Canara Bank PO 2009 - General Awareness Online Test - Part 1

1. As per the recent reports published in newspapers or magazines, India ranks at a lower level in Hunger Index. The Hunger Index is measured on which of the following indicators?
1. Child Malnutrition
2. Rate of Child Mortality
3. Rate of Literacy
4. No. of people who are calories deficient
Only 1 and 2  Only 2 and 3  Only 1, 2 and 4  All 1, 2, 3 and 4  None of these
 

2. Who amongst the following economists gave the concept of ‘economies of scale’, which says ‘many goods and services can be produced more cheaply in long series’ ?
Edward C. Prescott  Amartya Sen  Gary S. Becker  Edmund S. Phelps  Paul Krugman
 

3. As per the recent report which of the following countries emerged as India's top trading partner during 2008-09 ?
Russia  Brazil  USA  China  None of these
 

4. In its mid term review of the economy the Reserve Bank of India pegged the country’s economic growth for fiscal year 2008-09 at which of the following levels ?
6%  6.5%  7%  7.7%  8.7%
 

5. Which of the following countries has elected Joe Biden as its Vice President in its general elections held in November 2008 ?
Britain  Canada  Australia  USA  None of these
 

6. Very often we read in newspapers/magazines about ‘Sovereign Wealth Funds’. Which of the following is/are the correct description of the same ?
1. These are the funds or the reserves of a government or central bank of a country which are invested further to earn profitable returns.
2. These are the funds, which were accumulated by some people over the years but were not put in active circulation as they retain them as Black Money for several years.
3. The funds which are created to be used as relief funds or bailouts packages are known as sovereign funds.
Both 2 and 3 only  Only 2  Only 3  Only 1  None of these
 

7. The Govt. of India has decided to declare which of the following rivers a National River ?
Brahmaputra  Yamuna  Ganga  Kaveri  None of these
 

8. Very often we read about Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in newspapers. What was the purpose of promoting SEZs in India ?
1. They are established to promote exports.
2. They are established to attract investments from foreign countries.
3. They are established to help poorest of the poors in India as the activities of these zones are reserved only for poors and those living below poverty line.
Only 1  Only 2  Only 3  Both 1 and 2 only  None of these
 

9. The Asian Cooperation Dialogue Conference of 31 nations was organized in October 2008 in-
New Delhi  Seoul (S. Korea)  Beijing (China)  Dhaka (Bangladesh)  Astana (Kazakhastan)
 

10. The White Tiger is a book written by-
Amitav Ghosh  Arundhati Roy  V. S. Naipaul  Kiran Desai  Aravind Adiga
 

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