Allahabad Bank Exam Sample Paper 2008 - General Awareness

1. India test-fired Agni III on
May 15, 2008  May 17, 2008  May 20, 2008  May 7, 2008  None of the above
 

2. Which one of the following countries is not included in the elite club which India joined after its successful test firing of Agni III
Russia  U.S.A.  U.K.  France  None
 

3. M. Natrajan is
Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister  Chief Controller and Programme Director of Agni Missile System  Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister  None  None
 

4. Currently which one of the following organizations is celebrating its golden jubilee (year)?
ISRO  CBI  DRDO  NASSCOM  None
 

5. India and Malaysia held their joint naval exercise at
Andman island  Nicobar island  Lumut  Kualalampur  None
 

6. SERB stands for
Social Enlightenment and Research Board  Scientific And Engineering Research Board  Scientists’ and Engineers’ Research Board  Science and Engineering Research Board  None
 

7. CEP (Circular Error Probability) is associated with
Prithvi II  Chandryan I  Narco Analysis test conducted on Aarushis’ alleged murderer  The finalization of Indo-US Nuclear deal  None
 

8. The country which recently announced to have its own version of Star Wars
France  Japan  China  North Korea  None
 

9. The Indian state which, in May 2008, launched Food Security Scheme
Andhra Pradesh  Chhattisgarh  Tamil Nadu  Jammu & Kashmir  None
 

10. The most coveted award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival was received by
Hunger  Line of Passage  The Class  Three Monkeys  None
 

11. The Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest is
Ravi Kumar  Sameer Mishra  Kuljit Singh  None   None
 

12. ‘Travelling Through Conflict’ is a book written by
Hamid Ansari  Cherie Blair  Balraj Krishna  Salman Rushdie  None
 

13. According to the Global Peace Index released in May 2008, the most peaceful country on the earth is
New Zealand  Norway  Denmark  Iceland  None
 

14. Which of the following was recently granted Navratna status to?
PGCIL  REC  NALCO  All the above  None
 

15. In terms of billionaire population, Mumbai ranks…… at world level?
Sixth  Fifth  Fourth  Seventh  None
 

16. According to a report, the number of Indians who have a problem of loud snoring during sleep is ____.
35 million  36 million  40 million  45 million  None
 

17. The government has planned to establish ………… universities of global standards across the country?
10  14  20  16  None
 

18. The government has increased Minimum Support Price of _____.
Wheat  Paddy  Cane  None  None
 

19. India recently refused to accept the offer of funds/loans from World Bank for _____.
Disaster management  North-East projects  Tiger protection   None   None
 

20. Yves Saint Laurent recently died. He was a _____.
U.S.A. film director  First man to go to Mars mission  Renowned fashion designer  An internationally renowned financial expert  None