IMPORTANT G.K QUESTIONS FOR SBI P.O

Q-1  Recently IMF has projected that India’s economy will grow by 5.4% in 2014-15. What is the projected growth rate for the Financial Year 2015-16?

1. 6.4%

2. 5.7%

3. 6.9%

4. 7.0%

5. None of these

Q-2 Recently Sri Lanka won the Twenty-20 Cricket World Cup, beating India by six wickets in the finals at Mirpur, Dhaka. Who won ‘Man of the Match’ title?

1. Mahela Jayawardene

2. Virat Kohli

3. Kumar Sangakkara

4. Lasith Malinga

5. None of these

Q- 3  India's __________clinched World's No. 1 spot in 10 mts air pistol event held recently.

1. Anjali Bhagwat

2. Reema Sen

3. P.V. Sindhu

4. Heena Sidhu

5. None of these

Q- 4  Recently Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed as the Interim President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) by the Supreme Court. Sunil Gavaskar replaced the present BCCI Chief _______.

1. Kapil Dev

2. M. Prabhakar

3. N. Srinivasan

4. R.J. Shastri

5. None of these

Q-5 Who has won the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2014?

1. Yukio Hatoyama

2. Shigeru Ban

3. Takeo Fukuda

4. Suzuki Harris

5. None of these

Q-6 Bank of India launched IMT (Instant Money Transfer), which allows cardless cash withdrawal at its IMT-enabled ATMs. What is the monthly withdrawal limit prescribed for IMT transaction for reciever?

1. Rs. 25,000

2. Rs. 10,000

3. Rs. 15,000

4. Rs. 30,000

5. None of these

Q- 7 Who was named as the brand ambassador of the Earth hour 2014?

1. Amir Khan

2. Arjun Kapoor

3. Salman khan

4. Ranbir Kapoor

5. None of these

Q-8 Which of the following is not a type of Term Deposit?

1. Fixed Deposits

2. Re- investment Deposits

3. Recurring Deposits

4. Saving Deposits

5. None of these

Q- 9 Nayudamma Memorial Award is given in which of the following fields?

1. Sports

2. Science and Technology

3. Literature

4. Music

5. None of these

Q- 10 Which department of RBI handles day-to-day liquidity management operations?

1. Monetary Policy Department

2. Market Regulation Department

3. Financial Markets Department

4. Management Department

5. None of these

Q- 11 ____________refers to economic condition where economic growth is very slow and prices are rising.

1. Inflation

2. Deflation

3. Stagflation

4. Hyperinflation

5. None of these

Q- 12 What is the minimum amount one can invest in National Savings Certificate (NSC) scheme?

1. Rs. 1000

2. Rs. 800

3. Rs. 700

4. Rs. 100

5. Rs. 500

Q-13  Mintage of coins is governed by which act?

1. Mintage Act 1909

2. Mintage Act 1906

3. Coinage Act 1906

4. Coinage Act 1909

5. None of these

Q-14 MAVEN, the Mars expedition spacecraft has been launched by –

1. NASA

2. ISRO

3. CNES

4. ROSCOSMOS

5. None of these

Q-15 Election Commission has selected ______ as its National Icon for Lok Sabha Elections 2014.

1. Sachin Tendulkar

2. Amir Khan

3. Sunil Gavaskar

4. Salman Khan

5. None of these

Q-16  A post dated cheque is one which bears-

1. A date which is not more than 6 months

2. Future date

3. An impossible date

4. Back date

5. None of these

Q-17  Who succeeded Bill Gates as the new chairman of Microsoft?

1. John Thompson

2. Satya Nadella

3. Shantanu Narayen

4. John Chambers

5. None of these

Q-18 Which community has recently been granted minority status by the Union Government?

1. Jain

2. Muslim

3. Christian

4. Parsi

5. None of these

Q-19 Govt. bond is a-

1. short term security

2. long term security

3. medium term security

4. Either 1 or 2

5. None of these

Q-20  What is the name of the Cloud Computing System recently launched by the Government of India ?

1. Meghraj

2. Meghdoot

3. Meghvijay

4. Meghbadal

5. None of these

Q-21  Maximum period for which deposits can be obtained by a NBFC is-

1. 5 years

2. 15 years

3. 10 years

4. 2 years

5. None of these

Q-22 Which hindi writer has been selected for Vyas Samman 2013?

1. Vishwanath Tripathi

2. Narendra Kohli

3. Ramdarash Misra

4. Vishwanath Prasad

5. None of these

Q-23  SARFAESI came into effect on............. .

1. Jan 2002

2. June 2002

3. May 2000

4. April 2001

5. None of these
  
Q-24 What is the maximum limit upto which SLR can be maintained?

1. 25% of NDTL

2. 40% of NDTL

3. 35% of NDTL

4. No limit

5. None of these

Q- 25 What is the minimum age for contesting elections for lower house in Assembly and Parliament?

1. 18 years

2. 21 years

3. 25 years

4. 35 years

5. No such condition

Q-26  Who among the following has been appointed the new army chief of Pakistan?

1) Haroon Aslam
2) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
3) Rashid Mehmood
4) Raheel Sharif
5) None of these

Q-27  Mexico has announced to award its 2013 International Prize for Equality and Non-Discrimination to who among the following?

1) Barack Obama
2) Malala Yousafzai
3) Hillary Clinton
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) None of these

 Q-28 Who among the following has won the World Cup of Golf recently?
1) Anirban Lahiri
2) SSP Chowrasia
3) Mohammad Siddikur
4) Jason Day
5) None of these

Q-29  Which of the following countries has been ranked on the top spot in the financial secrecy index (FSI), unveiled by the Tax Justice Network recently?

1) Singapore
2) Luxembourg
3) Switzerland
4) China
5) None of these

Q-30 Country first Electronic Bus launched in which among the following city of India?

(1) Mumbai
(2) New Delhi
(3) Bangalore
(4) Chennai
(5) None of these

Q-31  Recently National Stock Exchange launched volatility index which is based on the index options prices of Nifty. What is the name of the Index?

(1) India (RIX)
(2) India (VIX)
(3) India (NIFTY)
(4) India (Index)
(5) None of these

Q-32  Who among the following has appointed as the new Chairman of ONGC?

(1) Sudhur Vasudeva
(2) Dillep Joshi
(3) Dinesh Saraf
(4) T Vishawanathan
(5) None of these

Q-33 Who was elected by the Ukrainian parliament as the country’s Prime Minister on 27 February 2014?

(1) Arseniy Yatsenyuk
(2) Yulia Tymoshenko
(3) Verkhovna Rada
(4) Serhiy Arbuzov
(5) None of these

Q-34  India’s first Post Office Savings Bank ATM was inaugurated on 27 February 2014 by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram at

(1) Mumbai
(2) New Delhi
(3) Chennai
(4) Bangalore
(5) None of these

Q-35  Winner of Junior National Hockey Title 2014 is....?

1. New Delhi
2. Jharkand
3. Kerala
4. Uttar Pradesh
5. Punjab