IBPS PO Exam Date : 17-06-2012
1.Which
of the following was issue over which India decided to vote against Sri
Lanka in the meeting of one of the UN governed bodies/agencies ?
(India & World)a) Violations of human rights in Sri Lanka
b) Allowing china of human rights in Sri Lanka
c) Issue of subsidy on agricultural products in the meeting of the WTO
d) Allowing part of Sri Lanka to become an independent country governed by LTTE.
e) Sri Lanka ‘s claim to become a permanent member of UN security council.
Ans : A
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE about political situation in Mali, where a military coup burst out recently (International)
a) General elections were due there in March / April 2012 but did not take place
b) The Country was under the control of US army since last 18 months
c) Army of the country was not happy as Amadou Toure was made president without elections for the next five years
d) Coup broke out in Mali when Amadou Toure, the military chief got seriously injured in a bomb blast.
e) NATO and its associates had panned a coup there.
Ans: D
3. In the summit of which if the following organizations/group of Nations it was declared that all members should enforce Budget discipline? (conferences)
a) G-8
b) OPEC
c) European Union
d) SAARC
e) G-20
Ans : C
4. A per newspaper reports, India is planning to use ‘SEU’ as fuel in its 700 MW nuclear reactors being developed in new plants. What is full form of ‘SEU’ as used here ? (science & technology)
a) Safe Electrical Units
b) Small Electrical units
c) Slightly enriched Uranium
d) Sufficiently Enriched Units
e) Safely enriched uranium
Ans : C
5. The Golden Jubilee of Afro-Asian Development organization was organized in which of the following places in March 2012 ? (Conferences)
a) Dhaka
b) Tokya
c) Cairo
d) kualalumpur
e) New Delhi
Ans :E
6. The present Foreign Trade policy of India will continue till ( economy)
a) December 2012
b) march 2013
c) march 2014
d) June 2014
e) December 2014
Ans : C
7. What was the reasons owing Enrica Lexie , an Italian ship was detained by the port Authorities in Kerala and was bought to Cochin port for inspection and search? (India & world)
a) It was carrying in objectionable material
b) It was involved in sea piracy
c) It was detained as the crew killed two India fishermen
d) The ship started sailing without making payments of Iron ore it loaded
e) It was detained as it was dumping nuclear waste in deep sea.
Ans : C
8. Which of the following agencies/ organizations recently gave ‘go-head’ verdict to India’s one of the most controversial project of Inter linking rivers?( some of the rivers international rivers ) (India & World)
a) UN Food and Agriculture Organization
b) World Meteorological Organization
c) International Court of Justice
d) Central Water Commission
e) Supreme Court of India
Ans : E
9. Who among the following was the captain of the Australian Team which played 4 Test matches against India in January 2012 and won all of them ? (sports and games)
a) Ricky Pointing
b) Michael Clarke
c) Nathan Lyon
d) Stuart Clark
e) Andrew Symonds
Ans : B
10. The committee on review of Small saving fund (NSSF) was headed by (committees)
a) Dr.C.Rangarajan
b) Mr.U.K.sinha
c) Dr.Y.V.Reddy
d) Mrs,shyamala Gopinath
e) Dr. Usha thorat
Ans : D
11. The 5th Asian Indoor Athletics Championship was organized in February 2012 in (sports and games)
a) Bangladesh
b) India
c) Qatar
d) China
e) South Korea
Ans : D
12. Who among the following was the chief Guest at the three -day Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held in January 2012? (conference)
a) kamla Persad – Bissessar
b) Ram Baran Yadav
c) Lakshmi Mittal
d) Salman Rushdie
e) Benjamini Netanyahu
Ans : A
13. As per revised RBI Guidelines, Provision on secured portion of loan accounts classified as Doubtful assets for than one year and up to 3 (three) years is to be made at the rate of (economy)
a) 15% b) 20% c) 40 % d) 25% d) 30%
Ans : E
14. As per the provisions in the food Security Bill -2011, per month how much food grain should be given to each person of the target group? (economy)
a) 5kg
b) 7 kg
c) 9kg
d) 10 kg
e) 20kg
Ans : B
15. Which of the following states has launched ‘panch parmeswar Yojana’ Under which panshayats are allowed to use the fund for developing infrastructure and basic amenities in villages ? (states)
a) UttarPradesh
b) Maharastra
c) Gujarat
d) Madhya Pradesh
e) Tamilnadu
Ans : D
16. National table tennis championship was organized in January 2012 in (sports and games)
a) Mumbai
b) Delhi
c) Hyderabad
d) Luknow
e) Jaipur
Ans : D
17. Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Nirbasan’? ( books in news)
a) Mahasweta devi
b) Taslima Nasreen
) Sunil Gangopadhyay
d) Vikram Seth
e) Kiran Desai
Ans : B
18.Who maong the following Indian Lawn Tennis layer won a Doubles of Australian Open 2012 ? (sports and games)
a) Mahesh Bhupati
b) Kamlesh Mehta
c) Leander paes
d) Sania Mirza
e) Achanta sarath kamal
Ans : C
19.’Akula -11′class’K-152 Nepra ‘ was included in Indian Navy recently. These are (Science & Technology)
a) Air crafts
b) Radar System
c) Submarines Missiles
d) Warships
e) Submarines
Ans : E
20. Which of the following awards was conferred upon Late Mario De Miranda(Posthumously)in January 2012? (Awards and Honours)
a) Padma Vibhushan
b) bharat Ratna
c) kalidas Samman
d) Saraswati Samman
e) Padmashri
Ans : A
21. Which of the following schemes in launched to provide pension to people in unorganized sectors in India ( national)
a) Swabhiman
b) Jeevan Dhara
c) Jeevan Kalyan
d) ASHA
e) Swavalamban
Ans : E
22. The 10th basic Ministerial Meeting on climate change was organized in February 2012 in (conference)
a) Tokyo
b) Beijing
c) manila
d) Moscow
e) New Delhi
Ans : E
23. Finance Ministry has asked the Reserve Bank of India to allow Common ATM’s taht will be owned and managed by non-banking entities hoping to cut transaction costs for banks, such ATM’a are known as ( economy )
a) black Label ATM’s
b) Offsite ATM’s
c) On site ATM’s or red ATM’s
d) Third Party ATM’s
e) White label ATM’s
Ans : E
24. Ranbir Kapoor was awarded Best Actor Award in 57th Film Fare function for his performance in ( Awards and Honours)
a) No One Killed Jessica
b) Stanley Ka Dabba
c) 7 khoon Maaf
d) Rockstar
e) Zindagi na milendi Dobara
Ans : D
IBPS Specialist Officer Exam Date : 11-03-2012
1.Who among the following is one of the recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize 2011?a) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
b) Jules A Hoffmann
c) Bruce A Beutler
d) Adam G Riess
e) tomas Transtromer
Ans- A
2.The Food Security Bill 2011, which is in the process of becoming an Act, divides the entire population of the country into two groups. Which of the following are these two groups?
a) Below poverty line and above poverty line
b) General population and Excluded population
c) Included households and Excluded households
d) Covered under PDS and Not covered under PDS
e) General households and Priority households
Ans- E
3.RBI has recently deregulated the rates of interest to be provided by various banks to their depositors / customers with effect from 25.10.2011 on their ___ accounts?
a) time deposit
b) saving bank
c) loan
d) fixed deposit
e) current
Ans- B
4.Mullaperiyar Dam, which was recently in news, is located in which of the following states?
a) Maharashtra
b) Karnataka
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Kerala
e) Tamil Nadu
Ans -D
5.In which of the following countries did Maoists recently decide to accept govt’s offer of ‘Golden Handshake’ and enter into ‘civilian life’ or mainstream of the society?
a) Myanmar
b) India
c) China
d) Nepal
e) bhutan
Ans- D
6.As per newspaper reports, western countries are going to impose sanctions on which of the following OPEC countries as it is said that it is trying to make a nuclear bomb?
a) Kuwait
b) Iraq
c) Iran
d) Angola
Ans- C
7.“The Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has decided to return some ‘KG’ fields to the Government of India” – was the news in some major newspapers. What is the major production in KG fields owned by RIL?
a) Crude oil
b) Gas
c) Coal
d) Iron ore
e) Gold ore and Diamonds
Ans – B
8.India’s Dipika Pallikal and Sarah Cardwell of Australia recently played an intentional match in Chennai. Both of them are
a) Badminton players
b) Golf players
c) Chess players
d) Squash players
e) Table tennis players
Ans- D
9.Lajja is a book written by
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Taslima Nasreen
c) Sunil Ganguli
d) Rabindranath Tagore
e) Bimal Mitra
Ans – B
10.SBI has merged which of the following two associate banks with itself?
a) State Bank of Hyderabad and State Bank of Patiala
b) State Bank of Hyderabad and State Bank of Travancore
c) State Bank of Mysore and State Bank of Travencore
d) State Bank of Indore and State Bank of Hyderabad
e) State Bank of Indore and State Bank of Saurashtra
Ans – E
11.Assembly Elections took place in which of the following states recently? (in January 2012)
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Maharashtra
c) Kerala
d) Punjab
e) Tamil Nadu
Ans – D
12.World leaders are to assemble in Rio de Janeiro in June 2012 for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). All nations are going to make some comitment towards the goal of the conference. As per the agenda circulated, what commitment do world leaders want from India in the conference?
a) India should agree to double its energy efficiency under a global understanding.
b) India should suspend its nuclear pact with USA or at least should reduce it to 50% level of agreed capacity.
c) Nuclear power plants are highly risky as seen in Japan recently. Hence, no new plant should be made.
d) India has a vast resource of coal. It must share its coal resources with other countries to enable them to produce thermal power, which they are not doing so far due to lack of coal mines there.
e) none of these
Ans- C
13.Who among the following is a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan in 2012?
a) Late (Dr) Bhupen Hazarika
d) Vanraj Bhatia
c) Javed Akhtar
d) Amitabh Bachhan
e) Ambika Soni
Ans-A
14.Under the liberalised scheme of interest subsidy, Govt of India provides interest subsidy on housing loan at the rate of
a) 0.50%
b) 1%
c) 2%
d) 2%+1% for prompt repayment
e) none of these
Ans-B
15.India has decided to acquire Rafale fighter planes for its air force wing. Which country is going to supply Rafale fighterplanes?
a) Italy
b) Britain
c) Canada
d) France
e) Germany
Ans-D
6.As per the data released by the Union Health Ministry (of India), the infant mortality rate is lowest in
a) Tamilnadu
b) Maharashtra
c) Goa
d) Uttar Pradesh
e) Madhya Pradesh
Ans – C
17.Dada Saheb Phalke Awards are given by the Ministry of
a) Social Welfare
b) Corporate Affairs
c) Home affairs
d) Human Resource Development
e) Information & Broadcasting
Ans – E
18.Who is John Key at present?
a) Prime Minister of Canada
b) Prime Minister of Australia
c) Prime Minister of New Zealand
d) President of Australia
e) President of Canada
Ans – C
19.Whcih of the following countries is NOT a member of ASEAN?
a) Thailand
b) Myanmar
c) Singapore
d) Vietnam
e) Brazil
Ans-E
20.Which of the following would be the venue for the World Athletic Championship 2013?
a) New Delhi
b) Tokyo
c) London
d) Paris
e) Moscow
Ans-E
21.Who among the following represented India in the 17th SAARC summit held at Addu in Maldives in November 2011?
a) Smt.Sonia Gandhi
b) Dr.Manmohan Singh
c) Shri Pranab Mukherjee
d) Shri P.Chidambaram
e) Shri Rahul Gandhi
Ans-B
22.Which of the following states decided to give Khatedhari Rights to about 30,000 farmers occupying the custodian lands?
a) Gujarat
b) Rajasthan
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
Ans- B
23.Australia govt. recently decided to sell Uranium to India. Uranium is used mainly for
a) manufacturing chemical fertilizers
b) manufacturing chemical fertilizers
c) nuclear power generation
d) making arsenals
e) making electronic chips.
Ans- C
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