Bank of Baroda, PO Exam 2008, (General Awareness )

Bank of Baroda, PO Exam 2008

General Awareness

1. The Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Meeting was organized in September 2007

in which of the following places ?

(A) Sydney

(B) New York

(C) Tokyo

(D) Beijing

(E) None of these

2. One of the main issues discussed in the 40th Ministerial Meeting of the ASEAN held

in August, 2007 was—

(A) America’s over stay in Iraq

(B) Presidential Election in Pakistan

(C) Draft blue print of the ASEAN Charter

(D) The 123 Agreement between India and USA

(E) None of these

3. Mrs. Pratibha Patil has taken over as the—

(A) 10th President of India

(B) 11th President of India

(C) 12th President of India

(D) 13th President of India

(E) 15th President of India

4. The President of India in one of her speeches in recent past emphasized that a new

Farm Policy is needed to make agriculture more productive. What, in her opinion are the

areas which need our immediate attention ?

(1) Credit at low interest rate

(2) Enhancement of technical skills

(3) Free import of wheat and other food grains

(A) Only 1 (B) Only 2

(C) Only 3

(D) Both 1 & 2(E) All 1, 2 & 3

5. Who amongst the following journalists is the recipient of the “Prestigious Ramon

Magsaysay Award” for 2007 ?

(A) Mark Tully

(B) P. Sainath

(C) Barkha Dutt

(D) Prabhu Chawla

(E) None of these

6. How many intertwined rings are shown in the Olympic Flag used these days in the

games ?

(A) Five

(B) Six

(C) Seven

(D) Three

(E) None of these

7. India’s grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand won the Rapid World Chess Championship

by defeating—

(A) Anatoly Karpov

(B) Robert Fischer

(C) Boris Spassky

(D) Varily Smysloy

(E) Levon Aronian

8. The finals of the Asia Cup Hockey–2007 was played between—

(A) India–Malaysia

(B) Malaysia–Pakistan

(C) Pakistan–India

(D) South Korea–India

(E) Hong Kong–South Korea

9. India recently launched some Satellites in space. Normally the space rockets in India

are launched from which of the following places ?

(A) Ranchi

(B) Sriharikota

(C) Varanasi

(D) Mumbai

(E) Gulmarg

10. Which of the following countries has agreed to a time schedule with the International

Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) so that IAEA can ensure that its uranium facilities are

for peaceful use of the nuclear power ?

(A) Iran

(B) Afghanistan

(C) Bangladesh

(D) Brazil

(E) Britain

11. Which of the following organizations has taken the responsibility to raise about US

$ 2 billion to build a Rail link from China to Singapore connecting eight nations ?

(A) ASEAN

(B) SAARC

(C) EU

(D) NATO

(E) None of these

12. The Govt. of India these days is paying much emphasis on Agricultural Sector. What

is the contribution of Agri Sector in India’s GDP ? Around—

(A) 10%

(B) 4%

(C) 12%

(D) 25%

(E) 48%

13. Which of the following countries has signed a 22 Point Agreement with Madhesi

People’s Right Forum (MPRF) ?

(A) China

(B) Nepal

(C) India

(D) Bangladesh

(E) Myanmar

14. Mr. Abdullah Gul has taken over as which of the following ?

(A) Prime Minister of Afghanistan

(B) Prime Minister of Iraq

(C) President of Iraq

(D) President of Turkey

(E) None of these

15. At present Indian Rupee is—

(A) partially convertible on cur-rent account

(B) fully convertible on current account

(C) partially convertible on capital account

(D) fully convertible on capital account

(E) fully convertible on current and capital account both

16. The Government of India has decided to import which of the following commodities

at about Rs. 16 a kg. whereas it pays only Rs. 8.50 a kg. for the purchase of the same

within the country for its Public Distribution System ?

(A) Wheat

(B) Rice

(C) Sugar

(D) Sugarcane

(E) None of these

17. The Finance Minister of India recently made a mention that Infrastructure

Development in India should be done on ‘PPP’ model only. What is the full form of ‘PPP’ ?

(A) Purchasing Power Parity

(B) Public Private Partnership

(C) Purchase Produce Provide

(D) People’s Programme and Priority

(E) None of these

18. The Reserve Bank of India keeps on changing correcting various Indicators /rates /ratios applicable to the banking industry. What at present is the Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) ?

(A) 7%

(B) 12%

(C) 25%

(D) 33%

(E) None of these

19. Which of the following agencies/ organizations is setting up India’s first Natural

Resource Data Centre in Kolkata ?

(A) RBI

(B) SEBI

(C) NABARD

(D) SAARC

(E) BARC

20. The Govt. of India has announced a Rs. 14,000 crore help package to exporters.

Why exporters need a help of such nature ?

(A) Rupee is appreciating sharply

(B) Few consignments of exports were destroyed by terrorists

(C) China has reduced its VAT rates hence its products have become cheaper for

importers

(D) It was done to promote exports to SAARC member nations

(E) None of these

21. India’s ‘Look East’ trade policy is designed to help particularly members of which of

the following group of nations ?

(A) SAARC

(B) ASEAN

(C) WTO

(D) NATO

(E) EU

22. In response to India’s ‘Look East’ policy which of the following countries has

launched ‘Look West’ policy ? (Both are comple-mentary to each other)

(A) Singapore

(B) China

(C) South Korea

(D) Indonesia

(E) Thailand

23. ‘Brahmos’ is designed to be used by which of the following ?

(A) Indian Navy

(B) Indian Army

(C) Indian Air Force

(D) Border Security Force

(E) All of these

24. Who amongst the following pla-yers was the Captain of India’s Twenty—20 World

Cup played recently ?

(A) Sachin Tendulkar

(B) Rahul Dravid

(C) Yuvraj Singh

(D) Saurav Ganguly

(E) M.S. Dhoni

25. Which of the following nations will host the final of Afro Asia Cup 2008 (Cricket) ?

(A) Kenya

(B) South Africa

(C) India

(D) Pakistan

(E) Sri Lanka

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