Andhra Bank PO Exam Previous Papers

Hi I would like to have the previous years question paper for the Probationary Officer recruitment examination for Andhra Bank required for reference purpose?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The previous years question paper for the Probationary Officer recruitment examination for Andhra Bank required for reference purpose is as given below:

Andhra Bank P.O. EXAM General Awareness

1. The Govt. of India decided to scrap the import duty on cotton and also withdraw incentives on the export of the same. How will this action of the govt. affect the cotton market in India?
1. More and more traders will be able to import cotton as there is no import duty on it.
2. The price of the cotton in domestic market will come down.
3. More and more farmers will now start growing cotton.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only3
(D) All 1,2 and 3
(E) None of these
2. CCEA cleared many FD1 proposals recently. What is the full form of CCEA?
(A) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(B) Congress Committee Economic Affairs
(C) Cabinet Committee Emergency Accounts
(D) Clearance Committee on Export Accounts
(E) None of these
3. The Vishnugad Pipalkoti Hydel power project is being developed on which of the following rivers?
(A) Ganga
(B) Alaknanda
(C) Yamuna
(D) Sabarmati
(E) None of these
4. Despite the rampant volatility in the market trends and thing costs all over the world, some countries were able to grab the business of outsourcing IT and BPO services from some big countries. Which of the following had been the most favoured nation during 2008-09 for the same?
(A) China
(B) South Korea
(C) India
(D) Brazil
(E) None of these

5. The facility which allows mobile subscribers to switch from one service provider to another without changing their mobile number is known as Mobile Number?
(A) Protectability
(B) Portability
(C) Promotability
(0) Permeability
(E) None of these
6. Which of the following economies is not in the top 10 economies of the world ?
(A) USA
(B) Japan
(C) Germany
(D) China
(E) South Africa
7. Which of the following banks has opened the country’s first ‘Cash Factory’ in Lucknow which will issue currency notes to all its branches and ATM in that area?
(A) Bank of India
(B) Bank of Baroda
(C) State Bank of India
(D) Union Bank of India
(E) None of these
8. Many times we read in newspapers that the RBI has revised certain rates/ratios under LAF.
What is the full form of LAF?
(A) Legal Adjustment Facility
(B) Liquidity Adjustment Facility
(C) Longterm Achievement Facility
(D) Legal Adjustment Formality
(E) None of these
9. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about the Aam Aadmi Bima Yojana (AABY) launched by the Union Govt. ?
1. The scheme is drawn to include another one crore beneficiaries in the scheme by the end of September
2. The scheme was announced to provide insurance cover to those women workers who
come for job under National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
3. Under the scheme, the central govt. bears the entire amount of the premium which is around As. 6,000 per year for each beneficiary.
(A) Only I
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2 and 3
(E) None of these
10. As per the Interim Budget of the Union Govt. for 2009 -10, around Rs 1,31,000 crores were allocated for various flagship programmes of the Govt. of India. Amongst these, one particular programme is given Rs. 41,000 crores as it is aimed at development of infrastructure in the rural areas of the country. What is that programme?
(A) Rajiv Gandhi Rural Drinking Water Mission
(B) Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Scheme
(D) National Rural Health Mission
(E) None of these
11. Who amongst the following was the chairperson of the committee set up far Financial Sector Assessment by the Govt. of India and RBI?
(A) Dr. Rakesh Mohan
(B) Dr. D. Subbarao
(C) Mr. Pranab Mukherjee
(D) Mr. P. Chidambaram
(E) None of these
12. As per the reports published in the newspapers the use of credit cards in India has gone down by about 8% during 2008-09. What are the main reasons for the same?
1. High interest rate charged by the card companies.
2. Rise in delinquency level related to use of credit
3. Govt. policies which do not allow the launch of new credit cards by the banks.
(A) Only I
(B) Only 2
(C) Only3
(D) All 1,2 and 3
(E) None of these
13. As per the reports in the media the exports from India has gone down by 13% in the last few months. What steps has the Union Govt. taken to boost the same ?
1. Customs duty under export promotion capital goods scheme was cut to 3% from the earlier 5%.
2. Special incentives of Rs. 325 crore were announced for sectors like handmade car pets, leather and textiles.
3. Excise duty on the goods produced exclusively for exports is withdrawn fully.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1,2,and3
14. Which of the following states in India is at the top of the Investment Index prepared by the World Bank?
(A)Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Kamataka
(D) Tamil Nadu
(E) None of these
15. The G-20 Summit was organized in London on 2nd April 2009. Which of the following announcement(s) was/were made in the summit?
1 US $ 11 trillion will be provided to restore credit, growth and jobs in the world economy.
2. A wider global regulation will be launched to protect banks from the toxic assets.
3. A Financial Stability Forum will be established with the assistance of IMF.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1,2, and 3
16. The Govt. of India recently provided an amount of As. 65,300 crores to about 3 crore farmers in India. What was the purpose
of the distribution of this much amount to the farmers?
(A) To enable them to purchase tractors and other hi-tech agricultural machines
(B) This was given to them as a debt waiver and relief package
(C) To provide them fertilizers and advanced high yielding seeds tor the next harvesting season
(D) To help them to avail Inter net services and update their knowledge about the farming techniques and adopt new methods of the same
(E) None of these
17. Which of the following is true about Value Added Tax (VAT)?
1. It is a consumption tax levied on value added to the pro duct on every stage of its production.
2. VAT is levied by the Union Govt. and only a small part goes to State Govts.
3. The income tax on retailers is now decided on the basis of their VAT collection in a year
(A)Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C)Only 3
(D) All 1,2 and 3
(E) None of these
18. Mr. Najib Razak is the new Prime Minister of ?
(A) Myanmar
(B) Indonesia
(C) Malaysia
(D) Thailand
(E) None of these
19. India recently signed an agreement with the European patent office. How would this agreement be helpful to our country?
1. It will help India to protect its traditional knowledge of medicines.
2. India’s Traditional Knowledge Library which is in digital form will now be avail able to the Patent Examiners at the European Patent
3. India will have the right to grant patents for all its traditional medicines and herbs.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All the three
(E) None of these
20. The 21st Arab League Summit was held in which of the following countries in March 2009?
(A)Saudi Arabia
(B) Iran
(C)Qatar
(D) UAE
(E)None of these