Direction (Qs.1-20): Read the following questions carefully and choose your answer from the given five options.
Question No : 1
Names of which of the following rates/ratios cannot be seen in financial newspapers?
(1) Bank Rate
(2) Cash Reserve Ratio
(3) Repo Rate
(4) Pulse Rate
(5) Statutory Liquidity Ratio
Question No : 2
Which of the following terms is used in banking and finance?
(1) Abiotic
(2) Demand Deposit
(3) Fat scales
(4) A Diabetic
(5) Cathode
Question No : 3
Which of the following is the abbreviated name associated with food security?
(1) ASHA
(2) PDS
(3) WTO
(4) OPEC
(5) NPA
Question No : 4
Which of the following is an economic term?
(1) Plaintiff
(2) Bunker Blaster
(3) Deflation
(4) Lampoon
(5) Zero Hour
Question No : 5
Who amongst the following Indian Prime Ministers was honoured posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh for his/her contributions to the independence of the nation?
(1) Rajiv Gandhi
(2) Jawaharlal Nehru
(3) Indira Gandhi
(4) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(5) None of these
Question No : 6
Presently most important factor for growth in advanced countries is ___
(1) Population control
(2) High rate of savings
(3) Low rate of interest
(4) Creation of new knowledge
(5) None of these
Question No : 7
Which of the following normally grown in hilly areas on mountain slope as it is not a crop of plains?
(1) Tea
(2) Wheat
(3) Banana
(4) Roses
(5) All of these
Question No : 8
Which of the following apex body and regulators has asked banks to swap customer related information so that the frauds and defaults may be prevented in future?
(1) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)
(2) Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)
(3) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
(4) Indian Bank’s Association (IBA)
(5) None of these
Question No : 9
The SBI has signed an agreement with which of the following agencies to obtain a guarantee cover to its loans to Micro and Small Enterprises?
(1) Export Credit Guarantee Corporation
(2) Credit Guarantee Trust
(3) Small Industrial Development Bank of India
(4) Securities and Exchange Board of India
(5) None of these
Question No : 10
Agri clinics are envisaged to provide which of the following services?
(A) Advice on cropping practices.
(B) Advice on protection of crops from pests.
(C) Advice on marketing trends.
(1) Only (A) and (B)
(2) Only (B) and (C)
(3) Only (A) and (C)
(4) All (A), (B) and (C)
(5) None of these
Question No : 11
Preferred Provider Network (PPN) is a term used in which of the following business?
(1) Commodities trading
(2) Retailing
(3) Health insurance
(4) Foreign trade
(5) None of these
Question No : 12
Which of the following nations has decided to increase its co-operation in the field of energy with India?
(1) Russia
(2) China
(3) Japan
(4) Nepal
(5) Bangladesh
Question No : 13
Which of the following is NOT a fertilizer product?
(1) Urea
(2) Murate of Potash
(3) Di Ammonium Phosphate
(4) Calcium Carbonate
(5) All are fertilizers
Question No : 14
Which of the following terms is used in the game of Cricket?
(1) Love
(2) Checkmate
(3) Volley
(4) Back hand drive
(5) Run out
Question No : 15
Which of the following is/are the measure(s) taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease the liquidity crunch in the country?
(A) Cut in Cash Reserve Ratio and Statutory Liquidity Ratio.
(B) Increase the flow of foreign direct investment.
(C) Supply of additional currency notes in the market.
(1) Only (A)
(2) Only (B)
(3) Only (C)
(4) All (A), (B) and (C)
(5) None of these
Question No : 16
Which of the following is human resource?
(1) Own house
(2) School
(3) Savings
(4) interest
(5) None of these
Question No : 17
Which of the following is/are the objectives of the National Mission on Sustainable Habitat?
(A) Greater emphasis on urban waste management and recycling.
(B) Emphasis on use of items made of plastics and other such material and not of metals, as they need deep digging of earth.
(C) It suggests incentive for use of public transportation more and more.
(1) Only (A)
(2) Only (B)
(3) Both (A) and (C)
(4) Both (A) and (B)
(5) All (A), (B) and (C)
Question No : 18
“Irani Trophy” is associated with which of the following games?
(1) Badminton
(2) Golf
(3) Cricket
(4) Foot ball
(5) Hockey
Question No : 19
Which of the following awards is given for the excellence in the field of literature in India?
(1) Arjun Award
(2) Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Award
(3) Bharatiya Jnanpith Award
(4) Dronacharya Award
(5) Tansen Sanman
Question No : 20
An Indian Citizen can open a Savings Account in which of the following?
(1) SIDBI
(2) RBI
(3) NABARD
(4) A Private Sector Bank
(5) None of these