General Awareness Questions (SBI PO) Part-1

General Awareness Sample Questions 2010

1. What is the population of India?

(A) 98 crores

(B) More than 2 billion

(C) More than 1 billion

(D) Less than 96 crores

(E) 96 crores

Answer: (C)

2. Thermostat is an instrument used to_________

(A) measure flow of current

(B) measure intensity of voltage

(C) regulate temperature

(D) regulate velocity of sound

(E) None of these

Answer: (C)

3. Wimbledon Trophy is associated with________

(A) Football (B) Cricket

(C) Hockey (D) Basketball

(E) Lawn Tennis

Answer: (E)

4. GNP stands for_________

(A) Gross National Product

(B) Group Net Product

(C) Grand Nuclear Process

(D) Group Networking Process

(E) None of these

Answer: (A)

5. ‘Acoustics’ is the science of the study of_________

(A) Light (B) Sound

(C) Electricity (D) Magnetism

(E) None of these

Answer: (B)

6. Noise pollution is measured in the unit called_____

(A) micron

(B) nautical miles

(C) ohms

(D) ampere

(E) decibel

Answer: (E)

7. ‘Heavy Water’ is used in which of the following types of Indus-tries?

(A) Sugar

(B) Nuclear Power

(C) Textile

(D) Coal

(E) None of these

Answer: (B)

8. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Indomi-table Spirit’?

(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

(B) Dr. Manmohan Singh

(C) Justice K. G. Balakrishna

(D) Mr. Natwar Singh

(E) None of these

Answer: (A)

9. Which of the following is not the name of popular IT/Software Company?

(A) Wipro

(B) Mastek

(C) Toyota

(D) IBM

(E) Infosys

Answer: (C)

10. ‘Yen’ is the currency of_________

(A) South Korea

(B) China

(C) Indonesia

(D) Malaysia

(E) None of these

Answer: (E)

11. Baichung Bhutia whose name was in news is a well known__________

(A) Music Director of Indian films

(B) English author of Indian origin

(C) Journalist

(D) Politician

(E) Sports Personality

Answer: (E)

12. ‘Richter Scale’ is used to measure which of the following?

(A) Intensity of Tsunami Waves

(B) Intensity of Earthquake

(C) Density of salt in Sea water

(D) Flow of electric current

(E) None of these

Answer: (B)

13. Which of the following best explains ‘e-governance’?

(A) Improving the functioning of government

(B) Teaching government employees the basics of computing

(C) Delivery of public services through internet

(D) Framing of cyber-laws of chatting on internet

(E) Convergence of e-mail and video-conferencing

Answer: (C)

14. CAS is associated with which of the following?

(A) Legal System Reforms

(B) Piped gas line

(C) Cable T.V.

(D) Mobile phone regulation

(E) None of these

Answer: (C)

15. Tata Steel recently acquired the Corus, a steel giant situated in_____

(A) South Africa

(B) Ukraine

(C) Australia

(D) Italy

(E) Britain

Answer: (E)

16. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of the Organization/Agency working in the field of Space Research?

(A) ISBN

(B) ISRO

(C) INTELSET

(D) INTACH

(E) None of these

Answer: (B)

17. ‘Handshaking’ in networking parlance means

(A) connecting computers to a hub

(B) distributed Networks

(C) having same operating system on different computers

(D) sending e-mail

(E) None of these

Answer: (A)

18. VAT stands for

(A) Value And Tax

(B) Value Added Tax

(C) Virtual Action Tasks

(D) Virtual Assessment Technique

(E) None of these

Answer: (B)

19. Alzheimer’s disease is the ailment of which of the following organs /parts of the human body?

(A) Kidney

(B) Heart

(C) Liver

(D) Stomach

(E) Brain

Answer: (E)

20. Global warming is a matter of concern amongst the nations these days. Which of the following countries is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the World?

(A) U.S.A.

(B) China

(C) India

(D) Britain

(E) None of these

Answer: (B)