SBI PO Exam Previous Paper year 2003 - General Awareness Part-1 with Answers
1. “Where satellites aren’t used to predict the weather, study earthquake, broadcast news or entertain the world, they are used to take care of your investments. Welcome to the new” Which of the following organizations uses the above captions for its media campaigning?
l)JDBI 2)ICICI 3)UTI 4)SBI 5) None of these
2 In which of the following films made in Chhattisgarhi dialect the Chief Minister of the State, Ajit Jogi, also made a brief appearance?
1) Mor Sapno Ka Raja 2) Ghar Dwar.e 3) Bhola Chattisgarhia
4) Mayaru Bhouji 5) None of these
3. Which of the following organizations/institutes got the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2002, given for spreading the message of the Mahatma throughout the world?
1) Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 2) Mani Bhavan 3) Gandhi Shanti Pratishthan
4) Tarun Bharat Sangh 5) None of these
4. Which of the following statements about the recent elections of the “Sahitya Akademi” is True?
(A) Dr Gopichand Narang got elected as the president of the Akademi.
(B) Mahashweta Devi is the new vice-president ofVthe Akademi.
(C) This is for the first time in the history of the Akademi that an election has been fought for the Presidentship of the Akademi.
l)Only B and C 2)Only B 3)Only C 4)Only A and B 5)Only A
5. Which of the following organisations earlier working under the administrative control of the ‘Department of Personnel of the Central Government’ will now be under the direct control of the Prime Minister’s Office?
1) RAW 2) CBI 3) CRPF
4) National Security Guard 5) None of these
6. The World Cup Cricket final 2003 was played between
1) Sri Lanka — Australia 2) Australia — West Indies
3) New Zealand — England 4) England — India 5) None of these
7. As per the guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India, the holders of the International Credit Cards (ICCs) are not required now to take prior permission of the RBI to avail foreign exchange for business travel through ICCs even though the amount is as high as
l)US $25,000 2)US$ 10,000 3)US$l,00,000
4)’US $ 50,000 5) US $ 2,50,000
8. Who among the following is the author of the book Breakfast in China?
1) Alex Abraham – 2) Elaine Williams 3) Victor Rangel Rebeiro
4) Veena S Rao 5) None of these
9. Which of the following statements best define(s) the French viewpoint on its support to oa1ition foftes on war between USA and Iraq?
(A) France was not at all in the favor of any attack on Iraq as Iraq and France had very friendly relations.
(B) France was partially supporting America and was willing to join hands with it in case Iraq uses biological or chemical weapons.
(C) Iraq and France are not friends, still France had given an assurance to UNO that it would neither participate in war nor allow anybody to use its land for such purposes.
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only C 4) OnlyA&B 5) OnlyB&C.
10. ‘Indo-Pak ties hit all-time low’ was the headline in some national dailies some time back; which of the following incidences/even exactly prompted the media to float this headline?
1) India initially refused to play against Pakistan team in World Cup Cricket (but later on agreed to play).
2) India’s refusal to send its players to participate in SAARC Games organized in Islamabad on security grounds
3) India’s objection to Pakistan’s proposal of inviting international community for an open debate on Kashmir issue in the Summit of the Non-Aligned V Movement Meet.
4) India and Pakistan both reduced their diplomatic ties to their bare minimum when they expelled the senior most diplomats of each other.
5) None of these
11. RA Mashelkar, who is the recipient of the Dadabhai Naoroji
Memorial Award for 2002, is an eminent scientist and V
1) Director of the BARC
2) Chairman of the Electronics Commission
3) Director-General of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
4) Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
5) None of these
12. The Reliance Communication, a communication company of Indian origin, has obtained a licence for setting up telecom networks in
1)Germany& France 2)USA&UK 3) UK& Germany
4) USA & France 5) None of these
13. Which of the following Statements about India’s tax-GDP ratio is/are True ?
(A) India’s tax-GDP ratio is the highest in the world.
(B) India’s tax-GDP ratio is 56%, which is the lowest in the world.
(C) India’s tax-GDP ratio is the lowest in the world and as a result very less of the value added to the economy goes in the hands of the Government.
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only A & B 4) OnlyB&C 5) Only C
14. Which of the following statements correctly reflect(s) the Government of India’s decision taken recently about the prepayment of the foreign currency convertible .bonds owned by the Indian companies?
(A) Companies have been asked to renegotiate the payment terms of their foreign currency convertible bonds as government wants the payment period to be a longer one.
(B) Companies are allowed to make a prepayment under certain conditions as the foreign currency stock is in a very comfortable position these days.
(C) Companies will now have option to approach bondholders for prepayment of loans rather than offering equity to them on maturity.
1) Only A 2) Only 3) Only A &B 4) Only B & C 5) None of these
15. The residues of extremely harmful pesticides were detected recently in some parts ofthe country in the samples of which of the following?
1) Packed food of very popular brand
2) Bottled water
3) Ayurvedic medicines
4) Mid-day meals served to the children in the schools run by some State Governments
5)-None of these
16. Which of the following is the big ambitious scheme aimed to provide drinking water to all villages in India by 2004 and recently launched by the Prime Minister?
I) Suwam Rekha 2) Gangajali 3) Anant Vrushti 4) Meghdhara 5) Swajaldhara
17. To eliminate exploitation of child labour in carpet industry in India some social labelling programmes are being conducted. Which of the following is NOT the name of one such programme ?
1) RUGMARK 2) Kaleen 3) STEP 4) Care and Fair 5) NCAER
Answers:
01.3 06.5 11.3 16.5
02.4 07.1 12.2 17.5
03.1 08.1 13.5
04.5 0 9.1 14.2
05.2 10.4 15.2
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