Bank Probationary Officers General Awareness

1. The Chairman of the Pakisthan People’s Party is
a) Choudhury
b) Benazir Bhutto
c) Yousuf Raza Gillani
d) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
2. The Vice President of India is
a) Mohd Hamid Ansari
b) Dr Manmohan Singh
c) Mr Somnath Chatterji
d) Mr Sabharwal
3. The Chairman of Competition Commission of India is
a) Sam Pitorda
b) Mr Vinod Dhall
c) Mr Srikrishna
d) Harikrishna
4. The Chairman of the Sixth Pay Commission is
a) K G Balakrishnan;
b) S Ramakrishna
c) K N hairkrishna;
d) B N Srikrishna
5. The Chairman of Federal Reserve of US is
a) Kofi Annan;
b) Ben S Bernanke
c) Sam Pitorda;
d) Ban-ki Moon
6. NYMEX stands for
a) New York Multiple Exchange;
b) New York Main Exchange
c) New York Monetary Exchange;
d) New York Mercantile Exchange
7. CBDT stands for
a) Central Board of Direct Taxes;
b) Central Board of Directed Taxes
c) Central Board of Dual Taxes;
d) Central Board of Double Taxation
8. EOU stands for
a) European Oil Union;
b) Export Oriented Units
c) European Organisation of Unity;
d) Export Organisation of United States
9. PIN with reference to banking and financial sectors refer to
a) Postal Identification Number;
b) Personal Identification Number
c) Personal Index Number;
d) Postal Index NUmber
10 Which of the following is necessary to open a demat account?
a) PAN;
b) PEN;
c) PIN;
d) PAT
11. The richest person in the world ranked by Forbes is
a) Anil D Ambani;
b) Azim Premzi;
c) Warren Buffett;
d) Bill Gates
12. Who among the following is considered as the world’s greatest stock market investors
a) Mukesh Ambani;
b) Narayana Murthy;
c) Harshad Mehta;
d) Warren Buffett
13. Who among the following is considered as the world’s 100 most influential people in the world?
a) Warren Buffett;
b) Azim Premzi;
c) Amitabh Bachchan;
d) Sharukh Khan
14. Who is the chairman of the 13th Finance Commission of India?
a) Bimal Jalan;
b) Vijay L Kelkar;
c) B K chaturvedi;
d) Dr Sanjiv Mishra
15. The acronym FIPB refers to
a) Foreign Inward Payment Banks;
b) Foreign Investment Promotion Board
c) Foreign Investment Placement Body;
d) Foreign Institutions Promotion Board
16. The acronym NCAER refers to
a) National Council of Applied Economic Research
b) National Council of Agricultural Economic Research
c) National Council of Area Economic Research
d) National Council of Area-wise Economic Resouces
17. In Information technology terms , SOA means
a) Service Oriented Approach;
b) Service Oriented Application
c) Service Oriented Area;
d) Service Oriented Architecture
18. The Managing Director and CEO of NCDEX is
a) Damodaran;
b) C B Bhave
c) P H Ravikumar
d) Khatua
19. ASSOCHAM President is
a) Venugopal Dhoot:
b) Rahul Bajaj
c) Anil Dhirubhai Ambani;
d) Ratan Tata
20. India VIX is a sign of
a) India Ventures Index;
b) India Verification Index
c) India Volatility Index;
d) India Volume (trade) Index
21. FIEO stands for
a) Federation of Indian Export Organisation;
b) Federation of Indian Earnings Organisation
c) Foreign Investment Export Oriented
d) Fellow of Indian Export Organisation
22. Commerce and Industry Minister is
a) Mr Ram Vilas Paswan
b) Mr Hari Nath
c) Mr MUlayam Singh Yadav;
d) Mr Kamal Nath
23. Hyderabad New Internatioinal Airport is located at
a) Begumpet
b) Panjagutta
c) Shamshabad
d) Pathergatty
24. The Chairperson of Biocon India is
a) Kiran Bedi
b) Kiran Majumdar shah
c) Kiran Desai
d) Kiranmayi
25. Bangalore International Airport is located near
a) Devanahalli
b) Doddaballapur
c) Dibburhalli
d) Dobespet
Answers
Q No Ans Q No Ans Q No Ans
1 d 11 c 21 a
2 a 12 d 22 d
3 b 13 a 23 c
4 d 14 b 24 b
5 b 15 b 25 a
6 d 16 a
7 a 17 d
8 b 18 c
9 b 19 a
10 c 20 c