S.B.I. Probationary Officers Exam.

, 2008 General Awareness/Computer Knowledge

S.B.I. Probationary Officers Exam., 2008
General Awareness/Computer Knowledge
(Held On 27 4 2008)
1. India recently signed an agreement with France for seeking cooperation in the
field of nuclear energy for civil purposes. Which of the following is/are the p
art(s) of the deal ?
1. India will get nuclear fuel for all its existing Atomic Power Plants from Fra
nce.
2. France will help India in building seven new Atomic Power Plants in India fro
m 2008 2012 based on French Technology.
3. India will help France in redesigning three major Atomic Power Plants in Fran
ce based on Fission Technology in which only India has gained the expertise in t
he world.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1, 2 and 3
(E) None of these
2. Which of the following is/are not the part of the annual Global Employment Tr
ends report of the International Labour Organization released in January 2008 ?
1. Economic turbulence throughout the world owing to credit market turmoil and r
ising oil prices could spur an increase in global unemployment in the year 2008.
2. The report mentions that the service sector, which used to provide jobs to ab
out 43% people has lost its craze as its percentage has come down to 36% only.
3. Agriculture has again become the major employment-generating sector as its sh
are during 2007 was 58% globally.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 2 and 3
(E) Both 1 and 2
3. Which of the following is not the recommendations of the Economic Survey 2007
-08 which was presented in the Parliament sometime back ?
1. Decontrol sugar, fertilizer and pharmaceutical segments/sectors.
2. Do not sign 123 nuclear agreement with USA as corporate investment in nuclear
sector is very dangerous trend.
3. Introduce multi-application smart cards to empower recipients of the benefits
of the wide range of Govt. schemes so that recipients can receive remittances d
irectly into their bank accounts via smart cards without any leakages or corrupt
ion.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1 and 2
(E) All 1, 2 and 3
4. As per the reports in the newspapers what has been the average growth of GDP
during 10th plan period (2002 07) ?
(A) 9%
(B) 933%
(C) 8%

(D) 87%
(E) 76%
5. Which of the following is/are not the part(s) of the Union Budget 2008-09 pre
sented in the Lok Sabha in February 2008 ?
1. Defence allocation is increased by 10% to reach more than Rs. 1,00,000 crore
2. National Rural Employment Guarantee Act is extended to all the rural district
s
3. Debt waiver scheme launched to help all farmers irrespective of their land ho
ldings
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 3
(D) Only 3
(E) None of these
6. Which of the following states has declared 2008 as the
(A) Haryana
(B) Bihar
(C) Gujarat
(D) Uttar Pradesh
(E) None of these

Year of Education

7. The Govt. of India recently provided a special developmental package of Rs. 1

0,000 crore to which of the following states of the North-East India ?
(A) Assam
(B) Sikkim
(C) Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Meghalaya
(E) None of these
8. The provision of credit and other financial services and products of very sma
ll amount to the poor in rural and semi-urban and urban areas to enable them to
raise their income level and living standard is known as
(A) Corporate Banking
(B) Personal Banking
(C) Micro Credit
(D) Non-Banking finance
(E) None of these
9. Which of the following is the name of India s one of the major microfinance Ins
titution ?
(A) Grameen
(B) Compartamos
(C) Brac
(D) Bantra
(E) Spandana
10. The Reserve Bank of India has issued certain guidelines on Recovery Agents.
Which of the following is/are part(s) of these guidelines ?
1. Agents cannot resort to intimidation verbal or physical.
2. Banks have to ensure that agents are trained and sensitized.
3. Banks can only rely on legal remedies for recovery of dues.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1, 2 and 3
11. Which of the following is/are not the constituent sector(s) of the Gross Dom

estic Product (GDP) of India ?

1. Agriculture and allied activities
2. Foreign Exchange Reserve
3. Industry
(A) Only 1
(B) All 1, 2 and 3
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 3
(E) Only 2
12. Who amongst the following is selected as the
siness Standard ?
(A) M. V. Kamath
(B) K. C. Chakrabarty
(C) Anil Khandelwal
(D) O. P. Bhatt
(E) None of these

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13. In the Union Budget 2008-09 the Govt. has provided a huge amount to help agr
icultural sector. What in fact is/are the problem(s) of the farmers owing to whi
ch they are in crisis ?
1. Agriculture in most part of the country is based on Rains, which has become h
ighly erratic and irregular since last few years.
2. Most of the farmers are using genetically modified crops in some regions. The
se crops are not so productive as they were supposed to be.
3. The input costs are relatively high due to purchase of fertilizer and pestici
des.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1, 2 and 3
(E) None of these
14. Which of the following countries has recently joined the World Trade Organiz
ation for which a special ceremony was organized ?
(A) Russia
(B) Bhutan
(C) Nepal
(D) Afghanistan
(E) Ukraine
15. Kenya is passing through a state of turmoil these days and atleast 1000 peop
le have been killed in recent past. What was/were the main reason(s) for this ci
vil unrest there ?
1. The Presidential elections took place in Kenya in December 2007, which were n
ot considered fair by a group of people there.
2. Some European countries are trying to develop some secret nuclear facilities
there which is not liked by opposition leaders of Kenya. Their protest has taken
a violent turn.
3. Kenya has been asked by the UNO to accommodate around one lakh refugees from
various African countries. Locals are dead against this proposal.
(A) Only 1 is true
(B) Only 2 is true
(C) Only 3 is true
(D) All 1, 2 and 3 are true
(E) None of these
16. Which of the following is considered an Annual Indicator of the Economy of t
he country ?
1. Actual Rainfall

2. Population
3. Wholesale price index
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1, 2 and 3
(E) None of these
17. India recently signed an agreement with which of the following countries whi
ch is named as A Shared Vision for the 21st Century ?
(A) Russia
(B) Singapore
(C) China
(D) France
(E) None of these
18. Which of the following is the part of Non-Life Insurance which is very much
popular these days ?
1. Insurance of Livestock
2. Crop Insurance
3. Insurance against natural disasters
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1, 2 and 3
(E) None of these
19.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Samak Sundaravej has taken over as the new

Prime Minister of Singapore
Prime Minister of Thailand
President of Singapore
President of Thailand
None of these

20. India and Japan signed a Currency Swap deal. How will this deal help each ot
her ?
1. Japan would swap upto US$ 3 billion for Indian rupee to prevent any currency
crisis in India.
2. India would swap upto US$ 3 billion for Yen if Japan were in trouble.
3. This agreement would be valid for a period of 20 years.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Both 1 and 2
(D) Only 3
(E) All 1, 2 and 3
21.
ion
(A)
(B)
(C)
(E)

Which of the following is the abbreviated name of a Non-Government Organizat

(NGO) which provides financial security and independence to rural people ?
SEWA
AMUL
CRY (D) IFSM
None of these

22. What is H5N1 a term, which was very much in news recently ?
(A) It is a new category of visa provided by the USA for students
(B) It is the name of the virus which causes Bird flue
(C) It is the code name of India s Space Mission 2010
(D) It was the code name of the military operation launched by Sri Lanka against
LTTE
(E) None of these

23.
way
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Which of the following State Govts. launched a Rs. 40,000 crore

project ?
Bihar
Gujarat
Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal
Uttar Pradesh

Ganga Express

24. Which of the following countries is going to elect its first 47 member s parli
ament for the first time in the history of the country ?
(A) Bhutan
(B) Pakistan
(C) Myanmar
(D) Nepal
(E) None of these
25. India recently prepared a Draft of the Labour Pact with which of the followi
ng countries to protect the rights of the large number of Indian labour working
there ?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) UK
(D) Malaysia
(E) None of these
26. The Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange is highly volatile and fluctuates vi
olently. Which of the following was one major reason of crash landing of the mar
ket in recent past ?
(A) Sub prime crisis
(B) Economic Reforms
(C) GDP Growth
(D) General Budget 2008-09
(E) None of these
27. Which of the following countries has landed into deep turmoil as the Govt. o
f the country has announced the formal end of the 2002 Norwegian Mediated ceasefir
e Agreement with the rebel group of the country ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Pakistan
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Sri Lanka
(E) None of these
28. Which of the following State Govts. has launched a special scheme for girl c
hild named as Ladki-2008 scheme ?
(A) Bihar
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Delhi
(D) Goa
(E) None of these
29. Rahul Banerjee won which of the following National Senior Championship held
in January 2008 ?
(A) Badminton
(B) Chess
(C) Archery
(D) Golf
(E) None of these

30.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Who amongst the following is the author of the novel

Shahbano Bilgrami
Saeed Mirza
Javed Akhtar
Shabana Azmi
None of these

31.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

World Day for water

22nd January
22nd February
22nd March
22nd April
None of these

Without Dreams

was observed on which of the following days ?

32. Sunita Williams is the recipient of which of the following awards given away
recently ?
(A) Woman of the year 2007
(B) Padma Bhushan
(C) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(D) Pravasi Indian Award 2007
(E) None of these
33.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

The Fifth National Winter Games were organized in

Jaipur
Gulmarg
Hyderabad
Chennai
Delhi

34. Which of the following films won the Best Film Award in the 65th Golden Glob
e Awards ceremony ?
(A) Away from Her
(B) Atonement
(C) No country for old Man
(D) I m Not there
(E) None of these
35. Who amongst the following won the Men s singles title of Australian Open Tenni
s 2008 ?
(A) Novak Djokovic
(B) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
(C) Jonathan Erlich
(D) Andy Ram
(E) None of these
36.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

The
of a system includes the programs or instructions.
hardware
icon
information
software
None of these

37. Which of the following displays programs that are currently running ? A sing
le click on one of the program icons will bring the window up.
(A) Menu bar
(B) Task bar
(C) Title bar
(D) Status bar
(E) None of these

38.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

In order to save a Word document as a web page you need to

put the appropriate graphics and links on the document
save the document in simple text format
use your web browser as an editor and save as URL
save as HTML
None of these

39. Which of the following displays to the right of the space where the text wil
l be inserted when you type ?
(A) Screen tip
(B) Insertion point
(C) Rulers
(D) Office Assistant
(E) None of these
40.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Something which has easilyunderstood instructions is said to be

user friendly
information
word processing
icon
None of these

41.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

The copy command saves to

the desktop
the clipboard
Microsoft Word
Paste
None of these

42.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

An example of non-numeric data is

Bank balance
Examination marks
Real Numbers
Employee Address
None of these

43. Which of the following displays the buttons for changing text style, alignme
nt and size ?
(A) Standard toolbar
(B) Status bar
(C) Drawing toolbar
(D) Formating toolbar
(E) None of these
44.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Arranging of data in a logical sequence is known as

Classifying
Searching
Sorting
Reproducing
None of these

45.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

Which of the following tools is not normally used during systems analysis ?
Program Flow Chart
Grid Chart
System Flow Chart
Question Check-list
None of these

46. A single application that combines the major features of several types of ap
plications is called

(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

integrated software
a suite
a combo package
high-end
None of these

47. The word processing task associated with changing the appearance of document
s is
(A) Writing
(B) Formatting
(C) Editing
(D) Storing
(E) None of these
48. In order to save an existing document with a different name you need to
(A) retype the document and give it a different name
(B) use the Save as command
(C) copy and paste the original document to a new document and then save
(D) use Windows Explorer to copy the document to a different location and then r
ename it
(E) None of these
49. It is better to copy a file from a floppy disk to a hard disk, then open the
copy on the hard disk because
(A) a floppy disk is easily moved from one computer to another
(B) you can store more on a hard disk
(C) the computer cannot open a file stored on a floppy disk
(D) reading a hard disk is much faster and safer
(E) None of these
50.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)

The best reason that a computer needs to have a hard disk is because
it can then use the same programs as other computers
it would not work without one
it can store information when it is switched off
it can store information while it is working
None of these

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