These SBI Probationary Officers General Awareness Questions will help the candidates to prepare better for exams by understanding the type of questions that usually come in the exam and give a fair idea of the difficulty of the questions.
General Awareness Questions asked in SBI PO Exams
1. Which of the following banks is a Public Sector Bank? [SBI PO 2014](a) ICICI Bank (b) IDBI Bank (c) HDFC Bank (d) J &K Bank (e) PNB (Ans : e)
2. Which of the following refers to too much electricity and may cause a voltage surge? [SBI PO 2013]
(a) Anomaly (b) Shock (c) Spike (d) Virus (e) Splash (Ans : c)
3. Which of the following Space agencies recently launched three satellites and placed them into Polar Sun Synchronous Orbit successfully? [SBI PO 2011]
(a) NASA (b) ROSCOSMOS (c) cnsa (d) ISRO (e) JAXA (Ans : d)
4. As per the findings of the expert group headed by Dr. Suresh Tendulkar a substantial number of people in India still live Below Poverty Line. What is that number in terms of percentage? [SBI PO 2010]
(a) 25% (b) 37% (c) 41% (d) 47% (e) None of these (Ans : b)
5. A characteristic of a file server is which of the following? [SBI PO 2008]
(a) Manages file operations and is shared on a network (b) Manages file operations and is limited to one PC
(c) Acts as a fat client and is shared on a network (d) Acts as a fat client and is limited to one PC
(e) None of these (Ans : a)
6. Which of the following countries in December 2007, won the Davis Cup (tennis) in Portland (U.S.) after a long gap of twelve years? [SBI PO 2007]
(a) Russia (b) United States of America (c) Sweden (d) Germany (e) None of these (Ans : b)
7. Where was ninth China-European Union summit held? [SBI PO 2006]
(a) Oslo (b) Sanya (c) Helsinki (d) Shanghai (e) None of these (Ans : c)
8. Recently, there was a demand that the Armed Forces Special Power Act should be withdrawn. The demand was made by the people of which of the following States? [SBI PO 2005]
(a) Assam (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Manipur (d) Gujarat (e) None of these (Ans : b)
9. Which Bank has been given the responsibility of collecting VAT and other taxes in Delhi and other States? [SBI PO 2003]
(a) ICICI (b) State Bank of India (c) HDFC (d) IDBI (e) None of these (Ans : d)
10. How many districts in India has been selected by Indian Government for the Pilot Plan Project for Social Security? [SBI PO 2002]
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 40 (e) 50 (Ans : c)
11. Which one is not the option of multi-user operating system? [SBI PO 2001]
(a) UNIX (b) NOVEL (c) PC-DOS (d) Netware (e) All of the above (Ans : c)
12. In which field ‘Appan Menon Prize’ is given? [SBI PO 2000]
(a) Media Reporting (b) Sports (c) Social Service (d) Music (e) None of these (Ans : a)
13. Which button in Excel 2007 will automatically add the contents of a group of cells? [SBI PO 2014]
(a) Calculate (b) Auto Add (c) Autosum (d) Formula (e) Redo (Ans : c)
14. The European Union has adopted which of the following as common currency? [SBI PO 2013]
(a) Dollar (b) Dinar (c) Yen (d) Euro (e) Peso (Ans : d)
15. Which of the following is a programming language for creating special programs like applets? [SBI PO 2011]
(a) Java (b) cable (c) domain name (d) Net (e) COBOL (Ans : a)
16. Which of the following countries was the winner of Asia Cup Hockey Tournament for women held in November 2009? [SBI PO 2010]
(a) India (b) Japan (c) China (d) South Korea (e) None of these (Ans : c)
17. Many times we read a term CBS used in banking operations. What is the full form of the Letter ‘C’ in the term ‘CBS’? [SBI PO 2008]
(a) Core (b) Credit (c) Continuous (d) Complete (e) None of these (Ans : a)
18. Who among the following golfers, won the Target World Challenge Cup in Thousand Oaks on December 16, 2007? [SBI PO 2007]
(a) Zach Johnson (b) Lee Westwood (c) Tiger Woods (d) Henrik Stenson (e) None of these (Ans : c)
19. Which of the following is a graphic package? [SBI PO 2006]
(a) Adobe Page Maker (b) Acrobat Reader (c) Microsoft Word (d) Corel Draw (e) None of these (Ans : d)
20. The passport of all Gulf bound Indian passengers are not valid for which of the following countries? [SBI PO 2005]
(a) Iraq (b) Iran (c) Saudi Arabia (d) Kuwait (e) All of the above (Ans : a)
21. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “Made in Texas” published recently? [SBI PO 2003]
(a) Buruma (b) G. Parthasarathy (c) Michael Lind (d) Kristen Anderson (e) None of these (Ans : c)
22. India has expressed its great concern over the supply of sophisticated weapons to which of the following countries by the USA? [SBI PO 2002]
(a) Nepal (b) China (c) Pakistan (d) Bangladesh (e) None of these (Ans : c)
23. Name the person who has been honoured with the French Prestigious award “The Chevaliar des Arts et Letters”? [SBI PO 2001]
(a) M. Balasubramaniam (b) M. Balamuralikrishna (c) A. R. Rehman
(d) Both (a) & (b) (e) None of these (Ans : b)
24. The “World Food Day” is observed on– [SBI PO 2000]
(a) 10th September (b) 10th October (c) 16th October d) 16th December (e) 10th December (Ans : c)
25. In which of the following States is the Corbett National Park located? [SBI PO 2014]
(a) West Bengal (b) Odisha (c) Kerala (d) Uttar Pradesh (e) Uttarakhand (Ans : e)
