General Awareness questions for po exams |Bak Exams Preparation Papers

Previous General Awareness Questions for PO Examinations

1)As we all know, the US $ was at a 15 months low against the basket of currencies till recent past. Recently it reached a 14 years low against one of the major currencies. Which of the following is that currency ?
(A) Yuan
(B) Euro
(C) Rupee
(D) Yen
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

2)Which of the following countries has launched OCEAN SAT-2, a satellite to provide data on its oceans ?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) France
(D) India
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)

3)Which of the following states is in the process of passing two amendments to its municipality and panchayat raj acts to enable women to have 50% seats in all local self government bodies?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Kerala
(D) Madhya Pradesh
(E) Delhi
Ans : (C)

4)As per the resolution passed in the Pittsburgh Summit of G-20, now more weightage will be given to under-represented nations in the organizations like IMF etc. How much quota will be shifted to such nations in this way ?
(A) 5%
(B) 7%
(C) 10%
(D) 15%
(E) 17%
Ans : (A)

5) As per existing norms and policies of the RBI, Banks are required to advance how much of their total advances to priority sectors ?
(A) 30%
(B) 35%
(C) 40%
(D) 25%
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

6)As per the news published in various newspapers, Reliance Industries has submitted a bid to acquire petrochemical giant Lyondell Basell. This is a company based in—
(A) UAE
(B) Germany
(C) France
(D) Britain
(E) USA
Ans : (E)

7)who amongst the following was the chairperson of the ‘Working Group on Benchmark Prime Lending Rate (BPLR)’constituted by the Reserve Bank of India
(A) Dr. K. C. Chakrovorty
(B) Mr. Deepak Mohanty
(C) Mr. Bhaskaran
(D) Mr. O. P. Bhatt
(E) Mr. M. V. Nair
Ans : (B)

8)Retail investors made Rs. 1•9 lakh crore in market rally, was the news in some major financial newspapers recently. The term ‘Retail investors’, as used in this headline, means which of the following types of stock market investors ?
(A) Promoters of Companies
(B) Individuals
(C) Foreign Institutional Investors
(D) Mutual Funds
(E) Corporate Bodies
Ans : (B)

9)Which of the following countries has taken over as the Vice Chairman of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ?
(A) China
(B) South Korea
(C) North Korea
(D) India
(E) Iran
Ans : (B)

10)Which of the following countries has raised objection to India’s efforts to make a 608 km long road link through Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh ?
(A) China
(B) Nepal
(C) Myanmar
(D) Bhutan
(E) Afghanistan
Ans : (A)

11)Who amongst the following won the Men’s Singles US Open Tennis 2009 ? (played in Sept. 2009)
(A) Juan Martin del Potro
(B) Leander Paes
(C) Lukas Dlouhy
(D) Roger Federer
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)

12)A Good Woman’ is a book written by—
(A) Dario Fo
(B) V. S. Naipaul
(C) Orhan Pamuk
(D) Herta Muller
(E) Danielle Steel
Ans : (E)

13)"CRY" is the name of the organization which works for the welfare of—
(A) Cancer Patients
(B) Children
(C) War victims
(D) Senior Citizens
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

14)Which of the following is not considered as a parameter for defining the Below Poverty Line (BPL) status of a person ?
(A) Food security
(B) Marital Status
(C) Debt
(D) Literacy
(E) Land holdings
Ans : (B)

15)What is the full form of UNEP, a term frequently seen in newspapers ?
(A) Universal Notification on Energy Protection
(B) Universal New Education Project
(C) Universal Natural Energy Project
(D) United Nations Education Programme
(E) United Nations Environment Programme
Ans : (E)