Current Affairs for SBI Examination

1.The General Assembly of U. N. proclaimed 2008 as a year of—

(A) International Year of Language

(B) International Year of Dolphin

(C) International Year of Culture

(D) International Press Freedom Year

Ans : A

2.The book ‘A View from the Outside (Why good economics works for everyone) has been written by—

(A) Prof. Amartya Sen

(B) K. G. Joglekar

(C) P. Chidambaram

(D) Edmund S. Phelps

Ans : C

3.According to the latest Supreme Court decision, Priests and Nuns have been allowed to practise as—

(A) Doctors

(B) Advocates

(C) Scientists

(D) None of these

Ans : B

4.Which among the following tennis players won the 2008 U.S. Open men’s title ?

(A) Juan Carlos Ferrero

(B) Lars Burgsmuller

(C) Roger Federer

(D) Feliciano Lopez

Ans : C

5.It was decided to observe Mahatma Gandhi’s birth day October 2 as the International Nonviolence Day at—

(A) International Indology Conference

(B) Satyagraha Centenary Conference

(C) Congress Foundation Day Celebrations

(D) None of these

Ans : B

6.Who among the following won the UK reality T.V. show ‘Big Brother’ ?

(A) Shilpa Shetty

(B) Ken Russell

(C) Jade Goody

(D) Dirk Benedict

Ans : A

7.‘THEMIS’ is an acronym for—

(A) Time History of Events and Meteors in Space

(B) Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms

(C) Thermal Interactions in Space

(D) None of these

Ans : B

8.Which of the following satellites has been successfully launched on 22nd October, 2008 ?

(A) CHANDRAYAAN-1

(B) LAPAN-TUBSAT

(C) Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1)

(D) HAMSAT

Ans : A

9.‘Aam Admi Bima Yojana’ is an insurance scheme for rural landless households introduced by—

(A) National Insurance Co.

(B) Life Insurance Co.

(C) UTI

(D) ICICI Life Prudential Co.

Ans : B

10.The UN Deputy Secretary- General is—

(A) Dr. Asha Rose Mtengeti Migiro

(B) Mark Malloch Brown

(C) Shashi Tharoor

(D) Louise Frechette

Ans : A

11.Where are the headquarters of National Fisheries Development Board situated ?

(A) New Delhi

(B) Hyderabad

(C) Chennai

(D) Bangalore

Ans: B

12.The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for 2006 for the promotion of tolerance and nonviolence has been awarded to—

(A) V. Anandasagree

(B) Taslima Nasreen

(C) Narayan Desai

(D) Pope Shenouda-III

Ans: A

13.Who among the following won the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship 2008 ?

(A) Belgium

(B) France

(C) England

(D) Spain

Ans: D

14.‘Garib Rath’ is—

(A) A portal

(B) The first AC train for the poor

(C) A project launched by Ministry of HRD

(D) A low price car

Ans : B

15.The 2008 C. K. Nayadu Life Time Achievement Award of the year has been won by—

(A) Gundappa Vishwanath

(B) Kapil Dev

(C) Mohinder Amarnath

(D) Madan Lal

Ans : A

Current Affairs for SBI Examination

1. Who among the following is the present High Commissioner of India to Pakistan ?
(A) Satyabrata Pal
(B) Shiv Shankar Menon
(C) Vijay K. Nambiar
(D) None of these
Ans: A

2. IRDA in India regulates—
(A) Banking business
(B) Insurance business
(C) Capital business
(D) Public issue of shares
Ans: B

3. Who was the Chairman of the Sixth Central Pay Commission ?
(A) Justice B. N. Srikrishna
(B) Prof. Ravindra Dholakia
(C) J. S. Mathur
(D) Sushma Nath
Ans: A

4. According to the Human Development Report 2006, India has acquired 126th place in HDI ranking which is……than that of last year.
(A) Two ranks up
(B) One rank up
(C) Two ranks down
(D) One rank down
Ans: B

5. In China’s EAST fusion reactor, EAST stands for—
(A) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
(B) Experimental Advanced Solar Tool
(C) Electronically Advanced Scientific Technology
(D) Experimental Artificial Sun Tokamak
Ans: A

6. The newly formed 21st district of Haryana is—
(A) Mohali
(B) Palwal
(C) Mewat
(D) None of these
Ans: B

7. Sanskriti Award 2006 for Literature has been awarded to—
(A) Mitul Dutta
(B) Chandrakanta
(C) Vinda Karandikar
(D) Mridula Garg
Ans: A

8. Life imprisonment has been awarded to the former Union Minister and Chief of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Shibu Soren for kidnapping and murder of his secretary—
(A) Madhumita
(B) Shashinath Jha
(C) Nitish Katara
(D) None of these
Ans: B

9. The ICC World Cup Cricket-2007 has been won by—
(A) Australia
(B) West Indies
(C) South Africa
(D) New Zealand
Ans: A

10. Delhi University has conferred an honorary doctorate degree for the first time on a film personality. Who is that film personality ?
(A) Dileep Kumar
(B) Amitabh Bachchan
(C) Shabana Azmi
(D) Dev Anand
Ans: B

11. Who among the following has been named as Impact Person of the year for 2007 by Impact Magazine ?
(A) Vijay Malya
(B) Anil Ambani
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Mukesh Ambani
Ans: A

12. The present Chief Election Commissioner is—
(A) B. B. Tandon
(B) Navin B. Chawala
(C) S. Y. Quraishi
(D) N. Gopalaswami
Ans: B

13. The film that won the Best Film Award at 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is—
(A) Tulpan
(B) A Short Life
(C) Nirontor (Forever Flows)
(D) Sonam
Ans: A

14. “Beyond Scarcity : Power, Poverty and Global Water Crisis” is the theme of—
(A) Human Development Report 2005
(B) Human Development Report 2006
(C) World Development Report 2005
(D) World Development Report 2006
Ans: B

15. How many companies from India found place in ‘Global-500’ list ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 10
Ans: C

Current Affairs for SBI Examination

1. Which among the following has been reelected to the United Nations Human Rights Committee for the fourth time ?
(A) Nisuke Ando
(B) Michael O’ Flaherty
(C) Justice P.N. Bhagwati
(D) Ivan Shearer
Ans: C

2. 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to—
(A) Osamu Shimomura
(B) Martin Chalfie
(C) Roger Y. Tsien
(D) All of these
Ans: D

3. The present Prime Minister of Japan is—
(A) Junichiro Koizumi
(B) Mori Yoshiro
(C) Taro Aso
(D) Hashimoto Ryutaro
Ans: C

4. India has signed first bilateral agreement on social security with which among the following countries ?
(A) Belgium
(B) Holland
(C) France
(D) Germany
Ans: A

5. Which among the following countries has not been elected recently as a non-permanent member of the Security Council ?
(A) South Africa
(B) Italy
(C) Belgium
(D) Japan
Ans: D

6. Saina Nehwal is related with which among the following sports ?
(A) Badminton
(B) Tennis
(C) Chess
(D) Table Tennis
Ans: A

7. ‘Rainbow’ is—
(A) An ice-cream
(B) Prasar Bharti’s FM Channel
(C) A suitcase
(D) A musical group
Ans: B

8. Solar-B satellite to study the sun was launched by—
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) Russia
(D) America
Ans: A

9. The present Governor of Bihar is—
(A) G. K. Gandhi
(B) Buta Singh
(C) R. L. Bhatia
(D) None of these
Ans: C

10. ‘Sakshat’ is—
(A) An educational website
(B) A missile
(C) An artificial satellite
(D) A railway project
Ans: A

11. Who among the following has started a new enterprise named ‘blogevery where.com’ ?
(A) Ratan Tata
(B) Narayan Murti
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Sabeer Bhatia
Ans: D

12. The fourth Asian Film Festival was held in—
(A) Pune
(B) Mumbai
(C) Nagpur
(D) Goa
Ans: A

13. At what place Indian economy stands in the world on the basis of PPP rating ?
(A) Second
(B) Fourth
(C) Sixth
(D) Tenth
Ans: B

14. Which Indian group of business houses has made a space in top 20 global firms in Forbes list of world’s most reputed companies ?
(A) Tata Group
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Infosys
(D) Hero Honda Motors
Ans: A

15. Which sector of the economy became the largest job recruiter in 2006-07 ?
(A) Private Sector Banks
(B) Garment Exports
(C) Broking Services
(D) Software IT Companies
Ans: D

Current Affairs for SBI Examination

1. Treat, Train, Retain Plan is—
(A) A plan aiming at development of Indian Railway
(B) A plan to retain the high status of Indian Railway
(C) A part of WHO’s work to promote universal access to HIV/AIDS services
(D) A plan to launch several new trains in the next two years
Ans: C

2. ‘Deoria to Dadri Nyaya Yatra’ was launched by—
(A) V. P. Singh and Raj Babbar
(B) Chandrashekhar
(C) Raj Babbar and Mulayam Singh
(D) Lalu Prasad Yadav
Ans: A

3. Shijian–8 is—
(A) India’s newly created artificial satellite
(B) China’s seed-breeding satellite
(C) Japan’s seed-breeding satellite
(D) Russia’s remote sensing satellite
Ans: B

4. Which among the following tennis players has recently bid his retirement ?
(A) Andre Agassi
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Carlos Moya
(D) Andy Raddick
Ans: A

5. Who among the following is the most powerful women in the world according to the Forbes magazine’s list of 100 most powerful women ?
(A) Indra Nooyi
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Angela Merkel
(D) Condoleeza Rice
Ans: C

6. Where will the 15th NAM summit be held ?
(A) Durban
(B) Egypt
(C) Cuba
(D) Cartagena
Ans: B

7. IBSA is—
(A) India Brazil—South Africa Trilateral Co-operation Forum
(B) India Brazil South Africa Agreement
(C) India Britain South America Agreement
(D) None of these
Ans: A

8. G. M. Modi Award for Innovative Science and Technology for the year 2007 has been conferred upon—
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. K. Kasturirangan
(C) Prof. Goverdhan Mehta
(D) Dr. Y. S. Rajan
Ans: C

9. Which among the following has been removed from the UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites in danger ?
(A) Hampi
(B) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) Kathmandu Valley
(D) Fort and Shalamar Gardens
Ans: A

10. Which among the following Indian women is not included in the Fortune magazine’s list of 50 most powerful business–women?
(A) Chanda Kochar, ICICI Bank
(B) Naina Lal Kidwai, HSBC India
(C) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Biocon India
(D) Shehnaz Hussain, Shehnaz Hussain Herbals
Ans: D

11. The books ‘Snow’ and ‘My Name is Red’ have been written by—
(A) Orhun Pamuk
(B) Harold Pinter
(C) J.M. Coetzee
(D) V.S. Naipaul
Ans: A

12. Where are the headquarters of National Fisheries Development Board situated ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chennai
(D) Bangalore
Ans: B

13. Nobel Prize for Peace-2008 has been awarded to—
(A) Martti Ahtisaari r
(B) World Bank
(C) Urban Bank
(D) NABARD
Ans: A

14. Who among the following is the winner of US Open 2008 women’s single title ?
(A) Mary Pierce
(B) Maria Sharapova
(C) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(D) Serena Williams
Ans: D

15. Which among the following Indian is the first Vice-Chancellor of Westminster University ?
(A) Lord Swaraj Paul
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Subhramaniam Swami
(D) Sujatha Bose
Ans: A