Hi I am interested in having the previous years question paper for the Clerk Recruitment Examination held by State Bank of India?

The previous years question paper for the Clerk Recruitment Examination held by State Bank of India is as given below.

General Awareness Topic Question Paper

The changed management programme in which of the following banks is named as "Parivartan" ?

(1) Reserve Bank of India

(2) Bank of India

(3) Union Bank of India

(4) Bank of Baroda

(5) State Bank of India

The Government of India recently increased its allocation of funds of which of the following schemes by 37% to make it Rs. 12,886 crores ?

(1) Midday Meal Scheme ,.

(2) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

(3) Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JN-NURM)

(4) National Watershed Development Programme

(5) None of these

Which of the following countries has decided to give a 20% subsidy to its farmers even though they are rich ?

(1) France (2) England

(3) Italy (4) USA

(5j Germany

Which of the following statcment(s) is/are true about the Rail Budget 2009-10 presented in July 2009 ?

(A) A new scheme 'Izzat' was unveiled for the workers in un-organised sector. In this scheme, monthly season tickets will be available at the rate of Rs. 25 only.

(B) No charges will be levied for "TatkalTickets" if booked 72 hours in advance.

(C) Now passengers can buy their reserved tickets from 5000 post offices.

(1) Only A (2) Only B

(3) Only C (4) Both A and C

(5) All A, B and C

5. As per the report published recently, Income Tax Department has found about Rs. 1,200 crores lying in Frozen Demat Accounts in India. Why were these Demat Accounts frozen ?

(A) Funds in these accounts were coming from unknown foreign sources.

(B) These account holders were not able to produce their Permanent Account Number, which is mandatory for such transactions.

(C) There are the accounts of those who expired without making a will or nominating someone as their heir apparents.

(1) Only A (2) Only B

(3) Only C (4) All A, B and C

(5) None of these

6. As per the reports published in various newspapers/magazines, the Indo-US trade dropped by 25% in January to March 2009. But there are certain items whose
exports were on increase. Which of the following is/are these items ?

(A) Sugar (B) Steel

(C) Apparels

(1) Only B and C

(2) Only B (3) Only C

(4) Only A (5) All A, B and C

7. Which of the following clearly defines what corporate taxes are?

(AJ It is a direct tax levied on the income of a company or association.

(B) It is a tax which is levied to the companies on their production and commonly known as Value Added Tax (VAT).

(C) This is the tax levied on the income of the Directors, Promoters of a company/association on the profits earned by them during the year.

(1) Only A (2) Only B

(3) Only C (4) All A, B and C

(5) None of these

8. The Government of India is planning to infuse how much amount in 12 public sector banks to make their capital base strong ?

(1) Rs. 10,000' crores

(2) Rs. 12,000 crores

(3) Rs. 16,000 crores

(4) Rs. 22.000 crores

(5) Rs. 24,000 crores

9. How much amount did the Government of India allocate the National Housing Bank i.NHB) for making up of the shortfall in priority sector lending by commercial banks? (Announcement was made in Union Budget 2009-10).

(1) Rs. 1,000 crores

(2) Rs. 2,000 crores

(3) Rs. 2,500 crores

(4) Rs. 3,000 crores

(5) Rs. 5,000 crores

10. After J.L. Nehru, who amongst the following was/is the other Prime Minister-who completed his/her first term and immediately carne for the second term ?

(1) lndira Gandhi

(2) Dr. Manmchan Singh

(3) Mr. Htal Bihari Vajpayee

(4) Mr. Rajiv Gandhi

(5) None of these

11. Which of the following teams won the 'Asia Cup Hockey Tournament'held in May 2009?

(1) South Korea

(2) Iran

(3) India

(4) Pakistan

(5) China

12. Which of the following countries recently conducted 2nd nuclear test and also test fired some missiles defying the condemnation of various nations ?

(1) North Korea

(2) China

(3) South Korea

(4) Pakistan

(5) USA

13. An epidemic of infectious diseases which is passed on through population across a large region or worldwide is called—

(1) Pandemic (2) Endemic

(3) Global (4) Non infectious

(5) None of these

14. Which of the following is the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at present ?

(1) 3% (2) 4%

(3) 5% (4) 6%

(5) None of these

15. Who amongst the following is the winner of Women's Singles "French Open Tennis Tournament-2009' ?

(1) Dinara Safina

(2) Virginia Ruaho Pascual

(3) Anabcl Medina Garrigues

(4) Svetlana Kuznetsova

(5) None of these

16. Many times we read in newspapers/magazines about the increase or decrease in tax collection. Which of the following taxes is not included in the tax collection levied by the Union Government ?

(1) property Tax

(2) Education.Cess

(3) Corporate Tax

(4) Income Tax r

(5J Fringe Benefit Tax

17. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed who is heading a UN backed Central Government in his country, is the President of—

(1) Somalia (2) Iran

(3) Uganda (4) Israel

(5) None of these

18. Which of the following is the name of the international treaty which was signed by many nations to curb production of atomic bombs and other such Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) ?

(1) 123 Agreement

(2) Rio Declaration

(3) Rotterdom Convention

(4) Nuclear Non Proliferation

Treaty (NPT)

(5) None of these

19- Which of the following nations celebrated its first Republic Day on 29th May, 2009 ?

(1) Fiji (2) Bangladesh

(3) Myanmar (4) Nepal

(5) None of these