General Awareness

1. Peter Burleigh on July 1 2011 assumed charge as the charged affairs of the U.S. embassy in New Delhi after the resignation of Ambassador Timothy Roemer.
2. Leading cardiologist K. Srinath Reddy was on July 7 2011 awarded an honorary degree of doctor of science by Scotland’s Aberdeen University.
3. K.S. Chandra Sekhar was in July 2011, selected for the “Asia’s best professor in Marketing” award by the Singapore based CMO Asia.
4. India’s external affairs ministry, on July 16 2011 announced that foreign secretary Nirupama Rao will be India’s next Ambassador to USA.
5. The Gujarat High Court on July 20, 2011 appointed a new chairman Piyush Jha to head the special investigation team to probe into the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case.
6. British researches in July 2011 claimed to have developed new “Super tomatoes” fortified with Selenium a powerful anti-accident which can improve our immune system and help prevent cancer.
7. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S, in july 2011, claimed to have developed an artificial liver that can be transplanted into mice and allow them to metabolize drugs as if they are human beings.
8. The government of India has taken a decision to open three more IITs. These IITs will be in the state of Bihar, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh.
9. Actual Rainfall, population and wholesale price index are the following is considered an annual indicator of the economy of the country.
10. Many a time we read in newspapers about the “Doha Round” of talks. It was related with the World Trade Organizations (WTO).
11. In one of his speeches the Finance minister of India quoted a famous statement of one of our great leaders of yesteryears. The quote is – “Everything else can wait but not agriculture”. The statement is taken from the speeches/ writings of Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
12. Bank rate policy, open market operations, variable reserve requirements and statutory liquidity requirements as measures of credit control are classified as Quantitative Methods.
13. The government of India recently notified some new parameters for defining the category of people living below poverty line (BPL). Which of the following is NOT one of them?

(a)   Land holdings (b) Food Security (c) Marital Status (d) Debt (e) Literacy

14. Which of the following terms is NOT related with the game of cricket?

(a)   Googly (b) Silly point (c) Smash (d) Bouncer (e) Mid wicket

15. e-Bharat – It is a call center service launched by the ITC to help farmers.
16. Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana scheme was launched by the government of India with emphasis to provide wage employment to women, and parents of children withdrawn from hazardous occupations.
17. Which of the following rates not decided by the Reserve Bank of India through its monetary policy?

(a)   Repo rate (b) Cash reserve ratio (c) Profit and loss ratio (d) Reserve repo rate (e) All are not decided by the Reserve Bank of India

18. The government of India these days is paying much attention on farm sectors and rural sectors. Bharat Nirman is one such project which has several components with specifically identified targets. These targets are to be achieved by the year 2009.
19. What are the various segments of retail banking?

(a)   Deposit products (i.e., convenient deposit, schemes such as fixed deposit. Auto sweep reserve sweep schemes etc.)

(b)   Loan products (i.e., loan for conveyance, loan for housing, education and personal loan etc)

(c)    Value added services (i.e., free collection of out station cheques, issue of free ATM/ Debit/ Credit cards.)

(d)   Utility services (i.e., payment of water, telephone, electricity bills etc.)

All of the Above

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