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BANK PO - Model Question Paper
152. Which of the following days Is observed as World House Sparrow Day?
(1)March 8
(2) March 20
(3)March 21
(4) March 22
(5) March 24
165.Which of the following industrialists recently launched a venture capital fund named Catamaran?
(1)RatanTata (2)Sunil Mittal
(3)Anil Ambani (4)N.R Narayana Murthy
(5) Laxml Nivas Mittal
154.For the first time anywhere in the world, biotech agriculture giant Monsanto has admitted that Insects have developed resistance to its Bt Cotton crop. In which of the following states was it discovered that the Bt crop is no longer effective against the pink bollworm pest?
(1)Andhra Pradesh
(2)Karnataka
(3)Gujarat
(4)Kerala
(5) Maharashtra
155.Which of the following is the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) unit of account?
(1)GDR
(2) ADR
(3) IDR
(4)SDR
(5) None of these
156.The Khandelwal committee to recommendations are related to toe
(1)banking sector
(2)insurance sector
(3)retail sector
(4)defence sector
(5)tourism sector
157.In which of toe following Indian cities is Facebook,a popular social networking site, opening its office?
(1)Kolkata
(2)Mumbai
(3)Chennai
(4)Hyderabad
(5) Bangalore
158.The 123rd birth anniversary of Muzaffar Ahmed was observed in August 2011 Muzaffar Ahmed was one of the founders of the
(1)communist party
(2)Muslim league
(3)INA
(4)Ghadr Party
(5)Indian National Congress
159.As of March 2010, which of the following operators has/have crossed the 10 crore subscriber mark?
(1)Airtel
(2) Rettance Communications
(3)BSNL
(4)Both (1) and (2)
(5)AH (1), (2) and (3)
160.Under the Minorities Act 1992, the centre notified five religious minorities. Which is the odd one out?
(1)Parsis
(2) Muslims
(3) Buddhists
(4) Sikhs
(5) Jains
161.As on March 2010, how many metric tonnes of gold stocks are present in India?
(1)357
(2) 200
(3) 557
(4) 655
(5) 800
162.Tata Steel has announced in August 2011 a plan to set up a three million tonne integrated steel plant in the Bellary Hospet iron ore belt of
(1)Chhattisgarh
(2)Karnataka
(3)Orissa
(4)Jharkhand
(5)West Bengal
163.According to toe Sam Pitroda Committee’s recommendations what percent of government’s stake should be disinvested in toe BSNL as part of the restructuring of BSNL?
(1)10
(2) 20
(3) 30
(4)40
(5)50
164.What is toe India's rank in the last National Security Index - (NSI) 2011?
(1)3rd
(2)5th
(3)7th
(4)9th
(5)11th
165.Who is the author of toe book "India on the Growth Turnpike''?
(1)C. Rartgarajan
(2)Vijay Kelkar
(3)Bimal Jalan
(4)YV Reddy
(5)None of these
166.Which of the following companies has forayed into the toothpaste category under the ’Sarto’ brand?
(1)Tata Group
(2)Aditya Biria Group
(3)Future Group
(4)ADAG
(5)None of these
167.Girija Prasad Koirala died in March 2010. He was the five time Prime Minister of which of the following countries?
(1)Bhutan
(2) Sri Lanka
(3)Maldives
(4) Mauritius
(5)None of these
168.Which of the following Indian authors has bagged the $1 million 2010 Dan David Prize for his contribution to modem literature which he will share with Canadian author Margaret Atwood?
(1)ChetanBhagat
(2)ArvindAdiga
(3)Salman Rushdie
(4)Amitav Ghosh
(5)None of these
169.The Naxalite movement was started in 1967. One of the founders of the movement committed suicide in March 2010. Name him?
(1)Charu Majumdar
(2)Kanu Sanyal
(3)Jangal Santhal
(4)K.Seetharamaiah
(5)K.Kishan .
170.Which of the following prizes is given to mathematicians?
(1)Kluge Prize
(2)Kalinga Prize
(3)Abel Prize
(4)Magsaysay Award
(5)Pulitzer Prize
171.’Head Studies of Mahishasura', a painting, was sold for a whopping 74.56 crore at an auction held in Mumbai in March 2010. Who is its painter?
(1)Akbar Padamsee
(2)S.H.Raza
(3)Tyeb Mehta
(4)Rameshwar Broota
(5)None of these
172. In August 2011 NASA launched the billion dollar solar powered spacecraft JUNO which is on a five year journey to
(1)Mars
(2)Venus
(3)Jupiter
(4)Saturn
(5)Mercury
175.SBI General Insurance is a 74:26 joint venture between SBI and which of the following foreign companies?
(1)BNP Paribas
(2)IAG
(3)AIG
(4)ING
(5)Allianz
174.The National Advisory Council was set up in 2004 as an interface with civil society on implementation of toe government's National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP). Who was appointed toe chief ^ of the National Advisory Council in March 2010?
(1)Manmohan Singh
(2)Pranab Mukherjee
(3)Shared Pa war
(4)Sonia Gandhi
(5)M. Karunanidhi
175.Which of the following prizes/awards is the highest honour in architecture and is regarded by many as equivalent to toe Nobel Prize?
(1)Magsaysay
(2)Templeton
(3)Pritzker
(4)Right Livelihood
(5)None of these
176.Who is the only member of parliament, who voted against the Women's Reservation Bill in the Rajya Sabhain March 2010?
(1)SharadYadav
(2)Shared Joshi
(3)Mulayam Singh Yadav
(4)Laloo Prasad Yadav
(5)Arun Jaitley
177.Operation Triton is related to the coastal security of which of the following states?
(1)Gujarat
(2)Maharashtra
(3)Kerala
(4)Tamil Nadu
(5) Andhra Pradesh
178.The late Swami Nigamanand was on a fast for about four months in 2011 to protest against legal quarrying in the
(1)Yamuna
(2)Ganga
(3)Indus
(4)Godavari
(5) Krishna
179.The United Liberation Front of Asom [ULFA] has entered into peace talks with the Union Government / Government of Assam in August 2011. The chairman of ULFA is
(1)Paresh Baruah
(2)Arvind Rajkhowa
(3)AnupChetia
(4)Pradip Gogoi
(5)Sasha Choudhary
180.Who became toe first Indian batsman to score a Twenty 20 international hundred in May 2010?
(1)RohitSharma
(2)Manish Pandey
(3)M.S.Dhoni
(4)SureshRaina
(5)Yuvraj Singh
181.Bharti Airtel signed a deal with Zain Telecom to buy Ns African business tor $ 10.7 billon (about 748,000 crore). Zain Telecom is based in which of the following countries?
(1)Saudi Arabia
(2)Kuwait
(3)Sudan
(4)South Africa
(5) Bangladesh
182.Which of the foliowing is a surface to surface missile?
(1)Astra
(2)Agni
(3)Nag
(4)Nirbhay
(5) None of these
183.Project Namaskar envisaged establishment of one lakh touch points (Kiosks) by 2013 in the villages where there are no banks. Which bank has launched this project?
(1)SBI (2)SBH
(3)Indian Bank
(4)Punjab National Bank
(5) BankofBaroda
184.Prathama Bank, the first Regional Rural Bank of the country was established on October2,1975 at Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh. Which of the following banks sponsored Prathama Bank?
(1)SBI
(2)VijayaBank
(3)PNB
(4)Syndicate Bank
(5) Corporation Bank
185.“Microstate banks" are the specialised microti nance branches which provide credit to the urban poor and also provide non-credit services such as training, counselling and marketing assistance. Which bank has launched 'microstates'?
(1)BankofBaroda
(2)Indian Bank
(3)Bank of India
(4)Canara Bank
(5)None of these
188.Goodluck Jonathan became the President of which of the following countries on 6 May, 2010?
(1) Sudan
(2) Kenya
(3) Nigeria
(4) South Africa
(5) Egypt
187.The Supreme Court in August 2011 has allowed limited mining of iron ore in Bellary by PSO NMDC but wanted a Fresh -Environmental Impact Assessment [EIA] to he conducted by
(1) JCFRE
(2)WII
(3)Greenpeace
(4)FSI
(5)NEERI
188.Which of the following is not a component of Bharat Nirman programme?
(1) Rural Housing '
(2) Rural Electrification
(3)Telecommunications
(4)Agro-based industries
(5)Irrigation
189.Which Scheme was launched recently to make Indian cities free from slums?
(1)JNNURM
(2)Bharat Nirman
(3)Rajiv AwasYojana
(4)PURA
(5)None of these
190.The world’s first Homeopathy University will be set up in which of the following states?
(1)Andhra Pradesh
(2)Orissa
(3)Rajasthan
(4)Madhya Pradesh
(5)Tamil Nadu
191.Who convened the Nuclear Security Summit in April 2010, to discuss ways of Improving the security of nuclear materials?
(1)Manmohan Singh
(2)Barack Obama
(3)Angela Merkel
(4)Dimitri Medvedev
(5)HuJintao
192.In April 2010, over 600 people were killed in an earthquake which devastated Qinghai province, where is this province situated?
(1) Ukraine
(2)Russia
(3) Kazakhstan
(4)China
(5)Mongolia
193.The first indigenous Cryogenic engine powered Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3) tumbled into the sea in April 2010. The earlier five GSLV flights from 2001 to 2007 were powered by which country's cryogenic engines?
(1) Russia
(2)Israel
(3) France
(4)Britain
(5) Germany
194.Kamla Beniwal has returned the compulsory voting bill passed by the Assembly for reconsideration by the House. The bill was limited to elections to the local self government bodies in the state. She is the governor of which of the following states?
(1)Andhra Pradesh
(2)Maharashtra
(3)Bihar
(4)Gujarat
(5)West Bengal
195.According to the Suresh Tendulkar Committee's report what is the percent of population living below the poverty line (BPL)?
(1) 37.2
(2) 27.5
(3) 35.2
(4)32.5
(5) None of these
196.The Supreme Court in May 2011 banned the use of endosuffan across the country based on the report of team of experts headed by
(1)R.K. Pachourl and Vandana Shiva
(2)Menaka Gandhi and Medha Patkar
(3)Sundertal Bahuguna and Arundathi Roy
(4)VMKatoch and Gurbachan Singh
(5)Swami Agnivesh and Kiran Bedi
197.Who replaced Pramod Bhasin as the Chairman of the IT industry body National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) in April 2010?
(1)Swati Piramal
(2)Rajan Mittal
(3)Harsh Manglik
(4)Som Mittal
(5)Sunil Mittal
198.Where was the 16th Summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation (SAARC) held in April 2010?
(1)Kathmandu
(2)Dhaka
(3)New Delhi
(4)Thimphu
(5) Colombo
199.The Union Government has appointed a Group of Ministers [GOM] to look into the recommendations of the High level Shunglu Committee. Who is not a member of the committee?
(1)A.K. Anthony
(2)Kapil Sibal
(3)AnandSharma
(4)Pranab Mukherjee
(5)Salman Khursheed
200.In August 2011 the US Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] has dropped administrative proceedings filed against Rajat Gupta for alleged insider fraud. Gupta is a former Director of
(1) Enron
(2) Citibank
(3) AIG
(4) Goldman Sachs
(5) Galleon Group
TEST-V
COMPUTER QUESTIONS •
Directions for quaint 201 to 250: Select the correct alternative from the given choices.
201.PDF means
(1)Portable DocumentFonnat
(2)Printed Document file
(3)Picture Download file
(4)Portable data file
(5)Picture data dile
202.ISDN stands for
(1)Integrated Server Dialling Network.
(2)Integrated Services Digital Network.
(3)International Subscriber Dialing Network.
(4)Integrated Server Digital Network.
(5)None of these
203.EISA stands for
(1)Extra Inteligent Service Agents.
(2)Extended Industry Standard Archtecture.
(3)Extended Internet Standard Archtecture.
(4)Encoded Internet Standard Architecture.
(5)None of these
204.Which of the following is/are true about the Tape drive?
(1)A tape drive is a data storage device that reads and writes data on a magnetic tape.
(2)A tape drive provides sequential access storage.
(3)Tape drives have very slow average seek times.
(4)All of the above
(5)None of the above
205..........is a computer printing device for printing vector graphics.
(1) Pen Drive
(2) Scanner
(3) Marker
(4) flash Drive
(5) Plotter
206.Which of the following is the default mode of printing the documents?
(1)Portrait
(2)Landscape
(3)Either (1) or (2)
(4)Both (1) and (2)
(5)None of these
207...........is a disk subsystem that increases
performance or provides fault tolerance or both.
(1) Hard Disk
(2) Data Disk
(3) Disk Drive
(4) RAID
(5) None of the above
208.A disk content that is recorded at the time of manufacture and cannot be modified or erased by the user is..........
(1) Write only
(2) Run only
(3) Disk only
(4) Read and write
(5) Read only