SBI Probationary Officers PO Recruitment Exam Paper General Awareness 2010

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1. What is the population of India ? (A) 98 crores (B) More than 2 billion (C) More than 1 billion (D) Less than 96 crores (E) 96 crores 2. Thermostat is an instrument used to_________ (A) measure flow of current (B) measure intensity of voltage (C) regulate temperature (D) regulate velocity of sound (E) None of these 3. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with________ (A) Football (B) Cricket (C) Hockey (D) Basketball (E) Lawn Tennis 4. GNP stands for_________ (A) Gross National Product (B) Group Net Product (C) Grand Nuclear Process (D) Group Networking Process (E) None of these 5. Acoustics is the science of the study of_________ (A) Light (B) Sound (C) Electricity (D) Magnetism (E) None of these 6. Noise pollution is measured in the unit called_____ (A) micron (B) nautical miles (C) ohms
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(D) ampere (E) decibel 7. Heavy Water is used in which of the following types of indus-tries ? (A) Sugar (B) Nuclear Power (C) Textile (D) Coal (E) None of these 8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book Indomi-table Spirit? (A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (B) Dr. Manmohan Singh (C) Justice K. G. Balakrishna (D) Mr. Natwar Singh (E) None of these 9. Which of the following is not the name of popular IT/Software Company ? (A) Wipro (B) Mastek (C) Toyota (D) IBM (E) Infosys 10. Yen is the currency of_________ (A) South Korea (B) China (C) Indonesia (D) Malaysia (E) None of these 11. Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a well known__________ (A) Music Director of Indian films (B) English author of Indian origin (C) Journalist (D) Politician (E) Sports Personality 12. Richter Scale is used to measure which of the following ? (A) Intensity of Tsunami Waves (B) Intensity of Earthquake (C) Density of salt in Sea water (D) Flow of electric current (E) None of these 13. Which of the following best explains e-governance? (A) Improving the functioning of government (B) Teaching government emp-loyees the basics of computing (C) Delivery of public services through internet (D) Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet

(E) Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencing 14. CAS is associated with which of the following ? (A) Legal System Reforms (B) Piped gas line (C) Cable T.V. (D) Mobile phone regulation (E) None of these 15. Tata Steel recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in_____ (A) South Africa (B) Ukraine (C) Australia (D) Italy (E) Britain 16. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organi zation/Agency working in the field of Space Research ? (A) ISBN (B) ISRO (C) INTELSET (D) INTACH (E) None of these 17. Handshaking in Networking parlance means (A) connecting computers to a hub (B) distributed Networks (C) having same operating system on different computers (D) sending e-mail (E) None of these 18. VAT stands for (A) Value And Tax (B) Value Added Tax (C) Virtual Action Tasks (D) Virtual Assessment Tech-nique (E) None of these 19. Alzheimersdiseaseistheailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human body ? (A) Kidney (B) Heart (C) Liver (D) Stomach (E) Brain 20. Global warming is a matter of concern amongst the nations these days. Which of the follo-wing countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the World ? (A) U.S.A. (B) China (C) India

(D) Britain (E) None of these 21. Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates ? (A) Microsoft Secrets (B) The Road Ahead (C) The Elephant Paradigm (D) e-commerce (E) None of these 22. Which of the following is the name of the social network service run by the Google on the internet ? (A) Online Space (B) Orkut (C) Net-Space (D) Wikipedia (E) None of these 23. Which of the following states is a relatively new addition ? (A) Goa (B) Delhi (C) Uttarakhand (D) Himachal Pradesh (E) Bihar 24. DOT stands for___________ (A) Disc Operating Therapy (B) Department of Telephones (C) Directorate of Technology (D) Damage on Time (E) None of these
25. Which of the following States/ parts of India is completely land locked having no contact with sea ? (A) Karnataka (B) Orissa (C) Maharashtra (D) North-East (E) None of these 26. TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following servi-ces ? (A) Telecom (B) Trade (C) Port (D) Transport (E) None of these 27. At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used net-work communication mode is__________ (A) Very Small Aperture Termi-nal (VSAT) (B) General Packet Radio Ser-vice (GPRS)

(C) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) (D) Dial-in Connection (E) None of these 28. Which of the following is not a foreign bank operating in India ? (A) DBS Bank Ltd. (B) Sonali Bank (C) J. P. Morgan Chase Bank (D) Shinhan Bank (E) All are Foreign Banks 29. Who is the author of the book Future Shock ? (A) Alvin Toffler (B) Tom Peters (C) Napoleon Hill (D) Kenneth Blanchard (E) None of these 30. Apex fares are________ (A) more than the normal fare (B) less than the normal fare (C) offered only to corporate clients (D) applicable to late night flights only (E) applicable to international flights only 31. Who amongst the following is the Director of the film Water which was in news ? (A) Vidhu Vinod Chopra (B) Mrinal Sen (C) Gulzar (D) Mahesh Bhatt (E) None of these 32. The 10th plan period is upto_______ (A) 2007 (B) 2008 (C) 2009 (D) 2010 (E) None of these 33. OPEC is a group of countries which are_______ (A) exporting oil (B) producting cotton (C) rich and developed (D) developing and poor (E) nuclear powers 34. Intel Company mainly pro-duces______ (A) Hard disks (B) VCDs (C) Monitors

(D) Software (E) None of these 34. Intel Company mainly pro-duces_____ (A) Hard disks (B) VCDs (C) Monitors (D) Software (E) None of these 35. Who amongst the following is the M.D./Chairman of one of the major Steel Companies ? (A) Shri L. N. Mittal (B) Shri K. K. Birla (C) Shri Vijaypat Singhania (D) Shri Mukesh Ambani (E) Shri Anil Agarwal 36. Who is the President of Nass-com? (A) Kiran Karnik (B) Narayana Murthy (C) Pramod Desai (D) Devang Mehta (E) None of these 37. Which of the following awards is not given for excellence in the field of literature ? (A) Booker Prize (B) Nobel Prize (C) Pulitzer Price (D) Arjun Award (E) Bharatiya Gnanpith Award 38. Singur which was in news is a place in_____________ (A) Orissa (B) West Bengal (C) Jharkhand (D) Bihar (E) Maharashtra 39. Who amongst the following is the author of the book series named as Harry Potter ? (A) J. K. Rowling (B) Lindsay Lohan (C) Julia Roberts (D) Sandra Bullock (E) None of these 40. Which of the following Satellites recentlydedicatedtonation helps Direct to Home Television Ser-vice in India ? (A) Matsat (B) Edusat (C) Insat4b

(D) InsatIB (E) None of these 41. Many a times we read some news items about the West Bank. West Bank is situated at the western side of the river__________ (A) Mississippi (B) Amazon (C) Nile (D) Jordan (E) None of these 42. Which of the following pheno-menon is considered responsible for Global Warming ? (A) Greenhouse Gas Effect (B) Fox Fire (C) Dry Farming (D) Radioactivity (E) None of these 43. Which of the following instru-ments is not issued by a bank ? (A) Demand Draft (B) Pay Order (C) Debit Card (D) Credit Card (E) National Saving Certificate 44. Name of Jyoti Randhawa is asso-ciated with which of thecfollo-wing games ? (A) Golf (B) Badminton (C) Hockey (D) Chess (E) None of these 45. Which of the following Software Companies recently launched its education portal Unlimited Potential in India ? (A) Microsoft (B) Infosys (C) Wipro (D) TCS (E) None of these 46. Polly Umrigar who died was a well known___________ (A) Cricketer (B) Tennis Player (C) Golfer (D) Chess Player (E) Hockey Player 47. In India Census is done after a gap of every____________ (A) Five years (B) Seven years

(C) Eight years (D) Ten years (E) Fifteen years 48. Prof. Muhammad Yunus the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2006 is the exponent of which of the following concepts in the field of banking ? (A) Core Banking (B) Micro Credit (C) Retail Banking (D) Real Time Gross Settlement (E) Internet Banking 49. Who amongst the following was Indias official candidate for the post of UNOs Secretary Gene- ral ? (A) Mr. Shyam Saran (B) Dr. C. Rangarajan (C) Mr. Shashi Tharoor (D) Mr. Vijay Nambiar (E) None of these 50. Mr. Gordon Brown has taken over as the Prime Minister of_______ (A) Italy (B) Canada (C) France (D) South Africa (E) Britain Answers with Explanation:1. (C) 2. (C) 3. (E) 4. (A) 5. (B) 6. (E) 7. (B) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (E) 11. (E) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (C) 15. (E) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (B) 19. (E) 20. (B) 21. (B) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (E) 25. (D) 26. (A) 27. (A) 28. (E) 29. (A) . 30. (B) 31. (E) 32. (A) 33. (A) 34. (E) 35. (A) 36. (A) 37. (D) 38. (b) 39. (a) 40. (c) 41. (d) 42. (a) 43. (e) 44. (a) 45. (a) 46. (a) 47. (D) 48. (b) 49. (C) 50. (E)

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