Sunday, July 31, 2011

SBI Po 24/07/2011 Descriptive paper Questions

1. Write a letter on one of the following:-

1.To the bank manager for closing of your savings account.
2.To invite a friend to attend a seminar on net banking.
3.To you bank for a loan to have higher studies in USA.


2. Write a paragraph in not more than 130 words..!
1. Rural development in India.
2. Banking marketing is highly competitive & enjoying autonomous state
3. If I were an author.

3.Write an essay in about 250 words.
1.Right to Education.
2.Technological development affecting Banking Industry.
3.Financial Inclusion.

4.Write a précis in about 150 words and provide a suitable title
The RBI has issued guidelines to both private and foreign lenders to have some action against money fraud & black money. A central vigilance commission need to be formed for that and a central vigilance officer (CVO) should be appointed by the banks. Both the private and foreign banks have to follow these guidelines. The same practice has been adopted by the public sector banks for a long time.
This was done by RBI in lieu of the 400 crores of scam happened in one of the nationalized banks last year.
The Banks need to be have the central vigilance commission as a integral part of the working of the banks. And the central vigilance officer appointed be acting as an assistant and consultant to the CEO of the bank.
The officer appointed can be one of the senior officials of the bank.
The normal tenure of the CVO thus appointed should be of 3 years can be increased to maximum 5 years but in case of transfer to another bank it should be of 6 years.

5.Read the following passage and answers the questions
ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) are an integral part of the banking system. They are an important aspect of the banking delivery channel. Therefore these days banks are very concerned about this in the proper organizing of ATMs.
ATMs not only provide usual paying facilities but also help in paying tax payments, mobile recharge, credit card bill payment.
The Breston boston marketing survey stated that about 49% Indians will switch to another competitive bank if they were provide with the facilities of personalizing accounts more effectively and some other facilities.
ATMs technology is highly superior and convenient to the customers.
You can also pay you credit card bill through ATMSs but you need to have a debit card also for that. Just go to you near ATMs and proceed with payment and after checking the fund payment is done and you can receive the confirmation receipt after that.
Now with ATMs income tax payment is pretty easy. Just go to bank website and register yourself for the online tax payment and go to the nearest ATM and select under the income tax tab and then the payment options and after the payment . go to the bank and take print out of the challan with a Special Input Number(SIN) which was generated earlier and can be shown while filing the return lateron.

1.Why banks so much concerned about the proper organizing of the ATMs?
2.What was stated in the Breston boston survey?
3.What kind of facilities are provided by ATMs?
4. How ATMs help in credit card payments
5.How ATMs help in income tax payments?

100 GA Question from the month of July2011 for upcoming PO & other exams


1. Rohinton Fali Nariman has been Appointed as -----  Solicitor General of India  
2. Who is the VC and CEO of HDFC bank? Keki Mistry
3. Which French tyre maker is all set to start production in Chennai unit? Michelin
4. Recently Pakistan's new 34-year-old foreign minister visits New Delhi. What is his/her name? Hina Rabbani Khar
5. Recently (on 26 july2011) RBI increase Repo & reverse Repo Rate by 0.50% basic point, now what is the new  Repo & reverse Repo Rate? 8% & 7% respectively
6. Which French cement gaint has been allowed to mine for limestone in Meghalaya's East Khasi hills by Supreme Court? Lafarge
7. The death of which film maker could be remembered as 'Siddheswari' won the national award for Best documentary film in 1989? Mani Kaul
8. Which country is set to roll out 1st phase of National internet in August at 8Mb for home users? Iran
9. Who has been appointed as Manager of West Indies Under-19 cricket team? Courtney Walsh
10. After battling with cancer which British actress died recently? Anna Massey
11. the host country of  Copa America cup 2011 is -----  Argentina
12. Airtel has inked deal with which company for IT solutions to African employees? IBM
13. Who won a record 15th South American title with a convincing 3-0 victory over Paraguay in the final of the 2011 Copa America cup? Uruguay
14. Copa America cup is related with which game? Football
15. Which passenger jet with a capacity to fly about 250 people non-stop up to 16,000 km landed at the IGI airport? Boeing 787 Dream-liner
16. Where has Posco planned Rs.52,000 crore project in India? Jagatsinghpur { Orrisa}
17. Which company is all set to acquire British online bookstore The Book Depository? Amazon.com
18. Which Bharathanatyam exponent was conferred with Yagnaraman Lifetime Achievement Award? Padma Subrahmanyam
19. Aditya Vij has been appointed as CEO of ---- Fortis Healthcare
20. Who has been appointed as RBI Deputy Governor? Harun Rashid Khan
21. P.K.Bajpai has been appointed as -------- BHEL's Director of Finance
22. Who is been appointed as the CEO of Genpact? Tiger Tyagarajan
23. In which Indian city will the Nano Science and Technology be setup? Devanahalli { Bangalore }oks4U.tk
24. Who sealed his 2012 Olympics berth for the Archery Event? Jayanta Talukdar
25. Which 2 Indian cricketers are nominated for all-time greatest Test team? Sachin and Sehwag
26. Which actor is all set to construct a temple for Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni? Manoj Tiwari
27. Which part of Sudan is all set to celebrate its Independence Day on 8th July 2011,Saturday? South Sudan
28. Who recently joined 400 wicket elite club in Test Cricket? Harbhajan Singh
29. Where in India has Indian Institute of Management {IIM} planned to open its 2nd campus? Bangalore, Anekal
30. Who is to succeed defence secretary Pradeep Kumar? Shashikant Sharma
31. Who won gold in 19th Asian Athletics Championship? Mayookha
32. Which job-starved state in India has been granted Rs.1,000 crore job plan? J&K
33. Who has been appointed as CFO of Firssource Solutions Limited.? Rajesh Subramaniam
34. Which Asian country becomes the first country to win the FIFA women's world cup? Japan
35. Who won the British Open Golf Championship 2011? Darren Clarke
36. Who won the MotoGP German Grand Prix 2011? Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team)
37. Which country won the Snooker World Cup 2011 after 15 years? China
38. Who won the British Grand Prix 2011? Alonso
33. The Mysore campus of Infosys has been renamed as? Naryana Murthy Centre of Excellence
40. Name the CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China's biggest chip maker who quit recently. David Wang
41. K.Vijay Kumar has been appointed as CEO of ----- Sun TV Network
42. Which bank has entered into pact with SBI Mutual Fund? Indian Bank
43. Rakesh Singh has been appointed as CEO of----- Aditya Brila Finance
44. Which bank has launched credit card with no pre-set limit on spending? HDBC Bank
45. Which company bought .CO domain ahead of its 1st year anniversary of public launch? Google and will be used as G.Co to launch shortcut URL
46. Who has been appointed as Railway Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Dinesh Trivedi
47. Who has been appointed as Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Kishore Chandra Deo
48. Which country has been included as 193rd member of United Nations?  South Sundan
49. Which 3 telecom companies have shared their networks and rolled out Plan India 3G services? Vodafone, Bharti and Idea
50. In which 2 Indian cities was Google Transit launched? Chennai and Hyderabad
51. Which company is all set to launch iPad rival? Amazon
52. At what percent did June 2011 inflation close? 9.44%
53. Which company recently unveiled smallest data center? Intel
54. Who has been named as coach for Sri Lankan cricket team ahead of Australia's tour? Rumesh Ratnayake
55. Who has lent his voice for pop star Britney Spear's new single "I Wanna Go"? Sonu Nigam
56. Which latest communication satellite has been launched by ISRO? GSAT-12
57. Which Finance company is all set to offer loans against gold ETF units? Muthoot Finance
58. Who and at what age clinched the British Open Golf championship 2011? Darren Clarke
89. Which IT company recently announced a 13-member executive council? Infosys
60. Who has been elected as president of Mumbai Cricket Association? Vilasrao Deshmukh
61. Who has been elected as chief of Empowered Committee of Goods and Services Tax? Sushil Kumar Modi
62. Against whom did India win an International football friendly match? Qatar, 2-1
63. Which shuttle undocked for the final time from International Space station, NASA? Atlantis
64. Where and for which project has BHEL commissioned 525MW thermal set? Maithon Right Bank thermal power project {Jharkhand}
65. Which country won the women's soccer World Cup 2011? Japan
66. Which company is eyeing to open its IT centre in Gujarat? Infosys
67. Which South American country has surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil reserves? Venezuela
68. Which luxury hotels have been accorded the LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating? ITC's luxury hotels
69. Name the person who ignited China's interest in the NBA and became one of Asia's best-known athletes and is retired now. Yao Ming
70. Which 2 countries are set to participate in the 2000th test in the history of Test Cricket? India and England
71. Who has been appointed as Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police ? V. Dinesh Reddy
72. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Alcatel-Lucent for its India operations? Arun Seth
73. Who has been Chosen Miss Universe India 2011? Vasuki Sunkavalli
74. Who takes over Ministry of Steel in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Beni Prasad Verma
75. Who has been appointed as Rural Development Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?Jairam Ramesh
76. who will continue in the PMO as an advisor to the prime minister till November 2011? T K A nair
78. who will replace ‘T K A nair’ as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh? Pulok Chatterjee
79. who has been chosen for 2011 Ramon Magsaysay Awards‎ ? Harish Hande & Neelima Mishra
80. who has been named as the honorary ambassador for the 2014 World Cup to be held in Brazil? Pele
81. Recently FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine together with other national and international veterinary groups declared 2011 as the World Veterinary Year. 2011 marks the 250th anniversary of the founding of the world’s first veterinary school in which country? France { Lyon}
82. Recently Vice-President of India, M. Hamid Ansari presented Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Akademi Awards for 2010. The winners of the Akademy Fellowship received purse money of Rs. ­­________ , besides an angavastram and a tamrapatra. Rs. 3 lakh
83. The eminent representatives of music, dance and theatre honoured with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for 2010 received purse money of Rs. _______ , an angavastram and tamrapatra. Rupees 1 lakh
84. Recently 17-nation Euro Zone Summit was held on 21-22 July 2011 in Brussels. Brussels is the  capital of_____  Belgium
85. India on July 25 signed a civil nuclear cooperation deal with South Korea, allowing a framework for Korean companies to participate in atomic power plant projects in the country. The agreement was signed after a meeting between President Pratibha Patil with her South Korean counterpart_______  Lee Myung-Bak
86. on July 23 in London a British singer was found dead at her home, She was 27 & fame with the album “Back to Black,” whose blend of jazz, soul, rock and classic pop was a global hit . Name this singer. Amy Winehouse
87. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 22 July 2011 approved BP’s purchase of 30% stake in 21 out of 23 oil blocks belonging to Reliance Industries in the Krishna Godavari basin for _______ $7.2 billion
88. the 4th Meeting of the SAARC Interior/Home Ministers was held in ? Thimphu
89. The Cabinet July 21 approved the proposal for moving an official Amendment to the Constitution (One hundred and Tenth Amendment) Bill, 2009 for enhancing reservation for women in Panchayats at all tiers from 1/3rd to at least what %. 50%
90. The Union Cabinet July 21 approved the proposal for the enactment of a new legislation in the form of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill, 2011 to replace the existing ________ act and for its introduction in Parliament? Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act, 1988
91. DRDO successfully flight tested its latest surface to surface Missile “PRAHAAR” from Launch Complex III, off Chandipur Coast, ITR, Balasore, Orissa . It is comparable to ATACMS Missile of United States of America, fills the vital gap between Multi Barrel Rockets and Medium Range Ballistic Missiles. The range of this Missile is? 150 km
92. India begins construction of 25th nuclear plant in? <;/span>Rajasthan
93. who has been chosen to represent India at the Miss Universe contest year2011. Vasuki Sunkavalli
94. The Government of India will host the 14th Annual Meeting and 10th Annual Technical Assistance and Training Forum of the Asia/Pacific Group (APG) on Money Laundering at the Le Meridien Hotel. This hotel is in which place in india?  Kochi (Cochin), Kerala
95. Recently PSLV-C17 rocket launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota  to  carrying India’s communication satellite_____ ? GSAT-12
96. Recently Speak Asia CEO Manoj Kumar & COO Tarak Bajpai are Arrested. What is Speak Asia ? – It is the largest online survey company in the Asian Sub continent.
97. A former Union  Agriculture Minister of India in the United Front government  passed away recently? What is his name? Chaturanan Mishra
98. The Government of India has appointed Mr Ashok Kumar Gupta, General Manager of Punjab National Bank, as the Executive Director of Canara Bank. He succeeds _______.  Mr Jagdish Pai K.L.
99. Recently a Indian women has successfully crossed Asia's largest and world's fifth largest Desert Gobi Desert & becomes first Indian women who has successfully crossed Gobi Desert? Sucheta Kadethankar
100.  Who has been appointed as Andhra Pradesh  Director General of Police ?  V. Dinesh Reddy

Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2010


on 22 July 2011 , Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowships and Akademi Awards for 2010 were presented by Vice-President of India, M. Hamid Ansari. The honour of Akademi Ratna (Akademi Fellow) is restricted to 30 living personalities.
•In the field of music, nine artists received the award. The awardees are as follows:
 Chhanu Lal Mishra and Yashpaul for Hindustani Vocal Music,
Budhaditya Mukherjee (Sitar) and Nityanand Haldipur (Flute) for Hindustani Instrumental Music,
Suguna Purushothaman and Mysore Nagamani Srinath for Carnatic Vocal music,
 Nagai R Muralidharan (Violin) and Srimushnam V. Rajarao (Mridangam) for Carnatic Instrumental Music,  M. V. Simhachala Sastry (Harikatha) for Other Major Traditions of Music.
In the field of dance, nine practitioners received the award. The winners are:
 Malabika Mitra (Kathak),
Kalamandalam Kombil Gopala Vasudevan Nair (Kathakali),
 Phanjoubam Iboton Singh (Manipuri),
Rathna Kumar (Kuchipudi),
Aruna Mohanty (Odissi), Manik Borbayan (Sattriya),
Uttara Asha Coorlawala (Creative & Experimental),
Kalamandalam Raman Chakyar (Other Major Traditions of Dance & Dance Theatre - Kutiyattam),
and S Rajeswari (Music for Dance – Bharatanatyam)
In the field of theatre eight persons were honoured.
D Vizai Bhaskar (Telugu) and Atamjit Singh (Punjabi), {both are playwrights}
 Veenapani Chawla and Urmil Kumar Thapaliyal, {both are directors}
Dilip Phabhavalkar, Banwari Taneja, Maya Krishna Rao and Swatilekha Sengupta. { all are actors}
 Harbhajan Singh Namdhari, Nazeer Ahmad Khan Warsi & Naseer Ahmad Khan Warsi, Dwijen Mukherjee, T. Somasundaram, Krishna Kumari, Chandatai Jagdish Tiwadi (Bharud folk theatre of Maharashtra), K. Chinna Anjanamma  were some of the artists to receive the award for their contribution to other Traditional/Folk/ Tribal Music/ Dance/ Theatre forms.  Ashok D. Ranade was honoured with the Award for his scholarship in music and Jaidev Taneja for his overall contribution to theatre.
The highest honour of Akademi Fellowship (Akademi Ratna Sadasyata) was conferred on eminent vocalist Girija Devi, renowned dance guru Nataraja Ramakrishna, Dhrupad maestro Rahim Fahimuddin Dagar, and Mridangam vidwan T. K. Murthy.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Top 75 GA Question from the month of July2011 for upcoming exams


1. Rohinton Fali Nariman has been Appointed as -----  Solicitor General of India  
2. Who is the VC and CEO of HDFC bank? Keki Mistry
3. Which French tyre maker is all set to start production in Chennai unit? Michelin
4. Recently Pakistan's new 34-year-old foreign minister visits New Delhi. What is his/her name? Hina Rabbani Khar
5. Recently (on 26 july2011) RBI increase Repo & reverse Repo Rate by 0.50% basic point, now what is the new  Repo & reverse Repo Rate? 8% & 7% respectively
6. Which French cement gaint has been allowed to mine for limestone in Meghalaya's East Khasi hills by Supreme Court? Lafarge
7. The death of which film maker could be remembered as 'Siddheswari' won the national award for Best documentary film in 1989? Mani Kaul
8. Which country is set to roll out 1st phase of National internet in August at 8Mb for home users? Iran
9. Who has been appointed as Manager of West Indies Under-19 cricket team? Courtney Walsh
10. After battling with cancer which British actress died recently? Anna Massey
11. the host country of  Copa America cup 2011 is -----  Argentina
12. Airtel has inked deal with which company for IT solutions to African employees? IBM
13. Who won a record 15th South American title with a convincing 3-0 victory over Paraguay in the final of the 2011 Copa America cup? Uruguay
14. Copa America cup is related with which game? Football
15. Which passenger jet with a capacity to fly about 250 people non-stop up to 16,000 km landed at the IGI airport? Boeing 787 Dream-liner
16. Where has Posco planned Rs.52,000 crore project in India? Jagatsinghpur { Orrisa}
17. Which company is all set to acquire British online bookstore The Book Depository? Amazon.com
18. Which Bharathanatyam exponent was conferred with Yagnaraman Lifetime Achievement Award? Padma Subrahmanyam
19. Aditya Vij has been appointed as CEO of ---- Fortis Healthcare
20. Who has been appointed as RBI Deputy Governor? Harun Rashid Khan
21. P.K.Bajpai has been appointed as -------- BHEL's Director of Finance
22. Who is been appointed as the CEO of Genpact? Tiger Tyagarajan
23. In which Indian city will the Nano Science and Technology be setup? Devanahalli { Bangalore }oks4U.tk
24. Who sealed his 2012 Olympics berth for the Archery Event? Jayanta Talukdar
25. Which 2 Indian cricketers are nominated for all-time greatest Test team? Sachin and Sehwag
26. Which actor is all set to construct a temple for Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni? Manoj Tiwari
27. Which part of Sudan is all set to celebrate its Independence Day on 8th July 2011,Saturday? South Sudan
28. Who recently joined 400 wicket elite club in Test Cricket? Harbhajan Singh
29. Where in India has Indian Institute of Management {IIM} planned to open its 2nd campus? Bangalore, Anekal
30. Who is to succeed defence secretary Pradeep Kumar? Shashikant Sharma
31. Who won gold in 19th Asian Athletics Championship? Mayookha
32. Which job-starved state in India has been granted Rs.1,000 crore job plan? J&K
33. Who has been appointed as CFO of Firssource Solutions Limited.? Rajesh Subramaniam
34. Which Asian country becomes the first country to win the FIFA women's world cup? Japan
35. Who won the British Open Golf Championship 2011? Darren Clarke
36. Who won the MotoGP German Grand Prix 2011? Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team)
37. Which country won the Snooker World Cup 2011 after 15 years? China
38. Who won the British Grand Prix 2011? Alonso
33. The Mysore campus of Infosys has been renamed as? Naryana Murthy Centre of Excellence
40. Name the CEO of Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp, China's biggest chip maker who quit recently. David Wang
41. K.Vijay Kumar has been appointed as CEO of ----- Sun TV Network
42. Which bank has entered into pact with SBI Mutual Fund? Indian Bank
43. Rakesh Singh has been appointed as CEO of----- Aditya Brila Finance
44. Which bank has launched credit card with no pre-set limit on spending? HDBC Bank
45. Which company bought .CO domain ahead of its 1st year anniversary of public launch? Google and will be used as G.Co to launch shortcut URL
46. Who has been appointed as Railway Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Dinesh Trivedi
47. Who has been appointed as Tribal Affairs and Panchayati Raj Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Kishore Chandra Deo
48. Which country has been included as 193rd member of United Nations?  South Sundan
49. Which 3 telecom companies have shared their networks and rolled out Plan India 3G services? Vodafone, Bharti and Idea
50. In which 2 Indian cities was Google Transit launched? Chennai and Hyderabad
51. Which company is all set to launch iPad rival? Amazon
52. At what percent did June 2011 inflation close? 9.44%
53. Which company recently unveiled smallest data center? Intel
54. Who has been named as coach for Sri Lankan cricket team ahead of Australia's tour? Rumesh Ratnayake
55. Who has lent his voice for pop star Britney Spear's new single "I Wanna Go"? Sonu Nigam
56. Which latest communication satellite has been launched by ISRO? GSAT-12
57. Which Finance company is all set to offer loans against gold ETF units? Muthoot Finance
58. Who and at what age clinched the British Open Golf championship 2011? Darren Clarke
89. Which IT company recently announced a 13-member executive council? Infosys
60. Who has been elected as president of Mumbai Cricket Association? Vilasrao Deshmukh
61. Who has been elected as chief of Empowered Committee of Goods and Services Tax? Sushil Kumar Modi
62. Against whom did India win an International football friendly match? Qatar, 2-1
63. Which shuttle undocked for the final time from International Space station, NASA? Atlantis
64. Where and for which project has BHEL commissioned 525MW thermal set? Maithon Right Bank thermal power project {Jharkhand}
65. Which country won the women's soccer World Cup 2011? Japan
66. Which company is eyeing to open its IT centre in Gujarat? Infosys
67. Which South American country has surpassed Saudi Arabia in oil reserves? Venezuela
68. Which luxury hotels have been accorded the LEED Platinum (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating? ITC's luxury hotels
69. Name the person who ignited China's interest in the NBA and became one of Asia's best-known athletes and is retired now. Yao Ming
70. Which 2 countries are set to participate in the 2000th test in the history of Test Cricket? India and England
71. Who has been appointed as Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police ? V. Dinesh Reddy
72. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Alcatel-Lucent for its India operations? Arun Seth
73. Who has been Chosen Miss Universe India 2011? Vasuki Sunkavalli
74. Who takes over Ministry of Steel in cabinet reshuffle 2011? Beni Prasad Verma
75. Who has been appointed as Rural Development Minister in cabinet reshuffle 2011?Jairam Ramesh