GK Questions For SBI PO

Dear readers, here we are presenting you a some of the Gk questions on current affairs which can be helpful in your upcoming SBI PO exam. 

1.    Examine the following statements with respect to the recent appointment of a new Chief Justice of India?

(A) R.M Lodha has been appointed as the next Chief Justice of India

(B) He will be the 40th Chief Justice of India.
(C)  He will succeed Justice P. Sathasivam

Which of the above statements is/are correct in this context?

(1) Only A & B                  
(2) Only B & C                       

(3) Only C & A                  
(4) All are true            

(5) None of these

2.    Accidental Prime Minister: The Making and Unmaking of Manmohan Singh book was authored by which among the following:

(1) Sanjaya Baru

(2) Brijesh Mishra

(3) Pullock Chatterjee

(4) Rajiv Takru

(5) None of these

3.    Which of the following regions declared independence from Ukraine in a recent referendum conducted there and applied to join Russian federation?

1) Kiev                               2) Kharkiv

3) Crimea                          4) Moldova

5) None of these  

4.    Which among the following PSU Bank has become the largest domestic issuer of overseas bond?

(1) State Bank of India                  
(2) Punjab National Bank

(3) Bank of Baroda                                   
(4) Bank  of India

(5) Union Bank of India

5.    The RBI has undertaken Cheque Truncation System (CTS) as a new method for clearing of cheques. Which among the following is correct about the CTS system?

1) Physical movement of cheques takes place.

2) Electronic image of the cheque is transmitted.

3) Clearing related frauds and cost of collection are reduced.  

4) Only 1) and 3)

5) Only 2) and 3) 

6.    The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granted QCCP status to Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL) recently. QCCP stands for:

1) Queried Central Counterparty

2) Qualified Central Counterparty

3) Qualitative Central Counterparty        

4) Quantitative Central Counterparty

5) None of these 

7.    Consider the following statements with respect to the Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2013?

(A) Veteran poet and film lyricist Gulzar has been chosen for the coveted Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2013
(B) He is the 45th winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

(C) Pran Conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award  for 2012

Which of the above statements is/are correct in this context?

 (1) Only A                                                           
 (2) Only A & C

(3) Only A, C & D                                     
(4) All the above

(5) None of these

8.    What do you mean by Dormant Account?

(1) Those accounts in which the customer has not done transactions like withdrawals and deposits of funds for long time.

(2) The dormant account is opened by the investor while registering with an investment broker (or sub-broker). 

(3) The account which is used by Business people for their daily transactions

(4) These account specifically for high net worth individuals where the bankers provide various facilities like wealth management, portfolio related services, insurance etc.

(5) None of these

9.    Recently Viktor Orban is in news. He is  ____?

(1) Re-elected as a Prime Minister of Hungary
(2) New President of Syria

(3) New Chairman of Federal Reserve Bank

(4) Player of Ireland Cricket team

(5) None of these

10.  Which among the following government ministries/departments have recently launched “Virtual Cluster”?

(1) Department of Information Technology

(2) Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

(3) Department of Education

(4) Ministry of Commerce

(5) None of these

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