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2 IBPS PO GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SAMPLE PAPER 1. In which one of the following States, Patratu Thermal Power Plant is proposed to be set up? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Bihar (c) Jharkhand (d) West Bengal 2. Maharatna, on June 30, 2011, received the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year (a) GAIL (b) ONGC (c) IOL (d) SAIL 3. Which state government, on June 29, 2011, announced a new Employment Guarantee Policy to ensure a secure future for outstanding sportspersons of the State? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra (c) Punjab (d) Haryana 4. International credit rating agency DBRS, for the first time in June 2011, upgraded India's long-term foreign and local currency debt rating to' ' from BBB (low) 'negative". (a) Improving (b) Moderate (c) Stable (d) Constant 5. Former President Lee Tenghui was, on June 30, 2011, indicted on charges of pocketing $7.79 million for his personal use through money-laundering. (a) Indonesian {2} Malaysian (c) Taiwan (d) South Korean 6. According to the data released in New Delhi on July 1, 2011, exports posted a healthy growth of percent at $25.94 billion in May (a) 51.5 (b) 47.6 (c) 31.3 (d) The World Food Foundation, on June 23, 2011, chose the former President of Ghana and respectively, John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, for the World Food Prize. (a) Brazil (b) Venezuela (c) Chile (d) Argentina 8. A contains specific rules and words that express the logical steps of an algorithm. (a) programming language (b) syntax (c) programming structure (d) logic chart 9. is processed by the computer into information. (a) Data (b) Numbers (c) Alphabets (d) Pictures 10. Customization means (a) Designing products to suit the Company (b) Designing strategies to suit the Company (c) Designing products to suit individual customers (d) All of the above 11. Marketing of Internet Banking means (a) Meeting of Banks on the net (b) Net practice (c) Marketing the usage of Banking transactions through Internet. (d) Transactions with foreign countries 12. As we all know rise of the 'BRICs* has left a vast impact on almost all aspects of the global economy. However, which of the following cannot be called as the direct effect(s) of "Rise of the BRICs" on global/other powerful economy/economies? (A) Countries like China wish to learn more about outsourcing from India* Page 2 of 6

3 (B) It has made countries to suffer from Sub-prime Crisis. (C) EURO has become a powerful currency and many non-euro countries are in 'Swap Agreement* with various nations.. (a) Only A (b) Only B (c) Only C (d) All A. B and C 13. A prominent international weekly sometime ago printed a caption on its cover page which read "Brazil Takes Off". Other major newspapers/magazines also printed similar stories/articles In their publications at the time. Why have magazines/newspapers decided to talk about Brazil these days? (A) All major economies of the world have been taking time to recover from the recession but Brazil was one of those which was "Last in and First out". (B) Brazil is a member of BRIC, but unlike China it is a democracy, unlike India, it has no hostile neighbours, no insurgents and unlike Russia it exports more oil and arms and treats foreign investors with more respect. (C) Brazil is the world's second largest booming economy. (a) Only A (b) Only B (c) Only C (d) Only A and B 14. Now almost all major newspapers/ journals and magazines are printing research reports giving the analysis and/or the causes of the sub-prime crisis which gripped America and the world a few months back. Which of the following was/were amongst the common cause(s) of the same? (They were present in almost all the economies). (A) The problem was that investors erroneously believed property prices were quite predictable and built a whole edifice of financial planning on the back of the American housing market. (B) Credit rating agencies all over the world were not equipped to forecast the effect of subprime crisis on world economy. Agencies were overconfident and did not react in time. (C) Neither USA nor other countries took a note of the crisis in time. In fact they ignored it for quite some time. (a) Only A (b) Only B (c) Only C (d) All A, B and C 15. Amongst the following sectors, which sector/segment has shown the highest percent growth in the current fiscal? (a) Mining (b) Manufacturing (c) Electricity, gas and water supply (d) Banking and Finance 16. The market in which long term securities such as stocks and bonds are bought and sold is commonly known as (a) Commodities Exchange (b) Capital Market (c) Bull Market (d) Bullion Market 17. Chinese objections have stalled the road work at the village of Demchok, on the Indian side of the line of control. In which one of the following states is this village located? (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Rajas than 18. The Central Banks of which one of the following countries has offered $ 15 billion emergency credit to support its economy hit by falling prices and also to strengthen its currency? (a) South Korea (b) Japan (c) United Kingdom (d) United States of America 19. Which one of the following had set up the N.R. Narayana Murthy Committee on issues relating to Corporate governance? (a) SEBI (b) RBI (c) CII (d) Ministry of Finance, GOI 20. Who among the following was the Prime Minister of Nepal just before Madhav Kumar Nepal? (a) Ram Baran Yadav (b) Pushpakamal Dahal Prachand Page 3 of 6

4 (c) Girija Prasad Koirala (d) Mahendra Kumar Suryavanshi 21. Who among the following won 'Miss Earth 2009' title? (a) Alejandra Castillo Munera (b) Sandra Seifort (c) Jessica Barboza (d) Larissa Ramos 22. Who among the following is the author of the book Termites in the Trading System'? (a) M.S. Swaminathan (b) Jagdish Bhagwati (c) Jaswant Singh (d) M. Chelapati Rao 23. As per the reports published In the newspapers the hanks, par ticularly public sector banks are tying up with various rating agen cies for providing a qualitative assessment of the credit needs of the borrowers, Which amongst the following is/arc such credit rating agencies in India? (A) CARE (B)CRISIL (C) UUP (a) Only A (b) Only B (c) A and B only (d) Only C 24. The Government of India recently constituted the New Finance Commission (13th). What arc its major functions? To decide (A) the salary structure of the employees of the Central Government. (B) the distribution of the net proceeds of taxes between slates and Central Government (C) rate of Income tax and other taxes collected by the Union Government. (a) Only A (b) Only B (c) Only C (d) All A. B and C 25. Which of the following Is the name of very violent and serious types of winds which bring lot of disaster? (a) Trade winds (b) Hurricane (c) Cirrus (d) Stratus 26. The Global Employment Trends Report 2008 published by the International Labour Organization has indicated that there may be increase in global unemployment What according to them Is/are the major reasons of the possibility? (A) Turmoil In Credit Markets all over the world (B) Rise in oil prices in international market (C) Civil unrest in some under and undeveloped nations. (a) Only A (b) Only B (c) Only C (d) Only A and B 27. Whlch of the following cannot be called as a benefit of introduction of Information Technology in Banks? (A) They have replaced paper based and labour Intensive methods with automated pro-cesses. (B) It has created a customer friendly atmosphere in banks. Remote banking and anytime banking Is possible* (C) It has made banking perfect ly fool proof and safe as breaking electronic security is almost impossible. (a) Only (A) (b) Only (B) (c) Only (C) (d) (A) and (B) both 28. Which of the following countries doe* not play International crick-et? (a) Japan (b) New Zealand (c) Australia (d) Bangladesh 29. Who amongst the following is the author of the book 'An Angel in the Cockpit? (a) Kumar Mana^alam Birla (b) Vijaypath Singhania (c)vljay MalIya (d) Kiran Bed! 30. Union Budget Is always presented first In the (a) Rajya Sabha (b) Lok Sabha (c) Joint Session of the Parliament (d) Meeting of the Union Cabinet Page 4 of 6

5 31. The Monetary and Credit Policy is announced by which of the following? (a) Ministry Of Finance in Centre (b) Reserve Bank of India (c) State Bank of India (d) Planning Conimission of India 32. Which of the following Is NOT associated with cricket? (a) LBW (b) Love (c) Swing (d) Hook 33. Consider the following statements regarding some major developments in February 2010: a. S.C. Sinha was appointed Director General of the National Investigation Agency. b. India signed a "declaration" on civilian nuclear cooperation with the U.K. c. Eminent journalist Sanjoy Hazarika was awarded the Dr. Jean Mayer Award for Global Citizenship by the U.S.based Tufts University. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? Select the correct answer using the codes given below: (a) Only b (b) Both a and c (c) Only c (d) All of the above 34. The Union budget, increased the outlay for the defence sector by per cent with a total allocation of Rs. 1,47,344 crore as against the previous allocation of Rs. 1,41,'703 crore. (a) 3.98 (b) 2.24 (c) 4.50 (d) India and, in February 2010, agreed to increase the flow of trade and investments, particularly Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), in regard to market access for both goods and services. (a) France (b) Germany (c) Japan (d) Britain 36. The Union Cabinet, on February 18, 2010, approved Rs. 182 crore for, designated as the telecom service provider for the forthcoming Common wealth Games in Delhi. (a) Vodafone India (b) Bharti Airtel (c) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (d) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited 37. The Economic Survey , released in February 2010, argued for a gradual rollback of stimulus measures while projecting a robust GDP expansion of up to_ per cent in on the back of a "remarkable recovery" growth expected at 7.2 per cent for the current fiscal. (a) 8.75 (b) 6.50 (c) 9.75 (d) Consider the following statements: a. Indian-American Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jhumpa Lahiri was, in February 2010, appointed a member of U.S. President Barack Obama's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. b. Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul, in February 2010, joined a select band of living figures when his portrait was unveiled in London's prestigious National Portrait Gallery. Select the correct answer using the codes given below: (a) Both a and b (b) Neither a nor b (c) Only a (d) Only b 39. Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) means (a) a tool for marketing cost analysis (b) a tool for financial analysis (c) each year, budgeting starts from a scratch (d) a certain percentage of sales 40. Which of the following is a Web browser? (a) Paint (b) PowerPoint (c) Fire fox (d) Word Page 5 of 6

6 ANSWERS IBPS PO GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SAMPLE PAPER 1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (d) 4. (c) 5. (c) 6. (d) 7. (a) 8. (a) 9. (a) 10. (d) 11. (c) 12. (b) 13. (d) 14. (d) 15. (b) 16. (b) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (a) 20. (b) 21. (d) 22. (b) 23. (a) 24. (b) 25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (b) 28. (a) 29. (b) 30. (b) 31. (b) 32. (b) 33. (d) 34. (a) 35. (d) 36. (d) 37. (a) 38. (a) 39. (c) 40. (c) Page 6 of 6

Bank PO - General Socio-Economic & Banking Awareness

Bank PO - General Socio-Economic & Banking Awareness Bank PO - General Socio-Economic & Banking Awareness 1. RBI's open market operation transactions are carried out with a view to regulate (A) Liquidity