Can you please give me the question papers of past years of South Indian Bank clerical cadre as it is very urgent for me?

As you want to get the question papers of past years of South Indian Bank clerical cadre so here is the information of the same for you:

1) India recently signed an agreement with which of the following countries to end a long

pending Border dispute ?

1) Pakistan

2) China

3) Bhutan

4) Myanmar

5) Bangladesh

Ans – 5



2) ‘ Financial inclusion ‘ is the latest powerful tool adopted by Reserve Bank of India, to fulfill

the basic objective of

1) uplifting of population lying below the poverty line

2) Connecting every Indian to the Country’s Banking System

3) Ensuring bank finance to all the landless agriculturists

5) Inclusion of latest technology in Financial Sector of the Country

Ans – 2



3) The Prime Minister of India visited which of the following ‘ Least Developed Countries ‘ in

Indian sub – continent in May 2011 and agreed to provide US & 2 billion as financial aid to it ?

1) Afghanistan

2) Nepal

3) Pakistan

4) Myanmar

5) Sri Lanka

Ans – 1



4) Who among the following is the Union Minister of Agriculture at present ?

1) Sri A. k. Antony

2) Dr. Farooq Abdullah

3) Sri Jaipal S. Reddy

4) Sri Sharad Pawar

5) None of these

Ans – 4



5) Which of the following is the overall Literacy Rate of India ( Census 2011 ) ( Approximately )

?

1) 68%

2) 70%

3) 74%

4) 78%

5) 82%

Ans – 3



6) Sri N . Ranga Swamy who took over as the Chief Minister of Pudhucherry after elections in

2011 belongs to which political parties ?

1) CPM

2) BJP

3) BSP

4) All India N. R. Congress

5) SSP

Ans – 4



7) NPA in banking terminology denotes

1) New Para Banking Assets

2) Net Profitable Assets

3) Net Performing Assets

4) Non – Performing Assets

5) New Pension Act

Ans – 4



8) Space Agency of which of the following countries put GSAT – 12, a Communication Satellite

in the orbit recently ?

1) USA

2) France

3) China

4) India

5) Japan

Ans – 4



9) The top military bosses of which of the following nations recently resigned en mass to pave

way for a Democratic Government in the nation ?

1) Turkey

2) Myanmar

3) Pakistan

4) Afghanistan

5) None of these

Ans – 1



10) India won the President’s Cup Volley Ball tournaments final 2011 by defeating

1) Turkey

2) Russia

3) Tunisia

4) Kazakhstan

5) Ukrain

Ans – 3



11) Which of the following Awards has been given to ‘ Gagan Narang ‘ in 2011 ?

1) Kirti Chakra

2) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

3) Bharat Ratna

4) Arjun Award

5) Sportsman of the year 2010

Ans – 2



12) What does the letter ‘ S ‘ denote in the term ‘ SEZ ‘ as seen frequently in the financial news

papers ?

1) Small

2) Social

3) Secret

4) Secondary

5) Special

Ans – 5



13) Who has taken over as the new President of Singapore recently ?

1) Tony Tan

2) Yoshihiko Noda

3) Lamine Diack

4) Recep Tayyip Erdogan

5) None of these

Ans – 1



1 Shanti Swarup Batnagar Award is given for excelence in the field of _______?

A)Literature

B)Music

C)Sports

D)Science & technology

E)Social service

Ans- D



2 Raag Darbari’ is a famous book written in Hindi by ______?

A)Shri Amarkant

B)Shri Shrilal Shukla

C)Shri Nirmal Verma


D)Shri Harivansh Rai Bachan

E)Smt. Malti Joshi

Ans-B



3 Leila Lopes who was crowned Miss Universe recently is a citizen of _______?

A)USA

B)Britain

C)Brazil

D)India

E)Angola

Ans – E

4 Ms. Helle Thorning Schmidt is the first woman Prime Minister of _______?

A)Norway

B)Brazil

)Denmark

D)Argentina

E) None of these

Ans – C



5 The 34th General Assembly of the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) was

organized recently in _______?

A)London

B)New Delhi

C)Vienna

D)Milan

E)Stockholm

Ans-B



6 Who among the following is the author of the book “Last Man in the Tower”?

A)Vikramseth

B)KiranDesai


C)Shobha De

D)Chatan Bhagat

E)AravindAdiga

Ans-E



7 Which of the following days was proclaimed International Literacy Day” by UNESCO ?

A)8th September

B)18th September

C)18th Oct

D)18th Oct

E)28th Nov

Ans-A



8 Which of the following honorary rank is given to M.S.Dhoni in the Territorial Army?

A)Major General

B)Sergeant

C)Major

D)Lieutenant Colonel

E)Colonal

Ans-D



9 Who among the following is not a sports person ?

A)Sania Mirza

B)Azim H.Premji

C)Leander peas

D)Ricky ponting

E)Rahul Dravid

Ans-B



10 Which of the following International events is associated with the game of car racing?

A)Twenty -20

6

B)FIFA World Cup

)Dubai Open

D)Singapore Grandprix

E)Grand Master

Ans-D



11 Who among the following is a Golf Player and represents India in International events ?

A)Mahesh Bhupathi

B)Pankaj Advani

C)Jee Milka Singh

D)Vijendra singh

E)Zaheer Khan

Ans-C



12 Which of the following is the name of India’s space launching vehicle?

A)Edusat

B)G-Sat

C)PSLV

D)Kalpana-1

E)HTPB

Ans-C



13 Which of the following awards has been given to Bragesh Mishra in 2011?

A)Padma Vibhusan

B)Bharat Ratna

C)Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

D)Padmashri

E)Man of the year 2011

Ans-A

14 Who among the following is the author of the famous Russian Classic book ” The

Mother”?

A)Maxim Gorky

B)Vladimir Nabokov

C)Leo Tolstoy

D)Edgar Allam Poe

E)Nikita Khruschev

Ans-A



15 Who among the following is the President of a Russian country at present?

A)Ban -ki moon

B)Pascal Lamy

C)Margaret Chan

D)Dmitry Medvedev

E)Kaushik Basu

Ans-D

1. Which of the following awards is given for excellence in the field of Literature?

A)Dada Saheb Phalke Award

B)Shanti Swarup BhatnagarAward

C)Padma BhushanD)Nirja Bhanot Award

E)Pulitzer Prize

Ans-E

2. Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of UN Security Council?

A)China

B)India

C)Russia

D)France

E)U.S.A

Ans – B


3. India recently conducted joint naval exercise SLINEX II with which of the following

countries?

A)Sri lanka

B)China

C)Japan

D)Bangladesh

E)Russia

Ans-A

4. As per the report by the U.S Agencies, which of the following countries was the largest

purchaser of weapons in 2010?

A)China

B)India

C)Pakistan

D)Srilanka

E)Iran

Ans -B

5. Which of the following Social Welfare Schemes is launched by the Government of India ?

A)Mid-day Meal Scheme

B)Jeevan Asha

C)Jeevan Bharti

D)Look east policy

E)Bharat Nirman

Ans – A

6.Which of the following awards was given to Mrs. Nilima Mishra recently?

A)Pulitzer prize

B)Ramon Magsaysay

C)Nobel Peace prize

D)Golden pen award

E)Kaliga Award

Ans- B

7. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa is the _____?

A)President of Srilanka


B)Prime Minister of Srilanka

C)President of Nepal

D)Prime Minister of Nepal

E)Foreign Minister of Fiji

Ans-A

8.Expand the term A L M __________?

A)Asset Liability Management

B) Asset Liability Maturity

C)Asset Liability Mismatch

D)Asset liability Manpower

E)Asset Liability Maintenance

Ans-A

9.Which of the following is the overall female literacy rate in India as per recent census?

A)50%

B)60%

C)65%

D)70%

E)73%

Ans-C

10.What does the letter ‘L’ stands for in the term LAF commonly used?

A)Liquidity

B)Least

C)Liabilities

D)Long

E)Liquid

Ans -A

11.Thumba’ India’s Rocket Launching centre is located in _______?

A)Haryana

B)Maharashtra

C)Tamilnadu

D)Gujarat


E)Orissa

Ans- None of these

12. Mr. TonyTan is the New President of ________?

A)China

B)Japan

C)Singapore

D)Hongkong

E)Northkorea

Ans – C

13. Which one of the following is observed as ‘World Food Day’?

A)6th Nov

B)16thNov

C)6thOct

D)16thOct

E)17thJan

Ans- D

14. Which of the following books is written by Sunil Gavaskar?

A)A Brief History Of Time

B)A Sence of Time

C)Sunny Days

D)Half A Life

E)Great Expectations

Ans -C

15.Who among the following players got Honorary Rank of Lt.Colonel in the Territorial Army of

India ?

A)Rahul Dravid

B)Sachin Tendulkar

C)Abhinav Bindra

D)Leander Paes

E)Gagan Narang

Ans-C

1.India has agreed to provide financial help to which of the following countries so that it can also

implement its 10th Five Year’s Plan (2008-13) successfully?

1) Afghanistan

2) Myanmar

3) Pakisthan

4) Nepal

5) Bhutan

Ans – 5

2.Exporters and importers in India are required to know ‘FEMA’ rules. What does the letter ‘M’

denote in the term ‘FEMA’?

1) money

2) material

3) mega

4) management

5) micro

Ans – 4

3.China has asked India to suspend operations of ONGC Videsh in South China Sea. ONGC

Videsh is an organizationengaged in

1) oil exploration

2) fishing and pearl culture

3) research in oceanography

4) development of ports and shipyards

5) providing technology for converting sea water into potable water

Ans – 1

4.Prime Miniser of India visited which of the following places in September 2011 to address the

General Assembly of the United Nation Organization?

1) New York

2) Washington DC

3) Rome

4) Vienna

5) Paris

Ans – 1


5.Pakistan has raised objection over the construction of Kishanganga Hydro Power project being

developed in

1) Rajasthan

2) Jammu & Kashmir

3) Gujarat

4) Punjab

5) Himachal Pradesh

Ans – 2

6.Who among the following is the Leader of the Opposition in the present Rajya Sabha?

1) Sri Sharad Joshi

2) Sri Ravi Shankar Prasad

3) Sri Arun Jaitley

4) Sri A.K.Antony

5) none of these

Ans – 3

7.Lasith Malinga is a famous player associated with the game of

1) hockey

2) badminton

3) lawn tennis

4) cricket

5) football

Ans – 4

8.Who among the following is the President of Nepal at present and was in news recently?

1) Sri Ram Baran Yadav

2) Sri Baburam Bhattarat

3) Sri Gyanendra Shah

4) Sri Madhav Kumar Nepal

5) None of these

Ans – 1

9.Sri Burhanuddin Rabbani who died recently was the former President of

1) Pakistan

2) Afghanistan

3) Iraq

4) Iran

5) Bangladesh

Ans – 2

10.Which of the following books is written by Salman Rushdie?

1) the Golden Gate

2) The god of Small Things

3) The Immortals

4) Satanic Verses

5) Two Lives

Ans – 4

11.Sex ratio (number of females per 1000 males) as per recent data released by the census

commission of India is

1) 930

2) 980

3) 976

4) 941

5) 990

Ans – 4

12.The second Africa India Forum Summit 2011 was organized in May 2011 in

1) Sun city

2) New Delhi

3) Addis Ababa

4) Nairobi

5) Pretoria

Ans – 3

13.India has an extensive Nuclear Energy Pact with which of the following countries which will

enable it to build many nuclear power stations in the country?

1) Russia

2) USA

3) Japan

4) germany

5) China

Ans – 2

14.Who among the following is NOT a minister in Union Cabinet?

1) Sri Kamal Nath

2) Sri Sharad Pawar

3) Sri S.M.Krishna

4) Smt.Ambika Soni

5) Ms.Mamta Banerjee

Ans – 5

15.Amitabh Bachchan was given Best Actor Award in 57th National Film Award for 2010 for his

acting in the film

1) Baabul

2) Cheeni Kum

3) Paa

4) Buddha Hoga Tera Baap

5) Bhoothnath

Ans – 3

16.Who among the following is NOT a well known author of Indian origin?

1) Kiran Desai

2) Shobha De

3) Gagan Narang

4) Chetan Bhagat

5) Vikram Chandra

Ans – 3

17.Which of the following welfare schemes is launched by the Government of India?

1) Jeevan Aadhar

2) Komal Jeevan

3) Mid Day Meal Yojana

4) Jeevan Amrit

5) Jeevan Mitra

Ans – 3

18.Which of the following Awards was given to VVS Laxman 2011 by the Government of India?

1) Padmasri

2) Padma Vibhushan

3) Arjuna Award

4) Sportsman of the year

5) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Ans -1

1.Which of the following organisation/ agencies is specifically set up to boost overall rural

development in India ?

1) RBI

2) SIDBI

3) NABARD

4) SEBI

5) EXAM

Ans- 3



2.Which of the following States has expressed its unhappiness over the agreement on sharing

of Teesta water between India and Bangladesh ? ( Agreement was not signed because of the

objection )

1) Jharkhand

2) Assam

3) Manipur

4) Bihar

5) West Bengal

Ans- 5



3.Which of the following countries is a major producer of Juite ?

1) Pakistan

2) Afghanistan

3) South Africa

4) Bangladesh

5) Sri Lanka

Ans- 4



4.The president of India visited which of the following countries in July 2011 and held discussions

with Mr. Lee Myung-bak, the president of the country ?

1) South Korea

2) Mongolia

3) China

4) North Korea

5) Thailand

Ans- 5



5.India is providing financial help to which of the following countries for building a large harbour

there named as Kankasanthurai Harbour ?

1) Nepal

2) Myanmar

3) Bangladesh

4) Sri Lanka

5) Vietnam

Ans- 4



6.The Government of India has recently added the following currency for allowing Indian

companies to raise debts through External Commercial Borrowings.

1) EURO

2) Dinar

3) Great Britain pound

4) Chinest Yuan

5) Japanese Yen

Ans- 4



7.Who among the following is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha at present ?

1) Mrs. Pratibha patil

2) Sri Mohammad Hamid Ansari

3) Dr. Manmohan Singh

4) Ms. Miera kumar

5) Sri. L.K. Advani

Ans- 2



8.Which of the following States at the instance of the Supreme Court of India, has decided to

conduct electronic auction to Iron and Steel producers ?

1) gujarat

2) Bihar

3) Madhya pradesh

4) Uttar pradesh


5) Karnataka

Ans- 5



9.Saina Nehwal is a famous player associated with the game of

1) Hockey

2) Badminton

3) Golf

4) Lawn tennis

5) Table Tennis

Ans- 2



10.Who among the following is the prime Minister of Japan at present ?

1) Mr. Yoshihiko Noda

2) Mr. Naoto Kan

3) Mr. Abe Shinzo

4) Mr. Yasuo Fukuda

5) None of these

Ans- 1



11. Central Drug Research Institute is located in which of the following cities in India ?

1) Jamshedpur

2) New Delhi

3) Jaipur

4) Lucknow

5) Dhanbad

Ans- 4



12. Which fo the following books is written by the Classic Russian author Maxim Gorky ?

1) As you like it

2) Lolita

3) The Mother

4) War and peace

5) Alice in Wonderland

Ans- 3



13. Summer Olympic of 2016 will be organised is a city in

1) China

2) India

3) Brazil

4) Russia

5) South Africa

Ans- 3



14.Which of the following terms is NOT used in the game of Hockey ?

1) Bully

2) Follow – on

3) Penalty corner

4) Centre pass

5) Scoop

Ans- 2



15.The latest merger of bank with State Bank of India is ––

1) State Bank of Hyderabad

2) State Bank of Indore

3) State Bank of Saurashtra

4) State Bank of Travancore 5) None of these

Ans- 2



16.Mr. Salva Kiir Mayardit has taken over as the first president of

1) Republic of South Sudan

2) Vietnam

3) Myanmar

4) Libya

5) iraq

Ans- 1



17.Which of the following represents female literacy rate in India ? ( As per provisional figures of

Census 2011)

1) 60%

2) 62%

3) 65%

4) 70%

5) None of these

Ans- 5



18.The Head Quarters of the World Bank is located in ––

1) London

2) Paris

3) New York

4) Tokyo

5) Washington D.C

Ans- 5



19.Which of the following schemes is launched by the Government of India only for school

children ?

1) Kutir Jyoti

2) Kishor Jeevan

3) Aadhaar

4) SEWA

5) Mid Day Meal

Ans-5



20.Which of the following days is observed as ‘World Ozone Day’?

1) 10th August

2) 16th October

3) 16th September

4) 10th December

5) 19th Janury

Ans- 3



21.Which of following Awards is given by the Government of Madhya pradesh for excellence in

the field of classical music/ dance etc ?

1) Saraswati Samman

2) Kalidas Samman

3) Vyas Samman

4) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award

5) Sahitya Akademi Award

Ans- 2



22.Which of the Cups/ Trophies is associated with the game of Cricket ?

1) Azlan Shan Cup

2) Davis Cup

3) Nehru Gold Cup

4) Ranji Trophy

5) Wimbledon Trophy

Ans- 4



23.Which of the following is the currency of South Korea ?

1) Yen

2) Kyat

3) Won

4) Rupee

5) Ringth

Ans- 3



24.Who among the following is the Railway Minister of India at present ?

1) Sri shared pawar

2) Sri Virbhadra Singh

3) Smt. Ambika Soni

4) Sri Dinesh Trivedi

5) None of these

Ans- 4



25.Who among the following was a famous Scientist and is known as the ‘Father of India’Nuclear

programme’ ?

1) Dr. Homi J. Bhabha

2) Dr. Satyendra Nath Bost

3) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai

4)Dr. Satish Dhawan

5) Dr. C.V. Raman

Ans- 1



26.Which of the following is given to Dr. Harish hande and Ms. Nileema Mishra recently ?

1) Ramon Magsayasay

2) Booker prize

3) Golden pen Award

4) Mercy Ravi Award

5) Sangeet Natak Akademi Award

Ans- 1



27. Which of the following pacts/ agreements will allow Afghanistan to sell its goods in India

without paying any tax ?

1) SAFTA

2) Free Market Agreement

3) Most Favoured Nation pact

4) Agreement for Direct Foreign Investment

5) Agreement to help Least Developed Countries

Ans- 1



28.Which of the following countries is a Member of G-8 ?

1) Iran

2) Turkey

3) France

4) Brazil

5) China

Ans- 3

1.Dr.Manmohan singh visited which of the following countries to hold bilateral talks on boundary

dispute with it in September 2011?

1) Nepal

2) Pakistan

3) Afghanistan

4) China

5) Bangladesh

Ans – 5



2.India is providing economic help to which of the following least developed countries by allowing

access to its goods in India as duty free market?

1) Afghanistan

2) Sudan

3) Pakistan

4) Greece

5) Portugal

Ans – 1



3.Who among the following is the leader of the Opposition in the present Lok Sabha?

1) Ms.Miera Kumar

2) Mrs.Sushma Swaraj

3) L.K.Adwani

4) Lalu Yadav

5) None of these

Ans – 2



4.Assume that Reserve Bank of India reduces the Bank Rate by 1%, what will be its impact?

1) less liquidity in the market

2) more liquidity in the market

3) no change in the liquidity in the market

4) mobilisation of more deposits by commercial – banks

5) none of these

Ans – 2


5.Which of the following states was recently in the grip of a severe earthquake and landslide?

1) Uttarakhand

2) Himachal Pradesh

3) Sikkim

4) Punjab

5) none of these

Ans – 3



6.Which of the following countries is a major producer of oil and petroleum products?

1) Brazil

2) Bangladesh

3) Srilanka

4) South Africa

5) Iran

Ans – 5



7.US lifts curbs on ISRO was the news in various newspapers. ISRO is an organization engaged in

___

1) space research

2) research on nuclear reactors

3) study of climatic changes

4) finding ways to enhance agricultural output in desert areas

5) field of Oceanography

Ans – 1



8.Federal Reserve is a financial organization of which of the following country?

1) USA

2) Britain

3) Germany

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4) Greece

5) Japan

Ans – 1



9.Qatar and some other countries are supply LNG to India. What does the letter ‘N’ denotes in the

term LNG used here?

1) Neutral

2) Nitrogen

3) Natural

4) Naphtha

5) Nitric

Ans – 3



10.Who among the following is the President of Indonesia at present was in news recently?

1) Mr.Najib Turn Tazak

2) Mr.Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

3) Mr.Sukarno

4) Mr.Yingluck Shinawatra

5) none of these

Ans – 2



11.Which of the following centres is the largest mobiliser of bank deposits in our country?

1) Delhi

2) Kolkata

3) Chennai

4) Ahmedabad

5) Mumbai

Ans – 5


12.Ms.Dilma rousseff is the first woman President of ___

1) Argentina

2) Brazil

3) Uganda

4) Peru

5) Newzealand

Ans – 2



13.The conference of Agricultural minister of G-20 nations was organized in June 2011 in

1) Lima

2) London

3) Tokyo

4) Vienna

5) Paris

Ans – 5



14.Which of the following books is written by R.K.Narayan?

1) A Tiger for Malgudi

2) Three Mistakes of My lie

3) A Himalayan Love Story

4) A Bend in the River

5) The Mother

Ans – 1



15.Who is the super senior citizen of India as per the Budget of 2011-12?

1) A person who has attained an age of 80 years and above

2) A person who has attained an age of 65 years

3) A person who has attained an age of 60 years


4) A person who has attained an age of 55 years and above

5) none of these

Ans – 1



16.India is purchasing C-17 Strategic Aircrafts from which of the following countries?

1) Italy

2) Germany

3) USA

4) France

5) Russia

Ans – 3



17.Many times we read the term ECB in newspapers. What is the full form of ECB?

1) Essential Commercial Banking

2) European Credit Borrowing

3) External Credit for Business

4) External Commercial Borrowing

5) none of these

Ans – 4



18.Which of the following awards is given to Gagan Narang recently by the Government of India?

1) Rajiv Gandhi Kehl Ratna Award

2) Bharat Ratna

3) Man of the Year

4) Sportsman of the Year

5) Padma Vibhushan

Ans – 1



19.Anushka Sharma was honoured with the best actress award by IIFA. for her acting in

1) Band baja baraat

2) Dabangg

3) Once upon a Time in Mumbai

4) My name is khan

5) Housefull

Ans – 1



20.Which of the following schemes is NOT launched by the Government of India?

1) old age pension scheme 2) bharat nirman

3) Kutir jyothi 4) swachhajal yojana

5) Jeevan tarang

Ans – 5



21.Who among the following is Minister of Foreign Affairs of India at present?

1) Sri Kamal Nath

2) Sri S.M.Krishna

3) Sri P.Chidambaram

4) Shri Sharad Pawar

5) None of these

Ans – 2


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