(Paper) Oriental Bank of Commerce Probationary Officers SOLVED PAPER (Held on 16–3–2008)

PAPER : Oriental Bank of Commerce Probationary Officers SoLVED PAPER (Held on 16.3.2008)

GENERAL AWARENESS

1. Jayasuriya who decided to take retirement from Test Cricket is from which of the following countries ?

(A) Pakistan

(B) India

(C) West Indies

(D) South Africa

(E) Sri Lanka

2. In order to give impetus to agri-culture which of the following states has launched Contract Farming Scheme ?

(A) Jammu and Kashmir

(B) Orissa

(C) West Bengal

(D) Haryana

(E) None of these

3. Dola Banerjee who won a Gold Medal in an international games event in November 2007 is asso-ciated with :

(A) Archery

(B) Badminton

(C) Table tennis

(D) Swimming

(E) None of these

4. Who amongst the following is the highest wicket taker in the history of Test cricket in the world ?

(A) R. Hadlee

(B) Kapil Dev

(C) Anil Kumble

(D) Shane Warne

(E) Mutthiah Muralidharan

5. Late Benzair Bhutto was associa-ted with which of the following political parties ?

(A) Muslim League

(B) Pakistan National Congress

(C) Pakistan People’s Party

(D) National Forum of Pakistan

(E) None of these

6. Zhang Zilin who was adjudged as the Miss World 2007 is from which of the following coun- tries ?

(A) South Africa

(B) Russia

(C) South Korea

(D) Vietnam

(E) China

7. Which of the following is not considered as a green House Gas ?

(A) Methane

(B) Carbon dioxide

(C) Nitrous oxide

(D) Oxygen

(E) All these are not green house gases

8. Which of the following terms is not a financial term ?

(A) Investment

(B) El Nino effect

(C) Core banking Solution

(D) RTGs

(E) All are financial terms

9. Who amongst the following is the Chairperson of the 13th Finance Commission ?

(A) Dr. C. Rangarajan

(B) Dr. Bimal Jalan

(C) Dr. Rakesh Mohan

(D) Dr. Vijay Kelkar

(E) None of these

10. The Green revolution in India was the outcome of the efforts of who amongst the following ?

(A) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

(B) Dr. C. Rangarajan

(C) Mr.K. V. Kamath

(D) Dr. Rakesh Mohan

(E) None of these

11. Which of the following is a project to develop watersheds in India ?

(A) DRDO

(B) CARE

(C) Avard

(D) NWDPRA

(E) None of these

12. Who amongst the following is the author of the book The Namesake ?

(A) Salman Rushdie

(B) Steve Waugh

(C) Monica Ali

(D) V. S. Naipaul

(E) Jhumpa Lahiri

13. Which of the following countries launched its first Lunar Orbiter Change–I ?

(A) India

(B) South Korea

(C) China

(D) France

(E) None of these

14. Who amongst the following is ranked No. 1 Tennis players amongst the women players ? (as per recent ranking)

(A) Maria Sharapova

(B) Ana Ivanovic

(C) Sania Mirza

(D) Justine Henin

(E) None of these

15. The Information and Broadcas-ting Ministry has selected which of the following pairs for its prestigious Life Time Achieve-ment Award given away recen-tly ?

(A) Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan

(B) Rajesh Khanna and Dilip Kumar

(C) Asha Bhosle and Lata Man-geshkar

(D) Lata Mangeshkar and Dilip Kumar

(E) None of these

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