IBPS RRB (Group A Officers) Exam 2012 Question Paper: General Awareness
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- 1.Major producer of mulberry silk in India is
- A.
Jammu and Kashmir
- B.
Jharkhand
- C.
Karnataka
- D.
Assam
- E.
Himachal Pradesh
- 2.We come across the term 'PPP' in financial news nowadays. What does 'PPP' represent?
- A.
Personal Percapita Power
- B.
Private Public Partnership
- C.
Per capita Potential for Purchases
- D.
Present Purchasing Power
- E.
Pure Purchase Parity
- 3.Many times we read the term' ECB' in newspapers. What is the full form' of' ECB'?
- A.
Essential Commercial Banking
- B.
European Credit Borrowing
- C.
External Credit For Business
- D.
External Commercial Borrowing
- E.
None of these
- 4.What is meant by financial inclusion?
- A.
Making available banking services at an affordable cost
- B.
Opening savings accounts in rural areas without any deposit
- C.
Opening any type of account without introduction
- D.
Distributing money through rural branches
- E.
Distributing wages through bank accounts
- 5.Which of these countries is the largest producer of milk and milk products in the world?
- A.
USA
- B.
China
- C.
India
- D.
New Zealand
- E.
None of these
- 6.Which of the following is the most important rabi crop of India?
- A.
Rice
- B.
Millet
- C.
Sugarcane
- D.
Groundnut
- E.
Mustard
- 7.Who is the regulatory authority for insurance business in India?
- A.
RBI
- B.
IRDP
- C.
SEBI
- D.
NABARD
- E.
IRDA
- 8.What is money laundering?
- A.
Conversion of assets into cash
- B.
Conversion of illegally obtained money into accountable money
- C.
Conversion of cash into gold
- D.
Conversion of gold into cash
- E.
None of these
- 9.Golden revolution refers to the development of which of the following agricultural products?
- A.
Oil seeds
- B.
Pulses
- C.
Horticultural products
- D.
Cereals
- E.
Fodder
- 10.Which programme was launched by Government of India to improve irrigation facilities in rural India?
- A.
Annapurna Scheme
- B.
National Social Assistance Programme
- C.
Integrated Rural Development Programme
- D.
Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana
- E.
National Watershed Development Programme
- 11.Montek Singh Ahluwalia is holding which of the following positions at present?
- A.
Chairman of Planning Commission
- B.
Governor of RBI
- C.
Secretary of UNO
- D.
Economic Advisor to Prime Minister
- E.
Dy Chairman of Planning Commission
- 12.Bird flu is a disease which affects and spreads through
- A.
Cattle
- B.
Sheep
- C.
Prawn
- D.
Silkworm
- E.
Poultry
- 13.Which country won the Davis Cup tennis tournament 2011 held in December 2011?
- A.
Argentina
- B.
USA
- C.
Australia
- D.
Japan
- E.
Spain
- 14.Who among the following cricketers recently became the 10th batsman to score 10000 runs in Test cricket?
- A.
Mahela Jayawardene
- B.
Vijay Zol
- C.
Yuvraj Singh
- D.
Younis Khan
- E.
Umar Akmal
- 15.The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Summit took place in December 2011 in
- A.
Tokyo
- B.
Moscow
- C.
New Delhi
- D.
Paris
- E.
Perth
- 16.Who represented India in 12th Consecutive Annual India-Russia Summit held in December 2011?
- A.
Smt Pratibha Patil
- B.
Dr Manmohan Singh
- C.
Sonia Gandhi
- D.
SM Krishna
- E.
None of these
- 17.Which of the following currencies is used in Britain?
- A.
Pound
- B.
Dollar
- C.
Euro
- D.
Franc
- E.
Pesso
- 18.Which of the following cups/trophies is associated with the game of Football?
- A.
Grand Prix
- B.
Rangaswami Cup
- C.
Wimbledon Trophy
- D.
Fifa Cup
- E.
Ranji Trophy
- 19.The head office of the Bank of Maharashtra is located in which of the following cities?
- A.
Kolkata
- B.
New Delhi
- C.
Pune
- D.
Ahmedabad
- E.
Mumbai
- 20.Which country hosted the summit of SAARC nations in the year 2011?
- A.
India
- B.
Bangladesh
- C.
Nepal
- D.
Maldives
- E.
Pakistan
- 21.Which of the following terms is not used in the field of Economics?
- A.
Balance of Trade
- B.
Break Even Point
- C.
Plasma
- D.
Fiscal Deficit
- E.
Capital Account Convertibility
- 22."Carbon credit" is concerned with which one of these internationally sensitive issues?
- A.
Deforestation
- B.
Contract farming
- C.
Rural infrastructure
- D.
Diamond trading
- E.
Protection of environment
- 23.Which of the following terms is used in the game of Cricket?
- A.
Half Nelson
- B.
Love
- C.
Back Hand Drive
- D.
Penalty Stroke
- E.
Clean Bowled
- 24.India recently signed a Currency Swap Agreement with which of the following countries?
- A.
USA
- B.
Pakistan
- C.
Japan
- D.
Germany
- E.
Australia
- 25.What is the full form of the term ASBA?
- A.
Allotment Supported by Blocked Amount
- B.
Application Supported by Bank Amount
- C.
Allotment Supported by Bank Account
- D.
Application Supported by Blocked Amount
- E.
Allotment and Social Banking Amount
- 26.Dipika Pallikal, who won an international tournament recently in Hong Kong is a
- A.
Golf player
- B.
Badminton player
- C.
Squash player
- D.
Swimmer
- E.
Table Tennis player
- 27.The term "Deficit Financing" means the Government borrows money from the
- A.
IMF
- B.
Local bodies
- C.
RBI
- D.
Large corporates
- E.
Public at large
- 28.Regional Rural Banks
- A.
Have limited area of operation and access to refinance from NABARD
- B.
Are required to lend only to weaker sections
- C.
Are mandated to do only narrow banking
- D.
Can only extend agricultural loans
- E.
Have unrestricted area of operation
- 29.Ms Christine Lagarde is holding which of the following positions at present?
- A.
Chief of Asian Development Bank
- B.
Chief of International Monetary Fund
- C.
Chancellor of Germany
- D.
Chief of Morgan Stanley
- E.
Chief of World Bank
- 30.What is the present reverse REPO rate?
- A.
7.5%
- B.
8.5%
- C.
8%
- D.
6.5%
- E.
None of these
- 31.General Assembly elections were held in which of the following North East states in January 2012?
- A.
Assam
- B.
Meghalaya
- C.
Arunachal Pradesh
- D.
Manipur
- E.
Tripura
- 32.What is the full form of the term FDI?
- A.
Foreign Direct Investment
- B.
Foreign Diverse Investment
- C.
Fixed Deposit Investment
- D.
Floating Deposit Investment
- E.
Financial Derivatives in India
- 33.The erstwhile UTI Bank is presently known as
- A.
ING Vysya Bank
- B.
Yes Bank
- C.
Indusind Bank
- D.
Axis Bank
- E.
IDBI Bank
- 34.Which of the following telecom giants recently won its case against the Income Tax Department?
- A.
Bharti Airtel
- B.
Vodafone
- C.
Ldea Cellular
- D.
Reliance Communications
- E.
Tata Telecom
- 35.Which of the following countries recently attained the status of world's sixth largest economy?
- A.
Russia
- B.
Japan
- C.
China
- D.
India
- E.
Brazil
- 36.Which of the following countries decided to withdraw from Kyoto Protocol?
- A.
Canada
- B.
Russia
- C.
India
- D.
USA
- E.
China
- 37.Which of the following is NOT a Banking or Finance Company?
- A.
Barclay
- B.
Lufthansa
- C.
BNP Paribas
- D.
American Express
- E.
HSBC
- 38.India and Russia were having some differences over which of the following nuclear power plants?
- A.
Kaiga
- B.
Kudankulam
- C.
Rawatbhata
- D.
Narora
- E.
None of these
- 39.Excise duty is a tax levied on which of the following?
- A.
Production of goods
- B.
Purchase of goods
- C.
Export of goods
- D.
Sale of goods
- E.
Movement of goods beyond municipal limits
- 40."India and Pakistan started fresh talks on, conventional CBM" was the news in all major newspapers. What does the letter 'M' denote in the term 'CBM' as used above?
- A.
Money
- B.
Mechanism
- C.
Modalities
- D.
Measures
- E.
Memorial
- 41.Which of the following is the unit of electrical current?
- A.
Bar
- B.
Calorie
- C.
Ampere
- D.
Decibel
- E.
Angstrom
- 42.Global Meet on Emerging Economies was organised in December 2011 in
- A.
New Delhi
- B.
Dhaka
- C.
Islamabad
- D.
Kathmandu
- E.
Capetown
- 43.Which of the following awards is given to the coaches of sportspersons?
- A.
Kalidas Samman
- B.
Dronacharya Award
- C.
ArjunaAward
- D.
Dada Saheb Phalke Award
- E.
Saraswati Sam man
- 44.Which of the following countries recently agreed to sell Uranium to India?
- A.
Australia
- B.
USA
- C.
Iran
- D.
Germany
- E.
Bangladesh
- 45.Which of the following schemes launched by the Government of India is aimed at developing rural infrastructure?
- A.
MNREGA
- B.
ASHA
- C.
Bharat Nirman
- D.
Operation Flood
- E.
Operation Black board
- 46.Who among the following is a famous Sportsperson?
- A.
Dhanush
- B.
Saina Nehwal
- C.
Charles Correa
- D.
Ajit Singh
- E.
Kim Jong-Un
- 47.Speed of a ship is expressed in
- A.
Kilometre
- B.
Horsepower
- C.
Ohm
- D.
Knot
- E.
Coulomb
- 48.USA and some other European countries recently imposed fresh sanctions on which of the following countries as they are not in favour of its nuclear advancement?
- A.
Iraq
- B.
Pakistan
- C.
India
- D.
Iran
- E.
Kuwait
- 49.Who among the following has written the book Dr Zhivago?
- A.
Pearl S Buck
- B.
HG Wells
- C.
Saul Bellow
- D.
Emile Zola
- E.
Boris Pasternak
- 50.Yoshihiko Noda was on a visit to India recently. He is the present Prime Minister of
- A.
Myanmar
- B.
South Korea
- C.
North Korea
- D.
Japan
- E.
None of these
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