclear complex is in whichof the following countries?(1) South Korea(2) Iran(3) China(4) North Korea(5) None of these
35.
China has signed an agreement with which of the following countries, which will help both the partiesto make the East China Sea “a sea of peace, cooperationand friendship”?(1) North Korea(2) South Korea(3) Japan(4) Russia(5) All of these
36.
Federal Reserves is the Central Bank of:(1) Britain(2) U.S.A.(3) Japan(4) Canada
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