Wednesday, March 20, 2013

IBPS Clerk 2012 Question Paper - General Awareness


Q1. BCCI Polly Umrigar award 2012?
Answer: Virat Kohli
Q2. United Nations day celebrated on
Answer:  October 24
Q3. <em>&#8216;God of Small things&#8217;</em> written by
Answer: Arundhati Roy
Q4. Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) decreased in October by
Answer: 0.25%
Q5. Why pay slip is used in banks?
Answer: to deposit cash
Q6. Latest version of Microsoft windows is
 Answer: Windows 8
Q7. Which among the following is not a Union Territory?
 Answer: Goa
Q8. Whose birthday is celebrated as National Integration day in India?
 Answer: Indira Gandhi
Q9. Present governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
 Answer: D. Subbarao
Q10. Which among the following is NOT a border state of Delhi?
 Answer: Rajasthan
Q11. Who is the present Railway Minister?
 Answer: Pawan Kumar Bansal (Previously CP Joshi)
Q12. Which among the following is a Sports related term?
 Answer: LBW (Cricket)
Q13. Who got Padma Vibhushan Award from Delhi?
 Answer: Shri TV Rajeswar (Civil Service)
Q14. Padmabhushan Award for art painting?
Answer: Jatin Das
Q15. Who is the present Broadcast and Information Minister of Govt of India?
Answer: Manish Tewari (MoS- Independent Charges)
Q16. Who is the president of Afghanistan, recently visited India?
Answer: Hamid Karzai
Q17. What is Open Market Operation of RBI?
 Answer: OMOs are the market operations conducted by the Reserve Bank of India by way of sale/ purchase of Government securities to/ from the market with an objective to adjust the rupee liquidity conditions in the market on a durable basis. When the RBI feels there is excess liquidity in the market, it resorts to sale of securities thereby sucking out the rupee liquidity. Similarly, when the liquidity conditions are tight, the RBI will buy securities from the market, thereby releasing liquidity into the market.
Q18. If value of foreign currency increases, the value of Rupee will
Answer: Depreciate
Q19. Who monitor and Securitize  capital market in India?
Answer: SEBI
Q20. Who is the present Women and Child Development Minister?
Answer:  Krishna Tirath (MoS &#8211; Independent Charge)
Q21. Minister of Home affairs?
Answer: Sushil Kumar Shinde
Q22. According to recent list published by Forbes, who is the richest Indian?
Answer: Mukesh Ambani
Q23. BRICS Summit 2012 held in
Answer: New Delhi
Q24: Which among the following is a SAARC country?
Answer: Sri Lanka
Q25. What percentage of people who are below poverty line in India?
 Answer:  32.7% (Indian people fall below the international poverty line of US$ 1.25 per day. World Bank Data &#8211; 2010)
Q26. Which is Union Territory?
 Answer: Puducherry
Q27. According to the Census 2011 Data, population of India is
 Answer: 1.2 billion
Q28. Institute which provide assistance to small scale industries through finance corporation?
 Answer: SIDBI
Q29. Amount which provide for students by banks is called as?
 Answer: Education Loan
Q30. Which is the maximum amount denomination note circulated in India?
 Answer: 1000
Q31. Present Agricultural Minister of India?
 Answer: Sharad Pawar
Q32. There was a question on Crossed Cheque.
 Answer: A crossed cheque is a cheque that can only be deposited directly into an account with a bank and cannot be immediately cashed by a bank over the counter.
Q33. According to the latest data, which country tops the list of nations in GDP growth? (No1 Country in GDP Growth rate?)
 Answer: Qatar (According to CIA World Factbook)
Q34. Largest milk producing country?
 Answer:  India (According to National Dairy Development Board Claim)
Q35. ASBA (Applications Supported by Blocked Amount) associated to?
Answer: IPO
Explanation: ASBA (Applications Supported by Blocked Amount) is a process developed by the SEBI for applying to IPO.
Q36. Which of the following award is given for authors?
 Answer:  Man Booker Prize, Saraswati Samman, Jnanpith Award, Bihari Puraskar and many more.
Q37. Operations SEBI?
 Answer: Works as a regulator for the securities market in India.

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