National Topics Multiple Choice Solved Questionnaires for Bank Exam-Current Affairs 2012

 National Affairs Practice Material 

1) The Lok Sabha in September 2012 passed by voice vote amid pandemonium the North-Eastern areas(Reorganization) Amendment bill 2011 that seeks bifurcate the civil services cadre of Manipur and 

1) Assam

2) Tripura

3) Meghalaya

4) Nagaland

Ans 2

2) with a view to curbing trans border smuggling of vehicles, arms and drugs, which of the following forces recently introduced a new helpline number to alert it about any suspecious movement along a section of Indo- Nepal border?

1) Sashastra seema Bal

2) Home Guards

3) Border Security Force

4) Indo Tibetan Military Force

Ans 1

3) The Planning Commission on September 5,2012 sanctioned what amount for the upcoming conference on bio-diversity(conference of Parties) to be held in New Delhi in October 2012?

1) Rs 100 Crore

2) Rs 500 Crore

3) Rs 800 Crore

4) Rs 300 Crore

Ans  4

4) The fifth Joint Monitoring Mission(JMM) of India and the world health organization(WHO) on the Revised National Tuberculosis control programme(RNTCP) in September 2012, endorsed the National strategic Plan(NSP) for the TB control for 

1) 2012-2023

2) 2012-2015

3) 2013-2016

4) 2012-2017

Ans 4

5) At which place did Union Minister for Health and Family welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad, on September 8,2012 inaugurated India's first employees state Insurance Corporation(ESIC) medical College

1) Nasik

2) Dehradun

3) Bangalore

4) Mumbai

Ans 3

6) The Fist meeting  of the India-Saudi Arabia joint committee on Defence cooperation was held in September 2012. The foundation for a strong bilateral relationship between the two countries was laid by visits by King Abdullah to India in

1) 2006

2) 1998

3) 1993

4) 2001

Ans 1

7) India on September 11,2012 announced another tranche of aid to Palestine and promised  to back the Palestine National authority's quest for non member status at the United nations.What is the amount of this trance?

1) $ 10 million

2) $ 5 million

3) $ 8 million

4) $ 6 million

Ans 1

8) The Empowered Group of Ministers(EGoM) on drought in September 2012 decided cut the interest rate on crop loan to what percentage for one year in the notified drought affected Talukas in four states of Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Gujarat?

1) 12 %

2) 10 %

3) 7 %

4) 5 %

Ans 3

9) Senior most Supreme court  Judge Justice Altamas kabir was on September 13,2012 appointed the next chief Justice of India.Whom did he succeeded as the country 's 39th Chief Justice on September 29,2012?

1) S.H. Kapadia

2) S.K. Sen

3) A.R Swamy

4) P.K Mohan

Ans 1

10) The Full Planning commission chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan singh on September 15,2012 approve the 12th Plan (2012-17) draft document endorsing the scaling -down of annual average economic growth target?

1) 6.6%

2) 9.1%

3) 8.2%

4) 7.1%

Ans 3

11) Defence Minister A.K Antony in September 2012 inaugurated a coastal radar network in which city a projected envisaged after the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai?

1) Kochi

2) Tuticorin

3) Rajkot

4) Panaji

Ans 1

12) The Supreme court on September 19,2012 declined to entertain petitions seeking review of its Judgement upholding the constitutional validity of the right of children to free and compulsory education?

1) 2009

2) 2005

3) 2001

4) 2007

Ans 1

13) India in September 2012 granted Rs 23.60 million assistance for the construction of a building for Shri Mahendra Higher secondary school in 

1) Nepal

2) Mauritius

3) Maldives

4) Bihar

Ans 1

14) The Government in September 2012 notified its decision to hike the Foreign investment cap to 74 percent modernization which of the following

1) Mobile Television Service Providers

2) Cable Networks

3) Direct to Home(DTH)

4) All of the above

Ans 4

15) Sri lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on September 21,2012 laid the foundation stone for a university of Budhist and Indic studies at

1) Ujjain

2) Sanchi

3) Bodh Gaya

4) Vidisha

Ans 4

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Latest Sports Events Happened MCQ's-Current GK Questionaries

Latest Sports Quiz

1) Who inaugurated the newly established sports science centre at the LNCPE on May 24?

a) Ajay Maken

b) Milkha Singh

c) Farooq Abdullah

d) Kapil Dev

Ans a

2) Which of the following Spanish football clubs claimed its first Spanish league title in past four years on May 2?

a) Barcelona

b) Leverpool

c) Chelsea

d) Real Madrid

Ans d

3) Kolkata Knight Riders claimed its first ever IPL title on May 27.The final match of the IPL-5 was played in which of the following cities?

a) Chennai

b) Mumbai

c) Kolkata

d) Hyderabad

Ans a

4) Which of the following statement is wrong?

a) Roger Federer defeated Czech Tomas Berdych to win Madrid open title on May 13

b) Roger Federer with this victory reacquired the second spot in the world tennis ranking

c) He is a Swiss national whoc has held the No. 1 position for record 285 weeks

d) He is the only player in the history of tennis to win all the grand slam titles

Ans d

5) Which of the following football clubs announced to open its first official football school in India?

a) Barcelona

b) Leverpool

c) AC Milan

d) Chelsea

Ans a

6) The national Anti-Doping Agency(NADA) issued notice to National record holder in the 400 metres Manjeet Kaur.Which of the following given facts related to Manjeet kaur are wrong?

I) She was conferred the Arjuna Award for her contribution to the Indian athletics

II) Manjeet Kaur won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Commonwealth games in 4 x 400 m relay event with Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose and Ashwani Akkunji.

III) In Doha Asian Games in 2006, Manjeet kaur led India to stunning 4 x 400 metres relay gold.

IV) She belongs from the state of Haryana

a) I & IV

b) II & III

c) only IV

d) All the statement are correct

Ans c

7) Malaysia won the Asian Title Hockey Championship for the first time in 20 years.The Malaysian team defeated which of the following sides?

a) Pakistan

b) India

c) Iran

d) South Korea

Ans a

8) Which among the following chess players won the Asian Continental Chess Championship?

a) Visvanathan Anand

b) Parimarjan Negi

c) R Slaem Saleh

d) Yu Yangyi

Ans b

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Financial Awareness MCQ's for the Gramin Bank Exam 2012

objective Type sample Paper of Financial Awareness

1) RBI's open market operation transactions are carried out with a view to regulate 
a) Liquidity in the economy
b) Prices of essential commodities
c) Inflation
d) Borrowing power of the banks
e) All of the above


Ans e


2) When more than one bank is allowing credit facilities to one party in coordination with eachother under a formal arrangement,the arrangement  is generally known as
a) Participation
b) Consortium
c) Syndication
d) Multiple banking
e) None of these


Ans b


3) open market operations, one of the measure taken by RBI inorder to control credit expansion in the economy means
a) Sale or purchase of govt. securities
b) Issuance of different type of bonds
c) Auction of gold 
d) To make available direct finance to borrowers
e) None of these


Ans a


4) The bank rate meabs
a) Rate of interest charged by commerical bank from borrowers 
b) Rate of interest at which commercial banks discounted vills of their borrowers.
c) Rate of interest allowed by commercial banks on their deposits.
d) Rate at which RBI purchases or rediscounts bills of exchange of commercial banks.
e) None of these


Ans d


5) What is an Indian depository means?
a) A deposit account with a public sector bank
b) A depository account with any of depositories in India
c) An instrument in the form of depository receipt created by an Indian depository against underlying equity shares of the issuing company
d) An instrument in the form of deposit receipt issued by Indian depositories.
e) None of these


Ans c


6) An instrument that derives its value from a specified underlying( Currency, gold,stocks etc) is known as---
a) Derivative
b) Securitisation Receipts
c) Hedge Fund
d) Factoring
e) Vanture capital funding


Ans c


7) In the capital market, the term arbitrage is used with reference to--
a) purchase of securities to cover the sale 
b) sole of securities to reduce the loss on purchase
c) simultaneous purchase and sale of securities to make profit from price.
d) variation in different market
e) Any of the above


Ans c


8) Currency swap is an instrument to manage
a) Currency Risk
b) Interest Rate Risk
c) Currency and interest rate risk
d) Cash flows in diffrent currencies
e) All of the above  


Ans d


9) Sub Prime refers to 
a) lending done by banks at rates below PLR
b) Funds raised by the banks at sublibor rates
c) Group of Banks which are not rated as prime banks as per bankers's Almanac.
d) Lending done by Finanacing institutions including banks to customers are not meeting with normally required credit appraisal standards.
e) All of the above 


Ans d


10) Euro bond is an instument 
a) issued in the European market
b) issued in Euro Currency
c) Issued in a country other than the country of the curency of the bond.
d) All of the above
e) None of these


Ans c


11) The IMF and the World bank were conceived as institutions to 
a) Strengthen international economic co-operation and to help create a more stable and proerous global economy.
b) IMF promoters international mometory cooperation
c) The world bank promotes long term economics development and poverty reduction.
d) All of these
e) None of these


Ans d


12) In the term BRIC, R stands for
a) Romania
b) Restriction
c) Russia
d) Regulation
e) None of these


Ans c


13) Which of the first Indian company to be listed in NASDAQ?
a) Reliance
b) TCS
c) HCL
d) Infosys
e) None of these


Ans d


14) Who is the Brand Endorsing personality of bank of baroda?
a) Juhi Chawla
b) Kiran Bedi
c) Amitabh Bachan
d) Kapil Dev
e) None of these   


Ans e


15) The branding line of Bank of Baroda
a) International Bank of India
b) India's International bank
c) India's Multinational Bank
d) World's local Bank
e) None of these


Ans b

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