SBI Associate Bank Solved 2008 Paper

1. Asafa Powell who created a new World Record in 100 metres race is a citizen of –
(A) Jamaica r
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) USA
Ans: (A)

2. Which of the following is a public sector unit?
(A) TCS
(B) ICICI Bank
(C) TESCO
(D) BHEL
Ans: (D)

3. Benazir Bhutto is associated with which of the following political parties?
(A) Muslim League
(B) Pakistan People’s Parties
(C) Pakistan National Congress
(D) None of these
Ans: (B)

4. Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present?
(A) Mr. K V Kamath
(B) Dr. Y V Reddey
(C) Mr. O P Bhatt
(D) None of these
Ans: (B)

5. Which of the following countries does not play international cricket?
(A) Russia
(B) England
(C) Pakistan
(D) India
Ans: (A)

6. When you are working on a document on PC, where is the document temporarily stored?
(A) RAM
(B) ROM
(C) The CPU
(D) The CD-ROM
Ans: (A)

7. A call means –
(A) Calling on friends
(B) Calling on bank employees
(C) Calling on prospective customers
(D) Calling on relatives
Ans: (C)

8.Modern methods of marketing include –
(A) Publicity on the net
(B) Advertisement on the net
(C) Telemarketing
(D) All of these
Ans: (D)

9. A prospect means –
(A) Any customer who walks into the bank
(B) An employee of the bank
(C) A customer who is likely to be interested in bank’s product or service
(D) A borrower of the bank
Ans: (C)

10. Device drivers are –
(A) Tiny power cords for external storage devices
(B) Small, special-purpose programs
(C) The innermost part of the operating system
(D) Substitutes for operating systems
Ans: (C)

11. Find the true statement –
(A) Marketing is a waste of the employees time
(B) Marketing involves additional work
(C) Marketing involves team work
(D) Marketing is not required to day due to IT advertisement
Ans: (C)

12. How many values can be represented by a single byte?
(A) 16
(B) 64
(C) 256
(D) 512
Ans: (D)

13. Sales forecasting involves –
(A) Sales planning
(B) Sales pricing
(C) Distribution channels
(D) All of these
Ans: (D)

14. In a selling process in today’s world –
(A) Only standard products are sold
(B) No customization required
(C) The seller should aim at customer satisfaction
(D) Only quantum of sales matters
Ans: (C)

15. If you receive an e-mail from someone you don’t know, what should you do?
(A) Forward it to the police immediately
(B) Delete it without opening it
(C) Open it and respond to them saying you don’t know them
(D) Reply and ask them for their personal information
Ans: (B)

SBI Associate Bank Solved 2008 Paper

1. Magnetic tape is not practical for application where data must be quickly recalled because tape is – (A) A random-access medium
(B) A read only medium
(C) Fragile and easily damaged
(D) An expensive storage medium
Ans: (D)

2. Data going into the computer is called –
(A) Output
(B) Input
(C) Calculations
(d) Flowchart
Ans: (B)

3. Information travels between components on the motherboard through –
(A) Flash memory
(B) CMOS
(C) Bays
(D) Buses
Ans: (D)

4. Which of the following refers to the memory in your computer ?
(A) RAM
(B) DSL
(C) USB
(D) LAN
Ans: (A)

5. Which of the following can handle most system function that aren’t handled directly by the operating system?
(A) Vertical market application
(B) Utilities
(C) Integrated software
(D) Compilers
Ans: (A)

6. If Marketing is done effectively, which of the following is not required?
(A) Advertisement
(B) Publicity
(C) Market Research
(D) None of these
Ans: (B)

7. Which of the following statement is true –
(A) Marketing is not required in profit – making companies
(B) Marketing sharpens the minds of the employees
(C) Marketing is s time-bound seasonal function
(D) Marketing is a waste of time
Ans: (C)

8. Market information means –
(A) Knowledge of shops and bazaars
(B) Knowledge of shopping malls
(C) Knowledge of customers profile and product mix
(D) None of these
Ans: (C)

9. A lead means –
(A) A prospect who is more likely to avail of the bank’s product
(B) A political leader
(C) A bank chairmen
(D) None of these
Ans: (A)

10. Which of the following statement is true –
(A) Marketing is not required in a buyer’s Market
(B) Marketing is not required in a Seller’s Market
(C) Marketing is not required due to globalization
(D) Marketing is not required due to liberalization
Ans: (B)

11. One of the former Prime Minister of which of the following countries was detailed in house arrest for a short period after his/her return from a long exist?
(A) Germany
(B) France
(C) Pakistan
(D) Brazil
Ans: (C)

12. Who amongst the following was the Caption of the Indian Cricket Team who won the Twenty-20 World Cup 2007?
(A) Yuvraj Singh
(B) MS Dhoni
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) None of these
Ams: (B)

13. Which of the following department of the Government of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the banks?
(A) Railways
(B) State Road Transports
(C) Post and Telegraph
(D) None of these
Ams: (D)

14. India has different categories of commercial banks. Which of the following is NOT one such category?
(A) Private Banks
(B) Commodity Bank
(C) Nationalized Banks
(D) Cooperative Banks
Ams: (B)

15. Who amongst the following is the Secretary General of UNO?
(A) AL Gore
(B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) Gordon Brown
(D) Hugo Chavez
Ams: (C)