| Re: SBI Clerical Question Paper
As per as your request, I am forwarding you SBI clerical questions form SBI clerk 2008 paper, take a look on following questions.
Which among the following activities cannot be considered a common activity
of a general Bank customer?
1) Use of tele - banking
2) Use of ATMs
3) Start of EFT facility
4) Use of Banker's cheque
5) Increase or decrease in PLR and announcement of credit policy
Who amongst the following is the author of the book "The Future of Freedom"
published recently?
1) Peter Hudson
2) Richard Wolfee
3) Tamara Lipper
4) Fared Zakaria
5) None of these
Indian Constitution has given some liberties to its citizens. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about it. Citizen is free to the liberty of
1) his expression and speech
2) to gather peacefully without arms
3) to purchase land and property in any party of the country
4) to do business in any trade in the list prepared by Indian Government
5) to form associations or unions
According to "India Vision 2020", India is trying to give full employment till
2020. Then how many employments should be created every year?
1) One million
2) Two million
3) Five million
4) Ten million
5) None of these
High rates of interest in a low inflation regime-
1) attract people to make more and more investments
2) discourage people to make an investment
3) create atmosphere for capital formation
4) are not favourable for credit expansion
5) None of these
For the distinguished work in which field 'Kalidas Samman' is presented?
1) Games and Sports
2) Science and Technology
3) Music
4) Social Service
5) None of these
Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) has been raised recently by Reserve Bank of India
(RBI). what is the rule of CRR in the country's economy especially in Banking
Sector?
A. It helps to control the inflation
B. It plays a great role in Banking Sector
C. It plays a great role for banks in the Interest rates
1) Only A 2) Only B 3) Only A and B 4) Only C
5) All A, B and C
Resident Indian wishes to invest some money in a foreign company who does
not have any office/representative in India. What are the options available to
him/her? Pick up the best option.
A. Open of foreign currency account in a bank in that country
B. Send the money to some one known to him/her in that country
C. Open account in a foreign bank in India whose branch is in that country
1) Only A 2) Only B
3) Only A and C 4) Only A and B
5) None of these
What are the options available to a foreign bank willing to enter the Indian
Market?
A. Open a branch in India.
B. Launch a wholly - owned subsidiary
C. Acquire upto 90 percent stake in a private sector bank
1) Only A 2) Only B
3) Only A and C 4) Only A and B
5) None of these
As per the reports published in the newspapers the E -Commerce is growing very
fast. Which of the following is most preferred? (Pick up the area which is attracting maximum clientele.
1) Travel & Ticket 2) Gifts
3) Jobsites 4) Books
5) None of these
Which of the following sectors is NOT considered 'Infrastructure Sector"?
1) Software 2) Cement 3) Petroleum 4) Steel
5) Power Generation
Which among the following terms is not related to Banking?
1) Cash Reserve Ratio 2) Currency Exchange
3) Zero Hour 4) Bank Rate
5) Repo Rate
Formation of several Advisory Committees of the Parliament was in the news
recently. Who among the following forms the Advisory Committees?
1) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
2) Vice - President of India
3) Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
4) President of India
5) None of these
Which among the following is an international River?
1) Brahmaputra 2) Cauvery 3) Krishna 4) Narmada
5) Mahanadi
15. The 'Maiti Movement' a movement to promote the habit of cultivation, is
initiated by the women folk of
1) Uttarakhand 2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Punjab
5) West Bengal
16. Which of the following is considered one of the major reasons of Global
Warming or heating of Earth's surface which is at increase these days?
1) Distance between the Sun and Earth has reduced by about 45,000 kms. in the
last 1000 years
2) A big unidentified celestial object is approaching Earth very fast. The
radiation from it is making the Earth's surface warmer
3) Carbon pollution from fossil fuels traps the Sun's heat instead of letting it
radiate back safely out into space
4) Sun has become slightly cooler by several degrees centigrade and is not able
to reabsorb the heat radiation back as it used to do earlier
5) None of these
17. As per the reports published in the newspapers the average price to Earnings
(P/E) Ratio has fallen down in past few days. This implies that
1) investors are willing to pay much less for equity now
2) investors are willing to pay more for equity now
3) investors are not in mood to invest in equity now
4) investors want to withdraw their investment in equity with immediate effect
5) None of these
18. Which of the following organisations/ banks has created a Rs. 50,000/- crores
Rural Development Fund known as Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan Fund?
1) State Bank of India 2) ICICI Bank
3) NABARD 4) SIDBI
5) UTI
. At which place representatives of around 50 countries met in November 2007 to
revive the Israel-Palestinian peace process and deal with other sources of
tension in West Asia?
1) Helsinki 2) Annapolis 3) Sichuan 4) Berne
5) None of these
20. Who among the following was made the chairman of the newly constituted 13th
Finance Commission recently?
1) Kamalesh Sharma 2) M Sundaram
3) Vijay L. Kelkar 4) Arun Bhatnagar
5) None of these
21. Ms. Zhang Zilin was crowned Miss World 2007 in December 2007 in the
beauty peagent held in Sanya. Ms. Zilin is native of
1) Angola 2) Mexico 3) Phillippines 4) Ecuador
5) China
22. The pilot and commander of B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima,
Japan during Second World War died recently in USA. He was
1) Paul Tibbets 2) Joseph Stewart
3) Robert Maxwell 4) Brad Wikinson
5) None of these
23. Danilo Turk defeated his rival former Prime Minister Lojze Peterle in the
elections held recently to become the third President of which country
1) Venezuela 2) Slovenia 3) Chile 4) Bolivia
5) Taiwan
24. India won the Kabaddi gold in the Asian Indoor Games held in Macau in
November 2007 defeating
1) Iran 2) Bangladesh 3) Sri Lanka 4) Pakistan
5) None of these
25. Who among the following was the chief guest at the Republic Day Celebrations
in January 2008 at New Delhi?
1) Saudi King Abdullah 2) Johan Howard
3) Nicholas Sarkozy 4) Vladimir putin
5) None of these
26. Which of the following film was adjudged the best film at the 18th Stockholm
International Film Festival in November 2007?
1) 4 months 3 Weeks and 2 Days 2) Expired
3) Taxi Driver 4) American Gigolo
5) None of these
27. Who among the following is the author of the book titled "The Age of
Turbulence: Adventure in a New World"?
1) Vaclav Havel 2) Ismat Chugtai
3) Phillips Talbot 4) Allan Greenspan
5) None of these
28. Consider the following statements about the 'World Energy Outlook 2007'
released recently?
A. consumption of coal in India as a generator of energy will nearly triple by
2030.
B. Before 2050, India will overtake Japan as the world's third largest net importer
of oil, after the US and China.
C. By 2015, India will become the third largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
1) Only A and C 2) Only B and C
3) Only A and B 4) Only C
5) All A, B and C
29. India occupies the 128th place in the Human Development Index rankings which
was released in November 2007 in New Delhi. What the position of India in the
HDI rankings in 2006?
1) 128th 2) 134th 3) 124th 4) 136th
5) 126th
30. Roger Federer of Switzerland was named the ITF World Champion for 2007
recently, becoming only the second player to win the honour for four straight
years. The first player to accomplish this feat was
1) Pete Sampras 2) Ivan Lendl 3) Mats Wilander 4) Boris Becker
5) None of these
31. The 4400 year old Chinese city, the capital of China's oldest Liangzhu culture,
was dug up by archaeologists recently. It is located in the province of
1) Xiang 2) Shadong 3) Sichuan 4) Zhejiang
5) None of these
32. Which of the following car companies in India announced a special savings
scheme 'Happy Customer Offer' recently?
1) Hindustan Motors 2) Maruti Suzuki
3) Skoda 4) Ford
5) None of these
33. KV Kamath was named 'Businessman of the Year 2007' by Forbes Asia recently.
He is associated with which of the following business establishments?
1) Satyam Computers 2) ICICI Bank
3) HDFC Bank 4) Maruti Suzuki
5) None of these
34. The five days excercise condenamed 'Hand-in-Hand 2007' the first ever
Sino-India joint military exercise held recently at
1) Jaisalmer 2) Kunming 3) Leipiz 4) Hubiz
5) None of these
35. In which of the following countries people voted in first ever democratic
elections recently?
1) Congo 2) Slovenia 3) Bhutan 4) Nepal
5) None of these
36. Services beat Punjab at the 58th National Basketball championship in Puducherry
recently to lift the Todd Memorial Trophy for the ...... time
1) 28th 2) 30th 3) 29th 4) 26th
5) 27th
37. The scientists of which of the following universities have identified silenced
genes which play a profound role in people's health?
1) Manchester University 2) Leichestor University
3) Duke University 4) Houston University
5) None of these
38. Recently a comprehensive scheme for the prevention of trafficking and rescue,
rehabilitation and reintegration of the victims of the commercial sex exploitation
was drafted by the Union Women and Child Development Ministry. The scheme
has been named
1) Swapna 2) Laadli 3) Kanchan 4) Ujjawala
5) None of these
39. The Hindu Rights Action Force (Hindraf) was in news recently. In which of the
following countries it is active?
1) Malaysia 2) Nepal 3) Sudan 4) Fiji
5) None of these
40. Which of the following Indian Oil exploration companies became the only Indian
company to enter the list of world's most admired firms compiled by the Fortune
magazine and global consultancy firm Hay Group?
1) Oil India Limited 2) Indian Oil Corporation
3) Hindustan Petroleum 4) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
5) Bharat Petroleum
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (41 - 55): Read the following passage carefully and answer the
questions given below it. Certain works/expressions are given in bold in the
passage to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
Radically changing monsoon patterns, reduction in the winter rice harvest and a
quantum increase in respiratory diseases all part of the environmental doomsday
scenario which is reportedly playing out in South Asia. According to a United Nations
Environment Programme report, a deadly three km deep blatant of pollution
comprising a fearsome cocktail of ash, acids, aerosols and other particles has
enveloped this region. For India, already struggling to cope with a drought, the
implications of this are devasting and further crop failure will amount to a life and
death question for many Indians. The increase in premature deaths will have adverse
social and economic consequence and a rise in morbidities will place an unbearable
burden on our crumbling health system. And there is no one to blame but ourselves.
Both official and corporate India has always been allergic to any mention of clean
technology. most mechanical two wheelers roll off the assembly line without proper
pollution control systems. Little effort is made R & D on simple technologies, which
could make a vital difference to people's lives and the environment.
However, while there is no denying that South Asia must clean up its act,
sceptics might questions the timing of the haze report. The johannesburg meet on rio
+10 is just two weeks away and the staze is set for the usual battle between the
developing world and the West, particularly the U.S. President Mr. Bush has
admantly refused to sign any protocol, which would mean a change in American
consumption. U.N. environment report will likely find a place in the U.S. arsenal as it
points an accruing finger countries like India and China. yet the U.S. can hardly deny
is own dubious role in the matter of erasing trading quotas. Richer countries can
simply buy up excess credits from poorer countries and continue to pollute. Rather
than try to get the better of developing countries, who undoubtedly have taken up
environmental shortcuts in their bid to catch up with the West, the U.S. should take a
look at the environment profligacy, which is going on within. From opening up
virgin territories for oil exploration to relaxing the standards for drinking water. Mr.
Bush's policies are not exactly beneficial- not even to Americans we realise that we
are all in this together and that pollution anywhere should be a global concern only be
more tunnels at the end of the tunnel.
41. Both official and corporate India is allergic to
1) failure of monsoon 2) poverty and inequality
3) slowdown in industrial product 4) mention of clean technology
5) crop failure
42. Which, according to the passage, is a life and death question to many Indians?
1) Increase in respiratory diseases
2) Use of clean technology
3) Thick blanket of pollution over the region
4) Failure in crops
5) Dwindling agricultural yield
43. If the rate of premature deaths increases it will-
1) exert added burden on our crumbling economy
2) have adverse social and economic consequences
3) make positive effect on our efforts to control population
4) have less aspirants in the society
5) have healthy effect on our economy
44. Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning to the work 'profligacy' as used
in the passage.
1) wastefulness 2) conservation
3) upliftment 4) criticalness
5) denouncement
45. According to the passage, India cannot tolerate any further-
1) crop failure
2) deterioration of health care system
3) increase in respiratory diseases
4) proliferation of nuclear devises
5) social and economic consequences
46. According to the passage, two wheeler industry is not adequately concerned
about...
1) passenger safety on the roads
2) life cover insurance of the vehicle owners
3) pollution control systems in the vehicles
4) rising cost of the two wheelers
5) rising cost of the petrol in the country
47. What could be the reason behind timing of the haze report just before the
Johannesburg meet, as indicated in the passage?
1) United Nations is working hand-inglobe with the U.S.
2) Organizers of the forthcoming meet to teach a lesson to the U.S.
3) Drawing attentions of the world towards devastating effects of environmental
degradation.
4) U.S. wants to use it as a handle against the developing countries in the
forthcoming meet
5) The meet is a part of political agenda of the U.N.
48. Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning to the word 'allergic' as used in
the passage.
1) liking 2) passionate 3) possessive 4) crumbling
5) repugnant
49. Which of the following is the indication of environmental degradation in South
Asia?
1) Social and economic inequality 2) Crumbling health care system
3) Inadequate pollution control system 4) Over emphasis on technology
5) Radically changing monsoon pattern
50. What must we realise, according to the passage?
1) No country should show superiority over other countries
2) U.N. is putting in hard efforts in the direction of pollution control
3) All countries must join hands in fighting pollution
4) Nobody should travel through tunnel to avoid health hazards
5) We all must strive hard to increase agricultural production
For Complete question paper, consider the attachment.
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