Questions for SBI Associate
Q.1 What is the
first quarter (April-June) gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the year
2012-13?
Ans 5.5%
Q.2 Who, among the
following Nobel laureates in Literature, has written a novel 'The Dream of the
Celt'?
Q.3. Which state imposed a ban on manufacture,
storage and sale of gutka, pan masala
and their variants containing tobacco and nicotine recently?
Ans. Gujarat
Q.4.
A 12-year-old boy from Bihar cracked the highly competitive Indian Institute of Technology-Joint Entrance
Examination (IIT-JEE) in May 2012. Name
this child prodigy?
Ans. Satyam Kumar
Q.5. Which of the following statements is
not true with regard to the G8 summit?
1) The 38th G8 Summit was held in Camp
David, Maryland, USA in May 2012.
2) This was the first Summit since
Russia joined the group in 1997 that was not attended by the President of
Russia.
3) The main topic of the G8 Summit was
the European sovereign debt crisis.
4) The leaders also discussed the
nuclear program of Iran, North Korea's nuclear
ambitions and the violent internal conflict in Syria.
5) The
39th G8 Summit will be held in France in 2013.
Q.6.
"Shoor Veer", the war games and military training exercise,
was concluded in Hanumangarh district of
which of the following states in May
2012?
Ans. Rajasthan
Q.7. Which state has decided to start
"Rani Laxmibai Pension Scheme" under which beneficiaries will get
Rs.400 per month?
Ans. Uttar Pradesh
Q.8.
Maurice Sendak, a popular children's book author died in May 2012
in USA. He is the author of which of the
following famous books?
1 Where the Wild Things Are
2 Nineteen Eighty Four
Q.9.
Kalpana Chawla Excellence Awards are given every year in the memory
of Kalpana, who died in Space Shuttle
Columbia disaster in 2003. Who among the
following 2012 winners is a veteran actress?
Ans. Sushma Seth
Q.10. Who was honored with the South Asian
Cinema Foundation's (SACF) Excellence in Cinema Award in June 2012?
Ans. Shyam Benegal
Q.11.
73-year-old Tamae Watanbe became the oldest woman to climb Mount Everest in May 2012. She belongs to which of
the following countries?
Ans. Japan
Q.12. The Cannes International Film
Festival is an annual film festival held in Cannes. In which country is this
city located?
Ans. France
Q.13.
Eynulla Fatullayev has been named the winner of the 2012 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom
Prize by UNESCO's Director-General,
Irina Bokova. He is a journalist and human rights activist from which of the following
countries?
Ans. Azerbaijan
Q.14. Which district recorded the highest
decadal increase in population at 111%, according to the Census 2011?
Ans. Kurung Kumey (Arunachal Pradesh)
Q.15. Who was declared Man of the Match in
the 2012 Indian Premier League (IPL) final?
Ans. Manvinder Bisla
Q.16. I-League is India's top football competition.
Which club won this title in May 2012?
Ans. Dempo
Q.17. Which of the following is a German
football club?
Ans. Bayern Munich
Q.18. Which country will host the
Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in 2015?
Ans. Venezuela
Q.19.
India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and which of the following countries
inked the historic gas sale purchase
agreement (GSPA) for the $7.6 billion
TAPI gas pipeline in May 2012?
Ans. Turkmenistan
Q.20.
A notifiable disease is any disease that is required by law to be reported to government authorities. The Union
Health Ministry has made which of the
following a mandatory notifiable disease in May 2012?
Ans. Tuberculosis
Q.21.
Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC) or Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (NBA) is a community-led total sanitation program
initiated by the Government of India in
1999. The main goal of TSC is to eradicate the practice of open defecation by which of the following years?
Ans. 2017
Q.22. The Reserve Bank of India will set
up a $2 billion swap facility for which of the following groups member
countries?
Ans. SAARC
Q.23.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government completed three
years in office in its second term on
which of the following dates?
Ans. May
20, 2012
Q.24. Tomislav Nikolic became the President
of which of the following countries on May 31, 2012?
Ans. Serbia
Q.25. "Dil Pe Lagi Aur Baat
Bani" is an All India Radio program that is anchored by?
Ans. Aamir Khan
Q.26.
Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited which of
the following countries on May 30, 2012
her first foreign tour in 24 years?
Ans. Thailand
Q.27. Anup Jalota, a Padma Sri Award
winner in 2012, is a famous?
Ans. Singer
Q.28.
Which country has decided to allow Indians living in border areas
to travel up to 16 km inside its territory
without a passport or visa?
Ans. Myanmar
Q.29. Which of the following days is
observed as 'World Population Day'?
Ans. July
11
30. What is the present Bank rate?
Ans. 9%
Q.30.
Which of the following programs was launched in December 2005 to develop rural infrastructure including water
supply, power, housing and roads?
Ans. Bharat Nirman
Q.31. Which of the following is a function
of the Reserve Bank of India?
Ans. Issuing Banknotes
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