General Awareness(GA) 15 Practice Questions for SBI Associate Clerical Test-GK 2012

General Knowledge Question Set 2012

1) Who has written the book " God of small things "?

1) V.S Naipaul

2) Kiran Desai

3) Anita Desai

4) Amitav Ghosh

5) Arundhati Roy

Ans 5

2) Which of the following country is not a member of shanghai cooperation organization?

1) India

2) China

3) Britain

4) Russia

5) None of these

Ans 1

3) Recently who became the member of the world Trade organisation?

1) Russia

2) Canada

3) Malaysia

4) Singapore

5) Japan

Ans 1

4) For how many years the Banks have been directed by Reserve Bank of India to maintain records relating to suspicious transaction?

1) 5 years

2) 10 years

3) 8 years

4) 12 years

5) 15 years

Ans 2

5) Recently which Pakistani Interior minister was suspended for dual nationality?

1) Imran Khan

2) Iftkaar Alam

3) Sherry Rehman

4) Rehman Malik

5) None of these

Ans 4

6) Which Indian actor is set to make Hollywood debut with the Lord of the Rings producer Barrie Osborne?

1) Hritik Roshan

2) Kamal Hassan

3) Irfaan Khan

4) Superstar Rajnikant

5) Anil Kapoor

Ans 2

7) Where does Inflation stand as on May 2012?

1) 8.55%

2) 9.55%

3) 7.55%

4) 6.55%

5) None of these

Ans 3

8) Which PSU bank has waived off minimum balance criteria for savings bank account?

1) Punjab National bank

2) Bank of Baroda

3) Bank of India

4) State Bank of India

5) None of these

Ans 4

9) In budget 2012-13, where new Scheme has been announced by Pranab Mukherjee?

1) Rajiv Gandhi Equity savings scheme

2) Rajiv Gandhi Pension scheme

3) Gramin Equity scheme

4) Gramin Pension scheme

5) None of these

Ans 1

10) Who amongst the following gave the concept of PURA?

1) Sonia Gandhi

2) Manmohan Singh

3) Rajiv Gandhi

4) APJ Abdul Kalam

5) None of these

Ans 4

11) Gross Non Performing Assets(NPAs) as a percent of total advances at the end of March 2012 were highest in case of 

1) Public Sector banks

2) Scheduled Commercial Banks

3) Old private Banks

4) Nationalized Banks

5) New Private banks

Ans 1

12) What was Insurance company Tata AIG Life renamed as in July 2012?

1) Tata AAA life

2) Tata AIC life

3) Tata AIA life

4) Tata AID life

5) Tata AIB life

Ans 3

13) SBI cards is a joint venture between state Bank of India

1) Citi Bank

2) Barclays Bank

3) GE Capital

4) Templeton

5) Stanchart Bank

Ans 3

14) Krishan-Godavari D-6 gas fields are jointly owned by Reliance Industries Ltd(60%), BP Plc(30%) and ------- (10%)

1) Cairn

2) Chevron

3) Niko

4) ESsar

5) Vedanta

Ans 3

15) Baron Pierre de Coubertin is known for his Contribution to which field?

1) Arts

2) Sports

3) Science

4) Economics

5) Journalism

Ans 2

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