(Paper) SBI BANK PO GENERALÂ AWARENESS
PAPER : SBI BANK PO GENERAL AWARENESS
1. Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got Independence?
a) Harold Wilson
b) Lloyd George
c) Chamberlain
d) Clement Atlee
Ans : D
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2. The Acharya who established “matths†in all the four corners of India
a) Ramanuja
b) Sankara
c) Madhava
d) Vallabha
Ans
: B
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3. Sir C.V.Raman was the first Nobel Laureate in Physics from the Indian Sub-continent.Who was the second?
a)Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
b) Dr.S.S.Bhatnagar
c) Dr.Hargovind KhoranaÂ
d)Prof.Abdus Salam of Pakistan
Ans : D
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4. Free India’s First Education Minister was
a)M.C. Chagla
b) Maulana Kalam Azad
c) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai  Â
d) N.G.Ayyangar
Ans : B
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5. Who was the first Viceroy of India ?
a)Lord Clive
b)Lord Warren Hastings
c)Lord Canning
d)Lord Cornwallis
Ans : C
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6. The servants of India society was founded by
a)Blavatsky & Olcott,1866
b)Gopalkrishna Gokhale,1905
c)M.G.Ranade,1867
d)Sir S.A.Khan,1920
Ans : B
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7. Under whose Vice Royalty was Tipu Sultan Defeated
a)Lord Cornwallis
b)Lord Wellesley
c)Lord Hastings
d)Lord Canning
Ans : B
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8. The famousâ€Al-Berauniâ€is associated in Indian history with
a)Mohd.Tughlaq
b) Mohd.Ghori
c)Mahmood of Ghazni
d)Allau-ud-din Khilji.
Ans : C
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9. Battle of Buxar was fought in the year
a)1757
b)1764
c)1576
d)1565
Ans : B
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10. Kalidas was the court poet of
a)Chandragupta-II
b)Chandragupta Maurya
c)Harshavardhan
d)Kharavela
Ans : A
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11. Battle of _______ is associated with Prithviraj & Mohammad Ghori
a)Haldighati
b)Talikota
c)Kanwa
d)Tarain
Ans : D
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12.Second Battle of Panipat was fought in the year _________ ,headed by_________
a)1526,Babur
b)1556,Humayun
c)1556,Akbar
d)1605,Jehangir.
Ans : C
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13.The first round table conference was held under the vice royalty of Lord
a)Reading
b)Irwin
c)Wellingdon
d)Mountbatten
Ans : B
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14. Who was the last famous Hindu King?
a)Harshavardhan
b)Samudragupta
c)Chandragupta-II
d)Ashoka
Ans : A
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15. Who is known as the Indian Napolean?
a) Chandragupta I
b) Samudragupta
c) Chandragupta II
d) Skandagupta
Ans : B
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16. The author of historical epithet ‘Rajtarangini†was
a)Kalhana
b) Kalidas
c) Chanakya
d) Banabhatta
Ans : A
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17. The Kailashnath Temple at Ellora was built by the
a) Rashtrakutas
b) Chalukyas
c) Cholas
d) Pallavas
Ans : A
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18. Alexander defeated Porus at the bank of river Jhelum. This battle is famous as the battle of
a)Wandiwash
b)Hydapses
c) Chausa
d) Khanwa
Ans : B
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19. Which governor General abolished the practice of sati?
a) Lord Dalhousie
b) William Bentick
c) Lord Cornwallis
d) Lord Hastings
Ans : B
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20. Lord Curzon is associated with which of the following events?
a) Hunter commission
b) Doctrine of Lapse
c) Partition of Bengal
d) Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy
Ans : C
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21. Gandhiji first started his Satyagraha Movement in
a) Peitermaritzberg , South Africa
b) Sabarmati, India
c) Johhanesberg, South Africa
d) Dandi, India
Ans : C
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22. The “veda†which deals with Ayurvedic system of medicine
a)Rigveda
b) Samveda
c) Atharavaveda
d) Yajurveda
Ans : C
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23. The famous “Economic Drain Theory†was given by
a) Lord Lytton, 1876
b) Swami dayanand,1875
c) Dadabhai Naoroji,1876
d) Lord Northbrook, 1876.
Ans : C
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24.The capital of India Was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in the Year
a) 1910
b) 1911
c) 1920
d) 1919
Ans : B
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25. Who, among the following , is known for his pioneering work on medicine during the Gupta period
a) Sudraka
b) Sushruta
c) Shaunaka
d) Saumilla
Ans : B
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26. Who was the founder of Indian National Congress ?
a) Dadabhai Naoroji
b) A.O. Hume
c) W.C. Banerji
d) Badrudin Tyabji
Ans : B
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27. Jalianwala Bagh Tragedy occurred in which of the following year?
a)1927
b)1942
c) 1920
d) 1919
Ans : D
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28. Brahmo Samaj was founded by
a)Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b) Keshab Chandra Sen
c) Swami Vivekanand
d) Swami Dayanand
Ans : A
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29. The policy was Subsidiary Alliance was started by
a) Lord Cornwallis
b) Lord Welleseley
c) Lord Canning
d) Lord Hastings
Ans : B
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30. The last Mughal Emperor was
a)Bahadur Shah II
b) Shah Alam II
c) Akbar II
d) Alamgir II
Ans : A
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31. Sir Thomas Roe was the ambassador of James I to the court of
a)Akbar
b) Jahangir
c) Shah Jahan
d) Auranzeb
Ans : B
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32.Vasco da Gama was a famous ______ traveler.
 a) Danish
b) French
c) Portugese
d) Dutch
Ans : C
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33. When was American Independence declared ?
 a)1776
b)1756
c) 1736
d) 1746
Ans : A
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34. When did Hitler become Chancellor of Germany?
a) 1939
b) 1936
c) 1933
d) 1930
Ans : C
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35. The Industrial Revolution was to begin first in
a) USA
b) Japan
c) England
d) (erstwhile)USSR
Ans : C
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36. Who wrote Buddha Charita?
a) Bana Bhatta
b) Ashva Ghosa
c) Kalidasa
d) Tulsidas
Ans : B
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37.Where was the first factory by the Britishers set up in India in 1612?
a) Pondicherry
b) Surat
c) Cochin
d) Calcutta
Ans : B
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38. The principal language of the Dravidians was
a) Kannada
b) Telugu
c) Tamil
d) Malayalam
Ans : B
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39. In which year Ashoka fought the Kalinga War?
a) 58 B.C.
b) 78 B.C.
c) 599 B.C.
d) 261 B.C.      Â
Ans : D
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40. When was the Berlin Wall built?Â
a) 1917
b)1961
c) 1921
d) 1963Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : B
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41. Which among the following is not the official language of the U.N.O.?Â
a) Spanish
b) Arabic
c) Chinese
d) Japanese  Â
Ans : D
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42. Who suggested the name “United Nations “?       Â
a) John.F.Kennedy
b) Franklin D. Roosevelt
c) Jimmy Carter
d) Napolean Bonaparte      Â
Ans : B
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43. Which among the following is the U.N.Foundation Day?         Â
a) 30th oct.1945
b) 24th oct.1945
c) 6th aug.1942
d) 9th aug.1942Â Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : B
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44. The term of office of a judge of the International Court of Justice is ______ years.          Â
a) 3
b) 5
c) 7
d) 9Â Â Â Â Â Â
Ans : D
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45. The only Indian Woman who became President of the World Health Organisation so far was       Â
a) R.K.Amrit Kaur
b) Vijaylakshmi Pandit
c)Sucheta Kriplani
d) Sarojini Naidu     Â
Ans : A
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46. Who was the first secretary general of the United Nations?        Â
 a) Kurt Waldheim of Austria
b) Dag Hammarskjoeld of Sweden
c) U. Thant of Burma
d) Trygve Lie  of Norway.     Â
Ans : D
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47. The hundred sons of Dhritarashtra had one sister.What was her name?      Â
a) Duhsala
b) Trishala
c) Kunti
d) Madri  Â
Ans : A
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48. In Indian Mythology , who was the wife of Kubera?       Â
a) Rambha
b)Menaka
c) Urvasi
d) LakshmiÂ
Ans : A
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49. Which country was expelled from U.N. in 1992?      Â
a) Czechoslovakia
b) Yugoslovia
c) Iraq
d) Switzerland Â
Ans : B
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50. Who compiled the Adi Granth?      Â
a) Guru Nanak
b) Guru Har Rai
c) Guru Arjun Dev
d) Guru Teg Bahadur
Ans : C