SBI Associate Bank Solved 2008 Paper

1. India’s Foreign Exchange Reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the same?
A. Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
B. Import of wheat from Pakistan and S. korea
C. Appreciation of Rupee Value
D. None of these
Ans: (C)

2. Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA?
A. Supply of Sugar
B. Civilian Nuclear Cooperation
C. Purchase of gas / petroleum
D. None of these
Ans: (B)

3. Which of the following countries is not happy with the USA’s decision to award a Congressional Medal to Dalal Lama of Tibet?
A. India
B. Pakistan
C. Nepal
D. China
Ans: (D)

4. The securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through ‘P-Notes’. What is the full form of ‘P-Notes’?
A. Permanent Notes
B. Purchase Notes
C. Participatory Notes
D. Private Notes
Ans: (C)

5. The money which Government of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from which of the following sources? (pick up the correct statement (s)
(A) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc.
(B) Taxes collected from the people.
(C) Loan from the RBI.
A. Only A
B. Only B
C. Only C
D. All A, B and C
Ans: (D)

6. Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts?
(A) Foreign Banks
(B) Regional Rural Banks
(C) Nationalized Banks
A. Only A
B. Only B
C. Only C
D. None of these
Ans: (C)

7. The Government of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market?
A. Chemical Fertilizer
B. Steel
C. Electronic Goods
D. None of these
Ans: (D)

8. Which of the following organizations/agencies has established a fund known as “Investor protection fund”?
A. Bombay Stock Exchange
B. SEBI
C. NABARD r
D. AMFI
Ans: (C)

9. Hem Dutta who was honoured by the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is a famous-
A. Social activist
B. Author
C. Player
D. Film producer
Ans: (A)

10. Which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the transport, electricity and gas companies as the present Government of the country has decided to end the pension to these workers?
1. USA
B. France
C. China
D. Nepal
Ans: (B)

11. Microsoft Office is –
A. Shareware
B. Public-domain software
C. A vertical market application
D. An application suite
Ans: (D)

12. How many options does a binary choice offer?
A. It depends on the amount of memory in the computer
B. Two
C. One
D. None
Ans: (B)


13. Target Market is –
A. Entire country
B. Entire city
C. Entire globe
D. That which consist of customers who need the identified product
Ans: (D)

14. Which of the following refers to a small, single-site network?
A. LAN
B. DSL
C. RAM
D. USB
Ans: (A)

15. When cutting and pasting, the item cut is temporarily stored in –
A. Hard Device
B. ROM
C. Diskette
D. Clipboard
Ans: (D)