IBPS CLERKS EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS - SEP 2011

1. _____Is a program which reproduces itself?
a) Virus
b) Software
c) a and b
d) None

2. ____Viruses that aim at the boot sector of a hard drive are infect-ing a very crucial component of the boot process?
a) File infection virus
b) Boot virus
c) Network virus
d) E-mail virus

3. _____Is the virus that they will attach themselves to EXE files, compressed files like ZIP files and driver files?
a) File infector virus
b) Boot virus
c) Network virus
d) E-mail virus

4. _____Is the virus, which is uniquely created to quickly spread throughout the local area network?
a) File infector virus
b)Boot virus
c) Network virus
d) E-mail virus

5. Which of the following are the main purposes of an operating system?
a) To provide an environment for a computer user to execute programs on a computer hardware in a convenient and efficient manner
b) To allocate separate resources of the computer as needed to solve the problem given
c) Supervision of the executions of user programs to prevent errors and improper use of computer d) All of the above

6. Define acronym 'spooling'?
a) Simultaneous Peripheral Operation On-line
b) Simultaneous Peripheral Operation Off-line
c) Simultaneous Peripheral Organization On-line
d) System Peripheral Operation On-line

7. Several programs are in a memory concurrently; the syste-m switches among the programs for efficient processing and minimal idle time is called____?
a) Multi tasking
b) Multi programming
c) Multi functioning
d) None of the above

8. ____ Is the using scheduling and multiprogramming to provide an economical interactive system of two or more users?
a) Time sharing
b)Time changing
c) Processing
d) None

9. ____Is a system with two or more central processing units?
a) No definition
b) Multi processor
c) Double processor
d) None

Allahabad Bank Probationary Officers Exam., 2011

General Awareness 
                                                (Exam Held on 17-4-2011)

1. Which of the following is/are the objective(s) of Free Trade Agreement, India has done with many countries ?
1. To provide support to entrepreneurs for setting up new projects in tiny/SSI sector.
2. For undertaking expansion of business.
3. To support technology up-gradation.
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 2 and 3
(C) All 1, 2 and 3
(D) Only 1 and 3
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)

2. Which of the following organisations issue the rules of global trade ?
(A) World Bank
(B) World Trade Organisation
(C) Foreign Exchange Dealers’ Association
(D) Directorate General and Foreign Trade
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

3. One single statement that depicts the financial position of a bank and/or business enterprise at a given point of time is called—
(A) Statement of product details
(B) Reconciliation Statement
(C) Balance Sheet
(D) Quarterly returns submitted to RBI
(E) Trading and manufacturing account
Ans : (C)


4. Banks borrow money from the RBI on which of the following rates ?
(A) Reverse Repo Rate
(B) Repo Rate
(C) SLR
(D) CRR
(E) Savings Rate
Ans : (B)

5. The Reverse mortgage scheme is launched to give benefit to which of the following groups of society ?
(A) Govt. employees
(B) Senior Citizens
(C) Unemployed youth
(D) War widows
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)

6. What does the letter ‘M’ depict in the term SME as used in the financial world ?
(A) Maximum
(B) Medium
(C) Mercantile
(D) Mutual
(E) Ministry
Ans : (B)

7. One of the major challenges banking industry is facing these days is deliberate efforts of some people to bring money earned through illegal activities in circulation. Which of the following acts is passed to prevent this activity ?
(A) Payment & Settlements Act
(B) Banking Regulation Act
(C) Negotiable Instrument Act
(D) Narcotics and Psychotropic Substance Act
(E) Prevention of Money laundering Act
Ans : (E)

8. Which of the following organizations provides guarantee to the exporters ?
(A) Exim Bank
(B) Export Credit Guarantee Corporation
(C) Director General Foreign Trade
(D) Reserve Bank of India
(E) Registrar of companies
Ans : (B)

9. Which of the following terms is not used in Banking World ?
(A) Credit
(B) Rate
(C) Financial Status
(D) Discount
(E) Absolute zero
Ans : (E)

10. What is the full form of IRR as used in banking/financial sectors ?
(A) Internal Rate of Return
(B) Internal Revaluation Reserve
(C) Investment Reserve Ratio
(D) Internal Risk Return
(E) None of the above
Ans : (A)

11. Which of the following organisations provides credit history of the borrowers ?
(A) CIBIL
(B) ARCIL
(C) SEBI
(D) RBI
(E) CCIL
Ans : (A)

12. Banks need liquidity to meet which of the following objectives of banking ?
1.Meet deposit withdrawal
2.Fund loan demands
3.Maintain public confidence
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Only 1 and 2
(E) Only 2 and 3
Ans : (D)

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Descriptive Paper for CWE IBPS PO EXAM

COMMON WRITTEN EXAMINATION – BANK PO (SEPTEMBER 2011)--MODEL ONE

TIME : 60 MINUTES
DESCRIPTIVE PAPER

1. Write an essay on any one of the topics in about 500 words:
a) High population level is helping China and India to show progress in their economy.
b) Why I prefer a Bank job.
c) In spite of advancement of technology there is scope for improving customer service in Banking.
d) Savings habit helps families and the nation.
e) Infrastructure is the key for achieving a Nation's progress.
f) Advantages of cell phones as compared to disadvantages in the use of them.


2. Write a letter to your Bank Manager complaining about the rude treatment given to you by Mr. Asokan, Deputy Manager when you requested him for allotting a locker to you.
OR
Write a letter to the Head Office of your Bank praising the quality of service rendered by you branch since your opening a current account for your business with them about six months ago.

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BANKING AWARENESS PRACTICE QUESTIONS - 2011

1. R.B.I. has introduced a new series of 'Star' bank note. And that will be issued in denominations of?
Ans: Rs. 10, Rs. 20, Rs. 50

2. From which organisation RBI has bought 200 tonnes of gold?
Ans: International Monitory Fund

3. In India which is the biggest commercial bank in public sector?
Ans: State bank of India

4. Differential rate of interest scheme was introduced in which year?
Ans: 1972

5. From which date banks were allowed free to fix base rates by RBI?
Ans: April 1, 2011

6. Foreign Direct Investment limit in private sector banks is?
Ans: 74 percent

7. Chairman of the parliamentary committee on agricultural finance and credit flow?
Ans: N. Janardhan Reddy

8. First chairman of the private sector banks association is?
Ans: P.N. Joshi

9. RBI introduced Banking Ombudsman scheme in which year?
Ans: 1995

IBPS PO/MT Exam GENREAL AWARENESS PRACTICE Paper For Upcoming Exam -Sep 2011

1. 'Global Market' means market of?
1) USA
2) China
3) OPEC members
4) European Union Countries
5) All major countries and their alliances


2. Growth for 2011-12 has been -8.8% was the news in major news papers. This means which of the following grew at this rate during that period?
1) GDP
2) Money supply
3) Foreign Exchange Reserves
4) Inflation
5) Price Index

3. What is the full form of LAF?
1) Liquid Advance & Finance
2) Liquidity Adjustment Facility
3) Legal Adjournment Facility
4) Local Advance Finance
5) Late Arrival of Finance

4. Headquarter of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is in?
l) Geneva
2) Paris
3) London
4) Manila
5) Washington DC

5. As per newspaper reports ANZ was given licence to open branch in Mumbai. ANZ is a bank based in?
1) Australia
2) Argentina
3) Afghanistan
4) Angola
5) Austria

6. Whenever somebody needs foreign-currency against Indian Rupee, banks give equivalent amount of desired currency based on prevalent?
1) Bank Rate
2) Currency rate
3) policy rate
4) exchange rate
5) base rate

7. Banks recover term loan from the parties in EMIs. What the letter 'E' represents in the term?
1) Easy
2) Effective
3) Equated
4) Essential
5) Economical

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IBPS PO Exam Prepration SOlved Paper - Aug 2011

General Awareness

Q.1 Which of the following carries out 'Open Market Operations?
(1) Finance Ministry     (2) External Affairs Ministry
(4) Planning Commission (5) Ministry of Commerce

Q. 2 Who among the folfowing Ministers will hold telecom portfolio in addition to his own portfolio till next reallotment?
(1) Kamal Nath        (2) Kapil Sibal
(4) Mamta Banerjee (5) None of these

Q. 3 Under provisions of which one of the following Acts, the RBI issues directives to the Banks in India?
(1) RBI Act  (2) Banking Regulation Act (3) Essential Commodities Act
(4) RBI and Banking Regulation Act (5) None of these

Q.4 On which one of the following 'Head of Expenses', the expenses of the Government of India are highest?
(1) Food subsidy (2) Fertilizer subsidy     (3) Pradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana
(4) Maintenance of national highways     (5) Oil subsidy

Q.5 Which one of the following foreign agencies will assist the municipal agencies to improve quality of municipal schools through its School Excellence Programmes (SEP) ?
(1) IMF     (2) UNDP     (3) UNICEF     (4) ADB  (5) None of these

Q. 6 Which one of the following tools is used by RBI for selective credit control?
(1) It advises banks to lend against certain commodities
(2) It advises banks to recall the loans for advances against certain commodities
(3) It advises banks to charge higher rate of interest for advance against certain commodities
(4) It discourages certain kinds of lending by assigning higher risk weights to loans it deems undesirable
(5) None of these

Most Commonly Spoken Languages

▲	Language	Number of speakers
1.	Chinese (Mandarin)	1,300,000,000
2.	English	508,000,000
3.	Hindustani (Hindi and Urdu)	497,000,000
4.	Spanish	392,000,000
5.	Russian	277,000,000
6.	Arabic	246,000,000
7.	Bengali	211,000,000
8.	Portuguese	191,000,000
9.	Malay-Indonesian	159,000,000
10.	French	129,000,000