4 January 2015

SBI & Associate Banks General Awareness Practice Questions - 2013 (SET-3)

State Bank of India & Associate Banks

GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS(SET - 3)

1) As per RBI DATA Which of the following is about accounts Indian women in Banks? 1. Indian Women in rural areas held more bank accounts when compared to women in semi - urban, urban and metropolitan areas 
 2. A total of 5.25 crore accounts had been opened by rural women. 
 3. Women in semi-urban areas held Rs 4.47 crore accounts while metropolitan women had opened Rs 3.98 crore accounts 
4. All the above

2) In which of the following state women having more number of accounts? 1. Andhra Pradesh 
2. Madhya Pradesh 
3. Uttar Pradesh 
4. Maharashtra

3) In which of the following states cash is held most in bank accounts?  1. Maharashtra 
2. Uttar Pradesh 
 3. Gujarat 
4. Andhra Pradesh

4) According to Union Commerce Ministry in the month of May, the exports slipped by? 1. 4.14% 
2. 4.16% 
 3. 4.18% 
4. 5.21

5) The trade deficit in May 2012 was? 1. $16.3 billion 
2. $18.9billion 
 3. $21.24 billion 
4. None of these
6) The target set by Union Government in its recent Trade Policy in the 2012-13 fiscal year, regarding exports? 1. 21%
2. 19%
 3. 20%
4. 24%

7) According to Reserve Bank of India the amount in unclaimed bank accounts are more than ..... in rupees ? 1. 2,100 crore
2. 2,400 crore
 3. 1800 crore
4.2700 crore

8) The highest amount of unclaimed deposits has been reported by ? 1. State Bank of India
2. Punjab National Bank
3. Syndicate bank
4. Canara Bank

9) Which of the following is true regarding unclaimed bank accounts?  1. Canara Bank consist of Rs 400 crore in 29 lakh accounts
 2. Canara bank is followed by Union Bank of India which holds Rs 306 crore 
3. Unclaimed deposits in Punjab National Bank are Rs 296 crore
4. All the above

10) Which of the following is true about Indias direct collection?1. India registered 47.16% increase in first quarter
 2. The growth is much lower than 23.91% growth in last fiscal
 3. The manufacturing sector has grown poorly
4. All the above

11) The target set by Union Government in the direct tax collection? 1. Rs 5.50 lakh crores
 2. Rs 5.60 lakh crores
 3. Rs 5.70 lakh crores
 4. Rs 5.80 lakh crores

12) Which of the following stock exchange was allowed by SEBI to operate as a full-fledged stock exchange in India?1. MCX-SX
2. SCX-MX
 3. Tokyo Indicator
4. None of these

13) How much increase has been shown in exports from Special Economic Zones in the first quarter of this fiscal?1. 63%
2. 64%
 3. 65%
4. 66%

14) Which of the following is true regarding RBI’s rates? 1. The Repo rate is 8%
 2. The reverse repo rate is 7%
3. The SLR is 23%
4. All the above

15) In its recent quarter monetary policy review, RBI reduced SLR from 24% to 23%. This enables Banks to get amount around? 1. Rs 40,000 crore
2. Rs 50,000 crore
 3. Rs 65,000 crore
4. None of these

16) CRR stands for...? 1. Cheque Reserve Ratio
 2. Cash Reserve Ratio
 3. Cash Registered Ratio
 4. None of these

17) For which of the following companies E-mandatory is made compulsory by SEBI? 1. Top-500 listed companies 
2. Multinational Companies
 3. Software companies 
4. Above Rs 1000cr turnover companies

18) Which of the following organization has made E-filing compulsory?1. RBI 2. SEBI
 3. Finance Ministry
4. CBDT

19) The RBI made it mandatory to lend 40% loans to Priority sectors to the Private banks which have 1. More than 20 branches in India
2. More than 20 banks in India and spread in atleast 5 states 
3. More than 50 branches in India
 4. None ofthese

20) Currently for how many foreign banks have more than 20 branches in India? 1. 1
2. 2
 3. 3
4. 4

21) To speed up the clearances Prime Minister Office decided to set up Project Clearance Board. It will be headed by? 1. Finance Secretary 
2. Revenue Secretary 
3. Cabinet Secretary 
4. Planning Commission Deputy Chairman

22) Expand NBFC? 1. Non Banking Financial Company  2. Non Banking Fiscal Company
 3. Neo Banking and Financial Company
4. None of these

23) Which of the following of new category NBFC included by RBI? 1. NBFC-INVESTMENT
 2. NBFC-FACTOR 
3. NBFC-LOAN
4. NBFC-INFRASTRUCTURE

24) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved offloading 10.82% government’s equity in SAIL, this is expected to yield...? 1. Rs 2000 crore
2. Rs 3000 crore
 3. Rs 4000crore
4. Rs 5000 crore

25) How many public sector units are listed for disinvestments? 1. 12
2.13
 3.14
4.15

26) Who will head the committee which was set up by Prime Minister to make a road map on GAAR? 1. Dr. Ranga Rajan
2. Parthasarathy Shome
3. Kaushik Basu
4. Rahul Kullar

27) The RBI has reduced its GDP forecast from 7.3% to?1. 6.5%
2. 6.6%
 3. 6.7%
4. 6.8%

28) Who among the following is the new CEO of Deutsche Bank? 1. Rajnath Kaushik
2. Ravneet Gill
 3. Samrat Singania
4. Kotchar Singh

29) Which cricketer is the Brand Ambassador to German Luxury Brand BMW car? 1. MS Dhoni 2. Virak Kohli
 3. SachinTendulkar
4. Suresh Raina

30) Which of the following company was awarded Gold Trophy in Safety Management Award 2012? 1. ONGC
2. MTNL
 3. BEML
4. BHEL

31) Which Bollywood Actor signed as Brand Ambassador of Kalyan Jewellers?  1. Akshay Kumar
2. Hrithik Roshan
 3. Amitabh Bachan
4. None of these

32) How many cement companies slashed fine by CCI recently? 1. 13
2. 14
 3. 15
4. 16

33) The Finance Ministry has recently appro ved 14 FDI proposals worth of Rs? 1. Rs 1584.11 crore
2. Rs 1684.11 cr
 3. Rs 134.12cr
4. None of these

34) Which of the following company received India’s first investment through Qualified Frame work Investor? 1. Tata company
 2. Kotak Mahindra Bank
3. Ing-vysya Bank
4. Mahendra-Satyam

35) India’s headline inflation in the month of June 2012 slowed to? 1. 7.22%
2. 7.23%
 3. 7.24%
4. 7.25%

36) With which of the following Bank Jet Airways tied up to launch Privilege Credit?1. HSBC
2. SBI 
3. HDFC
4. Centurion Bank

37) On which of the following Bank IRDA imposed fine for violation of various regulatory provisions ?1. HDFC life Insurance
2. ICICI-prudential
3. Tata-AIG
4. None of these

38) Coco-cola said that it would going to invest --- crore between 2012-20 (in dollars)? 1. 2 billion
2. 3 billion
 3. 4 billion
4. 5 billion

39) The 15 world’s biggest Banks rating was down graded by?1. MCX
2. Moody
 3. Nielsen
4. None of these

40) As per direction of CBDT the E-filing of Income tax is compulsory for all assesses whose annual earnings exceeded? 1. Rs 7 lakh
2. Rs 9 lakh
 3. Rs 10 lakh
4. Rs 20 Lakh

41) The ASSOCHAM asked government to postpone GAAR till? 1. 2015
2. 2014
 3. 2016
4. 2014 November

42) How many companies are included by Fortune Magazine in the list of World’s 500 largest companies? 1. 6
2. 7
 3. 8
4. 9

43) Who is the Governor of RBI?  1. D. Subba Rao
2. Subramanya swamy 
3. D. Bimal jalan
4. Kaushik Basu

44) Retail inflation based on the consumer price index (CPI) eased marginally to? 1. 10.62% in june from 10.36% in may
2. 10.34 % in june from 10.01% in may
3. 10.45% in june from 10.87% in may
4. None of these

45) Which company expects the import of the fuel to grow by 28% this fiscal?  1. Planning Commission
2. Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy
3. ONGC
4. HPCL

46) Which country is set to become the eighth largest shareholder in the IMF?1. Srilanka
2. China 
3. Japan
4. India

47) Which software company has announced a billion-dollar deal to buy strt-up of Yammer Inc enterprises social network services?1. Apple
2. IBM 
3. Microsoft
4. Oracle

48) Which company has bagged another order from Bangladesh’s Road transport Corporation for 88 AC buses? 1. BEML
2. Ashok Leyland 
3. Sriram Transport
4. Bharth Motors

ANSWERS: 1-4;  2-3;  3-1;  4-2;  5-1;  6-3;  7-2;  8-4;  9-4;  10-4; 11-3;  12-1;  13-2;  14-4;  15-3;  16-2;  17-1;  18-4;  19-1;  20-4; 21-3;  22-1;  23-2;  24-3;  25-4;  26-2;  27-1;  28-2;  29-3;  30-1; 31-3;  32-2;  33-1;  34-2;  35-4;  36-3;  37-1;  38-4;  39-2;  40-3; 41-1;  42-3;  43-1;  44-1;  45-2;  46-4;  47-3;  48-2;

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