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1) Trade Ministers of Key WTO member countries including India held a meeting at Davos in
Switzerland on January 29, 2011. Which of the following was the purpose of this meeting?
1) Negotiations for free trade
2) Negotiations to abolish Restrictive Trade Practices
3) Issues relating to agricultural subsidies
4) Negotiations for Global trade deal
5) To include Pakistan and Iraq as members
Ans) 3
2) Which one of the following advices has / have been given by leading Economists to Finance
Minister during their pre – budget meeting with him ?
A) To take measures to boost farm productivity only
B) To improve supply of agricultural products only
C) To reduce the fiscal deficit only
Ans) All A, B & C
3) As per recent news paper reports, which one of the following countries has signed highest
number of deals to get global project finance ?
1) Australia
2) USA
3) Saudi Arabia
4) Spain
5) India
Ans) 5
4) To which of the following States has the Asian Development Bank given a loan of $ 90 m for
development of Power projects ?
1) Himachal Pradesh
2) West Bengal
3) West Bengal
4) Arunachal Pradesh
5) Assam
Ans) 5
5) In the opinion of the Governor of Reserve Bank of India, which one of the following is the
reason owing to which India’s inflation is accelerating ?
1) Excess liquidity in market
2) Speculation in essential goods
3) Higher food cost
4) Commodities futures
5) None of these
Ans) 3
6) In the opinion of the RBI, which one of the following is / are a threat to the smooth
functioning of Indian companies?
A) Rising input cost
B) High interest rates
C) Inflation only
Ans) All A, B & C
7) For which of the following reasons Government of India has decided to waive off upfront
payment of Rs. 1,400 to be made by each customer located in rural areas to LPG connection ?
A) To help villagers to use LPG in a place of firewood/ kerosene
B) To help villagers to save kerosene for agricultural activities
C) To llure villagers to use LPG which is of sub standard quality and not fit for industrial use
Ans) Only B & C
8) Expand the term ALM as used in Banking / finance sector?
1) Asset Liability Mismatch
2) Asset Libility Maturity
3) Asset Liability Management
4) Asset Liability Manpower
5) None of these
Ans)3
9) Who among the following is the author of the book ‘Half a Life’ ?
1) Mark Tully
2) Deepak Chopra
3) Chetan Bhagat
4) Ved Mehta
5) V . S . Naipaul
Ans) 5
10) Which of the following organizations has given a US $ 1.72 billion loan to India to build
rods in rural areas ?
1) Asian Development Bank
2) International Monetary Fund
3) Bill Gates Foundations USA
4) World Bank
5) None of these
Ans) 3
11) Who among the following has asked banks to adopt ‘six step’ approach to prevent
diversion of funds by the companies?
1) Company Registrar
2) SEBI
3) RBI
4) AMFI
5) All of these
Ans) 3
12) Which of the following countries has been invited to join BRIC?
1) Indonesia
2) Bangladesh
3) South Africa
4) China
5) Argentina
Ans) 3
13) Who is Nicolas Sarkozy?
1) French Prime Minister
2) French President
3) Russian Prime Minister
4) Russian President
5) None of these
Ans) 2
14) According to World Economic Forum , which one of the following risks is the greatest risk
faced by the world in the year 2011?
1) Credit Risk
2) Country Risk
3) Counter pary Risk
4) Sovereign default Risk
5) None of these
Ans) 1
15) Which one of the following decisions has been taken by Govt. in respect of MGNREGA?
1) The wages should be revised by the State Governments
2) The wages are to be revised by the Planning Commission
3) The District Authorities who allot work can give differential wages
4) The wages shall be linked to inflation
5) None of these
Ans) 1
16) On which of the following subjects Pranab Sen Committee has submitted to
recommendations to the Govt. of India ?

1) MGNREGA
2) Food Security
3) Inflation
4) Food Processing Industries
5) None of these
Ans) 5
17) Expand the term CCEA as used in administrative circles
1) Cabinet Committee of External Affairs
2) Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs
3) Cabinet Council on External Affairs
4) Cabinet Council of Economic Affairs
5) none of these
Ans) 2
17) What is the full form of LIBOR as used in financial / Banking sectors ?
1) Local Indian Bank Offered Rate
2) London – India Bureau of Regulations
3) Liberal International Bank Official Ratio
4) London Inter Bank Offered Rate
5) None of these
Ans) 4
18)In which one of following States, Patratu Thermal Power Plant is proposed to be set up?
1) Madhya Pradesh
2) Bihar
3) Jharkhand
4) West Bengal
5) Kerala
Ans) 3

18) On the basis of which of the folowing reasons , IMF has projected India’s GDP growth at
8.8% in 2010 – 11?
1) Strong industrial growth
2) Strong farm sector growth
3) High domestic consumptions demand
Ans) 2 & 3
19) Who among the following is the ICC Cricketer of the year ? ( R )
1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Kevin Peterson
3) M.S. Dhoni
4) Sanath Jayasurya
5) None of these
Ans) 1
20) Who is Montek Singh Ahluwalia? ( R )
1) Chairman, Planning Commission
2) Dy. Chairman, Planning Commmission
3) Commerce Secretary, GOI
4) Economic Advisor to Prime Minister
5) None of these
Ans) 2
21) Who amongst the following is the Prime Minister of Australia at present?
1) Julia Fillard
2) Kevin Rudd
3) Dilma Rousseff
4) Sebastian Vettel
5) None of these
Ans) 1

22) Expand the term FSDC which is used in financial sectors?
1) Financial Security and Development Council
2) Financial Stability and Development Council
3) Fiscal Security and Development Council
4) Fiscal Stability and Development Council
5) None of these
Ans) 2
23) Expand the term GSLV
1) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
2) Global Satellite Launch Vehicle
3) Geosynchronous Station Launch Vehicle
4) Global Station Launch Vehicle
5) None of these
Ans) 1
24) ‘Goodbye Shahzadi’s is a book written by —-
1) Shyam Bhatia
2) Ashok Mehta
3) Janardhan Thakur
4) Arun Gandhi
5) None of these
Ans) 1
25) Malayalam writer Akkithom Achutyan Nanbhodiri will be the recipient of which of the
following awards ?
1) gnanpith Award
2) Pulitzer Prize
3) Best Asian Author
4) Kalidas Samman
5) Arjun Award

Ans) 1 Nanbhodri has been chosen for the Moorti Devi Award of gnanpith Awards.
26) Which one of the following will set up core banking infrastructure for rural areas ?
1) RBI
2) NABARD
3) SIDBI
4) IBA
5) None of these
Ans) 2
27) Who is Robert Zoelick?
1) IMF Chief
2) World Bank President
3) ADB President
4) Chief UNIDO
5) None of these
Ans) 2
28) Justice K.G Balakrishnan is holding the post of
1) Chief Justice of India
2) Chairman, National Human Rights Commission
3) Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India
4) Revenue Secretary, Govt. of India
5) None of these
Ans) 2
Bank Of Baroda Clerk Exam ( 1st Sitting )
1) In order to streamline the functioning of MFI sector the RBI had appointed a committee. The
committee was headed by ——
1) Dr. Y.V. Reddy
2) Shri M.V.Nair
3) Shri Y.H.Malegam

4) Dr.D. Subbarao
5) Smt. Usha Thorat
Ans – 3
2) What does the term NSDL stand for ?
1) National Securities Development Limited
2) National Securities Depository Limited
3) National Safety Development Limited
4) National Safety Deployment Limited
5) National Social & Developmental Liabilities
Ans – 2
3) Basel III in banks is being planned to be implemented from which of the following years ?
1) 2012
2) 2013
3) 2014
4) 2015
5) 2018
Ans – 1
4) As per the reports in various news papers, RBI has asked banks to make a plan to provide
banking services to all villages having a population of 2000. This directive issued by the RBI
will fall in which of the following categories ? ( R )
1) Plan for Financial Inclusion
2) Efforts to meet the targets of priority sector lending
3) Extention of Relief Packages to the Farmers
4) Extension of Internal and Branchless Banking
5) None of these
Ans – 1

5) Which of the following is represented by the letter ‘ L ‘ in the abbreviation CAMELS as used
in the financial sector ?
1) Leans
2) Leadership
3) Liabilities
4) Liquidity
5) None of these
Ans – 4
6) Many a times we read the word ‘ PPP ‘ in financial dailies / magazines. What is the full form
of the same as used in financial world ? ( Repeated in Bank of Baroda Clerk Exam ( 1st sitting ) )
1) Purchasing Power Parity
2) Per capita Potential Purchase
3) Public Per capita Power
4) Present Purchasing Power
5) Popular Public Preferences
Ans – 1

Indian Bank Probationary Officers Exam Previous
Questions
Indian Bank Probationary Officers Exam
1. The Commonwealth Games 2010 were held in Delhi from October 3 to 14, 2010. Who
amongst the following picked up the Game’s first Gold Medal ?
1) Augustina Nwaokolo
2) Ravinder Singh
3) Azhar Hussain
4) Carol Huynh
5) None of these
Ans – 1
2. In which of the following cities was the recent meet of G – 20 Countries organised ? ( R )
1) Tokya
2) Seoul
3) London
4) Beij9ng
5) Singapore
Ans – 2

3. As per recent news paper reports, which one of the following countries has ( among the
given ) has the highest literacy rate ?
1) India
2) Sri Lanka
3) China
4) Vietnam
5) Bangladesh
Ans – 4
4. Which one of the following has decided to give guarantee for infra loans ?
1) IDBI
2) SBI
3) IIFCL
4) SIDBI
5) None of these
Ans – 3
5. In which one of the following States is the uranium project proposed to be set up ?
1) Manipur
2) Meghalaya
3) Orissa
4) Assam
5) Nagaland
Ans – 3
6. Amongst 169 countries on Human Development Index which one of the following is India’s
rank ?
1) 89
2) 91
3) 119
4) 129
5) 138
Ans – 3
7. Which one of the following has got RBI nod to issue prepaid cards to its clients ?
1) LIC
2) GIC
3) SIDBI’
4) NABARD
5) None of these
Ans – 1
8. As per recent news paper reports, India’s public debt rises 2.8 per cent to Rs. 28 lakh
crores. Which one of the following is the reason that has forced commercial banks to buy
Government Securities ?
1) Lack of credit growth
2) Increase in credit growth
3) Raising of repo rate
4) Raising of reverse repo rate
5) None of these
Ans – 1
9. Which one of the following has proposed $ 11 billion infrastructure debt fund ?
1) NABARD
2) SBI
3) RBI
4) Ministry of Finance, Government of India
5) Planning Commission
Ans – 4

10. The expansion of TRAI is —–
1) Telecom Regulations and Inspection
2) Transport Regulatory Authority of India
3) Train Regulatory Authority of India
4) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
5) Transfer Regulations Act of India
Ans – 4
11. Who is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra at present ?
1) Ashok Chavan
2) R. R. Patil
3) Vilasrao Deshmukh
4) Sushil Kumar Shinde
5) None of these
Ans – 5
12. The expansion of ‘ CDMA ‘ is
1) Calculated Division of Many Applications
2) Computer Divided Multiple Access
3) Code Diversified Memory Applications
4) Code Division Multiple Access
5) None of these
Ans -
13. Who amongst the following is the recepient of ‘ Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2010′ ?
1) Javed Akhtar
2) Amitab Bachchan
3) Gulzar
4) Hema Malini
5) None of these
Ans – 5
14. Bank of Rajastan is now merged with which one of the following banks ?
1) AXIS Bank
2) IDBI Bank
3) ICICI Bank
4) HDFC Bank
5) None of these
Ans – 3
15. As per GDP figures on calender year basis, according to World Bank, which one of the
following economies will have highest GDP growth in the year 2011 ?
1) US
2) China
3) Japan
4) India
5) Brazil
Ans – 2
16. Which one of the following is the full form of the abbreviation ‘ IFRS ‘ as used in corporate /
finance sector ? ( R )
1) Indian Financial Reconciliation Standards
2) Interpretation and Formal Reporting System
3) International Financial Reporting Standards
4) International Financial Reporting System
5) None of these
Ans – 3

17. As per the new guidelines issued by SEBI, companies are required to list shares within
how many days of the closure of the Initial Public Offers ( IPOs ) ?
1) 60 days
2) 12 days
3) 30 days
4) 45 days
5) None of these
Ans- 4

Aryavart Gramin Bank Officer Exam Previous Questions

1) Eminent Author, Chandrasekhar Kambar has been chosen for Jnanpith Award for the year
2010. In which one of the following languages does he write ? Awards & Honours covered
in march issue
1) Urdu
2) Tamil
3) Kannada
4) Hindi
5) Punjabi
Ans – 3
2) Which one of the following ranks has been conferred on M.S.Dhoni by the President Mrs.
Pratibha Patil ?
1) Major
2) Colonel
3) Lt. Colonel
4) Lt.General
5) None of these
Ans – 3
3) Expand the term ‘MAT’ —-
1) Minimum Add – on Tax
2) Maximum Add – on Tax
3) Minimum Alternate Tax
4) Maximum Alternative Tax
5) None of these
Ans – 3
4) Standard and Poor’s had reduced the credit rating of which one of the following countries a
few months back ?
1) Ireland
2) Portugal
3) Greece
4) Italy
5) USA
Ans – 5
5) For which one of the following reasons Mohindar Amarnath had been in news recently ?
1) He had been included in selection panel of BCCI
2) He had been included in IPL Governing Board
3) He had been selected as coach for Indian Test Cricket Team
4) He had been appointed to the post of Advisor to Prime Minister on India’s Youth Policy
5) None of these
Ans – 1

6) With the assistance of which one of the following countries Kundankulam Automic Power
Project is being set up ?
1) France
2) Germany
3) U.K
4) Russia
5) None of these
Ans – 4
7) Children’s day is observed on which one of the following dates ?
1) July 15
2) November 14
3) April 5
4) September 14
5) August 25
Ans – 2
8) Government of India has made a special agreement with USA to develop which of the
following modes of power generation in India ?
1) Hydro Power
2) Thermal Power
3) Wind Power
4) Nuclear Power
5) Tidal Power
Ans – 4
9) Who is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh at present ?
1) Hamid Kharzai
2) Sheikh Haseena Wajed
3) Abdul Hameed
4) Zillur Rahman
5) None of these
Ans – 2
10) Hillary Clinton who was on a visit to India a few months back is the US Secretary of ——- (
Repeated in Uttaranchal Grain Bank Clerk Exam, SBI Clerical Staff Recruit Exam )
1) State
2) Foreign Trade
3) Defence
4) Political Affairs
5) None of these
Ans – 1
11) Expand the term FRBM.
1) Foreign Responsibility and business Management
2) Fiscal Review and Business Management
3) Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
4) Financial Responsibility and Budget Modification
5) None of these
Ans – 3
12) Which of the following schemes is launched by the Government of India to provide good
health care services in rural areas ?
1) Kutir Jyoti
2) ASHA
3) MGNREGA
4) Bharat Nirman
5) Swavlamban
Ans – 2

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