IBPS had announced the Dates for its 2nd Clerk Exam.If you still have not checked your IBPS Exam Date, then you must Download your IBPS Admit Card and get notified about your Exam Date and Venue. It is further informed that IBPS is conducting the Exam on 4 Different Dates viz 15th,, 16th & 22nd, 23rd Dec, 2012

 Students going to appear in the IBPS Clerk Exam, might be giving the Final touch to the Exam Syllabus. So to test your preparation right before the IBPS Exam, we are presenting some 15 Current Affairs Questions, that might check your preparation before the exam.

Here are the 15 Must Read Current Affairs Questions....


 1. Which of the following is a sufficient condition of identification of a district as 'gender critical' district according to Census of India ?

 1. Women  participation in work is less than 20 per cent.
2. Female literacy is less than 30 per cent.
3. Sex ratio is less than 900.

 (A) 1 and 2 only
(B) 2 and 3 only
(C) 2 only
(D) 3 and 1 only

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As part of our Policy, to Provide Free Quality Study Material for the Preparation of IBPS Clerk Exam 2012 and as In our previous posts, we have shared some General Awareness and Current Awareness Questions ,Today in this post, we are going to Share some Economic Awareness Questions Related to Trade and Industry

 There is every likelihood that These Questions might be asked in the Upcoming IBPS Clerk Exam in Dec, 2012. So applicants must go through these Questions, as some of these might figure out in the General Awareness Section.
1) Which among the following Bank's is the Development Bank of India ?

 (a) HDFC
(b) NHB
(c) Axis Bank
(d) Development Credit Bank

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In our previous Post, we have published 15 Current Affairs Questions, that might figure out is Upcoming Competitive Exams like IBPS, SSC, UPSC etc. These Questions have been liked by larges number of readers (Through Comments and Email) and we have been requested to post more Questions on Current Affairs and General Awareness.

 Since Reader Satisfaction is our Goal, so keeping in view the Demand of our readers,we have decided to post Similar Quizzes and Questions on Current Affairs and General Awareness from time to time
 

In Today's Article, we are going to Publish, 10 more Questions on General Awareness and Current Affairs. These Questions, are very important and might be asked in the Upcoming IBPS Clerk Exam and Other competitive Exams, for which you are preparing.

Here are 10 More General Awareness Questions...........
1) Recently, Mobile Companies in India have been issued Norms in Public Interest to cut Down the Radiations level emitted out of Mobile Towers. These Norms have been issued by.
  1. Department of Information and Broadcasting.
  2. Department of Telecommunications.
  3. Telecom Regulatory authority of India.
  4. Ministry of Public Grievances.

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IBPS Clerk Exam 2012 Dates have been announced and the exam is tentatively Scheduled to be held in December, 2012. As all of is know that General Awareness Section is the Difficult Section, as there is no defined Syllabus, and Questions can be asked on anything or Everything.In the previous IBPS Exam, we have seen that in General Awareness Sections, most of the Questions are asked Current Affairs.

 So Current Affairs are said to be Backbone for General Awareness Preparation and students must prepare well for Current Affairs. In this post, we are going to Share 15 Current Affairs Questions that will test the Candidates Aptitude in General Awareness and Current Affairs.

 In the Upcoming Posts, we are going to post and Share More General Awareness Questions, so that students preparing for IBPS Clerk Exam can test their Knowledge before appearing for the exam

 Here are 15 Most Important Current Affairs Questions............
1) Expand the term “UIDAI” ?

 a) Unique Identification Authority of India
b) Universal Identification Authority of India
c) Unilateral Identification Authority of India
d) None of these


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A few days had left for the SBI Clerk Exam and IBPS PO Exam 2012 and students are busy in brushing themselves with the Latest Current Affairs and Current Events for the preparation of General Awareness Section.In our previous post, we have discussed in details the preparation strategy to be used for this section.If you missed out that post, then you can check it at the link given below:

General Awareness Preparation for IBPS PO Exam

After going through this post, now you will have some idea about the composition of this section and accordingly you can prepare for the same.In order to provide students with the Study Material for the preparation of General Awareness section, we are regularly posting Quizzes and Question Answers that would be helpful for the Upcoming Bank PO and Clerk Exams viz SBI Clerk Exam (On 27th May, 2012 and 4th June, 2012) and IBPS PO Exam (On 17th June, 2012)

In this post, we are covering the Current Affairs sub-section in the General Awareness Sections.Readers are advised to go through these questions as who knows that these questions may appear in the Upcoming Bank Exams.


15 Current Affairs Questions for SBI Clerk Exam and IBPS PO Exam 2012



1)  The Fourth BRICS Summit was recently held at

(a)  New Delhi
(b)  Moscow
(c)  Beijing
(d)  Johannesburg



2) In the recently held BRICS summit in New Delhi, the leaders proposed the like hood of  setting up a Financial institution that will provide funds for accounts that did not get favor from World Bank or IMF? The name of the proposed financial institution is

(a)  BRICS Monetary Forum
(b)  BRICS Bank
(c)  BRICS Economic Forum
(d)  None of the above



3). Who among the following the President of Brazil ?

(a) Dilma Rouseff
(b) Dimitry Medvedev
(c) Christina Lagarde
(d) Zacob Zuma



4) Recently, the Lok Sabha had passed the bill which provides for a mechanism for investigation against the Judges. That Bill is

(a) Judges Inquiry Bill 2011
(b) Judges Investigation Act 2011
(c) Judicial Standards and Accountability Bill, 2010
(d) None of the Above 



5) Which Country has recently offered India to provide with Nuclear Reactors?

(a) South Korea
(b) North Korea
(c) Japan
(d) Iran



6). The Planning Commission of India had recently published the approach paper of 2012 -2017 Five year plan. This 5 year plan is India’s

(a)  11th Five Year Plan
(b)  12th Five Year Plan
(c)  13th Five Year Plan
(d)  14th Five Year Plan



7). Who among the below is the present Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission of India ?

(a)  C Rangarajan
(b)  Bimal Jalan
(c)  Montek Singh Alhuwalia
(d)  Y. V Reddy



8) Who presented the Union Railway Budget 2012-13 in the Lok Sabha ?

(a) Dinesh Trivedi
(b) Mukul Roy
(c)  Mamta Banerjee
(d)  Lalu Prasad Yadav



9) The Planning Commission of India had recently transferred the Pradan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) that was working under the Ministry of Social Empowerment and Justice to which among the Following Ministries?

(a) Ministry of Tribal Affairs
(b) Ministry of Urban Development
(c) Ministry of Labour and Employment
(d) Ministry of Rural Development



10). Sachin Tendulkar was recently in news for Scoring 100th century in International cricket. Against which country did Sachin achieved this marvelous feat ?

(a)  Australia
(b)  Bangladesh
(c)  Sri Lanka
(d)  Pakistan



11). Who among the following is elected as the New Chief Minister of Goa ?

(a) Digambar Kamat
(b) Pratapsing Rane
(c) Manohar Parikar
(d) None of the Above



12) Akhilesh Yadav, who recently become the Newly elected chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh belongs to which among the following Political parties?


(a) Bahujan Samaj Party
(b) Samjawadi Party
(c) Janta Dal United
(d) Communist Part of India (CPI)



13) Who among the following is the newly elected Chief Minister of Uttarakhand ?

(a) Ramesh Pokhriyal
(b) Harish Rawat
(c)  B.C Khanduri
(d) Vijay Bahuguna




14) Who among the Following will become the next President of World Bank succeeding Mr Robert Zoellick for a 5 year term beginning 1 July, 2012 ?

(a) Makhtar Diop
(b) Jim Yong Kim
(c) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
(d) None of the Above




15) The 5th BRICS Summit 2013 will be hosted by which of the following Countries?

(a) Brazil
(b) Russia
(c) China
(d) South Africa


After Reading This Quiz, Students Read these Articles and Quizzes


SBI Clerk 27th May 2012 Question Paper

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Only a few days had left for the SBI Clerk Exam 2012 and students are busy in giving the final touch to the Syllabus and doing the revision work.In our previous post,we have published the 20 Expected Current Affairs Questions for IBPS PO Exam 2012. 

Apart from the IBPS PO Exam 2012, these questions will also be useful for the SBI Clerk Exam and other competitive exams.So students preparing for SBI Clerk Exam 2012 must go through these questions

In this article, we are going to publish another set of 15 General Awareness Questions based on current affairs that might be useful for students who are going to appear for SBI Clerk Exam 2012 on 27th May, 2012 and 3rd June, 2012.Students must remember to download the SBI Hall Ticket 2012 as the Hall ticket is the mandatory document to appear in the SBI Clerk Exam 2012

Here are 15 General Awareness Questions for SBI clerk cum Assistant Exam 2012


1). According to a report published on 2nd feb, 2012, the Western Ghats Ecology Experts panel had slammed the Maharashtra Government for clearing the Andhra Lake Wind Power project. The WGEEP had found that the project had caused the substantial forest destruction and soil erosion. The Project is located near which wildlife sanctuary ?

(a) Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary
(b) Mayani Bird Sanctuary
(c) Sagareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary
(d) Radhanagari Wildlife Sanctuary


Note: The WGEEP is headed by noted Ecologist Mr. Madhav Gadgil

2). Recently ICANN had planned the second round of expansion of Internet Top Level Domains? What is the full form of ICANN

(a) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(b) Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names
(c) Internet Committee for Assigned Numbers and Names
(d) Internet Committee for Assigned Names and Numbers


3). The Reserve bank of India (RBI) has decided to permit non-banks to set-up, own and operate Automated Teller Machines to penetrate the growth of ATM’s in India.Such ATM’s will be called as:

(a) Black Level ATM’s
(b) Universal ATM’s
(c) White Level ATM’s
(d) Any Where ATM’s


Note: White level ATM’s will provide services to customers of all banks

4). The Origination that is responsible for controlling and checking the content that is displayed by TV Channels?


(a) Central Board of Film Certification
(b) Broadcasting Content Complaints Council
(c) Indian TV Censorship Council
(d) None of the Above



5). International Women’s Day is celebrated every year on?

(a) March 6
(b) March 7
(c) March 8
(d) March 9


6). Who among the following had taken over as the New President of Yemen ?


(a) Abdul Kadir Bajamal
(b) Ali Muhammad Mujawar
(c) Ali Abdullah Saleh al-Hashidi 
(d) Abd-Rabbu Mansour Haldi


7). World Forestry Day is celebrated every year on?

(a) March 21
(b) March 22
(c) March 23
(d) March 24


8). Who among the following is appointed as the New CEO of Prasar Bharti ?

(a) B S lalli
(b) Jawhar Sircar
(c) Shri A.K. Jain
(d) Prof. S. K. Barua



9). Who among the following is the author of the book “ In the Name of People” ?

(a) Amish Tripathi
(b) Brajanath Ratha
(c) Chetan Bhagat
(d) K. R Narayanan


10) Who among the following had taken over as the New President of Maldives?

(a) Md. Waheed Hassan
(b) Md. NAsheed
(c)  Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
(d)  None of the Above


11). International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination is celebrated every yaer on :

(a) March 21
(b) March 22
(c) March 23
(d) March 24



12).Who among the following is the author of the book “ India After the Global Crisis” ?

(a) Amish Tripathi
(b) Shankar Acaharya
(c) Chetan Bhagat
(d) K. R Narayanan



13). Who among the following is elected as the New President of Finland?

(a) Sauli Niinistö
(b) Tarja Halonen
(c) Martti Ahtisaari   
(d) Waheed Hassan


14). World TB Day is celebrated every year on ?

(a) March 21
(b) March 22
(c) March 23
(d) March 24



15). Who among the following will succeed the Present Chief of Army Staff Mr V.K Singh?

(a) Lt. G Bikram Singh
(b) Lt. G Avadesh Prakash
(c) Lt. G  KM Seth
(d) None of the Above




IBPS PO General Awareness Preparation 
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In our previous post, on IBPS PO General Awareness preparation, we have discuss in detail the preparation strategy to be used for the preparation of this section.At least 60 to 70 % Questions in General Awareness section are asked on Current Affairs, so we can say that Current Affairs are the backbone of this section.In this post, we are publishing, the 20 Expected Questions on Current Affairs.

Students must go through these questions and remember them accordingly as some of them may appear in the IBPS PO 2012 Question Paper.

1.) On 10th February, 2012 DRDO had successfully test fired

(a) Prithivi Missile
(b) Agni Missile
(c) Interceptor Missile
(d) None of the Above


2). Recently the Central Government of India had approved a policy that allows Security Agencies to share data and information in both human readable and machine readable formats

(a) National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy
(b) National Knowledge Network
(c) National Data Sharing and Controlling Policy
(d) None of the Above



3). How many Telecom Licenses were recently cancelled by the Honorable Supreme Court that were issued by former Telecom Minister A Raja

(a) 122 Licenses
(b) 123 Licenses
(c) 124 Licenses
(d) 125 Licenses


4). C.R Sundarnati Committee is associated with

(a) CWG Scam
(b) Adarash Land Scam
(c) Government Accounting Norms
(d) None of the Above


5). According to estimate by the Union Government, the Economic Growth Rate for the 2010-11 Financial year will be

(a) 8.4 %
(b) 9.4 %
(c) 8.6 %
(d) 9.6 %


6) Who among the Following is the winner of the Vyas Samman 2012?

(a)  A A Manalvalan
(b)  Ramdrash Mishra
(c)  Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
(d)  None of the Above

Answer: 



7). Who among the following is the winner of National Snooker Title ?

(a) Kamal Chawla
(b) Aditya Mehta
(c) Pankaj Advani
(d) None of the Above


8). The winner of Duleep Trophy this year is:


(a) North Zone
(b) Central Zone
(c)  East Zone
(d)  West Zone


9). Which Indian state had recently launched Food Fortification Programme:


(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) West Bengal
(c)  Rajasthan
(d)  Gujarat


10). According to the ASSOCHAM report, which Indian state had topped in Investment Proposal for the year 2011?


(a) Maharashtra
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c)  Karnataka
(d)  Gujarat



11). The President of which among the following countries had resigned following protests against his decision to sack a judge whom he accused of favoring the opposition

(a) Malaysia
(b) Maldives
(c) Myanmar
(d) Indonesia


12). Which company had recently won the multi-billion dollar deal to supply combat planes to IAF is:


(a) Dassault Rafale
(b) Boeing Company
(c) AI Mooney
(d) Bombardier Aerospace


13). The British singer who won the six awards at the 54th Grammy Awards is :

(a) Jessie J
(b) Tinie Tempah
(c) Lily Allen
(d) Adele


14). Which country had recently launched three nuclear projects, including a fourth generation ultra centrifuge capable of enriching the uranium faster than its earlier models


(a) Isreal
(b) South Korea
(c) Iran
(d) Palestine


15). Recently a former Indian Tennis Player is awarded Top International Olympic Award for helping and encouraging disadvantaged girls to participate in different sports ?


(a) Ankita Bhambri
(b) Tara Iyer
(c) Manisha Malhotra
(d) Isha Lakhani


16). Who among the following is the Winner of the Laureaus World Sportsman of the year 2012?


(a) Michael Schumacher
(b) Usain Bolt
(c) Rafael Nadal
(d) Novak Djokovic


17). Which movie had bagged the Maximum BAFTA Awards in 2012 ?

(a) The King’s Speech
(b) The Artist
(c) Hurt Locker
(d) Slum dog Millionaire


18) Which among the following African countries is the winner of the African Cup of Nation (Football) is :


(a) Zambia
(b) Kenya
(c) Ivory Coast
(d) Ghana


19). Who among the following is the winner of the Under-21 Squash World Cup this year ?


(a) USA
(b) Egypt
(c) India
(d) Brazil


20). Which among the following is the venue of the 84th Academy Awards 2012 ?


(a) Hollywood and Highland Center
(b) Kodak Theater
(c) Shrine Auditorium
(d) Dorothy Chandler Pavilion




Update: We will continue to provide more and more questions on current affairs in our future posts.So keep checking IBPS Portal , regularly if you do not want to miss any Current Affairs Questions 2012


SBI Clerk 27th May 2012 Question Paper

Expected General Awareness Questions for SBI Clerk Exam 2012
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