Andhra Bank Probationary Officer’s Exam, 2008 - General Awareness Online Test - Part 1

1. Who amongst the following does not belong to political party which is normally referred as left front?
Prakash Karat  A. B. Bardhan  D. Raju  T. J. Chandrachoodan  M. Veerappa Moily
 

2. Sujat and Balsara villages were in news recently as breach in main Narmada Canal made them flooded. Both these villages are in which of the following States?
Maharashtra  Madhya Pradesh  Gujara  Rajasthan  None of these
 

3. As per the estimates given by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) the Indian Economy will grow at which of the following rates in 2008 ?
7%  7.5%  8%  8.5%  None of these
 

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the recommendations of the committee setup on Financial Sector Reforms under the Chairmanship of Raghuram G.Rajan ?
(1) Give more freedoms to banks to setup branches and ATMS anywhere
(2) Setup an office of financial ombudsmen
(3) All deposits taking institutions should be free from the supervision of the RBI
Only 1  Only 2  Only 3  All 1, 2 & 3  Only 2 & 3
 

5. The Govt. of which of the following States has formed a Fisherman Debt Commission and a moratorium has been placed on proceedings relating to all debts incurred by poor fisherman from banks and cooperatives?
West Bengal  Keral  Orissa  Karnataka  None of these
 

6. Federal Reserves is the Central Bank of-
Britain  U.S.A.  Japan  Canada  China
 

7. Which of the following was the issue over which one section of the UPA withdrew its support and Union Govt. headed by Dr. Man Mohan Singh was required to prove its majority in the Lok Sabha ?
(1) Inflation, which was on a rise consistently for some time
(2) Reservations of Gurjarrs in Govt. jobs
(3) Nuclear deal with USA
Only 1  Only 2  Only 3  Both 1 & 2  Only 2 & 3
 

8. As a gesture to promote denuclearization and also to end nuclear arms programme the cooling tower of a nuclear complex situated in "Youngbyon" was demolished recently. This nuclear complex is in which of the following countries?
South Korea  Iran  China  North Korea  None of these
 

9. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) keeps on modifying various rates / ratios to keep the flow of liquidity in the market in a balanced situation. Which of the following rates/ratios/indexes is NOT
directly controlled by the RBI?
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR)  Bank Rate  Repo Rate  Reserve Repo Rate  Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
 

10. China has signed an agreement with which of the following countries, which will help both the parties to make the East China Sea "a sea of peace, co-operation and friendship”?
North Korea  South Korea  Japan  Russia  All of these
 

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