www.eenadupratibha.net SBI Clerks General Awareness 1. 2. 3. 1) 1850 2) 1890 4) 1910 5) 1770 n . a 3) 1870 h b i General Bank of India established in ......... 1) 1707 2) 1786 4) 1900 5) 1902 t a r 3) 1801 p u d Few Indian Merchants established Union Bank in 1839 (not Union Bank of India) at? a n 1) Calcutta 2) Bombay e e . w w 4) Hyderabad 4. t e One of the earliest banks in India, Bank of Hindustan was established in ......... 3) Nagpur 5) Shimla One of the oldest Joint stock bank, Bank of Upper India in 1863, merged with t e n Alliance Bank of Shimla ......... w . a h 1) Allahabad Bank 2) British Indian Bank 3) Indian Catholic Bank 4) Punjab National Bank b i t 5) Alliance Bank of Shimla 5. First entirely Indian joint stock bank Oudh Commercial Bank was established in a r p 1881 at ....... 1) Faizabad (Uttar Pradesh) du 3) Godhra (Gujarat) 4) Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) a n 5) Calcutta (West Bengal) 6. 2) Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) e e . ww The first phase of Indian Banking runs between 1786 and 1969. The highlights of this period include ......... 1) Establishment of banks in India w 2) Report of Hilton-Young Commission 3) Establishment of Reserve Bank of India 4) Establishment of State Bank of India 5) All of above R-30-6-14 www.eenadupratibha.net www.eenadupratibha.net 7. The second phase of Indian Banking runs between 1969 and 1991. The highlights include ...... 1) Nationalization of Banks 2) Insurance of Bank Deposits 3) Setting up of Regional Rural Banks 4) Establishment of NABARD n . a 5) All of above 8. Third phase of Indian Banking runs between 1991 till today. The highlight of the h b i period include ....... 1) Introduction of Banking Reforms t a r 2) Infusion of Information Technology p u d 3) More entry of Foreign Banks 4) Customer Banking a n 5) All of above 9. t e e e . w w Economic and Banking pundits divide the functions of RBI into Three categories. They are ........ t e n 1) Traditional, Promotional and Aggressive w 2) Frictional, Promotional and Supervisory . a h 3) Traditional, Promotional and Selective 4) Direct, Autocrat and Supervisory b i t 5) Traditional, Promotional and Supervisory 10. ........ functions of Reserve Bank of India include banker to the government, a r p issuing of currency notes, control the foreign exchange, and fight against the economic crisis? du 1) Traditional a n 3) Supervisory 2) Promotional 4) Autocrat e e . ww 5) Negligent 11. New innovations in the banking business, promoting loans to poorer and small sections of society, engaging other agencies to float credit like NABARD etc. are w to be termed as the ........ functions of RBI. 1) Traditional 2) Supervisory 3) Selective 4) Promotional 5) Elusive www.eenadupratibha.net www.eenadupratibha.net 12. Licensing, controlling other institutions which do the part banking, and review of banks performance are the ......... functions of RBI. 1) Promotional 2) Supervisory 3) Traditional 4) Educative t e n . a 5) Indirect 13. Finance ministry on 4 May 2014 asked the banks to encourage CASA accounts. CASA stands for ....... 1) Current Account Savings Account t a r 3) Current Account Service Account 5) None h b i 2) Current Account Stores Account 4) Current Account Single Account p u d 14. On 24 March 2014, which panel recommended that bank customers should be given a free copy of their credit profile, helping to promote financial discipline among loan seekers? 1) Y.H. Malegam a n 2) Deepak Parekh e e . w w 3) Nachiket Mor 4) Urjit Patel t e n 5) Aditya Puri 15. The RBI directed the banks not to levy any penalty on individual borrowers for pre-paying floating loans on 7 May 2014. Floating Loan includes ........ w . a h 1) Personal Loans 2) Vehicle Loans 3) Housing Loans 4) Corporate Loans b i t 5) All of above a r p 16. SFMS means ....... 1) Structured Financial Mean Solution u d a 2) Single Financial Messaging Solution 3) Simple Financial Messaging Solution n e e . ww 4) Structured Financial Messaging Solution 5) Structured Financial Messaging SMS 17. INRFS means ....... 1) Indo-NRI Remittance Facility Scheme w 2) Indo-Nepal Remittance Force Scheme 3) Indo-Nepal Rule Facility Scheme 4) Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme 5) Indo-Netherlands Remittance Facility Scheme www.eenadupratibha.net www.eenadupratibha.net 18. The Reserve Bank Staff College is at....... to train the needs of RBI officers. 1) Bangalore 2) New Delhi 3) Vijayawada 4) Hyderabad t e 5) Chennai n . a 19. College of Agricultural Banking at ......... trains staff of co-operative and commercial banks, including regional rural banks. 1) Mumbai 2) Kolkata 4) Chennai 5) Indore h b i 3) Pune t a r 20. RBI is funding to encourage advance training and research on banking issues, economic growth. It is funding National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) located at ....... p u d 1) Delhi 2) Kolkata 3) Pune a n 4) Hyderabad 5) Dewas e e . w w 21. Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) located at ......... also funding by RBI. 1) Kolkata 2) Bhopal 4) Mumbai 5) Kanyakumari w t e n 3) Nasik . a h 22. Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT) at ....... 1) Gurgaon 2) Jalandhar 4) Hyderabad 5) Mumbai 3) Chennai b i t 23. Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) is a yearly report published by the ......... a r p 1) World Bank 2) World Economic Forum 3) Asian Development Fund 4) Reserve Bank of India u d a 5) International Monetary Fund 24. RBI on 19 June 2014 asked the banks to disclose sector-wise advances from on the recommendations of ........ n e e . ww 1) Rangarajan 2) Chakravarty 3) Nachiket Mor 4) Damodaran 5) None w 25. Thomas Cup related to ......... 1) Men Kabaddi 2) Women Kabaddi 3) Men Squash 4) Women Squash 5) Men Badminton www.eenadupratibha.net www.eenadupratibha.net 26. India suffered loss to which nation in Thomas Cup recently? (Japan is the winner of Thomas Cup). 1) Korea 2) Singapore 4) Malaysia 5) Indonesia t e 3) China n . a 27. Thomas Cup founded in ........ 1) 1952 2) 1999 4) 2000 5) 1949 h b i 3) 1981 t a r 28. Uber cup related to Women's badminton. Uber cup 2014 held at ......... 1) New Delhi 2) Hong Kong 4) Canberra 5) None p u d 3) Beijing 29. India beat Bangladesh in ODI series by 2-0. Which Indian created the record of a n taking 6 wickets for 4 runs in this series? e e . w w 1) Mohit sharma 2) Vinay Kumar 3) Harbajan Singh 4) Stuart Binny t e n 5) Umesh Yadav w . a h 30. In the world's top five nations in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology capacity, India's rank is ......... 1) First 2) Second 4) Fourth 5) None b i t 3) Third a r p 31. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is an American sports man declared as the highest paid athlete by Forbes. He is famous .......... du 1) Boxer 2) Golf player a n 4) Tennis player 32. 3) Baseball player 5) None of above e e . ww SAARC Monsoon Initiative Programme National Working Group meet was organised on 20 June 2014 at .......... 1) Hyderabad w 4) Bhopal 2) New Delhi 3) Mathura 5) Mumbai 33. Air India has formally become part of the .......... global airlines. 1) Star Alliance 2) Lufthansa 4) Pan America 5) None 3) Cathay Pacific www.eenadupratibha.net www.eenadupratibha.net 34. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is a specialized agency of UNO. Its headquarters is in ........... 1) Paris 2) Washington 4) Rome 5) Vienna 3) Geneva t e n . a 35. UNESCO was established in ....... 1) 1946 2) 1974 4) 2000 5) 1901 3) 1696 h b i 36. Irina Bokova is the head of UNESCO. She belongs to ......... 1) Iran 2) USA 4) Bulgaria 5) None t a r 3) Russia p u d 37. Ancient Pyu Cities got UNESCO heritage status on 22 June 2014. It is in ......... a n 1) Myanmar 2) Sri Lanka 4) India e e . w w 3) Cambodia 5) None 38. Bulgaria capital is Sofia and its currency is ........ 1) Dollar w 4) Lira 2) Lev t e n 3) Euro 5) Peso . a h 39. List of Dams given. Which combination is wrongly matched one? 1) Polavaram - Andhra Pradesh b i t 2) Sardar Sarovar Dam - Arunachal Pradesh 3) Baglihar- Jammu & Kashmir a r p 4) Idukki - Kerala 5) Khadakwasla - Maharastra u d a 40. An important source of capital formation in India has been ......... 1) Household savings n e e . ww 3) RBI savings 2) Public sector savings 4) Government revenue surpluses 5) Corporate savings 41. A.K. Dubey was appointed as the head of Coal India limited. Where is its head office? w 1) Kolkata 2) Chennai 3) Hyderabad 4) Pune 5) New Delhi www.eenadupratibha.net www.eenadupratibha.net 42. In the Indian Railways, the term FAC used. FAC stands for ......... 1) Fuel Add Component 2) Fuel Adjustment Compromise 3) Front Adjustment Component 4) Fuel Adjustment Component t e 5) None n . a 43. Which nation announced on 25 June 2014 to honour Shahrukh Khan with Officer of the Legion of Honour for his outstanding contribution to Cinema? 1) USA 2) Japan 4) Italy 5) Malaysia h b i 3) France t a r 44. ISOPOM means......... 1) Initial Scheme of Oil seeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize p u d 2) Integrated Scheme of Oil seeds, Pulses, Oil refineries and Maize 3) Indirect Scheme of Oil seeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize a n 4) Integrated Scheme of Oil seeds, Pulses, Oil Palm and Maize e e . w w 5) None 45. United Nations Public Service Day was celebrated on ......... 1) 23 June w 4) 14 June 2) 23 April 5) None . a h 46. International Nurses day celebrated on ....... 1) 12 Jan 2) 12 Feb 4) 12 May 5) 12 July t e n 3) 1 June 3) 12 Dec b i t 47. On 7 June 2014, who was appointed as the Solicitor General of India? a r p 1) Vahanavathi 2) R.M. Lodha 3) Mohan Parasaran u d a 5) Ranjit Kumar 4) G. Rohini 48. 2013 Jnanpith Award conferred on .......... en 1) Harprasad Das (Hindi) e . ww 3) Kushwanth Singh (English) 2) Kedarnath Singh (Hindi) 4) Pradyumna Kumar (Urdu) 5) C. Narayan Reddy (Telugu) 49. Union Government granted Navratna status to Engineers India Ltd (EIL) on 24 June 2014. Its head office is located in .......... w 1) New Delhi 2) Bangalore 3) Pune 4) Chennai 5) Kolkata www.eenadupratibha.net www.eenadupratibha.net 50. Global foreign direct investment flows rose by ........ percent in 2013 as per the World Investment Report 2014 released by UNCTAD on 24 June 2014. 1) 10 2) 9 3) 4 4)7 5) None t e n . a KEY h b i 1-1; 2-2; 3-1; 4-5; 5-1; 6-5; 7-5; 8-5; 9-5; 10-1; 11-4; 12-2; 13-1; 14-5; 15-5; 16-4; 17-4; 18-5; 19-3; 20-3; 21-4; 22-4; 23-2; 24-3; 25-5; 26-4; 27-5; 28-1; 29-4; 30-4; t a r 31 -1; 32-4; 33-1; 34-1; 35-1; 36-4; 37-1; 38-2; 39-2; 40-1; 41-1; 42-4; 43-3; 44-4; 45-1; 46-4; 47-5; 48-2; 49-1; 50-2. p u d Writer: A. Veera Swamy a n e e . w w t e n w . a h b i t a r p u d a n e e . ww w www.eenadupratibha.net