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Who amongst the following is the
Head of the RBI at present?
(1) Mr. K V. Kamath
(2) Dr. Y.V. Reddy
(3) Mr. Y.R. Narayanamurthy
(4) Mr. O.P. Bhatt
(5) None of these
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India has different categories of
Commercial banks. Which of the following is not one such
category?
(1) Private Banks
(2) Commodity Banks
(3) Nationalised Banks
(4) Co-operative Banks
(5) Foreign Banks
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The Securities and Exchange Board of
India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow
in equity through 'P-Notes'. What is the full form
of 'P-Notes' ?
(1) Permanent Notes
(2) Purchase Notes
(3) Participatory Notes
(4) Private Notes
(5) None of these
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Who amongst the following was the
Captain of the Indian cricket team which won the Twenty20
World Cup2007 ?
(1) Yuvraj Singh
(2) M.S. Dhoni
(3) Rahul Dravid
(4) Sourav Ganguly
(5) None of these
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The money which Government of India
spends on the development of infrastructure in country
comes from which of the following sources? [pick. up the
correct statement(s)]
(A) Loan from World Bank/ ADB, etc.
(B) Taxes collected from the people.
(C) Loan from the RBI.
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) Both A & B
(5) All A, B & C
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Which of the following organisations
/ agencies has established a fund known as "Investor
Protection Fund" ?
(1) SEBI
(2) NABARD
(3) Bombay Stock Exchange
(4) Ministry,.\of Health
(5) None of these
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Which of the following departments
of the Government of India is helping banks in
disbursement of rural credit by the banks?
(1) Railways
(2) State Road Transports
(3) Posts & Telegraph
(4) Ministry of Health
(5) None of these
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Which of the following types of
banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?
(A) Foreign Banks
(B) Regional Rural Banks
(C) Nationalised Banks
(1) Only A
(2) Only B
(3) Only C
(4) All A, B & C
(5) None of these
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Majority of rural people still
prefer to go to which of the following for their credit
needs?
(1) Money lenders
(2) Foreign banks
(3) NABARD
(4) RBI
(5) All of these
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Which of the following
countries does not play international cricket?
(1) Russia
(2) England
(3) South Africa
(4) Pakistan
(5) India
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Which of the following countries in
the world is the biggest consumer of gold?
(1) USA
(2) Bangladesh
(3) Russia
(4) India
(5) None of these
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Many times we read in financial
newspapers about 'FII'. What is the full form of FII ? '
(1) Final Investment in India
(2) Foreign Investment in India
(3) Formal Investment in India
(4) Fair Institutional Investment
(5) Foreign Institutional Investment
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The financial markets of which of
the following countries were badly affected by sub prime
crisis ?
(1) Russia
(2) Brazil
(3) UK
(4) USA
(5) None of these
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One of the former Prime Ministers of
which of the following countries was detained in house
arrest for a short period after his/her return from a long
exile?
(1) Germany
(2) France
(3) Pakistan
(4) Brazil
(5) None of these
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Which of the following countries is
facing problem of strike by the workers of the transport,
electricity and gas companies as the present Government of
the country has decided to end the pension to these
workers?
(1) USA
(2) France
(3) China
(4) Nepal
(5) None of these
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Benazir Bhutto is associated with
which of the following political parties?
(1) Muslim League
(2) Pakistan People's Party
(3) Pakistan National Congress
(4) Islamic Movement of Pakistan
(5) None of these
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Who amongst the following is the
Secretary-General of UNO?
(1) Al Gore
(2) Shashi Tharoor
(3) Gordon Brown
(4) Hugo Chavez
(5) None of these
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Manmohan Singh called George Bush to
explain the difficulties he is having in implementing
agreements related with which of the following with USA?
(l}Supply of Sugar
(2) Civilian Nuclear Cooperation
(3) Purchase oŁ Fighter Planes
(4) Purchase of Gas/Petroleum
(5) None of these
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Which of the following countries
recently decided to launch a military action in Northern
Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they
are killing people from that country ?
(1) India
(2) Afghanistan
(3) Pakistan
(4) Bangladesh
(5) Turkey
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The "Orange Coalition Government"
was formed once again in which of the following countries?
(1) Russia
(2) Ukraine
(3) France
(4) Germany
(5) None of these
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As reported in papers the UN World
Food Programmes stopped distributing food in Mogadishu
town after its local head was abducted by the government
soldiers of the country. Mogadishu is the capital town of
(1) Tanzania
(2) Turkey
(3) Cuba
(4) Libya
(5) Somalia
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Who amongst the following leaders
from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West Bank so that
a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be
worked out?
(1) George Bush
(2) Al Gore
(3) Bill Clinton
(4) Condoleezza Rice
(5) None of these
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Which of the following countries is
not elected by the UN General Assembly on the
non-permanent seats of the UN Security Council w.e.f.
January 2008 ?
(1) Libya
(2) Vietnam
(3) Croatia
(4) Costa Rica
(5) Pakistan
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Which of the following countries is
not happy with the USA's decision to award a Congressional
Medal to Dalai Lama of Tibet?
(1) India
(2) Pakistan
(3) Nepal
(4) Myanmar
(5) China
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Justine Henin won the Women's
Singles US Open Tennis Championship 2007 after defeating
(1) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(2) Sania Mirza
(3) Dinara Safina
(4) Mathalie Dechy
(5) None of these
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India won the ONGC Nehru Cup
Football Tournament 2007 by beating
(1) Syria
(2) Pakistan
(3) Britain
(4) France
(5) None of these
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Who amongst the following is
selected for Basava Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka
Government?
(1) Manmohan Singh
(2) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(3) Sonia Gandhi
(4) Pratibha Patil
(5) None of these
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Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to
India in recent past is the
(1) Prime Minister of South Korea
(2) Prime Minister of North Korea
(3) Prime Minister of Japan
(4) President of South Korea
(5) None of these
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Abdullah Gul's name was in news
recently as he has taken over as the President of
(1) Turkey
(2) Sudan
(3) Afghanistan
(4) Pakistan
(5) None of these
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Hem Dutta who was honoured with the
prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is
a famous
(1) author
(2) social activist
(3) player
(4) film producer
(5) scientist
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Asafa Powell who created a new world
record in 100 metres race is a citizen of
(1) Jamaica
(2) South Africa
(3) India
(4) USA
(5) South Korea
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The World Athletics Championship
2007 was organised in
(1) Beijing
(2) New Delhi
(3) Osaka
(4) Dhaka
(5) London
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Who amongst the following got third
position in long jump event of the Bayer International
Athletics Meet held in Germany in 2007 ?
(1) Shiny Wilson
(2) Anju Bobby George
(3) Neha Sanwal
(4) Prajakta Sawant
(5) None of these
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As per the recent agreement between
India and one other country the Indian Rupee can be easily
swapped with
(1) Taka
(2) Riel
(3) Kyat
(4) Yen
(5) Rubble
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The Government of India put a ban on
export of which of the following commodities at the price
below the price of the same in domestic market?
(1) Steel
(2) Chemical Fertiliser
(3) Pharma products'
(4) Electronic goods
(5) None of these
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India's Foreign Exchange Reserves
declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason
for the same?
(1) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
(2) Import of wheat from Pakistan & South Korea
(3) Appreciation of Rupee Value
(4) Instability in coalition government in Centre
(5) None of these
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Which of the following is a public
sector unit ?
(1) TCS
(2) ICICI Bank
(3) TESCO
(4) BHEL
(5) All of these
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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Business Meet was organised in September 2007 in
(1) New Delhi
(2) Beijing
(3) Tokyo
(4) London
(5) Sydney
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Who amongst the following was the
Captain of the Indian hockey team who won Asia Cup 2007
held in Chennai ?
(1) Baichung Bhutia
(2) Dilip Tirkey
(3) Pankaj Advani
(4) Manavjit Singh Sandhu
(5) None of these
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India launched which of the
following satellites in September 2007?
(1) EDUSAT
(2) METSAT
(3) CROSAT-IIB
(4) INSAT-4CR
(5) None of these
General Awareness Question Paper 2008