SBI Probationary Officers (PO) Written Exam General Awareness Sample Questions 2010

SBI Probationary Officers (PO) Written Exam General Awareness Sample Questions 2010

General Awareness

1. What is the population of India ?

(C) More than 1 billion

2. Thermostat is an instrument used to_________

(C) regulate temperature

3. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with________

(E) Lawn Tennis

4. GNP stands for_________
(A) Gross National Product

5. ‘Acoustics’ is the science of the study of_________
(B) Sound

6. Noise pollution is measured in the unit called_____

(E) decibel

7. ‘Heavy Water’ is used in which of the following types of indus-tries ?

(B) Nuclear Power

8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Indomi-table Spirit’?
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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___japan______

11. Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a well known__________
(E) Sports Personality

12. ‘Richter Scale’ is used to measure which of the following ?

(B) Intensity of Earthquake
13. Which of the following best explains ‘e-governance’?
(C) Delivery of public services through internet
14. CAS is associated with which of the following ?
(C) Cable T.V.
15. Tata Steel recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in_____
(E) Britain

16. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organi zation/Agency working in the field of Space Research ?

(B) ISRO

17. ‘Handshaking’ in Networking parlance means
(A) connecting computers to a hub

18. VAT stands for

(B) Value Added Tax

19. Alzheimer’sdiseaseistheailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human body ?

(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 ?
(B) China

21. Which of the following books has been written by Bill Gates ?
(B) The Road Ahead
22. Which of the following is the name of the social network service run by the Google on the internet ?

(B) Orkut

23. Which of the following states is a relatively new addition ?

(C) Uttarakhand
24. DOT stands for___________

(E) None of these

25. Which of the following States/ parts of India is completely land locked having no contact with sea ?
(D) North-East
26. TRAI regulates the functioning of which of the following servi-ces ?
(A) Telecom

27. At present for the ATMs in India, the most commonly used net-work communication mode is__________
(A) Very Small Aperture Termi-nal (VSAT)
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
30. Apex fares are________
(B) less than the normal fare
31. Who amongst the following is the Director of the film ‘Water’ which was in news ?
ANS : Deepa Mehta
32. The 10th plan period is upto_______
(A) 2007

33. OPEC is a group of countries which are_______
(A) exporting oil

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

36. Who is the President of Nass-com?
(A) Kiran Karnik
37. Which of the following awards is not given for excellence in the field of literature ?
(D) Arjun Award

38. ‘Singur’ which was in news is a place in_____________

(B) West Bengal

39. Who amongst the following is the author of the book series named as ‘Harry Potter’ ?
(A) J. K. Rowling

40. Which of the following Satellites recentlydedicatedtonation helps Direct to Home Television Ser-vice in India ?(C) Insat–4b
41. Many a times we read some news items about the ‘West Bank’. ‘West Bank’ is situated at the western side of the river_ Location: Middle East, west of Jordan _________
(D) Jordan
42. Which of the following pheno-menon is considered responsible for ‘Global Warming’ ?
(A) Greenhouse Gas Effect

43. Which of the following instru-ments is not issued by a bank ?
(E) National Saving Certificate

44. Name of Jyoti Randhawa is asso-ciated with which of thecfollo-wing games ?
(A) Golf

45. Which of the following Software Companies recently launched its education portal ‘Unlimited Potential’ in India ?
(A) Microsoft

46. Polly Umrigar who died was a well known___________
(A) Cricketer
47. In India Census is done after a gap of every____________
(D) Ten 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
(B) Micro Credit
49. Who amongst the following was India’s official candidate for the post of UNO’s Secretary Gene- ral ?
(C) Mr. Shashi Tharoor

50. Mr. Gordon Brown has taken over as the Prime Minister of_______
(E) Britain